Back from Hawaii at last
By WheeldleJune 4th, 2005
well, i have some bad news. i have left the island of maui and
returned to what people are calling "the real world." i dont
understand what is so real about it, to be honest. most people just
go to jobs that they hate, sit in traffic forever, and end up at
home later than they want and dont have time to partake in their
hobbies and things that they enjoy. sounds to me that people are
kidding themselves. shouldnt the real world be where you are happy
and everyday you wake up is a day you cant wait to live? thats what
i think.
dont get me wrong, i am thrilled to see all my monkey friends (and even my nonmonkey friends) back on the east side. why cant there just be some beautiful black sand out our back doors, though? and how about some clear blue water and ... just for kicks ... a volcano on either side of the house. that would be swell.
meanwhile, ive been putting many miles on the ole hyndai (which will heretofore be referred as my cadillac because it is upper class to me compared to what i just left) going to the triangle area and back, to the triangle area and back again, to charleston and back, and soon to come another trip to the triangle and back and then practically to tenessee and back! she'll need some tlc soon.
lastly - im finally learning to drive a stick shift. and i SUCK at it! that's putting it nicely. i've nearly given my mother a heart attack because, lets face it, her mercedes is a tad higher on the car social ladder than my caddy. i need to get down and dirty with first gear because she don't like me.
in true hawaiian fashion: alooooooooooooooha!
dont get me wrong, i am thrilled to see all my monkey friends (and even my nonmonkey friends) back on the east side. why cant there just be some beautiful black sand out our back doors, though? and how about some clear blue water and ... just for kicks ... a volcano on either side of the house. that would be swell.
meanwhile, ive been putting many miles on the ole hyndai (which will heretofore be referred as my cadillac because it is upper class to me compared to what i just left) going to the triangle area and back, to the triangle area and back again, to charleston and back, and soon to come another trip to the triangle and back and then practically to tenessee and back! she'll need some tlc soon.
lastly - im finally learning to drive a stick shift. and i SUCK at it! that's putting it nicely. i've nearly given my mother a heart attack because, lets face it, her mercedes is a tad higher on the car social ladder than my caddy. i need to get down and dirty with first gear because she don't like me.
in true hawaiian fashion: alooooooooooooooha!
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The inevitable return of the great white dope
By Mike DalyJune 12th, 2005
So unless my records decieve me, this may be the first time I've
posted on the front page in something like 7 months. I'm sorry for
dropping the ball - my bad. In this post, I WILL NOT take you on a
fantastic and magical journey through all my excuses. I WILL NOT
host bitch-about-having-no-time-a-pa-looza. Instead in the
old-school fashion, I will relate an anecdote from my recent life
which will no doubt HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHY I DON'T MAKE
UPDATES ANY MORE OR HOW ANYTHING I SAY RELATES TO YOU, YOUR LIFE,
YOUR VISITING THIS WEBPAGE, OR MY OBSESSION WITH
ABSURDLY-LONG-HYPHENATED-WORD-SLASH-PHRASES!
*gasp*
Chapter A: the anecdote
So when I first started my job, one of my coworkers commented on my reluctance to purchase things. He said something to the effect of "you are not a poor college student anymore. You have large volumes of expendable income and before you know it, you'll be walking down the street and decide to buy a CD just because you feel like buying something." At the time, this was crazy talk! Spend 15 bucks on something that only provided about an hour of background entertainment? My frugal mind rejected the idea completely.
However, in the end, Dan's wisdom has finally shown through. While at Best Buy the other day, I decided to buy a music CD. Why, you might ask? I will tell you - just for the hell of it.
As a side effect of my little rampant-consumerism-binge, I can bring some wisdom of my own to the table - the "Hooray for Boobies" Bloodhound gang album is good, but not as good as "One fierce beer coaster". It is of course light years better than "Finger licking good", which is a little ironic I guess.
Chapter 2: And now for something completely different
It was a little difficult to find anything that might be of some visual interest to post here out of the things I've worked on at home recently. This is mainly because I don't turn my computer on at home much anymore. I did discover that I had a backlog of quick sketches that had accumulated over time. I had enough to throw together some quick collages. So if you are interested in what my tablet and I have been up to recently, take a look.
