Congrats Amelius on the 12 years!! (and the wedding anni too). That's amazing, I love the duck and love seeing people stick to it for so long!

12 years… that's a long time. pretty much double my time here on the duck. well done for sticking with the duck through thick and thin.

*sigh* I didn't think it would take so long… I ordered a replacement PSP screen for my PSP (PlayStation Portable). Used ones in stores are VERY hard to find and the ones online tend to be very overpriced. Luckily, the replacement parts (not including the motherboard) are cheap. The backlit LCD screen itself is $15… which is not bad.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VEL34RA?psc=1It's gonna be a long wait for me as I was just getting into one of the games I got for Xmas…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EkAB0m0EgA

Oh, well… patience is a virtue, right?

Hey… I just realise 2016 make 12 years of Pinky TA on DD too!
I'm in great company with Amelius, with 10% of the pages…

I saw my sister today before she flies back home after an operation to remove kidney stones. I hung out with her and my dad. They're such a weird pair! They're always looking at their phones and they only time when they DO really talk is about 4x4s, truck engines, motors… Bloody hell. Nothing in common with these people anymore…

ozoneocean
they only time when they DO really talk is about 4x4s, truck engines, motors… Bloody hell. Nothing in common with these people anymore…

Sounds pretty interesting to me. But then with my over active mind most everything is interesting. At least you no longer live with them.

Talking about trucks was the ONLY thing that got them fired up. Army trucks, off-roading etc.
Then back to looking at phones and one word responses.
Strange people, not very whimsicale, and way more in comon with each other than me.

They're the sort of people who always complain about being short of cash and needing to borrow money and then go out and buy expensive meals every day and not even finish eating them. My sister was complaining about being broke and then wet and spent $40 on a crappy magazine, a book and some choclates at the airport shop- she's only going on a short 3 hour flight! Probably won't even read that stuff.

All I have to do is imagine my sister's reaction when my brother and I talk tanks and history.

I am not a fan of phones and texting in a social setting.

I was standing on a train platform enjoying a breakfast burrito when the train conductor tells me that it is a non-smoking platform. Then he noticed that I was not smoking and that it was a really cold morning and he mistakened the steam as cigarette smoke. Then he started apologizing.

It pays to be a square.

If I ever dare to discuss my writing or comic creation it is certain those I am addressing will retreat to their phones.

Maybe we should all face up to the fact that what we say just isn't as earth shatteringly important as we think it is and take the hint that we're just not that worth listening to. I know that my conversation is often boring and tedious and that many would rather hear themselves talk than me. Why do you think my marriage has lasted so long?

We have two ears and one mouth so we should listen at least twice as much as we speak.

What a weird thing to say Bravo… Old Bravo crazy time again. Chill and take your meds man ;)

Speaking of trains Kawaii- when the train finally got to my stop this afternoon the door wouldn't open and it was about to leave, so I shoved my hands in and wrenched them apart till the system engaged and they opened the rest of the way. Lots of people were watching and didn't think I could do it. I got to be a tough guy douchey showoff for once. ^_^

Wait… people actually text the people they're talking to? While physically in their presence??? Have we gotten so lazy that we no longer use spoken language to communicate?!? The modernized world has really sunk below my expectations… O_O

If one texts someone, it is a private conversation since no one can over hear. So you can call Uncle Ted a douche while sitting across from him because he can't read your text can he?

Like he's going to run up and demand to see your phone? Unlikely. And as for me and my meds, don't take it so seriously. Just a little curmudgeonly whimsy. ;-)

Many thanks for the kind felicitations everyone! (つ✪ᗜ✪)つ☆☆
Oh yeah, Oz congrats on 12 years anniversary too! Haha, but your pages always looked so good, sometimes things just take time!

Haha, cell phone talk, I don't even have a phone. Too much anxiety! Plus I don't have anyone to text with anyway… (つд｀)

I'm kinda pleased right now, a song was stuck in my head that I wanted to find but had no idea how to. Looked up net history a few months back, took a guess, it was the right guess.
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At least it can stop being stuck on a repeating 5 second loop, now I can remember how the rest of it goes!

bravo1102 wrote:
If one texts someone, it is a private conversation since no one can over hear. So you can call Uncle Ted a douche while sitting across from him because he can't read your text can he?

One of my best friends and I do this occasionally. Often it's about boys - sometimes positive (omg his accent) but usually not (what is up with this guy). It's like when I was a kid and we would speak in French in front of the English/non-French immersion stream kids (or “English muffins” as we called them). Equally childish but still fun. And sometimes useful when a team effort is needed to get out of an awkward situation (help, this guy won't stop talking to me).

I just watched The Man from UNCLE with said friend. It was so terrible/awesome - the perfect movie to watch and make fun of with a friend. It's unclear to me whether it was meant to be satire, but it is hilarious either way. The American spy was exactly like the main character from Least I Could Do (does anyone else remember that)? Super ridiculous. And it had a handsome broody Russian, which is pretty much all I need to enjoy a movie.

ozoneocean
I saw my sister today before she flies back home after an operation to remove kidney stones. I hung out with her and my dad. They're such a weird pair! They're always looking at their phones and they only time when they DO really talk is about 4x4s, truck engines, motors… Bloody hell. Nothing in common with these people anymore…

Aww, that's a bit sad. With family members who I don't have much in common with I usually just talk about things we did together in the past. It's more difficult with extended family. I have one great uncle who was some kind of specialist doctor and is quite wealthy. They once travelled halfway across the country to visit and spent the entire time talking about their new baseboards. With them I usually just keep quiet and let the older folks do the talking.

