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http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ A selection of clips from Improv Everywhere, which is pretty much what it sounds like. A bunch of people go into real-world situations, and do stuff. Usually funny. Oh, and they don't tell anyone what they're doing. I LOVE the Slo-Mo Home Depot. The website has DVDs of missions for sale, I'm actually tempted to see what else they've pulled off!

That is LITERALLY as bad as this: American Style Sailor Moon by Saban. I'm not joking, they almost did this. Even if you don't like Sailor Moon, can you imagine what COULD have happened to bringing Anime to North America if this had gone through? So 80s - and I can't understand most of the theme song, but I'm GLAD about that.

I've recently started trying to use DAZ|Studio, a "3d figure posing and animation studio". Basically, I'm looking for ways to get around my lack of proportion and spatial sense. ^-^ Of course, I'm looking up tutorials, but I generally don't take the time to actually READ stuff before I want to mess around with things. I was wondering if anyone else has any experience with DAZ|Studio and can help me get started?

I'm looking to purchase a digital voice recorder to try and take advantage of story plotting that occurs at work while I'm cleaning. (Step 2: Voice Recognition Software. Step 3: ... Step 4: WORLD DOMINATION!!!!)Right now, I'm looking for as good a balance between quality and price that I can. Decent storage is always nice, although I'm not sure how much I'd use - anywhere from 1 hour to 6, knowing me. o_OExtra features aren't necessary, although the ability to save a few MP3s on a tiny little flash player I'm carting around anyway is a nice bonus.Durability is another issue - I tend to be TOUGH on things, as well as a little accident prone. Anyone aware of particularly fragile products I should avoid, feel free to mention.Any suggestions, overall?

I suspected it was a hoax when NONE of the images on the website showed the gen-pet OUTSIDE the packaging.I mean, come on, if it's supposed to be alive, a serious advertiser would be showing this very quality, having video of it moving and interacting with people.After checking out the Museum of Hoaxes link, I almost have to admire the artist and his message. But then I think he's creepy. Then I admire him again. ^-^And if these ever ACTUALLY happened - I'd want a violet one. ^-^ Yes, they're creepy, I miss having a pet!!! *Whimpers*

Welcome, jmpearso. I hope you find plenty to think about, plenty to learn, and plently to talk about here at Trap 17.I've only been here a little while myself, and have yet to actually put up my web site, but I am definitely enjoying my time here in the forums. ^-^

Albus Dumbledore: 1Mich: 0Turefusion: 0randomdood: 0idle: 0The shaded background is very professional looking, and the animation is useful without being distracting.

I recognize very few people actually care. I'm doing this anyway. ^-^My "longer works", which refers to something that's going to be a novel, tv series, comic series, or RPG setting.Anything with *** means I need to talk with someone about getting permissions for ideas/characters, but I still consider the series mostly mine.1. Phoenix Flair, Dragon Descent - Fantasy novel trilogy about gods, love, and destroying the world2. Vampire Hymn - Supernatural drama tv series that would take WAY too long to explain3. Vampire Hymn: SCI - spin off of above, slightly different universe with a crime show theme4. RPG setting on both versions of Vampire Hymn in BESM d205. Legends of Regnum - Fantasy series I'm trying to rework from a Legend of Zelda fanfic w/ Self Insert character6. RPG suppliment featuring the LoR setting and the classes developed around a group of people in it.7. Fool Me Once - Harlequin-romance style, although hopefully not formulaic, as the story starts half-way through the relationship with the commitment-fearful heroine catching the hero getting kissed by another girl (NOT HIS FAULT! LOL)8. In Time Things Come - Depressing sci-fi story about immortality and alienation. I really like this one. :)9. I Call her Kali - Action/comedy thing set in the near future. Basically, Kali's a girl prophicized to destroy the world, and therefore not well liked by anyone. Daniel's one of the many hit men hired against her. He's also the only one that's lasted longer than a month, and is the closest thing she has to a friend. Basically just some plot strung around random quotes that pop into my head, such as "That's it, I'm going to kill the next person that asks what's going on!".10. Blood of the Rose - Fantasy/Horror comic series about high school and a reality thats "kinda like Lord of the Rings, if Sauron won and made everything necromantic."11. Falling Angels - Superhero comic series about what happens when you're supposed to protect people that paid to have you tortured (LONG story...)12. Battle Ballet - kinda a sport anime about what happens when you mix rollerball, dancing, and discrimination o_O13. Currently Unnamed - Romantic comedy movie featuring mixed up identities, and the heroine trying to get the hero a date on a cruise ship without realizing he's an old crush14. Epiphany - Horror movie that I'm keeping closed mouthed about. ^-^15. Siren Song - Fantasy, an episodic about a band that travels to different magical dimensions, currently has great characters but lacking a great deal in PLOT...16. Need Title - A fantasy d20 RPG setting featuring mixed races (Half Elf, half Gnome, for example...) loosely based on concepts from Discworld17. *** - Mecha/space anime some friends and I started in high school and I've since added to18. *** - Romantic comedy fairytale/myth about a trickster demi-god and a moon goddess, who also happens to be a trickster archetype despite the rest of the pantheon actively ignoring that fact...19. *** - Modern spy setting with psionics that takes themes from the story above20. *** - Cyberpunk story with dead girlfriends in your head and a "patchwork" hacker stuck online, may drop to get rights to Moon myth story.

