FAIR WELL AND ADIEU TO YOU LADIES OF SPAIN...
FOR WE'VE RECEIVED ORDERS FOR TO SAIL BACK TO BOSTON,
AND I FEAR..WE SHALL NEVER..SEE THEE.... AGAIN.....
Well, that was fun. Good 'ole Quint.
So, here it is... 12:34am and the Tornado Watch #519, issued by the NWS (National Weather Service), will finally expire around 2 am this morning. It got pretty dicey here for a while. Cracks of thunder, blasts of frequent lightning and epic metric-ton buckets of rain had me figuring we'd need to get into the crawl space underneath the house. CRAWL SPACE? REALLY?!?! They call it a crawlspace because things CRAWL IN THERE! You know...creepy-crawlies? And let me tell you something... we got some award winning crawlies down there. I should take some pictures and post them next time I go down there. I HATE GOING DOWN THERE! The spider webs down there contain corpses of deceased victims of a spider that places a FOAM (or some frothy looking similar type thing...) around their victims. I've not seen the spider, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY!, but proof of it's existence is prevalent in abundance. Our furnace and sump pump are down there. UGH. The thought makes me uncomfortable. Let's discuss something less "Pit of Suck"-ish. (That will make sense once I post an illustration of the same title.)
You know, I was going to try to discuss the weather with you, but I decided against it. Talking about the weather says to me "I have nothing better to say..." and I do believe that is not true. I have something awesome to say!! oooohh.... I hear thunder again outside. I wonder if the tail of the storms is passing us now. I looked at a satellite picture of my brothers apartment... it was from like 8 months ago (discovered by the current contents of his driveway, vehicles which have not been there for 8 months). That's such Boooooloney. And that's all I have to say about that.
Moving right along. Let's talk W.O.W. =P
The Guild Project Initiative is coming along. I accepted a promotion to Guild Master of The Knights of Duskwood (DALVENGYR). That makes a total of 7 Guilds that I am managing, of which my twin has accepted Guild Master positions for 3 of them. The organization of mats and supplies is near completion, as all characters have enough bag space to receive shipments to their specific guild. Each character is now utilizing their bank and bag space more effectively. I discovered something quite interesting about the bank slots available to a character and certain profession specific bags... I will continue to investigate and tell you what I find. But anyway, I digress... All profession scrolls go to those characters who have those professions. That way they will always have anything they can learn available (ooooohh... thunder again...tee hee hee), as well as I will always know who to go to for the scrolls. Suffice to say, almost everything is where it belongs, and those characters that have stuff to disperse will be rectified tomorrow.
I have to admit, handling the Auction House (ooooohh, looooong thunder...) is going better than I anticipated. And I am getting better at it. I know I'm not making profit on the stuff I sell, but I don't want to make a profit from it, as I am not yet schooled in the finesse of other sellers and price markets. If I get something from those items I put up there, that's all I'm looking for. If some one wants to buy my product and turn around and sell it for 10x what I ask (ANOTHER THUNDER.... this is much more frequent...), they can do that, doesn't bother me one bit. I got what I wanted for it. Anyway...
This entry has gone on long enough, considering it's 1:16am already. Eh?
The Illustrious Kuragari
Friday, July 23, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
TYPHOON CHINA
TYPHOON CONSON TORE INTO CHINA TODAY
The storm, which already killed at least 39 people during its westward march across the Philippines this week, was packing maximum sustained winds of 139 kph (86 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, making it the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane.
QUICK POST: THE EARTH SHALL HAVE 2 MOONS...
WHAT?!?
No, seriously!
No, seriously!
Two moons on 27th August 2010
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
THOUGHTS, INTONATIONS AND DECISIONS...
MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD BLOG... BUT WHAT MAKES BLOGGING WORTH IT? IS IT NOT JUST A DIARY THAT EVERYONE ON THE PLANET HAS ACCESS TO? AND WHO READS THEM?
These questions have plagued me since I began blogging. Seriously, out of the billions of people on this planet, what makes my blog worth reading? To be sincere, I doubt anyone would read my blog, my family doesn't even read it, so why would anyone else? My family is cognizant of my tonal inflections and crazy personality that they can comprehend from my typed word... but what about people who don't know me? The truth is that it is a barrier that one must overcome. Fear of rejection when your most intimate thoughts are placed on a platter that the planetary inhabitants have access to. Out of smorgasbord of data available on the internet, the presentation of a blog has to be appealing. Now do not confuse this point. You are not trying to sell yourself. You do not have to out shine anyone. You simply have to do your thing and let the population take what they will from it. You do this for your self. A data-print of your existence on this planet and the life that you live. Success is achieved not by the measure of popularity with the cyber-human population, but in tangible identification with your self and your one life. Do you think people get a real feel for you and your life? Does your blog honestly convey your personality? What will a reader walk away from your blog with? What purpose does your blog serve? Does it give you a release of personal demons? Does it instruct or teach people how to do (or not do) something that you have experienced? People inherently need to feel a connection with something before they will commit their time and interest in something. Is that selfish? No, not at all. The human existence, in all it's glory and splendor, is a very short span of time in which we only have a set amount of time to dedicate to any one thing. We compartmentalize our time by priority and make decisions based on what we value our time is worth. So, this blog is going to take a turn into the personal life of the author and while there are things that may run the gambit of the human psyche and our grand range of emotions, I rededicate myself to making it an honest portrait of my life. Successes and failures, highs and lows, happiness and grief.
