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Posted 11 years agoYeah. That was a good thing. No one lost fingers. No one got severely injured.
We even went fishing and no one got "field piercings" appare toy they really didn't know how to cast. I haven't fished in about, oh, 12 years or so (sweet mangos I'm old) and here I am teaching a five year old girl how to use an open cast reel. Needless to say sharpe is the only one who caught anything.
As they say a bad day of fishing beats a good day of working. And I had to agree. But a good day of swimming is better than both.
So we mostly ended up swimming for a couple hours. Played chicken. Apparently I swim really well. The swimming area was tiny. And shallow. My swimming hole has no boats so you can swim the whole thing.
Anyways, ended up pulling a chain of five and six year olds. It was an exhausting blast.
Thank goodness the older boys knew the farm routine. Because I was useless at it.
Overall it went well. We even got to church on time, which is unheard of for both our families.
I made the mistake of showing off my dumb joke skills. Annnddd. Well I was mobbed by requests for the muffin joke till we left.
All in all it was a good weekend.
But I am going to drink a pop now, because all they had was fresh goat milk and water. And gluten free organic everything. I am so glad I don't have food allergies.
Oh. Car update for anyone who cares. Mostly that'd be me and those of you who humor me.
Heads should be done this week. That means I can get to working out my head gasket thickness for my target compression ratio of 10.1-10.4:1
The. I can mock it all up and see what I need for pushrods. I'd love to do magnum pushrods. And if side jobs keep coming at us like this. I might even spring for a Holley 650 or 670 or maybe even....roller rockers.
We even went fishing and no one got "field piercings" appare toy they really didn't know how to cast. I haven't fished in about, oh, 12 years or so (sweet mangos I'm old) and here I am teaching a five year old girl how to use an open cast reel. Needless to say sharpe is the only one who caught anything.
As they say a bad day of fishing beats a good day of working. And I had to agree. But a good day of swimming is better than both.
So we mostly ended up swimming for a couple hours. Played chicken. Apparently I swim really well. The swimming area was tiny. And shallow. My swimming hole has no boats so you can swim the whole thing.
Anyways, ended up pulling a chain of five and six year olds. It was an exhausting blast.
Thank goodness the older boys knew the farm routine. Because I was useless at it.
Overall it went well. We even got to church on time, which is unheard of for both our families.
I made the mistake of showing off my dumb joke skills. Annnddd. Well I was mobbed by requests for the muffin joke till we left.
All in all it was a good weekend.
But I am going to drink a pop now, because all they had was fresh goat milk and water. And gluten free organic everything. I am so glad I don't have food allergies.
Oh. Car update for anyone who cares. Mostly that'd be me and those of you who humor me.
Heads should be done this week. That means I can get to working out my head gasket thickness for my target compression ratio of 10.1-10.4:1
The. I can mock it all up and see what I need for pushrods. I'd love to do magnum pushrods. And if side jobs keep coming at us like this. I might even spring for a Holley 650 or 670 or maybe even....roller rockers.
Umm ever house babysat? For five children? On a farm?
Posted 11 years agoMe neither.
This is going to be a VERY interesting weekend.
This is going to be a VERY interesting weekend.
Sup!
Posted 11 years agoSo!
Umm yeah. I've been living in all sorts of fun non Internet places lately. And also mostly on Facebook.
Eh. Car progress is halted waiting to hear back about my ported polished heads I picked up from Craigslist. Scary right.
I have almost all the parts for the motor and build. Minus the head gaskets. The ectera gaskets. The pushrods...and the fuel lines and fittings.
So lookin forward to that.
Also I've been loving this warm and wet weather.
Warm weather warms up the water temp in my swimming hole. And the rain keeps people out of my swimming hole for more...private swimming.
Luckily nights are usually good times for private swims as well.
Visited my grandmother recently for Fourth of July. It's been good to see her. I haven't been able to get the time to do so with work and all. I asked for the time off about a month ago and they said yes and then they scheduled me over. That was fun. I had to go talk to the boss about it which is always a nerve wracking thing for me. Glad I did though.
Hung out on the beach and drove around the m38 around the town. Lake Michigan was cold, but it warms up after a while just like I remember. It was fun. And needed. Was in a swimsuit almost the entire weekend. Putting clothes on for to go to work this morning was a bit depressing but you know...dress code, uniform.
I hope everyone's doing well. Or as well as they can.
I'm going to keep using work on my friends car as an excuse to be out by my little spot and hit it on my way home at night. I'd really love to get a place out that way...I'd really love to be able to afford a place that sharpe doesn't have to throw money away renting.
Anyways it's been fun, not as warm as two years ago, but its hard to beat freakishly warm nights like that (80 at 1am instead of 68 at 11:30)
Water is one of those things that cools slower than air so it's nice getting into relatively warm water at night.
I'm also tired and rambling so imma shut my noisemaker and go snuggle up to my sharpy.
Umm yeah. I've been living in all sorts of fun non Internet places lately. And also mostly on Facebook.
Eh. Car progress is halted waiting to hear back about my ported polished heads I picked up from Craigslist. Scary right.
I have almost all the parts for the motor and build. Minus the head gaskets. The ectera gaskets. The pushrods...and the fuel lines and fittings.
So lookin forward to that.
Also I've been loving this warm and wet weather.
Warm weather warms up the water temp in my swimming hole. And the rain keeps people out of my swimming hole for more...private swimming.
Luckily nights are usually good times for private swims as well.
Visited my grandmother recently for Fourth of July. It's been good to see her. I haven't been able to get the time to do so with work and all. I asked for the time off about a month ago and they said yes and then they scheduled me over. That was fun. I had to go talk to the boss about it which is always a nerve wracking thing for me. Glad I did though.
Hung out on the beach and drove around the m38 around the town. Lake Michigan was cold, but it warms up after a while just like I remember. It was fun. And needed. Was in a swimsuit almost the entire weekend. Putting clothes on for to go to work this morning was a bit depressing but you know...dress code, uniform.
I hope everyone's doing well. Or as well as they can.
I'm going to keep using work on my friends car as an excuse to be out by my little spot and hit it on my way home at night. I'd really love to get a place out that way...I'd really love to be able to afford a place that sharpe doesn't have to throw money away renting.
Anyways it's been fun, not as warm as two years ago, but its hard to beat freakishly warm nights like that (80 at 1am instead of 68 at 11:30)
Water is one of those things that cools slower than air so it's nice getting into relatively warm water at night.
I'm also tired and rambling so imma shut my noisemaker and go snuggle up to my sharpy.
Dear Internet
Posted 11 years agoI've been slouching about in real life. It's not you, it's me.
No. Really. Life has a habit of dragging me away from this stuff.
I also wanted to wish all the fathers out there a happy Father's Day. Or all those who may become fathers. Or have fathers. All the rest of you are unferilized and enjoy the free ride in the ovaries while you still can.
No car progress was made this week. With the focus on funding.
I get to dig into an rv with an instrument cluster problem. Really hoping its a power/group d issue. Because I can't find ANY wiring diagrams for these things. Just brochure pictures.
Hopefully with that I can pay the machine shop what they want and get my final combustion chamber volume to work out compression ratios so I can order head gaskets and measure for pushrod length.
Other than that. Work sucks. Just not all the time. I'm underpaid. And all the "senior" aka. Tire techs I ask when I need a stupid check, are finding jobs elsewhere. Not that I blame them. Work two or three years at a place and you're still making 9.15 or 9.50 an hour.
Oh and they cut us all down to 33-34 hours a week.
Awesome. Just what I needed.
Whatever. I'll make it work. I'm stubborn like that.
No. Really. Life has a habit of dragging me away from this stuff.
I also wanted to wish all the fathers out there a happy Father's Day. Or all those who may become fathers. Or have fathers. All the rest of you are unferilized and enjoy the free ride in the ovaries while you still can.
No car progress was made this week. With the focus on funding.
I get to dig into an rv with an instrument cluster problem. Really hoping its a power/group d issue. Because I can't find ANY wiring diagrams for these things. Just brochure pictures.
Hopefully with that I can pay the machine shop what they want and get my final combustion chamber volume to work out compression ratios so I can order head gaskets and measure for pushrod length.
Other than that. Work sucks. Just not all the time. I'm underpaid. And all the "senior" aka. Tire techs I ask when I need a stupid check, are finding jobs elsewhere. Not that I blame them. Work two or three years at a place and you're still making 9.15 or 9.50 an hour.
Oh and they cut us all down to 33-34 hours a week.
Awesome. Just what I needed.
Whatever. I'll make it work. I'm stubborn like that.
Y'all probably get sick of these car updates.
Posted 11 years agoBut I don't.
My big focus is on the car. Car car car.
I picked up my carb and intake, holley 600cfm electrics choke. It's about 50-100cfm less than I was planning on. And I was hoping for a manual choke but choosers can't be beggy. And I'm definenently in the beggin category so I can't be choosy.
I'm goin to try and straight trade my lunati 60104lk cam/lifter kit for a comp 12-242-2 which is much more streetable. As in ill be able to have vacume to run power brakes and be able to drive under 3000 rpm.
This means ill be able to go slower than Mach 2 in a school zone and not plow into a bus full of children and grandmothers.
I've yet to pick up the Mallory fuel pressure regulator(100) the timing chain(50ish) the damn brackets that bolt to the water pump because the damn ported and polished heads aren't drilled and tapped for brackets because they're so damn old (300). 180 if I don't want air conditioning, but I do.
