Posts Tagged ‘awesome’

Aural Condiments

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Loyal minion-doods, GIFs and macros are no longer enough to act as our “condiments of daily internet living.” Inspired partially by NSFW, here are some youtubes and such that should provide some much-needed aural spice that could, used properly, convey the appropriate assessment of the win or fail (…mostly fail, as it may seem here).

Instant Rimshot, for those “ZING!” moments. You, too, can get your inner late-night host on. Press the big red button, receive BA-DUM-TISH!

Instant Crickets, for when someone says something really un-funny (but not offensive). Again, press the big green button, and receive crickets.

(iPhone/iPod Touch owners take note: The above along with “golf clapping” and “sad trombone” are available as a free app, search for “Rimshot & Crickets” in the app store.)

Next up is the Fail Horn, hailing from the Price is Right, but we of the internets have coopted it as the sound of EPIC FAILURE. (YouTube sauce!) Sadly I have yet to see an iPhone or other cell phone-friendly equivalent of this. :(

Dramatic Look is another favorite, and has widely circulated the internets (and has even made some appearances on TV). Nice for those “OMFG!” moments.

And finally, my personal favorite, BOO THIS MAN! I heard it on NSFW and just HAD to find it and once again, YouTube delivers. Even now I crack up every time I watch this. IDEAL for those moments that just demand that the source of such failure GTFO. It is available in GIF form but you NEED the sound for maximum effect.

Tell me, internets, what are your favorite sound bites meant to express epic win, epic fail, GTFO or what have you? :D

and yes, I am totally stalling on coloring that ramen. Or not. Nothing really on TV, and I don’t think my brother is awake yet for me to go bother him in WoW (not that he considers it “bother” but it just sounds fun to say. BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER) so, just… I dunno. DOOD.

All a-twitter

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

If you read Ayarane Project through the main hub, this is probably irrelevant to you since AP sticks my tweets on the sidebar. I don’t do a daily Twitter round-up in the LJ/Facebook feeds as a courtesy to those who, understandably, don’t care to be tweet-bombed (though I would like to think that the Twitter hate has died down since then… hopefully).

That said, I would like to apologize in advance to those reading through LJ who harbor a seething, deep-seeted hatred of the Twitter and would advise you to skip this post for the sake of your blood pressure. :P Hell, if you’re reading this on the LJ feed, I’ll even cut it for you.

Dear internet, I am a twit. I tweet the peeps. I am anything BUT a Twitter Quitter. I even own Twitter-related shirts! (Seriously, proud owner of this shirt and next time I make an offering to the ThinkGeek gods I am SO getting this.)

I made a post along these lines when I first opened my Twitter account last year but for some reason I’ve not plugged it much if at all since then.

You should follow me! Here, my Twitter handle, let me show it to you:
@ayarane

“But Yoshi,” random internet dood says, “didn’t you say you hated this self-promotional business and denounce it as pointless vanity?” Yes, of course. I still have a pathological fear of vanity that no doubt gets me REAMED in the job hunt (this alongside my equally-pathological fear of cold-calling) but this is one of those freak moments in which I’m on a snark streak and I’m going to roll with it. o_o I know, it’s really weird. Please put down the bootstrap whips, doods who would lecture me about applying this elsewhere, as such talk is still generally not welcome here.

AHEM.

Why should you read my tweets?
Well… you know those fun-sized candies that we tend to decry as a rip-off but are, in fact, kind of awesome if you need a bite-sized sugar fix? Yeah, that’s what Yoshi-brand twitter is.
Imagine these little Yoshi Candies with Twitter-colored wrappings, and when you pop one you get a little burst of Yoshi-ness that would otherwise be too small to justify a post (most of the time… sometimes they are links to WIPs/finished arts, replies or, gasp, RETWEETS).

