I managed to write up a sort of loose autobiography by year, going back to when I graduated high school. Most of what happened before that is a big gray depressed nothing with occasional really brutal (or less frequent good!) bits, almost like my body had no serotonin before graduating. Anyway I feel like this was useful exercise.
mh ~, general
Something I run into is that progress is SLOW. One example of several things I work on; it takes me a lot of looking at art, intentionally analyzing art, and making art to figure out art stuff.
Rationally I'm getting there and enjoying process, but that's a collision course with some of my issues, especially the "foreshortened future" feelings. Amazing progress feels like nothing when I think of it as a possible way to gain safety before something big comes along and wipes me out.
Have you ever considered that the original Jurassic Park featured a chief scientist who's name translates to "business," a paleontologist who needs a grant, and a sysadmin whose name is basically "nerdy"?
Presumably they wanted to hire a badass Aussie game warden named something like Ranger or Hunter and just nobody applied.
movie quotes, crass
"Tell your sister... you were right... I've seen things you people couldn't imagine, attack ships on fire off the shores of Coruscant. I have been, and always shall be your friend... Glaaaagh."
"Wow, so I guess aside from murdering a batch of pre-teens and cutting my hand off while trying to make me evil, he was a pretty good Dad after all."
THEY HATE THAT SHIP! #WrongMovieQuote
"Never, Palpatine. I am a Jedi, like my father before me!"
"YESSSS! THIS IS THE PART OF BEING A SSSSSITH LORD I LIKE MOSSSST!"
* zot! *
#JohnWilliamsSoundtrack
oh no, sudden minor key brass chord! Clearly, this is the cue for someone chambering a round in an MP40. Oh wait, wrong Harrison Ford series.
asking for art advice
Hm. That dwarf I colored up earlier today, appears lighter on this monitor than on my phone or on my work box (system thing not viewing program).
If you want, could you take a look at http://crocutable.tumblr.com/post/174921197895 and tell me whether it's really *really* light colored or whether it has good contrast?
uspol, racism, paranoia
I kinda feel like our government's current take on immigrants doesn't just appeal to racists, provide free labor and make money for allies (lots of stuff up for bid, and bids aren't likely to be determined fairly in this administration).
The more people come here undocumented, the more wind up being naturalized at some point, and Catholicism probably no longer keeps Latino voters leaning right. My cynicism suggests it's partly trying to keep opposition votes down.
movie paraphrase, ethnic humor
"An' dhose are hash bars?"
"Yeh. It's illegal to carry it but G-d forbid, if you get stopped by a cop in Amsterdam, it's illegal that they should search you."
"Mamenyu."
"You dig it the most!"
Lots of random gunk, but some drawings and cooking talk too. Obsesses about DnD and related topics. Left-leaning/profoundly frustrated politics. Black lives matter; trans rights are human rights.
Occasionally NSFW art and discussion, please do follow if you're 18+.