I need to pay the machine shop for a cleanup deck on the heads and possibly hardened valve seats (100-500) and after that ill need to re-calculate static compression ratio and calculate what thickness of head gasket I need, (50-120)
And then ill have all my motor build parts.
Then its on to the pulling and rigging the motor to work and making the pretty 140mph gage cluster work.
Throw the smoked taillights on there. Rig the torque converter lockup to a switch. Rig the radiator fan to a switch. Rig the electric choke to a switch.
Then I'm gunna label em. Awesome stuff. Like missiles. And self destruct. And do not press. Or something stupid like that.
I'm going to try and rig the guages to work without the PCM getting any data. Which shouldnt be too hard. I have to re-pin the cluster connector a anyways with the cluster swap. But if not I get to rig up some cool auto meter guage banks.
Soooo that's my life now.
Make sandwiches. Eat ramen. Don't buy anything. I haven't even bought ammo in over six months. Put all scraped money into a drawer and dream of the awesome stuff ill buy later. Count the money in the drawer and realize I'm really poor. Continue to eat bologna sandwiches.
The things I do for love. This is a bit more than a hobby. It's more of an obsession.
And to show up that mechanic at work who thinks his 2008ish srt4 neon with a cat back is hot shit.
And it'll be fun too. Blasting around in my car again. Driving topless. Oh and ill need t-top weatherstripping 200 some bucks. But I'll be able to afford it now.
My big focus is on the car. Car car car.
I picked up my carb and intake, holley 600cfm electrics choke. It's about 50-100cfm less than I was planning on. And I was hoping for a manual choke but choosers can't be beggy. And I'm definenently in the beggin category so I can't be choosy.
I'm goin to try and straight trade my lunati 60104lk cam/lifter kit for a comp 12-242-2 which is much more streetable. As in ill be able to have vacume to run power brakes and be able to drive under 3000 rpm.
This means ill be able to go slower than Mach 2 in a school zone and not plow into a bus full of children and grandmothers.
I've yet to pick up the Mallory fuel pressure regulator(100) the timing chain(50ish) the damn brackets that bolt to the water pump because the damn ported and polished heads aren't drilled and tapped for brackets because they're so damn old (300). 180 if I don't want air conditioning, but I do.
I need to pay the machine shop for a cleanup deck on the heads and possibly hardened valve seats (100-500) and after that ill need to re-calculate static compression ratio and calculate what thickness of head gasket I need, (50-120)
And then ill have all my motor build parts.
Then its on to the pulling and rigging the motor to work and making the pretty 140mph gage cluster work.
Throw the smoked taillights on there. Rig the torque converter lockup to a switch. Rig the radiator fan to a switch. Rig the electric choke to a switch.
Then I'm gunna label em. Awesome stuff. Like missiles. And self destruct. And do not press. Or something stupid like that.
I'm going to try and rig the guages to work without the PCM getting any data. Which shouldnt be too hard. I have to re-pin the cluster connector a anyways with the cluster swap. But if not I get to rig up some cool auto meter guage banks.
Soooo that's my life now.
Make sandwiches. Eat ramen. Don't buy anything. I haven't even bought ammo in over six months. Put all scraped money into a drawer and dream of the awesome stuff ill buy later. Count the money in the drawer and realize I'm really poor. Continue to eat bologna sandwiches.
The things I do for love. This is a bit more than a hobby. It's more of an obsession.
And to show up that mechanic at work who thinks his 2008ish srt4 neon with a cat back is hot shit.
And it'll be fun too. Blasting around in my car again. Driving topless. Oh and ill need t-top weatherstripping 200 some bucks. But I'll be able to afford it now.
Life. And also. Attack on Titan. Aka. WHY UU NO SEASON TWOOO
Posted 11 years agoWell real life has been quite the thing. Though it sometimes feels the more time I spend there the less I get done.
Completed some pretty involved repairs on the friends lt1 trans am. Doesn't fix the problem. Find the problem, fix problem. Find problem didn't go away. Repeat for three weeks. Lt1 in a fourth gen trans am is a bitch to work on. Especially on ignition components.
Good news is I have a 140mph instrument cluster for my efforts on the project.
My laptop bein an Hp has stopped charging because of the charge port. Yay! More things. So inking anything I've sketched is on hold. Not that I was doing much to begin with.
I may start posting pictures of the adorable things sharpe sketches. Because she's quite good. And it's adorable. And also Internet diabeetus. If she's ok with it. Ill try to post. So you all can, I dunno, bask in the light of her artwork on a screen. Or whatever it is people do with Internet artwork. I end up using them as an extensive list of emoticons to be honest. And also I guess basking. Because some art is just so, baskable.
I work Saturdays now, which really really sucks. For one. It breaks up my workweek and it makes it hard to fall into a routine. Second, instead of getting a couple days off back to back. They happen individually. It bugs me.
My motor project is again in the "get money to pay for stuff." To be honest I don't think I actually moved out if that phase. And with these heads I need an additional three hundred or so in bracketry. And another hundred for a square bore intake because I've decided to look for a holley 650 or so.
Sharpe is in the middle of some dental work, that's been fun. And I had to work while she got get face all numbed up.
I COULDN'T EVEN POKE HER IN THE NUMB BITS WHEN SHE WAS DONE BECAUSE OF SOULSUCKING JOB!!!!
tragicikno
*simmers*
Oh. Alsol
Attack on Titan.
O
M
G
If you haven't seen this show. And you don't mind gore. And love deep characters and plot. OHMYSTUFFEDCRUSTTASTYGOODNES the plot.
Every single episode has you mashing that next episode.
"WHY U NO LOAAAAADDDD. whathappensneeexxxtttt aaaaahhhhhh"
*eyetwitch
I. I don't even. This may have been why I was grumpy and sleep deprived at work this week. Um. Yeah.
At first I thought the premise of the series was dumb, simple, and pretty stupid to be honest. But I was wrong. Never have I been so wrong since I got sick of sausage on pizza. Sausage is always good on pizza...ALWAYS!!!
The plot is so intricate and twisting. The characters react so organically as they are defined by their choices and the events unfolding around them. The animation transition rate and animations are artwork in motion. The animator a really play to the strengths of this series.
It's a wild ride from the beginning and it doesn't stop. It just doesn't. It's beautiful and you don't have to like anime to enjoy it. Just based on the story. Or the animation. Or the characters. Search peice is so crafted that....ju, just watch it
Waaaaaattttcccchhhh. Eeeeetttttt!!!!!!
Give your nights to the alter of quality entertainment and be rewarded with all that I find amazing about any story that grips me.
On a side note....
I may have gone a bit insane
Completed some pretty involved repairs on the friends lt1 trans am. Doesn't fix the problem. Find the problem, fix problem. Find problem didn't go away. Repeat for three weeks. Lt1 in a fourth gen trans am is a bitch to work on. Especially on ignition components.
Good news is I have a 140mph instrument cluster for my efforts on the project.
My laptop bein an Hp has stopped charging because of the charge port. Yay! More things. So inking anything I've sketched is on hold. Not that I was doing much to begin with.
I may start posting pictures of the adorable things sharpe sketches. Because she's quite good. And it's adorable. And also Internet diabeetus. If she's ok with it. Ill try to post. So you all can, I dunno, bask in the light of her artwork on a screen. Or whatever it is people do with Internet artwork. I end up using them as an extensive list of emoticons to be honest. And also I guess basking. Because some art is just so, baskable.
I work Saturdays now, which really really sucks. For one. It breaks up my workweek and it makes it hard to fall into a routine. Second, instead of getting a couple days off back to back. They happen individually. It bugs me.
My motor project is again in the "get money to pay for stuff." To be honest I don't think I actually moved out if that phase. And with these heads I need an additional three hundred or so in bracketry. And another hundred for a square bore intake because I've decided to look for a holley 650 or so.
Sharpe is in the middle of some dental work, that's been fun. And I had to work while she got get face all numbed up.
I COULDN'T EVEN POKE HER IN THE NUMB BITS WHEN SHE WAS DONE BECAUSE OF SOULSUCKING JOB!!!!
tragicikno
*simmers*
Oh. Alsol
Attack on Titan.
O
M
G
If you haven't seen this show. And you don't mind gore. And love deep characters and plot. OHMYSTUFFEDCRUSTTASTYGOODNES the plot.
Every single episode has you mashing that next episode.
"WHY U NO LOAAAAADDDD. whathappensneeexxxtttt aaaaahhhhhh"
*eyetwitch
I. I don't even. This may have been why I was grumpy and sleep deprived at work this week. Um. Yeah.
At first I thought the premise of the series was dumb, simple, and pretty stupid to be honest. But I was wrong. Never have I been so wrong since I got sick of sausage on pizza. Sausage is always good on pizza...ALWAYS!!!
The plot is so intricate and twisting. The characters react so organically as they are defined by their choices and the events unfolding around them. The animation transition rate and animations are artwork in motion. The animator a really play to the strengths of this series.
It's a wild ride from the beginning and it doesn't stop. It just doesn't. It's beautiful and you don't have to like anime to enjoy it. Just based on the story. Or the animation. Or the characters. Search peice is so crafted that....ju, just watch it
Waaaaaattttcccchhhh. Eeeeetttttt!!!!!!
Give your nights to the alter of quality entertainment and be rewarded with all that I find amazing about any story that grips me.
On a side note....
