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General | Posted 3 months ago...OK, so...maybe that first return journal was a little TOO raw and real.
Fair enough, you come to the site for pretty pictures, not to read my bitching. Message received.
Anyway, I have contacts to reestablish, friends to look up, and at least one major project to get cracking on, so I shouldn't be wasting time with things like stress anyway.
Watch this space.
Fair enough, you come to the site for pretty pictures, not to read my bitching. Message received.
Anyway, I have contacts to reestablish, friends to look up, and at least one major project to get cracking on, so I shouldn't be wasting time with things like stress anyway.
Watch this space.
What a long strange trip it's been...
General | Posted 3 months agoSo, uhm...yeah, what HAVE I been up to since I was last active here? I honestly wish I could say it was good...the 2020s in particular have been one ongoing endurance test as everything has been systematically collapsing around me...and yet, it's not ALL been bad...
2021: after losing my third doctor in 15 years, just leaving and tossing me to the wind, my new doc at the local hospital takes one look at me and IMMEDIATELY puts me on Prozac...and to my eternal surprise it WORKS. The stuff that has been around since I was in high school, the stuff that is for brain meds what "Kleenex" is for facial tissues and "Band Aid" is for adhesive medical strips, turns out to be JUST what I need to end DECADES of AuDHD brainfuckery and uselessness. The "WHY DIDN'T THEY PUT ME ON THIS DECADES AGO?!" rage would come later, because the first thing I realized once I actually had thoughts moving CORRECTLY for the first time in my life was that...I'm trans. I've always known this, pretty much...since I was 14 at least...but crossed wires and bad information and fear always kept me from seriously exploring it...so once I was finally, actually FUNCTIONING, I suppose it was no big leap for me to finally address a 35-year-long realization about myself.
Then a month later my Dad died. His cancer had relapsed during lockdown, and that summer was his last. I never got to tell him anything...not even "Goodbye" because since I had to wait for an opening in my work schedule to fly out, I was somewhere over Denver when he ended. He and I always had a...complicated relationship, but during the darkest days of my divorce he and Mom both stepped up and were my rock, even as I stayed out here away from them to be there for MY son.
2022: It started with my bestie from college who I hadn't talked to practically since passing as well from a domestic accident...fortunately, that would arguably be the worst of the year. I say "arguably" because a few months into it, my job of 18 years was purchased by investors from India, whose first move was to fire and rehire us all so we'd lose all our accumulated vacation and sick time. I was so pissed, I quit and got hired at the Holiday Inn up the road...I figured if I was gonna be treated like a new hire, I'd go be one where they paid more.
Put a pin in that one for now.
That November, there was a shooting at a gay bar not an hour's drive from my home, some guy (who turned out to be the grandson of the mayor of my ORIGINAL hometown, how's THAT for coincidence) shooting up a Trans Day of Remembrance ceremony before getting slam-tackled by a transfemme linebacker...go ahead and laugh, since that gun-toting assclown deserves NO respect. Still, I was terrified...the fact that a "holiday" for remembering those taken by violence was almost taken by violence itself, and so damn CLOSE I could've driven there and back in an afternoon, almost scared me back into the closet again...so instead I forced myself to come out as transgender to my family, to make sure I wasn't cowed by fear anymore. I wish I could say it was for reasons that sounded that noble, but for several years my Mom had been descending into Altzheimer's dementia, which only got worse after Dad died, and the realization that not only were all of my siblings and I liable to follow her, but me with my actual physical brain damage at birth would be the most likely made me decide that if I was going to die not knowing who I was, I'd spend as many years as I had left being ME, the REAL me. My siblings were wonderfully supportive, but they asked me not to tell Mom because of how far gone she was already.
Put a pin in THAT one too.
2023: The new job was WONDERFUL. My co-workers respected me, my boss liked me (even inviting me to join his weekly D&D game with co-workers), the guests were a nicer bunch than the Best Western got. Everything was going so well, I decided to bite the bullet and start Hormone Replacement Therapy that March 14th, since I was in about as good a situation as I'd been in since moving to Colorado back in 2003.
...then the guys who'd bought my last job bought THIS one. It was crooked as fuck to my eyes, considering they used a differently named LLC to buy it and were openly startled when they saw me in the staff introduction, but despite all my warnings to the owners they took over in July and fired half the staff, expecting the rest of us to pick up the slack. That had to be the worst the year had to offer, right?
My mom passed in September. Like before, I was unable to get out to say goodbye in person, since I had no vacation time yet, but at least I got to talk to her over the phone the night she passed. Apparently, I was the one child of hers out of state that she was asking if I had gotten there yet, and apparently talking to me on the phone made her smile.
2024: The sale of the family house, which we'd had since the 60s, went pretty smoothly, even if trying to deal with all of Mom and Dad's various knick-knack collections didn't, and by the summer we divvied up the sales price between the 7 of us...those of us out-of-state got the smallest amount since we weren't there to help care for Mom 24/7 the last couple of years of her life, but we were all okay with that. Meanwhile, the job had been having me training and retraining a rotating cycle of temps in the second slot of my shift. I had to fight tooth and nail to get my overtime, but most of the temps were pretty nice, even if English was their second language...I was so busy with grief, it never occurred to me that they were all from India on temporary work visas until it was basically too late. The LAST one I trained, however, we became pretty close, and she let me know that her hiring has been billed in her home country as a vacation plan, a "work for a month in exchange for lodging and spending cash in America!"
That's right...my job was an Indian holiday scam. There are not enough facepalms...and before you ask, yes I DID report this to the Better Business Bureau after I was inevitably fired for "not meeting expectations" in favor of an ALL temps-on-vacation staffing. Hey, guess who has two thumbs and still hasn't heard jack shit about the crooked douchecanoes who ended 20 years of employment for a work scam?
Still, I had the inheritance, at least what I hadn't spent already on credit card bills and long-overdue dental surgery, so I was fine for the rest of the year...what's that? The presidential election? Oh, come on...there's NO WAY everyone would be stupid enough to let that incompetent shitstain back, right?
2025: TAKE A FUCKING GUESS. Nothing like trying to start a new career at 51 while tens of thousands of Ivy League college graduates are being laid off from government positions MONTHLY, and every possible IT, tech, freelance art, and writing jobs are getting gobbled up by A.I. huh? Almost makes me forget being declared a terrorist by association on no less than THREE SEPARATE UNRELATED OCCASIONS in a single year. The inheritance ran out around the same time unemployment did, and I've been coasting on handouts from my sisters for a few months now...only to learn I'm no longer eligible for SNAP due to being "able-bodied" and not working 20 hours a week. Even Dominoes apparently are too good for me, judging by the silence after the interview two months ago...I'm either too old, too uneducated, or too overqualified for EVERYTHING in this town, and I can't register as autistic and get assistance because of the increasingly likely each month reality that I might very well have to flee the country for daring to grow tits on my chest and most foreign nations will not accept immigrants with pre-existing mental conditions.
So, yeah. That's the dark secret. I came back here because this was the last place I ever felt welcome, and God damn do I need a breather. I don't know if it's a good sign or not that I'm NOT immediately seeing doom and gloom everywhere...it could be denial or it could be actually effective medication, I gave up trying to figure out a couple years ago.
2025 didn't kill me. Let's see how 2026 goes.
2021: after losing my third doctor in 15 years, just leaving and tossing me to the wind, my new doc at the local hospital takes one look at me and IMMEDIATELY puts me on Prozac...and to my eternal surprise it WORKS. The stuff that has been around since I was in high school, the stuff that is for brain meds what "Kleenex" is for facial tissues and "Band Aid" is for adhesive medical strips, turns out to be JUST what I need to end DECADES of AuDHD brainfuckery and uselessness. The "WHY DIDN'T THEY PUT ME ON THIS DECADES AGO?!" rage would come later, because the first thing I realized once I actually had thoughts moving CORRECTLY for the first time in my life was that...I'm trans. I've always known this, pretty much...since I was 14 at least...but crossed wires and bad information and fear always kept me from seriously exploring it...so once I was finally, actually FUNCTIONING, I suppose it was no big leap for me to finally address a 35-year-long realization about myself.
Then a month later my Dad died. His cancer had relapsed during lockdown, and that summer was his last. I never got to tell him anything...not even "Goodbye" because since I had to wait for an opening in my work schedule to fly out, I was somewhere over Denver when he ended. He and I always had a...complicated relationship, but during the darkest days of my divorce he and Mom both stepped up and were my rock, even as I stayed out here away from them to be there for MY son.
2022: It started with my bestie from college who I hadn't talked to practically since passing as well from a domestic accident...fortunately, that would arguably be the worst of the year. I say "arguably" because a few months into it, my job of 18 years was purchased by investors from India, whose first move was to fire and rehire us all so we'd lose all our accumulated vacation and sick time. I was so pissed, I quit and got hired at the Holiday Inn up the road...I figured if I was gonna be treated like a new hire, I'd go be one where they paid more.
Put a pin in that one for now.
That November, there was a shooting at a gay bar not an hour's drive from my home, some guy (who turned out to be the grandson of the mayor of my ORIGINAL hometown, how's THAT for coincidence) shooting up a Trans Day of Remembrance ceremony before getting slam-tackled by a transfemme linebacker...go ahead and laugh, since that gun-toting assclown deserves NO respect. Still, I was terrified...the fact that a "holiday" for remembering those taken by violence was almost taken by violence itself, and so damn CLOSE I could've driven there and back in an afternoon, almost scared me back into the closet again...so instead I forced myself to come out as transgender to my family, to make sure I wasn't cowed by fear anymore. I wish I could say it was for reasons that sounded that noble, but for several years my Mom had been descending into Altzheimer's dementia, which only got worse after Dad died, and the realization that not only were all of my siblings and I liable to follow her, but me with my actual physical brain damage at birth would be the most likely made me decide that if I was going to die not knowing who I was, I'd spend as many years as I had left being ME, the REAL me. My siblings were wonderfully supportive, but they asked me not to tell Mom because of how far gone she was already.
Put a pin in THAT one too.
2023: The new job was WONDERFUL. My co-workers respected me, my boss liked me (even inviting me to join his weekly D&D game with co-workers), the guests were a nicer bunch than the Best Western got. Everything was going so well, I decided to bite the bullet and start Hormone Replacement Therapy that March 14th, since I was in about as good a situation as I'd been in since moving to Colorado back in 2003.
...then the guys who'd bought my last job bought THIS one. It was crooked as fuck to my eyes, considering they used a differently named LLC to buy it and were openly startled when they saw me in the staff introduction, but despite all my warnings to the owners they took over in July and fired half the staff, expecting the rest of us to pick up the slack. That had to be the worst the year had to offer, right?
My mom passed in September. Like before, I was unable to get out to say goodbye in person, since I had no vacation time yet, but at least I got to talk to her over the phone the night she passed. Apparently, I was the one child of hers out of state that she was asking if I had gotten there yet, and apparently talking to me on the phone made her smile.
2024: The sale of the family house, which we'd had since the 60s, went pretty smoothly, even if trying to deal with all of Mom and Dad's various knick-knack collections didn't, and by the summer we divvied up the sales price between the 7 of us...those of us out-of-state got the smallest amount since we weren't there to help care for Mom 24/7 the last couple of years of her life, but we were all okay with that. Meanwhile, the job had been having me training and retraining a rotating cycle of temps in the second slot of my shift. I had to fight tooth and nail to get my overtime, but most of the temps were pretty nice, even if English was their second language...I was so busy with grief, it never occurred to me that they were all from India on temporary work visas until it was basically too late. The LAST one I trained, however, we became pretty close, and she let me know that her hiring has been billed in her home country as a vacation plan, a "work for a month in exchange for lodging and spending cash in America!"
That's right...my job was an Indian holiday scam. There are not enough facepalms...and before you ask, yes I DID report this to the Better Business Bureau after I was inevitably fired for "not meeting expectations" in favor of an ALL temps-on-vacation staffing. Hey, guess who has two thumbs and still hasn't heard jack shit about the crooked douchecanoes who ended 20 years of employment for a work scam?
Still, I had the inheritance, at least what I hadn't spent already on credit card bills and long-overdue dental surgery, so I was fine for the rest of the year...what's that? The presidential election? Oh, come on...there's NO WAY everyone would be stupid enough to let that incompetent shitstain back, right?
2025: TAKE A FUCKING GUESS. Nothing like trying to start a new career at 51 while tens of thousands of Ivy League college graduates are being laid off from government positions MONTHLY, and every possible IT, tech, freelance art, and writing jobs are getting gobbled up by A.I. huh? Almost makes me forget being declared a terrorist by association on no less than THREE SEPARATE UNRELATED OCCASIONS in a single year. The inheritance ran out around the same time unemployment did, and I've been coasting on handouts from my sisters for a few months now...only to learn I'm no longer eligible for SNAP due to being "able-bodied" and not working 20 hours a week. Even Dominoes apparently are too good for me, judging by the silence after the interview two months ago...I'm either too old, too uneducated, or too overqualified for EVERYTHING in this town, and I can't register as autistic and get assistance because of the increasingly likely each month reality that I might very well have to flee the country for daring to grow tits on my chest and most foreign nations will not accept immigrants with pre-existing mental conditions.
So, yeah. That's the dark secret. I came back here because this was the last place I ever felt welcome, and God damn do I need a breather. I don't know if it's a good sign or not that I'm NOT immediately seeing doom and gloom everywhere...it could be denial or it could be actually effective medication, I gave up trying to figure out a couple years ago.
