~ChimeraDragonfang

While browsing random stuff on dA I came across this little excercise by *CatharsisJB. It looked like fun, and I feel the need to really get back into drawing things, so I'm giving it a go.

First ten people, reply with one word which you would like me to (attempt to) draw. Not crazy-hyphenated-shit or allruntogethershit, just one word. (Please don't get all gutter-minded on me; nothing lewd or obscene please.)

In other news, barring total catastrophe, there will be a new beadwork piece up tomorrow. I am determined to finish it in the next twenty-four hours.

Guess what I accomplished this weekend?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Yup.

Well, I messed around with XaoS some more. This makes three fractal programs I've played with now. So there are some new fractal pieces. And more fractals will probably trickle in during the week. XaoS seems to be substituting for Inventor as my timewasting program of choice, seeing as I can't use Inventor. Also did some beadwork, trying to finish ~Splitcat's kiriban thing. (*kenyastarflight, I'll get yours mailed out this week. Don't know how long it will take to get there from Norway though. I really have no excuse for not getting it sent already. Bad Chimera!)

There will be more stuff coming soon. With my copious and not-very-well-used-thus-far free time, this week I intend to finish that kiriban stuff, mail it, make more fractals, write some more and draw some stuff. Feel free to bother me every now and then about it.

dA's in the process of switching over to v6, 'Sleek', now. Remembered that today when I realized everything looked different. Subscribers got switched over first, and then non-subscribers who were logged in, like me. So I guess if you want to be upgraded to v6 and you're not a subscriber, just stay logged in and it'll hppen faster, since you'll be bumped up in the queue. Read more about v6 here: [link]

My thoughts on v6? I don't think I've been messing around with it long enough to have any sort of informed opinion, though I certainly don't find it as confusing as a lot of people seem to be claiming. I'm also not a subscriber, so there are probably a bunch of features that I don't have access to. It will probably take some getting used to, as anything new does, but I like what I've seen so far.

And the Mood thingy is fixed now.

Got the 'interview-some-of-your-characters' meme from a bunch of different people's journals, did it over a month ago and didn't feel like posting it until now.

I'm working on the next installment of The Saga of Cookie's Shitty Life. She does not, however, appear in this meme.

Chose five characters from the Reckless Abandon Universe (RAU), and they are as follows:

• Hera
  
• Keziah
  
• Lazarus
  
• Morgenthal
  
• Ulixes
  


Given name? Nickname?
Hera: Just 'Hera'.
Keziah: Legally 'Keziah', but anyone that really matters knows me as 'Sidewinder'.
Lazarus: Mostly people just call me 'Laz'.
Morgenthal: You may call me 'Morgenthal'.
Ulixes: 'Ulixes'.

What are you?
Morgenthal: This question could be interpreted many different ways, but I'll take it to mean: 'What species are you?' I am cerberan. You know: canoid, three heads....
Hera: I'm a griffin.
Keziah: Chimera all the way.
Lazarus: Manticore, baby! *pumps fists into the air*
Ulixes: Basilisk. You can hide behind something now; I won't be offended.

Eyes, hair and skin?
Hera: Gold all over: fur, feathers and eyes. Black claws and talons.
Keziah: Fur the colour of cinnamon with slightly lighter scales. My eyes are a beautiful bronze colour.
Lazarus: Dark brown fur, even darker skin and black hair. Golden eyes.
Morgenthal: Fur of what some would call 'milk chocolate brown', and pale grey eyes. All six of them.
Ulixes: Multihued green scales. I don't know what colour my eyes are.

Are you a virgin?
Hera: No.
Keziah: Nope!
Lazarus: Good-looking guy like me? Definitely not. The ladies just fall at my feet.
Ulixes: *mutters something about conceited manticores*
Morgenthal: My personal life is personal.
Ulixes: I second that. None of your business.

