I sold it.
Yesterday I “bequeathed” my black Road Warrior to the third or fourth dude who called me. He was really interested in it and I was actually surprised at the quickness of the whole sale process. Apparently it was way too fast, because he called me a few hours later to inform me that the radiator was punctured in TWO places, and one of them seems to have an attempt at repair, with epoxy. WHO THE FUCK REPAIRS A RADIATOR WITH EPOXY?!
You guessed it.
Dad. He has a history of trying to repair things and actually destroying them even further. His scorecard of devastation includes stuff like: A bathtub (trying to repair the pipes), the kitchen sink (about three times already), his pathetic attempts at being a mechanic (my radiator and busted power locks/power windows stand as proof), light fixtures and electric outlets, TV’s, radios, A WHOLE HOUSE (if you’ve seen the top of my parents’ house, you’d understand - Long story), furniture, and of course, the dreams and hopes of everyone around him. He’s like a fucked up version of King Midas, everything he touches turns to rancid, corn-studded shit.
I felt bad for the guy who bought the car. Basically I cheated him, since I knew the car had issues with the radiator but never associated it with two fucking punctures. So I refunded him for the repairs. Still, I got much more for the car than I expected so it’s not a big loss. And the guy has been a great sport during the whole process so he deserves some fairness in the whole deal.
Oh well. Thankfully it wasn’t transmission or motor problems. That would have been awkward.
In other news…
I Think I’m experiencing something really fucked up. I’ll call it:
Sketcher’s Block.
I already told you I have to do a 12+ page portfolio to enter the guildhall, and I’m only 2 and a 1/2 drawings from the finish line. I still need to do a background sketch for the original character I created. The thing is, I fucked myself over with the original character design. You see, I did… well… a cowboy elf assassin. What the fuck kind of background can you draw for a cowboy elf assassin. Fuck me sideways.
I was thinking of doing this old west town with the shitty wooden houses and muddy streets with parked horses and bars and shit, but that’s gonna be complicated as hell, and my perspective with buildings is still a tad wonky.
I also thought of putting him in some old fashioned wild west saloon, sittin’ in the bar, sippin’ on his elvish brew and a slutty, big titted bartender standing behind the counter. I dunno. The mind wanders and doesn’t stop in a definite place. If you think of something don’t hesitate to tell me and there’s a chance you might see your idea splashed on my portfolio. As long as it’s not some complicated labyrinthine Escher-like clusterfuck. I’m running on a tight schedule, people.
After I’m done with it, hopefully by next week, the barrage of paperwork starts. I’ll probably have to take a few sick days to run around and look for credit transcripts and shit like that. Gawd I hate all that shit.
But what I hate the most and will probably have me in a state of a diva-like breakdown?
The waiting.
After a few weeks of submitting my application I see myself camping outside the mailbox, harassing the postman until he delivers that letter saying CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO blah blah blah yadda yadda.
I am going to party like a motherfucking BITCH that day. To hell with everything.
Shit, it’s time to go. Yep I’m still stuck at the office. Hopefully this will all end in a few weeks, to be replaced in a few months by “Yep, I’m still stuck at the classroom”.
But at least I’ll be doing something I actually like.
Zing!
put your cowboy elf assassin in a bath tub, like in the old west.
but anyway..I think that living with DS in frying your brains,,,why a cowboy elf assassin?
by Pik March 26th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWell, I wanted something different and probably never before seen. Although I’m sure that has been done before. EVERYTHING has been done before. Shit, I even made him originally with a retractable crossbow on his forearm, only to find out that there’s another videogame character who has one. >:\
by Kaiser March 26th, 2008 at 1:42 pmEs un cowboy elf assasin? Pues yo haria el background primariamente bien wild wild west -como ponerlo en un standoff en una calle de esas polvosas donde hay cantina, whorehouse y tiendita de fondo. Entonces encima de los elementos clasicos del viejo oeste iria poniendo los detalles mas elfisticos:
by Codeina March 27th, 2008 at 11:08 am-Un tumbleweed? En vez de paja, de rolling fairy dust…
-Frente al whorehouse dos o tres elfas con hojas en el pelo en vez de plumas.
- En la tiendita, anuncian la venta de lembas bread y elf’s brew o wareber.
-El cielo medio violetoso.
- El en su standoff podria tener en la mano un bow-pistola y el point of view podria ser por encima del tipo con el que se enfrenta (el tipo en foreground).
Holy SHIT gurl. si te dejo me haces el libreto del juego. Jejejeje. Whole bunch of ideas, pero me cogerían un cojonal de tiempo. Creo que me robaría de ahí la escena del standoff y los elf whores. No hay color porque es un pencil sketch así que no hay que preocuparse por eso.
by Kaiser March 27th, 2008 at 11:18 amTambién anoche se me había ocurrido hacer un “elf village” metido entre las raíces de un árbol enorme. Esta noche seguiré brainstorming a ver si por fin lo empiezo (por tercera ocasión).