Msterbeau

1 hour ago, gwen said:

likes to play with the Shiny bouncy red ball

Will do the monster mash any time of day or year.

30 minutes ago, Scary Guy said:

 

Yes, why can't we have that?  It's not like it's hard.

 

Should get a restaurant and start selling it here.  I'd make bank.

It exists in the US.  Pretty sure Ale Mary in Royal Oak has it.  Definitely elsewhere too. 

And it's all your fault. 

On 3/24/2016 at 4:35 PM, Destroit said:

So much drugs.

No, this is how an artist brain works. 

23 hours ago, TronRP said:

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A reporter from the Oakland Press took our picture at RenFest and I actually posted it in my photo album.  That was the first time anything like that had ever happened.  The guy just automatically assumed we were in costume.

 

Minus the headdress, that was one of the outfits I had worn to a UofM Sorority Alumni Tea. 😁

I am at the point at Faire that I go every weekend and have garb comparable to cast maybe? get my photo taken semi regularly. It's kind of flattering, but since I am not on social media I rarely see any of them.😬😭

On 10/3/2023 at 10:05 PM, TronRP said:

Well, that didn't go according to plan.  I was trying to rest my eyes for a few minutes...and woke up nearly 4 hours later.

Nothing goes to plan. At least now you got some  (much needed?) sleep. 

1 hour ago, Scary Guy said:

 

Agreed, but I still kinda want to go to Canada too.  At least my other meetup went well.

We have poutine. 🇨🇦

7 hours ago, TronRP said:

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When I was in Japan, I flipped out when I saw that much of the stuff that I had seen in the everyday life of the characters from Ranma was real.  So are the 30 second rain showers followed by sunny skies.

I had wanted to do the Jet Program where Americans teach English to Japanese grade school students, but they felt I was too close to the age cutoff so I retuned to the U.S. after I finished my studies at JCMU.

 

I did a fan spoof art of the characters from Robotech way back when, but not much else.

 

If she doesn't mind, you could probably post her cosplay in the cosplay thread. 

 

OK...trying not to stay 

I'm done.

I think it would not be appropriate for me to share without her permission.  If I ever meet you in real live person I can show you what she's working on now for Youmacon.  It's quite amazing. 

3 hours ago, Scary Guy said:

 

Well if you want some good newer series, The Expanse and The Orville are great, but I'm kind of a sci-fi nut so even the bad is good to me (usually).

 

Orville is great though as it's like a loveletter to Star Trek.  They do throw in a lot of jokes (especially in the first few episodes) but the writing is solid, and so the characters have substance and the stories are both episodic and seasonal.  It feels like Trek in all but name and that's amazing to me.  Even some of the Trek actors make guest appearances and from other franchises like Babylon 5 as well.

 

To keep on topic though, I'm adding M*A*S*H to my list too.  Let's just go ahead and do the entire lineup of Nick at Nite from around the mid 80s while we're at it.  Also I forgot RED DWARF because that shit is cheesy and great!  I also forgot old Doctor Who which I used to also see on PBS.

I've watched The Expense.  Excellent series!!  My go to series tends to be Sci-Fi and (foreign) Period Dramas or Dramadies.  I like quirky movies too.  Pretty much hate sitcoms with some exceptions. 

3 minutes ago, TronRP said:

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I am not as much into it as my sister who has seen series I've never heard of.  And if she hasn't watched it, there is a good chance she read the Manga.

 

I got into Anime when Robotech used to air on TV after school and it just blossomed from there (because I didn't know Kimba and Astro Boy were Japanese Animations back then).  The first non-televised series I became obsessed with was Ranma 1/2.  People who had friends and/or family in Japan used to record various Anime series on videotape and shipped them back to the U.S.

Kyra has been into it since 6-ish years old. She learned Japanese in high school and college and plans to go to Japan next year to teach english when she finishes her degree.  She writes stories and fan fiction for series I’ve never heard of. (Which, to be fair, is most of them) She does gender-swapped cosplays.  Yup, she’s a little into it… 

I rarely watch anything more than once.  There’s plenty of good new stuff and I spend limited time watching movies or TV series.  