2025 didn't kill me. Let's see how 2026 goes.
Need a judgement call on this one, boss...
General | Posted 3 years agohttps://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/BlackGatomon_Uver.
A Black Gatomon...that infected an Uber Eats app...and is now compelled to make deliveries.
...so, is THIS one automatically a cub too? I mean, it has a job!
Sorry, I saw this and was laughing too hard to not post it here, given the current controversy...
A Black Gatomon...that infected an Uber Eats app...and is now compelled to make deliveries.
...so, is THIS one automatically a cub too? I mean, it has a job!
Sorry, I saw this and was laughing too hard to not post it here, given the current controversy...
Oooookay...
General | Posted 3 years agoWaitaminnit, waitaminnit...call a spade a spade, I've been trying to distance myself from the old questionable art I did during my dark, suicidal post-divorce period for over a decade now, but you're telling me the old "Pokemon Noir" stuff of my Eevee cat-burglar Eva Helix and my Cubone death cult ninja Necrosis are now considered "cub porn?" Seriously?
I mean...you guys DO know furry-porn icon Renamon is a Rookie level Digimon and "cub" Gatomon/Tailmon is a Champion level, right? I even made a gag comic about the subject eons ago...
I suppose this does track, though...my first experience at FurAffinity 1.0 was having an artist I followed say "people like Heckfire need to be fed feet-first into a running chipper shredder" because I said I didn't see the problem with someone drawing their fursona in a diaper. In retrospect, that MIGHT have linked me forever with a sub-community I'd rather not be linked to (not that they're a bad bunch but, y'know, just because I defend your right to something doesn't mean I'm into it...).
Well, if I get banned, I get banned. Fuck it. I've been closing galleries left and right for years now, since this "temporary" art block has lasted long enough for my son to graduate from college and it's not like I've been active here in a while anyway (not that anyone even noticed, really...even when I was drawing regularly if one of my pics ever hit double-digits in likes, it usually took years and was worth celebrating for the rarity of it. I'm an old-guard furry, not a popular one). All you're doing is burying my skeletons for me. Besides, I still have all the sketchbooks with the original pictures in storage. No big loss to the world.
This does feel a little too much like overcorrecting the boat, though. Republicans are calling genderqueer people "groomers" these days, does that mean you're coming for us transgenders next? Or just the futanari porn?
...gawd, furry art without futa smut would be like a cheeseburger without the bun...possible, but still missing something.
I mean...you guys DO know furry-porn icon Renamon is a Rookie level Digimon and "cub" Gatomon/Tailmon is a Champion level, right? I even made a gag comic about the subject eons ago...
I suppose this does track, though...my first experience at FurAffinity 1.0 was having an artist I followed say "people like Heckfire need to be fed feet-first into a running chipper shredder" because I said I didn't see the problem with someone drawing their fursona in a diaper. In retrospect, that MIGHT have linked me forever with a sub-community I'd rather not be linked to (not that they're a bad bunch but, y'know, just because I defend your right to something doesn't mean I'm into it...).
Well, if I get banned, I get banned. Fuck it. I've been closing galleries left and right for years now, since this "temporary" art block has lasted long enough for my son to graduate from college and it's not like I've been active here in a while anyway (not that anyone even noticed, really...even when I was drawing regularly if one of my pics ever hit double-digits in likes, it usually took years and was worth celebrating for the rarity of it. I'm an old-guard furry, not a popular one). All you're doing is burying my skeletons for me. Besides, I still have all the sketchbooks with the original pictures in storage. No big loss to the world.
This does feel a little too much like overcorrecting the boat, though. Republicans are calling genderqueer people "groomers" these days, does that mean you're coming for us transgenders next? Or just the futanari porn?
...gawd, furry art without futa smut would be like a cheeseburger without the bun...possible, but still missing something.
Still breathing
General | Posted 8 years agoHey, I know things have been dead here for a while, but I just want anyone still here to know I'm still OK. Basically, since I last posted anything, my doctor put me on Zoloft and, while it IS seeming to work (as compared to the last few meds I tried about a decade ago), it's taking me longer than I expected to get my head on straight. Coupled with some bad IRL stuff (nothing major, just troublesome), I've been channeling my creative impulses into more toy modding and organizing some of my long-fallow projects, as well as doing prep work for a couple of newer ones.
...getting hooked on Critical Role has also been a mixed bag. So much inspiration, so much distraction...
...anyway, I just wanted anyone still here to know I'm still around and have no plans on giving up yet.
...getting hooked on Critical Role has also been a mixed bag. So much inspiration, so much distraction...
...anyway, I just wanted anyone still here to know I'm still around and have no plans on giving up yet.
STAR WARNERS log
General | Posted 9 years ago[10:29:23 PM] Heckfire: It's kind of a shame Disney has Star Wars now, we'll never see an official version of my old TFOS NPC, Boba Fudd.
[10:29:51 PM] Heckfire: "Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Webels."
[10:30:02 PM] Heckfire: Huhuhuhuhuhuh.
[10:30:27 PM] Orin J.: it's a shame Disney has star wars now on a lot of levels, because they do not like exploring subtlety.
[10:30:45 PM] Orin J.: gonzo the great was too deep for them.
[10:30:51 PM] Heckfire: Duck Skywalker, Bun Solo, Princess Lola Organa...this shit writes itself.
[10:31:44 PM] Heckfire: Pork-EPO.
[10:33:29 PM] Heckfire: Marvin Vader...although Grand Marv Tarkin is also good. "I'm going to blow up Alderaan, isn't that lovely?"
[10:35:26 PM] Orin J.: marvin would probably have to fill a lot of roles anyways.
...
[10:38:44 PM] Heckfire: ...hmm, who would Yosemite Sam be? Palpatine?
[10:39:33 PM] Heckfire: Now I'm picturing him in black robes, doing that "fire guns at the ground enough to levitate" bit with force lightning.
[10:40:22 PM] Orin J.: it's a good bit, let's go with it.
[10:40:37 PM] Orin J.: he fits the evil conservative angle too.
[10:41:23 PM | Edited 10:41:33 PM] Heckfire: I'm inclined to suggest Foghorn Leghorn as Yoda due to the speech thing, but Porky would actually be a better fit there.
[10:42:17 PM] Orin J.: not to mention foghorn provitign actual wisdom is out of his template, which they're usualy pretty solid about.
[10:42:26 PM] Orin J.: sleepy rodregez maybe....
[10:42:55 PM | Edited 10:43:01 PM] Heckfire: Too obscure and racially offensive. Speedy as Lando might work, tho'.
[10:43:38 PM] Heckfire: Gossamer as Chewbacca, obviously.
[10:44:30 PM] Heckfire: Or better yet, Wile E. Coyote as Lando.
[10:44:51 PM] Orin J.: talking or with the signs?
[10:45:49 PM] Heckfire: Both. Normally his "Wile E. Coyote, SUUUUPER genius" bit, but I see Gossbacca strangling him during the escape from Cloud City and him looking at the camera and holding up a little "help!" sign.
[10:46:33 PM | Edited 10:46:39 PM] Heckfire: ...hmm, second thought, the signs are a funnier bit.
[10:47:49 PM] Heckfire: Road Runer as R2D2, if only for the sight of an R2 unit with RR's feather tuft shooting along a corridor going "MEEMEEP!"
[10:48:27 PM] Orin J.: all the beeps are meeps now
[10:48:54 PM] Heckfire: Maybe Foghorn as Kenobi, if only for him doing his "Southern lawyer" schtick to get out of lying about Vader.
[10:49:58 PM] Heckfire: "Well, now-ah, Vader, ah say, Vader DID kill yore father, forma certain, ah-say, point of view..."
[10:51:15 PM] Orin J.: i can roll with that
[10:53:35 PM | Edited 10:53:45 PM] Heckfire: Duck Skywalker gives a flat stare at Taz Vader, points and says "You're my father," then turns and does the same at Princess Lola and says, "And...YOU'RE my twin sister. Hm." Nods his head, then looks at audience/animator and says "So, who's Mom gonna be, Mugsy?"
[10:55:24 PM] Heckfire: Hmm...Taz would be another good Chewbacca choice, possibly too obvious though, and maybe Sam as Vader and Mugsy as Palpatine.
[10:56:28 PM | Edited 10:56:43 PM] Heckfire: Kinda wish Ness was here. He's obviously a Disney shill, but I figger he's got a good head for Looney Tunes chars we're forgetting.
[10:57:12 PM] Orin J.: true.
[10:57:22 PM] Orin J.: i hope he actually meets someone on this trip.
[10:58:34 PM | Edited 10:58:54 PM] Heckfire: ...now I'm seeing Taz as R2, with his slobbering gibberish in place of R2's beeps and gorilla walking like he used to do but with R2's wheel legs.
[11:00:22 PM | Edited 11:00:26 PM] Heckfire: C3PO is the biggest problem char. The only really effeminate char I can think of is either Marvin or one of the Gophers.
[11:01:54 PM] Heckfire: But the Gophers are too small and tend to work as a duo, and Grand Marv Tarkin and his thing for blowing up planets is too good a joke to waste.
[11:03:36 PM] Heckfire: ...he's just as small as the Gophers, but Speedy as C3PO could be funny. He speaks over a million different languages, all with an outrageous Spanish accent.
[11:04:28 PM] Orin J.: what about the lion?
[11:04:40 PM] Heckfire: "Si, I know Bocchi. I speek like ah meelion different languages."
[11:05:00 PM] Heckfire: Which one?
[11:05:24 PM] Orin J.: the one kinda slow one.
[11:05:44 PM] Heckfire: I'm trying to think of him and all I can remember is Pete Puma.
[11:05:57 PM] Orin J.: might be him.
[11:05:58 PM] Heckfire: "EEEEEEEEYYYYEEERRRGGHHHH..."
[11:06:02 PM] Orin J.: yeah, him
[11:06:50 PM] Heckfire: Hm, too obscure and evil for Threepio, but I'll keep him in mind.
[11:07:20 PM] Heckfire: Although that speed-talking bunny is also a good R2 choice.
[11:09:14 PM] Orin J.: clearly the bunny is beru.
[11:10:35 PM] Heckfire: ...use Spee-DPO to have a running meta joke about Anthony Daniels' problems with the Threepio costume, like his costume is simply Threepio's head that he has to lug around everywhere.
[11:11:36 PM] Heckfire: ANd when he gets blown up in Cloud City, they find the head and have to act like it's a big deal despite it literally being all there's ever been of him to react to.
[11:12:19 PM] Orin J.: one wonders how we got here....
[11:13:10 PM] Heckfire: "LOOK! It's Spee-DPO's HEad! He's been BLOWN UP!"
Bun Solo gives it a flat stare, looks at the camera, then shrugs "It's a paycheck."
[11:13:55 PM] Heckfire: ...Bugs' smartass attitude problems representing Harrison FOrd hating to play Han Solo and constantly trying to get him killed off.
[11:14:53 PM] Heckfire: "I love you."
"Eh, I know, toots."
[11:15:23 PM] Orin J.: hey, it only took him what? four films?
[11:16:51 PM] Heckfire: ...the carbonite slab has "ACME Frozen Rabbit Fricassee, Ready in 3 Minutes!" along the side.
...
[11:20:32 PM] Heckfire: ...I'm tempted to dip into the Animaniacs and maybe Tiny Toons to fills out the cast, but it would almost make some of the roles too easy to fill.
[11:20:55 PM] Heckfire: I mean, HOW would I be able to pass up Slappy Kenobi?
[11:22:16 PM] Heckfire: "I am not a bounty hunter. I am a mouse in a large mechanical suit."
"My fault for asking..."
[11:26:22 PM | Edited 11:30:55 PM] Heckfire: Better yet, Emperor Brainpatine, in said mechanical suit with Pinky in the pocket, and after he gets thrown down the reactor shaft, the two of them climb out singed.
"NARF! The Dark Side was a lot more burny and explody than we thought, huh Emperor Brain?"
"I never did put much stock in hokey old religions, Pinkatine. Well, back to the Executor to plan for tomorrow night."
"What are we gonna do tomorrow night, Brain?"
"...the same thing we do every night, Pinkatine: TRY TO TAKE OVER THE GALAXY!"
[11:27:58 PM] Orin J.: i'm against this, purely because it runs the risk of the hip hippos being involved.
[11:28:04 PM] Orin J.: and elmyra.
[11:28:19 PM] Orin J.: i'm....not sure which is worse, but the hell with both of 'em.
[11:31:47 PM] Heckfire: Actually, Flavio WOULD be a perfect Jabba the Hutt.
[11:32:37 PM] Orin J.: SONUVA-
[11:35:14 PM | Edited 11:35:19 PM] Heckfire: It's either him or the Abominable Snow Man. "OOOH, MY OWN LITTLE JEDI MASTER. I will HUG him and PET him and call him George...oooh, you're a NAUGHTY little Jedi Master, I will hafta put you in the Sarlacc Pit, yes I will..."
[11:36:41 PM] Heckfire: He spends all his time on the Sail Barge fanning himself and saying how hot it is, and when the heroes all break free, Princess Lola goes to strangle him with the chain only to discover he's melted into a puddle on the cushions.
[11:37:08 PM] Heckfire: ...OK, yeah, much better joke than using Flavio.
[11:40:40 PM] Heckfire: If Slappy is Kenobi, then Foghorn has to be Admiral Ackbar. "IT'S, AH, I SAY IT'S A TRAP!...heh, look at me, boy, ah'm Surf an' Turf, ah say..."
