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General | Posted 18 years agoThis has been going around for a while and I didn't plan on taking part, but I saw 
kaa do it and for some reason that made me want to give it a shot.
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1. Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
Yes, several.
2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
I'm not that paticular. I've tried each and don't have a preferance.
3. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Generally the middle, though I don't get a chance much anymore with The Bun
witchiebunny hogging it...
4. Pork, beef, or chicken?
Beef. Though I do enjoy pork and chicken.
5. Have you ever had to pull over on the side of the road to puke?
No, but there was a time where long trips in a car would make me somwhat queasy.
6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
No, though I almost did. Some girls I knew in High School bet be a single dollar so show my genitals of them since one of them had never seen male parts "in the flesh". I was willing to do so, but they declined at the last moment.
7. Shower or bath?
Generally a shower.
8. Do you pee in the shower?
Yes. It seems to me to be a less wasteful, not to mention drier solution to stepping out of the tub to use the toliet.
9. Mexican or Chinese?
Neither, though there are more Chineses dishes I can stomach then Mexican ones.
10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
Passive. I don't mind a partner who is vocal, but lots of pillow-talk or shouting is a bit of a turn-off. And I don't really want to have to end a lovemaking session by tending to my bruises...
11. Do you love someone on your friend list?
That's more difficult then it sounds, but I will say yes.
12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
No.
13. Love or money?
I'm going to copy Kaa's answer here since I think he said it best: "A lot of the first, and enough of the second for me to be comfortable."
14. Credit cards or cash?
Cash may be a bit more of a hassle then a "swipe-and-go" card, but it comes with less strings attatched.
15. Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?
No, though not all of them I enjoy being around, they are still family.
16. Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?
Camping actually, though there's something about a stay in a clean, comfortably furnished hotel room that I very much enjoy. Indeed, the best night's sleep I ever had was on a hotel sofa.
17. What is the weirdest place you have had sex?
A children's day-care center. The children were not present, obviously.
18. Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?
The amount of money would have to be very high indeed to make me do it, otherwise no. I know several people who would possibly concider relations with me on the condition that I cut my pubic hair. That's something that I don't want to do.
19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Not at all. To me, strip clubs are superflous when you have the internet. You spend money to watch something you can't touch, nor can to touch yourself, and at the end you're just as lonley and twice as broke. To quote 2 'The Ranting Gryphon': "It's like paying a hooker to give you blue-balls."
20. Ever been to a bar?
I've been to bars before, most when bands that I know are preforming. If it wern't for that, I would give them a wide berth. Most people I would want to meet would not be spending their time wallowing in a bar.
I don't object to them, but it's not my scene.
21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club?
No, though I've seen it happen to others.
22. Ever been so drunk you had to be carried out of somewhwere?
I've never been drunk. I've felt a bit of a buzz before, but I'm dumb enough when I'm sober - I don't need to know what I'm like with lowered inhibitions.
23. Kissed someone of the same sex?
Yes, and depending on the person, it can be just as pleasurable as with the opposite sex.
24. Favorite drink?
It use to be Barq's Root Beer, but recently I've been introduced to 'Bawls' and I've developed quite a taste for it.
25. Had sex in a movie theater?
No, and I don't plan to.
26. Had sex in a bathroom?
Yes, though it was brief.
27. Have you ever had sex at work?
No, and once again, I don't plan to.
28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
On a few occations. Not really a place I have much business in, but both times I went with others.
29. Bought something from an adult store?
Yes, a toy for my fiance. She helped pick it out.
30. Have you been caught having sex?
Only by those we had already invited to join.
31. Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Possibly. There are a few pics we sent to friends out of state that could be called 'naughty'.
32. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
Whoever wants to.
D.O.P.R
kaa do it and for some reason that made me want to give it a shot. ---
1. Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
Yes, several.
2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
I'm not that paticular. I've tried each and don't have a preferance.
3. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Generally the middle, though I don't get a chance much anymore with The Bun
witchiebunny hogging it...4. Pork, beef, or chicken?
Beef. Though I do enjoy pork and chicken.
5. Have you ever had to pull over on the side of the road to puke?
No, but there was a time where long trips in a car would make me somwhat queasy.
6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
No, though I almost did. Some girls I knew in High School bet be a single dollar so show my genitals of them since one of them had never seen male parts "in the flesh". I was willing to do so, but they declined at the last moment.
7. Shower or bath?
Generally a shower.
8. Do you pee in the shower?
Yes. It seems to me to be a less wasteful, not to mention drier solution to stepping out of the tub to use the toliet.
9. Mexican or Chinese?
Neither, though there are more Chineses dishes I can stomach then Mexican ones.
10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
Passive. I don't mind a partner who is vocal, but lots of pillow-talk or shouting is a bit of a turn-off. And I don't really want to have to end a lovemaking session by tending to my bruises...
11. Do you love someone on your friend list?
That's more difficult then it sounds, but I will say yes.
12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
No.
13. Love or money?
I'm going to copy Kaa's answer here since I think he said it best: "A lot of the first, and enough of the second for me to be comfortable."
14. Credit cards or cash?
Cash may be a bit more of a hassle then a "swipe-and-go" card, but it comes with less strings attatched.
15. Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?
No, though not all of them I enjoy being around, they are still family.
16. Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?
Camping actually, though there's something about a stay in a clean, comfortably furnished hotel room that I very much enjoy. Indeed, the best night's sleep I ever had was on a hotel sofa.
17. What is the weirdest place you have had sex?
A children's day-care center. The children were not present, obviously.
18. Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?
The amount of money would have to be very high indeed to make me do it, otherwise no. I know several people who would possibly concider relations with me on the condition that I cut my pubic hair. That's something that I don't want to do.
19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Not at all. To me, strip clubs are superflous when you have the internet. You spend money to watch something you can't touch, nor can to touch yourself, and at the end you're just as lonley and twice as broke. To quote 2 'The Ranting Gryphon': "It's like paying a hooker to give you blue-balls."
20. Ever been to a bar?
I've been to bars before, most when bands that I know are preforming. If it wern't for that, I would give them a wide berth. Most people I would want to meet would not be spending their time wallowing in a bar.
I don't object to them, but it's not my scene.
21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club?
No, though I've seen it happen to others.
22. Ever been so drunk you had to be carried out of somewhwere?
I've never been drunk. I've felt a bit of a buzz before, but I'm dumb enough when I'm sober - I don't need to know what I'm like with lowered inhibitions.
23. Kissed someone of the same sex?
Yes, and depending on the person, it can be just as pleasurable as with the opposite sex.
24. Favorite drink?
It use to be Barq's Root Beer, but recently I've been introduced to 'Bawls' and I've developed quite a taste for it.
25. Had sex in a movie theater?
No, and I don't plan to.
26. Had sex in a bathroom?
Yes, though it was brief.
27. Have you ever had sex at work?
No, and once again, I don't plan to.
28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
On a few occations. Not really a place I have much business in, but both times I went with others.
29. Bought something from an adult store?
Yes, a toy for my fiance. She helped pick it out.
30. Have you been caught having sex?
Only by those we had already invited to join.
31. Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Possibly. There are a few pics we sent to friends out of state that could be called 'naughty'.
32. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
Whoever wants to.
D.O.P.R
Mosin Up For Grabs
General | Posted 18 years agoI recently got my hands on a very beat-up Chinese Mosin Nagant rifle ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin_nagant ) and after a great deal of scrubbing, cleaning, sanding and coating, I've spent a good deal of my holiday weekend fixing it up into as good a condition as I can make it.
I picked it up from a seller for only a few dollars, meaning for it to be a project weapon and so far I think that I've done fairly well in returning it to functionality. And now that I'm wrapping it up the major stuff (I'm in the process of regreasing major parts at the moment), I'd like to know if there are any gun-furs out there who would be interested in having it.
I'll have links posted below to show you how it looks, but unfortunatly I didn't have the presence of mind to do any "Before" shots.
But trust me - it's looking and operating a heck of a lot better then it was when I first got it.
The stock was oily and sticky with old grease and grime, and most of the internal parts operated only with dificulty.
There is a great deal of corrosion, which unfortunatly I can't reverse, but I've cleaned off as much of the rust as I can without damging it and put on the last of my anti-rust oil.
I won't lie, it's still an old and fairly beat-up rifle (the rifling is in pretty bad shape from years of corrosive ammo and improper storage, and it desperatly needs to be reblued), but it's still got a long life ahead of it for anyone that wants and knows how to mantain a firearm.
It will probubly never be very accurate at long range, or very pretty to the eye, but it would be a great first-time rifle for anyone interested in backyard "plinking" or learning how to operate and maintain a firearm.
One of the appeals I have for Soviet-bloc weapons (such as the Mosin, AK47, SKS) are their robustness and ability to function despite a great deal of punishment and wear.
I havn't had a chance to take this one out to the range yet, but I've had nothing but good things to say about the Mosin I already own.
Now, I'd rather give this refurbished rifle to someone I know who will enjoy and take care of it, but I could be persuaded to sell it as well if there are any offers.
Mosins aren't exactly very hard to find in the gun market, nor are they very expecsive even when bought brand new, so the price mainly would depend on how much the buyer wishes to pay and how much they trust my gunsmithing skills.
In any case, here are some links to show you what I've got:
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010014.jpg = shows the rifle full-length with spike bayonette extended.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010017.jpg = top of the rifle, showing the open breach, bolt and rear-sight.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010016.jpg = front left.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010010.jpg = front right, showing bayonette stowed.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010015.jpg = rear left. Wood gouges and rust spots on the magazine are visible.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010018.jpg = rear right, with an appropriate round for comparison.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P10100082.jpg = this shows the stampings behind the barrel. The Bun assures me that's it's Japanese, but another stamp along the side distincly says "Made in China"
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010008.jpg = a closeup inside the breach, showing some of the rust damage. If/when I get some more rust cleaner, I'm going to try and get some more of that off.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010019-1.jpg = this shows my original Mosin (top) and the refurbished one (bottom)
Note me if anyone is interested.
