I got this lip plumping shit, gotta use it twice a day for two weeks, here i come bee-sting lips 
It kills me how half this crap has the most cheesy sounding science stuff on it; 'new alpha beta sophomore acids penetrates deep into your wrinkly ass prune face with skin-boil oxiomoron technology'.
If it's science it must work!!
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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.
Ha, I was just about to rant about how my bathroom has become Earwig Hell. I killed three of them that were nice and cozy in the shower. =/
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.
I had to look up what an earwig is.
I would have beaten that thing to death too. We've got a millipede infestation lately. Every night I might catch up to ten of them trekking across the living room.
I got this lip plumping shit, gotta use it twice a day for two weeks, here i come bee-sting lipsXena Seeberg is the queen of fat lips.
I believe they're natural though. part of being German…
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After two months I finally updated my comic! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I wish I had the excuse of working on the art all that time, but I only did two of the characters on the whole thing.
And man that new page looks like a rainbow kaleidoscope on LSD, but it's done! Besides, it's GOOD to have an overdose of colour now and again. Especially at the end of things.
The collab, dream eppisode has finally come to a close!
"It was ALLLLL a dream"
Both traditional, and obviously indicated from the start.
No one has been responding to my messages lately. :(
I'm sorry hun, I know exactly how you feel. :[
I just got out of school, since today, and the next two days are half days. Exams, is why if you were wondering.
I scored about a 68% on my Physical Science exam. Which is passing, and I'm happy, because I didn't study.
And I have no idea about Economics. I'm scared though, because it was 25 pages long, and I didn't study, again. hahaha.
But I decided to make scripts, and thumbnails as well as the plot points or whatever. The plot points are like the pre-write, and I want to make sure this time, the comic goes as smoothly as possible.
I'm even going to add a Prologue so people aren't all like, "WTF IS GOING ON GUISE."
After two months I finally updated my comic! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Sweeet. Pinky fix! :)
I just finished up the line work on The Hub's first ever ACTION SCENE!!! Yeah, that's right. Eventually. Eventually. Stuff happens.
I'm okay with it- it's not the greatest page I've ever drawn- one panel in particular bugs me. But in my defense I'm workin' with uniform, square panels, and it's tough for me to compose that kinda stuff without more dynamic layout. Plus it's been about ten years since I've drawn any kind of fight scene or whatever.
Ah well. Beats drawin' trucks and water. Now I get my reward beer!
EDIT: 2.30pm:
I'm fixin't to be an AUNT!!! :)
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.
Seriously who wants to live in a yurt? Want some fermented mare's milk?
I remember someone made up a name for their kid and they puffed out their chest thinking they were so original only to discover it was a common name in another culture. There are so many variations on "normal" western names why not go with one of them? Why name your kid Stephen when you can go with Istevan? Remember in Eastern Europe Vladimir is not exotic. Exotic names are cool like one girl in a class I taught was Kadijah; named for the wife of the Prophet. So to mess with her I pronounced it in Arabic.
At least it's not Increase Mather. lol!
I am making my first commercial artwork! It's for an album cover of this local rapper, he's on iTunes and it's gonna be pretty ill! I am having this one spaceman rapping with a giant tentacle beast behind him. I am not getting paid or anything, but I feel pretty good.
here is what I have so far but I am going to either ink it with a felt tip pen or computer-gimp it… or whatever. 
I don't understand how can anybody not like history.
Its like watching a series of movies with deeper plots and subplots, conspiracies, etc. and they somehow manage to be interconnected with one another.
And its still in the making and you can do your part to influence the next chain of events (nothing is set in stone thats why I don't believe a psychic when he/she tells me that this event is gonna happen on this particular date in the future).
At the same time, its also like reality TV. :)
I don't understand how can anybody not like history.
Ever been forced to study Canadian history year after year?
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It really pisses me off when people use stuff like OCD or ADD as excuses for everything. My point of view is that those sort of things need to be regarded as obstacles in life, and definitely not excuses. Otherwise people never improve or learn to cope at all.
(but someone got reeeeeeeeaaallllyyyy pissed at me for expressing this thought today)
It really pisses me off when people use stuff like OCD or ADD as excuses for everything. My point of view is that those sort of things need to be regarded as obstacles in life, and definitely not excuses. Otherwise people never improve or learn to cope at all.When I was in art school, I swear every other person was "ADD" or "OCD" or "bipolar" or had "panic attacks" or an "anxiety disorder". It was almost like they were bragging about it. And I'd be like- Oh, what meds are you on? "I'm not on any". Well, are you seeing a doctor? "No." Have you actually been diagnosed with this condition, like, at all? Ever? "Well, not officially. But I mean, I looked it up on the internet and I'm pretty sure I've got that. Which is why my project is late." Uh huh. Right. You need extra time to work because of your self-diagnosed ADD. Gotcha.
