This is what I've been working on for most of this year:
http://games.kidswb.com/scooby-doo-first-frights/#



Not sure exactly when the Australian release date is, but it looks like it's just come out in the US.

( +2 more little ones )

Tagged by whitecake

The terribly exciting 10 random facts meme. Do it, pass it around.

1. I've been married 11 months now, so close to a year, and looking forward to many more. :)
2. I think I have OCD tendencies, I can completely control it, but there are ways I like things to be and sometimes I'm compelled to fix something so I feel better about it.
3. I'm am addicted to Minties, I don't need them all the time but if they're in front of me I'll eat them constantly until I make myself sick.
4. I didn't watch Star Wars until I was in my mid-teens and I've loved it ever since.
5. I have a tendency to over-think things which causes me to stress about them, currently I'm thinking too much about BAM which is making me constantly just a little stressed.
6. I'd make a terrible hardened criminal, most times I did something slightly dodgy in school I'd feel immediately guilty and often have to come clean.
7. I suck at remembering dates in the long term, unless I write things on a calendar of some sort I'll forget birthdays, holidays and special events.
8. I don't think I've ever sold anything of mine second hand.
9. In primary school for some reason the cool thing to have was Converse sneakers which my parent's couldn't really afford for me back then, I was so happy once when I found an old pair in an op shop. They were unfortunately really old ones from the 70s which would be cool now, but definitely weren't at the time.
10. When I was little I always wanted a monkey.

Do it if you like, and link me if you do! :3 I'm curious to see what you write.

I've been meaning to type this up for a while, I wrote it weeks ago but didn't write the ending.
I wanted to at least do one story which showcased Byrne before I started writing him in relation to Cade.
Anyway, hope you like it. The next thing I'm planning to write is Byrne meeting Cade, so hopefully I might get started on that soon now that he's here. :)

( The Soldier )

So I've been meaning to do that voice thing since about this time last week, I really have, but after a really busy weekend I got stuck with work all week, and by the time I get home I'm pretty dead to the world.

I'm actually about to go to bed right now because I need to be up at about 3am to get picked up as I'm going to Sydney this weekend for the OzHadou Nationals. I get back from that on Monday, then I'm off again Friday morning to Adelaide for AVcon.

So I will find some time to keep up with the voice thing I promise, but if anyone else wants to do it in the meantime then feel free. :D

In other news:
http://syrinxfox.deviantart.com/art/aisuhime-wings-122366088
The owner of these awesome wings by the ever so talented angsty_os put them up for auction recently and I managed to snag them for Byrne.
It's really lucky because they're pretty much exactly what I wanted for him, and with how insanely busy she is at the moment too I really lucked out to get a pair that've already passed through her process.
So yay, Byrne will be all wingy by some time next month. :D

Anyway, off to bed, sorry if I haven't been on to talk to people, this month is insane, I'll be back some time I promise!

Ok guys, I think it's time we get this started!
We'll start off with an easy one, and I figure people are going to be reasonably creative anyway, so there's no point restricting them just yet.

Here's the topic:
Tell us all a funny story, it can have happened to you, to a friend of yours, or you could just completely make it up, it doesn't matter, just think of the best story you know, grab your mic/phone/whatever and let us all know.



As for the format, I figure I'll post one each Friday night (Australian time), there's not really any strict time frame, but the idea is to do each one some time during the weekend or week after.
I'll probably record mine tomorrow morning and post it up if I get the chance, but everyone is welcome to start whenever they want.

Here's the list of people who're involved so far:
evil_loki
whitecake
blindflower
wondergirl_kate
bluemana
hiritai
r727
mystic_plum

We can always use more, convince all your friends from exotic and awesomely accented countries!

I got an awesome response from that feeler so the project will definitely go ahead.

I think currently the following people are tentatively onboard, please let me know if I've missed anyone:
evil_loki
whitecake
blindflower
wondergirl_kate
bluemana
hiritai
r727

And possibly more I don't know about, I actually expect more people will jump on board once we start going.