D.O.P.R
I picked it up from a seller for only a few dollars, meaning for it to be a project weapon and so far I think that I've done fairly well in returning it to functionality. And now that I'm wrapping it up the major stuff (I'm in the process of regreasing major parts at the moment), I'd like to know if there are any gun-furs out there who would be interested in having it.
I'll have links posted below to show you how it looks, but unfortunatly I didn't have the presence of mind to do any "Before" shots.
But trust me - it's looking and operating a heck of a lot better then it was when I first got it.
The stock was oily and sticky with old grease and grime, and most of the internal parts operated only with dificulty.
There is a great deal of corrosion, which unfortunatly I can't reverse, but I've cleaned off as much of the rust as I can without damging it and put on the last of my anti-rust oil.
I won't lie, it's still an old and fairly beat-up rifle (the rifling is in pretty bad shape from years of corrosive ammo and improper storage, and it desperatly needs to be reblued), but it's still got a long life ahead of it for anyone that wants and knows how to mantain a firearm.
It will probubly never be very accurate at long range, or very pretty to the eye, but it would be a great first-time rifle for anyone interested in backyard "plinking" or learning how to operate and maintain a firearm.
One of the appeals I have for Soviet-bloc weapons (such as the Mosin, AK47, SKS) are their robustness and ability to function despite a great deal of punishment and wear.
I havn't had a chance to take this one out to the range yet, but I've had nothing but good things to say about the Mosin I already own.
Now, I'd rather give this refurbished rifle to someone I know who will enjoy and take care of it, but I could be persuaded to sell it as well if there are any offers.
Mosins aren't exactly very hard to find in the gun market, nor are they very expecsive even when bought brand new, so the price mainly would depend on how much the buyer wishes to pay and how much they trust my gunsmithing skills.
In any case, here are some links to show you what I've got:
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010014.jpg = shows the rifle full-length with spike bayonette extended.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010017.jpg = top of the rifle, showing the open breach, bolt and rear-sight.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010016.jpg = front left.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010010.jpg = front right, showing bayonette stowed.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010015.jpg = rear left. Wood gouges and rust spots on the magazine are visible.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010018.jpg = rear right, with an appropriate round for comparison.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P10100082.jpg = this shows the stampings behind the barrel. The Bun assures me that's it's Japanese, but another stamp along the side distincly says "Made in China"
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010008.jpg = a closeup inside the breach, showing some of the rust damage. If/when I get some more rust cleaner, I'm going to try and get some more of that off.
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/DOPR/?action=view¤t=P1010019-1.jpg = this shows my original Mosin (top) and the refurbished one (bottom)
Note me if anyone is interested.
D.O.P.R
Holidays
General | Posted 18 years agoIt's been a weird couple of weeks, and I havn't really felt any of "The Christmas Spirit" yet.
I had started on a Christmas pic that I was going to post today, but I've lost it and I'm not sure I'd be willing to post it after the holiday has passed.
I had also been telling myself that this year I was going to go to a Christmas Eve service, but I havn't, and I don't think there are any Christmas Day services in my future either.
It's been an awful long time since I was last in God's house, and while I know a great deal of the fandom are either non-religious, non-practising or against the Christian faith, it's something that is important to me, especially at this season of the year.
So, though it's been said many time and in many ways:
Merry Christmas.
D.O.P.R
I had started on a Christmas pic that I was going to post today, but I've lost it and I'm not sure I'd be willing to post it after the holiday has passed.
I had also been telling myself that this year I was going to go to a Christmas Eve service, but I havn't, and I don't think there are any Christmas Day services in my future either.
It's been an awful long time since I was last in God's house, and while I know a great deal of the fandom are either non-religious, non-practising or against the Christian faith, it's something that is important to me, especially at this season of the year.
So, though it's been said many time and in many ways:
Merry Christmas.
D.O.P.R
Another Introverted Journal
General | Posted 18 years agoTwo journals in a row about my personal feelings - sorry guys.
I generally try to avoid putting my insecurities into other people's faces, but perhaps I need the cathartic build up of some friendly advice.
Is it unfair of me to feel left out of others friendships?
It's difficult to quantify accuratly, but as an artist in the fandom, and as a person who knows other people (many of whome are much higher on the social ladder then myself) I feel that I'm being passed over and wonder if I'm doing it to myself in some way, or if I even have a right to feel upset about it.
Everyone here I'm sure has seen that there are some artists who get massive amounts of gift art seemingly for no other reason then they are who they are (even if they aren't an artist themselves [I too am guilty of doing this] ).
And of course, very talented artists will pass gift pics around amongst themselves, so Mr. So-and-so will do a spontaneous gift pic for Such-and-such who does a pic for Whos-ah-whatta, all of whome are exceptionaly talented and enjoy one another's work (no foul at all in any of that, by the way - everyone likes to so nice things for their peers).
And aside from artwork, I image that most everyone reading this knows of groups or people that they would like to associate with, but have no idea how too, or if they are really welcome.
How does one enter into an established group of friends and not feel like they're butting in, or upsetting the balance?
Though these are hardly a new set of issues, they have been on my mind lately.
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In my way, I'm a bit of a hermit.
I don't reach out to others very often, but am almost always open to listen when others open up to me.
Even the people who I hold as the most important in my life may not hear from me for stretches that can last as long as months. They stay in my thoughts, but not as frequantly in my emails.
I also am not up on (or I choose to avoid) many trends, and am not current on the newest movies/music and so forth. So I know that I am partly to blame for not being a very "hip" guy.
As anyone who has been on FA for a while (or anywhere else at all for that matter) knows, there are a multitude of groups, and little communities of friends milling about.
They do art for one another, comment and joke with one another and, via this glorious electronic medium, are friends with one another.
Perhaps I've been secluded in my cave for so long that I've lost my immunity to social envy.
I'm rambling (as I normally do when I write these kind of introverted spiels), but I feel somwhat left out of those circles.
Even with people who I care for, and count as friends, I get the feeling that I'm shut out.
They have other friends that they've known for longer, who live closer, visit more often, draw better, match them closer in tastes or interests (and maybe don't delve into introversion such as I have).
With at least one of these groups, a part of me connects to them, yet another part of me simultaniously feels rejected - like I'm an outsider, or secretly disaproved of.
As I mentioned, this isn't a rare complaint for most people, and overall I may indeed have it better then some others, but when a man is hungry, telling him that someone else is hungrier doesn't make him lose his appetite.
Despite that however, I'm not sure I have the right to be the slightest bit upset. As I said, a lot of my personal traits don't lend themselves to being a very fun drinking buddy (I don't even drink, and I dislike bars), or movie companion.
And if I don't share many interests with someone, then there's no ground to build a friendship on anyway.
So perhaps it's just basic jealousy - I see people having fun together, hanging out, drawing and joking with one another, and I'm not part of it.
I think at least a small part of my current worry streak is a general feeling of wearing. As the saying goes:
"I need a vacation..."
D.O.P.R
I generally try to avoid putting my insecurities into other people's faces, but perhaps I need the cathartic build up of some friendly advice.
Is it unfair of me to feel left out of others friendships?
It's difficult to quantify accuratly, but as an artist in the fandom, and as a person who knows other people (many of whome are much higher on the social ladder then myself) I feel that I'm being passed over and wonder if I'm doing it to myself in some way, or if I even have a right to feel upset about it.
Everyone here I'm sure has seen that there are some artists who get massive amounts of gift art seemingly for no other reason then they are who they are (even if they aren't an artist themselves [I too am guilty of doing this] ).
And of course, very talented artists will pass gift pics around amongst themselves, so Mr. So-and-so will do a spontaneous gift pic for Such-and-such who does a pic for Whos-ah-whatta, all of whome are exceptionaly talented and enjoy one another's work (no foul at all in any of that, by the way - everyone likes to so nice things for their peers).
And aside from artwork, I image that most everyone reading this knows of groups or people that they would like to associate with, but have no idea how too, or if they are really welcome.
How does one enter into an established group of friends and not feel like they're butting in, or upsetting the balance?
Though these are hardly a new set of issues, they have been on my mind lately.
-
In my way, I'm a bit of a hermit.
I don't reach out to others very often, but am almost always open to listen when others open up to me.
Even the people who I hold as the most important in my life may not hear from me for stretches that can last as long as months. They stay in my thoughts, but not as frequantly in my emails.
I also am not up on (or I choose to avoid) many trends, and am not current on the newest movies/music and so forth. So I know that I am partly to blame for not being a very "hip" guy.
As anyone who has been on FA for a while (or anywhere else at all for that matter) knows, there are a multitude of groups, and little communities of friends milling about.
They do art for one another, comment and joke with one another and, via this glorious electronic medium, are friends with one another.
Perhaps I've been secluded in my cave for so long that I've lost my immunity to social envy.
I'm rambling (as I normally do when I write these kind of introverted spiels), but I feel somwhat left out of those circles.
Even with people who I care for, and count as friends, I get the feeling that I'm shut out.
They have other friends that they've known for longer, who live closer, visit more often, draw better, match them closer in tastes or interests (and maybe don't delve into introversion such as I have).
With at least one of these groups, a part of me connects to them, yet another part of me simultaniously feels rejected - like I'm an outsider, or secretly disaproved of.
As I mentioned, this isn't a rare complaint for most people, and overall I may indeed have it better then some others, but when a man is hungry, telling him that someone else is hungrier doesn't make him lose his appetite.
Despite that however, I'm not sure I have the right to be the slightest bit upset. As I said, a lot of my personal traits don't lend themselves to being a very fun drinking buddy (I don't even drink, and I dislike bars), or movie companion.
And if I don't share many interests with someone, then there's no ground to build a friendship on anyway.
So perhaps it's just basic jealousy - I see people having fun together, hanging out, drawing and joking with one another, and I'm not part of it.
I think at least a small part of my current worry streak is a general feeling of wearing. As the saying goes:
"I need a vacation..."
D.O.P.R
Can't Stand (maybe I'll sit) - rant
General | Posted 18 years agoI'm not often prone to ranting (at least I hope I havn't made an unintentioned habit of it) but my temper has been somewhat shorter then usual today and recent events in the backround of my life have been gnawing at me.