[11:42:17 PM] Heckfire: Hmm...maybe reverse that, make Porky Kenobi and Slappy Yoda, since they're both supposed to be "ten thousand years older than sand."
[11:42:39 PM | Edited 11:42:46 PM] Heckfire: And Slappy's WAY more likely to hit Daffy and Taz with a stick.
[11:42:58 PM] Heckfire: And get away with it in the latter case.
[11:44:45 PM] Heckfire: Call her "Yoma" and have her make a crack later about her full name being "YoMama"...
"...yeah, 20 years since the show got cancelled, an' I'm brought back for that joke. That's comedy."
[11:46:30 PM] Orin J.: no, seriously, how did we get here? it makes no sense.
[11:46:41 PM] Heckfire: What, in the game?
[11:46:58 PM] Orin J.: these conversations feel vaguely like one or both of us is under the influence. of something.
[11:47:16 PM] Heckfire: Well, Ness isn't here, so I feel I have to compensate.
...
[4/17/2017 11:59:35 PM] Heckfire: ...Taz as Chewbacca, Road Runner as R2, and Gossamer as the Rancor Monster. Bonus, when the gate is brought down on the "Rancor's" neck, the keeper and guards stand there wondering how it killed him since he has no neck to break.
[12:03:22 AM] Heckfire: I even already have a name for this, the one I used for the original TFOS game: "Star Warners"
...
[12:19:23 AM | Edited 12:19:30 AM] Heckfire: I'm gonna post this convo to my gallery journals. Maybe I can find someone who can draw in the Looney Tunes style, even.
[12:21:04 AM] Heckfire: Do it as a webcomic. Instead of "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." before the title, put "Since we'll never get it officially now..."
[12:21:19 AM] Orin J.: maybe too bitter
[12:21:44 AM] Heckfire: Well, we WON'T, will we?
[12:22:50 AM] Orin J.: yeah. too bitter.
[12:24:00 AM] Heckfire: Pot: Kettle, I need to talk to you about your choice of attire...
...
[12:52:01 AM] Heckfire: ...now I'm seeing Porky as Threepio again and Speedy as Kenobi. He and Yosemite Vader face off for the lightsaber battle in the Death Star, and Sam just steps on him.
[12:52:32 AM] Heckfire: Obi Wan Gonzales
[12:53:16 AM] Orin J.: i mean.....
[12:53:19 AM] Orin J.: it's not a bad idea.
[10:29:51 PM] Heckfire: "Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Webels."
[10:30:02 PM] Heckfire: Huhuhuhuhuhuh.
[10:30:27 PM] Orin J.: it's a shame Disney has star wars now on a lot of levels, because they do not like exploring subtlety.
[10:30:45 PM] Orin J.: gonzo the great was too deep for them.
[10:30:51 PM] Heckfire: Duck Skywalker, Bun Solo, Princess Lola Organa...this shit writes itself.
[10:31:44 PM] Heckfire: Pork-EPO.
[10:33:29 PM] Heckfire: Marvin Vader...although Grand Marv Tarkin is also good. "I'm going to blow up Alderaan, isn't that lovely?"
[10:35:26 PM] Orin J.: marvin would probably have to fill a lot of roles anyways.
...
[10:38:44 PM] Heckfire: ...hmm, who would Yosemite Sam be? Palpatine?
[10:39:33 PM] Heckfire: Now I'm picturing him in black robes, doing that "fire guns at the ground enough to levitate" bit with force lightning.
[10:40:22 PM] Orin J.: it's a good bit, let's go with it.
[10:40:37 PM] Orin J.: he fits the evil conservative angle too.
[10:41:23 PM | Edited 10:41:33 PM] Heckfire: I'm inclined to suggest Foghorn Leghorn as Yoda due to the speech thing, but Porky would actually be a better fit there.
[10:42:17 PM] Orin J.: not to mention foghorn provitign actual wisdom is out of his template, which they're usualy pretty solid about.
[10:42:26 PM] Orin J.: sleepy rodregez maybe....
[10:42:55 PM | Edited 10:43:01 PM] Heckfire: Too obscure and racially offensive. Speedy as Lando might work, tho'.
[10:43:38 PM] Heckfire: Gossamer as Chewbacca, obviously.
[10:44:30 PM] Heckfire: Or better yet, Wile E. Coyote as Lando.
[10:44:51 PM] Orin J.: talking or with the signs?
[10:45:49 PM] Heckfire: Both. Normally his "Wile E. Coyote, SUUUUPER genius" bit, but I see Gossbacca strangling him during the escape from Cloud City and him looking at the camera and holding up a little "help!" sign.
[10:46:33 PM | Edited 10:46:39 PM] Heckfire: ...hmm, second thought, the signs are a funnier bit.
[10:47:49 PM] Heckfire: Road Runer as R2D2, if only for the sight of an R2 unit with RR's feather tuft shooting along a corridor going "MEEMEEP!"
[10:48:27 PM] Orin J.: all the beeps are meeps now
[10:48:54 PM] Heckfire: Maybe Foghorn as Kenobi, if only for him doing his "Southern lawyer" schtick to get out of lying about Vader.
[10:49:58 PM] Heckfire: "Well, now-ah, Vader, ah say, Vader DID kill yore father, forma certain, ah-say, point of view..."
[10:51:15 PM] Orin J.: i can roll with that
[10:53:35 PM | Edited 10:53:45 PM] Heckfire: Duck Skywalker gives a flat stare at Taz Vader, points and says "You're my father," then turns and does the same at Princess Lola and says, "And...YOU'RE my twin sister. Hm." Nods his head, then looks at audience/animator and says "So, who's Mom gonna be, Mugsy?"
[10:55:24 PM] Heckfire: Hmm...Taz would be another good Chewbacca choice, possibly too obvious though, and maybe Sam as Vader and Mugsy as Palpatine.
[10:56:28 PM | Edited 10:56:43 PM] Heckfire: Kinda wish Ness was here. He's obviously a Disney shill, but I figger he's got a good head for Looney Tunes chars we're forgetting.
[10:57:12 PM] Orin J.: true.
[10:57:22 PM] Orin J.: i hope he actually meets someone on this trip.
[10:58:34 PM | Edited 10:58:54 PM] Heckfire: ...now I'm seeing Taz as R2, with his slobbering gibberish in place of R2's beeps and gorilla walking like he used to do but with R2's wheel legs.
[11:00:22 PM | Edited 11:00:26 PM] Heckfire: C3PO is the biggest problem char. The only really effeminate char I can think of is either Marvin or one of the Gophers.
[11:01:54 PM] Heckfire: But the Gophers are too small and tend to work as a duo, and Grand Marv Tarkin and his thing for blowing up planets is too good a joke to waste.
[11:03:36 PM] Heckfire: ...he's just as small as the Gophers, but Speedy as C3PO could be funny. He speaks over a million different languages, all with an outrageous Spanish accent.
[11:04:28 PM] Orin J.: what about the lion?
[11:04:40 PM] Heckfire: "Si, I know Bocchi. I speek like ah meelion different languages."
[11:05:00 PM] Heckfire: Which one?
[11:05:24 PM] Orin J.: the one kinda slow one.
[11:05:44 PM] Heckfire: I'm trying to think of him and all I can remember is Pete Puma.
[11:05:57 PM] Orin J.: might be him.
[11:05:58 PM] Heckfire: "EEEEEEEEYYYYEEERRRGGHHHH..."
[11:06:02 PM] Orin J.: yeah, him
[11:06:50 PM] Heckfire: Hm, too obscure and evil for Threepio, but I'll keep him in mind.
[11:07:20 PM] Heckfire: Although that speed-talking bunny is also a good R2 choice.
[11:09:14 PM] Orin J.: clearly the bunny is beru.
[11:10:35 PM] Heckfire: ...use Spee-DPO to have a running meta joke about Anthony Daniels' problems with the Threepio costume, like his costume is simply Threepio's head that he has to lug around everywhere.
[11:11:36 PM] Heckfire: ANd when he gets blown up in Cloud City, they find the head and have to act like it's a big deal despite it literally being all there's ever been of him to react to.
[11:12:19 PM] Orin J.: one wonders how we got here....
[11:13:10 PM] Heckfire: "LOOK! It's Spee-DPO's HEad! He's been BLOWN UP!"
Bun Solo gives it a flat stare, looks at the camera, then shrugs "It's a paycheck."
[11:13:55 PM] Heckfire: ...Bugs' smartass attitude problems representing Harrison FOrd hating to play Han Solo and constantly trying to get him killed off.
[11:14:53 PM] Heckfire: "I love you."
"Eh, I know, toots."
[11:15:23 PM] Orin J.: hey, it only took him what? four films?
[11:16:51 PM] Heckfire: ...the carbonite slab has "ACME Frozen Rabbit Fricassee, Ready in 3 Minutes!" along the side.
...
[11:20:32 PM] Heckfire: ...I'm tempted to dip into the Animaniacs and maybe Tiny Toons to fills out the cast, but it would almost make some of the roles too easy to fill.
[11:20:55 PM] Heckfire: I mean, HOW would I be able to pass up Slappy Kenobi?
[11:22:16 PM] Heckfire: "I am not a bounty hunter. I am a mouse in a large mechanical suit."
"My fault for asking..."
[11:26:22 PM | Edited 11:30:55 PM] Heckfire: Better yet, Emperor Brainpatine, in said mechanical suit with Pinky in the pocket, and after he gets thrown down the reactor shaft, the two of them climb out singed.
"NARF! The Dark Side was a lot more burny and explody than we thought, huh Emperor Brain?"
"I never did put much stock in hokey old religions, Pinkatine. Well, back to the Executor to plan for tomorrow night."
"What are we gonna do tomorrow night, Brain?"
"...the same thing we do every night, Pinkatine: TRY TO TAKE OVER THE GALAXY!"
[11:27:58 PM] Orin J.: i'm against this, purely because it runs the risk of the hip hippos being involved.
[11:28:04 PM] Orin J.: and elmyra.
[11:28:19 PM] Orin J.: i'm....not sure which is worse, but the hell with both of 'em.
[11:31:47 PM] Heckfire: Actually, Flavio WOULD be a perfect Jabba the Hutt.
[11:32:37 PM] Orin J.: SONUVA-
[11:35:14 PM | Edited 11:35:19 PM] Heckfire: It's either him or the Abominable Snow Man. "OOOH, MY OWN LITTLE JEDI MASTER. I will HUG him and PET him and call him George...oooh, you're a NAUGHTY little Jedi Master, I will hafta put you in the Sarlacc Pit, yes I will..."
[11:36:41 PM] Heckfire: He spends all his time on the Sail Barge fanning himself and saying how hot it is, and when the heroes all break free, Princess Lola goes to strangle him with the chain only to discover he's melted into a puddle on the cushions.
[11:37:08 PM] Heckfire: ...OK, yeah, much better joke than using Flavio.
[11:40:40 PM] Heckfire: If Slappy is Kenobi, then Foghorn has to be Admiral Ackbar. "IT'S, AH, I SAY IT'S A TRAP!...heh, look at me, boy, ah'm Surf an' Turf, ah say..."
[11:42:17 PM] Heckfire: Hmm...maybe reverse that, make Porky Kenobi and Slappy Yoda, since they're both supposed to be "ten thousand years older than sand."
[11:42:39 PM | Edited 11:42:46 PM] Heckfire: And Slappy's WAY more likely to hit Daffy and Taz with a stick.
[11:42:58 PM] Heckfire: And get away with it in the latter case.
[11:44:45 PM] Heckfire: Call her "Yoma" and have her make a crack later about her full name being "YoMama"...
"...yeah, 20 years since the show got cancelled, an' I'm brought back for that joke. That's comedy."
[11:46:30 PM] Orin J.: no, seriously, how did we get here? it makes no sense.
[11:46:41 PM] Heckfire: What, in the game?
[11:46:58 PM] Orin J.: these conversations feel vaguely like one or both of us is under the influence. of something.
[11:47:16 PM] Heckfire: Well, Ness isn't here, so I feel I have to compensate.
...
[4/17/2017 11:59:35 PM] Heckfire: ...Taz as Chewbacca, Road Runner as R2, and Gossamer as the Rancor Monster. Bonus, when the gate is brought down on the "Rancor's" neck, the keeper and guards stand there wondering how it killed him since he has no neck to break.
[12:03:22 AM] Heckfire: I even already have a name for this, the one I used for the original TFOS game: "Star Warners"
...
[12:19:23 AM | Edited 12:19:30 AM] Heckfire: I'm gonna post this convo to my gallery journals. Maybe I can find someone who can draw in the Looney Tunes style, even.
[12:21:04 AM] Heckfire: Do it as a webcomic. Instead of "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." before the title, put "Since we'll never get it officially now..."
[12:21:19 AM] Orin J.: maybe too bitter
[12:21:44 AM] Heckfire: Well, we WON'T, will we?
[12:22:50 AM] Orin J.: yeah. too bitter.
[12:24:00 AM] Heckfire: Pot: Kettle, I need to talk to you about your choice of attire...
...
[12:52:01 AM] Heckfire: ...now I'm seeing Porky as Threepio again and Speedy as Kenobi. He and Yosemite Vader face off for the lightsaber battle in the Death Star, and Sam just steps on him.
[12:52:32 AM] Heckfire: Obi Wan Gonzales
[12:53:16 AM] Orin J.: i mean.....
[12:53:19 AM] Orin J.: it's not a bad idea.
