So Zeiss is getting me into this whole FST thing, and I decided to do one for Yume Nikki. ~zawmg spoilers~ under the cut.

( My crazy kind of girl who lives in her own world )

man I don't know what the hell I was doing I was in Astronomy and couldn't get a reference okay. I guess she's just mine now.

( Evolution under cut )


Brutal criticism welcome. I've been off the wagon for twelve dang' years and I'm still running to catch up.

ETA: Oh yeah, her name's Ganymede, mostly because that's the planetoid I totally missed notes on to finish her, but also because it just kind of is. And I didn't forget to color in that scar on her leg, it's a second mouth. No, I don't know either.

^A Fandom Secret of mine from last January.

The freshly revealed plot of Epic Mickey.

I think I just came blood.

Is...is this game a love song to me and my weird-ass childhood memories and my fucked-up phobias?

...'cause I think I'm okay with that.

...yeah, I'm okay with that.

(Copied from my comment on Zar's journal:) Her name's Anna, and she's offering an onigiri to Jasper, a Lemming OC that...actually came out of my trying to draw boatchibis right after finding your site, so things cycle around, I guess. He's kind of...hovering, I forgot how darned short he was and when I tried to move him in Photoshop his eyes unfocused, so I guess he's just standing on a higher square in the game grid :B I think he's got a bit of a crush now...could this be long-nosed, google-eyed, stick-armed, baggy-clothed, feet-like-dinner-rolls LOVE?? oh God I'm lame. I do not know what is in her pockets, but I assume something neat.

Play Yume Nikki, folks. Just do it. I'm too tired to tell you all the reasons why, go read Zar's last few entries for details.

I am really reluctant to be excited about this. I'm not sure whether the Squeenix Remake Effect or the Silent Hill Disappointment Quotient is to blame. Still, I guess I can be cautiously hopeful, and anything that might stir up the Oz project again is a good thing...I guess.

Snark coming soon, I think.

Oh goodness me, a dark Mickey game? How delightful! As a Disney and Kingdom Hearts enthusiast, I am excited to see further development of Nightmare Fuel potential within the genre! I may be too hardened by my exposure to such things to fully appreciate it, but I'll just have a click on the links and see what'saaaaaAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH OHHHHH GAAAAAAAWD THEY FINALLY MANAGED TO CRAWL OUT OF MY NIGHTMARES AND INTO REAL LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE THEY HAVE THE HOOKS TO PULL OUT MY EYES AND MAKE ME ONE OF THEM AND EVERYTHIIIIING

*WHEEZE* *WHEEZE*

...CAN'T...STOP...SHUDDERING...

...*VOMIT*

...*cough*...*sob*...

...oh man, is this gonna be awesome or what :D

...

...OH GAAAAWD THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY EEEEEYEEEEES *VOMIT*

Internet tentatively--TENTATIVELY--back to normal. Gawd, that was an unpleasant stretch. Hopefully it won't be a reoccurring...well, occurrence.

Further on the plus side, a random user was good enough to inform me that unpaid users can have custom moodsets, so my Kirby theme finally rides again! It's kind of sad how much I missed it. Oh Kirby, you make everything better.

More snark to come at some point. Patience. In the meantime, enjoy some utter win (thanks for the link, Perrykins<3). Ah, those were the days...

You know that scene at the end of Lord of the Flies, where half of the boys are setting things on fire, the other half is dead or trying not to be set on fire, everyone's half-naked and covered in pig's blood, there are pikes and knives being brandished and all hell has broken or is about to break loose, and then a ship full of refined, well-dressed gentlemen shows up and the boys just stop dead in the shock of civilization? ...yeah, that's about gonna be the scene when Alltell gets the new cell tower built. If they get the new cell tower built. Things are gettin' ugly here.

In other words, pardon my continued absence. Here's some snark, in an attempt to keep the fire lit.


( A Twisted Fairytale, Part 4: 'He's a WHAT? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?' )


We're getting closer to the end. Slowly, slowly closer to the end. Hang in there, guys.

