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<title>Doppleganger: 4: Belly Flop</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hey there folks!!!

Yes, I know, it's been quite a long while, and I'm sorry. I've been working a lot, and school has been rather tough. For our most recent project in AP Art we had to work with a new media with concepts we are not that great at drawing. So I decided to do a five-page, 15 x 19 inch posterboard. 

AM I SMART OR WHAT?!?! 

Although I do admit the result was quite awesome, even though I only got the hang of the watercolor by the last page. Oh well. Next we're doing self-portraits, and I'm doing a life size one. HO MAN IT'S GONNA BE COOOOOOOL. 

I will try to update on time next week, I really will. It's just a little tough with trying to stay focused in school during senior year and be social AND have a webcomic. 

Although good news! I have decided I'm going to screw myself to heck and major in English and Art! I'm dumping Chemistry and just going to pursue the things in life I love. (I am also living my family's destiny they set out for me as being the "starving artist of the family, and living in attic somewhere with my musician boyfriend." Well, I'm a third of the way there!) 

I'm working on my college application as I type this out. I'm putting all of my eggs into one basket, but hell, I think I've got a good chance. We'll see how things go. 

See you all next week (hopefully)!!]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_Like_Weeds/?p=298091</link>
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<title>Doppleganger: 3: Pride</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ah! Sorry this is late, guys! 

I've been really busy this past week, with issues at work (although I have started serving... finally!) and some stuff at school. I'm making a 5-page "silent" watercolor comic. It's supposed to be a "challenge" for us to work on concepts and media that we haven't really worked with or need work on. I'm doing watercolor because I've never really used watercolor before, and the concepts I'm working on are landscapes (both city and natural), automobiles and birds. Gaaaaah. It's tough, but I'm getting there. 

Also, I am going to see Of Montreal tomorrow!!! (And no Ozone, I'm not actually GOING to Montreal, although that would be super cool too). I'm going with my good friend Bennn, and aaaaah I'm just so excited! 

Also also, I turn 18 this Sunday! Hurrah! I'll be an adult! I can buy lighters and serve alcohol and stuff. 

This week's page was originally not even going to be a page at all. I had the "first" page three done, and then I realized the flow was really choppy and added in another page, and eureka! In the second panel, I drew and redrew and redrew Morry's right eye over and over again, so if he still looks high I don't care. Morry's a little jerk anyway.

Well, that's about it. 

See you all next week!]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_Like_Weeds/?p=288538</link>
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<title>Doppleganger: 2: Cowlick Crew</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heya, folks! 

Sorry I missed last week, we had this killer assignment due in AP Art (10 "fully done" pieces in 5 days based on a word. Mine was "intricate.") and I really had to bust my butt for that. I also had a couple essays due in AP English Online (I thought you only had to do one essay per session. NOPE! You actually have to do ALL of the prompts listed, and I figured that out a bit late.) 

Since I'm on a roll with real-life news, I'll just add a bit in that my job kind of sucks, in the way where I'm getting TOO MANY hours. I told them I want to start serving when I turn 18 (12 days!) which is why I started working there. They told me that with my current availability that I wouldn't be able to. I only ask off for two days out of the week! I'm a little peeved, because I'm a full-time student, so I need time for homework and whatnot, but hey, if I can get the serving experience for about a month or so, I already have a better serving job lined up that I can switch over to any time. 

I made Art Editor for my school's Art Club, so hurrah! (I might've said this in my other update, but I can't remember)

I'M GOING TO SEE OF MONTREAL NEXT WEEK THURSDAY HURAAAAAAAAGH! I'm going with my buddy Bennn (yes, that's how he spells his name) so I'm suuuuuper excited. 

Also, I'm have a huge bout of inner turmoil. I thought I knew what I was going to do with my life, what I wanted to major in and what college I wanted to go to...but now I've found another option, one that I can also definitely see myself doing, so now I'm split between these two colleges. I can either go to Washington College and major in English and minor in Art, or I can go to MCAD, and major in Comic Art and (hopefully) minor in English. It's a really big decision, because whatever one I choose I will have to deal with for the rest of my life, so I'm freaking out about it a little. 

Anyways, as for the page this week! These three bullies are Mikey (the emaciated-looking one), Morry (the pretty-boy), and Jonnathon (the heavy-set one). Their designs kind of came on a whim, and I admit that Morry doesn't look too intimidating, but hey, if I had a cowlick that bad, I think I'd be a little jerk too. I think I might want to play around with these characters a little bit (and do a "blah blah years later" for poor Mikey. He's an interesting character). 