While browsing through my old game dev and modeling galleries, despite the fact that I was practially drowning in nostalgia, I still managed to realize that I never really actually posted any screenshots of the games I worked on (now over a year ago) as they became complete. Thus, I took it upon myself to take a few screen captures of the beautiful grassy fields of Catan Island and throw them up. If you need your daily dose of primary colors, check it out. Okay, one more.
Chapter D: TEH END
Well, that was anticlimactic (as usual). I guess I must already be back in my old groove. Well, I'll talk to you all later. If my statistical analysis is correct that will be sometime around January ... 2008.
*gasp*
Chapter A: the anecdote
So when I first started my job, one of my coworkers commented on my reluctance to purchase things. He said something to the effect of "you are not a poor college student anymore. You have large volumes of expendable income and before you know it, you'll be walking down the street and decide to buy a CD just because you feel like buying something." At the time, this was crazy talk! Spend 15 bucks on something that only provided about an hour of background entertainment? My frugal mind rejected the idea completely.
However, in the end, Dan's wisdom has finally shown through. While at Best Buy the other day, I decided to buy a music CD. Why, you might ask? I will tell you - just for the hell of it.
As a side effect of my little rampant-consumerism-binge, I can bring some wisdom of my own to the table - the "Hooray for Boobies" Bloodhound gang album is good, but not as good as "One fierce beer coaster". It is of course light years better than "Finger licking good", which is a little ironic I guess.
Chapter 2: And now for something completely different
It was a little difficult to find anything that might be of some visual interest to post here out of the things I've worked on at home recently. This is mainly because I don't turn my computer on at home much anymore. I did discover that I had a backlog of quick sketches that had accumulated over time. I had enough to throw together some quick collages. So if you are interested in what my tablet and I have been up to recently, take a look.
While browsing through my old game dev and modeling galleries, despite the fact that I was practially drowning in nostalgia, I still managed to realize that I never really actually posted any screenshots of the games I worked on (now over a year ago) as they became complete. Thus, I took it upon myself to take a few screen captures of the beautiful grassy fields of Catan Island and throw them up. If you need your daily dose of primary colors, check it out. Okay, one more.
Chapter D: TEH END
Well, that was anticlimactic (as usual). I guess I must already be back in my old groove. Well, I'll talk to you all later. If my statistical analysis is correct that will be sometime around January ... 2008.
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did you miss me?
By WesleyJune 19th, 2005
Wow, how long has it been?! do you even remember a time when i once
graced this sacred site with my splattered feces freshly flung from
my hands?! well, i have very sad news. this sad news is not the
fact that i have not flung my dung in the monkey household since
march, but it is in fact the fact that nobody told you that i no
longer in fact fling ANYTHING in the monkey household since march.
why?! well thats a very good question, i'm so glad you asked. get
yourself a cup of tea dear reader, single, solitary reader, and
prepare for the tale i am about to tell. i moved. the end. what?!
what!!?! come on! that was a tale of epic proportion!
ok, so what do you want from me, huh?! come on! i'm a busy guy! can you really expect me to drop whatever useless, waste of time activity i'm partaking of just so i can provide a useless, waste of time post for you to read?! wellllll, okay. but just this once.
so actually, i do have some news. no really, this is serious! i am building a house. now, i know what you're probably thinking, "well, duh dumbass, you work for a construction company!" but i mean i'm building a house FOR ME!!! yes, way out in the boonies i am constructing a 1400 sq. foot home out of fallen treelimbs, bark, and twine. you can come visit anytime! party at my place!
so thats it for officail announcements. now back to your usual useless programming. now, i'm not really "in" with whats going on on the internet these days, so you may already be familiar with this (in fact, i might have linked it long ago and just can't remember) but if you have never seen Red v.s. Blue then you should definatly check them out. but you should start at the beginning cause other wise it won't really make sense.
and now that you have your useless link of the day i'm out. see you again in a few months when i might once again fling excrement for your enjoyment!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ok, so what do you want from me, huh?! come on! i'm a busy guy! can you really expect me to drop whatever useless, waste of time activity i'm partaking of just so i can provide a useless, waste of time post for you to read?! wellllll, okay. but just this once.
