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| First of all, greetings to my visitors from Germany, Sweden, Quebec, Austria, Costa Rica, Tennessee, Chile, Australia, India, and, more recently, Gollum42-related sites. I have no idea what you're doing on my site, but stick around.
Now, my friend Charlie( ) was recently noted on an official John Bellairs blog for his attempt (which is now no longer an attempt and in fact a reality) at adapting a John Bellairs novel as a screenplay. While this is no simple feat, the interesting thing is that he received this press for merely mentioning the endeavor somewhere.
If that's all it takes for a nod on an official blog, then I want a piece of the action.
So here it is:
I, the internet's filthygeckoboy ( ), am going to write a screenplay adaptation of The Very Lonely Firefly, the timeless classic by Eric Carle. And yes, the firefly will die at the end. But not before having twenty-three uncensored sex scenes ( )with the Quiet Cricket. So, official Eric Carle websites, eat your heart out.
The thing is, I don't even really have to write it. And I probably won't. But hopefully someone important will take notice of the announcement.
In other news, which happens to be related to the previous news in that it is essentially its opposite, I recently paid an author big money to write a novel adaptation of that movie, The Rise of the Roman Empire. He did, and when I read it, I thought, this is really good. So I decided to pay him even more money to write a sequel to the movie. Here is what he came up with:
Pretty slick, eh? I'm sure it's going to be flying off the shelves.
Also, Charlie recently wrote an entry on his site linking to a cartoon I made, so I thought I'd link to that entry.
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Happy June! Tuesday is gonna be the best (if not last) day ever! Next to May 5th, 2005, that is.
I know, I haven't posted in forever. That's not because I'm one of those guys who tries to show superiority over online journals by rarely posting in them, nor is it because I have started an affair with Myspace or its satirical sister, whatever it's called, which, ironically, is the exact same website only it's populated by people who like to think they're better than the "conformist fools" who use Myspace. No, the reason I haven't posted in a long time is just because I haven't had anything to post. Fortunately, I can take comfort in the fact that none of you are on the edge of your seats waiting for me to make a post anyway.
I thought you might like to know that my friend, El Cupacharlie, has posted our old comic spinoff movie, The Rise of the Roman Empire, on youtube, the site with a name that always makes me think of toothpaste (it comes in tubes, you see). Due to time restraints the movie had to be split (or divided, if you will) into two parts on the website. I am confident that any of you who are interested will be able to find, watch, and then regret watching both parts without me pointing you in the right direction.
Actually, people who know me well enough to want to watch the video will also know that I am not very confident, so here are the links to the video segments: side A side B
Also added was the "Extreeme Locker Makeover" segment, which at least fifty people will remember as an extra on the Roman Empire DVD. I wrote/acted/ad-libbed a little bit of it at the end, but you should probably still watch it anyway.
Like most people, yourself included, I've always wondered what it would be like if I was famous, and what I would do. I've already figured out what I'd say in my NBC public service announcement commercial, though: "Never buy anything that has Splenda in it. Splenda is terrible." This includes "Old Orchard Healthy Balance" juice. Terrible. The more you know. The only sugar I like off the top of my head is Domino Sugar and Sugar in the Raw, the latter of which I think is from Hawai'i and tastes really good when eaten straight out of the packet. I haven't a clue what else it would be used for, as it probably wouldn't go well with iced tea. It'd probably work in coffee, I guess. I don't know because I don't drink coffee and I don't know anything about it. This is the most boring tangent ever and I'd stop it right now if I wasn't just so darn sure that you're bored enough to read it. You may think that's a slightly rude assumption for me to make, but, look, you just proved me right! But that's okay because I'll read anything you write if you want me to. Except for fanfiction.
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Because I'm a snooty teenager who thinks his ideas are valuable, I've decided, like many before me, to make this journal "Friends Only." Of course, since you're all my friends, you can all read it!
Today is Valentine's Day, so I offer you all a Valentine's Day greeting:
Click to see the image in its full size. It's still about 20% hand-drawn, so I may go in and clean it up a little eventually.
This image is supposed to be genuinely charming and/or beguiling, so please don't confuse it with Jim Benton's "It's Happy Bunny" character, pictured below.
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ANIMATION DOMINATION!!!!!!!!!
     
Thanks to this new (or at least relatively new) Xanga photo-hosting thing, I am able to actually put animated GIFs on the site. I went ahead and animated some of the older Monster Trainer (remember?) pictures so I could put them on here on this, the third anniversary of this site. The quality is kind of low up close, but if you lean back in your chair they'll look okay.
Of course, you know what that means: A tidal wave of bad animations! Steal them if you want.
  
 
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AIM Icons
    The Bruce Willis icon appears to be too big to use on my AIM, but give it a try on your computer, it might be different. If you don't have a buddy icon on your Instant Messager screenname, or the one you have is boring, use the Robby one. My plan is to eventually have everyone in the whole world using the Robby buddy icon.
   
