They ought to sell shark seeds

My sister actually got me one of those "Grow your own Millionaire" toys (check the 'Lost in Wonder' link for story) for my birthday and all of us at the party were very excited to see him grow. So we put him in a bucket and waited. They don't work as well as you'd expect.
Recently, a friend said she ought to give me a "Grow your own friend" so that I'd have company while she's away. Here's sort of how the chat session went.

Me: Hello! I'm the one who's emo about people liking me
A: Oh Gawd, here we go again... I'll bring you a "Grow your own friend" when I return
Me: x-(
A: you can talk to 'it', cry to 'it, complain to 'it'... awww...
Me: I'll smack it and flush it
A: Sure you will. It's not a boy so you can't become its best friend and fall in love with it.

Ask yourself, "Do I love chocolate?"

I did the first three parts of this a long time ago and I recently found the pages and I was like "Oh God, that's so emo!". But I agree with the thought that if you don't love yourself, you wouldn't be able to believe that others love you. So I decided to redo the sketches and end it in a non-emo way. Chocolate seemed apt.
I think there was a nostalgic moment of inspiration when I did the "Chocolate?" part. I remembered those early Amul chocolate tv commercials - "For someone you love" - which showed clips of people giving out chocolate bars to those they cared about who seemed like they could use some. I'd probably think they're too mushy if they made commercials like that today but back then, I loved those ads.

If everyone had a wall, they'd be happier

I really like this one for some reason. Maybe it's the fact that we're on a stone wall. I love stone constructions. And I love sitting on walls and other similar things and just being. It would help if there was something amazing to look at though. I guess this one is also about having someone to share the wall with and not having to say anything.

However, that wall took forever to draw! I wanted to try pasting the sketched characters on an actual wall photo but you apparently need Photoshop skills for that.


I currently have this as my "wall" paper. Pardon the pun.

I don't care how many times "you told me so"!

It's actually wearing one of those swimmer caps. It's details like that make all the difference. I can't decide whether to refer to it as "it" or "he" or "she". I think I just won't decide and use whatever seems apt for the moment. So much stress can be avoided by indecisiveness.
As one would guess, those are fishing boats out there. I couldn't decide if we were on a boat too or just sitting on a wall near the sea. Either way, my parents would probably scream if I sat on the edge like that.

I would probably never get a nose piercing. For various reasons. It took a lot to get me to get the extra ear piercings. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would but I think I'll just stick to getting shots or getting random blood tests done.

And yes, one could get fish hooks in their nostrils if they didn't heed warnings and wandered off into places that seem like their turf but aren't.

No, I said I need to speak to the eligible doctor! Do you even know what eligible means in singlehood terms?

My mother actually did suggest that second idea. Don't be surprised if my arm is in a cast on my wedding day. Who cares about a few broken bones, scars or side-effects from random pills as long as you're married, right?
The first idea.. well, that would be a good one if one were trying to sift through all the doctors in town. I mean, you see a car with one of those stickers and you go "ooh, I wonder if it's a young, single, attractive one". I think I've done too much brain-storming.

Here's more wall-sitting. This isn't a stone wall though. I'm guessing it's a terrace wall. Another place my parents would freak out if they caught me sitting on.

Are we trying to catch a bit of normalcy then?

I have no idea what the point of this was. I'm sure it has huge psychological implications though. My only explanation is that I did one with the girl fishing so I wanted to try one with the shark.

I guess I really do like fishing. And since I've already explained why I have don't really go fishing anymore, this sort of un-baited fishing could be the answer!

Where's a cliff and a box when you need one?

I think Stephan Pastis will soon sue me for plagiarism. I got the box idea from his strip about Pig's box of bliss or something like that and then rat does something mean to it.
But yes, this is what I feel like doing to people who speak like that. Or to people in general when I've had too much of them for a day.
Anyway, this strip is intended for someone who will know it when they see it. Hahahaha.

Lost in Wonder link: Stephan Pastis, you made my day!

My T-shirt is better than yours!

Yet another tribute to "Pearls before Swine". I think our t-shirts describe our personalities perfectly. I had this idea when I was designing my Wicked-Picked tees. And then I decided to do this after my sister and I had a short text message exchange.

G: Please please please get me kaka rolls for dinner. I waaant!!
Me: Okay, okay. Pig.
G: Rat.