Thread "Rant, moan, rave and share - for all your chatter, natter, and wildebeest needs" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 8:03AM, Mar. 20, 2011

tumbleweeds and crickets.

DD is pretty much like that sometimes :)

instead of getting Brian May who would be brilliantly understated and you know he's cut from the same eccentric cloth as Moore 'cos he plays a guitar he made from an old fireplace.

You know they'd then get May to do voice overs of shitty scripts over any old "science for idiots" thing they'd make in the hopes of selling it to the American market.

-Not because the audience are stupid, it's that the program creators think they are.
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Off that subject for a moment…

I was at the beach yesterday looking at the Sculpture By the Sea exhibition. It was REALLY crowded down there with all sorts of people. The really freaky thing was though that because of the 80s fad in fashion at the moment it was almost like being back in the 80s down there.
All except the hair.
The popular hairstyle for men at the moment seems to be shaved short back and sides. Horrible. Back in the 80's there was some of that but mostly everyone was a lot shaggier or "bigger" in the hair department.

I'm wondering though now when the 90s fad will kick in and what will people wear? I'm hoping for early 90s when mullets were still around, ultra shiny business suites and button up shirts with horrible intricate patterns all over them.
But It'll probably just be some new reinvention of grunge -_-

Posted at 10:03AM, Mar. 20, 2011

hey hey. I'm not SUCH an off-putting dodgy of a character.

@seventy2 - it seemed every time I signed on I had a 3 -4 minute conversation with myself about tumbleweeds and crickets. Not once did I manage to sign on when someone else was there. Now it's been months since I checked it out, so I'd have to figure out what my twitter account is so I can sign in again.

Would it help to have a schedule of some kind?

OH RIGHT! and there's that. You should take charge of that, no one seems to follow when i lead projects.

But i was talking more of an actual forum that was set up when the infamous Top Drawer was closed. There were three, and mine was the second to die.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 20, 2011

It MAY sound enticing to pour chocolate milk into Coacoa Crispies cereal for a double-chocolatey taste sensation but for the love of Jack Kirby's dead corpse, don't do it.

Posted at 5:03PM, Mar. 20, 2011

Went to a hockey game(I'm not a sports fan but my sister wanted me to go). Somehow I ended up right in front of Mr. Insane Hockey Fan and right beside Mr. Obnoxious Hockey Fan. Mr. Insane Hockey Fan kept screaming GO TEAM GO at the top of his lungs and then loudly complaining about being in such a "reserved" section when no one else except his son did the same. Mr. Obnoxious Hockey Fan spent the entire time talking to the team("Get the puck from him! Pick his pockets! Get to the center! Stop playing off the boards!" etc). Fun stuff.

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I hate how clothes all seem to be made for one standard size of person(which I am not). It's so hard to find stuff that fits well, especially shirts.

Posted at 12:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

I hate how clothes all seem to be made for one standard size of person

"Seems", madam? Nay, it is. I know not seems.

Woot! Got to use the quote ^_^
It's true though, the are. If you get anything tailored, make your own clothes from patterns or look at any older clothing from even as recently as the 1960s you'll see they never used to do this simplistic crap they do with clothing now. There was all sorts of variation for bust, hips, waists, inner leg measurement, necks, and so on.
The reason that clothes don't seem to fit right is because they don't fit right. It's cheaper to make extremely limited runs of any particular design in the sizes guaranteed to sort-of fit the most people.

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I'm struggling with a killer headache today. Currently the pills have it at bay.

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A bizarre thing happened to me today… a very strange coincidence. On one level it's perfectly mundane, except for the fact that nothing like it has ever happened before.
It was this:

I'd just left work and was walking to the train station when I man on the footpath called me over. He had very dark glasses on and was dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, which was a bit out of place for the area (people wear formal business stuff there mostly). He said he'd just been given two bottles of a power energy drink as part of a promotion. He said he couldn't drink both so he wanted to give the other away and asked me if I wanted one. To be polite I took it.
As I walked away with it held it one hand he called out to me "don't forget to drink it!"
So I laughed and lifted it up and pretended to drink as I walked along.

So I sat in the train with the strange cold bottle of red power drink at my feet all the way to my station. When I got off the train, walked across the road and was just about to go down the street towards home a man called out to me to stop. He was wearing dark glasses, a T-shirt and shorts. He told me some weird story about his wife being parked nearby and his child in school needing a power drink bottle as part of a science experiment. An empty drink bottle.
I hadn't touched the one I was carrying and just offered it to him right away. He asked me if I wasn't even going to have a sip, saying it would be "such a waste", but I said no, told him he could have the whole lot and just thrust it into his hands and quickly walked on home.