Ok, so the big question is, what topic do we start with for the first week?
I want it to be something that doesn't scare people off right away, but is still fun.
Thus I was thinking maybe we'd start with telling a funny story from any time in your life or something? The spoken word song and erotica readings sound the most amusing, but I'm afraid might not be the most open start. XD

Here's some suggestions off the top of my head to get you thinking:
- Put on a fake accent and do a poetry reading
- Read a newspaper article in a sexy tone
- Describe an object in front of you as if you're seeing if for the first time and have no idea what it is, see if listeners can guess what it is
- Read out an article or story in a character voice (your own or from a movie/show)

I'll post up the first prompt in a couple of days as I think the weekend is going to be the best chance for most people to do their recordings, so in the meantime, if you have any suggestions then fire away, as a weekly thing we can certainly do any good ones eventually.

So as whitecake posted her Star Wars awesomeness the other day, I figured I'd take a few quick snaps of my current desk setup at work to show you all what kind of shenanigans I get up to as well.

It's a shame I took the photos yesterday and not today, as Wicket has now given up on his battle with Mace Windu and has taken to making out with Yoda instead.

Click for slightly larger blurry pictures because I cbf taking in the DSLR.


Yes the trooper in my wallpaper is playing an electric guitar.

( Cut for Zebra Trooper )

Occasionally characters go missing and end up riding Pokey from Gumby on a level designers desk, or at one point I had a stuffed Chewie riding the Zebra too.
Fun times at Torus Games. :D

So as I finally jumped on that voicepost prompt from a few weeks ago and had a bit of interest from people who'd done it before and those who hadn't, I figured maybe it would be best to expand out the concept a little and give a little structure for anyone who wanted to give it another go.

What I was thinking was maybe (one a week?) I'd post a topic or theme for everyone to post on, and then you'd have that time to prepare and post something.
The key would be the topics, some examples include:
- Tell a funny story that happened to you growing up
- Do a spoken word version of a song
- How do you pronounce certain words, make up a sentence for each
- Read a small except from a piece of erotica

Anyway, I'm sure once we get thinking there'd be heaps of awesome and hilarious topics, and I'm sure it'd be heaps of fun coming up with them. Please feel free to reply with more if you can think of some.

That said, I think this is something that works best in a reasonable sized group, so who'd be up for it?
There's really no obligation, it's all a bit of fun, so if you don't like a topic, you don't need to do it, but it's more fun if you do. XD

What do you think?

So I finally got around to this voice post thing, unfortunately my voice isn't as sweet at Tristan's or as English at Lucy's, but we all make do. XD

Unfortunately voice posting isn't supported in Australia, we just got electricity last week, so you'll have to download it instead:
http://www.hornedhalo.org/files/voicepost.mp3

On the way to Napier on Thursday kawaii_mon and I stopped at a few volcanic hotspots around Rotorua.

( Photomographs! )

That's it for now, Mon took some photos around Napier which I'm sure she'll post sometime soon also :D

Hope you're all doing well!

Greetings all :D

(I wrote this yesterday, but didn't get a chance to post it until today)

If any of you read Mon's journal I'm sure you'll know we're currently in New Zealand on our honeymoon, and having a great time. :D
That said, I figured I'd give a quick run-down of what's been going on, if only so I don't forget it all later.

( Wall-O-Text )
Hope you're all having a good time too, what have you people been up to?

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me!"
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.

Interviewed By: alionsheart

1. What do you hate most about your own gender?
I'm not sure I've ever thought a lot about this, but I've never liked the double standards, there's still a lot of ways that the attitude towards men is vastly different to women in society, and that's at best, don't get me started about more indoctrinated parts of the world.

