Five Questions?
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likeshine gave me a while back. I don't even know if they make much sense.
1. ZOMBIES
Trioxin 245 anybody? I've always liked zombie movies. I remember watching Return of the Living Dead, the comedy/horror semi-sequel to the original Night of the Living Dead and hearing some of the music from it, influencing even my musical choices to this day. It introduced me to fun surf music, and The Cramps (whose lead singer Lux Interior died recently. RIP LUX.) I mean, it even had Tarman who's still one of the grossest, realest types of zombies I've ever seen, and zombies just smart enough to use walkie talkies to order more takeout.
http://www.houseofhorrors.com/cops.wav
I've seen most of the more recent zombie movies, unless they were direct-to-dvd types. Sadly I think zombie movies are on the outs for a bit, being replaced by vampies. I think that zombies represented our terrorist fears, that legions of single minded unstoppable foes would wash over us. Now instead vampires are the seductive evil, you know, like Democrats. ROFFLE! No not really but I think I will not have any good zombie things for a while. Some of the old ones, the Italian Fulci films are almost TOO gross somehow. I'm not a zombie-snob, fast zombies, slow ones, whatever you give me I'd often like it. Evil Dead, DeadAlive, the horrible but gotta-love-it-because-I'm-a-B-Movie-loving-jackal Ancient Evil2 starring zombie Anubis himself!, the game Dead Rising, Resident Evil, rawr! Being a jackal does tend to associate you with the dead. Every Anubis needs their legion. (The jackals of Mummy Returns counts too!) Did you know the original Night of the Living Dead held the title "Night of Anubis" as one of its production names? Score!
I even have the Pennsylvania connection, pretty much all zombie movies take place in Pittsburgh and I visit there every year for the scariest convention of all, Anthrocon. Does anyone know why Western PA is the zombiest place on Earth? It's beyond the mountain range, which makes it either very difficult for them to get in since they walk, or very difficult to get out for either side, and the Y setup of the rivers around the Pitt makes it one of the few defensible cities from a walking invasion (until they got smart enough to walk across on the bottom). So yeah, I'm sure you can see I like them. PS Romero is doing a new movie called "....Of The Dead" right now.
2. furcons
I generally go to two every year, Furfright which I love because its perfectly Halloween themed and generally run by quite a few of my friends, and Anthrocon which is also somewhat staffed with people I know locally and just generally the best place to meet anyone you've spoken to over the years. I kind of always feel lonely though, like I do in general in furrry. I really don't DO things like others do. I usually don't drink, but I did at some AC's to... terrible results. Thank god nobody videod me. I was a mess! But yeah generally somehow I feel alone in the group, though I do have some good local friends who help me out and hang with me. I'm shy and don't know how to say hi, or even "I like your stuff *blush*" Man, saying hello to Dark Natasha, or Heather Bruton, I can't do it. I feel dumb, how do you say you really appreciate their jackals, without sounding like you're masturbating to them... Which I DO NOT. No really, I don't. Anyway
I just kind of feel alienated, I don't know why, but I go, because they are a big part of my social circle, and one of the few ways you can meet Maury the Skunk or Arforfaborb the Dragon and find out they really can talk and get to hang out and like them better than your limited SL experiences can show you. The Con is a magic time, set outside of time itself, for those few days. Twenty-four and fourty-eight and more hours up, wandering seeing such crazy shit that in context is normal, something only the Anime people seem to do. The rest of the world has hardly any idea how fun living in that fantasy world could be. But then, I remember people beleive in religion and zombie jesus and old man in the sky for real, and their fantasy world scares me. My fantasies are better.
3. jackals
"He is Anpu! Also known as Sekhem Em Pet! Doorman to the Deceased! The Dislexia Diety (Dog God/God Dog)!" I have always as far back as I can remember been interested in Egyptian ancient lore. As a kid I taught myself to read heiroglypics, even though I couldn't speak Ancient Egyptian itself. And out of that, the best most stand out was NOT that boring cowhead goddess, or weirdo Set with his split-tail, but old Anubis himself. I've come to view him as a character himself, kind of like the friendly doorman of death. He's a councellor when you've had a very traumatic event he takes you by the hand and helps you through the somewhat unfair trials and stuff you have to go through, and then does a background heart-check to make sure you're really allowed to hang out with the people who behaved well in the first place. I really dig his mutt Ammit. Croco-lion-hippo, Go! Egyptians were dogdamned furries. Too bad they had to choose another craier religion to switch over to.
I have a shelf full of Anubii/jackal related stuffs which I really should re-organize and take a picture of so people can see it. I always wear a jackal pin in my lapel or shirt pocket too. Thousands upon thousands of favorited and saved pictures over the years too on my big 1TB hard drive. It's really suprising that I don't have a jackal hat like I've been thinking of, or a fursuit, but it would have to be perfect which is nearly impossible. I love it so much that pefection is nearly isn't doable. I'm pretty obsessed. But not in a dangerous kill-you-and-hide-you-in-the-floor way. Unless of course Dog God demanded...
