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| Monday, November 16th, 2009 |
mattbayne
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10:23p |
Went through the Knights of the Shroud archives and made sure every actual page has an actual chapter and page number. Still adding chapter descriptions. And I changed the title of chapter three from "This Little Piggy" to "Man Pigs." If you are a man, don't worry, it isn't about you. And hopefully tonight I'll finally be able to retcon a little teeny piece of dialogue in there, which has been bugging me since I first posted it. Still tagging pages, too. So while Knights of the Shroud is a print-format comic posted on the web, which makes Scott McCloud sigh, at least I am taking advantage of some of the tools the web makes possible. Current Mood:  busy |
bychoice
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9:23a |
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bychoice
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8:40a |
Chicken Eats Mouse... News at 11
The girls have been more aggressive ever since the days really started getting shorter and they stopped laying. This morning I let them out of their coop, and Mustardseed went after Cobweb, leaving a beak print on Cobweb's waddle where she bit it. Then, I thought Mustardseed and Peasblossom were going to get into it, as they were flapping at each other, but then I realized that Peasblossom had a mouse in her beak and Mustardseed was trying to get it! Peasblossom took a while, but she managed to get the mouse down. I have no idea if it was alive or dead when she picked it up. The chicken message boards indicate that this isn't unheard of. It just reminds me how much they are not vegetarians. |
ngmaster
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8:08a |
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loudpoet
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6:00a |
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| Sunday, November 15th, 2009 |
bulghod
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9:55p |
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maidenofirisa
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7:32p |
I sort of went shopping today. I had planned to go grocery shopping but I was at Angrignon and didn't feel like going any further so I decided to go to Maxi... After not being able to find a cart and realising that most things are actually not cheaper but are of lower quality I gave up on that, bought cat food and chicken for my supper (the minimum) and decided I would go grocery shopping after work tomorrow or something. The rest of my shopping went better. I went to coles, not intending to buy anything but the clerk there informed me that Irewards members were getting 25% off today (and yesterday) so I bought 4 books... At least I managed to resist buying dvds at HMV. Although that might be because I bought a dvd yesterday at Metro Video. I finally picked up Superman Batman Public Ennemies. Not my favourite DC animated movie (and not has funny as the original comic) but it was still very fun. In unrelated news I have some weekdays off next week (so not the one just starting but the other one after that) I will have both Monday and Wednesday off if someone wants to do something during the week. Current Mood:  good |
kgraleopard
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5:24p |
classic!
 see more Epic Fails see more Political PicturesI really like that while the two peeps on the left are standing straight, Cheney is sort of hunched forward. As if he really were in pain. Must just be the vacuum where his heart used to be... *grins* *hugs* |
loudpoet
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6:01a |
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| Saturday, November 14th, 2009 |
bychoice
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8:57p |
Before I Do Real Work
I actually have to prep for the D&D game tomorrow, but before I do that, I wanted to post some things that I'm thinking about. House: - office desk - Joel would like this to not have moulding on the bottom and instead little legs
- Daybed - This says "outdoor" but whatever. It will need to be taller so that we can sit on it while gaming. Also, I'm not fucking sending them $4 by snail mail. Move into the modern era people. I figure out how to make it myself.
- TV Cabinet - Sadly, there were jack worth of plans for making armoires in which you actually hang your clothes. They all had drawers and told you what size TV they hold. However, this one should be plenty big for holding hanging clothes (since our closets aren't).
Holiday Food: - Makowiec
- Sadly, I can't have Buche de Noel, 'cause of the chocolate, but I think I can make a Swiss Roll style cake with chestnut filling and some other kind of frosting. I wouldn't mind making other swiss rolls, as well. There are some with pumpkin and cream cheese that sound good.
- Honey Cake
- Pain d'epices
- Fruitcake - I really want to find a perfect fruitcake recipe. This is step #1
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bulghod
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9:55p |
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bychoice
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4:44p |
The Good News and the Bad News (kinda)
The good news is that we had a lovely time showing friends our place and were able with their help to move a ton of stuff from our shed over to the new shed. Yay! Also, one friend pointed out that we can cut a hole between the two closets to make a secret passage. Yay again! Oh, and the most amazing part was that our realtor showed up with housewarming presents: his and hers redecorating sets. We're talking 6 fancy ergonomic paint brushes, all kinds of tools, a pry bar, goggles that fit me, a stool/toolbox. So nice of her! The bad-ish news is that it looks like under the nasty crap tiles in the hallway is not hardwood but instead some kind of wood underfloor. There is a layer of particle board between the crap tiles and the underfloor. As to what is under the crap tiles and significantly more old and crappy particle board in the kitchen, who knows. This is not awesome. However, I do really enjoy tearing things up. So, Joel has said that I can go ahead and tear up the kitchen and hallway flooring. Once we get it all up and see what is under it, then we'll be able to determine what needs to be done with it. |
negativeq
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3:11p |
Play it Now: "P"
Earlier this week Dave and I continued Netflix Play It Now Seppuku, and we discovered a hidden gem. "P" is a Thai movie which came out in 2005, directed by Paul Spurrier. It's about a Khmer girl who is sold off to Bangkok to pay her grandmother's debts. She becomes a bar dancer at a very seedy establishment. Recalling magic lessons from her grandmother, she uses spells to improve her situation. I can't say anything else without spoiling the many twists in this movie. This movie was extremely unpredictable - the plot could have gone in so many different directions. It was quite good - excellent direction, lighting, and acting. The music was appropriately tense and moody. At first, the movie is slightly awkward because it is unclear that this is a supernatural movie. It would have been solid in its own right as an unrelenting, bleak tale of a girl forced into sexual slavery. Once the magic begins, the movie settles into its groove. The characters are interesting and become sympathetic even though they do sketchy things. All of them endure unpleasant circumstances, and their behavior makes sense. It's uncomfortable to watch, but it is very effective. We never heard of this movie before. There are very few articles about it. Most likely this is due to its uninspired, single-letter name. The movie's title is the name of the bar. It is not an attention grabber, plus it is difficult it google. The only reason it came up as a Netflix rec is because my viewing history includes Thai movies such as Ong Bok and Chocolat. Current Mood: haunted |
loudpoet
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6:01a |
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pete_wisdom
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2:12a |
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| Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
bulghod
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9:55p |
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lostphrack
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4:01p |
BBC News: Night Witches
Sadly I don't think this is the full piece, but it's still pretty damn neat and I thought I'd share it. Garth Ennis even pops up towards the end of the piece. Audio slideshow: Night Witches
Russia's three all-female air regiments flew more than 30,000 missions along the Eastern Front in WWII. At home they were known as Stalin's Falcons, but terrified German troops called them the Night Witches.