2. How did you visualise your life 5 years ago, is it anything like it is now?
You know what, it probably is, 5 years ago I was still at Uni, and my plan was always to graduate, get basically the job I have now, and settle down. I don't know why, but that's always been pretty much it. I've never really been much of a player you might say. XD

3. If you could change one thing about yourself in the blink of an eye what would it be and why?
I'd probably choose to be in better shape, it's been a long time since I've done any sport or regular physical activity, it got too hard to balance with Uni, and since then I've really just been lazy. I'm a little dissapointed in myself that I gotten so unfit.

4. Liz is totally hot, can I keep her? I think her and Emlen would be hotness plus ;_;
Haha, certainly not. XD
Unfortunately Liz is all about the ladies, so I think Emlen might just have to fantasize on his own this time. ;)

5. Who would you turn gay for?
Well, Eiji, but a real person, hmmmmmm...
This is going to sound really stereotypical, but I think I'm going to have to go with Brad Pitt, I really don't get why most girls find some guys attractive, but I kind of get it with him, I get the general idea ya know? Plus he seems like a charming motherfucker.

Meet Lisette de Beaumanoir, aka. Liz

I'm going to get smaller eyes to fit this head, and I'm still umm'ing and ahh'ing about what any kind of facial piercing would look like, but this is very much her right now. :D

...
Face-up by Aeryn
Wig modding by Beck
Fangs and eye opening by Healdria

( Political meme )

I think I answered pretty strongly on most questions regarding personal freedoms, which probably explains the big swing towards cultural liberal. XD
Apart from that I'm not too far off the average.

Lisette has shipped :D
Looks like Bella's getting a late Christmas present after all.

I checked the Fairyland order page today out of curiosity and saw that she'd been dispatched from Korea on the 24th, so I expect she'll turn up early next week.
Now I need to get stuck in this weekend and make up sheets for Healdria and Hiritai to do her mods and faceups and then she'll be well on her way to awesomeness.
Her eyes and wig have shipped earlier in the week too, so it's all coming together :D

More details when I finish her "look" sheets :)

I noticed Raila was taking commissions recently, so I jumped on the chibi bandwagon. Figured it was a waste to get just Bella done, so got a nice Phoenix and Eiji couple one done too :D
I'm very happy with the way they came out, especially Bella who's starting to build quite an little art gallery of herself with awesome artists like Arenheim and Spazzly also doing her justice :D
Just a shame I don't have Liz yet, I'll have to get some more done later perhaps :S

Anyway, it made me very excited when I got into work this morning :D

... was pretty terrible XD
Mon, Aeryn and I just watched it fully expecting it to be so, just for the lols, and many lols were had.

Man the acting in that thing was terrible, the entire thing just felt like a low budget straight to DVD student film.
Anyway, I haven't read the books, please don't tell me they're good, I knew what to expect before XD

I will say though, the guy who played Carlisle was pretty amusing, he was the most obvious vampire ever created, and the girl who played Alice was cute.

But oh god, dialogue... wtf, look I know people are awkward, but even if you found a way to do that well, don't do it for EVERY LINE IN THE FILM.

But yes, I lol'd.

Yeah, I'm pretty boring, sorry. It seems I'm really only gay in a supportive fashion.
It's strange, it kind of feels like a cop out considering the amount of gay and bi friends I have, but I just don't like the cock... sorry XD

In other news, despite the exchange rate I bought Lisette today.
Man, now I have to sort out all her accessories and customisations D:

Aeryn, those back tattoos you've had on Eiji and Vin are just temporary tattoos right?
Hmm, I wonder how easy it would be to get some printed, I know work got some done recently with their logo on it...

Hmmmmmm, ideas

I'll do a post soon laying out what I have planned for Lisette.

Urban Dictionary meme:

Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answer to each question in the search box, then write the FIRST definition it gives you.

1.) Your name:
2.) Your age:
3.) One of your friends:
4.) What should you be doing?
5.) Your favourite colour:
6.) Your birthplace:
7.) Last person you talked to:
8.) Last thing you had to drink:
9.) Your nickname:

( Answers! )