http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:WaxandFeathers&section=today deviantART RSS for by:WaxandFeathers en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:57:22 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/19064588/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/19064588/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:29:24 PDT
More relevantly, school is out so I should be doing lots more picturing as of very soon. And I finally have time to scan the stuff I've already done. So definitely go me.

... that's all.

]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/18493742/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/18493742/ Sun, 25 May 2008 11:37:26 PDT
Also, check out the new pic ... took freaking forever. Art projects. *rolls eyes*

That is all.

]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/18041870/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/18041870/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:45:47 PDT
I guess I'm also asking for help in terms of how to advertise that sort of thing while remaining anonymous, if anyone can get over how bitchy I'm being right now. Although it tends to get sort of watered down over the internet. I'm also typing this while my sister needs to use a computer for a school project.

Why am I so mean right now? I think because I didn't sleep last night (literally didn't sleep, at all) and then went and tried to interact with people the rest of the day. People who know me tend to be surprised when they find out how fucking exhausting I find other people. I am a huge introvert, who forces myself to be around other people to build up a tolerance to them. Don't take that wrong, I LIKE people. I probably even like you. I just have a low tolerance for actual interaction. Apparently people don't know this?

The other thing that happens when I am just SO FUCKING TIRED is that I stop censoring myself. Hence the gratuitous swearing. I know that I'm doing it, I just don't care anymore. I am past caring about anything. I've hit that "feel no pain" period where apparently I am just a total asshole, because nothing matters to me. I'm too exhausted to go to bed, even. How weird is that?

The other thing that happens is that I start feeling like now, when I can finally say all that stupid shit that builds up in my head, I'd better get it over with. Because I know I won't when I'm more awake. But I'm so used to thinking "who's going to read this" that I can't, even now. I sometimes try to sound cool in my private journals as I won't look back and say "wow, I was a whiny bitch when I was 18". How pathetic is that?

So to further my tradition of just falling short of ever really telling anybody anything, I'm posting real things that I feel on the internet! It seems brave, but I am assured of not only anonymity, but obscurity. I post these things because I want people to read them. I post these things hoping that nobody ever, ever will. So screw you, people who want to read my blog. Because you just can't.

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Story time! My old backup was a bit bigger than a shoebox, hideously black and boxy (it looked like a tiny guitar amp, but without the sex appeal that guitar amps get from being associated with guitars). It took a three-prong plug, which our house (whose wiring was done a LONG time ago) has few of, meaning that when I wanted to plug it in, I had the choice of: a) using a "cheater", a device which allows you to plug three prongers into two prong plugs, which is from the US because they're ILLEGAL in Canada because it's dangerous... of b) setting up in the kitchen. And when I did get the damned thing plugged in, it hummed. Not a quiet, unobtrusive hum, no. Imagine a refrigerator+air conditioner... On CRACK. Which began the moment you plugged it in, whether it was on or off. Oh, and did I mention that it took up to 10 minutes to actually appear as a drive in Finder? Yeah, it was great. When it decided to disconnect in the middle of a backup (losing the about 1 and a half HOURS worth of time it had already spent), I finally gave up on it and demanded a new backup drive. Which is in the mail. Woo.

But, my real point is the way I felt that first moment that I dropped it. Facing the possibility of my laptop being destroyed, I realized that I've anthropomorphized the hell out of the poor thing. I think of it less as a machine and more as an excessively useful cat. I used to want a pet, and I don't anymore. The space on my lap that used to be missing a cat is now filled with a little white box. In fact, a cat would probably just get in the way of my typing. Don't get me wrong, I still want a cat. But I don't feel any real need for one anymore. Why would I?

POSSIBLE BSG SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SEASON 2 YET.

Now, as soon as I think "animals that are also machines", I think "cylon raiders!". So getting a wireless backup... Well, it just works. That's what backups are for, right? So when a computer dies, it doesn't die. You buy an identical chassis and put all the information into the new body. Reborn. And if the whole proccess is wireless... Suffice it to say that my Backup drive WILL be referred to as the "Resurrection Ship". I've been trying to decide what model my little macbook is. But the more I think about it, the more I love the idea. And I'm now so much more sympathetic towards the cylons because I associate them with my computer. So it works both ways.

Yes, I'm a huge geek. I love it.

The mood has nothing to do with the post, it's just amusing the hell outta me.

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Except that because I'm dumb, I bought water-soluble ink (it was called india ink! Isn't that supposed to be lacquer-based? I guess not...?) so I still need to go back and get the right ink. But still. I'm excited. Best media ever.

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It says to me "Hello, I am a raccoon! I see you're shoveling some snow, there... How's that working out for you?"

I said nothing.

It says "Say, you got any left over fish or noodles or something? I love fish or noodles or something."

I say nothing.

"How rude! Geeze, lady, it's not my fault I'm a raccoon. Stupid humans, acting all high and mighty just 'cause you got those fancy thumbs. You know what? Screw you. I was going to offer to help but NO DICE."

... and then it just stared at me until I retreated inside.


I swear, that's how it all went down. That walk will just have to stay unshoveled until the morning. Friggin' creepy animals. Now I know what T-Rex was talking about.

[link]


Seriously! What the hell was with that raccoon?

