Okay, so, my sleep schedule got so out of whack that I started having my painless headaches again. Which cause these bouts of dizziness. I think I finally got it back under control, but that and all the weird little things that kept disrupting my sleep are what led to me getting really out of sync with posting. You guys are always quite kind to me about not posting when I say I will, which I appreciate. That said, this isn’t just me farting around on the internet for funsies. This comic and the art work I do outside of it are my entire job. Not everyone pays me to make the comic, but enough do that I have the extreme privilege of being a cartoonist all day every day. So even though I present the work free of charge I am being paid to do it and it’s important that I take that seriously. When I fail to have the comic ready when I say it will go up that’s me not doing the job I agreed to do. I don’t think I’ve ever missed a posting time by more than a few hours in the many years I’ve been doing it. That’s because I hold myself to my schedule. It’s very important for a creative to hold themself to their schedule because once you start slacking that’s when things start to fall apart. I get of track from time to time but I always try to go back to the schedule to make sure I never get too comfortable with people just giving me money to draw. It’s important to have some fear behind you to drive you when you make your own rules. So, TLDR I’m very pleased that you forgive me when I slip up, but I’m always going to look at not having my comic up at 12AM Eastern time as me failing to uphold my end of this casual bargain. There are thousands of webcomics that couldn’t commit to having things done on time littering the graveyard of failed comics. I don’t want Between Failures to end up there.

I’ve never been the best, I’ve never been the most successful, but when other people were off dicking around I’ve been here, like I said I would be. That’s probably the thing that has kept me going in spite of all my other shortcomings. I did everything I needed to do for Friday earlier today right when I woke up. Admittedly it wasn’t super taxing. I kept the page very simple since I’m still kind of off kilter and having some issues. I got it done ahead of time though so I could make sure this didn’t become a streak.

Way back in the mists of time I started out with a 2 week buffer. Over the years that got eaten away until it was one week. Then a few days. Until eventually there was no buffer at all. Once you lose that lead it’s extremely hard to get it back. I’ve learned to work faster and cut corners to the point where my work may as well be perfectly circular. When you aren’t super talented you have to learn to make up for it in other ways so you can get by.

I wonder sometimes if I’ll ever reach a point where I’m fast enough to rebuild my buffer. Or skilled enough to have a little time to find someone who can love me and be loved in return. My guess is no. I’ve worked within the confines of no for a long time though, and people underestimate what you can do inside of no.

Then again why say no when you can say yes to supporting the comic via the links above? Become a patron of the arts like the idle rich of of the 17th century. Or like a suspiciously wealthy furry. I’m not here to judge. I’m here to make comics and go to sleep & I’ve made my comic for the day. I’ll have another one ready for you on Monday. Come and enjoy it, shall you?

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