Comic Talk and General Discussion *

The 2009 Rant, Vent, and Share thread
Custard Trout at 3:41AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 4,566
joined: 2-22-2007
Why is that as soon as I feel like I'm on top of everything work related, there's suddenly a nearly due in essay that I was completely neglecting? It's happening again, I'm going to have to put my already late sound recording work on pause to get this essay done and I'm going to fuck it all up again and there's currently nothing I can do about it fuck fuckfuckfuck.

Also, after trying to find a recent bestseller to write about, I discovered that all of my books and films are either really old or really obscure. Holy shit, I'm a snob. When did that happen?

Edit: Oh yeah, and I just bumped into someone I knew from last year, and now I'm even more paranoid than usual because I acted like an utter twat last year. Stupid lack of any social skills at all.

Skullbie
What a novel idea, shame ‘lesbian space pirates’ is already taken, since that would have been my first route. -_-

Space pirates are over done anyway. Just take the plot from Star Wars, change a few names around, and make Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader into lesbian lovers. And one of them a sentient planet.

That's award winning material right there.
Hey buddy, you should be a Russian Cosmonaut, and here's why.
last edited on July 14, 2011 12:02PM
Survival Artist at 4:55AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 36
joined: 8-10-2009
Space pirates are over done anyway. Just take the plot from Star Wars, change a few names around, and make Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader into lesbian lovers. And one of them a sentient planet.

That's award winning material right there.


There was actually a movie in the 80s called Ice Pirates. Don't exactly recall the plot, but I think space privateers of some sort were involved.

Btw, not many people know that in one of Lucas's first drafts, Darth and Luke were in fact what you described. But George hadn't met Lawrence Kasdan yet, so the writing wasn't snappy enough to make it work.
last edited on July 14, 2011 4:04PM
Ozoneocean at 7:06AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 29,186
joined: 1-2-2004
I had a shit of a day yesterday. On my lovely Tuesday off I had a migraine that lasted the entire day and into the night. So I was in bed in pain the entire day and got nothing done. At all. Wasted day. -_-

And at 2 am in the mooring there was a dreadful yowling, howling row outside… My tough black and white tomcat was doing mortal combat with a big fluffy ginger one. They slammed into a steel roof and then plummeted about 12 feet to thud down onto the ground bellow, still locked together. I was outside only wearing the bare essentials with my head still clanging with the dregs of the migraine, gingerly trying to separate that bundle of fur, needles and barbed wire…

Of course I didn't put a hand in between them, I'm not an idiot. By the time I fetched a bucket of water to the scene, ginger cat had scarpered over the fence and mine had gone off to his usual night haunt… So I just went back to bed and tried to get over the rest of the headache.

The next day all my fellow has to show for his night adventures are some tiny marks on his face and a black bloody scab on one ear. No limping, he's not sore or tender anywhere on his body. Just back to being a cuddly little teddybear as if nothing happened to him.

Tomcats are built little little tanks. Seriously. If I got into a fight like that and fell off a roof (while holding on to someone) that was about 12 times my body height, I wouldn't be able to walk, let alone go one fighting and be perfectly ok the next day.
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:35PM
Niccea at 8:22AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 5,930
joined: 8-10-2007
Lonnehart
I don't want to scare you, but I've been told that for every roach you can see there's about 500 hiding someplace. And they're good at hiding. :)

Actually I have heard.

1 = 10
2 = 100

and so on by squares of ten.

But I'm hoping those guys are visiting the other apartments.
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:14PM
Ozoneocean at 9:05AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 29,186
joined: 1-2-2004
Niccea
But I'm hoping those guys are visiting the other apartments.
I reason that it's not so bad at all if you can't see them.

Think about it-
Cockroaches feed on rotting mater of various sorts. Also paper, clothes made of organic fibre, feathers, leather, fur etc but not so much really.

