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deviantART: by:bagshotrow http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:bagshotrow&section=today deviantART RSS for by:bagshotrow en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:10:03 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Graduation time! $5 SAI commissions open http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/28580872/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/28580872/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:16:23 PST
Besides graduating three weeks from now (which means paying off all sorts of little exit fees, I'm sure,) I also got a 180 dollar traffic ticket (which ended up costing me 320--Ticketbusters sucks) I've just become aware of some medical bills from last year which weren't covered by insurance, and I haven't yet been placed in any job which is worthy even of my shoddy Bachelor of Arts degree. So, according to my calculations, coming out of UNLV, I have approximately:

0 Job(s)
0 Money

To top that off, today I got a twenty dollar parking ticket from the university because my meter ran out. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time, since twenty bucks wouldnt have bought me an apartment or a car insurance payment anyway... but in retrospect, I'd feel a lot better if I could have that twenty bucks back.

SO, how about some commissions?

These ones are gonna be SAI sketches. $5. I can't guarantee anything about them, really--except that they'll be done by Christmas, which, if you've commissioned my slow ass before, you know is some kind of holiday miracle.

You give me $5. I give you a picture of something you like. Your favorite character. Your own character. Your BFF's character. Your grandma's dog. I'll be using it as painting practice in SAI, so I'll most likely spend around half an hour on each one. Maybe I'll really like it and spend even longer?

Example: [link] Something like this? Very possible.

Might be a headshot, might be a figure study. Might be fairly refined, but won't necessarily be "finished". That's why they're sketches. They WILL be in some kind of color, though, which is way cooler than getting some lame pencil scratching.

So, paypal: bagshotrow@gmail.com

If you don't have paypal and want a commission so bad you're ready to stuff some cash in an envelope--god bless you, I'll take it.

Don't let me down, DA! ILU

[edit] Oh yeah! I've got some leftover prints and buttons from Anime Vegas I'd be willing to mail out to interested parties. I'll post more details in another journal, but I'm pretty sure I've got these four: [link] [link] [link] [link] printed on nice glossy 11x17 paper. New buttons, too--Phoenix Wright, Edgeworth, The Blue Badger, TF2 class icons, L4D pills, stuff like that. Lemme know if you're interested!

]]> ~bagshotrow Time is bullshit http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/28344135/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/28344135/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:42 PST
I am refering to time zones, mostly. We act like the time of day is a very concrete thing: "On June 11th, 1994, at 11:23 pm..." but it's not. It's not even a measurement of where the sun is in the sky; it's a measurement of where the sun LOOKS like it is according to the person who's telling the time.

So my question is: Since the system is completely relative anyway, why don't we all use one time zone? This way, it'll be 2 PM in London at the same time it's 2 PM in New York--and "2 PM" will actually mean something. It will refer to the rotational angle of the earth. When the sun's directly over Greenwich, England, it'll be Noon. When the sun's over Nevada, it'll be 8 PM.

Now this probably seems like bullshit to you; it's completely unnatural, you think, for China to have to deal with the sun directly overhead and call it "midnight". But consider the southern hemisphere. Their seasons are reversed, right? "December" in Australia is one of the hotter months of the year! Does that mean they get to call it "July" just because of their relative weather conditions? No! They call it december and they celebrate Christmas and the poor mall santas don't even put on Hawaiian shirts, they wear their red jackets and talk about the north pole while theyre in goddamn Australia roasting their butts off

So why don't they go ahead and switch their time of day around, too? (Sydney is pretty much opposite Greenwich, England on the globe, so it really would be a complete reversal. Which, when you get right down to it, is actually how you would want it.)

]]> ~bagshotrow Why I Love Art History http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/27908375/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/27908375/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:30:33 PDT 13th Century Japan - Buddha Amida Descending Over the Mountains
21st Century Japan - King of All Cosmos Descending Over the Mountains

]]> ~bagshotrow left fur dead http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/26182768/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/26182768/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:34:36 PDT [link]

It's pretty much fake or abandoned, so theres nothing to see but that banner. But I got to thinking that a furry mod of left 4 dead would actually be pretty awesome.

I'm imagining a whole city of vomiting, shambling fursuiters, well beyond the fringe of humanity, waiting to be mowed down. Instead of indistinct groaning and crazed speech, they make misguided approximations of animal noises. Maybe instead of pipe bombs you could throw dragon dicks or glowsticks or whatever stupid shit furries like.

And since 80% of multiplayer sprays are furry porn already, it would make the multiplayer experience more immersive than ever.

I know this CAN be done. Why hasn't it happened yet??

]]> ~bagshotrow ~the camera gives you permission to look~ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/26031402/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/26031402/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:30:02 PDT
It's completely backwards. Holding a camera gets you chased out of places you'd normally be free to look. This street documentary assignment is getting me accosted.

]]> ~bagshotrow R.I.P. Canon AE-1 http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25968205/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25968205/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:23:21 PDT
The camera gods are clearly cruel and vengeful gods

]]> ~bagshotrow Aargh too much happening http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25941287/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25941287/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:54 PDT
Actually it's not that bad... but I'm basically having to shoot two rolls of film one day and process it the next, and my instructor is way too much of an "artist" to tell us clearly what she wants out of this assignment. Confront yourself! Tell us something about yourself but not something that you already know about yourself maybe you should go into a native american sweat lodge and have a voyage of self discovery

Hopefully this will get better, otherwise I am pretty much occupied til september.

A hiccup in my graduation paperwork almost prompted an exasperated leap into traffic today. I've got to get into my classes--because I'm not in quite the right ones--and put together a portfolio of animation and interactive web stuff boy howdy.

Anime Vegas is in like six weeks. Oh fuck! Fuckkkkk. Which means I'm gonna have to find a car in addition to putting together all my AV stuff.

Oh yeah and theres this Artist at the Ready bullshit which I havent even started yet and

is already done that sneaky snake

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

]]> ~bagshotrow Which journal would you rather have? http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25364576/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25364576/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:23:19 PDT
]]> ~bagshotrow Anime Vegas + Old Imageshack Fun http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25266497/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/25266497/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:51:28 PDT
[link] Charmander
[link] Furries make things slightly worse
[link] yeaaaaahhhhhhHHH
[link] I swear I'm gonna use this for something awesome some day
[link]

?

More importantly, in case I haven't said it yet,

and I are officially booked for Anime Vegas this year. Wright Anything Agency will be set up in the artist's alley right behind Alternate Reality Comics. Commissions, prints, buttons, apparel, stuff you don't need but will buy anyway. Drop by and mention that you know me from DeviantART and I will be nice to you all day!

