Izak Smells: October - Ep3

Ah just in time. The bits that are shot in the dark were from a power cut. The beginning will probably be quite embarrassing for me in a week or so. Or right now. Ah well. Being a dick and putting it on the internet is a weakness we all cave to occasionally. Hang on a second. When did I loose my armband? I don't even remember taking it off. Aww. Oh well.

Oh yes. Random update about the laptop situation. I take it to church this morning and show Robby Steel Menzies the problem. Fortunatly he brought his lappy so we could get by. My pastor comes along and I stop him, and with a somber face I say "I'm sorry Peter. But I've lost a dear friend... So have you. And Robert." He's looking a little perplexed at this point. I press the on button on the laptop and it whirs into life. "Huh.. NEVER MIND SHOO SHOO. Leave. Ha ha, NOTHINGS WRONG AT ALL. Go away, Oh, wait, what did you want?"

Theories as to why the laptop started working was devine intervention, heathen girlfriends breaking it, and my room being extremely moist, to the point where sometimes I wake up thinking I'm in a swamp. I have yet to try to turn the laptop on for a second time. 

Long live Cable!

Piha

So here I am, listening to Mutemaths Armistice live album. 'Typical' is rocken. The weather is warm and muggy, even at 9pm, I'm in shorts and I'm sweating like a pig starting to have withdrawal symptoms. I've finally got my internet running on my PC again. and yeah, I've been hanging with my bestest friends all day since we all participated in the Christmas parade together that my mum puts together.
But I'm still getting a sick feeling inside. Why? Let me bring you to earlier this week.

I get home one day, turn on my computer. The internet runs for a bit. Then dies. I restart the network. Nothing. Turn the compy off then on again. Ah there we go, internet up and ru-heywhatthefudge. it stopped again. Ok. Repeat and rinse i guess. Oh fine, don't work at all. I never needed the internet anyway, apart from entertaining me, and being my main source of work. Whats web admin without the web? Your just an admin with nothing to do. It's like having a boat without that big blue wobbly thing that goes underneath it.

But never fear! For I have church laptop. It will suffice as being my gateway to the net till I get my network card replaced. It worked great, two or three whole days. And then I go to turn it on. Nothing. The light comes on, but other than that its about as responsive to my prodding as an apathetic corpse.

Well thats just FANTASTIC. I'm told that it's probably something on the motherboard frying itself. "Common Dell problem sorry. :) theres a 5% chance its the ram though."
Ok. Well fortunately for the internet I got myself a big arse cable so I can network with the router the good old fashioned way, where problems are usually due to rats or cute kittens nibbling their way through the wire. While a wireless card just decides to shoot itself in the face. I don't know why sophisticated machinery has to be armed. I guess its so they have a choice or something.
This, coupled with my episode from a few weeks back gives me the distinct feeling that technology is telling me to rack off.
But hey, somethings got to be going wrong, it's not like I haven't got the best damn life around if all I have to complain about is technology falling stricken at my feet.

40x40cm / pen on big ol blocka wood.

Death to Wireless

Jeeze, where'd the last two or so weeks go? Let it not be said Izak is a slacker during the holidays. Although in reflection I can't tell you any specifics of whats been happening. Shuttling inbetween here and the North shore, Sitting on rooves at night, taking photos of well meaning drunkards, painting like mad, getting addicted to minecraft, and cutting a camping trip in half because of paranoid parents.

Oh yes, So I'm walking down Lincoln Road late at night with Vanilla Fiction, and we see this guy at the bus stop. He's a few light posts away and we see him talk to a taxi driver and then sit back down. As we get closer he gets up and starts walking away. He suddenly turns around and yells to us "They're coming back!! They're gonna come back!" and then proceeds to put down his BK cup, takes the lid and straw off, and leaves the cup on the ground. He then sprints off down the street. Me 'n Vanilla turn to each other "Shall we turn around now" "Yeah" "Yeah lets" "Lets go" "Yeah" and then turn around and put as much distance between us and the perfectly sane, totally not on anything guy.

Tomorrow (*Glances at the time*) I mean later on today, Ill be in town so hopefully I'll have lots graf shots to show you all when I get back.

Turtle F**k Me Like A girl: The best selling book.

This may need an explanation. At the beginning of the year me 'n Harry took it upon ourselves to channel our creativity into doing characters to stick to the wall at uni, rather than doing actual work. over the year others added to the wall, and eventually Becky joined us in our endeavor. It became quite a sizable collection, and it seemed sad to let them get thrown away or split apart. So we created a book for them to live in.
The quotes are all Becky's doing. She always has her moleskin within grabbing distance for when someone says something quotable. you know your awesome when you appear more than once in there. A few of the best from uni have been added. They're all entirely out of context with the characters, but hey, most of them are still as dirty as they were when they were originally spoken.
You can tell which are my toons because they were drawn with a really light pencil which makes them almost impossible to see. Harry's are the ones with no souls. Becky's are the most subtle, with her name written on the leg of her characters. Lol. Only a few.
(Oh yes, this has been added to the Library.)

Comics week #5

oh please click me all over.

Man the weather has been kickin' lately. Way to good to be spending indoors. I guess I have a pretty sweet deal with my part time job. My hours are all up to me and I can do 'em whenever. This allows for the ability to SUPER SLACK. But fortunatly I grew up as a homeschooler so self directed work is big bubbles no troubles.
A few may have noticed that the Library page has had a recent addition (As of the begining of this week). May I present to you my latest project, finished and digitally bound for your viewing pleasure. If you enjoyed it please, show your friends. Spam Facebook with your undying love for it. Tell Twitter in watered down english your joy of finding this. Go on Bebo and tell the bros to give it a gander. Go on Myspace and sit there for ages trying to remember your password before eventually giving up because everyones on facebook anyways.

I Broke The Rainbow! A collection of whimsical illustrations and comics.

Comics week #4

This one is a continuation of day #2 done by Vanilla Fiction. Oh no! I've missed a day. Ill upload something tonight maybe.

The other day I was reading a thread over at the Escapist. I found it amusing to read so I went and did a song for the guy. Made him happy, so I guess thats a job well done.

Comics week #3

The second comic was started by the very talented Vanilla Fiction. After doing the first panel it was then given to me with the challenge of making some sort of comic out of it. The first one is a warning to people who dish shit but can't take it.

Comics week #2

This one is three separate ideas bunched together on one page. First one: my spin on how romance totally works in the real world. Second: I seriously wanted to draw a butterfly. So I did, AWESOMELY. ha ha aaaaaah. the third is a bumble bee I drew for Keir, as she wanted one as a tattoo. Although I'm not sure she will use such a dopey bee as this guy. I think he might be fun to do more stuff with.

Click to enlarge *Snigger*

Comics week #1

I feel like having fun. How about we dedicate this first week of November to comics? I think that's a great idea. Time for you to try and decipher my horrible handwriting. Oh yes, this strip is a true story which was written somewhere between the 5th and 6th frame. So directly after it happened. Note, there are no giraffes with wizard hats in Sunnynook.

Click for bigness