That's pretty cool. You'll NEVER see anything like that around here. Then again you're not gonna wanna play a game console out in the snow to show off your x-mas lights either. :3

Unless he bought it and has no problem with it outside, or it is protected in some way. At best one can have it inside but still plugged to the external lights. I plug my lights from inside the garage for example. ^\/^.

The tv is was in the drive way. So the guy has to be living in a state with no snow because I watched other lights he did previously and there was no snow then either. Look for his profile on you tube. The title of this one there is called Christmas Lights Hero (Original), then click the guys profile. He did a light setup for this years Halloween that had a pumpkin face made of lights singing with the music.

I am sure it must still be cold since he, and the onlookers, were all wearing coats. You make a good point with the lack of snow too. It is interesting to note that he did a Halloween one as well. I wonder what other holidays he does. LOL. ^\/^.

So far I've only seen x-mas and halloween on his profile. But one of his previous x-mas setups is synced to funny squeaky music. :3

Interesting. What kind of 'squeaky' music? ^\/^.

It's cartoonish. Here's the link to that particular one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhki6IAurxg

Wow, that is one cartoony, techno, Western Christmas song! It even has what sounds like bagpipes in it. LOL. The one link nearby at the bottom has a nice Amazing Grace techno show to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTbp.....eature=related . It seems that many like Christmas enough these days to put on such nice shows. And some say the spirit wanes these days. LOL. ^\/^.

Personally it's just who does it imo. Some can't afford to decorate and you think there's no spirit, then there's fella's like this who express it as much as possible. :)

That is very true. The major media can certainly raise or ruin a mood. A good example is how some these days portray Christmas as opposed over a century ago when a reporter, named Francis Pharcellus Church, wrote, in response to a letter from a little girl named Virginia, that there is a Santa Claus. ^\/^.

Well. I'm not religious by any means. But from what allot of the old X-mas cartoons tell you. You could have an old sock hung up on your fire and some mistletoe and you'd be in the holidays spirit when you're too poor to afford any fancy stuff. :3

In short, there are a variety of ways to celebrate Christmas. In some countries the tradition of the area does not use a tree at all. Even Italy has no Santa Claus. They have a witch that gives gifts to good children. LOL. ^\/^.

Funny thing is. Witches are what Americans leave for Halloween. :P

Did you know the Halloween capital of North America is in Anoka Minnesota. LOL. ^\/^.

It is also the witch's capital of North America. LOL. ^\/^.

I don't really pay attention to Halloween much anymore. So not really. :)

Same here. The south is not known for doing Halloween much to the point where we don't buy any candy since no one ever comes. LOL. ^\/^.

There used to be all kinds of stuff all around here when I was little. But now there's not much worth leaving the house for. Other than the people who still like to celebrate it and put effort in to decorating. Heck I remember trick-or-treating in the snow as a kid. Now we don't even get snow until a month or two after.

I remember doing Halloween in Minnesota. It snowed so heavily one Halloween night that they showed a Halloween pumpkin wearing a Santa hat on the news channel. LOL. ^\/^.

Fun wasn't it? Trick-or-Treating in a snow suit. Hehe.

The best part is that the choice was limited for costumes, which made it easier to choose. LOL. ^\/^.

Ya. Go as Santa or a Snowman for Halloween. :P

I was thinking skier or snowmobile rider. I suppose they look different to others. LOL. ^\/^.

Hehe.

Do you play video games much? ^\/^.

Lets see.... My comp is old so it's limited to running stuff. So I can't play any of the new stuff. Some of the stuff I can play I beat about 50 times, some of the other stuff doesn't run that well and some of my faves like Fable I'd like to play again won't run on this os because I'm running Vista and it will only run on XP. Only other game I have that I don't play is Team Fortress 2 and it's not because I can't run it. But because I absolutely hate it and don't want it wasting what little space is on my hd.


Aside from the aging comp I don't have a console either. I used to have the original X-Block. But because I stopped playing it I only used it for watching movies. Then I bought an actual dvd player for that. So I traded it for store credit and got a copy of C&C 3 for my step dad.

So you could say I don't get to play games often anymore. Unlike when I was younger I got to play the PS or N-64 everyday when ever I wanted to. My older brother's the only one with a PS3 and I don't know when he's home.


*shrugs* Oh well.