So I'm taking a page from the "Livejournal Code" and lowering my tact for a short while and assume that some of you actually want to hear my opinions (I've often rolled my eyes at the "livejournal" and "blog" phenomenon as being akin to chickens screaming in a barnyard. Mainly uninformed, largly uninteresting people shouting their opinions aloud as if they know what they are talking about, which often isn't the case. But the good part is that for all that cawwing, at least they have the ability to voice their opinions - annoying as they can be. Anyway, this is totally not what I ment to talk about).
I've recently been reading up about Philip Pullman and the "His Dark Materials" series (and the movies being made of them).
Before the announcment of the movies, I knew nothing at all about the series or the author, and it looked to me to be another "Narnia-esc" series about children and talking animals, and I wasn't interested.
A bizare fact about my tastes, is that "The Lord of the Rings is the only fantasy story that I truelly enjoy. My prefered genre is science-fiction. I reckognize it as simply something that's "not to my taste" and trust that that's enough for people (which it often isn't, and how indeed am I suppost to quantify to someone why it is I don't like a thing? Why do I like orange sherbert ice cream more then strawberry? Or prefer The Black Crowes to Dead Kennedy's? Is it not enough that I just don't like them? I can reckognize the Narnia series as a classic without liking it. I abhorred reading Crime and Punishment, yet that is a masterful work and well deserving of praise. But again, I'm off track. Let it be that I'm generally not a fan of fantasy, especially when it involves young children and talking animals. Anything Disney is almost automaticly right out.)
So I had no plans to see Golden Compass and thought no more of it.
Several nights ago, I beleive it was Thanksgiving evening, my mother (who is "up" on such matters) asked me if I had heard of the film. I had, and she asked if I knew about it's allagorical overtones. I hadn't and she explained that the books are very much anti-religion and that the books chronicle how a group of kids fight a thinly veiled charactiture of "the Church" and end up killing god himself.
Basicly, an evil mirror of the "Narnia" series.
She mentioned a quote, that I afterwards looked up, when the author mentioned that it was his desire to "destroy the image of God in the mind's of children".
Now, I am indeed a Christian, and it may well be that because of this I'm more sensitive to something that goes against my religion, but I found that very rude on a universal level.
I disliked the Narnia series when I read them, partly because of my aforementioned dislike of generall fantasy (I declined to see the movies, and did so vehemantly the more I was pressed), and partially because I was annoyed by the large amounts of Christian allagory within them.
On a simaler note, I disliked Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" because it was basicly Christian/Catholic propoganda and I dislike anything that shoves a religion in my face.
But I beleive in freedom of expression, and the right of people and groups to express their beleifs in whatever medium they have available. Just because I think Scientology is utter crap doesn't mean that I would stop someone from making a Scientology-based movie (though I would be pleased if it was followed immediatly afterward with a Scientology-debunked film).
I would like to think of myself as being fair, and at least somewhat tolerant in my beleifs and how I treat those of others. Wether I agree or not, wether I like it or not, I'm not against Pullman's books or the films based on them.
He has that right, and I'd fight to support it.
But that doesn't mean that I'm emotionless about them either, or feel a desire to comment about them.
So after hearing this tale from my mother, I did a Wikipedia search (which I regard as a generally trustworthy source) and saw that much of what she said was true.
Only a few days ago, I saw two seperate referances to "The Golden Compass" in two seperate groups that I'm a part of.
In both cases, I referanced the quotes I had found and mentioned that I didn't intend to see the movies.
This was taken with respect by all parties, but from the responces I got from one, and what I began to feel myself, I was being regarded as an "overlly sensative Bible-Thumper" and a "literary eleitist" who "only reads books that agree with him".
This I felt was unfair, yet had no immediate argument against it.
I hadn't read the "Dark Materials" books, nor heard first-hand the interviews the quotes were taken from.
I was also commented to with some very well made responces saying that he wasn't railing against Christianity per se, but the dangers of dogma, or over-radicalization and so forth - none of which I could confirm nor deny because of my lack of knowledge on the subject.
So there I was (and here I am) painted somwhat into a corner by my own hand, feeling both illiterate and intolerant.
Was I being unfair to post an uniformed opinion? Perhaps, and I can't hold myself as a victim for it.
So I tried to open my mind more to the series and learn more, before I made a greater fool of myself (like I'm doing now).
One of the responders to my comment posted this link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/2007.....ligious-movies
I read through it carefully, and ran across yet more quotes that didn't improve my feelings for Mr. Pullman.
I don't object to people's opinions. But I do object to the way they present them at times.
Once again to quote Hanna Rosin after a recent interview:
He once dismissed the Lord of the Rings trilogy as an “infantile work” primarily concerned with “maps and plans and languages and codes.” Narnia got it even worse: “Morally loathsome,” he called it. “One of the most ugly and poisonous things I’ve ever read.” He described his own series as Narnia’s moral opposite. “That’s the Christian one,” he told me. “And mine is the non-Christian.”
Putting the "maps and lanuages and codes" comment aside (Tolkien is well-known for all of those, some to an excessive degree), these comments, and others which followed it put a very sour taste in my mouth, and lessened my indiferance to his works into vauge dislike.
The rest of the article spoke of how New Line Cinema dumbed down his book and removed as much trace of religion as they could from the story, (which is itself a sad comment and something that I very much disagree with) and that his goal is to promote "liberal thought".
“We need joy, we need a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives, we need a connection with the universe, we need all the things the Kingdom of Heaven used to promise us but failed to deliver,” - Philip Pullman
He brings up a common complaint from those dissalutioned by the Church, that monotheism is divisive and ultimatly degenerates into dogma and eventually intellectual slavery and stagnation.
That also I can't disagree with. Blind obediance and the inablility to question is what made Church rule in the Dark Ages so Dark.
I think I'm going off on a tangent again, and it's getting rather late for me to try and keep writing, but I'll try and gather my thoughts together if I can.
In many things, I agree intellectually with what he has to say. And I support his right to say it (after all, if Hollywood can make a movie about Jeasus, why can't someone make a movie about aetheism?) but the manner he chooses to express his beleifs (Narnia-style fantasy) and the almost arrogant "I'm right and you're wrong" feeling I get from him via the interviews and synopsis of his books, makes it very unlikely I would be able to read, or watch any of his works with an unbiased mind.
And I feel bad for that reason.
None of that's very clear I'm afraid - and I probubly still missed my point, but as I said at the beginning, this was more-or-less my version of a rant, and I sincerly hope no one is offended.
If I seem to have insulted anything directly, it was totally unintentional.
D.O.P.R
So I'm taking a page from the "Livejournal Code" and lowering my tact for a short while and assume that some of you actually want to hear my opinions (I've often rolled my eyes at the "livejournal" and "blog" phenomenon as being akin to chickens screaming in a barnyard. Mainly uninformed, largly uninteresting people shouting their opinions aloud as if they know what they are talking about, which often isn't the case. But the good part is that for all that cawwing, at least they have the ability to voice their opinions - annoying as they can be. Anyway, this is totally not what I ment to talk about).
I've recently been reading up about Philip Pullman and the "His Dark Materials" series (and the movies being made of them).
Before the announcment of the movies, I knew nothing at all about the series or the author, and it looked to me to be another "Narnia-esc" series about children and talking animals, and I wasn't interested.
A bizare fact about my tastes, is that "The Lord of the Rings is the only fantasy story that I truelly enjoy. My prefered genre is science-fiction. I reckognize it as simply something that's "not to my taste" and trust that that's enough for people (which it often isn't, and how indeed am I suppost to quantify to someone why it is I don't like a thing? Why do I like orange sherbert ice cream more then strawberry? Or prefer The Black Crowes to Dead Kennedy's? Is it not enough that I just don't like them? I can reckognize the Narnia series as a classic without liking it. I abhorred reading Crime and Punishment, yet that is a masterful work and well deserving of praise. But again, I'm off track. Let it be that I'm generally not a fan of fantasy, especially when it involves young children and talking animals. Anything Disney is almost automaticly right out.)
So I had no plans to see Golden Compass and thought no more of it.
Several nights ago, I beleive it was Thanksgiving evening, my mother (who is "up" on such matters) asked me if I had heard of the film. I had, and she asked if I knew about it's allagorical overtones. I hadn't and she explained that the books are very much anti-religion and that the books chronicle how a group of kids fight a thinly veiled charactiture of "the Church" and end up killing god himself.
Basicly, an evil mirror of the "Narnia" series.
She mentioned a quote, that I afterwards looked up, when the author mentioned that it was his desire to "destroy the image of God in the mind's of children".
Now, I am indeed a Christian, and it may well be that because of this I'm more sensitive to something that goes against my religion, but I found that very rude on a universal level.
I disliked the Narnia series when I read them, partly because of my aforementioned dislike of generall fantasy (I declined to see the movies, and did so vehemantly the more I was pressed), and partially because I was annoyed by the large amounts of Christian allagory within them.
On a simaler note, I disliked Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" because it was basicly Christian/Catholic propoganda and I dislike anything that shoves a religion in my face.
But I beleive in freedom of expression, and the right of people and groups to express their beleifs in whatever medium they have available. Just because I think Scientology is utter crap doesn't mean that I would stop someone from making a Scientology-based movie (though I would be pleased if it was followed immediatly afterward with a Scientology-debunked film).
I would like to think of myself as being fair, and at least somewhat tolerant in my beleifs and how I treat those of others. Wether I agree or not, wether I like it or not, I'm not against Pullman's books or the films based on them.
He has that right, and I'd fight to support it.
But that doesn't mean that I'm emotionless about them either, or feel a desire to comment about them.
So after hearing this tale from my mother, I did a Wikipedia search (which I regard as a generally trustworthy source) and saw that much of what she said was true.
Only a few days ago, I saw two seperate referances to "The Golden Compass" in two seperate groups that I'm a part of.
In both cases, I referanced the quotes I had found and mentioned that I didn't intend to see the movies.
This was taken with respect by all parties, but from the responces I got from one, and what I began to feel myself, I was being regarded as an "overlly sensative Bible-Thumper" and a "literary eleitist" who "only reads books that agree with him".
This I felt was unfair, yet had no immediate argument against it.