If you've got roaches, most likely there's some damp, rotting source of food for them somewhere, They're basically doing you a service by cleaning that up. If it wasn't for them feeding on that mess it'd get worse and stink up your place ;)

If you can get rid of anything in your place that's damp and icky, and seal off all entrances FROM damp and icky areas, as well as not have anywhere where crumbs can gather etc then most likely roaches won't come in so much, if at all.

It's not killing them that makes a difference, it's taking away their ideal environment that counts.
————–

that said I don't get roaches here in winter, but in summer with the doors open at night they can sometimes wonder in- their natural environment is living in leaf mould, feeding on rotting vegetation. Any I see I kill… There's no way I'd bother trying to eradicate them from wherever they might breed in the garden. As long as there's no were for them in the house I'm not too bothered.

As for rats, they breed in the trees and things. My cat hunts them. They don't come into the house. There's lots of tasty bugs and lizards for them outside anyway. There's never any snakes.
-Just a note on cats and snakes: Cats tend to be very resilient to most snake vemom. Dogs aren't though, so be careful of your pets.
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:35PM
Niccea at 9:11AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 5,930
joined: 8-10-2007
Yeah. Well they just give me the willies cause they tend to scuttle around when I use the facilities. But for some strange reason, they are only in the bathroom. Which now that you mention it has been smelling better recently.
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:14PM
Chernobog at 9:49AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 926
joined: 11-3-2007
My mother was just forced to resign from her pharmacy tech position after 15.5 years working in the company. Same thing happened to my grandmother back in the 90's. I swear, Death of a Salesman should be mandatory reading for all forms of management. :(


“You tell yourself to just
enjoy the process,” he added. “That whether you succeed or fail, win or
lose, it will be fine. You pretend to be Zen. You adopt detachment, and
ironic humor, while secretly praying for a miracle.”
last edited on July 14, 2011 11:41AM
Lonnehart at 11:28AM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,931
joined: 3-16-2006
Niccea
Yeah. Well they just give me the willies cause they tend to scuttle around when I use the facilities. But for some strange reason, they are only in the bathroom. Which now that you mention it has been smelling better recently.

Makes me remember a bathroom I had to use while in a Texas gas station. I thought I was looking at a partially painted black wall… 'til I turned on the light and saw all that black paint seep off the wall and into the cracks… O_O
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:39PM
PIT_FACE at 2:00PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,773
joined: 4-21-2007
FUCK PAYPAL!

last edited on July 14, 2011 2:45PM
seventy2 at 3:06PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 3,955
joined: 11-15-2007
never had a problem with it.



my coat came in…it's so beautiful…pictures after my shower…or during…no after…
facara
Running Anew an exercise blog.
I'm gonna love you till the money comes, half of it's gonna be mine someday.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:30PM
Skullbie at 3:54PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 4,805
joined: 12-9-2007
So i was all ‘ahhhhh year’ when i heard hayden penetierre kissed some girl on hereos, then my fantasies were squashed when i saw:
a) the other girl is butt ugly
b) the other girl is a creepy stalker
c) the kiss was yawn worthy

Not sure which of those is worse.


Gotta work on my comic now *.*
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:47PM
PIT_FACE at 4:01PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,773
joined: 4-21-2007
seventy2
never had a problem with it.


well i do pretty much whenever i go to use it now. it's pretty much all been the same problem, but damn, it's such a hassle to get fixed!

last edited on July 14, 2011 2:45PM
kyupol at 4:10PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 3,739
joined: 1-12-2006
Just watched a few episodes of the Tagalog adaptation of Zorro. Story got me totally hooked.

I couldn't help but notice the similarities in behavior between today's police and the guardia civil. THUGS. BULLIES. Brainwashed sociopaths all too eager to hurt someone.

Also there's a scene where the local priest gets threatened… and then he eventually cows to the sermon dictated to him by the government – tell the people that government is put there by God and whatever government says is the word of God. Romans 13. Strikingly similar to today's clergy response teams. Even today, your churches are being used as tools to brainwash you. That's why exercise critical thinking when listening to your preacher. Or just read the bible yourself.

