HEY! it's me! Bet you thought that i was dead!

Well i am alive, contrary to popular belief and by popular belief i mean the hopes of most of the government. Anyway, I have been making video games and a recent project that has all but consumed my life is a game created by Kevin, Mike and I. It is a multi-character game and should be my greatest game yet. Kevin has been hassling me to do things he has supposedly told me weeks in advance. But, other than the minor annoyance of his frequent, caps lock-happy conversations, it has made me push myself and become a better programmer. Also, I have created a gaming team and Kevin has helped me name it. We are Now Third Story Creations and, ONCE KEVIN DOWNLOADS THE PROGRAM, we will begin creating some fine games and will be working with Game Maker Community to help make better games and to get help with problems we may have. If you do have requests for games that there is a deficit of and you would like to see, please message Kevin or myself directly or just comment this post. Well thats all for now, thank you for acknowledging my life. That is all, go back to your boring random lives.

EDIT: Please excuse to lack of grammar in the above post. Todd happens to be an idiot. I would also like to add that I don't use Caps Lock. Real men use the Shift key.
-Kevin
EDIT, The sequel: I do use grammar, maybe not as much as I should, but enough. Also, Kevin is a woman so he does, in fact, use the shift key. I would also like to add that I am not an idiot, I am a pirate, a smart, well-groomed pirate.
-Thank you, Todd

Change is a-comin'!

BIG NEWS!

I have decided to re-name this blog because I don't want Wendy's lawyers to sue me. I'll be getting a new domain and everything. If you have any ideas, please email me or comment them to this post.

The downside to this is that means that the forum will close down for an estimated couple of weeks until I get off my rump and remake it on a different URL. The good thing is no one reads this and no one posts there so 0-5 people will be effected by this change.

Another good thing is that I have several actual posts in the works, possibly later today. Expect good things and send me some love.

Guilt and Monotony

UGH!!!!! Nothing interesting is going on in my life! I just don't have anything to write about. Still, I feel bad about going so long without a word. So I'm letting you guys know that I'm still alive, just lacking event and inspiration. Anyways, I'll try to get an actual post up as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can hit up the forum, which is in desperate need of members. Also, I've been thinking of trying some promotional contest or something, but I don't know what the prize would be. I can give away a custom post here, but seeing as I have a lack of readers, that's not much. Then I thought I could make some AFSD T-shirts, but I dunno if I can, how I'd mail them, or if anyone would want them. If you have any ideas concerning prizes or would like to suggest a topic you'f like to see me write about, comment this post or send it to the forum.

New Sketch

Well, I'm trying to expand my internet influence, so I've signed up for a DeviantART account. Rather than fill this place up every time I touch pencil to paper, I decided I'd put my work there. Unless I make something really good and feel like showing off, I won't post anymore about my random artworks. So check it out and tell me what you think.

DeviantART

Dragon Sketch

As I've said before, I'm working on improving my art through the aids of books, teachers, new mediums, and actually trying to make something worth looking at. SO last week I got a book on drawing and painting dragons. Over the weekend I sketched this bad boy up. This is the first time drawing it and is the first edition. It's uncolored and I'm not sure if I will color this particular piece. If any of you guys would like to color it, it's fine with me just as long as I can see the results. Who knows, your work might be exhibited here. I know it's not good, but I'll improve as I get the hang of it. Any criticism would be greatly appreciated.

Greetings from the letter "H"

Dear speakers of the English language,

Hi, it's me, "H". I've noticed you guys have been ignoring me, but I wanted to let you know that I still exist. I mean sure, you say me when it's convenient for you, like at the middle or end of a word, but I need more than that. I come at the beginning of words, too. All the other letters are all laughing at me. How can I deal with that? This isn't Spanish, people. You need to start showing me some love, or I'm moving to the Russian alphabet and taking my words with me.

"H"

Quotes pt II

Remember when I did that huge post of famous quotes? Well, here's a much shorter list of additional quotes. Enjoy.

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
English humorist & science fiction novelist


I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down.

With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'

I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

I haven't slept for a whole week, because that would be too long.

Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
American comedian


I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.

You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place.

I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world.

Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone


The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned--the biggest word of all--look.

Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that..s worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question "What do you do?"

Robert Fulghum (1937 - )
US author & Unitarian clergyman

Macrowave

No, it's not the latest in food-preparation technology; it's just another way for me to do difficult and repetitive actions in order to create something.

Legos, K'nex, chainmail, origami swan made from tiny paper triangles

I seem to be drawn to making large objects out of smaller pieces. When an art teacher suggested this idea to me, I couldn't resist.

Today is Wednesday, so I was at art club. I was sketching (and erasing and re-sketching extensively) a picture of a house cat-sized flying scorpion-thing because there are a very limited number of things than the equivalent of a large bird with claws that can kill you with a single sting and then fly away. One of the several teachers present noticed my work and showed me a picture of a dragon, drawn using smaller, warped drawings of pencils. He suggested that I do something similar to it. Thus I was thrown into a world of brainstorming and creativity, searching for the answer to the question, "What can I draw made of nearly-identical smaller units?" After a few minutes of thought, I decided on my medium and the final product. I would create a golem using many smaller drawings of microwaves. I set out on choosing a pose and crude sketches of how I could accomplish this mentally-trying task. After settling on some rough ideas, I set to work drawing the torso. While drawing this, I invented a name for my creation and a possible caption. Being, in essence, a giant microwave, the only logical name for him was the macrowave. The macrowave is very muscled, with the first ever microwave "six-pack". Upon semi-completion of the torso, I realized that what I had drawn were the real "Five Minute Abs".

I would also like to add in a prediction about this project: After finishing this drawing, I will have such a loathing for microwaves that all of my meals with be cooked on a grill, stove, oven, or bonfire.

Pure lunacy

Hey world, things have been kinda hectic in my life, and I'm sorry I haven't been posting. I just read an article and thought I'd stop over her while I had some spare time.

Apparently, a school in Illinois has instituted, and enforced, an anti-PDA policy. For those of you who don't know, PDA's are Public Displays of Affection. This includes hugging between friends, as one thirteen-year-old discovered when she was given two detentions for hugging two of her friends outside of school. The policy is outlined in the student handbook and the girl was warned at an earlier incident. Here's the quote from the handbook: "Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved."

If you just read that without saying "What?!?", there is something wrong with your common sense. Now, I'm not one who engages in hugging often, but it's safe to say that hugs between friends or even couples is a common, benign, and non-sexual action that most high school students engage in. What's so wrong about it? It's not anything perverted or offensive. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Hugging has long been a sign of love and friendship. Rather than raise my blood pressure and write a lengthy discourse on this, I'll just say that schools really need to get a damn grip on reality and stop being so "politically correct" and asinine. maybe you should focus less on the offensive hug and more on, oh I don't know, perhaps EDUCATION?!?

Just a thought.

hey i got a new picture. comment it or i kill a puppy

I'm angry at all the people that have nothing better to do but post Bulletins on "Myspace.com" every 30 seconds on how they got a new picture and how cute they look and how you should comment it NOW!!!!!!! Are Their lives that dreadfully boring? But what they don't get is if our lives are as bland and boring at home as theirs are, then maybe, just maybe, we would consider commenting them. In their minds, when someone comments them, that means they like her(him). But what the fail to understand is that if you force someone to comment you or you will kill a woodland creature then that's terrorism not a comment of love even though it says "Love","Luv," "Luff" or, my personal favorite, (not really) "<3", they will get that extra picture comment at any cost! Viva la Resistance!!!