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EDiT: OKAY NOW I'M FINISHED. YOU CAN STOP ASKING FOR THESE FEATURES NOW.

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Wow I hate journal memes. But yet, I still keep doing them. I really must hate myself. [EDiT: REALLY REALLY.]

Anyway. I did agree to do that gallery feature thing, so here it is. You comment here (telling me something you like about me or my art in accordance with the Spread The Love meme) and I go through your gallery and display three deviations that I like. Also note that there is a limit of ten people before I stop doing this. The first three slots are taken by people who have already featured my artwork in their own Journals recently.

Also, please note that although *Ideya-Freak, =Aura-Moon, and =feniiku are featured, I have not yet actually chosen pieces from their galleries to feature. I will do this tomorrow, when it is not 1:37 in the morning. Thank you in advance for your patience.


SPREAD THE LOVE MEME (taken from =Aura-Moon)

Leave a comment telling me one thing you like about me or my art, then re-post this meme on your own journal so I can do the same for you!

Spread the love!


FEATURED

The only condition upon which I will feature your art here is your posting a copy of this featuring my work as one of the ten.

1.
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This drawing is only a tiny chunk of the tip of the iceberg when compared to the rest of the world that it represents. Dare has created a complex environment with a number of interacting and fully-realized societies, of which "My Friend" is only a single member. This world is worth exploring, and these drawings are the key.
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The colored version of Dare's Nightmaren of Purity. Though I am working on an alternate coloration of the same drawing, this so-called "bad" example of Dare's coloring work nonetheless effortlessly dwarfs my own in both quality and style.
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A deep thinker and a deep writer, Dare has proven time and again her capacity for this type of poetic analysis. Not only a great pencil artist, this modest example clearly shows her proficiency in literature.

2.
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Who else remembers Doomsday Zone? That was, in my opinion, one of the best gameplay moments of Sonic history, captured extremely well here.
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One would be extremely amiss visiting Feniiku's gallery and not having a look at the PlotChasm flash series. It is one of the most gloriously random things I have yet seen here, and it continues to point out wonderful little absurdities in the Sonic series. Also: that pit was the stupidest thing in the world.
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A very fitting piece showcasing Metal Sonic's awesomeness. The pose and foreshortening make the drawing very dynamic.

3.
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JEWEL LiBERATiON is a prominent name in the old NiGHTS fandom, and for good reason. Aura kept at it for years, keeping JEWEL in the spotlight and making certain that everyone knew about the Gen. Of course, with the classic Gen system growing somewhat dilapidated, JEWEL is no longer precisely the same, but the character is nonetheless a beautiful example of the style Aura has followed since day 1.
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Aura's self-named Nightmaren character is shown here in all her icy glory. With a stare that could probably freeze a Medusa, Aura maintains a sense of cold beauty in virtually all of her appearances, and this picture is no exception.
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A very competently designed mecha form for her Sonic character Mint. The inks are pulled off quite well, and the drawing does a good job of sticking to the mid-series mecha style of the Archie series, of which I was always a fan.

4.
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Basically, this is the one semi-serious thing in his whole gallery. I'm just featuring it because of the line "A 12-year-old lady jeopardized me in the eye."
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Horrible Horrible is something that BDSb started writing as part of a rather casual art trade I roped him into awhile back. Then he wrote three more chapters, and the story became really just insanely awesome. I strongly recommend reading the full story, as it is chock full of humor, parody, and him brutally making fun of me. Good family entertainment.
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Okay, so that's more than three. Fine. Whatever. I can't not show off the insanity that was the seventh grade, nor Too Much Trouble Being Lazy (an insane make-fun-of-Q-fest that is dear to my heart). I also can't leave off his much-needed update to Chaos Comics, let alone the DelOS Macbomb error. One would be making a tremendous mistake not to look through these hilariously random submissions.

5.
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This is a wonderful example of Anthro's NiGHTS work, and I think it shows off the dreamlike, hopeful quality of her art very neatly. Done in a slightly cartoony fashion, but for me that makes it all the better. It just plain fits for the subject matter.
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The latest example of the Anthro's arts and crafts work, and in my opinion one of the best, the Talking Reala plush doll is very accurate to its original design and was made in less than a week for sale on eBay. Anthro is impressive in her ability to crank these out quickly at no loss of quality, and this doll proves it.
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Okay, I just had to double up again on this one. First we have her Dreamer ID, which is sort of a bandwagon thing. I couldn't cut it from my choices simply because I admire the art style she used on it so darn much. The other one is the eighth in her Glomp series (which is up to about fifteen or so now), which essentially is composed of a bunch of pictures of the Anthromew tackle-hugging (or headsitting, or in this case headbiting) her hapless (and usually somewhat depressed) target to cheer them up or otherwise pay them tribute. Have a look at the rest of these if you want to see a bunch of other peoples' traumatized characters being attacked by her avatar.

6.
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Between her fascinations with Zero 2 and Auto, I'm mildly amazed she actually has any time left to draw them. But she does, and Blue has not only created a 02 fan out of me (to the point that I did my Zero 2 Miracle track for her) but also developed an excellent design for Disco Keychain Taser Auto.
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Not only does she draw, she writes as well. Blue has an excellent gift for poetry, and everything she produces is emotive and meaningful, though often quite sad.
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You remind me of the baby/(What baby?) The baby with the power/(What power?) Power of voodoo/(Who do?) You do/(Do what?) Remind me of the baby
If you don't know Labyrinth, don't say anything. Also, I love the wing shapes created in the second fractal. Those two are a small sample of a very large gallery of fractal art that Blue has made; I suggest you take a poke through those as well, if you have any interest at all in fractals.

7.
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This one produces a nice, dreamlike feel, while still keeping the stronger presence generated by the character's design. A well-done exposition for the character, although it was not created by the artist.
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Reala abuse is generally very fun, and this drawing is no exception. Cheers for messing with the red dude, Anjelle!
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An unusually serious piece in Anjelle's gallery, this submission is essentially a poetic manifesto against alcohol, with which I wholeheartedly agree.

8.
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Imaginary has posted the results of several remarkable cosplays, of which I believe this is the best. Her Jackle costume represents the character solidly, and of course the infamous mantle is reproduced quite well.
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An example of Imaginary's surreal work. I quite like the feel of the piece as a whole, but I think my favorite single element would have to be the fact that the clock's gears are shown instead of the face. Something about that really strikes me.
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Having done some vaguely similar class projects, I know that she may not have meant this as a commentary about modern marriage or other such rot, but I still find the idea of a manufactured, barcoded life to be well presented here as something to be avoided.

9.
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As he is primarily a musician, I feel rather bad about not featuring any of Jimmy's (or rather, J-Vibe's) music. However, dA recently told him that music uploads are a no-no, so he left it alone and most of his older music is no longer stored on the external server he kept it on. So, we shall have to settle for some of his remarkable work in traditional art forms. These four pieces all share common themes -- fear, pain, sorrow, loneliness, anger... They all deal with negative emotions. For reasons that may or may not be obvious to the rest of the world, I find that these works resonate quite strongly with me. Each one shows a slightly different emotional trait, and each one is displayed very powerfully.
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I know the Otherside project is old news by now, but honestly? I'm still very much a fan and fully plan on doing a full set of fan art for it when I actually feel up to the task. This particular character is Kain, the King of Hatred, and in my opinion a staple of Jim's gallery that we need to see more of in the future.
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Something about this first one really struck me some time ago, though as with pretty much Jimmy's entire gallery I failed to tell him so at the time. There is of course the obvious connection to one of his older projects, Rhythm War, as well as his Mother fan work, but for me it went rather beyond that. Indeed, there was a set of drawings I had once planned to do, around the "theme phrase" of "Pump it up Pump it up!" or something like that, that were all inspired quite directly by this and a handful more of Jimmy's art. The second one shows a variant on the style of the first, of which I am quite fond, that Jimmy calls his "Hyperstyle." Also, a cactus.

10.
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On account of this being (yet) another of those pictures that is not only good but especially resonant with me, I have little recourse but to feature it. It's exceptionally emotive and conveys a great deal of depth -- doubly so considering that for some odd reason I can't fullview it at the moment. That's talent, folks, no sarcasm implied.
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I must say, in the case of much of Razi's gallery, the art is (ironically in the case of the second photo) simply breathtaking. I am regularly astounded by what this young woman can convince her camera(s?) to do, and as far as I am concerned, speaking as a fellow photographer, she is truly a magician.
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By largely the same "Razi makes magic with cameras" token, my soft spot for macro work has decided to assert itself. Making a crab emote, showing the universe that exists in a single dewdrop, and giving a flower the space to be strong, these are the marks of a decidedly talented artist with a peculiar strength in small-scale composition.

11.
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Obviously, Jewel has an absolutely ungodly number of deviations that I want to feature here and cannot for fear of completely ruining my audience's attention to any of it. In all honesty, she is the single best artist I have encountered -- the most mechanically talented, the most creative, and the most prolific. She keeps no fewer than ten entire worlds running constantly in her mind at any given time, each of them fully populated by characters that have their own hopes, dreams, and entirely realized lives. Among these are vo!t@ge, Hokthai, Sonic Inversion, Parnassus, and many others. This is just a tiny, tiny sampling of these worlds' mascots, with a small amount of her fan art thrown in for good measure (mostly because I cannot bring myself to cull it out). The first one on the list is included primarily to show that even five years ago, Jewel's artistic skill far, far surpassed my own at present. Put simply, she's talented, she's funny, she supports what she likes, and she amazes me at every turn.
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She also writes. A lot. And very well. I can't honestly say I'm doing justice to her collection of written works, any more than I am to her drawn or photographed collections, but I'm doing my best here. This writing, though it does not include any of her fanfiction or abstracted stories, is nonetheless remarkable in its ability to convey powerful feeling far beyond the scope of what the words alone can communicate.
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So in addition to having the lexical skill of a poet, the ear of a musician, and the manual talent of a surgeon, she also has the eye of a photographer. As I said in a rather old comment that still holds true today, "[She is] just plain old better at this than me." I think of myself as a photographer among other things, and a pretty darn good one at that, considering my relative inexperience. But there is really very little in life that Jewel does not seem to out-perform me at, and photography is no exception at all.
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Music submissions would doubtless go here, except that I can seem to find little of it in her gallery that adequately represents her massive talent in that area as well. Evidently, the particular pieces I had been searching for were either taken down at some point (probably by the unrelenting force of low artist self-esteem, of which I occasionally suffer myself), or they were never on this particular website to begin with (also very possible, as they are scattered over several servers). However, suffice it to say that she is just as much a composer as a painter, writer, sketcher, photographer, and artist in general -- which in my opinion is quite high praise to her musical abilities indeed.
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When you look at these, I must stress that these are sketches. And, for that matter, often sketches that she feels she messed up on or took too little time on to be any good. Also, having personally witnessed the speed at which she can churn these out at plain old fishing incredible quality, I can tell you that she probably erased a maximum of about six lines on any one of these drawings and spent very little time on most of them. I cannot make art anything resembling that degree of mechanical talent regardless of how long I take, so Jewel's raw talent and honed skill should both be very plainly evident by this point. Lastly, I'd also like to point out that many of these are not her own characters, and that she probably had to improvise the conversion of other people's designs to her style on the spot. I personally have a great deal of doubt that this slowed her down in the slightest.
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Of course, this being the very last entry of one past the very last person on the list for this STUPIDLY long-running meme, I feel I have some license to feature the epic, epic, epic ego-bloats that Jewel has seen fit to bestow upon my meager selection of characters. There are several others, naturally, but these three are my favorites, for a whole host of reasons that I'm pretty sure most of you no longer care to hear. As a result I shall spare you any further reading about that, and simply move on to my conclusion:

All this, of course, says nothing of the incredible, unfathomably amazing soul that resides in Jewel's body, and I honestly could talk about it for days on end and not even scratch the surface. Quite frankly, anyone out there would do well to aspire to any of the qualities I see in both the persona and artwork of the person behind the name =spinningcannon.