]]> ~bagshotrow Redux http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24947955/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24947955/ Mon, 25 May 2009 17:31:32 PDT
Looking through my gallery is making me gag bro

]]> ~bagshotrow Left 4 Sale http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24531528/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24531528/ Fri, 01 May 2009 13:59:28 PDT
I highly recommend it bros.

]]> ~bagshotrow Confronting the casual bigot. http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24344399/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/24344399/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:13:34 PDT

After the usual youtube video marathon my professor breaks us into groups and asks us to think of ways to deal with casual bigotry. You know, like the one coworker who makes ridiculous racial remarks as jokes, or your classmate who drops "nigger" and "faggot" into his vocabulary like they're going out of style.

Some of the more intelligent responses:

"Educate them! Confront them with logic and facts!"

"Give them a statistic that will stick in their mind, like that blacks are 97% biologically identical to whites!"

"Confront them and tell them how inappropriate that kind of behavior is and how they're setting human rights back hundreds of years!"

NO. You guys have spent one whole semester discussing these issues. How have you learned NOTHING??

We're not talking about dealing with the Aryan Nation, here! These are not logical constructs, they're entirely social! When someone deliberately uses politically incorrect terms, they're doing it for the response--that extra bit of social acceptance or relaxation that comes with a grin or a chuckle at someone's outrageous behavior! I know, because I do it with you faggots all the fucking time. Profanity is a great social lubricant.

Think about it! When someone says "Exam on monday? Shit, that's gay

" Do you think they're looking for rationalization? "Wow. You're right. Scheduling an exam on Monday is exactly the type of thing homosexuals do."

No, retards! They're looking for social validation! Like the nervous laugh that you automatically give them, even though you know that kind of language is unacceptable, because you're EQUALLY afraid of social exclusion.

Since it's not REINFORCED rationally, you can't DISCOURAGE IT rationally. LOGIC WON'T WORK.

So why not confront them with your self-righteous, college freshman views? Why not say, I've taken a Women's Studies class and that kind of language really hurts people of color who by the way are at least 97% biologically identical to you. And I really hate it. So stop being such a piece of shit, you ignorant redneck slob."

Because while they are after your approval, it doesn't mean THAT much to them. If you piss them off or embarass them or create any other kind of confrontation, they will realize that they don't want your approval. They will just dismiss you as an uppity, brainwashed hippie and save their nigger jokes for the other 9 out of 10 Americans who prefer to laugh nervously.

THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO is appeal to the thing that they're after: Social affirmation. These things are reinforced by small gestures of approval so they must be discouraged by the same. Frown and look away. Give them the cold shoulder. Start a line of conversation with someone else.

The need for those tiny, subconscious positive social responses is so great that we will do almost any stupid ass thing to get them. We'll learn about shit that doesn't otherwise interest us, we'll buy shit that we otherwise don't really want, we'll laugh at shit that otherwise isn't very funny, and we'll say shit that we don't otherwise believe.

So if you don't want them to continue the behavior, all you have to do is deny the response. That's it. Make a trend of it. This is how all social phenomena die.

Am I gonna stop swearing like a J.D. Salinger novel? No. Because goddamnit, it fucking works for me. In the absence of alcohol, it gives me the social edge I need as an otherwise socially disadvantaged person. And so far, no amount of logic or confrontation has changed that. You can educate a person all you want--in the end, no amount of logic will override the social anxieties all human beings face.

[edit] By the way, do you think I said all of this to my tree hugging, michael moore watching, media-blaming classmates? Not even half of it, and I probably shouldn't have said that much. Why? Not because I was afraid of being wrong--that's for sure--but because I was afraid of being glared at. Being correct is almost always secondary to b... ]]> ~bagshotrow beatles rock band http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23724493/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23724493/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:52:27 PDT [link]

I honestly dont know how its going to work, because there's not all that many beatles songs with really complex guitar progressions... I just know it's going to be pretty awesome

Paul and Ringo are apparently working on this, and they're trying to negotiate the rights to use the Beatles' actual likenesses in the game.

I'm hoping the first few stages will be rendered in black and white and be drowned out by screaming teenage girls

]]> ~bagshotrow Video Game Overanalysis: Half Life http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23517725/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23517725/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:55:46 PST

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Monolith is a mysterious geometric form of alien origin--in Clarke's novel, a crystalline pyramid surrounded by a spherical force field; in Kubrick's film, a flat black rectangle. The Xen Artifact which triggers the Black Mesa incident is shown in forms similar to both of these descriptions during the first part of the original Half Life game.

In both cases, it is the unforeseen consequences of studying these artifacts which triggers the events of the story.

In 2001, the monolith is a testing and teaching tool used by an unknown higher intelligence to monitor mankind's progress and determine their worth (or at least their intelligence) as a species, and perhaps to influence their evolutionary progress. Exposure to the monolith (specifically, curious examination of the monolith) provides mankind with knowledge and triggers mankind's ascension to the next evolutionary stage, and in the end, actually functions as a dimensional gate to an unknown universe. The Xen Artifact most certainly does provide knowledge, and definitely facilitates dimensional travel--again, only for the protagonist and only at the end of the story. The Black Mesa incident also sets off the chain of events which lead to the Combine invasion of earth, and the Combine's experiments with "upgrading" humans (a concept deliberately compared to evolution within the game's subtext.)

If we are to take the Xen Artifact as a monolith, then the supplier of the monolith is the higher intelligence monitoring mankind. The supplier of the Xen Artifact was the G-Man, who continues to monitor Gordon Freeman--who is significant in this scenario, because he was the only person to touch the artifact directly--with much curiosity throughout the series. After the Black Mesa incident he places Freeman in stasis, suggestive of Dave Bowman's stasis during space travel and possibly his confinement in the victorian environment (which kubrick hints at being a "zoo") at the end of the film. This may suggest that Freeman's awakening at the beginning of Half Life 2 is his "rebirth" as an enlightened being after visiting the borderworld.

If we are to take the supplier of the monolith as the same force which influences mankind's evolution, this puts the G-Man in the service of the Combine.

Writing this shit down before I forget it. Not because it's valuable information, but because it will bug me when I'm trying to remember it later

]]> ~bagshotrow It's over, motherfuckers http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23444182/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23444182/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:11:42 PST amazing fucking things. Your improvement and your initiative have been an inspiration, and I am pleased for each and every one of you--but me, I hit a wall. At some point I stopped improving, then maybe even forgetting, and now, I actually cannot draw anything. Not even stupid anime fan art. And the worst part is: I've started to accept that. Do I replace this hobby, which occupied most of my life and my entire college education, with something better? Of course fucking not. I play video games, submitting myself to a future even more talentless and uninteresting than the one I was looking forward to before.

