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Confirmed 7:00 PM 6/25/2009 by Associated Press

Goodbye, Mr. Jackson.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20993380/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20993380/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:44:28 PDT I have my costume now (You wouldn't believe how adorably scruffy-looking the wigs are at Goodwill) and was trying it on. I even went so far as to do a makeup test.

Yes. I did put baby powder on my face before the greasepaint. No. It didn't help. I look like Chris Crocker right now.

So uh anyone else bothering to dress up?







.....AND NO GREG I'M NOT DRESSING UP AS A GOAT.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20679047/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20679047/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:53:22 PDT Here we go:

Body: basics
name: Gabe
height: 6'1"
shoe size: 12.5
hair color: golden brown
siblings: sister
eyes: hazel
college: Art Institute of Pittsburgh
jr.high: Carson
elementary: Espe and McKnight
hometown: Pittsburgh
favorite place: The Wood Street subway platform
favorite soda: Root beer
game system: Nintendo anything
favorite food: Potato soup
favorite book: Watership Down
favorite pen: My Pilot Precise V5 that I used on the entire Nobeard series
favorite car: Jetta...no, wait, Trabant
favorite animal: Goat
water brand: Tap
favorite burger place: Wendy's
favorite hobby: I'm not telling
favorite friends: Gregly and all the guys who wound up at Case Western
bar or club: Metal. Preferably aluminum.
favorite vitamins: ADEK
favorite show: Mythbusters
favorite news: BoingBoing
gold or silver: Silver
favorite dog: Other people's
cell phone co.: Verizon
favorite shirt: My 10th grade Chemathon shirt 'cause the logo rocks
favorite sport: Cricket
favorite alcohol: denatured 'cause it burns pretty
favorite computer: One that's fast enough to run Photoshop...don't have one like that yet though
favorite fruit: Pears
favorite song: Something you don't know
ketchup or salsa: Salsa
favorite milkshake: Milkshakes make me ill, and not just the ones from McD*****s
steak or lobster: Don't care for either
favorite color: Electric blue
favorite weather: Calm before a storm in autumn
favorite state: PA
have a crush on someone: Not anymore
wish you could live somewhere else: No, but I'll probably have to someday
think about suicide: once
believe in online dating: Agh now I have that stupid song going through my head. NO
think others find you attractive: depends on the person and situation.
want more piercings: No
like cleaning: Love it
like roller coasters: Yes
write in cursive or print: Cursive all the time
last talked to: Hank Green. For reals.
last thought of: How I'm not sleeping and doing this instead
last showered: This afternoon
last cut your nails: couple weeks ago...they're freaking long
last did laundry: never ago
last hugged a tree: arbor day
last prayed: all the time

for or against

long distant relationships: for
killing people: against
teenage smoking: against
driving drunk: against
gay/lesbian relationships: um
soap operas: I'M SELLING THE COMPANY


have you
ever cried over a boy: no
ever been in a fist fight: close
ever been arrested: I am a suspicious person.*
ever had a friend die: Yes
ever dated a cousin: no
ever used a gun: Not a real one
ever frenched kiss: no
ever finished a puzzle: Yes
ever got surgery: on my ear when my mom cut it off
ever got beat up: No
ever hated someone: Once, a very long time ago
ever made a huge mistake: On here, no less
ever tried any drugs: No
ever jogged a mile: Yeah
ever played w/ someones feelings: No
ever had feelings for someone: Feelings? No. Hormones? Yes. Wait, what was that about feelings.

what
shoes do you wear: black and broken
are you scared of: Heights
do you sleep in: bathrobe
did you eat for lunch: Delicious curry
what is love: baby dont hurt me... dont hurt me... no more...


