Saturday, November 6, 2010
Grammar? I hardly know 'ar!
There's this thing I have about proper nouns. Who the hell said they deserve to be proper? What did I ever do to get capitalized? Nothing that I can recall important to warrant being larger than all the other words. I can totally understand why the beginning of sentences are capitalized, they got there first, they earned it. But think about it in context of language. Other languages don't capitalize "I". Hell, we don't capitalize "me" but it's the same thing as "I", just accusative. Countries are the same. What'd America ever do that was SOOOOO great that they deserved to get the reaction of, "Whoa, snap, there's America, right there in the sentence!"? Anyway, I'm just putting this out there as one of the few rants (I'm trying not to be that stereotypical rant blog by those 25 and under) and partially as a heads-up. I'm sure a lot of you will sit there in agony reading a post that says, "Today i traveled to england and it was a blast. I can't wait to travel to foreign countries again like france, germany, and spain!' Tough. Stories, such as my soon-to-be-released comicstory (either that or storycomic for the official title, BUT NOT WORTH CAPITALIZING) will be correctly formatted correctly because I want it to at least seem professional. Input blogs like this one or a review of a comic has a higher chance of not having proper nouns capitalized. Just a warning, because I figured I don't want to see like some punk off the street who can't write. I'm a punk off the street with weird ideals who can't write! Pow pow!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Brooooonk. Brooooooonk. Brooooonk.
This is the emergency broadcast system. Alert:
So the second post on this blog was Webcomics Galore. In it I mentioned that I'd stopped reading Least I Could Do, and it's true. I haven't read it in about eight months. Buuut, when I wrote that review I went, hm, it has been a while, why not give it another go? So long story short, I read the past few weeks' comics, and I must say, the chaos and fun has returned! I feel ever comic has a lull in the story. Somewhere that the characters need to move the plot along and the way it is done is really hard to be made funny (gods that's an awful sentence, but there's no good way to say it).
I will be honest, I didn't think LICD would return from that, but I suppose when you actually look at the comic as a whole, it was impossible for it not to. For one thing, it's a daily comic. Now say the comic only updated twice a week, the lull might not last as long because the comic might be based on bigger updates. E.g. LICD is a daily comic so it updates four panels a day, SMBC is daily, usually a couple of large panels a day, where as something like Goblins or Darken (yes, I acknowledge exceptions!!!) updates in a whole page or two about once or twice a week (Goblins is a Tuesday/Friday update, which wreaks havoc with my comic folder organization...).
I don't want this to seem like there was some horrible drama going on or that the comic offended me, "The Lull" sounds a lot more ominous than it really should. Basically to those of you wondering what it was, some of the Noel and Kate got married. The proposal was cool, but it was extended over about a week or so, and the marriage took about two weeks I think. Now you're probably thinking, how hard is it to read a four-panel comic once a day? YOUR LIFE SOUNDS SO DIFFICULT. And then you realize you're yelling at a computer and are an embarrassment to your family. Way to go. But personally I just didn't like reading something I'd grown to love and then watch it get really boring. That probably makes me sound like an awful person, and I promise that doesn't extend to human relationships!
Anyway, LICD covers less per update if you consider it that way. Four panels may convey a pun or a joke in one day but barely move the storyline along, where as Darken updates so irregularly that updates are usually quite large so the story is like BLAM! Anyway, the lull is over and it's back to being funny, so while I don't really have much credibility except to say that i read a bajillion webcomics, this is back to being added to my daily folder. So Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Dominic Deegan, Accursed Dragon, Bug Comic, Drowtales, Surviving the World, and Scenes from a Multiverse, extend a warm hearty handshake in honor of the return of Least I Could Do!
So the second post on this blog was Webcomics Galore. In it I mentioned that I'd stopped reading Least I Could Do, and it's true. I haven't read it in about eight months. Buuut, when I wrote that review I went, hm, it has been a while, why not give it another go? So long story short, I read the past few weeks' comics, and I must say, the chaos and fun has returned! I feel ever comic has a lull in the story. Somewhere that the characters need to move the plot along and the way it is done is really hard to be made funny (gods that's an awful sentence, but there's no good way to say it).
I will be honest, I didn't think LICD would return from that, but I suppose when you actually look at the comic as a whole, it was impossible for it not to. For one thing, it's a daily comic. Now say the comic only updated twice a week, the lull might not last as long because the comic might be based on bigger updates. E.g. LICD is a daily comic so it updates four panels a day, SMBC is daily, usually a couple of large panels a day, where as something like Goblins or Darken (yes, I acknowledge exceptions!!!) updates in a whole page or two about once or twice a week (Goblins is a Tuesday/Friday update, which wreaks havoc with my comic folder organization...).
