April 28th marked the third anniversary of EncoreSeraphine.com. 793 comics. Much love. Thank you. ~Sera
You treated me like a goddess
When we were around everyone else
Now how come you couldn’t notice me
When I was standing by myself
Lyric from Meiko, Sleep
If every angel’s terrible
Then why do you welcome them
You said you’d provide the birdbath
If I’d provide the skin
Lyric from CocoRosie, Terrible Angels “It’s perfectly flawed imho”
Word of the Day: Contiguous. It means to have contact with, or to be adjacent. It is the opposite of being fragmented or scattered.
When all of your thoughts are touching, it is called Logic. The problem is thoughts jump all over; we don’t have contiguous thoughts. Therefore, we mentally reorder our thoughts until they begin to make sense. In this manner, we build a reasonable case for ourselves based on a kind of false logic. Tragically, the result is we don’t know how stupid, or average, we really are. We can only guess.
In a moment of clarity, everything (and nothing) is readily apparent.
The cathedral towers and the full gables of the quaint old houses were just beginning to blush in the sunrise. There had been no rest for her that night. She was still in her pretty ball-dress, her fair hair hanging somewhat out of curl on her neck, and the circles round her eyes dark with watching. “What a fright I seem,” she said, examining herself in the glass, “and how pale this pink makes one look!” So she divested herself of this pink raiment; in doing which a note fell out from her corsage, which she picked up with a smile, and locked into her dressing-box. And then she put her bouquet of the ball into a glass of water, and went to bed, and slept very comfortably.
Quotation from William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
O.k. I get it. You’re sorry. But I’m not the one you should be apologizing to.
I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t apply… I thought that I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
Quotation from Tiger Woods, Professional Golfer
If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.
Quotation from Marilyn Monroe
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
Quotation from Katharine Hepburn
The house and the tree in the header photo remind me of an old married couple. When one finally goes, the other will die shortly after.
They were watching Animal Planet, one of their favorite shows, when a nurse’s aide checked on them.
“I’m going to die today,” Lolie told the aide, who asked her if she needed to go back to the hospital.
No, she just felt “different,” Lolie told her.
When the aide came back a short time later, Lolie wasn’t breathing. Moments later, they discovered James had also passed away.
Quotation from Wendy Victora, NWF Daily News “Couple together for 59 years; Die moments apart”
Comparing myself to others makes me feel bad.
Self-centeredness comes into play when there is not enough self-esteem — not the other way around… Putting others down as a way to feel better about oneself is whack and unattractive. And while [a Diva] may appear confident and strong, usually the opposite holds true.
Quotation from Curly Nikki, Tyra Show
I’m proud to think that I’m on Santa’s Nice List. But I take secret pleasure in knowing I’m somewhere on his Naughty List too.
I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn’t come home at tea time, I used to be sent to bed without any dinner. But people used to bring me things; I was better fed in bed.
Quotation from Diane Cilento
Sorry there’s no photo in today’s comic. I’ve been virtuously wrapping gifts and decorating the house this weekend. I’m hoping to avoid the last minute holiday panic that gripped me last year.
apropos of nothing: off the lobby is a sauna
with a crack and my face pressed to it.
the front desk girl is putting drops in the eyes of another guest.
the sauna’s yellow light is burning my shoulder
and i should slip into the courtesy robe, and close my pores.
the bed is already turned down in my room.
but a lady carrying a dog puts down an empty wine glass
and i’m sure her dog is looking at me and licking its nose.
poem i wrote, on my birthday
Sarah Clark, who asks “what has happened to decent customer service?” is the inspiration for today’s comic. And she’s right. But also, having worked at both sides of the register, I’ll say this: the customer is not always the most pleasant person in the world.
I’m terribly swamped, so I may miss a couple of comics this week. There will be regular updates, but maybe three or four new comics rather of the customary five or six. This is temporary. Please leave lots of comments so I don’t feel bad.
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
Quotation from Mel Brooks
When someone is impatient and says, “I haven’t got all day,” I always wonder: How can that be? How can you not have all day?
Quotation from George Carlin