I remember when I used to come to the DD front page and only see a small advert in the top corner. Maybe even 2 under the news but it wasnt that annoying. This recent advert for game surveys is just horrible. It looks like its backwards aswell. It looks like whoever designed it just threw 2 screenshots into it and a bunch of logos at the top. It doesnt even give any information on what they're advertising. I get it that its a website and not a product but still. I just went to the homepage and thought I was on the wrong site. Advertising is fine but theres such a thing as over advertising.
ditto
Is it a webcomics site or a LOVE VIDEO GAMES? site
That's cool. I love Howard's Conan stories! There's also his Cormac Mac Art and Bran Mac Morn stories about Celts and Picts in Britain during the Roman occupation, driving Romans out and so on.
I'm aware of those :)
Britain without the Anglo Saxon influence would be unrecognisable though… You could probably use Ireland as the best model in that case since it had less influence from them than the rest of the UK.
Probably I could. :D
With the Romans, don't forget the Greek influence! That was MASSIVE back then, it's what created Christianity as the movement it was- as well as still being the prime influence over many of the eastern Slavic Christians through the Orthodox church.
Wait, Greek influence on Romans or Brits? Anyway, no Orthodox church. I can't really explain everything here since I don't want to betray too much of the plot and stuff but basically I'm slightly modifying an existing story and my research is meant to be a basis for making the visuals more consistent and giving it a better backstory.
- - - - - Meanwhile today I have ran out of short comics. That is, I have inked everything I had to ink. Have to draw a couple more :D
So I was approaching my dorm tonight at about 9 pm and I see this taxi cab pulled over on the sidewalk. The doors are all wide open and the driver is out of the car SCREAMING at this girl. Apparently, she got in the cab with no money and wasn't planning on paying him… once he stops the clock, his cab won't start up again until he gets paid. The girl is obviously trying to screw him over and really doesn't seem to care, but the driver is irrate. He's jumping around, screaming, throwing his arms around…
So one I get close them, I make sure to look down and not make eye contact with the guy, and go for the door of my building. I open the door wide, because they're heavy, and it closes slowly. The girl tries to sneak in behind me, avoiding the taxi driver. I start up the stairs to the main lobby, which are about 3 feet from the door and the taxi driver REACHES IN AND GRABS THE CHICK BY HER HAIR.
So I run up the stairs and tell the woman at the security desk that there's a situation out there and just as she starts to stand up, the girl comes in screaming, hands on her head, with the taxi driver trying to grab at her jacket.
I got out of there as fast as I could and jumped in the elevator.
I could hear the taxi driver screaming up three floors. I'm pretty sure they were calling the cops.
Publicly known fact about me that everyone who knows me forgets: I have PTSD. It's a long story. Saturday was hellish as far as flashbacks go, though. I ended up collapsing next to a closed store until I was able to collect myself enough to make it the three blocks home. I'm stubborn, persistent, and too independent for my own good. There're only three or four people that've seen me even close to as bad as it gets. I don't have nights that bad on a regular basis any more, but whenever I do… I inevitably get sick the next week. I'm not sure if it's because my coping mechanisms are undermined because my immune system is struggling, or if the stress of the episodes knock my immune system on it's bum. Either way, the inevitable caught up with me today. Blargh.
————– I figured out my calendar for releases today. I think it's reasonable. I'm looking forward to releasing the project I'm working on. Is it weird that with FAIL, I'm almost more excited about making the filler material than the next book?
————- Do you ever have those moments when you realize that extra work would be counterproductive- and that the best way to get the result you want is also the way that seems so easy it feels like cheating? I try to have those moments as often as humanly possible. I think I had one of them this evening, and that might well be the highlight of the day.
I went to another con up in Milwaukee this last weekend. It was a lot of fun, and I got to meet another DrunkDucker there. This time, it was Trevor Mueller of the comic @$$hole. Really nice guy.
However, I have since come down with something, and feel like utter crap. I've been coughing like crazy since yesterday, and today I've been feeling achy and having chills. I know I caught something at the con, but I'm hoping it's not something too terrible.
I remember when I used to come to the DD front page and only see a small advert in the top corner.
I'm afraid that the people in charge of this stuff at Wowio have found this must make them money or something. I worry that even on the new site we'll have these site takeovers for products like SCOUT CAMP and DO YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES
Survey services are particularly bad, because the way they operate is biased towards them never having to pay you. I mean, I guess with this one you get a free Wowio book if you sign up or something, but if you're not interested in that in the first place…
Oh don't worry that huge Game test thing is until it figures out what your niche market is. Then it becomes targeted, less obtrusive but more annoying. Carnival cruises, Mohegan Sun… :(
Take one cruise and every cruise line and resort center has you targetted.