I don't want this to seem like there was some horrible drama going on or that the comic offended me, "The Lull" sounds a lot more ominous than it really should. Basically to those of you wondering what it was, some of the Noel and Kate got married. The proposal was cool, but it was extended over about a week or so, and the marriage took about two weeks I think. Now you're probably thinking, how hard is it to read a four-panel comic once a day? YOUR LIFE SOUNDS SO DIFFICULT. And then you realize you're yelling at a computer and are an embarrassment to your family. Way to go. But personally I just didn't like reading something I'd grown to love and then watch it get really boring. That probably makes me sound like an awful person, and I promise that doesn't extend to human relationships!
Anyway, LICD covers less per update if you consider it that way. Four panels may convey a pun or a joke in one day but barely move the storyline along, where as Darken updates so irregularly that updates are usually quite large so the story is like BLAM! Anyway, the lull is over and it's back to being funny, so while I don't really have much credibility except to say that i read a bajillion webcomics, this is back to being added to my daily folder. So Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Dominic Deegan, Accursed Dragon, Bug Comic, Drowtales, Surviving the World, and Scenes from a Multiverse, extend a warm hearty handshake in honor of the return of Least I Could Do!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Adventures on Craigslist
Technically you must be 18 to follow those links. Just saying.
So I was looking at hyperbole and a half and looking into advertising (i hit 200 page views about an hour ago! But I'd probably only really consider ads if my readership expanded past facebook friends) and then I was thinking about online dating for some reason...? Probably because of this thing in English and advertising... Long story. So I got to thinking about craigslist, and I decided to see how weird it got. It got pretty weird. Here are some of the most interesting ones:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/w4m/2041413237.html
"I used to be jailbait and now that I'm old enough, I'm seeking someone who wants to pretend I am."
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041404442.html
I think she meant pothole, but maybe her child is going to be born mentally handicapped. Her life became a horror novel when she found out the torture dungeon was not for sexual purposes. Anyway that's an awful environment to raise a child in.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041143330.html
"I want to teach children that this is not how you write nor how you find men who aren't going to murder you in an alley. Sometimes I repeat myself repeatedly. Sometimes I repeat myself repeatedly."
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/w4m/2041387704.html
"Do dating exist?" is really the most important question of these crazy times. I'm holding back the, "this expansive picture depicts my nethers" but it appears I've gone and done it.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/w4m/2041282518.html
If you're looking for honesty and a sense of humor (though she sounds pretty serious), she's got it.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041268853.html
She's 33 and has poor grammar. She's also probably the best catch on this website, which isn't saying anything. Except that everyone else is weird(er). I'm currently having my people build a robot that talks about personality as well as age and height. He's going to get all of the tail.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041184515.html
"Edit: My preppy, handsome, professional dog is looking for a preppy, handsome, professional man." Who actually calls themselves preppy?!
So yeah, that was probably the most ridiculous procrastinating I've ever done since I have a lot of homework, but that's what tomorrow is for, right?!
So I was looking at hyperbole and a half and looking into advertising (i hit 200 page views about an hour ago! But I'd probably only really consider ads if my readership expanded past facebook friends) and then I was thinking about online dating for some reason...? Probably because of this thing in English and advertising... Long story. So I got to thinking about craigslist, and I decided to see how weird it got. It got pretty weird. Here are some of the most interesting ones:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/w4m/2041413237.html
"I used to be jailbait and now that I'm old enough, I'm seeking someone who wants to pretend I am."
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041404442.html
I think she meant pothole, but maybe her child is going to be born mentally handicapped. Her life became a horror novel when she found out the torture dungeon was not for sexual purposes. Anyway that's an awful environment to raise a child in.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041143330.html
"I want to teach children that this is not how you write nor how you find men who aren't going to murder you in an alley. Sometimes I repeat myself repeatedly. Sometimes I repeat myself repeatedly."
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/w4m/2041387704.html
"Do dating exist?" is really the most important question of these crazy times. I'm holding back the, "this expansive picture depicts my nethers" but it appears I've gone and done it.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/w4m/2041282518.html
If you're looking for honesty and a sense of humor (though she sounds pretty serious), she's got it.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041268853.html
She's 33 and has poor grammar. She's also probably the best catch on this website, which isn't saying anything. Except that everyone else is weird(er). I'm currently having my people build a robot that talks about personality as well as age and height. He's going to get all of the tail.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/2041184515.html
"Edit: My preppy, handsome, professional dog is looking for a preppy, handsome, professional man." Who actually calls themselves preppy?!
So yeah, that was probably the most ridiculous procrastinating I've ever done since I have a lot of homework, but that's what tomorrow is for, right?!
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