(but someone got reeeeeeeeaaallllyyyy pissed at me for expressing this thought today)
But on the other hand, if you're really sick (like, severe OCD for example) it kind of dictates your entire life. It's not just an obstacle or some bad mood you can "snap out of". Not saying that some folks aren't liable to take it as a cue for them to act out of line with impunity, or shirk responsibilities, or be total jerks. But most people (again, who really are sick) don't want to be that way; they just can't help it.
But on the other hand, if you're really sick (like, severe OCD for example) it kind of dictates your entire life.Well, I always start with my left foot. If I start with the right one, I have to stop, tap my left one twice, and then start walking from my left foot, otherwise it feels WRONG! And if I step on the crack in the walkway with one foot, I have to do it with the other one too, to even it out… preferably with the same part of the foot. And couple more things like that, luckily none of these are severe enough to affect my life too greatly so I never bothered to visit a doctor about them…
Now, this left foot thing would be a big problem in the army, haha, but luckily I managed to avoid that "privilege" (it's or at least used to be mandatory in here to go to the army) but my childhood neurosis (and being a bit passive-agressive) were enough to get me the right category so that I didn't have to go :D
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Tomorrow I shall spend the entire day warming up my hand with random sketches, so that when I start drawing on friday, it goes a bit smoother. Also, I realized that one of the main characters shall have about 10 different outfits during the story (and the other major characters change their clothes too at least ONCE if not more).
I'm pretty nervous about that.
When I was in art school, I swear every other person was "ADD" or "OCD" or "bipolar" or had "panic attacks" or an "anxiety disorder". It was almost like they were bragging about it. And I'd be like- Oh, what meds are you on? "I'm not on any". Well, are you seeing a doctor? "No." Have you actually been diagnosed with this condition, like, at all? Ever? "Well, not officially. But I mean, I looked it up on the internet and I'm pretty sure I've got that. Which is why my project is late." Uh huh. Right. You need extra time to work because of your self-diagnosed ADD. Gotcha
They want everyone to have a mental illness designation so they have an excuse to put you on ritalin and prozac.
But for arguments sake, lets say that all these mental-illness designations are indeed true.
The best cure for "mental illness" lies in alternative healing therapies. Things like hypnosis, reiki, or any other energy-healing method.
Not these stupid meds that only make things worse or don't work at all.
When I was in art school, I swear every other person was "ADD" or "OCD" or "bipolar" or had "panic attacks" or an "anxiety disorder". It was almost like they were bragging about it. And I'd be like- Oh, what meds are you on? "I'm not on any". Well, are you seeing a doctor? "No." Have you actually been diagnosed with this condition, like, at all? Ever? "Well, not officially. But I mean, I looked it up on the internet and I'm pretty sure I've got that. Which is why my project is late." Uh huh. Right. You need extra time to work because of your self-diagnosed ADD. Gotcha.
Yeah, the nurse said that my family was one out of 7 families in the school with NO medications, there are 320 or so kids in each year, and four years, that's 1273 (roughly) people with medications at my school.
Yeah, the nurse said that my family was one out of 7 families in the school with NO medications, there are 320 or so kids in each year, and four years, that's 1273 (roughly) people with medications at my school.So that's why my health insurance is so high! Bastards.
I swear it's gettin' to be where childhood itself is a "disorder". Or maybe it's using drugs to compensate for poor parenting… oh, let's don't get me started on one of my fist-shaking, "Kids today!!!" rants. ;)
Yeah, the nurse said that my family was one out of 7 families in the school with NO medications, there are 320 or so kids in each year, and four years, that's 1273 (roughly) people with medications at my school.So that's why my health insurance is so high! Bastards.
I swear it's gettin' to be where childhood itself is a "disorder". Or maybe it's using drugs to compensate for poor parenting… oh, let's don't get me started on one of my fist-shaking, "Kids today!!!" rants. ;)
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I'm not 100% if this is the last issue but it seems to be, it's still pretty sad. The writers really fucked it up with crossovers and dr.strange so i guess it's fitting they end it -__- (every time he comes into a series he ruins it) It did start to go downhill around issue 80, then uphill issue 112, and back to the crapper now.
I guess i should swallow my dignity and read 'one more day' now.
It really pisses me off when people use stuff like OCD or ADD as excuses for everything. My point of view is that those sort of things need to be regarded as obstacles in life, and definitely not excuses. Otherwise people never improve or learn to cope at all.When I was in art school, I swear every other person was "ADD" or "OCD" or "bipolar" or had "panic attacks" or an "anxiety disorder". It was almost like they were bragging about it. And I'd be like- Oh, what meds are you on? "I'm not on any". Well, are you seeing a doctor? "No." Have you actually been diagnosed with this condition, like, at all? Ever? "Well, not officially. But I mean, I looked it up on the internet and I'm pretty sure I've got that. Which is why my project is late." Uh huh. Right. You need extra time to work because of your self-diagnosed ADD. Gotcha.
