Topic: What do you do when you're not on BFFC?

Life in the Dune Sea right?  Yeah, it's been well over 100 for a while here as well in my corner of the state; I think the forcast said 111 for today.  And no clouds, no wind, nothing at all to take the edge off of it...  At least it had kind of a late start.  The last few years we've been holding out until really late in May and even early June before we start breaking 100.  Usually we're up there once or twice before April is out...  Good ol' Globle Warming eh?   :P

Yeah, same here. This years El Nino really threw everything off. Though now it feels like we're making up for it, hahaha! So long as we get a proper monsoon season this year, instead of El Nino coming in and ruining it before it even started like last year.

When I'm not on the BFFC I'm either working ( :( ) or drawing and playing with my pet dogs and bird.  Or I do like today and go out and ride a jet ski and swim :D

BTW: Terra, that sounds so nasty, I'm terrified of insects and I totally get the humidity thing living in FL and all.

Yeah, last summer we really didn't have any of the typical thunder storms and weather at all; was all really mellow.  The dust storms and thunderheads make for some really crazy days, but at least they make it feel like we have more then one and a half season  -  summer and pieces of a spring and a fall mashed into about 3 or 4 months

It is disgusting like hell. Doesn't last long but I must say when it's the day for that I hate having to go out then.

That therapist friend of mine is in Louisiana, and when I went to visit him there, it was really bad for humidity. I am not sure if it is worse there or in FL

Yeah I know what you mean. Southern Arizona is pretty bad when it comes to seasons. Mostly it seems like we have more then six months of summer, and the rest of the year is "not summer". Except for the rare snowfall, we don't really have anything that can be considered winter in Tucson. At least compared to most of the country/world. Which is weird just because the mountains all around the city (especially the Catalinas) do, in fact, have winter, and proper seasons in general. I think the northern part of the state is better for that as well. And, well, I guess every part of the state that's not the desert!

Humidty is kind of an odd thing for me. But then, I live in a climate dry enough for me to feel minute changes of humidity in the air. Dunno what I'd do in a really humid climate, lol.

Speaking from the frigid north I must say I love never going above 90. It actually got up to 87 the other day! Anything over about 75-80 is too hot for me. However I'd prefer to have more spring and fall. We usually have about 6 months winter, 4 months summer, 1 month spring, and 1 month fall. With all the rain and stuff up here summer really just began two weeks ago or so, but the last few days it's been back to rainy. Had to wear my coat yesterday when we were out shopping.

Cecilia and Ralin, I really, really don't know how you do that. It's been REALLY hot since 2 days here, I mean above 40'C (no idea what that means in 'F, but it must be the first time it hits anything close to you), and it's like, I WANT OUT of the heat, lol. Can't enjoy time outside at that weather, lol. Too hot for me. I don't know how you stand that for days and days and days in the Dune Sea. :P

I'm on summer break right now so I'll either be playing videogames or basketball or something (although not this week since it got really hot up here)

Where do you live?

Me? Toronto, ON

hey, a fellow canadian! I'm from Montreal, Qc

Hot in Canada, don't make me laugh. Try Alabama, USA at the during July and August. we are talking upper 90s

But Alabama is nothing compared to Iraq. 125 degrees, man, on a cool day.

Hey don't be so quick to laugh at it, it's been feeling upwards of 40 C for the past week! Luckily it's cooling down now though, and yeah I know I can't complain one of my cousins was in Afghanistan and was telling me about how hot it is.

we've been having a heat wave for the last week here, and today it finally rained. actually, it poured.

and if anyone doesn't know how to convert Celsius (C) with Fahrenheit (F), follow this formula:

F = (1.8 x C) + 32

Can't you just take 32 from the F and get C

Yeah it raining outside my window now

Clever. Thanks!  Means we had it above 100'F this week. Here in Canada, yup. It doesn't happen often, but when it happens we have it full apparently. :P

Oh cool! Montreal's pretty awesome, one of my friends moved there for school last year so I've visited a few times and it's a always fun place to go

Around here in North Carolina is has been "promising" to rain but the clouds have just not gone through with it. Which would make cloud watching one thing I do when I'm not on the BFFC.

I'm up in D.C. now and it got upwards of 102 F.  Crazy, way to hot for me.

Ouch CA; and DC is a freekin swamp at that.  I've heard the humidity is the real killer, plus heat that high...  even worse that what it's going to be like here pretty soon.

Been over the the Starwars forums

Lately I've been going to summer school, it sucks but w/e I've been off since April so I guess two months isn't SO bad to take out of my summer and I have a pretty light course load next semester anyways. I've also started weight lifting at the gym in my school

Working on a 3rd version of my website. It's gonna allow people to customize the appearance, gonna have flash animations and a lot of other pretty things. And it's a lot of work. :P

Got nothing to show just yet, still at gathering stuff in the back, lol. At least I got a clear idea of what it will look like when it's finished, and of what I am gonna put into it.

Today I spent a big chunk of time trying to set my FTP properly, lol. Been kinda tough as I still don't know much about managing my own domain yet, lol. Like I didn't know I had to grant myself a FTP log-in, lol. Found out I am now an email provider too, I have like 1000 emails people can have on my site, lol. It's like full-equipped and ready to become a corporation.

I am thinking about it. Might actually turn my domain into a real business. Still gotta go through a ton of govenmental infocrap just so I know what I am doing, and who knows, maybe get some $$ help, lol, but it's part of the plan.

What kind of website are you building?

i race turtles

five finger fillet and some other stupid things. Lately I've been giving myself a tattoo with pen ink & a thumbtack. Not recommending any of that.

damn that's hardcore lol why not just get it done somewhere? And what's it gonna be?

haha why thank ya

One thing you need to know about Draco, He is HARDCORE

My portfolio. A display of the pretty things I can do with pixels and some other real life mediums too. I think there's a link to my 2nd version in my profile. I am working on a 3rd version now.