Dap: I talked to (girlfriend) about it and she doesn't like the idea of making fun of what is potentially someone's misguided best effort. We had a long talk about it, but the upshot is I value her more than the snark... I really am sorry. If we have the author's permission, it's all fine.
Del: ...so, how LONG have you been pussywhipped? 'Cause I know I didn't get away with this shit.

FOR THIS PERFORMANCE (AND ALL UPCOMING PERFORMANCES), THE PART OF DAP WILL BE PLAYED BY INKWEAVER. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY LULZ THIS MAY CAUSE.


( A Twisted Fairytale, Parts 2 and 3 )


We've got Chapter 4 halfway done. Bricks will be shat, oh yes they will.

Dap asked if I wanted to snark something with him sometime. And lo, awesomeness ensued.

( A Twisted Fairytale (NW-fuckin'-S) )

Inky and I are co-snarking a terrible FFVII fic!

Huzzah!

I'm skipping class tomorrow because I need to recover from the fact that our teacher believes that domestic abuse is caused by miscommunication!

...huzzah.

From today's video (in a college class)...

"[Positive energy] is like electricity, y'know? No one really knows what electricity is!"

"No one really knows what electricity is"

"No one really knows what electricity is"

"No one really knows what electricity is"

"NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT ELECTRICITY IS"

( FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-- )


ETAA: New Screencaps of Evermore! I'm seriously close to being on something vaguely resembling a roll, guys.

After a nine-month absence, Screencaps of Evermore has started updating again. What can I say? College is a bitch and I'm lazy I WAS PREGNANT. With laziness.

I'm already working on formatting the next batch of caps, so hopefully I can get the next update out sometime this weekend. Hopefully. So tired of Nobilia. So, so tired. But the next world is my favorite, so things are bound to pick up. I can't wait. Can you wait? I can't wait.

business paper business.


ETA: Ooooo, somebody uploaded The Phantom Tollbooth to YouTube! This one's really for fans of either the book or Chuck Jones, but well worth it if you fall into either category.

...shut up, I'm happy, at least.


ETAA:

Myself: I've been watching more Fullmetal Alchemist!
Holly: I've been reading more Fullmetal Alchemist!
Megan: What's the deal with that? Del's been wanting me to rip off her arm so she can do alchemy or something.
Holly: Man, I wish I could just--
Both of us: (do Ed's alchemy-clap at the exact same time)
Megan: (as we crack up like the gigantic dorks we are) I'll just be waiting over here in non-Otakuland.

So now that school's out, I'm continuing to watch my way through DuckTales (awoo-oo). I somehow managed to leave off last time right before one of the few episodes I actually got to watch as a kid--and, coincidentally, the one that creeped me out on a number of levels. Why? Why. That singing isn't something that I forgot so much as let snuggle down in the folds of my grey matter as a damp, uncomfortable association to certain words like "siren", "Odyssey", "undulation", "eldritch", and "pants-wetting". Always a pleasant surprise before breakfast.

Anyway, in conjunction with having had a nightmare about one of the old-school Mickey Mouse comics the night before (there were these monkey scientists and death rays and...oh, never mind, you had to be there), it reminded me of one of the more bizarre Uncle Scrooge comics I found last fall. Carl Barks never shied away from the unusual and we love him for it, it's true, but this one is really uncomfortably close to Uncanny Valley territory. Now that I know how to convert CDisplay files into JPEGs, I figured it'd be well worth the minimal effort to bring you this rather offbeat offering, just for the halibut and also to recruit some more people into this fandom oh God I'm so lonely. Enjoy.

(Note: Despite the tags, I did not actually scan this. Credit for that goes to some kind anonymous Internet-goer. You know who you are, and we thank you for it.)

(Additional note: Have I mentioned lately how much I want to see Magica DeSpell in a Kingdom Hearts game? Oh God, that would rock so hardcore. So hardcore.)

