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Has it really been almost two months since I've updated this? I'd like to say life has gotten in the way, but it's mostly just been other time-wasters. Yeah, I've been back in school, and yeah, I'm still working full-time, but I've been a regular here under the same circumstances before. Truth is, I'm just not producing too much that fits on dA these days. Which brings me to what I AM producing...

30 September

I still haven't produced anything dA-worthy, actually I'm mainly here right now to use my journal to keep in touch with people and motivate myself. I've got a couple mostly-formed ideas for City of Glass comics kicking around, but I haven't had time to sit down and put them together yet.

08 November

Did you know there's a shitty young adult novel called City of Glass? And that my comic was first published before it? I could potentially become a rich man if they ever decide to press the issue.

YouTube

In addition to two minor projects I hope to have finished this week (I won't say anything just yet for fear some internet asshole will see it and steal my ideas) I've been cranking out videos at the breakneck pace of one every month or two. If you don't watch me on YouTube, you've been missing outdated political jokes, sarcastic patriotism, and insanely dorky inside jokes. I'm also putting my newfound socialist proclivities to work trolling neo-nazis, stay tuned.

30 September

I've made progress on both of the projects I mentioned, but nothing ready to publish yet. And with the weather quickly improving, I don't expect I'll be spending too much time at my computer in the coming months.

08 November

The two videos I mentioned are up, being a tribute to Billy Mays and a video implying that Osama Bin Laden's admiration for Whitney Houston is reciprocated. I've also uploaded a bit of YouTube Poop and a video of a kid being on fire since then. For future projects I'd like to create my own footage.

Omegle

If you don't know what Omegle is, it's a chat site that hooks you up anonymously with a random stranger from anywhere on the planet. Of course, this makes it fertile ground for subtle trolls, and while I don't exactly have anywhere online to host my logs, I do keep them and if you find me on AIM or something I can show you a few really good ones. I'm a big fan of Dream Girl Blackjack in particular.

30 September

I've got a few more awesome logs, as well as a few people I've met and had actually interesting conversations with. "I am Alexander the Great! My phallus is erect as a mighty Doric column!"

08 November

Yeah, Omegle got boring.

Cocktails

My slight interest in getting drunk has lately turned to a more noticeable interest in getting drunk classily. I'm collecting mid-shelf liquors and recipes, and I'm a recent convert to the Gin and Tonic (which I've decided to make it my mission to develop a signature version of). I'm working on developing something new for a friend's birthday party called the Ten Pumpkins, whose exact composition is still on the drawing board but involves pumpkin-infused vodka. All in all I find this much better than getting drunk frat-style, and I expect it to get me mad bitches in my late twenties or so.

30 September

Haven't had enough spare money to pick up any more hooch, but I've been looking at recipes and trying to plan my next few purchases. Speaking of, anybody got any good recipes they're willing to share?

08 November

I tended bar at a friend's birthday party. This included an original drink invented for the occasion (Ten Pumpkins: two parts vanilla vodka, two parts pumpkin liqueur, one part coffee liqueur) as well as a huge array of drinks based on vodka, raspberry vodka, and bourbon. Lots of fun was had. I've just picked up a bottle of absinthe (premium de wormwood, 140 proof) so stay tuned for some absinthe-based cocktails.

Fighting Games

After a long series of intoxicated Blaz Blue matches I remembered why I got into Guilty Gear a few years ago, and since then I've been playing the hell out of any fighting game I can get my hands on (currently I own Soul Calibur IV and Street Fighter IV, hoping to pick up Blaz Blue next weekend, not sure where I'm going from there). I've taught my little sister how to dragon punch and eagerly anticipate the day when she finally uppercuts an authority figure while yelling "SHORYUKEN!"

30 September

I picked up Blaz Blue last weekend, I think I'm done buying fighting games for now. I'm getting pretty good with Ryu and Sakura in Street Fighter IV, and with Nora and v-13 in Blaz Blue. I'm also pretty good with Zangief because he is way too damn strong and a couple of his moves are way too damn good.

08 November

Been playing on and off, same characters as I mentioned above. Probably done buying fighting games until something spectacular comes out.

Threat

I would love, more than anything, for this to not be a back-burner project. Before I moved to Florida I was in a band called Relapse, and after my recent visit back up north I've been much more into playing guitar and writing music. I've been in talks with Nick (who was the rhythm guitarist for Relapse) and we plan, as soon as it's feasible for me to move, to reform under the name Threat and play a strange blend of progressive rock, punk, and psychedelic rock that we've been writing songs in. Unfortunately, the economy being what it is, I have no idea when it's going to be realistic to pack up and leave the state when I have job security here.

30 September

Here, let me tease you with some working song titles!
- Falling Towers
- Shapes in the Wind
- Occult (Aria in Phrygian)
- Pie's Revenge

08 November

I've bought a truly enormous amp (Line 6 Spider III, check it out) and I'm writing a sonata for music class, which, who knows, may get recorded someday. On the Threat front, we've been in talks about concept albums as well as single fodder, though this is still something of a pipe dream as long as I'm in Florida. In the meantime I'd like to find somebody to play with here, but so far I've had no luck.

Paintball

This is more of a "when I get the chance" type of thing, but I used to play paintball when I was sixteen and I've been wanting to get into more outdoor activities so this seems like a logical move.

30 September

This plan is still hanging out on the back burner, but with the temperature dropping, it's probably going to move to front and center pretty soon.

08 November

The only obstacle here is that I don't know anybody else who has a paintball gun. I would really like to play one of these weekends.

Paranoia

A roleplaying game about living in a Brave New World run by a computer. One of these weekends, once I've had more of a chance to read the book over, I want to get a game going, probably just until the adventure's done. In fact, this may be the last time I run an RPG so if you're in the area, you should probably hit me up.

30 September

For shame! I have made zero progress on this and have no good excuse. Once I get some more paper I want to print out the adventure for easier study.

08 November

The problem now is that I have too many ideas for a game to run:
- The Paranoia game I mentioned
- A reboot of my old D&D game run under Pathfinder rules
- My homebrew, Aegis: Shadows in the Light
- Broncosaurus Rex, a patently ridiculous D20 game
- A wacky-ass BESM game that a few non-gamer friends have requested
Every now and then I decide on one of these and make a little progress on setting it up, then I'm back to not being sure.

Miscellany

I haven't done anything relating to Warhammer 40K in a good few weeks. I'm not opposed to playing in the future (hell, I'd LOVE to get some enjoyment out of all that money) but lately I'm just not motivated to paint anything, buy anything, or drag my ass downtown at ten in the morning on a Saturday to play. I'm a vegetarian. I'm single and after some soul-searching I've decided I'm definitely NOT looking. My cat is being a pain in the ass and wrecking up the place.

30 September

One of my coworkers is a frequent whiny bitch who has been hypocritically lobbying the boss to ban smoking even though he gets high on company time and the cigarette smoke doesn't even reach his section (and has a history of threatening coworkers). Today he complained again, so I decided to sponsor Free Cigarette Day. Everybody in the shop who smokes got a free pack. This shit is chess, it ain't checkers.

08 November

I'm not a vegetarian. Not because I don't want to be but because around here vegetarians don't eat. When I get my own house I'll stock the fridge without meat, but in the meantime I don't have too much choice. I'm kicking ass at work and one of my coworkers is probably out the door tomorrow. Not the bitchy one, unfortunately. Camping is the greatest, I think it has more to do with who we really are than this artificial world of steel and concrete and plastic. Motivate me to learn Python.