That said I could watch Firefly, West Wing and MASH pretty regularly. 

On 10/1/2023 at 9:47 PM, TronRP said:

I currently have 2 series that I watch over and over...and over again.  I use them for background noise and when I just want to watch something:

My Hero Academia

Jujutsu Kaisen

You need to meet my younger daughter.  She is an anime’ fiend.  

4 hours ago, jynxxxedangel said:

I have thought of another couple of favourites - Fantasy Island (the 1970s original series), Colombo, and St. Elsewhere. 😃

What??  No Love Boat?  🙃

Thank you peeps.  I’m not dead yet.  

9 hours ago, TronRP said:

Beer, madame.  The correct drink is beer.  Dark, flavorful beer. 

On 7/7/2023 at 7:51 PM, Scary Guy said:

Just a general thread to post pieces you like since I couldn't find one in all the 20+ years of postings.

Anyway, saw this on the reddot and thought others must see it as well so enjoy:

 

I saw a lady friend last weekend that wore a necklace of red beads arranged to look like someone had sliced the wearer's neck. It was perfect. 

1 hour ago, TronRP said:

Feels like I was gone forever being offline most of all yesterday...meaning being away from posting on DGN...lol.

Who are you, again?  

On 9/5/2023 at 8:23 AM, jynxxxedangel said:

I collect antique jewellery, antique porcelain (mostly Dresden), antique stoneware (mostly Staffordshire and majolica), antique textiles, vintage clothing, vintage kitchenware, authentic primitives, antique books, and vintage Halloween / macabre items. 

 

I also collect PDF books, video rips of rare VHS classics (from YT), clip art, and images of lots from high end auction catalogues (for my antique collecting references).

 

I'm sure there is something else. 

You and I need to get back to talking again. I bought an old house in Detroit and slowly renovating/restoring/backdating it into something I can live in and use for my photo shoots. I want an old (though not what I would call period correct)  dark, somewhat  creepy vibe. Not too fancy.  I've been collecting appropriate objects from estate sales and antique places.  🙂

Coitus.

On the fence but leaning private for the same reasons as you. (SG) The AI thing is of huge concern. The people running most of those companies clearly don’t give a fuck about privacy, copyright, etc. 

23 minutes ago, Scary Guy said:

 

More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liquid-red-detroit-2023-tickets-561333843637
 

Unfortunately I'll have my birthday party that night.  I'm also not paying $35-$300 to get in and get overpriced soda at The Token.

Get off my lawn. 

9 hours ago, Scary Guy said:

 

Some people like to be private about their photos/information so I treat everything as such and let them decide what they want to do with that content.  Though if they're really private about it they'll usually say so, and that was on the web before.  I still live by my code though.

I hear you. I have almost nothing in the cloud or online.  As much as I am able to control it.  There’s not a ton you can do about what companies do with your data other than minimizing what you give them in the first place. Or choosing not to shop online. The little bit of data that I need to sync between devices is encrypted so there’s not much chance of anyone getting any of that.  Dropbox is a temporary sharing thing for me, so the stuff I put there is generally very short term. 

7 hours ago, TronRP said:

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It's more of an outdated theme/update issue at this time.

 

Normally it hadn't been too much of a problem, but because updates are paused for the moment, it's currently difficult to find images that work across all 3 platforms: Desktop, Tablet, Phone.

 

This will hopefully be rectified in the near future and things can go back to "normal".

 

I will definitely be making a post in the DGN Updates/Upgrades 2023 thread once we are good to go.  But as for right now, we are kind of in Frankenstein mode. 

Aye, skipper!

1 hour ago, Scary Guy said:

 

Just get a really cheap USB and mail them on that.  Alternatively you could upload them in a zip file to your website (which if you're feeling fancy you can encrypt with a password) and then DM her the link.   That way you don't have to worry about any compression or dithering.

 

Unless they're just in .raw format, in which case she can just use something like The Gimp (which is free) to convert them.

They are in Raw but I also have a set of jpegs. If I need to share I usually use Dropbox.  Simple and secure enough for my needs. This is not anything that really needs high security.