1. We all know what we call you, what about the folks at home? What's your name? - Deeg (by friends) or "D" (by mom)

2. How tall are you? - 5' or 5' 1" ._.

3. Natural hair color? - Really dark brown with a slight touch of gray on the sides

4. What about eye color? - Dark brown

5. What orientation are you? - Parallel to the direction of gravity

6. Are you single, taken, or undecided? - Married. Since the wife doesn't drive, she doesn't take me anywhere outside walking distance. ;)

7. What do you do in your spare time? - Draw, run Dungeons&Dragons games, watch cartoons

8. What's your job? - Receptionist for an aviation simulator company

9. What's one thing you like about yourself? - I have pretty good health compared to other 34-year olds that I know

10. Alright, now what about something you dislike about yourself? - I'm too harsh on myself when it comes to trying to finish art/writing projects for money -_-

11. What's some things your friends noticed about you when they first met you? - "Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?"

Good! Hold on, yer coming up on some deeper questions now... ready?

12. Of what faith/religion are you? - Mormon-Lite

13. Do you drink? - Rarely

14. Do you smoke? - Only if I'm on fire

15. What are your fears? - Death mostly, especially if unaccomplished in any of my goals

16. What are your dreams/goals? - Get one novel published, be a good father (the latter has a good start so far)

17.Ever had any crushes/ex's in the past/present? - At least four, but I'm still good friends with one

Almost done!!! Time for some lighter topics now :D

18. Who's your best bud? - Locally? My friend Nick

19. Alright, you got the cravin' for munchies, what'cha reachin' for? - The jar of Nutella

20. Favorite drink? - "The black urine man knows as coffee" -The Tick

21. Favorite color? - Purple

22. If you had any super power, what would it be? - WINNING.

23. Favorite movie? - 5th Element

24. Least favorite food? - Generally its sausages because of what they're wrapped in

24. Quick! You have only one meal left before you die!!! What is it? - I'd donate it to a hungry child. I won't need the calories where I'm going...

25. What do you drive/wish you drove? - 2001 Saturn SL1/G3 Prius

Last 5 questions. You're in the homestretch, come on, you can make it! Lets see what gets under your skin.

26. Most disliked bug? - wasps!!

27. Most hated pet peeves? - Dirty dishes everywhere. It brings out the roaches

28. Dislike in life? - The lack of community in humans

29. Most annoying? - Political commercials

30. Most disliked TV show? - ANYTHING on the Food network

The number one enemy on my list of "Things Parents Dread" is possibly ear infections.
Oh yeah, my daughter has one and if you've never had a child, I'll describe it as like watching someone you care for slowing being tortured with pain and all you can do is offer some really weak "children's" Ibeprofen. The quotes signify it's totally a wuss medication :D

Joking aside, my daughter's pediatrician has her on some antibiotics for the next 10 days and everything should be cleared up by then. I'm hoping so! My daughter had recently started a sort of "pre-k" program and it was teaching her to potty train, but with this infection she's missing days and all that progress is getting lost. :/

Ah well, that's the thing with being a parent. You gotta expect kids to get sick often and that the best tool you have is patience. Oh, and a good My Little Pony mare-athon cue'd up on your computer to distract her. :)

Enjoy some time with friends and family!
But do be safe, whatever you do. Drink responsibly, and carry a light for the grue. ;)

Well, my apparent fridge fix didn't work. It's still peeing water every other day so it's something else. I have no clue what though. :\

Also, needing to raise money for the replacing of my car. I love her lots, but she is getting to be 11 years old, and after having her fender and bumper smashed today... I guess she needs retirement. Car is otherwise fine, just missing chunks of plastic.

Yes yes, I'm fine too.
Physically anyway. Feeling kinda down mentally.

I'll probably open up to comissions soon and start raising money for another car, maybe with a target of Spring. I'll have to steop down as Dungeon Master of my D&D game though. That's going to hurt as it's my favorite hobby. :\

But, we gotta put the prioritys in the right order.

At the place i'm currently residing, we have a french-style fridge (Yes I know, big deal. Whoop). Ah, but does your fridge pee itself every night? Haha! ...yeah, didn't think so. This one's special.

ANYWAY, the fridge belongs to my roommate and he means well to have the leak fixed, but he never got around to it because he works a job and goes to college. This pretty much amounts to his entire day taken up. Poor guy. :o
Well, to be a good roomie, I cleaned out the fridge, but decided to take apart the bottom shelving to figure out what the leak problem is being caused by and attempt to do my own crazy repair work on it (You know, cause totally being an unlicensed novice at fridge repair is totally my thing).