I should be working on a script. Ugh. Instead I've been sleeping a lot because work terrorfied me last weekend. Anti-anxiety meds are wonderful.
I am bored. I am also sitting on my PC trying to get active forum poster, which is why i am saying this. I like The sparticle mystery and tracy beaker returns. you probaly wont cos ur grown ups :)
I like The sparticle mystery and tracy beaker returns. you probaly wont cos ur grown ups :)
I watch Trady Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns over and over and I am ancient. I don't have a choice in that, but it's still better than most 'grown up' tv.
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Ever have that thing where you're happily minding your own business and suddenly you go "Aagh! - I completely messed up my life!". I don't know what to call it but I had it today. Only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was a shocker!
I am bored. I am also sitting on my PC trying to get active forum poster, which is why i am saying this. I like The sparticle mystery and tracy beaker returns. you probaly wont cos ur grown ups :)
Easiest way to do it is get involved in debates and conversations it is amazing how quickly replying to stuff ads up.
God the am/pm in town had really low gas prices, so the place was packed beyond belief. My mom did this insane turn and squeezed in between two trucks with inches to spare. She zipped into a free space while 2 other people were trying to get it and said "He who waits, waits!"
B^U
In other news i was looking for those gold plated pokeball things from burger king years back. I only found two of them but the boxes were destroyed…i opened them at last. Pretty damn cool. I once ate at BK every single day for a week because i wanted to collect all the pokeymen toys. I don't like BK anymore though, the burgers are ginormous and wendys tastes better.
a) Stick up for my beliefs and take the punishment?
or
b) Stay quiet and have something I don't believe in be pushed even further upon me?
This is kind of hard and in admitting the thing to my parents the first time they decided to ignore it so I don't know what would happen if I tried again…
It's not gayness.
I'd rather not say what IT is though.
It's stupid and embarrassing because I'm really open about it but they refuse to accept it.
the wife is finally starting college next month. she got a student loan, and thanks to an inheritance, i can send her to her first semester of college for free. so the loan, she's going to use for a cintiq 21ux or something…is there anything better?
In good news: I may be getting another, sort of smallish degree, to go with my big fancy one. I have some tests that are about two years overdue that I finally will be able to take next week, netting me some additional cash. It's been two weeks without any tobacco, and I am no longer a cranky bear.
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l337, I would go with a, but I am not you. Only know yourself and your parents well enough to know which decision would be best for you, and which one you can personally deal with.
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seventy2, with the multiple pockets on the ABU you should be able to find one in which to keep a mint handy. I am also jealous of the places to keep pens.
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Today we had a class on sexual assault prevention, and I knew all the answers. I was told that my accuracy in answering the instructor's questions was incredibly creepy considering my mustache. Top's exact words were, 'Coop, it seems like you know an awful lot about this whole raping thing.'
seventy2, with the multiple pockets on the ABU you should be able to find one in which to keep a mint handy. I am also jealous of the places to keep pens.
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we actually found pockets inside pockets the other day. they're ammo holsters. i guess we only need 2 extra clips when situations get sticky. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…like i'll ever be in that situation with that uniform.
Sayomi/Genejoke - don't forget the trophies sometimes don't work. I'm still waiting for my 'loved, admired and respected by everyone he meets' award.
Want mine? I'm not using it right now. I put all my awards in a box and keep tripping over them.
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I'm been feeling like garbage for a while now. One person I used to talk to all the time at work has been in the hospital all week. This is a person who never wants to stay overnight let alone be admitted.
And now I just got a call from my mother that she needs a ride to her angioplasty which is scheduled for the first week of March. She's been feeling tired and went to the cardiologist and found out she has a blockage.
And the second anniversary of my father's death is next week.
The wife has been home sick (viral syndrome) the past week and I've had to pop my anti-anxiety meds to get to sleep. Them thar racing thoughts. Just shut up already I want to sleep. lol!
Wow, my office was cursed today! First the ceiling above my desk and computers collapsed under a flood of leaky air-conditioning water… Well technically that happened after I'd gone home yesterday, and the boss and his business partner had done the best to save things and clean it all up. But it meant my ceiling was a massive great gaping hole with a roaring air-conditioner blasting away- if it gets turned off it'll start leaking again so it has to stay on.
So we had a major move of my desk, my comps and monitors and all my other bits and pieces. I crawled around untangling a nasty spaghetti of cords and cables, hooked them up all again and turned on the main comp… It worked! Phew… I was still glad I backed it all up (doubly) on Monday though.
Also a massive container load of stuff we NEED got delayed for a customs inspection… Then we hear a crane on the wharf collapsed almost on top of it. Then we hear the soonest it can get to us cross country with two truck drivers is four days…
Then my favourite pen explodes. T_T
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