(but someone got reeeeeeeeaaallllyyyy pissed at me for expressing this thought today)
But on the other hand, if you're really sick (like, severe OCD for example) it kind of dictates your entire life. It's not just an obstacle or some bad mood you can "snap out of". Not saying that some folks aren't liable to take it as a cue for them to act out of line with impunity, or shirk responsibilities, or be total jerks. But most people (again, who really are sick) don't want to be that way; they just can't help it.
Yeah, I really mean the first people you mentioned there. I think most people who say that they have ADD or OCD are in that group. It really does seem like they're proud of this supposed mental illness.
I don't think I've actually met anyone really sick who used it as an excuse like that all the time.
Oh crap! I have to do the news about the latest feature… I forgot -_-kyaa! it's me!!! I feel like it's christmas! unfortunately it's a godforsaken hour to be running around cheering (my parents would be disturbed that I'm up and online at 5 am) but o happy day!!
re the little discussion above:
I really find the overmedication problem interesting. Although one of my goals in life is to get an adderall prescription (but don't worry, I'm not one of those poseurs who thinks they have ADD)… conundrum. (I'd have to have health insurance, though…)
I once found it surprising how many people have things like depression, anxiety, bipolar etc, but I think it's just more people are medicating themselves than before.
My mom and I once got into a debate about whether depression can ever go away. That sounds in retrospect like a plea for help. haha.
i feel like i'm always bragging. i think i should tone it down a bit. and it's not that i'm just straight out bragging. i'm doing the "modest" bragging. you know the one where you try to appear humble about something but still brag. i think i'm only doing that for the extra brownie points.
@seventy2: I don't see it like that. It's okay to be proud of yourself! lol!
re the little discussion above:Haha. I've been tryin' to get an Aderol script; I don't think I'm ADD, I just want over the counter speed! :nervous:
I really find the overmedication problem interesting. Although one of my goals in life is to get an adderall prescription (but don't worry, I'm not one of those poseurs who thinks they have ADD)… conundrum. (I'd have to have health insurance, though…)
I once found it surprising how many people have things like depression, anxiety, bipolar etc, but I think it's just more people are medicating themselves than before.
My mom and I once got into a debate about whether depression can ever go away. That sounds in retrospect like a plea for help. haha.
I think it's just that an increasing amount of people are on medicine, and not that mental illness is necessarily on the rise. Whether or not they need to be- well, that's another thing- I ain't a doctor. But it's disturbing' to me because I feel like it's indicative of this perspective that if you're not happy all the time, then something's wrong with you. Which absolutely disgusts me. It does.
I've been on and off medicine, in and out of hospital, back and forth with doctors for ten years now. I'm very ambivalent about the meds- this current time is the first time I've stayed on anything for as long as a year. But there's a difference for me in being "moody" (which I always have been) or having weird anxieties and irrational ideas/delusions; and recognizing a pattern of cyclical self-destructive or self-sabatoging behavior. I mean, when it gets to the point where you're non-functional and you're a danger to yourself and others? Yeah, probably energy healing or tuggin' on the ol' bootstraps ain't enough.
Honestly I kind of feel like this time it's my last ditch, if that makes any sense- if I can't stick with it and "get better" then it's never going to happen and I might as well quit the shit, try to deal, and resign myself to the fact that I'll probably never finish school or have a career, because this crap just gets worse as I get older.
Personally, I don't think people are getting more silly about claiming problems they don't really have, I don't necessarily think that it's doctors over-prescribing either (that IS part of it of course). I suspect that the true cause is major pharmaceutical companies on a major marketing Jihad.
They tend to work by funding hundreds of various studies and academics to research their pet "conditions" and fringe issues of various sorts, particularly in relation to their lovely medicines specially designed to treat those conditions. But not just that, they get the definition and diagnoses of existing conditions widened to include people who shouldn't BE included.
Then you influence doctors, pharmacists, government health programs, company health programs, health insurance companies, and hospitals all around the world to actively recommended their treatments for those "conditions".
Make normal people think that they're unwell and abnormal if they're not happy and perfect all the time (as Hyena says), and you have guaranteed custom for very easy to produce products.
-FAR easier to produce treatments for conditions YOU define than to develop treatments for something nature has come up with.
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That said, there ARE people who DO need medication to help them function normally. -Like Hyena for example.
It's a shame when the vast prevalence of hypochondriacs make the real sufferers look like fellow fakers. Not just a shame, but dangerous if their conditions aren't taken seriously because of all the twits out there.
And it does happen.
-I'm being a bit harsh to those who aren't serious sufferers… That's unfair because as I've said, it's not really their fault all the time. They can't help if the definitions of conditions were widened to include them and now their doctor is giving them all this useless medication. The prescribing doctors should really have more sense, judgement, ethics, and moral values.
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