Turns out that there's a drainage at the bottom of the freezer side. This drains... water I'm assuming and it was clogged up... by a bag of frozen peas. O_o`
"I see!" said the blind man to his deaf dog as he picked up his hammer and saw.

One removal of a frozen pea-bag and one icepick to the frozen lake at the bottom later and the drainage is actually doing what it was blessed by man's creation to do-- drain water. The giant chunks of ice are in the sink. Because throwing them in the trash would be dumb and tossing them outside will probably crush a stray kitten. So mission accomplished, I fixed a fridge drainage problem!

Yeah, I know. I'm so exciting. :3


So besides cooking and cleaning, add "appliance repair" to the list of things I can do that don't result in a 911 call to the fire department.

Brony? Nah, I just like watching the show.
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Which My Little Pony am I?

Twilight Sparkle:
[x] You have a huge collection of books.
[x] You value your alone time.
[ ] You have trouble making friends.
[x] You are very intelligent.
[x] You write letters regularly.
[ ] You find a lesson in everything.
[ ] You have trouble doing things “the old-fashioned way.”
[ ] You’ve recently moved to a new town.
[x] You’re rather sarcastic. ("rather" being an understatement)
[ ] You’re often accused of being a know-it-all.
Total: 5

Pinkie Pie:
[x] You’re the black sheep of the family.
[ ] You’re majorly hyper.
[ ] You love to siiiing!
[ ] You’re known for throwing great parties!
[x] You’re great at baking.
[ ] People sometimes don’t get your jokes.
[ ] You’re a prankster troll.
[ ] You’re a super-intense personality.
[ ] You have strange pets.
[ ] You are known to go to extremes.
Total: 2

Applejack:
[x] You’re very stubborn.
[x] You find great joy in working.
[ ] You prefer the country to the city.
[ ] You speak with an accent.
[x] You HATE cheating.
[ ] You have freckles.
[x] You prefer casual wear rather than formal things.
[ ] You wear your hair in a ponytail(s).
[x] You have a large family.
[ ] You have trouble lying.
Total: 5

Rainbow Dash:
[ ] You love winning.
[ ] You like sports.
[ ] You have a funky haircolor.
[ ] You have fangirl tendencies.
[ ] You have no problem speaking your mind.
[x] You will give up anything for your friends.
[x] You like being recognized for good things.
[ ] You have no problem defying traditional gender-roles.
[ ] You act now, think later.
[ ] You’re very brave.
Total: 2

Rarity:
[ ] You love being the center of attention.
[ ] You have a cat.
[x] You sew well.
[ ] It’s well-known that you’re somewhat vain.
[ ] You love the excitement of the city!
[x] You will overwork yourself to do something nice for your friends.
[ ] You wear makeup.
[x] You’re prone to whining.
[ ] You have original taste in fashion.
[x] You enjoy bonding with your besties <3
Total: 4

Fluttershy:
[ ] You HATE being the center of attention.
[ ] You struggle with sharing your mind.
[x] You love animals and help them however you can.
[ ] You’re graceful.
[x] You’re very quiet or soft-spoken.
[x] You have a secret mean-streak.
[ ] You’ve been told you could model.
[ ] You’re the eldest of your friends.
[ ] You like wearing your hair loose and long.
[ ] You’re very nurturing
Total: 3


Huh, so a tie between Apple Jack and Teilight Sparkle? Makes sense, they're my two favorite characters of the show. Tho I like AJ a little more. That accent is just too adorable! ^^;

One thing that can be annoying when working on commissions is that sometimes the commissioner asks for vague colors. Like for example "Caramel" can be vague. Generally it can be thought of as a medium brown (solid), but then again it can be thought of as a more orange color (liquid). Thankfully the person didn't just say something like "the color of caramel candy" cause then I'd wonder if it's Sugar Daddies or Cancy Corn he wants. :3

Eh, I'll wear the blind fold. Bring on the bus.


PROS
01. I like when you draw: ___.
02. I wish you drew more: ___.
03. I wish you drew more fanart of: ___.
04. I wish you drew more original art of: ___.
05. I wish you drew a comic of/about: ___.
06. I wish you made a tutorial about: ___.
07. My favorite part of your work is: ___.

CONS
08. I dislike when you draw: ___.
09. I wish you drew less: ___.
10. My least favorite part of your work is: ___.

