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And a hearty hello to you all, fellow Gluemeaties! It’s a blustery, snowy day here in Quebec City, but nor rain nor snow nor sleet shall prevent me from accomplishing the task of delivering unto you today’s edition of Always Sparkle.

Speaking of which, this edition of Always Sparkle will be the last one of 2004. It will return with the new year, so savour this one and feel free to speculate on the rest of series. Or not.

By the way, before I go on, it seems that AOL has suspended my AIM account for some unknown reason. I’m trying to see if I can get re-activated, and if anyone has any clues as how to go about doing it, please write me an email or drop me a line on MSN Messenger (gluemeat@hotmail.com) or Yahoo! Messenger (gluemeat@yahoo.com). I’ll keep your posted on further developments.

Next week is Monkey Day! Hooray! In honour of this significant occasion, I am pleased to announce that there will be four, that’s right, count ‘em, FOUR editions of Gluemeat next week. Yes, since Monkey Day falls on a Tuesday this year, my comic contribution to Casey Sorrow’s humanitarian effort will appear on Monkey Day itself. So make sure to wear a shirt next Tuesday, because it will be an extra-special occasion. Unless you really like browsing the Internet bare-chested. Or if you’re a girl. I like to think girls visit this site bare-chested…

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Anyhoo, I am getting set for the all-new edition of the Gluemeat Christmas Holiday Humdrum. We all know what happened last year, which thus left the third Humdrum incomplete. I debated with myself as to whether or not I should conclude it, but it felt too much of a cop-out; that and I think it might bring me bad luck again this year. Thus, you will all get to savour an all-new special this year as I propose the Gluemeat Christmas Holiday Humdum 3.5! I’m finishing up the writing details, but let me tell you this: it will be just as big in scale as the Signs series. Ooh la-la! Excited? You should! Or you should at least be bare chested!

Have a good Wednesday everyone!

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I guess the big news today (aside from all this Halo 2 nonsense) is the release of Firefox 1.0. Now that is something to get excited about. Although I still have a wee preference for Apple’s Safari browser mostly for personal reasons, Firefox is the perfect engine to have a safe and fast web experience, without continuing to back an ugly megacorporation (like those Halo 2 buyers did), especially if you run under a Windows machine.

Go on. Try it.

And we are still just a few days away from the new design… excited yet?

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It’s nice to know that everyone in the U.S. is really doing their part to avoid another election fiasco like in 2000. No really. I’m sure Floridians are making sure that every effort is spent to get the right man in this time. I mean, it’s not like Jeb Bush would refuse to pull the plug of the flawed felon voter list which prevented about 2500 people from voting in last year’s elections, despite such advisement from state election officials he should… would he?

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The musical reference in last Monday’s comic was Atom And His Package and his album, A Society of People Named Elihu. Atom is a guy who does music out of his apartment in Philadelphia, playing guitar and spewing beats out of his beatbox (aka “the package”). The guy is completely insane and incredibly fun. Download songs from his website if you’re into biting, hilarious happy punk-esque nutziness. Especially Happy Birthday Ralph and (Lord, It’s Hard To Be Happy When You’re Not) Using The Metric System. I once saw Atom a few years ago in a hick Quebec town called Charny with some really sucky punk bands. Atom’s show was one of the most fun I ever saw; still is to this day. I was kind of sad to hear that he did his farewell show on August 29, which is why I wanted to do my little tribute to his best album by letting the title be the semi-punchline.

Speaking of Monday’s comic, I’m glad that everyone seemed rather satisfied with the revelation that Mega Man hadn’t actually replaced Blue, but was actually Blue in disguise. To be honest, I was really wondering how to handle the end of having the pixelized menace with us for the past two weeks; a mountainous inward debate took place between actually giving an appropriate payoff (although I prefer random and inconsequential twists) or just having Blue return without any explanation to mess with you all a little (something regular readers know I’m entirely capable of). The better half of me took over and made me realise that if I didn’t conclude the arc properly it could come across as me caving in and lacking ideas (god forbid), pulling off a stupid stunt just to piss everyone off. Which would have been fine, but it wasn’t the intention. After all, wouldn’t you say using Mega Man in webcomics, in many ways, has become naively inappropriate, just like Blue is in general?

So isn’t it nice to know that Blue was never REALLY gone? Isn’t it nice to know you can put a little faith in me? Just don’t put too much.

I am thrilled to the gills. My gills are thrilled. I have thrilling gills. Or at least, that is how they would feel, considering I’d have gills in the first place. Which I don’t. But in any extent, gills or not, my elation is hard to keep at bay, seeing that I ordered a brand-spaking new iMac from the good, kind-hearted people at Apple. I’m so excited. The first orders should be arriving in three to four weeks, so trust me, I will be maintaining a very, very close countdown. Hopefully, my wee little Quebec City won’t be on the end of a bad Apple shipment.

Enjoy today’s Always Sparkle!

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