I hadn't read the "Dark Materials" books, nor heard first-hand the interviews the quotes were taken from.
I was also commented to with some very well made responces saying that he wasn't railing against Christianity per se, but the dangers of dogma, or over-radicalization and so forth - none of which I could confirm nor deny because of my lack of knowledge on the subject.
So there I was (and here I am) painted somwhat into a corner by my own hand, feeling both illiterate and intolerant.
Was I being unfair to post an uniformed opinion? Perhaps, and I can't hold myself as a victim for it.
So I tried to open my mind more to the series and learn more, before I made a greater fool of myself (like I'm doing now).
One of the responders to my comment posted this link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/2007.....ligious-movies
I read through it carefully, and ran across yet more quotes that didn't improve my feelings for Mr. Pullman.
I don't object to people's opinions. But I do object to the way they present them at times.
Once again to quote Hanna Rosin after a recent interview:
He once dismissed the Lord of the Rings trilogy as an “infantile work” primarily concerned with “maps and plans and languages and codes.” Narnia got it even worse: “Morally loathsome,” he called it. “One of the most ugly and poisonous things I’ve ever read.” He described his own series as Narnia’s moral opposite. “That’s the Christian one,” he told me. “And mine is the non-Christian.”
Putting the "maps and lanuages and codes" comment aside (Tolkien is well-known for all of those, some to an excessive degree), these comments, and others which followed it put a very sour taste in my mouth, and lessened my indiferance to his works into vauge dislike.
The rest of the article spoke of how New Line Cinema dumbed down his book and removed as much trace of religion as they could from the story, (which is itself a sad comment and something that I very much disagree with) and that his goal is to promote "liberal thought".
“We need joy, we need a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives, we need a connection with the universe, we need all the things the Kingdom of Heaven used to promise us but failed to deliver,” - Philip Pullman
He brings up a common complaint from those dissalutioned by the Church, that monotheism is divisive and ultimatly degenerates into dogma and eventually intellectual slavery and stagnation.
That also I can't disagree with. Blind obediance and the inablility to question is what made Church rule in the Dark Ages so Dark.
I think I'm going off on a tangent again, and it's getting rather late for me to try and keep writing, but I'll try and gather my thoughts together if I can.
In many things, I agree intellectually with what he has to say. And I support his right to say it (after all, if Hollywood can make a movie about Jeasus, why can't someone make a movie about aetheism?) but the manner he chooses to express his beleifs (Narnia-style fantasy) and the almost arrogant "I'm right and you're wrong" feeling I get from him via the interviews and synopsis of his books, makes it very unlikely I would be able to read, or watch any of his works with an unbiased mind.
And I feel bad for that reason.
None of that's very clear I'm afraid - and I probubly still missed my point, but as I said at the beginning, this was more-or-less my version of a rant, and I sincerly hope no one is offended.
If I seem to have insulted anything directly, it was totally unintentional.
D.O.P.R
Un-WoW
General | Posted 18 years agoI have a rather shocking announcment to make.
I know that some of you might not beleive what I say, but I assure you that it is absolutely true and I mean every word.
I do not play World of Warcraft.
I speak the truth. I've never touched it - and I have no desire whatsoever to play it.
It seems like it can be a great deal of fun for those who like such things, but I'm not interested in the slightest.
I'm only making a deal of this because WoW itself has been made into such a big deal.
I don't have anything against the game or the players, but when it happened that I was verbally shunned by a group of people I was otherwise on good terms with because I didn't play it - that was rude.
I'm not really making a point with this journal. I'm not bashing WoW, or it's players.
I'm just stating my non-conformity by announcing my indifferance to an extremly popular game.
D.O.P.R
I know that some of you might not beleive what I say, but I assure you that it is absolutely true and I mean every word.
I do not play World of Warcraft.
I speak the truth. I've never touched it - and I have no desire whatsoever to play it.
It seems like it can be a great deal of fun for those who like such things, but I'm not interested in the slightest.
I'm only making a deal of this because WoW itself has been made into such a big deal.
I don't have anything against the game or the players, but when it happened that I was verbally shunned by a group of people I was otherwise on good terms with because I didn't play it - that was rude.
I'm not really making a point with this journal. I'm not bashing WoW, or it's players.
I'm just stating my non-conformity by announcing my indifferance to an extremly popular game.
D.O.P.R
Click, Click, BOOM!
General | Posted 18 years agoWell well! It may be fairly common in some people's neighborhoods, but where I come from, gunshots in the parking lot aren't a usual (or very welcome) occurance.
A few moments ago eight gunshots rang right outside our apartment.
I don't think I'll be getting back to bed real quick.
But damned if I don't have my Maadi out and loaded!
D.O.P.R
A few moments ago eight gunshots rang right outside our apartment.
I don't think I'll be getting back to bed real quick.
But damned if I don't have my Maadi out and loaded!
D.O.P.R
Something Disturbing
General | Posted 18 years agoDo Virgins Taste Better Then Those Who Are Not?
General | Posted 18 years agoI have recently been asked a question that I'm sure most Dragons are by now quite familiar with. I've been asked this question on more then one occation and rather then answer it on an individual basis, I've opted to post my answer here so that other who may be curious as to our reasoning will be informed without having to ask one of us.
The question is: "Why do Dragons eat virgins?"
Now, without going into a great deal of detail about ancient Draconic history or the shifting beleifs about Dragonity's purpose in the world, I will say that it's population control.
Many many years ago, while mankind was still in it's infancy, Dragon's had reached their apex and were already in decline (a process that, alas, has only increased with time).
But still being a rather mighty power in the world, and feeling a responcibility to mange it, it was discussed what, if anything, should be done about 'Men'.
The descision came down to the Dragon Father, who met with his counsil and descided that they didn't have the right to govern Men and that they should be allowed to follow their own destinies uninterfeired with.
This ruling was not universially accepted, and there were (and I beleive, still are) many Dragons who reject it and become involved, directly or indirectly with the actions of Men. Some for good, some less so.
As Men multiplied and grew in power and intellect (but not in wisdom), a significant minority began to feel that the population of Men should be kept in check.
Men didn't seem to have respect for the natural things around them, except for as far as it suited their purposes - and they made constant war with one another and took from the earth but gave nothing back.
So there were individuals who took it upon themselves to cull the human population.
While this was done in many ways by many differant Drakes (some of whome had differant reasoning then this), the idea of virgin-taking seems most remembered, and has become itself a cliche.
The reasoning, as far as I know, was this:
If the men were taken, the exess would only decline in the short term while the rest just made better time ina creating more.
However, the number of babies a woman can bear has limits, and no increase in breeding action will increase that number. So by removing a percentage of woman, a greater percentage of potential humans is also removed.
Yet, Dragons are not monsters; and do not wish to see any unecessary orphans. Also, it's little use taking a woman who has already been bred.
So, it's down to virgins.
While it was never openly condoned amoung the greater castes, it appears to have been widely practised in one form or another. Also, while it's true that many received far too much enjoyment out of culling the human population, it was originally done pragmaticly, and not out of malice.
Indeed, one of the reasons Mankind was left so alone (and continues to be) is that it was reckognized early on that Mankind has the potential to go to great heights in all feilds of thought and deed, and it was felt that they should be given the chance to discover that potential on their own.
So there you have it. There are, or course, other explinations and I'm not going to put this one forward as "The Truth", I just put it out there amongst all the others as an alternative to the largely false: "Evil Dragon eats tastey humans" fable.
D.O.P.R
The question is: "Why do Dragons eat virgins?"
Now, without going into a great deal of detail about ancient Draconic history or the shifting beleifs about Dragonity's purpose in the world, I will say that it's population control.
Many many years ago, while mankind was still in it's infancy, Dragon's had reached their apex and were already in decline (a process that, alas, has only increased with time).
But still being a rather mighty power in the world, and feeling a responcibility to mange it, it was discussed what, if anything, should be done about 'Men'.
The descision came down to the Dragon Father, who met with his counsil and descided that they didn't have the right to govern Men and that they should be allowed to follow their own destinies uninterfeired with.
This ruling was not universially accepted, and there were (and I beleive, still are) many Dragons who reject it and become involved, directly or indirectly with the actions of Men. Some for good, some less so.
As Men multiplied and grew in power and intellect (but not in wisdom), a significant minority began to feel that the population of Men should be kept in check.
Men didn't seem to have respect for the natural things around them, except for as far as it suited their purposes - and they made constant war with one another and took from the earth but gave nothing back.
So there were individuals who took it upon themselves to cull the human population.
While this was done in many ways by many differant Drakes (some of whome had differant reasoning then this), the idea of virgin-taking seems most remembered, and has become itself a cliche.
The reasoning, as far as I know, was this:
If the men were taken, the exess would only decline in the short term while the rest just made better time ina creating more.
However, the number of babies a woman can bear has limits, and no increase in breeding action will increase that number. So by removing a percentage of woman, a greater percentage of potential humans is also removed.
Yet, Dragons are not monsters; and do not wish to see any unecessary orphans. Also, it's little use taking a woman who has already been bred.
So, it's down to virgins.
While it was never openly condoned amoung the greater castes, it appears to have been widely practised in one form or another. Also, while it's true that many received far too much enjoyment out of culling the human population, it was originally done pragmaticly, and not out of malice.
Indeed, one of the reasons Mankind was left so alone (and continues to be) is that it was reckognized early on that Mankind has the potential to go to great heights in all feilds of thought and deed, and it was felt that they should be given the chance to discover that potential on their own.
So there you have it. There are, or course, other explinations and I'm not going to put this one forward as "The Truth", I just put it out there amongst all the others as an alternative to the largely false: "Evil Dragon eats tastey humans" fable.
D.O.P.R
The Mysterious Mr. D.O.P.R
General | Posted 18 years agoAs further proof that Wikipedia has everything (except webcomics) I imput my name and leared some strange things about myself.
Apperantly I'm a “heavy duty psychedelic,” complete with alterations of the thought-process and visual distortions.
I was given a +++ on the Shulgin Rating Scale.
"Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of DOPR."
But my dosage range is listed as 2.5-5 mgs, and the duration is listed as 20-30 hours.