What was it that killed me? Did the university environment do it? Was it those early drawing and writing classes, which loosened my mind and my wrists and allowed me to eventually reach this point where I can no longer focus them? Was it medication? Dietary changes? Have I developed a brain tumor or something? Was this all just a transient twelve year phase that I've simply grown out of? All I know now is that that part of me which I had invested everything in is completely comatose.

FUCK. I can't accept this. And I don't mean that in a defiant "I won't be defeated" way; I mean that I will never get over this.

Goddamnit.

]]> ~bagshotrow The Truth hurts http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23264971/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/23264971/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:34:45 PST
Suck it up, boys and girls. You think you're helping people, sparing their feelings like that? Of course you don't; you're just too much of a coward to tell them what's really coming between you. What they really did that hurt you; what the real reason is that you don't want to be date them, or be around them, or talk to them, or remember them. And because you're too timid to give them the answer they need, you avoid phone calls, you pretend they don't exist, and you might even send a good friend over to try and get rid of the problem without having to touch it yourself. And if you're really good at this you might manage to actually forget about it. It's easy for you, after all; you know the whole story. But do they forget about it? No. They wonder about it. They stick it in a corner of their mind where it will stay, unresolved, present in every self-conscious decision they make, until they die or you give them the antidote. And you know what? It fucking blows.

So suck it up. Stop being such a goddamn wuss. Put yourself through a few minutes of awkward honesty and save someone else years of insecurity. Tell that chick from high school that the reason you didn't date her is because she was fat. Tell that guy who likes you that you really don't intend to ever speak to him again, so that he can get to work forgetting your pansy ass. And stop telling people "maybe next weekend" when the only thing you've got planned for next weekend is blowing them off again.

Is that so hard?

]]> ~bagshotrow This looks like one hell of a bike http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/22351718/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/22351718/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:45:21 PST [link]

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las vegas craigslist > bicycles
Bike for sale - $150
Reply to: sale-957210983@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-12-13, 9:48PM PST

Bike for sale

What kind of bike? I don't know, I'm not a bike scientist. What I am though is a manly guy looking to sell his bike. This bike is made out of metal and kick ass spokes. The back reflector was taken off, but if you think that deters me from riding at night, you're way wrong. I practiced ninja training in Japan's mount Fuji for 5 years and the first rule they teach about ninja biking is that back reflectors let the enemy know where you are. Not having a rear reflector is like saying "FU&K YOU CAR, JUST TRY AND FIND ME".

The bike says Giant on the side because it's referring to my junk, but rest assured even if you have tiny junk that Giant advertisement is going to remain right where it is. I bought this bike for 300 dollars from a retired mercenary that fought in both World War 1 and World War 2 and had his right arm bitten off by a shark in the Phillipines while stationed there as a shark handler. When he sold it to me I had to arm wrestle him for the honor to buy it. I broke his arm in 7 places when I did. He was so impressed with me he offered me to be his son but I thought that was sissy shit so I said no way.

The bike has some rusted screws, but that just shows how much of a bad ass you are. Everyone knows rusted screws on a bike means that you probably drove it underwater and that's bad ass in itself. Those screws can be replaced with shiny new ones, but if you're going to go to that trouble why not just punch yourself in the balls since you're probably a dickless lizard who doesn't like to look intimidating.

The bike is for men because the seat is flat or some shit and not shaped like a dildo. If you like flat seated bikes you're going to love this thing because it doesn't try to penetrate your ass or anything.

I've topped out at 75 miles per hour on this uphill but if you're just a regular man you'll probably top it out at 10 miles per hour. This thing is listed as a street bike which is man-code for bike tank. The bike has 7 speeds in total:

Gear 1 - Sissy Gear
Gear 2 - Less Sissy Gear
Gear 3 - Least Sissy Gear
Gear 4 - Boy Gear
Gear 5 - Pre-teen Boy Gear
Gear 6 - Manly Gear
Gear 7 - Big Muscles Gear

I only like gear 6 and 7 to be honest.

Additionally, this tool of all immense men comes with a gigantic lock to keep it secure. The lock is the size of a bull's testicles and tells people you don't f&@k around with locking up your bike tank. It tells would-be-thieves "Hey ahole, touch this bike and I'll appear from the bushes ready to club you with a two-by-four".

Bike is for 150 OBO (and don't give me no panzy prices)

* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 957210983

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]]> ~bagshotrow Camera guy, come on, man! http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/22084336/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/22084336/ Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:54:40 PST The SCOUT

]]> ~bagshotrow Animal Crossing Neighbors http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21973434/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21973434/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:44:04 PST
- Bluebear [link]
My next door neighbor, and my absolute favorite. I love her to bits. She's ditzy and dumb and lovable. She asks for fish so she can eat them and then ends up keeping them as pets. Isn't that adorable? That's adorable.
- Monique [link]
What a bitch. But I love her anyway. She's at least a reserved, sophisticated bitch. Lives next to Bluebear, and is occasionally irritated by her airhead behavior.
- Kiki [link]
She's nice, I guess, but kind of flaky. Too timid.
- Jeremiah [link]
Creeps me out. Tries way too hard to be friendly. I wonder if this is what I'm like when I talk to people. I really hope not.
- Roscoe [link]
If detective Gumshoe was a horse, he would be this horse. Ergo, I changed his catch phrase to "pal". I hope he sticks around.
- Poncho [link]
No one cares about Poncho.
- Pecan [link]
Mini-bitch. Exactly like Monique except annoying as fuck and she always has her goddamn blender running in her house for no reason, like she's the queen of electricity and gets electricity for free or something. ARrrghh
- Ribbot [link]
What the
I don't care about Ribbot, but my sisters like him, so I guess he'll be staying around.
- Tangy [link]

- Derwin [link]
What a dork. Even more high maintenance than Jeremiah and not really interesting.

I'm surprisingly attached to some of these characters. This game has some kind of mind-numbing power that allows me to become emotionally invested in characters that basically say the same things over and over.

City 17's native fruit: Peaches. A fruit that looks like a butt, but is more tasty than butts.
City 17's december charm: Plant four seeds in my town and get some kind of reward. Do it

Doooooooooooo ittttttttttttttt

]]> ~bagshotrow stupid stuff i notice, part 1 http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21808806/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21808806/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:47:27 PST Big O theme is an almost perfect ripoff of the Flash Gordon theme.

]]> ~bagshotrow Animal Crossing: City Folk http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21684754/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21684754/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:47:55 PST
My friend code: 4683-2085-6172
Name: Lahar
Town name: City 17

Add me, and as soon as I figure out how to send stuff, I will send you an aperture science heavy duty collapsible precipitation deflection apparatus

]]> ~bagshotrow Welcome to Pepsi 2.0 http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21495023/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/21495023/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:27:37 PST
[link]
[link]

It took a lot of convincing me that this was not a hoax.

