Wow, I sold a napkin art at the cafe.  This almost never happens.  It is certainly a rare event.
     It was a portrait of a blond girl.  The couple that bought it from me were really cool people.
     Most of the people at the cafe just look at my art and don't say a word, which I consider pretty rude.  They look at it while they walk by fast.  They can't be bothered with something outside of themselves.
     Anyway, I used the money to pay for two coffees, and this made me happy.

Internet Blues

     Insert expletive here.

     I don't know why swear words are still so taboo.  It's part of 'The American Culture'.  Everybody does it, and besides, often times, swearing is funny.  There are certainly lots of reasons to swear.  For example, I will most likely have to pay a $99 service charge just to have an AT & T service man flip on a switch, and type a word into my computer.  I procrastinated with paying my bill, so it is all my fault that this is happening.  I knew something like this would happen if I didn't pay my bill on time, yet, I didn't do it.  I've gone through this before, so one would think that I would learn my lesson.  Instead, I got lazy again, and as a result, I've been without internet at home in my art studio for four days.  It's all my own g**d*** fault.  F***.  S***.

     Anyway, it should get fixed tomorrow, so that will be good.  Then I can be happy again.

     Fast internet at home is probably the best thing in the world, better than sex.  With sex, it is over in 4-7 minutes.  With fast internet, you can look at porn websites, and then watch Family Guy, so you get both.

     Yup, all I had to do was pay my bill.  Now they have to reconfigure my internet, and I will have to pay for it.  What a dope I am.  What a moron.  This mistake is costing me time and money.  Dang.  I screwed up big time...yet again.

     What's wrong with me?  Well, I've been working seven days a week, and I just didn't get around to it.  That is stupid, though, because the AT & T store is practically on my way to work.

     It's almost as if I wanted something bad to happen to me.  Actually, I was delaying the payment because business has been slow for me, and I was trying to earn some extra money, and it just didn't happen, so, the bill just didn't get paid, even though I had money in the bank.

     I don't currently have a phone, or a credit card.  There are some other basic things I don't have at this time in my life, and I hope someday to get them.

     I'm hoping people will buy a lot of my art.  I am banking on that.  I tell you one thing, money will solve a lot of my problems right now.  I need a lot of it, so you people out there had better start coughing up the cash for my artwork.

     I've actually had people say I should sell my little napkin art paintings for a $1 a piece.  Bastards.  Some of them have 2-5 hours of work in them at least.  As it is, I charge $5 a piece, and people try to get discounts.  Geez, some people can be cheap.  The nice people have paid me $10 - $20 just for one!  So, I have hard time feeling sorry for people who can't afford my art.  F*** them, the losers.

     Anyway, everything should be fine by tomorrow, if all goes well.  Wish me luck, I'll need it.  Hopefully, the service man won't charge me, but I doubt that will happen.  I'm sure he will gouge me for every cent he can.  Grrrrrrr.

Good Internet is like the best beer you have ever had

     I'm at the cafe with my laptop.  I just got through with a chat session with an AT & T representative.  He was nice.  The people that work on that chat line are always helpful.  That is their job.
     Anyway, I hope my computer at home can connect to the internet now.  That would be nice.  I can't save Middle Earth unless I can connect with the internet.

     I drank enough coffee to almost make me sick, so now I am drinking a Pabst Blue Ribbon.  It is only $2 a can here.

     I ate a nice sesame seed bagel with butter and jam....mmmmm.  It was good.

     So, basically, my life sucks without internet at home.  It is all my fault, too.  I didn't pay my bill on time.  I've been through all this before.  I should know better, that if I don't pay my internet bill on time, that things get screwed up.  I've been without internet at home for three days now, and it really sucks.

     Thankfully, they have good internet at this cafe, so at least I can check my email and play facebook games.  That is good.

     Ok, thanks for reading, if indeed there is actually anybody out there who reads what I write.

