| Beehive, meet stick. |
[May. 16th, 2009|08:43 pm] |
I'm continuing to be disappointed by people who still claim some major superiority of Trek in Trek vs Wars debate (Which as far as I'm concerned was ended decisively somewhere in 2002). I welcome discussion of this and other ideas below. |
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| not dead yet |
[May. 6th, 2009|07:07 pm] |
there was a glimmer of hope with today's job applications, one that I just had nailed in every aspect. Now if there's just a chance of getting noticed over all the other candidates. *sigh*
I don't want to give up like this, but if I don't get something I'll probably have to move to my dad's winter place in Tampa, too small and far from everything, but nearly free. If that happens I may be able to study and maybe even get a degree or some certs finally, but I'm really not even sure it's worth it. |
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| Speechless |
[Apr. 22nd, 2009|11:05 am] |
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Glad I'm not in Contra Costa.
Misdemeanors such as assaults, thefts and burglaries will no longer be prosecuted in Contra Costa County because of budget cuts, the county's top prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Don't even bother submitting the cases, Kochly said Monday in a memo to the Contra Costa County Police Chiefs Association. "If they are submitted, they will be screened out by category by support staff and returned to your department without review by a deputy district attorney," he wrote.
Well, I'm off to see a man about a pig. |
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| Sinanju day 21 |
[Apr. 11th, 2009|10:58 pm] |
Progress today, but not much.
the airbrush compressor seems to be running without leaks now. yay!
Got the black paint and the white paint, did some touch-ups on parts I had to butcher and repair (esp. the front skirt armor), re-did the white pieces, they're now totally done. yay!
I sprayed pre-white on my thruster bells and baffles. Baffles are done, the bells are prepped for yellow and orange.
I'm putting off spraying the red armor because frankly I'm a bit terrified of it.
Then after allll that, gold. |
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| Sinanju day 10 |
[Mar. 17th, 2009|08:52 pm] |
Armed with fresh Squadron White and Tamiya surface primer, I went at the shoulder seams again. Disassembled, cleaned up, and re-asssembled, this time with cement between the offending seams. Filled, sanded, primered, sanded. Looking better.
( Pics under the cut ) |
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| Sinanju Project day 6, 7 |
[Mar. 5th, 2009|12:07 am] |
No pics yet, nothing dramatic to show.
I airbrushed the frame with MM Acryl Gunship Grey. It had been a while since I broke the airbrush out, so that was interesting. I first attempted to thin the paint with Polly-S airbrush thinner, but the two obviously didn't get along, generating nasty clumps that clogged my airbrush up completely. (I was spraying at 20-25 psi). I switched to 70% isopropyl alcohol, and that worked much much better. I still had some tip-drying issues, but nothing serious. I aughta get some acrylic retarder. The main thrusters were too heavy to stay on the sticks with how I mounted them. that was annoying, but the damage was minimal.
There will be a few complications when painting, but quite few compared to many other kits: The back of the head needs to be painted assembled, as the seam there needs to be smooth.
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I've decided to finish the inner frame first before moving on to other parts. So far I've picked out bits and pistons and cables here and there in silver, and undercoated silver for some of the brighter colors like yellow. didn't get much done today since I got to a rather late start. I'm gonna get a bit complicated with the inner frame, with some bits in darker gray, gunmetal, etc, just to make it look like it's a lot more pieces than it really is! Yes I know it will all be hidden by armor. *sigh*
One more thing, I'm debating just how much of the armor should be glossy: all of it, none of it, just the red, or just the black. I had been leaning towards a satin red and gloss black/gold, but I've seen some very nice, glossy sinanju art lately... |
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| Sinanju project day 5 |
[Feb. 21st, 2009|07:05 pm] |
After a break for supplies, we're back!
So now I'm prepping for painting. I've got my:
floral foam
coffee stirrers
loctite blue fun-tak
Hopefully polly-s airbrush thinner will work fine with tamiya and model master acrylics. ^.^ Anyone have experience with this?
Additionally, I'm exploring what metallic paints will work best for the trim here. Obviously, Tamiya silver and gold are out of the question, as they're far too grainy. My Reaper master series gold is quite nice, but there's no way it's going through the airbrush. If I were to hand-brush the gold, I'd have a winner, though I might need to mix it down a bith. I've got a model master acrylic gold that's okay, but it's fairly brown. Should I go all out and pick up some SNJ or AlcladII?
( stuff after the cut. ) |
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| Sinanju Project. Day 1 |
[Feb. 6th, 2009|10:45 pm] |
log:
MSN-06S Sinanju Project: Day 1
Yeah, I'm a total Zeke.
