A bit of a zombie break and something for you Harry Potter fans at the same time! Wonderful, no? Potter Puppet Pals
Bother.
September, 2005
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Here you go.
September 14, 2005 by Collin
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"What the hell are you doing Collin?"
September 13, 2005 by Collin
Why, I’m glad you asked, even if you did come off a bit rude. Awhile back I stumbled across the website “All Things Zombie“, probably via Copygodd’s website. At the time they were talking about a book that had just been released called “Cold Flesh“. It’s a collection of 25 short stories that each had something to do with zombies, was 461 pages long and only cost $9.99. I was itching for some zombie fiction so I ordered it. When it arrived I tore into it. All in all it’s a very good collection of stories.
“That’s spiffy that you’ve been reading a book, Collin, even though it has do with zombies (eyeroll), but so what?”
Well, I also joined up on the forum at ATZ and I got involved in a discussion about the book. One of the authors, D.L. Snell picked up on my offer to review the book and encouraged me to actually get started. Since I was nearly finished with it when I made the suggestion it meant that I would need to go back through each story, reread them and then write down how I felt about each one without giving away too much and ruining them. I’ve never really tried doing that before. It turns out that it’s not as easy as it sounds, however I do have my first review up and D.L. Snell asked if he could re-post them at the “Cold Flesh” website. So far so good.
“You do realize that you are babbling right?”
Yes. Yes I do. I’m tired. Essentially, this means that there’s an outside possibility that I may have to post here a bit less until I have the review completed. Or perhaps not. I just don’t know. Also there was a request on the forum for B&W charcoal zombie art that I might make an attempt at as well. It’s been ten years since I last worked in charcoal, but “back in the day” it was my medium of choice. The only problem is it’s needed pretty soon. Ugh.
I would like to apologize to my readers who have possibly been following my site for awhile now – all ten or so of you – and are annoyed with this sudden focus on zombies. All I can say is that it’s probably a passing phase and if you hang tight things should return to normal. Eventually.
“It damned well better, zombie-boy!”
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My name is Indigo Prophecy. You killed my diner. Prepare to die.
September 12, 2005 by Collin
There is a game due out on the 18th called “Indigo Prophecy”. I’ve played the demo and seen the full trailer for it and it looks like it could really be something great. While checking reviews of “Burnout: Revenge” – which is ranked around 90% so far out of 4 reviews – I found that there was a review of “Idigo Prophecy” done by Eurogamer where the game is apparently titled “Fahrenheit” and already out.
Here’s a brief excerpt:
“… the game sucks …”
Oh, wait. I’m sorry. Here’s the rest of the line:
“For a start, the game sucks you into a paranormal murder mystery right from the beginning.”
Heheh.
Anyhow, if anyone’s interested I’ll let you know what I think of it after I’ve had it in my greedy gaming hands for a week or so.
In the meantime you can read the full review here. A bit of warning though, if you use Firefox it may lock up your browser. I was only finally able to view it by switching to Safari.
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Some Regrets and Some Joys
September 10, 2005 by Collin
I see that over the year and a bit that my site has been around three people have found their way here searching for how to draw a motorcycle, and for that I’m very sorry.
Three other people – presumably not the same three as you would think they would have learned – arrived here searching for “bangin hos”. I doubt they left any more satisfied, but I find it a lot more humorous.
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As I sit here…
September 8, 2005 by Collin
… munching away on shelled peanuts my mind begins to wander. Here we go.
Cracking open these shells makes me think of tomb robbing. You have this hard case which contains stuff you want. You feel around until you find the seam where it should open, apply pressure and *CRACK* open it pops. Then you remove the wee peanut bodies and peel off their nasty, flakey grave wrappings and toss them in your mouth. crunch-crunch-crunch. Then it’s off to the next peanut casket. Gruesome? Perhaps. But my they are tasty. And you can also draw leeeeetel faces with expressions of horror on them using a ball point pen. If you are so inclined.
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scribble *CRACK* crunch-crunch-crunch.
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The "flock"* have spoken.
September 8, 2005 by Collin
And quite a few of them at that. I’m surprised. So, without eyes it is. It seems that Copygodd and I were the only ones that preferred “with”. Thank you to all who participated in my “market research”. I’ve now added a new section to my Zombie Gear where you can find this:
as well as many other products, all reasonably priced for CafePress. I even made a thong available! Personally, I’m partial to the teddy bear.
“Hug me while I spread chaos through your life! Muhahahaha! HUG ME! Mind the ribbon…”I also want to point out that the tote bag is printed on both sides. Ooooooooo! Now you can fashionably say “Up with Anarchy!” whilst toting things hither and yon.
And the wall clock appears to have NO NUMBERS! What says “anarchy” better than a clock with no numbers?! Nothing my friend.
Nothing.
Except possibly a mouse pad.
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* If you are offended by being referred to as a a bunch of “flockers”, blame Debra.Category Adrift | Tags: | No Comments
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I would like to know.
September 8, 2005 by Collin
Why is Beethoven lying next to him and what news does he have for Tchaikovsky? “We’re pregnant”?
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So what do you think?
September 7, 2005 by Collin
With eyes? 
Or without?
Yes, it’s a quick modification to the skull that I did for Justin K’s tattoo with the eyes I made for my son’s Viking and an anarchy symbol that I quickly put together.
So.
What do you think?
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No, it’s not Wednesday. It’s Wensday dammit!
September 7, 2005 by Collin
A big thanks to my friend Justin C. for the link to Banksy. This guy really appeals to my inner anarchist. I LOVE his main page graphic. The whole site makes me wanna go paint something, and I hate to paint.
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Tuesday?! What happened to Monday?
September 6, 2005 by Collin
Oh yeah. Labor Day. That’s right. So, I’m off to a slow start this week. It can only get better, right? Since I have nothing for you of my own I’ll pass along two links that I followed from boingboing. I know, I’m so kick-ass original.
The first is not for the squeamish. And that includes me. I didn’t get past the first page* . It’s a place where people can go and share photos of their horrible, horrible scars and tell the bunny hugging, sunshine filled stories behind them. Oh, and you can rate the scars as well. Does it get any better?
The next is an online massive multiplayer web-based game involving zombies.
Those of you who know me would probably figure this is right up my alley. You would likely be correct if I were to give it a chance, but I’m afraid to. Not because I’m afraid of the game. I’m afraid of another non-productive activity sucking the last of my free time away like a delicious chocolate shake disappearing up a silly straw. Just reading the forum chatter about it on All Things Zombie got me wanting to play.
Must… hold… out… Burnout Revenge is only (knock-on-wood) a week away. Yes, that’s also non-productive, but it’s going to be oh so enjoyable!
Anyhow, if you feel like seeing if you have what it takes to withstand hordes of undead without actually having to, give it a shot and let me know what you think. The last page on the forum link makes it sound pretty bleak for the survivors. As it should be.
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*Just in case you all might see something different, I refreshed the page. Yep, sure enough, some wimpy scar showed up. Just so you don’t think I’m a total wuss I feel I must say that the first one I saw was someone’s fingers that had been through a bandsaw. Ugh.Category Adrift | Tags: | 2 Comments