I'm sure it was a magic bottle and those people were evil faeries! Or Demons… Or aliens… or secret agents! :)

Yeah, anyway, it's just a strange coincidence of events- someone giving a bottle and someone wanting the bottle, both dressed similarly and both wanting me to drink it… But I'm glad I didn't drink it.

Posted at 12:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

I'm wondering though now when the 90s fad will kick in and what will people wear? I'm hoping for early 90s when mullets were still around, ultra shiny business suites and button up shirts with horrible intricate patterns all over them.

Nothing suits me like a suit!

That just had to be said, y'know?

Posted at 1:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

Yeah, anyway, it's just a strange coincidence of events- someone giving a bottle and someone wanting the bottle, both dressed similarly and both wanting me to drink it… But I'm glad I didn't drink it.

You are obviously not quite ready to learn what the matrix is. Sounds like some kind of experiment.

Posted at 2:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

A bizarre thing happened to me today… a very strange coincidence. On one level it's perfectly mundane, except for the fact that nothing like it has ever happened before.
It was this:

I'd just left work and was walking to the train station when I man on the footpath called me over. He had very dark glasses on and was dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, which was a bit out of place for the area (people wear formal business stuff there mostly). He said he'd just been given two bottles of a power energy drink as part of a promotion. He said he couldn't drink both so he wanted to give the other away and asked me if I wanted one. To be polite I took it.
As I walked away with it held it one hand he called out to me "don't forget to drink it!"
So I laughed and lifted it up and pretended to drink as I walked along.

So I sat in the train with the strange cold bottle of red power drink at my feet all the way to my station. When I got off the train, walked across the road and was just about to go down the street towards home a man called out to me to stop. He was wearing dark glasses, a T-shirt and shorts. He told me some weird story about his wife being parked nearby and his child in school needing a power drink bottle as part of a science experiment. An empty drink bottle.
I hadn't touched the one I was carrying and just offered it to him right away. He asked me if I wasn't even going to have a sip, saying it would be "such a waste", but I said no, told him he could have the whole lot and just thrust it into his hands and quickly walked on home.

I'm sure it was a magic bottle and those people were evil faeries! Or Demons… Or aliens… or secret agents! :)

Yeah, anyway, it's just a strange coincidence of events- someone giving a bottle and someone wanting the bottle, both dressed similarly and both wanting me to drink it… But I'm glad I didn't drink it.

i would have drank it. i'm too curious not too.

Posted at 4:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

Yeah, anyway, it's just a strange coincidence of events- someone giving a bottle and someone wanting the bottle, both dressed similarly and both wanting me to drink it… But I'm glad I didn't drink it.

You are obviously not quite ready to learn what the matrix is. Sounds like some kind of experiment.

(God damn it how could they muck it up like that. Bunch of twits)

Yes, what an interesting coincidence. But you know t-shirts and shorts are probably much easier on the body than the usual all black suits, white shirts and plain black ties.

Seen any large dark colored American make sedans lately?(saloons in Br.E)

Strange out of place vans with aerials?

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So I was going to do some spray painting today, but it's raining.

Instead I'll try to do some photoediting. Nice quiet day.

And would everyone at work please stop talking to me as if I know what I'm doing! Damn it I skip a fire extinguisher every inspection to see if the captain notices. Took him two months. Since he's in charge if he totally buggers up everything it's okay. Lol!

Posted at 7:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

Yeah, anyway, it's just a strange coincidence of events- someone giving a bottle and someone wanting the bottle, both dressed similarly and both wanting me to drink it… But I'm glad I didn't drink it.

I knew there was something frustrating the king of the fae when he called me last night, but he didn't want to be specific. That explains it.

Posted at 8:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

You are obviously not quite ready to learn what the matrix is. Sounds like some kind of experiment.

They need to try harder!

i would have drank it. i'm too curious not too.

Even if it meant waking up naked, stretched backwards over a probing table?

Seen any large dark colored American make sedans lately?(saloons in Br.E)

Strange out of place vans with aerials?

Actually… No that I recal, the first guy was standing next to a big, dark four wheel drive…

I knew there was something frustrating the king of the fae when he called me last night, but he didn't want to be specific. That explains it.

