Kalnaur

11:45 pm: By the Numbers
Tomorrow is one of the class critiques. Two more days until my actual critique for my studio class. Eight more days until class is over. Twelve more days until I walk. And thirty days after that to have my work in for my painting class.

four more comics to complete for Thursday, two each day. One to be painted, three to be drawn and painted. Any more than that is gravy at this point.

Also, need to photocopy two sick notes, pick up eight(?) tickets for me walking, and figure out what it is that I would like most for graduation presents.

And in other news, Angela brought up the fact that this year I am turning Thirty.


At this moment, I have a profound hatred for numbers.

07:39 am: I'm Tired
Tired of being in pain, tired of being sick, tired of working for teachers instead of myself, tired of being unemployable, tired of being tired all the time, tired of worry.

All of which makes me want to sleep more than it makes me want to get up and do anything.

10:55 pm: Funny . . .

I always thought of my wife as liberal. ;)

Your dating personality profile: Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate. Big-Hearted - You are a kind and caring person. Your warmth is inviting, and your heart is a wellspring of love. Adventurous - Just sitting around the house is not something that appeals to you. You love to be out trying new things and really experiencing life.

Your Top Ten Traits 1. Liberal 2. Big-Hearted 3. Adventurous 4. Intellectual 5. Practical 6. Shy 7. Sensual 8. Traditional 9. Romantic 10. Wealthy/Ambitious

Your date match profile: Practical - You are drawn to people who are sensible and smart. Flashy, materialistic people turn you off. You appreciate the simpler side of living. Intellectual - You seek out intelligence. Idle chit-chat is not what you are after. You prefer your date who can stimulate your mind. Conservative - Forget liberals, you need a conservative match. Political discussions interest you, and a conservative will offer the viewpoint you need.

Your Top Ten Match Traits 1. Practical 2. Intellectual 3. Conservative 4. Shy 5. Adventurous 6. Big-Hearted 7. Traditional 8. Sensual 9. Wealthy/Ambitious 10. Funny

Take the Dating Profile Quiz at Would I Date You

02:29 pm: You know you are getting old when . . .
The bands you listened to in High School have "Best of" albums.

And when you call them Albums instead of CDs . . .

02:45 pm: My sister is a history geek
And if you are too, you should read these articles.

Really, go.

11:46 am: Tentacle Grape
This soda is the weirdest thing I've seen recently.

Like, in the last five minutes.  God bless the Internet.  God bless Hentai.  And God bless Tentacles. :D

11:54 am: I'm a Monster!
RAWR!

I need this shirt badly.

:)

05:01 pm: Penny Arcade Honored
Which is just so cool.  I mean really cool.

So yeah.

05:55 pm: Shirts!
Snorg Tees always makes me laugh.

I think this shirt perfectly suits haamel :



That's all for work today, folks!

04:31 pm: Hype
You know what I'm expecting from the movie incarnation of "The Watchmen"? A fun super hero movie. I do not expect the end of days. I do not expect pure enlightenment. It's a good story on paper, and I'm sure they did a serviceable job in translating it to the big screen. But I'm tired of seeing "_______ movie is going to be the biggest thing since _________". Nothing's ever as great as the hype.

01:31 pm: Dragonforce in . . . Spokane?
You know it's the end of the world when Dragonforce decides to visit a podunk town like Spokane Washington.

April 18 – Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA


Especially when they skip over Portland or Seattle.

02:00 pm: President Calls People in Washington D.C. Wimps
Okay, not directly, but he did question why his kids got the day off school.

You tell 'em, Obama.  A little ice and snow?  That's nothing.

02:31 pm: Sam Adams
Since people are talking about it, here's my two cents: unless and until it's shown that he committed a crime, he damned well better stay on as our mayor. Because if he resigns over hiding the fact that he had perfectly legal sex and that the public has no right to know his actions in the bedroom, I think I might go mad.

Public official's sex lives are not your business, people! Everyone hates when the government wants to wade into their usual sexual milieu and say what can and can not go on, and so they should be more understanding that two people had sex and that it's none of their damned business.

