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Holy Earthquake Batman
Posted 14 years agoThat was totally unexpected today. O.o!
Apparently a 5.9 hit Virginia near Richmond (from what I can tell on the map). Shook all the way up here and beyond.
Everyone okay?
Apparently a 5.9 hit Virginia near Richmond (from what I can tell on the map). Shook all the way up here and beyond.
Everyone okay?
Steam
Posted 14 years agoI'm on it.
Who else is?
Who else is?
Bioshock
Posted 14 years agoPimping an Art Slave
Posted 14 years agoMy friend 
is doing an auction on is FA site for 10 hours of his time (which would be livestreamed) for whatever you'd like him to draw within that time limit.
Details are posted here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2543229/
Go ahead and check him out, and more importantly, bid! :)
is doing an auction on is FA site for 10 hours of his time (which would be livestreamed) for whatever you'd like him to draw within that time limit.Details are posted here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2543229/
Go ahead and check him out, and more importantly, bid! :)
Preliminary Con Report
Posted 14 years agoI think I may have picked up a con funk...
Advice
Posted 14 years agoSo, if you were going to give me one piece of advice, what would it be?
AC is coming
Posted 14 years agoDo you know were your towel is?
I should actually look through some of my old costume supplies and see if I have any "wizardy" stuff. I think I have a somewhat "gay" wand lying around, in which case, I'll opt for something else. :P
If I'm lucky, I have a wizard hat around and I can play sorceror's apprentice!
I should actually look through some of my old costume supplies and see if I have any "wizardy" stuff. I think I have a somewhat "gay" wand lying around, in which case, I'll opt for something else. :P
If I'm lucky, I have a wizard hat around and I can play sorceror's apprentice!
No pain, no gain
Posted 14 years agoSo, I'm starting out the workout routine again this year. Got it going today, and going to keep pushing myself harder thought the next few months. I want to try to trim down a few pounds by AC time, and then more for the rest of the summer. Maybe it will stick this time, who knows. Here goes nothing though!
AC
Posted 14 years agoSo, just out of sheer curiosity...
Who is going this year?
Planning on being there again myself with the steak again. Might try one or two other gimmicks this year too.
Who is going this year?
Planning on being there again myself with the steak again. Might try one or two other gimmicks this year too.
Urinal Cakes and Economics
Posted 14 years agoI found this via one of my blogs and thought I'd post it. DEFINITELY worth a read.
http://timharford.com/2011/03/the-e.....-urinal-cakes/
I never would have guessed it myself. :P
http://timharford.com/2011/03/the-e.....-urinal-cakes/
I never would have guessed it myself. :P
I am to own a tablet!
Posted 14 years agoSo, I ordered a Wacom tablet on Amazon earlier this week. It looks like I should be receiving it just before or after Christmas. Hoping that this will give me a little more encouragement to draw? I know me scratching out on paper makes things all sucky. Who knows? Maybe digital might work better for me?
Here's hopin' at least.
Here's hopin' at least.
To all my watchers
Posted 15 years agoWhy the hell are you watching me? O.o
Fursuit Business and Taxes
Posted 15 years agoJust out of curiosity to any fursuit makers who happen to be on my watching list, I have a question to you on what kinds of taxes you file for the fursuits you make for profit.
My assumption would be that you'd file 1040a schedule C (provided you weren't like Mixed Candy or any of the specially named fursuit makers), as well as the business income schedules on any of your individual state/local sales tax returns.
Also, you'd probably file the Use Tax return for any materials that you weren't charged sales taxes on.
Are there any that I'm missing? I usually handle corporate taxes, so taxes on an individual contractor/small business are a little odd to me.
My assumption would be that you'd file 1040a schedule C (provided you weren't like Mixed Candy or any of the specially named fursuit makers), as well as the business income schedules on any of your individual state/local sales tax returns.
Also, you'd probably file the Use Tax return for any materials that you weren't charged sales taxes on.
Are there any that I'm missing? I usually handle corporate taxes, so taxes on an individual contractor/small business are a little odd to me.
Halloween is coming!
Posted 15 years agoThis means a new costume idea is on the way!
Got a great on in mind, but I'll need to start working on it soon. Mwahaha! This year will actually be one of my best if I can pull it off.