Peace out,
~Q-Lok

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Adventures In Myopia: Show 01: Randomness Strikes! Show 02: Super Sentai Show 03: Superheroes Show 03.5: Boxing Day Special Show 04: Linguistics Show 05: Xilats Coyote Guest Show ((Index))
Status: Show 06 requires a guest star.
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Song Lyrics:
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Character

Coolest: NiGHTS
Cutest: The 'ians. Sickeningly so.
Funniest: Girania (seriously, obvious Gulpo and Gillwing knockoffs [appearance and gameplay elements, respectively] aside, what the fish is up with the balloons?)
Scariest: Wizeman
Stupidest: Will (Helen and Owl are closely tied for second)
Weirdest: Bomamba

Level

Coolest: Reala's original boss arena
Cutest: I dunno. My Dream, maybe? You know, just for the ludicrously high proportion of Nightopians compared to other game areas.
Funniest: Delight City ("So THIS is what being grown-up is like! " Um, wut?)
Hardest: Stick Canyon
Scariest: Nightmare Twin Seeds Tower (Wizeman's original boss arena) or possibly Jackle's boss arena, just for the sheer dementedness factor
Stupidest: Delight City again. Or possibly the one mission where you have to DEATH VORTEX the Nightopians to safety, which is utterly absurd by any standard.
Weirdest: Soft Museum. You bounce off of EVERYTHING.

Moment

Coolest: Seeing Wizeman gray-out at the end of NID. That's an accomplishment, right there.
Cutest: I dunno.
Funniest: Watching Gillwing's head explode off at obscenely high speed when the end of his tail is prematurely Paralooped.
Scariest: Watching the counter tick down as Wizeman hits me with yet another of those infernal tornado attacks.
Stupidest: Realizing the sheer amount of awful that the fans got stuck with in exchange for ten years of waiting and pining for a sequel when JoD came out.
Weirdest: Gillwing's epic head-explody scene; see above.

Music

Coolest: Any of the stage themes in the original game. The application of live music mixing has yet to be matched.
Cutest: Probably one of the "happy 'ian" tunes from NID.
Funniest: That'd have to be when I first realized that a Macintalk voice was being used in part of The Mantle.
Happiest: Dreams Dreams, either the original adult version or the Sweet Snow version. As annoyed as I was with JoD on the whole, that song was very impressive.
Saddest: There really isn't much sad music in NiGHTS at all. The closest thing would have to be the Night Over tune.
Scariest: D'Force Master.
Stupidest: The kids' version of Dreams Dreams from JoD. That annoys me to no end.
Weirdest: The Mantle.

Sound/Speech

Coolest: Hearing Reala speak for the first time in NID.
Cutest: Maybe Helen first introducing herself to Will. But that's more sickeningly childish than cute, per se.
Funniest: "Go on and touch NiGHTS... if you're into that sort of thing." Screw the ORLY Owl, we need an INNUENDO Owl.
Scariest: NID Wizeman's laugh, as heard in the middle of the night.
Stupidest: Basically anything that Will, Helen, Owl, NiGHTS, Reala, or Wizeman say throughout pretty much all of JoD. In my opinion, that game's dialog was extremely poor in its writing, and shouldn't have even been there in the first place due to the standard set by NID.
Weirdest: Probably realizing for the first time that Owl's innuendo line is almost still intact in the final game.

Villain

Coolest: NID Reala. Or possibly Jackle. Or NID Wizeman. Or Clawz. Or-- Okay, you know what? Screw it. The whole NID boss roster.
Cutest: Um, I really hope this doesn't apply. Imma go with Puffy, but given the competition, that's not saying much.
Funniest: Either JoD Wizeman (because he proved `mangapunksai's gangsta theory 100% correct) or Donbalon (because on top of being named Donbalon, he's also Jackle and Puffy's love child).
Hardest: Clawz, NID Wizeman, or Bomamba.
Scariest: NID Wizeman or NID Reala. They both totally lost credibility with me with the advent of their utterly silly voices in JoD, not to mention Reala's bat tights (a bad idea no matter who you ask).
Stupidest: Donbalon, Chamelan, or Bomamba. They were all patently ridiculous, though of greatly varying difficulty.
Weirdest: Donbalon, Bomamba, Jackle (as much as I like him, you gotta admit that a floating invisible guy wearing only socks, gloves, a hat, and an invulnerable cape is a little odd), or Puffy.



Info
[] I am shorter than 5'4.
[x] I think I'm ugly sometimes.
[] I have many scars.
[x] I tan easily.
[] I wish my hair was a different color.
[] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[] I have a tattoo.
[] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[] I have/I've had braces.
[x] I wear glasses.
[] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
[] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[] I have more than 2 piercings.
[] I have piercing in places besides my ears.
[] I have freckles.

Family/Home Life
[] I've sworn at my parents.
[] I've run away from home.
[] I've been kicked out of the house.
[x] My biological parents are together.
[] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[-] I want to have kids someday.
[] I've lost a child.

School/Work
[x] I'm in school.
[x] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[x] I've missed a week or more of school.
[] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years.
[] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[] I've stolen something from my job.
[] I've been fired.

Embarrassment
[] I've slipped out an "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[] Disney movies still make me cry.
[] I've peed from laughing.
[x] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[] I've glued my hand to something.
[] I've had my pants rip in public.

Health
[] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[] I've gotten stitches/staples.
[] I've broken a bone.
[] I've had my tonsils removed.
[] I've sat in a doctor’s office/emergency room with a friend.
[] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
[] I had a serious surgery.
[x] I've had chicken pox.
[] I've had measles.

Traveling
[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[x] I've been to Canada.
[x] I've been to Mexico.
[x] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[] I've been to Japan.
[] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[] I've been to Europe.
[] I've been to Africa.

Experiences
[] I've gotten lost in my city.
[] I've seen a shooting star.
[] I've wished on a shooting star.
[] I've seen a meteor shower.
[] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[x] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[x] I've been to a casino.
[] I've been skydiving.
[] I've gone skinny dipping.
[] I've played spin the bottle.
[] I've drunk a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[] I've crashed a car.
[x] I've been Skiing.
[x] I've been in a play.
[] I've met someone in person from myspace.
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[] I've seen the Northern lights.
[x] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[] I've played chicken.
[] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[] I've eaten sushi.
[] I've been snowboarding.

Relationships
[-] I'm single.
[x] I'm in a relationship.
[] I'm engaged.
[] I'm married.
[] I've gone on a blind date.
[-] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[x] I have a fear of abandonment.
[] I've gotten divorced.
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[] I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality
[] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex, even a worshipful one.
[] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[x] I am a cuddler.
[] I've been kissed in the rain.
[] I've hugged a stranger.
[] I have kissed a stranger.

Honesty/Crime
[] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[] I've snuck out of my house.
[] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[x] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[-] I've cheated while playing a game.
[-] I've cheated on a test.
[] I've run a red light.
[] I've been suspended from school.
[x] I've witnessed a crime. [Darn straight -- it was committed against me!]
[-] I've been in a fist fight.
[] I've been arrested.

Drugs/Alcohol
[] I've consumed alcohol.
[] I regularly drink.
[] I've passed out from drinking.
[] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[] I've smoked weed.
[] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[] I've eaten shrooms.
[] I've popped E.
[] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[] I've done hard drugs.
[] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[] I can't swallow pills.
[] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.
[] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[] I have been diagnosed with one or more anxiety disorder.
[x] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[] I take anti-depressants.
[] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[] I've hurt myself on purpose.
[x] I've woken up crying.

Death and Suicide
[x] I'm afraid of dying.
[x] I hate funerals.
[] I've seen someone dying.
[] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[x] I've planned my own suicide.
[] I've attempted suicide.
[-] I've written a eulogy for myself.

Materialism
[] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[x] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[] I own something from Hot Topic.
[] I own something from Pac Sun.
[x] I collect comic books.
[] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[] I own something from Abercrombie.

Random
[-] I can sing well.
[] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[x] I open up to others easily. You ask me a question I'm most likely going to answer it.
[] I watch the news.
[] I don't kill bugs.
[x] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.
[] I curse regularly.
[x] I sing in the shower.
[] I am a morning person.
[] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[x] I'm a snob about grammar.
[] I am a sports fanatic.
[] I twirl my hair.
[] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[-] I love being neat.
[-] I love Spam.
[x] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day.
[-] I bake well.
[] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue, dark red.
[] I've worn pajamas to school.
[] I like Martha Stewart.
[x] I know how to shoot a gun.
[x] I am in love with love.
[] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I laugh at my own jokes.
[-] I eat fast food weekly.
[-] I believe in ghosts.
[] I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
[] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[-] I am really ticklish.
[x] I love white chocolate.
[] I bite my nails.
[x] I play video games.
[-] I'm good at remembering names.
[] I'm good at remembering dates.
[-] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
[x] All of those are answered honestly.



1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Put any comments in the following line after the song name.
5. Tag three people after this quiz!

Are you male or female?
Mare Crisium -- Steve Pordon
Good question.

Describe yourself.
(Johnny) New Light -- The Dream Academy
Well, at least the band name is appropriate.

What do people feel when they're around you?
Tight Finale -- Jivemaster

Describe your current relationship.
River City Robot -- po!
I'm in a relationship with a robot?

Where would you like to be now?
Caveman Head -- Eurythmics
This one speaks for itself, I think.

How do you feel about love?
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring -- Wendy Carlos

What's your life like?
In 7 -- Another Fine Day

Say something wise.
Shala's Paradise -- Prince Vejita
That's not wise. That's not really anything at all, is it?

If someone says "is this okay?" you say,
The Folk Song Army -- Tom Lehrer

How would you describe yourself?
The Stroke -- Billy Squier

What do you like in a guy/girl?
Sailing To Da Market -- Cromkayer

How do you feel today?
Cutting It Fine -- Asia

What is your life's purpose?
Adventures In Myopia Show 02: Super Sentai -- Q-Lok and BDSb
YYYYEEEEESSSSS!

What is your motto?
Armageddon -- GrayLightning
Well, I guess I am a bit pessimistic...

What do your friends think of you?
Control The Flame -- Lightning Seeds

What do you think of your parents?
Second Nature -- Electronic
Apparently I don't think of them. Interaction is practically second-nature.

