Birthday Begging the Firste.

The monitor that gave me trouble a few weeks ago has blown out, this time releasing the magical smoke.

My birthday is in a month.

This (or help getting it) would be nice.

Birthday Begging the Firste.

The monitor that gave me trouble a few weeks ago has blown out, this time releasing the magical smoke.

My birthday is in a month.

This (or help getting it) would be nice.

No, this isn't REALLY why.

Jenn...why why are you planning to move to Canada?! Well...lemme tell ya.

Well, I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
I had a little stretch of land along the C. P. line
But times got tough, and though I tried, the money wasn't there
The bankers came and took my land and told me, "Fair is fair"
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no
"Hire you now?" they'd always laugh, "We just let twenty go!" (Ha ha!)
The government, they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum

Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm gonna be a pirate on the river Saskatchewan! (Arr!)

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed the ship and sank it and I stole the fertilizer
Bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river
Farmers cross in so much fear, their stomach's are a-quiver
'Cause they know that Captain Tractor's hiding in the bay
I'll jump the bridge, and knock 'em cold, and sail off with their hay

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat
He'd follow on the shoreline 'cause he didn't own a boat
But the cutbacks were a-comin' and the Mountie lost his job
So now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob
A swingin' sword, a skull-and-bones, and pleasant company
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (Screw it!)
Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, the terror of the sea
If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me! (Arr!)

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, the pirate life's appealing but you don't just find it here
I hear in north Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
They roam the Athabasca from Smith to Fort MacKay
And you're gonna lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way
Well, winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze
My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
I'll be back in springtime, but now I've got to go
I hear there's lots of plunderin' down in New Mexico

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!

No, this isn't REALLY why.

Jenn...why why are you planning to move to Canada?! Well...lemme tell ya.

Well, I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
I had a little stretch of land along the C. P. line
But times got tough, and though I tried, the money wasn't there
The bankers came and took my land and told me, "Fair is fair"
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no
"Hire you now?" they'd always laugh, "We just let twenty go!" (Ha ha!)
The government, they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum

Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm gonna be a pirate on the river Saskatchewan! (Arr!)

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed the ship and sank it and I stole the fertilizer
Bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river
Farmers cross in so much fear, their stomach's are a-quiver
'Cause they know that Captain Tractor's hiding in the bay
I'll jump the bridge, and knock 'em cold, and sail off with their hay

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat
He'd follow on the shoreline 'cause he didn't own a boat
But the cutbacks were a-comin' and the Mountie lost his job
So now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob
A swingin' sword, a skull-and-bones, and pleasant company
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (Screw it!)
Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, the terror of the sea
If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me! (Arr!)

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, the pirate life's appealing but you don't just find it here
I hear in north Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
They roam the Athabasca from Smith to Fort MacKay
And you're gonna lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way
Well, winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze
My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
I'll be back in springtime, but now I've got to go
I hear there's lots of plunderin' down in New Mexico

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), farmers bar yer doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!

AWFW and CS for 706.25

Originally published at AWFW and CS Production Blog. You can comment here or there.

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Man, for some reason the comic nights are getting longer and longer.

AWFW: Originally, Hanna’s turn around blast WAS just that. A blast. She was making good on her “Next time I see you” threat. About the time I drew he doing the blast though, she changed her mind, deciding that it was best for her to accidentally kill the Shadow, because it was her kinsman. Panel 1 took me forever to get right, and eventually boiled down to drawing from a source pic. Panel 2…I hope those involved forgive me for panel 2. Panel 3 was actually a reused pose from the 200th episode poster I did. The post I drew looked great on paper, till I actually scanned it, and realized how bad it was. So I took the Hanna “sprite” from the 200th print, and modified it to fit. Panel 6 is the Livingtree KT Cann schoolhouse in Second Life. If you stop by, say hi to the kids.