As some already know, the meaning behind my acronym is a subject of much speculation - which I am quick to encourage.
Indeed, I keep a list full of guesses such as these:
"Director Of Pear Rolls
Director Of Public Relations
Distance Of Peace Relative
Dragon Of Princely Royalty
Director Of Physical Relationships
Dipshit Ordering Peasants to Regress
Dominatrix Ovulating with Penis Requirements
Desist Or Pay Reparations
Dragon Of Perpetual Ravaging
Double Orally Penitrated Raptors
Damn Oviraptors Pwned Raptors
Dragon Operations Plan Responce
Devourer Of Purple Rabbits
Deflowerer of Purple Rabbits
2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylamphetamine"
...and many more! I'm always happy to expand my list.
So if anyone out there has a guess, let me know and I'll add it to the list!
D.O.P.R
Apperantly I'm a “heavy duty psychedelic,” complete with alterations of the thought-process and visual distortions.
I was given a +++ on the Shulgin Rating Scale.
"Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of DOPR."
But my dosage range is listed as 2.5-5 mgs, and the duration is listed as 20-30 hours.
As some already know, the meaning behind my acronym is a subject of much speculation - which I am quick to encourage.
Indeed, I keep a list full of guesses such as these:
"Director Of Pear Rolls
Director Of Public Relations
Distance Of Peace Relative
Dragon Of Princely Royalty
Director Of Physical Relationships
Dipshit Ordering Peasants to Regress
Dominatrix Ovulating with Penis Requirements
Desist Or Pay Reparations
Dragon Of Perpetual Ravaging
Double Orally Penitrated Raptors
Damn Oviraptors Pwned Raptors
Dragon Operations Plan Responce
Devourer Of Purple Rabbits
Deflowerer of Purple Rabbits
2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylamphetamine"
...and many more! I'm always happy to expand my list.
So if anyone out there has a guess, let me know and I'll add it to the list!
D.O.P.R
Various Update Stuff
General | Posted 18 years agoThe title explains it - just a general update for all of you in FA-land to show that I'm not dead.
First off, I unfortunatly have to say that I won't be accepting any commisssions for a while. I've proven myself untrustworthy when it comes to getting them out in a timely fashion, and I can't in good conscience take so long on a work and then expect money afterwards.
So for the time being, I won't be accepting any money-for-art.
Those commissions/trades I still have will be completed and I once again ask the forgivness of the others involved for taking so long. But for the forseeable future, I won't be accepting anymore money for art.
However, I will still be giving away gift-art like I always do and will also partake in requests and perhaps trades if I am interested and motivated, so don't everyone forsake me! I still want to do art for others, I just want to avoid the pressure of having (feeling obligated and under time-pressure) to do pics.
On a related note, I'm still writing, though my time to do so is much less then it was. I write best when I'm alone, and that happens now very seldom. I also have to be in the mood to write, which occurs more frequantly, but rarely when I am in a position to write (like at work).
Gino's Cure is still alive and I am anxious to get over the current plot-complication ( # "How do I write about that?" ) and onto the conclusion of the tale.
I am also writing an erotic story featuring a female Red Kangaroo which has been capturing most of my literary attention lately.
So there are good things on the horizon (however distant).
Switching gears, yesterday as I was being dropped off from work, I noticed that one of the dumpsters in my apartment's parking lot was filled with various articles left over from a recent move (or so I guessed). Among the items I glimsped as I was driven by was a peice of wood sticking up that my semi-experianced eye thought to be a gun stock. I mentioned this to my dad, but it was so unlikely that neither of us thought any more about it.
Later that evening, I went out to throw away several empty soda boxes and found that what I had taken for a rifle stock - actually was....kindof.... In the dumpster, someone had thrown away an honest-to-goodness crossbow.
It looks to be handmade, and though the remaning parts are all very well manufactured, the person didn't seem to really know about crossbows.
The lathe of the bow is very slightly recurved, but is made out of heavy alluminum and if the 'string' (a length of metal cable) were drawn fully back, it would either bend or break. It's attached onto the stock with a heavy nut and washer, though how that is secured within the frame (wether by glue, or threading or whatnot) I don't know.
The string, as mentioned, is a length of metal cable. And while it's wrapped and secured very well, I'm dubious as to it's actuall effectivness.
The fireing/drawing mechanism is completly gone, though it looks as though it had a classic 'trigger' rather then a lever-style 'tickler'.
There is a deep bolt-groove down the center of the shaft and a curious hole drilled through the left of the stock into where the catch/latch should be. It doesn't go all the way through the right side.
The stock itself is definatly the most well constructed part of the whole item. Whoever made it obviously had access to tools and knowledge.
I found one 'bolt' with it. I put that in quotations becuase the 'bolt' is just an arrow with the fletching torn off.
Overall it's a decent display peice, but really nothing more.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who has watched or favorited me. I appreciate evey single one.
D.O.P.R
First off, I unfortunatly have to say that I won't be accepting any commisssions for a while. I've proven myself untrustworthy when it comes to getting them out in a timely fashion, and I can't in good conscience take so long on a work and then expect money afterwards.
So for the time being, I won't be accepting any money-for-art.
Those commissions/trades I still have will be completed and I once again ask the forgivness of the others involved for taking so long. But for the forseeable future, I won't be accepting anymore money for art.
However, I will still be giving away gift-art like I always do and will also partake in requests and perhaps trades if I am interested and motivated, so don't everyone forsake me! I still want to do art for others, I just want to avoid the pressure of having (feeling obligated and under time-pressure) to do pics.
On a related note, I'm still writing, though my time to do so is much less then it was. I write best when I'm alone, and that happens now very seldom. I also have to be in the mood to write, which occurs more frequantly, but rarely when I am in a position to write (like at work).
Gino's Cure is still alive and I am anxious to get over the current plot-complication ( # "How do I write about that?" ) and onto the conclusion of the tale.
I am also writing an erotic story featuring a female Red Kangaroo which has been capturing most of my literary attention lately.
So there are good things on the horizon (however distant).
Switching gears, yesterday as I was being dropped off from work, I noticed that one of the dumpsters in my apartment's parking lot was filled with various articles left over from a recent move (or so I guessed). Among the items I glimsped as I was driven by was a peice of wood sticking up that my semi-experianced eye thought to be a gun stock. I mentioned this to my dad, but it was so unlikely that neither of us thought any more about it.
Later that evening, I went out to throw away several empty soda boxes and found that what I had taken for a rifle stock - actually was....kindof.... In the dumpster, someone had thrown away an honest-to-goodness crossbow.
It looks to be handmade, and though the remaning parts are all very well manufactured, the person didn't seem to really know about crossbows.
The lathe of the bow is very slightly recurved, but is made out of heavy alluminum and if the 'string' (a length of metal cable) were drawn fully back, it would either bend or break. It's attached onto the stock with a heavy nut and washer, though how that is secured within the frame (wether by glue, or threading or whatnot) I don't know.
The string, as mentioned, is a length of metal cable. And while it's wrapped and secured very well, I'm dubious as to it's actuall effectivness.
The fireing/drawing mechanism is completly gone, though it looks as though it had a classic 'trigger' rather then a lever-style 'tickler'.
There is a deep bolt-groove down the center of the shaft and a curious hole drilled through the left of the stock into where the catch/latch should be. It doesn't go all the way through the right side.
The stock itself is definatly the most well constructed part of the whole item. Whoever made it obviously had access to tools and knowledge.
I found one 'bolt' with it. I put that in quotations becuase the 'bolt' is just an arrow with the fletching torn off.
Overall it's a decent display peice, but really nothing more.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who has watched or favorited me. I appreciate evey single one.
D.O.P.R
Bonkers Mate!
General | Posted 18 years agoAre there any writers out there who would be interested in going over a story of mine and giving it a few critiques?
I've been working on an erotic short story about a Kangaroo and I'd value some opinions on how it reads/sounds/feels.
Also, if anyone out there is well-versed in Australian slang (preferably someone from Austrailia) I could use a few common terms.
As far as the critique, keep in mind that it's an erotic story featuring bestiality, so if such topics are offensive to any of you, please don't volenteer and then complain about it to me.
It's also going to be unfinished for a while and is in a rough state. I'd like some critiques now while it's still easy to change things, and maybe some suggestions on how to finish out the rest of it.
I should also add that while I would appreciate all suggestions/comments the story is still my own and I reserve the right to accept, or refuse advice/requests.
I only say this because I had a reviewer once who thought that his idea for the story was better, and was offended when I didn't change it into what he wanted (sorry, but I'm not going to introduce a thinly-veiled copy of your own character at the last minute to save the day and shag the girl).
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I've been working on an erotic short story about a Kangaroo and I'd value some opinions on how it reads/sounds/feels.
Also, if anyone out there is well-versed in Australian slang (preferably someone from Austrailia) I could use a few common terms.
As far as the critique, keep in mind that it's an erotic story featuring bestiality, so if such topics are offensive to any of you, please don't volenteer and then complain about it to me.
It's also going to be unfinished for a while and is in a rough state. I'd like some critiques now while it's still easy to change things, and maybe some suggestions on how to finish out the rest of it.
I should also add that while I would appreciate all suggestions/comments the story is still my own and I reserve the right to accept, or refuse advice/requests.
I only say this because I had a reviewer once who thought that his idea for the story was better, and was offended when I didn't change it into what he wanted (sorry, but I'm not going to introduce a thinly-veiled copy of your own character at the last minute to save the day and shag the girl).
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FrankenComp
General | Posted 18 years agoWell, it may not be Halloween anymore, but there are still a few "Mad Scientists" out there taking parts from the (almost) dead and using them to create new life.
A certain Drake I know who is a computer guru did us a HUGE favour and used his skills to take apart two mediocre (read: broken) computers and used the best parts from each to build us a single, fairly good comp (by that I mean we can play C&C3 again, praise be! not to mention DVDs ).
For that task we are very much in his debt and we owe him bigtime.
But amidst all that excitment, I had a terrible scare.
Knowing how finicky hard drives could be, I invested a while back into a fairly nice 200gig external drive. Onto this drive, I save all my crucial files - including my stories, scans of my work, photos from my digital camera, etc. Years worth of picture collecting and meticulous sorting.
