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April Has The Vilest Hugs

taphead — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:07:29 -0700

(With apologies to ol' T.S.)

Hey there!

I just pre-cached a 10 mile radius around 9th & Hennepin onto my "phone". If I find a girl behind a counter with several tattooed tears, I may die. (Or give her a hundred dollars? WHO KNOWS.)

What's the haps, chaps?

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government spy — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:25:21 -0700

6 months of going to Al-Anon meetings. Fiancee just passed 6 months of sobreity about 2 weeks ago. (I started going to Al-Anon a couple weeks after she checked into rehab) Going to pick up my 6 month chip tomorrow night. Feels good. Haven't found a sponsor yet; I have a hard time trusting people. I really like that she's found a sponsor; she's been a great influence on my fiancee. I'm still getting used to that word. It's been a little over a month since I proposed, and while not much has changed, some things feel different. We've been discussing having a kid (at some point in the future). I never thought I'd get here. Not panicking, but still unsure how to react when things are going good; waiting for something bad to happen, because trouble I can deal with.

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Steerpike — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:59:31 -0700

Wound up going to the writing workshop at World Horror Con. After another workshop person read my assignment out loud (which I could only see the flaws in) people applauded. Seriously. One guy was nodding his head to part of my description of a place. So maybe I'm not entirely talentless. Now to stay with it.

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oddbill — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:51:23 -0700

I had artwork featured on the Suicide Girls Blog, I've lost 5 pounds this week after discovering a salad I can actually be enthusiastic about*, I found an HBO having friend with whom I am now able to watch Game of Thrones as it airs. April feels pretty decent so far!

* Spinach leaves, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, peas and broiled diced chicken with an herb vinaigrette dressing. It is actually filling. Like, I'm not hungry for a couple of hours after eating it, and it tastes very good!

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Rachæl Tyrell — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:29:50 -0700

I've been trying to take the outlook that my life is always going to have massive amounts of pain and terribleness, and the best I can do is drown it in so much awesome that I can overlook everything else. These two weeks have been pretty fabulous.

I am living as upstate NJ as I can, while dogsitting with a car to use for friends on their honeymoon. The daily dogsitting has actually been physically rough on me, but...

I keep going north for drives and wandering the forest and farmland of the upper parts of Jersey right where New York and Pennsylvania borders meet. (I haven't taken many photographs of the drives, because, well, I've been driving.) Old barns, sloping pastures with hillsides dotted with cows or horses or sheep, winding bendy roads with a speed limit of 35 where everyone zips about going 50, and people so nice and friendly! I'd driven by a farm where two young men were inspecting a roadster from the 30's, I had a staring contest with a Turkey Vulture, I hung out on Sunrise Mountain for the past two nights at dusk, and definitely got my fill of diner time.

I've successfully drowned the awful. Everything is really awesome at the moment.

PS. Also! I went to the ER to get a tetanus shot, and I was in and out with a 'script for antibiotics in under an hour and a half. AMAZING!

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Magnulus — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:28:00 -0700

It doesn't get much viler than this:

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RenThing — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:00:01 -0700

An old high school friend of mine and a co-writer on a fiction review blog just stopped by my house because he was in the area and gave me a signed copy of The Essential Clive Barker.

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roadscum — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:12:47 -0700

I have what may be the makings of a red white and blue camera strap,
and love fudge. Today was good.

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Osmosis — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:47:52 -0700

That is one smiling-ass cat.

Pretty, pretty, good weekend. The UK is basking in two back-to-back public holidays, so it's currently day three of a state-mandated four-day weekend! Friday I slept a lot, read a lot, then went for drinks and a screening of Headhunters with two good, old friends. Yesterday I went to Chiswick to watch the Boat Race with two good, new friends, which consisted of an afternoon drinking in the open air and about thirty seconds of watching burly men boating past. Then we played Scrabble in the pub. (My best word was LIBEL on a double letter and triple word. Boom.) Today I was at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, sketching the hell out of lots of museum-piece aircraft. Lots and lots of aeroplanes. So many. SR-71 is just incredible close up, and they have a experimental test model Concorde open to walk through. So I was on board a Concorde today!

And tomorrow is another day off!

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JP Carpenter — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:18:55 -0700

Mixed weekend, slept all of Friday, felt ghastly half of Saturday before remembering I get hayfever (forget every damn year), and the oilseed rape is out, which makes my sinuses go into meltdown. But when I realised, allergy pills sorted it out quite fast...

Today, my eldest girl was being ganged up on by the younger two, who had cut her out of everything. She's normally pretty immune to this sort of crap, but today she was getting really upset and tearful, so I said 'tell you what, why don't you come down to the study and we'll watch Lord of the Rings together?' Which we did, just the first film, but she really dug it, and made smartarse comments all the way through, and it was the first thing I've done with just her for ages.

And then I went and planted seeds in the rain. My garden shall be beautiful...

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icelandbob — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:18:01 -0700

Sitting here with some really good news regarding my NITcasts that i can't divulge for at least another couple of days, but dayum it's really good news.

also meeting Vertigo Jones and Nigredo on Good Friday. Alas no pics (We were too busy ranting and drinking), but t'was a good session....

Edit for factual fuck ups...

