Voder Subsonics

I can really get into this time of year. Waking up in the morning to the chirping of birds, looking out my window and seeing a squirel peering at me from a branch, all the while the spring rain is cascading a shower a grey from the muscles of clouds. And the energy in the air makes me completely zooming about with all this inspiration. Its as though the earth speaks in this time, no sings in this time with a harmony that most people forget to listen to. Where as I'm a fan of most of the seasons (except summer, its always so dreadful the way the air gets thick with humidty and people frollick with spray on wood coloured tans), Spring is usually the one that really makes me feel alive and I honestly have less depression spells, probably cause I'm rapid cycling like a bee looking for pollen!

At any rate yesterday morning I got up and was like "I haven't drawn in daaaaaaaaayyyyssss.... neeeds to drawwwww." and as I'm in the kitchen letting my Yerba mate steep so I can have my morning tea, I notice that other than the scrawlings of a to do list on the dry board its oddly blank. I was feeling all springy and the birds were chirping so I picked up the marker and drew up a couple minute drawing.

Sure its just one of those three minute random drawing with a single black marker (I need more colours I think!) but I came back in after I had my breakfast (bagel, Kashi Cinnamon shreadwheat topped with Strawberries and Soymik-- for all you who always are curious to what us vegans eat) and was like... "YEY! it looks so fun!" So i needed to post to give people a giraffe, Sorry for the shoddy quality.

This DSLrubbish I have blurs like art like to many nightcaps. I even attempted a few tries to adjust its weird focus and shutter speed to see if i could get it better. ZOMG worst adjusting features of anything I've ever used. The menu for focus has three options and an auto. The three options ridiculous. 0.5m, 1m, 7m. So instead of fighting with it I decided to try to fix it a bit in photopshop.

Course I think the point is got. And thats all that matters... I shouldn't be complaining... its SPRING! Also as mentioned in the beginning of the post I been drawing a bit. Working on a buffer for Decypher, and doing some other things here and there. Plenty of writing, not so much music. A little guitar though.

Oh I did get the new Morrissey a while back, not as good as the come back record 'quarry' but MUCH better than ringleaders. The new Antony record is out but I haven't picked it up yet, and new Depeche Mode is next week. Actually I have a big list of new records to pick up. Its a shame I have to pick and choose as I don't have so much money right now. But DM and Antony must be picked up.

Okay thats everything... hope everyone is having a brilliant day.

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And finally the end of this thing!

I actually am starting to work on the actual comic again. ^_^. Well by working I mean I drew half a Decypher comic page today.

Goodness I hate being Sick, and its cold outside. Well least I got a tastey Tea. I'm pretty sure tonights going to be a Marc Almond and water colour night. Of course I have no idea what I should paint. It'll come to me I'm sure.

In other news, apparently the knoxville Bus system has been upgraded, and now they are doing some night time runs. Which means I don't have to drive so much if I can work out the times right. I have been using the bus a little lately. Mainly cause I have no need to do anything on a scheduale. And I love the bus. Even the shoudy bus system we have here. Mainly driving to the Mall, and then hopping on a bus and do my things.

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Its been quite sometime since I've done any comic stuff. But I finally got around to finishing up this little thing, I started ages ago. So thought I'd post it up on ze ole underused blog. I think the title page pretty much tells you what its about. I'll try to regularly post the pages there's only seven of them. I find it horribly ironic that I managed to finish it so close to Valentine's though. So for all you bitter people, can enjoy it ^_^

I haven't exactly been sitting around doing nothing, since I got laid off at my job. Pretty close though. ha ha. Its been a nice short vacation. I really do need to get myself in order though. But its like when you wake up with nothing going on, you kind of forget your supposed to be doing things.