Still Alive
General | Posted 9 years agoJust letting the two or three people who still care know that I'm still here. 2016 was a tough year, but nowhere near as tough as it was for most of you, so now I'm worried that apparently breaking my "bad shit happens in years ending in 6" curse is to blame for 2016 being, well, 2016. Yeah, I know...if it wasn't so disrespectful to so many people, I'd probably find a way to blame myself for the Holocaust, too.
Most recent updates: I've been diagnosed with high blood pressure and hypertension in addition to my ongoing clinical depression, but, despite my medical insurance being cut off on Jan 1st, I still managed to leverage it into getting a "companion animal" added to my lease. I adopted a cat a couple days before Christmas, a little troublemaking amber-eyed tortoise-shell named Aesling, or Ashe for short (named for a character from the YouTube series "Thrilling Intent"). I'm...still adjusting to permanently sharing my living space with something for the first time in over a decade, but so far, so good.
No real updates on the school or job front, other than me getting my first F in, of all classes, web design, the thing I used to do professionally back in the 90s...since I need to schedule an appointment with a guidance counselor (or whatever they're called these days) due to many of the classes I need for my IT certificate no longer being offered, I'm going to see what can be done about that since it was a horrible class that the teacher didn't actually teach, having us sign up for a Lynda.com account and grade each others' final assignments.
I've also been trying to teach myself how to actually build and paint the Frame Arms Girls kits that I've been hoarding by getting back into Transformers customizing. I might have my first efforts, a Combiner team based on one of the most reviled pieces of TF lore ever inflicted on the franchise (even more hated than Bay), within the month...a disappointment to those who only like me for kaiju girl porn, but fuck you.
Beyond that, I'm just living my life, safety pin on my work shirt and cat grass and kitty litter in my carpet, trying to survive what is looking to be a rough period for all of us.
Stay safe, people.
Most recent updates: I've been diagnosed with high blood pressure and hypertension in addition to my ongoing clinical depression, but, despite my medical insurance being cut off on Jan 1st, I still managed to leverage it into getting a "companion animal" added to my lease. I adopted a cat a couple days before Christmas, a little troublemaking amber-eyed tortoise-shell named Aesling, or Ashe for short (named for a character from the YouTube series "Thrilling Intent"). I'm...still adjusting to permanently sharing my living space with something for the first time in over a decade, but so far, so good.
No real updates on the school or job front, other than me getting my first F in, of all classes, web design, the thing I used to do professionally back in the 90s...since I need to schedule an appointment with a guidance counselor (or whatever they're called these days) due to many of the classes I need for my IT certificate no longer being offered, I'm going to see what can be done about that since it was a horrible class that the teacher didn't actually teach, having us sign up for a Lynda.com account and grade each others' final assignments.
I've also been trying to teach myself how to actually build and paint the Frame Arms Girls kits that I've been hoarding by getting back into Transformers customizing. I might have my first efforts, a Combiner team based on one of the most reviled pieces of TF lore ever inflicted on the franchise (even more hated than Bay), within the month...a disappointment to those who only like me for kaiju girl porn, but fuck you.
Beyond that, I'm just living my life, safety pin on my work shirt and cat grass and kitty litter in my carpet, trying to survive what is looking to be a rough period for all of us.
Stay safe, people.
Syrian refugees got housed in same hotel as VancouFur con
General | Posted 10 years agoFatigue + Skype = The Brown Lantern Corps?
General | Posted 10 years ago[10:07:49 PM] Ness VII: I just posted something I'm ashamed of, and I got a comment that it's "amazing"
[10:08:24 PM] Thomas Lee: I know those feels, man.
[10:08:31 PM] Thomas Lee: It that butt pic?
[10:08:34 PM] Ness VII: yes.
[10:08:44 PM] Thomas Lee: Saw it on my FA
[10:09:04 PM] Thomas Lee: Anything hyper-sized will get loads of attention.
[10:09:14 PM] Thomas Lee: I call it the Winger Effect.
[10:09:37 PM] Thomas Lee: Just ask Mar, I think it pays his rent.
[10:09:52 PM] Ness VII: ..........................................I think I know the reason you aren't getting enough views yourself, Heckfire.
[10:10:02 PM] Thomas Lee: You think?
[10:10:14 PM] Ness VII: Also, I must look into this "winger effect"
[10:10:26 PM] Thomas Lee: Make sure Safe Search is on.
[10:10:40 PM] Thomas Lee: Otherwise I claim no responsibility.
[10:11:00 PM] Ness VII: I was just telling Orin I don't want to die unrecognized and poor despite my efforts like Tesla and Van Gogh did.
[10:11:32 PM] Thomas Lee: Yes, aiming for Stephen King's existence is a noble and lauded goal.
[10:11:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Minus the near-fatal car accident.
[10:12:38 PM] Thomas Lee: Avoiding dying as Phillip K. Dick is my goal as well.
[10:13:41 PM] Thomas Lee: Gonna need some radical medical treatments if I'm gonna avoid the "addicted to painkillers" part, though.
[10:14:17 PM] Thomas Lee: I think I'm too suicidally depressed to worry about the paranoid dementia, though.
[10:14:26 PM] Thomas Lee: So I got that going for me. Which is nice.
[10:15:33 PM] Thomas Lee: ...the frequency in which I quote the groundskeeper from "Caddyshack" is starting to worry me.
[10:17:57 PM] Orin J.: don't let it worry you. you've got enough worries.
[10:19:09 PM] Thomas Lee: Heya Pot, it's me, Kettle.
[10:20:07 PM] Thomas Lee: If I could go to my grave as Bill Murray, I would consider it a life well-lived.
[10:20:34 PM] Thomas Lee: Even taking "The Razor's Edge" into account.
[10:20:52 PM] Thomas Lee: Which was actually not a bad film, it just wasn't as good as the original.
[10:21:00 PM] Orin J.: so drunk, feeling up women half your age and getting away with insanity because nobody is willing to rat you out and ruin their "you'll never belive who i saw!" story?
[10:21:18 PM] Thomas Lee: Sounds like paradise to me.
[10:21:49 PM] Thomas Lee: Especially the second part.
[10:22:45 PM] Orin J.: bill murry's greatest act has truly been retirement.
[10:22:58 PM] Thomas Lee: Living as the cross between an urban legend and an Internet meme...what a country.
[10:24:11 PM] Thomas Lee: And he isn't retired. He just fired his agent in the 80s and now will only take jobs left on his answering machine that sound fun.
[10:24:33 PM] Thomas Lee: Which explains "Space Jam" in many, many ways.
[10:24:47 PM] Ness VII: Which is how Ass Moses Jones was born.
[10:25:17 PM] Thomas Lee: I guiltily admit, I am not familiar with that one.
[10:25:37 PM] Orin J.: osmosis jones.
[10:26:00 PM] Ness VII: It's a movie where Chris Rock plays a paramecium and has Star Wars inside Bill Murray.
[10:26:00 PM] Orin J.: although i can see bill mishearing it and taking the role of ass moses jones.
[10:26:01 PM] Thomas Lee: Hey, I LIKED that movie. I based the male Gorgons off of Thrax.
[10:26:34 PM] Thomas Lee: ...and it wasn't Star Wars, it was Lethal Weapon.
[10:26:43 PM] Ness VII: Exodus 2: The Story of Ass Moses Jones.
[10:27:03 PM] Ness VII: The WIZARD of the HARMONICA
[10:27:04 PM] Ness VII: LOL
[10:27:06 PM] Thomas Lee: Considering what happened to Shatner's character in the final scene.
[10:27:28 PM] Thomas Lee: Let's just say he lived up to the first syllable of his last name.
[10:28:34 PM] Orin J.: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[10:31:25 PM] Ness VII: https://youtu.be/0IBC0uXcPKQ
[10:31:38 PM] Ness VII: The whole movie is just 90 minutes of this
[10:31:55 PM] Thomas Lee: What, Osmosis Jones?
[10:32:01 PM] Ness VII: No, Exodus 2.
[10:32:08 PM] Ness VII: I just wrote it.
[10:32:10 PM] Orin J.: i'm too tired to do anything complex like how i colored her right now. sorry.
[10:32:27 PM] Thomas Lee: Impressive.
[10:32:43 PM] Thomas Lee: Wizard of the harmonica, you say?
[10:33:22 PM] Thomas Lee: Sounds like a post-Hollywood insanity Frank Miller comic, for some reason.
[10:33:38 PM] Thomas Lee: "Exodus 2: This Time, It's Personal"
[10:33:40 PM] Orin J.: he wishes
[10:34:29 PM] Thomas Lee: I'm legit surprised no one seems to be talking about DK3: The Master Race. Wasn't the first issue released last month?
[10:34:33 PM] Ness VII: After he frees the Hebrews from Pharaoh, he turns into an old black man and then breaks into a 90-minute harmonica solo.
[10:34:53 PM] Ness VII: Donkey Kong 3: The Master Race.
[10:35:01 PM] Ness VII: Someone's getting gritty.
[10:35:06 PM] Thomas Lee: "Exodus 2: Eclectic Boogaloo"
[10:35:14 PM] Orin J.: while the the bacteria people dance and hambone in the bakcground
[10:35:55 PM] Thomas Lee: ...I was about to make a racism comment until I remembered this joke originally spun out of a talk about Osmosis Jones.
[10:36:19 PM] Ness VII: Ass Moses Jones freed the bacteria Hebrews from Pharaoh Bill Murray.
[10:36:27 PM] Thomas Lee: WIth a fart.
[10:36:47 PM] Orin J.: it was a whistler, so it was worked into the finale cut of the song.
[10:36:55 PM] Thomas Lee: I take it back, this now sounds like a John Krickfalusi joint.
[10:37:17 PM] Ness VII: Joints are the only way to explain John K's work.
[10:37:19 PM] Orin J.: while not lying, i'd like to think my fart jokes have more class than that.
[10:37:46 PM] Thomas Lee: And slightly more sulphur content.
[10:38:18 PM] Thomas Lee: ...gee, I WONDER why JP hasn't said anything yet...
[10:38:41 PM] Ness VII: He sent the 10 plagues including Pepto Bismol, Mucinex, Listerine, and Cortizone.
[10:38:56 PM] Ness VII: He then stopped halfway because he realized he was killing his own people.
[10:39:28 PM] Thomas Lee: His divine prophesy was spoken of in the label of a tube of Preparation H.
[10:39:50 PM] Thomas Lee: They went to the mountains to find it.
[10:40:20 PM] Ness VII: Thou shalt apply liberally to the affected area, whilst staying way from the anal canal.
[10:40:46 PM] Thomas Lee: But the wrods went unheeded. Many were lost in the black hole.
[10:40:51 PM] Ness VII: Know thee William Shatner died that way.
[10:41:06 PM] Thomas Lee: Er, brown hole.
[10:41:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Yea verily, when the log rolls over, we will die, we will die.
[10:41:52 PM] Ness VII: Man, that's an OLD joke.
[10:42:09 PM] Thomas Lee: I prefer the term "vintage."
[10:42:09 PM] Ness VII: I haven't heard that one since junior high.
[10:42:15 PM] Orin J.: it's a stinker all right.
[10:42:22 PM] Thomas Lee: Quite literally.
[10:43:44 PM] Thomas Lee: We're making Biblical humor, you think I wouldn't pull out a shit joke nearly as old?
[10:44:53 PM] Ness VII: We're making Biblical humor based on Osmosis Jones.
[10:44:57 PM] Ness VII: How did this happen
[10:45:00 PM] Thomas Lee: ...part of me wants to save this conversation for prosperity.
[10:45:08 PM] Ness VII: Posterity.
[10:45:14 PM] Ness VII: Posterior.
[10:45:15 PM] Orin J.: this conversation will never prosper.
[10:45:19 PM] Thomas Lee: Posteriority.
[10:45:51 PM] Thomas Lee: Dark Knight 3: The Asster Race
[10:45:52 PM] Orin J.: i know not what gods you people believe in, but i know you are sinning in their eye.
[10:46:10 PM] Ness VII: Hopefully not the brown eye.
[10:46:25 PM] Thomas Lee: Worship the brown star.
[10:46:32 PM] Orin J.: no, that's a dune joke.
[10:46:50 PM] Thomas Lee: Or it shall rain its vengeance upon thee.
[10:46:54 PM] Orin J.: i don't get enouh sleep to do dune jokes.
[10:47:11 PM] Jim Palo: I'm gonna go with being busy posting something as my excuse for not saying anything this time. Either way, I should be getting to bed. Later.
[10:47:22 PM] Ness VII: Later, Jim
[10:47:25 PM] Thomas Lee: And you do NOT want the brown star raining on you.
[10:47:29 PM] Thomas Lee: Night man
[10:47:35 PM] Orin J.: night palo, good job dodging the whole conversation!
[10:47:53 PM] Thomas Lee: Wipe your shoes well.
[10:48:03 PM] Orin J.: i'm barefoot.
[10:48:06 PM] Orin J.: ....shit.
[10:48:09 PM] Orin J.: SHUT IT
[10:48:11 PM] Thomas Lee: Literally.
[10:48:21 PM] Thomas Lee: TOO LATE MOTHAFUCKA
[10:48:38 PM] Thomas Lee: MUAAHAHAAAAA
[10:49:12 PM] Orin J.: yesss, embrace your drive to do things to spite others.....let it feed you, make you strong....
[10:49:15 PM] Ness VII: Dragge notte yon papier beneathe thy solef uponne thy leeving the lavatorie.
[10:49:47 PM] Thomas Lee: Wipeth front to back, nevah the other way round.
[10:50:07 PM] Thomas Lee: Lest yon dingleberries flourish.