Welcome to the Illustrated Thought. A blog of the life and times of Karl J. Kabelis.
These questions have plagued me since I began blogging. Seriously, out of the billions of people on this planet, what makes my blog worth reading? To be sincere, I doubt anyone would read my blog, my family doesn't even read it, so why would anyone else? My family is cognizant of my tonal inflections and crazy personality that they can comprehend from my typed word... but what about people who don't know me? The truth is that it is a barrier that one must overcome. Fear of rejection when your most intimate thoughts are placed on a platter that the planetary inhabitants have access to. Out of smorgasbord of data available on the internet, the presentation of a blog has to be appealing. Now do not confuse this point. You are not trying to sell yourself. You do not have to out shine anyone. You simply have to do your thing and let the population take what they will from it. You do this for your self. A data-print of your existence on this planet and the life that you live. Success is achieved not by the measure of popularity with the cyber-human population, but in tangible identification with your self and your one life. Do you think people get a real feel for you and your life? Does your blog honestly convey your personality? What will a reader walk away from your blog with? What purpose does your blog serve? Does it give you a release of personal demons? Does it instruct or teach people how to do (or not do) something that you have experienced? People inherently need to feel a connection with something before they will commit their time and interest in something. Is that selfish? No, not at all. The human existence, in all it's glory and splendor, is a very short span of time in which we only have a set amount of time to dedicate to any one thing. We compartmentalize our time by priority and make decisions based on what we value our time is worth. So, this blog is going to take a turn into the personal life of the author and while there are things that may run the gambit of the human psyche and our grand range of emotions, I rededicate myself to making it an honest portrait of my life. Successes and failures, highs and lows, happiness and grief.
Welcome to the Illustrated Thought. A blog of the life and times of Karl J. Kabelis.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
ZOMG! IT'S AN UPDATE!
Well, it's been a while (a week?) since my last update. Things have been pretty crazy. I've been spending some time at my brothers house and I actually went to the beach for the first time this year... I can't even remember when the last time I went before that. The Lil' Man wanted to eat sand...and was most displeased when we wouldn't allow him to. He's so cute, and his 1st Birthday is coming up in August. He's growing up so fast, it's really amazing how fast time flies. When I was younger, time seemed to go by so slow, days seemed to go on forever; now it seems like I wake up and shortly thereafter go to bed. I know there's a day in there somewhere, but to be honest, the unremarkable nature of the way I spend my days has really left a sour taste in my mouth. Which makes a great segue to my next topic...
Bob Probert, for those of you who don't know, was a professional hockey player that teamed with the Chicago Blackhawks as well as the Detroit Red Wings. However, his playing of hockey was not what he was well known for. Probert was a professional Bruiser. He laid the smack down on opposing teams who were playing a little 'dirty' and is infamous in the NHL for his epic fights. Cheering on a Probert fight was like watching a train wreck...you just couldn't look away. On July 5th 2010 on a boat with friends and family, Bob Probert entered his final battle on this earth, and succumbed to chest pains that resulted in his death. As far as I could find no 'official' cause of death was determined, but foul play was ruled out by the M.E. (Medical Examiner). Click on the link to go to the source...
Had my first video call with my youngest brother. Talking on the telephone seems so lame now... tee hee hee. I'm addicted! I highly recommend it if you haven't had a video call with anyone.
ART UPDATE: Seem to be making progress with the Wacom Tablet, but not having any consistency in it's performance. I got the driver installed for the 64-bit system, but I still cannot set the pen pressure in the pen tablet properties because it will not open. Searching the net finds lots of people with this issue, however their uninstalling and reinstalling the driver fixed the problem for them. This is quite possibly the most frustrating thing, as I have the drive to work with my art, but cannot fine tune it without spending hours on one drawing utilizing the mouse. I will keep you posted as the situation progresses.
Well that's it for now.
