CatJuggling's Journal

4:07pm: Ganked from PunkJR

3:46pm: I'm gonna get innna trouble...
I just pre-ordered City of Villians through GameStop. They sent me an offer for free overnight shipping. I even went ahead and got the Collector's Edition for the extra $20.

I did not tell the wife first. Last we talked about it she said, "I'm concerned you're going to get sucked back in like you did with the other one (CoH) and not get anything done." A valid concern, but after playing in the beta a lot, I don't see myself getting as sucked in.

One thing that might save me is that I used my credit card that just gave me a $2000 credit limit (for no apparent reason) so it's not like I'm actually spending the money NOW. :p

But money's not really the point, huh?

Gotta get back to writing.

10:28am: One of these days I'm gonna...
Film and edit a slow motion battle scene to Con Te Partirò by Andrea Bocelli. Possibly in Lego.

10:37am: 115!

X off the one's you've seen.  More than 70 and you're a maniac.

( Big list! )

4:04pm: Facts
Little know fact about me: I can make balloon animals. Pretty dang good at it too.

Widely known fact about making balloon animals: It doesn't pay the bills.


If wishes were fishes a fisher would be king. I think that's wrong but that's always the way I remember it.

I hate my job more than I think I ever have. But what can you do? Me, not much.

12:14pm: Hey, you two...
Sablebadger, check your email. Ladysonnet if you see this first, the emails more for you so make him check it. If you didn't get an email from me, let me know asap.

PunkJr, I need your email so email me at catjuggling(at)gmail.com It's the only way I seem to save email addresses.

12:20am: The boards are down.
It's too bad too because Eisner has quit Disney and I wanted to share.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051007/ap_on_bi_ge/disney_eisner

7:59pm: HOLY CRAP FOR CRAP!
I just came to a stunning realization.


Other Trygvassen = The Operative






I wonder if ANYONE even from my friends group will understand that without research.

2:21pm: Need to pimp a friend.

Everone needs to friend badideascomic  It's neat little comic by my friend Veed. 

 

Now with 100% more Transformers!

 

 

Over the past week many a post has popped into my head when I'm nowhere near a computer to post them.  Such is LJ. :p

8:41am: It was just a dream...
Thank GOD it was just a dream.

A dream where I looked into a mirror and saw that I had.....A MULLETT!!!

THE HORROR!

10:28pm: From sablebadger's LJ
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is "Wrong"

1)Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2)Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. (I know at least a couple people who wish this were true)

3)Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4)Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5)Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage could be destroyed.

6)Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a
theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new
social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

Please post this in your journal if you are for gay marriage (or not, as you feel like it...)
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11:56pm: And then there were three...
I didn't think Suzie would be the one to go tonight. Ah well.

At least we finally got to see MiG do INXS. And he nailed it, of course.

I still hope JD doesn't get it, just on principle. :p

11:31am: I'm bouncing around...on the inside...

I got mentioned in kajafoglio 's CascadiaCon report!

 

 

*poing!*

12:10am: CascadiaCon Day 1
Whooo, what a day! :) First day of Cascadia Con and I was on my own. Lots of good pannels, not too many crowds. Saw Cheyenne, Savannah, and the Foglios, that's always a hoot.

The evening, though was the best part. The last pannel I had on the plan was a Voice Over Action Workshop. It was run by the people putting together Robotech again. The cast includes the original voice of Roy Fokker, Dan Woren, and Chase Masterson, who's best known as Leeta the Dabo girl from DS9. (HAWT!) One of the Production Assistants and the Creative Director was also there. All very nice people and really excited.

They wanted to put together a realistic "audition" and show what it's like to work as a voice actor. The plan was simple, give anyone who wanted a chance to read Rick Hunter's lines from the original script for the first episode of the 1985 series. Kevin the PA read Roy's part. Then Dan and Chase gave some feedback and direction and the person did it again. The person then gets to do it all over again and see if they improve. Great in theory but with the people there it took nearly three hours. :p

The "winner" of the audition got to read the scene again with Dan and get it videotaped to be put on their site, www.robotech.com. The person that won? A cute 9-year old girl with some pretty amazing natural talent. She read better than most of the adults. :p Pretty awesome night.

Now I'm working on an Othar Trygvassen costume (I just misspelled that but I don't care). I mean, I was talking about costumes with the Foglios and mentioned I'm going to do Oggie for Dreamcon and Phil Foglio himself said "You would make a GREAT Othar!" Which caused the rest of us to laugh because I'd talked about it with them before and Kaja admitted she always laughs when I approach their dealer room table because since we talked about it, all she can think is "Oh here comes Othar!"

:D

11:09pm: So not a surprise!
Since I don't seem to be doing regular updates...

a Cowboy You scored 6 Honor, 3 Justice, 9 Adventure, and 5 Individuality!

Well pardner, the thing that drives you is a sense of adventure. You're willing to play by the rules, but only so long as you've got open territory to cover and new frontiers to explore. You don't need much and you don't ask much. Strap on your six gun and wear your Stetson proud. I think you'll do just fine

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 25% on Ninjinuity You scored higher than 17% on Knightlyness You scored higher than 88% on Cowboiosity You scored higher than 44% on Piratical Bent

Link: The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test written by fluffy71 on Ok Cupid

10:54pm: Well how about that, pilgrim...

John Wayne You scored 52% Tough, 9% Roguish, 23% Friendly, and 14% Charming!

