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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,207
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    I'm assuming Pacific Northwet was not a typo. :lol:

    I never saw or heard Mourning Dove until I moved out here. It's only 20, 25 minutes away from where I used to live, but the environment is so different.

    Dana


    ...it's a deliberate one.

    Just like when my friends ask why do I keep misspelling the name of our transit system as "Tir Met" instead of "Tri Met".

    I thought so, I get it. But the Tir Met one I don't get. I guess you have to be there to get it.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,207
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    ...so far on day 11 of my infinite weekend.

    I'd have to get out the calculator to figure how long my weekend has been. :down:

    Dana

  • M F MM F M Posts: 1,388
    edited March 2013

    DanaTA said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    I'm assuming Pacific Northwet was not a typo. :lol:

    I never saw or heard Mourning Dove until I moved out here. It's only 20, 25 minutes away from where I used to live, but the environment is so different.

    Dana


    ...it's a deliberate one.

    Just like when my friends ask why do I keep misspelling the name of our transit system as "Tir Met" instead of "Tri Met".

    I thought so, I get it. But the Tir Met one I don't get. I guess you have to be there to get it.

    "tir" is a Welsh word, isn't it? ... "dry land"?

    Or maybe it's a pun on 'torment' or 'termite'? v(^_^)v... the mind of KK works in Mysterious Ways (~_~).

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    2 more days!

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited March 2013

    ps1borg said:
    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    Looks like beach weather at Easter, whisky tango foxtrot :)


    beach chair, corona, and a wedge of lime :)


    brrr under 3 blankets and shivering.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    I'm assuming Pacific Northwet was not a typo. :lol:

    I never saw or heard Mourning Dove until I moved out here. It's only 20, 25 minutes away from where I used to live, but the environment is so different.

    Dana


    ...it's a deliberate one.

    Just like when my friends ask why do I keep misspelling the name of our transit system as "Tir Met" instead of "Tri Met".

    I thought so, I get it. But the Tir Met one I don't get. I guess you have to be there to get it.

    Dana
    ...it's actually a reference to the Shadowrun RPG which I have been involved with. In the game's canon setting, most of Oregon and part of Northern California becomes a separate nation named the Tir Taringire, settled by elves and ruled by a Council of Princes. These are not your nice flighty flower loving tree hugging elves, nor the noble stoic ones from Tolkien's writings, but elves with a distinct and sinister political agenda (think Animal Farm but with pointed ears, major magical mojo, and advanced automatic weaponry). The Council rules the Tir with an iron fist and has no accountability to the needs of the nation's population (including the fellow elves of "lower station").

    In the last respect, the Council of Princes and Tir Met Board have a lot in common.

  • M F MM F M Posts: 1,388
    edited March 2013

    Misty Whisky said:
    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    2 more days!
    Tempus fugit (~_~)

    ETA @ KK: ah, I see... totally off beam was I <(^_^).</p>

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,207
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the explanation, KK! I don't play role-playing games, so I'd never have gotten it.

    Dana

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    Long Indigo render.

    Long Lizard :)


    Haha... *ahem* Did this at a friend's request (Wanted to see a top-down view of the biguana from the earlier scene) and rendered it at 5,200+ pixels wide. Is ALMOST perfect - just some grain where the Arperture Diffraction is occruing on the metal bars ><</p>

    I scaled it down for forum upload =)

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,207
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Long Indigo render.

    Long Lizard :)


    Haha... *ahem* Did this at a friend's request (Wanted to see a top-down view of the biguana from the earlier scene) and rendered it at 5,200+ pixels wide. Is ALMOST perfect - just some grain where the Arperture Diffraction is occruing on the metal bars ><</p>

    I scaled it down for forum upload =)

    Cool.

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Long Indigo render.

    Long Lizard :)


    Haha... *ahem* Did this at a friend's request (Wanted to see a top-down view of the biguana from the earlier scene) and rendered it at 5,200+ pixels wide. Is ALMOST perfect - just some grain where the Arperture Diffraction is occruing on the metal bars ><</p>

    I scaled it down for forum upload =)


    ...love the perspective. The lights work very well, has almost a Twilight Zone feel.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    2 more days!


    Tempus fugit (~_~)

    ETA @ KK: ah, I see... totally off beam was I <(^_^).</div>
    ...temperate fudge?