What do you think about very often?
Corner of Sunset and Keys -- José the Bronx Rican

What is 2 + 2?
sierra nevada-tan -- analoq

What do you think of your best friend?
your funk is fine -- trash80
His funk is juuuust fine.

What do you think of the person you like?
Big Bar Fight -- Greg Edmonson
...Uh? Sorry, Spinny. I guess you're in a bar fight.

What is your life story?
A Man And A Woman -- U2
That's... actually pretty appropriate. Huh.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
People Are People -- Depeche Mode
I want to be a person when I grow up.

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
REVELATION -- L'Arc-en-Ciel
That's surprisingly appropriate as well. Interesting.

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Gekisou Sentai Carranger -- Shigemori Takayama
You can't dance to that. But it's just awesome enough to try.

What will they play at your funeral?
Entering Death Egg Zone -- Sonic the Hedgehog Arcade
So I don't get to fight the boss until after I run out of Continues?

What is your hobby/interest?
Sufi Groove -- David Tickle

What is your biggest fear?
Marakatú -- Kodo

What is your biggest secret?
Steppin' Out -- Electric Light Orchestra

What do you think of your friends?
Watching The Grass Grow -- Nik Turner
They're booooriiiing

What will you post this journal's title as?
Final Fury -- Sonic CD [JP]

Well, anything to say to your watchers out there?
Not Alone In The World -- Dale North and Jaxx
Good finish. Not as ridiculous as I'd expected. Truth be told, that's actually very close to what I want people to know.



1. First thing you wash in the shower?
The soap. No, seriously! We have this scouring-pad-type-thing that my dad keeps in there to keep the soap from falling off, but it's falling apart -- into the soap, which makes it really quite nasty.

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
I only even have two, and I like them both. One's dark blue and the other is light gray.

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Sadly, I honestly have no idea who that would have been. Probably yes, though, given that it's undoubtedly someone in my family.

4. Do you plan outfits?
Only very rarely.

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
Tired, a little sad, and right on the edge between loneliness and overcrowding.

[boatload of missing questions goes here]

10. What are you craving right now?
Peace.

11. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Um... Cabbage? Like, red cabbage?

12. Do you make prank calls?
No.

13. Ever hooked up with some one out of state?
Yes.

14. Do you sleep with any stuffed animals?
Yup.

15. Would you dance to the taco song?
I've never heard of the taco song, but based on how stupid it sounds I'm going to say "no."

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
Not consciously, but I have had numbers run through my head faster than I can track on a fairly regular basis.

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
I usually bite. Not much point to taking it slow.

18. Do you like anyone right now?
Yes.

19. What do you think of crickets?
I think they're insects with some neat traits, and I quite like them as long as they stay within their natural domain. Same goes for pretty much everything, humanity included. Except for maybe the insect thing. Maybe.

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
Yes, several. I'm related to three.

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
No.

22. What are you listening to right now?
A news program that I wish my mom wasn't watching.

[some more missing questions]

25. Would you go sky diving?
Yup.

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
No. Not unless I were allowed to try and assassinate him with no repercussions.

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
Why yes I would.

28. Is there anything sparkly on you?
Not at the moment, but that's not always the case.

[#29's missing]

30. Do you rent movies often?
No, I borrow from the library. Why pay for it?

31. Who sits behind you in your math class?
I'm not taking any math classes this semester.

[more missing questions]

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
Yes. But judging by all the missing questions, I'd say the quiz writer can't.

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
My family.

36. Brown or white egg?
Neither. Don't like eggs.

[#37 is missing]

38. Ever been on a train?
Yes.

39. Ever told someone you loved them?
Yes.

40. Do you have a cell phone?
No.

41. Are you a virgin?
Yes.

42. Any kids?
No, did you not just hear me?

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
Probably just hanging around. Maybe working, I dunno.

44. Ever had cream puffs?
Yes.

45. Ever had Breaded Shrimp?
Yes.

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
No.

47. What was the last question you asked?
Why the person that wrote this quiz can't count.

48. What was the last CD you bought?
I don't remember. I almost never buy CDs. Again, I just go to the library.

49. What is/was your bus number for school?
I never rode a bus to school. However, I take the RED bus line a lot on campus this semester.

[someone teach this quiz's writer how to count!]

51. Is your hair curly?
No.

52. Last time you cried?
Couple days ago, I think.

53. Ever walked into a wall?
Not hard, but yes.

54. Ever walked UP a wall?
No.

55. Have you ever bought anything from PacSun?
No.

56. Favorite time of the year?
Late spring and early summer.

57. What's your favorite number?
132. Hilarity ensues.

58. Favorite colors?
Green and orange.

59. Do you have any piercings?
No.

60. Do you have any tattoos?
No.

[#61 is gone as well]

62. Do you sleep with the TV on?
I'm capable of it, yes.

[what's the deal here, huh?]

65. Do you like your life right now?
Not as much as I always thought I would.

66. How do you feel about 'love'?
Best feeling in the world when you've got it mutually, crippling when you don't.

67. What is your favorite animal?
Wolf or eagle.

69. Do you have good vision?
I have decent vision, but only when wearing glasses.

70. Can you hula hoop?
Not well.

[yet another missing question goes here]

72. Do you have a job?
Yes.

[good grief!]

74. What are you wearing?
Cargo pants, black socks, underwear, the dark blue hoodie, and my Chaos Rising tee shirt (courtesy of ~BDSb, along with the mint that was also in the package... he knows what I'm talking about).

75. What does your hair look like?
Shortish and straight. Little bit shiny.

76. Ever climbed out a window?
Yes.

77. Can you handle the truth?
I like to think so. But not always.

78. What was the most recent thing you bought?
Gas for the family van.

79. How often do you talk on the phone?
Relatively. I only enjoy it about a tenth of the time, though.

80. What's the longest you talked to someone on the phone?
I dunno, maybe five or six hours.

81. Do you hate/dislike more than 3 people?
Uh-huh, though I wish I could get over those emotions.

[okay, this is just sad]

83. Are you sarcastic?
Somewhat. Much more cynical than sarcastic.

84. Have you ever slapped someone?
Yes, but not hard.

85. Do looks matter?
They matter, but I don't care about them so much.

86. Do you use chapstick?
Only when my lips crack so much that they bleed.

87. Are you too forgiving?
Maybe. But I don't honestly believe that I'm forgiving enough.

88. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
No.

89. Do you own a gun?
No.

90. Where are you located?
On the couch.

91. Have you ever been in a castle?
No.

92. Do you like your hair?
Sure, why not?

93. Do you like yourself?
...Um. That's an interesting way to juxtapose those two questions. But yes, mostly.



HOW SHY ARE YOU?
[x] You don't like public speaking.
[x] You find it hard to talk to strangers.
[] You don't like to look people in the eye.
[] You hate to go shopping alone.
TOTAL: 2/4

[x] Being introduced to new people makes you nervous.
[x] When you're in a group of people, it's difficult to think of what to say
[-] You have a lot of trouble talking to the opposite sex
[-] You hate to be teased.
[x] You hate answering the door.
TOTAL: 6/11

[] You can't stand people watching you.
[] One on one conversations make you nervous.
[-] You don't like to ask people for help.
[] You hate to read out loud.
[] You don't like answering questions.
TOTAL: 6.5/16

[] You dread ordering food at restaurants.
[-] You are uncomfortable at parties, unless you know everyone well.
[] You don't like to talk, because you're afraid of being embarrassed by what you say.
[x] You wish you were more outgoing.
[x] You hate being in the center of any room.
TOTAL: 9/19

[x] You don't know how to react to compliments.
[x] You prefer reading, writing, or listening to music than being around too many people.
[] You blush easily.
[-] You don't like singing in front of a lot of people.
TOTAL: 11.5/23

TOTAL: 50%



~*OTAKU TEST*~

~*ANIME*~

1.WHAT WAS THE FIRST ANIME YOU HAVE EVER SEEN?
The first that I know of was either Cardcaptors (so brutally mistranslated and Americanized by Nelvana that it's barely recognizable when compared with the original) or Pokémon.

2.WHEN DID YOU REALLY GET INTO ANIME?
Maybe 2004 or 2005.

3.WHAT WAS THE FIRST ANIME THAT YOU SAW EVERY EPISODE OF?
Magic Knight Rayearth (first series only).

4.WHO WAS YOUR FIRST ANIME LOVE?
I didn't.

5.WHO WAS YOUR FIRST ANIME HATE?
Probably the entire cast of Sonic X. That show ruined Sonic even worse for me than Sega had done at the time.

6.DO YOU COLLECT ANIME DVDS?
Sporadically. I grab them when I can.

7.HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DUBS?
They need to die in a fire. They also do a really, really bad job of communicating the ideas and feel of the original.

8.DOES IT BOTHER YOU WHEN PEOPLE CALL ANIME "JAPANESE CARTOONS"?
Yes, somewhat. It's sort of annoying, but it's not actually inaccurate.

~*MANGA*~

1.WHAT WAS THE FIRST MANGA YOU'VE EVER READ?
I don't know. I'm sure it was something by CLAMP, but I don't remember which one.

2.DO YOU COLLECT MANGA?
Again, occasionally.

3.HOW MUCH MANGA DO YOU HAVE?
Not very much.

4.WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE GENRES IN MANGA?
Those ever-so-rare balances between shonen and shojo. The ones that have even somewhat interesting characters/interactions and still have action of any sort. CLAMP and .hack are the only really major successes I've yet seen in that elusive category, though Trigun and Wolf's Rain come close.

5.HAVE YOU'VE EVER GOTTEN A MANGA IN JAPANESE?
No.

6.HOW DO PRONOUNCE MANGA?
MAHN-gaw.

7.IS MANGA THE ONLY TYPE OF BOOK THAT YOU ENJOY READING?
Not by a long shot.

8.DO YOU READ MANGA SLOWLY OR QUICKLY?
So fast I miss things.

~*VIDEO GAMES*~

1.WHAT WAS THE FIRST VIDEO GAME YOU EVER PLAYED?
I don't remember. However, the first game I ever owned was the Game Gear version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

2.WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAME YOU EVER BEAT?
I'm not sure, but I think it was either Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow, or the Game Gear build of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (to date the third best fighting game I've ever played).

3.DO YOU GET PISSED OFF WHEN YOU LOSE IN A GAME?
Not as much as would probably befit my failures.

4.WHO WAS YOUR FIRST GAME LOVE?
None. Not romantically, anyhow.

5.WHO WAS YOUR FIRST GAME HATE?
There were probably plenty before, and there are definitely plenty since, but I'm going to have to say Shadow the Hedgehog, first appearing in Sonic Adventure 2.

6.DO YOU OWN ANY GAMING SYSTEMS?
VERY YES.

7.DO YOU PLAY WITH CHEATS OR WALKTHROUGHS?
I used to. Now I find that it robs me of all my enjoyment.

8.DOES PLAYING GAMES SOMETIMES GET YOU FRUSTRATED?
Sometimes. Depends on the game and the part of the game.

