Thread "The 2009 Rant, Vent, and Share thread" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 8, 2009

Damn it Skullbie, I'm at work crying… I'm trying so hard not to laugh. That is one funny video… facial herpes… HAHAHA. Good ole Angela :D

Oh god this fucking killed me lmao

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 8, 2009

My sister and her boyfriend went to the airport today to go back to Australia (where he lives). I'm not going to see her again until December. :( I'm gonna miss her boyfriend too, and I know my dad will since he actually laughed at my dad's lame jokes.

Oh well. At least we now have room in our house for my brother to visit.

Posted at 10:06AM, Jun. 8, 2009

So the North West of England gave the BNP a seat. Says a lot for where I live right? Their seat is in Burnley! Tht's like the next town over… ICK. Call me when democracy works.

Posted at 3:06PM, Jun. 8, 2009

I did awesome on my oral french exam today! Apparently my group's presentation was the best of the class so far. Which isn't really saying much, but still. :)

I just realized I've got my underwear on inside-out. Now I feel retarded.

Posted at 4:06PM, Jun. 8, 2009

i've been eating cake all day. which is bad. i've been working out really hardcore. and the only other thing i had was a slimfast to jumpstart my day, and a chicken breast.

garrrr i'm starving for meat!

Posted at 8:06PM, Jun. 8, 2009

I'm sitting in my computer chair, falling asleep.

If I go to bed, it's going to be tomorrow. Tomorrow I've got a household with 11 members to investigate, the father of which is already displeased with me due to a previous investigation, a physical to schedule and attend at the hospital, and what day wouldn't be complete without spending a few hours talking with the C.I.D. ?

But… my new starwars book is in. Yay!

Posted at 2:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

I am cold right now. Stupid winter…
Oh, you poor upside-down people and your crazy backwards seasons! lol!

That's what you get for not being an American. Speaking of which, there are too many people in America. We need to deport more people.

Posted at 3:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

So far, I'm only about 30, maybe 20% done with concepts, sketches, and all that junk for re-making the comic. I still need to figure out what kind of world they live in, and the people that inhabit it, and all that good stuff.

I might also go for a darker inking style too.
But so far, I only have 1 of the Gods done, and so far, he looks pretty beasty. I need to sketch him a few more times, just to get a feel for him tho (no homo).

Posted at 5:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

I am cold right now. Stupid winter…
Oh, you poor upside-down people and your crazy backwards seasons! lol!

That's what you get for not being an American. Speaking of which, there are too many people in America. We need to deport more people.

Mongolia's got plenty of room and not so many people. I vote we send 'em over there.

Posted at 5:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

I know this cat is called a Manx.

But I call it a cut-cat.

Because its tail looks like it was cut off. :)

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

What the hell is up with people and making up names? Seriously! I hate having people tell me a random string of syllables over the phone and then I have to pause, grit my teeth and ask "Can you spell that for me please?" and then transcribe the dumbest names imaginable. It's not artistic. It's not cute. It's not cool. It's FUCKING STUPID! If you're not European, Asian, or anything typically not "American", you have no, I repeat NO cultural ties to any of said nations, and if the name has an apostraphe, ends in "tre" or starts with a "K" or contains any of the following combinations kiy, niq, ont, heb, ke, vr, or Sha, then try again and pick something normal!

For the love of all that's holy, this is AMERICA, not whatever other country you WISH your child sounded like they were from.

And the other offenders, though less common and less annoying are people who get creative with spellings of common names, typically girls names. Tiphanie? Ashleigh?

You people make me want to hang around hospital maternity wards with a shotgun and visit every single delivery room and ask the parents "Aww, what's his/her name?" and then chamber a shell into the barrel and shake my head the moment I hear anything that sounds made up or in any other sense idiotic.

Sorry if my post seems… sociopathic. But I'm screening calls today and everyone, EVERYONE has these lame ass names!

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

hahahah!
-Sort of the opposite thing in this instance, but it's just a little disappointing speaking to a lot of Indian immigrants who have the most beautiful accents but they've given themselves lame anglo names like "bob Johnson" or "sue Stevens". I'm not talking about fake call centre phone names here either.
The ones who keep their real names are great though, those names are fantastic! :)

-African immigrants have cool strange names; their surnames are very African sounding and musical, but generally, the women especially will be named something English and very old fashioned or very Christian for their first name- like "Precious", "Faith", "Rejoice", "Elspith, or "Gertrude".

Posted at 10:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

hahahah!
-Sort of the opposite thing in this instance, but it's just a little disappointing speaking to a lot of Indian immigrants who have the most beautiful accents but they've given themselves lame anglo names like "bob Johnson" or "sue Stevens". I'm not talking about fake call centre phone names here either.
The ones who keep their real names are great though, those names are fantastic! :)

-African immigrants have cool strange names; their surnames are very African sounding and musical, but generally, the women especially will be named something English and very old fashioned or very Christian for their first name- like "Precious", "Faith", "Rejoice", "Elspith, or "Gertrude".

i remember i met an african immigrant, and his name started with a "!".

and then i figured out that "!" was the sound that you make when you hit your tongue against the ceiling of your month. at first i thought, you just had to say something loud.

