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dolariQuote of the day runner up: "I mean, they're cute and all, sure, but that Morrigan model's chest was obscene in an 'Ancient Tribal Goddess' kinda way"
Quote of the day Third Place: "It's the Squishy Factor, I think."
Okay, I've been much too silent lately. Things have been very tense, I've been very down (sleeping twelve hours for the last two days). So much depends on other people right now...and I don't like that. I have to wait on Dean to see if I have a place to stay. I'm waiting on two job offers I won't know about till Tuesday. And there isn't much I can do about it.
I talked to a friend about my predicament and he told me that there was a 75% chance of good coming out of all this.
1) Get A Job and a Place after 15th = Good
2) Get a job and don't get a place after 15th and stay a bit longer with the Tangents = Good
3) Don't get a job, get a place to stay after the 15th = good
4) Don't get a job and don't get a place to stay after the 15th = Ouch
If only ONE out of four possible solutions came about, I was set. I had to tell him that wasn't true. Considering the number of times things went badly against the odds, if I could reverse my luck, I'd win the lottery every day. This wasn't a matter of percentages, this was a horserace. Which of the 4 is most likely to happen? Which of the four is the strongest horse?
I don't care if there'sa 75% chance of me coming out ahead - can ANY one of those horses beat that one horse?
It just racks my brains trying to figure it out.
Anyways, The middle panel of Closetspace #21 came out crappier than I expected it to. I was trying to go for an effect that didn't work out, under a deadline. The other panels I'm VEYR happy with...because I did those and took my time on Mondya and Tuesday with...but that middle one I was supposed to do Tuesday night as well...until I found a book.
A book with draft scripts in it.
A book about Star Trek with draft scripts in it.
I literally COULD NOT put it down. I tried, and I kept grabbing it back up and reading all the cool changes and drafts for "The Trouble with Tribbles." So I ended up not doing a very good job on that middle panel. Mid-day Wednesday I was literally FIGHTING with the book to do that middle panel and the final pic of the Patriot Woman. (I had had a brainstorm that would end this episode quicker than I expected, but would lead into the next episode better than the way I had planned). So I drew the panel small, and then blew it up like we were seeing it trhough binoculars.
It came out BADLY. Very badly. And it was already Wednesday Night with a thursday morning deadline. I did some digital edits here and ther e(moving Carrie's eyes to a more natural place, cleaning up the foreground...but it still sucks. The Patroit woman came out nice, but I only drew half of her. :)
Nothign happened on Hallowe'en. The group ritual never came about, and I was glad for it. I have been in a horrid mood this last week or two, and that prolly woulda ruined the ritual, or tainted it or somesuch. I'm still not completely understanding of these things.
Today was the Day of the Dead, one of the few holidays that rings true in me, even if it is from an old fart of a religion. But again, I didn't feel much up to celebrating anything, living or dead. I did however go get some food and gas for the pickup. Dean sent me a halloween card (as he does every year) which we're ot sure how one is supposed to take it. There's a picture of a cat, with a jack-o-lantern and bats and moons and the cat says "I hope you have fun celebrating Halloween." Open it up and it says "You hell bound pagan!" We can't figure if that's supposed to be said in a joking amnner, or accusatory manner. Either way, Dean sums it up best: "What were they thinking when they approved this?!"
I really didn't do anything special for Day of the Dead. DotD is for saying goodbye, or celebrating things past. At this point, there is nothing for me to say goodbye to. It would be nice to symbolically say goodbye to my troubles, but they'll still be there in the morning. As a matter of fact, the corpse I threw away LAST DotD has been disinterred and stapled back to me by society. So I actually have two DotDs to fix now. ::meh:: On top of that Dean has taken his girfriend to San Antonio to do DotD stuff. That kinda hurt. That was "my" holiday. I didn't mind sharing it with him...but to have him share it with...her.
As Erin said, maybe I get some sort of conversion points for it. Methodist to Mexican Style Roman Catholic can't be TOO many points...but Jewish to Mexican Style Roman Catholic...now them's some points.
I once managed t get a pagan to say a Hail Mary...wonder how many points THAT is. (It involved driving backwards on a blind curve, in the middle of the night on a rainy day).
Mexican Style Roman Catholic sounds like Mexican Style Baked Beans....
I will be going to San Antonio Sunday night...maybe I'll leave Monday morning, and hit a cemetary or two, just to make up for today. I know a few that I think would be nice to visit.
Dunno what I'm goiung to do tomorrow. I have $80, and some restauranty food would be nice. Suggestions? Iron Chef has single handedly kicked my but the last two nights by having an episode of nothing but noodles and then another with just lobster.
Iron Chef usually has me going "WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND LOBSTER AT 1AM?" That usually kills my craving right there. But the noodle episode..."WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND NOODLES AT 1AM?" immediately followed by "Thai Noodles, Etc. That Pho place on Lamar, Mam's Vietnamese, Muy Than....."
Never DID get those noodles.
The first element to the poster print is coming along nicely...there are no hands, yes, I know that...but all it needs are hands and shadow/highlight elements and it's done.
I was hoping to hae the poster done by November 15th, but if I lose this computer, that process will take four times as long to work out...I mayhave the poster done by January of 2003 if that's the case.
