Arito is selling Ziggy, the amazing ratsuit he built for AC this year.

tinyurl.com/nlmfk8

Go check it out and bid early and often :P

An incredibly old television that I KNOW you will want to see :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8159406.stm

https://twitter.com/codexrau

Yeah... I don't know how much I'm gonna use it till i get a new phone, but whatever there it is YOU DAMN PEOPLE. :P

Anthrocon was awesome and here's why!

( Let's put this under a cut shall we... )

I'll post some pics later of the con and events.

Ralph Barnes Jr.
Father of one of my longest and closest friends.  Lost his battle with Multiple Sclerosis last night at the age of 50.

He was a loving father and almost like one to me.  Over the last decade he slowly lost much of his independence and gained alot of pain and suffering, but he never faltered in spirit.  I only hope I can live up to that example when my own time comes.



This is him on the lower right, getting to see his daughter graduate from high school a few weeks ago. He said it was the last thing he needed to do before he went.

Bye Ralph, I'll miss you...

Or "Frankencav" your pick :P

OK, so I went to an estate auction today, and thought I might find something interesting.  Well, it was WAY more than interesting...

I got a Pioneer VSX-3800 Stereo Receiver - $25
A Sony SCD-CE775 5-disc Super Audio CD / Regular CD Deck - $15
and a Thorens TD-318 MKII turntable - $5

Spats.... begin jealousy.... NOW! :P

On a sour note, backing out of the parking lot after getting all those items for a TOTAL steal, I hit a dumpster I couldn't see due to the glare from the sun.



Its pretty bad. I'm hoping that my insurance will cover it ok, and that my rate won't jump like crazy ;_;
Karma I guess. Oh well, the electronics after getting them home restored some of my happy.

Oh and on the job front, Its going well. People like me, I walk like 8 miles a day and lift hundreds of lbs, but I also get to troubleshoot and problem solve for customers, so its good for body and mind :P

1) Who are you?
2) Would you consider me a good acquaintance? Would you like to know me better?
3) When and how did we meet?
4) Would you buy me a drink? What kind?
5) Give me a nickname and explain why.
6) Describe me in three words or less
7) What was your first impression of me?
8) Do you still think the same?
9) What reminds you of me? What do I remind you of?
10) If you could give me anything, what would it be?
11) How well do you know me?
12) Would you like to know all this if I were to fill out this questionnaire about you?
13) Would you meet up with me?

So ok, I got the job. Barring any unforeseen circumstances with my urine test, which should be clean like a hospital bed.

On one of the questions the manager asked, "Describe something that took you a lot of time and effort to finish, and if it was worth it.." Of course I whip out my cell phone and show him the picture of Codex on my background.  He amazed!  Says it shows creativity and that they are always looking to have employees with creative talents.

That and talking about my film work and building things with my hands as props for cosplay and such really helped I guess.  He actually called in a coworker to come look at the pic of Codex :P

So yeah, creating fursuits can impress possible bosses :P

Wish me luck...

Animated Films meme

(borrowed and modified a bit from crocodile )

X what you saw
O what you haven't finished/saw sizable portions
Red font for what you disliked/hated
Yellow font for what you liked
Green font for what you loved
- Underline if own
- Leave unchanged if neutral

( Click for memeage. )

So this weekend was another Tekko, this one was special for a ton of reasons:

It's the first anniversary of Codex's creation.
It's the first real public outing Didgeri Roo.
It was in the DLCC in downtown Pittsburgh (AC's current home) for the first time.
I got to meet old and new friends, some for the first time in the flesh.



I ended up making this Chop Chop Master Onion head for my good friend timescar2501 in about 10 hours total time.  It was well received :P Didge had a great time too even for the limited amount of time he showed up for, he got tired pretty fast and didn't have anywhere to go to rest for a few minutes. (anime cons have no headless lounge ;_;)



Codex came for a visit for a few hours tho on Saturday.  Everyone loves a gator :P



And my most awesome of friends lisa_krivda totally rocked the house with her Irenes cosplay from Chrono Cross.  She took home Best of Weekend in Hall Costuming, for the second time no less!  Grats Lis!