CS: For featuring drag queens (and having one as a main character!), I know next to NOTHING about the drag culture. Everything I know is based on one very annoying person I met in the 90s. I also just don’t “get” the drag culture. But I do what I can to present them in a human light, and hopefully I’m not being too offensive with them. That said, the girls names are Fallopia Tubules (The orange haired one), Tiff-Tiff (The brunette) and Yeoman Janice Mann (With the Big Beehive). I’m really proud of Panel 6 because (in the wide screen original art) it really looks like Fallopia and Yeoman Mann are really tugging/shoving her. Panel 2a, 2b and 2c are just me acknowledging my manga roots.

AWFW and CS for 706.25

Originally published at AWFW and CS Production Blog. You can comment here or there.

Comics Updated!
AWFW
CS
Or here if the RSS feed hasn’t caught up.

Man, for some reason the comic nights are getting longer and longer.

AWFW: Originally, Hanna’s turn around blast WAS just that. A blast. She was making good on her “Next time I see you” threat. About the time I drew he doing the blast though, she changed her mind, deciding that it was best for her to accidentally kill the Shadow, because it was her kinsman. Panel 1 took me forever to get right, and eventually boiled down to drawing from a source pic. Panel 2…I hope those involved forgive me for panel 2. Panel 3 was actually a reused pose from the 200th episode poster I did. The post I drew looked great on paper, till I actually scanned it, and realized how bad it was. So I took the Hanna “sprite” from the 200th print, and modified it to fit. Panel 6 is the Livingtree KT Cann schoolhouse in Second Life. If you stop by, say hi to the kids.

CS: For featuring drag queens (and having one as a main character!), I know next to NOTHING about the drag culture. Everything I know is based on one very annoying person I met in the 90s. I also just don’t “get” the drag culture. But I do what I can to present them in a human light, and hopefully I’m not being too offensive with them. That said, the girls names are Fallopia Tubules (The orange haired one), Tiff-Tiff (The brunette) and Yeoman Janice Mann (With the Big Beehive). I’m really proud of Panel 6 because (in the wide screen original art) it really looks like Fallopia and Yeoman Mann are really tugging/shoving her. Panel 2a, 2b and 2c are just me acknowledging my manga roots.

Everyone lies, Michael. The innocent lie because they don't want to be blamed for something they di

Some quick updates:

1) I lost my sims! After 60 "days" of working with them, they got into a glitch where no one could DO anything. I'd send them to go get food, they'd walk up to the fridge, then complain like they couldn't get into it. If I sent to the use the restroom, they'd walk to the toilet, then complain that something was in the way (With a word baloon that consisted ONLY of blue vertical lines!). At first I thought it was just the one family, but when I tried it with the Andrea/Michael family the same thing happened. I tried jumping into another already-made family and sure enough it was happening there, too. At least I saved their bodies, so I all I had to do was reimport them, but I'm back at square one. It's nice to see Kid-Emm'a and Adult Han'a and Nen'a again, but I never realized just how I'd feel losing...well...FILES. I tend to get attatched to things, animate and inanimate easily. Anyways, I installed all my families at once, they're all in synch, too.

2) My back is killing me. I was fine up until yesterday morning, when I woke up in extreme pain running from my neck down my spine. If I moved the wrong way, my muscles would click and clack and twinge. I figured I slept on it wrong and as it hurt, "tenderized" the muscles. Don't ask how I do that, you won't believe me. It never got worse, but it also barely got better better. This morning, the pain has moved up my nack just a bit, but in general is a much smaller area all over my back. Musta pinched something.

3) My "good" monitor blew out! A few weeks ago I mentioned that the screen went blanche white, but fixed itself after a few minutes. Last night, it began "Ticking" where randomly it would "click" and the screen would flicker. Once it even shut itself down, and I had to unplug then replug it it to get it back on. So I decided - you know - you have a vacation coming up, we'll just keep it working till then and replace it. Sure enough, three seconds after I said that, instead of one flicker, every line onthe monitor flickered, the monitor clicked like mad, then it released the magical smoke that madeit work. I HATE HATE HATE the smell of burning electronics. I've still got a monitor I can use (ironically OLDER than the last one), but will need a new one soon. If y'all could help me get one sooner, that'd be great. If not, I'll get it AFTER the vacation.