I may have gone a bit insane
pizzawolf gets all philisophicated
Posted 11 years agosometimes it may seem that i come off as harsh and insensitive...and i take alot of crap from the world without flinching. but i do have a soft inner pink bit that pumps blood.
a hard resisliant shell against the world doesnt happen overnight...its an attitude...and a realization. that what people think of you, really doesnt matter.and it really doesnt change anything about who you are.
i find it empowering to realize that I...ME...determine who i am...and if I really want something...if I really am going for something. If I am a certain way. thats my problem...my solution...its me. and no amount of telling me otherwise can make it so.
without that...its just empty words.
we all i think have dealt with harshness...thats part of life...but it makes us stronger in the end if we chose to let it.
sometimes life brings us down, breaks us.
but we can be stronger for it...
we cannot be dependent on acceptance from others, we cannot let our happiness be conditional on the actions of others...that leads to helplessness...it removes our life from our hands.
and we are capable of becoming great.
i think this is one of the most beautiful principles of life. annnd i think i waxed a bit poetic...and soapboxy...
a hard resisliant shell against the world doesnt happen overnight...its an attitude...and a realization. that what people think of you, really doesnt matter.and it really doesnt change anything about who you are.
i find it empowering to realize that I...ME...determine who i am...and if I really want something...if I really am going for something. If I am a certain way. thats my problem...my solution...its me. and no amount of telling me otherwise can make it so.
without that...its just empty words.
we all i think have dealt with harshness...thats part of life...but it makes us stronger in the end if we chose to let it.
sometimes life brings us down, breaks us.
but we can be stronger for it...
we cannot be dependent on acceptance from others, we cannot let our happiness be conditional on the actions of others...that leads to helplessness...it removes our life from our hands.
and we are capable of becoming great.
i think this is one of the most beautiful principles of life. annnd i think i waxed a bit poetic...and soapboxy...
I made this soup when I was sick and unable to taste/smell
Posted 11 years agoApparently it got a lot of garlic. And spicy. I definently put spicy in it. Oh and i was also not paying very much attention because I can vaguely remember making it through the fog of sickness and decongestants.
I'm feeling much better today. Breathing. Breathing is a nice added feature to my day.
I'm feeling much better today. Breathing. Breathing is a nice added feature to my day.
another generic journal...or is it? also that dogman movie!
Posted 11 years agoLife updates...
;lifecheck.exe
lifecheck=yes
SO you know that horribly awful movie we worked on last august...its out on DVD and you can get your copy...somewhere on the internet.
http://www.michigan-dogman.com/Pages/dogman2.html
oh how cute...he paid to have a website done instead of getting a contract with amazon...instead of paying the monster budget.
i dont know if i'd pay 20 bucks for it...but hey...whatever.
TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST...it...wasntasbadasithoutitwoudbe...
ok ok...compaired to the first one it was brilliant...if you havent seen the first one...dont really bother...its a 90 minute movie that should.ve been 47 minutes...if that.. we upgraded to actual Foley effects in this movie...and it actually moves along, plot holes notwithstanding. it'd be worth a watch.
the mosters turned out pretty poorly...we needed more munies to make them right...
and..we see them in direct...broad...full fledged...non nightfiltered...daylight...yup...full multimilliondollar monster movies wont do this with their monsters...and its for a reason.
its worth a watch once...not exactly a classic...but its better than ms3k fodder.
btw...its mothersday this weekend...get something for your mom...draw a card...if you dont have a mom...dont worry, you're off the hook.
that was a bit insensitive wasnt it...
so...that guy who smashed his thumb came back to work. and we've been getting along quite well for awhile...annnd he got another job paying much better and quit...his brother got fired again...permanently this time. another no-call no-show...then he found out that he couldnt collect unemployment because it wasnt the boss's fault. HAHA! sad really...tears in my eyes...
so we've got two more green kids at work now...one came from another store and really isnt green. the other kid...heee tried to put a lugnut on backwards his first day. granted it was his first day and he's doing better, but still.
also i'm the oldest tire tech at the place...im 26...annd the youngest kid is 19....born in 95...i think i was 7...
wheres my cane..i think my hip just popped...young whippersnappers better keep off my lawn.
well the charge port is going out on this laptop of mine, it only charges in very specific positions...my motor build is getting a healthy dose of mission creep, im just about to drop 100-500 to have them looked over and more expensive if they need valve seats. blah blah blah money money moneh...im running out of it for the build.
annd the heads i picked up arent drilled/tapped for accessories...which is bad. it means "alternative bracketry is in order...sooo another 250 for that...goodnews is...i dont need them immediately so i can try to put away more in anticipation for later.
i dont think i can afford headers at that rate...at the same time...i want headers and i want these heads...so that means time is going to be sacrificed.
quick, cheap, good...pick two...im going good...and i have to go cheap so its going to take a LOONG time
SO...its peanutbutter sandwiches and ramen for me...i'll keep getting good food for sharpe because she needs it.
BUT i'm much farther along than i used to be. well...not really but it feels like it.
aside from all this how is everyone...im barely on the internet and when i am i'm up to my eyeballs in holley carb tuning write ups and compression ratio calculations. oh and apparently insulting hypersensitive transgenderd persons on facebook...yeah..i have a pronoun problem...and im a guy...so the gender neutral is male...which can be a problem for some people apparently.
ANYWAYS I feel like i've been missing out with all you guys.
Hows the fur lyfe goin...hows it hangin...with the fuzz? hows the fuzz bustin?
;lifecheck.exe
lifecheck=yes
SO you know that horribly awful movie we worked on last august...its out on DVD and you can get your copy...somewhere on the internet.
http://www.michigan-dogman.com/Pages/dogman2.html
oh how cute...he paid to have a website done instead of getting a contract with amazon...instead of paying the monster budget.
i dont know if i'd pay 20 bucks for it...but hey...whatever.
TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST...it...wasntasbadasithoutitwoudbe...
ok ok...compaired to the first one it was brilliant...if you havent seen the first one...dont really bother...its a 90 minute movie that should.ve been 47 minutes...if that.. we upgraded to actual Foley effects in this movie...and it actually moves along, plot holes notwithstanding. it'd be worth a watch.
the mosters turned out pretty poorly...we needed more munies to make them right...
and..we see them in direct...broad...full fledged...non nightfiltered...daylight...yup...full multimilliondollar monster movies wont do this with their monsters...and its for a reason.
its worth a watch once...not exactly a classic...but its better than ms3k fodder.
btw...its mothersday this weekend...get something for your mom...draw a card...if you dont have a mom...dont worry, you're off the hook.
that was a bit insensitive wasnt it...
so...that guy who smashed his thumb came back to work. and we've been getting along quite well for awhile...annnd he got another job paying much better and quit...his brother got fired again...permanently this time. another no-call no-show...then he found out that he couldnt collect unemployment because it wasnt the boss's fault. HAHA! sad really...tears in my eyes...
so we've got two more green kids at work now...one came from another store and really isnt green. the other kid...heee tried to put a lugnut on backwards his first day. granted it was his first day and he's doing better, but still.
also i'm the oldest tire tech at the place...im 26...annd the youngest kid is 19....born in 95...i think i was 7...
wheres my cane..i think my hip just popped...young whippersnappers better keep off my lawn.
well the charge port is going out on this laptop of mine, it only charges in very specific positions...my motor build is getting a healthy dose of mission creep, im just about to drop 100-500 to have them looked over and more expensive if they need valve seats. blah blah blah money money moneh...im running out of it for the build.
annd the heads i picked up arent drilled/tapped for accessories...which is bad. it means "alternative bracketry is in order...sooo another 250 for that...goodnews is...i dont need them immediately so i can try to put away more in anticipation for later.
i dont think i can afford headers at that rate...at the same time...i want headers and i want these heads...so that means time is going to be sacrificed.
quick, cheap, good...pick two...im going good...and i have to go cheap so its going to take a LOONG time
SO...its peanutbutter sandwiches and ramen for me...i'll keep getting good food for sharpe because she needs it.
BUT i'm much farther along than i used to be. well...not really but it feels like it.
aside from all this how is everyone...im barely on the internet and when i am i'm up to my eyeballs in holley carb tuning write ups and compression ratio calculations. oh and apparently insulting hypersensitive transgenderd persons on facebook...yeah..i have a pronoun problem...and im a guy...so the gender neutral is male...which can be a problem for some people apparently.
ANYWAYS I feel like i've been missing out with all you guys.
Hows the fur lyfe goin...hows it hangin...with the fuzz? hows the fuzz bustin?
No Subject
Posted 11 years agoSharpe's been out and about quite a bit lately. She pissed off a nightmare fuel bunny at the local Easter egg hunt with a two and a half day fullsuit bunny.
Let me say this. I'm not a fan of anything uncanine. Look through the favorites gallery. You may notice that theam, drawings, writings if any of you have stalked my deviantart. Which you totally should. Wolves. Canines.
Anyways even with my heavy prejudice towards the canine species.
Dat
Rabbit
Is
Faaking cyoot
Like you don't even know. You've seen the pics but its efricking...A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.
The lady in the other rabbit.
She.was.pissed.
Anyways I'm sure sharpe mentioned something about it. But it was fun. And I heard about it secondhand.
Scarier thing? There are other cosplayers in this tiny stoplightless town.
This next part is an automotive rant. If the following stops making sense this is likely why.