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Been an interesting month here, which probably explains why I'm sitting here at home at this time of day/night, and waiting for this alteration of my spinach-tofu Lasagne to bake, as apposed to being at work, and I assume that it is partly to blame for why I been playing hermit, which believe it or not even loud mouth idiots gots to do every once in a while. *l*

Yeah, as those of you that know me well, (and actually the ones that haven't heard a peep out of me in a few weeks) know that my company has been falling on hard times and I was expecting the separation packet anytime-- IT FINALLY CAME! So now I'm laid off. Also those who know me well, know that its not a cause for grief... so please don't feel sorry for me. The anti-social behaviour (well not completely, I have been talking to people via LJ a a little bit... mainly a Science fiction Young Adult Fiction project called Clockworld, I been creating some stuff for), has been mainly cause I now have all these blank days, so I've instead been filling them up by INSANELY working on projects (mainly some illustration work and finishing up the latest chapter of Rein bo Wrein), reading, finally getting to play some persona 4, and brushing up on guitar again.

So mainly Im in this large influx of creativity, where I just want to dwell in my own head. And not having a job, means I don't have to suddenly quit, and leave and go somewhere. I just have everything turned off, and just work. Its nice to have that ability, and be able to nurse it for as long as it can go. I'll be back to my loud self in no time I'm sure.

That being said, the Lay off didn't come with issues of thier own. Firstly, I am getting paid for the next month and some change, and then my company has already set up the unemployment forms. Of course this comes with no medical benefits, which means I won't be able to afford my medications. But I'm not to worried about that right now. I'll deal with that when its time to cross that bridge I got drugs for a few months still.

The big issue is when I want to move. The original plan was holding out til april so I wouldn't have to travel across the united states to go to her wedding, instead keep my job to as close to the date as I could then go to the wedding and then move. but now I'm pondering if it would be more cost effective to move now, and go ahead and get a job (ive already collecting boxes and organizing myself for a big move) and then travel from the west coast to Ohio. Or if it would be better to bide my time on unemployment and then move after the wedding. I'm still trying to decide... I'm sure everyone will know when I come to a decision... as I'll want to hang out with all my Knox-peeps before I move on out of here.

So its time again for my annual Rite Of cleansing (which is pretty much a fasting of sorts). Which I'm sure most people can guess what its about. Its a part health and part spritual convention I do, to clear my mind and body, and find my connection with everything around me.

That being said, through the years I've added elements and taken elements out, finding what works and whats best for my state of mind at any given time. Every year is a little different, in the forms of meditations I do, and what I remove from my daily routine. This year, I'll be adding in removing myself from connection, from the internet and phone services, during the beginning of the rite which is my two day fasting. Depending on how I feel I might stretch the disconnection portion until Monday. Its the first time I've ever been disconnected so I'm not sure how it will be and what benefits it will have. So we will see how things work out.

No phone will definately make frequent mediation and spirit dances work so much better I feel. Also I quit cigarettes, alcohol and caffeine during this time. So if my happy, mild mannered self seems to be be vacant... when I get back. Accept this as my apology as well. ^_^ (I'm mostly kidding but actually not talking to people during nic fits is probably a good thing)

Bye kids. I'll see ya when I get back.

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Haven't done an entry in foe-ever... but saw this little questionnaire

votemarvel had posted, which was nicked from

popfiend who seemed to have gotten it from somewhere else.

The questions are as followed:

1. What is your favorite word?

2. What is your least favorite word?

3. What turns you on [creatively, spiritually or emotionally]?

4. What turns you off?

5. What sound or noise do you love?

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

7. What is your favorite curse word?

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

9. What profession would you not like to do?

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

( Now My Answers )

Dear Mr. Bobby Darin,

Today is your 70th birthday, and what an amazing life you had, beit so tragically short. Its funny that it was only two years ago, when I watched that biopic of your life with Kevin Spacey that I looked to see what you truly did, and I was amazed.

Two years ago when I first started listening to your extraordinary Talent, with great songs like "Call Me Irresponsible", "Mack the Knife", "Beyond the Sea", "Once in a Lifetime" and countless other originals, Jazz Standards, and amazing covers that I found myself falling in love with you. The inspiration of your work, led me to look at playing piano in a whole new way. Where I had been exposed to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and other crooning contemparies of the time... I'd never quite really felt my heart move to the sound until I listened to you for the first time.