Just as I have been told that I have this thing about making the most mundane, daily nothings interesting enough to read about in blog form (whether or not this is true, well, that’s on you to decide), Yoshi-brand tweets are the same way, just… bite-sized. Omnomnom.
To continue with this horrible candy analogy, the Forrest Gump rule is also in effect– contents are randomized and may contain nuts. NAUGHTY LIBERAL NUTS. That is, I can, will, and often do shoot my mouth on politics and, NOT ONLY THAT, also let my raging voice actor fandom (particularly of one Yuri Lowenthal, who, by the way, is absolute hilarity on Twitter and MORESO when he and his wife Tara Platt are up to no good :3 :3 :3) fly free as a little tweety-bird without fear of having a fireball flung in my face. :D

Oh, and as if you didn’t need any more incentives, this is also what you want to follow if you want to see pictures (and, hopefully more frequently, VIDEO) of my big orange furball. So, in a way, Kestine gets in on the Twitter action, too.

I promise I’m not drunk, internet. I don’t even drink. I’m just naturally this smarmy.

So, internet doods, please follow me on the Twitter machine. I don’t have an awesome Robot Skeleton Army like Craig Ferguson does but… hm… maybe I can amass a Tweeting Prinny Legion. (Dood.)
Well, you could just read the tweet-feed without having to actually sign up for Twitter, but something about having a follow list that isn’t littered with bots and MLM-shills and other not-people-who-are-legitimately-interested just kinda tickles me pi… blue. Twitter blue.

As an aside, I’d considered making a Twitter feed just for the Cthulhu-like entity otherwise known as Yoshi’s Imagination but I decided against it since in most cases it’d break the 140-character limit. Sadface. :( Though, maybe I could make a Facebook fan page for it instead? HMM.

This concludes my shameless Twitter-mercial and I promise I won’t make such a horrible plug for a very long time. :P

Holy shit, it’s almost the end of February. March is when we REALLY get to the COUNTDOWN TO YOSHI DAY 2010 (aka “Yoshi Day Episode 26” aka “Yoshi Day 1st Season Finale” aka “Yoshi’s Birthday But Not April Fools Day”). Sadly I have no spoilers to offer for the upcoming not-television event, aside from it likely involving cake and other tasty food.

Also, unrelated: CURLING. Listen to a curling match without commentary (and no video). Doesn’t it sound really naughty?
I’m very sorry, internet, my mind is in a very lulzy place right now. XD I’m going to bum around on YouTube until Craig Ferguson’s on.

TWiT Nation

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Since late last year, I’ve been using TWiT as a secondary form of TV– yes, there is Netflix and I abuse its streaming to the fullest– and thus today I am going to use my piddly-in-the-global-scheme position as Across’ boss-pants-wearing overlord to plug things that you should watch/listen to because they are just that awesome.

Munchcast is TWiT’s podcast for foodies with a small side of news and tech (in appropriate context). The real fun, of course, is in digging up YouTubes of the topical food type– mainly old music videos and vintage commercials relating to that food. The link has the feed info for the audio version, but I would actually suggest watching the video version via ODTV (until TWiT can get the official video podcast version going). If you like Food Network (specifically its geekier shows like Unwrapped or Good Eats), loot this podcast! The power of OMNOMNOM demands it!
Watch it live on Sundays around 2pm pacific. :D

Windows Weekly is, of course, about Microsoft stuff. But is it all Microsoft butt-kissing? Hardly. There’s actually more sassing and snarking about Windows and other Microsoft things– kinda like a MS-oriented version of people in retail relating amusing insider stuff about their employers– so if you hate Microsoft you should DEFINITELY watch this since there’s quite a bit of pointing out where Microsoft fails. Of course, there’s actually some useful things about Windows stuff here and there, but I watch for the MS sass.
New episodes broadcast live on Thursdays around 11am pacific.