]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/16344129/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/16344129/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:39:55 PST
1) You post on this journal entry saying you want in.
2) I look though your DA gallery and pick out my 3 favourites.
3) I link to them in this journal entry.
4) You post this message (or something like it) in a journal, and do the same thing for 10 other people.
5) ???
6) Profits!

(PS - if for some reason you are reading this journal and know me not at all, you can still totally ask me. I love seeing new art, and I'll force all my friends to check you out! It'll be awesome.)

REASONS THIS IDEA IS BETTER THAN HOT PANCAKES WITH SYRUP:

- free publicity!
- it's fun!
- you could burn your mouth (on the pancakes) (and you don't want that)

So seriously, go to! DO IT!

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So anyways, if you see something you've seen before, don't feel any need to comment again. If you want to, go crazy, but on the whole I assume my old pictures have pretty much been discussed.

Okay! Thanks for your patience or whatnot.

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ANGER
1. With whom did you last get angry?
Myself.

2. What is your weapon of choice?
I always thought it would be hilarious to kill someone with a pair of those automatic supermarket doors.

3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Not seriously or on purpose.

4. How about of the same sex?
Same.

5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
My mum. Or I guess myself again.

6. What is your pet peeve?
People who use logical (or statistical, etc) fallacies in arguments and don't understand when you call them on it.

7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
Depends why I have the grudge. I think generally I'm pretty easy-going.

SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Take medicine to fix my sleep schedule.

2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
That's a complicated question.

3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't:
Jackie.

4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
"It's not my fault"

5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones)?
Yes. I think it was about knives? Or maybe rip-off magnetic health bracelets. It was a long time ago.

6. When was the last time you got a good workout in?
Couple weeks ago.

7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
No alarm clock.

GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Pure pomegranate juice isn't quite yuppie, but it's definitely overpriced. Mmmm.

2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?
Both. Mmmm.

3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?:
3 glasses, of REALLY good champagne. Mmmm.

4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
Nu uh.

5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
Not really. I've gained a bit of weight recently, but I'm pretty much relieved that it's possible (for a while I was slowly losing weight no matter how much I ate. That was worrying...) So I'm not too concerned.

6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
Spicy. Sweet or salty = bleck. Except chocolate.

7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, LUNCH?
Oh yeah. Or, when I'm in a restaurant and the food is taking a long time, I find myself sizing up everything around me for possible caloric value.

LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
No one.

2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
No one.

3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Oh yeah.

4. Have you done it?
No.

5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Shoulder blades. Or boobs, but only on girls XP

6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
No

7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?
No.

GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own?
None.

2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
... Wallacks.

3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
Buy my little sister a scooter and a baseball bat. But no baseball. It's a long story.

4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
From best to worst, being:
[Famous as in a respected scientist, graphic artist, or whatever] > [rich] > [famous as in People magazine]

5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
Yes, but I'd probably end up quitting.

6. Have you ever stolen anything?
A pencil from a teacher in grade 3. And large amounts of friends' lunches. Nothing actual.

7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
1978, not counting classical music, podcasts, audiobooks, or things in strange file formats.


PRIDE

... you know what? feeling so worthless I can't sleep isn't a good state to give amusing pride answers from. I guess i could come back to this when I'm back to my usual absurdly egotistical self. One of my missions in life is to, if only for a moment, be able to say I'm as self-satisfied as Isaac Asimov is. ... That guy is hilarious. You know, they had him write the intros for a book of Hugo-winning short stories, and every SINGLE introduction went basically "Wait, this guy gets a Hugo but not me? WHAT GIVES? Well, I guess it's an... ]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/15778137/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/15778137/ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:26:45 PST
I keep trying to catch up, but the numbers are so daunting that I give up, so I'm just WAY behind... So... in attempts to fix this, I'm just going to clear everything and start from now. Sorry for not commenting, but this is better in that my brain will not explode.

So to anyone who's posted something recently and gotten no comments from me (I usually try to comment on everything), that's why.

]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/14741705/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/14741705/ Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:24:20 PDT
So in the interest of trying something new, I'm issuing an open call for ideas. Crazier is better. So, ever wanted to see a bird who is also a light-bulb? A wolf in sheep's clothing (literally)? An apple that magically is reflective?

Now may be your chance. Send me ideas (please?) and I'll see what I can do. Don't worry if you think it's impossible, Photoshop is a lot more flexible than I had realized, and probably than most people might.

PS - the bird-bulb and wolf-sheep are in the works. look for them in the next couple months.


PPS: JOY! My lit tag finally uploaded! *dances*

]]> ~WaxandFeathers http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/13851885/ http://WaxandFeathers.deviantart.com/journal/13851885/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:20:34 PDT
You may (or may not) remember me as Oracleoftruth, my previous account. If you are one of the ones who does, you'll probably recognize a couple of my drawings as having been previously posted there - I'm attached enough to some of them to want to bring them with me. I'll also delete them off oracleoftruth at the same time, so if you had them favourited, please re-favourite them.

The name is a reference to the Greek myth involving Icarus, who flew to close to the sun and had his wings melt. I love that myth. My first idea for the username for this account was actually "waxwings", but I recently discovered that the word is, along with being already taken, the name of a relatively obscure species of bird.

I would like to gush about the drawing course I recently took, and the wonders of Photoshop, and how amazingly shiny (and HUGE) my tablet is, but now is not the time. Expect further journal posts regarding these subjects.

So welcome (again) to DeviantArt, me!

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