So on this your 70th birthday, I want to thank you for your lifetime of extraordinary music, your insanely beautiful smile, and your amazing will to endure all you had to in the pursuit of your dreams.

"You'll never know
Just how much I miss you
You'll never know
Just how much I care."
-Bobby Darin, "You'll Never Know"

I'm passing along this message, which i saw originally posted in

fang_uk 's journal....

the third annual Light To Unite website is now live, and as usual for every candle lit today on the site, $1 will be donated to the US National AIDS fund, up to $100,000.

Sorry about the delay in this weeks Decypher strip. Autokeen got stuck, when it was supposed to update. But its there now. I am actually quite proud with how it came out. This was also the first strip done, using Gimp, on linux, which for tablet colouring makes me very happy.

Also, It seems that I am probably going to be doing a lot of overtime for the holiday season this year, so I'm unsure how things are going to work out, but I might be going into a three month hiatus. However, I should also note I've applied for a photography position at work, in which case I probably won't be doing overtime, if I move from the call center. For what ever that is worth.

I do appologize for the complete lack of Blog entries over the last few months, but really I haven't had anything I've really wanted to talk about. Life is just life at the moment, spending time with friends, working on new music, drawing a lot, and writing here and there. Mainly just keeping myself busy and trying not to crack under all the stress, that October usually provides.

I am working on a short story as well, which those fans of my work on JLU's Green Arrow, martial arts, or eastern mythology might find to their liking. Its called Wrein bo Rein: Footsteps of the Giants, and those who remember when I Role-Played in Bushido @ IMC might remember the Sirtitle, as the Sword which a character of mine Nyguen used. Well its a recreation of that character, in a world that mixes feudalism, with science fiction. The main character is a spirit hunter, in this fictional world where Demons and spirits devistate the earth, and keep the fear in the eyes and hearts of mankind.

The first section of the first chapter, is just about done.. and I do hope it turns out well, its been written in a notebook, which is something I haven't done in a very long time. It has its own feeling, that I simply forgot about, until I started scribbling this out at work, between calls.

Have fun kiddies...

So I got this tattoo like a month ago, and my girlfriend

carinahead (who makes the most beautiful photos) wanted to document it with film. So I got to thinking, hey now I can show all the lovely people on teh Entreweb all the neat stuff I went through when I got the thing. Which is to say, it was probably one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had in recent thought. I mean who'd think that getting stabbed over and over again in a senstive spot like your back, with a needle gun could be enjoyable? I mean I like pain as much as the next Masochist, but I was thinking this was gonna not be great-- but it was. So good in fact I'm excited cause tommorrow I get to go in for a touch up.

The Tattoo in question is on the small of my back, its half a belt composing the chorus of The OPera Rigoletto "Zitti, Zitti" which for those who don't know, was my entrance into the world of Opera. I've actually wanted the Tattoo for ages, and really I just needed the push to get it done... which happened thankfully or it probably nevedr would have.

About a week prior to go into the shop, I got rearended by some guy in a SUV going 40, me at a complete stop. I suffered a bit of whip lash, and it was really my first semi-serious accident (ironically my second happened this past weekend, at AWA). So I wanted to remeber the occation, and the money I got out of it, and what better way than a tattoo on my back eh? Carina also helped me with some of the pushing, even more excited than I was at parts of it I think.

Of course I had no idea how hard it'd be to actually get it done. I finally found a shop who'd do it though, after blowing it up and cutting off a bit of it (which turned out even better than my original vision). The place was WIcked Ink Tattoos in Knoxville, TN and they were all really nice (aside from the fact that the owner and his buddy would not shut up about hunting bears... must have been Derenge's body guards.

