Nocturne of Ominous Dreams · 9:29am Oct 31st, 2013
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
My favorite holiday, and not just because my birthday is two days later [31].
...I tried to combine "Birthday" and "Nightmare Night," and, uh... Well, I don't think this trips into NSFW:
Must be all the sexy costumes. Saw "Sexy Hitler" last year. Also an AJ/Pinkie cosplay duo.
At the moment I'm trying to write a set for an all-characters comedy show I was cajoled into doing tomorrow night, and I finally came up with a costume (The Wizard of Unemployment), but I only have a couple lines so far...
But P-Theory, on the other hand, is growing a new chapter at a decent speed, like a neck-Peter in that last episode of Family Guy. And in fact I've even got a basic concept for the second half of Elements of Truth, but no resolution yet. I've got a lot of regular work to do and my agent just called me today with another big commission I'll be starting in a few days (weekly paycheck, though, which is huge in this line of work), but I'm finishing another one off this weekend, too, so I should be set. Also applied last night for a regular gig as a designer for "Cards Against Humanity" here in Chicago that I'm actually kinda confident about, so if that comes through I should be able to cut back on the freelancing.
In the mean time, have some nice, freaky, nightmare-inducing Nightmare Night stuff:
http://www.vintag.es/2012/10/incredibly-bizarre-vintage-halloween.html (I especially love the Phone People, the mole couple, the chicken man, and the last one.)
And the infamous party scene from one of my favorite movies, John Waters' "Pink Flamingos," which I think is one of the most Halloween-y things every committed to celluloid, and a surprisingly good date movie - I've never dated a woman who doesn't love John Waters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t12xqdqyvP8(Gross and semi-NSFW. It's still OK to link to stuff... right? I mean, they cut the part where the guy lip-syncs to Surfin' Bird using his anus... They do still kill and eat a cop, though, which I would think is way worse... But then is there anything funnier and more appropriate for a day like this than wildly skewed priorities?)
And finally some old-timey animation that's surely SFW, and makes me feel all good and Halloween-y:
(Can you imagine if the Dodo, Pinkie Pie, and Discord got together?)
EDIT: Oh wait, no - Here's an old-timey cartoon that's actually about ghosts:
And I'm out!
(Speaking of which, I was very pleased with the Breaking Bad finale. I thought it was a joke in that early episode when Jesse suggested building a robot to get the two of them out of a jam...)
But more importantly, what are YOU guys doing for Halloween!? Tell the people!
I'm interested in the costume you mentioned, but there's no way I'm having my browser history include a Google for "Sexy Hitler."
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i.imgur.com/zqrPQOl.jpg
An early happy birthday to you, Balthasar!
Loving the new cover image, mate. Can't wait to read the new chapter.
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Thanks! I just got a text today that an old college friend of mine with the same birthday is coming down to see the show and hang out for the weekend, so it should be a fun time, and she's way better at organizing things than I am so I can offload the responsibility to make sure we're all in the same place at the same time.
Also bought myself an Intuos 5 large! I love it, and fortunately also ramen, because that's what I'll be eating for the next month. Totally worth it, though.
Hope you've been feeling better and are recovering your writing muse.
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Thanks - All credit should go to Derpmind for suggesting it. I decided to go out on a limb and send the story to EQD even though it's a genre they don't accept, and thought I should soup it out a little bit first with a new cover, and he was like, "you already have that pic."
Hope you enjoy the latest interlude chapter - It was a long time in coming, and except for a few infelicities in phrasing that are too small to bother reworking, I'm pretty pleased with what I put up.
There's actually a reference to Silver Script near the beginning!
1469758 I'll have to re-read that then. I was in a hotel the last time.
Edit: With Doctor Ever-burning Coals' playfully manipulative relationship with the Princess and obsessive studying?
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That's the one!