Posted at 10:06AM, Jun. 9, 2009

My mum knows some Wakimbizi people who speak with click-talk (I think it's those ones…). Heh, it depends where people are from. :)
"Loud", lol!
I love that!

Posted at 12:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Today I made a new template, basing off the Ka-blam template. I ended up constructing something that should work pretty well… rather than describe it, I'll just paste it in :)

Ok, the middle is the safe area (I'm not doing any bleeds/spreads on this one) which is specifically shifted towards the outer edge of the page so that nothing disappears in the spine (as it will considering the book shall be nearly 500 pages).

The safe area is 4.2x6.3inch and the entire template is 500dpi (this is a trimmed version to the final page size…

as it is… I'm starting to draw on Friday :D

…meanwhile I'm exploring another concept that already looks like another few hundred page book, haha. This time it's a superhero (or rather a superheroine, reusing my failed "create a superheroine contest" pitch that fell under together with 5k of other pitches sent to the contest). Got a very rough plot outline and about 10 or so characters sketched out.

Posted at 12:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

I spent the better half of my afternoon walking around the dealership, handing out a letter to each and every employee of the dealership. This letter detailed out in MINUTE detail every aspect of a bill set before the Senate, regarding dealerships being cut by GM and Chrysler, and how to restore the franchise rights back to the dealerships that were illegally taken away by the bankruptcy.

I had to answer questions about WHY everyone was being FORCED to call their congressman/representative and issue support for this bill. I had to explain that my boss wanted it this way, and my job was to make certain that everyone at least had been TOLD to do this.

Have I mentioned that I hate politics with a PASSION? No? Well, I do. And this smacks of crap that I never want anything to do with, at ANY given time… and in order to keep my job, I had to do it.

…

My lottery ticket had better damn well hit here soon. I'm tired of this crap.

>Net

Posted at 1:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

You gotta love these stupid racists (the smart ones join planned parenthood, CPS, the police, or bioweapons labs) calling up talk shows and saying you should kill all blacks and mexicans. Sterilize them. So there will be no more gangsters and no more illegal mexicans leeching off the system. YEAH!!! KILL EM ALL!!!

If you tell the government to do that, do you honestly think they won't do it to YOU next?

You fool. You really think you're special?

Posted at 1:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

You really think you're special?

We white, so yes we is special son.

If dem people want to come on our land they gots to live by our rules and speak english, we was here first.

Posted at 3:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Okay, all y'all keep your fingers crossed for me. We're sendin' a friend over to look at an apartment we're tryin' to rent in New Orleans. If it turns out to be okay, then I might be back as early as the 1st of July!

Posted at 3:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Good luck Hyena!

So guys, I've always ran outside with my brother during the summer, right? Well, it was twice, but for the most part, I just run on a treadmill. Today is the first time I ran outside, by myself, and oh my…

It was, not even gonna lie, the best run I've ever had. Instead of just one elevation, it's all different sorts of steepness, well, of course. But I mean, it's really bumpy. I ran with my hoodie on, and wow. I felt my stomach tightening up, and felt like I was actually running and gaining some muscle, instead of just running and being tired. It's hard to explain, but it was so amazing.

I had girls checkin me out as well 8D

I'm totally doing this every morning over the summer.

Posted at 5:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Deposit's put down! First time I've ever done that site unseen. And I think the landlord is insane. S'ok. Means I'll be down there on the 1st. lol!

Posted at 5:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

i normally run "alone". my workout partner just doesnt have the legs to keep up with me. he's going to the same standards as me. and i try to push him as much as i can, but at the same time, if i slow down, then so does my time. but he's got me beat on the calistenics tho, so i guess we even each other out.
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i'm feeling good. nothing to complain about. i'm done.

Posted at 8:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Uhg. Whenever my meds get switched around, there' a period of a week or two in which everything is frickin' chaos- I guess it's adjusting to the med that's coming in and withdraw from the one that's going out.

But I'm kinda stoked, because the new one actually has a commercial on TV! It's like hangin' out with a celebrity or something! Woohoo!

Posted at 8:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

But I'm kinda stoked, because the new one actually has a commercial on TV! It's like hangin' out with a celebrity or something! Woohoo!

You make me laugh. :)

I REALLY need to start studying for exams. Just realized that my first exam(aside from LA, which starts in class) is a week from today. Oh dear me.

Posted at 10:06PM, Jun. 9, 2009

Ack! An earwig just fell from my ceiling and crawled into my keyboard! Wtf?

EDIT:
It just crawled out from under the "K" key. I shook it to the floor and beat it to death with a bottle of vitamin water. DIE, BUGGY, DIE! Nobody messes with my keyboard.