4) The Vacation is officially a go. All money for it has been put aside minus about $200 I'll do next paycheck. Hotels are reserved and paid for, cars are reserved and mostly paid for, tickets are paid for. My only real fear is trying to cross the border...I don't have anything to be fearful OF, but police of anykind worry me, especially in a post 9/11 world where everyone is a suspect. I've only ever been to Mexico once, and my dad knew how to play the system since he made deliveries to the Mexican border towns every few weeks and we got there with just a wavethrough and got back with just a wavethrough (wonder when he smoked the last of those cuban cigars). Still, there's nothing to KEEP me from crossing the border, so I shouldn't really worry. I just do. I'm this way when a cop pulls up behind me, eight cars back. :)

Anyways, that's me in a nutshell. How's you?

Everyone lies, Michael. The innocent lie because they don't want to be blamed for something they di

Some quick updates:

1) I lost my sims! After 60 "days" of working with them, they got into a glitch where no one could DO anything. I'd send them to go get food, they'd walk up to the fridge, then complain like they couldn't get into it. If I sent to the use the restroom, they'd walk to the toilet, then complain that something was in the way (With a word baloon that consisted ONLY of blue vertical lines!). At first I thought it was just the one family, but when I tried it with the Andrea/Michael family the same thing happened. I tried jumping into another already-made family and sure enough it was happening there, too. At least I saved their bodies, so I all I had to do was reimport them, but I'm back at square one. It's nice to see Kid-Emm'a and Adult Han'a and Nen'a again, but I never realized just how I'd feel losing...well...FILES. I tend to get attatched to things, animate and inanimate easily. Anyways, I installed all my families at once, they're all in synch, too.

2) My back is killing me. I was fine up until yesterday morning, when I woke up in extreme pain running from my neck down my spine. If I moved the wrong way, my muscles would click and clack and twinge. I figured I slept on it wrong and as it hurt, "tenderized" the muscles. Don't ask how I do that, you won't believe me. It never got worse, but it also barely got better better. This morning, the pain has moved up my nack just a bit, but in general is a much smaller area all over my back. Musta pinched something.

3) My "good" monitor blew out! A few weeks ago I mentioned that the screen went blanche white, but fixed itself after a few minutes. Last night, it began "Ticking" where randomly it would "click" and the screen would flicker. Once it even shut itself down, and I had to unplug then replug it it to get it back on. So I decided - you know - you have a vacation coming up, we'll just keep it working till then and replace it. Sure enough, three seconds after I said that, instead of one flicker, every line onthe monitor flickered, the monitor clicked like mad, then it released the magical smoke that madeit work. I HATE HATE HATE the smell of burning electronics. I've still got a monitor I can use (ironically OLDER than the last one), but will need a new one soon. If y'all could help me get one sooner, that'd be great. If not, I'll get it AFTER the vacation.

4) The Vacation is officially a go. All money for it has been put aside minus about $200 I'll do next paycheck. Hotels are reserved and paid for, cars are reserved and mostly paid for, tickets are paid for. My only real fear is trying to cross the border...I don't have anything to be fearful OF, but police of anykind worry me, especially in a post 9/11 world where everyone is a suspect. I've only ever been to Mexico once, and my dad knew how to play the system since he made deliveries to the Mexican border towns every few weeks and we got there with just a wavethrough and got back with just a wavethrough (wonder when he smoked the last of those cuban cigars). Still, there's nothing to KEEP me from crossing the border, so I shouldn't really worry. I just do. I'm this way when a cop pulls up behind me, eight cars back. :)

Anyways, that's me in a nutshell. How's you?