Soooo I've been working on this 79 rx7. Got it running. Ect ect. Went to do plugs an wires on it. Pulled the trailing plug for rotor #1 and coolant came out. And continued to drip out.
For those of you unfamiliar with cars and/or rotary engines. This is bad.
Yeahhhhhh. I get to pull that motor, do a teardown and AT LEAST a soft seal replacement.
That project is on hold awaiting funding.
The good news is that the money I've been earning from this job has accelerated my savings for my trans am project. The bad news is the prices on parts has gone up since then and I'm having to completely re-figure things.
Ill be tearin into my donor SBC block to see if I really do have roller lifters. If I do have roller lifters I have to see of they're reusable. And of not I'm going flat tappet with a more extensive cam kit. (The one with springs and such)
Because the roller cam/lifters/valve springs/timing chain kit is some 700bucks.
As opposed to about 350$ for the equivelant kit with flat tappets.
And don't even get me started on the head work. I thought there were some local shops who could port heads, but no. That shop only does prototype work for the proving grounds now.
So its vortec or used ported or nothing. And vortec means I have to factor in an additional 300$ for an intake that works with those heads.
The carb is now about a hundred bucks more than I think it was last year. Some 400$odd for a 650cfm carb?
I think its mostly because everyone's going to EFI.
This budget build is getting mission creep.
All I really need is the cam kit and carb and about a 150 in regulators and piping.
And maybe headers. And the ypipe. And muffler. That's about 450total.
I just want to go so much farther while I have the engine out. While its easy to work on.
I want to say "YES!"
But my wallet says
"Aw heell no!"
Let me say this. I'm not a fan of anything uncanine. Look through the favorites gallery. You may notice that theam, drawings, writings if any of you have stalked my deviantart. Which you totally should. Wolves. Canines.
Anyways even with my heavy prejudice towards the canine species.
Dat
Rabbit
Is
Faaking cyoot
Like you don't even know. You've seen the pics but its efricking...A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.
The lady in the other rabbit.
She.was.pissed.
Anyways I'm sure sharpe mentioned something about it. But it was fun. And I heard about it secondhand.
Scarier thing? There are other cosplayers in this tiny stoplightless town.
This next part is an automotive rant. If the following stops making sense this is likely why.
Soooo I've been working on this 79 rx7. Got it running. Ect ect. Went to do plugs an wires on it. Pulled the trailing plug for rotor #1 and coolant came out. And continued to drip out.
For those of you unfamiliar with cars and/or rotary engines. This is bad.
Yeahhhhhh. I get to pull that motor, do a teardown and AT LEAST a soft seal replacement.
That project is on hold awaiting funding.
The good news is that the money I've been earning from this job has accelerated my savings for my trans am project. The bad news is the prices on parts has gone up since then and I'm having to completely re-figure things.
Ill be tearin into my donor SBC block to see if I really do have roller lifters. If I do have roller lifters I have to see of they're reusable. And of not I'm going flat tappet with a more extensive cam kit. (The one with springs and such)
Because the roller cam/lifters/valve springs/timing chain kit is some 700bucks.
As opposed to about 350$ for the equivelant kit with flat tappets.
And don't even get me started on the head work. I thought there were some local shops who could port heads, but no. That shop only does prototype work for the proving grounds now.
So its vortec or used ported or nothing. And vortec means I have to factor in an additional 300$ for an intake that works with those heads.
The carb is now about a hundred bucks more than I think it was last year. Some 400$odd for a 650cfm carb?
I think its mostly because everyone's going to EFI.
This budget build is getting mission creep.
All I really need is the cam kit and carb and about a 150 in regulators and piping.
And maybe headers. And the ypipe. And muffler. That's about 450total.
I just want to go so much farther while I have the engine out. While its easy to work on.
I want to say "YES!"
But my wallet says
"Aw heell no!"
official FCN/MCFC...thingy
Posted 11 years agoSO!!!!
MCFC
the con...it was pretty frikin awesome...i wish i had gotten two days off from work, but it worked out because a certain
sharpe19 was making up for taxes owed for 2013 in the dealers den...she had a good time with that.
I LOVED THAT THEY HAD A CAR SHOW OMG!!! still cant get over that trans am.
i...i may have...gotten excited...drooled..ect..
umm...sunday..sunday was nice to sleep in, hang out with peeps, but the con wrapped up pretty quick.
but the long and short of it is...MCFC was awesome...and i will plan to return next year...i think we can expect alot more fun next year.
then we stayed with dameron and tesxayote for a couple days, i had work...which sucked...because belle tire. and because post con hits me like a sledge every time.
yeah monday sucked balls...
tuesday was much better.
OH and i've been putting in some hours trying to get my neighbors 79 RX7 restored. Its been sitting in his shed for more than five years.
we've got the gas drained, oil changed, fluids, filters, cleaned the carb.
and today...she finally started...it was a bitch too..those rotaries do not like to start after sitting or short starts.
i could tell it was flooding by the smell at the tail pipe and the perfectly misted fuel/air mixture coming out...i could hear the compressions, so i pulled the plugs and they were alll sorts of wet with gas...spun the motor over for a few to blow out the flood...squirted some oil whilst sharpe spun it over to put oil in the chambers and help boost compression.
annnd...it didnt start...got some more gas in it...read up on unflooding a 12A carberuated motor...
remembered you have to crank it at full throttle for alot longer...and then pour about an ounce of ATF/Power steering fluid into the secondary barrels of the carb. then foot on the floor starting..
and well after an hour of this procedure of pulling plugs and drying them out, and spinning the motor over and such...i realized the secondaries werent opened by the gas pedal...
it started tho...smoked like a sonofabitch...sooo happy...she's comin together, now for to continue my car fund
Im always up for donations on that btw...
money..
parts..
i'll take it..
eddelbrock 650
sbc shortie headers for a F-body camaro/firebird
tubular control arms and bushings for a Fbody camaro/firebird
sbc 350 heads?
...
:p
i thought so..
anyways...thats that...imma bed to me dear sweet wifey and we gun sleep naow.
MCFC
the con...it was pretty frikin awesome...i wish i had gotten two days off from work, but it worked out because a certain
sharpe19 was making up for taxes owed for 2013 in the dealers den...she had a good time with that.I LOVED THAT THEY HAD A CAR SHOW OMG!!! still cant get over that trans am.
i...i may have...gotten excited...drooled..ect..
umm...sunday..sunday was nice to sleep in, hang out with peeps, but the con wrapped up pretty quick.
but the long and short of it is...MCFC was awesome...and i will plan to return next year...i think we can expect alot more fun next year.
then we stayed with dameron and tesxayote for a couple days, i had work...which sucked...because belle tire. and because post con hits me like a sledge every time.
yeah monday sucked balls...
tuesday was much better.
OH and i've been putting in some hours trying to get my neighbors 79 RX7 restored. Its been sitting in his shed for more than five years.
we've got the gas drained, oil changed, fluids, filters, cleaned the carb.
and today...she finally started...it was a bitch too..those rotaries do not like to start after sitting or short starts.
i could tell it was flooding by the smell at the tail pipe and the perfectly misted fuel/air mixture coming out...i could hear the compressions, so i pulled the plugs and they were alll sorts of wet with gas...spun the motor over for a few to blow out the flood...squirted some oil whilst sharpe spun it over to put oil in the chambers and help boost compression.
annnd...it didnt start...got some more gas in it...read up on unflooding a 12A carberuated motor...
remembered you have to crank it at full throttle for alot longer...and then pour about an ounce of ATF/Power steering fluid into the secondary barrels of the carb. then foot on the floor starting..
and well after an hour of this procedure of pulling plugs and drying them out, and spinning the motor over and such...i realized the secondaries werent opened by the gas pedal...
it started tho...smoked like a sonofabitch...sooo happy...she's comin together, now for to continue my car fund
Im always up for donations on that btw...
money..
parts..
i'll take it..
eddelbrock 650
sbc shortie headers for a F-body camaro/firebird
tubular control arms and bushings for a Fbody camaro/firebird
sbc 350 heads?
...
:p
i thought so..
anyways...thats that...imma bed to me dear sweet wifey and we gun sleep naow.
Yeeeaah oh raiit
Posted 11 years agoSo it's three lateteen in the morning. Going to bed. Mcfc is pretty awesome.
I'm not gunna lie I'm exhausted from work and school. And now, dancing. I feel old. I can't go as long and hard as I used to on the floor. But it's still fun and I guess I've been at it all day really.
<snerk...that's whut shee saaid>
I'm really surprised at how many people recognize me. Pleasingly confusing I think describes that. I met/re-met/forgot a bunch if awesome people today.
Sharpe spent a goodly portion of the day in the dealers den. We have two half masks left. (Does that make a whole mask*ponders stuperously*) and the fursuit parade was fun. I got to make smart remarks at people directing them to the left. Kate was also directing. And I must say he has a vastly superior index of pop culture references and off the cuff witty things to say. Which was fun.
Um. I suited around alot. Just being a pizzawolfy dick, and hugging people as well
OOH OOH. there was also a car show. Tyco has a siiikkkkk trans am about 25 years in the making. And it is a beast. Gives me hope for the small build I'm trying to get off the ground.
And there was an 1986 rx7 2+2 like my first car. It took me back.
Then I wandered a bunch and probably made a bunch of smartass commentary.
Oh I also ate quail and wild boar for the first time ever. Very tasty. Small bird, big taste.
And rabbit. Which tasted pretty awesome as well.