( Pictures of the proccess under! )

The entire proccess took about 2-3 hours, and was quite pleasant actually til the end when they were doing the deeper parts and I felt a little pain well up, but it was all well recieved. The Tattoist a lass by the name of Marion, told me that most men were not as good as I was with a back Tattoo, over and over again. Course I found it hard to believe-- Now I know that my pain threashhold is up there, but I mean there were parts of the two hours and some change I felt nothing but my body being vibrated. I can't wait to get another one. I got all these ideas for them too. To bad I have to save my money for doing more important things, like Moving cross the country in a few months.

And since its been a while a quick run down of stuff...

I am trying really hard to get Decypher on a regular scheduale again... but its been slow moving.

I'm working on some designs for a new costume for Connor Hawke (green Arrow II) and I'll probably have some sketches of him, and random other stuff sometime soon.

Got some new Strings called 'boomers' for the Strat and they actually seem to be resinating quite well. Course I don't like how the tone sits on them. Still need to play around with them more.

I'm working on some new writing projects, to do once League of Kingdoms is done. Not sure how soon that will be, but look for some new stuff soon on the story fronts. Most of the projects are characters and themes I've messed with before, but mostly just fleshing them out more. So look out for that. I've also began doing some scribbling in a notebook for Wrein bo rein: Footsteps of the Giants. Which has been an idea of mine for a while, as a series of serial adventures meshing american pulp fiction with the old martial arts serials of China. Maybe this time it will bare fruit.

I know I keep promising new music, but I keep getting halfway done with songs and figuring out they suck. But I'm trying. I really do want to finish a bloody ep before 2008, but we'll see how that pans out.

At any rate I hope everyone enjoys the day head!

Yesterday was my birtday, like per usual I did nothing really for it. I tend to always go that route, since I as was thirteen. Its tended to always be a day where I look at myself, sort of a reflection thing. A day for me I suppose, as aposed to most regularly my days tend to be the exact opposite. I'm not quite sure how it came to that, but its just how it always has been.

I did do a little bit of things, I went shopping, and I got phone calls from family and friends, most of which don't live around me, so it was mostly people giving me the whats up, as I hadn't spoken to most of them in a while. It was nice, hear from my sisters, and my mum, and random other people. usually it tends to be a humbling experience when I hear from friends, as here I really don't have that many friends. Sense moving back to Knoxville, the town has really went down in a bad way. There's never anything to really go out and do, so there for I don't meet up with many new people, whom I'd want to hang out with. actually all the would-be friends I'd ever meet would have to come from work, or random encounters. And being the type of person I am, even that is rare. Course I don't mind it to much. I think I would more if there were things I ever wanted to do. aside from going cloth shopping or going to the occational show, I don't even hang out with the few friends I do have. Which I suppose says a lot with the world I've created for myself. I find myself much more content, sitting about on my days off drawing, working on music, or catching up on a little video gaming. Oh right and the small bits of writing I am doing currently.

Speaking of music, I finished the composing of a new song, a song I been working on for a few months now, and I come to realize just how slow writing music has gotten for me since I returned from LA. There's really a lack of subject matter and I haven't really felt the drive for creating things like I use to. I still have this crazed out imagination, but in music it tends to be more social political, or at least sage advice style things. which tend to be lacking, more often than not. But I am still working, and driving up the hobby spirit in that like. I have been wanting to work on music more, and have gotten back into the habbit of playing guitar and keyboards at least for about thirty minutes a day. Which doesn't really help the music writing at the moment, as I currently don't have a midi controller so I'm stuck on this click interface trying to mentally figure out where my fingers would be. But I'll probably be getting this 61 key controller I have my eyes on in the next little while, right now just trying to save a little extra money, so its on hold at the moment, along with a lot of other things I want like a new graphics tablet, and an accoustic guitar. Other things are more important to be purchasing right now.

Btw I found out this week that Connor Hawke (green arrow II) is getting a miniseries in novemeber, so that should be either really great or really bad. but seeing shado, richard dragon, and Eddie Fyiers as part of the guests line up it should be hopefully rawk out. tis called Dragon's Blood, which to me seems kinda silly, but we can hold out hope.

