quick question [07 Dec 2009|11:53pm] telegram_ Why is the Suicide Hotline website trapped in 1998?

the suffering of magic [07 Dec 2009|11:02pm] noa Sophie Meloche Aline Dufresne Sabrina Farella Douglas Ajram Allegra Ercolanese Brittany Foyle David Alexander Catherine Miller Emily Magee Vincent Strange It is very likely that you've never heard of any of these names before. I owe them my life. I cannot thank you enough. post comment

I want to punch shrek in the face [07 Dec 2009|10:37pm] binsybaby I am so frustrated with zbrush It feels like it could be an AMAZING program if I could just figure it OUT. I really like how the tools feel, but the technical aspect is so frustrating. I want it to work like clay, but the program works like a program. How do you even save?? I tried to save something, but it duplicated it on the screen and I don't even know what it did or why it did that! It said it saved, so I exited and came back but the thing did not save at all! So I lost my project Also, when I sculpt a sphere thingy, you can't push it out too far otherwise the mesh gets all choppy, so I go to add another sphere thing on top of it, like glopping on more clay, right? No! It doesn't let me edit this new sphere at all. I can't even rotate anything or anything I have NO idea what I am doing! See how it gets pixelly the farther a shape is pushed? why :( What is the best way to learn about zbrush? Most tutorials I find will tell you to do things (hit this, press that, push this) but won't even tell you *why* you're doing things, like what you're doing as you're doing it. So frustrating! I just want a tutorial that is like "Now we are going to do this, and I will tell you why so you understand!" I should just... get some clay :( 20 comments|post comment

A Softer World: 508 [07 Dec 2009|05:36pm] softerworldfeed http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=508 back buy this print digg facebook reddit stumbleupon next 4 comments|post comment

new years' resolutions (generator) [07 Dec 2009|11:48am] maidofstars [ mood | lazy ] [ music | Prince - Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) ] In 2010, maidofstars resolves to... Cut down to ten photobooths a day. Get back in contact with some old road trips. Overcome my secret fear of shows. Apply for a new guestlist. Spend more time with my holgas. Take evening classes in glam. Get your own New Year's Resolutions: Haha, I should cut down to 10 photobooths a day, shit is expensive. And I definitely need to get back in contact with road trips, and spend more time with my Holga. And I could learn to be a little more glam. Good new years' resolutions, self! post comment

I feel pretty lame for making this post but not lame enough to delete it [07 Dec 2009|02:16am] telegram_ I am so very tired but I can't go to sleep, it's like I am afraid to sleep or something. Oh, sigh. Thank you helpme__rhonda and christianeee for the virtual gifts, so sweet <3. "'Can a magician kill a man by magic?' Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. 'I suppose a magician might,' he admitted, 'but a gentleman never could.'" the artist I'm just making this quick post to share a PDF of (in case you didn't know by now) my favorite book ever, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. A very brief synopsis of it would be two rival magicians in an AU of Britain during the Napoleonic wars who revive English magic. One, Mr Norrell, is an unpleasant little man who spends all his time studying the history and practice of magic. The other, Jonathan Strange, starts out as a young and charismatic bachelor who takes up the practice of magic more as a hobby than anything else. A bunch of shit happens. Haha. Hopefully someone out there who hasn't read it yet will pick it up! I must say it definitely isn't for everyone. If you don't like antiquated speech a la Austen and Dickens you probably won't like it. It's also an incredibly long read. But it has an awesome dry, witty humor and has the dark, eerie atmosphere of a winter wood. If you can make it to chapter 3, you're good. The journey you go on reading it and the characters you meet along the way are well worth the length, this book is the most satisfying reading experience I've ever had! Also, Lord Byron is in it. I could go on and on about it and probably have. I know I sound like such a nerd, forgive me, haha, I just really love this book for some damned reason. Apparently, there are talks about it being turned into a mini-series which I am not terribly opposed to. So yeah, anywho - just thought I'd share the PDF for anyone who might be interested. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell And please share, too! Recommend me some good books to read over my winter break. All I do is read books for school these days. Any classics you think are must-reads (for a Lit major I'm really bad when it comes to having read most canon novels)? Any new authors you think are awesome? What's the last great book you read? Etc, etc. Yay literature. 20 comments|post comment

Works in progress [07 Dec 2009|02:41am] lizzelizzel http://www.lizzelizzel.com post comment

Suggestions [07 Dec 2009|05:00am] xkcd_rss http://xkcd.com/672/ 123 comments|post comment

