Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Today's I Ching
| The present is embodied in Hexagram 16 - Yu (Enthusiasm): In this state, feudal princes and other delegates may be set up, and the hosts put in motion, with advantage. | |
| The second line, divided, shows one who is firm as a rock. He sees a thing without waiting until it has come to pass. With his firm correctness there will be good fortune. | |
| The fourth line, undivided, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him. | |
| The topmost line, divided, shows it subject with darkened mind devoted to the pleasure and satisfaction of the time. If he change his course even when it may be considered completed, there will be no error. | |
| The situation is shifting, and Yang (the active masculine force) is gaining ground. | |
| The future is embodied in Hexagram 4 - Meng (Youthful Folly): There will be progress and success. I do not go and seek the youthful and inexperienced, but he comes and seeks me. When he shows the sincerity that marks the first recourse to divination, I instruct him. If he apply a second and third time, that is troublesome, and I do not instruct the troublesome. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. | |
| The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram Chen (Thunder), which is tansforming into Ken (Mountain). As part of this process, movement, initiative, and action are giving way to stillness and obstruction. | |
| The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram K'un (Earth), which is transforming into K'an (Water). As part of this process, docility and receptivity are giving way to danger and the unknown. |
Sunday, July 12, 2009
SPACEMEN

Spacemen is my new animated film, and will be the best attempt yet since I swapped to animation. I am comfortable now with the movement between Blender, GiMP, Milkshape, iClone, Movies etc. and it is getting easier to incorporate raw animation into clips and editing suites like Adobe Premiere than when I started, since it was total freaking nightmare when I started. :)The basic story once again uses public domain audio, this time from THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE, but the visuals are independent of that film and are much more in keeping with for example Silver Age Marvel which I still love. I learned to read using Marvel comics when I was 1 and a half years old so Marvel has been with me literally my whole life.
This film will use comicbook panels as its opening and closing credits, then the 3D animation as its normal footage. The 3D footage will be quite heavily processed in some cases to cater to the demands of the script but for some of the action it will be very much like a Silver Age comic- dogpile hand to hand combat, inexplicable machines, bizarre alien technology and sinister aliens being creepy.
This one definitely needs as much of a sense of spectacle as it is possible to achieve with the budget and resources I currently have but it is a very enjoyable creative process so based on the simple storyboard pictures you can see here it is obvious I am having a blast. :)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Today's I Ching
| The present is embodied in Hexagram 49 - Ko (Revolution): What takes place is believed in only after it has been accomplished. There will be great progress and success. Advantage will come from being firm and correct. In that case, occasion for repentance will disappear. |
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Asperatus. Odd that it comes out now...
| I'm A Pimpin Turtle... published a new entry entitled "The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world" on 6/4/2009 4:51:49 AM, written by PIMPIN TURTLE. The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world
Stunning but undefined: The clouds loom over the skies of New Zealand - but unfortunately words can't describe this dramatic vision from the heavens Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised with a name. They have been seen all over Britain in different forms - from Snowdonia to the Scottish Highlands - and in other parts of the world such as New Zealand, but usually break up without producing a storm. And some experts believe the stormy weather phenomenon deserves its very own classification. Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it 'Asperatus' after the Latin word for 'rough'. If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century 'It is a bit like looking at the surface of a choppy sea from below,' said Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, who identified the cloud from photographs sent in by members. EnlargeDramatic: The ribbons across the sky look like a 'choppy sea viewed from below' Enlarge Cloudy skies: If 'Asperatus' sticks, it could be the first such classification in half a century 'We try to identify and classify all of the images of clouds we get in, but there were some that just didn't seem to fit in any of the other categories, so I began to think it might be a unique type of cloud.' He added: 'The underside of the clouds are quite rough and choppy. It looks very stormy, but some of the reports we have been getting suggest that they tend to break up without actually turning into a storm.' The Royal Meteorological Society is now gathering detailed information for the days and locations where the asperatus clouds have been seen in an attempt to understand exactly what is causing them. Officials will then apply to the UN's World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva to have the new cloud type considered for addition into the International Cloud Atlas, the system used by meteorologists across the globe. Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive of the RMS, said: 'There would probably need to be quite a lot of heat around to produce the energy needed to generate such dramatic cloud formations. 'They are quite dark structures so there must be a lot of water vapour condensing in the cloud.' EnlargeSkies over Scotland: This scene from Perthshire could help confirm the new 'Asperatus' classification |
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tear Gas His Lime
by DefendUSx April 22, 2009 03:23
Why has Obama spent millions to block his past?
Someone had spotted this and sent to some friends by e-mail. The original source URL was not included. If anyone can find it, please let me know.
The information just so happens to confirm the Dutch article that was scrubbed on April 11, having nearly the same information about Soetoro's citizenship. See the Dutch article on this Blog (right-side Hot Topics).
Many of the Obots are trying to pass this off as an April Fool's Joke, but I am skeptical. Why would you date the article as "April 1" if it were an April Fool's joke? To make that more believable, you would date it March 28th, or something that doesn't lend to April Fools. As you'll see, the article discloses what all the research and scrubbed content all over the Web indicates about Obama and his citizenship. Everything found is scrubbed within hours, and now it is even being scrubbed from Google's cache server.
Were these records released without Obama's knowledge and then quickly retracted after the Whitehouse found out? One can only wonder, and based on the patterns .. there has been one cover-up after another. from the Passport-Gate scandal to, well, you name it.
Britain's Daily Mail initially reported as a serious article, and then later, passed it off as April Fools. No one really knows the orignal date of the article, could have been changed to April One to enforce the transition.
Obama Faces More Questions on Citizenship
April 1, 2009
AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group “The Coalition for Freedom of Information” has released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College. Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking.
The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama’s legitimacy and qualification to serve as president. When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue. Meanwhile, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs scoffed at the report stating that this was obviously another attempt by a right-wing conservative group to discredit the president and undermine the administration’s efforts to move the country in a new direction.
Britain's Daily Mail has also carried the story in a front-page article titled, “Obama Eligibility Questioned”, leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama’s first official visit to the U.K.
Gary Kreep of the < [link to www.usjf.net>] United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.
Comment: Eric Holder is a close personal friend of Obama and served on Obama's campaign when usurping for Presidency. