Pistol WIP

Of course it has nothing to do with a pistol...but w/e. Here's the latest version of the Red Mage pic DJ drew. I filled in the coat a bit more, along with the pants, boots, sword sheath, and face. I went against having him have brown eyes because of the color of his skin (it might've worked with a light tone, but if i change my mind later it's a simple tweak in photoshop).

The next step is to draw in the hand and sword hilt, color/fill those, and then do something with the feather (i still haven't decided what tho....but it'll be ah-some.

I added a little bit of feathering on the 'stubble' so it doesnt' contrast the skin too sharply.

That's about it for now - maybe some story developments tomorrow after i spend some time in town working on them.

Song of the Evening:
Luniz - I got 5 On It (Remix featuring E-40, Dru Down, Digital Underground, and others)

HOLY....

Cow....as in i almost hit one - TWICE (that'd be two different cows, not the same one twice....stoopyd). I was driving down the road at about 8:10 PM and these 4 or 5 black cows (might've been bulls) only about 10 fucking feet off the side of the road. It was like they snuck up on me because at first i just thought they were shadows on trees being cast from my head lights...but not until they were passing did i realize they were cattle.

HOLY SHIT

That's what i yelled as i passed them cuz i knew if i had hit one of them it would've been over for me....cars vs cows - cows always win man...always

And about half a mile more down the road (which was just a little ways cuz i was going 55 MPH) one actually started to walk out into the road, i had to apply the breaks almost to point of them being 'slammed' and swerve into the other lane (thank god there wasn't anyone in that lane or i wouldn't've known what the fuck to do).

No new pictures - sorry...maybe tomorrow or over the window....i mean weekend (where the fuck did that come from?!?!?!)

To The Races....

I'm just checking in so i don't forget to post a couple of things - but i'm off to help out at the Justice Court. Be back in a little bit...

Just wanted to mainly post the song of the day before i forgot:

Song of the Day:
The Cardigans - Lovefool

A Couple Thou...

Today sucked. I called off from work because my upper-middle-lower back was still buggin me from last night. I didn't do much today cuz it was still buggin me so much, but i did manage to scan some pics that needed to be scanned (and color one that needed coloring).





This is a picture my friend DeJon drew for me when she was at comicon - it's Dave and Jerry from Code Monkeys that she got signed by the voice actors of the two characters. Now because the whole show is done in 8-bit graphics, i figure i'd show what reference material she used while standing in line.








This is Dave. Dave likes getting caught in the rain and pina coladas. His hobbies inlcude urinating in anything that'll hold about 8-10 oz of liquid (which often includes plants, bongs, sinks, floor space, and the occasional urinal), and putting dueces in the brownie bowl.






This is Jerry. Jerry enjoys completing games on time and red-headed jewish women. His hobbies include vomitting large amounts of last night's frozen dinner which usually consist of something green - it doesn't matter what he ate or where he is...all that matters is where it's going on the floor.







This is going to be my avatar once i finish coloring it to my liking. It's basically me as a Red Mage. She drew me in two different poses, but i'm going to use the one of me sleeping as my avatar - the only reason i colored the other shot today was because it was a lot easier...at least for some reason. You've gotta see the detail of the pic, seeing a thumbnail doesn't do it justice. Hopefully you'll enjoy the gradient and texture i gave his coat and hat...and basically everything - i want you to feel as though he was 'fabric'ated. When you look at the full-scale image, you'll be able to tell it's not done...so don't worry about it - i'll have something more for you soon.






That's pretty much it for tonight. I'm going to go into work tomorrow and hope i don't injure myself anyfurther. Tomorrow i might have a further colored pic of my avatar...or maybe not - we'll see.



Night.

Song of the Evening:
Nobuo Eumatsu - Tifa's Theme (Final Fantasy VII: Piano Collection)

......

I'm tired.

I know why too - i was watching some commercial about johnsons baby oil or something, and it showed a mom doing whatever its called (where you press your lips to you baby's belly or cheek and blow, ultimately making a farting noise...which i'm sure is why the baby laughs - i'm mean who doesn't find flatulence funny?). Well i thought about who i'd proobably still find that ammusing today, even at 21, if someone did that to my cheek or stomach.

Then that got me thinking about how i'm still single and really don't have anyone who would do that (even that good a friend). So now i'm going to bed cuz it's a little past 9 and cuddling with Kevin makes me a feel a bit more tranquil and relaxed.

Night.

You can pick your friends....