Cracked this open today and got started. As usual for a build like this, I ignore the instructions assembly order and jump to the interesting parts first: The weapons. Got out the noted trees and got to work. Unlike many *cough* of my other projects *cough*, I plan to do this one right from the start. Just for future reference, I'm planning on priming/basecoating black and doing a white gradient preshading underneath my colors, which is one of the well-regarded Max Watanabe techniques.
( Pic-heavy below the cut ) |
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| It could happen |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|03:24 pm] |
 Dear Santa...
Dear Santa,
This year I've been busy!
In June I invaded Iraq, broke it, and couldn't glue it back together before Mom got home (-1012 points). In January I put gum in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) funktaur's hair (-12 points). Last Saturday I had a shoot-out with rival gang lords on the 5 near LA (-76 points). In May I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Last month baba_o_reptile and I robbed a bank (-50 points).
Overall, I've been naughty (-1122 points). For Christmas I deserve a moldy sandwich!
Sincerely,
sianmink |
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| well |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|07:50 pm] |
Yoinked from bard_bloom
Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow. |
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| dinner |
[Oct. 13th, 2008|08:31 pm] |
skirt steak in fajita marinade, topped with enchilada sauce and cheddar/jack, with whole-grain mexican rice and refried beans. turned out awesome!
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| Well, right. |
[Aug. 1st, 2008|01:01 am] |
I may have been looking at the wrong tracking and all. Anyway, I now have the kickassest nerf gun evar.
And they shorted me 1 dart. >. |
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| RAGE |
[Jul. 30th, 2008|09:56 pm] |
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Damn fedex supposedly left my Nerf Vulcan order on the front porch and two hours later it's GONE thanks a bunch! *grumbles* |
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| D&D character post: ho boy |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|04:11 am] |
So this character concept is something I've had around a while but never got to play out past third level or so. Originally an Arcane Disciple cleric subclass from Dragon Magazine (limited arcane spells cast as divine) I decided to see how well he'd do in 4e. I'm going to multiclass him somewhat, but I'm not sure yet in what direction, probably wizard. His concept is harsh, Shima is at his base a character very much like Seta Sojiro, and I borrowed a lot of that character's past and outlook. Always smiling, always polite, but cold underneath. I wanted a distinctive and unnerving look too, which is why Shima is short, has a long, blond braided hair, looks years younger than he really is, carries a huge scythe and has a disturbing affinity for skull-themed items and dress.
I added a oni-mask to this concept, when trying it out in a more chinese-setting, and from there it stuck. In this case when wearing the mask, he's able to let his true self to the surface. Adding his totally devoted and rather unsettling service to the goddess of death, this also touches on what I feel are the most interesting aspects of the Death Knights in Exalted, seemingly ruthless bastards who are at once trapped in the living world yet have a mission to free people from their suffering mortal bodies, to an afterlife that they know for an absolute fact is a better place.
He's not *bad*, but he's not particularly nice either, and has no respect for those who refuse to help themselves. It's okay if you need a little guidance and push in the right direction, and he'll willingly help those who are interested in helping themselves, but he won't put up with whiners and anyone who basically won't risk everything to improve a bad situation.
warning, goddamn long. goddamn.
Hay, should I crosspost this onto ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) roleplayers?
( From the journals of Rauth Staalik, priest and devotee of Our Dark Lady the Raven Queen ) |
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| Quotefun |
[May. 12th, 2008|09:39 am] |
"A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she's in hot water. she puts her balls in your mouth."
--Hillary Clinton quoting Eleanor Roosevelt, accurized by me. |
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| Supers RPG setting seed |
[Apr. 8th, 2008|05:54 pm] |
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He was the strongest of us.
None could compare. The name of Ys and the Raging Bull Squadron terrified criminals,
and inspired heroes. His coming ushered in a golden age where anything was possible.
Idealists and dreamers flourished. Augments, powered by the rapid advance in the
sciences, were added to the ranks of the Unbound, and we made our first steps towards
the stars.
He was the best of us.
Though not born of this Earth, he loved his adopted home with an unmatched passion.
He treated his life here, his new life, as a gift. Perhaps he saw what we could not, his
perspective as an outsider, seeing us as one people, one planet. He always strove to
unite. For all his power, he knew that one man alone could not change the world.
Societies formed, dedicated to his vision of humanity's potential.
He was the greatest of us.
It was his innocence. His shameless wonder for this little blue speck, that drove us all to
be the best we could be, to follow his example for 40 years, and give of ourselves,
wholly and willingly, to make the world a better place. His naive belief in us, despite all
that was bad, we had the potential for so much, if we could just overcome our flaws.