TUMBLR [07 Dec 2009|12:31am] lizzelizzel Why is it better than livejournal? 10 comments|post comment

Birthday, Birthday [06 Dec 2009|09:20pm] amandakenney Life has been busy, but so, so good. Lots of Christmas carol singing, Sean playing guitar, while we sing. Hot coffee and lattes a lot! Yesterday, it snowed and snowed throughout the morning and afternoon. We ended up with a couple inches and a heavenly site when we were out for my birthday. In the morning we sat and enjoyed hot coffee at the table, while watching our son romp in the snow, squealing. And then wet coats and shoes were bumping in the drier. My birthday is today. I have been blessed with a wonderful weekend of one festivity after another. Last night we went out for Italian and wine and to see A Christmas Carol (so good and scary!). Then pancakes this morning, too many presents (thank you Black Friday for being around my birthday! New Kitchenaid Mixer, GPS, Sweater, Pj pants, Shutter release cable and Seinfeld seasons on DVD! I'm spoiled!), put up Christmas lights on the house (which are now on and lighting the entire front yard!) and lots of cake! I love my boys! Dinner and wine ( More ) 28 comments|post comment

How Sweet It Is [06 Dec 2009|06:40pm] grrm [ mood | happy ] And down go the Dallas Cowboys, for a season sweep. Only a SuperBowl tastes sweeter than a victory over the hated Cowboys. Once again, as in the playoff game at Dallas two years ago, all the talking heads picked Dallas, and once again all the so-called experts were wrong. If anyone had told me yesterday that Tony Romo would complete 41 passes and Eli Manning would complete 11, I would have figured the game for a Dallas blowout... but if anything, the final score should have been more lopsided in favor of the G-Men. The last Cowboys TD was a gimme in garbage time, and earlier in the game our Steve Smith let a sure TD catch go skipping off his hands. The keys to the victory were a pair of amazing plays, a catch-and-run by Brandon Jacobs, and a punt return for a TD by Domenick Hixon. You'll see them on the highlight reels this evening. Will the G-Men make the playoffs? Well, they have a chance now... but the road ahead still looks pretty damn rough, with the Iggles next week and the Vikings at season's end. But for this one week, at least, life is magical and full of joy. Pretty amazing week in the NFL all round. Evil Little Bill and his P-men were upset as well, the Saints had a close call and an amazing win (has Dan Snyder fired that kicker yet?), and the Raiders knocked off the Steelers with Bruce Gradkowski doing his best Kenny Stabler imitation. Things are getting really interesting. And Dallas faces the Chargers next week. Maybe I won't need to kill Pat after all. (P.S. Flozell Adams is a thug, and may be the dirtiest player in the NFL). 35 comments|post comment

best day of your life photos [07 Dec 2009|04:20am] muneatsacow Hey hey! Photos of The best Artshow in the Univers! Finally! only about like 2 months late with the posting, I blame it on no one actually being interested. wah. burnnnn. I am like a moth. The show was fantastic! good turnout, good laughs, enough alcohol for me(because I kept the wine for myself), we even sold a concept/performance piece!(sucker!). Im actually stealing photos from a magazine site that came to the opening, because we are now superstars and no longer take our own photos. Its true. See! I no bluffing yew. gotz soo many pple. ( photos and linkz ) 3 comments|post comment

crosswords [05 Dec 2009|08:13pm] ryanpeq 10 comments|post comment

12/2,4/2009; little breaks this week [06 Dec 2009|03:11am] otherjoseph [ mood | low ] can't tell you the truth ( at least I don't lie about that ) 15 comments|post comment

Little Red Riding Hood Edition [05 Dec 2009|12:19am] lizzelizzel My man... I wants that rabbit costume! Pretend there's not a sambo character in the opening credits... Milord Tex Avery! Okay...narration for the loss. The Company of Wolves I am seriously mourning my radio play version of The Company of Wolves. It featured Angela Pleasance. I used to hear it all the time when I used Live365, but I can't find it anywhere online. 3 comments|post comment

