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Christmas is fast approaching where I'm at, and so the grocery stores bring out the GOD DAMN poinsettias. Y'know, these things.



Ever since studying horticulture, I went from feeling neutral to hatred towards these plants. Seriously, anything time I see them a spark of rage burns inside me. I hate them so much! Let me tell you they are the worse to care for!

Poinsettias are the most fragile plants I've ever cared for! Trying to water them is a pain because for you are slightly too rough with them, the stems will break and latex (that milky, white sap) will get everywhere! Water temperatures isn't the worse hassle to deal with, I water my plants with lukewarm (sometimes a tad warmer) water anyway. The occasional cool water won't hurt most of them, but for the poinsettia it will. It has to been "just right" or else you'll kill it. For the love of god, why?!

Ugh... Okay, how about a few fun facts about them to calm my nerves. Did you know? They originate from Central America (Mexico is one place you can find them). Poinsettias are actually a shrub/small tree, and so they grow up to 2 to 13 ft (0.6 to 4 meters) tall. Here's a photo of what they typically look like down south.



The "petals" are actually modified leaves called bracts that draw the attention of insects for pollination. The flowers themselves are much smaller and aren't that showy. They look more like this.




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Holy shit, this heatwave sucks! Well, at least it was raining on-and-off for the most part and Wednesday is probably going to be 77*F (that would be nice, especially if it was lower). Can you tell that I hate summer and I love the colder weather like autumn?

In other news, I haven't had the drive to draw or even write anything; the block is too large and the best I can do is doodle stuff. I wish I could manifest Sly/Cliff fanart or something, but nope. I need to get back into and I haven't drawn those guys in ages. Oh! Y'know?

I found this Patreon page for a M.A.S.K. revival that this guy was writing. I actually like some of the snippets of the characters so far. Seriously, they manage to make me weep for Dusty of all characters! Miles Mayhem oddly fascinates me; he's a strange fellow that I'm studying under a microscope. And will Floyd's potential finally be unleashed?! Will this is be the piece of media where he isn't swing on the either side of the pendulum; either he's a whiny bitch or he's high off of cocaine? You guys can find it here, and I'm really enjoying the progress (what little updates pop up) and I hope the book is a success! I'll give it a read when it comes out.
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Finally! I'm done posting all eleven chapters of Beyond the Haze. It was originally suppose to be longer but I was running out of steam at that point. I was thinking of writing some more but I'm not feeling well (fucking summertime cold!) Also, I've been job searching for a long time now (well, a year now). So far I had a few interviews from a couple of places back in May. The results being didn't get a call back for a second interview, not answering my emails, or I just turned down the offer because I wasn't that interested.

I don't know, everything seems so uncertain in the job market. I hope I find a job that I'm fine working at and I'm not completely miserable working there. Oh well, I'll just keep looking for now; that's all I can do...

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I completely forgot about this one! I mentioned in one of my posts talking about another oddball pair. This time it's about Sly Rax and Cliff Dagger from M.A.S.K. Despite M.A.S.K. being average, I always came back just for those two in the early episodes. There was something about their dynamic that held some promise, and I can see it work and have the eventually break up. Yes, I wrote a fanfic centered around the idea of them meeting up by accident during the racing season.

I talked about how I wasn't the biggest fan on how they were dumbed down after the Panda Power episode. I missed their witty and pun-tastic banter; you never knew what you had until it's gone. Well, the episodes are up on Youtube for free so it's not truly gone.

Anyway, I wanted to gush about why I think these two worked best as a duo than on their own. I love me some villain ships! Baddies that are terrible, and utter troublemakers to everyone else but sweet only to each other.

You can go AO3 from here, or read the manifesto below the cut!

ExpandSly and Cliff do make a good couple! )
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Update: Well, just as I'd feared, the kenner-mask website is down. I don't know if it will ever come back but if it does I'll update it as soon as possible. In the mean time, the link will be removed and some things will edited like paragraph lengths and rethinking on some interpretations. Seriously, it was difficult to find height requirements for the Royal Australian Air Force (or the ADF in general) because theirs was vastly different from the US's (they measure sitting height and bum to leg length [depending the aircraft] while we had height requirements [>5'4"; <6'4"]).

Oh! Also, I did some basic math as well in the manifesto.

Either way, I hope it will be an enjoyable read!

I know one of my interests is Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, but there's something about M.A.S.K. that intrigues me. The basics are decent but there's not much to talk about because of how average it is. It drives me up the wall because it concentrates on the gadgets more than the characters; and said characters don't have super powers, they're just average people with an unique skill set. I barely remember most of the characters as they are because of it. Well, except for one.

It's Floyd Malloy that I remember the most because he's at least above average when compared to the rest of the cast. He has so many interesting personality traits that I went and wrote a whole character manifesto for the guy. I'm incredibly passionate for this one character in particular.

If you would like to read it, here's the AO3 link. You can also read it down below, too.

ExpandMy Floyd Malloy Manifesto )

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I posted this back in June 18th, 2020 for the March Meta Matters Challenge along with Meta Manifesto 2020 Fest. I'm still proud of it and I find myself re-reading it to this day.

I wanted to write about my favorite Darkling Lord, Cravex, because he has many (potential) layers to his character than most fans will ever talk about or even explore in fanfiction. In essences, I wanted to share what I thought of him and maybe someone felt the same way that I do.

You can read it on AO3, here, or down below.

ExpandMy Cravex character study. )

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