Now, I'm not a graphic design genius or anything, but I know student work when I see it. And this... is not even student work.

-There's curves which look deformed as if the "smooth" tool was used haphazardly upon them.
-I don't think "mtn" is an actual abbreviation.
-Pretty sure the little landscape on the mountain dew bottle is mspaint.
-The dot is missing from BOTH the "i"s in "sierra mist" for no evident reason.
-Look at the tangents between the two R's and the A in "Sierra". No, really. Look at that shit. Are you kidding me?
-Gaussian blur.
-Tiny inexplicably right-aligned "gatorade".
-Gatorade logo NOT EVEN CENTERED IN FRAME. UGH

I'll bet you five cans of stupid future pepsi that when these things hit shelves, you will be able to see the JPEG artifacts on that damn sierra mist tree.

Just one more step towards a dystopian society with only generic looking cans.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and in case you're not positive that pepsi hates you yet, watch that pepsi video, skip to 1:03, and tell me that harmony doesn't sound like Rickroll.

]]> ~bagshotrow It's a letter from our friends! http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/20800961/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/20800961/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:28:51 PDT
By the way, [link] THIS IS AWESOME

]]> ~bagshotrow Tuition Time. Selling Fabric http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/20083896/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/20083896/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:43:48 PDT
]]> ~bagshotrow Dr. Horrible available again http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19672010/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19672010/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:07:26 PDT
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]]> ~bagshotrow oh lawd another music meme but its short this time http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19651368/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19651368/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:30:51 PDT * Choose a singer/band/group.
* Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.
* Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged).

I had to pick The Beatles, obviously

1. Are you male or female? Nowhere Man.

2. Describe yourself. I'm so tired.

3. What do people feel when they're around you? Act Naturally.

4. How would you describe your previous relationship? I Should Have Known Better.

5. Describe your current relationship. Tomorrow Never Knows. (more pessimistic answer: "Not a second time".)

6. Where would you want to be now? Back in the USSR.

7. How do you feel about love? All you need is Love. (Less cliche answer: For No One.)

8. What's your life like? Getting Better.

9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? Money. (That's what I want.)

10. Say something wise. All things must pass.

]]> ~bagshotrow Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19510795/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19510795/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:14:48 PDT
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Unfortunately, as of a few hours ago, it's not free anymore. It will cost you 4bux on itunes. But dude, it's so worth it. And you can take that to your cosmic bank.

Expect fan art.

]]> ~bagshotrow Tablet interface and headtracking with wiimote http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19412120/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19412120/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:06:40 PDT
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]]> ~bagshotrow Check out my ebay stuff http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19295381/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19295381/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:48:28 PDT
Sorry I haven't been around. I replaced the power supply on my computer and bam, the CPU fan died. WOO. So until I figure out what I wanna do about that, I'm limited in the amount of time I can spent faggoting around the internet. It means my scanner's out of commission too.

Anyway I'm selling some DS games, and you know I only buy the really good ones, so check out my ebay page: [link] If one of you guys wins, I'll include a sketch or something cool like that when I ship it.

Cheers!

]]> ~bagshotrow ugh why is everything wrong http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19029946/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/19029946/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:11:07 PDT
Anyway I just spent the last two days in the heat prying the audio system out of the old 323 and transplanting it into the Escort, and today, right after I make the final connections and everything works great, and I'm SUPER proud of myself, it just stops working. The radio doesn't turn on and the dash lights stop turning on. They're on the same circuit, but the fuse looks fine and replacing it does nothing. I think I broke a wire in the process of jamming the radio into the console. Or my fuse box is suddenly bad. I don't know. I'm just upset and tired now.

Also, today the power supply (I suspect) died on my PC. I'm typing from my dad's computer right now. This is a serious drag.

I don't even know what shit classes I have to take in order to graduate. I'm sure as hell not learning anything here anymore.

I can't draw lately. I've all but given up on it. It's highly discouraging. Although with all my other projects screeching to a halt like this, there's not much else to do. There's people I owe commissions and I just can't do a damn thing

And I'm sick. I've had this sort of coughing thing for a week now. My whole family has it and I'm getting kind of tired of it. By now it's probably just my allergies riding in the wake of whatever it was I had.

I haven't been getting enough hours at work over the summer, and none of the places I applied at called me back, and I also haven't gotten any mural commissions, so I'm seriously broke. There's probably no way I can afford AX this year, and (have I mentioned this?) there's no artist's tables left at Anime Vegas so that's off the agenda too. After all, it's pretty much the only reason I attend. When you take away the road trip element, and the artist's alley (sorry, but Yaoi Press and Anime LA--whoever the hell they are--do not an artist's alley make) it becomes depressingly apparent how fucking dumb these things are. I'll probably only attend Saturday, to buy Pokemon pins and maybe see the masquerade if my friends are still entering. Everyone, remember to write on your feedback cards this year that you miss bagshotrow's table and that the artist's alley was too small. So small that it reminded you of your own inadequacies, and you will now require therapy to restore your self esteem. Threaten to sue.

Have I seriously not just gone out with friends since april? What the fuck. How can I be doing nothing and still need a night off?

Well, I'm nearly out of topics through which to channel my misery onto you, and I've got to be at work tomorrow morning, so I think it's time to retire. Catch you all real soon ya ok later

]]> ~bagshotrow thank you brawl http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18959783/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18959783/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:46:07 PDT
I'll take care of this one. Honest. It will remain unscratched and undusty.

They also got it back to me in only five days--I shipped it monday and it came back friday. Nice.

My wii number and all that crap is the same, so no worries. But if any of you don't have it yet:

0377 6971 8940 0199

Remind me to add you back, and I'll send you a swingline mii and probably a bunch of other crap.

Oh yeah, I usually don't do these anymore because honestly, I've got better things to waste time on, but here you go. I got this from ~Carico.

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1) Nick Name(s): Pat, Sam, Smole, Mars, Marsy McMarsington III

2) Who do you think you look like: I took one of those celebrity lookalike tests and it told me I look like Diane Keaton. I think I look kind of like that nice guy Rory dated on gilmore girls, except less handsome and I'd like to think less of a whiny bitch.

3) Birthday: October 15th

4) Place of Birth and Current Location: Las Vegas both times

5) Nationality: Mexican, Irish, Polish, Japanese (I guess this is ethnicity... whatever)

6) Astrology Sign: Libra

7) Chinese Astrology: I think I'm a tiger.

8) Religion: Agnostic.

9) What's your favorite smell: After the rain IS a pretty awesome smell.

10) Political Position: Left of center.

