I've worked my ass off, building bikes, mowing lawns, fixing rooftops, pouring cement ... just doing anything I could, and it paid off, I've got a little room in a little apartment to live in with super super cheap rent, we've got fast as hell internet, I'm newly single, and I just bought myself a new PC with 8 gigs of ram, a quad core processor, a TB hardrive, and a 23" monitor and Windows 7 (fast as hell, but if you own anything netgear, you might as well throw it away, cause windows 7 doesn't have drivers available for it). I'll be getting my tablet back tomorrow and I'll be able to start drawing again! I've had quite the rollercoaster of a month, but I think it's because change is happening and I just needed a swift kick in the ass to get moving. Thanks to anyone who wasn't a dick to me when I was just looking for a little reassurance through hard times. Anyone that wants some work done, I'm back in business starting tomorrow evening, so hit me up. 2009-10-27T17:15:01-04:00 37 2009-10-27T04:53:29-04:00 true 0 92501 false false 6162 1087 1 2009-11-21T16:41:21-05:00 814 Good to hear, bro! Stoked to see some new work! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:54:56-04:00 3007381 1827 2009-10-27T04:54:56-04:00 try some contest, it's a long shot, but you might get lucky. Welcome back. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:57:07-04:00 3007401 506 2009-10-27T04:57:07-04:00 <blockquote><cite>itcamefromthesky! said:</cite> Good to hear, bro! Stoked to see some new work!</blockquote> thanks man! I can't wait to get my tablet back and play on this gigantic screen! haha. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:57:24-04:00 3007411 1087 2009-10-27T04:57:24-04:00 Sounds awesome! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:57:25-04:00 3007421 7038 2009-10-27T04:57:25-04:00 Good Luck! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:58:19-04:00 3007431 30991 2009-10-27T04:58:19-04:00 <blockquote><cite>quakerninja said:</cite> try some contest, it's a long shot, but you might get lucky. Welcome back.</blockquote> shirt.woot has been trying to get me to enter their derby's, so I may just do that. :D . I'll have to try my painterly style at dbh too. thanks newman 92501 Post 2009-10-27T04:58:40-04:00 3007441 1087 2009-10-27T04:58:51-04:00 High spirits! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T05:06:50-04:00 3007471 3005 2009-10-27T05:06:50-04:00 good to hear things have turned around for you mate. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T05:19:49-04:00 3007611 3801 2009-10-27T05:19:49-04:00 Enter Kyle in 3.....2...... 92501 Post 2009-10-27T07:51:21-04:00 3008251 1661 2009-10-27T07:51:21-04:00 <blockquote><cite>justgeoff said:</cite> Enter Kyle in 3.....2......</blockquote> From what I've heard...Kyle enters you, not the other way round. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T07:55:12-04:00 3008261 3005 2009-10-27T07:55:12-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Ameeee said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>justgeoff said:</cite> Enter Kyle in 3.....2......</blockquote> From what I've heard...Kyle enters you, not the other way round.</blockquote> Urban legend 92501 Post 2009-10-27T07:56:01-04:00 3008281 1661 2009-10-27T07:56:01-04:00 Good luck dude. Hard work always pays off. Best of luck with everything. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T08:37:16-04:00 3008521 6884 2009-10-27T08:37:16-04:00 weren't you engaged/married at one time? what happened to that? 92501 Post 2009-10-27T09:00:18-04:00 3008681 1025 2009-10-27T09:00:49-04:00 Good luck in the future man. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T09:05:12-04:00 3008711 5982 2009-10-27T09:05:12-04:00 Glad things are shaping up for ya. I just got a new PC on Saturday with Windows 7 as well, and i'm definitely loving it!! What are your thoughts on the OS so far? And just out of curiosity, what brand PC did you go with? 92501 Post 2009-10-27T09:15:06-04:00 3008741 7055 2009-10-27T09:15:06-04:00 give it a few days. I'm sure he'll get a flat tire or something 92501 Post 2009-10-27T09:28:18-04:00 3008791 782 2009-10-27T09:28:18-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Kyle Crawford said:</cite> give it a few days. I'm sure he'll get a flat tire or something</blockquote> LOL. Good luck with everything! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T09:39:55-04:00 3008861 64811 2009-10-27T09:39:55-04:00 i just feel like sittingduck needs a livejournal. that would solve everything 92501 Post 2009-10-27T10:27:22-04:00 3009381 324 2009-10-27T10:27:22-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Bear D&P said:</cite> i just feel like sittingduck needs a tampon for life. that would solve everything</blockquote> agreed 92501 Post 2009-10-27T10:28:40-04:00 3009411 782 2009-10-27T10:28:40-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Bear D&P said:</cite> i just feel like sittingduck needs a livejournal. that would solve everything</blockquote> HAHA 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:04:25-04:00 3009951 1404 2009-10-27T11:04:25-04:00 did you do that boat fishing thing? 