No, I don't have a rabbit voice up yet- much to my annoyance and frustration.

I'm posting MY PSA about the upcoming elections:

Please vote.

Please.

The last day to register to vote (I believe) is October 6th, so if you're not registered already, please go and do it. I don't care if you don't feel your vote matters. I think you should do it anyway.(NOTE: Your last day to register to vote is dependent on what State you live in. Check here to find out when your last day to register is.)

If you are able to vote in a swing state, please cast your vote there.

I wouldn't normally endorse any candidates or really make it clear who I'm voting for, but I've been so ticked off during this campaign that I have to say something. If I lose some readers, oh well (though I'd be surprised given the content of my comic and my demographic).

Here I go:

I am absolutely DUMBFOUNDED that people are still so supportive of Sarah Palin. The fact that she was chosen as a running mate is insulting- for me, it was an obvious attempt to pander to women voters despite the fact that she has limited experience and is completely opposed to many of the issues that women care about.

I mean GOD she didn't even KNOW what the Vice President does back in July, 2008! I KNEW THAT and I HATE talking/learning about politics.

It's mind boggling that people claim that she'll be good at foreign policy b/c of her proxmity to Russia. I mean... WHAT?! Does that mean that EVERY Alaskan has a diplomat living inside of them, waiting to burst out?

However, the most IRRITATING quality about Palin is her unabashed hypocrisy. As someone who claims to love the United States as a country that values individual rights and freedoms she sure doesn't do a whole lot to ensure them. If she really believed that everyone has the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness then why is it that she has made sure that same-sex couples are denied health care in Alaska? I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, homosexuals are people too- whether you agree with their lifestyle or not. Are you not, Gov. Palin, denying certain inalienable rights?

I'm not even going to go too deep into the pro-life/pro-choice issue because it gets too complicated, but I will say this: I find it appaling that she will not allow abortions even in the case of rape or incest.

Speaking of rape, did you know that when she was the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, rape victims had to pay for their own rape kits in order to gather forensic evidence? Is this just another way of saying "Well, you got into this mess, you better pay for it?"

How can people possibly think she cares about women's rights?

On top of all that she made attempts to ban certain books at the Wasilla library b/c of offensive language- BANNING BOOKS?! What decade are we in? What country again?

Is Palin really going to uphold our Constitutional Rights? Does she even know what the 1st ammendment is?

The scariest thing about all of this is that if the McCain/Palin ticket wins, Palin is only a heartbeat away from the presidency. McCain is 72. When I first got to NYU, half of the professors were that age and took on more students to advise through their dissertation. Now, three years later, a good number of those professors have keeled over and a lot of students were left screwed.

WHAT IF MCCAIN KICKS IT?! Then we'll have this completely incompetent woman, who has limited (or maybe conditional) respect for the ideals on which this country was based, in charge.

This post is getting too long, but let me tell you a couple of other things:

She has said and actually believes that it is GOD'S WILL that we are fighting in Iraq and that it is GOD'S WILL that we build a pipeline to Russia. What is this? I thought the days of Manfiest Destiny and imperialism were over.

Religious fanatasicm of ANY KIND is a bad thing (esp when you're using religion to justify your own goals).

Oh and while Obama was out there working as a community leader (which Palin loves to spit on- yeah, you community leaders are all do-nothing bums), Palin was traipsing around in swimsuits doing beauty competitions.

Anyway, I'm not here to change anyone's minds about anything- but I really just don't understand how someone could support someone like Palin.

I mean... I really don't.

Ok- getting off my soap box now...

Quick Public Service Announcement!

Reminds me of an old axion understood the world over, decried by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11 and put succinctly by Mark Millar --- The Rich Eat First.

I'M A BIG MORON!

I accidently uploaded today's cartoon yesterday (due to an error in the way I named one of my comics)- I was so confused when I saw the same comic up today.

Please go back a day if you want to see the missing comic. It's up now.

Today's strip is in honor of my friend, Justin, who moved back to Seattle a few weeks ago. Justin has a comic called Sub-Human, which is about the horrible world of substitute teaching- it also has geeky and sometimes naughty humor. For those of you who don't know who Justin is... I don't know how to put it... but he's kind of a big deal. He's also master artist of the world.

Anyway, his comic is very funny if you can handle it. Please check it out.

I also did a last minute guest comic strip for the Make- A- Wish Foundation. Please donate there if you can and make someone's wish come true. Many other comic artists participated and they're all very talented. One of them in particular, is my friend Wes Molbash who writes a great web comic called You'll Have That.

Ok, so hopefully I'll have some time and space to do my rabbit voice tonight. I've been busy b/c it's registration/interview for classes week at the IFA (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU)!

The IFA has an exciting yet uncomfortable buzz the week before classes- there are about 40 or so new students who look very eager and ambitious. Some of them already joke about how this place is miserable even though they have no idea what they've got themselves into quite yet.

I'm like "Hey man... don't tell ME that this place is stuffy and demanding. Have you been to the toilet of tears yet?... I didn't think so."

Of course, that's not what I said- I just politely chuckled in agreement.

A lot of my friends are studying for their oral examinations and turning in dissertation proposals. I don't have to look forward to that stuff until this summer, but I was thinking about dissertation topics as I read through the list of dissertations in progress. Then I wondered what my dissertation title would be.

I'm not very good at titles. The title for one of my MA theses was called "The Tombs of Ibi, Djau, and Ankhmahor." One has no idea what the paper is about other than it involves some dudes and their tombs. I bet my dissertation title would be something lame like "Ancient Egypt" or "Ancient Egyptian Art." That's how bad I am at thinking of titles.