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Magnulus — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:33:49 -0700

Finally done on the most disorganised shoot I've been on. I've been outside in the cold every day, today scrambling up Pentland Hills in Edinburgh in the rain and filming a fight scene... Against myself. That was the fun bit, though. And now I'm discussing a sexy double shoot with someone. There are some good ideas in there. Very exciting in so many ways. :D

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JP Carpenter — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:51:08 -0700

meeting Singularity Jones and Nigredo

You're confusing my musical alter ego with the magnificent Mr Vertigo Jones... shame I didn't manage to catch you this time you were in town :-(

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sellmeyoursoul — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:16:23 -0700

This weekend was amazing. I had the house to myself. I spent the first half of Saturday in the recording studio laying down the last tracks and burning the first demo version of the album I've spent the last 2.5+ years working on. There's already a few things I want to change, but it feels amazing to be able to see the finish line. I then took my acoustic guitar to the beach and practiced some of my new songs and a couple of covers, singing to the ocean, and quite possibly the young couple who came and sat down not too far off for a cuddle. It was cold, so the session didn't last as long as I would have liked, but it felt great. Yesterday I got over 10 pages done in my comic script. Fewer than ten to go and I'm done with all eight issues. First draft, at least. Then it's rewrites and actually stepping up to my novel. I know the general sense of what's going to happen with three parallel, yet very different themed threads. I'm even seeing some of the points where they tie in together. I'm still at the flirting before the first date stage with the project so everything is still sexy.

Speaking of... my love life is still a shambles, but it's a comical shambles and while she made me feel like the last crash and burn was my fault, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced her own issues were at the heart of it and she dealt with it poorly, so perhaps I'm better off. Though I'd give her another chance if it came down to that.

OK, I'm off to take a beating from a customer now. Thank you sir, may I have another!

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icelandbob — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:28:23 -0700

@JP Carpenter....

AAAARGH!!!

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Vornaskotti — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:39:37 -0700

What an awesome Easter holiday. Started with finishing the IF game and submitting it to Spring Thing 2012 contest, then a day of idling and an evening of friends, Tarkovsky's Solaris, good food and vodka; a Saturday at Hacklab in a smart textiles workshop with cute geek girls, then off to sign the papers for a genre fiction publishing co-op I joined, then to see Hunger Games and off for a great night-long bender with pals old and new; a Sunday with the mother in law visiting and bringing good lamb and other foods; a Monday of high art visiting Amos Anderson art museum's exhibits that were about political art from the 60's and 70's and some weird stuff that hit my urban exploration aesthetic sense pretty spot on. An evening of lazy chatting and gaming online.

It feels like I had a two week long holiday, although it was only four days. Time well spent ^^

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flecky — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:57:12 -0700

I know it's not the appropriate place and, for that, I apologize, but...

I'm in a world of self-pity, despair, anger, irritability and, to be honest, I long to be dead. The only time I feel OK is when I'm asleep and, even if I'm having the worst nightmares on offer, It's preferable to the shit-stink of reality. Truly, I've devolved into a malevolent bastard. I've tried to talk to people but their bullshit just makes my head hurt. When I go to Narcotic Anonymous meetings and I hear light-weight fucks go on about the beauty of life I flinch in horror; but go to them I must, as I can't get better on my own. In my future all I see is bastard withdrawals and chemo to ravage my fucked body to get rid of the hepatitis.

Still, I've not used, which is the only thing that's keeping me going.

Sorry about that! As you were, Whitechapel...have a hug on me and enjoy life!

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Fishelle — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:31:07 -0700

Today a pretty well known artist that I had to study the work of for a class last semester named Laylah Ali came to my college to do an artists talk.

This morning she did an open critique of the student show, pulling names out of a basket and talking to people about their work. When there was about 15 minutes left, she decided to pick a piece to talk about instead of getting a random name. She wanted to talk about the little intaglio photopolymer comic I did. She said such nice things.

So, yeah. My day was made.

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Bankara — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:12:34 -0700

@flecky, man there is nothing inappropriate about it. You feel like shit and wanna unload so you don't get loaded then fuck all and give us both barrels, mate! You need a support group outside of NA as well and I don't think anyone here'd deny it to you. You have identified the one bright light in what sounds like a shit-ton of misery and that is that you don't go out and use because as bad as things might feel now you know how truly bad shit can get. I am glad to hear that you care about yourself more than to chuck it in and say "fuck it, not worth it."
I am sorry to hear that you feel the way you do and I can only hope that you don't still feel that way today. Massive hugs right back at you.

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razrangel — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:58:54 -0700

Rain made the world fresh. Cool in the shadows and warm in the sunlight, crystal clear air.

Lunch, long and heavy, with my dad and niece. We ate our fill and then some and he and I talked about history of all kinds of places. Japan, England, America, Africa, Arabia, Indonesia. It's our thing.

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Littlepurplegoth — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:16:22 -0700

I've had an odd few days. Got involved in a small film project (The Chronicles of Professor Elemental - http://www.facebook.com/TheChroniclesOfProfessorElemental for the moment, getting a less FB based presence is part of my stuff), and did a good gig... and then ran straight up against the 'casting couch' (the actual, do this and I'll see that, rather than the oppotunistic 'tog sort)... Get to nearly 40 and...

Still I think I've dealt with it OK for now, and possibly have some good material out of it :-) (so that's the next thing then, getting gigs sorted to do said material at...) I'm itching to do more shoots as well, but not sure how to go about that (pah!)

Flipside is that I am getting *really* annoyed about living with a whole lot of small(ish) people who aren't dealing well with my working and not being at their beck and call and cleaning up after them... Its nice that they miss me, but I wish they wouldn't make so much *mess*

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flecky — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:28:42 -0700

@ Bankara: Thanks, mate.

I managed to get to see a good psychological doctor yesterday and, by spewing all the darkness onto good old paper with pen, I got a bit of perspective on what's going on. Getting there was really hard, as I've become a bit agoraphobic, especially in the area of the city in which I live. Don't get me wrong, it's not the hustle and bustle that freaks me; it's the back streets, where sometimes there are groups of over twenty people waiting for dealers to come and sort them out. For me, I guess, it's like when sober alcoholics have to avoid pubs.

Anyway, at the moment I'm just really grateful to have a roof over my head and food to eat. Sometimes, it's just the simple things that really matter.

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roadscum — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:41:51 -0700

Good things that happened to me today: didn't get squashed on the M1 at Milton Keynes this morning. Sometimes the simple things are the only things that matter at all.