Oh no, that was because I had a headache last night… Oberon always gets tetchy when we can't have our special time. ;)

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The big shame of the whole is that even though it'd make a GREAT little intro to a story, that situation is SO cliché that it's been done over and over since… Well, you can find similar tales in Greek myth, Celtic folklore… probably all of the old myths somewhere.

Posted at 8:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

The big shame of the whole is that even though it'd make a GREAT little intro to a story, that situation is SO cliché that it's been done over and over since… Well, you can find similar tales in Greek myth, Celtic folklore… probably all of the old myths somewhere.

Sometimes you have to be cliché to not be cliché.

Posted at 9:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

Even if it meant waking up naked, stretched backwards over a probing table?

do you normally wake up somewhere else?

Posted at 10:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

I'm artist of the month at my school.
My three hours a day in the art room has paid off! :P Not really, I don't get anything for it. Not like the stupid athletes.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 21, 2011

I'm artist of the month at my school.
My three hours a day in the art room has paid off! :P Not really, I don't get anything for it. Not like the stupid athletes.

Congrats! Just remember- athletic skill has a shelf life. They'll only be competitive for the next 20 years, max. Or, if they're gymnasts, that ship has mostly sailed by the time they get to college :p. Artistry, though… You'll be peaking in 30 years, with the possibility of a career spanning another 20 years.

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I finished the scripting for book 2 by Friday afternoon- it came in at about 90 pages. I'm about to start working on the penciling. Spent the morning typing up notes for May Day, though, and work the day job in a few hours, so it'll be a rough start.

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I was hoping to do laundry and take a bath today, but I discovered we didn't have any water pressure. It's not as lame as it could be- I spent a period nearly homeless, so I know the tricks to being able to inconspicuously groom myself in public bathrooms and one of the reasons I have five pairs of the same wardrobe is I remember when I only really only had two sets of clothing- it means no one can track what I've worn or when I've worn it. Man- hobo life skills FTW?

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On a related note, it's warm enough that I'm wearing a vest when I go to work instead of my old jacket. I walked to the neighborhood steak house forgetting I was still wearing it. Dress shirt, black slacks, black dress shoes, vest. I kept getting funny looks until I realized how conspicuous I was since the neighborhood standard is grungy t-shirt and jeans. I couldn't quite make out what those Hispanic kids were saying, but it musta been something disparaging about my mother…

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 21, 2011

Ketchup
First: this isn’t my news, so I'm definitely flirting with declasse, BUT I’M SO PSYCHED!! Christopher has had a Major Update.

tumbleweeds and crickets.
DD is pretty much like that sometimes :)

Er, not referring to DD but to the Tinychat account. Oh, and seventy2: nice fob off attempt, but, nuh uh.

So I was going to do some spray painting today, but it's raining.

You got rain? We got snow, but it stopped. Happy Vernal Equinox, y'all

Oberon always gets tetchy when we can't have our special time

I always pictured you as a Titania kinda guy. *shrugs*

I'm artist of the month at my school.

SUPER and congrats! Although with Mr Fish Man at your side, I don’t know that you could have had much competition.

we didn't have any water pressure.

I've heard tell of this water pressure. Here ‘bouts, we just take water for slow. If we need a fast water fill, we do a rain dance for a Nor-easter that can fill our backyard quicker than we can fill a pot for boiling spaghetti

— (wildebeests, pawing the ground)

So we’ve friggin lawyered up. #@$!Q&^$# public school system! Almost thought I’d start a new thread about we v. public school, but maybe there’s, at best, another dozen DDers with a similar experience, and they probably don’t post. Growl and grrr: just thinking about it and I feel the metamorphosis of mild-mannered suburban Mom to raging Bear. The Others must be amused.

Posted at 2:03PM, Mar. 21, 2011

Although with Mr Fish Man at your side, I don’t know that you could have had much competition.

Well, it did help that he dragged all the other students to his underwater home and ate them.

Posted at 7:03PM, Mar. 21, 2011

My coworkers found out I reserved Duke Nukem Forever, but not the "Balls of Steel" Edition. When they asked me why I didn't get that version despite being a Duke Nukem fan, I showed them the price. I pretty much told them why it's called the "Balls of Steel" Edition even though it doesn't come packaged with "Balls of Steel". The reason… because you need "Balls of Steel" to buy it at nearly $100 (U.S. Currency)… something I don't have as far as my wallet and personal budget goes. :)

Posted at 9:03PM, Mar. 21, 2011

I just had something incredibly passive aggressive done to me. It was by the mod of a Pokemon forum too. Seriously is she twelve?