I've recently saw Dawn (and Shaun) of the Dead and now I have Zombies on the brain. Huuuuuurgh!]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_Like_Weeds/?p=284102</link>
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<title>Doppleganger: 1: I'm Blue</title>
<description><![CDATA[I would like to pause for moment in remembrance of those who lost their lives from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

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You will be remembered. 

Hello, everyone! It feels like it's been forever. Huh. Well, here is another page, and it is all in blue. This entire chapter is blue! It is for reasons unknown to you (but not to me!) that will be explained later. As is, enjoy Dan as an unhappy little kid with less hair. 

Real Life News: I have started school, and it's been pretty good! I enjoy being a senior and bossing everyone around. My classes are great, so I'm really looking forward to the year. Although every now and then I get this terrifying feeling that soon I will be leaving all of this behind for college in less than a year. That my life will be changing radically, that these people that I have spent the last 12 or so years with of my life I will probably never ever see again, that I will be leaving all of this behind and starting a completely new chapter of my life, with new experiences and friends and adventures and... I digress. It's scary and exciting all rolled into one. 

AP Art is already a killer. I have 10 pieces due in a week. The assignment is all about meeting crazy deadlines, but STILL. Gah! I'm not allowed to use computers or pictures, so I'm back to the old traditional ways. 

Couple things before I run off to my Chemistry Lab:

-Work is ok. I'm looking for a new job in case this one bails.
-I turn 18 in 26 days GAH
-Of Montreal is coming to Milwaukee on October 4, and I am going to see them. SAWESOMENESS.
-Uh. Yeah. I'll see you next week if AP Art doesn't kill me first.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_Like_Weeds/?p=277306</link>
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<title>Interlude: Doppleganger</title>
<description><![CDATA[I realize that the end of the first chapter was a little rocky, and that I probably should have added another page or so to it, but I already had this drawn out and colored when I realized that. Oh well. This "chapter" is more fun anyway.

So! I was going to have a little mini-contest to see who could guess what song artist the title was from (all of the titles are based off of songs that either reflect the chapter or the feel of the chapter) but 1. It's too easy to cheat with the internet and 2. The title really doesn't have much to do with the chapter, but rather, it's more of the lyrics that give a good feel of what the chapter is like. I was going to put the actual lyrics on the page as well, but it covered too much up and made the page a little cluttered to the eyes. So I will replicate the lyrics for you here:

Late one night with my head in a blaze
I woke to find a man in a sorry state
Staring through the glass it was crystal clear
And a stranger cried out, "What am I doing here?"
I'll be damned, you brought the muscle in!
Now I'm held down for how wrong I've been
Stagger to the corner for a shot of the room
I'm shaking at the thought, "What am I doing here?"

My dreams haunt me in my sleep
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got direction in my craze
To keep trying for another day
Who needs perception anyway?

Three long weeks I stayed in the room
Waiting for the man to show me something new
Staring through the glass it was crystal clear
But the stranger just cried, "What am I doing here?"
So late one night with my head in a blaze
I said to the man in a sorry state,
"Love is for the lucky who know what they want,
Or maybe love is just left to who care less."

My dreams haunt me in my sleep 
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got direction in my craze
To keep trying for another day
Who needs perception anyway?

My dreams haunt me in my sleep
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got perfection in my craze
To stay sleeping while they're awake
Who needs connection anyway?

So there you go. That's the song! It's a good one if you ever get around to hearing it.

Remember that I still have another contest!!! You can find information about it here: [url=http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?cid=236&tid=31780&pid=382273#382273]Contest!![/url] It'll still be open for a little while longer, but hurry up, because there are already a lot of good entries!

In real life news, it has been raining for the past week and a half. Lots of places have become very flooded and a few areas are even labelled as "disaster areas." Kinda scary. 

Also, there won't be an update next week because I will be in Maryland visiting my family and showing them around the college I want to go to. And after I come back... I start school right away. Blegh! School! (Although this year is looking to be pretty awesome, actually)

In the past week and a half I have also lost a lot of weight, and it's a little disconcerning (I'm down to only 101 pounds from maybe... 112?) so hopefully that'll resolve itself soon.

See you in a couple of weeks!]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_Like_Weeds/?p=269128</link>
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