~*OTHER*~

1.HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO ANY ANIME CONVENTIONS?
One. I've wanted to go to far, far more than that, however.

2.DO YOU TALK TO OTHER OTAKUS?
If I considered myself one, I might say yes.

3.DO YOU LIKE FEMALEXMALE, MALEXMALE, FEMALEXFEMALE?
Um. What?

4.DO YOU HAVE ANIME MERCHANDISE?
Yep.

5.DO YOU DRAW ANIME OR ANIME STYLED?
I've tried and failed on quite a few occasions.

6.WOULD YOU VISIT JAPAN BY ANY CHANCE?
Yes I would, given the opportunity.

7.DO YOU LIKE J-ROCK, J-POP, ANIME MUSIC, GAME MUSIC?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

8.SAY ONE ANIME OR GAME PHRASE:
ANGELS TO THE LAYER! ANGELIC FIGHT!!!



001. Real name → Jacob
002. Nickname → Q
003. Status → Very taken
004. Zodiac sign → Libra
005. Male or female → Male
006. Elementary → Lowell
007. Middle School → West (ELP)
008. High School → West
009. Smart → I think so
010. Hair color → Brown
011. Long or short → Short
012. Loud or Quiet → Loud, but only when I have something to say
013. Sweats or Jeans → Sweats
014. Phone or Camera → Camera
015. Health freak → Not really
016. Drink or Smoke? → No
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Sorta
018. Eat or Drink → I wish I didn't biologically need to
019. Piercings → No
020. Tattoos → No

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → None
024. First best friend → Colin
025. First award → Something for Reflections, no doubt
026. First crush → DynaPink (wish I was kidding)
027. First pet → A rabbit
028. First big vacation → Mexico during the 2002 Olympics
030. First big birthday → Probably when I was born, yes?

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → Nothing
050. Drinking → Nothing
052. I'm about to → Starve
053. Listening to → My brother explain Matilda to my mother
054. Plans for today → Go to bed (eventually)

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Maybe
059. Want to get married? → Yes
060. Careers in mind → Artist or game designer (will probably get stuck in something else, though)

WHICH IS BETTER WITH BOY? <---I think maybe this was intended for females. Will be answering as though it referred to women.
068. Lips or eyes → Eyes
070. Shorter or taller? → Meh
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Spontaneous in style, romantic in thought
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Um, what?
074. Sensitive or loud → Sensitive
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant → Hesitant, but not too hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → Not lost, but I did break them a couple of times
081. Ran away from home → No
084. Broken someone's heart → Hope not
085. Been arrested → No
087. Cried when someone died → Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → Not as much as I should
090. Miracles → Yes
091. Love at first sight → Not precisely, but somewhat
092. Heaven → Yes
093. Santa Claus → No
094. Sex on the first date → Definitely not
095. Kiss on the first date → Maybe; that's a gray area

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Yes
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → No
099. Do you believe in God → Yes
100. Post as 100 truths and tag → No thank you



1. Nick Name(s):
Q

2. Who do you think you look like:
My brother.

3. Birthday:
October 10, 1989

4. Place of Birth and Current Location:
Salt Lake City both.

5. Nationality:
American

6. Astrology Sign:
Libra

7. Chinese Astrology:
Snake

8. Religion:
LDS ("Mormon" to most of you)

9. What's your favorite smell:
Marzipan

10. Political Position:
Democratic with the values of a centrist

11. What do you prefer to drink in the morning:
Milk

12. Hair+Eye color:
Brown and green-with-blue

13. Do you look like anyone famous:
Not to my knowledge

14. Any unusual talents:
Basically everything I've ever done well is unusual

15. Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous:
Right-handed all the way

16. What do you do for a living:
Cashier at a hardware store, unfortunately

17. What do you do for fun:
Games (nearly any variety), writing, art, DVDs of off-the-air shows, et cetera.

18. What kind of material do you like to use:
For what?

19. What kind of materials would you like to work with:
Again, for what?

20. What celebrity would you date if you could:
I don't think I would so much.

21. Favorite place to be:
Wherever =spinningcannon is at any given moment. Failing that, in the world of my dreams.

22. Least favorite place to be:
Reality in all its unsplendor.

23. Do you burn or tan:
Sorta. Depends on how long I stay out and over what period of time.

24. Ever break a bone:
Nope

25. What is your favorite cereal:
Prolly Count Chocula, just because it's so gloriously stupid.

26. Person you cry with:
I don't cry with anyone. When I cry, I cry alone.

Do You Have...
27. Any sisters:
One, ~Rainbowspotz

28. Any brothers:
One younger, Bluefire. One older and deceased at two months of age, Caleb.

29. Any pets:
Plenty over the years, but since my last gerbil died none of them have officially been mine.

30. An illness:
Probably just a small cold, but yes.

31. A visible birthmark:
No

32. A pool or hot tub:
No

33. A car:
Not me personally, but my family has a car, a minivan, and a truck

Describe Your:
34. Personality:
I honestly don't believe I'm objective enough to do that.

35. Your clothing style:
Lazy but geeky

36. Room:
A total mess, but one that I can live in

37. Relationship with your parents:
Normally, good. Lately, strained.

38. Do you believe in yourself:
Not enough

39. Do you believe in love at first sight?:
No such thing. There is lust at first sight, and there is attraction at first sight (yes, I do draw a distinction between those), and either one can develop into love given the right circumstances, but love does not happen instantly.

Do you:
40. Save your emails:
I use Gmail and I'm a packrat. Why on earth would I answer no to this?

41. Pray:
Yes

42. Believe in reincarnation:
Not the usual way

43. Brush your teeth twice a day:
Not by a long shot

44. Like to talk on the phone:
Not unless it's one of a very few people, of whom if you're bothering to read this you probably are.

45. Like to eat:
I enjoy the experience, often. But mostly I just wish it were something that I could choose whether to do or not.

46. Like to exercise:
Not really.

47. Like to watch sports:
No.

48. Sing in a car:
Sure, why not?

49. Do you have nightmares:
Sometimes.

50. Sleep with a stuffed animal:
Several, actually. All but one are from various anime series.

51. Right next to you:
A pillow and my sketchbook.

52. On your coffee cup:
Do not have a coffee cup.

53. On your mouse pad:
I don't even remember what I *did* with my mousepad.

54. Your favorite flavor of gum:
The old Juicy Fruit (i.e. before they added whatever ingredient is in it now that makes my teeth ache when I chew it) and spearmint/doublemint.

55. Your brand of deodorant:
Axe, but I'm not at all fond of it.

56. Your dream honeymoon spot:
No comment.

57. Your bad time of day:
Anytime before about 2:00 PM on almost any day.

58. Your worst fear(s):
Myself and the idea of a truly unjust universe/God.

59. What's the weather like:
Probably snowing, with my luck. It's the middle of the night, so I can't see outside to check easily.

60. What's your favorite time of year:
Early summer and late spring.

61. Your favorite holiday:
Boxing Day!

62. A material weakness:
My fixations with technology and with never getting rid of pretty much anything that's ever been important to me (i.e. nine tenths of everything I've touched since Age 2).

63. The hardest thing about growing up:
You mean there's anything easy about it?

64. Your scariest moment:
Honestly, I don't know. If I had known I was in danger of both dying and losing my father, it probably would have been the big diving accident in 2002, but I was blissfully unaware of any of that until much later.

65. The worst feeling in the world:
I'm going to have to agree with Ben Sisko on this one: knowing that the person you love is unhappy.

66. The best feeling in the world:
Knowing that the person that you love is happy.

67. Who sent this to you:
Um. I honestly have no idea.

68. What's your favorite color:
Green and orange.

69. If you could be anything you'd like to be, what would it be:
Selph Justice. He represents the best possible version of me, so truly becoming him would be to literally be eliminating all the bad that's in me, while still retaining the essence of what makes me me.

70. What's your favorite food:
Pesto and related dishes. 'Specially noodles.

71. What's your favorite yaoi pairing:
Um. No thank you.

72. Are you a morning or an evening person:
Evening.

73. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be:
Just one?! Are you kidding, you want me to choose?

74. Reality or Fantasy:
Fantasy. Definitely fantasy.



The rules:
- Choose a singer/band/group
- Answer using ONLY titles of songs
- Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged)

Band: Styx

01. Are you male or female?
Man In The Wilderness

02. Describe yourself.
Too Much Time On My Hands

03. What do people feel when they're around you?
Sing For The Day

04. How would you describe your previous relationship?
Show Me The Way

05. Describe your current relationship.
She Cares

06. Where would you want to be now?
Come Sail Away

07. How do you feel about love?
You Need Love

08. What's your life like?
Snowblind

09. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
The Best Of Times

10. Say something wise.
Everything Is Cool

Peace out,
~Q-Lok

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Remember this? Well, I have more memes. A lot more. Let's get started right away:

NAME MEME

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father's middle name)
Patrick Gurney (My old guy name has made a return.)

2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
John John (SHEER BRILLIANCE!)

3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Vanja

4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Verdant Eagle

5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Merrill Salt

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Orange Fruit

7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Jaff

8. GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Spumoni Chip

9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name)
(No pets in the family, so...) Zebra Douglas (We used to have a finch. Sue me.)

10. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
...I don't know a single cologne or perfume name. Wow.

11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Cinnamon Douglas



1. Name one person who always makes you smile.
~LostAnimeDrawer.

2. What were you doing at 5:00 this morning?
Sleeping in a hotel room.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Mrrm... I think I was checking my iPod's playlists. That or reading the end of Genius Squad.

4. Who was the last person who broke your heart?
Me.

5. What is the last thing you said aloud?
I think I was mumbling something about how I couldn't get this pillow to fit properly behind my head.

6. How many different things did you drink today?
Just water.

7. What color is your toothbrush?
Green and white.

8. What was the last thing you bought?
Five packs of Heroscape figures. Yes.

9. where do you live?
Salt Lake City, Utah. Near the University.

10.What color is your gate?
We don't have one, which is good. I don't like gates.

11. Where is your brother?
Right in front of me.

12. how was your day yesterday?
It was okay, I suppose. I managed to annoy myself rather badly by not thinking to check a local phone book for addresses before walking over a mile in search of good shopping, though.

13. What is the last ice cream flavor you ate?
...You know, I honestly have no idea. It might have been peppermint, but I think it was just some soft-serve vanilla.

14. are you an optimistic one?
Honestly? Not really. I'm working on it, though.

15. Do you think you're okay?
Only some of the time.

16. contented in life?
Nah.

17. Do you talk a lot?
Oh, yes. You do not even slightly want to know how many ears I've nearly talked off in the last few weeks.

