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Homestuck...
Oct. 16th, 2009 10:15 pmThis next week is going to be incredibly hectic. As if the past few weeks haven't been hectic enough.
First I wanted to do some pimpage of a comic I absolutely adore. MS Paint Adventures. Specifically, the latest ongoing story, Homestuck. http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 In fact, I adore Homestuck enough that I bought the first volume of the soundtrack, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next volume.
In true MSPA style, the story starts out as a simple thread about a boy and his adventures and quickly begins following the stories of his friends and strangers from other dimensions. For really dedicated MSPA readers there's a lot of in-jokes and references to past Adventures (especially Problem Sleuth and Jailbreak). Remember, though, these comics aren't meant to be funny. They're ADVENTURES. Many pages are animated, many have sound, and some even have interactive mini-games. The soundtrack has some truly amazing chiptune pieces, too. ;) I particularly like Aggrieve and Showtime (Imp Strife Remix), and my newest favorite Explore. (Warning, don't watch the page if you don't want to be spoiled!)
Anyway, fangirl squeeling out of the way, our grandmother (on our father's side) is coming into town on Thursday. This means the entire house has to be completely cleaned and scrubbed down by WEDNESDAY, and we have to work all weekend. Our mother is going to put in some major cleaning time, and we will be, too, next week. Of course, after we're done with the event this weeked we have to go to Dallas to restock, and we have to process all the new product for Paris Pumpkin Fest NEXT weekend. Our grandmother will be "helping" us with that event. So it's like a quadruple workload or something.
I also have to figure out a selection of pictures we've been working on to show her, and I need to practice the piano a little more this week. (Yeah, like I'll have time for that!) I wanted to get it tuned, but there's just no way we can afford the extra expense with winter coming up. We need to be a coat and shit, and that's a lot more important, sadly.
So, with this crazy schedule we're probably going to be very much Not Present until our grandmother leaves. After Paris, the events should start getting a little slower and it won't be such a mad rush. I've enlisted the help of some people (notably Fayt, Albel, and Potter) to deal with the stress level and help answer mail, messages, etc. Raz has volunteered for work tomorrow, which will give Zax and I a much needed day off before the craziness starts.
But, I know we won't get to write some letters that need to be written, and Zax has a bunch of posts he wants to finish and that's not likely to happen either. I hate... I hate putting that kind of thing off, because it's really fucking important to us. But at the same time, I don't know what else we can do besides basically take a week off from being online. I mean we'll try to pop on a few times a day like always, but we won't be 'present.'
So, for those that we're going to miss, and those who simply can't live without my amazingly sexy presence, I send my love to you! And, Violet? Love you, my light. Miss you.
-Seph
First I wanted to do some pimpage of a comic I absolutely adore. MS Paint Adventures. Specifically, the latest ongoing story, Homestuck. http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 In fact, I adore Homestuck enough that I bought the first volume of the soundtrack, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next volume.
In true MSPA style, the story starts out as a simple thread about a boy and his adventures and quickly begins following the stories of his friends and strangers from other dimensions. For really dedicated MSPA readers there's a lot of in-jokes and references to past Adventures (especially Problem Sleuth and Jailbreak). Remember, though, these comics aren't meant to be funny. They're ADVENTURES. Many pages are animated, many have sound, and some even have interactive mini-games. The soundtrack has some truly amazing chiptune pieces, too. ;) I particularly like Aggrieve and Showtime (Imp Strife Remix), and my newest favorite Explore. (Warning, don't watch the page if you don't want to be spoiled!)
Anyway, fangirl squeeling out of the way, our grandmother (on our father's side) is coming into town on Thursday. This means the entire house has to be completely cleaned and scrubbed down by WEDNESDAY, and we have to work all weekend. Our mother is going to put in some major cleaning time, and we will be, too, next week. Of course, after we're done with the event this weeked we have to go to Dallas to restock, and we have to process all the new product for Paris Pumpkin Fest NEXT weekend. Our grandmother will be "helping" us with that event. So it's like a quadruple workload or something.
I also have to figure out a selection of pictures we've been working on to show her, and I need to practice the piano a little more this week. (Yeah, like I'll have time for that!) I wanted to get it tuned, but there's just no way we can afford the extra expense with winter coming up. We need to be a coat and shit, and that's a lot more important, sadly.
So, with this crazy schedule we're probably going to be very much Not Present until our grandmother leaves. After Paris, the events should start getting a little slower and it won't be such a mad rush. I've enlisted the help of some people (notably Fayt, Albel, and Potter) to deal with the stress level and help answer mail, messages, etc. Raz has volunteered for work tomorrow, which will give Zax and I a much needed day off before the craziness starts.
But, I know we won't get to write some letters that need to be written, and Zax has a bunch of posts he wants to finish and that's not likely to happen either. I hate... I hate putting that kind of thing off, because it's really fucking important to us. But at the same time, I don't know what else we can do besides basically take a week off from being online. I mean we'll try to pop on a few times a day like always, but we won't be 'present.'
So, for those that we're going to miss, and those who simply can't live without my amazingly sexy presence, I send my love to you! And, Violet? Love you, my light. Miss you.
-Seph