[10:50:46 PM] Thomas Lee: Embrace the dark side. Embrace the power of the brown star.
[10:50:47 PM] Ness VII: And verily, the Great One decreed:
"Balls to butt, good to strut.
Butt to balls, get shitty draws."
[10:51:20 PM] Orin J.: or just wax your asshole.
[10:51:52 PM] Thomas Lee: Manscaping. It's not just for Krillin anymore.
[10:51:59 PM] Ness VII: Bill Murray > Moses > Shit Jokes
[10:52:15 PM] Ness VII: The Ness-Orin-Heckfire Triumvirate, ladies and gentlemen!
[10:52:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Fear our power, Brown Lantern's might.
[10:52:55 PM] Ness VII: I don't want none of that light.
[10:52:57 PM] Orin J.: it's this or monstergirl converations, and nobody is willing to be the guy that starts it lately.
[10:53:27 PM] Orin J.: that light it the power cosmic!
[10:53:29 PM] Ness VII: I had to do a translating job, hopefully I can pull away long enough to do it
[10:53:30 PM] Thomas Lee: Didn't 4chan create a whole bunch of new Lantern Corps a few years ago?
[10:53:41 PM] Orin J.: terrax's power cosmic, to be exact.
[10:53:58 PM] Orin J.: i thought it was DC, but i can see thenm poaching off 4chan.
[10:54:19 PM] Thomas Lee: Like the Grey Lanterns, wielding the Light of Apathy?
[10:54:30 PM] Thomas Lee: Or were those the Beige Lanterns?
[10:54:47 PM] Orin J.: i have no strong opinions on this joke!
[10:55:04 PM] Thomas Lee: Never trusted the damn Neutrals.
[10:55:28 PM] Thomas Lee: ...so, the Brown Lantern Corps....what would their "emotion" be?
[10:56:16 PM] Orin J.: shitposting.
[10:56:23 PM] Orin J.: they are "that feel"
[10:56:28 PM] Thomas Lee: ...oh, I LIKE that.
[10:56:54 PM] Orin J.: their first wave of recruits? all of /B/
[10:57:02 PM] Thomas Lee: And their power batteries are tiny toilets with handles.
[10:57:18 PM] Thomas Lee: With the seats perpetually up.
[10:58:13 PM] Orin J.: ness, tell boag we need him. if he agrees i'll add him back in.
[10:58:28 PM] Thomas Lee: Yeah, we need a Brown Lantern Oath.
[10:59:02 PM] Ness VII: dunno if he's on, he hasn't shitposted all day.
[10:59:08 PM] Ness VII: His battery must be low.
[10:59:16 PM] Thomas Lee: He is our Killowog.
[10:59:26 PM] Ness VII: Kilo-Log.
[10:59:29 PM] Thomas Lee: ...make that Guy Gardener.
[10:59:59 PM] Ness VII: If he trolls over, we will die, we will die.
[11:00:07 PM] Thomas Lee: Nice callback.
[11:19:11 PM] Ness VII: Though our toilet's clogged, and paper gone,
We fight for the right to use the john
The bowl is stained, the rim is pelted,
But whoever smelt it, dealt it.
[11:19:25 PM] Thomas Lee: I likeit.
[11:19:35 PM] Thomas Lee: I only got the first three lines of mine
[11:19:50 PM] Thomas Lee: "In posted thread or toilet bowl,
We share the wit of dankest troll,
Let those who don't replace the roll,"
[11:19:50 PM] Ness VII: T'weren't easy.
[11:20:00 PM] Thomas Lee: ...something.
[11:20:34 PM] Orin J.: take it in the tighetest hole?
[11:20:39 PM] Thomas Lee: ...
[11:20:45 PM] Thomas Lee: ...I could kiss you, Orin.
[11:20:54 PM] Orin J.: not with that mouth you couldn't!
[11:20:56 PM] Thomas Lee: ALL THE HOMO
[11:21:36 PM] Thomas Lee: I legit don't know which one I wanna use, mine and Orin's or Ness'?
[12:03:21 AM] Ness VII: That'll do, pig. That'll do.
[12:03:41 AM] Thomas Lee: Babe: the first Brown Lantern?
[12:04:14 AM] Thomas Lee: The reds have Dex-Star, the greens Ch'p, the blues Hope Corgi...
[12:04:49 AM] Thomas Lee: The Brown Lanterns have Sq'weee, the cosmic hog.
[12:05:33 AM] Ness VII: Baa Ram Ewe! Baa Ram Ewe!
To your rolls, your bowls and your holes, be true!
Shit be true, Baa Ram Ewe!
[12:05:50 AM] Thomas Lee: What, a third oath now?
[12:05:57 AM] Ness VII: That's what I thought
[12:06:26 AM] Ness VII: Better than anything we came up with.
[12:06:36 AM] Thomas Lee: I dunno, I still like mine.
[12:07:15 AM] Ness VII: Maybe they're so apathetic they can't settle on a single oath.
[12:08:13 AM] Ness VII: To date, the Brown Lanterns now have 540 oaths, all of them stored in the great Galactic Suppository.
[12:08:17 AM] Ness VII: Er, Depository.
[12:09:07 AM] Thomas Lee: My favorite Lantern Corps headcanon is that male Star Sapphires wear their power rings on their cocks, that's why they were banned.
[12:09:33 AM] Ness VII: (Sinestro did not call 911 from his car)
[12:09:52 AM] Thomas Lee: The grassy knoll was a ring construct.
[12:10:31 AM] Thomas Lee: There IS a lizard Illuminati, but they were assigned by the pre-New 52 Guardians, so it's alright.
[12:10:41 AM] Ness VII: Kilo-Log acted alone... because no one would go to the bathroom with him.
[12:11:02 AM] Thomas Lee: Too afraid of learning what a "poozer" actually IS.
[10:08:24 PM] Thomas Lee: I know those feels, man.
[10:08:31 PM] Thomas Lee: It that butt pic?
[10:08:34 PM] Ness VII: yes.
[10:08:44 PM] Thomas Lee: Saw it on my FA
[10:09:04 PM] Thomas Lee: Anything hyper-sized will get loads of attention.
[10:09:14 PM] Thomas Lee: I call it the Winger Effect.
[10:09:37 PM] Thomas Lee: Just ask Mar, I think it pays his rent.
[10:09:52 PM] Ness VII: ..........................................I think I know the reason you aren't getting enough views yourself, Heckfire.
[10:10:02 PM] Thomas Lee: You think?
[10:10:14 PM] Ness VII: Also, I must look into this "winger effect"
[10:10:26 PM] Thomas Lee: Make sure Safe Search is on.
[10:10:40 PM] Thomas Lee: Otherwise I claim no responsibility.
[10:11:00 PM] Ness VII: I was just telling Orin I don't want to die unrecognized and poor despite my efforts like Tesla and Van Gogh did.
[10:11:32 PM] Thomas Lee: Yes, aiming for Stephen King's existence is a noble and lauded goal.
[10:11:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Minus the near-fatal car accident.
[10:12:38 PM] Thomas Lee: Avoiding dying as Phillip K. Dick is my goal as well.
[10:13:41 PM] Thomas Lee: Gonna need some radical medical treatments if I'm gonna avoid the "addicted to painkillers" part, though.
[10:14:17 PM] Thomas Lee: I think I'm too suicidally depressed to worry about the paranoid dementia, though.
[10:14:26 PM] Thomas Lee: So I got that going for me. Which is nice.
[10:15:33 PM] Thomas Lee: ...the frequency in which I quote the groundskeeper from "Caddyshack" is starting to worry me.
[10:17:57 PM] Orin J.: don't let it worry you. you've got enough worries.
[10:19:09 PM] Thomas Lee: Heya Pot, it's me, Kettle.
[10:20:07 PM] Thomas Lee: If I could go to my grave as Bill Murray, I would consider it a life well-lived.
[10:20:34 PM] Thomas Lee: Even taking "The Razor's Edge" into account.
[10:20:52 PM] Thomas Lee: Which was actually not a bad film, it just wasn't as good as the original.
[10:21:00 PM] Orin J.: so drunk, feeling up women half your age and getting away with insanity because nobody is willing to rat you out and ruin their "you'll never belive who i saw!" story?
[10:21:18 PM] Thomas Lee: Sounds like paradise to me.
[10:21:49 PM] Thomas Lee: Especially the second part.
[10:22:45 PM] Orin J.: bill murry's greatest act has truly been retirement.
[10:22:58 PM] Thomas Lee: Living as the cross between an urban legend and an Internet meme...what a country.
[10:24:11 PM] Thomas Lee: And he isn't retired. He just fired his agent in the 80s and now will only take jobs left on his answering machine that sound fun.
[10:24:33 PM] Thomas Lee: Which explains "Space Jam" in many, many ways.
[10:24:47 PM] Ness VII: Which is how Ass Moses Jones was born.
[10:25:17 PM] Thomas Lee: I guiltily admit, I am not familiar with that one.
[10:25:37 PM] Orin J.: osmosis jones.
[10:26:00 PM] Ness VII: It's a movie where Chris Rock plays a paramecium and has Star Wars inside Bill Murray.
[10:26:00 PM] Orin J.: although i can see bill mishearing it and taking the role of ass moses jones.
[10:26:01 PM] Thomas Lee: Hey, I LIKED that movie. I based the male Gorgons off of Thrax.
[10:26:34 PM] Thomas Lee: ...and it wasn't Star Wars, it was Lethal Weapon.
[10:26:43 PM] Ness VII: Exodus 2: The Story of Ass Moses Jones.
[10:27:03 PM] Ness VII: The WIZARD of the HARMONICA
[10:27:04 PM] Ness VII: LOL
[10:27:06 PM] Thomas Lee: Considering what happened to Shatner's character in the final scene.
[10:27:28 PM] Thomas Lee: Let's just say he lived up to the first syllable of his last name.
[10:28:34 PM] Orin J.: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[10:31:25 PM] Ness VII: https://youtu.be/0IBC0uXcPKQ
[10:31:38 PM] Ness VII: The whole movie is just 90 minutes of this
[10:31:55 PM] Thomas Lee: What, Osmosis Jones?
[10:32:01 PM] Ness VII: No, Exodus 2.
[10:32:08 PM] Ness VII: I just wrote it.
[10:32:10 PM] Orin J.: i'm too tired to do anything complex like how i colored her right now. sorry.
[10:32:27 PM] Thomas Lee: Impressive.
[10:32:43 PM] Thomas Lee: Wizard of the harmonica, you say?
[10:33:22 PM] Thomas Lee: Sounds like a post-Hollywood insanity Frank Miller comic, for some reason.
[10:33:38 PM] Thomas Lee: "Exodus 2: This Time, It's Personal"
[10:33:40 PM] Orin J.: he wishes
[10:34:29 PM] Thomas Lee: I'm legit surprised no one seems to be talking about DK3: The Master Race. Wasn't the first issue released last month?
[10:34:33 PM] Ness VII: After he frees the Hebrews from Pharaoh, he turns into an old black man and then breaks into a 90-minute harmonica solo.
[10:34:53 PM] Ness VII: Donkey Kong 3: The Master Race.
[10:35:01 PM] Ness VII: Someone's getting gritty.
[10:35:06 PM] Thomas Lee: "Exodus 2: Eclectic Boogaloo"
[10:35:14 PM] Orin J.: while the the bacteria people dance and hambone in the bakcground
[10:35:55 PM] Thomas Lee: ...I was about to make a racism comment until I remembered this joke originally spun out of a talk about Osmosis Jones.
[10:36:19 PM] Ness VII: Ass Moses Jones freed the bacteria Hebrews from Pharaoh Bill Murray.
[10:36:27 PM] Thomas Lee: WIth a fart.
[10:36:47 PM] Orin J.: it was a whistler, so it was worked into the finale cut of the song.
[10:36:55 PM] Thomas Lee: I take it back, this now sounds like a John Krickfalusi joint.
[10:37:17 PM] Ness VII: Joints are the only way to explain John K's work.
[10:37:19 PM] Orin J.: while not lying, i'd like to think my fart jokes have more class than that.
[10:37:46 PM] Thomas Lee: And slightly more sulphur content.
[10:38:18 PM] Thomas Lee: ...gee, I WONDER why JP hasn't said anything yet...
[10:38:41 PM] Ness VII: He sent the 10 plagues including Pepto Bismol, Mucinex, Listerine, and Cortizone.
[10:38:56 PM] Ness VII: He then stopped halfway because he realized he was killing his own people.
[10:39:28 PM] Thomas Lee: His divine prophesy was spoken of in the label of a tube of Preparation H.
[10:39:50 PM] Thomas Lee: They went to the mountains to find it.
[10:40:20 PM] Ness VII: Thou shalt apply liberally to the affected area, whilst staying way from the anal canal.
[10:40:46 PM] Thomas Lee: But the wrods went unheeded. Many were lost in the black hole.
[10:40:51 PM] Ness VII: Know thee William Shatner died that way.
[10:41:06 PM] Thomas Lee: Er, brown hole.
[10:41:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Yea verily, when the log rolls over, we will die, we will die.
[10:41:52 PM] Ness VII: Man, that's an OLD joke.
[10:42:09 PM] Thomas Lee: I prefer the term "vintage."
[10:42:09 PM] Ness VII: I haven't heard that one since junior high.
[10:42:15 PM] Orin J.: it's a stinker all right.
[10:42:22 PM] Thomas Lee: Quite literally.
[10:43:44 PM] Thomas Lee: We're making Biblical humor, you think I wouldn't pull out a shit joke nearly as old?