18. Do you skip meals?
Yeah. I shouldn't, though.



CHARACTER INTERVIEW

CHARACTER/S:
Nami
Windman
Trynis
KiNETiC
Bel
Darius


Who/What are you?
Nami: A chameleon! Also, an old author-persona for Q-Lok. At one point I was known as an Emissary of the "Great Author Dude," but of course that was back in his n00b days.
Windman: I'm mostly Reploid. My operating system is a bit closer to that of the more communicative Dreamcybers, though. The main difference is that I was designed as an organism rather than a system, and so have more personality and interactivity than hard logic. I also shared a stint as an Emissary with Nami in the days of Chaos Comics.
Trynis: I'm one of the warriors chosen to rescue Cephiro. I'm told that my Cephiro is an alternate world to the one most people are familiar with, though. I'm a light magician by trade, and my hometown is the castle town outside Cephiro Castle. I never did get to find my Mashin or my Escudo weapon, but Clef did get the chance to tell our group that we were supposed to get them eventually.
KiNETiC: I'm an Earth Aspect. I do movement and energy, and my granted power is force beams.
Bel: I am a red giant star -- or rather, its embodiment. Our kind lives far outside your group of galaxies, so don't bother looking for us.
Darius: I am the avatar of a white dwarf star. I am one of the presiding council over our galaxy, but my influence is waning in my star's age.

How old are you?
Nami: Late teens. I spent about three years at age 15, but Jacob eventually retconned me out of that year of my life. He never did bother pinning my age down to any particular year afterward, though.
Windman: Only about five years, but for a robot that isn't bad.
Trynis: Twenty-one.
KiNETiC: I am ageless, but my birth was near the earliest moments of our world, a bit over a century ago.
Bel: My star is billions of years older than I; I was ensouled only seven millennia ago.
Darius: I have been bound to my star since it shined as a blue giant, many hundreds of millions of years ago.

YOU WANT A HUG?? XD
Nami: Erm... No thanks?
Windman: I don't suppose I could stop you, could I?
Trynis: Sure! ^_^
KiNETiC: Get away from me before I force beam you to the Moon.
Bel: A what?
Darius: I am unfamiliar with that custom. I apologize.

You got any bad habits?
Nami: Not anything terrible, no.
Windman: I don't have habits, bad or otherwise; I'm a robot.
Trynis: Nah. I'm a hero, what am I supposed to do?
KiNETiC: I tend to get stressed over, well, pretty much everything. If it's worth worrying about, I worry about it more than it's worth.
Bel: Irritability, antisociality, should I continue?
Darius: I have come to peace with most of my flaws, but I still fail to value myself when others do not value my words.

Are you a boy or a girl?
Nami: Guy, all the way!
Windman: I'm a male-pattern Reploid, but that doesn't really give me either one.
Trynis: I'm a boy.
KiNETiC: Demia are genderless. You do know that, right?
Bel: I'm sorry? I don't know what that is.
Darius: I do not understand. Please explain what you mean.

Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Nami: Nope, I'm an only child.
Windman: I was the only Reploid built from my pattern, so no.
Trynis: My older brother was killed at the beginning of the monster attacks, but other than that I have no family. My parents died young as well, even despite the Princess' prayers.
KiNETiC: Only our race. We don't consider each other siblings, as such, but we were all created by -- and, therefore, "children" of -- the same man.
Bel: Can we please have a question I understand?
Darius: No. We are created of stars and we are born of spirit. We cannot have siblings because we are not born.

Who's your mate/spouse?
Nami: None whatsoever. I'm a happy bachelor at the moment.
Windman: And you expect me to mate with someone how again?
Trynis: No, adventuring, killing monsters, and saving the world doesn't leave much time for a family life. If I had the chance to pick, though, I'd choose Aliratha.
KiNETiC: I'm unattached. Our kind has no need for romance or mating, so I don't bother.
Bel: Sadly, I haven't got one. I've been trying to conjoin with Christmas Star for two millennia, but that hasn't gone anywhere.
Darius: My star does not have a binary companion, and I have not conjoined either... not for many eons.

Do you have any kids?
Nami: Nope. Too young for that, certainly.
Windman: I repeat -- how?
Trynis: Nah. Lifestyle choices and all that.
KiNETiC: No gender, no children. Is it really that hard to grasp?
Bel: So we're back to the words that I don't understand again. Great.
Darius: Kids... offspring... children... Hmm. I am searching for a comparable term that applies to our society, but it appears there is no directly similar concept.

What's your favorite food?
Nami: Fruits and berries, especially the juiciest types. I'm a fan of the sweet stuff, as well.
Windman: Come on, are you not even looking at my metal and not-food-requiring body or something?
Trynis: I'm fond of beef, especially when used in Cephiran cooking. Of course, a great deal of our beef and other meats are taken from deceased monsters, so it probably isn't what you're used to.
KiNETiC: Of course I don't have to eat -- or consume anything other than Ideya energy when it really comes down to it -- but there's this little café in Teeming Metropolis that makes the best onion soup you'll ever eat.
Bel: I don't understand this. In fact, this whole interview seems skewed against our people. Care to explain that, or should I just leave?
Darius: Food -- fuel! This is a concept analogous to our hydrogen sustenance. But I have no favorite, as there is only one significant variety.

Have you ever killed anyone?
Nami: An alternate-universe me was much more brutal than I am and resorted to murder more than once, but I myself have never killed any sentient.
Windman: I killed Bill Gates once. It was glorious, let me tell you.
Trynis: Just monsters, but loads of them.
KiNETiC: Nope. Barely even killed any Minions, actually. Selph usually saves me for the upper-level Nightmaren, and I haven't yet successfully defeated any of them in battle, so I have yet to test my ability to kill.
Bel: To make a star's core go cold is unthinkable! I could never--!
Darius: The universe is too dark as it is; we need as much light as all the stars there are can produce. To stop that light is a detriment to the world, and I refuse ever to be a party to it.

Do you hate anyone?
Nami: My own Black form is the most hateful being I have yet encountered. That version of me is... Well. You just don't want to meet him. By extension, the being I hate most is myself.
Windman: Not exactly. There are a few people, but I don't really feel any organic emotion. My emotions are programmed and so I can't truly hate.
Trynis: Zagato, Alcyone, and the rest of the turncoats that betrayed our country -- and, more importantly, the Princess.
KiNETiC: Nah, it's not worth the effort.
Bel: People bug me, but not that much.
Darius: The singularities that roam our galaxy are frightful indeed; the mere thought of a black hole not only fills me with fear but with rage as well.

What is your job?
Nami: Once upon a time, I was the Emissary of the Great Author Dude, but it's been a very long time indeed. Since then, it's been everything between Zone Cop, color mage, paladin of Good, author insert, Power-hunter, Lightside City guardian, city founder, and Jacob's part-time Muse along with Windman.
Windman: I currently play Muse for Jacob some of the time, but I was built as a warrior.
Trynis: You could probably call it "Monster Hunter," but I prefer to be called a hero.
KiNETiC: Demia of force and motion. Earth Aspect. Not that much to it, really.
Bel: Stellar avatar. If that's not what you meant, I'm not sure what else to tell you.
Darius: I am a member of the Council of Stars. Barely.

What do you do to relax?
Nami: Go into camo mode and sit in trees. There's just something really relaxing about being in that situation, invisible, knowing that it's totally empty, even of you.
Windman: Shut down to save power or for maintenance, if I need either, or running maintenance checks on my system files. Sad, I know.
Trynis: Blow off steam by killing monsters. Not much else to do.
KiNETiC: Adrenaline is always good, and the easiest way I know to get a rush is to detach my spikes from the ground and fling myself into the air with force beams. You'd be surprised how fun that can be.
Bel: Merge with my star. The fires of my core are the best environment in which to think and meditate. Besides, that way I'm there if something goes wrong.
Darius: Avoid the Council. Their constant arguing and bickering and prejudice and bigotry have deeply affected my peace of mind for the worse.

There's a person who's teasing you.
Nami: Well that would be annoying, wouldn't it?
Windman: Okay. And?
Trynis: What do they have to tease me about? I'm a hero!
KiNETiC: And would they like force beams to the face with that, or are they just dumb?
Bel: Go away already. I really don't feel up to abiding more needless irritation.
Darius: If I've offended, please tell me how, that I may rectify my error.

Let's say there's a person you really care about but she/he doesn't know your feelings.
Nami: Okay. Well, the easiest way to deal with that is to show them how I feel by doing what I do best -- protection.
Windman: Neat trick. I don't feel anything, remember?
Trynis: Like I said before, the closest person to this is Aliratha, but she's almost more like a sister... almost.
KiNETiC: Not sure about that. It's never yet happened to me.
Bel: That's really not the case. As far as I know, Christmas Star knows exactly how I feel about her, but she is simply unable to come to grips with herself enough to accept me.
Darius: Then there is a problem. I am no longer bright enough to show what I feel, let alone enough to conjoin.

Do you like your creator?
Nami: Sure. I was basically him for several years, so I know him inside and out. The only thing I didn't like is the issues he was planning to put me through back in Chaos Comics before he abandoned the project.
Windman: Yet again, no real feelings. But my programmed emotions find me agreeing with his presence quite a bit.
Trynis: Like my friend Nami over there, I was an author-insert. So yes.
KiNETiC: Barely ever see him. He should visit more, so that I know what not to like about the guy.
Bel: He gave me my one awesome pose, that's good enough for me.
Darius: My intelligence has existed since before time and after the end of matter. It was neither created nor destroyed, but simply changed.

Favorite season?
Nami: Each one has something to be said for it, and each one has something to say.
Windman: Summer. Stronger weather control and generally less wetness to damage my systems.
Trynis: I'm fond of spring. Bright mornings and strong winds are my ideals, but I certainly enjoy the warmth as well.
KiNETiC: Autumn, I think. The colors are strong in the autumn.
Bel: What's a season?
Darius: Season... A relative rotation of a planet around its star, is that correct? Seasons are not relevant.

Who's your best friend?
Nami: Twilight Kantowa.
Windman: Friend really doesn't apply here, does it? Oh well. If I had to pick someone for that spot, it'd be Kumai. After all, he does command my Navi port.
Trynis: Kanzeon and Osis always handled things well. Good people to hang around.
KiNETiC: CHiME.
Bel: Christmas Star. Not many like her in the entire universe, much less in our little corner of it.
Darius: I have retained only a very few friends in my age. The only one I feel I can trust is Mordecai... alarming, when one thinks of the changes he has undergone over recent centuries.

Hobbies?
Nami: I read. I learn. Just about any way I can, I gather information, generally on my own.
Windman: As I said before, cleaning my system. Making coding improvements, that kind of thing. Not remarkably interesting, but it's what I do.
Trynis: I spend most of my down-time helping the kids in the villages I pass through to learn their magic -- the ones that are interested, anyhow.
KiNETiC: I observe culture. Mostly our own lately, because of the "dreamer drought" we're stuck in at the moment.
Bel: What in the Galaxy is a hobby?
Darius: I'm afraid I am unfamiliar with this concept.

So...what are you gonna do now?
Nami: I guess I'll head back to the emblem room.
Windman: Back into standby mode, I suppose. Not much else needs doing in here.
Trynis: The monsters that Kanzeon's been tailing are approaching a settlement, so I'm off to get rid of them.
KiNETiC: Probably head back to the Metropolis. Apparently RiVET had something there that needed testing.
Bel: Get back to my project -- getting Christmas Star to open up. I've only been working with her for a couple of thousand years, so there's still a good chance of success.
Darius: As I mentioned earlier, I'm going to avoid the Council. I am weary of their petty problems.



