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Man, the more I listen to this podcast and watch this show, I kind of just think Twin Peaks sucks. Most of this show is really not very good and the podcast seems to generally touch on this and all of the other issues but then it's kind of like, "But it's David Lynch!" I feel like Lynch tends to get a free pass, but I've also never really liked anything the guy has directed at all besides episodes of Twin Peaks. I think most of the people are into Twin Peaks for the bizarre 90s cheese, but it's pretty much worn thin for me. I don't know, I never finished season 2 the first go around and who killed Laura Palmer is just incredibly idiotic (but it suits the show), but I feel like the bad far outweighs the good here. Often the "genius" parts tend to be just a bunch of slapdash nonsense to me, which is amusing to a point for me. But eh, I'll still finish all episodes of this podcast and the show, because what else am I going to do when the room is silent?

The checkout lady at 7-11 started ranting about how the new Coca Cola Life is still big corporations pumping us with chemicals as we silently consume. It was getting pretty sheeple in there. I ALSO WASN'T EVEN BUYING COKE, LET ME LEAVE!

I was always sort of interested in Chains of Satinav, I wasn't sure of the quality. I've only played Whispered World and Deponia and they both are often a bit bad on puzzle design, but I didn't really have an issue with Rufus like most people did (besides his constant reminders that he's a jerk, a bit overdone). The main thing that really hurt Whispered World for me was just that awful Sadwick voice for the English version. I can't even remember the game without thinking of that whining tone.

13 but I hardly pay attention to my grammar, I just try to edit out typos when I see my posts in these forums. I'm not even sure why I am not in this thread as one of the bad examples.

It looks super crisp. Well done.

It's a little bit sterile just because it looks like one of those emulator filters, but if it came out like that it would be fine.

Fabricating lies together?! Devious.

Haha, I think so. It's definitely always been a problem when I'm on a team and I'm trying very hard to not fall in my usual way of drawing but sometimes end up doing it anyway. Straying away from outlines definitely makes it difficult for me since line work is a sort of a crutch and passion for me. Oh well. MY FAVORITE MUSIC IS EVERYTHING. SRSLY

I think the same spinner, or at least that's what I've read since he's not out yet. I just prefer to own Toon Link over regular Link. Shiek and Zelda should do the same too I think.

I had a friend who I used to play adventures with until we grew apart, it was really weird in some ways. It was fun to play games only I was playing (or my dad) with someone else, but he wasn't very good at them so I was basically just telling him what to do since I played them ahead myself. Playing Space Quest together was awesome though. Experiencing all of those death scenes over and over as a couple of 11 year olds is just plain stupid fun. I also remember maybe a slightly earlier than that I was in line for these bumper boat things at Mountasia and I overheard a couple of boys talking about Day of the Tentacle. I was ecstatic because someone else knew of a game I played. They hadn't beaten it yet and were having a hard time. I proceeded to tell them pretty much every solution they were asking for all the way to the end of the line. In retrospect I feel like a huge nerd because I know I had another friend with me and I just kind of ignored him for a bit to geek out on this game he had never played with these strangers like a doofus mouthbreather.

Disgustingly named? What? This is very much how I feel. Considering This American Life is a large platform for telling the stories of lives of which most people would not hear, no matter how lacking in diversity the reporters are (often sheltered and white with speech impediments, I know), I still find it incredibly important that they make the effort. In the earlier days of Serial, before anyone started criticizing race, I personally felt kind of glad that this as I started to realized it was reporting on a situation in a more diverse area of Baltimore plus the Muslim aspect (a world I know nothing about). It makes it that much more comprehensive than hearing another story about white collar crime or some kind of suburban dispute. Would anyone even bother with Adnan if it weren't for Sarah Koenig? Rabia did come to her, so to criticize Koenig's background for a story she told after being prompted doesn't seem to work because the platform is open for anyone to make a podcast.

Don't need no credit card!

God I want to, I have some stuff developed, but that requires more free time, which I won't have for the next year or so while I finish my school, all of the projects are so demanding. I guess I broke the links in my signature. Hmm, I don't know how to fix that. It's at mrseanlane.deviantart.com. It's just a duplicate of my website with maybe some extra stuff. It's just an easier way for people to find it. Also thank you guys. I have one class only next semester so I think Christmas break and all I can start getting some final illustrations together to market. I WORK HARD AND I PLAY HARD.

:lol: (Sorry I always want to click the weirder smilies whenever I use one here.)

I was thinking maybe I should go ahead and get a Wario Amiibo, because I do sort of like the Toon Link figure and Wind Waker is one of my favorites... but, there's no Wario is there?

Them hotcakes. Yum.

That is a painful looking crotch.

Haha, I love them. I think most people would make fun of me, but their music is always solid, even if it's sort of teenybop goth stuff. I'm cool with that though. I think the track you posted is kind of bad though, I skip that one.

