In the course of the past few days, I've been trying to upload an image to Photobucket. It's nothing fancy, just an emoticon I want to use. Well, that image wouldn't upload. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I contacted their tech support. After receiving the obligatory copy and paste FAQ response, I went through and tried all the suggestions they provided, nothing worked. Photobucket tested the image (I had to e-mail it to them), and it turned out the image itself was corrupted. So now, I have to find a free program that will repair the bad data in this animated gif file or I won't be able to upload it. It has to be free because I only have ten dollars, and it's in cash. Last time I checked, that 3¨ö inch slot on the front of my computer wasn't for teleporting cash across the internet. I thought I found one promising program based on it's description, but they wanted $150.00 for it. Back to the search queries, since the drawing board isn't internet ready yet.
For those of you who haven't see the main page of TheOtaku in a while, there's an announcement about a "Re-imagined" Art of Otaku. I've already done my part, since I don't meet the criteria to volunteer myself, I encouraged (and will continue to do so) whtdragon to try getting on that project. I just hope this one doesn't repeat last round's annoyances. Any other artists out there might take a look too. The last version lacked creatures/monsters, and mech too, so I encourage anyone adept in those areas to try getting on this release.
One other thing came up, that probably raised more questions than I am aware of, and that was last post's main content. Just read my Editorial statement at the bottom. Yeah, I brought my Editorial feature out of mothballs for this one.
Comments:
alphonse13:
Aside from my getting up, typing, and taking care of a few personal hygiene things, nothing of merit happened.
I confuse myself sometimes too.
Canada? I've never been outside of the US myself. That would be an interesting trip.
Breakfast Squid
Those days are common. A lot of people have them.
For the most part, things are well, except for the job situation. I have less than two weeks to write the follow-up letter to a mess I started late last year. Thing is, for the first time, I don't know hwat I want to say, or how I want to say it.
Don't wory about commenting every time, I don't always get to everyones' pages when they update either.
Shireishou
Don't worry about it. If you're not feeling well, take the time to get soem rest, commenting on my page isn't more important than your health.
Magnus Lensherr
Let me start off by saying it's a good thing I reread your comment a few times before responding to it. I can be a vicious little dragon when I take things too seriously and miss the jokes. That said, I'm still going to overreact to it anyway, check my Editorial below for my statement on contradictions.
I won't know how the week is going till it's gone, but thanks, same for you.
KyuubiKhaos
Since it's right down there ¡é, I don't need to jump you to it but anyway, read my Editorial for my statement on the contradictions.
I saw your post today, so I understand. You don't want to get into more trouble by being on when you're not supposed to be. Unless something catastrophic happens, I'll still be here when you get back.
Editorial
For the record, this is the part where, if you haven't already you should be saying "Oh [Censored], he's mad." I believe that is sufficient warning.
Where to begin? That's the question I find myself asking as I try to correct some misassumptions regarding the apparent contradiction in my last post. It's not a question to which I can readily find the answer. I find myself trying to frame my words correctly, trying to put all the thoughts vying for my attention into some measure of coherent order. As I do that, my path becomes clearer, and I know how I must do this.
My previous post, This Dragon is Dog Tired, generated some questions regarding light workloads and physical exhaustion. It seems that there was little consideration applied to non-physical workloads. Let me see if I can correct that.
There were a lot of things I could have posted about in my previous post. I could have tried to explain how my mind is always writng stories, even when I'm writing these posts. I could have told the tale of one recent trip to the mall, and how miserable I felt after finding the costume shop I applied to work at last year had reopened, not because it was there, but because they didn't run the ad looking for people this year, they rehired the same bunch of deadbeats (well, one guy isn't a deadbeat, he used to be a college professor, and one heck of a director too) they had working there last year. I could have gone on about the various jobs I've applied to lately, and how I haven't gotten one single call back for any of them. I could have mentioned that I have till next week to finish writing my follow-up letter to that idiot in my Senator's office who didn't do a thing to fix WorkForce West Virginia back in April when I talked to her on the phone. I could have posted about the poor condition of my teeth and how I can't afford dental work. I could even have written a post revealing how self-esteem crushing it is to be the only person in my family who doesn't have a job, and can't seem to get one.
As you can see, a lot is going on right now, but not in a tangible form. These are all things that are running in the back of my mind like all the programs that are running in the background on your computers right now. Those things eat a lot of energy, even when the body itself is idle, those thoughts run constantly, nonstop. Those thoughts have slowed down my drawing and creating process because they make me feel like I'm wasting my time on something that isn't going to support me. Since those are an everyday occurance to me, I did not see them as significant. I also didn't see the need to unneccesarily burden my readers with a whole lot of self-pity.
To put it simply, yes a person can be tired by DOING nothing, because doing doesn't always consider thinking. Dealing with all the things I deal with on a daily basis in terms of thoughts is exhausting.