     Maxfields is a cafe located on Delores and 17th in San Francisco.  It is a great cafe.  Anyway, the internet works good here.  At Muddy Waters, the internet signal strength is nothing to talk about.
     They are playing 50's and early 60's music today.  In other words, you get Franki Valli, Beach Boys, and Buddy Holly.  That sort of thing.
     Stephen, the singing barista is here.  He sings along with all the songs. 

     The reason why I am here, is my internet at home is down for a day or two.  I paid my bill, so it should be up and running possibly even when I get home.  Or it could work tomorrow.  I'm not sure.  If I wasn't so lazy, I would pay my bill on time, and this wouldn't happen.

     I guess it is fine anyhow.  It is not a bad thing to have a change in routine.  It can't be the same every day.  God knows I've tried.

     I'm looking forward to getting back onto Lord of The Rings Online, though.

     Anyway, to continue, I haven't been blogging much, because basically, I get way more hits on youtube.  So, it's been worthwhile to put my efforts there.  However, it seems that blogs can generate some income, so it is worth it for me to blog once in a while, and to keep it all going.

     It isn't easy for me to get into the blogging mindset, what with all the video games I play, but once I get onto a roll with the blogging, there is no stopping.

     I have a hard time imagining that somebody is going to sit there and read my blog entries, but I guess it happens from time to time.

     It would be rad to have a wildly successful blog, but at the rate I am going, that will take years.  First of all, I'm not famous, so why would anyone care?  Nobody.

     All I know is I am still trying to get my life started.  I've been trying to be a professional artist for twenty-five years now.  I'm a pretty good artist, but I'm not that great of a businessman.  One problem is that art just takes a long time to produce.

     Anyway, I am glad to be blogging again.  Back in the day, I would write twenty pages every day.  It would take a month to fill up a good-sized notebook.  I always had intentions of going through all of my material, and editing it, but I never got around to it.  Now, all of that writing is lost.  I guess I will have to rewrite all of it.  What is good is that once it is on the internet, it is there forever, so my work will be preserved.

     'Born To Be Wild' by Steppenwolf is playing.  I've always liked that song.  It's almost my theme song.

    
     What is nice about Maxfields is they have outdoor tables and chairs so I have a place to sit out there and have a cigarette.  Muddy Waters cafe had to get rid of their outdoor seating on account of all of the riff-raff that would sit out there all day long.

      'It's Gotta Be Rock and Roll Music, if you want to dance with me'.

     Here is an example of what I do at the cafe.  I paint on napkins for fun, and try to sell them in the bar at night.
     It would be great if people would buy my art in the cafe, because then I could get my coffee paid for, but there is a problem.  Usually only drunk people buy art.  If people are too sober, they just don't buy art, and that is the truth.  Why do you think they have wine at art openings?  That is the reason.  The alcohol loosens them up, and their wallets, too.

     What is great about painting in the cafe is because the one I go to has a northern light window, which allows me to see the true color of the paint.
     When I paint inside the bar, it is really dark, so I have to make my best guess about colors.

My Internet is Locking Me Out at Home

     The main reason why I can't access my internet at home is because I need to pay my internet bill.  I keep forgetting.
     The other reason why I might not be able to access the web is because it is just messed up.
     Anyway, I will try and correct the situation by paying my bill today.
     It could work when I get home, though.  It shows I am connected, but I am just locked out.  Things like this happen once in a blue moon.
     Meanwhile, I am at the cafe with my ancient laptop.  The internet is really slow here, and it sucks.  I spent an hour on Superhero City for facebook, just waiting for things to load.
     I'm generally irritated today.  It is frustrating when the internet doesn't work.
     I'm just happy that I got it to work at the cafe at all.  At least I always have this as a back-up.

     I really don't know who reads my blogger posts.  At least with youtube, people respond once in a while.  On Blogger, nobody says nothing.

     It's not always easy for me to write a clean blog entry.  I just want to swear profusely.  I have an 18 and over blog for that.  Google doesn't like a lot of swearing, so women and children can be protected, from what, I don't know.