[10:44:53 PM] Ness VII: We're making Biblical humor based on Osmosis Jones.
[10:44:57 PM] Ness VII: How did this happen
[10:45:00 PM] Thomas Lee: ...part of me wants to save this conversation for prosperity.
[10:45:08 PM] Ness VII: Posterity.
[10:45:14 PM] Ness VII: Posterior.
[10:45:15 PM] Orin J.: this conversation will never prosper.
[10:45:19 PM] Thomas Lee: Posteriority.
[10:45:51 PM] Thomas Lee: Dark Knight 3: The Asster Race
[10:45:52 PM] Orin J.: i know not what gods you people believe in, but i know you are sinning in their eye.
[10:46:10 PM] Ness VII: Hopefully not the brown eye.
[10:46:25 PM] Thomas Lee: Worship the brown star.
[10:46:32 PM] Orin J.: no, that's a dune joke.
[10:46:50 PM] Thomas Lee: Or it shall rain its vengeance upon thee.
[10:46:54 PM] Orin J.: i don't get enouh sleep to do dune jokes.
[10:47:11 PM] Jim Palo: I'm gonna go with being busy posting something as my excuse for not saying anything this time. Either way, I should be getting to bed. Later.
[10:47:22 PM] Ness VII: Later, Jim
[10:47:25 PM] Thomas Lee: And you do NOT want the brown star raining on you.
[10:47:29 PM] Thomas Lee: Night man
[10:47:35 PM] Orin J.: night palo, good job dodging the whole conversation!
[10:47:53 PM] Thomas Lee: Wipe your shoes well.
[10:48:03 PM] Orin J.: i'm barefoot.
[10:48:06 PM] Orin J.: ....shit.
[10:48:09 PM] Orin J.: SHUT IT
[10:48:11 PM] Thomas Lee: Literally.
[10:48:21 PM] Thomas Lee: TOO LATE MOTHAFUCKA
[10:48:38 PM] Thomas Lee: MUAAHAHAAAAA
[10:49:12 PM] Orin J.: yesss, embrace your drive to do things to spite others.....let it feed you, make you strong....
[10:49:15 PM] Ness VII: Dragge notte yon papier beneathe thy solef uponne thy leeving the lavatorie.
[10:49:47 PM] Thomas Lee: Wipeth front to back, nevah the other way round.
[10:50:07 PM] Thomas Lee: Lest yon dingleberries flourish.
[10:50:46 PM] Thomas Lee: Embrace the dark side. Embrace the power of the brown star.
[10:50:47 PM] Ness VII: And verily, the Great One decreed:
"Balls to butt, good to strut.
Butt to balls, get shitty draws."
[10:51:20 PM] Orin J.: or just wax your asshole.
[10:51:52 PM] Thomas Lee: Manscaping. It's not just for Krillin anymore.
[10:51:59 PM] Ness VII: Bill Murray > Moses > Shit Jokes
[10:52:15 PM] Ness VII: The Ness-Orin-Heckfire Triumvirate, ladies and gentlemen!
[10:52:39 PM] Thomas Lee: Fear our power, Brown Lantern's might.
[10:52:55 PM] Ness VII: I don't want none of that light.
[10:52:57 PM] Orin J.: it's this or monstergirl converations, and nobody is willing to be the guy that starts it lately.
[10:53:27 PM] Orin J.: that light it the power cosmic!
[10:53:29 PM] Ness VII: I had to do a translating job, hopefully I can pull away long enough to do it
[10:53:30 PM] Thomas Lee: Didn't 4chan create a whole bunch of new Lantern Corps a few years ago?
[10:53:41 PM] Orin J.: terrax's power cosmic, to be exact.
[10:53:58 PM] Orin J.: i thought it was DC, but i can see thenm poaching off 4chan.
[10:54:19 PM] Thomas Lee: Like the Grey Lanterns, wielding the Light of Apathy?
[10:54:30 PM] Thomas Lee: Or were those the Beige Lanterns?
[10:54:47 PM] Orin J.: i have no strong opinions on this joke!
[10:55:04 PM] Thomas Lee: Never trusted the damn Neutrals.
[10:55:28 PM] Thomas Lee: ...so, the Brown Lantern Corps....what would their "emotion" be?
[10:56:16 PM] Orin J.: shitposting.
[10:56:23 PM] Orin J.: they are "that feel"
[10:56:28 PM] Thomas Lee: ...oh, I LIKE that.
[10:56:54 PM] Orin J.: their first wave of recruits? all of /B/
[10:57:02 PM] Thomas Lee: And their power batteries are tiny toilets with handles.
[10:57:18 PM] Thomas Lee: With the seats perpetually up.
[10:58:13 PM] Orin J.: ness, tell boag we need him. if he agrees i'll add him back in.
[10:58:28 PM] Thomas Lee: Yeah, we need a Brown Lantern Oath.
[10:59:02 PM] Ness VII: dunno if he's on, he hasn't shitposted all day.
[10:59:08 PM] Ness VII: His battery must be low.
[10:59:16 PM] Thomas Lee: He is our Killowog.
[10:59:26 PM] Ness VII: Kilo-Log.
[10:59:29 PM] Thomas Lee: ...make that Guy Gardener.
[10:59:59 PM] Ness VII: If he trolls over, we will die, we will die.
[11:00:07 PM] Thomas Lee: Nice callback.
[11:19:11 PM] Ness VII: Though our toilet's clogged, and paper gone,
We fight for the right to use the john
The bowl is stained, the rim is pelted,
But whoever smelt it, dealt it.
[11:19:25 PM] Thomas Lee: I likeit.
[11:19:35 PM] Thomas Lee: I only got the first three lines of mine
[11:19:50 PM] Thomas Lee: "In posted thread or toilet bowl,
We share the wit of dankest troll,
Let those who don't replace the roll,"
[11:19:50 PM] Ness VII: T'weren't easy.
[11:20:00 PM] Thomas Lee: ...something.
[11:20:34 PM] Orin J.: take it in the tighetest hole?
[11:20:39 PM] Thomas Lee: ...
[11:20:45 PM] Thomas Lee: ...I could kiss you, Orin.
[11:20:54 PM] Orin J.: not with that mouth you couldn't!
[11:20:56 PM] Thomas Lee: ALL THE HOMO
[11:21:36 PM] Thomas Lee: I legit don't know which one I wanna use, mine and Orin's or Ness'?
[12:03:21 AM] Ness VII: That'll do, pig. That'll do.
[12:03:41 AM] Thomas Lee: Babe: the first Brown Lantern?
[12:04:14 AM] Thomas Lee: The reds have Dex-Star, the greens Ch'p, the blues Hope Corgi...
[12:04:49 AM] Thomas Lee: The Brown Lanterns have Sq'weee, the cosmic hog.
[12:05:33 AM] Ness VII: Baa Ram Ewe! Baa Ram Ewe!
To your rolls, your bowls and your holes, be true!
Shit be true, Baa Ram Ewe!
[12:05:50 AM] Thomas Lee: What, a third oath now?
[12:05:57 AM] Ness VII: That's what I thought
[12:06:26 AM] Ness VII: Better than anything we came up with.
[12:06:36 AM] Thomas Lee: I dunno, I still like mine.
[12:07:15 AM] Ness VII: Maybe they're so apathetic they can't settle on a single oath.
[12:08:13 AM] Ness VII: To date, the Brown Lanterns now have 540 oaths, all of them stored in the great Galactic Suppository.
[12:08:17 AM] Ness VII: Er, Depository.
[12:09:07 AM] Thomas Lee: My favorite Lantern Corps headcanon is that male Star Sapphires wear their power rings on their cocks, that's why they were banned.
[12:09:33 AM] Ness VII: (Sinestro did not call 911 from his car)
[12:09:52 AM] Thomas Lee: The grassy knoll was a ring construct.
[12:10:31 AM] Thomas Lee: There IS a lizard Illuminati, but they were assigned by the pre-New 52 Guardians, so it's alright.
[12:10:41 AM] Ness VII: Kilo-Log acted alone... because no one would go to the bathroom with him.
[12:11:02 AM] Thomas Lee: Too afraid of learning what a "poozer" actually IS.
Dead Idols and Rethinking Priorities
General | Posted 10 years agoArgh...I am on the horns of a moral dilemma and I'm not sure what to do.
For years, I've resisted the urge to do loli/cub artwork again, out of fear of the everpresent witchhunting online, for fear of attempting to do more mainstream work and have some troll or someone digging for dirt pop up and throw my stuff out for public consumption...same token, I ALREADY HAVE loli artwork out there, but the distance of time has allowed me the illusion of being able to say "That was in the past."
And I haven't been able to draw shit in the interim. Choking off this part of myself seems to have choked off ALL of my creative impulses. I was...well, I won't say "content" but I was so used to this blockage after all this time, having gotten used to doing nothing and letting my creativity wither and die.
But it hasn't died.
A couple of days ago, I learned that Damn Evil Dog, one of my absolute favorite artists and one of the absolute BEST at drawing Maisy, passed away on Thursday. I suppose it's the same old story, I'd always meant to get to know him better, always MEANT to commission him again, always thought I'd have another day...until I didn't. Until I couldn't.
He was younger than me. Hell, I'd estimate he was almost half, maybe two-thirds my age.
And he's gone.
And I looked at Zone, of Zone-Archives, a guy (girl? Still got no idea) who got their start and is still known for Teen Titans porn, and now they're doing video games and they're friends with the Game Grumps and Bennett the Sage, a guy who once went on a rant about anime sexualizing teenagers, who also co-writes and provides voices for Zone's preview "newscaster" bits.
And I'm so confused.
I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to see my art and my writing and be happy, and I don't want to be remembered as some kinda pedo-pervert who draws underage monstergirls...but it's a part of me, a strong enough part of me that denying it kills EVERYTHING in me. It's a part of me I'm TIRED of denying, because I know it's just fantasy and at least two professional therapists I've talked to have told me to do it because it IS just fantasy and a way to come to grips with the horrific abuse I suffered as a child, and then I see stuff like the "Steven Universe" fanartgate where FANS OF THE SHOW dredged up old "Ed, Edd, and Eddy" porn THE SHOW'S CREATOR once made and called her a pedophile for it...
And I don't know what to do.
I know asking for advice HERE, of all places, will probably net me very, very biased opinions, but I'm not sure if I should post this to my other galleries or my Tumblr.
What should I do?
For years, I've resisted the urge to do loli/cub artwork again, out of fear of the everpresent witchhunting online, for fear of attempting to do more mainstream work and have some troll or someone digging for dirt pop up and throw my stuff out for public consumption...same token, I ALREADY HAVE loli artwork out there, but the distance of time has allowed me the illusion of being able to say "That was in the past."
And I haven't been able to draw shit in the interim. Choking off this part of myself seems to have choked off ALL of my creative impulses. I was...well, I won't say "content" but I was so used to this blockage after all this time, having gotten used to doing nothing and letting my creativity wither and die.
But it hasn't died.
A couple of days ago, I learned that Damn Evil Dog, one of my absolute favorite artists and one of the absolute BEST at drawing Maisy, passed away on Thursday. I suppose it's the same old story, I'd always meant to get to know him better, always MEANT to commission him again, always thought I'd have another day...until I didn't. Until I couldn't.
He was younger than me. Hell, I'd estimate he was almost half, maybe two-thirds my age.
And he's gone.
And I looked at Zone, of Zone-Archives, a guy (girl? Still got no idea) who got their start and is still known for Teen Titans porn, and now they're doing video games and they're friends with the Game Grumps and Bennett the Sage, a guy who once went on a rant about anime sexualizing teenagers, who also co-writes and provides voices for Zone's preview "newscaster" bits.
And I'm so confused.
I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to see my art and my writing and be happy, and I don't want to be remembered as some kinda pedo-pervert who draws underage monstergirls...but it's a part of me, a strong enough part of me that denying it kills EVERYTHING in me. It's a part of me I'm TIRED of denying, because I know it's just fantasy and at least two professional therapists I've talked to have told me to do it because it IS just fantasy and a way to come to grips with the horrific abuse I suffered as a child, and then I see stuff like the "Steven Universe" fanartgate where FANS OF THE SHOW dredged up old "Ed, Edd, and Eddy" porn THE SHOW'S CREATOR once made and called her a pedophile for it...
And I don't know what to do.
I know asking for advice HERE, of all places, will probably net me very, very biased opinions, but I'm not sure if I should post this to my other galleries or my Tumblr.
What should I do?
Dabadi's Polynian "Clover": An Informal Review
General | Posted 11 years agoSo, a week ago, I got an email from AmiAmi saying that "(my) preorder was ready to ship!"
...to which I said "Um...what preorder..?" =O.o=
My "surprise" (more like "forgotten") preorder, Clover from modelling circle Dabadi's "Polynian" line of cute robot girls (etc.), arrived Friday. This shot is simply an intro pic, but it also illustrates what may be the figure's sole real shortcoming: what you see here is ALL she comes with. No alternate faces, no gripping hands...she's lucky she's so damn cute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....ps6lgu8jpn.jpg
What could be a shortcoming is actually a benefit: her facial expression is generic enough that it fits many different poses and situations. Still, I hope someone on Shapeways makes some more expressions for her or something.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....pss0p7uilo.jpg
Do she got da booty?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psh5ite3fu.jpg
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SHE DOOOOOO.
