Late, are we?

Sorry I've been tardy... No good excuse!
Here's a truncated run-down of what has happened for the last month:

Office party was smashing success, enjoyed a day at VF with Nikki for fun, went to a wedding Nikki's best friend Susan, signed up for Netflix, bought a nice bookshelf, went to the state fair (and met senate candidate and humorist Al Franken), and have been working at VF steadily!

Now, I'm looking for a new job, since VF is now down to the weekends. Basically, as long as it'll put food on the table, and pay the rent, I'll do it. My goal is to have a job that'll allow me to work on other art-related projects or freelance in the evenings and weekends. Of course, an art-related job is a lot more preferable.

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Oh! Here's the rules to a card game called Shit Head. I learned it Ireland, and have been teaching it to whoever will learn.

Rules:
Your objective is to not have cards in your hand. The last person to still have cards is the Shit Head.

- Dealer places three cards face-down in front of each player. Dealer then places three cards face-up on TOP of those face-down cards. Finally, Dealer doles out a hand of three cards to each player. The rest of the cards are the draw-deck. Set aside a space for the discard pile. Players have the option to switch out any cards in their hand with any of their face-up. I'll explain why later.

- Whomever has a 4 starts the initial run. If no one has a 4, whomever has a 5 starts it. If no 5, then a 6, etc.

- The way you remove cards from your hand is placing an equal or higher card/cards on top of it, factoring special cards (outlined later). A player has to take the cards into their hand if they can't beat the top card of the run, and the next player starts the new run. The values go: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A. Players need to have a minimum of 3 cards in their hand until the draw-deck is empty. If you have two to three of the same kind, you can play them all at once. For example, playing two 5s on top of a single 4. Playing four of a kind in a row or making four in a row is an automatic discard of the run, and the player who made the discard starts the new run.

- When there is no more cards in the draw-deck, and the player has no hand, they start using the face-up cards. When those cards are gone, the player draws blind the face-down cards. In either case, if they can't beat the run, they take the cards into their hand and try to get back to nothing so they can play the face-up/down cards.

- The last player with cards in their hand is the Shit Head. They shuffle and deal the next round.

- SPECIAL CARDS:
- 2: starts a run all the way back to the beginning. Can be played at any time.
- 3: "glass card." When played, it is like playing whatever it's placed on top of. Can be played at any time.
- 10: automatically sends the run to the discard. Player who discards it starts the new run. Can be played at any time.
- 7: forces the next player to play UNDER it (2,3,4,5,6 or another 7). Has to be played in sequence.
- 8: skips another player's turn. Playing two/three skips two/three players. Has to be played in sequence.

So there are the rules. Here's the drinking game version, Shit Face:
- When you pick up the run because you can't play a higher card or play a 2,3,10 on top of it, take a drink of beer.
- If you get skipped, take a drink of beer.
- Should you end up as the Shit Head, drink a shot of hard liquor.

Have fun!

TTFN!