Hang on in there flecky, for what little it's worth, i want you to WIN.

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government spy — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:32:16 -0700

Hey Flecky,

The other day I was at a meeting for ACOA, and we were talking about how easy it is to get depressed, how many of us, our tendency is to think how things are always going wrong.

Someone said, "there's always a chance things will go right." Like many things in AA and NA, it's fucking simple, and I kick myself for not seeing those really simple slogans.

I resisted so much of what these people had to offer, I was telling my ~~girlfriend~~ fiancee that I just see it as another form of brainwashing, and we talked about it, and what we ended up with, is we're already brainwashed, to drink, use, be used, and just like someone getting out of a cult, you gotta get deprogrammed. The only difference is these guys are honest about what they're trying to do. Save your (mine, our) life.

It's been a hell of a past 6 months for me, and I'm just an enabler. I can't imagine what you're going through brother. But one thing every single one of us here at Whitechapel knows about you, Flecky, is you're a fighter. So keep on fighting, we got your back.

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dorkmuffin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:57:15 -0700

@Fishelle, LAYLAH ALI IS THE FUCKING SHIT I LOVE HER WORK!

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razrangel — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:49:01 -0700

We were excused from Japanese class today because at the local university there was a guest lecturer from Japan. He's a producer of anime (and possibly other media like live action movies, but I only caught the anime part) and an avid fan of increasing collaboration between American and Japanese creators. One of the programs he's working on is called Heroman, co-produced with none other than Stan "The Man" Lee.

I took notes as best as I could but the information came fast and hard and Kaifu-san (our esteemed guest) switched back and forth between Japanese and English, often speaking over his translator. Also, at certain points my brain just latched onto bits of information and wouldn't stop jumping up and down at the implications and possibilities. It seems in 2003 manga started being published for smartphones but was a disappointment, in terms of revenue. That turned around with the iPhone in 07-08. In 2010, with the iPad, manga revenue in digital alone is something like $28million. Not only that but manga grosses in 2010 was in the billions-with-a-B, making it the overwhelming portion of the publishing trade in Japan. Kaifu-san joked (but was half-serious) that if you were a manga/comic book artist and wanted to get published, your best bet was to head to Japan. They'll take your meeting there. Not so much the guys in NYC.

However, he said, if you want to create animation, your best bet is to head to Burbank, CA. Hollywood is far more willing to produce original animation than the Japanese production firms. In Japan over 80% of all anime is developed from popular manga titles, the other 15% come from other properties including video games and toys. Only 5%, he said, came from original ideas AND that 5% was produced ONLY by NHK (the public station).

Err... sorry. Info-burp. Loads of tasty, tasty infos swirling through my head. Actually when he started talking about publishing over smartphones and looking at other media for manga and anime I started thinking cross... cross media, cross cultural, cross oceanic.... Wouldn't I just love to design an international game/anime, accessible over smartphone for Japanese and Americans to play/consume ahhh... the possibilities are mind boggling! I wanna! I wanna wanna wanna! I just don't know how. But that's no big. }:>

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allana — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:23:17 -0700

I got off work three hours early so I could finally send some fucking emails and take a fucking bath and edit some fucking photos that have been continually put off since Sunday. Going home for Easter is great but man am I in a crunch now. This means I can actually spend some time in the backyard tomorrow, maybe, after doing a week-late distribution for the magazine and before going to work again where I will again not be needed because they have again overstaffed. Maybe I will again get off work three hours early and be able to buy some fucking groceries and write a fucking music review or two and do some fucking laundry. Man! Wouldn't that be great!

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oldhat — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:53:59 -0700

Soooooooo today was pretty shit. My last job for this week was to write a biography for a client and a press release before I popped off to Chicago. I had two days to complete it, so piece of cake!

Then my computer had a meltdown and the files got corrupted. Today. At 1pm.

So at 10:45 in the fucking night I leave the office, confident that my client's biography is good and won't be fucked with too much in the boss' edits. As for the release...I was waiting for some quotes from some industry execs, but those fell through so I don't have to worry about it. But I leave angry, a little crazy and exhausted. So of course, I go to a pub (Thirsty & Miserable) where the owner gives me this:

After one of those, a Rochefort #8 a Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA and some geeky conversations with the locals of the bar, I'm feeling a bit better about things.

And tomorrow is Chicago. Six days with the boy mostly to myself. I'm starting to feel good.

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flecky — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:29:27 -0700

@ roadscum and government spy: Thank you. What you said makes total sense and it actual gave me the drive to go to a local meeting today and open my mouth about what I'm going through.

I spoke to a lad about the whole deprogramming thing, too. I've been doing that a lot over the past year; trying not to act impulsively on the way I feel and not letting the utter madness of desire control how I behave. Listening to all that crap was what, inevitably, caused me to fuck up.

Anyway, my brain is so filthy it needs more than a good washing!

Hugs to you all!

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icelandbob — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:59:12 -0700

Remeber a few days ago i said that i had some importnat news,but couldn't share it with you??

Well now i can!

you know those mixes that i do? The ones that drive Oldhat, Texture and several others up the wall? Well my latest mix, (titled THE ATEMPORAL DEATHLINE) will be aired TONIGHT at 8pm GMT on London's Resonance 104.4 FM. This si thanks to Mr Jonny mugwump of the Exotic pylon who deemed them worthy of transmission.

I seriously suggest you listen to the bloody thing. I know all your IP addresses. 5 proxies be damned!!

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oldhat — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:07:05 -0700

FUCKING YES, BOB!!!! HOORAY FOR THE nitCAST!