Do you love anyone? Who?
Hera: A broad question.... Depends on the context, I suppose. I love all these crazy folks, but not the same way I love Dmitri.
Keziah: My darling Khufu. *purrs*
Lazarus: I looov-
Ulixes: He loves himself. Everyone else is secondary.
Morgenthal: I would have to agree with Hera's statement about the context. I certainly love my friends, but not in any romantic sort of way.
Ulixes: Sif. Not like that, Lazarus, stop sniggering.

Who's your mate/spouse? If no one, got anyone in mind?
Hera: Dmitri.
Keziah: The wonderful Khufu.
Lazarus: Nope! Don't want one neither.
Morgenthal: My romantic interests are my own business, thank you very much.
Ulixes: *glares angrily*
Lazarus: Dude, that's way more effective if you take the glasses off.
Ulixes: Then you'd be dead.
Lazarus: ...good point...

Do you have any kids? What are their names?
Hera: One. Her name is Sif.
Keziah: Not yet.
Lazarus: Oh, I hope not. It's a possibility though.
Morgenthal: No, though I wouldn't mind having some.
Ulixes: No.

Hate anyone?
Hera: Hate enough to pursue across the galaxy and disembowel? No. But there are certainly people I'd rather never see again.
Keziah: I have some slimy clientèle, but that's to be expected. Business rivals too, and some of a nowhere-near-remotely-reputable provenance, but it's nothing personal.
Lazarus: That guy over there...*twitch*...I hate that guy...
Hera: He's just mad that someone got to some girl before he did. He'll get over it. _{I think he's missing the part of his brain that allows him to get angry.}
Morgenthal: There are people I dislike, certainly. But hate? No.
Ulixes: You.
Lazarus: It's nothing personal. He just hates everyone. I think it's a basilisk thing.

What is your job?
Hera: Ex-cryogenics technician. Now I'm kind of a jack-of-all-trades on Cookie's ship. I'm good with a whip too... *pulls out cat-o-nine-tails*
Keziah: Weaponsmith! *hefts large gun*
Lazarus: Huzzah for insane amounts of inheritance!
Ulixes: What he means is he's never worked a day in his life.
Lazarus: I've never exactly seen you work either.
Ulixes: I'm a basilisk. People pay me to go away.
Lazarus: Yeah, well, you even scare other basilisks.
Morgenthal: Ex-black ops field medic. Currently a trauma surgeon/infectious disease specialist in Kedezi's main hospital.
Ulixes: Currently unemployed.

Have you ever killed anyone?
Hera: Not yet... *cracks whip*
Keziah: Yes. But I've done my time for that. The idiot deserved it anyway.
Lazarus: I've broken many a heart, but never killed anyone.
Morgenthal: Yes. Had people die on my table too, but that's not really me killing them.
Ulixes: Yes.

Have you any secrets?
Hera: What you see is what you get.
Keziah: Little stupid things. Everyone knows my life-story.
Lazarus: Nope! I've told it all!
Ulixes: Whether or not we wanted to know... *shudder*
Morgenthal: Everybody has some.
Ulixes: Yes.
Lazarus: You didn't really answer the question, Morgenthal.
Morgenthal: And your point is what, exactly?

What do you do to relax?
Hera: I troubleshoot technical problems. Yes, I find that realxing. Keeps the ship in one piece too.
Keziah: I shoot things. Oh, don't get all uptight, it's all in simulations. Okay, okay... mostly in simulations.
Lazarus: I-
Ulixes: You really don't want to hear what he has to say.
Lazarus: *glares at Ulixes*
Morgenthal: I read.
Ulixes: Music.

What's something that you like?
Hera: That's a very general question. But what the hell. I like taking things apart to see how they work.
Keziah: Taking a new gun from the design stage through to the testing range is a most pleasant experience. As is a round in the VR chamber.
Lazarus: I like sex! *scoots quickly away from Ulixes*
Morgenthal: I enjoy my work. Operatic music is nice too. Really any vocal music with three-part harmony.
Ulixes: Music.