number
of times I have had my heart broken? never
of hearts I have broken?: None
of girls I have kissed?: None
of boys I have kissed? None
of guys/girls you've rejected?: None
of drugs you taken: One: ritalin. Prescription. I don't anymore.
of accidents you been in: Three
of people you lead on?: None
of people you broke up with?: None


do you think you are
pretty: oh so pretty
funny: around people I know
hot: when it's July in Pittsburgh and the humidity goes over 90%
friendly: Yes
ugly: sometimes
loveable: Yes
caring: Yes
dorky: Oh yes
cocky: I'm well aware
girly: Not so much
boyish: Also not so much
smart: Yes
pimp: no
angel: No
gangster: No
god: no
creeper: yes

favorite
word: actually
comedian: 2
candy: Swedish Fish
cartoon: Calvin and Hobbes
chewing gum: none
day of week: All of them
least fave day: None of them
jello flavor: Red
summer/winter: winter
trampolines or swimming pools: TRAMPOELEEN

person who last
slept in your bed: Me
saw you cry: Can't remember
made you cry: Can't remember
you went to the movies with: This one girl who was in a string quartet with me
yell... ]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20599496/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/20599496/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:14:16 PDT
That's cuzza college.

But now I'm on break, and I've got all the random stuff I did throughout the quarter sitting in a box.

So prepare your inboxes...

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/19459180/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/19459180/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:22:50 PDT
]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/19419180/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/19419180/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:08:52 PDT But now it's just plain gone BAD. I mean, it's greener and beefier than ever (I think it's turning into the Hulk), they haven't really added anything useful except getting the devwatch to actually refresh itself, and it takes ages to load. Also, I don't know if you noticed, but every page automatically refreshes every five seconds or so. That's excessive if nothing else, and wastes what little processing power my computer has left.

All of that I could put up with if not for the popup ads. Yes, dA actually has popups now. At least, there was no other site they could have come from; dA is the only thing I have up in this browser.

So I quit. I'm not really going to do much anymore. Really, I quit ages ago. So I guess I'll still look at people's work and comment occasionally, and maybe do something sporadically as I see fit, but this site has gotten too pretentious for its own good.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/18794234/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/18794234/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:25:43 PDT
Let me rephrase that. There aren't any bugs that I actually like. There are all sorts of little bugs that like to pretend they're dust motes. The walkway behind the pharmacy I work has become a gauntlet of wasps. And some sort of beetle bit my mother's bellybutton.

And aside from that, nothing. No moths. No fireflies. A few spiders, but they were all inside. And one cricket.

I don't know what he thinks he's accomplishing. At least I know the temperature.

...Maybe that's it! It was all nice and vernal, 65 or so, and then BAM ninety degrees well hello. I think either they all got fried or they got so confused they said, "wake me when the weather starts making sense again." Like the kid who winds up walking onstage, alone, when it's supposed to be the full cast. What do you do?

I just realized I'm a lot funnier when I just splurt stuff out of my head onto the keyboard without thinking about it too hard.

G'night.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/17625665/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/17625665/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:28:05 PDT

Also, this is not an April Fool's joke, although it feels like it. I'm going out of town starting today because my grandfather is dying. So I'm not gonna be around to catch what random stuff happens today.

Zeke is going to be had so badly.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/17383798/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/17383798/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:23:29 PDT
We came in second in Dead Ringer Riot!

Now I don't have to waste my life for the next three months clicking on all your comments!

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16733116/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16733116/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:05:45 PST When you three things in a row by a deviant, it suddenly pops up one of those lightbox things like you see on the submission page. It basically shows you what you just faved and says something on the order of,
"You seem to particularly like this deviant's work. blah blah blah would you like to watch them?"

And I think that's pretty cool. Of course I used the feature, 'cause I was planning on doing that anyway.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16608828/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16608828/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:57:28 PST 's been slacking on me.

That's all.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16211528/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16211528/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:44:41 PST If you guys do nothing else, at least comment and tell me you read this.

See, I'm feeling all emo and depressed and alone. You know the feeling when you get a new computer and there's nothing on it, so you just mess around with all the boring built-in programs until you can get all the other stuff on there? Or when you walk in to the classroom on the first day of school and you recognize maybe three people?

Yeah. That's what's going on right now. I need to be loved, and I've been met with relative silence on here this week.

Maybe if more than eight people were watching me I'd get more feedback on stuff. But still!

PLEASE. I NEED COMMENTS AND CRITIQUES ON ALL MY WORK.
AND FAVES IF YOU DON'T MIND.



