The Great Purging

Well i know ive slacked it posting...

but ive actually been really busy.

too busy to post?

not quite but hey... i did warn you.

well christmas, got alot of cool stuff, if i find the time ill review some of it for yall, but im gonna fast forward to two weeks ago.

(hurray for time paradoxes in my blog)

we call it... The Great Purging

as you may or may not know i got laid off from C&R on the 4th or so.

the owners of the company let me go to make room for people coming in from howdys, a subsidiary of a company the recently purchased.

but... it wasnt just me

they also let my mom (HR manager and 20 year employee), my bud Omega (Billing entry, 3+ years) and my bud Zeta (Safety assistant, like me, and about 2 years)

i was with them for 6 years

what a deal huh?

so i was left with housework and watching anime to occupy me while i searched for a job.

good news: i watched Macross Frontier

good news: i found a job

bad news: housework sucks

well at least thats over with eh?

Michael Turner

Ok, i totally was not preparred for what to say last night.

i literally spent like an hour in front of the computer blinking in 3-second intervals.

i guess i was realy blindsided by this. even still i dont entirely have the words to express how i'm feeling.

shocked is one.

saddend.... theres another good one.

i mean he was an incredible artist with an excellent imagination. he gave us what is still one of my favorite comic book series, Fathom.

but more importantly he was the first illustrator i ever cared about as a person. 

sure i know the big names of todays comics, john romita jr. is another favorite of mine. 

but, you never really felt like you know any of em. 

but Michael was different. i remember reading the the wizard special issue on Fathom/Top Cow. it had a very personal look into Michael's life.

we got to watch him talk to Marc Sylvestri, and Peter Stiergewald, we got to see him creating the comics we loved, we even got to see him doing what he loved most, diving.

we even knew when his mother sculpted statues and busts of his characters. we saw Michael Turner on a very personal level.

i did alot of surfing last night in his name and i found countless blogs and articles all relating to what a friendly and awesome guy he was.

one blogger had even said Michael had offered to show his editors samples of the blogger's work to help him get a leg up. they had never met before. 

Michael was always willing to help others experience the same success he had and above all else always had a smile on his face. he loved meeting his fans and hearing what they had to say.

i will always miss the chance to have met him personally, and the dream i once had of working for him at Aspen Comics, but at least for the time he had he made himself a great life and enjoyed what he did, sharing that joy through his art on each and every page he illustrated.

Goodbye Michael Turner, my inspiraton.

Goodnight, Sweet Prince

i honestly don't know why i didnt find out sooner.

a great man.

a great artist.

a great inspiration.

you will be missed

Let the Laughter Begin!

GET!

Skull, Paragon of Dynamis Excellence!

Skull just made the 5/5 club about 2 weeks after me! (ill post pics of us later)

enjoy it buddy!

Jump In!

so what do you guys think of the new me?

ok so its not the NEW me but it is my avatar on xbox live.

for those of you who dont know Xbox Live was recently improved.

the Dashboard has a new look that features stuff like comunity spotlight and upcoming events as well as all the old normal stuff.

you can even link your gamertag to your netflix account and watch streaming movies

if you dont already have a netflix they give you a free trial but i dont know how long it is.

and of course most notable change are the avatars.

you can customize them and are pretty much the same thing as a Mii (of Nintendo Wii fame)

and when you want to play a game together with your buddies all your avatars join an xbl party. this way its basically easier to join their games in progress or isolate voice chat so only they can hear you.

i gotta say this update has been quite a blast!

but if all of this is too overwhelming for you.... just press the Xbox guide button and it bring up a small version of the old Dashboard menu blades.... just in case!

slashdance!

well well well, what have we here?

another loot card!

its seriously ironic how i keep finding these things.

i ended up giving this one to my buddy Aeroduran since he still plays WoW.

i cant wait for him to show me what it does lol.

apparently it throws party favors that makes everyone in a radius dance for a minute

ill bet he uses it on Sarera too lol

enjoy it boss!