11) What do you prefer to drink in the morning: Mocha, Toffee nut, Gingerbread, or Pumpkin Spice Latte. Sometimes hazelnut. I goddamn love these things

12) Hair+Eye color: Dark brown, brown

13) Do you look like anyone famous: I have answered this

14) Any unusual talents: Insane attention to detail--does that count? I can also fence

15) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous: Righty

16) What do you do for a living: Barista (thank god, or #11 might have me broke)

17) What do you do for fun: This stupid shit, apparently

18) What kind of material do you like to use: For drawing? Pencils and smooth hardbound sketchbooks. For sewing? Anything that does not fray.

19) What kind of materials would you like to work with: Casting materials. Like resin and metal. Vaccum forming seems kind of cool too.

20) What celebrity would you date if you could: Daveigh Chase or Bjork.

21) Favorite place to be: Coffee shop

22) Least favorite place to be: Therapist's Office

23) Do you burn or tan: it burrrnnns

24) Ever break a bone: No

25) What is your favorite cereal: Cinnamon Pecan Special K

26) Person you cry with: Myself. Sometimes my Maromi doll gets in on it

Do You Have...

27) Any sisters: Three. 18, 15, and 10. I think.

28) Any brothers: No.

29) Any pets: Three dogs and a rabbit.

30) An Illness: I've got some kind of cold right now and it sucks.

31) A visible birthmark: No.

32) A pool or hot tub: No.

33) A car: A busted up Mazda 323. It's got a cop enginge, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it runs good on reggalar gas. I've got to get a new one, though this thing isn't gonna hold together much longer.

Describe Your:

34) Personality: Quiet. Stoic. Convinced that I am right about most things.

35) Your clothing style: I wish I had one. I've gotta get one.

36) Room: I painted it tuscan red and parchment color, and put in black furniture, so it's quite snazzy. It's pretty messy and covered in art stuff right now though.

37) Relationship with your parents: Lov dem

38) Do you believe in yourself: I don't even know what that means, really

39) Do you believe in love at first sight?: Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time

Do you:

40) Save your emails: I've got Gmail, so there's no real reason to delete anything.

41) Pray: Only on request.

42) Believe in reincarnation: No.

43) Brush your teeth twice a day: No. I do it often enough, but I think if I did it twice a day I would completely remove my gums.

44) Like to talk on the phone: Not really. Not at all, actually.

45) Like to eat: Too much for my own good.

46) Like to exercise: I've been getting into it lately, but it's not my idea of recreation.

47) Like to watch sports: No. I don't even know the rules to any sports, really.

48) Sing in a car: If I'm alone. Or with someone else who likes to sing in the c... ]]> ~bagshotrow fuck you brawl http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18806600/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18806600/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:27 PDT
AGAIN

i'm pretty goddamn fucking pissed, nintendo
and i'm pretty goddamn fucking pissed at the goddamn fucking dogs that track in about three ounces of fucking dust a day

]]> ~bagshotrow Oh man, live video game concert http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18793303/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18793303/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:35:38 PDT [link] For Las Vegas and Henderson Residents, this saturday

I was planning on going to a concert by The Fab on that day, but this is really tempting

If the TV ad is any indication, there's gonna be Myst music

o mannnnnn

(edit: I just saw someone's car getting towed from the starbucks parking lot, and they had a sudowoodo plushie in their back window, and I felt a twinge of regret, because no one who so loves sudowoodo could be a bad person)

]]> ~bagshotrow Sketchbook day: If I had one wish http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18656184/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18656184/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:24:42 PDT

And if I had two wishes, I would wish for all-encompassing power over every living thing in the universe.

]]> ~bagshotrow Fundamentalist Christians... we need to talk. http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18466464/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18466464/ Fri, 23 May 2008 16:23:23 PDT
My friends.

...Look.

When you're a Christian... there's a huge element of faith. The bible is full of people doing seemingly stupid things, things that deny every logical fiber in the universe, because they believe. Not because they had looked at the evidence and concluded that it supported them... just because they believed.

Now, these days, there's a lot of people engaging in this thing called science, where they look objectively at the world around them and, through rigorous testing, figure out how it works, piece by piece.

The bible does not work with science, my friends. It simply doesn't. As much as I love the arguments that result when you try and mix these things (It's like watching a baby try to play a guitar. You know he's doing it wrong, and his hands aren't even big enough to play chords, but it's still fun to watch.) enough is enough. Under the laws of our world, the events of that book simply could not have happened and there is no scientific evidence that they did.

So? Don't feel that you need to find scientific evidence for your faith. I understand that everything you have been taught about the world in school probably was taught to you based on scientific findings, so it probably seems impossible to just reject all that knowledge. I feel for you.
But you aren't playing their game, and you shouldn't feel like you need to.

Daniel did not have scientific reason to believe that he would not meet a horrible fate in the lion's den. Every part of his brain was probably screaming "you idiot, you KNOW this is a bad fucking idea." But he believed anyway. David did not stop and calculate the odds of his stone successfully taking down Goliath. If he had, he'd have shit himself right there, because there is NO logical basis for thinking he had any chance at all. He just believed. Jesus Christ had NO logical reason whatsoever to die on the cross (I believe he had second thoughts, didn't he?) And his apostles had no logical reason whatsoever to have been follow him. It was ALL out of pure faith. Why do you feel that you need to do more?

If you want to believe in Christ... just fucking do it. You don't need to justify yourself in terms of science, and it makes you look fucking retarded when you do try. The whole point of faith is that your belief in God is INDEPENDENT of what is logically known to be true. Don't try and come up with evidence that the earth is six thousand years old and ancient animals were all vegetarians and all of that stupid shit. Just say "I believe in the word of God". That's ALL you have to do. I know it's tempting to try and play scientist and look like you're right, but it's just that--a temptation. It's not a Christian's job to LOOK like they're right. Christ did not LOOK like he was right. Noah did not LOOK like he was right. To everyone else, they looked crazy. And they were fine with that, because they were playing a different game.

With that in mind, step OFF of my science. It's not for you, and it's time to just accept it. You're like the little girl who brings her dumb barbies to play with the boys' way awesome G.I. Joes and Ninja Turtles. They're incompatible! She's like twice his size!! I can't believe my mom invited you over.

I'll say it again, and beg you to consider.

Stop trying to play our game.

]]> ~bagshotrow posting from an iPod http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18244516/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18244516/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:52:27 PDT
]]> ~bagshotrow Movie Quote Meme Game Egads http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18117614/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18117614/ Thu, 01 May 2008 13:14:55 PDT 2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.
5. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.

