It took me ages to get used to Hugh Laurie doing american in House and I have no idea if it was good or not, it just sounded wrong for him. Still I did get used to it.
It's been so hot here lately and it wouldn't be so bad but my home isn't good for hot weather so I just sweat and don't sleep at night. I miss the pool, stone floors and air con my folks have in spain.
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Happy 2019! General discussion thread
So this year, I invested in a mini washing machine for my apartment. It cost me a small fortune but the upside is that I have successfully cut down on my interactions with neighbors by at least 40%.
Now the only time I see my neighbors is when I'm staring at them through the blinds…
My sister asked my why I own night vision binoculars… I don't have to answer that.
ozoneocean wrote:
How is the comment notification thing working for people?
Really like it!! Esp. knowing if/when a reply is made to a comment I made!! That is so nice!!
Our NPS biologist informs me that this is the first record of a hispid cotton rat on the Blue Ridge Parkway. 
This guy hangs out beside the lake, completely unfazed by people as it grazes. I took some pictures and identified it from field guides. Then I shared my ID with my coworkers in case people ask. My supervisor shared the pictures with the Natural Resource Specialists in NC (we don't have any biologist in the VA districts) who confirmed my ID – and then told me it was the first one on record.
(It's crazy cute in person. It looks like a tiny, round-eared bunny. About the size of a baseball.)
usedbooks wrote:
Not exactly a cougar or a sasquatch. XD
It's actually a common species in VA, but this is the westernmost edge of its range.
Cute little fella! Not like the sewer rats that infest my neck of the woods. The local council have been shamed into action after we were named rat capital of London. Ratropolis if you will.
Ironscarf wrote:usedbooks wrote:
Not exactly a cougar or a sasquatch. XD
It's actually a common species in VA, but this is the westernmost edge of its range.
Cute little fella! Not like the sewer rats that infest my neck of the woods. The local council have been shamed into action after we were named rat capital of London. Ratropolis if you will.
I have a soft spot for native rodents. They are so much cuter than the "imports" too. The Americas have the best rodents.
(I say that while owning pet rats, but they are a far cry from their ancestry. A few hundred generations of selective breeding has an effect.)
ozoneocean wrote:mindcat wrote:You really have those? Weren't they super expensive? O_o
My sister asked my why I own night vision binoculars… I don't have to answer that.
Actually, they were 80 bucks but I didn't buy them. They were a gift. And, I don't actually watch people. Trust me, anyone doing anything interesting closes the windows first.
But one day, this weird car with two guys in it was parked outside our house and I took out the binoculars and I look and the guy had a camera pointed straight at me looking at him. I almost had a heart attack!
Turns out they were just taking pictures of the house because we were going to sell it.
ozoneocean wrote:Sure it wasn't Google maps taking pictures of the intersection?mindcat wrote:HAHAHA! :D
Turns out they were just taking pictures of the house because we were going to sell it.
As a security guard at a secure facility ,I've had that and with train tracks right in front of the entrance?
Car screeches to a halt, guy jumps out taking pictures like mad … sir, this is a secure facility and private property –
Huh? Yeah, but that's a vintage logo Pacific Northern engine and an Erie Lakawana! Train hobbyists. πππππ€£π€£
Porn star.
Nah, not really. I'd love to be a film producer, but that'll never happen.
I picked up on a thread I posted a few months back in the networking section recently and I've been going through some scripts and shirt story ideas I'd written and forgotten about. One of the ideas really spoke to me and just finished writing it. One of those things that just flowed and although it probably needs refining I'm really pleased with how it came out. I've sent it to an artist, will have to see if they like it enough to illustrate it. If not I'll have to make time to do it myself. Luckily my recent busy schedule has eased of so I can squeeze it in.
Cable news talking head. Just spout nonsense and always be wrong but so long as I meet the right agenda I'll always be appearing on some other show to spout more nonsense. And maybe get to date hot news anchorettes. I'd be very tactful so no one would ever accuse me of sexual harassment.
Producer/writer of the "Robofemoids" franchise. That I could make happen. Just need to edit the first comic into something sensible and short.
One I did make happen. Tank crewman.
My dream from middle school: being the guy who inspects the fire extinguishers! Did that too.
@Bravo-
Have you seen the latest trailer for Welcome to Marwen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dy7xQ8NeE
It came up in an advertisement while I was streaming the other day, and while it is not exactly Robofemoids, the war theme and costumes reminded me of your work. I never knew a story like Mark Hogancampβs until now. Have you ever heard of this guy? He lives in New York state, which is just a stone's toss from you.
Oh no, now everyone will be doing photo comics. Well so much for having a medium and making it my own.
If only I had a Hollywood budget like that for the figures.
I probably knew him under a screen name from one of the one six scale boards. I had heard they were doing a new Walter Mitty with Zemeckis and Carell and this has a lot of elements from that World War II era story and the movie version with Danny Kaye. (On of the most talented humans ever.)
kawaiidaigakusei wrote:Wow, that looks amazing!