Sharpe suited in scout till scout was getting tiresome and switched to trooper. The. We were diabeetusly sickeningly cute. And danced a couple songs. The dance was awesome, we were exhausted and less so.
Let me say though. Sharpe has a talent for dancing. She picks up on things. She assembles well and we're starting to get a handle on how we dance together in a freestyle fasion.
Ummmm
After that we said.
"Ok. We're too exhausted/old/decrepit for anotheri round. How bout some snuggles on the couch outside."
So we did. It was the perfect temperature for those in suit. We probably would've fallen asleep if we'd have stayed there ^.^
My brains are müsh right now. So imma post and sleep now.
*curls up next to sleepy sexy wife*
Nighty evybody
I'm not gunna lie I'm exhausted from work and school. And now, dancing. I feel old. I can't go as long and hard as I used to on the floor. But it's still fun and I guess I've been at it all day really.
<snerk...that's whut shee saaid>
I'm really surprised at how many people recognize me. Pleasingly confusing I think describes that. I met/re-met/forgot a bunch if awesome people today.
Sharpe spent a goodly portion of the day in the dealers den. We have two half masks left. (Does that make a whole mask*ponders stuperously*) and the fursuit parade was fun. I got to make smart remarks at people directing them to the left. Kate was also directing. And I must say he has a vastly superior index of pop culture references and off the cuff witty things to say. Which was fun.
Um. I suited around alot. Just being a pizzawolfy dick, and hugging people as well
OOH OOH. there was also a car show. Tyco has a siiikkkkk trans am about 25 years in the making. And it is a beast. Gives me hope for the small build I'm trying to get off the ground.
And there was an 1986 rx7 2+2 like my first car. It took me back.
Then I wandered a bunch and probably made a bunch of smartass commentary.
Oh I also ate quail and wild boar for the first time ever. Very tasty. Small bird, big taste.
And rabbit. Which tasted pretty awesome as well.
Sharpe suited in scout till scout was getting tiresome and switched to trooper. The. We were diabeetusly sickeningly cute. And danced a couple songs. The dance was awesome, we were exhausted and less so.
Let me say though. Sharpe has a talent for dancing. She picks up on things. She assembles well and we're starting to get a handle on how we dance together in a freestyle fasion.
Ummmm
After that we said.
"Ok. We're too exhausted/old/decrepit for anotheri round. How bout some snuggles on the couch outside."
So we did. It was the perfect temperature for those in suit. We probably would've fallen asleep if we'd have stayed there ^.^
My brains are müsh right now. So imma post and sleep now.
*curls up next to sleepy sexy wife*
Nighty evybody
Anticonformist pre con journal for FCN. Aka. Mcfc
Posted 11 years agoSo it turns out I actually requested Saturday off. Which is nice because I have brakes final on Friday
x.x
Oh and as a scheduling joke someone scheduled my Friday as opening bell tire at 3am and closing at 11pm. Which is good. Healthy coworker relationships include making fun of each other.
Also this means I will be some sort of caffinated blithering idiot for two days while I try to sort out a school/workweek.
Umm so what am I doing for twodaycon?
There is a pool. I am swimming in it. There is a taco belle. I will be getting a steak breakfast crunch heartclogger.
Pizza partial will be there. I will be suiting/hanging/insulting with assorted folks.
Umm. In othr news ill be delivering sharpe to the con on some sort of day. I will be too of with her (duh) Dameron and Tesxayote. Because they're awesome.
In other news I'm helping my neighbor get his 1979 rx7 running and restored. It's a piece of work let me tell you. Someone left the window down for about ten years and a raccoon or something has left. *cough* "leavings" on the floorboards and some upholstery.
I've got newer tires mounted and balanced. All the old gas out of it. Changed the oil/filter and drain/filled the radiator. Next I might be rebuilding the carb. Which is a Holley (thank goodness)
Also also I made a couple o those half masks sharpes been toying with. It's really fun. Might do some tomorrow after work and such.
x.x
Oh and as a scheduling joke someone scheduled my Friday as opening bell tire at 3am and closing at 11pm. Which is good. Healthy coworker relationships include making fun of each other.
Also this means I will be some sort of caffinated blithering idiot for two days while I try to sort out a school/workweek.
Umm so what am I doing for twodaycon?
There is a pool. I am swimming in it. There is a taco belle. I will be getting a steak breakfast crunch heartclogger.
Pizza partial will be there. I will be suiting/hanging/insulting with assorted folks.
Umm. In othr news ill be delivering sharpe to the con on some sort of day. I will be too of with her (duh) Dameron and Tesxayote. Because they're awesome.
In other news I'm helping my neighbor get his 1979 rx7 running and restored. It's a piece of work let me tell you. Someone left the window down for about ten years and a raccoon or something has left. *cough* "leavings" on the floorboards and some upholstery.
I've got newer tires mounted and balanced. All the old gas out of it. Changed the oil/filter and drain/filled the radiator. Next I might be rebuilding the carb. Which is a Holley (thank goodness)
Also also I made a couple o those half masks sharpes been toying with. It's really fun. Might do some tomorrow after work and such.
LIFE...the universe, and several other things
Posted 11 years agoso hai. i've been a bit absorbed into the real world to the exclusion of this one
this happens from time to time...aside from amassing my favorites collection.
..updates go as follows
I am so VERY happy tonight. I just changed out the downpipe on the buick for one that is new and not in two seperate pieces. I look forward to my eardrum recovery, and also actually listening to the radio instead of just pretending i could hear and sometimes picking out familiar bits of songs.
not only that but somehow, with the silence...it sounds like it rides smoother (this is purely psychological). and i got about 7mpg back. the bad news is the Check engine light is still on, which means the downstream o2 sensor is still out of range...which means it was probably the thing that kept the second half of the exhaust system from dragging on the pavement and therefore no longer works as a sensor.
i can live with that, next up: brakes then shocks.
I just found out at work that of the two most irritating co-workers. one, while breaking down a tire, had the bead pop and catch his thumb between the tire and the rim while breaking down the bead on the other side of the tire...and then he ripped his thumb out and took a chunk out of his thumb...and apparently the nail is pushed in farther than it was originally as well.
needless to say, he's going to be spending some time off.
the other has a warrant out for his arrest, for driving on a suspended license and missing his court arraignment. which he's working out with his lawyer.
it is very hard not to revel in their discomfort...
actually its kind-of sad. i've really been able to work well with everyone including these two as of late, and we've all been getting along pretty well. and...now...well...yeah...
umm...
i maed chili...which turned out FRICKIN AMAZING!
if anyone wants to know how to make it...just ask and i'll ramble about that for awhile.
lastly, we're all getting sick here...and i really hope i'm not, because i need money and not time off work, although a few days at home would be very nice, spending your days at home throwing up is an experience i'd rather forego.
i hope all of my internet fuzzbutts have been doing well. i love you all...especially you.
this happens from time to time...aside from amassing my favorites collection.
..updates go as follows
I am so VERY happy tonight. I just changed out the downpipe on the buick for one that is new and not in two seperate pieces. I look forward to my eardrum recovery, and also actually listening to the radio instead of just pretending i could hear and sometimes picking out familiar bits of songs.
not only that but somehow, with the silence...it sounds like it rides smoother (this is purely psychological). and i got about 7mpg back. the bad news is the Check engine light is still on, which means the downstream o2 sensor is still out of range...which means it was probably the thing that kept the second half of the exhaust system from dragging on the pavement and therefore no longer works as a sensor.
i can live with that, next up: brakes then shocks.
I just found out at work that of the two most irritating co-workers. one, while breaking down a tire, had the bead pop and catch his thumb between the tire and the rim while breaking down the bead on the other side of the tire...and then he ripped his thumb out and took a chunk out of his thumb...and apparently the nail is pushed in farther than it was originally as well.
needless to say, he's going to be spending some time off.
the other has a warrant out for his arrest, for driving on a suspended license and missing his court arraignment. which he's working out with his lawyer.
it is very hard not to revel in their discomfort...
actually its kind-of sad. i've really been able to work well with everyone including these two as of late, and we've all been getting along pretty well. and...now...well...yeah...
umm...
i maed chili...which turned out FRICKIN AMAZING!
if anyone wants to know how to make it...just ask and i'll ramble about that for awhile.
lastly, we're all getting sick here...and i really hope i'm not, because i need money and not time off work, although a few days at home would be very nice, spending your days at home throwing up is an experience i'd rather forego.
i hope all of my internet fuzzbutts have been doing well. i love you all...especially you.
soo... :P
Posted 11 years agomakin chilil...
it has steak and bacon in it...
it has steak and bacon in it...
To serve spouse.
Posted 11 years agohttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg
So true sometimes. This is a shirt video parodying communications and problem solving as a couple.
Though if you have a nail sticking out of your head. Please see someone to get it pulled out.
<thoughts>
Communication and service is key. It's easy to slip into the mode of what are/aren't they doing for me. Sometimes it's worth it to step back and say "what can I do to help"
We all have weaknesses, shortcomings, ect. That's not the point. The point is working together to support each other.
As an older and much wiser lady told me before I got married
"People say that marriage is 50/50. That's bull. Marriage is 80/20,20/80. Sometimes you're 20 sometimes you're 80."
Sometimes all you need to do is be there to lift them up. Sometimes you need lifting.
Knowing when to serve and when to ask for service is important. Yes it is important to provide opportunities as well. I'm really proud and can have my car on the side of the road telling someone "oh no. I don't need help. I can fix this."