So i went and got a hair cut today (just a little off the top and even less in the back near my neck), and had the woman who runs the shop try some coloring in my hair. Neither of us knew what to expect because i already had chemicals in my hair from getting it straightened a while back...so we were surprised to see that it retained color and only became slightly more frail (tho i can comb through it and pull out it without worrying completely about it falling out or breaking off).


My first thought was to not do anything too extreme, just a little coloring. Marilyn (not sure how to spell her name....so lets go with this) said to start by just making it lighter - so we did and it worked....but it blended in too much with my skin color and hair.

So she asked me if i wanted to add some bleach to it and get some actual color (at the expense of adding harsher chemicals and risk damaging my hair). So i said yeah, and got some visible blond streaks. Of course once my hair was all poofed out after being washed they weren't all that visible (they looked like little pig tails showing in bushes cuz my hair was a little curly).

So now that i know how much my hair can handle as far as coloring and straightening, i've just gotta figure out what i want to do with it and go in one afternoon...can't wait for those pics and people's thoughts.

It was kinda odd when Marilyn was washing my hair - usually when she does it its after getting it straightened, so i imagine she's gentle because she doesn't want to do anything to damage my hair. But today she was working the shampoo in with the tips of her fingers (not really her nails because they were so short...but enough for me to feel it). I have to say it was a first...i've never had someone scratch my head before - i've picked my friend's nose before (luckily for me it was clean at the time) but i've never had someone do something like that to me before...i feel so dirty (hehehehehe).

I'll cover work tomorrow - including a hilarious story abuot how McKay broke (or injured) his tail bone...you'll love it - i know i did.

Song of the Day:
Glenn Lewis - Fall Again

God Almighty We Are Free At Last...

Well that's what i was thinking anyway - at least for the past week or so. My grandma left this morning to go to San Diego for a week (won't be back till Labor Day) and i'm pretty much the only occupant of the house right now. Nothing feels any different (with the exception of being able to walk around the house in my underwear at any time of day). I spent the whole day enjoying my new entertainment set-up - playing Xbox 360, doing stuff online, and watching tv all on the same monitor/screen...all i have to do to go back and forth is push a button.

We'll see what tomorrow brings. Work of course - we've still gotta finishe some half-attic trusses that were left over from friday. But it should go by pretty quickly (especially since last friday was payday and at least one or two people go missing on the following monday). No time at the Justice Court, so if i don't make plans to do something with someone, it'll be straight home to finish either playing Lost Odyssey, or cleaning my room (but i've been able to live with a dirty room for quite some time now.....so i think we all know which one it's going to be).

Saturday -no Will and Grace :(

I guess i'll go make something to eat (like a vanilla ice cream/orange-juice float) and lay down to watch some tv on my brand new 22" screen....did i mention it doubles as.....yeah i mentioned it.

Night.

Song of the Day:
UB40 - The Way You Do The Things You Do

The "F" Word

I feel so ashamed of myself for letting something so horrible slip from my mouth.

I was in JCPenneys today, asking one of my grandma's co-workers how much she charges for violin lessons.

"It depends..."

"On what?" i asked.

"On how long the lessons are."

"How long would you recommend for an absolute beginner?"

"An absolute beginner...?"

"Well, you know I 'fiddled' around with it a little."

I can't believe i said something so stupid and potentially funny without even trying or thinking about it. I didn't even realize what i said until it had already escaped my lips - i gotta tell ya; it's a good thing i'm not light skinned or she would have seen me blush like i never have before.

Party Hardy

Yesterday was soooooo much freakin fun. Work and afterwards. We finished up the remainder of the attic truss job we did Thursday (though these weren't attic trusses). So we spent the whole day outside which wasn't all that bad...it's starting to cool off so outside is sometimes preferable.

It's too bad i didn't have my camera handy, i saw two things that were incredible. The first of which was a dust-devil that got pretty big, and after it's base met enough resistance it disipated - but continued to go on some hundred feet up in the air and pass over the table we were working on outside.

The other was a small cloud passing by and blocking out the sun. I looked up and the lining of the cloud was multi-colored (like when you make a bubble out of soap or some oily substance and you can see all the colors swirling around in it).

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On a funny note, i got another pepsi on break and burped when walking into to sit by my friends at work. This time i told McKay "That one was for you." At first he didn't know what i was talking about, but then he remembered and said, "Thank you, i'm honored."

There really isn't a sane person that works with me - take my friend Eric for instance. 5 of the 7 people who cut wood are Native. So for break they found a station that was being broadcast in Navajo. When Eric was coming back from the break room and entering the shed i usually take my break in, he started hopping around on one foot like he was trying to make it rain.