Lady Blue [04 Dec 2009|06:20pm] aschick 1 comment|post comment

Thursday Night Lights [04 Dec 2009|12:07pm] grrm [ mood | pleased ] Life is magical and full of... uh... a tiny teeny bit of hope? The Jets beat the Bills of Buffalo last night in Toronto, which was good. Defense looked awesome, especially Darrell Revis, who completely shut down that loudmouth TO. Offense, not so much. And things got even worse on the offensive side of the ball when Mark Sanchez dove for a first down and hurt his OTHER knee, the one not already in a brace. Really, he's taking this "following in the footsteps of Joe Namath" thing too far. Kellen Clemens looked awful in relief. If Sanchez is seriously hurt, Gang Green is done. And if not... well, there's still a slim chance we could make the playoffs. All we'd need to do is sweep our last four games, including the undefeated Colts and red-hot Bengals. That's going to happen, sure. Uh-huh. But Rex does have the defense playing lights out, so that's something. 23 comments|post comment

This is some Enya shit! [04 Dec 2009|01:08pm] lizzelizzel http://www.lizzelizzel.com post comment

[04 Dec 2009|03:13am] binsybaby ( hi ) 232 comments|post comment

Yep, it's awesome, just like I expected. [04 Dec 2009|01:26am] busyflash A great night of unpacking, relaxing, love making, yummy dinner & drinks, movies, and video games. I can live like this. 5 comments|post comment

child soldier poster idea [03 Dec 2009|10:56pm] ryanpeq hey dudes. here's a poster illustration concept i came up with for school (the idea is that the kid is also a gun)(you probably already got that though): 9 comments|post comment

Stephen and Me [04 Dec 2009|05:00am] xkcd_rss http://xkcd.com/671/ 87 comments|post comment

re: photography booklet [04 Dec 2009|12:05am] noa are there any specific images you would like to see in my photo booket? http://www.flickr.com/photos/miumachi/ copypasta 14 comments|post comment

[03 Dec 2009|06:33pm] noa i am thinking of maybe making a photography booklet and binding it myself would anybody be interested if i put that in my etsy shop? 21 comments|post comment

wow, it's been so long since i wanted to break someone's ass as bad as i want to now [03 Dec 2009|03:26pm] lost_in_my_room [ mood | grrrrrrr ] [ music | The Same Things - Lauren O'Connel and Julia Nunes ] for those of you who don't want to watch the video, these people are getting married. the minister is about to pronounce them man and wife and the guy pulls out his iPhone and updates his fucking FaceBook relationship status. it is not made any better or worse by the fact that he hands the girl her iPhone to do the same seriously. most of the people who care that you're married... WILL FUCKING BE THERE. and since they're FUCKING THERE they won't be pulling out their iPhones/PDAs/Blackberries/Whatever to CHECK IF YOU'RE MARRIED YET! THEY'RE THERE! THEY KNOW! i really hate this guy. 1 comment|post comment

[03 Dec 2009|07:43am] greenbeats dammit. i am still baffled at how others are capable of inflicting hurt. are you aware of it when you are causing it? why would you ever do such a thing? why do i still assume, despite all inflicted damage, that a person is inherently with good intention? that they don't mean those hurtful things? i know i'm not perfect; yes, i believe in blatant honesty, but i believe in thoughtful honesty, in empathy, in reason and sentiment and kindness. i feel like such a sucker. 15 comments|post comment

Coldness, Hot [03 Dec 2009|10:18am] cowboys_bash [ mood | Ambivelent ] [ music | New Born Ruffians! ] The subject of friends is always a really touchy one for me. I am never sure if I am a good friend or if I have too high of a standards for good friends or if I am too sensitive when it comes to friends. I'm pretty hurt though. My friends from Ottawa sometimes don't feel like my friends anymore. No one has visited me since I have moved here. What's the deal? And to make matters worse they visited Saskia within a month of her living here! I really don't get it, when I tell someone they haven't visited me in the year and a half that I have lived here I feel like such a loser and that it's not their fault, it's mine, because I am that lame of a friend? I have no idea. Am I really that unappealing to visit/ Is it my roomates? Do they not like them? I know it's not a financial thing because they all make around ten times the amount I do (I make 5000 a year). I understand a busyness factor, but then maybe write me an e-mail, poke me on facebook? Give me a txt? I know I could be doing all of these things for them, but I moved out here without them. Do they not miss me? I miss them a lot, I guess that's what the difference is, they don't feel missing me because they're all in their homes and regular lives. I feel it more because I am far away and out here. I sometimes wonder, if I move back to Ottawa, would I continue to hang out with them? It's frustrating that 2 hour distance is what is killing our friendship when it hasn't seemed to affected their friendship with Saskia. What the fuck... So after the vent comes the solution, speak to them you say? I did, last time I visited during Thanksgiving, I said "you never visit, please visit me" No attempt...No e-mail. It hurts. It hurts a lot (Sometimes when you search for solutions you come back to searching and reaching for feelings) I really am happy with my boys, with my bestfriends here. Don't get me wrong, however recently I have started looking at craigslist ads for women for women for friends to find. I need female friends. No such luck really though, therefore this winter break I am going to try extra hard to hang out with people as much as I can. Emily and I are going to have a sewing party which is very exciting! We bought some scraps from American apparel and they have awesome fabric.... I was just up last night thinking about this. I think I needed to write it out, I feel better now. I got ninety in one of my classes, that's pretty nice. Here are some uber cute photos of my one year love ( cuteness ) 5 comments|post comment