Bob Probert, for those of you who don't know, was a professional hockey player that teamed with the Chicago Blackhawks as well as the Detroit Red Wings. However, his playing of hockey was not what he was well known for. Probert was a professional Bruiser. He laid the smack down on opposing teams who were playing a little 'dirty' and is infamous in the NHL for his epic fights. Cheering on a Probert fight was like watching a train wreck...you just couldn't look away. On July 5th 2010 on a boat with friends and family, Bob Probert entered his final battle on this earth, and succumbed to chest pains that resulted in his death. As far as I could find no 'official' cause of death was determined, but foul play was ruled out by the M.E. (Medical Examiner). Click on the link to go to the source...
Windsor Regional Hospital in Ontario have found out that no foul play affected the death of former NHL enforcer Bob Probert.Now why would I include this in my blog? Probert died at the age of 45. Speculation to his recreational activities aside, I imagine that the fights he was in took their toll on his body. Still...45. We go through this life expecting that we are given anywhere between 75 to 110 years to walk this earth. We "EXPECT" that much, however, the truth is that God alone knows how long we have. Now, I'm not going to get into a debate about God's Almighty existence, suffice to say that when your final breath is drawn, you will certainly find out. It's that last breath, that final moment that got my attention. YOU NEVER KNOW. If my life is allowed to go on till 45, that means I only have 10 years left on this earth. That put things into sharp perspective for me. Life is too short... No matter how many years you have.
Had my first video call with my youngest brother. Talking on the telephone seems so lame now... tee hee hee. I'm addicted! I highly recommend it if you haven't had a video call with anyone.
ART UPDATE: Seem to be making progress with the Wacom Tablet, but not having any consistency in it's performance. I got the driver installed for the 64-bit system, but I still cannot set the pen pressure in the pen tablet properties because it will not open. Searching the net finds lots of people with this issue, however their uninstalling and reinstalling the driver fixed the problem for them. This is quite possibly the most frustrating thing, as I have the drive to work with my art, but cannot fine tune it without spending hours on one drawing utilizing the mouse. I will keep you posted as the situation progresses.
Well that's it for now.
Monday, July 5, 2010
THE END OF THE DAY
Well, here we are at the end of yet another day. It amazes me how quickly time flies. Yesterday was the 4th of July, and aside from the entire neighborhood putting together a grand finale for the celebration that put Navy Pier to shame, it was a pretty uneventful day.
I have been feeling under the weather lately, can not figure the cause or source... hopefully it's related to having a whacked out sleeping schedule, because that is one of my goals to get my sleeping schedule on track. Find the cause, you take care of the problem, right?
Tomorrow I will begin scanning images and importing them to Photoshop. Unfortunately my Wacom Graphire tablet/mouse are not playing well with Windows 7 64-bit. At this point I am just going to collect the images and probably put them on disc, but we will see. I need to configure a back up system for my laptop. I am keenly aware of how dependent I have become on my laptop, and how quickly things can go wrong.
Well, in order to get my sleeping schedule on track, I have to get to bed now. XD
I have been feeling under the weather lately, can not figure the cause or source... hopefully it's related to having a whacked out sleeping schedule, because that is one of my goals to get my sleeping schedule on track. Find the cause, you take care of the problem, right?
Tomorrow I will begin scanning images and importing them to Photoshop. Unfortunately my Wacom Graphire tablet/mouse are not playing well with Windows 7 64-bit. At this point I am just going to collect the images and probably put them on disc, but we will see. I need to configure a back up system for my laptop. I am keenly aware of how dependent I have become on my laptop, and how quickly things can go wrong.
Well, in order to get my sleeping schedule on track, I have to get to bed now. XD
Saturday, July 3, 2010
GOOD MORNING WORLD!!
It is early in the morning here and I've been up all night playing FABLE 2 on my brothers XBOX 360. The game is sweet, though it seems VEEEERY long. I have to confess that I've gone the darkside. Some of the villagers are so rude! You have a dog in the game, and these bozo's come up and KICK THE DOG! Well, I'm sorry, I only have one response to such rude behavior...Slaughter the TOWN!!! It's very silly, and to understand all this you really do have to play the game. But anyway, I digress....
I am setting up my desk for the massive influx of drawings that I will be scanning in the next few days. It really is liberating to know that I can take all my old drawings, sketches and unfinished works and put them on the computer and work them into some semblance of order... not to mention finally get them out there!
Not much to say other than that... Happy 4th of July Eve!! I don't know about all you, but my neighborhood has been celebrating this whole end of the week. I can only imagine that the 4th is going to be WILD!
I am setting up my desk for the massive influx of drawings that I will be scanning in the next few days. It really is liberating to know that I can take all my old drawings, sketches and unfinished works and put them on the computer and work them into some semblance of order... not to mention finally get them out there!
Not much to say other than that... Happy 4th of July Eve!! I don't know about all you, but my neighborhood has been celebrating this whole end of the week. I can only imagine that the 4th is going to be WILD!
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