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I was invited by another coworker, Patrick, to go hang out after work with him and one of his best friends for his friend's birthday. So i decided to go. There isn't a moment of that evening i don't regret making the choice to go out - it was fuckin fun. I met them at my favorite resturant "The Native New Yorker". We talked about a bunch of stuff (work, games, movies, people, whatever happened to come up). After that we went across the street to anoter one of my fav palces "JB's" (not to be confused with BJs) and played some pool and talked some more.

I had to leave early cuz i bought a new 22" LCD HDTV with HMDI and STFU in the A while i ROFLMAO. It can be used as a computer monitor as well, so i figured i'd get it and just have everything on my computer desk (with the help of some cables and devices): Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, Computer, DVD, and TV (with the aid of a 12' cable reach around my room's wall).Can't do that yet tho, i need to get the right kind of cable to allow my computer to be displayed on it. So with that, i'm off to get dressed and go into town.

Song of the Day:

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Just A Thought

Man. I knew someday i'd really miss the days from when i was a little kid, but i never knew it'd be when i was 21. Sure - there are plenty of things i can do now that i couldn't then, and i've got way more freedom than back then - but i was driving home from my outing with Patrick and his friend Sam and i had the windows down cuz it was cool enough.

I had my arm resting out the window and was doing that thing where you wave it around and pretend like it's the wing of a plane and if you hit the wind in just the right spot the car will take off and fly......of course i knew that wouldn't happen, and wasn't trying to, but it just made me miss being young.....er.

One thing that hasn't change tho is my love for star gazing. I looked up at the sky when i was opening the gate by my house and spotted the Big Dipper for the first time in over 5 or 6 years.

*sigh* Ah, the good ol' days.

Work It

Well today was pretty fun - as fun as work can get anyway. It started out with some regular trusses (nothing too big...like 20-25 footers), but then we spent the last half of the day building this big-ass attic trusses that had spans of over 50 feet (not even Paris could handle something that big.....although today was HOT).

There was this one particular truss we were flipping...if you can call it flipping that is - when it was coming down there was some miscommunication and the thing practically fell apart. What made it even funnier (cuz i did find it pretty funny that all those staples and plates acocunted for nothing - yet this is supposed to support a roof of a house) was that the production supervisor, Steve, wanted us to try and do a reverse flip (self-explanatory)...but because it was falling apart people had to handle it like it was combustible.

Last break. I went and got a Pepsi...cuz Coke suckzzzzzz. When i was walking into one of the shed where we build trusses, i burped pretty loudly. So i said, "Excuse me...that was my mating call - it wasn't meant for you." and my friend McKay said, "Don't be so sure..."

I gave him such a look - and asked if it meant anything to him. He laughed and said he saw Patrick flinch when i burped......sure McKay. We act like such dorks at work - even more so while we're working.

Hopefully i'll get to go repelling again this saturday, if whoever is supposed to go with McKay don't chicken out (or he doesn't have to milk some goats/cows/blind dates/whatever).

*yawn*

Well, i got my daily fix of shows (Will and Grace, Family Guy, ATHF, Robot Chicken), so i head off to bed. Sometimes i reall wish i didn't have to sleep though; especially since there's no one laying there next to me.

My birthday wasn't too long ago and i had some friends (3 to be exact) fly up from San Diego to spend a few days with me...it was my 21st so i wanted to have a lot of fun even if not doing much.

Well i had to share a bed with my best bud (nothing went on so wipe that smirk off your face and lower those eye brows), and i gotta tell ya, it put me at ease knowing someone was there. Not in that, 'if i roll over maybe i can get some' kind of way, but in the way where you feel a little less alone than you usually do.

It sucks being single...unless your a single who likes to s....well i guess i'll try and keep this a clean blog and not finish that though lol ;)

If i didn't live in such a rinky-dink town where it's hard to meet someone unless you grew up or spent half a decade working everywhere i'd probabl be laying with someone right now...other than my pillow who i've decided to name Kevin....just kidding, his real name is Thirstin and he likes star-gazing............

Just kidding - it really is Kevin :)

Night.

Like A Vigrin.....

touched....well maybe not for the very first time. Talking on the phone is too bothersome at times, so i figured i give into peer pressure and get a blog myself. I swear, blogs were meant for people who love to hear themselves talk but can't find anyone to listen and give a damn - cuz they're probably the type who love to hear themselves talk but can't get a word in edgewise....and the cycles goes on.

Most of the time i'll just rant about random stuff - things that happened at work, skuul werk, and WIPs (but not the fun kind like Indie uses....he has the right idea though if you get what i mean....).

Expect another post in a little while - i gotta go watch tv: "If i miss my Will and Grace I become a raging bitch..."