CatJuggling's Journal

11:27am: Belated Goodbye to Coco
I watched the last episode of Conan the Destoryer's Late Show last night. Very nice exit, having fun the whole way through. I had seen the night before with Robin Williams and I don't know that anything could top his drunken Irish dancing song. Stever Carrell doing the exit interview with Conan was hilarious though. There's just one more thing about the last show though.

Will Farrell is a complete asshole.

Seriously, he comes on in one of his 'characters' named Will Farrell and does a LOUSY job at singing and then in the end, falls back on the cowbell and mugging for the camera. Seriously? It's the last 10 minutes of this guy's dream job and your're actually dancing in front of the cameras and making out with the blonde chick? This is your homage to Conan? Your goodbye? What about our goodbye? Sure, Conan picked up a guitar and was obviously having fun, but every time they went in for a close up on Conan, Farrel's drunk ass paraded directly in front of that camera. Even though he had one of his own, he kept wandering in front of all the others. I know this is his kind of comedy and frat-boys around the world were probably dancing along with him, but that's great for your own show. Not now, not here. Have some respect.

12:43am: Is this a return to the old habits?
I wrote over 1,200 words tonight. It's the beginning of the Psychic kid book. YA Urban Paranormal! Another bandwagon to jump on! :p

Seriously, though, I just kept going, putting one word, one thought in front of the other and bam! Five pages.

I'm not breaking out the word count widget just yet, and I'm not sure to consider this Monday or Tuesday wordcount. (normally I go with this is still today, even though it's tomorrow) Still, it's more words than I've put down in a long time.


Here's a late night attempt at a short pitch.

Wil comes from a long time of psychics and mediums, which is to say con-men and frauds. Wil, however is gifted with the real thing. The down side is his spirit guide is a Chihuahua that lived as a Prince of the Aztecs. But when Wil's brother accidentally disturbs some local spirits, it's up to the black sheep of the family to set things right and save the town.

3:22pm: Apologies to Fall Out Boy
It's always cloudy [here in Seattle] except for when you look into the past.

9:59am: I have prayed at the altar of the Rat God.
Took the boy and girl to a birthday yesterday at Chuck E. Cheese. Don't worry, at this point in parenthood, I've been exposed to so much video game driven cacophany that I've learned the tricks. This was a difference CEC (as the videos on stage called it) than we'd been to before. Older, much smaller, and dissapointing in its ticket production. Our normal haunt has these "Jackpot" machines as the girl calls them. You normally just have to hit a button when the light passes through the right spot to get the progressive jackpot of tickets. Suddenly you go from 10-20 for nearly getting it right to getting 200+ tickets. It's what I normally do while the little(r) ones are occupying themselves. In the end, I usually make a lot more in tickets than the kids so we can pass by the 10-ticket items that aren't enough to go into a quarter machine.

The worst part of this older, smaller venue, though was the "show". The animatronic nightmare from my youth. I really, really don't think that they've changed them at all since they were installed. I don't think they really even cleaned them all that often. It was frightening.

9:54am: Greatest Tetris innovation ever!
http://www.firstpersontetris.com/

Warning! Not for the motion-sickness inclined.

1:14pm: And we're back!!!
I've been over on my other LJ name for a long time, but I still never posted that much. I've decided that it's been long enough and I'm not going to let the terrorists....I mean internet stalkers win! Besides, I'm not as interesting as I was when someone tracked my private online life down. My email is CatJuggling@gmail.com my Flickr ID is Cat Juggling and and I've decided that my LJ should be CatJuggling once more! You hear that internet stalkers! You can't scare me!

More updates to come soon.

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. :)