At this point it might be appropriate or expected for me to leave a semi-long speech regarding spending two years on this journal, but, really, I mean, what's the point? It's a stupid online journal. Not to be negative or anything, but it doesn't need or deserve recognition and I'd hate to delude myself and any of you into thinking that it does. Still, I figured I'd commemorate it with an anniversary post, which is what you're reading now.
It is now close to New Year's, so I would like to end the year of 2005 and begin the third year of FilthyGeckoBoy with a list of things that (usually) aren't funny anymore:
- Pirates
- Monkeys
- Garfield
- Saturday Night Live
- Dinette Set (Was it ever funny to begin with? I'm willing to admit that maybe I just don't understand it)
- Weebl and Bob (With the same text in parentheses but I'm more confident that it just isn't funny)
- Snippets of AIM conversations that most people won't understand
- How "wasted" and/or "high" you got at the party last night (though stories can be amusing if you actually go somewhere with them)
- Parodies of the "you meddling kids" line from Scooby Doo
- Jokes about how the term "fun size" is a misnomer when it comes to candy
- Most of my older comics
My throat is going to be sore tomorrow because I will have to wish people a Happy Hannukah and a Merry Christmas! Such madness!
Unfortunately, the free trial for my animation program ran out mid-entry, so that's all, folks! Remember that you can always make your own.
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| I guess it's time for an update. Before I begin, though, I think I ought to tell you that our DVD for The Rise of the Roman Empire (remember it?) has sold out... a long time ago... so all y'all that I promised a DVD to in the last few months probably won't be able to get one. Sorry.
First thing's first: New profile picture. I still like the old one a little, but it doesn't make a good profile picture. This one is a little bit better, I think:
Okay, now it's time for some photos. I'm not gonna bother resizing them because everyone seems to have a large enough resolution for their computers anyway. If it takes too long for them to load on your screen, don't bother waiting it out -- they aren't that great. Also, I'm not gonna be posting any pictures of my friends this time around because I honestly find that it's pretty lame to do so, especially for those of you readers who don't know who the particular friends are, and that is many of you.
Okay. Pictures.
 Bye Bye Birdy A seemingly crushed bird was on a tombstone in a nearby graveyard. Probably some sort of Gothic ritual or something.
 The Public Secret Garden Public Gardens. Beautiful. Maybe not Canada's-Next-Top-Model Beautiful, but still...
 Whiteboard Madness! Not a remarkable photo in any sense of the word (except maybe for the syllable "mark"), but I kind of like how that skeleton came out; it's the result of my listening to mariachi music that morning. Unfortunately I don't have any close-ups of the skeleton.
 Here is this month's drawing. That sounds like something you'd hear in a lottery commercial, doesn't it?
 Look what was on TV!!!!!!!!
 This huge moth (shown here at 1/8 actual size) was in my room. I don't like killing bugs so I just let it live until one day it was resting in front of my door and I accidentally smushed it (with the door) when I came into the room. It might've been dead already though.
 It's a squirrel! Meow!
 Free Dumb Fries This picture makes me so happy. I went to Wendy's with a cute girl and, consequently, we got a lot of free food from the dude who served us. That's why whenever you go out to eat you should always take a pretty female or two with you. Then you can eat great, even late.
 This makes me even happier than free Wendy's: I got to see my favorite musician, Les Claypool, live! I've seen him before, but look how close I was able to get! He even played part of my favorite song! Truly the good times are not over.
 
 GTA3. Yes. Feel the Pika Power.
 And the Sims.
 I don't know if you know this or not, but I really like candy. Candy is my anti-drug. I didn't rearrange my desk for this picture; it's pretty much an accurate representation of my workspace. Behind that computer screen on the left is also a bag of sour lifesavers. Taste the rainbow.
 An acquaintance (I can say that word now, thanks to Spellcheck™!) of mine has a room at the Holiday Inn so we went to visit him one night. Our restlessness led to us hanging out at the pool, which was rather easily accessible via a short drop from the second floor (see the right). It was pretty cool.
 Look at all this stuff I got for free during my (also free) stay at the inn! I hate it when people proudly display things they stole as an indication of how "cool" they are (it's almost as bad as people bragging about how wasted/high they got over the weekend with a completely fake expression of regret!), but I cannot help being proud of what I got. It looks like a toiletry-themed Halloween, or a cornucopia of bathroom items. If you ever need soap, shampoo, conditioner, or even a bedsheet, give me a call. Or you can just visit the Holiday Inn and look for an unattended janitor's cart.
 There's a building a few blocks down from where I live called, I think, the Charlesgate Building. It used to be a dormitory or something and apparently a lot of people died there (I'm not sure how). I think the picture conveys an appropriate tone.
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