He was wrong.
With so much in common, we still focused on our differences, had to hate, fight, kill each
other because of them. Right up until the end, he never understood why.
He was murdered.
By one of our own. One stroke that ended our golden age. Our ranks fractured by this one
act. We fought, with the passion and fury of the righteous on both sides. Heroes died.
Cities died. In our sorrow, in our shame, in our rage, we destroyed everything we had
accomplished. The cost was terrible.
Ten years have passed since we murdered our future. Ten years of mourning. We
continued, but the cycle of trust was broken. We were mistrusted at best, feared and
hunted at worst. All justifiably so. What we did to ourselves was nothing compared to
what we inflicted on those without the power to choose. We were children, screaming
and raging at what we could not understand, our innocence forever lost, and only after
the act could we understand the price.
Our childhood is over. It is time to put things right.
Shameless superman analogue with a twist. This one could have potential.
Commentary invited and appreciated. Maybe this can be fleshed out through collaboration. ^_^ |
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| Aspie test |
[Dec. 13th, 2007|07:38 pm] |
Your Aspie score: 49 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 143 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical
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| Re: Dying Monitor |
[Nov. 30th, 2007|11:02 am] |
False alarm, apparently. This morning I sat down to my computer and accidentally bumped the table, causing the monitor to go out of sync.
The cable to the back of the monitor was loose. All better now. |
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| Dying monitor. Anyone got a forklift? |
[Nov. 28th, 2007|11:32 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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So my bigass, 21" (20" viewable) Hitachi monitor that I picked up 4 years ago for $75 is finally cacking it, losing sync unexpectedly at known good refresh rates and generally being a cranky little bitch, dumping me onto a market I know sadly little about.
1: Are widescreen monitors mainstream enough for gaming without serious issue? Am I better off with standard aspect? My PC is hardly ever used for multimedia.
2: What 22" wide LCD panels are on the market, and what are the advantages/disadvantages of each? Especialyl looking for one with minimal ghosting in dark scenes.
C: same question for 20" and 21" standard aspect panels
Bonus: I'm really used to 1280x1024 gaming, and still see little reason to go over 1080 vertical resolution. I don't see any reason to go for something silly like 1920x1200, so expect any widescreen monitor I get to be 1680x1050, I may even consider 1440x900, but I don't think those are even readily available. How well a monitor scales to non-native resolutions may be an important factor. |
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| Happy Birthday romamink! |
[Nov. 28th, 2007|11:24 am] |
format stolen shamelessly from reveille_d :D
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| Wii Friend Code |
[Nov. 8th, 2007|12:10 am] |
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6326-3946-3297-1988 |
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| unintended messages |
[Sep. 24th, 2007|01:24 pm] |
So, Togos has a new logo that's been popping up lately.
It seems their new corporate image is:
HULK HATE PUNY TACO!! HULK SMASH!!! |
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| ARGH |
[Jul. 29th, 2007|10:55 pm] |
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Tonight, the 32" monitor we were using for tv asploded. very inconvenient, as we still don't know if we're going to have to move shortly or not, and if we do, the move will cost money, and if we don't, it's sucking up an extra $300/month rent. =(
If I wanna go to a widescreen, 1080P (and why wouldn't I, really?) we're looking at a minimum of a 42" screen, preferably 46".
and my center-channel speaker is honkin big, and won't balance atop most new screens. ARG. |
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| memetime |
[Jun. 29th, 2007|04:17 pm] |
When you see this post, quote from Doctor Who (classic or new series) on your LJ.
Romana: Oh blast, here we go again.
The Doctor: What's the matter?
Romana: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed.
The Doctor: Oh, that's easy; just waggle his tail.
Romana: All right, we've tried everything else.
K-9: Thank you, Mistress. Repairs complete. |
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| Space Marines, hours 5-7 |
[Jun. 16th, 2007|08:18 pm] |
Got 2 layers of the main color (blood red) down on 11 marines. Still have 15 with basecoat to upgrade to this stage, I'll try and get those done over tonight/tomorrow.
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| DSCN0716 |
[Jun. 11th, 2007|09:38 pm] |
I've put the basecoat on 26 marines for 3 squads. Pics inside.
Basecoating for these 26 marines took 4 hours, so that's about 9min:15sec per marine. I need a better basecoat brush!
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| GENTELMEN, |
[Jun. 4th, 2007|04:02 pm] |
BEHOLD!
(Marginally NSFW)
Just a post to let y'all know I'm not dead. |
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