Just to settle a bet with someone (there's EUR10 riding on this. BIG MONEY!), three questions for ye:

1. What's your gender? As in real gender, not who/what you play as on FA.

2. Who's your favourite character of mine and why, in one sentence?

3. Which two of my guys would you make a couple if you could and why, in one sentence?

Nothing makes me happier than to read the many, many (translation: rare) notes I get from people who like my characters or the commissions. I do actually read them all....eventually. So let's peruse the inbox and see what golden grains of knowledge I've been sent today.

"You jerkwad"
Granted, it's no 'hi', or 'how are you' but damn if it's not eye-catching. You've intrigued me sir, so I shall proceed with reading.

"I'm fucking sick and tired of seeing your stupid pics everywhere."
Yes, apologies about that. I really shouldn't have whored them out to advertising companies what with them obviously being inescapable on the television, radio and in print, and not a niche community on the internet. And having their images beamed onto the surface of the moon was, in hindsight, a little bit ostentatious.

"I can only get one commission every few months, and it sickens me to see you getting all these pics."
You think that's bad, you should see my vast collection of wage slips and forty+ hour working weeks. I seriously can't get enough of them. Or saving up for things I want in advance. God, I love a good hard save, me.

"Just because you suck artist cock to get freebies."
Woah. Woah, woah woah, woah now. This will not stand. Some of them have vaginas.

"You're the biggest asshole on the internet."
I seriously doubt that. Have you looked up Goatse?

"Just because sheeple like anything buff, you think you're popular."
Whawhohuh? Popular, me? You must have me confused with yourself, good sir. Clearly a stellar personality such as yours must have veritable groupies hanging off its wang of clear superiority.

"Who the fuck even likes wasps?'
Hmm, spiders mostly. Dumb cats. Unscrupulous exterminators.

"Go fuck yourself."
No, for I am evidently MR. POPULAR FURRY! I shall command one of my worthless peons to come over here and attend to me. And they shall be elevated in status by it. They crowd from miles around just to behold my mighty hand! Temples shall be erected, erections shall be templed! Cats will lie with dogs, and a glorious new age of me will break with the dawn! REJOICE

"Signed,
REDACTED"
Well, that was polite of him.

Just...genius.

Laptop gave up the ghost, too busy with work to get it fixed. Hopefully will be back come Monday. So for the two/three of ye who see me somewhat regularly online and were thinking I'd died, there you go.

Consider this the inevitable sequel that lacks the charm of the original: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2328023/

Random8: hi
hutchenced: Hello there.
Random8: 23/f, u? How are u?
hutchenced: Bot
Random8: A bot? Not hardly babe.
hutchenced: Asparagus
Random8: Ok, that's cool. God, I'm so bored.
hutchenced: Wibble
Random8: O, i have an idea. U ever seena girl strip before?
hutchenced: Yes, but I'm not allowed near the kiddie pool any more.
Random8: Want to see me strip on cam for u?
hutchenced: Start with your skin.
Random8: You just have to sign up through this website. It's free, k?
hutchenced: For god's sake Mom, I'm trying to surf the internet here.
hutchenced: <block, report>

***

Random9: Hi Diarmaid
hutchenced: Hello again.
Random9: Can we talk or are you busy?
hutchenced: Actually, I was going heading off soon.
Random9: Oh.
Random9: You must be the busiest fur, you're always going away.
hutchenced: Well, I have work to go to.
Random9: Do you work every day?
hutchenced: No, it varies from week to week.
Random9: Oh
Random9: I guess we'll never get to chat.
hutchenced: Well, I don't spend all my time online, you know. I do have other things to spend my time on.
Random9: Could we chat tomorrow?
hutchenced: I won't be on much tomorrow. Car stuff to organise.
Random9: Oh
Random9: I guess we'll never be able to chat.
hutchenced: Look, we can chat, but I'm not going to be online for much time each day.
Random9: Oh.
Random9: I was hoping to spend a day chatting.
hutchenced: A day? I physically cannot be online for a whole day. My arse'd fuse with the chair.
Random9: Not even for eight hours?
hutchenced: <signs out>