Yeah well I can but sometimes I need help too. And it's hard to accept it but important as well.
</thoughts>
So true sometimes. This is a shirt video parodying communications and problem solving as a couple.
Though if you have a nail sticking out of your head. Please see someone to get it pulled out.
<thoughts>
Communication and service is key. It's easy to slip into the mode of what are/aren't they doing for me. Sometimes it's worth it to step back and say "what can I do to help"
We all have weaknesses, shortcomings, ect. That's not the point. The point is working together to support each other.
As an older and much wiser lady told me before I got married
"People say that marriage is 50/50. That's bull. Marriage is 80/20,20/80. Sometimes you're 20 sometimes you're 80."
Sometimes all you need to do is be there to lift them up. Sometimes you need lifting.
Knowing when to serve and when to ask for service is important. Yes it is important to provide opportunities as well. I'm really proud and can have my car on the side of the road telling someone "oh no. I don't need help. I can fix this."
Yeah well I can but sometimes I need help too. And it's hard to accept it but important as well.
</thoughts>
The older I get.
Posted 11 years agoThe more they try to make me grow up.
Car insurance, medical insurance, taxes, bills, gas, food, dishes, an organized living space. All highly important and wonderful things, responsible things to worry about. But I never really had much of a handle on them.
Oh don't get me wrong. I'm not crying for donations. I'm just reminiscent of the times when my biggest problems involved not being able to find a flat 4x1 Lego in the right color. When I could just run deep into the swamp in the backyard and pretend to be an animal. Dig a hole to fortify a position.
There are things I miss, true, but there is much that has gained from that sacrifice.
I have gained a very different perspective on myself and the world around me. I definently appreciate what happens in the world.
I found sharpe. Got married. And have found more joy that I have ever thought possible.
But dammit sometimes it sucks being "responsible" it's really expensive and it requires alot of sacrifice of things that are good for things that are better. But I can't say it isn't worth it.
Thoug I will say that this job just makes me just want to run home, strip and grab the Oreos and cookies and run around with a towel cape and underwear on my head.
Car insurance, medical insurance, taxes, bills, gas, food, dishes, an organized living space. All highly important and wonderful things, responsible things to worry about. But I never really had much of a handle on them.
Oh don't get me wrong. I'm not crying for donations. I'm just reminiscent of the times when my biggest problems involved not being able to find a flat 4x1 Lego in the right color. When I could just run deep into the swamp in the backyard and pretend to be an animal. Dig a hole to fortify a position.
There are things I miss, true, but there is much that has gained from that sacrifice.
I have gained a very different perspective on myself and the world around me. I definently appreciate what happens in the world.
I found sharpe. Got married. And have found more joy that I have ever thought possible.
But dammit sometimes it sucks being "responsible" it's really expensive and it requires alot of sacrifice of things that are good for things that are better. But I can't say it isn't worth it.
Thoug I will say that this job just makes me just want to run home, strip and grab the Oreos and cookies and run around with a towel cape and underwear on my head.
Attention everybody.
Posted 11 years agoAll hybrid characters that are of a wolf/husky/fox mixing will be hereafter referred to. But not always. As wuddafuskies...
Also those hybrids that you never know what to refer to. Or those suits in which you cannot tell what species it is.
Wuddafuskies the lot of them.
That is all
Flamer disclaimer. I do not mean to unintentionally offend anyone. If I intended to offend you, you would know. If you find it to be offensive please full out an "I have been offended by the Internet" form and submit it to the appropriate department.
Also I am tired and didn kill anyone at work. Tomorrow is Valentina's day and I will be away from home for over 15 hours.
I love you anyways dearest. Because you love me deeply every day. And express it not just once a year. But in everything you do. You haven't killed me. And you've taken all my queerities and quirks in stride. I would be Truely lost without you. I may not be present with you on valentines day, but I will be there with you. Because I never really leave when I'm gone. My heart is always with you.
<3
Also those hybrids that you never know what to refer to. Or those suits in which you cannot tell what species it is.
Wuddafuskies the lot of them.
That is all
Flamer disclaimer. I do not mean to unintentionally offend anyone. If I intended to offend you, you would know. If you find it to be offensive please full out an "I have been offended by the Internet" form and submit it to the appropriate department.
Also I am tired and didn kill anyone at work. Tomorrow is Valentina's day and I will be away from home for over 15 hours.
I love you anyways dearest. Because you love me deeply every day. And express it not just once a year. But in everything you do. You haven't killed me. And you've taken all my queerities and quirks in stride. I would be Truely lost without you. I may not be present with you on valentines day, but I will be there with you. Because I never really leave when I'm gone. My heart is always with you.
<3
Great Lakes fur con review
Posted 11 years agoIt is Monday morning. I have a flat tire. mu compressor is bust. I have to return to a job that I hate with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.
BUT!!!!
The
Review.
Very nice. And not in just that polite way you say it when you're just being nice by sayin "very nice" this convention was just that, very nice. It had a pool, pfft, not just a pool. An AWESOME POOL OF WATERSLIDE. annnd also a nice hot tub to relax everything you threw out whilst suiting and other shenanigans.
It was very well located. Just off the highway right next to a mall with mall stuff that I didn't see or use. Because let's be honest. It was colder than a polarbear's nutsack this weekend. So not many people suited outside the con. Maybe next year when the apocalyptic ice storm from hell is back over Alaska where it belongs.
But it is located well. The convention that is.
It was...small and it had all the advantages and disadvantages of being a first year small con. But it worked in its favour to make a chilled, relaxing sort of convention.
Sharpe had a couple panels. I reigned in my peanut gallery commentary as best I could. Which was actually poorly. She did great. Had a cold and can't speak now. Which has its own advantages and disadvantages. *ducks frying pan*
I luv u dearest. Ur the bestest.
Oh ummm the dances kindof sucked. But I think they were expecting more people to show up to do DJ competition. So. What happened were: the dance started at a rave pace. Which is wayyyyyyuuuu too fast to dance in suit without dying. Which I did. Fourty minutes after the dance started I was dead. We danced to dubstep in the artists alley instead
Speaking of which that was open till about midnight. Or later. It was awesome.
Umm. Details are getting fuzzy. I saw a lot of people who I wil need prompting to remember. It's not you it's me. I always have been fuzzy on remembering people.
Heh. Fuzzy.
Oh yeah final note. The hotel staff was wonderful, we had the receptionist sing puppy love and who let the dogs out as sharpe and I danced in the lobby.
The guests, that was a grab bag from "what the hell?!" To "hey listen to my Elmo voice" and "so. Is there like some sort of contest?"
Anyways. Fun times and a good break from the midwinter blues. Now back to nuggles before soul sucking work.
BUT!!!!
The
Review.
Very nice. And not in just that polite way you say it when you're just being nice by sayin "very nice" this convention was just that, very nice. It had a pool, pfft, not just a pool. An AWESOME POOL OF WATERSLIDE. annnd also a nice hot tub to relax everything you threw out whilst suiting and other shenanigans.
It was very well located. Just off the highway right next to a mall with mall stuff that I didn't see or use. Because let's be honest. It was colder than a polarbear's nutsack this weekend. So not many people suited outside the con. Maybe next year when the apocalyptic ice storm from hell is back over Alaska where it belongs.
But it is located well. The convention that is.
It was...small and it had all the advantages and disadvantages of being a first year small con. But it worked in its favour to make a chilled, relaxing sort of convention.
Sharpe had a couple panels. I reigned in my peanut gallery commentary as best I could. Which was actually poorly. She did great. Had a cold and can't speak now. Which has its own advantages and disadvantages. *ducks frying pan*
I luv u dearest. Ur the bestest.
Oh ummm the dances kindof sucked. But I think they were expecting more people to show up to do DJ competition. So. What happened were: the dance started at a rave pace. Which is wayyyyyyuuuu too fast to dance in suit without dying. Which I did. Fourty minutes after the dance started I was dead. We danced to dubstep in the artists alley instead
Speaking of which that was open till about midnight. Or later. It was awesome.
Umm. Details are getting fuzzy. I saw a lot of people who I wil need prompting to remember. It's not you it's me. I always have been fuzzy on remembering people.
Heh. Fuzzy.
Oh yeah final note. The hotel staff was wonderful, we had the receptionist sing puppy love and who let the dogs out as sharpe and I danced in the lobby.
The guests, that was a grab bag from "what the hell?!" To "hey listen to my Elmo voice" and "so. Is there like some sort of contest?"
Anyways. Fun times and a good break from the midwinter blues. Now back to nuggles before soul sucking work.
Great Lakes Fur con
Posted 11 years agoSO...work came through and gave me the time off...for frikin once...
AND IM TOTALLY GOING OMG YEAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
nothing crazy, no fullsuit...just pizza partial v1.1
SO...here's what my awesome plans are for GLFC
1. Drive sharpe to the con...this is very important...the con will suck if i fail in this task.
i am quite looking forward to having some "quality""time" with my wife...
2. Have fun and suit around
3. visit the pool.
I have been jonesing for swimming...its dead middle of a cold as...well a really frickin cold winter and i've had a an itchin for dippin since, i dunno, this year started. If this con sucks and turns absolutely god-awful...they have a pool, and i'll be there...with swim gear, mind you,dont worry...i will wear clothing and attire in public...but i'll still be swimmin like a crazy waterloving pizzawolf.
also.
