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exatronFinally, I'm completely back to normal, my scanner is working, and so is my sound card.
I hope I didn't scare off all one of the people who read this thing. (The huge delay between replies probably doesn't help, but I feel like I have to be invited to use other means of communication.) I'm not normally angry like that, and wish I hadn't posted half of what I did. Those items remain only because deleting them would be like pretending that they didn't happen.
The sad part is that I fell into the whole obnoxious livejournal rant thing, and I was trying to avoid that.
My weekend was very relaxing, and the rest of this week looks good too. I'm basically housesitting for my parents while they're in Hawaii for a friend's wedding, so I have lots of peace and quiet. I also get days off on November 8th and November 14th due to client holidays.
I did some research on customizing Livejournal's appearance and found that a lot of things can be customized. There's only one problem- free accounts can't really use any of them. At least I learned more about the technical side of webpage design. If I had an eye for layouts, I could do some really cool stuff with this new knowledge.
Other than needing to increase the cardio portion of my workout, things have been going very well at the gym.
Art was impeded somewhat by Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 3, and I feel like I rushed the newest thing I tried to draw.
First, the old business. I tried revising my more recent image of my character, but didn't get as far as I would have liked. I hope I fixed the problems with the arms and I started working on his head. The only thing that's missing is the mp3 player, which is kind of ironic since it inspired the drawing in the first place.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/0001240b/g3
Now for the new business (Yes, I know. Old business is old business, and new business is new business. And we don't discuss new business until... :::flips rapidly through calendar::: ... Next Quarter! But it's kind of pointless to post this after halloween.)
I tried putting my character in Elmer's costume from "What's Opera Doc?", but realized that it wouldn't really fit his weird cheetah proportions. Eventually, I worked around that by having him point it out. The shoulders really need work, and I should draw his spots for once.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/00013h7y/g3
I am concerned that I am losing my desire and ability to draw. I know it takes practice and hard work, but I feel like I also need a goal to keep me going. No, that doesn't mean I'm giving up. I just need to listen to my creative impulses and keep trying.
Later this week, I'm going to have to try recording a joke a former coworker told me. It will require a bit of webspace, but that shouldn't be too hard to find for one file.
I hope I didn't scare off all one of the people who read this thing. (The huge delay between replies probably doesn't help, but I feel like I have to be invited to use other means of communication.) I'm not normally angry like that, and wish I hadn't posted half of what I did. Those items remain only because deleting them would be like pretending that they didn't happen.
The sad part is that I fell into the whole obnoxious livejournal rant thing, and I was trying to avoid that.
My weekend was very relaxing, and the rest of this week looks good too. I'm basically housesitting for my parents while they're in Hawaii for a friend's wedding, so I have lots of peace and quiet. I also get days off on November 8th and November 14th due to client holidays.
I did some research on customizing Livejournal's appearance and found that a lot of things can be customized. There's only one problem- free accounts can't really use any of them. At least I learned more about the technical side of webpage design. If I had an eye for layouts, I could do some really cool stuff with this new knowledge.
Other than needing to increase the cardio portion of my workout, things have been going very well at the gym.
Art was impeded somewhat by Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 3, and I feel like I rushed the newest thing I tried to draw.
First, the old business. I tried revising my more recent image of my character, but didn't get as far as I would have liked. I hope I fixed the problems with the arms and I started working on his head. The only thing that's missing is the mp3 player, which is kind of ironic since it inspired the drawing in the first place.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/0001240b/g3
Now for the new business (Yes, I know. Old business is old business, and new business is new business. And we don't discuss new business until... :::flips rapidly through calendar::: ... Next Quarter! But it's kind of pointless to post this after halloween.)
I tried putting my character in Elmer's costume from "What's Opera Doc?", but realized that it wouldn't really fit his weird cheetah proportions. Eventually, I worked around that by having him point it out. The shoulders really need work, and I should draw his spots for once.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/00013h7y/g3
I am concerned that I am losing my desire and ability to draw. I know it takes practice and hard work, but I feel like I also need a goal to keep me going. No, that doesn't mean I'm giving up. I just need to listen to my creative impulses and keep trying.
Later this week, I'm going to have to try recording a joke a former coworker told me. It will require a bit of webspace, but that shouldn't be too hard to find for one file.
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Re: Reposting the reply..
Date: 2005-11-04 07:22 pm (UTC)Oh wow, yer old skewl then? Dangit, I need to make myself more approachable. I've noticed some artists like The Gneech always seem so easy to chat with. I guess I've got that tiger-loner deal going on ^ ^;;; Yeah, I've got a friend like that now too.
Ah, I see, yer relatives are totally different than mine; mine are all boring. No, REALLY boring. Other than my direct family, who I've mentioned are irritating and overbearing. Family like yours sounds like more of a fun challenge. Heh, what'd you think of that CM Thanksgiving story? ;-)
Huh. Well, I do have a paid account...
EXACTLY. I was so nervous about what kind of guy I'd get. I think this guy is a good fit. Esp since he's not so cute he's distracting XD
Take your time. :-) Long as you're enjoying it and, as you said, it's becoming a part of your life (rather than a hassle), you're on the right track. But hey, Dan's hot, nothing wrong with being egotistical XD
:::blush::: Erf, well thankee. I guess I should stop arguing the point, the more I say, the more blushy you make me ;-)
Likewise, although I've done what I didn't want to do and now my friends list is so long I have trouble tracking all people's replies. I gotta work on that x_x
Re: Reposting the reply..
Date: 2005-11-05 03:00 am (UTC)So far, I've used my phone more for the text messaging and the occasional instant message than I have for actually calling people. The number of wrong numbers I've answered is actually greater than the number of people I've called.
Yeah, I guess I am old skewl. You are approachable. I just proceed at a glacial pace when dealing with people I like because of some bad experiences. Reading usenet regularly probably doesn't help matters since it's basically one big, infectious ball of mean.
The weird part is that I've never actually called him a friend until now, and I've known him since like the fifth grade. I just wish I could help him find a girlfriend who will look past his physical problems, but it's kind of hard when the concept of an attractive female is academic to me.
My family can be a fun challenge, especially if my uncle and cousins are involved. I need to pick out some fake names so I can share some of the stories while protecting the corrupt.
The CM thanksgiving story was fun and made a nice point. Rereading it also made me notice that my mother uses the kitchen as a shield, leaving my sister and me to lob my grandmothers' attention at eachother.
That's a good point, even if it doesn't solve the problem for your ISO community. If you let me know what sort of changes would make the threads easiest to read, I'll make whatever customizations I can and provide directions so you can use them.
Good idea. Let the other cute guys at the gym handle being distracting. :) That happened to me once when a guy was talking with my personal trainer about how his left arm was bigger than his right. (Both were a decent size.) The funny thing was that nobody seemed to realize why I spaced out for a few seconds.
I plan to take my time, even if I do sometimes have trouble remembering that results won't be instantaneous.
Dan: "Cool, somebody with high standards thinks I'm hot."
Spoilsport. :-P I'm only telling the truth. Being critical of one's own work seems to be a natural phenomenon. (Be-do-de-do-do Do-do-do-do. Sorry, I tend to do that when that word comes up.) I find it helps if I can define what I don't like about my drawings as things I need to improve on instead of calling them flaws.
I thought you were having trouble with that, and miss hearing from you when it happens. I did, however, find two features which might help.
Livejournal recently launched a page called My LJ. It's a bit cluttered at first, but it has a section for the most recent comments. You can get rid of the boxes you don't want by clicking the X's in their upper right corners.
Custom friend groups might also help, but I need to work with them more before I can say for certain. It may not be possible to apply them to comments.