_{i'm so alone.}

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16191579/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16191579/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:02:41 PST 1. I'm looking back at 2007 as the year of ______.
2. I'm creating a character progression. That'll be up sometime around midnight.
3. I AM ARTISTIC. Anyone who wants an art trade/fanart/comission, I'll gladly do it. Esp. female characters, for some reason. They're just easier to draw right now.

So item 1. 2007 was the year of stuff happening to me without major input on my part. I got accepted into college and got my first paying job. And a learner's permit. All three things were practically dumped in my lap with barely a lifted finger. I still have no idea how. I lead a charmed life.

Item 2 will be a character progression of Carol, since I took the character from nothing to having an entire TV show planned around her in the span of about a year. (Yeah. I never really told you guys the details on that, other than Sylvaeus' appearance.)

Item 3. Anyone? Anyone?

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16130047/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/16130047/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:44:26 PST 2. =Hail-NekoYasha's Swiss Army Cheese t-shirt
3. FREWTCAEK
4. A capo for my ukulele (finally)
5. An accoustic pickup for said ukulele *plays loudly*
6. An orange. Don't ask.
6b. A banana. Also don't ask.
7. One dem mannikins, what you can pose and stuff.
8. A tin whistle
9. Swedish Fish
10. Socks.
11. Underwear.
12. A broken toy car set. The motors are dead. I will throw this one away. It was in the garbage to begin with. Just please, don't ask.
13. An apple. I mean really now.
14. THE AWESOME SWITCH.

You mean you don't know what the Awesome Switch does?
Don't worry, I'll make a deviation soon starring the Awesome Switch.

Also, my band managed to get together for the first time today. Except the drummer 'cause he's in Cali and he doesn't really matter anyway. We actually sounded good! If you can call playing the same five notes over and over good.

PS. My sister just got a brand new computer with flatscreen and an incredible sound system. Not that I'm jealous. I got thirteen or fourteen random things and an Awesome Switch.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15930309/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15930309/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:12:47 PST
ALL

FREWTKAECSZ.

NAO.

SO PLZ SENDS ME PLSKTHXBAI.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15660971/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15660971/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:27:14 PST Like Nobeard. Which I should probably do something with someday.

SO HERE'S WHAT THE NEW FOLDERS ARE.
Nobeard nicely organizes all of the Nobeard comics, in order.
Serious work is stuff I put a lot of effort into making look good. This is for what I'd really consider "art."
Not-so-serious work is good for a laugh. Check it out.
Characters contains most, if not all, of the characters I've ever created, designed, or drawn for somebody else. This was mainly for making life easier on the other DRR teams.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15528705/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/15528705/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:41:00 PST
That is all.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14709819/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14709819/ Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:06:30 PDT I mean, seriously.
(Also, and related to my previous statement in ways I am not mentioning in this journal, I stand a pretty good chance of being homecoming king. I find that hilarious.)

Also, since asked me to, here's a "feature."
I miss my asterisk.
[link]
[link]
[link]

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14658402/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14658402/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:21:27 PDT YOU CNA NOW BUY A BUNCH OF DIFFERNT STUF TAHT I HAS DRAWED.
IT SPENZIVE BUT WORTH IT.

....maybe.

If there's something I didn't make a print that you want, tell me.

If you think nobody would buy anything at all, tell me that too.


If there's still that issue with half the stuff I set up not working, dA NEEDS A BETTER WAY TO DO STUFF.

Also, I'm open for commissions. I NEEDZ MOENY.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14584365/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14584365/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:20:11 PDT
Not that I hate my country or anything, but "Patriot Day" elicits about the same joyous response to the U.S. of A. as "freedom fries" did.

Does anybody remember freedom fries? They were just french fries, but we were so completely patriotic that when France didn't buy in to our little war, we did everything we could to disown them.

And anyway, all the flag-waving didn't really show up 'til the next day, once the nation had recovered its breath. On 9/11, the only patriots (not heroes, patriots) were the hijackers themselves, mindlessly giving up their lives for their leader, who we're pretty certain was Osama.

Ah, but the media agree with me. This day shall always be known as 9/11, just as Independence Day has given way for the more popular and more nondescript Fourth of July. In fact, the only people who still call it Independence Day are those who watched/wrote that sci-fi film.

