At 12/13/09 11:45 AM, Luis wrote: programming folks must be on hanukkah vacation.

A comment of yours I actually appreciate.

Anyone recommend any good reads? (Preferably sciencey or interesting at least)

At 12/13/09 09:17 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Anyone recommend any good reads? (Preferably sciencey or interesting at least)

If you've not read them:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, 1984, 2001, Monkey Planet (Planet of the Apes), Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, Small Gods and any (and all) of the Myron Bolitar novels by Harlen Coben.

At 12/13/09 09:27 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

At 12/13/09 09:17 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Anyone recommend any good reads? (Preferably sciencey or interesting at least)

If you've not read them:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, 1984, 2001, Monkey Planet (Planet of the Apes), Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, Small Gods and any (and all) of the Myron Bolitar novels by Harlen Coben.

how about the entire hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series, ending with the newest one by eoin colfer?

the newest one isnt as great as the others but eoin mimics Adams' style quite well

At 12/13/09 09:13 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

At 12/13/09 09:10 PM, InnerChild548 wrote:

At 12/13/09 09:02 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Origins.

Looks pretty good. The white lines above the eye could be smoother.

Fair point. Also, I'm well pleased that your read the logo as Origins. =)

Heh, i wanna meet the guy who DOESN'T read the logo as origins XD
BOOKS

I'm more of a fantasy reader actually, Pendragon and Eragon are deff two series to look into, if you're into that sorta thing :P
(Eragon is typical dragon boy fantasy, but really good, Pendragon however is like crossing worlds and stuff, its damn cool!)

At 12/13/09 11:48 PM, Duchednier wrote: BOOKS

I'm more of a fantasy reader actually, Pendragon and Eragon are deff two series to look into, if you're into that sorta thing :P
(Eragon is typical dragon boy fantasy, but really good, Pendragon however is like crossing worlds and stuff, its damn cool!)

Eragon was quite a good book, haven't read the sequel. The Eragon movie is completely terrible though, they took so many short cuts just to make the movie shorter that pretty much the whole story was ruined. I would have much prefered watching a four hour movie that was actually good like the story than watch the 90min piece of crap they made. Another good series is The Edge Chronilces!!!

At 12/14/09 12:26 AM, Nayhan wrote: Another good series is The Edge Chronilces!!!

omg i haven't read that one in a while. loved that series and the little maps at the beginning of each book. the story didnt take place in a really big area so the maps were small and you could get a good idea of where everything was easily.

i still remember the maps. but ive forgotten the LOTR maps.

I pronounce it like drake-bell.

The book version of 21 is way better than the movie. I really liked it.

Lighthouse Girl
Argh! I can't believe I missed it! It was even on my calender! Oh well, I'll have to wait for him to put it on video.

I just finished a pencil test on my new animation desk(yayearlychristmas). Its a rough blocking pass of an acting scene. I'm trying to make it look like the characters thinking, and hopefully portray an idea of what's happening. I'm not sure if it's very clear. If you guys could try and guess the emotions or thoughts of my character, that'd help me out a lot!

At 12/14/09 06:30 AM, PBass wrote: If you guys could try and guess the emotions or thoughts of my character, that'd help me out a lot!

He's surprised, then in disbelief, then angry, hits a wall, then is sad or something and the camera turns a bit to show more of a side view?

I'm watching Lighthouse Girl on live event right now and Starogre is online; hey starogre

ugh

Books
My favorite book is called Portrait of a Young Man Drowning

Its got drugs sex and in the end he fucks his mother. SPOILER. sorry.

At 12/14/09 08:53 AM, Zyphonee wrote: I'm watching Lighthouse Girl on live event right now and Starogre is online; hey starogre

ugh

haha yep i didn't sleep this past night/morning. i saw jseed still on at like 4am talking to a couple people and i was like wtf

At 12/14/09 09:35 AM, Starogre wrote:

At 12/14/09 08:53 AM, Zyphonee wrote: I'm watching Lighthouse Girl on live event right now and Starogre is online; hey starogre

ugh

haha yep i didn't sleep this past night/morning. i saw jseed still on at like 4am talking to a couple people and i was like wtf

Were you like wtf? were you really?

I went to click on flash forum like i normally do, and found myself somewhere strange....

I looked around, eager to find the reg lounge, but all i found was stuff about governments...

...the politics forum is a scary place my friends, don't venture there without a buddy!

At 12/14/09 09:57 AM, Duchednier wrote:

At 12/14/09 09:35 AM, Starogre wrote:

At 12/14/09 08:53 AM, Zyphonee wrote: I'm watching Lighthouse Girl on live event right now and Starogre is online; hey starogre

ugh

haha yep i didn't sleep this past night/morning. i saw jseed still on at like 4am talking to a couple people and i was like wtf

Were you like wtf? were you really?