NSFW, however, is pretty much my top favorite of TWiT’s current lineup. Note that the show name itself does not literally mean Not Safe For Work (though, as TWiT’s “late-night” show they do get a little rowdy but it’s not really as much as you would think) and the acronym’s meaning is variable, but most often interpreted as “New Show Full of Win.” If you are at all familiar with imageboard/LOL INTERNETS culture, you MUST watch this podcast– and I do mean watch, there’s an audio version but you really need the video for the full experience. It’s sometimes described as “4chan in podcast form” which I don’t think is really an accurate summary since these guys are actually decent, hilarious and they do make an effort not to alienate the two groups that 4chan and its ilk frequently target (women and people of color). If you had to compare NSFW to anything… I’d say it’s more like Penny Arcade. Oh, whatever, just give it a whirl and see how ya like it. :P
Unlike the other two podcasts (or most of TWiT’s shows), NSFW is not-so-time-sensitive, meaning older episodes are still interesting to watch weeks or even months after the initial posting. I particularly like the YouBooze episode for the shameless, SHAMELESS lulz. XD
It’s broadcast live on Tuesdays around 7pm pacific, though sometimes they record on Mondays. Thus, I suggest keeping an eye on the show’s Twitter feed just in case. ;P

It’s Pizza Saturday and good thing it didn’t rain today like my weather widget said it might. :P I like rain, but I would totally feel guilty about summoning pizza on a rainy day and making the dood drive through that (especially at the rate we’ve been getting lately here). :P

WoW time now, since I haven’t bothered Robert in awhile. While it doesn’t look it, he does get a little spooked if I don’t surface for a couple days. o.o; (Strange words from someone who is NOTORIOUSLY BAD about checking his TXT message inbox. :P) I’ll finish off that Hecate bromide later tonight (just need to do at-border cleanup and a background). Wee~

(Instant Ramen Sketchbook) Overlords of the White Rose

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Terrorists. TERRORISTS, ALL OF THEM!

You would think that for being the ultimate over-dood of the Pearl Rose, Ralse would be wearing more white.
Hell no!
He’s as black-heartedly evil and batshit crazy (MORESO after Lord Numair’s GTFO mandate via scythe slash across the face).

Also… roses, everywhere.
Yeah, I could have made ’em look… you know, pearly.
But they’re still white roses, just with dulled green shadows!

And with that… I am spent for the day. *thud*

(Instant Ramen Sketchbook) En Masse: Zero

Saturday, February 6th, 2010


Ow. Ow. Ow. A billion times ow.
Not from drawing this, mind you, but because Kestine and Daisy are chasing each other around and the former decided to climb up my leg USING CLAWS. @_@

So, uh, this thing is done.
– Typheros’ hat is a little wonky, but it’s an old Bongun Hat anyway so I imagine it’d be kinda bent and weird in places.
– Fyfe and Defeen = LOL, moreso Fyfe. I need to do her Episode 0 FE bromide so you can see her superhero costume (it’s different from the judge robes she gets in Episode 2, in Episode 0 she has a superhero spin of the priestess robe with a giant green “F” on the chest. Perfect considering her take on Visfarank. FISTS OF JUSTICE!).
– I haven’t drawn Hecate in a reeeeeeeally long time. Like Nimue, it’s fan service with a purpose (the difference, though, is that Nimue is a bit of an exhibitionist and does the sexy cowgirl thing because it would also attract customers, for Hecate it’s because it’s normal for Black Dragon women to wear skimpy clothes and they think most humans/elves are weird to cover up so much). Entropy will probably be amused. XD
– Yoshi’s another one whose Episode 0 FE Bromide I should expedite… if only to see her dress in “princess mode” (lots of layers and some ribbons, and she hates it because it’s so freaking girly XD)
– As mentioned earlier, this is the first Ramen that Deen’s been in… ever.

Villains version on Sunday, maybe? I’ma need something to do during Puppy Bowl. (Yeah, that’s right… Puppy Bowl, because I have zero interest in football!)

Best Buy shipped out my chair earlier today. Supposed to hit on the 11th, but sooner is always better. @_@
Until then I’m at the mercy of my bed. >_>; If I stack my pillows I might be ok… it would help if I had more, though. (Like, at least 2 or 3 more) Kestine doesn’t count as a pillow, either.

Still feeling a bit icky though– bad sleep + stress + undercooked french toast = um, no.
If tomorrow is more of the same, I might have to give [info]brendala a rain check, else… um… yeah, it could get very bad. x_x