Two short stories from a series I'm trying to put together for a book. Not ALL the stories will end up being horror - but seriously, most of the original fairy tales were, anyway. I'd like each story to feature a piece of artwork, if you get inspired, by the way.. ^-^

If you want to be confident, it helps to know what you have to be confident ABOUT.Write down a list of all the good qualities you think you have. Are you a good listener? An artist? Can you stuff 10 marshmellows in your mouth without choking? Everyone has something they're good at.Then, ask your friends and family to come up with stuff for your list. You'll probably be surprised at what they believe your strengths are.Very little builds confidence than discovering new reasons why people like you. ^-^

Very true, haslip. ^-^ You don't want to make her feel you can't still be friends. But if she likes you, enthusiasm is rarely a bad thing. ^-^

Ask her out on a "non-date". Just something you two can go do, possibly with friends, that you both enjoy. Don't put any pressure on her, and just see how things go.Or, you can use the "grapevine" approach. Have a mutual friend "casually" mention you kinda like her, to test her opinion.

I like my sig quote, but I'm still trying to balance conveying my intended meaning with minimal words (Being brief is NOT my strong suit. ^-^)The quote is based off of one of my characters, Daphi'indi. Since she's pretty much a self-insert, though, it works for me, too. ^-^On a scale of 1-100 of evil to good, Daphi'indi rates in the 90s. ^-^ Her primary concern is the good of people, sacrificing her own needs without a thought for strangers, let alone her friends.She's also a great study of human nature, however, and recognizes that nothing worthwhile comes easy. Therefore, she has absolutely no problem manipulating situations, putting obstacles and problems in the path of her nearest and dearest to try and guide them towards being better people. She's EXCEPTIONALLY good at it (having some fate and empathic magic), and usually so subtle that it takes a while for people to recognize what she's doing.Her motives and concerns are always for the good of others, but her methods can be preceived as cruel, especially since she almost never explains herself, trusting in her own experience and judgement.Hence, she's like a nice/good but evil/devious fairygodmother. ^-^I just want to get some opinions on synonyms so I can best capture that paradox and diconomy.PS: The poll's helpful, of course, but posts explaining your thoughts are good, too. ^-^

Happy birthday! Congrats on being a Libra, one of the most interesting signs of the zodiac!I'm serious. Libra has (ok, IS) something no other sign is. ^-^Here's to many more years of you being (off)balance! ^-^

Ok, now, the Link sequence was SO fabulous..... Just - perfect.And the Tetris pieces...Now I wish I could sing and take part in this group. ^-^