I made a degree in Graphic Design months ago and I'm kinda looking for a job in that field. The website will prove I can do Flash, CSS and some other cool little things like that.

Pen ink??? I agree, hardcore indeed. Come on, Draco, don't want you to end up at the hospital with that crap. Pay yourself true quality if you're gonna have something printed on you for life.

I had to do football practice in 103 F weather today, but we got alot of water breaks, and have have pads on tomorrow.... :(

It's a "z" and I can't find a place that'll illegally tattoo a 16 year old around here. Plus it's free.

Awww Karson, how sweet.

Hardcore yes but there's still things you should be careful about, Mr Man. And maybe they would tattoo you if your parents sign a paper agreeing about it?

Don't make me take it back now.

Would you let your kids et a tatoo

First, my kids... I don't think my 2 years old will want a tattoo anytime soon, lol.

And let me put it this way, if my 15 years old was determined enough to mutilate herself with pen ink and crap, I'd take things in hand and direct her onto something quality just to make sure she doesn't hurt herself worse than a tat would.

Then again there's places where a tat can be easily hidden by clothing and won't be a nuisance to you when you look for a job later. Gotta think of that too.

See, with teenagers it's like any other forbiddance, the more you forbid, the more stuff will happen behind your back and in the worst conditions. I am not one to allow free for all, but if anything is to happen I prefer to know it and make sure it's done the healthy way.

I don't believe n them

I used to think they were cool.

Now I would have a hard time to choose something I'd be sure to like for life. I once thought I'd like KISS for life, and it changed. And along the years I see my tastes change on all kinds of other things, so really, there's nothing I could print on me forever.

Skulls? Dragons? Everyone get that. The first time I thought of getting a tat I went for an airbrush on my leathercoat instead. A Grim Reaper, now how original is that? lol.

If there was an image I wanted to keep for a long time I suppose I could do that again. It's a long time that an image hasn't amazed me to that point though.

As long as you don't do what every girl does and go for flowers or stars or dolphins. That's like skulls and dragons for guys. Or Chinese characters. Though if I wanted a dragon, I'd go for an original looking dragon. Because that's how I roll.

As for putting them in inconspicuous places, how about that idiot girl who got 50 stars put on her face? o_O; Talk bout dumb.

And no, I don't have any tats. Too chicken! And I don't know what I'd like anyways!

I think it was those guys who do the blue vs red or whatever halo thing who said it best:
Look at who you were ten years ago. You were a real idiot, huh? In ten more years you're going to think who you are now is an idiot. So why get a tattoo of something you're just going to hate in ten years?

Simpsons said it good too, when Homer's all like, "If you get a tattoo make sure it'll be for something you'll love forever." and then he sees one on himself and goes, "Aww, I hate that band."

Drawing on yourself with a pen is fine I think I've done that for quick notes once or twice (though a lot of that probably wouldn't be healthy). But trying to put the ink in with a tack? That's not good.

Cecelia, I heard about the star-girl. She tried to claim she was asleep and the person had done it on his own. Uh, yeah. Sleeping while needles are sticking into your face? I think she later admitted it was her own fault.

I bet she was drunk or something. No one goes get something like that on their own sane mind.

Yeah, your right.

I have two possible tats that I may someday want to get.  Both would be my own drawings *or at least based on them*.  One would be my Clan Drakus Mando Death-head with red eight point star eye against dimond shield.  The other would be the logo I still have in the planning stages for my Army of Two/Expendables spin-off mercenarly company. 

The Mando would be high on my left shoulder, and the merc stamp would be on my right.  High up where a military shoulder patch would be.  I'm pretty sure I've posted the Mando logo in my creations thread.  When I finally finish my merc logo I'll post it

Like, come on. Stars all over the face?? What kind of life can you have after that???

It's really odd. I am now thinking about having a Grim Reaper again on me somewhere. As a form of celebration of a cut in my life. A change of pace, change of ... phase. Like something has gone beyond maturity in me and is bound to go to garbage, while another part of me is reviving.

Yeah, I might get me a Grim Reaper again somewhere. Death. He's been with me the whole time anyway, he's the main piece of my portfolio. Danse Macabre has always been my favourite music. Halloween, my favourite time of the year! And I've always thought Skeletons and other creatures of similar realm were sooo cool.

I need to express that somehow. It is too very me.

Thanks Karson for the great idea. You're awesome. :D

I think tattoos on the face is a bad idea it won't look good applying for school or a job interview, when im of age I will get tattoos but some where secret so  when I'm old it won't be, "Grandpa is that a tattoo of KISS on your arm?" but yeah I think it wont be nice to have a tattoo face :/

What do you have against my pretty eyes? :P
And yes I'll be egomaniac for a while if I want (I've seen your post before you removed it, lol), it's a purification. I've had a petrified zombie ego for a very very long time, thanks to people I'd kick down the stairs now, so it's time I wake up, lol. Egos waking up are like people waking up in the morning : a stinky beast, lol.

But I am not stinky at all, and not a beast by any mean though. I swear. :)

And you are right Capitl, indeed a tat on the face is a stupid idea. I'm not sure I'm gonna get it as a tat anyway. And certainly in a better place. :P

The Bible says not to mark up your body

Aww hon, I stopped going by the Book a few decades ago. :P

tattoos have been around long before the bible, your argument is invalid.

The Bible says a lot of things bro,  but no one can live up to the expectations. An as for you Terra use Formaldehyde keeps the skin rockin! :D