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:09:05-04:00 3010021 2870 2009-10-27T11:09:05-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Killer Napkins said:</cite> did you do that boat fishing thing?</blockquote> already? exactly what i was thinking...you man of mistery... 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:10:17-04:00 3010031 3643 2009-10-27T11:10:17-04:00 good to hear things are looking up! good luck dude! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:10:50-04:00 3010041 10347 2009-10-27T11:10:50-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Kyle Crawford said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>Bear D&P said:</cite> i just feel like sittingduck needs a tampon for life. that would solve everything</blockquote> agreed</blockquote> <img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l130/pumpputnam/oh_no_you_didnt.gif" /> 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:10:56-04:00 3010051 1661 2009-10-27T11:10:56-04:00 I was hoping you'd decide to just go to jail, they have free meals and television plus you could get a college education and possibly a new "girlfriend". 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:34:39-04:00 3010281 853 2009-10-27T11:40:07-04:00 Best of luck. It sounds like you're doing the best you can to drag yourself up and out of your previous quagmire. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:39:37-04:00 3010301 5738 2009-10-27T11:39:37-04:00 <img src="http://theballast.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/quagmire.png?w=250&h=376" /> <spoiler>seriously tho, just keep your head up and keep moving forward. Shit get's rough... thats life. I'm glad things are lookin' up for you tho, hope it continues to do so, but don't get discouraged if life drags in another shit storm... it happens. Kind of necessary if you think about it. If one doesn't encounter bad times how would they know when they hit the good times? Yin-yang ideology FTW</spoiler> 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:41:50-04:00 3010321 1498 2009-10-27T11:45:30-04:00 sounds like a hell of a week 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:45:27-04:00 3010381 1146 2009-10-27T11:45:27-04:00 well done! keep your head up! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T11:54:41-04:00 3010551 3168 2009-10-27T11:54:41-04:00 <blockquote><cite>awakencompany said:</cite> Glad things are shaping up for ya. I just got a new PC on Saturday with Windows 7 as well, and i'm definitely loving it!! What are your thoughts on the OS so far? And just out of curiosity, what brand PC did you go with?</blockquote> I'm stoked on the OS, I love that they've included so many drivers right out of the box. The ONLY thing that bugged me was my inability to use my netgear wireless adapter. I went with an Asus CG series, less than $800 for a quad system with 8 gigs of ram and a terrabyte hard drive was hard to beat for someone in my situation. It's freakishly fast. I'm also reaaally enjoying that I'm not hitting compatibility issues with everything, other than that net gear adapter, but i guess that adapter is from the stone age anyway... Hey Kyle, I sold all my bikes as well for this comp, and haven't owned a car in 3 years, so I think I should be able to avoid the flat tire hah. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:30:03-04:00 3013421 1087 2009-10-27T15:30:03-04:00 did you do that fishing thing? i was wondering how that would turn out 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:36:04-04:00 3013501 2870 2009-10-27T15:36:04-04:00 <blockquote><cite>sittingduck said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>awakencompany said:</cite> Glad things are shaping up for ya. I just got a new PC on Saturday with Windows 7 as well, and i'm definitely loving it!! What are your thoughts on the OS so far? And just out of curiosity, what brand PC did you go with?</blockquote> I'm stoked on the OS, I love that they've included so many drivers right out of the box. The ONLY thing that bugged me was my inability to use my netgear wireless adapter. I went with an Asus CG series, less than $800 for a quad system with 8 gigs of ram and a terrabyte hard drive was hard to beat for someone in my situation. It's freakishly fast. I'm also reaaally enjoying that I'm not hitting compatibility issues with everything, other than that net gear adapter, but i guess that adapter is from the stone age anyway... Hey Kyle, I sold all my bikes as well for this comp, and haven't owned a car in 3 years, so I think I should be able to avoid the flat tire hah.