1. "It's not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that's their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good. "
2. "My friend, don't be a jerk."
3. "Is that it, then? Is it over, do you think? What have you got to say to Grandma?"
4. "The road is my home, and my home, the road. And when I think of all the people I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me. Tommy, can you hear me? From this milkless tit you have sucked the very business we call show!"
5. "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -- The Fellowship of the Ring (~sarla)
6. "It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas." -- The Blues Brothers (~Lozt-Soul)
7. "GO, glove! Point, and having pointed, POUNCE!"
8. "I used to be able to name every nut that there was. And it used to drive my mother crazy, because she used to say, "Harlan Pepper, if you don't stop naming nuts," and the joke was that we lived in Pine Nut, and I think that's what put it in my mind at that point. So she would hear me in the other room, and she'd just start yelling. I'd say, "Peanut. Hazelnut. Cashew nut. Macadamia nut." That was the one that would send her into going crazy. She'd say, "Would you stop naming nuts!" And Hubert used to be able to make the sound, he couldn't talk, but he'd go "rrrawr rrawr" and that sounded like Macadamia nut."
9. "What is it with reporters? You take one person's tragedy and force the world to experience it... spread it like sickness."
10. "Again, we have survived."
11. "Hello handsome. You're a good looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you, people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because... they are jealous. Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a God. And listen to me, you are not evil. You... are... good!"
12. "This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful." -- Donnie Darko (~Lozt-Soul)
13. "I am the Creator - of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions." -- The Truman Show (~Engel-of-the-Wired)
14. "It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black."
15. "I am your friendly Courier. Mister Bloodvessel is my name. Buster Bloodvessel."

]]> ~bagshotrow I don't understand you, Nintendo http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18093305/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18093305/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:38:28 PDT
I mean, you never cease to come up with amazing shit. I poured over a hundred hours of my life into that last Pokemon game, and people kept on playing Super Smash Bros Melee every week right up until the day Brawl came out. Now we'll be playing that one until you give us another.

But Nintendo, it's the stupid shit you DON'T think of that's got me a little concerned.

A big part of it's your wifi service, Nintendo. Now, I understand you're trying to be the family friendly system, but it's getting really hard to stand up for you, saying "Nintendo's not just kid stuff, man. It's for grown ups and REAL gamers who like GAMES", as we log on for a completely anonymous, silent, but very very safe game of smash bros on Nintendo WFC. Or even better, a "pokemon tournament" with "other people" from across the world--except they're not really other people, it's the computer using their names, because using the internet to actually briefly connect two people is a little bit too adventurous for you guys. Can't you guys just put some kind of parental lock on these things? Are we going to be using the wifi equivalent of safety scissors (or, to be less PC, a retarded child's bicycle helmet) forever?

But it's not the big things, usually. It's the little things that I just DON'T UNDERSTAND, because there's NO WAY you couldn't have thought of this stuff.

- Motion controlled menu cursors on brawl. Big deal? No. But seriously, did no one think of this?
- That FLUDD thing you gave mario for his down-b. I just... why? Couldn't you at least have given it some damaging capability? I don't understand. Who came up with this?

- Automatic level adjustment for wireless Pokemon battles. You can do it on wifi, but not on wireless. Even if I'm standing in the same room with someone, we have to connect to wifi in order to have a level playing field. Why? Seriously, why on earth?
- (insert list of characters that should have been in brawl here. bawwwwwww)
- No multiplayer grand prix on Mariokart Wii. I didn't think I'd miss it, but I really do. And more than that, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT THERE. You underlined the multiplayer aspect of the game in Double Dash, then you eliminated a huge part of it in Mariokart Wii. wtf.
- Even though other characters have specific biker outfits, and even though he rides his distinctive bike, Wario doesn't wear his biker outfit in Mariokart Wii. He wears it in Brawl, but not in the game that's about riding motorcycles. Big deal? Not at all. It's superficial as hell and does not affect my gameplay experience. But shouldnt that have been the most obvious thing ever?

I just don't get it, Nintendo.

aaaanyway....

Mariokart Friend Code: 3222-5980-8030 (Name on my license: Swingline)

Let's meet up later for a casual round of not talking or using our real names.

]]> ~bagshotrow can you smell what barack is cookin'? http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18086341/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/18086341/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:07:31 PDT [link]

I called it

]]> ~bagshotrow Goddamnit http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17618604/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17618604/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:29:56 PDT Thanks for making me look like a huge faggot

]]> ~bagshotrow OKAY I HAVE BRAWL NOW! WOO http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17403932/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17403932/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:01:56 PDT
come on come on come on come on

]]> ~bagshotrow BRAWL DISC DOES NOT READ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17251087/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/17251087/ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:37:12 PDT
Apparently some people are having trouble reading their brawl discs. The problem apparently stems from tobacco smoke or dust accumulation inside the console, and the only way to fix it is to send the console in to nintendo's expedited maintenance service. Which means I'll be without my wii for a week. Which some people say is a pretty short time, all things considered. But when you're waiting to play brawl, it's a pretty fucking LONG time.

CANT BELIEVE THIS SHIT OMG

PIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS

]]> ~bagshotrow I don't actually suck that bad http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16955199/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16955199/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:54:29 PST HAY GUYS

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All is well. It's come to my attention, on a deeper level than usual, that I know some really amazing people. The kind that encourage you to greater things than you'd ever be capable of on your own. People who care for me, and who will go to great lengths and great personal expense to avoid hurting me, even when I've done something completely deserving of it. People who will call from two states away just to remind me that I'm appreciated. These are the people that, for some cosmic reason, stay with you for life--and I hope more than anything that they will, because sometimes they're all that's keeping me alive and well.

Even though I've been rejected tonight, I've honestly never felt more loved.

Hoping that you all are well, and wishing you a happy belated valentine's day. Even if you don't have everything, never forget to stop and appreciate the full value of what you do have.

[/sentimental hallmark bullshit]

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Ugh

I really do

Sorry to everyone who is still waiting on commissions. It might just come down to refunding people if this keeps up.

Thought: Why do people use myspace? It looks like shit. Seriously, it looks like absolute shit. You've got to have zero sense of aesthetics to appreciate the myspace interface. And yet, everyone who's ever modified their myspace page--for instance, with music, or a snazzy background, or a new font--has only succeeded in making it look shittier. I'm serious. How is it even possible for something to be this terrible? You've got to have skill to fuck something up that badly. As much as I suck, I don't think I could create an interface which actually COULD NOT be made attractive. This is probably the most positive thought I have had about myself in the last hour or so.

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I hate Art.

No really, I fucking loathe it.

But more than that, I hate art exhibitions

Because they remind me of how much fucking bullshit Art is.

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drawhere.com

leave invisible graffiti on whatever webpage you like. then use your magical bookmarklet to see what other people have drawn on the internet.

OMG

also, just so you guys know, I am (finally) back in the black. My debt problem is, for now, settled. I'm still working on those commissions; sorry for taking so long.

But thanks so much, everyone, for all your help; I couldn't have done it without you.

Well, I probably could have. But it would have sucked bigtime.