Got a great on in mind, but I'll need to start working on it soon. Mwahaha! This year will actually be one of my best if I can pull it off.
Starcraft 2
Posted 15 years agoI has it!
Also picked up Diablo 2 too!
It's a night of twos!
Also picked up Diablo 2 too!
It's a night of twos!
A Sinha Fursuit????
Posted 15 years agoMight have one before next AC.
MAAAYYYBEE..
MAAAYYYBEE..
Sinha reviews "The Last Airbender"
Posted 15 years ago***Some spoilers may exist. This is your only warning***
So, it's a nice sunny Sunday afternoon, and I've gotten all my yard work done, so I figured it was time to see the movie that I've been oogling over for the last two months since I found out about its impending release. I would have gone to see it last weekend, but was unable due to special circumstances. Regardless, it gave me a chance to hear some mixed reviews of the movies ranging from the low of "It was a horrible movie, don't spend any money to see it" to the high praise of "M. Night Shyamala is a bastard." This gave me a bit of a temper to any preconceived notions I had (although, finding out that King Boomy was not on the cast last back in May had pretty much done that already).
Now, I feel like need to preface this review with the following: in Mr. Shyamala's defense, I think he did a decent job hitting a lot of the important "journey points" as it were in order to get Aang (phonetically pronounced "uh-ng" throughout the course of the film) from the bottom to the top of the world with enough time left over for a climactic battle ending. He had approximately 400 minutes worth of content (20 episodes at approximately 20 minutes each) and put together a 103 minute move from that. Yes, there are many people who feel like important details were left out, but as I tell every Harry Potter fan following the release of a movie "there's only so long they can make the movie" (although, Harry Potter 7 is thwarting that mantra by making TWO movies out of the book).
The casting in my opinion was decent. Not perfect, but decent. Dev Patel's facial expressions give much more life to Zukko than the scripting allowed. Noah Ringer and Jackson Rathbone portray a pretty good real life adaptation to the characters Aang and Sokka (which was expecially surprising to me knowing Rathbone's involvement with the Twilight series). And, Sychelle Gabriel makes a stunning Princes Yue.
My complaints with the acting though, lies moreso with Commander Zhoa (Aasif Mandvi) and Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis). For characters who played evil military bastards in the film, they came off as rather soft. Well, moreso in the military aspect. It felt more like their version of evil would be more apt in a film regarding a law firm or a wall street brokerage than the grandiose fire nation. I'll give Aasif kudos for trying to break out from the comedy routine of The Daily Show, but I think I'd enjoy him more as a correspondent there.
Sadly, after watching the film, I feel that, if I had to pinpoint the single biggest weak point of this film, it would be Mr. Shyamala. The writing of this film was actually very hard to stomach. Please note, this is not just coming from someone who is a HUGE fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, but just as a person who enjoys good flow and content in movies. A lot of the dialogue felt like it ended up being forced out instead of it being fluid and captivating. In some cases, it felt natural for the dialogue to be like that, but those moments were few and far between.
My biggest qualm was the CONSTANT mention of the Great Library through the second half of the film. After about the fifth time that Commander Zhoa mentions his "mission to the Great Library", I was too pissed to even listen to it. First time, okay. Sure, it was supposed to be something he stumbled upon a long time ago and kept the secret with him for a super long time, biding the time when that information would secure his military success and secure his superiority complex, but I can stomach the fact that he knew the place existed and raided it as per the movie. Second mention? Okay...people repeat themselves. Third mention? Okay, this one was to Iroh for the first time, so I can forgive it. Fourth time? Why is he telling Iroh this again? Fifth time? I don't care where you got the bloody scroll anymore! I kept thinking how much more important character development could have been utilized in this time of constant repetition, but oh well...I didn't make the thing.
Speaking of time wasting, that brings me to M.'s directing. It almost seemed like Shyamala deliberately afflicted this movie with Dragonball Z and The Matrix syndromes. I swear Aang would not have been able to blow out a birthday candle without a 10 second kung-fu charge up first. In the cartoon series, the elements immediately interacted with the movement of the characters, almost in a sort of dance. In the movie, it almost seemed like the elements required a dinner and a movie before the character's could coax them to either bubble or form a gentle breeze. In addition, EVERY combat scene resulted in a slow down of time to show the intricate special effects. While it allowed the demonstration of a lot of cool details, it reduced the overall feeling that this was real combat using elemental manipulation, and totally killed my adrenaline buzz.