On top of that, we all lie. So "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and all that.

09:15 pm: Becoming a D&D Nerd, Snow and sickness.
Yeah, I pretty much just summed up the entire time between my birthday and now, in order.

I've gotten into the newest version of the D&D rules for many reasons (streamlined, simple, and pretty logical) but I have yet to find anyone who will play <b>with</b> me.

Snow kept me bound to home for a good part of "winter break", and then I got ill.

So yeah, go me.

Oh, and I got cool stuff from my loving wife, angikate, for Christmas.

Games!

05:11 pm: Gifts for all the little girls and boys
Very possibly not so much happening this year.

but while fiddling with my amazon wish list, I found a shirt that made me:

a) think of a friend (haamel)

b) giggle

So I thought I'd waste you people's time by linking it here.

02:28 pm: I Feel
-Damned Tired of working with plaster.

-Happy to have found Pandora.com.

-Anxious to be on my way up to Lacey For my early birthday celebration.

-Entertained by my newest user picture.

:)

12:55 pm: 1,000,000 sigs = Uwe Boll stops Directing?
So, it seems that, according to this link, if we can all put a million sigs on this petition, Uwe Boll will stop molesting the art of film-making.

What the hell are you all waiting for?

02:17 pm: Working Hard
Really I am.

1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car): Prince Ford

2. Your gangsta name (fave ice cream flavour, favourite type of shoe): Strawberry Tennis-shoe (not sure that would get me street cred . . . but that's how I roll ;) )

3. Your Native American name (favourite colour, favourite animal): Black Wolf

4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): Earl Spokane

5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Kru Da

6. Superhero name (2nd favourite colour, favourite drink): Maroon Juice (sounds like a new drink from Kool-Aid)

7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Earl Earl (sadly that really fits)

8. Stripper name (the name of your favourite perfume/cologne/scent, favourite candy): Rain Jellybean (not exactly Dick Longfellow, but oh well)

10. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Barnes Boston (I'm Barnes Boston, and now the weather. . .)

11. Spy name (your favourite season/holiday, flower): Spring Rose (how un-manly is that?)

12. Cartoon name: (favourite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Berry Flannel

13. Hippie name (What you ate for breakfast, your favourite tree): Pancake Cedar

Done and done.

05:19 pm: Quizing onward

You Are 36% Goth

You definitely have some gothicness going on, but you're far from being a stereotypical goth. You enjoy certain elements of goth culture, but you're not going to be into something simply because it's goth. It's likely that you're the type of person who totally defies labels. Good for you! If you are into something, it's because you sincerely love it. Not because it projects a certain image.

Nice for me to know.

02:50 pm: Scraps and stuffings
Read an opinion letter today that referred to the position of President of the USA as, "the most important job in the world". It should not surprise anyone that this was in fact not a letter in the traditional sense, it was instead a post from the respective weeklies online forum/blog/whatever.

Also, finding out that McCain's running mate is female made me laugh (in the "oh-for-Christ's-sake" kind of way). It is most obvious that whatever other qualifications Sarah Palin may have, the McCain camp will use her gender to ingratiate themselves with the disenfranchised hardcore feminist members of the (now defunct) bid to get Hilary Clinton into the President's chair. This isn't a bad move, per se. It would just be nice to see them give a bit of effort to hiding it.

I now know why the Romans used ars,artis (art) to mean skill. Watching a road crew lay and smooth out concrete, I realized it had an art, a skill to it. I mean I had always known it took skill, but I really realized it when watching them. Not that the end product was "artistic" in anything more than an aesthetic way, but still. My saying this, however, does not mean that I think any artist looking for a new get famous quick art scheme should try concrete. Besides, I think it's already been done. >.<

Our local zoo is down by one polar bear. They had to euthanize the youngest of the three of their bears. Kidney failure (at least it wasn't cancer). Interesting that the zoo is currently on a "preserve the environment, save the polar bears" kick, and then natural causes take one of their poster children. No wonder they were focusing so much media attention lately on their new elephant.

Possibly more randomness to come.