The other really surprising thing about her was how TINY she is...for comparison, here she is alongside my "Officer" Howling (MMS 1st type body), Renge (MMS 3rd Small type body), and OTFCC's Trans-Mutate, a redeco of Transfomers Prime "First Edition" Arcee.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psbk95xkm2.jpg
All-in-all, I like her a lot, although that's admittedly largely due to my love of cute robot girls. She feels light but sturdy, she can hold poses well despite having only friction joints, and she looks good in my collection. I wouldn't go out of my way to get her unless she meets those criteria for you, as well, but she's an excellent initial piece for what I'm hoping is a full, ongoing line.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psf7azyvey.jpg
...to which I said "Um...what preorder..?" =O.o=
My "surprise" (more like "forgotten") preorder, Clover from modelling circle Dabadi's "Polynian" line of cute robot girls (etc.), arrived Friday. This shot is simply an intro pic, but it also illustrates what may be the figure's sole real shortcoming: what you see here is ALL she comes with. No alternate faces, no gripping hands...she's lucky she's so damn cute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....ps6lgu8jpn.jpg
What could be a shortcoming is actually a benefit: her facial expression is generic enough that it fits many different poses and situations. Still, I hope someone on Shapeways makes some more expressions for her or something.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....pss0p7uilo.jpg
Do she got da booty?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psh5ite3fu.jpg
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SHE DOOOOOO.
The other really surprising thing about her was how TINY she is...for comparison, here she is alongside my "Officer" Howling (MMS 1st type body), Renge (MMS 3rd Small type body), and OTFCC's Trans-Mutate, a redeco of Transfomers Prime "First Edition" Arcee.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psbk95xkm2.jpg
All-in-all, I like her a lot, although that's admittedly largely due to my love of cute robot girls. She feels light but sturdy, she can hold poses well despite having only friction joints, and she looks good in my collection. I wouldn't go out of my way to get her unless she meets those criteria for you, as well, but she's an excellent initial piece for what I'm hoping is a full, ongoing line.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psf7azyvey.jpg
Dabadi's Polynian "Clover": An Informal Review
General | Posted 11 years agoSo, a week ago, I got an email from AmiAmi saying that "(my) preorder was ready to ship!"
...to which I said "Um...what preorder..?" =O.o=
My "surprise" (more like "forgotten") preorder, Clover from modelling circle Dabadi's "Polynian" line of cute robot girls (etc.), arrived Friday. This shot is simply an intro pic, but it also illustrates what may be the figure's sole real shortcoming: what you see here is ALL she comes with. No alternate faces, no gripping hands...she's lucky she's so damn cute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....ps6lgu8jpn.jpg
What could be a shortcoming is actually a benefit: her facial expression is generic enough that it fits many different poses and situations. Still, I hope someone on Shapeways makes some more expressions for her or something.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....pss0p7uilo.jpg
Do she got da booty?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psh5ite3fu.jpg
=<.<=
=>.>=
SHE DOOOOOO.
The other really surprising thing about her was how TINY she is...for comparison, here she is alongside my "Officer" Howling (MMS 1st type body), Renge (MMS 3rd Small type body), and OTFCC's Trans-Mutate, a redeco of Transfomers Prime "First Edition" Arcee.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psbk95xkm2.jpg
All-in-all, I like her a lot, although that's admittedly largely due to my love of cute robot girls. She feels light but sturdy, she can hold poses well despite having only friction joints, and she looks good in my collection. I wouldn't go out of my way to get her unless she meets those criteria for you, as well, but she's an excellent initial piece for what I'm hoping is a full, ongoing line.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psf7azyvey.jpg
...to which I said "Um...what preorder..?" =O.o=
My "surprise" (more like "forgotten") preorder, Clover from modelling circle Dabadi's "Polynian" line of cute robot girls (etc.), arrived Friday. This shot is simply an intro pic, but it also illustrates what may be the figure's sole real shortcoming: what you see here is ALL she comes with. No alternate faces, no gripping hands...she's lucky she's so damn cute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....ps6lgu8jpn.jpg
What could be a shortcoming is actually a benefit: her facial expression is generic enough that it fits many different poses and situations. Still, I hope someone on Shapeways makes some more expressions for her or something.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....pss0p7uilo.jpg
Do she got da booty?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psh5ite3fu.jpg
=<.<=
=>.>=
SHE DOOOOOO.
The other really surprising thing about her was how TINY she is...for comparison, here she is alongside my "Officer" Howling (MMS 1st type body), Renge (MMS 3rd Small type body), and OTFCC's Trans-Mutate, a redeco of Transfomers Prime "First Edition" Arcee.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psbk95xkm2.jpg
All-in-all, I like her a lot, although that's admittedly largely due to my love of cute robot girls. She feels light but sturdy, she can hold poses well despite having only friction joints, and she looks good in my collection. I wouldn't go out of my way to get her unless she meets those criteria for you, as well, but she's an excellent initial piece for what I'm hoping is a full, ongoing line.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....psf7azyvey.jpg
“A Certain Scientific Index”: a definite happy surprise
General | Posted 11 years agoSpurred on by my acquisition of a Figma of my favorite teleporting lesbian Pepe lePew wannabe, Shirai Kuroko, I decided to actually give the anime she costars in, A Certain Scientific Railgun, a watch…and, after just finishing the last episode of Season 1, I can honestly say I haven’t been THIS glad to be so TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY WRONG about my expectations of a show in a long time. Going off of what I knew, I was expecting some kinda fanservice moe yuri-fest, but what I GOT was one of the best superhero dramas I’ve seen since the heyday of Uncanny X-Men.
Prime example, Kuroko herself: going off of what even the official artwork advertising the show focused on, I was expecting…well, exactly what I described, a psycho teen lesbian Pepe lePew, sexually harassing her roomie, the show’s namesake “Railgun” Mikoto Misaka, and getting a face full of lightning bolts and a Looney Tunes scorching for her troubles. What I GOT was a pint-sized badass who was the most effective and clever teleporter this side of Kurt Wagner, at one point using her sole power of teleportation to DROP A FUCKING PARKING GARAGE ONTO HER ATTACKER’S HEAD. Not only that, but she was a trained officer of the law, even as a high school student…which in anime USUALLY means slapstick incompetence typically involving frantic whistle blowing and misuse of handcuffs, but in the case of her and her co-officers in “Judgement” meant actual crimefighting and case solving. Hell, if anything, compared to how she was for most of the show, her “psycho stalker” bits actually seemed wildly out-of-character compared to the cool, competent badass she normally was.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, every so often, you could see elements of the fanservicey stuff trying to sneak in…Saten’s tendency to flip up her friend’s skirt to see what panties the poor girl was wearing, Professor Kiyama Harumi’s tendency to absentmindedly strip in public, a handful of instances involving Kuroko in the first few episodes…which just seemed even MORE out-of-place when compared to the solid writing and characterization of the rest of the series. Fortunately, these jarring moments were few and far between, and never got in the way of what we were really there for.
It isn’t to say that the show was wall-to-wall action, though. Even in the sci-fi setting of Academy City (which always reminded me of the “future Toronto” from the Pokemon movie, Destiny Deoxys), the main focus was the four main characters and their lives, with the threats being more of a slow burn type that would build to a two- or three-part climax. The drama and the action always felt earned, and I never felt like something in THAT department was thrown in just for the sake of throwing it in. If there was any complaint, it was that the second story arc’s villain felt a little too much like the FIRST story arc’s, with the show trying to pass both off as good guys until their last minute heel turn despite all but painting the word “VILLAIN” on the woman’s forehead during the second arc’s opening credits.
That actually reminds me of another odd thing about the show: perhaps in response to the seemingly more traditional shounen show this one spins off from, A Certain Magical Index, there are almost NO male characters AT ALL to be found here. Touma, the lead from Index, shows up in a couple of eps, and the second arc introduces a non-powered ganger with ties to the supporting cast for a little while, but otherwise almost every male character in the show with any speaking lines are inevitably bad guys…to be fair, even in such a female-heavy show, it never feels like man-bashing because there are just as many female villains (and they’re usually much, much worse).
So, yeah…I’m hooked. This show is the kinda of anime I wish was the standard-bearer, full of well-written characters, tight drama and even tighter action, and a minimum of gratuitous fanservice. In fact, I was SO mistaken about my expectations for this show that I actually wanna go check out Index now…I avoided it because it struck me as a bog-standard shounen/borderline harem show, but if Railgun can throw me for such a loop, maybe it deserves a chance to surprise me as well.
Prime example, Kuroko herself: going off of what even the official artwork advertising the show focused on, I was expecting…well, exactly what I described, a psycho teen lesbian Pepe lePew, sexually harassing her roomie, the show’s namesake “Railgun” Mikoto Misaka, and getting a face full of lightning bolts and a Looney Tunes scorching for her troubles. What I GOT was a pint-sized badass who was the most effective and clever teleporter this side of Kurt Wagner, at one point using her sole power of teleportation to DROP A FUCKING PARKING GARAGE ONTO HER ATTACKER’S HEAD. Not only that, but she was a trained officer of the law, even as a high school student…which in anime USUALLY means slapstick incompetence typically involving frantic whistle blowing and misuse of handcuffs, but in the case of her and her co-officers in “Judgement” meant actual crimefighting and case solving. Hell, if anything, compared to how she was for most of the show, her “psycho stalker” bits actually seemed wildly out-of-character compared to the cool, competent badass she normally was.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, every so often, you could see elements of the fanservicey stuff trying to sneak in…Saten’s tendency to flip up her friend’s skirt to see what panties the poor girl was wearing, Professor Kiyama Harumi’s tendency to absentmindedly strip in public, a handful of instances involving Kuroko in the first few episodes…which just seemed even MORE out-of-place when compared to the solid writing and characterization of the rest of the series. Fortunately, these jarring moments were few and far between, and never got in the way of what we were really there for.
It isn’t to say that the show was wall-to-wall action, though. Even in the sci-fi setting of Academy City (which always reminded me of the “future Toronto” from the Pokemon movie, Destiny Deoxys), the main focus was the four main characters and their lives, with the threats being more of a slow burn type that would build to a two- or three-part climax. The drama and the action always felt earned, and I never felt like something in THAT department was thrown in just for the sake of throwing it in. If there was any complaint, it was that the second story arc’s villain felt a little too much like the FIRST story arc’s, with the show trying to pass both off as good guys until their last minute heel turn despite all but painting the word “VILLAIN” on the woman’s forehead during the second arc’s opening credits.
That actually reminds me of another odd thing about the show: perhaps in response to the seemingly more traditional shounen show this one spins off from, A Certain Magical Index, there are almost NO male characters AT ALL to be found here. Touma, the lead from Index, shows up in a couple of eps, and the second arc introduces a non-powered ganger with ties to the supporting cast for a little while, but otherwise almost every male character in the show with any speaking lines are inevitably bad guys…to be fair, even in such a female-heavy show, it never feels like man-bashing because there are just as many female villains (and they’re usually much, much worse).
So, yeah…I’m hooked. This show is the kinda of anime I wish was the standard-bearer, full of well-written characters, tight drama and even tighter action, and a minimum of gratuitous fanservice. In fact, I was SO mistaken about my expectations for this show that I actually wanna go check out Index now…I avoided it because it struck me as a bog-standard shounen/borderline harem show, but if Railgun can throw me for such a loop, maybe it deserves a chance to surprise me as well.
Random Journal Thought
General | Posted 11 years agoDo you ever hesitate to +Fav someone's pic because you don't want them to think you're beating off to it?
R.I.P. Uncle Mike
General | Posted 11 years agoSo, day before New Year's, I learned that my uncle died on the 19th, the same day my PSN account was hacked and the same day I'd decided to try and attempt to reconnect to my family by getting Christmas presents for the niece and nephew I barely know.
What makes me feel bad is that I was less upset about his death and not being told about it than I was about the realization that my attempt at making up for being a shitty uncle would just be seen as me feeling guilty over a death I never even knew happened; I was even told that much when I found out and called my parents about it.
Truth be known, I barely knew him; he was already in his 50s by my earliest memories of him. He was a sweet man, though, he and his wife, my mom's sister; every birthday up until my 20s they'd always send us checks for $20, which when you're 10 or so is a SHITLOAD of money, especially in the early 80s.
Honestly, though, my aunt's death hit me harder than his...he was lost to dementia, not sure if it was Alzheimer's related or not, shortly after I'd followed my ex out to Colorado. When she died a few years ago, on the day before my birthday, he didn't even recognize her and couldn't understand why people kept telling him about this strange woman's death. That was the most horrifying thing I'd ever heard; they'd been together since the 40s, devoted almost their entire lives to each other, and when she died he didn't even know who she was. To live together for all your life with someone, to have them outlive you, yet to still be alone when your end came...I still have nightmares about it. I'd like to think that, if there is an afterlife, she was waiting for him, and he recognized her the minute he arrived.
Still, maybe his death affected me more than I realized...I did say the idea to try and stop being such a shitty uncle happened the day my own uncle died, even without me knowing about it. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence.
What makes me feel bad is that I was less upset about his death and not being told about it than I was about the realization that my attempt at making up for being a shitty uncle would just be seen as me feeling guilty over a death I never even knew happened; I was even told that much when I found out and called my parents about it.
Truth be known, I barely knew him; he was already in his 50s by my earliest memories of him. He was a sweet man, though, he and his wife, my mom's sister; every birthday up until my 20s they'd always send us checks for $20, which when you're 10 or so is a SHITLOAD of money, especially in the early 80s.
