That may soon be the headline you read. For those following my ongoing saga, they fucked up again! For those just tuning in, this and this will catch you up, but the quick version is after the jump.
The State of California fucked up back in June, dropped my services, and while they are fixing it my live-in care provider hasn't been paid in two months. We only survive by pooling her pay with my social security as it is, so we've been trying to live on less than half of our income all this time.
We got the timesheets a week ago, filled them out, and mailed them in. New timesheets came, blank, to fill out again, like they never got some of the ones we sent. We got PART of the money, which went to food and bills, but are missing several more checks. I'm ready to kill.
I've been feeding us all this time by drawing caricatures and getting donations from kind strangers, which is a great way to drain your self-esteem. I've also been drawing a lot, working on a new comic book pitch, and built a quick website for my artistic services here.
I've decided to try drawing pets as another way to make money, and did a sample of Tunch, John Cole at Balloon Juice's cat, which I sent him as a gift. Here's how it came out:
Anyway, just keeping those who are interested updated. We're still alive, somehow, but it's as rough as ever. Thanks for all your support!