So yes, happy reverent patriotic Patriot Day, everybody?

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14344131/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14344131/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:13:29 PDT
]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14224355/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/14224355/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:33:51 PDT

This is a pointless journal. Other than that I wonder how they could have pulled off such a massive overhaul without at least 12 hours of downtime.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13759290/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13759290/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:11:50 PDT I won't be getting much in the way of real presents, so anything you guys can do for me would be appreciated. Y'know, fanart, b-day related stuff, subscriptions, that sort of thing.

EIGHTEEEEN!

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13668411/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13668411/ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:48:24 PDT







....Nothing. A month's worth of artist's block can really get you down.
Although I am hard at work on those trasnfomroarnations for Gregly.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13252031/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13252031/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:17:11 PDT
Skeeeeeeeeeeeeewl.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13142951/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13142951/ Tue, 29 May 2007 19:24:09 PDT
Or not. At the very least, she's been screaming bloody murder for the past hour and a half. And I believe medical services are arriving shortly to whisk her away to the krankenhaus.

I know I'm not making any sense when I start using German in the middle of my sentences.

Funtime gotta go.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13121662/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/13121662/ Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:31 PDT But it happens to everybody, so it's hard for me to be sad about it.

I am sad, however, that not all of the deaths were deserved.
Why must people die for a point to be made?

...

Hey, that's it! Maybe war would be more fun if we just had the leaders of various nations work it out in Halo tournaments!

...*cough.*

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12933477/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12933477/ Sat, 12 May 2007 19:13:40 PDT
...........A week early.

Well, at least I got to play videogames with him one-on-one. Or rather, he just sat there and watched me do stupid stuff, and I just sat there and watched him beat the final boss.

Also, getting rid of that stupid depressing journal from a month ago. Nobeard resumes shortly.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12524246/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12524246/ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:03:21 PDT
I don't want to bore you with the details, but I will tell you this:
I am making a CD. That's why I haven't uploaded Bunto's song, or done a whole lot else. IT EATS MY TIME.

So, sorry, guys, but it'll be a couple of weeks before I have any time again.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12482893/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12482893/ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:23:18 PDT [link]

I'm a guru. An editing guru (see desc for how long this took me)
This was a collaboration between me, Jeff, and
It was their idea, not mine. I could never come up with something that funny. Then Mike got dragged into it and broke the awesome meter. (He did that voice live! He also ad-libbed most of his lines.)

Also,



And to anyone who says Jeff is a bad actor or somesuch, I say, I'd like to see you do better. It couldn't have been easy for him to keep a straight face, considering what was said in the numerous outtakes.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12398753/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12398753/ Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:34:04 PDT
[link]

If that isn't reason to feel scared for your life, I don't know what is. I'll be glad to answer any and/or all of your questions about this.

Tell everybody - Do not let the government pull the wool over our eyes on this one.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12363367/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12363367/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:51:30 PDT Just an observation.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12250134/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12250134/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:11:06 PDT I'm starting to feel like I'm not doing any serious art anymore. It's all been just cartoons and more cartoons.
So. I'll be bold and daring.
First ten people respond with a serious request, I'll pick two and do 'em. (I like having options as to what I draw.)
A serious request is defined as:
-Something that does not involve humor (although I can be a little lenient on this)
-Something that can be drawn realistically
-Nothing that would merit a mature label, I don't draw that stuff
-Nothing overly sick, perverted, violent, etc.

Get to it!

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12183273/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12183273/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:56:32 PDT I decided that it was unwieldy to have the video of the electric ukulele, so I went and put it on my YouTube account, which I set up ages ago. You can see a much faster-loading version of it HERE.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12081631/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12081631/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:13:42 PST Here's the story.

Waaay back, when I first joined dA, my art style was transient to say the least. Every deviation looked like it was drawn by a completely different person. Sometimes, if I walked away in the middle of something, it would change mid-drawing. I kinda liked it, but it got in the way sometimes.

Then one day, after discovering I'd created nine or ten characters that I never really did anything with, I decided to run a poll asking which character you liked best. I left the last one "other, please explain" in case I'd missed one.

