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I have had it with this year.
Carrie Fisher is the last damned straw.
I was in first grade when the first Star Wars came out. (I was such a geek that my dad had to build me a rolling R2D2 costume out of plywood and tagboard. It had casters for wheels. I had to be lifted inside it and the paper mache headpiece tied on with elastic. Twas awesome.) I was too young to get how amazing it was to have a female lead who could handle a blaster and mouth off to the bad guys, but believe me, I grew up EXPECTING that because of Princess Leia and Lieutenant Uhura.
This year has only gone to show me how little people have learned about the stupidity of bigotry in any form. I have dumped a few friends I didn't know as well as I thought because of it.
People suck.
2016 sucks.
Animals are awesome though so beware the photodump. We went to the Miami Zoo and saw the river wolves at last. I only got one good shot out of about 200 because all otters are hyperactive bastards, but giant otters are worse than most. It matters not. I had a joyous time trying.
I am also thinking of publishing a book titled "Photography fails - butt shots from the wild" as I have the most hilarious collection of rumps, tails, and tushies that were ALMOST what I was going for.
Carrie Fisher is the last damned straw.
I was in first grade when the first Star Wars came out. (I was such a geek that my dad had to build me a rolling R2D2 costume out of plywood and tagboard. It had casters for wheels. I had to be lifted inside it and the paper mache headpiece tied on with elastic. Twas awesome.) I was too young to get how amazing it was to have a female lead who could handle a blaster and mouth off to the bad guys, but believe me, I grew up EXPECTING that because of Princess Leia and Lieutenant Uhura.
This year has only gone to show me how little people have learned about the stupidity of bigotry in any form. I have dumped a few friends I didn't know as well as I thought because of it.
People suck.
2016 sucks.
Animals are awesome though so beware the photodump. We went to the Miami Zoo and saw the river wolves at last. I only got one good shot out of about 200 because all otters are hyperactive bastards, but giant otters are worse than most. It matters not. I had a joyous time trying.
I am also thinking of publishing a book titled "Photography fails - butt shots from the wild" as I have the most hilarious collection of rumps, tails, and tushies that were ALMOST what I was going for.
Life, loss, lurking...ya know. The usual.
Hey,
I hope you are all OK.
I haven't been on much and won't be on much for a while. I will do my best but I am trying to teach art from home and it's... Yeah.
Since my last journal we moved in, sold our little house (first day!), and did our best blend our pets and our stuff. It wasn't going great. The cats don't get along and so we are doing time in the main house in shifts until they learn not to destroy each other. Ditto for me and MIL. I think it went better for us than most, because I really did love her and we had a lot in common. Nevertheless we also had a matching stubborn streak and it caused some fireworks. I think she w
Life Update...or AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Hi.
Been absent a lot...which fills no one with surprise because I suck at keeping up with shit. I do have a range of new and glorious excuse though so here goes.
I hurt my back in the fall...had surgery in the spring, and am better. Mostly.
This is mostly a perfect storm of horrible timing though because around the same point that this went down, my mother in law's life also sort of fell apart. She's moving in with us. Now...I can hear the collective sound of folks expressing sympathy for such an awful thing as to have your MIL move in with you. Cease. I love her. She and I are like the same person in many ways (which says somethi
Transformers date night
Went to see the original Transformers movie last night with my ~MGMags (https://www.deviantart.com/mgmags) and Oz. Had a blast - still fun!
Also...I have to wonder...why now? 'Cause we're all looking at the Bumblebee trailers and thinking "Gee that's an awfully G1 looking: Optimus, Shockwave, Soundwave, and Ravage...." Could it be a G1ish reboot is in the air? Hard not to get hopes up after Bay's trash for one film after another.
It is nice to see the new director saying "I grew up with these characters."
RESPECT THE CHARACTERS! Not the look necessarily or even the history...but respect the CHARACTER of the character.
Then maybe you can sell me a ticket or ten.
Updates and observations: WARNING-contains whining
Ok, so sorry for the long silence but it turns out narcotics silence not just my pain but any creative impulse I have...including writing. They suck. I needed them, but they suck.
First some history. This new knee was not for an injury. My hips are a bit off, which causes no pain, but twisted my femur to the outside. My kneecaps ride WAY off center in both legs. They pop in and out of joint with very little pressure (I can do it in my sleep) and have been grinding away at the connective tissue since my first step. I can also bend the joint entirely backwards if I step wrong. <- More on that later. I've had arthritis since high s
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It was so unexpected to lose Carrie Fisher. I grew up on Star Wars like any other 80s kid so this was hit in way I didn't expect.