The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

Just Me

Just Me

doomdragon6 said:
Friends are encouraging me to do Man-Elsa cosplay at AWA this year. (I've already done Man-Tifa and actually got featured on Kotaku for it.)

I'm trying to decide the best way to go about it. I try to find a balance between good and terrible so that it averages out to "pleasantly goofy". Can't decide if I want to just put on a dress and a wig and call it a day, if I want to dye my beard and eyebrows (and subsequently hair so it matches after the con), or if I want to take it as an opportunity to go full crossplay.

I'm thinking not on the last one, as even attractive girls have a hard time with Elsa. And I'm not even a small-framed dude. I have a lot of masculine features. (Ladies.)

why can’t i be pretty
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Go full Lar de Souza on the costume and pull something like his Sailor Bacon. :rolleyes:
 
doomdragon6

doomdragon6

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I've decided on Bubba-Cup. Man Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls.

Should be amusing. Bought the dress last night.

Perusing ladies' clothing in stores is very, very awkward.
 
fade

fade

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I really hate movie/tv "nerds". They are good at literally everything--except social interaction. Felicity Smoak from Arrow is one of the most irritating. She can "hack" into any electronic device, even those that aren't online. She can crack "military grade encryption" in minutes. Or, you know, at all. She apparently measures data size in FLOPs which is about as sensible as measuring time in parsecs, I guess.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

fade said:
I really hate movie/tv "nerds". They are good at literally everything--except social interaction. Felicity Smoak from Arrow is one of the most irritating. She can "hack" into any electronic device, even those that aren't online. She can crack "military grade encryption" in minutes. Or, you know, at all. She apparently measures data size in FLOPs which is about as sensible as measuring time in parsecs, I guess.
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Wait, this isn't real?

 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Chad Sexington said:
God I miss that movie.
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Dear Mr. Sexington,

You can now own your personal copy of the movie Super Troopers with a new technology called Video Home System. This means you can watch Super Troopers from the comfort of your home. You can also watch Super Troopers as often as you want, and when you want.

Sincerely,
VHS Industry
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

drawn_inward said:
Dear Mr. Sexington,

You can now own your personal copy of the movie Super Troopers with a new technology called Video Home System. This means you can watch Super Troopers from the comfort of your home. You can also watch Super Troopers as often as you want, and when you want.

Sincerely,
VHS Industry
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Dear VHS industry,

Suck our junk.

Sincerely,

DVD's.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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I produced a spot for the health department today that involved toilet flushing sound effects. The whole building is laughing its ass off at them. I SO hope the client approves it for air, it would be a travesty for this not to go live.
 
Adam

Adam

GasBandit said:
I produced a spot for the health department today that involved toilet flushing sound effects. The whole building is laughing its ass off at them. I SO hope the client approves it for air, it would be a travesty for this not to go live.
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Radio guys. UGH. You're the bane of my existence with your hip, trendy sounds and marginally offensive humour!
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Adam said:
Radio guys. UGH. You're the bane of my existence with your hip, trendy sounds and marginally offensive humour!
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I had to do SOMETHING to spice it up. They actually brought in grand-high-muckety-mucks FROM the health dept to be the voices talking in the spots. It's been a real challenge to make the spots not be industrial grade sleep aids. They had all the engagement factor of a patronizing lecture from your grandparents. My first rule of radio production - never let the clients cut/voice their own commercials. But they didn't even ask me this time, they just showed up.
 
Adam

Adam

GasBandit said:
I had to do SOMETHING to spice it up. They actually brought in grand-high-muckety-mucks FROM the health dept to be the voices talking in the spots. It's been a real challenge to make the spots not be industrial grade sleep aids. They had all the engagement factor of a patronizing lecture from your grandparents. My first rule of radio production - never let the clients cut/voice their own commercials. But they didn't even ask me this time, they just showed up.
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Haha, I can only imagine voicing my own ads. I've done some special notice ads, but not product stuff. That's what professional voice actors are for! I just write the ads for crying out loud.
 
Terrik

Terrik

Well I haven't been idle since I've been back. Talking with my brother (going into radiation oncology) and his friend (dentist) has caused me to at least consider dentistry. They both suggested I consider it seeing as it's similar pay as a physician, work 4 days a week and get done in 6 years as opposed to 11 if I go along with my original plan of shooting for neurology. I'm going to try shadowing a dentist over the next several months to see if its something I'd like to do and make a decision to go full on med school or prep for dental school by next summer. Decisions, decisions. Oh, on a side note, I have to get a crown on a tooth too. So there's that.
 
Emrys

Emrys

Terrik said:
Well I haven't been idle since I've been back. Talking with my brother (going into radiation oncology) and his friend (dentist) has caused me to at least consider dentistry. They both suggested I consider it seeing as it's similar pay as a physician, work 4 days a week and get done in 6 years as opposed to 11 if I go along with my original plan of shooting for neurology. I'm going to try shadowing a dentist over the next several months to see if its something I'd like to do and make a decision to go full on med school or prep for dental school by next summer. Decisions, decisions. Oh, on a side note, I have to get a crown on a tooth too. So there's that.
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fade

fade

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I got picked to do the vo for some of our promo movies here. I did not want to do it, but hard to say no, too. I have, according to the managers, the most neutral accent.
 
Null

Null

fade said:
I really hate movie/tv "nerds". They are good at literally everything--except social interaction. Felicity Smoak from Arrow is one of the most irritating. She can "hack" into any electronic device, even those that aren't online. She can crack "military grade encryption" in minutes. Or, you know, at all. She apparently measures data size in FLOPs which is about as sensible as measuring time in parsecs, I guess.
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"Oh no, this is tricky, I'd better BANG ON A LOT OF KEYS REALLY QUICKLY" (instead of just keying a macro or activiating an application)

The worst was CSI New York where they had a version of Second Life and the cops literally *chased the suspect inside the game*... you know, instead of tracing his IP address.
 
Adam

Adam

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I got picked to do the vo for some of our promo movies here. I did not want to do it, but hard to say no, too. I have, according to the managers, the most neutral accent.
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I'm blessed/cursed with West Coast News Anchor accent.
 
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