The results were...well, really, I can't remember. In fact, I don't think I had more than three votes, and all for different characters. One of them was in the "other" category, and scrolling down to see who it was, I discovered this comment from Gregly: "Draw Nobeard teh Pirate."

So I sat there going, "oookay, who is Nobeard" for a while. Then I remembered a year earlier, in Titanic practice, an idea I'd had that never got off the drawing board. It was for a mock-up really bad commercial for some useless utensil called a shoe cutter, with an orange flipper thrown in if you call now. The skit began with the last three seconds of a similarly spoofy anime going on commercial break. It was just some random pirate reaching for a jewel swinging over a pit of fire, nothing more. We named him Nobeard. I then promptly forgot about the whole thing after deciding it was too stupid.

So, back to the first flashback. That day was a boring Saturday, and having nothing better to do, I drew Nobeard, just to bring back the good times. I posted the pencil sketch here: [link]

AND HERE IS WHERE BUNTO COMES IN. He commented thusly: [link]

Reading that, I felt challenged to keep doing stuff. First, I needed a color key, so I colored that picture and uploaded it too. That got a whole lot more critique, and at the time, I saw that as the most wonderful thing that could ever happen to me.

And then I did the first comic the next day. Wheeeeee.

Story over.

PS. Yeah, I know. At some point, I switched the colors on his shirt. It wasn't on purpose. If you must know, it was in the comic called "Bloof."

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12038865/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/12038865/ Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:58:54 PST 's request/trade song thing.

The electric uke is done. I'm going to go pick it up once the store opens (Monday). This'll be great.

I found a bassist. He, too, knows and loves Commander Keen.

The drums. First, I decided to go with a drum machine, because there really isn't room for a drum kit in my living room. That and I wanted a good, solid beat. Well, I found one, and it sounded okay. I recorded the drums, and...gah. For some reason, when trying to play and record off the stereo mix at the same time, it pegged the CPU. As a result, a couple of buffer underflow errors occured. Then, as opposed to coming in in the middle of the beat, or even skipping it altogether, the stupid program just played the notes whenever it felt like it. THE DRUMS SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE PLAYED BY AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD.
So I started over with a muchmuchmuch better program that could actually export the sound in stereo. Located 138 drum samples, narrowed that down to about 24, and put them in.

It sounds great.

I'm also ditching Sound Recorder in favor of Audacity, one of the best sound-editing programs I've ever seen. Therefore, say goodbye to mono recordings done in one take. Hello, CD quality stereo!

Bunto, dude, that fanart you're doing to pay for this had better be worth it.

Also, I'm having a thought here. If I were to ever make a career out of this (or at least a freelance job) then I might want to go back and ask some nominal fee from these first few people, say $5. I'm not going to ask anything of Proliator605, since that wasn't a request.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11883835/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11883835/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:23:23 PST I was looking at the first comic when I realized that there's an inconsistency. Somewhere along the line, the stripes on Nobeard's shirt reversed themselves. But to tell the truth, I don't care. What's done is done. I'm not changing now.

Back to the topic at hand: [link]
HOORAY!
Eventually, I'll catch up, and then I'll do simultaneous updates on both here and there.

I'm wondering. Only my relatively new or infrequent visitors ever respond to my comics. Is it just that you've come to expect these comics from me, and go, "Oh, another comic. Whatever." Or are my watchers slowly losing interest?

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11873701/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11873701/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:29:36 PST For the first time in my life, I actually found myself doing something with the little strands of stuff coming out of my face. Seems my moustache was infringing on the corners of my mouth. So, discovering a nifty little trimming tool (not a razor, I don't know what it's called) intended for such purposes, I neatly showed that dark smudge who's boss. My unibrow is gone, too. I actually look like a person now. (I'll be updating my ID shortly.)

It should also be noted that I have been wearing John Lennon shades around the house. Just trying something new, getting me in the right state of mind to be working on stuff.

Also, no word yet on the uke. It should be done any day now. AND I HAVE THE MONEYS. THANK YOU GIANT SNOWDRIFTS.