OTHER
11. If I had to describe your work I’d say: ___.
12. If I had a question to ask about your work it’d be: ___?
13. The main strength & weakness of your work is/are: ___ & ___

I just finished a two-day gig painting a few rooms of a house. It wasn't a difficult project, I mean, I never desired a CTRL-Z key at any point. XD
However, there were a few interesting challenges. The biggest one was trying to paint a room white and that room had a dark blue wall. It would need at minimum two coats, but I only had one coat's worth in the bucket. It was like squeezing blood from a rock... but I succeeded!

Well, with painting the room I mean. No blood was to be had...

Letex paint can be fickle thing. I had yellow-white paint go on brown with no need of a second coat, and then later I'd put a light blue on white and watch the blue bubble and expose the white underneith. Crazy!
The adventure was fun though!

Well, my sore legs might disagree however.

Stolen from  magenta who stole it from  k_1773_n who stole it from... I dunno, elsewhere.
Anyway-

1 – Do you and your "fursona" look alike?
Not really. We're about the same height and build, but he's in better shape than I am.

2 – Do you and your "fursona" share attires?
Usually we do. Simple shirts and shorts, a size too big 'cause we like baggy clothes.

3 – Do you share the same sexuality as your fursona?
Yuppers. :3

4 – If you hadn’t already made your fursona look like you, if you would to change how he/she looked like to make him/her look more like you, how would you think he/she would look like?
I dunno, I guess a week on the couch watching TV should install some love-handles?

5 – Did you work hard to develop your fursona? What is the (brief) history of your fursona?
Oh geez, where to begin? He started as part of the crew of a starship (I was into Star Trek at the time). Then he became a knight in a fantasy setting (I was into D&D), then he was the main character in a modern... almost family sitcom kind of genre (Homage in a way to Rocko's Modern Life), and then sat in limbo for a short time until I reinvented him as part of a crew onboard a starship.
Ah yes, now the circle is complete says Vader...

6 – Do you and your fursona share relationship status?
Nope. I'm married with one daughter. He's single, but has a couple female friends with benefits.

7 – Do you find yourself jealous or upset if you get paired with someone you don’t like or your partner does?
I can't say that problem has ever come up.

8 – How would you like your character not to be used?
I guess nothing like serious porn. Beefcake might be okay as long as it's tasteful.

9 – What’s your fursona’s specialty?
Fixing and operating military hardware that you don't point directly at people. Like radios and computers. Also, sarcasm.

10 – At a score of 1-10 how much are you and your fursona alike?
Um... 5?

I'm curious to know what others consider hands versus what they would say are paws. With my local friends, we seem to have different defnitions, yet we don't seem to confuse each other when we start interchanging the terms so... maybe there's not much of a difference?

My thought is that if you have an opposable thumb, you have a hand. Otherwise, you have a paw.

Other people have different definitions, so it's interesting to hear about them. I suppose I could go look up the "official" definitions in a dictionary, but that didn't seem to be much fun when it comes to anthropomorphic animals that have human traints anyway. :)

I guess my lesson for today is never make a bet against a man who's character is dressed in drag. XD
Bonus lesson-- sometimes losing is more fun than winning.

Did any of you ever watch the old Nickelodeon game show Double Dare? I loved that show and watched it pretty much every night it was on. I just don't find many shows like that anymore, the kind of action physically involved game show where getting messy is part of the fun.

This does explain, however, why I like Wipeout.

The "Big Red Bus" showed up today at my job site and I went in during my lunch to give them a little blood donation. Ever since I learned I'm a good donor candidate, I've been trying to give. I finally learned what my blood type is (O+) and this time it went much faster than last. I declined the free t-shirt, but boy do they have delicious cookies!

NOM NOM

The adventure continued later that day because I was feeling pretty good and thus forgot I even gave blood. Luckily my body reminded me when I went racing up some stairs delivering mail to the various departments there and oh gawd the hall is spinning I'mgonnaliedownhereasdjfffff...

I was reclined on a nice chair in the Library and managed to catch my breath after 5 minutes. Yeah, that'll remind me not to do THAT again.

The bonus ending bit of the adventure was coming home to peel off the gauze and bandaid. I waited 4 hours like they instructed and it peeled off easily. yup, looks pretty good and *POP*--
I started bleeding a good bit out of the puncture area.

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"

Luckily I know how to get a wound cleaned and rebandaged with one hand. How do I know this? I have no idea... I think necessity give me a +2 to my INT score. It's all good and non-bleeding now so I think today's adventure is done. Lesson to take away from this--

Don't race up stairs after donating blood. XD
Let my duh moment be a lesson.

I was gravely ill last Wednesday and I've noticed that many people I knew or had contact with last week were (or are) sick as well. Something crazy infectious is going around I guess!