( The Many Faces of Magica DeSpell )


Next up: Catching up on journals, then brushing the dust off my Screencap Adventure. Until then, peace out.

ETA: *WHEEZE* *WHEEZE* *WHEEEEEEEEEEEEZE*

OH MY GAAAAAAAWD :D :D :D

Pokemon Breeding Guide: You can get a Wyanut or an Azurill by breeding a Wobbuffet with a Lax Incense or a Marill with a Sea Incense.
Myself: So...you breed a Marill and a Wobbuffet together and depending on what incense they're holding, they'll have one of two eggs? Weird, but Pokemon does do inexplicable stuff like this on a regular basis.

After catching two of each type...

Myself: Huh, they don't like each other. Must be bad natures.

After catching a few of each type...

Myself: Must be REALLY bad natures.

After catching a good dozen of each type...

Myself: Gosh, I suck at breeding. I guess I'll leave it alone.

Riding on a wave of sleep-deprived logic, SIX YEARS LATER...

Myself: ...did they...did they maybe mean that...
Ditto and Marill (with Sea Incense): (produce egg)
Egg: (hatches into bouncing baby Azurill) HI MOMMEH
Myself: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Egg: mommeh?


THIS IS WHAT BAD GRAMMAR DOES TO YOU, PEOPLE. THIS. IS WHAT. IT DOES.

oh, Pokemon. will you ever stop being an abusive relationship.

i know i still haven't caught Feebas legit yet shut up shut up oh God I love you shut up

Obama fights pirates, wins handily. Meanwhile, unemployed citizens make up for lost income by panning for gold.

Call Don Rosa and seance up Carl Barks--life is suddenly an Uncle Scrooge comic. It's a GOOD thing.

This one's for you, Mr. President.

( I found this today )
Yeah, that's a pretty good representation of 2001 for me right there.

I did all three, as a matter of fact. ...I MEAN, I HAD AN ALLERGY ATTACK. THE KIND THAT MAKES LITTLE WHIMPERING SOB NOISES. SHUT UP, MEGAN, YOU SUCK ASS.

Everyone needs to see this movie. Everyone. Seriously. And afterward, if you'd like to sign my petition for a research grant for discovering how to distill Anthony Stewart Head's voice into bottles of liquid sex, that'd be great.

I think I have a new batch of weird fetishes now...

Dear Howard Johnson:

You know not what you do.

"Honey, I don't want to complain, but I think there's something wrong with our room. The mini-bar is filled with strange objects in formaldehyde, there's a tilting table instead of a bed, and the door just locked from the outside."
"I'm more concerned about the nice young man in the coffin, dear."
"...leave me to my nightmares. Oh, and u gonna get raped."

I just wish this had happened a few years earlier, so Jenny-nova and her crazy lesbian posse would've been constantly harassed by angry people wanting to book a room. The current hojo.org owners just aren't insane enough to make it fun. WE WERE ROBBED.


In other news, Jerry the Sea Urchin lives to fight another week, hoorah! The little guy has some gumption. I hope he makes it. I told him I believed in him, so hopefully that will provide him with heartfelt inspiration. If...sea urchins have hearts, I'm not entirely sure how they work.

I've also become the hottest item in the English Comp II peer review groups, with two of the guys pestering me into volunteering for their group and a girl coming up to me on break and asking me to review her work. It's rather ironic, considering I'm secretly failing the class because I'm paralyzed with fear about research papers and haven't done any of my assignments yet, but I smoothed the fact over by giving their grammar what-for. Did you know that the Democrats want to provide money for such ecological projects as solar panels, windmills, and damns? Yeah.


ETA:
Myself: (totally normal, watching TV)
Gold Bond Commercial: In winter, dry air is everywhere, and it can be hard on skin.
Myself: (suddenly realizes futility of universe; grabs hair and dry-sobs) OH GOD I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON!
Megan: What?! Why?!
Myself: ...b...because they have...dry skin?

In other news, I'm asking Dr. V to put me back on the full dose of Seroquel next week.