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

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

By Jove, I'm feeling ranty today. Grr.

So I ripped these metal/hardcore CDs* (or rather, what I thought were such) from a buddy the other day. He played me a few tracks, and they sounded good, so I was like, "A'ight. Lemme get that from ya".

I'm just now listening to 'em, and… WTF? I mean, the songs will start out hard. But then they'll do a breakdown, and come at me with this whiny singing crap. Now, I got pretty varied musical tastes; it's not like all I listen to is unintelligible growly screaming with fast guitars. But I hate that whiny "let's talk about our feelings" stuff. Again- WTF? Totally disappointing.

(*The bands in question: From Autumn to Ashes & Between the Buried and Me.)

man, ya need some Municipal Waste.
fuckin beer thrash man.
HELL.YES.

Posted at 1:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

i onle had 3 hours of sleep last night and i've got to get dressed/look presentable for school in 20 minutes.

god my classes are so boring, i pay this school to bore me to death for 6 hours. i'd write my 2nd comic but everyone around me always starts asking 'watcha writing can i c?' no gtfo nosey moses

crap now i have 18 minutes to get ready

Posted at 2:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

I haven't been sleeping properly at all lately. I'm lucky if I get more than four hours a night, and even when I do get a decent amount I'm still tired by noon for some reason.

It's actually quite disturbing, the effect it's having on me. I can hardly remember things that happened five minutes ago and I have to stare for at least thirty seconds before I even know what I'm looking at. It's like my brain is turning itself off, one process at a time.

Posted at 2:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

I'm wondering how do you ask your boss for a layoff.

Asking for a layoff is different from quitting the job. When you quit the job, you're not entitled to severance pay and employment insurance benefits. Its just like getting fired.

I really feel like I wanna go to school and do a career change. I hate my job (the job in itself). The only reason I'm keeping it is because:

a) it allows me ALOT of time to surf the net and go on forums and read webcomics and ebooks and draw. Cuz I'm a fast worker and there's not much to do anyway. In reality, I only "work" 4 hours (actual work if you wanna get technical about it) and get paid for 8 (time in the office).

b) I like the supervisor. Because he's a slacker and easy to talk to.

c) I like my coworkers. The shift I'm on usually has people who are easy to get along with. All the assholes are in the other shift.

If the next round of layoffs come… and if a coworker gets laid off, I will approach the manager and tell him to lay me off instead.

lol! I'll leave the company looking like a hero (or an idiot maybe). hahaha.

Posted at 3:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

doin mah happy dance…doing the happy dance! uh yeah….nts unts unts…

insurance called at 9 am to tell me that they had no new information and i should STFU. not really in those words but awesome. then they called me at 1342 and told me that they were going to pay for the car! so if it's totalled, then i wont have to make payments on it no more!!

yay!!

yay!!!

WOOT!

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

My wall-neighbors have a very loud machine running. It sounds like there is some kind of motor or even an engine involved. It is past midnight. They are not teenagers. They should not be doing this shit, but this is the second time in a week they've done so.

If they haven't stopped in the next 15 minutes I am going to go over there and pound on their door until they fucking turn it off. Yelling through the wall has not worked, and they will not get my pissed off note until they check their mail slot.

There is nothing in the world more irritating than not being allowed to sleep.

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

All I want to say is…

Lack of sleep + trying to go out for a run = Epically massive amounts of fail.

I did that, and it resulted in me feeling sick.

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

I'm depressed. No reason. I just feel depressed. I'm crying and tired and I don't know why.

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

I think maybe I was desperate to convince myself I wasn't one of those old farts that grumbles about how any music made within the past 10 years is crap. Heh.

Their earlier albums had less of the whiny screamo and more hardcore. But if you're not a fan of the current underground scene then they're probably not your cup of tea. If it's melodic metal you want, try The Black Dahlia Murder, Scarlett or See You Next Tuesday. They're a little more on the hard edged side of melodic stuff and have more traditional metal lyrics than the others.

Nah, it's the melodic part that I don't want. Less singing, more anger. ;) But I'll look those guys up.

man, ya need some Municipal Waste.
fuckin beer thrash man.
HELL.YES.

I'll look 'em up, too. >:)

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

this'll help ya get started
Municipal Waste- Headbanger Face Rip

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

this'll help ya get started
Municipal Waste- Headbanger Face Rip

Sweet. It had me at "TROMA". Love it! That's funny, though- 'cause I was just watchin' the Voivod video you posted in the other thread. (I didn't know those guys ever made a video!)

Posted at 5:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

VOIVOD?!TROMA?!
man, have i just found a long lost sister? CHEERS!

but yeah! Voivod made more then that too! Tribal Convictions, Psychic Vacuum, Voivod, Ripping Headaches, The Tower, Polaroids, man a bunch more. an EXCELLENT fuckin band!

Posted at 7:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

Nah, it's the melodic part that I don't want. Less singing, more anger. ;) But I'll look those guys up.

Well, if it's anger you want then See You Next Tuesday definitely has that. The song titles alone should be able to tell you that much. It doesn't get too much more blatant than, "Eight dead, nine if you count the fetus". Just don't expect classic metal stuff like Metallica.

And speaking of Metallica, my hatred for them has risen to a new level. I'm not a big fan of glam rock, hair metal or much of any of the metal from the early 90's and late 80's, to begin with. And spending the last 6 hours in the woodshop here with the same one CD blaring does not make the impression of them I have all that much better. I'd have rather listened to Connor Oberst cutting his wrists and whining on the last Bright Eyes CD. At least that's bad enough that the shop supervisor will shut it off after a while.