***

*the following chat takes place between the hours of 1am and 10am, while I am both offline and asleep*
Random10: Hi?
Random10: Hello?
Random10: u there?
Random10 started a call at 02.23
Random10 started a call at 02.25
Random10 started a call at 02.29
Random10 started a call at 03.24
Random10 started a call at 03.29
Random10 left a voicemail at 06.11
Random10 started a call at 07.23
Random10 left a voicemail at 07.57
Random10 left a voicemail at 09.45
hutchenced: <signs in>
<hutchenced goes 'The fuck?!'>

***

Random11: Hi i was wonderin if u wer doing commissions
hutchenced: I'm not an artist, those pics in my gallery are commissions from other artists
Random11: But your gallery have pics how u have pics?
hutchenced: Commissions from artists.
Random11: Yes, commission. I want commission of bear hugging penis.
<hutchenced pauses, considering whether he means a bear hugging a penis, or a penis giving a bearhug>
hutchenced: < signs out>

***

Random12: Hey
hutchenced: Hi there.
Random12: Really love your dragon guy, Andrew.
hutchenced: Thanks.
Random12: Has he ever fucked a horse? :)
hutchenced: I knew I should never have put that up in that journal.

***

Random13: Evening.
hutchenced: Morning here, actually.
Random13: Oh? Where you from?
hutchenced: Ireland.
Random13: Hah, you drunk yet?
hutchenced: <checks Random13's profile> Ah, so you're the dog-fucker.
Random 13: <signs out, never to return again>

***

Random14: Hi.
hutchenced: Hello.
Random14: Can I ask a favour? Could you critique a drawing I did?
hutchenced: Well, ok, but I'm no artist so any advice I give'll be limited.
hutchenced: <looks>
hutchenced: Hmm, you might want to re-do that shoulder, it's jutting out too far.
Random14: Yeah, but I like it like that.
hutchenced: But it looks like it's been dislocated. If it weren't for the skin, it'd be practically floating beside him.
Random14: That's just my style.
hutchenced: Look, I can't critique something if you're just going to ignore suggestions.
Random14: Why not?
hutchenced: Because it'd be like that guy's arm there. Just left hanging there.
Random14: Alright, alright. Well, what about this drawing?
hutchenced: *looks*
hutchenced: His head is way too small there
Random14: He's buff, it's meant to be like that.
hutchenced: <signs out, gives up>

***

Random15: Hi sexy
hutchenced: Hello. I don't RP, by the way.
Random15: Who's RPing? Want to see my cock?
hutchenced: <signs out>

***

Random16: Hi.
hutchenced: Evening.
Random16: How are you?
hutchenced: Not too bad, can't complain. You?
Random16: Great. :-D
Random16: Just got fucked by my bf. :-D
hutchenced: <signs out and really, boasting about supposed-sex to complete strangers? Really? REALLY?>

Yes, yes, it's a bit of a fad but for a change, rather than waiting for it to get mega-popular and then going 'oh I can't join that, it's waaaaay too big and intimidating', I thought I'd give it a shot when it was just starting out. So yeah, look for Diarmaid Hutchence on there. You won't find much other than random crud on my page though.

And yes, this was mainly to get rid of the previous journal.

http://formspring.me/dhutchence

Click on the link and ask away. Anything you want to know about me or the characters I have. If I have the energy/imagination, I might give answering in character a go.

This will be either:
A)Fun and informative
B)Depressing and harrowing
C)Rated 18

Oh, and you don't need to sign up to ask a question.

Slightly adult journal here. Been thinking of either introducing a permanent hyper-endowed character (quite likely a dinosaur of sort, more than likely a T-rex), or just hypering up one of the regular guys for a one-off or two. So, which sounds better? And which of my guys would you like to see hyper-fied?