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nelzbub — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:13:55 -0700

@ Bob-I will be trying it out on my coffeeshop full of stoners this evening.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:15:05 -0700

@ flecky - This may sound mad, but I suggest sun and dirt. I've been dogsitting for friends in the country, and while my joints and feet are in significant fucking pain and I hurt like hell and I've overworked myself and now have a virus, taking these two beasts for a 25 minute walk 2-3 times a day, smelling nature, feeling the warm rays on my skin, mentally I feel FABULOUS. I've hardly been smoking, my compulsive eating is something I'm recognizing and fighting, and I'm started attacking that pile of bills and doctor appointments and social services stuff I've been meaning to get to. I am getting high from nature, dammit! And it's great!

My friend, home from her trip, has given me a pair of running sneakers too small for her (which actually aren't UGLY!), and my feet feel far less achey. I am virusy ill and my remaining tonsils parts ache terribly, but I get to be sick sitting on a deck in the sunshine listening to birds, windchimes, and the odd circular saw grinding away in the hills somewhere.

Also, I've been taking and uploading photographs.

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flecky — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:42:12 -0700

@ Rachael: I'm glad you've been getting buzzed-up on nature. Good on you!

Nope, it doesn't sound mad at all. It sounds bloody lovely!

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WaxPoetic — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:31:23 -0700

So. I sent the boy-cat to live with my parents because he was miserable and meowly and door-scratchy and keeping-me-awakey. The girl-cat and I are getting along fine. She wakes me up by curling up by my face and purring. She cuddles the brush. She is happy. This is good.

I am also really enjoying my boss's continually devolving FB page comments. He and his sisters are re-hashing and making even less sensical the plot to Days of Our Lives.

Also, I think I might write something soon. Not sure. Feels like there's that itch, you know?

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radicaldoubt — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:30:39 -0700

I am so happy I could squeal!

I'm moving tomorrow (to Astoria, for any NYers that are familiar) and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully my roommates won't turn out to be tyranical, crazy assholes.

I also interviewed for a job today, which I seem very qualified for. If I get it, I'm going to leave my minimum-wage-paying, soul-sucking job behind and say "Suck it!"

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nelzbub — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:07:21 -0700

@ bob- cheers for the mix there. I think it went down well with the punters!

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Darkest — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:12:33 -0700

Long time no see Whitechapel. This isn't my first abcense and probably won't be my last. Mostly due to work (Which I will tell you about in a sec) and the fact that my laptop's motherboard blew and so I'm between machines and sharing with my mum and brother.

Running a comic shop is awesome! I will pay myself and my brother for the first time soon and the sun is up and 6music is on the radio so generally life is good even if I can't afford to move out anytime soon.

I have startd running again after the longest time and decaying wellbeing and a lowgrade downer and self doubt.

On the 21st April we will be having our first big event handing over our savings for Help the Heroes (we had some comis donated and we've been putting the money from the sales aside).

I have been handling comics older than I am by four years, which is awe inspiring. Especially Jamie Delano's run on Hellblazer which leads to this next bit...

Turns out Jamie Delano's a local (Northampton same as Alan Moore) and we've convinced him to drop by and he's willing to do a signing. JAMIE DELANO! I guess I'll let you guys know when that is.

In short things are pretty bloody good at Niche Comics.

Sorry about the lack of order I'm just so glad and stuf.

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oldhat — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:44:09 -0700

We've arrived in Chicago. <3

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Rachæl Tyrell — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:23:48 -0700

I've just been told that the 7-11 that recently opened on St Marks Place has been attacked by a mob and the windows smashed in. This is awesome, and gives me hope.

Also, I smell like puppy pee. This sounds rather negative, except for the fact that Iv'e been hanging out with a 3 month old puppy my friends have just adopted, and she's fucking adorable.

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razrangel — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:48:26 -0700

Hit the gym. Took several hours for the ensuing headache to go away. Exercise headaches are treated best with hot chocolate, right?

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kahavi — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:15:06 -0700

Last night (right in the middle of the night), during an insomnia-induced bout of furious activity, I learned how to make ricotta cheese. :D

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flecky — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:32:00 -0700

I've been randomly selected for jury service. Are they mad? Am I mad? Is it mad?

The letter says I may have to pay £1,000 if I'm not fit to be a juror because of drink or drugs. The questionnaire asks if I currently have, or have had in the past, any disorder or disability of the mind.

Hardy-Fucking-Ha! The last time I was in Crown Court I fell asleep in the dock. I don't know, maybe it's a chance to send some horrible bastard into the heart of darkness. Or help save some poor soul...

At the moment all I can think is: HOT SNOW.

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nelzbub — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:41:16 -0700

@ flecky, good luck with that mate. My own experience of jury service was truly horrible and I wish I could have avoided it.
I don't think that your current situation would count as being unfit through drugs: at least not to make you liable for a fine.
While I don't know for sure, I would guess the fact that you are in treatment may well be grounds for exclusion without penalty. It's got to be worth inquiring with the relevant authorities.

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flecky — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:37:13 -0700

@ nelzbub: Yeah, I can imagine it being a horrible experience. I really don't think now would be a good time for me to do it; I'm hoping to be totally abstinent from the Subutex over the next few weeks and will either be doing a day programme or, maybe, going into a treatment centre outside the city. I know a few solicitors from meetings who will give me advice if I need it.

@razrangel: Hot chocolate!

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Alastair — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:31:27 -0700

i wrote a post about getting barred from my favorite bar.... i deleted it when i realized this isn't a rant place. so my hugs are:
i saw Andrew WK and it was incredible. my lady and i had a great weekend. and my friends are the best people.

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government spy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:48:54 -0700

Hey man, rant when you need to rant. Getting tossed from any bar is rant worthy, let alone your favorite bar. My condolences.

Also: the blog section is a great place to post when you don't know where else to post. It's kind of like international waters over there.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:48:21 -0700

BWAAAA!!! Here's some of the aforementioned puppy:

CLICK CLICK CLICK!