Three
story
waterslide...
this con will be like sex...even if it goes bad, it'll still be good.
4. hassle people in sharpe's panels...because panels arent fun without random comments from the hecklers in the peanut gallery.
5. dance... my...ass off...both cheeks...as in i'll have to be carrying both cheeks seperatly back to the room after im done...
possibly my tail too.
6. spend quality hangout time with people i know...and people i dont...i'm saying this generically because i dont always remember everyone offhand...its not you its me...i dont remember if i had breakfast in the morning, i probably wont remember last convention...and its not cause i drink. because i dont...drink...alcohol...i dont drink it...cantwontdont.
7. that other shit i always forget about...impulse buys...not work...yeah, that shit...
AND IM TOTALLY GOING OMG YEAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
nothing crazy, no fullsuit...just pizza partial v1.1
SO...here's what my awesome plans are for GLFC
1. Drive sharpe to the con...this is very important...the con will suck if i fail in this task.
i am quite looking forward to having some "quality""time" with my wife...
2. Have fun and suit around
3. visit the pool.
I have been jonesing for swimming...its dead middle of a cold as...well a really frickin cold winter and i've had a an itchin for dippin since, i dunno, this year started. If this con sucks and turns absolutely god-awful...they have a pool, and i'll be there...with swim gear, mind you,dont worry...i will wear clothing and attire in public...but i'll still be swimmin like a crazy waterloving pizzawolf.
also.
Three
story
waterslide...
this con will be like sex...even if it goes bad, it'll still be good.
4. hassle people in sharpe's panels...because panels arent fun without random comments from the hecklers in the peanut gallery.
5. dance... my...ass off...both cheeks...as in i'll have to be carrying both cheeks seperatly back to the room after im done...
possibly my tail too.
6. spend quality hangout time with people i know...and people i dont...i'm saying this generically because i dont always remember everyone offhand...its not you its me...i dont remember if i had breakfast in the morning, i probably wont remember last convention...and its not cause i drink. because i dont...drink...alcohol...i dont drink it...cantwontdont.
7. that other shit i always forget about...impulse buys...not work...yeah, that shit...
everything you might not have wanted to know
Posted 12 years agoWhat's your real name?
Joel D.
How tall are you?
5'9''
What's your natural hair color?
Brown
What's your eye color?
brownish
What's your orientation?
straight-ish
Are you single, taken or undecided?
Married to
sharpe19What do you do in your spare time?
my wife...
lol
laze around and doodle or fix our broken cars...
What's your job or occupation?
Auto Technician
What do you like about yourself?
mai sexy self :P ai am a beeeg fan of mai anatomy
i try to be understanding. and help people when i can.
I think for myself, i march to my own beat. If you dont like it...well, sorry?
What do you dislike about yourself?
i am insensitive sometimes, and i have a tendancy to put my own ambitions above others. Im also kindof weak.
i also let my impulses get the better of me sometimes. Im also stubborn, which cuts both ways.
I also tend to isolate myself from others for no really good reason, i'm not sure why, i think i want to protect them sometimes...but it doesnt work that way.
What did your friends notice about you when they first met you?
Quiet at first, shy, introverted...wont shut up, crude and vulgar once i open up.
What is your belief/religion if you believe in anything at all?
Mormon/LDS
Do you drink?
No, see above.
i also cant drink due to genetic reasons...aka i love my life and friends and dont want to trade them for the bottle because thats who i am and what would happen.
Do you smoke?
No
What are your major fears?
Hurting the ones i love, Spiders, Being useless.
Do you have any dreams or goals?
showing off :P
Building race cars, a cabin with my own private freshwater lake for skinny dipping, and all the time to spend with sharpe for conventions or just being there.
Have you ever had a crush or an ex?
eh...kindof, but nothing like when i fell for sharpe
Who's your best buddy?
My friend Nick, from the outside/non-furry world...he's more of a brother than my brothers are.
What's your favorite dish?
Chicago style pizza with bacon, pepperoni and sausage.
though i am a fan of old fashion steaks and potatoes.
What's your favorite drink?
Mountain Dew Voltage...or similarly hued beverages.
What's your favorite color?
Flat black. or electric blue...or red
If you had a super power, what would it be?
The ability to manipulate matter...like magneto, with everything though...and on a molecular level if possible.
or to be a counsiousness retaining werewolf
Both actually
What's your favorite movie?
Batman The Dark Knight, Night at the Opera, there's a list somewhere
What's your least favorite food?
Broccoli, Mushrooms, Raw onions
What do you drive and what would you really like to drive?
I daily a 2000ish buick park avenue (supercharged 3800)
project car: 1985 Trans am with T tops, and plans for a mild carb'd 350 build
i would love to drive a 1966 427 corvette hardtop. or a 2012 ZR1 or a 14 Z06
there's a bucket list here...
What is your most disliked bug?
2000-current VW beetle
they are a pain in the ASS to work on
What pet peeves do you dislike the most?
Starting a movie and NOT FINISHING IT...finding that there's only two squares of toilet paper left...
People who don't listen or consider other people. I have many friends with who i have fundamental disagreements. my wife being one of them at times, but we are still friends because we recognize the opinions, and listen to them and try to understand...and agree to disagree when it is called for.
Also causes that i feel are over stated, oversupported, supremely popular, or shoved in my face. I would give examples, but the fandom would crucify me.
What do you dislike in life?
BILLS...congress...politicans of any party, hardline politics of any party. internet ranting and raving about how other people should die because they believe differently or have a differing point of view.
And lastly, that i cannot force people to make good choices...that was a hard lesson for me to learn...It may mean well but it only hurts people in the end. We all must learn for ourselves...and it hurts to do so
Because jumping off a bridge isn't fun if someone doesn't.
Posted 12 years agoHere's where else you can find me
http://pizzawolf.deviantart.com/
Deviantart. Wonderful site. My inbox is so overwhelmingly full and aaaaalll of my creepy stories and writings and doodles from ages ago. Read them at your own risk. They were written by the guy who would've been voted "most likely to snap and kill everyone" in high school.
The really old drawings aren't too bad. I was doodling almost every night so I got pretty good with a pen. But nothin really colored or worthwhile.
It's where I met sharpe and if you want to really win the stalker of the year award. Check out those old journals.
I'm not on deviant art but maybe once every week or so. And it's mostly pg stuff. Except for the writings.
I also have a Facebook associated with pizzawolf. Though I do have a number of family members friended so be nice. MrPizzaWolf updates on politics, personal things, and mostly liked and shared videos of car memes.
I also only accept friend requests on Facebook if I really really know you. If I don't know what your face looks and your name at the same time. Which is actually a really small group of people. It's not that I hate you, I just don't fill up my friends lists...especially with random people I've met only once. And that gets updates daily or every three days.
I have a weasyl
https://www.weasyl.com/~pizzawolf
Though its more of a thing that I have.
http://pizzawolf.deviantart.com/
Deviantart. Wonderful site. My inbox is so overwhelmingly full and aaaaalll of my creepy stories and writings and doodles from ages ago. Read them at your own risk. They were written by the guy who would've been voted "most likely to snap and kill everyone" in high school.
The really old drawings aren't too bad. I was doodling almost every night so I got pretty good with a pen. But nothin really colored or worthwhile.
It's where I met sharpe and if you want to really win the stalker of the year award. Check out those old journals.
I'm not on deviant art but maybe once every week or so. And it's mostly pg stuff. Except for the writings.
I also have a Facebook associated with pizzawolf. Though I do have a number of family members friended so be nice. MrPizzaWolf updates on politics, personal things, and mostly liked and shared videos of car memes.
I also only accept friend requests on Facebook if I really really know you. If I don't know what your face looks and your name at the same time. Which is actually a really small group of people. It's not that I hate you, I just don't fill up my friends lists...especially with random people I've met only once. And that gets updates daily or every three days.
I have a weasyl
https://www.weasyl.com/~pizzawolf
Though its more of a thing that I have.
...
Posted 12 years agoToday I realized something about my job that really sent a chill down my spine. Not only do I not loath my job anymore...I actually, by the end of the day...sometimes...like...the job.
It still sucks and in a bipolar sort of way I think I'm slowly earning respect. And of course now that I've gone and said it, they're gunna be all like "aawwss u totly suck!!!" >:{
That's an angry face.
It's a scary thought either way. I just hope it keeps improving to the point where I can get my time off and keep my expenses covered. And taxes. And insurance.
Don't grow up kids, it just won't worth the hassle. Just stay innocent and young eating dirt and streaking around the yard in naught but a towel cape then absconding with your cape to your couch cushion fort or treehouse for peanutbutter banana sandwiches with chocolate milk and Oreos where you play "hide-from-the-adults" untill dinner time where you pick at your vegetables.
So much easier than bills. And I don't even have that many expenses for my age.
It still sucks and in a bipolar sort of way I think I'm slowly earning respect. And of course now that I've gone and said it, they're gunna be all like "aawwss u totly suck!!!" >:{
That's an angry face.
It's a scary thought either way. I just hope it keeps improving to the point where I can get my time off and keep my expenses covered. And taxes. And insurance.
Don't grow up kids, it just won't worth the hassle. Just stay innocent and young eating dirt and streaking around the yard in naught but a towel cape then absconding with your cape to your couch cushion fort or treehouse for peanutbutter banana sandwiches with chocolate milk and Oreos where you play "hide-from-the-adults" untill dinner time where you pick at your vegetables.
