A Very Bera Christmas

Yes, yes I know that this is extremely bera, but I have been at work over the last couple of days working. No, not non-stop I have taken breaks to spend Christmas time with the family and to see my friends and such (I even managed to squeeze a viewing of Yogi Bear in there somewhere, but that was more to get out of the Christmas heat than to watch the film) but yes, most of my time has been spent feverishly sketching animation frames and then inking, coloring and animating them.

I don't have too much experience with animation, but thankfully, we have the internet to teach me the basics, for run cycles and such, as well as lipsync. This time is interesting because I don't really have anyone to tell me if it's any good >_<

The last animation project I worked on (waaaay back when) was with Mr. Kaoskongo and thankfully I had his expert guidance behind my hand. And also his ability to annoy me by repeating Fat Boy Slims "Bird of Prey" while we were working. I cannot listen to that song nowadays without feeling a pang of stressful worry. Strange really, how we associate music with feelings, but there ya go.

Anyway, that's what Christmas was for me. Time spent mostly in the office, or sleeping.

And although it's late, I do wish all of a Very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Festival of the Dark Elder Gods of Frost.

Alligator colors, shotglasses and thread

So i bought me some alligator colors at the MHCC while i was searching for birthday candles for my grandmas cake. The family could not find candles anywhere, and so i was assigned the quest of finding them. I was this close to buying 70 candles, seeing as how she turned 70, but instead i bought 24 and some colors. It's been a while since i colored anything by hand, but i'm pretty happy with how these turned out. I still need a lot of work! 

yeah, i made my gran a card and bought her a shot glass. Well, it was either that or an ashtray, and i don't think she would have appreciated that joke as much. You may say, Hey, why would you buy a seventy year old a shotglass? 

You shouldn't say that.

Instead you should be asking, what do you get a seventy year old. In her many years my grandmother has aquired all manner of items, goods and knick knacks. There is nothing that i could buy her that she probably doesn't already have. 

Me: Gran, i bought you this amazing Dragons Egg, i had to journey to the Kingdom of the Aethrazids to purchase it, the journey was long and arduos but yea, i did prevail.

Grandma: Oh i have one those, picked it up in 1967 at a garden fair in Lautoka.

Me: /facepalm

So i got her a shotglass. Thats the short story. 

I also got my eyebrow done today. It hurt like the dickens. But so far, two seperate women have told me i look pretty. It is still up in the air whether this is a good or a bad thing. 

Rar! It'sa Dragon!

Did the above in about ten minutes in between drawing little children inside of peapods. Some people have strange fetishes.

Yeah, so i've been doing some more work with the Pod people, as well as the Feminist Propaganda and the random jobs that Art and Soul (or Fart and Hole as a certain member of my family is wont to quote) have given me. So for an unemployed bum i've been pretty busy. Who says semi-employment can't pay the bills?

i do, because quite frankly it doesn't =_=

But, i am not one to bitch, i'm pretty healthy, good looking, and articulate to boot. So it's not as if i everything isn't going my way. Have seriously considered spending money on the Wrath of the Lich King when my pay comes in this weekend. I mean, i've come this far. I might as well, as master chief says, Finish the fight.

Grandma turns 70 tomorrow, she's a tough old bird that one is. Apart from berating me on my nicotine addiction, she thinks the world of me. I must purchase her something nice, and at the very least make her a nice card. Thank gawd the Pod people paid me today or i'd have no money with which to buy her things.

Oh yeah, and i'm going to be in a commercial for toilet paper. The depths to which i sink. 