100 QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS

01. What is your pen name?
Q-Lok. Also, Jacob Libris.

02. What made you choose this name?
I came up with it a long time ago, and it sort of stuck.

03. Do you use PC or Mac?
Mac.

04. What programs do you use most often?
Firefox, TextEdit, iTunes, Last.FM, Skype, Audacity, GIMP, Photoshop Elements, MS Word 2003 For Mac, Grab, GarageBand, Activity Monitor, et cetera.

05. Do you use mouse, or tablet?
Tablet, whenever I'm drawing on the computer. Which isn't often these days.

06. What color or color combination's do you find yourself using most often?
I frequently use greens, dark colors, and warm colors. Not often all together, though.

07. What part of a picture do you put most effort into?
I dunno. I usually have to put the most work into the lineart, just because I'm lousy at it.

08. How long does it take you do draw a picture?
Depends on the size and how good I feel it needs to be. Usually upwards of an hour, sometimes upwards of a week.

09. Do you keep your rough drafts?
Oh yes.

10. What font do you use most often?
Arial. But I don't really use it in art... ever.

11. When you scan your image, what DPI do you use?
300. Or 75, depending on whether I care.

12. Do you do anything else when you're drawing?
Anything else meaning listen to music or otherwise distract myself? Yes. Anything else meaning additional techniques? Not so much.

13. Approximately how many pictures do you draw in a month?
Depends on the month.

14. What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Mostly whatever I have on-hand. I try to put my work on actual art pads, though.

15. What kind of paper do you use for rough sketches and drafts?
Same thing. I try to put them on my nice paper, but whatever's handy.

16. How long does it take you to ink something?
Not long, but I really enjoy that part a lot more than the linework, so I do it with a bit more vigor.

17. Do you do comics, or fan comics?
Rarely, but yes.

18. Do you like comics? Are they fun to make?
I think I would really enjoy inking comics, but the layouts and drawing the same characters in similar scenes and poses over and over is insanely boring, so I've never gotten it to the fun parts.

19. Have you ever submitted anything to a magazine?
Nope.

20.
Q20 was missing. Nothing to see here, folks.

21. Who are your favorite artists?
=spinningcannon, ~Madmatica, ~astrima/*iMAGNi, ~Ideya-Freak... The list goes on and I don't have time to write it all out. You get the idea.

22. Do you like anime/manga? If so, what are your favorite series?
Yes; I enjoy Tsubasa, Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, .hack//SIGN, Read Or Die, the first series of Pokémon and Digimon, Metropolis, Astro Boy/Mighty Atom, Black Jack, Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Rockman.EXE, Angelic Layer, Trigun, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo... I'm pretty sure there are more that go on this list. I'd have put Serial Experiments Lain, but that's just too creepy.

23. Do you like cartoons/comics? If so, what are your favorite series?
Yes. Beast Wars (not entirely sure that counts), Reboot (same problem), G1 Transformers, ElfQuest, Watchmen, The Amazing Spider-Man (it's important to distinguish the first years of the Spider-Man franchise from the frankly weird newer ones), The Uncanny X-Men (same thing), King of Persia and all the rest of Walt Holcombe's work (as published in Things Just Get Away From You)... Again, I'm certain there are a good few others that I'm forgetting here.

24. Any artists that you wish you could draw like?
See my answer to 21.

25. Do you read a lot of books?
Used to. Now, not so much.

26. Did you ever buy a book to inspire or teach you to draw?
Sorta. Not really.

27. Any video games you enjoy?
Lots and lots. Please don't ask me to list them.

28. Any favorite characters from video games?
Yes. Not going to list those either. I think I put them down on another quiz somewhere.

29. Do you have a favorite writer?
A few. WâRP, Garth Nix, Diane Duane, Neil Gaiman, =spinningcannon, =LordBlumiere, Walt Holcombe, William Goldman, and I'm starting to quite enjoy Catharine Jinks.

30. Any books you really enjoy?
Young Wizards, the Evil Genius series, The Princess Bride, Seventh Tower

31. Do you draw fanart?
Yes.

32. Do you listen to music while you draw?
Yes.

33. Any recommended songs?
Not really. My recommendation is to find the mood that best fits your work, then play only music that promotes that mood for you. Everyone's tastes are a little different, so it's difficult to pick just one song that's helpful to everyone.

34. Any other art websites that you really enjoy?
Not really, no.

35. Are there any websites that you go to everyday?
dA, obviously; iGoogle; there are a few others, including a bunch of webcomics, but those are the big ones.

36. What is your dream website like?
I'm thinking full data on who is and is not online at any given moment -- by IP rather than username -- a great deal of content, amusing and serious alike, a thoughtful and caring community that does not act like jerks nine-tenths of the time... Hmm, I think that's it. ...Oh, and built-in online productivity tools (i.e. artistic and data document editing, etc.).

37. Do you like your own art?
Sure, mostly. Except when I was being lazy drawing it.

38. What do you enjoy watching on television?
Not much. I watch DVDs because the few good shows that have been on in the last few years are all on cable, which we don't get, only.

39. Favorite celebrity?
Stephen Hawking. I'd say either Bob Martin or Janet Van De Graaff, but they're totally unknown outside the theater crowd in the States and so barely count.

40. Favorite color?
Green and orange. Not together, though. They look kinda weird together most of the time.

41. Favorite food?
Pesto and the dishes that go with it.

42. Favorite drink?
Cream soda, either flat American or carbonated Italian. The American kind has fantastic flavor but obscenely over-carbonates and is only good flat; the Italian kind has very-different-but-still-fantastic flavor and also is usually carbonated only enough to get a nice little fizzy kick to it -- not enough to blow your sinuses out with a belch afterwards.

43. Do you like to go shopping? If yes, where? And for what?
Sort of. I do like shopping at game stores and computer stores (though not for non-Apple equipment), and in those cases for pretty much anything they sell. Otherwise, usually not at all.

44. Can you cook?
Sort of. I'm quite capable of it, but I usually just don't.

45. Any devices you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
Again, sort of. I used Kiara for e-mail for a short time, but it was too headachy to get her to work with the updated Gmail system. As for e-pets, no.

46. Are you tech-savvy?
Yup.

47. Do you want to become a professional artist?
That would be very good for me, yes.

48. Are there any other jobs you're interested in?
Sure. Psychiatrist/therapist, computer programmer, graphic designer (yes, yes, it's very similar, I know), game designer, sysadmin (probably not), and finally, whatever a philosophy major does for a living.

49. Any other hobbies or skills besides drawing?
I relate well to technology, and I have a great and abiding creativity and curiosity that carry across to pretty much everything I do.

50. Do you like to watch movies?
Sure, some of them.

51. What's your favorite movie?
I dunno, probably either Princess Bride or Mirrormask. Wall-E is up there as well.

52. Have you ever entered an art contest?
A long, long, LONG time ago, yes. It was in this galaxy, though, so at least that's something.

53. When did you start drawing seriously?
About two years ago. Maybe three months before I joined dA.

54. Do you use references? If so, for what?
Yes. ...For reference, what do you think? I'm notoriously bad at getting small details right from memory, even for my own characters, so it's necessary for me to use reference art.

55. Are you a subscriber? If so, are you a beta-tester?
Yes and no.

56. Do you have a lot of net friends?
I have a good few, not tons. About as many as I can deal with right now, though, so it's fine.

57. Do you have a lot of friends that also draw?
Yes, almost all of them on dA.

58. What time of the day do you usually go online?
Anytime I can.

59. Do you like to go to chat rooms?
I did for awhile, but the total lack of any real direction to their conversations really turned me off to the whole chat scene.

60. Do you have your own computer?
Yes, two of them.

61. What would you say to the person that you admire?
I love you. And I'm sorry.

62. Does your mind wander when you draw?
Oh yes.

63. Have you drawn poorly because you think too much?
Somewhat. Yeah.

64. Do you have any friends who are professional artists?
No, I don't think so. Unless you count my animator friend.

65. Where do you often hang out?
I don't hang out, which is really something I'd like to change one of these days.

66. Are there any popular artists that you don't like much?
There are a few. Not many, though.

67. Are there any situations in which you really don't like being an Artist?
Not really, other than when people suddenly think I'm the cat's meow for no other reason and decide to start following me around for free artwork. Also when I'm around my extended family. They pester me.

68. How about situations that make you love it?
Anytime people like my work. Or connect to it. Or connect to me through it. Or even pay attention to it.

69. What's the one thing that makes you grateful that the internet exists?
=spinningcannon.

70. Is there anything out there that makes you wish the internet didn't exist?
Yes, there is.

71. What's your first drawing?
I don't know. Probably the stuff in my preschool book.

72. Any art you did prior to that?
Um, no, that was my first drawing.

73. Has your style changed a lot since then?
AhahahaYES.

75. Have you experienced artist's block before?
Plenty of times.

76. If so, how do you usually get out of it?
I usually just wake up one day really inspired and if I can actually get myself to draw during that day I can be totally free of my block for awhile. If not, I fall back into it for between a couple of days and a few weeks.

77. What do you do when you can't get out of it?
Stay in it. Not much choice there, is there?

78. Any people that have influenced you a lot?
Yes, too many to list.

79. What made you want to start drawing?
Meeting my Muse, Selph. That's what finally made it happen.

81. Has anything ever made you want to quit art all together?
A few times. Not really, though.

82. What do you think about netiquette?
I think it isn't followed or enforced nearly as much as it should be. People are pretty much jerks all the time, so netiquette is mostly ignored in practice, and I hate it.

83. Have you ever been spammed or trolled?
A couple times, yes. Thankfully I don't have to deal with it very much, though.

86. Do you upload high quality versions of your art submissions, or do you prefer to upload a lower quality?
I upload the highest quality I have on-hand.

87. Do you have custom CSS? If so, did you make it yourself?
No, but I'm going to put some in soon.

88. Do you have good vision?
Haha, not even slightly. Without my glasses, I can't see more than five inches in front of me.

89. If you can get anyone's autograph, whose would you get?
I'd say either Bob Martin or Janet Van De Graaff on this one as well, but I already have theirs. I'm going to have to go with TRiPPY (*iMAGNi and ~astrima) or DiGi (*iMAGNi and ~Digi7777) on this.

91. Do you like to draw on Oekaki BBS?
Used to. Never really got the hang of it, though. I should try again one of these days.

92. Do you have a job?
Yeah. Hate it.

93. Did you take art in school? If so, did you do well? Are you still taking it?
No, other than in high school. Will be taking art classes soon, though.

94. Have you taken art lessons outside of a school setting?
Barely. But yes.

95. Have you ever drawn something just because it was the cool thing to do -- the hip new fad?
I don't think so, no.

96. What's your favorite phrase/quote?
Hmm. I'm not sure, actually. I have a lot of favorites. I'm going to have to go with the one I had in my sig for ages on end for this one: "Listen... there's nothing harder than knowing the person that you love is unhappy. And I know how important it is to do something about it." -Commander Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 ...Or possibly: "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." -Philip K. Dick

97. Do you present yourself differently online than you do in your real life?
Not really. At least, I try not to.

98. What's your goal now?
To make myself even slightly stable again.

99. What do you have to say to yourself?
Trust me when I tell you you don't want me to repeat it here.

100. Do you have anything else to say to everyone out there?
No, not really.


Question 1
Which type of Pokémon is your favorite?
Answer: I'm fond of Electric, but there's certainly also something to be said for Dragon, Ice, Grass, and Fire.