Yeah, I'm just pushing off that previous journal. Sue me.

Looking for a bit of advice here.

I commissioned a quite popular artist here on FA in March 2010 for two pics and paid in advance, as were the terms of the commission agreement. Since then, nothing. Not so much as a sketch, and all contact has had to be initiated by me. And I'm always fobbed up with 'it's coming, it'll be ready soon'. Ask for a refund? 'Just some more time, it'll be done.'

And the annoying part? In the over-a-year since, the artist's done loads of pics and even taken on and completed more commissions, despite having several understandably important things in their life. This is actually the first time any commissioner hasn't followed through with me. Even in my worst experience before, I got the drawings in the end after a very long period of silence.

So basically, I'm asking: should I

A) demand the refund
b) forget about the whole damn thing and count it as a learning experience (which I'm leaning towards)?
c) make myself a big sammich and stop being an eejit?

In other news, thanks all for making my previous journal my most popular ever. I should insult random furs more often. And no, I am not fucking horses, thank you.

Also thinking of doing a voice meme thing, suggestions on what to say welcome. And here, be freaked out:

Random1: *pounces*
hutchenced: Um, hello?
Random1: *curls up lap* Hi my big
hutchenced: Hi
Random1: *unzips pants*
hutchenced: Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't RP.
Random1: Aw, why not? *feels your chest*
hutchenced: I fell out of interest with it.
Random1: Okies, I'll do it for you. *licks*
Random1: *cuddles*
hutchenced: Please stop that, I said I'm not into RPing.
Random1: Huh, could've fooled me. <signs out>

***

Random2: Hi
hutchenced: Hello there.
Random2:I just wanted to say I really like your dragon guy.
hutchenced: Thanks, he seems to be a fave out of my guys.
Random2: Is he as strong as a horse?
hutchenced: You mean an actual, non-anthro horse?
Random2: Yes.
hutchenced: Probably moreso, I've never really thought about it.
Random2: Stronger? Would he be able to outpull two draft horses?
hutchenced: Maybe, I'm not sure.
Random 2: How tall is he?
hutchenced: I've never really set it, it's up to each artist to decide. But for convenience' sake I tend to say about 7ft.
Random2: Wow, so bigger than a horse. Would he make horses feel small in the nude?
hutchenced: You're really obsessed by horses, aren't you?
Random2: Well, I am a horse after all.
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...
Random2: Would he be able to make a draft horse whimper and beg?
hutchenced: <signs out>

***

Random3: Hi, how are you?
hutchenced: Hello, not too bad, just checking things here. You?
Random3: Bad
hutchenced: Why's that?
Random3: Because I can't go out my parents
Random3: won't let me drive its
Random3: total bullshit
hutchenced: <signs out because he knows better than to put up with raging emo strangers>

***

Random4: Hi hello I must need help with you
hutchenced: Hello, sorry, you what?
Random4: I need help. I no see Aokmaidu art because under 18 but not under 18
Random4: Do you have?
hutchenced: If you are over 18, just change your FA settings.
Random4: I do that but no arts. Can you give me art?
hutchenced: No, I can't.
Random4: Oh ok. Braford?
hutchenced: <signs out>

***

Random5: Hello.
hutchenced: Hi.
Random5: You've got a handsome dragon guy.
hutchenced: Thanks, but the credit goes to the artists.
Random5: Oh for sure. You should get him drawn with a horse.
hutchenced: Hang on...
hutchenced: this is Random2, isn't it?
Random5/2: Heh, yeah. I'd just love to see him domming a horse.
hutchenced: <signs out>