The dangers of a blank title field

if i were to update you about my week you'd be very bored. in fact, you'd probably spend some time wondering about how bored you are reading all this stuff and wander off to eat a sammich. i love sammiches by the way, they are up there with pizza. dammit, now i'm hungry.

it's not that i've been bored lately, it's just that there doesn't seem to be much for me to do. the family have moved into the house where i live, and so they've got a whole bunch of boxes and things to go through which i'm helping with, and of course, there's the cousins to look after, but honestly...it's not the most exciting of time killers. i'm not sayin' i don't enjoy it, just that it's not...exciting, fun or challenging.

i love the little cousins though. the smallest one is so intelligent for a two and a half year old. i'm talking full conversations intelligent, and she is so cute when she freaks out about the catapus. i have not managed to find out what exactly this catapus is yet, in my mind it appears to be a strange mutant cat-octopus, but that might not be it. more investigation is required.

have you figured out that i have no idea what to write about yet?

this reminds me of the time i went to get coffee with Betty on wednesday and found it difficult to think of things to say. i mean, i coulda talked about my awesome mage, but just as i was about to bring it up she mentioned how much she dislikes world of warcraft. at this point, you have two options, you can either forge ahead and talk about your mage anyway or you can try your hardest to think of something else to say. i'll leave what happened up to your imagination.

in case you were wondering, the mage is fine by the way, although slightly miffed at being called gay again. i think it might be the way he holds his staff in public that gives people the wrong idea, but thats just me.

here is a picture of a robot and an engineer like chick for you to look at:

That not-so-fresh feeling

So i'm unemployed again. i kinda knew that it would happen...well...kinda. it's not a whole lotta fun to be right all the time about sucky things :P

anyways, being unemployed has its benefits, i mean, i'm way ahead of schedule on my comics for the Valekama gang, which is cool. but being unemployed is the suck, and i still haven't gotten paid by those guys for the stuff i've done for them. the media industry is a pain in the ass sometimes.

so, it's the usual, my mum is giving me the same crap about me not making monies, or helping out enough. which is alright, i guess, she has a right to be concerned. i just want to make comics though dammit. i'm not half bad at it >_<

the anniversary of my dad's death is coming up this week. its been a year now, i still miss him. and it's been an interesting year, and so much harder without him.

i'll prolly have to dedicate a whole post to my dad at some point.

one of the only things that's keeping me slightly sane at this point is my girlfriend...she makes me see things more clearly than i usually would. i don't exactly know if it's because shes a woman or because i'm just really bad at seeing the big picture. probably a combination of both.

and no, this isn't a post with no reason. i...wait...yeah it is.

stay spiffy!

new years resolutionses

you know what i hate...i hate having to think up these new resolution things. i mean, why do we do this to ourselves? every year we set really hard goals to accomplish that most of us will find really difficult to get around to.

honestly, 'tis a terrible thing.

but, i guess it's tradition, and although i may grumble i realise it's important to set goals for yourself.

so...here are a couple of those new years resolu-whatsits:


1) be nicer to the family, because honestly, they could kill me while i sleep.

2) stop flirting with strange women with stabbing tendencies

3) draw more

so yeah, those are the main ones. the other goals of getting fitter and learning to dance still apply though :P

also! if you have time, check out the totally awesome cake approved Paradise Not Found. their new banner was "drawed" by yours truly.

The Saga continues

so work has been...interesting. as well as family life. which should i start with first?

well, i got moved to a new shift, which started on Sunday. i can has a co-host, so thats a plus. i'm kinda the invader on her show, since she already had it and established herself on it. what this means is that i get to play kind of a guest character, which is great! mainly because you get to act out a bit more, and play around with styles and stuff. and yes, this is radio i'm talking about :P

the sucky thing is adjusting your body clock, to suit the new shift. i am getting used to it.

hmmm, families...not been too happy lately. i dont know if it's because of the season, or whatever, but my mum and i have been having lots more fights lately. i have also discovered a very passive aggressive side to me that i find disturbing. i hate passive aggressive people! yet thats how i solve the arguments with my mum. tis very weird.

today however, i had a nice talk with her, and she seemed less likely to kill me in my sleep. so that's a plus.

also, if you have a chance to go and see Enchanted, go and do so! it's berry berry good.