Tranquil Dreamer

deed: done
kids: married
wedding: rickrolled

My work here is done. Now for the buffet.

Arise, ye pris'ners o' Federation, arise ye wretched of Q'onos...

there ain't no internets. Sooooo, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night...I disappear. Sorry...

Get!

So I work Fri-Sun 8pm-8am now. No idea what kind of internet access I'll have but I suspect there should be something, since it's downtown. And it's hourly too, I think 6-7 bucks an hour...so it should be around 200 a week income. And I'll get an extra check between now and the con!

*pinky* One MEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLYUN frames per second.

Get!

Well, for a week anyway, but it'll pay for my plane tickets and such to get back to the convention and I might even have some spending money left over this year. First time in I-don't-want-to-think-how-long; I think...AX 02 was the last time I had cash money for a con. This is cool.

It'll be a five-day stay with an older gent doing live-in home care, cooking for him and doing some basic stuff around the house. Nothing too serious, just having someone around to keep him company and take him places, and otherwise hang out for a good $115 a day. Not a tremendous wage but I get 3 hours free time guaranteed and 8 hours sleep time, all covered in that, so hey. I won't sneeze at 600 bucks a few weeks before AUSA.

So if you all don't see me much after Wednesday evening, I'll be a bit busy. I might not have internet access but I will have my anime to watch, at least I'll be occupied.

Okay, so I saw "We thought Kampfer was the worst show we subbed. We were wrong. || Video quality is reflective of the anime quality." as a comment from gg's sub of Seitokai no Ichizon. You know me, you know what I thought, so I watch it. LESS THAN TWO MINUTES IN this happens.

Characters sitting at a table from a manga discussing what their anime should be. Yes, the manga characters; there's random references and suggestions to other things but then the energetic one suggests "let's have seven balls with stars on them that we have to collect!" The snarkass sits there and says "Evolution." The suggestor screams that it was so bad that he shouldn't even mention it. Socchi wa kuchibisuru daaaa~ T_T

...they just mocked the crap out of the American DBZ movie. I don't care if the rest of this is worse than what I showed at AUSA last year, this is the best freakin' thing I've seen all year. I have not HOOTED at something like that in...a very, very long time.

"In Hell, the English are chefs, the Germans are police officers, the French are engineers, the Swiss are lovers, and the Italians are bankers."

Axis Powers Hetalia. I...can't say much else.

HAPPY ZEROTH BIRTHDAY BEE

...but unrelated celebrities are dying in weird clusters this year, anyone notice? The newest are of course, Patrick Swayze, and then tonight both Mary Travers (Peter, Paul, & Mary) and Henry Gibson (the nazi from Blues Brothers).

But go back and look at all the deaths of famous people this year and notice how they keep clustering within a day of each other, or on the same day. It's getting just a little bit bizarre.

Didn't know Light Yagami hated hollywood.

CNN is now the Cool News Network. I dare you guys to i-report your photos!

Seriously, I swore I'd give up political blogging. But this bullshit goes way beyond the pale and is a nasty, nasty "first step" in widespread monitoring. What kills me the most?

Ministers hope the move will reduce the number of youngsters who get drawn into crime because of their chaotic family lives, as portrayed in Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.

They're using A SATIRICAL COMEDY TELEVISION SHOW to justify ENFORCED INVASION OF PUBLIC PRIVACY. Oh and it gets better, what I said about first step?

But Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: “This is all much too little, much too late.

“This Government has been in power for more than a decade during which time anti-social behaviour, family breakdown and problems like alcohol abuse and truancy have just got worse and worse.”

"WE MUST DO MORE!" I'd call "balls" on it, but he's the one supporting it. Anyway, kids, you saw your first episode of V for Vendetta here!

...wonder what Alan Moore thinks.

It's a sad thing, but eighteen years after his death Navy pilot Scott Speicher's remains have been found and are being returned.

Evangelion: ReDeath. If this could be used at a certain event, with this one rule.
( YOU LAUGH YOU LOSE )

Though I can get a lot more than 300 pictures with one card.

Sometimes there's a little bit of magic you can find when you aren't looking for it, or anything else. There's a batch of photos, just keep hitting next.

The last one intrigues me, I've never seen a fallen tree bend over a rock like that.

"My overwhelming sexiness has, like gravity, once again pulled a young girl to me."

Mari & Gari is too awesome for words.

So, things have turned bad recently, though they've gotten a bit better. Just in case, I could soon be at a point where I may need floor space and a ride for a month or two, and a little patience while I jobhunt. I'll get 200 bucks in foodstamps if I can stay in Arizona, that'll offset the worst of anything and I can always cover a share of back-rent once I do get income.

No need for explanations, just let me know if there's a couch or spare room that could be available. I'll see what I can do about longer-distance travel, if that option comes up. Hoping things stay stable, for now.

To paraphrase Will Smith, oh hell yes.

Just after the thunder started up, I ran outside and snapped a batch of photos. I think this one's my favorite photo I've ever taken of landscapes/panoramics. The contrast and color...I'm wowed. I need a good wide-angle rig...

I'm pissed that it botched the compression; this is the highest res I can provide that looks at all decent. You guys know I like big pics, well...anyway, have some more!



There's more going into the gallery shortly, it'll be over here on Page 4...I've also got a ton of garden shots I need to edit. They'll be joining eventually.

Now I need to get some tight-aperture, long-exposure pics to catch a good lightning storm...