By meticulous, I mean just that. Every pic I download, wether it be something from FChan, or FA - from scans of giftart/commissions to wallpapers or porn I label with a modifier at the end of the filename to help in searching for topics or desired content, and then sorted by artist or theme (Anubis, Renamon, Wallpapers, Cartoon Parodies, Yiff, Non-Yiff, etc).
In the case of porn, a plain hetero pic would be (M+F). This usage of course naturally leads into (M+M) and (F+F) as well.
In some cases, a further modifier is added based on theme or situation. A hermaphrodite being plowed by two males, one of which is a non-anthro horse, would be (M+H+M-z). The -z is for 'Zoo', designating that there is bestiality. -o is for 'Orgy' (any grouping more then four participants unless the artist themselves designates it as an orgy pic), and so on and so forth.
As is obvious, this system is rather time intensive and displays somewhat my obsessive-compulsive tendancies (at least I don't spend all day organizing pencils). In it's way, it's something that I'm very proud of - I'm not the type to just download anything and everything I find, I cull through the internet; harvesting the ripe and pleasing bits and organizing them with tender care...
Or something like that....
Anyway, it's something that I've taken pride in and have been working on since before I had ever heard of the Fandom. It's been my most persistant unobtrusive hobby, so you can imagine my horror when we plugged the external drive, home to my collection, into the freshly assembled FrankenComp and saw it register as "Unallocated".
I'll leave it to each individual reader to image for themselves the feelings that are brought by the announcement that a HUGE part of your life has just disapeared.
For a long while, my mind wouldn't grasp the full scope of this personal disaster, but eventually it ate it's way into me.
Saying I was "concerned" would be like saying outer space is "cozy".
I was horror-stricken.
My heart was cleaved.
Just about any phrase designating horror and loss would hardly have managed to overstate my feelings as I was forced to accept the possibility that all that might be gone forever.
Now I don't need to be told how important it is to backup files. I've had drives crash on my before, hence my use of an external drive which I deemed to be safer and more reliable under stress then an internal. And I have stacks of CDs containing copies of photos and files - made more then a year ago.
A classic artist once said that paintings are never 'completed', they are only abandoned. That's how my stories are. I'll have fits where I add a half-dozen pages in a few hours, and then not touch it for months. And I create new stories all the time - I'm even planning on starting a new one tonight about a non-anthro kangaroo with an intimate job on an Australian millitary base.
With those gone, where would I find the motivation to wrtite them again?
Making an already too-long story shorter, I was devastated thinking that all that was gone. But I wasn't wholly without hope. The Bun installed and began a file-recovery program on the drive the next morning, and I had resolved to take the drive to a file-recovery specialist (despite the price) should that fail.
All that day while I was at work my stomach was knotted and my heart felt like a weighted storage cube (only not as pleasent and rounded). I don't think I could have been more nervous if one of my own relatives were laying on their deathbed.
It's been a long-standing philosophy of mine (came upon independently) to "Hope of the best, but expect the worse."
That was my mood and my credo that whole day.
Everytime the phone rang in my department I wondered if it was The Bun with news. But I heard nothing untill I got home.
All was well. The recovery program was sucessful. The external drive (named, 'The Vault' ) had been in the proccess of 'talking' to the C drive when it was disconected. When it was plugged back in, that drive had been reformated and Windows reinstalled. Not being able to reckognize all these strange new drives, it refused to talk to them.
But now, I am happy to say that 'The Vault' is back up and running and I can now play all my games and DVDs on a newly assembled computer.
After I reinstall them and the drivers for all my peripherals.
My scanner is the priority device at the moment (I still have to scan in those pics for Kitsubaka's trade-thingy) and when it's back, I should be uploading a bunch.
Now...does anyone have a 220+gig drive that they don't want? I could use it...
D.O.P.R
A certain Drake I know who is a computer guru did us a HUGE favour and used his skills to take apart two mediocre (read: broken) computers and used the best parts from each to build us a single, fairly good comp (by that I mean we can play C&C3 again, praise be! not to mention DVDs ).
For that task we are very much in his debt and we owe him bigtime.
But amidst all that excitment, I had a terrible scare.
Knowing how finicky hard drives could be, I invested a while back into a fairly nice 200gig external drive. Onto this drive, I save all my crucial files - including my stories, scans of my work, photos from my digital camera, etc. Years worth of picture collecting and meticulous sorting.
By meticulous, I mean just that. Every pic I download, wether it be something from FChan, or FA - from scans of giftart/commissions to wallpapers or porn I label with a modifier at the end of the filename to help in searching for topics or desired content, and then sorted by artist or theme (Anubis, Renamon, Wallpapers, Cartoon Parodies, Yiff, Non-Yiff, etc).
In the case of porn, a plain hetero pic would be (M+F). This usage of course naturally leads into (M+M) and (F+F) as well.
In some cases, a further modifier is added based on theme or situation. A hermaphrodite being plowed by two males, one of which is a non-anthro horse, would be (M+H+M-z). The -z is for 'Zoo', designating that there is bestiality. -o is for 'Orgy' (any grouping more then four participants unless the artist themselves designates it as an orgy pic), and so on and so forth.
As is obvious, this system is rather time intensive and displays somewhat my obsessive-compulsive tendancies (at least I don't spend all day organizing pencils). In it's way, it's something that I'm very proud of - I'm not the type to just download anything and everything I find, I cull through the internet; harvesting the ripe and pleasing bits and organizing them with tender care...
Or something like that....
Anyway, it's something that I've taken pride in and have been working on since before I had ever heard of the Fandom. It's been my most persistant unobtrusive hobby, so you can imagine my horror when we plugged the external drive, home to my collection, into the freshly assembled FrankenComp and saw it register as "Unallocated".
I'll leave it to each individual reader to image for themselves the feelings that are brought by the announcement that a HUGE part of your life has just disapeared.
For a long while, my mind wouldn't grasp the full scope of this personal disaster, but eventually it ate it's way into me.
Saying I was "concerned" would be like saying outer space is "cozy".
I was horror-stricken.
My heart was cleaved.
Just about any phrase designating horror and loss would hardly have managed to overstate my feelings as I was forced to accept the possibility that all that might be gone forever.
Now I don't need to be told how important it is to backup files. I've had drives crash on my before, hence my use of an external drive which I deemed to be safer and more reliable under stress then an internal. And I have stacks of CDs containing copies of photos and files - made more then a year ago.
A classic artist once said that paintings are never 'completed', they are only abandoned. That's how my stories are. I'll have fits where I add a half-dozen pages in a few hours, and then not touch it for months. And I create new stories all the time - I'm even planning on starting a new one tonight about a non-anthro kangaroo with an intimate job on an Australian millitary base.
With those gone, where would I find the motivation to wrtite them again?
Making an already too-long story shorter, I was devastated thinking that all that was gone. But I wasn't wholly without hope. The Bun installed and began a file-recovery program on the drive the next morning, and I had resolved to take the drive to a file-recovery specialist (despite the price) should that fail.
All that day while I was at work my stomach was knotted and my heart felt like a weighted storage cube (only not as pleasent and rounded). I don't think I could have been more nervous if one of my own relatives were laying on their deathbed.
It's been a long-standing philosophy of mine (came upon independently) to "Hope of the best, but expect the worse."
That was my mood and my credo that whole day.
Everytime the phone rang in my department I wondered if it was The Bun with news. But I heard nothing untill I got home.
All was well. The recovery program was sucessful. The external drive (named, 'The Vault' ) had been in the proccess of 'talking' to the C drive when it was disconected. When it was plugged back in, that drive had been reformated and Windows reinstalled. Not being able to reckognize all these strange new drives, it refused to talk to them.
But now, I am happy to say that 'The Vault' is back up and running and I can now play all my games and DVDs on a newly assembled computer.
After I reinstall them and the drivers for all my peripherals.
My scanner is the priority device at the moment (I still have to scan in those pics for Kitsubaka's trade-thingy) and when it's back, I should be uploading a bunch.
Now...does anyone have a 220+gig drive that they don't want? I could use it...
D.O.P.R
FA vs. Yiffit
General | Posted 18 years agoThe whole FA vs. Yiffit thing seems to be just the latest battle in a longer war.
On one side we have a site like FA which is open to all and sundry - no requirements and more-or-less unregulated in it's acceptable content.
That means that anyone can create an account regardless of skill-level and show off his art to a mixed community of other artists with all ranges of tastes, preferances, skills and talents.
Of course, this also means that any schmoe can spam the browse section with pics of his dog, screenshots of his Second Life character, 5minute notebook scribbles or whatnot and push other, arguably more worthy, content into obscurity. And it also makes it easier (as we've seen recently) for trolls to get in and harass people (we should all thank the mods however for being so quick at dealing with these pests).
On the other side, we have a site like Yiffit, which monitors content, screens it's users and strives to provide a more 'clean' and professional environment.
This allows skilled artists to interact with their peers in a more directed environment without having to worry that their agonizingly detailed five-hour project gets bumped into the obscurity bin by a slew of random doodles or asinine screenshots. They can also monitor content so that undesireable content such as scat or cubart can be excluded.
But before you can reap such benefits, you have to prove yourself 'worthy' to join those elite ranks. Mandatory "skill" requirments and content rejection based on the moderators personal perceptions/interpretations of the rules are an everyday requirment. It also creates an elitist attitude that is very divisive.
I bring all this up so as to say that both sites have benefits, and drawbacks - especially to the extreme poles of artistry - i.e. the very good, and the very bad/just starting.
To some very good artists (with bad attitudes), a place like FA is a hive of wreched mongrels, scrambling for attention.
Whereas to some that are just starting out (or have had there work rejected), Yiffit is a snotty group of elitist j-holes living in a fascist environment.
I already know that my work would never meet the quality standards that Yiffit has installed, but not all the work I want to see is of that high a quality, and there are people that I've met here on FA that I am glad to know who also aren't as good (but are still great people).
So FA works for me.