My grandpa has become more and more exclusive in his interests as he's gotten older. My entire life he was mainly interested in books, but now he doesn't seem to have any interest in anything else. Conversation with him is actually easier than with my grandma, though…I just tell him about whatever book I happen to be reading and he's happy.

I guess I'll mix things up again. One of my Star Trek Online characters just made rank, so I got a new ship for him.

Introducing the Nebula Class Science Vessel, the U.S.S. Prince Valium!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B7Y3mnuZl0

Yep. Anyone who's watched Star Trek: The Next Generation will have seen this ship class. Why the name? Because the ship looks like such a pill…

Well I have no one to text nor have I seen any thing on a phone to arrest my attention. So I am stuck listening to people. My life has been one of constant interruption. All my thoughts are strung together with ellipses. Any wonder that at times I can't put together a coherent sentence.

And I just realized that one if my previous posts was a paraphrase of some of Churchill's thoughts on conversation and marriage.
I have got to finish up some projects so I can get back to comic-ing. Just bursting with stuff I want to do.

finally finished the third story of Lore. It's taken over a year and clocked in at 93 pages and I'm glad to have finished making it. Now for the next one.

Congrats Genejoke! That's an amazing achievement!

I finished my tank fanart for Pitface's Putrid Meat:
http://ozoneocean.deviantart.com/art/TREDD-TANK-583540195
It was pretty cool to do an X-ray view of it and imagine the internal structure.

I have a grand total of one exam this year, and managed to get sick the day before. :( My throat started hurting last night and is terrible today.

Sorry but that's actually kind of funny.
Damn, David Bowie has died. I'm pretty shocked and of course, saddened. I also have Starman stuck in my head now.

WTF? Didn't even know he was ill!

Me neither, came as a huge shock this morning. Such a shame, but he had a great career.

What a start to 2016. He just released a new cd too.

My wife went and got her new car. It's a Honda and it's bigger than the Subaru was. So in the driveway I am almost off on the grass.

Speaking of anniversaries today is the 4th anniversary of the end of my comic Mask of the Aryans . Which at over 200 pages has been the longest one so far.

@bravo- you transitioned from talking about David Bowie to your wife's new car that I thought David Bowie's wife, Iman, had purcased a new Honda.

I am feeling perplexed about David Bowie's death right now. It was definitely not news I was expecting to read after waking up at 1:00AM in the morning. When I googled his name, the headlines that come up are: David Bowie Dead: Legendary Artist was 69. I mean, rather appropriate age for the man, right? Some other thoughts in my head are: Ground Control to Major Bummer and The Goblin King has died. I will probably watch the ballroom scene from Labyrinth about ten times to honor his memory. “As the World Falls Down” is my favorite song from the soundtrack.

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I know this is the rant and moan thread, but lately, the tides have turned in my favor and life has been pretty fantastic. I am currentIy in the middle of a six day work week and it is very possible that it might become a seven day work week in the near future. It turns out I am highly employable and I keep getting requests to take on additional work shifts on days I am not scheduled. I do not mind as long as I get paid. I love everything about my weekend job because I feel very appreciated by my coworkers. It is the kind of job that is physically exhausting, but I do not carry any emotional baggage home with me when I clock out.

I can deal with physical exhaustion much better than mental exhaustion because it is much easier to repair. To balance all the tiredness and kinks in my joints, I have been attending more yoga classes each week. My last session focused on restorative yoga and it turned out to be 75 minutes of sleeping in different positions while the instructor did some reiki techniques. It was essentially a structured nap time, but it kind of worked because I felt really energized the next day.

I have to report to work at 0600. I need to wake up at 0300 and be out of the house by 0440 to make it in time.

I am looking forward to my next real vacation.

Fixed. I should have put my wife. Hard to believe I have been married a year longer than Bowie and Iman.

Your schedule is just like mine. Up at 0330 and out the door at 0510 to make 0600 start time. Or zero dark thirty. That was a military thing going back WW 2. Now it's the speedbump security guard. The first guy to die in the movie.

kawaiidaigakusei wrote:
@bravo- you transitioned from talking about David Bowie to your wife's new car that I thought David Bowie's wife, Iman, had purcased a new Honda.

I have to report to work at 0600. I need to wake up at 0300 and be out of the house by 0440 to make it in time.

I am looking forward to my next real vacation.

This thread is so much more than rants and moans, so don't feel guilty about discuss that things are good. embrace the hell out of that shit.

Some people just exude cool… and David Bowie was one of them!! Hard to pic favorites (songs/movies…) with Guys like that, but I guess I like ‘Under Pressure’ (duet with Queen) for best song… Movies are harder, but I still have images from ‘The Man who fell to Earth’ popping in from memory all the time, burned there long ago, into my childhood brain! ;)
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Major Tom shall be missed!

I wouldn't put it past him to return as Zombie Bowie, the Thinner, Whiter Duke. It just seems wrong that he's gone. The ‘Berlin albums’ are all over my playlists.

Zombie Bowie. Could be a neat comic.
I've created a thread in the community projects section for a new comic jam. Look for 8 more volunteers, one of which will get to set up the story for the jam. Read thread for more details.
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177415/

“ZomBowies”

Alright, I bet the comic domain is still available on Drunk Duck.