cognitive reframing:

I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am out of milk because I am disorganized -> negative affect

I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am making affogato, a sophisticated italian dessert -> positive affect

It is horse shit that it’s 27 degrees outside and I’m afflicted with seasonal allergies.

4 panel black and white comic 1: the blindfolded black woman says, "We've arrived" 2: Remi, still gagged by Hermes, thinks "What?! We haven't moved!" 3: She flicks her umbrella down, bringing down her bubble 4: Remi and his 4 captors are standing in front of an ornate desk. A man in a luxurious leather chair sits before them. The blindfolded woman tersely says, "Barnabus." The man in the chair responds, "Calamities. Thank you for facilitating this family reunion."

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Lydia, a werewolf, raises a clawed paw to strike Belial, a man falling in front of her with black creatures coming out of holes all over his body.

Our beautiful blonde werewolf Lydia gets back in the fight in Brandish #201! Read the full page of the comic over at theholderstrilogy.com, or checkout the new update on the Webtoon @ bit.ly/4cfwd1D!

Belial gets tripped up in the 200th page of Brandish, now up at theholderstrilogy.com! Checkout the full page there.

Also, proud of myself to have reached 200 pages of webcomic. Quite the achievement!

4 panel black and white comic 1: Kory and Aimee are sitting at the console, Rhoda is in her scrubs behind them. They all look anxious. Kory says, "Remi lost so much blood..." Rhoda responds, "He'll survive, he needs treatment though. I'll stay in the OR in case he gets free." Aimee interjects, "I can't locate his phone, there's been no signal since he vanished." 2: Kory is holding his phone, eyes closed trying to relax. He say, "Alex texted, he's safe with his family. Going off grid. Which, by the way- The bar in Tahiti is off limits, I brokered this deal there. 3: Kory is angry, eyes narrowed, saying "Remi warned us this was always a possibility. This is our doomsday scenario." 4: The tall black woman with the umbrella and blindfold, finger to temple, eyebrows furrowed in thought. Kory continues, "Other people with powers."

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Saw a cybertruck with the vanity plate “Biff” so at least he’s aware of the vibes I guess

Baklava!

At some point in his pop culture rant he was complaining about one piece before talking about yaoi, but I urged on the yaoi conversion by bringing up heated rivalry

There is an old man yelling about yaoi in the bar

Listening to an old man at the bar get mad about pop music and that Roan Chapel.

7 panel black and white comic 1: the distorted space closes around remi, the only light coming in through the narrowing opening. He thinks "It's closing! I'm trapped in this thing!" 2: The blindfolded woman with the umbrella says, "Don't fret Remi, there's nowhere safer than my bubble." He thinks, "is she reading my mind?" She continues, "We'll be using it to deliver you to Barnabus." 3: a closeup of the woman's blindfold, eyebrows knit together in through, she says, "It'll take me a moment to fixate on him." 4: a closeup of a monitor, showing the bubble from above, closing in 5: Remi's eye peers out as the bubble finishes closing 6: the monitor shows the scene of the Mona Lisa, the 5 in the bubble are gone. the guard is looking around frantically, Remi's blood on the ground. Kory says, "Remi, he's..." 7: Kory, looking up at the monitors, crying, finishes, "Gone..."

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9 panel black and white comic 1: a guard with a mustache and vest breathes heavy while running "haa- haa- haa-" 2: the guard turns a corner and shines a flashlight on Remi being abducted by Hermes and the three women. 3: Inset panel of a gagged Remi trying to yell, "HMPH MM!!" 4: guard's face gasping 5: flashlight hits the ground and the lens breaks 6: the blindfolded black woman says, "That's enough parlor room banter" 7: she flicks her umbrella up 8: a distortion in space happens around Remi's feet and he thinks, "the tall one's object must be that umbrella. but what is it doing?" 9: the distortion folds around into a sphere shape around all 5 of them

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Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life is another great book to learn figure drawing from

They gave Coraline buccal fat removal

Love yelling loop pedal lady

If I go to the bar for two drinks, and I buy two drinks, but other patrons buy me three drinks, does that still count as going to the bar for two drinks?

This gem

Saw a musical with friends today and it was very cute. Took a nice unexpectedly warm winter walk along the river afterwards. Everything is dumb but you can still have nice moments.

One of the few solaces I have about this is how the rich have degraded home construction labor to the point not even they can get built to suit houses that don’t leak.

My mom has been giving me shit for living in a “high crime area” the last decade, even though nothing happened to me there. Cut to me getting robbed twice in a week and now it’s all side eyes reeking of I told you so’s.

Ordered new headphones to replace the ones stolen from car last week and the package got stolen off my porch 😭

Maybe don’t talk about AI in a way that makes it obvious the plan is to just kill a ton of poors after you steal their skills.

I think no to war in Iran but I’m unsure of she’d have also removed Maduro.

We are in the Fallout timeline

Brandish #199 - Chapter 9 Page 22 is up at theholderstrilogy.com!

Remi is having PTSD flashbacks at a very inopportune time.

The comic also updated on patreon.com/collinlafleur! For $1/mo you can read comics a month ahead, and check out #201 early!

Note to self, don’t start a puzzle shortly after taking your adderall unless you intend to do that puzzle to completion.

6 panel black and white comic 1: The three women working with Hermes to capture Remi are standing in front of him with varying levels of smile on their face. Hermes is using his shapeshifting hands to gag Remi and handcuff his wrists. The tall black woman in the middle says, "It's nothing personal, Remi. We've actually left the Brand's lineage to its whims for centuries. There's no Object more stable. It's been millennia since your Object has been touched by a Holder." 2: The black woman continues, expression softening, gesturing with an upturned hand, "Alas, it would've been fruitless for us to interfere." 3: Close up of the black woman smiling, "UNTIL Barnabus asked us to merely deliver you to him. And he pays well. RATHER well." 4: Close up of her looking incredulous, "He DESPERATELY wants you as the newest member of his little club." 5: inset panel of Hermes looking upset under his mask 6: Hermes face in profile as he says, "I think you'll find his offer quite convincing."

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10 panel black and white comic 1: the young looking woman with the beehive hair and hoop earings says, "Aw, Hermes!! A Mask!? I can't see your handsome mug!" 2: The man on top of Remi, Hermes, responds, "... can you focus on this, please?" 3: The older looking woman in the wide brimmed hat says, "I apologize on behalf of Karma, as she is incapable. It's always a pleasure working with you, Hermes." The woman with the beehive, Karma, leans forward and sticks her tongue out at the older woman. The black woman with the umbrella raises her arm and umbrella between the two other women. 4: Remi is on the floor, the 3 women's feet in the background. Remi thinks, "Okay Remi, THINK! There's at least four, and I assume they all have magic like me." 5: The older woman in the hat continues to talk to Hermes, "You're much more charming than your father." 6: Closeup of the masked Hermes flinching. 7: Closeup of Remi's eyes, thinking, "I'm pinned by the t-1000, and one of those girls can teleport, too." 8: Remi keeps thinking, "And Karma CAN'T be her real name, does it relate to her power?" The shoes of the black women click into view, Remi looks over and goes, Hm? 9: The black woman crouches next to him and says, "Your panic has faded to plotting. There's no point, Remi. Give in." 10: Closeup of the black woman looking down at Remi, Karma behind her. The black woman says, "Your fate was sealed the moment you entered this room."

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Someone broke my car window to steal my backpack, which had my work laptop in it, and I’m big mad. Gonna have to deal with this tomorrow when I’m in a better head space.