4. manners(you has good ones, i've noticed)
WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE ELSE???? Maybe I just know how to give the sugar and not the vinegar. So many peoples default switch seems to be set to 'make it a fight'. Maybe I was raised right, maybe I am timid and use being nice to get my way? I really respond well when person-to-person kindness is what's going around. It helps me at work, in selling. Being proper in dealing with someone, allows you to even open up to less formal interactions later. Unless someone has a mental problem, who doesn't like being treated like a good guest or being called Sir or Ma'am? It's all tshirts, jeasns, and baseball caps fault. Not that they're not nice, but they're such a common denominator outfit. There's nothing NICE anymore. Why are people not NICE???
You can even fake it. Like I fake confidence until it seems like I know what I'm talking about. Or fake being smart, I'm SO DUMB. There's no way I know everything I should/could know, even with all the stuff in my head already.
I think people will deal with you twice if you're nice, just do what's proper. The only thing it wont do is make them REMEMBER you. Scratchy personalities and strong opinions seem to be the only thing that drives human interactons. Everyone will always read up on that fucking asshole who says his one-sided opinion, but not the Get Along Gang guy.
I beleive manners do not get anyone to talk about you.
Or remember. Well, maybe sometimes.
5. transformers
I am also not a Transformers snob, I am not a Beast Wars hater, hell that was already more up my alley then robots should have been being as I like fuzzy furries. I like any I like, I love the classics, the Animated, the Movie and the Bey movies. My shelves are full of them, but I always make sure to pick up any versions of the favorite three, Optimus, Megatron and Starscream.
In general I tend to like all the dark heroes in things like Versus, and Batman, and all the other things that you see an anti-hero in these days, but theres a reverence for a fake cartoon character in Optimus Prime for me. Usually I like any and all Decepticons, but Prime is like... the last good guy. He's knows he's good, has to continue being the good guy, and even if he agrees to something that will put him in danger while being honorable, he must do it. He's like the last John Wayne of our times. Good for good's sake, even if it kills you in the end.
Why is a giant cartoon robot better than any human? That just kills me. I mean, if he told you to do something, you'd probably do it without question. I live in a very deep Transformers coma i think. It's one of the few things I enjoy, espeically buying them, and then trying to transform them without instructions first. That's the sign of a real TF maniac.
Let me know if you want to and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
likeshine gave me a while back. I don't even know if they make much sense.1. ZOMBIES
Trioxin 245 anybody? I've always liked zombie movies. I remember watching Return of the Living Dead, the comedy/horror semi-sequel to the original Night of the Living Dead and hearing some of the music from it, influencing even my musical choices to this day. It introduced me to fun surf music, and The Cramps (whose lead singer Lux Interior died recently. RIP LUX.) I mean, it even had Tarman who's still one of the grossest, realest types of zombies I've ever seen, and zombies just smart enough to use walkie talkies to order more takeout.
http://www.houseofhorrors.com/cops.wav
I've seen most of the more recent zombie movies, unless they were direct-to-dvd types. Sadly I think zombie movies are on the outs for a bit, being replaced by vampies. I think that zombies represented our terrorist fears, that legions of single minded unstoppable foes would wash over us. Now instead vampires are the seductive evil, you know, like Democrats. ROFFLE! No not really but I think I will not have any good zombie things for a while. Some of the old ones, the Italian Fulci films are almost TOO gross somehow. I'm not a zombie-snob, fast zombies, slow ones, whatever you give me I'd often like it. Evil Dead, DeadAlive, the horrible but gotta-love-it-because-I'm-a-B-Movie-loving-jackal Ancient Evil2 starring zombie Anubis himself!, the game Dead Rising, Resident Evil, rawr! Being a jackal does tend to associate you with the dead. Every Anubis needs their legion. (The jackals of Mummy Returns counts too!) Did you know the original Night of the Living Dead held the title "Night of Anubis" as one of its production names? Score!
I even have the Pennsylvania connection, pretty much all zombie movies take place in Pittsburgh and I visit there every year for the scariest convention of all, Anthrocon. Does anyone know why Western PA is the zombiest place on Earth? It's beyond the mountain range, which makes it either very difficult for them to get in since they walk, or very difficult to get out for either side, and the Y setup of the rivers around the Pitt makes it one of the few defensible cities from a walking invasion (until they got smart enough to walk across on the bottom). So yeah, I'm sure you can see I like them. PS Romero is doing a new movie called "....Of The Dead" right now.