so actually, i do have some news. no really, this is serious! i am building a house. now, i know what you're probably thinking, "well, duh dumbass, you work for a construction company!" but i mean i'm building a house FOR ME!!! yes, way out in the boonies i am constructing a 1400 sq. foot home out of fallen treelimbs, bark, and twine. you can come visit anytime! party at my place!
so thats it for officail announcements. now back to your usual useless programming. now, i'm not really "in" with whats going on on the internet these days, so you may already be familiar with this (in fact, i might have linked it long ago and just can't remember) but if you have never seen Red v.s. Blue then you should definatly check them out. but you should start at the beginning cause other wise it won't really make sense.
and now that you have your useless link of the day i'm out. see you again in a few months when i might once again fling excrement for your enjoyment!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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When drawings go bad
By Mike DalyJune 28th, 2005
I have a lot of things that I like to do with what few shreds of
free time I have. Occasionally I like to draw stuff on the
computer. A couple of days back, I decided to start a new drawing
with the intention of posting it here. Things went downhill from
there. I'm going to take this news post to relate to you how a good
idea for a drawing evolves into a bad drawing in a few easy to
swallow steps.
Step 1: The thumbnail - a quick sketch of the idea gave me the impression I was off to a good start.
Step 2: The rough sketch - for some reason, going over the thumbnail with some rough lines didn't turn out nearly as well as I thought it would. I would almost be willing to say the thumbnail was better.
Step 3: The lines - after I get done inking the lines in, the rough sketch suddenly looks good. Looks good in a bad way because it only looks good because the lines look bad.
Step 4: The flats - just after adding the basic colors was definately the all time low for this picture. For some reason, it just doesn't look good.
Step 5: The light at the end of the tunnel - I added the shadowing as a seperate layer, and by itself, it actually doesn't look that bad. Let's just hope that when we combine it with the colors we get a pleasing result.
Step 6: DENIED - Nope, doesn't look better. New all time low for this picture.
Step 7: Cut losses, learn lesson - In one last final ditch effort I added some highlites, but to little avail. At this point, I surrender. This image cannot be salvaged. It sucks.
Step 8: Post findings on internet - The experience of trying to create this failed drawing did not teach me anything new or interesting. Therefore I figured it belonged where the rest of the worlds useless and uninteresting junk is kept.
I congratulate you if you've actually made it this far through my post. I will reward you with a little bit of irony. I spent probably 5 or 6 hours of my precious free time to make that crappy picture I've been yapping about this whole time and it looks like crap. This, however took me about an hour, I did it while I was at work, and in my humble opinion, it looks about ten times better. Isn't that funny?
Step 1: The thumbnail - a quick sketch of the idea gave me the impression I was off to a good start.
Step 2: The rough sketch - for some reason, going over the thumbnail with some rough lines didn't turn out nearly as well as I thought it would. I would almost be willing to say the thumbnail was better.
Step 3: The lines - after I get done inking the lines in, the rough sketch suddenly looks good. Looks good in a bad way because it only looks good because the lines look bad.
Step 4: The flats - just after adding the basic colors was definately the all time low for this picture. For some reason, it just doesn't look good.
Step 5: The light at the end of the tunnel - I added the shadowing as a seperate layer, and by itself, it actually doesn't look that bad. Let's just hope that when we combine it with the colors we get a pleasing result.
Step 6: DENIED - Nope, doesn't look better. New all time low for this picture.
Step 7: Cut losses, learn lesson - In one last final ditch effort I added some highlites, but to little avail. At this point, I surrender. This image cannot be salvaged. It sucks.
Step 8: Post findings on internet - The experience of trying to create this failed drawing did not teach me anything new or interesting. Therefore I figured it belonged where the rest of the worlds useless and uninteresting junk is kept.
I congratulate you if you've actually made it this far through my post. I will reward you with a little bit of irony. I spent probably 5 or 6 hours of my precious free time to make that crappy picture I've been yapping about this whole time and it looks like crap. This, however took me about an hour, I did it while I was at work, and in my humble opinion, it looks about ten times better. Isn't that funny?
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