Oh, and ~Bunto, I'm working on your song. Since you requested it, rather than me offering it, I'll be expecting something in return. That can be anywhere from a nice little piece of fanart to a one-month subscription. I'm going all-out on this song, adding a drumline and so on.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11787608/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11787608/ Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:46:49 PST I didn't really expect it to start today, though. But it did.

...And now I have to find a hundred bucks or my parents will kill me.
(Nah, I'm kidding, we'll muddle through somehow. And it won't be quite that much.)

Enjoy the recording of Sean and Tom and Finnegan; it's the only recording in existence of the ukulele before the surgery. I'll record the first test of the uke soon enough.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11722792/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11722792/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:23:26 PST
]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11706973/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11706973/ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:53:04 PST go away?

Yeah, neither do I. But at least they went away eventually. Now, it's a five-minute ordeal just to get rid of them. Of course, replying to a comment will make it go away, but that doesn't work for journals.

I wonder why it's getting so difficult.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11580033/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11580033/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:42:41 PST Namely:
-Favorite frames from various comics
-A select few design-y arts
-Some other stuff

So I need your help.
First, TELL ME IF ANYONE WOULD ACTUALLY BUY ANYTHING.
Second, go through my gallery and note me with your particular favorite(s).

And then you pretty much have to just buy them if/when they show up.

_{are good for you.}

EDIT:
Just reading every single help page on prints, and it looks like you guys will just have to wait until July to actually buy prints. However, that doesn't mean you should wait to give me feedback on this.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11537106/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11537106/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:29:05 PST I think they should have picked someone with a different name, or at least give him a name change.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11460205/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11460205/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:02:24 PST
I was sitting in my room and happened to look up at Teh Amulet (which was hanging on my wall above my desk) when I realized that I hadn't given even a passing thought to why Nobeard would be after such a treasure, nor what powers the stupid trinket posessed.

So I rapidly put my plan into action: I would do some trivial activity as an excuse for not furthering the storyline. I would, during the entire course of the project, try to resolve such a crucial point in the plot.

But thankfully, I came up with something before I finished the animatic, so that's why it's incomplete. I might return to it sometime in the future, when I have another problem....

IT JUST STARTED SNOWING LIKE TWO SECONDS AGO. YAY WINTER.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11401631/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11401631/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:38:11 PST

This brandy-new deviant just popped up, and I happened to catch him as he zoomed past in the recent deviations. His art just has that certain zing to it that I really like.

Everybody, go check him out.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11337794/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11337794/ Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:42:05 PST
But I've got other ideas bursting out of my head (which doesn't help with all the blood loss it causes), and I just want to tackle a major animation.

I'll be uploading the low-quality animatic later on (it's maybe 25% done). It's not exactly action-packed, but it'll give you some idea of what the final will look like.

Nobeard will resume when the project is done.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11271374/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11271374/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:35:02 PST I PLAYED ON AN NES. LIKE, THE BIG OLD CLUNKY THING WITH THE CARTRIGES THE SIZE OF SANDWICHES. I played Dr. Mario, Legend of Zelda, tried to play Tetris (but it never loaded, even though I blew in the cartrige and banged on the top of the console a few times), and absolutely failed at Super Mario 3.
Ohh, I felt so nostalgic. Which is odd, considering all of this stuff is older than I am. But that's the kind of thing I like.

I then proceeded to decorate the front yard of somebody else's house with Silly String while Dad entered the new year on the seat of a really tiny unicycle. I led the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" on my kazoo and ukulele.

The first thing I did in the new year was to corrupt four small children's brains by introducing them to [link] and pointing out my favorite songs. Their mother, fortunately, also loved the site.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11247018/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11247018/ Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:37:16 PST Here are the winners:

1st place

Thanks for the wonderful contribution!

2nd place
A VERY LARGE SQUIRREL
(Hey, I said it was random)

3rd place

(Hey, I came up with something, I just never submitted it)

Jesteppi gets 1 free animation of whatever she'd like,
The VERY LARGE SQUIRREL gets 625 points,
And I get nothing. I was disqualified for entering my own contest.