A Softer World book 2! [03 Dec 2009|12:22am] softerworldfeed http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=ASW-BOOK-TWO&Category_Code=ASW Are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift for someone you want to confuse with about 300 mixed signals? The second Softer World book is here. It is called Second Best isn't so Bad and you can buy it right now if you like! 244 full colour pages (even the black and white images are printed in glorious full colour, for no reason at all! We are all about excess.) and at the end of the book there's a collection of the original black and white photocopy versions of A Softer World that we made in an all night copy shop with a stack of photos and an old typewriter. This section is called "Not bad for a first try." Also, the first Softer World book, Truth and Beauty Bombs is up for sale on the Topatoco site as well! Buy them separate, or together for a discount! What kind of crazy world is this!? (also, we included all the alt texts. How? IT IS A MYSTERY!) 3 comments|post comment

A Softer World: 507 [02 Dec 2009|10:57pm] softerworldfeed http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=507 back buy this print digg facebook reddit stumbleupon next 4 comments|post comment

[02 Dec 2009|12:42pm] raptamakeout [shxtgun] ( may lightning bolts find you. ) 13 comments|post comment

[02 Dec 2009|01:21pm] paintedangel You can't trust anyone. Don't own anything of value that other people can take. Don't invest yourself in anything that can be ruined by other people. It's not worth it. 1 comment|post comment

junk [02 Dec 2009|11:22am] raptamakeout [marktsedita] ( buncha crap ) 16 comments|post comment

Miss Hood [02 Dec 2009|10:15am] thestuntkid Little Red Riding Hood emerging from the wolfs belly. A scene often skipped over in illustrated children's books for some reason. And here's a time lapse video of the coloring process in PhotoShop CS4 17 comments|post comment

Spinal Tap Amps [02 Dec 2009|05:00am] xkcd_rss http://xkcd.com/670/ 72 comments|post comment

[01 Dec 2009|07:52pm] i_seldom_do to those of you who asked about prints at the next show: yes, there will be an exclusive print edition at Jonathan Levine Gallery. its an edition of 150 and most will be first available to in-person guests at the gallery of the opening night. and whatever is left will be sold by request via email/phone. dont worry if theyre gone though, because we will do another Time Limited print edition in the beginning of next year. will conduct a poll just like last time. ;) 16 comments|post comment

new Gelaskins! [01 Dec 2009|05:02pm] i_seldom_do some new skins are up on Gelaskins!!! you can find two new designs of mine HERE. (they can fit for iPods, iPhones, and Blackberrys!) and you can easily browse other artist skins HERE. happy holidays!! 24 comments|post comment

Make It a WILD CARDS Christmas [01 Dec 2009|01:19pm] grrm [ mood | excited ] Pat of Pat's Fantasy Hotlist runs good contests, evil Dallas Cowboys fan that he is. Right now he's giving away five sets of the first two books in our current Wild Cards triad, INSIDE STRAIGHT and BUSTED FLUSH. Check out the details at http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2009/11/win-set-of-wild-cards-novels.html Meanwhile, Tor has scheduled the release of SUICIDE KINGS, the third and concluding volume of the Committee triad, for December 22. The contributing writers for this one are Ian Tregillis, Caroline Spector, Melinda Snodgrass, Victor Milan, S.L. Farrell, and Daniel Abraham. Rustbelt, the Amazing Bubbles, Double Helix, the Radical, Gardener, and Jonathan (Bugsy) Hive provide the threads for our tapestry in this tale of love, war, revenge, and madness in the heart of darkness... but other Wild Cards favorites will also appear, including Cameo, Hoodoo Mama, Lohengrin, Dr. Finn, Popinjay, and many more. Not to mention the usual host of new characters, in parts both large and small. So draw an ace for Xmas, and give Wild Cards a try. You won't be sorry. 14 comments|post comment

