Icon Bank is where it always is: [link]

HELP ME FIND A MISSING FRIEND [link]

Fanart ideas, if you ever feel inclined [link]

... friends... I have become a TROLL.

A certain someone who will remain nameless (aw hell, it was =Jinzouki, blame him) gave me the link to Encyclopedia Dramatica a week or two ago in an IM conversation. I had encountered ED before, writing it off as an archive of the armpit of the Internet. But then I looked up the pages of more and more troll targets, and was aghast at the sheer stupidity the victims exhibited. The sheer arrogance in the face of honest, constructive criticism, the outrageous attempts at lying, the rampant hypocracy... and worst of all, this was happening right in my own e-backyard. That's right. DeviantArt.

My inner crusader was awakened and enraged. I could not merely sit and watch, I had to DO something! Thus, I found a particular chump (who will remain nameless, partly because I don't want to inflame the trolling and partly because said chump is convinced pageviews validate the worth of his art (seriously, look at him apply at ConceptArt, which is the hangout for CAREER artists, right here: [link] )) and took a few shots. Nothing severe, though it DID earn me some free fanart (which got deleted, alas).

Nonetheless, this is my only account and the BanHammer of deviantArt is... fickle, to put it charitably. Thus, I think I'm going to lay off the trolling and instead reflect at how lucky I am. Lucky to have a large circle of great people with great art where I can frolic in, away from the attention whores, the egotists, the egotistical attention whores, and other morons who give dA such a bad reputation. In short, I fucking love you guys

IN OTHER NEWS...

Right now my computer is still without Microsoft Word, and thus my writing is still on hold because I am a fussy bastard. But there's a great short, action-packed story that's trying to claw its way out of my skull chestburster-style, so I am suitably motivated to change that (It's also going to be a belated birthday gift for ~buckeyestar too, but don't tell him that!).

For Father's Day I got my dad something a smidge out of the ordinary: a copy of BioShock for PC. Dad's never been a gamer, but he mentioned awhile ago that BioShock caught his eye. Plus I figure the deep, elaborate storytelling in BioShock makes it a lot more appealing to an ex-English teacher than Space Marine Shooter #842, right?

Oh, and for those of you who don't watch my Scraps (despite my repeated insistences ), I've posted a pair of photos in a small series I like to call Me With Awesome People. So if you've ever wanted to see the man behind Wolverine's unrelenting batch, go take a look.

OBLIGATORY CELEB OBITUARY SECTION:
People die all the time. We all know this and we all have to deal with it.

But yeah, upon hearing about Jacko's passing, I thought to myself "Self, if you weren't such a dolt and knew more about MUGEN, you could make a video of MJ's hilariously overpowered character from Moonwalker defeating 100 opponents, then post it on YouTube as a tribute vid."

Then a friend gave me a link that was so full of awesome, it was like staring into the face of a god. Words fail to describe it. Go watch, if ye be brave enough: [link]