Question 2
Which three starters are best?
Answer: The R/B/G set.

Question 3
Which games do you have?
Answer: Blue, Yellow, Gold, Crystal, Stadium, Stadium 2, Pikachu 2 GS, Trading Card Game (both physical and lame GB cartridge)

Question 4
In the games, which gender do you normally choose?
Answer: Male.

Question 5
Do you watch the anime?
Answer: Used to. Until the beginning of the Johto series, it was pretty good, but then I stopped because I could not abide the sheer stupidity of it.

Question 6
How many seen in the Pokédex of your latest game?
Answer: In Crystal (the last cartridge I bought) I have no idea. In Blue (the last one I emulated), around 140. I think a couple more.

Question 7
And how many caught in that Pokédex?
Answer: In Crystal, again, I have no idea. In my emulated copy of Blue, I've caught about 90 or 92, as I recall.

Question 8
Do you even like Pokémon?
Answer: Quite. Yes. But not past G/S/C, as they more and more clearly began to run out of ideas with each successive game release.

Question 9
Do you collect the Trading Cards?
Answer: Used to until partway through the Neo release.

Question 10
If you have the Trading Cards, do you play the game or just collect?
Answer: Used to play back when anyone I knew cared even slightly. I still sometimes pull my cards out to play with my family, though.

Question 11
Do you have an account on Bulbapedia?
Answer: No, though I have found myself using the site for reference lately.

Question 12 (Only if you said yes on question 11)
What is your username there?
Answer: Nonexistent.

Question 13
Do you have a lot of Pokémon pics/stories faved?
Answer: Not as many as I really should, no.

Question 14
Do you draw Pokémon?
Answer: Kinda. I've sort of started to try it lately, but I haven't gotten around to making any major effort at it yet.

Quetion 15
Do you write about Pokémon?
Answer: Not yet, but I have a rather disjointed story playing itself out in my mind, so sooner or later I'll probably be writing that.

Question 16 (Only if you said yes on 14 or 15)
Are your stories/drawings faved?
Answer: None are online yet, so no.

Question 17
What is your favorite Pokémon?
Answer: My favorite species are probably Rapidash, Magneton, Electabuzz, Raichu, Pidgeot, Parasect (I am determined to make the one I have on Blue version worth using), Farfetch'd (and who DOESN'T love the duck with the leek?), Hitmonchan, Staryu, Scyther, Porygon, Kabuto, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Dragonair, Ledian, Steelix, Scizor, and Skarmory. I also am fond of the Eevee evolutions, but they're so horridly overused that they don't make my list. As for individual Pokémon, the ones which I've showered with by far the most love (so far) are Borealis (my level 78 Raichu), and a level 55 Butterfree that I usually use against the Elite Four.

Question 18
And your second favorite?
Answer: After those two, I'm going to have to go with my level 65 Venusaur.

Question 19
What is your favorite legendary?
Answer: The legendary birds are my favorites, but I'd be hard-pressed to choose just one. One thing that's always bothered me about them, though, is their ridiculously small move selection (not counting TMs, of course).

Question 20
And your second favorite legendary?
Answer: I'd have to go with Mew. I've always liked the idea of an ultimately powerful, one-of-a-kind Pokémon that's a flying pink kitten.

Question 21
Do you know what 493 is in the National Pokédex?
Answer: No, nor do I care.

Question 22
What is it?
Answer: I don't know.

Question 23
Would you rather have a Meowth or a Growlithe?
Answer: Growlithe. They're easily more awesome in most ways. The one thing Meowth has going for it is Pay Day, which is essentially a Pokémon mugging. And who doesn't want that?

Question 24
How many of your relatives like Pokémon?
Answer: A lot fewer of them now than when it was actually new.

Question 25
How often do you think about Pokémon?
Answer: Lately? All the time. For the past eight or so years? Almost never.

Question 26
Do you keep the fact you like Pokémon from your real life friends?
Answer: Not really, but I don't really advertise it either.

Question 27
What pets do you have that resemble Pokémon?
Answer: None.

Question 28
What Pokémon do you hate most?
Answer: Just about anything created after G/S/C. Generation III and onwards are an insult to the old fans.

Question 29
Which Eeveelution do you like best?
Answer: I'm fond of Jolteon, though I think I like Flareon's move list better.

Question 30
Which Castform form is best?
Answer: The point of a Pokémon that changes form to match the weather without actually evolving completely escapes me.

Question 31
Which Deoxys form is best?
Answer: Again, why bother with the Transformers Pokémon?

Question 32
Which Giratina form is best?
Answer: See 30 and 31. I have a low opinion of the Pokémon that do this. Not, of course, that the rest of the latest two generations were anything more than shameful, but still. Those ones were worse than usual.

Question 33
Skymin or Shaymin?
Answer: Neither, please.

Question 34
Phione or Manaphy?
Answer: See 33.

Question 35
Darkrai or Cresselia?
Answer: See 33. Although on this one I'm going to have to go with Darkrai, just because =spinningcannon likes it.

Question 36
Gardevoir or Gallade?
Answer: See 33.

Question 37
Glalie or Froslass?
Answer: See 33.

Question 38
Magmortar or Electivire?
Answer: Heavens no. The whole reason I liked Magmar and Electabuzz in the first place was because they didn't need to evolve to be awesome. Also, having looked them up on Bulbapedia, I can say without reservation that these two Pokémon are ugly as sin.

Question 39
Chatot or Farfetch'd?
Answer: Farfetch'd.

Question 40
Pidgey, Spearow or Starly?
Answer: Pidgey. I've always liked Pidgeot, so there you go.

Question 41
Latios or Latias?
Answer: See 33.

Question 42
Kyogre or Groudon?
Answer: See 33.

Question 43
Dialga or Palkia?
Answer: See 33.

Question 44
Azelf, Mesprit or Uxie?
Answer: See 33.

Question 45
Articuno, Zapdos or Moltres?
Answer: Prolly Zapdos. I like the other two just as much, though.

Question 46
Mew or Mewtwo?
Answer: Mewtwo, methinks. Just because I don't really know anything about Mew's attacks and stats.

Question 47
Lugia or Ho-Oh?
Answer: I actually like Lugia somewhat better, but I'm going to answer Ho-Oh for this on account of the fact that, since Pokémon The Movie 2000, Lugia's gotten all the attention.

Question 48
Entei, Suicune or Raikou?
Answer: I really don't care. I've never really liked the idea of "legendary dogs" much.

Question 49
Celebi or Jirachi?
Answer: Celebi.

Question 50
Which two people will you tag?
Answer: Are "no one" and "nobody" options? No? Fine, then. and , just for fun.


A
- Available: No.
- Age: 19.
- Annoyance: Improper use of English. Also, unsolvable problems.
- Animal: Wolf.

B
- Beer: No bloody way.
- Birthday: October 10.
- Best Friends: I have them, if that's what you're asking.
- Body Part on opposite sex: Eyes.
- Best feeling in the world: Being in love.
- Blind or Deaf: Neither, but if I had to choose I'd say Deaf.
- Best weather: Sun and warm wind.
- Been in Love: See above.
- Been on stage?: Yeah.
- Believe in Magic: Depends on how you define it.
- Believe in Santa: I believe that Sinter Klaus was a real person, yes, but I also believe that there is no such red-suited fat fellow giving out gifts every year.

C
- Candy: It's super effective!
- Color: Green or orange. Separately, though.
- Chocolate/Vanilla: Vanilla.
- Chinese/Mexican: Neither, please? I do have a major weakness for Japanese and Vietnamese.
- Cake or Pie: Yes. Yes please.
- Continent to visit: Europe. Or Asia. But not all of Asia. Or all of Europe.
- Cheese: The stronger, the better. Not those ones that taste like mold, though; those are nasty.
- Car you would never want to have: Wow, I actually misread that as "Cat you would never want to have." The answer to my question is Lightning (~BDSb's evil psycho cat, currently deceased). The answer to theirs is anything badly damaged or otherwise dangerous to drive.

D
- Day or Night: Night.
- Dance in the rain: Heh. Maybe.

E
- Eyes: Are beautiful.
- Everyone's got a(n): Water buffalo. Yours is fast, but mine is slow.
- Ever failed a class?: Once, yeah.

F
- Full name: Jacob M. [redacted]
- First thoughts waking up: Depends on whether I've dreamed anything. Usually something like "Oh no, not again."
- Favorite cereal: There are a lot of cereals that I'll eat, but pretty much none that I like.

G
- Greatest Fear: Mundane? Ants. Abstract? The idea that God is not just.
- Goals: I have them, yes.
- Gum: Sure, why not?
- Get along with your parents?: Mostly.
- Good luck charm: Don't believe in luck.

H
- Hair Color: Brown.
- Height: 6'1".
- Happy: Sometimes. Was a lot happier last April.
- Holiday: Boxing day!
- How do you want to die: Peacefully, in my sleep, surrounded by loved ones. Or, as a martyr to save those same people.

I
- Ice Cream: Yes please.
- Instrument: Keyboard (hee hee, ha ha). No, the only instrument I've ever come close to really playing was a small ladybug ocarina I have.

J
- Jewelry: Not really. There are a few neat rings I like wearing, though.
- Job: Cashier at a hardware store.
- Jaywalk? More than I should, but less than would get me places on time.

K
- Kids: Being only 19, I'm glad that I can answer no to that one.
- Kickboxing or karate: No, though I've always been interested in martial arts.
- Keep a journal?: Yeah, sporadically.

L
- Longest Car Ride: All at once? A bit less than 30 hours. Not all at once? Just over two weeks.
- Love: Yes.
- Letter: Q? J? What's this one talking about?
- Laughed so hard you cried: Several times. More than several, actually.

M
- Milk flavor: I like my milk to taste like milk, thank you very much.
- Movies: Interesting ones. Which, sadly, most are not.
- Motion sickness?: No, unless I'm already ill. In which case the answer is extremely yes.
- McD’s or BK: Hate 'em both.
- Number of Siblings: 2, if you don't count Caleb.
- Number of Piercings: Zero, and it's going to stay that way.
- Number: 42. That's always a safe bet. That or 132.

O
- One wish: =spinningcannon's permanent happiness.
- Ovaltine: Meh.
- OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard. I want to start working with Linux at some point, though.

P
- Perfect Pizza: The Pie Pizzeria, or Big Apple Pizzeria. They're basically tied for first.
- Pepsi/Coke: No thanks.

Q
- Quote: "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." -- Philip K. Dick
- Quit: Command-Q.

R
- Reason to cry: =spinningcannon. Tears of pain and of joy both.
- Reality T.V.: Is the furthest thing from reality I've ever seen.
- Radio Station: I kinda wish I had one.
- Roll your tongue in a circle? Um, yes?
- Ring size: A tiny bit wider than my finger.
- Readin’, ‘Ritin’, ‘r ‘Rithmatic: Is proof that public schooling doesn't work.

