honestly, i would say do NOT move in with a girl that you dont have many many manyyyy years of acquaitance and romance with... I cannot tell you how many of my friends dove in to move in with someone only to then be eating out of trash bins cause their relationships went south and they are stuck on a multi year lease / mortage on a home they can no longer afford.

Odds are greatly against you. I'd think looong and hard about making a leap to move out of your parents house into a scenario like the one you described.

Youre fresh out of high school, stay at your folks' place. Get the ball rolling on your career or college and get that on a steady pace. It's stressful enough to be finished with high school and reach that major crossroad in your life. I'm sure your parents arent shooing you out, and if youre not totally miserable at yourmom's then just stick around for one or two years to get your wings.

At 8/11/08 02:21 AM, SpamBurger wrote: Am I the only one who has never drank alcohol before?

Well, I've had one sip of Budweiser, but that's it and it was disgusting

YOURE SO ADORABLE. OMG I LOVE YOU TO PIECES.

RE: Beer

i do actually like the taste of beers and alcohol in general... im kind of a food critic about beers.. ill like swirl it in my mouth and try to pick up the flavors of its fermentation.. i find the different flavors you can intoxicate your taste buds with fascinating... I do prefer liquor over beer... i find theres more variety in liquor and its like such a vast world... i feel kinda like that rat in ratatouille when he eats that cheese with that mushroom and those swirly things are around him.

When i goto iceland i want to try a liquor called Brennivin... which translates to black death. Its apparently really disgusting but im so curious dammit.

My favorite beer when im in london is leffe. Its like chocolate milk.

At 8/10/08 08:10 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

Also Luis your site keeps making my FF crash >:(

weird is it my site in general or that particular page?? Everything on my homepage is html no flash or java... it might be that webcam feed if you are referring to that london page... i have fond memories of stumbling through that camera that the cam is on... i forgot who was carrying me.. was it luka?

I have hotlinked a live stream cam of Trafalgar square to the London Placeholder Site

Its kinda cool to check in on that cam and see whats going on in london at the time...

I'm sure ill get an e-mail from the owners telling me to take it down but enjoy it while you can.

At 8/10/08 07:49 PM, NegativeONE wrote:

At 8/9/08 09:15 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: We do have TV here ya know. They show TPB on Paramount Comedy. Also, what's an Irish Carbomb?

You drop a shot glass of half whiskey / half Bailey's into a glass half full of Guinness, then chug the whole mess. It's like swallowing a loaf of tasty bread whole.

oh my version didnt have half a baileys... it was just one shot of whiskey and guinness.

what whiskey are you using anyway.

At 8/10/08 09:40 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: RE: Holiday Season

Everyday is Tossmas in my bedroom.

Thats how i feel about the general forum.

At 8/10/08 10:43 AM, JohanL wrote:

At 8/10/08 10:16 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: I like the picture.
But it looks like the light source is to the left of the image - so it makes no sense that the front of that building would be so dark.

Yeah there were alot of things bugging me about the picture, so I decided to change the whole thing as you can see below.. there's still something that's not quite right about it, but it looks better now I think.

The perspective is still off I think... i know these are supposed to be rough but its really difficult to make out where the sky ends and ocean begins, I almost feel like what i think is the horizon line should be further up.

I dont mind the shading either, i think you need to work on anatomy.. particularly on hands. You should look at your hand and do small life drawing sketches ... youll come to realize your hand isnt rectangular

I dont like the background, i think its too dark and takes away from the amount of detail you've put into your drawing.

At 8/10/08 11:05 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Concerts are infinitely better when standing.

I agree... someone mod this man.

At 8/10/08 12:00 AM, The-answer-AI wrote: I'm going with my girl tomorow to get it because we had sex today without a condom. I didnt cum in her, pulled out.....but there is a possibility of precum getting her pregnant. Better safe than sorry.

better safe than sorry is knowing the pullout method isnt a real method of birth control?

did you fall asleep during health class? o yea birthcontrol shop is closed on sundays. that bitch is so preggerz buddy.

At 8/10/08 02:10 AM, EvilerBowser1001 wrote: AP, USA Today, and other reliable sources for news.

i was being sarcastic.. but thanks for easing my fears <3

we should all meet at Craig's house

is it true he died? I havent seen enough threads to confirm this.

you should just fuck dudes.. no pregnancy there. youll shoot all blanks.

just tell her to keep a coat hanger handy :)

At 8/9/08 09:24 PM, Cally wrote: Nah, that's all cool. Was just wondering if anyone had gone past that point as to what to do after :) I'll be ready and waiting at the eye for 1pm, so its not that I'm planning on dropping in late or anything..

Beyond that is whatever the general consensus is... its never the same so you just gotta approach with an open mind i guess.

At 8/9/08 09:19 PM, Paranoia wrote: Just thought I'd share some amusing right-wing American stuff :P

Those of you with a familiarity with British slang should consider this a special gift.

awww i like holiday catalogues.. i bought an expensive rug from crate and barrel last time (i have a soft spot for interior design)

:(

At 8/9/08 08:44 PM, Cally wrote: Has any of saturday's schedule been set in stone yet other than the meeting time/place? ie where going/when/ehat doing there etc.? :) It would be a good idea to have at least a loose schedule laid down so we don't all show up, introduce ourselves then go "now what?"