***

Random6: Good afternoon.
hutchenced: Morning here, actually. Hello.
Random6: I really like your gallery. I've been following you for a long time. The one of the shark and snake is my favourite. Are you open for commissions?
hutchenced: *quick check, not a follower* Following but not reading the submission info apparently. I'm no artist, every pic in my gallery is a commission from different artists. I'd recommend either Todex or Kokuhane when they open, since I think those are the guys whose picture you mean.
Random6: I don't appreciate the rudeness. Good luck to you.
hutchenced: Sorry for the perceived rudeness, but I did post a journal saying I found it annoying that people think I draw the stuff in my gallery. The different styles and the credit to the artist in every submission info, after all.
Random6: fuck you
Random6: <signs out>

***

Random7: Hello
hutchenced: Hi.
Random7: Do you know <name here>?
hutchenced: Yep, he's a friend of mine. Chat to him every so often.
Random7: Ah cool. Do you know his IM because it's not on his page?
hutchenced: I do, but I'm not handing it out like candy.
Random7: Aw why not?
hutchenced: Because if he's not sharing it on his profile, he wants to keep it private.
Random7: Please, as a favour to me?
hutchenced: I've only known of your existence for twenty-five seconds, why on earth would I?
Random7: You fucking fag cunt
hutchenced: Only on alternate weekends. <signs out>

HOW DO I KEEP ATTRACTING THESE PEOPLE???!!!

Just for shits and giggles, suggest a character or characters of mine and a pose idea. The well has run dry on picture ideas and who knows, one may evenually get used. If it does, I'll....hmmmm...give you partial credit? Yeah, I'm bored and just want to see what your freaky minds think up.

1. Watch Glee. Jesus wept.

2. RP. For the last time, NO MEANS NO. If I'm not RPing do not say 'ok then' and then follow it up moments later with '*curls up in your lap and prods your crotch*'. Better yet, don't get pissy and huffy about it, saying 'could've fooled me' and then signing out.

3. The Charleston.

4. Carry on a conversation by myself. If you IM me, try actually talking. And don't assume you're going to have me rushing to chat to you everytime I log in either, and get bitchy when I don't.

5. Ever start/finish the several novel ideas I have. The world has enough mediocre writers, I shouldn't be adding to the waste pile.

6. Win an online fight in MvC3. Now that was a self-esteem crushing experience.

7. Tell you the IMs of people I know. Nor will I tell them to chat to you, nor will I assist you in getting art out of them. This is a current bugbear of mine. I've had several random strangers add me recently purely to try and get to know certain artists through me. Firstly, just because I commission them does not automagically make us friends. They wanted money, I wanted art. Secondly, those who are friends don't share their IMs freely for a reason and I'm not going blabbing it about.

8. Finish this cranky, pissy journal.

9.

Addendum: also, watch this without laughing : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBj3u5dPgM

Just to get rid of that previous journal, ask me any questions ye like. AMUSE MEEEEEE!!!!

Oh, and to update things, been getting pretty much full-time hours at work since late January, hence my frequent absences from the IMs and FA for days. On the plus side, that shiny new telly makes Blu-rays so damn fiiiiine. Best three years of saving up and flogging stuff on eBay I ever did.

Still no urge to attempt writing anything, so time to give up on that. And that's all, it's way too late to type any more, other than to say that's some disaster Japan's suffered. Poor sods.

1080P

Obligatory happy new year journal to all who watch, fave and comment here. Also to the old friends and new friends I've made on here, and to the three or four folks who put up with me IMing my way into their New Year. Have a good weekend, everyone.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, FA gave to me
12 thousand commenting
11 hundred journaling
10 dozen notes leaking
9 score people leaving
8 emos bleeding
7 dramawhores gleeing
6 trolls a-grieving
5 galleries emptied
4 bestial loves
3 fucked hens
2 coerced lovings
AND A DRAMA THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!

Hmmm, needs work. That's all I'm saying on the matter, other than this: it's only the internet people, yeesh. Worry about your job, family, world hunger, that weird lump down there (actually Mr. Griffin, that's your penis) and THEN worry about potential embarassment online.

