August: a spooky prologue

I love the comic strip Sarah's Scribbles and every August she publishes something that just strikes me as very, well, me. This is, in a nutshell, my relationship with this month. My mind is on something else, you will have guessed what. So yes, I am already thinking of Halloween to come. August is a long, long, spooky prologue to my favourite holiday.

Brain on Tea VS Coffee

You know I am a bit of a fan of the comic strip Sarah's Scribbles, so I hope you will forgive me if I share another one. This one shows, in a nutshell, why I prefer tea to coffee and why it is my performance drug of choice. Both provide energy, but one is like disgusting tasting liquid cocaine, where you feel just as tired, only with a brain working overtime on empty nutrients, the other is like the essence of life. Anyway, this is funny because it is true and more to the point, it is wise.

September VS October (in a nutshell)

Well, we are two thirds our of September already, so I thought this was a good excuse as any to share another comic strip from Sarah's Scribbles. I love both September and October a lot, they are both autumnal months after all, but it is true that October just has an edge. I do think she is a bit mean to September though:autumn has to start somewhere and it has to build momentum. Maybe we should not compain so much about it and enjoy it for what it is. (On a side note, it is Wolfie's birthday month, so it has that extra special place in my heart).

This September so far, in a nutshell

 I was wrong to be optimistic about autumn being early and cold. This September has been hot, way hotter than August, we even had a bit of a heatwave last week. Thankfully, it does get cooler in the evenings and we have some colours showing up in the trees. Still, I feel like this strip of the comics Sarah's Scribbles, who seems to love autumn as much as I do, and like me considers September to be the beginning of autumn. In any case, this comics resumes my state of mind right now.

"Quarantine Brain"

I love the comics Sarah's Scribbles, as you might know. And I thought today that I would share her latest comic strip. Latest as I am writing this anyway. I think I can relate to it. As I often do when it comes to her jokes. I am a bit like the human character in the strip, borderline catatonic and not feeling very different in front of a screen as I would be in any other occasion. Maybe I'm freaking out inside, I don't know. Or maybe I always feel like freaking out. Like I mentioned here, I have been feeling relatively well overall, in spite of some worries and the inconveniences. Anyway, I thought this was funny, so I am sharing it.

Halloween looming

I told you very recently how spooky I find Sarah' Scribbles. By this I mean that she seems to read my mind when she draws a comic strip. Well, it happened again with this brand new strip. The first week of summer is almost over. And what do I think about? You guessed it. And she did too. I knew she was as Halloween obsessed as I am, but this is uncanny. On the more positive side, reading her, I feel almost like a normal human being.

"How I Tell Stories" (in a nutshell)

As you may know if you have read this blog, I love the comics Sarah's Scribbles, not merely because it is funny, but because it tells the truth. And, on a more personal level, it seems to describe my psyche with spooky accuracy. This was the case recently of a few strips Sarah wrote. I have so many I could share, with no comment on, merely showing the strip, and it would say it all. I settled for one, this strip, showing how she (and I) tells a story. The title of this post (and I guess of the strip) could have been titled "but I digress" because this is exactly what I do.

Late night's melancholy

I am a big fan of Sarah's Scribbles, as you may know. She published one comic strip recently which I wanted to share here. This is the story of my youth, especially of my early twenties. But any night owl would tell you, there comes a moment when the Sadness (with a capital S) comes.

My spooky personality

As my readers know, I love Sarah's Scribbles. As they probably know even more, I love Halloween, my favourite holiday of the year. So I was very surprised and a bit... spooked, when I saw her comic strip yesterday. This is exactly how I am, especially these days, because yes, it is coming. Scary how accurate this is. It is as if Sarah was connected to my mind.

Social ineptitude in a nutshell

You know how much I love Sarah's Scribbles and her humour, which rarely makes me laugh out loud, but always makes me smile. She has a way to show our psyche, or at least mine, that is sometimes downright uncanny. This recent comics strip is no exception. This is very me, and has been for years. Normal conversations bore me and I get obsessed by obscure things (as this blog bears witness). And it makes for some awkward moments. But this comics is reassuring. It tells me that I'm not alone.

Cats (and dogs) in a nutshell

I found this comics on the Facebook page of Sarah's Scribbles. I love her comics, not because it is very sophisticated, because of course it is not, but because she is a very good observer and with the same kind of sensibility I have. See this post and that post for more examples. As a cat lover and a cat owner, I found this strip particularly well put. That is pretty much how a cat thinks, or makes you feel. Accepted under certain circumstances. As for dogs, well, they sure are affectionate. Anyway, not only is it very observant, I also find it hilarious: the dumb enthusiasm of the pooch, the black cat's aloof demeanor... And I thought to share it here.

It's coming...

I found this comic strip on Sarah's Scribbles Facebook page. This is so me it is almost scary. This is, in a nutshell, the story of the months of August of my life. I was mentioning it on this very blog no later than on the first of August, that I had started getting into a Halloween mood. And you don't have to believe me, but I had no idea Sarah Andersen had drawn this then. What can I say? Great spooky minds think alike. And now I feel far less alone. The officious countdown to Halloween has finally started. And no, it's not too early.

How I buy books, in a nutshell

I found this webcomic strip from Sarah's Scribbles (which I know/knew nothing about) on the Facebook page of la Bouquinerie du Plateau, one of my favourite bookshops in Montreal. They often show comics or illustrations or quotes about books, reading and in this case book buying. I found it as funny as it is accurate. This is me in a nutshell. I an not one who likes shopping, except for a few rare things, among them and especially books. And when it comes to buy books, I am like that character, I'm always flush and free with my money.