Sickening

So I'm pretty frustrated.  Took my cat to the vet today after a week of him going half crazy.  Constantly scratching his ears, tore up parts of himself here and there because of it.  Not ignoring that a couple weeks back I took him in for an infected bite mark.  So I had to leave him there all day today which was fairly horrible for the both of us I'm sure.  More for me since he would of been asleep for most of the time.  I pretty much didnt sleep and took him in the morning.  They said to call in the afternoon and see how he is.

So I called up and they recommend I leave him there overnight because he's still very groggy from everything.  Now this I've never done before.  That cat is super important to me so leaving him in some strange place, even if he's mostly zombied during it, isnt something I like.  And then the cake was served, the bill will be $900.  Not the most I've paid in 1 go, last one was $1300 for a massive issue he had quite a few years back.  So adding the $300 I spent a couple weeks ago on him, and probably 1-2 more checkup trips which will be around $100 or whatever each, my wallet has decided it hates me.  Goodbye to the sound system I was planning to buy my parents this week that I'd been saving for.  Not working at the moment isnt helping either.  Thats a shitload of money.  But I'd still pay if it was $2000.  Time to cut back on a few things I was planning on getting till I get a job again.  Financial death has come for me.

Stooges everywhere

So the other day I handed Jed my edited clips for the next portal video.  I enjoyed watching them again since it had been months since we played I'd forgotten half the retarded things we did.  Even one area where I died that I'd forgotten, it was so unexpected my jaw dropped.  So we'll just wait for Jed to do his little bit and hopefully sometime next week it'll be up.

One of the gifts I was getting for my mum has been scratched off the list.  I placed my order last week and was told $90 for postage, which is a little obscene but I grinned and bared it.  So yesterday I called up asking about where it is in the world since it wouldnt let me track it.  Then I'm told they havent shipped it yet because they need to contact my bank for whatever purposes and needed their number off me.  Thats cool.  How about tell me this when I placed the damn order.  So about to put it through and the lady says $150 postage.  I'm like you're fucking kidding me.  Apparently thats the cheapest UPS shipping for this, which is bull.  Told them to cancel the order.  More annoying is they are the only ones who stock this that ship overseas.  So poo.  At least I got one of 2 other gifts I got her.  Second should be in tomorrow hopefully.  I'll take picpics.

In the meantime heres another comic from my friend, Royce!

Cobra George

So its been like 15 years or whatever but my friend and I decided to finally make a second action figure video.  Its set so only people here can see it cause I love you all, even the really ugly ones.  I'll have to confess I fucked up as I wasnt used to that specific camera, so my finger was always over the speaker holes, which were placed at the top for some stupid reason, so you'll hear little cracks and pops and sometimes the volume getting muffled.  I'll keep an eye out for that next time. Friend is the same guy who drew the comic in the below post.  So yeah, enjoy the shitty clip.

New magic

So the past couple days have been fairly eventful.  Today I found out a folder I sent back to be replaced was received by the useless company and they sent me the replacement on the 9th.  So hopefully in a week or two I'll have it.  I still have not received the stuff I bought for my mum but I'm hopeful they'll turn up tomorrow.  If it doesnt then I'll have to wait till monday which is a real bitch.  Company said if its not here by wednesday then to call them.  Luckily they're Australian so I have less of a reason to stress.  Unfortunately yesterday I got my dads gift and the piece of shit doesnt work.  The switch broke after my second test of it so I have to send it back tomorrow for a repair.  Thats like the worst thing that can happen, a gift coming in dodgy.  Oh well.  More patience is required from me.

A few entertaining things happened.  I mentioned the other day how my friend and I plan to make some more videos of our old action figure days, reminiscent of the first video I uploaded on tuesday.  Today we filmed one and it was a blast.  I'll edit it all together tomorrow and hopefully it turned out as good as I hoped.  Damn camera sometimes wouldnt focus on a close object, but I guess that'll add to the cheesy non professional look I was hoping for.

One other thing that surprised me is he also wanted to start up a random comic.  We'd spoke about it in the past but all my ideas were pretty bold ones that would need a lot of effort in drawing the whole story out.  And since Jed and I already have one of my ideas running, albeit slowly, he wanted to do one that pretty much had zero point to it, just done for fun.  So we tossed some ideas in for quick simple comic strips.  Sometimes they'll be random, most times they probably wont be funny as we arent going for academy jokes.  Its just BLAH on paper.  So heres the first one.  We'll be slapping up more since these are pretty easy to churn out.  So at least maybe 2 of you might gain some entertainment from this.

