Another one from the archive, now with series name, VIOLENTLY ADORABLE: ‘tis a story behind it. Went to a car dealership when Kirby was a wee tot, not much bigger than The Morkie and The Jorkie, and one of the salespeople called Kirby “Violently Adorable” which I thought was the greatest compliment ever so I’m stealing it for this little series of excuses to use the Apple Pencil.
As if I wasn't already a proud husband, you may now consider me a proud gamer/husband: my wife, who has spent the last decade insisting that she could never get into video games (other than the Apple Arcade / iOS puzzle ones / CandyCrush monstrosities) and that the dual thumbsticks screw her up is now fully addicted to her Nintendo Switch (I traded up for an OLED and gave her my Lite): MARIO KART 8 was the gateway drug. Went out yesterday and she picked out her first game of her own, LUIGI'S MANSION 3 (very fun, actually) and, once we figured out what she needed to do, she was well and truly hooked.
Still making my way through ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD, cooking inedible dishes, and gliding around and about with occasional dalliances into MARIO KART and, when I'm feeling particularly sadistic with myself, CUPHEAD.
ComicsThing in Muse board: pictures abound and my brain is simultaneously happy and overwhelmed... the crush of it all but the opportunity of it all. Never underestimate the value of seeing things laid out before you, even it's in a weird sort of digital hybrid. Now to figure out what to do with it, how to make Obsidian and Muse play well together / what needs to stay what needs to go, that sort of thing.
Hello, October: think I've figured out how to (re)start this comics thing (yes, this is the gamble I'm taking on myself): each project tells you how it wants to come to life, what it needs from you in order to become something from nothing – in this case, a somewhat more linear writing process than MainFictionThing (in other words, a little less Muse and a little more Obsidian), until the prescription changes, of course. Middle section might have to be figured in Muse, though – I need to see it, shift it, move things around… still coming up with a series name for the little comics thing posted yesterday. Suggestions welcome.
SUPER MARIO BROS reimagined in Unreal Engine with Chris Pratt. AI voiceover is genius.
(Repeat +/- 10-15x daily…)
New music from one of my favorites, 58918012: his entire discography (27 releases!) is available for $13 on Bandcamp and you really should buy it and support his work. Every bit of it is stunning.
First section (or reasonable fascimile) of MainFictionThing finally in place. Some nips and tucks req'd eventually, but the main jist is there and duly reflected in reorganized and slightly less manic Muse board though it has to be said that working in Muse really helps me get into the fucked up headspace of one of – ok probably both of – my characters: the board's exhausting to look at – just as I'm sure it is to live in this character's mind.
I know the feeling.
Can't leave Obsidian out of what seems to have become a workupdate post: not only is it the focal point for the (mis)management of my creative brain, but it also helps keep me alive: makes an excellent tool at recording blood sugars and meals and such, especially if I eat at a restaurant: I've got a spreadsheet at the top of my daily notes and use a tag for the restaurant which lets me quickly find instances of when I eat there and the requisite insulin to make sure it doesn't kill me on repeated visits. Handy.
Neither insignificant nor earth-shattering sum for all needed renovations/repairs to paint shop / house… a year from now. Suspect they’re still making up from the storm that blasted through here in June and the many many houses that needed new roofs and new, well, everything. Fortunately, showed me how to repair or at least temper the expansion of the crack in the six-foot window. Stress fracture caused it and I’m 99% certain of what caused the stress fracture: accursed ivy got under the window sill and grew very, very large. And caused much stress.
Blanchett as conductor / composer + Field = in.