[01 Dec 2009|08:11pm] blue_and_bright ( ...... ) 4 comments|post comment

[01 Dec 2009|07:38pm] blue_and_bright ( ...... ) 4 comments|post comment

A Softer World: i blame the sea shops, drops [01 Dec 2009|09:22am] softerworldfeed http://www.asofterworld.com My neighbourhood is full of former corner shops, now used as homes or offices. I imagine these shops were pushed out of business by the abundance of huge grocery stores just a few blocks over. I love to see how a space is slid along the continuum from public to private, the plate-glass windows obscured, sidewalks held at arm's-length with fences, gardens, hedges. See my collection (so far) on flickr, or all together here.   1 comment|post comment

China #10 [01 Dec 2009|08:02pm] ultra_violett [ music | the xx ] FOG it's cold here, right now. 4 comments|post comment

2nd Thanksgiving - Triple Date Edition [30 Nov 2009|11:33pm] lizzelizzel Because I gotta type it on LJ to plan - Tofurkey Roast - foil it up Mashed Red Potatoes and Spinach - cut up - boil - salt and pepper - MASH MASH MASH Green Beans - straight out of the trader joes bag - stir fry 'em hot Cranberry sauce(home made) - boil 4 cups of fresh cranberries with cup of water and quarter cup of brown sugar(recipe says a whole cup, I say fuck no) - simmer and then smoooosh - add cinnamon Spaghetti Squash - heat oven to 375 - cut squash and pick out the seeds - coat it in olive oil/salt/pepper - bake it for 30 minutes - run fork through it - add BUTTER post comment

end of an era [30 Nov 2009|06:11pm] ryanpeq So it goes, so it goes, the moustache is gone. I raised 150 bucks towards prostate cancer research! The 'stache did me well, though I gotta be honest I was itching to get rid of it all day today. Next year I'll prepare for Movember earlier and do the whole month. Thanks to anyone who donated! You are good people. 15 comments|post comment

A Softer World: 506 [30 Nov 2009|11:24am] softerworldfeed http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=506 back buy this print digg facebook reddit stumbleupon next 7 comments|post comment

Of Weddings and Children mostly [19 Nov 2009|05:59pm] raptamakeout [kabandra] I've been mainly painting weddings and children recently. ( Thank you for the feedback! ) I have a lot more stuff, of many more types of subjects and styles: www.kateconnollystudio.com 1 comment|post comment

a performance, a sculpture [27 Nov 2009|02:37am] raptamakeout [eggiehead] ( Here. ) 3 comments|post comment

i'm almost famous! [30 Nov 2009|12:53pm] triumphene john darnielle! also winnipeg, what is wrong with you? you bought my toys! 1 comment|post comment

China #09 [30 Nov 2009|10:45pm] ultra_violett [ music | Booka Shade ] CHICKEN (FEET) MASSACRE 3 comments|post comment

It's a Wrap [29 Nov 2009|11:48pm] grrm [ mood | giddy ] Another highlight of my time in Morocco was the wrap party. For those not familiar with the term, it's a Hollywood tradition to throw a big party when you finish shooting -- or "wrap" -- on a movie or television project. I attended quite a few great wrap parties during my ten years in LA, but the GAME OF THRONES wrap party blew them all away. We held it in the Ouarzazate Museum of Cinema, a pretty amazing place itself, complete with local musicians, belly dancers, acres of Moroccan delicicacies, and lots of spirits to lubricate the exhausted cast and crew. And when the museum threw us out, we just adjourned back to the Berbere Palace, where the party continued. These few poor snapsnots don't capture a tenth of what went on. But hey, what happens in Morocco stays in Morocco, right? A great time was had by all... except, of course, for the cast members who shot their scenes in Ireland and Scotland, and the Irish and UK crew who did not get to make the trip to Morocco. The drawback of shooting in so many different places... everyone couldn't be there together to celebrate the end of the shoot. 57 comments|post comment

[30 Nov 2009|01:34am] binsybaby A while ago, someone anonymously mailed me a CD of a soundtrack they made to play along to my balloon comic, complete with little sound effects and everything It's one of the neatest things anyones ever done in response to something I've drawn. Every time one of the tracks come on shuffle, I feel awesome Heres one of my fav tracks (all the tracks are super short but flow together like a whole song) Won't upload the whole soundtrack 'cause the person never told me their name, so I can't credit them. lemme know if this player doesn't show up: http://emmy.eviltrailmix.com/audio/09Track9.mp3 42 comments|post comment

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