The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?

Buffy ,'Chosen'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


EpicTangent - Feb 16, 2012 8:24:38 am PST #22282 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Wow, Tom, you have SUCH an amazing eye for color. Congrats!


sumi - Feb 16, 2012 8:25:47 am PST #22283 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Very cool, Tom!!


Liese S. - Feb 16, 2012 8:31:08 am PST #22284 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Fabulous photo!

My school friend and I once made signs to wear, "impertinent" and something else, because that's what our teacher called us. We didn't get in trouble, so now that I think about it, he must have.


DavidS - Feb 16, 2012 8:32:27 am PST #22285 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

One of my pictures made it up on Gothamist: [link]

Ha! I just told brenda yesterday she should buy a giant print of that photo and put it up in her living room.


§ ita § - Feb 16, 2012 8:35:35 am PST #22286 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Tom, that's amazing.

Do you do much (if any) post-processing of your photos (other than cropping)? And what sort of a camera do you use for most of them?


smonster - Feb 16, 2012 8:36:58 am PST #22287 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Skippy skimming to say:

greening Mardi Gras.

I pitched at Greening the Gras, coordinated an in-kind donation to ARC for their Catch and Release trailer, attended the ball, and was the volunteer coordinator for Verdi Gras. Basically, all up in that shit. And we were actually amazed by how supportive everyone was during our "1 day, 1 parade, 6 blocks" pilot effort, so I say "piffle" to those who say people won't do it.

Scola, took a minute for the photo to load, but I love it! Good for you.


Tom Scola - Feb 16, 2012 8:37:58 am PST #22288 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I use Color Efex Pro to give the pictures a simulated film look. I shoot with an Olympus Pen E-P3.


brenda m - Feb 16, 2012 8:46:38 am PST #22289 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

OMG, what the fuck is wrong with people that being asked to discuss something that is their job is sparking all kinds of resistance and firing off emails to people's bosses and shit? I am about ready to cut a bitch today.


Beverly - Feb 16, 2012 8:46:54 am PST #22290 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

That's a great picture, Tom. Congrats, and yay!

I like Zed for Zehbra. Or Zedediah.

I'm also grinning at Ginger's explanation. I parsed ita's, and maybe it was because I did so that comprehension was immediate on reading Ginger's. Then too, it's a proven fact (which I can't cite, sorry) that learning is both quicker and more effective taught with humor. So such an approach might actually be the more expedient way to go.

And yeah, starship command would be good!


§ ita § - Feb 16, 2012 8:48:48 am PST #22291 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I use Color Efex Pro to give the pictures a simulated film look.

It's totally worth it. I'm pretty awful at that sort of thing, and I really should learn how. Would you recommend this app over learning to do it in Gimp or Photoshop? Any others out there that are good, maybe cheaper?

I love that camera too. My god, the in-camera filters! Do you ever use those? I think my point and shoot, has, like three, and my digital SLR is mostly a film SLR made digital, as opposed to truly taking advantage of the technology.

What sort of lenses do you use?

Man, I'm so inspired by you, but still lazy...