Well I broke down and preordered a Toon Link because my friend told me there was exclusive shit unlocked for Hyrule Warriors with Zelda figures. I really hope there isn't more exclusive shit later, since I don't really want to deal with collecting rare figures (or even more than I have to) and these Amiibos simply aren't that cool.

Man, I sure put that in the wrong thread.

Man, I definitely hate the online forms the worst. They always end up taking like almost an hour to fill out and they are almost always terribly coded. The worst is when there's some kind of error due to shit scripting and you have to either forget the job or just start over. The worst of the worst is when you lose a bunch of info because uploading a pdf or doc resume somehow means you have to clear all of the shit you just fucking typed. Ridiculous. People should ALWAYS just give you those PDFs with the boxes you fill out and then resubmit the saved PDFs and fucking forget the amateur HTML of whatever dipshit they hired to make their website. Yeah I agree. The best luck I've had is with recruiters who skip all of that bullshit for you. Even one that went silent with me for six months came with some good freelance work that I still am able to do intermittently to this day. They may not be the best at finding work depending on what it is, but in my experience when they come through, they really come through. They get paid by selling you after all. Plus I've even had a couple of these recruiting agencies do the payments for me with direct deposit so no reliance on the company you might be doing work for. So they even get that bullshit of payment hassle set up for you. My sister uses a recruiter every time she switches jobs, which she tends to do a lot. Each time they end up finding her better salary, but the downside is she doesn't get paid by the company she was hired at for six months and instead the recruiter does it until then. So it's kind of like you are still the agencies for a while. It's probably not really a problem though.

Well I broke down and preordered a Toon Link because my friend told me there was exclusive shit unlocked for Hyrule Warriors with Zelda figures. I really hope there isn't more exclusive shit later, since I don't really want to deal with collecting rare figures (or even more than I have to) and these Amiibos simply aren't that cool.

Hah, just bring that Gameboy DUH!

I get the feeling there may be a bonus episode of Adnan's case at some point later. Maybe there will be work to try to get his appeal and maybe some other info might turn up. It seems like there were some paths that could be explored more but Sarah had exhausted her resources.

At least he's an in law! I started Starbucks three weeks ago and I think I want to quit. I haven't worked these kind of low wage jobs since 2007 and before to my teens, and I feel like I'm getting too old for this shit. I wanted 24 hours max to juggle school and contract art work I am getting but I'm already being bumped to 32 and beyond because of the typical shit where people are too incompetent to show up for work and turnover is a bitch. I am at supposedly the highest volume store in Austin so basically I show up at 5 am and work eight hours with a line that never ends anywhere while the behind the counter eventually becomes a disgusting mess. I wanted to just walk out today because I wasn't allowed a lunch break for eight and a half hours. I was told I was a "rock star," but thanks I'd rather have my guaranteed two ten minute breaks and 30 minute lunch. I need that for my own mental health because then I go home with my head spinning and sleep my day away. I work Christmas too, but I heard it pays well in tips and plus time and a half so there's that. The tips are kind of great at the store because of the volume, but I don't think this is worth this. I'll see what becomes of the next two weeks because a lot of people are on vacation right now so it's agonizingly short staffed. Just ugh, makes me feel like a failure in like to be one year shy of thirty and deal with this shit again. On the bright side a few weeks ago for my finals my digital painting teacher talked to me for like an hour after class at the end of the year. He was reviewing my sketchbook and felt like I really needed to get into illustrating for freelance work. That I was wasting a lot of potential by doing a bunch of bad video game companies the past six years. He was curious why no other artists had ever told me before that I have the "gift" of a strong individual style, but I guess he, as an illustrator, only deals with book covers and illustrations, magazines, and poster type prints, so he doesn't mess with the concept art world of video games where it's just constant dissatisfaction and a need to mimic some other style. He said a lot of people who found my work "too humorous" or "not realistic enough" even when I really try to push realism are right, but that I could make a killing off of just marketing what style I have and sticking with it, like many other illustrators who do the same. He seems confused I'm in the Motion Graphics program, but I've only really ever gotten positive feedback on my animation in my career. I don't know, I almost cried right there because he said in his 20 years of teaching he never had a student with such a marketable and individualistic style. He gave me many directory type things where I could solicit my art and try to get a website together of like 10-12 finished illustrations, a few of which he thinks I already have on my current website. I mean, I know he's just one guy, but it kind of meant a lot to me coming from a teacher. I personally don't think I'm all that unique or amazing, but I recognize I am better than more than a few other working artists out there, but not technically better as he admitted. I guess I have been doing some paint overs for a few artists I know the last few years just to help them push their character work. Maybe I should really stop being a wuss and try to market myself for once in my life. Anything but Starbucks fuuuuuuuuck