Where do you like to sleep?
Hera: I built a nest. It's comfy.
Keziah: Anywhere, as long as it's with Khufu. Mmm, Khufu... *closes eyes and purrs loudly*
Lazarus: In my room. Or somebody else's room.
Hera: _{Preferably somebody female, but sometimes I think he's not too picky.}
Lazarus: I heard that.
Morgenthal: I don't 'sleep' in the normal sense of the word. When you've got three heads, you can always be awake. But if I'm ever exhausted enough to need to rest all of them, I can sleep just about anywhere.
Ulixes: Anywhere away from everyone else.

Have any bad habits?
Hera: A propensity for reacting violently to ill-advised sexual advances, but I'd hardly call that a 'bad' habit. Go away, Laz.
Keziah: *looks thoughtful* I suppose constantly violating my parole is a bad habit. Oh well; I haven't been caught at it yet, so it's all good.
Lazarus: I am perfect.
Hera: He likes to annoy people. A lot. And he's persistent about it. Any normal person would stop after having half their face pulverized by an angry centaur. But him? Nooo...
Morgenthal: My colleagues tell me I'm a workaholic. They can think what they like.
Ulixes: Is hating the galaxy a bad habit?
Lazarus: I believe most normal people would consider it such, yes.
Ulixes: Okay then: I hate the galaxy in general, and everyone in particular.

Ever destroyed something out of blind rage?
Hera: Yes. My boss at the cryo lab. Lewd bastard. Oh, don't worry, he lived.
Keziah: Blind rage? No. Calculated rage, maybe.
Hera: Didn't you blow up a building or a ship or something?
Keziah: Oh right, that. Then yes, I have destroyed something out of calculated rage.
Lazarus: No. I'm a nice guy.
Everyone else: *muffled snorts*
Morgenthal: No.
Ulixes: Yes.

Any unusual things about you?
Hera: Like things that set me apart from any other griffin? No, I don't think so...
Keziah: I have guns hardwired into my nervous system so I can fire them with my mind. It isn't unique to me though. Anyone can have that done. Oh, and the luminescent tattoos. But again, anyone willing and able to pay for that can have it done.
Lazarus: *opens mouth to speak*
Hera: He has a libido to rival that of a satyr, but that's about it.
Lazarus: What he said.
Hera: Oh, and the metal plate in his head. *raps knuckles on Laz's skull*
Lazarus: Hey, stop that!
Morgenthal: Nothing unusual as compared to the rest of my species, though I have machinery worked into part of my musculoskeletal system. So technically speaking, I am a cyborg.
Keziah: You don't have to sound so stiff about it. I know lots of girls who find cyborgs absolutely sexy.
Morgenthal: Kindly remove your hand from my leg.
Ulixes: I can kill you with my eyes.
Lazarus: Any basilisk can do that.
Ulixes: It never hurts to remind people how easily they can be killed.
Lazarus: No wonder you have no friends.

A happy Canada Day to any fellow Canadians that stumble across my gallery. I think I might set something on fire later to celebrate. I think most of my Watchers live in the USA, so an early happy Independence Day to you folks.

That was originally all I had to say, but then I went to play a CD which I borrowed from the library, and there were small smears of chocolate on it. Chocolate. On a CD. I don't understand how CDs (and DVDs and the like) from libraries and movie/game rental places get as beat up as they do. I mean, you take the CD/DVD out of the case, put it in your CD/DVD player or game console, then put it back when you're done. How hard can this be?

Apparently it's a concept beyond the grasp of many people, judging by the condition of many of the CDs I've borrowed. Whenever I return them, they're cleaner than when I brought them home. I take a cleaning cloth to all of them, mostly because they're all fingerprinty or otherwise kind of gross. For the most part they all still play fine, but there have been a few that were scratched completely to hell to the point that some tracks wouldn't play at all. One of the copies of a Dvorak symphony was especially bad.

All said, if they're your own damn CDs or DVDs, I could care less what you do with 'em, but at least treat the library ones with a modicum of respect.