There are other artists who are frustrated by the lack of appreciation they get for their hard-wrought works next to sketchy horse schlong, and would prefer the critiques of their peers to the general (-ly porn obsessed) public. They also might not necessarily want to see pics of 3yo cubs with 15ft schlongs and 80lb boobs rolling around in their own dung.
Both sites were each made for different groups, and in their own ways operate for the benefit of those groups.
FA is an open street-market, while Yiffit is like a department store. They are each just as useful and personally, I'm glad that there are options out there.
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On one side we have a site like FA which is open to all and sundry - no requirements and more-or-less unregulated in it's acceptable content.
That means that anyone can create an account regardless of skill-level and show off his art to a mixed community of other artists with all ranges of tastes, preferances, skills and talents.
Of course, this also means that any schmoe can spam the browse section with pics of his dog, screenshots of his Second Life character, 5minute notebook scribbles or whatnot and push other, arguably more worthy, content into obscurity. And it also makes it easier (as we've seen recently) for trolls to get in and harass people (we should all thank the mods however for being so quick at dealing with these pests).
On the other side, we have a site like Yiffit, which monitors content, screens it's users and strives to provide a more 'clean' and professional environment.
This allows skilled artists to interact with their peers in a more directed environment without having to worry that their agonizingly detailed five-hour project gets bumped into the obscurity bin by a slew of random doodles or asinine screenshots. They can also monitor content so that undesireable content such as scat or cubart can be excluded.
But before you can reap such benefits, you have to prove yourself 'worthy' to join those elite ranks. Mandatory "skill" requirments and content rejection based on the moderators personal perceptions/interpretations of the rules are an everyday requirment. It also creates an elitist attitude that is very divisive.
I bring all this up so as to say that both sites have benefits, and drawbacks - especially to the extreme poles of artistry - i.e. the very good, and the very bad/just starting.
To some very good artists (with bad attitudes), a place like FA is a hive of wreched mongrels, scrambling for attention.
Whereas to some that are just starting out (or have had there work rejected), Yiffit is a snotty group of elitist j-holes living in a fascist environment.
I already know that my work would never meet the quality standards that Yiffit has installed, but not all the work I want to see is of that high a quality, and there are people that I've met here on FA that I am glad to know who also aren't as good (but are still great people).
So FA works for me.
There are other artists who are frustrated by the lack of appreciation they get for their hard-wrought works next to sketchy horse schlong, and would prefer the critiques of their peers to the general (-ly porn obsessed) public. They also might not necessarily want to see pics of 3yo cubs with 15ft schlongs and 80lb boobs rolling around in their own dung.
Both sites were each made for different groups, and in their own ways operate for the benefit of those groups.
FA is an open street-market, while Yiffit is like a department store. They are each just as useful and personally, I'm glad that there are options out there.
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The Foul Undead.
General | Posted 18 years agoI hate zombies.
No seriously - I HATE zombies...
I have zombie-phobia, or more appropriatly called ambulothanatophobia or necrothanatophobia.
However you name it, I have a blinding fear of the Living Dead.
I'm not kidding folks, I loathe the undead. Yet I'm fasinated by them.
Whenever I'm in our local bookstore, I'm drawn toward the graphic novel section and find myself staring in horror (yet unable to look away) from the various zombie-tomes.
I hate them - deep, fearful hate.
My town has an annual 'Zombie Walk'. A person I knew in town who was aware of my Zombie-phobia resolved to take me there once (without my knowing), but fortunatly he didn't know the time or place and it was over before he brought me there.
If he had succeeded, someone might have died. Possibly me!
If there were ever a genuine zombie outbreak, I would be one of the first to shoot myself in the head.
Zombies are a terror I simply cannot live with.
The horror....the horror...
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No seriously - I HATE zombies...
I have zombie-phobia, or more appropriatly called ambulothanatophobia or necrothanatophobia.
However you name it, I have a blinding fear of the Living Dead.
I'm not kidding folks, I loathe the undead. Yet I'm fasinated by them.
Whenever I'm in our local bookstore, I'm drawn toward the graphic novel section and find myself staring in horror (yet unable to look away) from the various zombie-tomes.
I hate them - deep, fearful hate.
My town has an annual 'Zombie Walk'. A person I knew in town who was aware of my Zombie-phobia resolved to take me there once (without my knowing), but fortunatly he didn't know the time or place and it was over before he brought me there.
If he had succeeded, someone might have died. Possibly me!
If there were ever a genuine zombie outbreak, I would be one of the first to shoot myself in the head.
Zombies are a terror I simply cannot live with.
The horror....the horror...
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Rather Busy
General | Posted 18 years agoJust letting people know that I'm still around, but I'm rather busy.
It seems lately that I've got a great deal to do both at home, at work, and in the art feild (including commisions and art-jams).
This is also why I havn't been signed on very much (less even then is usual for me).
But I send love to all my 'peeps':
athus
fullbloodlion
gildedtongue
and the others who know who they are...
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It seems lately that I've got a great deal to do both at home, at work, and in the art feild (including commisions and art-jams).
This is also why I havn't been signed on very much (less even then is usual for me).
But I send love to all my 'peeps':
athus
fullbloodlion
gildedtongueand the others who know who they are...
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Still Alive
General | Posted 18 years agoI am still alive, but things have been tough lately and I'm haveing a hard time of it; so I apologize to those to whom I still owe art and to those who see me on AIM.
I may be silent for a bit longer - but I'm not wholly out of contact. Notes to me here, and in my email will be answered if/when I receive them.
I ask that you forgive me while I work through these troubles and have patience.
Thanks.
D.O.P.R
I may be silent for a bit longer - but I'm not wholly out of contact. Notes to me here, and in my email will be answered if/when I receive them.
I ask that you forgive me while I work through these troubles and have patience.
Thanks.
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Comp Advice Requested
General | Posted 18 years agoWe had a bit of a scare here just a moment ago.
Both of the computers we have are very old - the nicest and newest one (nicknamed the "Big" computer) which I built from a Gateway base is already four years old; and though I've been good about keeping it up to date, it's at the end of it's upgrade life.
The other (aka "Smaller" ) computer was a generously given gift, but is not as new nor as powerful as the Bigger one and is plauged by mysterious errors and hardware issues.
About a hour ago, the smaller computer hiccuped and died. Restarting wouldn't load past the HP screen untill I unplugged all USB devices, and then it wouldn't reckognize my external harddrive which I keep all my important data on.
After quite a bit of fiddling via the device manager and some in-case dusting, I got things to working order again. But it's just made more urgent the need to get a new machine.
The Bigger comp has served me well for about four years or so, but it's days are numbered and I no longer trust the Smaller comp to last much longer.
I'm not terribly keen on building my own PC from scratch - I don't really trust my own skills that far.
So I'm asking you savvy people out there in FA-land if any of you can reccomend a relatively inexpencive gaming computer that I can buy "out-of-the-box".
I don't need to move mountains or decode NASA - just something new/er that I can run all my games on with decent graphics and framerates that won't put me several thousand in debt, and preferably has a decent forseeable upgrade life.
Basicly something that will last me a few years of casual gaming and photoshopping (as well as web-surfing and FA viewing).
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Any suggestions?
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Both of the computers we have are very old - the nicest and newest one (nicknamed the "Big" computer) which I built from a Gateway base is already four years old; and though I've been good about keeping it up to date, it's at the end of it's upgrade life.
The other (aka "Smaller" ) computer was a generously given gift, but is not as new nor as powerful as the Bigger one and is plauged by mysterious errors and hardware issues.
About a hour ago, the smaller computer hiccuped and died. Restarting wouldn't load past the HP screen untill I unplugged all USB devices, and then it wouldn't reckognize my external harddrive which I keep all my important data on.
After quite a bit of fiddling via the device manager and some in-case dusting, I got things to working order again. But it's just made more urgent the need to get a new machine.
The Bigger comp has served me well for about four years or so, but it's days are numbered and I no longer trust the Smaller comp to last much longer.
I'm not terribly keen on building my own PC from scratch - I don't really trust my own skills that far.
So I'm asking you savvy people out there in FA-land if any of you can reccomend a relatively inexpencive gaming computer that I can buy "out-of-the-box".
I don't need to move mountains or decode NASA - just something new/er that I can run all my games on with decent graphics and framerates that won't put me several thousand in debt, and preferably has a decent forseeable upgrade life.
Basicly something that will last me a few years of casual gaming and photoshopping (as well as web-surfing and FA viewing).
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Any suggestions?
D.O.P.R
The Enrichment Center is Required to Remind you...
General | Posted 18 years ago...that you will be baked, and then there will be cake.
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WARNING! Political Opinion Within
General | Posted 18 years agoSomething about this just seems wrong:
http://wonkette.com/politics/4%27-p.....it/-306356.php
Now there is more behind the bill then the title suggests. The reasoning the White House is using for vetoing the bill is that it provides tax-payer's money to pay for health care for the children of middle-class families (who they argue should already have it) while still leaving poorer families in not a much better situation.
Also, they want to avoid "socialized" health care (which I personally am in favor of having).
Still, this sounds very much like he is trying to whitewash a dirty deed.
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http://wonkette.com/politics/4%27-p.....it/-306356.php
Now there is more behind the bill then the title suggests. The reasoning the White House is using for vetoing the bill is that it provides tax-payer's money to pay for health care for the children of middle-class families (who they argue should already have it) while still leaving poorer families in not a much better situation.
Also, they want to avoid "socialized" health care (which I personally am in favor of having).
Still, this sounds very much like he is trying to whitewash a dirty deed.
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Everybody Look At Your Hands...
General | Posted 18 years agoSAFTEY DANCE!
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Egads! Stress!
General | Posted 18 years agoI hope you all can forgive me if I have seemed somewhat peevish or abrasive the last few weeks.
I'm not immune to stress and sadly it's been rather heavy on my shoulders as of late and I'm afraid I've neglecting my friends or offended them accidentaly.
If I have, I'm terribly sorry and I ask your pardon.
I don't mean to spam your inboxes with my emo-rants, but I felt an apology was neccessary just in case.
Like all dark clouds, this too will pass away in time.
D.O.P.R
I'm not immune to stress and sadly it's been rather heavy on my shoulders as of late and I'm afraid I've neglecting my friends or offended them accidentaly.