I hope you don't get too bored. LOL. ^\/^.

If I had the freedom of leaving the house it wouldn't be a problem

Any good places to go near by for fun? ^\/^.

Not really. The town is very small and the only spot near by is a shopping plaza up the street with the Price Chopper, hardware store and so on in it. The city is 20 miles away. So when I am able to get out I hang at the mall for a few hours. I look at stuff I can't afford, but I hang out there.

Sounds like my time out of the house. Only the mall is closer. LOL. The city I live in is large, but I'll be darned if there is an iota of a thing to do in this place. A rather dull place for its size. LOL. ^\/^.

I'm in the Adirondack region of NY. So depending on which area you're in it's different. Around my area, from my particular town it's 20miles to the mall/city. As for my friend. Though he's in the same county as me his location to the city is closer. I'd say about 10 miles, maybe less.


Then of course there's other counties near us that would have to drive an hour or two to get to the same city it takes me 30 minutes to drive to. And of course you have the larger areas that have their own malls and what not. It's mainly the secluded towns and so on that would have the need to travel so far.

So in other words. When it comes to towns near me. If you want anything good to do you have to travel to the city for it. Unless you already live in the city you know? Distant towns have to travel no matter how close.

*nods*. Indeed, good points. ^\/^.

yup

Made any fender fan art yet for Furaffinity's 5th anniversary? It's today. LOL. ^\/^.

Nope. I rarely draw anymore. Beside I'm not much of a fan of FA to care enough for its mascot let alone draw art of him.

Understood. Just curious. LOL. ^\/^.

np. :)

Do you watch any animes? ^\/^.

I have some but I haven't watched them in a bit. I miss watch Full Metal Alchemist and The Big-O on tv.

I used to watch Full Metal, but it got boring after a while when they kept redoing old episodes and taking their time in getting to the next season. LOL. ^\/^.

The Big-O was awsome. It's pretty much like an old school style of a mech. Sucks that it didn't play for very long. If you haven't watched it before. Here's a pic of what the Big-O mech looks like. http://media.photobucket.com/image/.....cafabd.bmp?o=4

I have heard of it. I just like to watch one anime at a time and then move on to the next. And I have others more to the top of the list like Escaflowne, Tales of Vesperia and Symphonia, and Cobra the Animation.

http://www.animesfuel.com/escaflowne.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ElSgA-jcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoChs5s0cJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5PtcaQvRqs

Are the links I am saving. Right now I am on Yu-Gi-Oh GX season one and I am waiting for Bleach and Naruto Shippuden to get more English spoken or subtitled episodes so I can finish them off. LOL. ^\/^.

Eehhh. I'm more in to the older stuff like Ghost In The Shell, Obviously The Big-O, Cowboy Bebop, Android Kikaider and so on. Here's a link for Android Kikaider. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMyH7vhbJs

It looks tight. Have you seen Silverhawks and the Kamen Rider episodes and seasons? ^\/^.

Nope. Don't really pay attention to the newer anime's. Then again there's not anime stations on my cable network either.

Ah the limitations of cable. I feel your pain. LOL. ^\/^.

Actually I have digital cable. I'm sure there IS a anime channel. I just don't purposely look for it.

I see. Sometimes anime shows up on a number of channels that have other cartoons. Kids WB has a few every so often. LOL. ^\/^.

Ya. But it's stuff aimed more toward kids.

I take it you want the more 'your age' anime. LOL. Try looking on Youtube. ^\/^.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5PtcaQvRqs Seems like one for yours and my age. (some occasional nudity, violence and cussing). The action in animes that you are looking for I am certain has something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftek8Fm0KhQ every so often. LOL. ^\/^.

Let me know if you are interested in other locations for a good anime. I am a bit of an anime nut myself. (I have seen Bleach, The Guin Saga and other animes in my time). LOL.

I could careless if there's nudity in it. But something with action, killing, other stuff and so on. It doesn't all have to be killing and gore. As long as it's not lovely dovey stuff and..... Sailor Moon.. *shivers*

I just like the action and humor in my animes. LOL. ^\/^.

I like humor too. But not if it's aimed more toward a kid is all.

What if the aim is to all ages like in some Disney films? LOL. ^\/^.