More pictures are located here on my server:
www.matrixcodex.net/gallery/v/animecon/photo/tekko/2009/
It may be slow due to running off of my home connection, and because the gallery software can be a tad buggy, but its all there :P

I want to own a pinball machine.

It's that simple. 

When I was just a wee lad, what was the first thing that I would go for in the arcade?  Skee-ball?  Pac-Man? Mortal Kombat? Air Hockey?  Nope, it was the pinball machine.  The Addams Family, Funhouse, Earthshaker, The Simpsons; they were my real favorite tables.  One time, when I was younger, my mother gave me 20 bucks to blow at the arcade in one session.  Now that meant ALL the games, but I knew where my time would be better invested. And that entailed me playing The Addams Family for a few hours, until I had all the top scores. Sadly the arcade that had that machine closed down about a year ago.

I don't know anywhere around here offhand that has pinball anymore, and thats just a sad fact of life.  I thing the only company making new machines is Stern I think, and really, I prefer the 80's to mid 90's machines.  They were quirky, they werent all based on famous pop culture items, tho some of the best ones were.  I'm not as much into the non solid state tables, and stuff from the late 70's back really.  They tend to be a bit to slow paced for my tastes. Tho I'm not some ADHD sufferer that needs 30 second bursts of information to remain interested, I can sip mint tea on the veranda and relax like the best of them.  Thats another thing that gets me.  Alot of people in the generations after mine think that I would get sick of having the same machine over and over. NO. I wouldn't.  Pinball is controlled madness. Its a physics experiment with flippers. Each time you play it is never the same as the last. Its organized enough that you know what you have to do to score and progress the game, but random enough to make it a challenge every single time you play.

So, I want to as soon as I have the dough to do it, buy a pinball machine.
Here's a short list of my favorites:
The Addams Family, Funhouse, Earthshaker, Simpsons (Data East), Rocky and Bullwinkle, Guns and Roses, Indiana Jones, Bad Cats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jurassic Park and the Lost World, Cyclone, The Machine: Bride of Pinbot, Black Knight 2000, Tales from the Crypt, Lethal Weapon 3.

If anybody has seen these tables open for play in the Pittsburgh area, PLEASE tell me so I can try to go play them.  If anybody has tips on places to look to purchase one for a good deal (I'm looking RIGHT at your direction Tilt, is see your spotty ass reading this) or to find one possibly for free or trade. Or hell, if one of you collectors might possibly be interested in a trade, say I build a fursuit for a table or something, in the near future.

I've wanted one in my home for many years, and in the next few, I hope to make it a reality.  They don't get the appreciation they deserve.

I actually forgot about these until a few nights ago >.< Oh well HERE THEY ARE ENJOY!

It is BSG related, I'm sure you will want to know, if you don't already  :P

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6c21c5456af55219d6f55a20baf1089a

And if the embedded link isnt working for you...
www.collegehumor.com/video:1899973

How do end up with concrud and I've been nowhere near FC.... :(
Damn sinus congestion.

*continues eating dinner and taking different forms of Zicam*

I cant believe its been 19 years since this first aired. It makes me feel impossibly old, since I remember watching this on day one.

Krusty: So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a kwaazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified, Ramadan. And now a word from MY god, our sponsors!

Also:

Vault Boy Codex wishes you a safe journey on your trips across the Capital Wastes this Christmas.  The shoppers are bad enough, but the Super Mutants are worse :P

My SecondLife friend Zaphire totally rocked the house with this one...


Click for BIG FULL REZ!

He took a screenshot of my SL avatar and photomanipulated it into a beautiful scene from Ohiopyle State Park that I took this spring.  It blends soo well.  Took about 20 hours total to finish, and about 1/3 of that was just adjusting the way the light hits my body.

Amazing ^_^