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Internet humorist, Writer of Speculative Fiction, movie reviewer, and all around good guy
Golden Oldie, On an Image, On Anime, Silly Stuff

Learning Something New (If Not Really That Useful)

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I discovered today something shocking. This classic and ever so important post has not been restored to this site after the reboot. As you can see, I’ve strove to correct this gross state of affairs by reposting it now. I have also planned an equally important and vital follow-up for, say, tomorrow. Or so.

I’d heard of “symmetrical docking” before.  Even seen an example of it.  Such as this, below:

Symmetrical Docking 000

I thought I’d post this image a second time, but after drawing arrows to fully describe the “symmetrical docking”.  So everyone could see and understand just where I was coming from.  Maybe even blow up the proper section of the image.  Deleting everything else.  Save the “symmetrical docking”.  And the arrows.

Then I remembered I wasn’t thirteen.

Really.  This has been a problem of late.

In essence, symmetrical docking describes two anime females (or just plain ole females) standing so close that their boobs are smooshed together.  As above.

Aren’t you glad you now know this?  Isn’t your life more fulfilled?

Maybe if you’re thirteen…

Knowing the term, I began wondering just where it came from.

Because I’m that way.

The quickest to do this, I felt, was heading over to TV Trope.  What with it being a veritable fount of useless knowledge, I figured I’d find it’s page in no time.

Actually it took a little more than that, but this silly little essay is already almost 200 words long, and that’s about 200x longer than it should be.  To summarize, here’s what I learned, via this quote:

A phrase commonly used to describe a picture of two girls standing so close together their breasts are squished against each other. Originated from a Super Robot Wars Alpha 2 Yonkoma [4 panel comic] where, instead of showing Cho Ryu Jin’s [a giant robot’s] Symmetrical Docking Transformation Sequence, a picture of original characters (with huge breasts) Kushua Mizuha and Seolla Schweitzer are shown in [said] position.

Which looks like this:

Symmetrical Docking 001

It’s the “squish” onomatopoeia in the second panel that really sells this strip.

Anyways, that’s what I learned today.  And now you know.  And knowing is half the battle.  Or a few cells of memory in your head that you’ll never use for important facts.

Honestly, I don’t see why I should be the only one to suffer.

 

3D Modeling

[IMAGE] Spaceship

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So I’m taking an eight week course on compute graphics via the program Blender. This means more images posted here. Good news is, I’m not doing yet another lighthouse island. Bad news is, there’s probably not going to be T Rexes in this course.

Next, I’m supposed to do a low polygon winter scene. Just in time for a not so low polygon scene to pop up in my neck of the country. Yay?

NaNoWriMo

Second Chance – Day 10

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Okay, I did a banner bit of writing, putting in 1752 words in today. Which would be nice if I had that much to put in yesterday. Which I didn’t. I didn’t even record what I did have.

Any ways, this is more or less the 1/3 mark. According to NaNoWriMo I’m at 37% done. I’m shooting for ten chapters per quarter of the novel, and I’m rounding out Chapter 8. I was much further along with the plot with the first draft. Still, I think this is the better written draft.

Hope for more tomorrow.

NaNoWriMo

Second Chance – Day 07

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1815 words. Which would have been great YESTERDAY. Unfortunately, I wasn’t feeling up to par and missed yesterday’s work.

Still, 31% at the quarter mark. Still plugging. By this point I have an idea of how it ends and, more importantly, who the murderer is.

This last bit I had before this point last year, but this time knowing the killer doesn’t spoil things. I just have to figure out how to go about concealing who it is while point out who it has to be without spoiling things.

Anyways, that’s where I stand.

NaNoWriMo

Second Chance – Day 04

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1210 words. Almost to the shorted goal, but not quite there.

What happened?

I’m working Chapter Six and have been a few days. Anyways, I finished it yesterday and thought it good. Only to wake this morning and realize there was too much chatter and not enough action.

Not fighting or anything like that. It just felt like everyone was just standing around yapping.

On this, it was a lot of exposition. Actually, there’s a lot of exposition here. It’s early going in a fantasy type novel. World needs building.

I was afraid it was dull.

Nothing was really wrong with the chapter, though. So I decided to chop it up, move stuff around, and, of course, rewrite Chapter Six.

Again.

Long story short, it should be finished, no further work to be done. Tomorrow, Chapter Seven and hopes to slip the former Chapter Six into place.

I might pull out stuff from older drafts. Assuming I can find it.

Anyways, good day. Not great, but good.