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Journal Layout and CSS
Made by Lily A. Seidel `Lilyas} ]]> ~bagshotrow Increase your webcomic size! http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16604651/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16604651/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:39:24 PST HAY GUYS

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I mean, Publicity! Increase your webcomic's PUBLICITY.

[link]

A new webcomic collective is premiering on February 1st called the Scienteers! Every week, famous internet people with giant creative brains like

, and

will bring you tales of adventure, science and love. But everyone needs a break, right? That's why, between story arcs, they'll be showcasing content from readers. That's why you need to get over there RIGHT NOW and send them a 1-3 page "trailer". It can be a preview of an existing work of yours, or it can be an original piece to show off your mad skills. If it's accepted (and I'll bet you it will be, unless your comic stars a bunch of talking phalluses or something) your trailer will be run on their site between seasons. It's like buying ad space, but BETTER, and also FREE.

There are a few of you I EXPECT to submit, too, so I'd better not be disappointed

Isn't this CSS horrendous? I expect eventually I'll finish hacking it into roughly what I want it to be.

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Made by Lily A. Seidel `Lilyas} ]]> ~bagshotrow Almost time for the Nevada Caucus! http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16426581/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/16426581/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:26:58 PST HAY GUYS

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That's right! The time is swiftly approaching when we will choose our next presidential candidates, and the burning question on everyone's mind: The hell is a caucus?

To tell the truth, I don't know. I really don't know. As far as I can tell, all the registered democrats get together in a gymnasium or something, argue like an angry mob for a while, then based on which group looks like it could most easily beat up the other group, someone casts a vote for us. How long this is supposed to go on, or what impact exactly our arguing will have on the outcome, is not clear. But it's not a one-vote-per-person system. No, that'd be far too easy. In fact, I'm not really sure how it constitutes democracy.

But in true American fashion, no one knows what the fuck it is, and they're too lazy to find out. Even when they're getting phone calls about it three times a day. So this should be quite interesting.

And you know, it never occurred to me before, but this whole primary system is kind of messed up. The states that vote earlier get to hold sway over the states that are voting after them. And the states that vote last, unless we're down to the wire, may as well just stay home from the polls.

I really hate politics a lot.

O hay, I'm also messing around with CSS. Maybe I'll learn something.

Your text goes here.

Your text goes here. Links look like this

Your headline

Your text goes here.

More text.

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Hay guys, I know exactly what I'm gonna wear when I go to parties and stuff

I'm gonna get a bright orange shirt that says "ASK ME ABOUT MY SHIRT"

and when some hot chick asks me about it, i'll say, its a great conversation piece

then i'll start a conversation with them

this is my great plan

...hell, why can't i sleep

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Hay LAS VEGAS DUDES, it's SUPER YARD SALE FUN TIME.

I'm having a super hardcore and super important yardsale next weekend (Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th). I'll be doing away with a bunch of anime stuff (including the buttons and stuff I usually sell at anime vegas) and some art supplies (taking UNLV classes? Need sketchbooks? Want to finally try oil painting?) and some electronics (Need a George Foreman Grill, a 13 inch television, or a stereo?) and I'll also have a bunch of crafting and sewing materials (yarn, chainmail rings, various cuts of fabric that I will realistically NEVER get around to using...) If you're studying Japanese, I've got a few textbooks which are pretty good (UNLV doesn't want them back because they're a couple editions old) and normally quite expensive.

I still owe quite a lot to the bank... so I really want this to go well D: hlep me out, guys. Tell friends, or whatever. Even if you don't want any of this crap, if you come and hang out I will give you coffee and probably a brownie and we can jam

Note me or email me (bagshotrow@gmail.com) for my address. MUCH APPRECIATION

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I'm sitting here making margaritas and doing shots of baileys and cream

ALONE

STUPID WORLD, I'LL KICK YOU RIGHT IN THE BALSL

I need a girl. Someone get me one plz

My car is messed up, so I won't do anything dumb. At least, not anything involving my car.

This year, I resolve to:

- Do one digital painting FROM LIFE (or from a good photo) ever day, even if it's SHIT, to build up my visual library
- Halfway through the year, this can be changed to "participate in conceptart.org's daily sketch challenge"
- Get a job related to my career, even if it's just sweeping floors at Cyanworlds

SAIGhasoighaoishgaoishgtiosagh
WHAT ARE YALL DOING

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Shit. I'm in trouble.

Last year I overdrew my debit account at Wells Fargo. Their overdraft protection program cost me 10 dollars for every day I was overdrawn until I figured out what was going on. Which I thought was bullshit, and not much of a "protection", so I cancelled the overdraft protection. I might not have done that if I knew what exactly they were protecting me from.

Well, over the holidays this year I guess I overdrew my account again, and this time the charge was... 34 dollars PER TRANSACTION plus 5 dollars for every day i was overdrawn.

Not at any time (until today when I received about six overdraft notices in the mail) was I informed or even hinted that my account was overdrawn, and not until I was $650 in the red did they actually put a hold on my card (which I figure should have been the FIRST thing they did.) All in all I only spent about $30 more than was in my account... but because they were small gifts (the kind of thing you buy when you don't HAVE money) I got charged 34 bucks for each one and now I owe 650 dollars. And I was in an accident on christmas eve too. And I don't work until late January. FUCK.

Long story short, I need money.

Commissions are open. I will make buttons (1 1/4" or 2 1/4") for cheap, and I can now SCREEN TEES, too, although I'm somewhat new at it. Let me know what you're after and I'd be happy to do it, that way you don't have to pay $25 a shirt at cafepress. Plus, well, you'd be helping me out too. A LOT. We're talking macaroni-and-glitter thank you cards here. for real.

[edit] I am also selling OLD ART. I usually keep my originals, but this is some extreme desperation right here. Anything you see in my gallery or my scrapbook, I'd probably be willing to part with the original for cheap. Woo!

And as long as I'm shipping stuff out, I've also got the following stuff for sale. It's like I'm having a yard sale on the internet!

Super Mario 64 DS - $15

Yoshi's Island DS - $20

Metroid Prime Hunters DS - $20

Metroid Prime GCN - $5

Phoenix Wright promotional stylus - $5

Phoenix Wright promotional plush keychain - $5

Pokemon Dialga promotional stylus - $5

signed sketchbooks containing various recent works of mine, sold only at anime vegas 07 (black and white, 8.5"x11", about 24 pages) - $5

Manga - $5 each
- Yotsuba #1
- Azumanga Daioh #1 & 2
- Read Or Die #1
- Kamichama Karin #6
- Cosplay Koromo-chan #1
- A Di Gi Charat anthology manga about Pyoko (in Japanese)

Anything you buy that requires shipping will come packaged with a a little gift. Probably something used and art-supply or anime-related. OK, I'll level with you... it'll be whatever mildly useful or in... ]]> ~bagshotrow Commissions plz http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/15991097/ http://bagshotrow.deviantart.com/journal/15991097/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:15:14 PST HAY GUYS

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Hay dudes, here's the deal.