I couldn't believe it either. I was ACTUALLY 'LIKE' 'what the fu**'. I turned into a physical embodiment of sorts that resembled WTF. There is no other way to describe it

At 12/14/09 12:08 PM, Starogre wrote:

At 12/14/09 09:57 AM, Duchednier wrote:

Were you like wtf? were you really?

I couldn't believe it either. I was ACTUALLY 'LIKE' 'what the fu**'. I turned into a physical embodiment of sorts that resembled WTF. There is no other way to describe it

That's nuts man...

Man these forums are DEAD when your at home all day :O Schools done for me so i've started working on Exile like crazy. Though i have animatic and roughs and some finished animations for the whole thing, from the very beginning i currently have about 40 seconds of 100% finished animation before you start seeing uncoloured stuff.

i brought sexy back ;)

At 12/14/09 09:27 AM, Luis wrote: Books
My favorite book is called Portrait of a Young Man Drowning

Its got drugs sex and in the end he fucks his mother. SPOILER. sorry.

That seems interesting; my favorite book is a thousand splendid suns; it's got everything, women abuse, racial intolerance, random beat ups... AFGHANISTAN IN A NUTSHELL

At 12/14/09 04:16 PM, Zyphonee wrote: That seems interesting; my favorite book is a thousand splendid suns; it's got everything, women abuse, racial intolerance, random beat ups... AFGHANISTAN IN A NUTSHELL

mine is Germ. It's about this guy who develops an advanced strain of ebola which spreads all around the world. And he has this list of 10,000 people, and whoever is on that list will get ebola, everyone else will just develop a common case of the flu.

I have 22 google wave invites staring me in the face, send me a pm with an email address if you want one

At 12/14/09 08:20 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I have 22 google wave invites staring me in the face, send me a pm with an email address if you want one

what's google wave?

At 12/14/09 08:30 PM, turtleco wrote:

At 12/14/09 08:20 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I have 22 google wave invites staring me in the face, send me a pm with an email address if you want one

what's google wave?

This
And for the record I have a bunch of invites too.

I too have 8 invites left so if anyone pleases to try Wave, reply or PM me; although I will probably respond faster with a PM.

At 12/14/09 08:20 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I have 22 google wave invites staring me in the face, send me a pm with an email address if you want one

I have 50 so I win (or lose in the "having friend" department).

Does anyone else watch Dexter? The last episode of the current series (or last series as it is now) had a terrible ending. I was not happy. It kinda made sense but I did not want to see that happen and it's basically a big "well.. what now?" sort of cliffhanger :(

At 12/15/09 02:20 AM, liaaaam wrote: Does anyone else watch Dexter? The last episode of the current series (or last series as it is now) had a terrible ending. I was not happy. It kinda made sense but I did not want to see that happen and it's basically a big "well.. what now?" sort of cliffhanger :(

YES I DO, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL SPOILERS IN THERE BECAUSE I'M YET TO SEE THE LAST EPISODE!! :O

At 12/15/09 05:37 AM, dELtaluca wrote: YES I DO, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL SPOILERS IN THERE BECAUSE I'M YET TO SEE THE LAST EPISODE!! :O

After I watched it I went downstairs to my roommate and was just waving my arms frantically at him and shouting DEXTERRRRRR. I wanted to express my emotions without spoiling it for him.

At 12/15/09 02:20 AM, liaaaam wrote: Does anyone else watch Dexter? The last episode of the current series (or last series as it is now) had a terrible ending. I was not happy. It kinda made sense but I did not want to see that happen and it's basically a big "well.. what now?" sort of cliffhanger :(

Too bad it's like a year until they air the next season, I'm very curious about what direction the show will go after the last episode.

Too bad it's like a year until they air the next season, I'm very curious about what direction the show will go after the last episode.

It's sad, but that's how most shows on the telly are. They Pavlov you out with 4 episodes, take a mid season hiatus, leak out about 6 more episodes, leave you with a cliffhanger, and a warm fuzzy "fuck you" message that says something really intelligent like, "See you in 2012". You see, I used to watch 'LOST', and I'm pretty sure they invented this formula. Curse you J.J. Abrams.

Congrats to Luis for finally committing to his relationship and moving in with Afro.

At 12/15/09 01:26 PM, BoMToons wrote: Congrats to Luis for finally committing to his relationship and moving in with Afro.

I was always raised not to move in with anybody before you become civilly unionized.

Can i has a google wave invite please? <3

yeah ill send you one. I got quite a handful of them - if anyone wants invites send me a PM.

also, how did you guys get google wave? did you get invites or did you fill that form where you have to write a short message to the google wave team and all that?