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taphead — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:11:51 -0700

:D

That made this feverish flu-state ever so much more bearable. d'aawwww

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razrangel — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:17:31 -0700

HAHAHAH There was a sleepy puppy on your butt! freaking adorbs!!

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DavidLejeune — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:13:35 -0700

That puppy has good taste in butts!

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roadscum — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:48:07 -0700

Rachael, there is a dog's head poking out of your bottom... Ah, I see. Sorry, my mistake.

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flecky — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:07:57 -0700

Rachael saves me/us again...

Edited to add: Get well soon, taphead.

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JP Carpenter — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:46:31 -0700

I've had a weekend of utterly horrible screaming despair.

Which turned out today to be unfounded.

The relief is amazing.

And I got to see my sister on Saturday, which was ace.

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sellmeyoursoul — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:15:27 -0700

Rachael wins the cuteness portion of the thread hands down!

My system at work has been crashing all day so I found a few minutes to come here! I saw cabin in the woods last night and loved it. Total recommendation. Also, the woman that I mentioned in my last post and I are supposed to get a coffee at some point. I'm not sure if I'm excited to be seeing her again. We had amazing chemistry and I think I understand what happened and why things went pear shaped (on reflection not entirely my fault), but still, I'm going into it a bit more cautious.

Last week my mom was out of town so I did all the cooking for myself and my daughter. While nothing came out perfect, I did pretty damn well. I spent 10 years married to someone who dropped out of a couple of culinary schools and she was always happy to tell me how much anything I made sucked, so I've been a little self-conscious about it. Please allow me to officially tell her to retroactively go fuck herself. I'm definitely not at the posting food porn photos state, but damn, my pork was cooked through but moist. That officially makes it better than moms. Kapow! I think I may start doing more cooking.

Cheers.

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Magnulus — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:29:10 -0700

My nude, talcum stills shoot today went well, and some of the shots look amazing!
Also, I got word within an hour that I will definitely be appearing in Neon Ghosts, a Sci Fi about holographic disguises and black marketeers! :D It has an IndieGoGo page in case anyone would like to see an intro video with a concept teaser, as well as if any of you have oodles of money to squander on quite promising short films by Masters Students in Scotland. :D

I also met Will Ellwood and Jen, which was lovely, and did a full-on chest workout I've dubbed Chest Explosion on Fitocracy. This day honestly couldn't have been better. Unless there had also been some mint choc chip ice cream at some point.

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Fauxhammer — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:20:58 -0700

In a few hours I'll be driving with my wife and in-laws from North Carolina to Kansas.

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texture — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:17:32 -0700

I also got to meet Will Ellwood today, which was awesome. We had a lovely day browsing bookshops and drinking coffee. What a thoroughly lovely young man.

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Vornaskotti — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:35:37 -0700

My disgustingly vile happiness has taken a dip due to some annoying crap in the last couple of weeks, but today was a real booster. Nothing like random out of the blue weirdness to perk me up, and this time it was in the form of two hours spent in a ruined house talking in front of a camera about leadership, psychogeography and hacking your brain with urban exploration, for a documentary film. Yeah, sounds like hipster bullshit bingo, but I don't care - this is for an academically produced film for some research project or other. Was fun.

Also, the Finnish edition of the Iron Sky book is now out, the English version will follow some time later.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:47:11 -0700

The previous two days were a minor psychedelic trip involving puppy snuggles, deck lounging, tanned shoulders, star gazing, fresh pineapple, haagen dazs, and a rare T-bone steak, all enjoyed in the country. I am ready to return to the city after nearly a month away! Whoooo!

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trini_naenae — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:18:42 -0700

@Racael: That puppy is much worse than Watson. And totally adorable. Woobie!

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razrangel — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:28:45 -0700

Somewhat crappy cabernet fairly palatable with a rich chocolate cream pie. Nearly too sweet chocolate cream eased into yumminess with a tart cabernet.

I WIN }:>

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JP Carpenter — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:47:09 -0700

Some cool things...

A girl at work has just had a successful operation for cancer. We were told by our boss, and everyone cried and we all queued up to hug her. Which was very sweet and one of the best things I've heard all year.

My two younger girls got into the school that we wanted. Which saves my partner a massive, massive headache.

I had a decent appraisal at work, which I wasn't really expecting.

And kind of best of all, we're all alive - the carbon monoxide alarm went off in the middle of the night, had to grab my daughter and get her out of the room with the boiler in and then get all the windows open and shut off the boiler. We had it checked and the flue had corroded and was leaking fumes back into the house. Thank god I bought the alarm. Kiddy is OK, apart from having a headache.

I need a new boiler, which is gutting, as I'd days ago paid off a five year loan, but we're all ok.

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Jehrot — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:27:32 -0700

Jesus. If that doesn't deserve a hug, nothing does. Glad you and your family are safe and sound.

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Morac — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:08:52 -0700

I made a video game! (The operative word here being "made", as opposed to "started and lost interest in", or "thought really hard about but never got around to making"). I'm still pretty euphoric about the whole thing. We (me and the two people who worked on it with me) made it in about 5 weeks for the Edge Magazine Create Challenge, and seeing our game mentioned on their site is pretty cool, even if it is just the list of entrants (our game is Red Chasm). The judging lineup is pretty prestigious, so win or lose, it'll be pretty awesome to get my work in front of people of this caliber.

Within 24 hours of finishing that up, I had an interview! I wasn't really expecting it, and I'm not super desperate for a job right now (though the money would be nice). Probably the weirdest interview I've had. The first half was pretty standard (making sure I had all of the basic technical skills), but the second half was the guy showing me the fancy stuff they have, and asking me if the ideas he had for it were even possible. I am to give him my thoughts on it over the next few days, and I guess that if I conclude it is possible, I have a job.