Anyway, my mind meandered a while more and I thought about how cool it would be to write a dissertation about rabbits and why they're awesome. I came up with a title based on some of the titles of papers/dissertations/articles I've run into during my academic career.

"Rabbits: Too Cute for their Own Good? An Exploration of Conceptions of Fuzziness"

Aw yeah.

Well, as you can see CLV is back on track.

Sorry about the delay for Rabbit Voice II- as you saw from David's post I had made one a couple of weeks ago but it was unfortunately unusable. I have not had the opportunity to make a new one since I have yet to find a time and a place when/where it is quiet enough to do a second take.

Anyway, I haven't been able to sleep for the last couple of days because I've been too angry. (Don't worry, it's not Edouard related at all).

You see, a friend of mine told me a story about someone I was close to for a signficant period of my adult life- it's a story that made this person sound like they are completely bat$#*% crazy. I can't really go into details about it for personal reasons and because I don't want other people's lives to possibly be affected by me retelling what happened in a virtual public space, but I just felt so effing pissed about it that the only way I'm going to sleep tonight is if I write down my feelings here. It's my domain after all. I pay for it.

Anyway, this person makes me FRUSTRATED to the point where I am so full of RAGE that it feels like all my anger is welling up inside of me, wanting to violently burst out in a disgusting (and probably chunky) spew of projectile vomit.

The reason why I'm so pissed is because this person constantly invalidated whatever angry feelings I had toward them. I have a problem processing this emotion anyway (with the exception of my parents and David), so imagine how hard it was to try to communicate with someone who just wouldn't listen.

There are probably some people who are going to read this enigmatic post and wonder if I could be talking about them, but rest assured that it's probably not you.

P.S. Justin M. of Seattle- we all miss you in New York. When you left my stomach hurt and I swear I didn't eat anything funky.

Hello David here! Since Jen has been busy managing her affaires in New York, I figure I ought to regale everybody with details of my empty vacuous life.

---- David

David- I heard a rumor that they are getting rid of bike messengers in New York City.

Anyway, as promised I'm posting a picture of me with the Rosetta Stone. I decided not to lug my hieroglyphics textbook with me to the British Museum but I think you can tell I'm still happy to see it:

Also when I was on my way to Charles de Gaulle in Paris look at the name of the train I caught:

Bicycle messengers have been in their death throes for over a decade, first it was the fax machine, then email/digital reprographics et al... Do tell Jen...

---- David

Carlos Sastre in Yellow at the Tour De France! WOOT!

Sorry for the outburst, Jen. Since I no longer run into that roadie with the Team CSC-Saxo Bank kit, I figure I'll announce this fact to the one person in this captive audience who may care... Yes I happen to like Carlos Sastre... Get over it.

UPDATE: Carlos Sastre keeps his jersey though Paris!! Team CSC Saxo-Bank FTW!

As you can see from my updates I have returned from my trip abroad. I will post some pictures soon but not until I do my rabbit voice for all the people that helped me raise money a few months ago.

Some of you sent me some e-mails while I'm gone and I'll try to get to them soon.

I'm still in Europe but I'm leaving in a couple of days, which means that bulk updates will start early next week when I get a more reliable internet connection. In the meantime, enjoy this comic.

I'm sad to be leaving Europe but my wallet isn't. Even though this trip was funded for me I still of course had to spend a lot of my own money once I was here- the dollar has become so weak it's ridiculous. Even when I was here last a couple of years ago I don't think the exchange rate was this horrible.

That said, I think every penny spent was worth it. The Agyptisches Museum in Berlin was very impressive and had a lot of interesting objects that I have never seen before. Even though I teared up a bit at the British Museum, I think the Agyptisches Museum's collection is the one that has given me at least beginnings of dissertation topic ideas- and that is priceless (as are the memories).

I've been busy going on and off trains this month which is why I haven't given anyone an ArtFest update.

I would do it now but I have to catch the EuroStar to London right now.

As I mentioned I'm abroad for about 2 weeks looking at Egyptian collections at big museums (yesterday I was at the Louvre, tomorrow I'm going to the British Museum) as well as some aside fun stuff (the day before yesterday I visited Disneyland Paris, which I'm sorry to say pales in comparison to the original).

Have to go, but I wanted to let people know that I've been having a hard time finding a way to connect this laptop to the internet. That said, updates will once again be spotty (I'm sorry this has been happening so frequently as of late).

I promise that as soon as I get back to New York not only will there be bulk updates but you won't see another spotty update schedule for at least another few months if that.

Hey all! This is David

Thanks for your patience! ---David

Tomorrow is MoCCA Art Fest! Thank you to everyone that donated so that CLV can be present at this wonderful indie/alt comics fair. Please check me out if you can at Table C29 (I'm going to be near Dumbrella!) on the first floor.

Come help jumpstart the US economy by buying original art, comic strips, M. Smokey pins, and more! (Also say hello to me).

You know... I can think of no better place to spend a portion of your economic stimulus check... ---David

Living with Toys- I should make it clear that by bukakke I mean "awesome" (it's how Dan and I say "awesome") not actual bukakke. However, it didn't matter b/c Dan told me that his hit count doubled the day I posted his comic.

Either none of you know what bukakke is or ya'll are perverts. (or both)

I was having troubles with my FTP client earlier but I have the problem fixed for now.

Anyway, I'm sending out thank you postcards this week- look out for yours.