2. furcons
I generally go to two every year, Furfright which I love because its perfectly Halloween themed and generally run by quite a few of my friends, and Anthrocon which is also somewhat staffed with people I know locally and just generally the best place to meet anyone you've spoken to over the years. I kind of always feel lonely though, like I do in general in furrry. I really don't DO things like others do. I usually don't drink, but I did at some AC's to... terrible results. Thank god nobody videod me. I was a mess! But yeah generally somehow I feel alone in the group, though I do have some good local friends who help me out and hang with me. I'm shy and don't know how to say hi, or even "I like your stuff *blush*" Man, saying hello to Dark Natasha, or Heather Bruton, I can't do it. I feel dumb, how do you say you really appreciate their jackals, without sounding like you're masturbating to them... Which I DO NOT. No really, I don't. Anyway
I just kind of feel alienated, I don't know why, but I go, because they are a big part of my social circle, and one of the few ways you can meet Maury the Skunk or Arforfaborb the Dragon and find out they really can talk and get to hang out and like them better than your limited SL experiences can show you. The Con is a magic time, set outside of time itself, for those few days. Twenty-four and fourty-eight and more hours up, wandering seeing such crazy shit that in context is normal, something only the Anime people seem to do. The rest of the world has hardly any idea how fun living in that fantasy world could be. But then, I remember people beleive in religion and zombie jesus and old man in the sky for real, and their fantasy world scares me. My fantasies are better.
3. jackals
"He is Anpu! Also known as Sekhem Em Pet! Doorman to the Deceased! The Dislexia Diety (Dog God/God Dog)!" I have always as far back as I can remember been interested in Egyptian ancient lore. As a kid I taught myself to read heiroglypics, even though I couldn't speak Ancient Egyptian itself. And out of that, the best most stand out was NOT that boring cowhead goddess, or weirdo Set with his split-tail, but old Anubis himself. I've come to view him as a character himself, kind of like the friendly doorman of death. He's a councellor when you've had a very traumatic event he takes you by the hand and helps you through the somewhat unfair trials and stuff you have to go through, and then does a background heart-check to make sure you're really allowed to hang out with the people who behaved well in the first place. I really dig his mutt Ammit. Croco-lion-hippo, Go! Egyptians were dogdamned furries. Too bad they had to choose another craier religion to switch over to.
I have a shelf full of Anubii/jackal related stuffs which I really should re-organize and take a picture of so people can see it. I always wear a jackal pin in my lapel or shirt pocket too. Thousands upon thousands of favorited and saved pictures over the years too on my big 1TB hard drive. It's really suprising that I don't have a jackal hat like I've been thinking of, or a fursuit, but it would have to be perfect which is nearly impossible. I love it so much that pefection is nearly isn't doable. I'm pretty obsessed. But not in a dangerous kill-you-and-hide-you-in-the-floor way. Unless of course Dog God demanded...
4. manners(you has good ones, i've noticed)
WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE ELSE???? Maybe I just know how to give the sugar and not the vinegar. So many peoples default switch seems to be set to 'make it a fight'. Maybe I was raised right, maybe I am timid and use being nice to get my way? I really respond well when person-to-person kindness is what's going around. It helps me at work, in selling. Being proper in dealing with someone, allows you to even open up to less formal interactions later. Unless someone has a mental problem, who doesn't like being treated like a good guest or being called Sir or Ma'am? It's all tshirts, jeasns, and baseball caps fault. Not that they're not nice, but they're such a common denominator outfit. There's nothing NICE anymore. Why are people not NICE???
You can even fake it. Like I fake confidence until it seems like I know what I'm talking about. Or fake being smart, I'm SO DUMB. There's no way I know everything I should/could know, even with all the stuff in my head already.
I think people will deal with you twice if you're nice, just do what's proper. The only thing it wont do is make them REMEMBER you. Scratchy personalities and strong opinions seem to be the only thing that drives human interactons. Everyone will always read up on that fucking asshole who says his one-sided opinion, but not the Get Along Gang guy.
I beleive manners do not get anyone to talk about you.
Or remember. Well, maybe sometimes.
5. transformers
I am also not a Transformers snob, I am not a Beast Wars hater, hell that was already more up my alley then robots should have been being as I like fuzzy furries. I like any I like, I love the classics, the Animated, the Movie and the Bey movies. My shelves are full of them, but I always make sure to pick up any versions of the favorite three, Optimus, Megatron and Starscream.
In general I tend to like all the dark heroes in things like Versus, and Batman, and all the other things that you see an anti-hero in these days, but theres a reverence for a fake cartoon character in Optimus Prime for me. Usually I like any and all Decepticons, but Prime is like... the last good guy. He's knows he's good, has to continue being the good guy, and even if he agrees to something that will put him in danger while being honorable, he must do it. He's like the last John Wayne of our times. Good for good's sake, even if it kills you in the end.
Why is a giant cartoon robot better than any human? That just kills me. I mean, if he told you to do something, you'd probably do it without question. I live in a very deep Transformers coma i think. It's one of the few things I enjoy, espeically buying them, and then trying to transform them without instructions first. That's the sign of a real TF maniac.
Let me know if you want to and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
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Date: 2009-03-04 06:36 am (UTC)I dont Do things like others do in the fandom either, altho i'm pretty pulled back from it all anymore.. i'm very isolated up here from everyone.
We had some great times tho didnt we? i still find it funny when that lady commented on MY collar but not yours and you whined about it later on! hehe! ^.^;
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