8 April 2006

Winter quarter had just ended and I was happily on a plane to North Carolina to visit relatives during my first real break in more than a year. It's a long ride from LA to Raleigh/Durham, especially when there's a stopover in between. Somewhere over the Midwest or so I came up with this story which involves a vaguely geeky plot and a heroine with an absurd first name. It's a truly ridiculous tale, but it makes me laugh, and it was really fun to write and draw.

The original book (made from a sheet of white copy paper I tore into octavo-sized bits on the plane) has handwritten text, too, but those didn't photograph so well, so I've typed out the words here.

I hope you enjoy it too.

Presenting...

The Ridiculous Misadventures
of
Lambda Lee

This is the story of Lambda Lee,
Who works in a scientific laboratory.

Lambda's fond of toast, you see;
She eats it on her breaks at three.

One day when Lambda left the lab
She gave her elbow one sharp jab,

It hit the toaster, and off that went
Into a chemical experiment!

That night Lambda's poor appliance
Underwent a mysterious chemical alliance

And morphed into a -- something -- entirely new!
No one could have guessed just what it would do...

When Lambda returned the next morning at eight,
The lab was in a horrible state!

Beakers upturned, flasks smashed, signs unposted!
And there in the corner, the renegade Toast-It!

How could Lambda stop the mutant creation?
What remedy for this bizarre situation?

With anxious mind and a heart full of dread,
Lambda reached for a slice of bread...

She shoved it into the toaster slot,
And while the bread toasted, the Toast-It stopped.

Thereafter, to keep the beast at bay,
Lambda had to feed it bread! eight times a day.
THE END

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