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Adam and Nick found this old 1940's fridge on craigs list for $50 and looked like crap. Well when I saw it, I saw little potential in the beast. Both of them got to work on it and these are the almost final results (The fridge was plain white before, so Adam painted it up to look a bit classier). He is currently working on cleaning it up, and getting the kegs to go inside. He has a few other ideas for it, but here it is mostly done before it goes into the fun room of the house :D.
There is also another project that is being worked on in our garage by Adams dad. He is working on restoring a harley that was in a fire. From what I can see it is looking awesome. The bike was charred when it came off the truck, but is is slowly looking beautiful the more he works on it. Man is amazing at what he does, he just restored an old mustang and oh my, the car is so pretty :D.
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amused
You can create very similar effects to these when dancing:
Back in the day they sold these lights called Ravn lights. To say they least they were freaking awesome. They were strobe and ribbon styles. One you could see each color separately when you twirled or danced, and ribbon which is my favorite you could see the colors all together. The cool part about ribbon lights is that it looks like you are drawing in the air, and makes for some fun photos and video. But with the moves I have done my ravn lights got misplaced so it made me wonder if they still sold them. Sad to say they are no longer being made, but happened to find the next best thing as it replicates these lights pretty perfectly and the same size too:
http://www.orbitlightshow.com
Has such a variety of lights it is awesome. I got their 7 color dotz i morph ribbon microlights via ebay. They are legit so went via ebay to be safe. They work great and have an on and off switch as well if you want to leave them on without pressing it down. They are built in the same casing a photon 2 light is and seem very durable and do not weigh a thing. I am probably going to get some of the non ribbon ones to mix them with these when I dance around to create some fun effects, just need to see which. I love lights but I tend to dislike the size of a glowstick while dancing in suit. With smaller lights I can attach them to my paws and just twirl around without the worry of swinging my glowstick out and pelting someone in the head.
I did see some pretty sweet gloves that they sale there that caught my eye. But would probably need to see if the lights even shine through the fur to even consider funky stuff like that. As you can see I love all that is shinny and blinky :D. I am so very glad to have found lights like these that work as a good replacement and cheap as well to the now defunct Ravn lights.
Happy 4th of July. Here is to not worrying about what UPS is going to do with my package as they keep pushing it days down. Oh man someone is getting an earful come Monday >:(
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sick
I sent this head out yesterday and paid for overnight. I have the papers and bill to prove it. Now these fuckers reschedule it so it arrives after the con!! WTF ups ugh. Who lives around the con hotel that might be able to grab the box for me and ship it back if I cannot get it intercepted? I will pay you for your troubles.
I am so sorry dreamwolf, you have been such a darling person to deal with and now the suit won't arrive in time for AC. FUCK!
- Mood: disappointed
I want to feel better. My god I would hate feeling like this at a con.
- Mood: uncomfortable
According to this there isn't one. Hmmm not sure about getting a dealers table as I will only be there Friday and Sunday. Oh boy and here I thought I could run on in and set up anywhere. I shall see who wants to get together and draw, not sure about being tied down to a dealers table at that con. But on the other hand I wonder if they still have any tables left I could probably share with Moon or Trigger *ponders*
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curious
Want to see more? Check them out here:
http://community.livejournal.com/mcmasc
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accomplished
RIP.
All I can say is thanks for leaving us with awesome music and badass choreography that he did in his videos. That man could dance!
You will be missed but your music will live forever.
EDIT:
How could I forget this, but the song I sang with the other kids that did their first communion with me was "Heal the world" by Michael Jackson. Oh man he was everywhere.
- Mood: sad
So had the puffers for about 2 weeks or so now and they are going strong. The first puffer I got was from pet supermarket and the poor thing was sick from day one. Plus pet supermarket gave me so much mis information that contradicted everything I read and I went with what they said. Sad to say the first puffer died within the first week because I did everything wrong. So that one was a big learning experience (this mistake was last year). I started with a puffer at the wrong time as well, being they are not your typical beginner fish as they require a bit more than just dropping some flakes and going on your merry way. These guys are carnivores and they pretty much eat everything that is in their tank. This is a snip it of what their tank looks like right now (this is the smaller tank in my office as they cannot live in the community tank).
I currently have both the spotted and the figure 8 in one tank (thank you pet shack for actually giving me healthy puffers). As they get older I will have to put the spotted puffer in his own large tank as that fish will get huge later on. But for now they live just fine as long as they are fed and have stuff to do without murdering each other.
One thing I am learning from these guys is they are not your typical durrr fish. They get bored and can potentially die of boredom. So I spruced up their tank with hidey holes and such for them to play around. It says the more stuff for them to hide and do the more fun they will have. Plus it makes it more fun for them to hunt. Speaking of hunting these fish have amazing eye sight. They can clearly see you when you approach the tank and they can see everything I drop in it. I currently have a snail infestation in my 55 gallon tank, thanks to pet supermarket and their plants carrying it. I am not so bummed out after I read puffers go bananas for snails. And boy do they ever. Last night I dropped about 12 snails and all of them were eaten within 20 mins. You could tell the fish loved it and knew there was more. The best part was you could hear the shell go "crunch" which shows the power of their jaws. Plus the more shells they eat the easier to keep their beaks trimmed. Here is a video I found online last night that I wanted to show a way to entertain your puffer with a laser pointer.
I am so happy the puffers are eating and staying healthy. The quickest sign to seeing they are sick is they belly if it is flat or black. My puffers are round and fat, nice and full of food. A happy puffer is what I want.