Everyone here seems so willing to give their gorgeous artwork. Me, I hate my drawing (Although I'm slowly recognizing this is due more to perfectionism that me being honestly HORRIBLE; I'm still only average, though.) and I've just started image modification, so sigs are still in the future. But one thing I can do: WRITE! ^-^ So, here's my offer! You want something poetic written, PM me or drop a request in this topic. Replies will be given in the same manner, unless requested otherwise. For my personal stuff, I tend towards a freeform style. However, I've experimented with formal styles (Including Sestinas and Haiku) with generally well recieved results, so I'm willing to work within requested guidelines! ^-^ Short (1-2 lines) can be requested if you want to have something to add to a sig. I'm not 100% great at quotes, per say, but I can be interestingly obsure. ^-^ My personal favorite is currently what I call "image poems", for lack of a better term. It's pretty much a parapragh of prose, but written in a poetic style, focusing on a specific image to describe a person, feeling, or thing. I'll include one below to let you see what I mean. As for credit, I only ask that I be recognized on my longer works. Short stuff (defined by me) can be presented without reference to me, although it would be appriciated. I would PREFER you don't go saying you've created the shorter stuff, but I'm pretty much willing to give it up if you want it that bad. ^-^ I wonder if anyone will be interested in this... ^-^ An image poem for Koiugen, one of the main characters for my story Phoenix Flair, Dragon Descent. Not all image poems become a series of questions like this; it just suited Koiugen's longing and confusion. Incidently, with some images changed, this could also work nicely for Deliruim of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Might look into that version someday...

If it weren't for Saturn, Jupiter would have to be my favorite of all the planets for coolness. I just LOVE the lines the gases develop, the permenant red storm - and now, another one! Saturn only wins because of the rings AND having stripes. ^-^ One thing, though. Since Big Red has been relatively stable as long as we've been monitoring it (As far as I know...), perhaps Red Jr will also stablize once it reaches a certain size. After all, while it produces a lot of energy, there are also a lot of forces working AGAINST Red Jr (AKA all the gases surrounding it! ^-^) And even though these storms are HUGE by just about any scale we can think of - just look how TINY they are in comparison to Jupiter itself (Especially when you remember all pictures are only showing us half the planet). I'd be a little more worried if there were more storms, but at the moment, two of this scale strikes me as safe. Am I just naive? @husker - Honestly, I doubt Jupiter could make ANYTHING worse than the SUN in terms of poisons, since stars are pretty much balanced nuclear reactions. As well, the Sun is a lot closer to Earth than Jupiter (See below), and anything would have to travel the vacuum of space THROUGH the astroid belt. I think Earth is safe. ^-^ Could have an effect on nearby stuff, though... @AD - It's not as far as you're thinking, actually. This is true of starts, hundreds of lightyears away. Nasa.gov reveals the following stats (All distances average because the orbits are not perfect circles): Jupiter's distance from Sun: 778,412,020 km Earth's distance from Sun: 149,597,890 km Therefore, estimate an average of (778,412,020 - 149,597,890) 628,814,130 km distance between Earth and Jupiter. A light year is 9,500,000,000,000 km, which makes Jupiter an estimated (628,814,130/9,500,000,000,000) 0.0000661 light years away. Therefore, it takes about (365*6.61X10-5) 0.024 days or only 34.56 MINUTES for light from Jupiter to reach us here on Earth. I assume. I might have screwed up somewhere.... But I think my calculations are correct. Edit: Actually, there IS a problem somewhere in my calculations - or more precisely, an incorrect assumption. I figured it out afterwards. ^-^ Can anyone catch it? Does anyone care? LOL

While I like GIMP (Largely because it's free. ^-^), it can be a LITTLE confusing. Plus, my searches regarding this question have managed to only confuse me more. So, I decided to risk looking like a fool in exchange for credits and quality help. ^-^What I want to do:- Take an existing render (the one in my sig, actually, kindly donated by truefusion) and create a mask over the face.- "Mask" as in "Phantom of the Opera", and not in the sense of any graphic program. ^-^ Actually, the PofO reference is apt, since I'll be wanting it cut to show some of the original face...How I've been planning to go about this:- Create a selection over the area of the face I want to be "masked", not including the hair (FUN...).- Use some of the Color Tools to change the colors to porceline/white, while taking advantage of existing shading to keep depth.- Create an outline at the edge of the selection to define the mask.Problems thus far:- Using Select tools. I can't seem to get my head around how GIMP does selecting. Mostly since my experience is largly in MS Paint. ^-^;- What Color Tools would be best to change the flesh tones to a less realistic white/washed out pink.Any specific suggestions? Anyone know any existing tutorials that may be useful for me? Anyone kind enough to explain exactly what I need to do? ^-^Thanks!