You, my friend, are a man's man, the original true grit, one tough talking, swaggering son of a bitch. You're not a bad guy, on the contrary, you're the ultimate good guy, but you're one tough character, rough and tumble, ready for anything. You call the shots and go your own way, and if some screwy dame is willing to accept your terms, that's just fine by you. Otherwise, you'll just hit the open trail and stay true to yourself. You stand up for what you believe and can handle any situation, usually by rushing into the thick of the action. You're not polished and you're not overly warm, but you're a straight shooter and a real stand up guy. Co-stars include Lauren Bacall and Maureen O'Hara, tough broads who can take care of themselves. Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 93% on Tough You scored higher than 25% on Roguish You scored higher than 45% on Friendly You scored higher than 11% on Charming

Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid

11:13pm:

Pure Geek 43 % Nerd, 69% Geek, 30% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Geek, earning you the title of: Pure Geek. It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal. Which, you are. Congratulations! You're the one on the RIGHT! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in either of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 20% on nerdiness You scored higher than 86% on geekosity You scored higher than 49% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid

10:43pm: Marty...
He's not a rock star in the making, he's a rock GOD in the making.

But maybe not with INXS.

They really liked MiG (yes, he spells it with a captial G).

Damn Jordis is hot.

12:18am: Hey...you...
For PunkJr, Windex will be in town for PAX, as you know so I'm considering a day pass or something. Have to work out what my schedule is to be sure, but we'll at least do a dinner or something. I have your cell, and my cell is functional again, if the battery is a tad bit short lived due to the washer incident.


For Mickasso, There's a tape on your desk with Sunday's Rockstar on it, but you have to go to work in order to collect. :p

For Ticky, there's a lady at work who's really close to finishing the second draft of her fantasy novel and getting and agent (the editor she's hired to do a once-over is her prefered agent's fiancee :p) All her talking about it might actually be working on my lethargy to finish more than just a short story.

For the rest of you....great big hugs. :)

12:27am: For my younger friends...
Life isn't a race, it's an adventure. It's a stroll in the woods on a sunny day. There is no one keeping score. There's no yellow jersey to mark who the leader might be. Our perception of moments is the only thing that defines me versus them. You see a moment in someone's life and say "That moment is far in my future." Or "I missed that moment, will the chance come again?" Their moments are not your moments any more than your moments are mine.

Watch others moments, live your own.






Because I'm only 33 and you punks don't have anything on me when it comes to the phrase "missed moments" ;)

11:13pm: Eyes in the dark...

12:57pm: Once more please...
I did it again. I started typing out a new short story idea that Amanda and I had talked about recently. It's the diary entries of a sidekick. I started when we got home from work (after dinner) last night and didn't go to bed until I was done, about 1am. There was a break for Rockstar INXS in there but that's about it. I even outlined it first and followed those notes as I typed it.

So it's done and it's actually in plenty of time for the CascadiaCon writer's workshop if I drop it in the mail before the end of the week. Lots of editing to be done. I haven't even done a spell check on it. :p

11:34am: What a weekend.
Friday was Tim "Clan Chief" Armstrong's bachelor party. It was an all day thing that I caught up with part way through at the shooting alley. That's right, I shot off guns. First time in my adult life. I fired a couple different 9mm's, a couple .45's and a .22. Pretty fun. Then we went out for dinner at Outback, lots of fun. We went to a pool bar and stayed there a long time. Then we finally got to the girlie bar with all of an hour left to go. I got home about 3am Saturday.

Saturday we stopped by the Lego club meeting, but it was last minute so I didn't have anything to show or draft. Then that night we went to Wendy and Terri's b-day party.

Yesterday I worked just over a half-day and then left to go to Tim and Sara's wedding at the rose garden in the zoo. That was great fun as well.

Oh and just before this over-active weekend I get told I'm anemic. Low iron. Which for a relatively healthy guy means I likely have some kind of ulcer....fun. :| So today I'm really, really, really fucking tired. I still haven't shaken off the cough from two months ago so I'll go in tomorrow for more antibiotics. I've got a specialist appt, but like most specialists he doesn't have any openings for another three weeks. Yay.

11:07pm: Typical...

I'm supposed to be writing zombie comic strips for mickasso , but I'm not.  The past couple days I was honestly sick.  So sick I'm not even going to describe it all but the second half of Monday's description is "Revenge" and is preceeded by a Mexican ruler's name.  Now though, I'm just not doing it.  Sorry Brick.  Maybe I'll do it while "working" tomorrow.

I took a "Stop Procrastination Now!" workshop through work last month.  Yeah...right.

I also have a new short story idea.  I should finish that for the Dreamcon20 Writer's workshop Alisa managed to cobble together.  I'm glad she's around to actually get things done for this convention.  Lord knows most of the con comittee needed that workshop more than I did.

Which reminds me, I need to write up a description of the Masquerade for the web site.   yeah.

Rock Star INXS was good.  I'm glad Tara's gone.  She's great, but she's very country-rock.  I couldn't stand most of what she was singing.  Soooooooooo not right for INXS.  Once again Ty reminded us why he shouldn't be in the bottom 3.  Stupid, stupid humans.  Of course, he didn't seem to be taking the strain well.  Jordis got the encore, of course, and came even closer to breaking down in the middle of her song, but that's what they liked about it the night before.

Many vanilla milkshakes in the US contain neither vanilla nor milk...discuss.

I should be in bed.

 

5:16pm: Such a nerd...
I just finished typing in the number, name, scan item, and letter item (of those checked) for all of my Animal Crossing e-reader cards into an Excell sheet.


I can't stop re-sorting them by column. Three different cards give me a blue table!