my life

Sad News…

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20181223_233504I have been putting this off because I didn’t want to admit to myself that I need to officially take a break from this project. I am falling in love with the Iliad a little bit more every day I spend with it, but I simply don’t have the time I need to be able to work on it right now.

I recently got promoted to a full time position at “New Burgundy” in a new location, which means new people, new responsibilities, and a longer commute. Also, because of my delightful combination of arthritis, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and depression, it has been a rough transition. I am doing better every week, but I am not at a place where I can spend time on my Iliad project. I miss it and will be coming back to it, but not until I am able to get to a healthier place.

I thank you all for reading and your support and promise I will be updating this in the future (my hope is in March). I will keep you updated as time goes on.

Wishing you all the best,

Naomi Ruth

Retail Life: Silo and Peasants Vol. 2, “No, Honey, You’re Sick.”

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I don’t know why people find it necessary to tell me what I am or am not. How would you know? You aren’t me. Back off, lady.

Although, to be fair, when I haven’t completely woken up my voice does sound like I just swallowed a toad, so I did sound unwell, and I’m glad she cared about my health, but why she couldn’t believe me when I said I was fine I just will never understand.

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Want me to turn your own Retail Life experience into a comic? Send me a suggestion HERE (understanding that I am under no obligation to do so and that I try to make my site fairly kid-friendly in case one of my ex-students wander over here BUT I love hearing people’s ridiculous retail stories, so you never know… Just let me know what alias you want to go by, because that’s more fun than a real name).

Retail Life: New Burgundy Vol. 2, “I Didn’t Touch Anything.”

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This story I stole from one of the young ladies that I work with at New Burgundy. Customer’s are just so odd.

Also, remember, any resemblance to people living or dead is completely by chance and also improbable, because I am terrible at drawing people from life. I can’t even take good pictures of people.

Want more Retail Life comics? Click HERE.

Want me to turn your own Retail Life experience into a comic? Send me a suggestion HERE (understanding that I am under no obligation to do so and that I try to make my site fairly kid-friendly in case my ex-students wander over here BUT I love hearing people’s ridiculous retail stories, so you never know… Just let me know what alias you want to go by, because that’s more fun than a real name).

Retail Life: Silo & Peasants, Vol. 1: “Let Me Spell That For You.”

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I will never understand why this lady thought I could not figure out how to spell the word “the.” How did she think I was spelling it? I mean… That’s a basic article.

Alternatively, I also had the people who would rattle of long titles in Spanish or Russian and then were annoyed when I asked how to spell it. You can just never win with these people.

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Retail Life: Building Supply Store Vol.1, “Marry You Right Here in the Check-Out Lane.”

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Because you usually get posts on Sunday I didn’t want to disappoint you so I wrote you a comic based on My Life working at The Building Supplies Store [name has been changed for Reasons and I’m sure its identity will be a Complete and Absolute MYSTERY now]. Every once in awhile, when I have time (probably about once a month?)  I will include a My Life comic (with Commentary) on Sundays (probably the first Sunday of the month?) because, my dear lovelies, some stories just absolutely need to be told because #WHAT and #WHY. Enjoy!

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  1. Asking a stranger to marry you, even if it is only an exaggeration to make a point, is not appropriate, especially when made to someone working in the service industry and they do not have the ability to escape from your comments which are making them uncomfortable.
  2. Do not make assumptions about someone’s a) sexuality b) desire/ability to have children. I hate when people tell me to have babies, because a) it assumes I want to have sex, b) that I want to procreate, and c) that I don’t have fertility issues. A lot of women are infertile and it is a rough deal so DON’T ASSUME THINGS ABOUT WOMEN AND BABY HAVING. Just. Don’t.
  3. I’m not beautiful, guys. I’m adorable, I’m occasionally pretty, but I’m not beautiful. This is factual. I’m not down-playing myself. But I’m a middle-of-the-road person. My body is lumpy and oddly proportioned. I mean, I love it. I get to call myself a lumpy space princess, so that’s fabulous. So I don’t know what his obsession with calling me beautiful was. I just don’t. I must have been having a really good hair day or something. Or maybe the apron I have to wear at work was hiding my lumpiness?
  4. I wouldn’t actually break every bone in someone’s body because I’m mostly a pacifist, but people making assumptions about me or invading my personal space/life makes me incredibly internally angry and my thoughts turn uber-violent.
  5. I still don’t understand the relevance to my ability to cook -_- OH MY GODS STOP WITH THE HETERONORMATIVE PATRIARCHAL BULLSHIT.
  6. None of this conversation was appropriate to have with a cashier. None of it. I honestly should have been able to just say: “This is making me uncomfortable, please stop,” but he was a regular and I felt like I would get in trouble if I offended him and he complained to a manager. THIS KIND OF FEAR MAKES ME WANT TO BREAK THINGS. Like, all of the light bulbs in Aisle 1, Electrical. I wouldn’t, because the stupid “earth friendly” ones are filled with TOXIC CHEMICALS like MERCURY because that is definitely friendly for the earth and its water supplies ABSOLUTELY. Ahem. Wrong rant. THE POINT IS: this conversation should not have happened. He should not have made the comments OR I should have been able to immediately shut it down.
  7. I feel like I should repeat: DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE IF YOU CAN HELP IT.
  8. UGH.

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Happy New Year! and a Quick Update

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Happy New Year, lovelies! I know it’s been awhile 0_0 Don’t worry! I am working on a backlog. I’ve drawn up all of book 4 and I’m in the process of editing the photos, which is being more difficult than I would like it to be. HOWEVER, being that I’m working in retail land I’ll have very few hours the end of this month and we should be back on track either the last week of January or the first week of February. I do apologize for the gap in time *sobs inconsolably*

Have a good month and start to your New Year! Agamemnon and et al will be returning soon!

To Read Book 2 Recap Click HERE.
To Read Book 3 Recap Click HERE.
To Start Book 4, Meanwhile in Olympos Click HERE.

Whoops

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SO, apparently, I have been writing Iliad wrong this WHOLE TIME. And I’m not just talking about my last few posts here. I mean on my tests, paper topics, review sheets, whiteboard notes during the entire quarter I taught this book — and none of my students noticed. My professor from college (who is fabulous, by the way) was kind enough to point this out. I could swoon from embarrassment. HOWEVER, I do have this occasional problem with doubling consonants. I once wrote Agamemnon as Aggammemmnnon and stared at it, knowing something truly wrong had happened, but wasn’t sure how to go about fixing it. SO, I have gone back and fixed all of my references to the Iliad on here (although, not on instagram so… oh well).

Why am I telling you this? Because mistakes happen sometimes. I spend a great deal of time with ancient history, but I am still going to make some silly mistakes occasionally. There is a good possibility that one day you will make a silly mistake. When you do, you can remember that you are not alone and that it is (most likely) not the end of the world.

Have a good day, my lovelies!