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On 2024-08-10 at 3:20 PM, ComanderZhabikKlavik said:

Drawing for an August 2024 Art Contest. 

Sketch of this drawing.

I started drawing at 9am today and finished at 6pm. I spent 9 hours drawing almost non-stop.

Adding Trixie makes any composition better automatically. 

August 20th was St. Stephen's Day in Hungary, so I had this on my mind. 

LD cooling her hooves at the Down N' Out cider pub. 

One thing that does suck is that the Playstation 5 no longer has an easily accessible and functional web browser like the Playstation 4 had. Your choices are to either jump through hoops to access a crude leftover browser that you aren't even supposed to be able to access or stick to downloadable media  apps. 

Compounding the problem is the fact that the Youtube app on PS5 has even more advertisements than the normal version if you can believe that. 

Started playing a bit of my previous save file for Shining Force, but as usual I have a hard time getting back into saves that I've left alone for too long. 

Those strategy RPG games always tempt me to cheat lest I miss a good character/item that is hidden somewhere. Final Fantasy Tactics and Vandal Hearts are prime examples of this. 

For now, I'm thinking back to the ancient days of Pharaoh (1999). Never played the remade version, but the soundtrack is pretty swell.  

Not sure if it is alright to double-post here, but I'm going to risk it.

Queen Chrysalis has perhaps my favorite overall character design in the entire series, and maybe any animated show period. 

Her and the Changelings in general are interesting and highly dangerous creatures: as the opposite of everything that Ponies hold near and dear, there's a great deal of potential for conflict, exploration, and humor between them and everyone else. 

Even without the hive to back her up, Chrysalis causes all kinds of trouble. She carries the team in Frenemies (Literally in the case of Cozy) with some amazing transformations and basically wreaks havoc when her egomania doesn't get in the way. Having Chrysalis infiltrate the Crystal Empire again and get ready for King Sombra to attack would have been a pretty good plan. 

Oh well.

Anyway, Rebecca Dart did an outstanding job in my opinion. 

Felt sick with a headache and general malaise today, but I forced myself to go for a walk around sunset.

The wind was blowing as I began to walk through a nearby field and followed the path towards the summit. The sky itself was in a strange condition, with lower layers of gray-white and nearly purple clouds obscuring a higher atmosphere in which beautiful screes of broken cloudbanks were illuminated by a sun pure and bright. It played a game of hide-and-seek as I climbed higher and higher through the rising meadow, but not once did it disappear entirely: here and there it would break or scatter in the shroud, unique and beautiful as a falling mist come alive with a momentary rainbow. 

I used to go up there and sit pretty often. To listen to the wind roar in the sky; to gaze upon that mystery which felt it was for me alone.

You can just lay up there and feel empty.

10 hours ago, Unicorncob said:

Shocking part is neither of those matches were in the Tokyo Dome or involved Kenny Omega or Will Ospreay

Indeed: Dave seems to have been blown away by KO. 

I haven't watched his Japanese stuff so I cant judge, but honestly back when I was watching AEW he clowned around a bit too much for my taste. 

Never played this hack myself, but it seems promising.

Love how King Sombra teleports around the lair in this one. 

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Pharynx has to be up there. Kinda wish that his character arc was a bit longer, because the idea of Changelings who have a hard time adjusting after Queen Chrysalis is gone is very interesting. 

The best thing in my humble opinion is utilizing whatever access your institution (or local library) provides to applications like JSTOR or the equivalent for your field of study. That will get around many of the paywall issues or the hassle of going through Sci-Hub or other sketchy websites if you can do it. 

Wikipedia articles are actually worse than useless when it comes right down to it: between the gatekeeping of the site administration itself and the dubious intentions of the contributors proven or speculatory (https://gizmodo.com/congress-is-still-editing-wikipedia-a-lot-heres-how-1605295946), you're really asking for trouble by citing or even believing them at all.

Your national library/institutions might have resources to use online.

Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/

Archive.org is a treasure trove: https://archive.org/details/texts

On 2024-07-16 at 9:11 PM, slavagotchiz said:

Since my last response, I've been reading The Wasp Factory. I'm really enjoying it, it's very cruel but very good.

A book close to my heart. The protagonist's way of life reminded me of many aspects of my own younger years except for the "Murdering three children" part and maybe one or two other little things. 

April 7, 1982

A World Heavyweight Title match between Ric Flair and Butch Reed is awarded the first five-star rating in the history of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Later in 1989, another Flair match against Ricky Steamboat will be the first to be awarded a six-star rating by Dave Meltzer. 

I've been told that I have some feminine characteristics because of my slight punctiliousness and enjoyment of tea, but I'm not sure what I think of that.

I'm sure they just found my masculinity threatening. 

Purple is a great color, but not one I would consider 'girly': instead, I associate it with majesty and imperium. It made a bit of a comeback as a tie color for world leaders because of its combination of the sagacity and calmness of blue with the intensity and power of red. 

Crazy-eyes Cozy is best Cozy. 

I think you might be on to something with the aurora part, because consider this. 

(Roman mythology)Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent to the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna (!) and Sol. 

I'm less embarrassed by the fact that my everyday carry includes plastic equines that probably used to belong to a little girl than I am by the fact that I've been on my feet SCREAMING at forty-year old videotapes of adult men in their underwear pretending to fight.

Aside from horse barbie cartoon and ATHF, I think I'm going to go with: Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Pulling off horror and comedy at all can be difficult; doing so within the limitations of an early 2000's Cartoon Network format without sacrificing either is noteworthy.

There are definitely weak episodes, but I'm still impressed by how fresh and unique the good ones feel. With a surreal atmosphere, a distinct visual style and some daring concepts, CtCD still manages to hold its own even today. Always an oddball and like Courage himself almost abandoned in infancy, it survived long enough to mature without overstaying its welcome. 

Ominous and distinct while remaining generally light-hearted, there really isn't much to compare it to even all these years later.

Pridefulness beyond a doubt.

After all, there's a reason that the Great and Powerful Trixie is one of my favorites....

8 minutes ago, ComanderZhabikKlavik said:

Today when I went into the banya I saw a mouse floating in a bucket of water. It was dead. It looked like it fell into the bucket of water but couldn't get out. A horrible death.

 

 

RIP Mousie. 

Jealous that you get to visit a banya, though...

This time of year makes me feel a bit melancholy and nostalgic with fall just around the corner.

Guy in the red long johns (Artie, the Strongest Man in the World) is also the voice actor for Kahn and Cotton from King of the Hill. Many random guest appearances in this one for some reason. 

When I was super young they used to air re-runs of Gen 1 cartoons, but I can't remember much about them except enjoying them.

Something tells me that I might have liked Spike, but I can't really recall.

I remembered Megan (but not her name), but didn't realize that she had a brother! So much for my Gen 5 theory....

I think you may be misunderstanding me: I'm agreeing with you!

1 minute ago, Arrlong28 said:

I don't understand your point or what are you trying to say.

I don't know either. 

Maybe it is something along the lines of "The things you and others experienced seem to contradict the framework of the theories being made to describe it."