Honestly, though, my aunt's death hit me harder than his...he was lost to dementia, not sure if it was Alzheimer's related or not, shortly after I'd followed my ex out to Colorado. When she died a few years ago, on the day before my birthday, he didn't even recognize her and couldn't understand why people kept telling him about this strange woman's death. That was the most horrifying thing I'd ever heard; they'd been together since the 40s, devoted almost their entire lives to each other, and when she died he didn't even know who she was. To live together for all your life with someone, to have them outlive you, yet to still be alone when your end came...I still have nightmares about it. I'd like to think that, if there is an afterlife, she was waiting for him, and he recognized her the minute he arrived.
Still, maybe his death affected me more than I realized...I did say the idea to try and stop being such a shitty uncle happened the day my own uncle died, even without me knowing about it. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence.
An Old Shit Rants about Art, Nobody fucking cares
General | Posted 11 years agoSO, I discovered something that unexpectedly pissed me off, namely seeing the pencil art of a really popular artist and realizing it's total GARBAGE and that their style is ENTIRELY due to digital skills. And then they post a note about how they already have over 8000 watchers in just a couple of years while I've been on dA for a decade and just hit 742. I'm not even a "cult classic" like I used to joke.
Y'know, I ain't gonna piss on their lack of pencil skills...Hell, it's not even THEM I'm pissed AT. What pissed me off is that I taught myself how to draw back in 1986 with pencil on paper and THAT is how I've been drawing for almost 30 years, and in the past 10 or 11 the one thing I keep hearing, on those RARE occasions someone outside of my usual circle deigns to comment on my artwork, is "So, when are you going to finish it?"
And any time I mention to someone about my frustration at this, their response is INEVITABLY "Well, learn to draw with a tablet."
I HAVE BEEN DRAWING THE EXACT SAME WAY FOR THREE DECADES, DO YOU THINK IT'S THAT EASY TO SUDDENLY TEACH YOURSELF A BRAND NEW WAY OF DOING SOMETHING THAT GOES TOTALLY CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING YOU NORMALLY DO?
Do you know what it's like to have to try and teach yourself how to draw by NOT putting lines on paper that you can see and touch and FUCKING SMELL EVEN and how to draw by NOT LOOKING AT WHERE YOUR HAND IS BUT BY LOOKING AT A FUCKING COMPUTER SCREEN IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOCATION and how to color NOT by putting pigments you mix or EVEN MORE FUCKING PENCILS to AN ACTUALLY PIECE OF PAPER WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LINES YOU JUST DREW?
I mean, fuck, it took me THIS long to get my EXISTING skills to their current level. How long will it take me to get to this point in A COMPLETELY NEW MEDIUM?
...OK, I take full blame for not having inking skills, though. It was the fucking 80s, though, if you wanted to be a comic book penciller, you typically handed your PENCIL WORK, HENCE THE NAME, to an INKER. I was ACTUALLY TOLD BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY at the SDCC that inking my own stuff looked BAD in professional comics.
Y'know what, though? FUCK IT...if it's so goddamn easy, like everyone keep telling me, then I'm gonna fucking do it. First official New Year's FUCKING Resolution of 2015: by this time next year, I will be a practicing color digital artist.
I taught myself the skills I already have, I taught myself how to drive, I taught myself how to FUCKING READ AND TELL TIME AT TWO FUCKING YEARS OLD.
This SHIT ends NOW.
Y'know, I ain't gonna piss on their lack of pencil skills...Hell, it's not even THEM I'm pissed AT. What pissed me off is that I taught myself how to draw back in 1986 with pencil on paper and THAT is how I've been drawing for almost 30 years, and in the past 10 or 11 the one thing I keep hearing, on those RARE occasions someone outside of my usual circle deigns to comment on my artwork, is "So, when are you going to finish it?"
And any time I mention to someone about my frustration at this, their response is INEVITABLY "Well, learn to draw with a tablet."
I HAVE BEEN DRAWING THE EXACT SAME WAY FOR THREE DECADES, DO YOU THINK IT'S THAT EASY TO SUDDENLY TEACH YOURSELF A BRAND NEW WAY OF DOING SOMETHING THAT GOES TOTALLY CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING YOU NORMALLY DO?
Do you know what it's like to have to try and teach yourself how to draw by NOT putting lines on paper that you can see and touch and FUCKING SMELL EVEN and how to draw by NOT LOOKING AT WHERE YOUR HAND IS BUT BY LOOKING AT A FUCKING COMPUTER SCREEN IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOCATION and how to color NOT by putting pigments you mix or EVEN MORE FUCKING PENCILS to AN ACTUALLY PIECE OF PAPER WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LINES YOU JUST DREW?
I mean, fuck, it took me THIS long to get my EXISTING skills to their current level. How long will it take me to get to this point in A COMPLETELY NEW MEDIUM?
...OK, I take full blame for not having inking skills, though. It was the fucking 80s, though, if you wanted to be a comic book penciller, you typically handed your PENCIL WORK, HENCE THE NAME, to an INKER. I was ACTUALLY TOLD BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY at the SDCC that inking my own stuff looked BAD in professional comics.
Y'know what, though? FUCK IT...if it's so goddamn easy, like everyone keep telling me, then I'm gonna fucking do it. First official New Year's FUCKING Resolution of 2015: by this time next year, I will be a practicing color digital artist.
I taught myself the skills I already have, I taught myself how to drive, I taught myself how to FUCKING READ AND TELL TIME AT TWO FUCKING YEARS OLD.
This SHIT ends NOW.
Have a Happy One
General | Posted 11 years agoWell, this was certainly an..."exciting" holiday. Weird thing is, despite that, this is the first Christmas in years that I, well, actually feel legitimately and reasonably "jolly" I guess.
This has been a rough year for most of us, and next year ain't looking like it's gonna be much better...but we'll survive it. We've all been through worse, and we'll come out the other side of this one, maybe battered and bruised, but intact and stronger for it.
For now, though, let's enjoy our brief respite and try and remember what makes us happy. Grab a cup of your cheer of choice and raise one to those who have passed, who have stayed, and those who have yet to come.
Happy Holidays, folks.
This has been a rough year for most of us, and next year ain't looking like it's gonna be much better...but we'll survive it. We've all been through worse, and we'll come out the other side of this one, maybe battered and bruised, but intact and stronger for it.
For now, though, let's enjoy our brief respite and try and remember what makes us happy. Grab a cup of your cheer of choice and raise one to those who have passed, who have stayed, and those who have yet to come.
Happy Holidays, folks.
Update on my PSN account theft
General | Posted 11 years agoOK, update: it looks like the money will be returned/reimbursed to me, but not until a week from today at the soonest, fingers crossed nothing goes wrong in the interim, and my new debit card won't arrive until after New Year's. Like my nephew predicted, I had to close my old account and open a new one (fuckers couldn't give me the same free checking account I had, so now I gotta pay $8 a month for my own fucking money, but it could be worse I guess...I'll prolly rant about that shit later). Unfortunately, I have no real access to the money I had to give them to start the new account and my stolen money wont be there, so it's ramen and frozen pizza for Christmas, but that's no big.
The WEIRDEST part came when I called Sony and got my PSN account returned to me and resecured. It turns out the thief hacked my account and stole $500 of MY money...to bulk up his soccer team in FIFA 15. EA's microtransaction method on that game means the more money you use to buy points for your team, the tougher they are, so some shithole decided to raid my living funds to beat his fucking bro in a goddamn sports game.
Also of note, according to the lady I talked with, this has been happening to PSN users A LOT since the game came out, and my case is being added to a growing case file that Sony is apparently assembling to give to EA to tell them to get their shit together because THEIR games are apparently a major security risk to SONY'S business.
SO...I'm broke, but only for Christmas, and I apparently now have a copy of fucking FIFA 15 I can download. Fuckin' Noel.
The WEIRDEST part came when I called Sony and got my PSN account returned to me and resecured. It turns out the thief hacked my account and stole $500 of MY money...to bulk up his soccer team in FIFA 15. EA's microtransaction method on that game means the more money you use to buy points for your team, the tougher they are, so some shithole decided to raid my living funds to beat his fucking bro in a goddamn sports game.
Also of note, according to the lady I talked with, this has been happening to PSN users A LOT since the game came out, and my case is being added to a growing case file that Sony is apparently assembling to give to EA to tell them to get their shit together because THEIR games are apparently a major security risk to SONY'S business.
SO...I'm broke, but only for Christmas, and I apparently now have a copy of fucking FIFA 15 I can download. Fuckin' Noel.
If You Have A PSN Account
General | Posted 11 years agoCheck and make sure it’s secure. Mine just got hacked today and they stole over $400 from my bank account with it.
EDIT: According to the bank's website, the total stolen was $507.18
EDIT: According to the bank's website, the total stolen was $507.18
Update
General | Posted 11 years agoJust letting you guys know I'm still plugging away. This semester is pretty work-heavy at school, and, honestly, my art mojo's been in the crapper in favor of my writer's mojo, so I haven't really had anything to post in my galleries but I have still been working on stuff.
This amuses me
General | Posted 11 years agoAll 8 New Weird Al videos
General | Posted 11 years agoThanks to 
Cloudchaser for a couple I had missed.
Tacky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys
Word Crimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Foil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk
Handy: http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/.....parody-of.html
Sports Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4K1N9XttY
First World Problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvlbJ0h35A
Lame Claim to Fame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yazr8JkazmE
Mission Statement: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014.....ent-exclusive/ ...yep, the song making fun of corporate doublespeak premiered on the Wall Street Journal website. Nice.
I think "Lame Claim to Fame" is my favorite, just BARELY edging out "Tacky" by being the most "Weird Al" of the 8, but I see "Sports Song" as being the one that goes on to become an iconic music staple. Thoughts?
Cloudchaser for a couple I had missed.Tacky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys
Word Crimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Foil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk
Handy: http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/.....parody-of.html
Sports Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4K1N9XttY
First World Problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvlbJ0h35A
Lame Claim to Fame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yazr8JkazmE
Mission Statement: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014.....ent-exclusive/ ...yep, the song making fun of corporate doublespeak premiered on the Wall Street Journal website. Nice.
I think "Lame Claim to Fame" is my favorite, just BARELY edging out "Tacky" by being the most "Weird Al" of the 8, but I see "Sports Song" as being the one that goes on to become an iconic music staple. Thoughts?
My Mid-Term and Final
General | Posted 12 years ago"An Hour in the Life: Greatest Hits"
http://youtu.be/hAlue07JyMo
My mid-term project: an hour of my son playing video games on the weekend, condensed down to 3 minutes of his most violent crashes in "Skate 3" and set to "Surfing with the Alien" by Joe Satriani. A fun edit, despite numerous technical issues that, at one point, almost destroyed my laptop...useful tip, don't take a 50-minute long shot into Windows Movie Maker. It will end badly.
"The Battle for Control...ler"
http://youtu.be/pTxFblC_uYM
My final project: when every attempt at shooting the outdoor footage for my original final project, "Correspondence Course Ninja," was thwarted by bad weather (up to and including snowfall in April), my son and his mom's roommate came up with this idea for a totally indoor shoot. I ended up patching over sound issues and on-camera direction cues with music and sound effects, resulting in the the background music almost becoming a third character...I'll need to experiment with that idea in a future project...and that was just the first of the technical issues with it. Seriously, the sheer levels of difficulties I had with BOTH these films makes me think someone seriously doesn't want me getting into film-making.
The ending kinda bothers me, but otherwise, for a weekend's work, it turned out okay. I definitely owe these guys, and Tia, a solid for their help in filming it, it literally would not have been made without them.
http://youtu.be/hAlue07JyMo
My mid-term project: an hour of my son playing video games on the weekend, condensed down to 3 minutes of his most violent crashes in "Skate 3" and set to "Surfing with the Alien" by Joe Satriani. A fun edit, despite numerous technical issues that, at one point, almost destroyed my laptop...useful tip, don't take a 50-minute long shot into Windows Movie Maker. It will end badly.
"The Battle for Control...ler"
http://youtu.be/pTxFblC_uYM
My final project: when every attempt at shooting the outdoor footage for my original final project, "Correspondence Course Ninja," was thwarted by bad weather (up to and including snowfall in April), my son and his mom's roommate came up with this idea for a totally indoor shoot. I ended up patching over sound issues and on-camera direction cues with music and sound effects, resulting in the the background music almost becoming a third character...I'll need to experiment with that idea in a future project...and that was just the first of the technical issues with it. Seriously, the sheer levels of difficulties I had with BOTH these films makes me think someone seriously doesn't want me getting into film-making.
The ending kinda bothers me, but otherwise, for a weekend's work, it turned out okay. I definitely owe these guys, and Tia, a solid for their help in filming it, it literally would not have been made without them.
By the makers of "Megas XLR" and "Disney's Motorcity"
General | Posted 12 years agoSo, I made a commercial
General | Posted 12 years agohttp://youtu.be/noq9S6ZU0c4
This was for my Video Editing class. Nothing special, the teacher's idea was to throw us into the deep end and pick apart the results (I'll post how that goes after class later), but since I promised my mom I'd post it to my YouTube channel once I was done, I figgered I'd inflict it on the rest of you as well.
Yeah, I know, corny old commercial joke is both corny and old. It worked for what I needed.
This was for my Video Editing class. Nothing special, the teacher's idea was to throw us into the deep end and pick apart the results (I'll post how that goes after class later), but since I promised my mom I'd post it to my YouTube channel once I was done, I figgered I'd inflict it on the rest of you as well.
Yeah, I know, corny old commercial joke is both corny and old. It worked for what I needed.