Also, I'm heading to Mexico on Friday! Wooo! Vacation! It's at a big, fancy, all inclusive resort for a location wedding. Probably not the way that I would personally want to visit Mexico (I've never been before, and I'd want to travel more, see the sights, etc.), but I guess I'll just have to suck it up and enjoy all of the free(-ish) food and booze (twist my rubber arm, why don't you?). The biggest annoyance so far is that apparently this super classy high end place doesn't have wi-fi, and charges a "nominal" (read:unspecified) fee to use their internet kiosks. I had considered getting roaming plan for cell phone, but the amounts they charge are criminal. I've always heard that Canada has some of the worst cell phone rates in the world, but I hadn't seen exactly how bad it could get ($40 for 10 MB! What the fuck! If I wanted to travel to an ominously named Zone 3 country it would be $150 for those same $10MB). So now I'm busily trying to root my phone, so I can unlock my phone, and then buy a SIM card once I get down there. Involved, poorly documented, and questionably legal process, all told. Still, Mexico! Booze! Woooooooooo!

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razrangel — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:05:07 -0700

Gah. *hugs* to you and your family, JP. Sorry about the troubles so very glad you're all ok.

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trini_naenae — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:40:42 -0700

@JP Carpenter: Glad your family is safe and sound.

Two things to be happy about. One, I had been told that the therapist I've been seeing (and driving close to an hour to see) isn't available on Fridays. I found out the reason why is because he's in the much closer office on that day. So I can go in to see him on a day I definitely have off, and can even run errands afterwards and not have to waste nearly as much gas. Wooooooot.

Two, I've been paying my parent's phone bill because I had a contract going (or so I thought), but I called to see how much longer it lasts and found out it's not a contract, the deal is about as good as it gets, and I can switch it over to my parents names so I don't have to pay that bill. Yay! One less bill! And the hours are picking up at work. Needless to say, the prospect of not having to live off my savings account anymore: really exciting.

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RenThing — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:43:29 -0700

@JP

Glad you guys are ok.

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flecky — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:56:58 -0700

@JP: Shit! Glad you got that alarm.

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sneak046 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:39:41 -0700

*reminds self to buy CO monitor for GF's knackered-and-needing-replacement-by-social-housing-agency Boiler*

My own little victory against The Man yesterday was posting off my student loan repayment deferrment forms. A decade after finishing uni I still haven't paid a penny back, due to having never achieved the income level that repayments kick in (which for my loans it's calculated that repayments begin when you start to earn 85% of the national mean average wage - the one time when I can be thankful for the combination of living outside the South East of England, and for premier league footballers' and bankers' salaries being so high I guess).

'Oh wait' the societally-programmed part of my brain asks, 'doesn't that mean I have been entirely unable to capitalise on my three years at uni in any real meaningful professional sense?'

Bugger.

(to be honest I don't really care as I do well enough to look after me and my cat, and buy comics and geeky t-shirts and booze and fags, so what else do I need, right?)

Another little win was gaining +1000XP at life for being told I looked like a character from a Mad Max movie yesterday by a work colleague, due to my work boots and other atire.

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oldhat — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:25:43 -0700

Today I fell back in love with Toronto.

Some know, but for those that don't, I always sink in to a bit of a depression after I do some travelling. Primarily because I'm back to all the bullshit. And this week...MAN...a family friend died, work went in to chaos and fucked me around for things, my mom somehow got MORE annoying and my dad was...well, my dad (sweary jerk who doesn't care much for people). My tolerance tends to get lower while travelling and putting up with it becomes a hassle. As an example, while talking about an AMAZING exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Centre of the artistic representations of Death and how I was really touched by most of it (especially by this picture), my dad interrupted with "Why the fuck do we have to listen to this shit?". Normally I can handle that kind of thing, but last night I just lost it, went to my room and avoided everyone until I fell asleep.

So yeah. Not the best of weeks coming back from what was an amazing vacation in Chicago with my boyfriend.

But today...today was nice. I decided to go out to pick up a few things and get the city back under my feet. Nothing huge, just picking up a DVD rental (Season 1 of The Sweeny), some beer and a few groceries. But walking around the city and looking at the stores and people just put me back in to a great mindset. Oh! I also picked up a gorgeous granite Mortar & Pestle, which I've always wanted and it ended up being more affordable than I've been able to find. But yeah, I find doing that, just walking around a city and watching and listening and feeling the rhythm your walking feet are making...just brought me right back down to where I wanted to be.

And I think that's a very nice thing indeed.

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trini_naenae — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:02:20 -0700

@oldhat: Oh yes, asshole dads! I could rant about that sort of stuff for way too long. But being refreshed by re-experiencing the city one lives in is always wonderful.

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oldhat — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:51:53 -0700

@trini Yeah, asshole dads. They're...they're our dads, is all I can really say.

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roadscum — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:29:55 -0700

@oldhat: I believe it's been said that you can't choose your family and that you often grow into what you are despite, rather than because of them.
Good to be happy with where you are though, very good indeed, yes. I'm quietly hoping you're inspired to take a few more pictures, there haven't been enough of those lately.

Me? I think someone may be flirting with me, something which is both flattering and quite sad at the same time.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:46:44 -0700

I've got a favorite person. One of those people that I'd automatically clicked with when we met about 12 years ago. One of those people that I've only seen about 3 times in the past 5 years, and never email or phone call. One of those people who came by at dawn to hang out, and stayed up chatting with me until 4 in the afternoon, talking about real things, just as comfortable as ever.

Yeah, my head might be poundy, and I'm delirious and shaky from being up all night, but my brain feels much less lonely and it's a wonderfully rainy Sunday afternoon for listening to Miles Davis while drinking Earl Grey. (dammit, where's my scone & clotted cream?!)

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Fauxhammer — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:29:32 -0700

I got brownout drunk Friday night and it was awesome.

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Littlepurplegoth — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:01:32 -0700

I finally became the owner of a car (again) yesterday.