Blah fine bitch, i'll beat you at your own game. (but hopefully stay just under the lines so i'm not banned >_> )ITS ON

….god i need a life. I should totally post my ~forever alone~ collection.

Posted at 12:03AM, Mar. 22, 2011

I always pictured you as a Titania kinda guy. *shrugs*

She doesn't return my calls anymore :(

Lookit you- Quotemaster! :)

but hopefully stay just under the lines so i'm not banned >_>

Ooooh, you should be fine. I think you pretty much used to make that a fine art. -I mean no offence by that BTW.

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Gotta do a rough tute of last the latest Quackcast… Then colour my latest page of Pinky TA. I'm going to TRY and speed it up.

Posted at 1:03AM, Mar. 22, 2011

Gotta do a rough tute of last the latest Quackcast… Then colour my latest page of Pinky TA. I'm going to TRY and speed it up.

Really need to get on and record stuff for those QCs. I have some rally useless advice to share.

Posted at 2:03AM, Mar. 22, 2011

Gotta do a rough tute of last the latest Quackcast… Then colour my latest page of Pinky TA. I'm going to TRY and speed it up.

Really need to get on and record stuff for those QCs. I have some rally useless advice to share.

At least I know well enough to bite and tongue and not share any of my worthless advice. But I am looking forward to listening to everyone else's because I need all the help I can get.

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Actually… No that I recal, the first guy was standing next to a big, dark four wheel drive…

Oh I forgot that the super secret guy's vehicle of choice is now a large dark colored SUV. You're lucky to have escaped oz.

Go listen to "No Anchovies Please" by J. Giles Band. This plot follows that pretty close except no salty fishies were involved. Long time ago I wrote a short film script based on it. Came damn close to getting it produced too. :(

[quote=Ozoneocean"]She doesn't return my calls anymore [/quote]

I have Titania's cell number. Once she saw me in my trunk hose she handed it to me. Nice girl for a fey. Speaking of which did you know that Tina Fey is also of the faerie?

Seems they're coming out more and more these days and getting jobs in Hollywood. You don't think human women could be that thin do you?

Posted at 2:03AM, Mar. 22, 2011

Someone read my interview and asked me if my KUWT comic was a fan-fiction/fan-comic on deviantArt.

I was like, "lol, no. It's been a goal of mine to stray as far away from that as much as I can. Let that be my mission from 2011 onward. To try and differentiate my comic from someone's love letter to an old film's characters on fan-fiction.net. It's origin stemmed from an old group IM chat, followed by an RP, then eventually blossomed into something."

I wasn't too irked about it, though I guess confusion can kinda happen a lot. xD

On the other hand, we had a crazy rain/hail storm in the afternoon yesterday! All of the hail lasted for a whole hour, but they all looked like an endless amount of Dippin' Dots. :D I got it on film because of just how thunderous the whole thing was; it really did sound pretty cool in-between Chopin's music going with it.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 22, 2011

but hopefully stay just under the lines so i'm not banned >_>
Ooooh, you should be fine. I think you pretty much used to make that a fine art. -I mean no offence by that BTW.

Well thank you for the vote of confidence. My plan is to annoy her just enough that her eyes narrow every time my username pops up, and then gradually realize with dread that i'm not going away.

Naw, but really mods on Pokemon forums tend be immature with admins being even worse. DD is lucky to have admins and mods over the age of 15. (that's my passive aggressive way of saying i like you guys)

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I tried to watch the first episode of FRINGE. Dumbest shit i have ever been subjected to. I'm not even sure where to start it was so damn dumb, Fo' real.

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 22, 2011

I'm wondering though now when the 90s fad will kick in and what will people wear? I'm hoping for early 90s when mullets were still around, ultra shiny business suites and button up shirts with horrible intricate patterns all over them.

Nothing suits me like a suit!

That just had to be said, y'know?

Legen… wait for it and I hope youre not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is dary.

Also I thought the ninties trend was still going from the nineties onward. Grunge is pretty much in style. Then again thats late 80's as well.

So I have this incredibly weak feeling from the right side of my jaw all the way down to my right hand. Also a head ache that keeps going away and coming back. I dont know what it is but it makes me just want to do nothing. Ill call it lazy disease.

Yesterday I had to fill out forms in college to pass my art class. Its the first time in about 3 years ive had to pick up a pen and actually write.