Overall, the results are discouraging.
PEOPLE, PLEASE GET INVOLVED IN STUFF!
You have a chance to redeem yourselves, though. Animation Challenge II is on its way. Animators, *coughgreglycough*, PLEEEASE do something with this.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11205371/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11205371/ Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:34:37 PST People have recognized the song "Tiny Bubbles" in the Nobeard theme.
People also really like the second half of the theme.
That's the half I re-wrote.
I should rewrite the first half.
And in those same three seconds, I had the new theme.
It's not altogether different; you can still kinda hear Tiny Bubbles in there, but the rhythm and a couple extra notes drown it out. My ukulele-playing skills have also considerably improved, as you may have noted in A Very Allen Christmas.

Now, why I'm putting this in a journal, as opposed to just uploading the song, is because I'm not sure you guys will even appreciate it.

So I'm asking you: Are you open to having a new Nobeard theme?

(Here's the old one, for reference: [link] )

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11131156/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/11131156/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:37:12 PST holiday presents, when Teh Amulet itself glinted off the shelf at me. Cost me all of ten dollars (half my life savings, lol) and it's perfect. I mean that in every sense of the word. It's not some cheap plastic replica. It's. Teh. Amulet.

Why did I buy it? Why did I buy some tacky jewel? Not just because I wanted it. I feel that such a thing could come in handy someday...

I'll let you figure out what that purpose is. (Got it all planned out.)

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10999053/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10999053/ Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:32:22 PST ...That is, if I can actually figure out how to make them. I really should prioritize more often.
And yes, I'm putting my old colorful avatar and devID back up. Just felt like it.

Also, I seriously think that they never should have tried to make a "Frosty Returns" movie. Sequels never work, and this one was a total load of garbage. (How did they convince John Goodman to have any part in that movie?) Frosty the Snowman, however, remains one of my all-time favorite 'toons. It just has the greatest animation. Ever.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10975705/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10975705/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:11:47 PST All the materials EXCEPT the stuff to make the mold. Not the stuff to make the Blogis, the stuff to make the mold. Oops.

As it turns out, plaster of Paris (what, it works) goes through an exothermic curing process, which would completely destroy any mold made out of...candle wax. Um. Yeah.

I'm thinking modeling clay would work. Any thoughts?

...Would anyone actually buy a Blogi?

The first round of Blogis will be white because of winter. Other colors will come along later. All the Blogis will be nice and shiny. SHINY~!

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10905228/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10905228/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:25:11 PST It's the only way. The theme of this contest: OUTFITS.
Come up with the most random outfit you can and draw a picture of it or take a photo of you in it.
There are some rules, though.
1. You can only draw/wear stuff that you find in your own house.
2. These things must be clothes. This rule can be stretched slightly.
3. It isn't random if it's an entire outfit (for instance, a football player wearing a tutu, tights, and ballet slippers would not be random.)
4. You have to name all the items in the outfit.
This contest will end randomly when I feel like it.
Winner will be randomly selected.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10894633/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10894633/ Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:14:12 PST Ha. Ha. Ha. Not funny.
So Gregly got my 1000th pageview, whee. Knew it was coming.
Mainly, this journal is hiding my previous one. If you came here because of the Nobeard fiasco, don't bother, it was a mistake. If you came here to celebrate my milestone number of pageviews, then I really, really would like some fanart. I don't mind fanart, really. In fact, I think I'll be so nice as to say anybody who draws fanart for me will get an automatic and quite possibly some unannounced fanart in return, assuming you have an original character.
By the way, if you wish to draw fanart of me in particular, I'd prefer using the long-haired, grey-shirt wearing version, rather than the old cartoony one. I just think it looked weird when not in sprite form, and it wasn't entirely original.
Uhhhh yeah. I guess this journal really had no other purpose than trying to cheer myself up. I'm still once burned, twice shy about the stuff that happened on the 26th. So it would help if you could help me out here, too.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10854425/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10854425/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:33:28 PST



Now, my solution to all of these is to allow the current work they have done exist, but to leave off creating more stuff involving their characters. I may make exceptions, though. That's why this journal entry will stay here until I work stuff out individually with every person mentioned here.