I'm doing a bit of a de-clutter at the moment. Loads of comics, magazines and such on eBay and the like. I also have several of  cooner's art folios I would like to sell on. They're perfectly fine, but I rarely look through them. Some are now unavailable from Cooner's own store. Most are printed on some form of card and collected together in numbered manilla envelopes. I am selling:

2004 Serious Fitness Folio- 10 images- http://cooner.griffinparkstudio.com.....fitness2a.html
2005 Serious Fitness Folio- 8 images- http://cooner.griffinparkstudio.com.....fitness20.html
2007 Newds Folio- 14 images- http://cooner.griffinparkstudio.com.....07portfol.html
2008 Swimsuit Folio- 10 images- http://cooner.griffinparkstudio.com.....t2008port.html

I also have the 2008 Serious Studs Folio, but since I quite like that one, you'll have to talk me into it. I'll provide links to samples of what each folio contains as soon as Cooner's website is back up and running.

Seeing as I really don't want to have to set up a FurBuy/Bid account for just this, if anyone's interested in them, please read the following:

1. Leave a comment stating the name(s)of the folio(s) you want, and your maximum bid for them.

2. Every day I will update the journal with the current leading bidder for each folio and their current max bid so everyone can find it quickly

3. After seven days (Wednesday 14th) the leading bidders win.

4. Payment by Paypal only, entire payment up front.

5. I will send them by registered mail and should be able to provide you with a tracking number. P&P will be finalised based on where you live, but expect somethign like the equivalent of EUR10 I'd say.

6. You are purchasing the folios. This does not mean you can post the images where you like online.

7.Cooner knows I'm doing this and has no problem with it.

Yeah, not expecting much interest in this, but hey, better they're with someone who wants them badly and make a few pennies while at it. Any further questions. note me or comment below.

Current (14th Dec) leading bids:

2007 Newds Folio- $15,  crimsonsky

-Country's snowed under, and I have a driving test this Friday. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

-Laying off the commissioning a bit until after the Christmas gift buying spree...or someone I like opens up.

-Some biotech jobs have FINALLY opened up that don't require experience. Will necessitate a short move if successful. If not, seriously considering emigration to US or UK.

-Laptop power cable's faulty, so excuse me if I disappear mid-IM.

-Getting decent hours at work now. A three day week's far better than the previous one.

-Exercising again. I give it seven days before I get lazy again.

-Thinking up gifts for several good friends on here, even if it is just popping $10 into their Paypals.

-Selling a metric crap-ton of old games and DVDs on eBay. Who knew Shadow of the Colossus and Ico were still so valuable?

-Still not writing. Well, nothing furry anyways.

-Kokuhane and Todex are rotten evil bastards and loving it.

-Cyanide and Happiness is the funniest webcomic/series I've read in ages, and Lackadaisy is the prettiest.

-Goddammit Marvel, stop swapping the symbiotes between hosts so much. We all know you're going to bring Kasady back somehow and Brock as Venom, probably if either appear in a future film.

It may have come to your attention that I like muscles. I thought I'd been hiding it well, but eh. I've been thinking recently as to why that may be. Sorta-serious journal ahead, but there'll be a knob joke at the end, so stick with it.

As a bona-fide twig boy myself, part of the appeal is indeed to do with size and strength. To take one example, I'd like to not be able to lean into the wind at a 45 degree angle and still be blown upright. There's also the slight edge of intimidation that'd bring when dealing with other people particularly strangers. As a not-particularly-socially-adept person, anything to prevent strangers chattign to me would be a bonus, and it seems over here, big guys can part a crowded street like the Red Sea.

In terms of being attracted to the muscles of another, it's partly out of the perceived ability they'd have to protect you, though I know that just because they're buff doesn't automatically make them decent people. A douche is a douche, however extravagant the wrapping. Oddly, it's only male muscle that attracts me. Women, I prefer...well, normality in terms of physicality. Not fat, not scrawnily thin (I've got enough of that meself), no gravity-defying boobs. Go figure. It's only in the male that I find muscle attractive.

