Labaser: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Schedule Change Effective This Week

The last two scheduled post days, I've been unable to sit down and write. Friday I collapsed right after work and fell asleep until the middle of the night, and tonight basic maintenance type errands just plain ate up all my time. I said I'd swap from M-W-F to Tu-Thu if I had to, and it has become clear that is the case right off the kick. I'll be back tomorrow with a full size post (which will replace this one,) and we'll move forward from there. If I'm dissatisfied with posting only twice a week, I may throw a weekend post together when the mood strikes.

Back to adjusting to the schedule. 6 hours of sleep per weeknight, three weekly WoW raids and three trips to the gym on non-raid nights is quite a shock from my unemployed life routine. I'll likely elaborate before raid tomorrow.

Cookie Monster/Ringwraith

Cookie Monster/Ringwraith by Ronan Lynam up for vote at Threadless.

Costume roundup

Wampa pug. Via.

Halloween at Laika gallery.

Melting face from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Samurai Batman and aeronaut from a Halloween contest (you can vote for them at the links). Batman is Dave Johnson.

Wayne and Garth.

*See more Halloween costumes here.

Garfield/Lion-O mashup

Garfield/Lion-O mashup by Italo Perochena up for vote at Threadless.

The Paranorman website is now open

The Paranorman website is now running.

Relatedly, the latest Laika art challenge is to create the Great Pumpkin.

Hawkeye by Johnson Ting

Hawkeye, The Punisher, Ghost Rider, and Deadpool by Johnson Ting. You can download a wallpaper-sized version of the group shot here, and he's available for commissions as described here.

*Buy Marvel Legends action figures at eBay.

Illustration roundup

Kitty Pryde from Kevin Wada's X-Girls Fashion Extravaganza.

iPad/iPhone wallpaper by Jon MacNair.

Mr. Freeze by Joe Quinones.

Haters Gonna Hate Tattly.

Zelda Zine.

Icons in Steve Wolfhard's sidebar.

*Buy Mr. Freeze toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Corgis:

Pembrokes should have a "fairy saddle" marking on the side of their shoulders caused by changes in the thickness, length and direction of hair growth. The phrase "fairy saddle" arises from the legend that Pembroke Welsh Corgis were harnessed and used as steeds by fairies.

2. Bold accusation by the NY Daily News:

The “model” civilization that’s sprung up at Zuccotti is itself increasingly divided between the stakeholders in the nascent movement who feel invested in the emerging economic, social and cultural causes of “the 99%,” and hangers-on, including a fast-growing contingent of lawbreakers and lowlifes, many of whom seem to have come to Zuccotti in the last week with the cynical encouragement of the NYPD.

3. Relatedly, part of a long post by Megan McArdle on the Occupy movement being a battle between the elite, and the people realizing that they aren't going to make it into the elite:

It's not entirely crazy to suspect, as Orwell did, that this has something to do with money. Specifically, you sneer at the customs of the people you might be mistaken for. For aside from a few very stuffy conservatives, no white people I know sneer at hip-hop music, telenovelas, Tyler Perry films, or any of the other things often consumed by people of modest incomes who don't look like them. They save it for Thomas Kinkaid paintings, "Cozy cottage" style home decoration, collectibles, child beauty pageants, large pickup trucks***, and so forth.