EDIT AND APOLOGY
Yeah, sorry if I've offended anyone, ruined someone's day, or other bad outcomes. I overreacted, and I'm regretting that. No personal punishments/lawsuits will come of this (in case that wasn't clear) and I really don't care anymore. Special thanks to Master-Pirate for pointing out how common this name really is. You can all go back to your regularly scheduled programs.
Does...does anybody know the name of a good PR person, just so this kind of thing never happens again?

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10791652/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10791652/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:05:20 PST To those mentioned in the asterisks, I insert my thumbnail between my teeth and close my jaw.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10759202/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10759202/ Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:31:41 PST
I hate life sometimes. Actually, scratch that. I hate shipping and handling sometimes.

And I decided on the color: This color. The color of this text.
I considered adding decals to it; I'll probably be submitting the design later on.

Also, I'm not going to be around much this weekend. Just letting you know.

Be sure to go to [link] [link] [link] [link] while you're waiting.

]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10715363/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10715363/ Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:11:36 PST Toothpaste makes your teeth feel non-icky!
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Get going to [link] right now. [link]
I hear that they finally updated their 98th comic, after FTP failures, and are currently preparing for a big 100th comic celebration.
Which means needs to get off his lazy _mumble and get to work, too.

[link] [link] [link]
[link] [link] [link]
[link] [link] [link]
[link] [link] [link]
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AND CLICK THE VOTE BUTTON, PEOPLE! YOU CAN NOW DO IT TWICE A DAY!

WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS?! MOVE!!!

[link] [link] [link]
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If I were in a band: ~sFz-the-band ]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10659735/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10659735/ Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:42:32 PST Toothpaste makes your teeth feel non-icky!
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It is currently in the process of being glued.
Before I did that, however, I discovered that it was still possible for me to play a "C" chord. So I recorded it, in case those were its last words. (See, I'm not entirely sure it will sound quite the same after the fingerboard is put back on.)

Update: it works!!
Granted, there's still some glue sticking out in places, and the fingerboard feels a smidge closer to the strings, it still has that wonky tone to it. I'll be happier now. I'm still saving up for that new one, though. I'd rather not take Hilo out in public.

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If I were in a band: ~sFz-the-band ]]> ~Thalden http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10636679/ http://Thalden.deviantart.com/journal/10636679/ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:38:20 PST Toothpaste makes your teeth feel non-icky!
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I feel kind of sad. Today, just minutes ago, my ukulele died. This would be the same ukulele I've had since I was four.

When I was four, my new sister was on the way, and I suppose my parents thought I was being replaced or something. So they thought of the best parenting trick ever. "Gabe, what would you like the new baby to bring you?" I guess they were expecting something like "a truck" or "candy" or even "a trip to [insert fun place here]." Nooooo.

"I want a purple guitar just my size with stars and moons on it in a rectangular case that's purple with stars and moons on it." I was one specific four-year-old. I got more specific each time they asked. Eventually, they stopped asking.

Well, the baby was due any day, and my parents went into panic mode. So they went to the local music store, and lo and behold, there was a maroon uke in a cardboard case. Close enough to purple to say so. And then they went to a fabric store. Right. On. Top. Of the remnants pile. Was a piece of cloth, same color as the uke, with golden astrological stars, moons, and suns upon it. And there was just enough to line the case. (I think the upholstery is the only reason the case is still intact.) Add a sheet of gold star stickers from Holcomb's, and it was ready.

Delivery day came, and there was the baby, and there was my "guitar." I loved my sister already.

Some such years later, today, I was playing "We'll Meet Again" when the fingerboard (which had been coming unglued for at least three years) fell out. It just fell out. Right in the middle of the song. Good thing I wasn't playing in public.

Well, there have been some other problems with the thing, so I've been saving up for a new uke. I won't be sad to see the old one go, though. I'm still keeping it. I might someday be able to get it fixed. I guess, now that it's temporarily out of commission, I'll name it. I'll give it the name that's been printed on it since it was made. No, not Taiwan. Its name is now Hilo. Hilo 2651.

So this means that I won't be renewing my subscription. But I will once I get my new uke. And I'll still be uploading.

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Zerglingmanjohnson is your friend.
If I were in a band: ~sFz-the-band ]]> ~Thalden