Now, I wonder how one can tell when they're "officially" over that cold/illness? What feeling, cue, or moment does your body tell you that the worst is over and you're going feel like a living being again? For me, it's when I get ravenously hungry after the cold.

The day I end up eating 6 meals in a little under 12 hours is usually the indication that I'm well again. Or well enough that I'm not sick, cause I'm sure my cholesteral and sugar levels would say something different. :3

Hoping you all have health!

I agreed to do this, just to get around I suppose, but there's a lot of interesting stuff out there and who knows, maybe it'll be fun. Anyway, here are the rules:

The first 10 people to comment on this journal (who have actual art in their gallery of their own hand, not just commissions or stories) will be listed below, with three of their submissions linked that I liked. The only catch: if I link to you on here, you have to make this same journal on your end, AND list me in the first slot with three of my works.

(Accordingly, the first person listed below is the one who listed me in their journal)

So comment away, and I shall browse your gallery and add you below.

1.  peterandcompany
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4927119/ I love interesting perspectives and this one... well it is self-explanitory.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4829963/ I like the consistancy of the background art, plus the mirror reflection is a nice detail.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4120053/ WIPs can really tell you something about the artist's inner workings. I think this one says "Genius" with the pencilling.

2.  laurenrivers
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5066284/ Since Lauren does stories rather than art, I will point out this one as an interesting depiction of how super-powered peoples would be handled. :)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5109472/ What's crazier then a gender changing story? A gender changing story where the character sires children! Kids are going to be confused! :D
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4568145/ Time travel is an iffy subject, but this one has an interesting premise that the time frame is relatively small, yet can hold a big impact on people's lives.

3.  ladyloki
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3523280/ I love the skin tones against the green tones of the clothing. It works well together here.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1832919/ I love group shots because it takes skill to draw bodies this close together. I think this one turned out quite well.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1140381/ This one is all sorts of sad emotional art and I like that when a piece brings out emotion from me.

I recently uploaded a sketch to my scraps of a giant demoness, but as imclosing in on the final design for her I realize I don't have a name yet.

Image:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5017836/

So... how do you come up with names for your characters, places, settings, etc? When I run my tabletop RPGs like D&D or Shadowrun, I find I borrow names often from older video games I've played a lot. However, if I'm going to do some meaningful world-building, I should try harder than that. :)

Again, so what are your secrets for naming characters and things? Do you use online baby name registries? I do that often myself. Maybe you play word games, mix-n-match pieces and letters, or perhaps it just comes to you naturally. Share your thoughts.

I have a daughter and one thing that is such a benefit of having children is that you can relive the good points of your childhood through them. For example, I remember loving Christmas and believing in Santa when I was a little kid. It was so much fun waking up on Christmas morning and seeing what I got. Good times. Then when I grew up I learend about the truth behind Santa and how things work in the real world. Chtistmas was still fun, but not Magical fun, you know?

Well now I'm here watching my daughter talk about Santa and learning how he brings presents and I can see that same fun magic that I had as a kid. It is nostalgic in a good, fun way. I can feel some of the magic again and it brings back the memories I never want to forget.

Though one thing I do want to forget is the fact I have a bad cold right now and a wife nagging me to build this toybox thing for my daughter before tomorrow. My kingdom for a dose of NyQuil...

Lesson to you kids out there-- don't grow up too fast!

My siblings came over for Thanksgiving and we played a few rounds of Super Mario Kart DS. Now, in pretty much every Mario Kart game in the series (except for the original) there is an evil weapon you can acquire called the Blue Shell. The Blue Shell's job is to home in on whoever is in first place and obliterate them in a bright flashy nuclear explosion.

Ouch.

After playing one level where no fewer than SIX of these little buggers were flying around the track, we got to discussing (again) on how much the Blue shell turns skill into luck. Since dodging a Blue Shell is two steps to the left of impossible, all your skill in racing your little go kart doesn't help much. You need luck to be able to either get to the finish line before the shell hits, not be in first place when the shell comes a knocking, or (with some skill) slam the brakes so that the explosion takes out the karts following behind you.

The first point is that even highly skilled players can lose the race to a lucky driver who happened to be at the right distance, going around the smoldering kart and take 1st place. The second point is that it's a love/hate relationship. I hate being hit by the Blue Shell, but I love when it takes out the rival in front of me. In a way, it makes races more interesting.

And it means on rare occasions I actually can beat my highly skilled brother at that game. :)

Yesterday I was at Walmart with my daughter and my mom. The power at Walmart goes out and the first thing that comes to my mind is the fastest route to the Sporting Goods section in case of a zombie attack.