I like Disney since I grew up watching stuff like Duck Tales, Tale Spin, Darkwing Duck and so on. But those arn't anime's. They're child-hood cartoons. It's like when your dad and grandparents grew up watching the original Mickey Mouse and Pop Eye. :3

I was actually thinking of movies and other things in general that they make and not just anime. LOL. ^\/^.

*shrugs* Eh.

I am saying, for example, what if an anime were rated for everyone and not just kids? ^\/^.

Still. I normally don't pay attention to what they have on the tv now for animes. My choices in shows are limited. Only cartoon I like now, and yes I know it is somewhat aimed to kids, is Phineas & Ferb. As for a actual "child" cartoon I like is Wow Wow Wubzy and that's mainly because I watch it with my niece. :)

Understood. Even more so since I have a niece myself and have had experiences with cartoons that I am far beyond in years to watch. LOL. ^\/^.

Yuuuuup.

Oh my goodness with what have you on the side! You changed into a kitty. LOL. ^\/^.

Meeeeoooooow! :3 It was a journal someone did for doing a kitty av. So I had to do one. :3

I see. By the way, what animal was the other one the old icon portrayed? I am guessing either alien or demon. LOL. ^\/^.

It was the beginning of a logo design for my old snowmobile. The size of the engine was a 583 So that was suppose to be a pissed off 5. I couldn't think of a design for the 8 and 3 so it was never finished.

It looked cool by the way. It was like a nether beast. I am sure it would look good on the snowmobile or a race car even. LOL. ^\/^.

Thnx. It would have looked better if it was properly colored though. I suck at photo shop stuff and that was just to mess about.

I am still learning my Photoshop Elements 6. I still find it too different from the Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9. LOL. ^\/^.

I only really used Photo Shop for resizing images and that was about it. I can't ink lines because my hand is not steady enough. It doesn't matter how slow or careful I am my hand jiggles and jutters everywhere.

My lines never seem that smooth when inking and, when I erase the pencil lines, the ink comes off in some parts. LOL. ^\/^.

If I scan my drawing and darken, then print a copy I can ink it with a marker. I'm steadier with a marker and pencil than a mouse. Then I can just rescan again and have a inked version that way. No point in wasting time with a program that's going to take you forever to learn. :)

The problem with that is one can not erase the pencil lines. I could, however, edit it so that the lines are not as pronounced and then ink it, that way the lighter lines would not pick up as much. Thanks for the comment. I just come up with a potential solution. LOL. ^\/^.

I usually draw light lines any way so I can erase them easily. Once my drawing is the way I like it and my lines are in order I then darken them. So far the only pencils I've used that has a eraser that seems to work the best imo getting rid of pencil parks are Staples pencils. My Mr. Hoodie drawing in my gallery was inked the same way I said and you see no pencil marks on it. :)

It is either I darken them too much, or the paper I use suck. Either way, every time I attempt to erase those pencil marks, some never fully erase and the ink can come off with them leaving parts that seem faded and what not. LOL. ^\/^.

Try the Staples brand pencils if there's a Staple's in your area. I doodled hoodie on a note book made for drawing that has heavy paper in it. And the market I used is by MARVY. The one's I have came in a metal tin and are a medium point. I think it says the series of the markers is 1800 but I don't know. If you want to try one of those give it a go. It pretty much dries instantly on card stock. So if you DO, do a seperate print buy some heavy card stock. That's best for inking. It doesn't bleed through. :)

Good to know. Now I must get some monez. LOL. ^\/^.

Monez is useful.

Indeed it is my friend. ^\/^.

I think it's everyones friend.

I was actually referring to you, but I can see where my previous reply could cause confusion. LOL. ^\/^.

*shrugs* THIS! Is quite true.

LOL. ^\/^.

This kid is... AWESOME. Period.

Tell me about it. I can imagine him getting a degree in electrical engineering and making electronics and such as a job in the future. ^\/^.

Sounds interesting, but I'm not going to install a new viewer I've never heard of to watch it.

Sorry Microsoft, no vendor lock-in available here.

Did you try searching for it on Youtube or another place with many videos that can be searched and playable with your system? I do that often when I do not have a program. Saves me a bundle of cash and time going out to get new software too. LOL. ^\/^.

D'oh! *palmsmack* that's what i get for checking my FA account when half-tired.

ROFL. No worries. I do that at times myself. And Merry Christmas. ^\/^.