Now this morning i have to do grown up things like insure it, and then wait on the certificate so I can go to the postoffice and tax it. And it has to happen by Wednesday because then starts a week of 4-5 hours a day in the car going to/from the set ...

But yay! I know its not a 'good' thing, and I bloody love trains and buses (relatively cheap, and the people watching opportunities are fantastic, plus can drink ...) but lots of things will be easier with a car (like much reduced journey times due to not having to go all the way into london to come halfway out again...

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razrangel — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:36:14 -0700

My life is rather fucked right now. I've no idea how to make anything work out. But I still get to do things like participate in theatre (for the time being). And so today I stage managed rehearsal, watched talented, creative people do some amazing work and ran things like a person who can deal with being in charge. Hehe, a tiny bit of power and hefty dose of art. Good for the soul.

Now if the Japanese would just quit fighting me and get in my head.

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sneak046 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:00:53 -0700

@Littlepurplegoth - don't waste your time at the post office, do it online on direct.gov.uk..

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Jehrot — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:24:30 -0700

Cross-posting from the photo thread, apologies for the shameless hustle, but it's genuinely the first hug-worthy thing that's happened in the last few days.
My shot of a nepalese elephant's eye got selected for national geographic's 'daily dozen' feature! It's made my week (which has been an absolute shitstain). If any of you fine, lovely, generous folk feel like voting, there's a chance it'll make it into print, which would probably make my decade. It's the "voting machine" tab on the left. Cheers guys!

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Rachæl Tyrell — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:37:54 -0700

Jehrot - Wow! Awesome! Congrats!

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Argos — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:50:00 -0700

That's awesome, Jehrot! It really is a fantastic shot.

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Littlepurplegoth — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:09:30 -0700

Re: using direct gov

Normally I would do it online - but that would mean waiting for the purchase paperwork to hit the DVLA, and I need to get it done faster than that... Post office faster in this instance as I can take my chunk of the V5 with me :-)

Waiting for the post, waiting for the post, I WANT THE POST!!!!

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razrangel — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:18:47 -0700

Got my shit together enough to make some progress on Japanese home work (god knows if it'll translate to passing the test - it has me VERY worried), play rehearsal was fun (easy on my, I just basically had to show up) and even was together and not too dissipated enough to hit the gym at midnight! Yay 24 hour living.

I really, really wish sleep were optional. REally. Deeply.

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flecky — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:48:57 -0700

I'm still fighting against being a chemical cadaver.

And I love the rain.

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Vornaskotti — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:30:05 -0700

Yesterday did a weird turnaround from being utter shiate to a great evening full of interesting conversations and fun chance encounters. Today has been kind of awesome: got my laptop back from the repairs, Telltale's Walking Dead is waiting for me after I get out of work, I got a windfall of about 350 euros from a freelance gig I thought had been paid already (I'm totally fucking broke so this was \o/) and I'm having coffee for an interesting pal in the evening. Little things that make life all <3

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razrangel — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:39:07 -0700

Didn't wear shoes all day.

Need hugs for all the rest.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:01:32 -0700

I volunteered at WFMU today, and got a shout on on the air by the DJ. It's awkward weirdos and funky humans. I think I've found my tribe.

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Alastair — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:16:52 -0700

Just saw The Avengers... 8 year old me is hugging 26 year old me and they are both jumping up and down and crying.

it was just.... perfect

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flecky — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:43:49 -0700

Having using dreams off the dreadometer; I don't mind, as it saves me from having to do it in the waking world. When I look at humans with veins I feel like some mutant who has escaped from a freak-show.

One of us! One of us!

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Magnulus — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:20:07 -0700

Gooba-gabba! Gooba-gabba!

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Fauxhammer — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:32:38 -0700

I don't wanna be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

Things are looking good right now. I may or may not have cracked a smile. I can neither confirm nor deny this.

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razrangel — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:44:55 -0700

The test I was freaking out over? I got an A. Funny what you can do when you glue yourself to your textbooks for a weeks straight. Now here's hoping it sticks in my head long term. Still have a final in a month and no idea how to continue studying & practicing my Japanese. Oh well.

Some breathing room on the financial front. Barely. Really just kicks the can down the road. But better than researching bankruptcy.

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flecky — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:58:26 -0700

@Magnulus: HAHA!

@razrangel: That's bloomin' good news about your test. Fuckin' A!

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phill_sea — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:36 -0700

WOOOOO
Just finished my final portfolio turn in for class.

thirty-seven pages later, I feel I have successfully argued my way to a solid B in "Rhetoric and the Written Word."

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sellmeyoursoul — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:35:51 -0700

The other day I was looking at the AvsX free preview comic with my four year old daughter. We were looking at the rosters of characters and she was telling me the names of everyone. When we got to Cable, she said, "that's Cable. He's a tool." I was so proud.

And yes, I still carry a lot of malice toward all of the people who destroyed the New Mutants in the 90s. Fuck X-Force. Fuck it to hell!

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Rachæl Tyrell — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:53:59 -0700

Does anyone here in our age bracket NOT have a copy of X-Force #1? (probably still in the plastic, even)

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dorkmuffin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:14:30 -0700

Tomorrow is my first voice lesson in about six years.

Broken vocal cord and all.

Can't REALLY afford it, but doing it anyway.

.... and then during my warm-ups tonight I hit a goddamn high C.

FUCK. YES. Now if only I could get my lower register back.

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flecky — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:24 -0700

Whitechapel sychronastic: I'm sitting here finishing off reading the rather good Milligan/Allred run on X-Force from 2002.

Word on the street is that Cable is a tool. A'ight, blud.

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government spy — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:00:53 -0700

Ugh. Be grateful where you are today. Because of the City of Houston doing street repairs, we have no running water all this morning, and that also means no air conditioning. Today, my housing unit is one big, sweaty mess.

