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Cellular Posting!

2009-07-20T10:01:00.001-07:00

And from work of all places! Tsk, tsk.

One more surgery and I will finally be done. Dr. Lee is awaiting a green light from the insurance company, then under the knife once more! This will be an "exploratory" operation to find out why my septum is crooked. I'll be glad when it's over, my headaches have already been reduced to 2-3 times a month, quite a change from every other day. Progress!

-- Post From My iPhone

Nathan Fillion or is it Drake?

2008-07-25T20:10:00.001-07:00

This is probably my favorite one (Dante Bean being a close second.) Although they don't look exactly alike, their personalities in Drake's Fortune and Slither are identical.

I've also made "look alikes" a new tag as I probably won't run out of these for awhile...

Snakeworth and Leon Fraser

2008-07-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

No photoshop required for this next one...seriously, make it any less obvious where you stole the wardrobe from.

Decisions

2008-06-14T22:05:00.001-07:00

Well, it's been awhile since I've updated this thing so let's give it a whirl shall we!

Not a whole lot has actually changed, plans were made (and may still be kept) and some decisions need to be...decided. I'm in a very good place career wise, we never thought there was the potential for this much money in Seattle...to jump to an amount 3 times the amount that I was previously making is insane! And that's just the starting salary, how can I give that up?!? It's not like I wouldn't be able to find work in San Francisco, it's just unlikely that I'd be making that much money and I will have to be the bread winner for the first year. Ahhh! This is a hard one...

p.s.
Please refer to my post on August 17th where I TOTALLY CALLED THAT! (See: Resident Evil 5)

Tired.

2008-03-22T00:01:00.001-07:00

Why does every computer that I touch today freeze? For serious. I'm pretty tired of everything right now. My nose is messed up and I have to have a second operation to fix it, my job sucks, I don't have any friends...stuff just generally sucks right now. I want to go back to school, but the more I think logistically about it, the more I realize that it probably won't be possible for a long time. Something needs to change soon.

Incoherent rant.

2008-03-07T15:07:00.000-08:00

I hate the term "gamergirl." I am so tired of hearing/seeing it thrown around. I've "ranted" on this subject before, but I am sometimes at a loss of words because it makes me so angry. My rant today is caused by a gaming shows attempt to hire a new personality by having any "gamergirl" send in a video of herself explaining why she should be said personality, then the masses are made to vote on these girls. Guess which girls (with one exception) got the most votes. The alleged winner is all but deep throating an Xbox controller, and has various swimsuit shots accompanying her profile. Is that what qualifies a girl as a gamer? If I fuck a camera will I in turn be a professional photog? Of course when commenters comment on her being a half naked female, the response is "Treat her as an equal." How the hell? What do you expect you silly shits?

It's not her fault, it's the people who are still making a big deal out of females in the gaming industry/world. If you're expected to be illustrator, you damn well be able to illustrate. If you're expected to be a female...

Day 30 already!?

2008-02-21T11:25:00.001-08:00

Before

After

Even my nose looks better! It's so crazy what they can do "nowadays." (As if I'm that old...)

Updates.

2008-02-15T15:36:00.000-08:00

It's now 3 weeks post-op, I will be posting an up to date profile picture soon. In the meantime, here is the immediate post-op picture.

Pretty swollen, but apparently, I am the least swollen patient that Dr. Lee has ever had. So that's good.

For later reference, here is a picture from PAX 2007. Me and Big Daddy. It's a good picture showing off my "gummy" smile.

The hard part is over!

2008-02-11T15:58:00.000-08:00

It'll be three weeks on the 13th since I had my jaw surgery. So far I'm pleased with the aesthetic results, I won't know how I feel about the internal results until the swelling completely subsides. As far as that goes, I've had minimal muscle pain and hardly any pain in general. I still am not able to eat as I haven't quite gained control over my tongue or cheeks yet...hopefully that won't last for long. All in all, it's turned out to be a far less stressful experience than I thought it would be!

Before

After

Dante Bean

2008-01-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

I've decided that Sean Bean and Old Dante look very similar. Please refer to my comparison picture.

Sean Bean picture from IMDB.com, Dante from IGN.com.

Small update with added dork.

2008-01-08T11:45:00.000-08:00

Notice the awesome signature above. I'm proud of my little Draenei hunter, Bluishgreen and I have come a long way since I abandoned her in an inn for my rogue.

Anyways, enough of that nerdiness, my final pre-op appointment for records, molds, and pictures is this Thursday. I think payment to the doctor is due then too, that'll be a fun check to write. I'll have to write really tiny...HAHA Then I have to pay the hospital and anesthesiologist the day of. The hospital stay is the most expensive part of this whole ordeal, which makes no sense to me what-so-ever. Eh, it's a done deal so I should quit worrying about it. Forward!

Date!