I been working on some art aside from Decypher as well. currently I'm working on a pin up sort of thing for the novella I was working on at the cornstalker's forums, but the movement of the stories have slid so not sure when I'll be writing more on that. I'll wait to see whats up with that. but still want to finish that picture. And I'm also experimenting with art stuff on the linux box, trying to get all the needed stuff together, to put together the comic stuff on that OS, using the mepis distrubution. The experiment is being thrown together by an old comic I did a few months ago called "All these remains..." which is a humor zombie comic that is just about two pages or so. And hopefully by the time I finish and get comfortable arting on that OS I'll be changing over. just currently I am working on getting the vector program up and running, which has been a bitch cause it needs all these updated enviroments, that my distribution doesn't have. but it also helps me learn more about linux, how to manually update the kernel and what not, which is really more of what I need to get comfortable with it.

There are a few varibles in my life that need numbers.

Tagged to do this meme by

luciusmalfoy

List up to ten (10) things you want to say to ten (10) people. Do not state who these people are. Do not confirm or deny any comment speculation. Tag five (5) people.

1. I really don't know how you continue to be who you are. you've fallen so hard, and you picked yourself up, in such a way few people can. Your a role model for many.

2.You have so much potiental. But you seem to waste it. It bothers me sometimes.

3. Your mind is warped, yet it tastes as good as brandy.

4. I never quit thinking about you. when we went so long without talking it bothered me. I'm so glad that we have that dialogue again, you truely mean a lot to me.

5. quality over quanity!!!11

6. I'm still trying to see what everyone sees in you. Cause I want to see it to.

7. It drives me crazy the way you, down yourself.

8. I really wish you'd quit looking for drama, and just look at the beautiful life you have. It could truely be amazing.

9. I don't know why I enjoy you as much as I do. I think your genius just goes right over my head.

10. Thank You.

I tag

strange80sgirl ,

carnaj ,

sortelli ,

dferguson

carinahead

( just a boring art post nothing to see here save for the art. )

in other news, Decypher might be updating on Wednesday if I can get it done on time. Oh and Green Arrow: Dark Genesis, is now on JLU2001, for those asking about it and didn't know. Other than that, back to the other more interesting blogs.

I'm back... after about five months! The whole replacement motherboard thing, with mail order, seemed more hassle than it really needed to be. I was sent not one but to DOA boards, over the course of the last few months, so I gave up on the original board I ordered and got an ASUS, and it worked instantly. Its a big relief off my back, and I can finally get back to working on the comic, and some music, not to mention do some writing again. Really it was better in the long run. For about ten dollars extra, it came with SATA connections, which will be nice if I ever decide to RAID, and a ton of other options, that will allow me to keep the board for some time.

I scanned in the next update for decypher this morning, hand inked no less (as the current storyline has parts where I am trying for a diffrent artistic look from the regular art design) and I actually am finding my passion for hand inking again. I haven't messed with inks for a number of years, not since high school actually-- and applying the aesthetic I use in my vector inking, along with reteaching myself the skills that goes along with hand inking once again. I need a lot more practice with it, but I have been liking how they are turning out. For the last five months or so, I've been practicing with inking as well as with life studies, and I'm starting to make a little headway in those veins.

I'll get back into posting art probably, soonish, as I get back into doing some regular illustrations. Most of my sketches are just tons of stances and things, mostly of the naked variety and not to interesting, or pleasing to the eye. I'm also gearing up to finish a song I been playing with, so I can move on and get cracking on the EP.

At any rate, look for new stuff soonish I think. I'm just glad to be getting back to work. Its been to long.

On a side note, the New MOz album though isn't as good as "You are quarry..." its a pretty nice pop album. Some very catchy tunes. I did get turned off on the first track, but the rest of the album came off pretty well. I haven't really gotten to many albums here lately, as with everything going on right now, I've not had the time to actually, stop by any record shops. However in the area of novels, I highly recommend the Vampire Hunter D serial novels Dark House is putting out. I didn't much care for the anime, and I'm not the biggest fan of vampires, but the books read like old school pulp fiction, and I was instantly impressed.

Keep on keeping on

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