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    A close up on one of my fav parts...
    LOVE that glare on the metal X3

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited March 2013

    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited March 2013

    me thinks i just made a mistake. just bought Medieval Peasant Life Vol 2, but i don't see a poser installer?


    can't sort it out now, gotta hike to the bus in feels-like-29F

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo

    Hot here still :)

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    M F M said:
    Yay 4-day weekend \(^_^)/

    2 more days!


    Tempus fugit (~_~)

    ETA @ KK: ah, I see... totally off beam was I <(^_^).</div>
    Tempus fuhgeddaboudit. :lol:

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning-uh!
    It's getting better all the time.

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  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning-uh!
    It's getting better all the time.

    Way too many shiny things and mustaches in that shot for early in the morning! :ahhh: :ahhh: :bug:

    Cawfeeeeeeeeeeeeeee STAT! :blank:

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    espresso percolating, or dripping rather. almost 10 am and still waiting for my 1st cup O cawfee today.

    decided on a working title for my writing project. :) Tome Two. tee hee.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo

    Hot here still :)

    wantz some of the warmz - share?

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited March 2013

    Flash Fiction Drop! "Wings"
    --------------------------------------

    At first, the fact that the cat hadn't come home didn't worry me. He's done this befoee, out sowing his wild oats I suppose. I went ahead and left the cat door unlocked for his return.

    I put food out, just in case, and after a few days I noticed that it was gone, but no sign of the cat. I did see odd footprints, though.. looked like birds feet. Birds?

    Sometimes I'm sure I've heard cawing. We get a lot of crows and ravens here, really big birds – about a foot or more tall. Most of the time they stick to the trees, but ever since the squirrels all vanished they seem to be everywhere.

    Just a few days ago I finally caught one coming through the cat door. A big crow, must have been ten inches tall, just shoved the door aside and hopped in like it owned the place. Sucker gave me the evil eye, too, like it was daring me to chase it off, Jumped right on to the cats food bowl and started in on the cat chow. I had no idea a bird would eat that stuff, but I never understood how the cat could stomach itm either.

    One weird thing is the neighbors. We used to talk all the time, then they started to move out. There's almost nobody left on the cul-de-sac now, just me and the little old lady up the road.

    Haven't seen her in a while. I hope she's all right. She feeds the birds all the time, she's god folk.

    Yesterday morning I found a whole flock in the kitchen. I don't see how that many could have fit through the cat door, but I counted 20 before I decided to just open the bag of cat food and leave it behind.

    They just stared at me, unblinking. That was the first time I felt afraid. No sound, no movement, just staring, staring. I could feel them even after I closed the door.

    I'm sure I heard pecking at the windows this morning. I'm out of cat food, out of my own food, everything ended up dumped in the kitchen and I'm too afraid to go back in. Looking out the windows today I saw the trees black with birds, more of them than leaves, cawing, talking to each other in mutterings and whistles.

    The phone doesn't work, looks like they broke the line. They're all I can hear now, just a continual pecking and muttering, in some nameless ancient tongue of ravens. I've locked myself in the bedroom, surely someone will come by eventually to see what's going on, right?

    I hear wings at the window.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited March 2013

    Woolyloach said:
    Flash Fiction Drop! "Wings"
    --------------------------------------

    At first, the fact that the cat hadn't come home didn't worry me. He's done this befoee, out sowing his wild oats I suppose. I went ahead and left the cat door unlocked for his return.

    I put food out, just in case, and after a few days I noticed that it was gone, but no sign of the cat. I did see odd footprints, though.. looked like birds feet. Birds?

    Sometimes I'm sure I've heard cawing. We get a lot of crows and ravens here, really big birds – about a foot or more tall. Most of the time they stick to the trees, but ever since the squirrels all vanished they seem to be everywhere.

    Just a few days ago I finally caught one coming through the cat door. A big crow, must have been ten inches tall, just shoved the door aside and hopped in like it owned the place. Sucker gave me the evil eye, too, like it was daring me to chase it off, Jumped right on to the cats food bowl and started in on the cat chow. I had no idea a bird would eat that stuff, but I never understood how the cat could stomach itm either.

    One weird thing is the neighbors. We used to talk all the time, then they started to move out. There's almost nobody left on the cul-de-sac now, just me and the little old lady up the road.

    Haven't seen her in a while. I hope she's all right. She feeds the birds all the time, she's god folk.

    Yesterday morning I found a whole flock in the kitchen. I don't see how that many could have fit through the cat door, but I counted 20 before I decided to just open the bag of cat food and leave it behind.

    They just stared at me, unblinking. That was the first time I felt afraid. No sound, no movement, just staring, staring. I could feel them even after I closed the door.