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Littlepurplegoth — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:11:52 -0700

Quick dash in to say hello as I'm on set this week and the early starts/long drives are killing me but between doing the corset/steampunk thing and getting shut in the boot of an Aston Martin db9 to jump out again; and my more 'normal' PR job I'm having a fucking blast and learning *so* much...

Plus there is some seriously good comedy material quietly bubbling away in my head from all this!

going to bed now, five thirty start again tomorrow... 0-0

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dorkmuffin — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:35:04 -0700

VOICE LESSON WAS AWESOME. VOICE LESSON WAS AWESOME. VOICE LESSON WAS AWESOME.

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razrangel — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:39:38 -0700

Good and bad and hugs all around. Great VO workshop, insight, info, tips, tricks and work and direction for improvement. Not a lot on performance but a butt load on getting into the right places, getting seen/known by the right people, business considerations, handling auditions, etc. Good, all around. And I got compliments on my booth time as well as critical notes that I know how to work with right away. Worked in front of a casting director for a national TV show that uses a ton of talent on weekly basis and he has my info now...

Phone died. The battery housing gave up and will not keep the battery jacked in. The phone *will not* turn on. So it's a bit of a crisis. And also it means I didn't and probably won't get to meet & hang with Robin on her trip out here. Fuck...

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Osmosis — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:39:15 -0700

You guys! I have been studying like crazy! I may have drunk too much coffee today!

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Rachæl Tyrell — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:16:03 -0700

Yesterday, I got two random emails from unrelated people I hardly know, to compliment me on my work.

That was rather amazing.

Today, I went out to meet an old friend of mine fron highschool who is visiting from San Francisco. I managed to wander into MoCCA for free, got to see awesome people, and was treated to a fancy desert afterwards. Hooray! What a fabulous day!

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Vornaskotti — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:34:55 -0700

On my first proper holiday since the last summer, four days at the cabin. Finally getting my brain and body to unwind after all the weird work and other mess of this winter.

Turned 37 today and started the day on the sunny shoreline, drinking coffee and thinking about life. Somehow, in spite of temporary setbacks, things seem to be getting more and more awesome by the year. I kind of wish I could take a 3D snapshot of my life as it's now and send it to the 18 year old me with the following cover letter: "just keep at it, you morose little wanker - things are going to turn out even more amazing you could imagine".

My fiancé's sister just got her first baby yesterday, and the womenfolk are heading over to the city to coo at the newborn (or, in my fiancé's case, look at the pink grub with a mixture of suspicion and bewilderedness) so I'll have the cabin site all to myself. It's Vappu here in Commie Reindeerland, which is the biggest festival type of celebration of the year. I think I'm going to spend it on the shoreline, burning sticks and leaves, and letting the brain stop.

<3

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Fauxhammer — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:26:12 -0700

Today is a fucking good day. No barking from the dog, no smog, and I cooked a breakfast with no hog.

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Flabyo — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:40:17 -0700

Properly crappy weekend for the most part. Stupid burglar alarm in the vets under my flat going off at random, chucking it down with rain all the time, not happy with work.

Went to see the Avengers to cheer myself up. And my word it worked.

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allana — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:22:01 -0700

Paid off the credit card. Happens every year around tax-return time, but it's always pleasant.

Spent 28 hours with the boy; had a Talk about my upcoming move and thus our upcoming LDR. Looks like it'll probably be bollocks, but it'll be For Science (who knew I'd find someone worth keeping around?), so I'm looking forward to working around it.

Reading a bunch of BPRD issues I found in the library. Found a nice bookshelf on the street and promptly started rearranging all my furniture. Working my way through a pile of sewing projects; knitting a sweater; expecting tomorrow to be nice enough weather to plant all the seedlings on my windowsills in the backyard. Maybe building a flower bed or two out of leftover brick. Then maybe I'll write this essay. Days off are great!

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Alan Tyson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:35:01 -0700

Lost my job.

I now no longer have any excuse not to write 2,000 words a day, get back into shape, save money on gas, catch up on my reading, learn some new cooking dishes, and spend some long-neglected time on these fine forums.

Fuck yes.

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allana — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:36:42 -0700

And rejoin the Real-Name Club! Fuck yes!

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Alan Tyson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:52:00 -0700

That is a much, much bigger relief than I would have thought it was!

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flecky — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:59:02 -0700

Shitstock! I'm down to 0.8mg on the Subutex, in a few days I'm gonna drop to 0.4...it's soon gonna be the big, fat horror-chair of bulbous realitus for me. I will need to dredge-up every weird skill of sonic-insanity-management to survive the cellular-degradation that will assault my crappy human anatomy to survive this shit.

I'm either going into a foul hospital to squirm and be prodded, a rehab outside the city to find God, or just do what I do best, and inflict my suffering on any bastard that will have me.

Ahhh, let the sickness commence!

Edit to add: Happy Birthday, Vornaskotti! I'm buying you a virtual pint.

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razrangel — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:30:57 -0700

I have awesome people who want me to succeed and are helping where/when/how they can. Or just giving hugs and kind words when I need 'em.

Happy freaking birthday, Vorn!!

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Argos — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:41:01 -0700

I went shopping today. I have pants that fit well. Multiple pants that fit well. I am so happy about this, it's stupid.

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trini_naenae — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:08:35 -0700

@Vornaskotti: Happy Birthday! And Happy Vappu? Sounds like a fun holiday.

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Vornaskotti — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:33:36 -0700

Thanks for the birthday wishes everybody!

flecky:

Strength, man, you'll pull through - although if you end up finding God, be sure it's one of the Elder Ones!

/me saunters off to have a brunch of bubbly wine and funnel cakes, before picking up an axe and going to finish what got started yesterday.

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oddbill — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:05:34 -0700

I gave @Oldhat a beer tour of Downtown LA's Old Arts District and Little Tokyo last night.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:08:45 -0700

pssst. I started a MAY thread!