2007-12-14T15:14:00.000-08:00

I am scheduled for surgery on the 23rd of January. This year has gone by incredibly fast, it's weird to think that I've had braces on since April. I'm ready, let's do this! Also, will you please look at our neighbors:

This guy (of two, the other one ran into the bushes) decided to nap right on top of the fence. Notice the size when compared to the "port-a-potty," he's huge!

Clarification

2007-11-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

A friend pointed out that, of all the entries that I have posted about my looming surgery, I have never actually said what will take place during said surgery...or even the name of the operation. SO...without further ado, I give you:

ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

The 3 elements of my total surgery are:
Lefort I
Due to my lower jaw's stunted growth, the upper compensated by growing down causing a "gummy" smile and elongated upper lip. Dr. Lee will shave 4-5mm off the top to bring it up.

BSSO (Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy)
As stated before, my lower jaw did not grow with the rest of my face resulting in a receded chin. The separated bone will be brought forward and slighty up to match the upper jaw.

and Genioplasty (Chin augmentation)
For shits and giggles.

All pictures were taken from http://www.oc-j.com/june00/presurg.htm which further explains the procedures.

Shady business all 'round.

2007-11-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

Today, it actually happened. My Xbox360 proudly displayed the 3 rings of death. Why? WHY? I don't know why. Microsoft decided to keep selling a product with a 100% failure rate and, when it fails, they send you a replacement console which happens to be the same SKU as the bricked console. So, wait, how does that work?

CANT!

2007-10-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

In response to my question posted on May 30th, the cant will be fixed with surgery. It actually is much more pronounced right now as my teeth have aligned with the bone showing just how bad it really is. Most recent picture:

I finally got to pick some color! I will have new "professional" pictures along with a recent x-ray taken during my next ortho appointment, I will post them as soon as I have access.

Soon.

2007-10-04T16:05:00.000-07:00

Two days ago I had an ortho appointment, which yielded a pretty blue power chain for my upper teeth (pictures will be posted as soon as my camera is charged,) and...A DATE! Not a concrete date anyway, but a specific month, specifically January, specifics will be told during the next appointment. (Like what I did there?) Anyways, I'm excited and a little concerned that work may interfere. I am the person responsible for the product catalog, along with two separate clothing lines this season as my colleague is on maternity leave. Dealing with the lines will be fine because not much leg work is involved, but the catalog construction is actually quite a work out. I have to get clothing samples from the showroom two floors down, lug them up to my "photo studio," jump up onto a chair to set my camera up, jump down to grab a sample, bend over to arrange the sample on the back drop, jump back up to the camera, rinse and repeat about a GAZILLION times. It's exhausting when I'm in a good mood, I don't know how well I'll take it when my face is full of blood. Eh, we'll see, I might be able to finish it before the big day. At least I'll have DMC4 to keep me busy during the stay-at-home period...EXCITED!

To shave or not to shave?

2007-09-10T15:58:00.000-07:00

...my head you perverted sillys! Oh what? No one reads this? Oh. ANYWAYS, I posted three times in May! What a blabber mouth I am! Must've had a lot on my mind that month.

Next Ortho appointment is the 2nd of October, Dr. G says I'll be put on "light" rubber bands for the remainder of my pre-op. That's not going to be fun, but at least it means that I'm getting closer to the big surgery day. Which brings me to the title of this post: To shave or not to shave my head? I am done with my long hair, it was fun for awhile but now I just don't want to deal with it anymore. If I shave it now, I'll have a few months pre-op then end up looking like a watermelon for as long as the swelling lasts post-op (~2 to 3 months.) I don't know if I could handle that...I'm not a narcissistic person, but I do care what I look like and I will still be going through the "surgery blues" as my surgeon calls it. That will probably be a bad time. ACK!

Been awhile.

2007-08-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

Not much new to report on the braces front...I'll get a thicker wire put in on the 27th. Hopefully my ortho will elaborate on when she feels I will be ready for surgery. We will see.

The Penny Arcade Expo is next Saturday! I'm pretty excited about that. I'm hoping that the DMC4 demo will be there, that would make my day. Nay, year. I don't think there will be any sort of playable demo for RE5, although that would be sweet too. I hope that all the recent criticism won't delay production...that may sound insensitive, but I don't feel that Capcom (et al) are racist nor that the game displays any sort of racism. They are zombies, not African Americans, ZOMBIES! In response to RE5 portraying, "...the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing." (Kym Platt, Black Looks) I'm willing to bet that early on in the game the "white man" gets a "black" cohort that also partakes in the killing of ZOMBIES! Ehhg...we'll see what happens I guess. It just sucks that it has to be looked at that way.

Crispy fried.

2007-07-13T15:09:00.000-07:00

Went on vacation in Montana last week. It was nice. At around 90-100* the whole time, the weather was awesome. Except this happened:

Pretty gross sunburn. My right foot kept swelling up and it felt like I had shin splints. Not fun.

What?

2007-06-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last Friday I had my once-yearly and I've lost 2 lbs since last year. For some reason, this warrants an anorexia comment from my doctor...WTF mate? I clearly have a gut, yet she still asks, "Do you eat?" It's only 2 lbs...weird.