I've placed his blog link here before but here it is again so you all know who I'm talking about.  He likes to collect and draw too.  If the character in the comic has a passing resemblance to Yuri Sakazaki from King of Fighters, its because it might be here.  We havent thought up a name for the comic yet, but we tossed around some like Yuri's Adventures etc.  Its not going to be completely about her but she'll be in it.  If you have any ideas feel free to slap them up.

http://commission-addiction.blogspot.com/

Of all the luck

Its like nothings going as it should lately.  My dad had a cold recently and lo and behold I now have it.  While I only felt ill for a day or two, I am now stuck with the magical nose that does not stop running.  Its absolutely destroying me.  Trying to talk on the phone is like a comedy show.

Also the stuff I bought for my mum were sent last monday and I still do not have them.  I'm sorry but it takes me 4 hours to fly from here to the bottom of my country.  HOW THE FUCK is it still not here!  This is why our post service sucks.  I'm usually really patient by postal has been fucking with me lately.  Still havent received the thing I bought for my dad either.  So god damn slow.  Hopefully tomorrow everything slams in at once.

Trying to get another gift for my mum through this site in America since the item isnt available here, I wont get into the bullshit $91 postage price I have to pay for something thats only 4pounds in weight and 12" tall.  But thats how postage works.  No, the stupid thing thats giving me grief is the online order form that refuses to work properly.  So I'm having to do the endless back and forth emails to sort this crap out.  Hopefully today I get this started cause my mum returns in 9 days and I want everything sorted.

While I'm in the process of bitching, I bought a folder a couple months ago through ebay so I can store my art in.  This is a proper store, not just on ebay, but they sell through there too.  So I finally get my book and its the wrong size.  They expect me to mail it back.  So I did, which cost me more money, and I have yet to hear back from them.  This is the worst part about ordering from overseas.

Well I'll just stop ranting there.  Got a few things to share though and thats hopefully today I'll be able to play something with Jed and possibly Cody too.  If you all watched that video I first uploaded with the action figures, my friend who was in that has decided it would be pretty fun to make some more equally stupid ones, so I'll be doing some more of those for your pain...err...pleasure.  Enjoy.

So lately I've been going through a bunch of films trying to catch up on stuff.  Some were good, some were bad.  Caught up on some early 80s films I always wanted to see.  Past couple days though its been a couple christmas movies.  Finally watched Polar Express.  I dunno, didnt find it as amazing as everyone made it out to be.   Today I watched Elf.  Actually had me entertained.  But I'm a bit of  a fan of Will Ferrell since I enjoy his style of comedy.

The other day I bought a few gifts to give to my mum.  You could technically think of them as christmas gifts and birthday gifts merged in one.  Her birthdays like a day before christmas too so the choice in gifts I got her should be pretty spot on.  I dont know if I'll get them all next week, depends on how kind the postman is.  But when I get them I'll take some really nice detailed shots since the ones on the net are not impressive enough and too small.  I tell you theres nothing more awesome then buying gifts for people.  Dont know about everyone else but for me it just makes me feel like a mentos in a bottle of coke.  I just feel all jittery and want to explode from the joy and anticipation of seeing their reaction.  I'm probably a special case but thats me.  I fucking love doing it.

Once I see my mothers reaction to these I should get a better idea of what to get for my grandmother.  I havent actually bought her anything before since she lives in a different country to me, in greece, and everytime I want to send her something my parents say not to and so does my grandmother.  Theres 2 kinds of 'dont buy me something'.  The first one is the fake one were they hope you do.  The second is the one where if you do get them something they end up feeling very uncomfortable and a little frustrated because they really dont want you going out of your way for them.  My grandmother is the second one.  But since my grandfather passed away last december I think this will be different.  And knowing that most of my disgusting relatives there wont end up getting anything for her cause they're just...ugh...morons is what they are, and realizing that really upset me.  Only thing I wish I could see would be her reaction to whatever I get her.  I'll hear it on the phone but its not the same.  I still remember how she reacted when I gave her my favourite childhood picture of myself when I last visited, which was also after a long gap of 27 years, her joy at something that simple was astounding to me.  The next morning when I woke up I come down to find she'd managed to get the picture framed and she showed it off me to.   That was unreal.  She said where should she put it?  So I took it and put it on the wall next to her own.  She was so damn happy.  I fucking miss her.  20 hour flight and $2000 plane tickets are what keeps me from seeing her often.  My relatives have no idea how lucky they are.

Portal 2 ep 4

Come watch our new shit clip!  And as usual, you lucky scamps get to watch it before youtube lol