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ecmyers
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4:03p |
Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Pom Poko
The New York International Children's Film Festival is screening Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko (directed by Isao Takahata), the touching and bizarre story of ecologically-conscious magical racoons, or tanuki. Screenings are on December 12 and 13. I own the DVD--still shrinkwrapped, I think, until I can convince ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) feiran to watch it--but I'm tempted to see it in the theater, even dubbed in English, just to witness everyone's reactions to the shapeshifting raccoon testicles. According to Wikipedia, the dub refers to them as "pouches," but still, who are they kidding? They're also showing a lot of other cool stuff at the festival, including some Tezuka short films from Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, the latter which may have "inspired" Disney's The Lion King. |
mattbayne
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10:35p |
Thanks very much to all who've commissioned artwork! Those are rolling along now and should all be done soon. Been spending a few minutes here and there behind the scenes on Knights of the Shroud. I've been adding character tags to each page and am about 40% done with that. And I've been tweaking upload dates and page titles so things display more coherently when the character tags are used, and I'm about 25% done with that. It isn't taking long. Like I said the other day, the interface at GirlAMatic makes it wicked easy (THANKS GAM CREW!), so I just chip away at it a few minutes at a time every now and then. AND LIKE ALWAYS when I go back through things I itch so freaking bad to rewrite and redraw almost the entire thing. This is what happens when you are creative but don't have an editor who "gets it" to help you the first time around. And I've fixed that, too, behind the scenes, no names, but am not at a point where I can continue forward with new pages or redo the old ones with this person who is made of awesome. But I am very, very keen to get to that point. SO KEEN. And I've had a major, major breakthough on this other awesome comic thing, on this fight which has had me stumped for ages. It has to be the awesomest fight scene I've done, because the project is the awesomest project for me right now, and the writer is the awesomest writer I've worked with and he totally deserves it. So things should get rolling along again, now. Anyone else find that between penciling, inking, and coloring (toning, shading, whatever) there is some part of them which is different? I am learning that, just in my creativity, in the muscles of my arm and hand, the feeling of the creative flow is different for pencils than it is for inks, and different again for coloring. And I often find myself doing one page of pencils, then inking that page, then toning that page. And I seriously think my flow would be better, faster, and more fun if I just did all the pencils, then all the inks, then all tones, in stages like that. Or at least in big batches. NO MATT NOT IN BATCHES READ WHAT YOU JUST WROTE YOU GOOFBALL Current Mood: busyCurrent Music: Hexagram, by Deftones |
loudpoet
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6:01a |
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pete_wisdom
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2:07a |
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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
maidenofirisa
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10:09p |
I'm really looking forward to the weekend. This week has been very long... For these past few days, I've been in the mood to read old silver-age dc comics.... I don't know where it came from. I love old Flash and Green Lantern stories. More importantly (and mostly for jenjoou ) 1. French Marvel Character (possibly worst than the vulture) Batroc ze LeapairI cannot believe I did not think of him before. I'm ashamed... 2. Toronto Comic Con (March 26 to 28) Current Mood: amused |
bulghod
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9:55p |
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bychoice
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5:15p |
Siding Happiness
Squee! I just got the siding cost estimate from the fanciest of the places that we are considering (seriously, they are super fancy, will completely redo the moisture barrier, siding and trim, plus two coats of 25 year paint.... They will get this all done in 5 to 7 days. They sent us 6 pages of references!), and it is just above what I budgeted. I can't even say what a relief this is. I had seriously been thinking that it could have been $20,000. If this is the most expensive, which I am guessing that it will be, then one of the other two bids may be low enough that we can get the house and the shed resided for what I have budgeted for this project. On the other hand, if the other two bids are close to what this one is, then I expect that we'll go with the fancy people, as they seem to be super organized and will do a good job. What a relief! The other good thing is that the third siding estimate is tomorrow morning, so we'll be able to make a decision asap. Since the siding has to be done before the heat pump, I'm glad that we'll be able to get the ball rolling on that really soon. (For those who might be wondering, the nice thing about the fancy siding (ie cement fiber) that we will be having put on is that it comes precoated with two coats of primer, so it can sit for up to 6 months in the rain before you have to paint it. This way, we can have the siding installed now and then have the house painted when the rain stops.) |
bychoice
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4:13p |
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