By the ending, I was thinking that they could have squeezed in a whole cartoon episode's worth of content if they had just left out the cinematic disorders.
In conclusion, I can say this much about the film. It's not great. Heck, I don't think I'll even give it the "good category." However, I won't give this a "bad" or "horrible" category. (I keep a copy of "Mazes and Monsters" on my shelf to remind me the true definition of "horrible.") Probably a 4 out of 10. The acting was mostly good given the horrible scripting they had to work with and the special effects are definitely top notch. There are even certain aspects of the of this film that I think were better thought out than that of the cartoon series (I'll leave those for you to find though). I'd recommend seeing this movie once, not necessarily in the movie theaters and DEFINITELY NOT if you are going into it expecting to see the exact same story and characters of the cartoon series.
So, it's a nice sunny Sunday afternoon, and I've gotten all my yard work done, so I figured it was time to see the movie that I've been oogling over for the last two months since I found out about its impending release. I would have gone to see it last weekend, but was unable due to special circumstances. Regardless, it gave me a chance to hear some mixed reviews of the movies ranging from the low of "It was a horrible movie, don't spend any money to see it" to the high praise of "M. Night Shyamala is a bastard." This gave me a bit of a temper to any preconceived notions I had (although, finding out that King Boomy was not on the cast last back in May had pretty much done that already).
Now, I feel like need to preface this review with the following: in Mr. Shyamala's defense, I think he did a decent job hitting a lot of the important "journey points" as it were in order to get Aang (phonetically pronounced "uh-ng" throughout the course of the film) from the bottom to the top of the world with enough time left over for a climactic battle ending. He had approximately 400 minutes worth of content (20 episodes at approximately 20 minutes each) and put together a 103 minute move from that. Yes, there are many people who feel like important details were left out, but as I tell every Harry Potter fan following the release of a movie "there's only so long they can make the movie" (although, Harry Potter 7 is thwarting that mantra by making TWO movies out of the book).
The casting in my opinion was decent. Not perfect, but decent. Dev Patel's facial expressions give much more life to Zukko than the scripting allowed. Noah Ringer and Jackson Rathbone portray a pretty good real life adaptation to the characters Aang and Sokka (which was expecially surprising to me knowing Rathbone's involvement with the Twilight series). And, Sychelle Gabriel makes a stunning Princes Yue.
My complaints with the acting though, lies moreso with Commander Zhoa (Aasif Mandvi) and Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis). For characters who played evil military bastards in the film, they came off as rather soft. Well, moreso in the military aspect. It felt more like their version of evil would be more apt in a film regarding a law firm or a wall street brokerage than the grandiose fire nation. I'll give Aasif kudos for trying to break out from the comedy routine of The Daily Show, but I think I'd enjoy him more as a correspondent there.
Sadly, after watching the film, I feel that, if I had to pinpoint the single biggest weak point of this film, it would be Mr. Shyamala. The writing of this film was actually very hard to stomach. Please note, this is not just coming from someone who is a HUGE fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, but just as a person who enjoys good flow and content in movies. A lot of the dialogue felt like it ended up being forced out instead of it being fluid and captivating. In some cases, it felt natural for the dialogue to be like that, but those moments were few and far between.
My biggest qualm was the CONSTANT mention of the Great Library through the second half of the film. After about the fifth time that Commander Zhoa mentions his "mission to the Great Library", I was too pissed to even listen to it. First time, okay. Sure, it was supposed to be something he stumbled upon a long time ago and kept the secret with him for a super long time, biding the time when that information would secure his military success and secure his superiority complex, but I can stomach the fact that he knew the place existed and raided it as per the movie. Second mention? Okay...people repeat themselves. Third mention? Okay, this one was to Iroh for the first time, so I can forgive it. Fourth time? Why is he telling Iroh this again? Fifth time? I don't care where you got the bloody scroll anymore! I kept thinking how much more important character development could have been utilized in this time of constant repetition, but oh well...I didn't make the thing.