Posted at 7:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

I never feel like I'm as important to people as they are to me.

Posted at 8:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

And speaking of Metallica, my hatred for them has risen to a new level.

Ha. Metallica. I had to listen to the whole new album on a car ride with my brother over the holidays. I wanted to cut my ears off. Don't get me wrong, I like the old stuff (anything pre-Black Album). But they've been dead to me for about- what? 15 years? The whole Napster fiasco, with Lars whinin' about people takin' money out his pockets when the man's flyin' around in private jets and crap- that just put the last nail in the coffin for me. I dunno, it's weird- back in the day I used to listen to, let's say, "Kill 'Em All". And it was the heaviest stuff I ever heard. But I guess I was ten or twelve, ya know? I still appreciate the musicianship and all, and I got respect for what they brought to the table as far as the history of metal's concerned; but now when I listen to it… well, it just doesn't hit the spot like it used to. Too much death metal in my diet, I reckon. ;)

Posted at 8:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

i just wrote an opening for a story. i think i'm going to write it. then turn it into a webcomic.

as i was writing i could tell in my mind where each specific piece was influenced. sigh, it was hard for me not to just take each sentence, and scribble it out. my drive to be completly original is almost over whelming.

but even ninja wedding's title was already taken, albiet, i didnt know till some one sent me the link to the indie movie. maybe that's why i truly quit the story. not anything to do with the fact that i wanted to take it in 8 different directions (lol octomom) and made a 3 page story in each direction….not the sudden lack of time in my life. ianno.

also, i just tried to find the indie film ninja wedding for you guys, but it wasnt on the first 2 pages of google, but my comic was #1.

Posted at 9:03PM, Mar. 2, 2009

but even ninja wedding's title was already taken, albiet, i didnt know till some one sent me the link to the indie movie. maybe that's why i truly quit the story.

It's a curse, your need for originality! ;) I kid, I kid. It's an admirable (if perhaps futile) endeavor.

I know there's a "Hub City" in some superhero comic. It doesn't bother me as much as it used to, though. I quit a story I was writing about ten years ago- and this is kinda a long/weird explanation- It was about this chick who had been in a popular hair metal band in the 80's, and was tryin' to make a comeback like, 10 years later. The main character's name was Michelle Young. Her first name was taken from the song "My Michelle", by Guns 'n' Roses. I later found out that song was based on a real person, coincidentally named "Michelle Young". As soon as I found that out, I just gave it up. I was so mad!

Posted at 9:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

I really liked the new metallica cd, the only one i liked before was s&m, i've always found the others to be too muted and scratchy, but i prefer pop to metal.

I'm reading the worst book ever right now. I can't even stop reading it it's like some fucking atrocious car wreck and now I'm driving slower hoping to see the damage -_- It' called 'lonely werewolf girl' and the main character is fucking disgusting train wreck, really if i met this person irl i'd spit on her. The other characters trip over themselves trying to please her for NO reason. If you're going to make your character an anorexic drug-addict that killed her father and hates everything except the guy she fucked when she was 14 do it right gawd.

Posted at 10:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

Sounds like a werewolf version of Twilight.

Posted at 10:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

Sounds like a werewolf version of Twilight.

Oh god you're right 0_o

She has an older blond werewolf sister, an effeminate but charming brother, an older and really aggressive brother, and two friends that fawn over her even though she acts like they're turds or something.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

If you're going to make your character an anorexic drug-addict that killed her father and hates everything except the guy she fucked when she was 14 do it right gawd.

Anyone else notice that this concept has the potential to be quite an interesting and readable story if handled right?

At least up until this:

'lonely werewolf girl'

?

It just seems to further my theory that most fantasy is just a regular story that could even wind up being good if it weren't for all the stupid crap about vampires, flying monkeys, or whatever other crazy idea they get into their head might make it less believable.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

This is an excerpt from a conversation that happened about three couple of hours ago. Keep in mind the child is about 12.
Myself: So ma'am, how have the kids been doing?
Mother: They're okay, they're doing pretty well in school. [Child's name] is off from school right now because he had to go to the dentist. (calls the child in the room)
Child: Hey mister!
Myself: Yes? What's up?
Child: My mom has this huge glass dildo she keeps in her closet! Do you need to see that?
Myself: ….
Mother: …. (stands up and heads for the front door)
Mother: I'm gonna go have a cigarette.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 3, 2009

HAHAHAHAHA!

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 3, 2009

Bloody hell it's been a busy week, and it's not even Wednesday yet. Tuesdays are normally only half days, but what's-his-name ended up keeping us there until five, and when I got back I had a million other things to work on. Turns we have four weeks left until Easter. Four weeks. I thought it was longer than that, I've got four projects and three essays to fucking finish in four fucking weeks.

I suppose I could work through Easter, but I've got a personal project I want to work on, which is just as, if not more, important than everything else.

Edit: just as I thought that my internet had finally been sorted out, it disconnected me for no reason near the end of a large download.

huge glass dildo

Shoving a big piece of glass into your vagina seems like a really, really bad idea.

It just seems to further my theory that most fantasy is just a regular story that could even wind up being good if it weren't for all the stupid crap about vampires, flying monkeys, or whatever other crazy idea they get into their head might make it less believable.

You are reading the bad kind.

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 3, 2009

Past few weeks, we are really busy and lacking time to get our comics to get updated.

kaihidou is still on term but has the time to get the teaser fixed once she's done working those assignments this week while I'm trying my best to finish Finals before March 8 (I still have Essay, Team Project evaluation, Mock Website and Ad Campaign). Oops, better get going as errand calls and we're going to Sakucon this year. 8D

~konrei-sama