So, finally hanging out with my friends, and it has been GLORIOUS.

Spend all of yesterday driving around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, looking in esoteric little shops, and generally giveing all the Ripley's attractions our monies.

We also hit a really good indoor flea market, with, and I say this in all honestly, the best anime merchandise I had EVEN seen. Cristine (new girl I met, mak my love for anime look constrained) introduced me to the concept of Gashapon. Got two blind boxes, and pulled a Ritsuko (which I quite wanted) and the obligatory swimsuit variant Asuka.

Also picked up a handful of mini keychains, and a Revoltech EVA-01 figure.

And now, for the coup de grace: a prize figure of Crossing Guard!Rei: BEHOLD THE NOT-BONDAGE-AT-ALL-HONEST REI! And, in my defense, I didn't realize she was handcuffed to the street sign at the time.

And, and this is pretty much the most WTF yet beautiful statue ever: BEHOLD THE PRETTEH BRIDE REI!

I make no damn apologies. It's too damn pretty, and it was a trade-in so the box was all bat up, and it just looked so sad. I wanted to give it a good home.

Also got a figure of Paladin Anderson from Hellsing. Good sculpt, but almost no articulation. Also, I broke his little glasses trying to get them from the blister frame. T_T

Damn, been a while.

Updates-
--Headed to the beach in a couple days, and to Tasha'a the week after. I'll be online, but not to my normal extent.

--Bought Pokemon Pearl and Kirby Superstar Ultra. I have a Gyrados, and Alakazam, and a predisposition to shout battle cries at the screen. I may or may not have invoked the WAAAGH!.

--I've basically stopped playing WoW. It just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I've done everything on horde and alliance dozens of times over, and I just can't get into it like I used to.

--Still not sleeping well. I just get into bed and lay awake thinking and worrying for an hour or more, and even what sleep I get doesn't seem to refresh me.

--Been puttering around Gaia more and more lately. It's amazing how much it has changed since I joined, especially how much pimping the dev team seem to do nowadays.

I watched this whole damn video so I could hear the bit about Aquarius. I feel dirty now.

Okay guys, seriously.

Clevinger? Burlew? You two need to stop with this "GRIMDARK ________ COMIX!!!" stuff, alright? I know Alan Moore has made a good career out of it. That doesn't mean you need to paint your heroes black and have them murder puppies to fuel their mad schemes.

You know the drill: fill this out in the comments and I shall try to reciprocate in yours.





I ____ Will.
Will is ____.
If I were alone in a room with Will, I would _______.
I think will should _____.
Will needs ______.
I want to ____________ Will.
Someday Will will _____.
Will reminds me of _____.

Dave Arneson, 1947-2009

Gary Gygax may be the more well-known creator of DnD, but Dave created the very concept of the RPG, as well as the first campaign world.

For that, I don't think he can ever be praised enough.

Goodbye, Dave. May you reroll somewhere warm and sunny.

courtesy the ever-awesome Cleolinda: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" author gets half mil. advance for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

I want to read this book so bad, you guys. I was joking on Twitter that the climax would take place on the Capitol Rotunda, with Lincoln fighting the vampire-sorcerer Jefferson Davis after he bit his son, who will become a vampire if our 16th president doesn't kill Davis.

Also, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant join forces to defeat a vampire army at the third battle of Bull Run.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to point this out but what the hell, I think it's relevant.

The same politicians that swear up and down that they stand for less government interference, as well as Life Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, also want to pass laws banning same-sex marriages. It just struck me that this is horribly hypocritical, and yet nobody seems to call bullshit on them. I've yet to see an interview where someone just steps up and says, "How can you swear that you want to uphold the rights of everyone one minute, and work to take them away the next?"

This is why I hate politics, you can't trust anything anyone says.

http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20090331.html

Take a look at that credit. Aww yeah.

This pleases me to no end. Since Harkonnen was already an established name in the Hellsing universe, I decided to submit a Shotgun that the Anthropomorphic Personification of War herself would approve of. I think Pip will like his new toy, provided he keeps it.

And for those of you who care, Scarlet's weapon spirit is Willow, Will's opposite sex persona. Art cred as always to her ladyship Rene. I was gonna use will himself, but that level of character whoring is reserved for Wolverine. Besides, Shine needs more hot redhead fox demons, just like every other work of fiction.

Seriously, sailorptah you win a massive cookie.

Happy Late Birthday Gendou!  Here's to many, many more!

Happy Birthday Dayna! Here's hoping your cake never turns out to be a lie.

Feeling depressed and angry today. Still trying to figure out this hospital bill and SS mess, and just generally cursing the heavens. Also pissed at my mom, who refuses to do anything useful to help fix this mess, which is her damn fault.

Going for my walk now, even though I really don't want to. So tired of everything right now.

Unoriginal bastard that I am, here is a Second Life photo:



Meet N3-k0, the closet thing to Will Black I've made in Second Life.

YES I KNOW IT'S CATBOY ROBOT NINJA SHUT UP.

Trying Second Life again now that my machine is able to run it properly.

Trying to find somewhere to hang out. Any thoughts form SL people who read this?

Because I think the world needs more laughter, here are a few snippets from a Evangelion/TTGL fic I've been working on.

Please, all haters to the left, and constructive comments only.

( Wherein Shinji takes a level in badass )

Because apparently I don't have enough stupid shit wrong in my life, I just got a letter and a call saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, "Hey, remember that hospital bill you thought was written off? Well it wasn't and we're just now calling about it a year later. Maybe this will teach you to get sick and need medical care, you fat little geek!"

Oh, and they called me at 8:30 AM, waking me from a dead sleep. Because apparently debt collection goes smoother when the person is sleepy and pissed.

I am just pissed at the world in general.

My dumbass brother rang up $30.00+ in long distance calling one of his girlfriends last time he was here.

I'm going to wring his stupid frat boy wannabe neck.

Reinstalling Civ4 after nefariousgrey reminded me how utterly awesome it is.

The empire of Kitsunia will arise again!  So says God-Emperor William the Paladin, so shall it be!

So, in preparation for the Watchmen movie, I'm rereading the Graphic novel.

I kinda want to punch Alan Moore now.

Today, Scans_Daily was suspended, due to actions taken by comics writer Peter David. As I understand it, someone posted an issue of a book he is doing, someone started talking smack, and it degenerated from there.

I don't have any particular animosity toward him for this, since it is his IP that was being shared in a less-than-legal fashion, but it does makes me unhappy.

More proof that the internet needs more stringent asshole management protocols.