I've tried now and again to put some muscle on myself, but that has always fizzled out due to a lack of dedication, usually blame don rural living and the lack of gym access. I'm a great man for starting something, it's seeing it through to the end that's another matter entirely. So I guess the attraction to muscle remains a one-way street of me ogling from a distance, afraid to interact.

What about you lot? How do you feel about muscles, or whatever it is you find attractive in others? And here's that promised knob joke:

'Doctor, doctor, I think I'm a bit of a knob.'
'Don't worry, your condition will turn around soon.'

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.
...I never said it'd be a GOOD joke.

I can see why this meme's so popular so quickly- "Oh, show me that I'm special by saying how great you think my fursona is, because no-one ever gives negative answers on these things." But that's the cynical bastard part of myself speaking. I'll kill him with sweet, sweet cookies later on.

Unfortunately, I'm handicapped by the lack of a fursona, so pick a character of mine and go to town on these questions:

1. What do you think my fursona would have a job/career in?
2. What is unique about my fursona that you enjoy?
3. What are his/her flaws?
4. What are some changes you would like to see?
5. What would you like to see my fursona doing in future pictures?
6. How old does my fursona look?
7. On a scale of 1-10, how attractive is my fursona?
8. On a scale to 1-10, how sexually attractive is my fursona?
9. On a scale to 1-10, how well does my fursona fit me?
10. If you could, how would you personally change her/him to fit me better?

And apropos of nothing, you may have an articulate, confident, communicative Obama for a leader, but can he give a bad, waffling 9am interview after being out drinking until 3.30 am the night before like ours? I think not. Geez, is there no professionalism over here?

There was an elderly woman out walking while I was also walking the dog. She was really, really old. So old that when she had a coughing fit, every cough knocked a massive fart out of her. I had to duck behind some hedges until I could walk without laughing again.
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DON'T JUDGE ME!!!

Here, have some sillier nonsense instead: http://kyletheartist.deviantart.com/#/d2xr1ip

And one of the best Garrus from Mass Effect pics I've seen. Oh Garrus, you wonderfully romantically inept bastard: http://jameson9101322.deviantart.com/#/d2x8kcc

If there's one thing the movies and television have taught me, owning your first car is supposed to be like falling in love for the first time, if your lover was largely empty on the inside, needed you inside of them and required constant filling up...actually, scratch that, I just got the analogy.

Maybe it's because I'm neither a petrolhead nor a boy racer, but that's completely lost on me. I finally got myself a car, a 2000-reg Ford Focus. Nothing fancy, all I care about is that it moves from A-B, and C on weekends. The insurance'll be a bitch though, being in the death-trap insurance grouping of young male learner driver between 18-25.

So that's one part of the holy trinity of car, full-time job and own place taken care of. Getting a professional CV (resume for those of ye who prefer French to Latin) done in the hope that it'll catch the eyes more easily and then sending it off to the pharma/science companies asking for anything and offering to work for minimum wage.

And in FA-relevant news to the few who care, I have not been writing in ages, as I lost all enthusiasm there for quite a while. I'll give it a go soon enough again, I really wanted to just get George's introduction semi-decent. I'm self-aware enough to know I'm an awful writer, hence the lengthy delay. Art-wise, not much happening of late. There will be some stuff coming up eventually, though there is one from waaaaay back at the beginning of this year I've pretty much given up on. Sucks when that happens, it kind of dampens the enthusiasm. Though my savings have never been healthier. But I'm sure that's completely unrelated. Yes. Completely. Ho hum.

Oh, and to make having skimmed this worth ye're while, look up Cyanide and Happiness. I've wasted too much time giggling at this webcomic....and they do animated shorts too!



I want that ass.

Edit: anyone know how to embed Youtube vids here? Tell me, and I'll give you a shiny dorra.

FA has so many people commenting at any one time, it's fun to try and group them. Now, on with the pissing people off.