They are fish that bring great joy to watch and keep. I love my live bearers in the large tank, but hunting fatty carnivores are just as fun. Plus their faces, their colors, their everything is usually hilarious. Oh and they change colors almost daily, from faded to very bright colors. I know if they do it often it means they like it, if their colors fade and stay then well we have a problem :P.
I did run out with lacy to get a new hood light as mine popped on my small tank and a new emergency cheap tank. I hate having to treat such a large tank such as my 55 so got a 1.5 gallon for fishie diseases and accidents that might need treatment. My female betta is currently in there as I am slowly treating her tail, as it has almost fully grown back from the attack a while back.
Back to work, so much to do before AC :D
- Mood: busy
So question is, do you own a d5000 or what is your view on it? I can't really get the d90 because well it is very pricey right now and I really like the things the d5000 offers (btw I do not really care if it takes video or not). Oh and this is only for Nikon, I am not looking into going canon so don't even suggest it :P.
Plus I would love to have a smaller slr and hook it up with a 50mm lense so I can make the camera even easier to take around. Would a lense like this one work on a d5000?
http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-50mm-Ni
Or the lack of internal focus motor kill the sharpness of this lense?
Edit:
Looks like I need to save for a d90 :D
Ugh so many choices :/
- Mood: curious
This is so awesome ^___^
- Mood: amused
All I can say is wow, these people can party. They loved us, they were awesome and we got lots of video and photos. Such a blast, exactly what I needed to unwind a bit. I did pick up a sore throat but no biggie. We danced for a good few hours until we were totally soaked. Trigger,Moon,Cosieko and a few other suiters that were in Antimons room got to jam with us on the dance floor. The reactions were so positive so cool I was beyond happy to be there. I jammed around in my tiger kigurumi for the second night and got to dance with a ton of the people, they just accept anyone plus they love to take cutesy photos. I was never screamed at (even though i bumped into people and stepped on their feet), we did not hear insults, nothing absolute nothing negative. The dance was a real dance, I seriously cannot believe how lacking and lame the furry dances have turned into (These were DJs that listened to what people wanted and interacted. They didn't play some lame ass chicken dance song or something totally brain dead. They did play some overplayed popular songs, but you know what? Those work because people want to dance to them. I am so sick of the obscure shit that furry Djs sometimes need to play which just makes you cringe). This dance floor was so packed there was barely any room to get more in. But the point was, these anime kids can dance, have fun and know how to throw a party. People provided us with glow sticks, random hugs and just all around awesome. I am glad to say I will be attending way more anime cons, probably way more than furs cons that is for sure because the atmosphere is just that much more positive. Like trigger said, these kids just want to dance, they want to hug you and take pics of you but they aren't thinking "omg I need to fuck that suit" which I am sorry it is disgusting and gets old fast. I will suit where I get the most attention and will suit where people enjoy it more :D.
So many things floating in my head right now, but for today I will work and try to get better. Vitamin C is a must ;).
Photos and video soon enough.
We even got to see a badass Tesla show :D
Comments disabled because this is just a vent post about my own personal opinion. Not a fight inducing post as people were making it out to be. Being I do not need to add anything else, I think it is best left as is. Again people, this is an opinion either take or go read something else :).
- Mood: sick
So went to Metrocon with Trigger yesterday and we had a blast. I went in my Kigurumi and he suited in his fox. When we got there our plans were to change in the parking lot, which would of sucked but furries came to the rescue. We scouted the place and walked around inside to see what was going on. We finally met up with Antimon and the rest of his roomies, which were a ton of other furs. We chatted and such and I finally asked if there was any change he could squeeze us two into the room for changing, and he said yes. Woot, you rock Antimon, thank you so much for letting us in into your already very crowded room. We met a lot of new furs there, ate dinner with them and suited with them. I played camera woman and handler this time. I did dress up in my Kig so I wasn't totally being normal or anything (no sir val can't just me random joe shmoe normal ;).
I took a few pics of the suiters, I did take some video as well which I will have to edit later on and post up via youtube :). We were pretty happy to see other suiters there, so it was easier for Trigger to interact with them.
We ran around everywhere, I was already pretty tired by the end of the night but we had to hit the dance. And I must say it was an awesome dance :D. We were there for a little time but it was good while it lasted. The dance floor was packed and everyone dances with you in or out of suit. I was so impressed by how kind and nice these kids were. Very very welcoming, which was such a plus.
Thanks to everyone who let me in the room and let us chill with you guys. I was happy to meet so many new people yesterday and you guys were awesome :).
I might swing by tonight depending on how much work gets done, for the last rave ;).
Flickr Gallery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latinv
- Mood: amused
- Mood: pleased
Scape does some amazing concept art, I seriously mean amazing. Really consider this guy when looking for concept art, as this stuff rocks!
http://www.scape-thegoat.com/concept.ht
- Mood: silly
http://www.clubfirestone.com
- Mood: curious
So which do you suggest and tell me your experience and where they are located.
- Mood: creative
I would love to suit for events like that, putting smiles on peoples faces is just so rewarding in so many levels.
- Mood: thankful
True Blood season 2 starts tomorrow and I can't wait :D. After season one I really couldn't wait for the show to start back up so I got the books. Currently on book 5 of the series, got a few more to go but the books are fantastic. So much stuff happens, and so many new characters pop up. The series is a bit off from the books but it makes it fun to watch as it feels like an offshoot from the books anyways. Plus I love the actors they picked for the show... so yum ;).
- Mood: chipper
A few more in here (temporary gallery)
http://mixedcandy.com/2009/june/white%2
Finishing up a few more suits tomorrow, but photos soon after :).
- Mood: accomplished