So much easier than bills. And I don't even have that many expenses for my age.
Church today was awesome
Posted 12 years agoBecuz I doodled on some scrap paper on a hymnol.
But it also sucked because I realized I really can't draw sharpe.
I'm also going to try and start sketching out these stupid ideas I get about sharpe and me. Character sketches. If you want one. That's nice, don't expect me to do them. If I have requested work its about a 80% chance ill blow it off. It's not personal, I'm just a lazy butt.
Also I am off Monday which is nice and suspicious at the same time. Nice because I don't have to deal with my soul sucking job. Suspicious because I think the guy in charge of scheduling hates me and is cutting my hours.
This may prove a problem when I go to request all the convention time off for this year. Because we're planning on hitting a lot of conventions...and I'm going to end up taking some 15odd days off this coming year.
But the big catch is that I have to get the time off approved...and the Schedual goes up the Saturday before the week it is effective.
This may be a problem. I'm not sure this job is going to work out. I guess I'll deal with that bridge when its time to blow it up.
Burning bridges is too slow. Blowing them up is much more enjoyable.
Which suddenly reminds me of vinny from Atlantis.
"Hey look, I made a bridge."
Which now makes my previous tangent ironic.
But it also sucked because I realized I really can't draw sharpe.
I'm also going to try and start sketching out these stupid ideas I get about sharpe and me. Character sketches. If you want one. That's nice, don't expect me to do them. If I have requested work its about a 80% chance ill blow it off. It's not personal, I'm just a lazy butt.
Also I am off Monday which is nice and suspicious at the same time. Nice because I don't have to deal with my soul sucking job. Suspicious because I think the guy in charge of scheduling hates me and is cutting my hours.
This may prove a problem when I go to request all the convention time off for this year. Because we're planning on hitting a lot of conventions...and I'm going to end up taking some 15odd days off this coming year.
But the big catch is that I have to get the time off approved...and the Schedual goes up the Saturday before the week it is effective.
This may be a problem. I'm not sure this job is going to work out. I guess I'll deal with that bridge when its time to blow it up.
Burning bridges is too slow. Blowing them up is much more enjoyable.
Which suddenly reminds me of vinny from Atlantis.
"Hey look, I made a bridge."
Which now makes my previous tangent ironic.
Questionarre...thingy..aka more than you ever wanted to know
Posted 12 years agobecause it looked fun and your eyes haven't bled enough...jumping off a cliff just is more fun if everyone does it.
i may need to go back over this at not such a late hour after such a long cold day. Also, work today was a long, wet, cold day in hell.
What made you choose the species of your main Character?
I did. :P
but seriously...ummm. This is more of a factor of my deep, intricate, longtime, and sometimes creepy obsession with canines and wolves. I read alot, and in about 10th grade, when i was 14ish, i read white fang. I was competely sucked into the story, and most importantly, I identified with White fang and his angsty outcastedness wanting to love unconditionally. annnd it went from there. i've always played as dogs since i can remember playing...and even though wolves are totally cliche. i really identify with many of the traits.
i knew that before I entered the fandom, and then sharpe and i hammered out the physical details over a period of time.
I'm not very strong on my own, but i know people...and me and my people can get pretty much anything done that we care to do. I'm not the smartest, strongest or fittest, but i go long and hard when i can. I never plan to grow up...Family is one of the most important things to me, with THE most important thing being my mate.
family is more than who you're related to...
I'm also highly competitive, which sucks because i rarely win. This means i usually re-define what the winning conditions are and feel sated with whatever accomplishments i have achieved.\
and im nowhere near as universally loyal or loving or open or obedient as the domesticated canine.
Is your character just like you, or how you want to be?
Thats the idea. i wanted a character who looked like or reflected what i look like were i to be magically wolfified.
Does your character have the same personality you have?
yes...PizzaWolf is a dick, but a kind dick that cares...sometimes, unless its funny.
Does your character have the same dislikes and likes as you do?
yes, vegetables. among other things. and loosing.
Does your character look like you at all?
yus...i think so. mostly white...brown hair...goatee
Is your character the same gender as you, if not why?
yup, we not only are dicks, we have them too...why? because dicks are fun to have...and...things...
*cough*anywaysmovingon
Do you have more then one main character?
not really.
Do you have a back story for your character, if so does it have anything to do with your own history?
um...theres the story of how i developed the character, but no real backstory. he's me...as a wolf...
Is your character mated, if so is it to your real life significant other?
yus ^.^ to mai sharpeh wifeh
If not are they looking for a mate, or are they a swinger so to speak?
wat?
Is there something special about your character that you think sets them apart from others?
ummm...puns? lightening quick comebacks? dem dance moves?
Do you have much art of your main character?
just what sharpe draws, and what ive drawn, with a smalllllll amount of fanart...i guess it amounts to a nice collection. not all of its posted though
Would you ever consider parting with your main character, if so why?
thats more of a question of would i consider parting with myself...cus thats who it is...Like iron man.
which would either be a case of split personality or selling myself for money...if i was selling the character.
besides, sharpe played a significant role in helping me hammer out the details of this character, and that means more to me than money or anything else
If you suit, do you have a suit of your main character?
its the only suit i have actually
Have you ever roleplayed with your main character, or do you prefer not to?
nuuu...i D&D'd twice...annd this character was nowhere near completed...or existing for that matter...
though there was a wolf familiar named Ivan with similar colors...
i just dont really RP...no time...no ppl...ect..and NOT THAT KIND OF ROLEPLAYING...(you sick twisted furries)
Do you consider your main character to be a part of you in any way?
intimately part of me...and not like...oooh sex intimately...i mean as in part of my intimate self. we are cast from the same psyche. we have the same loose screws and crossed wires. though i do cut a bit more loose as pizzawolf...but i think thats more of a matter of situational opportunity. when I cut loose, its usually in an opportunity that is presented where im being pizzawolf.
to me we're one and the same...except the whole...i'm very much human...with very human features and needs and ambitions.
i may need to go back over this at not such a late hour after such a long cold day. Also, work today was a long, wet, cold day in hell.
What made you choose the species of your main Character?
I did. :P
but seriously...ummm. This is more of a factor of my deep, intricate, longtime, and sometimes creepy obsession with canines and wolves. I read alot, and in about 10th grade, when i was 14ish, i read white fang. I was competely sucked into the story, and most importantly, I identified with White fang and his angsty outcastedness wanting to love unconditionally. annnd it went from there. i've always played as dogs since i can remember playing...and even though wolves are totally cliche. i really identify with many of the traits.
i knew that before I entered the fandom, and then sharpe and i hammered out the physical details over a period of time.
I'm not very strong on my own, but i know people...and me and my people can get pretty much anything done that we care to do. I'm not the smartest, strongest or fittest, but i go long and hard when i can. I never plan to grow up...Family is one of the most important things to me, with THE most important thing being my mate.
family is more than who you're related to...
I'm also highly competitive, which sucks because i rarely win. This means i usually re-define what the winning conditions are and feel sated with whatever accomplishments i have achieved.\
and im nowhere near as universally loyal or loving or open or obedient as the domesticated canine.
Is your character just like you, or how you want to be?
Thats the idea. i wanted a character who looked like or reflected what i look like were i to be magically wolfified.
Does your character have the same personality you have?
yes...PizzaWolf is a dick, but a kind dick that cares...sometimes, unless its funny.
Does your character have the same dislikes and likes as you do?
yes, vegetables. among other things. and loosing.
Does your character look like you at all?
yus...i think so. mostly white...brown hair...goatee
Is your character the same gender as you, if not why?
yup, we not only are dicks, we have them too...why? because dicks are fun to have...and...things...
*cough*anywaysmovingon
Do you have more then one main character?
not really.
Do you have a back story for your character, if so does it have anything to do with your own history?
um...theres the story of how i developed the character, but no real backstory. he's me...as a wolf...
Is your character mated, if so is it to your real life significant other?
yus ^.^ to mai sharpeh wifeh
If not are they looking for a mate, or are they a swinger so to speak?
wat?
Is there something special about your character that you think sets them apart from others?
ummm...puns? lightening quick comebacks? dem dance moves?
Do you have much art of your main character?
just what sharpe draws, and what ive drawn, with a smalllllll amount of fanart...i guess it amounts to a nice collection. not all of its posted though
Would you ever consider parting with your main character, if so why?
thats more of a question of would i consider parting with myself...cus thats who it is...Like iron man.
which would either be a case of split personality or selling myself for money...if i was selling the character.
besides, sharpe played a significant role in helping me hammer out the details of this character, and that means more to me than money or anything else
If you suit, do you have a suit of your main character?
its the only suit i have actually
Have you ever roleplayed with your main character, or do you prefer not to?
nuuu...i D&D'd twice...annd this character was nowhere near completed...or existing for that matter...
though there was a wolf familiar named Ivan with similar colors...
i just dont really RP...no time...no ppl...ect..and NOT THAT KIND OF ROLEPLAYING...(you sick twisted furries)
Do you consider your main character to be a part of you in any way?
intimately part of me...and not like...oooh sex intimately...i mean as in part of my intimate self. we are cast from the same psyche. we have the same loose screws and crossed wires. though i do cut a bit more loose as pizzawolf...but i think thats more of a matter of situational opportunity. when I cut loose, its usually in an opportunity that is presented where im being pizzawolf.
to me we're one and the same...except the whole...i'm very much human...with very human features and needs and ambitions.