The Back-seat Artist:
Constantly tells you how this is wrong, how this is off, and what should be changed. Then you realise his gallery is full of Sonic yaoi. Objections dismissed.

The First:
The source of all evil in Sunnydale. Also people who solely comment 'FIRST', thereby wasting space. Coincidence?

The Frustrated Writer:
See also Grammar Nazi. Will point out your subjective clause is lacking in pronouns in your submission info. Your native language being different is no excuse, Johnny Foreigner. He's only doing this to help you improve, you know. You'll thank him when you meet Lynne Truss.

The Ego Exaggerator:
Recognised by frequently calling every pic by every artist 'teh greatest evaaaaaa!!!', he hopes that by boosting the ego of his target, he'll get a reply back. Not to be confused with the Andrew Lipton, where the commenter may in actual fact be in love with his target.

The Florence Nightingale:
Seems to revel in the role of trying to cheer up the target, thereby making himself feel good in the process. Can usually be found on any and all 'My life sucks/screw everything/fuck yiz all' journals.

The Annoying Critic:
Posts comments so big, they come with their own postcode. Over-analyses every itty-bitty little detail within the picture. May be some cross over with the Ego Exaggerator as, despite his lengthy critiques, they're almost uniformly positive.

The Fappity-Fapper:
Classic behaviour includes conducting a mini-RP within a comment thread, short comments consisting of the words grope, rape or moan, and the infamous words 'I bet he'd get on really well with my guy, Sir Rapeington Asswell '

The Emoticonal Wreck:
Responds exclusively in smiley faces, kitty faces and various other visual aids that convey absolutely nothing of importance. The more emoticons used, the less is said.

The Marquis de Sad:
Never happy with anything, his comments frequently loop back around to his problems. Somehow, a picture of a fox being gang-banged really hits home how awful his parents are.

The Drama-rama-ding-dong:
Or the common Drama Llama. Exists solely to drum up drama on everything he comments upon. There is no drama too obscure that he cannot wade into, vomit his spleen with rage upon, and let the internet provide the outrage.

The Shit-stirrer:
Although superficially similar to the Drama-rama-ding-dong, there is one important difference: often, no malice is intended. He loves the lulz. Whether this is better or worse, scienticians do not yet know.

The White Knight:
Really, I need to explain this one to you? Defends the defenceless, he likes to think. Protects the douches, everyone else thinks.

The Ironic Man:
Posts oh-so-clever comments that try to be original and creative that only succeed in making him look a twat. Can also be found desperately trying to amuse people through dry, half-plagiarised jou...oh. Bugger.

And I'm sure ye'll all think up more of your own. This journal has been brought to you in association with BoredomTM.

The folk's 25th wedding anniversary is rearing above the horizon, and as my gift to them (but one I must admit I'll also be using quite a bit myself), I'm going to get them a big proper Full HDTV to save them buying one themselves as they plan next year.

I'm leaning towards a plasma TV but I'm looking for advice to make sure I know that it's the best option. From what I can see, a large-ish (40"+) screen is more affordable compared to an equivalent LED. I've done my research, but I'm open to being swayed either way. I'm not too pushed on 3D LED/Plasmas as both parents have poor-ish eyesight and wouldn't be able to view it, while myself and both my brothers have no interest in 3D, viewing it as a bit gimmicky. Plus there's no way to look cool in those glasses.

So, share with me your thoughts and opinions on what makes for the best when purchasing a HDTV, and it'll be much appreciated. Cheers to you all.

Edit: just so ye know, I'm in Ireland, so don't bother going to the effort of pricing them and listing stores, as they most likely will be vastly different here.

Prompted by  lincard1000's recent journal, I took a trawl through my favourites to remove any and all 'Removed' faves. So my Favourites has gone from 224 pages of 48 a page, to 199. It's the FA equivalent of a seven-hour bulimic binge, getting rid of 11% of its BMI.

And yes, this is a more proper journal to boot off the previous jokey one.