    I'm sure I heard pecking at the windows this morning. I'm out of cat food, out of my own food, everything ended up dumped in the kitchen and I'm too afraid to go back in. Looking out the windows today I saw the trees black with birds, more of them than leaves, cawing, talking to each other in mutterings and whistles.

    The phone doesn't work, looks like they broke the line. They're all I can hear now, just a continual pecking and muttering, in some nameless ancient tongue of ravens. I've locked myself in the bedroom, surely someone will come by eventually to see what's going on, right?

    I hear wings at the window.


    Great take on the theme of "The Birds", in a short, concise, and terrifying form. The first person narrative is very effective.
    Bravo!
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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    moooo'vin right along du du ding du du ding - foot loose and fancy free getting there is half the fun "fork in the road" literally lol.

    the point of the journey, is not to arrive -

    hey, 'plaint - i headed to refresh my cawffee, the pot is empty

    choice of cranberry juice, tea, or make a fresh pot. if i make a fresh pot, they will come ... ... was that Field of Dreams?

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Flash Fiction Drop! "Wings"
    --------------------------------------

    At first, the fact that the cat hadn't come home didn't worry me. He's done this befoee, out sowing his wild oats I suppose. I went ahead and left the cat door unlocked for his return.

    I put food out, just in case, and after a few days I noticed that it was gone, but no sign of the cat. I did see odd footprints, though.. looked like birds feet. Birds?

    Sometimes I'm sure I've heard cawing. We get a lot of crows and ravens here, really big birds – about a foot or more tall. Most of the time they stick to the trees, but ever since the squirrels all vanished they seem to be everywhere.

    Just a few days ago I finally caught one coming through the cat door. A big crow, must have been ten inches tall, just shoved the door aside and hopped in like it owned the place. Sucker gave me the evil eye, too, like it was daring me to chase it off, Jumped right on to the cats food bowl and started in on the cat chow. I had no idea a bird would eat that stuff, but I never understood how the cat could stomach itm either.

    One weird thing is the neighbors. We used to talk all the time, then they started to move out. There's almost nobody left on the cul-de-sac now, just me and the little old lady up the road.

    Haven't seen her in a while. I hope she's all right. She feeds the birds all the time, she's god folk.

    Yesterday morning I found a whole flock in the kitchen. I don't see how that many could have fit through the cat door, but I counted 20 before I decided to just open the bag of cat food and leave it behind.

    They just stared at me, unblinking. That was the first time I felt afraid. No sound, no movement, just staring, staring. I could feel them even after I closed the door.

    I'm sure I heard pecking at the windows this morning. I'm out of cat food, out of my own food, everything ended up dumped in the kitchen and I'm too afraid to go back in. Looking out the windows today I saw the trees black with birds, more of them than leaves, cawing, talking to each other in mutterings and whistles.

    The phone doesn't work, looks like they broke the line. They're all I can hear now, just a continual pecking and muttering, in some nameless ancient tongue of ravens. I've locked myself in the bedroom, surely someone will come by eventually to see what's going on, right?

    I hear wings at the window.


    Great take on the theme of "The Birds", in a short, concise, and terrifying form. The first person narrative is very effective.
    Bravo!

    Thank you! :red: :red: :red: :red:

    It was my first real attempt at the flash fiction format, stories between about 500 to 1000 words. There's actually a market for these things, can you believe it? :bug:

    I have two others in my edit pipeline, I'll post 'em here as I decide they're ready to leave home.

    This gives me something to do in between bursts of working on my first novella, and let's me practice all the things I'm learning! :)

    Maybe I some small modicum of talent.. :red: :red:

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo


    ...58° and it feels like 58° . low 60s and wet stuff off and on for today, but the weekend...ahhh..mid 70s for the first time this year.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning-uh!
    It's getting better all the time.

    ...love that album.
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    bounce doing doing. mebbe i should start cutting back my caffeine intake. Gevalia has a kick in it. boing boing boing

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo


    ...58° and it feels like 58° . low 60s and wet stuff off and on for today, but the weekend...ahhh..mid 70s for the first time this year.


    70s is sit at outside with a beer weather :)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    35°F FEELS LIKE 29° shvr me timbrs

    er errr rrrrr

    no wanna go out theres nooooo


    ...58° and it feels like 58° . low 60s and wet stuff off and on for today, but the weekend...ahhh..mid 70s for the first time this year.


    70s is sit at outside with a beer weather :)
    ...which I plan to do.

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