Another "what?" moment, I was playing WOW the other night, and on my way through Westfall, a level ?? alliance (I am horde) on a mount starts following me. At first I figured she was just taunting me and waiting until I made a mistake by attacking a pvp player so she could then attack me. She followed me through THREE zones! I even stopped to pick pocket a few mobs, and she stayed right behind me the whole time...about 45 minutes. If that's all I have to look forward to at 70...no thanks. So weird.

Good news!

2007-06-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

My ortho informed me (2 weeks ago) that my surgery time-line is now 8 months instead of 12! Now, I'm not sure if that means 8 months from April, when I was first "braced," or from now... Eh, it'll be between January and March either way. Pretty exciting. I just want to get it over with. I'm a little worried that it will fall around the time that moving might be in the cards. It's hard to conjure energy to do that again without the benefit of jaw surgery. Just thinking about living in a hotel for 2 months again makes me want to vomit a little. Yuck

Happy Birthday CAPCOM!!

2007-05-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

Why can't more online games institute the policy of punishing early quitters? Honestly, it really sucks when half the team quits because we may not win. Resistance desperately needed it, and will get it, so I hope people will be less inclined to quit now. Hopefully, the early quitting/long loading screens will be fixed when Halo 3 comes out, that's the only problem I see needing attention.

On to jaw stuff; my next appointment is next week, and I'm hoping to get a clearer time-line for surgery. I'm also not sure of how they are going about fixing the "cant" to my jaw...are they trying to fix it with braces or is it something that surgery will fix? I'll have to ask. If the "cant" will be in surgery territory, I really don't see being in braces pre-opp for longer than 10 months. Hmm

SHOOT ME IN THE FACE!

2007-05-18T22:24:00.000-07:00

OH HOLY CRAP! Devil May Cry 3 kicks my ass...and it makes me so angry. Stupid combo statue, such a stupid name for such a stupid statue. Anyways, that doesn't mean I'm not excited for DMC4. Haha

SHELL SHOCK

2007-05-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

Generally, when something is "classified," it's really, REALLY boring. I'm just saying... Anyways, almost a month into braces and I still can't bite down on stuff. Suck. I also have a gap between my bottom front teeth and have developed an overbite. "Magnifico!" Has it been 2 years yet, honestly. Hard suck. I'm starting to worry about the results. In the beginning, it was all about the headaches and whether or not those would be taken care of, now I'm worried that, aesthetically, it won't be what I expect. I don't know what to expect actually. Having doctors critique every aspect of your face doesn't exactly feel good. Ugh. On a side note, when is Insomniac going to release the Resistance map pack already??

X-ray

2007-04-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

Pre-braces x-ray. (The "thing" coming out of my nose is my septum ring. I forgot to take it out before the appointment...haha)

On a side note, I may have a second job working with Volt Industries as a product tester for Xbox360 games. We just have to call the guy to schedule hours. Pretty exciting.

It has BEGUN! (Mortal Kombat voice)

2007-04-11T11:56:00.000-07:00

It's official, next week, the 24 month jaw reconstruction will commence! I think I have been underestimating how much having braces again will suck. OHH, WITH THE STRETCHING AND THE PULLING! Eh, I'm just glad it's finally happening, 10 years after my parents were told I should have it done. I just hope it turns out how I imagine. Of course not having headaches for longer than two days in a row will be more than worth it, but I am also hoping that, aesthetically, all turns out well. We'll see in two years.

Another rant...

2007-03-28T09:34:00.000-07:00

Why, in the gaming world, can't we all just be "gamers." There has been a lot of "I'm a girl gamer!" lately. Who cares! Honestly, by stating the fact that you are a girl and also a gamer then demanding to be treated the same as your male counterpart, you are opening that door that leads to discrimination. You have effectively built a pedestal that must be stood upon in order to be equal. It's cool that people are trying to get more females into the gaming world, although I hate that most of that comes from business' trying to tap that part of the market (hehe I said "tap that"...) but please quit making it a bigger deal than it actually is! Let us all just play!

I like the original version of "Mad World" the most.

2007-03-15T10:07:00.000-07:00

I'm a gamer, have been since the GameBoy was released. I also play "goofy;" I invert the x-axis of the camera. Only recently has this created a problem, after finally buying an XBOX 360, I sat down to play Gears of War. "Opps, I have to invert the x. WHAT THE?!" No such thing. "Eh, I'll just pop in Crackdown. OMG You're shitting me..." X invert lacking again. I simply cannot play unless the camera controls are inverted. Why has this not been brought up more in various forums? Through extensive searching I found, at most, 4 posts on the subject. The response is usually, "Why would you want to play like that. Play normal." Then no further help is offered. I eventually found someone to mod a controller with the x-axis permanently inverted. Is this how it has to happen? Are we not worth the programmers extra 10 minutes of code?