Now THAT'S an entry to be proud of....no more of this one line crap.
Quote of the day Third Place: "It's the Squishy Factor, I think."
Okay, I've been much too silent lately. Things have been very tense, I've been very down (sleeping twelve hours for the last two days). So much depends on other people right now...and I don't like that. I have to wait on Dean to see if I have a place to stay. I'm waiting on two job offers I won't know about till Tuesday. And there isn't much I can do about it.
I talked to a friend about my predicament and he told me that there was a 75% chance of good coming out of all this.
1) Get A Job and a Place after 15th = Good
2) Get a job and don't get a place after 15th and stay a bit longer with the Tangents = Good
3) Don't get a job, get a place to stay after the 15th = good
4) Don't get a job and don't get a place to stay after the 15th = Ouch
If only ONE out of four possible solutions came about, I was set. I had to tell him that wasn't true. Considering the number of times things went badly against the odds, if I could reverse my luck, I'd win the lottery every day. This wasn't a matter of percentages, this was a horserace. Which of the 4 is most likely to happen? Which of the four is the strongest horse?
I don't care if there'sa 75% chance of me coming out ahead - can ANY one of those horses beat that one horse?
It just racks my brains trying to figure it out.
Anyways, The middle panel of Closetspace #21 came out crappier than I expected it to. I was trying to go for an effect that didn't work out, under a deadline. The other panels I'm VEYR happy with...because I did those and took my time on Mondya and Tuesday with...but that middle one I was supposed to do Tuesday night as well...until I found a book.
A book with draft scripts in it.
A book about Star Trek with draft scripts in it.
I literally COULD NOT put it down. I tried, and I kept grabbing it back up and reading all the cool changes and drafts for "The Trouble with Tribbles." So I ended up not doing a very good job on that middle panel. Mid-day Wednesday I was literally FIGHTING with the book to do that middle panel and the final pic of the Patriot Woman. (I had had a brainstorm that would end this episode quicker than I expected, but would lead into the next episode better than the way I had planned). So I drew the panel small, and then blew it up like we were seeing it trhough binoculars.
It came out BADLY. Very badly. And it was already Wednesday Night with a thursday morning deadline. I did some digital edits here and ther e(moving Carrie's eyes to a more natural place, cleaning up the foreground...but it still sucks. The Patroit woman came out nice, but I only drew half of her. :)
Nothign happened on Hallowe'en. The group ritual never came about, and I was glad for it. I have been in a horrid mood this last week or two, and that prolly woulda ruined the ritual, or tainted it or somesuch. I'm still not completely understanding of these things.
Today was the Day of the Dead, one of the few holidays that rings true in me, even if it is from an old fart of a religion. But again, I didn't feel much up to celebrating anything, living or dead. I did however go get some food and gas for the pickup. Dean sent me a halloween card (as he does every year) which we're ot sure how one is supposed to take it. There's a picture of a cat, with a jack-o-lantern and bats and moons and the cat says "I hope you have fun celebrating Halloween." Open it up and it says "You hell bound pagan!" We can't figure if that's supposed to be said in a joking amnner, or accusatory manner. Either way, Dean sums it up best: "What were they thinking when they approved this?!"
I really didn't do anything special for Day of the Dead. DotD is for saying goodbye, or celebrating things past. At this point, there is nothing for me to say goodbye to. It would be nice to symbolically say goodbye to my troubles, but they'll still be there in the morning. As a matter of fact, the corpse I threw away LAST DotD has been disinterred and stapled back to me by society. So I actually have two DotDs to fix now. ::meh:: On top of that Dean has taken his girfriend to San Antonio to do DotD stuff. That kinda hurt. That was "my" holiday. I didn't mind sharing it with him...but to have him share it with...her.
As Erin said, maybe I get some sort of conversion points for it. Methodist to Mexican Style Roman Catholic can't be TOO many points...but Jewish to Mexican Style Roman Catholic...now them's some points.
I once managed t get a pagan to say a Hail Mary...wonder how many points THAT is. (It involved driving backwards on a blind curve, in the middle of the night on a rainy day).
Mexican Style Roman Catholic sounds like Mexican Style Baked Beans....
I will be going to San Antonio Sunday night...maybe I'll leave Monday morning, and hit a cemetary or two, just to make up for today. I know a few that I think would be nice to visit.
Dunno what I'm goiung to do tomorrow. I have $80, and some restauranty food would be nice. Suggestions? Iron Chef has single handedly kicked my but the last two nights by having an episode of nothing but noodles and then another with just lobster.
Iron Chef usually has me going "WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND LOBSTER AT 1AM?" That usually kills my craving right there. But the noodle episode..."WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND NOODLES AT 1AM?" immediately followed by "Thai Noodles, Etc. That Pho place on Lamar, Mam's Vietnamese, Muy Than....."
Never DID get those noodles.
The first element to the poster print is coming along nicely...there are no hands, yes, I know that...but all it needs are hands and shadow/highlight elements and it's done.
I was hoping to hae the poster done by November 15th, but if I lose this computer, that process will take four times as long to work out...I mayhave the poster done by January of 2003 if that's the case.
Now THAT'S an entry to be proud of....no more of this one line crap.