</blockquote> Ah! Nice man! I went with the Asus Essentio CM5570-AP002. I'm absolutely loving it as well. My specs are a bit lower than yours, but I don't see myself filling it up anytime soon since i'm mainly doing web work now. I had to drive like 3 hours to get it for the bundled sale price though lol, they were all sold out around where i live. But i ended up saving like $200 or so. I did quite a bit of research into these computers and I definitely dont think i'll be disappointed with it's performance later down the road. Did you get the Asus one with the slanted part on the front of the tower? 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:37:58-04:00 3013541 7055 2009-10-27T15:37:58-04:00 <blockquote><cite>awakencompany said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>sittingduck said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>awakencompany said:</cite> Glad things are shaping up for ya. I just got a new PC on Saturday with Windows 7 as well, and i'm definitely loving it!! What are your thoughts on the OS so far? And just out of curiosity, what brand PC did you go with?</blockquote> I'm stoked on the OS, I love that they've included so many drivers right out of the box. The ONLY thing that bugged me was my inability to use my netgear wireless adapter. I went with an Asus CG series, less than $800 for a quad system with 8 gigs of ram and a terrabyte hard drive was hard to beat for someone in my situation. It's freakishly fast. I'm also reaaally enjoying that I'm not hitting compatibility issues with everything, other than that net gear adapter, but i guess that adapter is from the stone age anyway... Hey Kyle, I sold all my bikes as well for this comp, and haven't owned a car in 3 years, so I think I should be able to avoid the flat tire hah.</blockquote> Ah! Nice man! I went with the Asus Essentio CM5570-AP002. I'm absolutely loving it as well. My specs are a bit lower than yours, but I don't see myself filling it up anytime soon since i'm mainly doing web work now. I had to drive like 3 hours to get it for the bundled sale price though lol, they were all sold out around where i live. But i ended up saving like $200 or so. I did quite a bit of research into these computers and I definitely dont think i'll be disappointed with it's performance later down the road. Did you get the Asus one with the slanted part on the front of the tower?</blockquote> yea, when I first saw it in store I was like WTF? but it has a big rubber foot just behind the slant so I'm not worried about screwing it up. I think the only design flaw with the slant really is the location of the usb ports on the front, I can't fit a flash drive in there because the door doesn't open far enough, but any regular usb cables fit fine. I love how GIGANTIC this tower is, as I plan on upgrading alot, so I won't have to worry about finding room haha. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:44:13-04:00 3013661 1087 2009-10-27T15:44:13-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Killer Napkins said:</cite> did you do that fishing thing? i was wondering how that would turn out</blockquote> uh, yea I did, you must've missed my post a couple weeks back. long story short, we hit choppy seas, dropped off a very large wave while I was asleep and I woke up in mid air and did that "where the fuck am i" thing where you tense up really bad, then slammed into my bunk, my back went out, I bit the tip of my tongue off and was forced to quit cause I couldn't walk. I came home to nothing, my fiance' left me for good, I became homeless, and lost my computer. I still had my two bikes at my mom's luckily, so I sold those and did some odd jobs for people around town so I could find a place and get a new comp and here I am. It was definitely close to being the worst time of my life, and I'm glad to be moving forward. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:48:55-04:00 3013741 1087 2009-10-27T15:48:55-04:00 Ha, yeah. Honestly I thought it looked totally sweet in stores!! And yeah it is a gigantic tower lol. That sucks that it wont work right with the flash drive. I could see that now from thinking about it though. Hopefully it'll be a good one for ya though man! 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:49:12-04:00 3013761 7055 2009-10-27T15:49:12-04:00 <blockquote><cite>awakencompany said:</cite> Ha, yeah. Honestly I thought it looked totally sweet in stores!! And yeah it is a gigantic tower lol. That sucks that it wont work right with the flash drive. I could see that now from thinking about it though. Hopefully it'll be a good one for ya though man!</blockquote> it has plenty of usb ports on the back, so i can still use a flash drive. and you're right, the thing looks bad ass, the one they had in store though didn't havethe foot, so they had to hang it off the edge of a table, lol. 92501 Post 2009-10-27T15:50:37-04:00 3013801 1087 2009-10-27T15:50:37-04:00 Man your wife left you? What a bummer. Good luck 92501 Post 2009-10-27T17:15:01-04:00 3016041 6162 2009-10-27T17:15:01-04:00