I work on campus in a coffee shop. That means: 1) I don't make much money to begin with, and 2) I am out of work for a few weeks over winter break. So my gift-buying and life-living capabilities are sharply inhibited.

What I DO have, during this brief post-academic period of shopping and eating, is a bit more time. So I'm opening up commissions for the next few weeks. If you've got a bit of extra dough (After all, you artists are notoriously rich mofos) or if you've got a super-close internet-friend who would love to receive art for christmas, now would sure be a great time for me to draw you something!

$5 sketch, $20 full color, anything else probably lands in-between someplace. Let me know how much you want to spend and I'll let you know what I can do. I take paypal and (if you are the bold or the young type) cleverly concealed cash.

Oh, and that jerk

is in sort of the same situation, so check her out too.

Thanks guys~!

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balls

so much to do

balls balls balls

when am i gonna sleep, dammit

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So, my subscription runs out on the 9th. If someone buys me three more months before then (it costs like $7.50 or something) I'll do them a nice colored request piece. Some $20-type stuff. Hell, even if it's only one month, I'll make sure you get a sketch or something. Thanks dudes!

In other news: Swingline is a finalist in

's pencil bout 2. The concept that Swingline may be skilled at something--at least, something we can say in front of prime time audiences--has been a subject of debate (actually, of near unanimous agreement) among scientists for years, but we may finally be arriving at an answer!

But don't celebrate yet, my ditzy blond angel! There's still the final match against

's Nailla:

(could the symmetry here be any more sweet?)

Will she succeed? Only one thing is for sure: If she does not, none of this will count for anything. And she'll be an even bigger failure than before.

Good luck, Swingline!

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So I pulled an all-nighter between wednesday and thursday, and I was taking benadryl for allergies. I'd had four cups of coffee that day, but they failed to get me through my art history class that evening, and despite my efforts I fell asleep on my desk halfway through. These chilling notes, which were later recovered, are the only clues as to what I had attempted to learn that night.

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I usually just do these in notepad and then never post them, but then I realized that's pretty much the most pathetic thing I've ever heard of. So I'm posting this one.

[edit] this thing has grown since i did it so i updated my post.

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Rules
1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Then tag three people.
4. Then feel free to add some questions yourself!

Characters Chosen:
Bebop Lula
Swingline
Eve Allhallows
Lahar (miner girl)
Sadako the alcoholic clefairy

1) How Old Are You?
Lula - 24.
Swingline - 18.
Eve - Secret
Lahar - 11.
Sadako - 9. But that's 106 in moon-years!

2) Height?
Lula - 5' 1"
Swingline - 5' 4"
Eve - 5' 8"
Lahar - 4' 5"
Sadako - 1'4"

3) You Got Any Bad Habits?
Lula - I isolate myself from others.
Swingline - Of course not!
Eve - All of them.
Sadako - ...
Lahar - Sometimes I bite my nails. And sometimes, when...

4) You a virgin?
Lula - ...no.
Swingline - What an inappropriate question for a lady such as myself.
Eve - Yes. I'm not exactly affectionate, or hygenic.
Sadako - No.
Lahar - What does that mean? I was born out of a rock, is that kind of the same?

5) Who's your Mate/Spouse?
Lula - Bobby Mitchell. But he hasn't been around lately.
Swingline - I could not be so audacious as to speak his name! I am not worthy!
Eve - Why did you use the term "mate" here? that's really disturbing.
Sadako - None right now!
Lahar - There's this one boy who I talk to sometimes on field trips and I think he likes me, 'cause he once chucked a big pegmatite granite right at me. It was a beauty, too! It's like we're engaged.

6) Have Any Kids?
Lula - No.
Swingline - No.
Eve - No.
Sadako - Actually...
Lahar - No.

7) Favorite Food?
Lula - Croissant with butter
Swingline - I require no sustenance but the love of my master and the blood of our enemies!
Eve - I like a steak once in a while. Unfortunately they don't keep all that well and you don't find many cows in the woods.
Sadako - Booze.
Lahar - Those fish crackers! I love them! They're so good! And watermelon.

8) Favorite Ice Cream flavour?
Lula - Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
Swingline - Milky way ice cream thing from the vending machine
Eve - What? Are you serious?
Sadako - Booze.
Lahar - Watermelon!

9) Killed anyone?
Lula - No!
Swingline - THE RIVERS RUN RED WITH THE B--
Eve - Yes.
Sadako - I was in a war, but I was a support spellcaster. So if you consider "aiding the war machine" as having killed people, then I guess so.
Lahar - No! How terrible.

10) Hate anyone?
Lula - No, that doesn't solve anything.
Swingline - Those snobby OSes.
Eve - That stuck up author Macabre.
Sadako - I'm a little bit wary of Clairvoya the Jigglypuff, who's heading the pink Pokemon council right now. Her pinkness, though vivid, too often clouds her judgment.
Lahar - No.

11) Any Secrets?
Lula - Everything's a secret til you say it. But between you and me... I wish I was a famous singer or writer.
Swingline - Once I got completely and inextricably tangled in a roll of duct tape.
Eve - If I told you, they wouldn't be secrets.
Sadako - You can't tell anyone, but... I have a slight drinking problem.
Lahar - I'm afraid of heights.

12) Love Anyone?
Lula - "Love"... I don't know, really. But... I really... um...
Swingline - Yes <3 <3 <3
Eve - My mother.
Sadako - David Tennant.
Lahar - I love my mother and I love the earth, and my mother is the earth.

13) What is your job?
Lula - I work in a library.
Swingline - Mercenary.
Eve - Exterminator.
Sadako - Earth-moon diplomat.
Lahar - Student.

14) Boy or girl?
ALL: girl

15) What do you do to relax?
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FOLDERS! CHECK THAT OUT ISNT THAT AWESOME

No more webcomic pages strewn about my gallery :3

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i won't tell my printmaking teacher that this is what i did tonight instead of working on my final...

i will be selling limited edition prints of it when it is done. right now i'd really better finish my class assignments or i'll be majorly screwed >_>

That curving area at the bottom is going to house text of some kind. I'm not sure what, though. Just text for the sake of text. Something french and art-noveau-y.

any suggestions are welcome <3

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I missed the boat for OCBC2, but I'll be participating in

's pencil bout instead. There will only be 16 combatants and the entries are supposed to be pencil-and-paper sketches (plus black marker/gel pen if you like) so it's real small. All you need to do is send in a reference sheet. There were about 5 spaces left last time I checked, so gogogogogo

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