And then there's this elitist attitude of the aristocracy (that usually consists of European Spaniards and Filipinos that have a lighter skin tone because of partial European heritage). The brown skinned Filipinos are called “indios” and then compared to cockroaches and rats and how their population needs to be controlled. Strikingly similar to how black people were once called “niggers”. And even today, black people are still on the extermination list. Still being sterilized by the vaccines and the aids. Still being beaten and harrassed by the police just because of being black.

That's how the elitists view you. They have a low opinion of you. Read Darwin's Next Million Years and Huxley's Brave New World.

Tyranny is the same. Everywhere. As if they're all reading from a book called “How to be a tyrant for dummies”. lol!
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:26PM
Lonnehart at 5:32PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,931
joined: 3-16-2006
I always thought Zorro was a strange guy… I remember seeing him wearing fruit colored clothing, wielding a bullwhip, swinging his hips on combat and flirting with every man he met. Then again, the very first Zorro movie I saw in my entire life at that point was “Zorro the Gay Blade”. I think you can find it on YouTube somewhere…
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:39PM
Ryuthehedgewolf at 6:35PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 1,340
joined: 9-2-2007
So the past 3 weeks or so, I've been going to the gym. I'm sure I've already said this, but whatever.

I've already made gains in everything.

I'm still not particularly happy, but I mean, for how long I've been doing this, I'm content for the moment. I just can't wait until I'm benching like, 200 and up :)

Today I did Cardio. Which was just like, ab work, and then HIT. High intensity interval training. Which is where you like, run at a low intensity for about a minute, then do a high intensity for 30 seconds to a minute. I did that for 10 minutes.

My legs are destroyed.

and I love it.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:16PM
PIT_FACE at 6:50PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,773
joined: 4-21-2007
Lonnehart
I always thought Zorro was a strange guy… I remember seeing him wearing fruit colored clothing, wielding a bullwhip, swinging his hips on combat and flirting with every man he met. Then again, the very first Zorro movie I saw in my entire life at that point was “Zorro the Gay Blade”. I think you can find it on YouTube somewhere…

haha. i've witnessed Gay Blade. i also remember laughing really hard at some parts.

last edited on July 14, 2011 2:45PM
seventy2 at 7:10PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 3,955
joined: 11-15-2007
Ryuthehedgewolf
My legs are destroyed.

and I love it.

have you thought about a future in the military?

specifically….special ops? >:)
facara
Running Anew an exercise blog.
I'm gonna love you till the money comes, half of it's gonna be mine someday.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:30PM
HippieVan at 7:18PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 3,003
joined: 3-15-2008
I went looking for a good warm coat today. That was frustrating. All the stores seem to have the exact same nylon, faux-fur lined, completely-useless-against-the-cold jackets. And I really have no tolerance to the cold, so that's not going to work for me.
Duchess of Friday Newsposts and the holy Top Ten
last edited on July 14, 2011 12:49PM
Ozoneocean at 8:38PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 29,186
joined: 1-2-2004
PIT_FACE
haha. i've witnessed Gay Blade. i also remember laughing really hard at some parts.
Wasn't that with that someone Hamilton guy with the super dark tan? That was a good comedy. A really nice adaptation of Zorro I thought.
Hippie Van
I went looking for a good warm coat today. That was frustrating. All the stores seem to have the exact same nylon, faux-fur lined, completely-useless-against-the-cold jackets. And I really have no tolerance to the cold, so that's not going to work for me.
Look online. These days there's a lot less excuse for settling for crap stuff that doesn't suit you because you can't get anything else.
Just have a good idea of your size… Coats are good though in that they don't have to be an exact fit.

Then again there's always second-hand shops or thrift store or whatever you call them there…? You can usually find something interesting in those.
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:35PM
Bekefel at 9:24PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 4,455
joined: 10-15-2006


That is all.
Please, please, you give me too little credit.
last edited on July 14, 2011 11:20AM
Ozoneocean at 9:57PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 29,186
joined: 1-2-2004
Bekefel
That is all.
Rather… phallic, wouldn't you say? ;)
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:35PM
Bekefel at 10:17PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 4,455
joined: 10-15-2006
ozoneocean
Bekefel
That is all.
Rather… phallic, wouldn't you say? ;)

Oh he's one bad son of a bitch.