Schedule is meet at 1pm if you are running late or there is nobody there when you arrive, then we are at Namco which is up the street. Go in.. walk down the stairs, look around. Its not a very large place so you should be able to find SOMEONE. If not then its cool to have someones cell phone available.... we should be over there for a good 3-4 hrs.. if you've not arrived by then, then you probably deserve to be out of the loop :P

the end

At 8/9/08 11:12 AM, Tystarr wrote:

At 8/9/08 04:28 AM, Spikrodd wrote: ooh! i saw that in the NG sketchbook tour for 07 that you had The-Swain do some voice acting for each piece... would we have the oppritunity to have another artist do this for us?

Mastermind is hosting this one.

Yeah probably, its still open though id say.. i just picked mastermind because Swain has been a good sport about churning out a large number of custom voiceovers for every user.. .this year he will have twice the amount of work if everyone ends up sending their shit back... its an awful lot to ask of a voice actor but if someone is definately up for it then PM me.. im sure Swain would love nothing more than to not have to record 128+ lines of voices :P

PS - 3 more people added to the recieved list

At 8/9/08 07:44 PM, Scuzzfest wrote: Yeah I see your point, Hell It wouldn't of been my first night on a hard wooden floor, God forbid fucking cabins, And Mayfair last time, my monopoly knowledge tells me that would of been nice, where's the one you've rented this year?

not mayfair. :)

youll know soon enough..ill have my 'rubber phone' available like rubber-ninja did at some point..

At 8/9/08 07:32 PM, Scuzzfest wrote:

At 8/9/08 07:28 PM, Luis wrote: i do but i aint renting two side by side flats like last time.. so space is at a premium this time id say...

I'd stop by but I'm sure you need all the space for you Americano's flying over.

you can stop by.. the stickam will be running the whole time... i was mainly getting at the fact that i didnt want people thinking they could stay at the flat.. i havent really got an idea of how much bigger or smaller this is than the flats i had in mayfair last time... i dont feel like cramming into a shoebox like sardines..

At 8/9/08 06:38 PM, Scuzzfest wrote:

At 8/9/08 02:55 PM, Luis wrote: No set plans yet on friday.. from what i've been told Camden is hit or miss ... we'd have to figure out whats going on on that date. we'll do something im just not sure what.. the thurs. thing is a sure bet so far.

Well you've got the ridiculous detail gave you about the electric ballroom.
Have you got a flat like last year going on?

i do but i aint renting two side by side flats like last time.. so space is at a premium this time id say...

At 8/9/08 03:50 PM, Toast wrote:

At 8/9/08 02:17 PM, SpamBurger wrote: This means a lot :p

yay some random 13 year old prepubescent nerds on the internet remembered your birthday.

i resent that comment Adam.

At 8/9/08 02:38 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 8/6/08 11:35 AM, Luis wrote: I think tentatively, we were going to goto a tequila bar on the thursday before the meet and then to some gig in Camden on that friday

Are there any guesstimates of numbers for thu and fri?

well i know we'll have atleast 10 based on who all's staying with me but im thinking about 12-15 or so realistically... i will need to get a more accurate count for thursdays thing cause ill have to get a reservation in for it considering itll be more than 8 people.

No set plans yet on friday.. from what i've been told Camden is hit or miss ... we'd have to figure out whats going on on that date. we'll do something im just not sure what.. the thurs. thing is a sure bet so far.

At 8/9/08 09:46 AM, J1mp wrote: its just an idea at the moment, what do you guys think? Does anyone know of a service like this which already exists?

if luis or someone comes out with a site like this in a few months.... I WILL FIGHT YOU!

hehe damn you disclaimer... i think its a good idea, there was some moderate success by this one small studio that did the dancing/striptease/etc interactive flash greeting cards... im sure you saw them last year.. they were the ones where you upload a jpg of your face and then the flash movie embeds it into a premade clip of a dancing person with your face on it.... the movie Elf bought a slice of it... then there was some other variations that were also sub contracted. It eventually died out... i think if you can stay fresh and relevant it might be lucrative...

In other news, Tu Pac is releasing a new CD this november, itll feature cameos by T-Pain and Mariah Carey.

At 8/8/08 06:47 PM, KupaMan wrote: Luis, in the past you've given Tom the sketchbook at ComiCon, but that clearly isn't the case this year. Is there any special event at which it will be given to him this year?

Well it definately wont be done by PAX, so I think the next event is the Comic Con in NY in November so its possible it will make an appearance there. I'll end up mailing it when im finished regardless.

More on that when i finish though.

At 8/9/08 09:31 AM, Wonchop wrote: Heh, I think I may as well attend this one. I'll just go for the meet up on the 30th I think.

Cool. Its bout time you showed up to one of these things... i doubt anyone will beat you up like you claim.