That is more gorgeous that I could have ever dreamed possible.Thank you, truefusion! ^-^

One of my psych textbooks had this quote in it, and I can't seem to find who to attribute it to. But it makes so much sense, the more you study about Freud: The basici idea is that Freud, in his research, found a lot of things that were true for him. Instead of assuming they were unique to his experiences, he attributed them to all people. (BIG simplification, but you get the idea) Case in point, Oedipus Complex. Pretty much perfectly describes his OWN relationship with his mother and father. On the other hand, another quote from a different text., paraphrased due to memory... That's just to be fair, though. IMHO, Freud was a perv that messed things up - including with his own patients, literally - ten times more often than he was correct. Sorry if this got off topic; Freud's a pet peeve of mine. ^-^

Thanks for the input and explinations. Nice to know I wasn't going insane, thinking noone used Frames... ^-^

Ok, I will make EVERYONE feel better.This is one of my top 10 scariest dreams EVER. It happened when I was about five years old.There's this playground, which is the coolest thing ever, because it not only has slides and swings and stuff, but there's this HUGE pile of junk (clean and quasi-usuable) that kids can dig around in and get things.Well, I'm standing in line with a few kids and this woman, and she says me and two other kids can go to the playground. Suddenly, she's Mama Bear (or whatever) from the Burnstein Bears, and the last two kids are Cub Scouts from the same. She tells them they can't go play "until [they] by a pay-pa." I can still remember they way she said paper...That's not the scary part. It's coming up.Anyway, I'm at the playground with the other kids. They go play on the swings, but I head over to the junk pile. I'm looking for something, I don't remember what, but I can't find it. So I tell C3P0 to go digging for it in the ground.He digs this tunnel, arms like a windmill (You know, cartoon style), until he finds it. I think it's a piece of costume jewelry or something. Anyway, he turns around and heads back.But in the path, that he just dug, and therefore already crossed, is now a pool of lava. C3P0 steps into it, and starts melting.I cannot begin to explain how much this troubled and scared me as a child.In order to get over the dream, I told myself C3P0 was really make of foil-covered CHOCOLATE, and that's why he melted. For some reason, that worked.Ok, I have OFFICIALLY established my complete and utter insanity. ^-^

For me, it depends. I like spending time with friends; mostly, however, I'm a loner. To be perfectly honest, there have been times my friends have been over, (including my kinda boyfriend!) and they've sat and watched tv while I play on the computer in another room. Granted, our conversations keep going despite the multiple rooms... LOLIn dining rooms, however, 99 times out of 100, I sit by myself with a book. I have to have gone IN with someone to sit with them. Otherwise, I don't seek anyone out.On the other hand, don't mind if people sit beside me - if they can find room around all my stuff. ^-^;

I got lucky - while making sure I knew what I was talking about, I found a page that explains frames AND demonstrates the design I'm thinking about. ^-^ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ The page shows what I mean about "mock" frames - using tables (I'm assuming?) to arrange the title and the menu, but scrolls with the rest of the text. I have no idea how else to describe it. ^-^ The first poll is just to see if a trend I've noticed actually exists, or I'm just crazy. ^-^

I know I'm officially "in" to something when I start dreaming about it. My dreams tend to go in the same directions yours does (Step 1 and 2 make sense together, and Step 2 and 3 make sense, but you really don't get how you got to Step 3 from 1... o_O) but I can generally figure out what inspired important sections. On the other hand, I'm not always SURE why the dream is inspired by the material. My best example is wandering around this quasi-haunted house kinda RPG style - which I KNOW is inspired by Phil Folio's Girl Genius, but for the life of me I can't figure out HOW. I guess that's what I get for being an Obsessive-Compulsive Gamer/Reader/Writer. ^-^