     Anyway, I'm just happy I was able to level up my characters on Superhero City.

     To keep my mind occupied while I was waiting for things to load, I wrote a diary entry on a napkin.

     In the last couple of months, I've been doing my napkin art in the cafe.  It is way more active to do that than to sit here waiting for the internet to work.  Hardly anybody pays attention to my art here, though.  I don't know why.  It's good work.  They either to poor, too uninterested in things outside of themselves, or they are too sober.

     Life is good, but yeah, I am really frustrated today.

     Later, I will bicycle to the AT & T store, and pay my bill.  I've been struggling to make and save money, which is why I haven't paid the bill yet.  I keep hoping to make some good money every night, so that when I do pay my bill, it won't sting as much.

     It really does suck when my internet doesn't work at home.  There isn't anything to do there when that happens...except maybe clean, and I hate doing that.

     I really have nothing to write about today.  I don't know what I am doing right now, or what anything means.

     There was a time when I was bringing my laptop everyday to the cafe, and blogging a lot.  It seems that this is a better place to write than at home, where I am distracted by everything going on.  So far, Blogger is the only thing I got going on the web where I have generated income on record.  So, it is in my interest to keep the Blogger thing going.

     The problem with Blogger is, "Who the hell reads anymore?"
     I don't know.  I really just don't know.  I just don't really know.

     Anyway, it is what it is today.

     I just feel like smoking a cigarette right now.

     God, I have to piss right now.  I pee all day.  I drink a lot of coffee.  I also drink Hawaiin Punch.  I love that stuff.  I buy a 2-liter thing of it for $1.10 at the dollar store.

     Let's see...the guy sitting to the right of me.  Well, he has seen my art.  When confronted on this, he seemed pretty bloodless on the subject of art.  He sure does like to sit on the computer all day long.  I wonder what the 'f' he does on it, though.  I can't imagine.  He is a well-dressed yuppie kind of guy, and I have no idea what his deal is.

     I'm hungry.  I need something in my stomach to settle my stomach.  Too much coffee gets to me eventually.

     Let's see...anything else I want to write?  Yes, there is, but it is hard to think when I have to pee, dammit.

     The guy on the right periodically looks at me.  It disturbs me.  He is harmless, but there was a time when we were the only two people occupying tables in the front room, and he had to sit right next to my table.  It creeps me out.  It is such a pain in the @ss to pick up and move my stuff, that I've just been sitting here, silently suffering. 

     I watched South Park last night before my internet locked up on me.  I love that show.  I watched the one where Stan's Grandpa buys him a $6000 bolo tie off of a shopping network.

     I don't exactly know why my internet locked up on me.  It shows that I am connected, but it shows the padlock icons.  It is like being locked out of the house, which just majorly sucks when that happens.

     It's good to stop doing art for a day.  It is good to bring the laptop to the cafe once in a while, and update it.  If you let things go too long without using the computer, things become out of date.

     One time, I let a lot of time go by before bringing my laptop again into the cafe.  I had sixty updates, and I had to sit here for an hour before the computer would shut off.

     I feel better now that I have peed.  Then, I got some more coffee, and I bought a bagel with butter and jam, which was so good.  I could go for another one.

     I ate good last night.  There was some food party at the bar, and I had three bowls of this amazing Chicken Tomato soup.  I was dying and going to heaven.

     I guess I might as well publish this.  It has happened a couple of times where I write a big, long blog entry, and something happens where it gets lost, and then I have write the whole dang thing over again.

     It's been a while since I made any posts, because I stopped taking my laptop to the cafe.  Instead, I've been doing my napkin art, and having a pretty good time.
     Most everyone brings their laptop now, and I didn't want to be just another person with a laptop sitting there.
     I wanted to distinguish myself.

     I suppose if one day everyone in the cafe was drawing and painting pictures, then I would rush home, and get my laptop, just to be different.