Speaking of time wasting, that brings me to M.'s directing. It almost seemed like Shyamala deliberately afflicted this movie with Dragonball Z and The Matrix syndromes. I swear Aang would not have been able to blow out a birthday candle without a 10 second kung-fu charge up first. In the cartoon series, the elements immediately interacted with the movement of the characters, almost in a sort of dance. In the movie, it almost seemed like the elements required a dinner and a movie before the character's could coax them to either bubble or form a gentle breeze. In addition, EVERY combat scene resulted in a slow down of time to show the intricate special effects. While it allowed the demonstration of a lot of cool details, it reduced the overall feeling that this was real combat using elemental manipulation, and totally killed my adrenaline buzz.
By the ending, I was thinking that they could have squeezed in a whole cartoon episode's worth of content if they had just left out the cinematic disorders.
In conclusion, I can say this much about the film. It's not great. Heck, I don't think I'll even give it the "good category." However, I won't give this a "bad" or "horrible" category. (I keep a copy of "Mazes and Monsters" on my shelf to remind me the true definition of "horrible.") Probably a 4 out of 10. The acting was mostly good given the horrible scripting they had to work with and the special effects are definitely top notch. There are even certain aspects of the of this film that I think were better thought out than that of the cartoon series (I'll leave those for you to find though). I'd recommend seeing this movie once, not necessarily in the movie theaters and DEFINITELY NOT if you are going into it expecting to see the exact same story and characters of the cartoon series.
Zapp Brannigan at AC
Posted 15 years agoBy the way, has anyone spotted any pictures of me in my Zapp Brannigan outfit at AC? I was watching intensely for about four or five days, but hadn't spotted any posted.
No Subject
Posted 18 years agoI've been mulling around several creative ideas for the next AC. Last year, after having the big success with the meat on the fishing pole, I'm thinking I need to do something else to top the performance.
I've got two big ideas so far, but one requires skills with a sewing machine, and the other requires skills with tools/engineering.
At this point, I'm still somewhat indecisive, but we'll have to see what all happens.
I've got two big ideas so far, but one requires skills with a sewing machine, and the other requires skills with tools/engineering.
At this point, I'm still somewhat indecisive, but we'll have to see what all happens.
Missing Sketchbooks
Posted 18 years agoWell...I've been scouring my apartment for nearly two weeks now, and I can't seem to find my sketchbooks anywhere. I'm not sure where all they went to, but I can't find them around here. >.<
I just hope one of my few visitors didn't decide to relieve me of them. >.<
I just hope one of my few visitors didn't decide to relieve me of them. >.<
Art Binge
Posted 18 years agoWell, at the urging of Sikes, I'm going to actually make an attempt to draw more. So, I thought about setting up a challenge for myself this Sunday evening:
I want to draw as many different things as I can, but limiting myself to only 20 minutes per sketch. I've found that I handle best under pressure, so I'll have to try to figure out how to draw as quickly as possible.
What I'd like for the people who watch this journal (all three of you :P) is to give me suggestions to draw. Personally, I find I'm pretty bland when it comes to being creative, but am pretty good at carrying through with someone else's idea.
Feel free to give me as many ideas as you'd like. You could even consider this as a chance to get a free commission from me! ;)
I want to draw as many different things as I can, but limiting myself to only 20 minutes per sketch. I've found that I handle best under pressure, so I'll have to try to figure out how to draw as quickly as possible.
What I'd like for the people who watch this journal (all three of you :P) is to give me suggestions to draw. Personally, I find I'm pretty bland when it comes to being creative, but am pretty good at carrying through with someone else's idea.
Feel free to give me as many ideas as you'd like. You could even consider this as a chance to get a free commission from me! ;)
Just a quick note...
Posted 19 years agoDrawing art is HARD! Been trying to attempt some new pieces lately for some friends and for my own edification. Did some body extensions on my shoulder study piece. I'm down to about the ankles and it's looking pretty good. After I get a scan of it, I may consider trying to ink it and color it. Who knows though?
Anyway, tried doing some works of a friend or two, but didn't have enough references on hand to get very far. I've got this cool window pane idea working with the one piece; however, I can't get the right facial expression and Quentin Tarentino effects that I desire.
Looks like I'll have to watch Kill Bill again. >.<
Anyway, tried doing some works of a friend or two, but didn't have enough references on hand to get very far. I've got this cool window pane idea working with the one piece; however, I can't get the right facial expression and Quentin Tarentino effects that I desire.
Looks like I'll have to watch Kill Bill again. >.<
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