S
- Song: Do you really expect me to narrow it to one?
- Shoe size: 10 1/2 Wide.
- Salad Dressing: Italian.
- Sushi: No, but I like practically every other Japanese food there is.
- Skipped school: Couple of times, but always with a good reason.
- Slept outside: In a tent. And hated it every time.
- Smoked: No, and it's going to stay like that.
- Skinny dipped: No, that's nasty.
- Shower daily: Nearly.
- Sing well: I think so. Or decently, at least.
- In the shower: Oh yes.
- Swear: No, never.
- Strawberries/Blueberries: Strawberries are better than blueberries, but I like them both fine.
- Steak: Well-done, if you please.

T
- Time for bed: 10:00 or so, in theory. 1:00 AM in practice.
- Ticklish: Not really, but yes.
- Thunderstorms: I like them a lot better than snowstorms. Except when they kill the power. That's just irritating.

U
- Unpredictable: No such thing. Not if you know all the rules and the starting position.
- Umbrella or jacket: Mostly-waterproof trenchcoat.

V
- Vacation spot: Hmm... I dunno, I haven't had a really great vacation in a long time. ...At least, not because of the location.
- V-8: Is glorified (and smelly) tomato juice.
- Vote: Or stop complaining about the people in power.

W
- Weaknesses: I have a lot of them.
- Which one of your friends acts the most like you: I'm about what you get when you put =spinningcannon, ~BDSb, and ~LostAnimeDrawer together.
- Who makes you laugh the most: Probably =spinningcannon, but most of my other friends come in tied for a close second.
- Worst feeling: Knowing that =spinningcannon is unhappy in any way.
- Wanted to be a model: Um, no.
- Where do we go when we die: To either Spirit Paradise or Spirit Prison, awaiting judgement and permanent placement in the afterlife.
- Worst Weather: Heavy snow. Guess what's happening outside right now?

X
- X-Rays: Are dangerous when misused, but darned if they don't make amazing stellar photographs.
- ‘Xes: Are often misused in product and corporate names.

Y
- Year it is now: 2009
- Yellow: Is between orange and green.

Z
- Zoo animal: I dunno. I don't think of animals being in zoos (which I suppose is a little silly, if you think about it).



1. What was the first deviation you uploaded?
I think it was the original reference artwork for Selph.

2. How many deviations have you submitted?
Well over 1,000, and the number is climbing by the day.

3. Do you submit everything you create?
With only a very few exceptions, yes.

4. Do you read all the comments you get?
Yes.

5. Do you reply to all the comments you get?
Not all, but I try to. Sometimes I get hit by something really difficult to respond well to, though, and I eventually have to pass it by. I always leave it in my inbox until I either reply or decide is no longer relevant, just in case I ever manage to work up the effort to give an adequate response.

6. Do you read all the favorites/watches you get?
Yeah. No reason in the world not to, at my low level of popularity.

7. Do you prefer comments or favs?
Comments, sort of. I like comments, because they give me verbal feedback (which is very good), but sometimes it seems silly that people give me comments containing strong praise and then don't bother taking the negligible effort to click the little + button.

8. Do you think that Deviantart is good for critique?
I think it could be if people were both more accepting of it and more willing to put effort into giving it.

9. Do you think there's a lot of drama on DA?
Oh yes.

10. Do you think DA would be better if it filtered out people who are not serious at artwork or causing too much drama?
I think it would be more peaceful and "shinier" on the whole, but it wouldn't be as enjoyable on the whole.

11. Do you think the age limit should be higher than 13 for creating an account?
No, but I do think that kids should be more responsible with their accounts than they generally are.

12. Do you go on the DA forums?
Only when I need information that I can't find another way.

13. Would you buy a subscription?
Obviously, yes.



Rules:
Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the first definition it gives you.

1.) Your name?
another term used for bling. also known as Jacob the jewler who supplies diamonds to rappers and celebrities who then advertising it in their songs. other famous jewelers include Beth and Ice Man
"you got that jacob on your neck"

2.) Your age?
The Canadian drinking age. 2 years better than 21.

"Heck yes I'll have a drink, because I'm 19" (adding 'eh' to the end of this is, of course, optional)

3.) One of your friends?
a complete pimp/stoner who everyone likes and who gets all the girls

That Guy Is Definantly A Jesse..
Oh Man What A Jesse!

4.) What should you be doing?
Homework: (Noun) a punishment given to students by evil teachers after the students have already put in 7 hours of hard labor. (See evil, torture, wrong, cruel, unjust, satan, crap)

my satan teacher gave me crap

5.) Favorite color?
Noun:
1. A bold color, a cross between yellow and red.
2. A spherical citrus fruit of this color.

Adjective:
1. of or relating to the color orange
2. of or relating to the flavor of the orange fruit.

Random:
1. A word you'll never see at the end of a line of a rhyming poem.
2. Punchline of a grade school knock-knock joke.

The plural form is "oranges," which is also a sweet poem about a first date by the author Gary Soto.

Orange soda doesn't taste like oranges, but at least it's the right color.
...Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

6.) Birthplace?
salt lake city

Man i was born and raised in SLC

7.) Month of your birth?
the birthstone for this month is Opal, but there is also a cheaper Rose Zicron.
and it's also the best month ever if your birthday is in it

My birth month is in October.

8.) Last person you talked to?
someone who gave birth to you.

"Luke...(breath) I am your mom."

9.) One of your nicknames?
1. The bald, old scientist in the James Bond movies who always had the coolest inventions but none of the girls. 2. A hi-tech nerd with no game.

Nate Byrne is the ultimate Q.



Put your music player on shuffle and go through 15 songs; after every song put "In My Pants."
1. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree ...In My Pants [Crowded in there.]
2. Your Love's Like Snow (Ice Cap Zone Act 1) ...In My Pants
3. He's A Radical Rat ...In My Pants [A what again?]
4. Hill Top Heaven ...In My Pants
5. Air on a G String (from Suite in D major) ...In My Pants [D'OH!]
6. Henkou no Doushi ~Time Fire no Theme~ ...In My Pants
7. Raiden Boss Theme ...In My Pants
8. Bonny Portmore ...In My Pants
9. Unwritten ...In My Pants [Well that's a good thing, I suppose.]
10. Believe In Myself (Theme Of Miles) *TOCP Remix ...In My Pants
11. Who Killed Tangerine? ...In My Pants [...Ew.]
12. Downfall ...In My Pants
13. Disenchanted ...In My Pants
14. Bomb During Ramadan ...In My Pants [OW.]
15. Home ...In My Pants [OW OW.]



Ten Things You Wish You Could Say to 10 People
1. [redacted]
2. Why do you put so much pressure on me when you claim it's my choice to make?
3. [redacted]
4. No. That's not what I want to do with my life.
5. It's okay to come back; we just wish you had sooner.
6. No, I'm not okay.
7. It's good to see you again.
8. Nice to meet you.
9. Yes, I'm willing to share.
10. No, I can't; I'm too tired.

Nine Things About Yourself
1. I get depressed very easily.
2. I love gaming and treat game design (and some actual gameplay) as a form of art.
3. I analyze everything.
4. I never, never, never think about only one thing at a time, no matter how hard I try.
5. I wish I could fly.
6. I believe in Justice as the single most important attribute of the universe.
7. I am LDS.
8. I spend most of my time with my head in the clouds, so to speak.
9. More than anything else, I love =spinningcannon.

Eight Ways to Win Your Heart
1. Honesty
2. Openness
3. Genuine friendship
4. Mutual caring
5. Interest in my work
6. Trust
7. Asking my services as a friend
8. Upon my trying to give you the world, the correct response is, "No thanks, I already have a few of my own."

Seven Things that Cross Your Mind A Lot
1. Demia
2. =spinningcannon (and all that goes with her)
3. ~LostAnimeDrawer
4. philosophy and deep thought
5. Star Sigil
6. love
7. my artwork

Six Things You do Before You Fall Asleep
1. change position
2. check my alarm clock times and settings
3. change position
4. try to get my mind to stop racing
5. check the time
6. change position

Five Things that Frustrate You
1. the total ruination of the English language that the Internet has wrought
2. angry and/or distracted (i.e. texting or talking on cell phones, etc.) drivers
3. emotional abuse and the fact that it isn't actually a crime
4. the religious right and their general lack of open-mindedness (of course this is in a general case)
5. people who honestly don't believe that G. W. Bush did anything wrong or deceived anyone during his administration (or outside of it, for that matter)

Four Things You Love to do On Rainy Days
1. stand under trees and watch
2. go inside and get warm
3. put my hand out to feel it landing
4. think about RAiN

Three Biggest Turn-ons
1. NO
2. THANK
3. YOU

Two Things you want to do before you Die
1. fly in a wind tunnel
2. meet =spinningcannon in person again

One Confession
1. I have not kept all of the secrets with which I've been entrusted.

Peace out,
~Q-Lok

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So now I have another new pseudonym. Limerick Lexington is my brand-spanking-new Second Life avatar. He actually looks quite a bit like me, sans glasses. And fashion sense. I can't seem to find the right clothes, so I went with an outfit vaguely reminiscent of this drawing of me by ~Ideya-Freak.

Anyhoo, I'd appreciate any of you who are already over there to let me know so I actually can have something to *do*. Also, there's a NiGHTS club on SL and I've been hearing talk of a possible iMAGNi area that TRiP might be putting up in the future, for those interested.

Peace out,
~Q-Lok

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Okay. Got some stuff to say. Got some apologies to make. Mostly to you guys. I've been acting pretty jerky lately, just hiding away and ignoring things that really should have been dealt with a long time ago. I've been ignoring relationships, commitments, and friends. It's not good at all. But there is a reason for it. I've had things that I've been dealing with for some time, mostly personal issues that have spilled out into other areas of my life. It's gotten so bad that I've not only been trying to escape from this website but from my responsibilities and from my friends. In fact, there have only been really two things that have kept me going -- Star Sigil and Heroscape. They're both escapes, and both are pretty piteous excuses to avoid my responsibilities, but I've told myself enough times that they were good enough that for awhile I believed it. But it's not quite right.

I'm sorry to you all for my absence, for prolonging it so much more than was necessary. It's just become very difficult to find this place fun anymore. Too many strings attached.

On a lighter note, though, I'm back (at least for now), and I have a @#$%-load of new art to show you folks, going all the way back to last April. Also, as I said above, I've been doing a ton of work on Star Sigil and have about eight new characters for it, not to mention a one-per-week average for those drawings. It's a new year, and that means that for awhile I'll try extra-extra hard to do things right, though I probably won't succeed particularly much more than usual. It's just been Christmas, which means that I now own the complete Firefly DVD set and about twice the amount of Heroscape parts as before, plus some awesome posters, shirts, and other assorted cool stuff. All of that means that you get a more or less happy me, and I'm going to try and actually behave that way no matter how much I don't feel like it.

Good luck to you all in the year two-thousand and nine. May it be better than the last one.

Peace out,
~Q-Lok

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