@Bravo-
Have you seen the latest trailer for Welcome to Marwen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dy7xQ8NeE
^_^
This stuff can only be good for Bravo's work I think. The more this style gets popularised and mainstreamed the more people come to accept it and look for other examples of it.
ozoneocean wrote:And I will be accused of cribbing the medium from the movie. πbravo1102 wrote:Glad to hear it :P.
Oh yeah, the offers from galleries are already rolling in.
What I mean is that people who read online comics will be a lot more open to it ^_^
Bad enough there are too many similarities between Game of Thrones and Sword of Kings though it was all written before I ever heard of G.R.R. Martin. This has happened before. I go and do something and someone else comes along and does something like it and I am accused of copying them even though I had the idea first. Almost a running gag in my life. π€£π€£π€£
So I can only laugh and be very cynical. πππππ€£π€£
Everyone who has been on Drunk Duck over the last decade knows the original figurine photocomic creator.
I am sure Hollywood has a keen eye on ideas that already exist on the web. I mean, most movies nowadays are sequels or prequels or remakes of an original movie from three decades ago that require a half-assed explanation of time travel in order to make sense.
I love the idea behind Walter Mitty. It inspires me to get on a plane to Iceland and have a grand adventure instead of imagining it all.
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Speaking of going on an adventure-
I submitted my two weeks notice at my office job a little over one week ago. This Friday is officially my last day. I was not exactly feeling my happiest while I was at work the last couple of months and I know I will have a much better time working as a full-time substitute teacher for the 2018-19 school year (not to mention my earning potential will go way up as a full-time substitute).
I was faced with so much anxiety over leaving my office assistant job because my boss is an amazing person and she was a genuine hardworker and we had working styles that were really in sync. It was one of the first resignation letters I wrote and gave advanced notice since most of the jobs I have held in past naturally came to an end because it was a student job or term ended.
I have a few lessons learned from the last three years of balancing several jobs. One of them is to make yourself the center of all your priorities. Somehow a lot of my jobs and schedule were structured around a ten-year-old, this idea is unbelieveable because I am a grown woman (with no kids) and I can not believe how many compromises I made in the last year to fit someone else's schedule.
Sleep is important. I was entertaining the idea of continuing the office job next year, but I would lose so much sleep in the process that it would not be worth it in the long run.
It is okay to be selfish sometimes. If all your time is spent trying to please everyone else, you ignore doing things for yourself, which makes one wonder "What's the point?" of everything.
When making major life decisions, ignore what other people have decided for you (they might be making a decision that benefits them the most) and make your own choices.
I am going to spend the next three weeks detoxing from the last three years. I have looked up a domestic train pass that goes all over the contiguous United States, or I will spin a globe and travel to the country my finger lands (like in The Last King of Scotland).
Whatever the case, I snagged tickets to watch Jimmy Kimmel live this week in Hollywood and I am going to Disneyland the following day. This is going to be a fun year.
kawaiidaigakusei wrote:
I am sure Hollywood has a keen eye on ideas that already exist on the web. I mean, most movies nowadays are sequels or prequels or remakes of an original movie from three decades ago that require a half-assed explanation of time travel in order to make sense.
I love the idea behind Walter Mitty. It inspires me to get on a plane to Iceland and have a grand adventure instead of imagining it all.
There's hope for me yet.
I don't have to go looking for adventure anymore, it inevitably finds me.π
Good on you Kawaii!
You should definitely put yourself first! -unless you're working on a passion project, but that's rare.
There's a potential for me to have my dream job… I would drop my other work for that.
Many years ago now I was earning really quite good money working two jobs. They fit in with my schedule and way of life perfectly. One was working from home in the mornings and evenings and the other was in the office in the mornings.
But the work from home job tied me to home TOO much, I couldn't stay out late at parties whenever I wanted for example… I'd have to be home at at the computer at certain times, plus it was making more and more demands from me. SO I took the decision to quit. It meant that half my income vanished, but I was fine with that because my office job more closely aligned with my objectives (graphic design), and my feeling was that giving myself more time for creation, managing Drunk Duck, doing artwork and focussing on myself was WORTH even more than the income I was forgoing.
I still think I was right.
Now I could use more money… and there's the possibility I could get it. But it's not a sure thing.
ozoneocean wrote:
What would your dream job be?
Maybe a docent at a small museum.
But another goal seems to be happening: finding a house within walking distance of a small town center. We'll be closing on Tuesday, as long as nothing comes up between now and then to nix it. And then we'll be tearing it down to the studs to build it up the way we want it. We found a husband/wife,general contractor team that I think can do it right.
I am very optimistic (to the point that it's challenging self recognition) And nervous. I typically don't gamble like this.
Please wish us luck!
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