This badass budgie is an ancient space bird (dating back to 17,000,000 BC), as big as a battleship, capable of generating a giant anti-matter shield at it's own will, as big as a battleship, whilst also maintaining the ability to rapidly change scale in relation to nearby objects and enter and leave stock footage in the blink of an eye! Hes also as big as a battleship.

And he's got a mohawk.

EDIT: Oh and he's as big as a battleship.
Please, please, you give me too little credit.
last edited on July 14, 2011 11:20AM
Ozoneocean at 10:24PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 29,186
joined: 1-2-2004
I like battleships.

And stock footage. ^_^
last edited on July 14, 2011 2:35PM
Skullbie at 10:54PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(online)
posts: 4,805
joined: 12-9-2007
Argh, my laptops having freeze up problems and it's so frustrating when i just want to ink a page. Funny it starts acting up riiiight when the warranty expires -_-

Page 4 of my comic has been hellish so far. I experimented with a bunch of artsy flashback panels that looked cool but just didn't match my other pages. All that work and i ended up using the very first/simple border layout i had made.

Guess today is pencils and roughs.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:47PM
Bekefel at 11:00PM, Oct. 14, 2009
(offline)
posts: 4,455
joined: 10-15-2006


It really is as big as a battleship!

(Seriously watch this film, it's hilarious! - as is the history of the movie.)

Birdie review.
Please, please, you give me too little credit.
last edited on July 14, 2011 11:20AM
JoeL_CQB at 12:07AM, Oct. 15, 2009
(online)
posts: 546
joined: 4-17-2007
the problem with a white bike is that it is really easy to get it dirty. :/

I'm too lazy to clean it, although it looks like I went off-road on a track bike.
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:10PM
Ryuthehedgewolf at 3:13AM, Oct. 15, 2009
(offline)
posts: 1,340
joined: 9-2-2007
seventy2
Ryuthehedgewolf
My legs are destroyed.

and I love it.

have you thought about a future in the military?

specifically….special ops? >:)

I thought about it for a while.
I would join like, the Navy/Marines or something…but uh…I can't swim.

And I was also considering the Air Force. But then again, I don't have perfect vision, and I'm afraid of heights.

I'd have to look up more about special ops.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:16PM
seventy2 at 4:29AM, Oct. 15, 2009
(online)
posts: 3,955
joined: 11-15-2007
Ryuthehedgewolf
And I was also considering the Air Force. But then again, I don't have perfect vision, and I'm afraid of heights.

I'd have to look up more about special ops.


au contrair monfrere. you don't need perfect vision to join. even to be a pilot. i have friends that wear coke bottle bottoms, for glasses.

swimming on the other hand is a big part of spec ops. every one has to take a test to get in. however, it ranges from specialty. like Pararescue, it's 500m in <11:30. there's another couple spec ops that are 200m with no time limit.

i highly suggest adding it, on your cardio days…not just to join, but it works muscle you aint never heard of.on top of that, it helps your body learn to regulate the oxygen it gets in a breath. and formyself, as times improved in my swims, my times improved in the run, due to the oxygen regulation.
facara
Running Anew an exercise blog.
I'm gonna love you till the money comes, half of it's gonna be mine someday.
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:30PM
PIT_FACE at 6:37AM, Oct. 15, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,773
joined: 4-21-2007
i see yer fat ass space bird and raise you LEMMY!!!

GAME OVER!HHAARRGH!

last edited on July 14, 2011 2:45PM
PIT_FACE at 6:38AM, Oct. 15, 2009
(online)
posts: 2,773
joined: 4-21-2007
ozoneocean
I like battleships.

And stock footage. ^_^

GET BACK TO WORK,SLIME!

last edited on July 14, 2011 2:45PM

Forgot Password
©2011 WOWIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mastodon