If I have, I'm terribly sorry and I ask your pardon.
I don't mean to spam your inboxes with my emo-rants, but I felt an apology was neccessary just in case.
Like all dark clouds, this too will pass away in time.
D.O.P.R
Movie Rant and a Meme
General | Posted 18 years agoAnd once more it's proven that I am intensely discriminating when it comes to movies.
This is a major grief for my fiance, as our tastes in many things, including movies, are quite differant.
She is an anime fan - I most decidedly am not. She also enjoys the later Disney and Pixar movies, where I do not.
But whereas she has learned to enjoy some of the things that I am fond of (such as 'The Lord of the Rings' ) I am still distant from many of the things that she enjoys (such as 'Narnia' ). And in some cases, I'm openly critical (perhaps too much).
In some things however I've become more knowlegable (such as 'Harry Potter' and 'Yu Yu Hakosho' ) so that I can at least to some degree share some of her passions with her, even if I'm not passionate about them myself.
She appreciates this, but nevertheless feels that I'm not being fair. She doesn't want to force me to see or do things that I don't want to (bless her) but she still is hurt that I don't share in any of the things that she enjoys.
The lastest outbreak on this front was 'Clerks2'. I had seen the original a long time ago, but really only remember bits and peices - mostly of Jay and Silent Bob who I like.
She had seen the sequal in the theature and very much enjoyed it. Just recently I borrowed a copy of the DVD from a coworker because I was curious about it and felt that there were at least a few scenes that I would enjoy (namely the infamous 'Donkey Scene' and a fight between LOTRs fans and StarWars fans. Being a LOTR fan myself, I had to see how it commenced and how it ended).
Let me say at this point, that I don't know what class of movies 'Clerks2' belongs in, or what it's officially billed to be - 'Clerks2', 'Waiting', 'American Pie', etc all leave me with the same flavor.
It would be a genuine understatement to say that these movies leave me 'frustrated'. There are characters in these movies which push my temper far beyond 'frustrated' and well nigh enraged.
Arrogant, ignorant, dick-driven, machismo bastards who tap the reserves of rage within me like very few things can.
And these movies are tailor-made for them. Aside from some painfully trite, usually moral defeat/revelation at the end, they romp throughout their lives pouring derision and venom down upon the 'lesser' men (and all women) they deal with day-to-day.
But as I said, the movies are made for them. Though they are consistant slackers and shirk all duties - they are never fired. Though they treat him with the same (or more) raillery, the more mellow, down-to-earth man character (i.e. foil) remains his 'Best Friend'.
I saw maybe a half-hour of 'Clerks2' before I broke down and simply couldn't watch anymore without screaming at the television.
I could continue railing on about what made me so angry, but suffice to say that I cannot abide films that glorify such people as I have menioned, in any way. Or show them glorifying themselves.
Too much they remind me of those who do everything for 'teh lulz', and feel justified therein.
But also I'm somewhat greived because I know very well that I'm taking such things way too seriosuly and am missing out on a lot of "lulz".
And it also seems that the older I get, the less I'm willing to go out and see new films or read new books - my opions harden and my preferances narrow.
I'd hate to think that I'm growing close-minded toward things outside my prefered taste - or worse yet, am growing intolerant of things that I don't myself enjoy. But what should I? Sit and endure something that I myself cannot stand? Plaster my face with a false grin while I watch some abhorant film with growing rage and frustration?
Might as well ask me to learn to appreciate the bleeding out of horses by watching it being performed for two hours.
I'm ranting.
These questions are, of course rhetorical, but feel free to answer. Though the questions are rhetorical, I nevertheless crave advice and opinions.
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So as to make this journal not wholly pointless, I'll add on a meme that I've seen around and thought was worth a try.
Pick five (5) of your favorite artists and list them. They don't have to be you absolute favorites, just five artists who you love to see artwork from.
Pass the love around!
meesh
Narse
macroceli
touchmybadger
kyoht
and here's one that gets a special mention for his written works:
swamprat
There - so now my rant is at least partially vindicated by spreading a good-natured meme.
D.O.P.R
This is a major grief for my fiance, as our tastes in many things, including movies, are quite differant.
She is an anime fan - I most decidedly am not. She also enjoys the later Disney and Pixar movies, where I do not.
But whereas she has learned to enjoy some of the things that I am fond of (such as 'The Lord of the Rings' ) I am still distant from many of the things that she enjoys (such as 'Narnia' ). And in some cases, I'm openly critical (perhaps too much).
In some things however I've become more knowlegable (such as 'Harry Potter' and 'Yu Yu Hakosho' ) so that I can at least to some degree share some of her passions with her, even if I'm not passionate about them myself.
She appreciates this, but nevertheless feels that I'm not being fair. She doesn't want to force me to see or do things that I don't want to (bless her) but she still is hurt that I don't share in any of the things that she enjoys.
The lastest outbreak on this front was 'Clerks2'. I had seen the original a long time ago, but really only remember bits and peices - mostly of Jay and Silent Bob who I like.
She had seen the sequal in the theature and very much enjoyed it. Just recently I borrowed a copy of the DVD from a coworker because I was curious about it and felt that there were at least a few scenes that I would enjoy (namely the infamous 'Donkey Scene' and a fight between LOTRs fans and StarWars fans. Being a LOTR fan myself, I had to see how it commenced and how it ended).
Let me say at this point, that I don't know what class of movies 'Clerks2' belongs in, or what it's officially billed to be - 'Clerks2', 'Waiting', 'American Pie', etc all leave me with the same flavor.
It would be a genuine understatement to say that these movies leave me 'frustrated'. There are characters in these movies which push my temper far beyond 'frustrated' and well nigh enraged.
Arrogant, ignorant, dick-driven, machismo bastards who tap the reserves of rage within me like very few things can.
And these movies are tailor-made for them. Aside from some painfully trite, usually moral defeat/revelation at the end, they romp throughout their lives pouring derision and venom down upon the 'lesser' men (and all women) they deal with day-to-day.
But as I said, the movies are made for them. Though they are consistant slackers and shirk all duties - they are never fired. Though they treat him with the same (or more) raillery, the more mellow, down-to-earth man character (i.e. foil) remains his 'Best Friend'.
I saw maybe a half-hour of 'Clerks2' before I broke down and simply couldn't watch anymore without screaming at the television.
I could continue railing on about what made me so angry, but suffice to say that I cannot abide films that glorify such people as I have menioned, in any way. Or show them glorifying themselves.
Too much they remind me of those who do everything for 'teh lulz', and feel justified therein.
But also I'm somewhat greived because I know very well that I'm taking such things way too seriosuly and am missing out on a lot of "lulz".
And it also seems that the older I get, the less I'm willing to go out and see new films or read new books - my opions harden and my preferances narrow.
I'd hate to think that I'm growing close-minded toward things outside my prefered taste - or worse yet, am growing intolerant of things that I don't myself enjoy. But what should I? Sit and endure something that I myself cannot stand? Plaster my face with a false grin while I watch some abhorant film with growing rage and frustration?
Might as well ask me to learn to appreciate the bleeding out of horses by watching it being performed for two hours.
I'm ranting.
These questions are, of course rhetorical, but feel free to answer. Though the questions are rhetorical, I nevertheless crave advice and opinions.
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So as to make this journal not wholly pointless, I'll add on a meme that I've seen around and thought was worth a try.
Pick five (5) of your favorite artists and list them. They don't have to be you absolute favorites, just five artists who you love to see artwork from.
Pass the love around!
meesh
Narse
macroceli
touchmybadger
kyohtand here's one that gets a special mention for his written works:
swampratThere - so now my rant is at least partially vindicated by spreading a good-natured meme.
D.O.P.R
MayBell Needs Love
General | Posted 18 years agoI've been thinking about doing another pic of my new mare, MayBell (who can be seen here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/776725/ ).
But poor MayBell needs someone to be with.
So I'm opening up the floor to suggestions on who/what can be a companion for our firey little mare.
If I get enough responces, I might do a poll. If not, then I'll choose from what suggestions are given.
So go ahead, who would you guys like to see her with?
D.O.P.R
But poor MayBell needs someone to be with.
So I'm opening up the floor to suggestions on who/what can be a companion for our firey little mare.
If I get enough responces, I might do a poll. If not, then I'll choose from what suggestions are given.
So go ahead, who would you guys like to see her with?
D.O.P.R
Super Kal
General | Posted 18 years agoThis was a real-life set of comments between The Bun and I on someone's journal.
It was completly random...
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witchiebunny: You will be a dead drake. I'll see you at home dear. <3
DOPR5: Save me Super Kal!
witchiebunny: Who is this Super Kal?
DOPR5: He's a great hero!
witchiebunny: A great hero, hmmm? Why haven't I heard of him?
DOPR5: Well, he's not too strong you see. He's got weak bones...
witchiebunny: Weak bones? Ha! He won't be able to stop me. What good is he as a hero?
DOPR5: But he's got powers! He's got this incredably powerful breath that can make even the strongest villian keel over.
You see - Super-Kal-is-Fragilis-Except-for-Halitosis.
witchiebunny: Okay, for that horrific pun, you are a DOUBLE dead drake.
DOPR5: I regret nothing! Hahahhahahaha! >flees<
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The Bun and I have so much fun sometimes...
D.O.P.R
It was completly random...
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witchiebunny: You will be a dead drake. I'll see you at home dear. <3
DOPR5: Save me Super Kal!
witchiebunny: Who is this Super Kal?
DOPR5: He's a great hero!
witchiebunny: A great hero, hmmm? Why haven't I heard of him?
DOPR5: Well, he's not too strong you see. He's got weak bones...
witchiebunny: Weak bones? Ha! He won't be able to stop me. What good is he as a hero?
DOPR5: But he's got powers! He's got this incredably powerful breath that can make even the strongest villian keel over.
You see - Super-Kal-is-Fragilis-Except-for-Halitosis.
witchiebunny: Okay, for that horrific pun, you are a DOUBLE dead drake.
DOPR5: I regret nothing! Hahahhahahaha! >flees<
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The Bun and I have so much fun sometimes...
D.O.P.R
