Snooked, cartoon life, chopped up

Last night was an atypical Thursday evening.  After work Cindy and I went to dinner at Snook Inn with a friend of ours.  I came up with the idea the day before out of nowhere.  I just realized that I hadn’t been to Snook Inn forever, probably at least two years and I felt like going.  I thought going on a weeknight would be a wise choice since weekends there can be a madhouse.

My plan was effective, the place was only half full.  While we waited for our friend to show up we had a couple beers at the bar to pass the time.

Cindy had never been to Snook Inn before which surprised me.  I told her it has always been a “go to” place for me to take guests of mine that visit.  It’s open air, right on the water venue has a Key West type of feel that is very relaxing. I had grouper fingers as my meal which were quite good.  Cindy and Alfred enjoyed what they ordered as well.

The only negative about Snook is it is a looooong ways from my house.  By the time I got home it was well after 9.

Recently you may have noticed a number of these type of cartoon strips showing up on Facebook.  They are produced with a FB app called Bitstrips.  Basically you go through about a 5 minute process where you design a cartoon version of yourself and then that avatar can be plugged into an endless array of situations where you control the dialogue and can tweak the scene.

Based on my experience with the 35 episodes of Jmo’s World I have produced, making 1 cell comic strips seems very easy.  I made a couple quick cartoons dealing with one of my favorite subjects, Jeremy.  I also used them to help promote his new blog which I am sure he appreciates.

This weekend is going to be rather fragmented.  Tomorrow afternoon I am attending/working an Oktoberfest that the running club is putting on.  I have never had a desire to attend an Oktoberfest and to be honest, that feeling has not changed.  However I am going to help support the cause (running club youth scholarship fund) and to accept credit cards at the door via our Ipad/Square CC account.

Sunday morning I have another race to time, a Halloween style race where participants are encouraged to run in costume.  You would think a themed race like this would draw a lot of people but this race has historically done poorly partially due to the venue, day and other factors.  By the time I get home and cleaned up from the race it will be time for the Eagles /Giants game.

Fall weekends for me typically fly by very, very quickly.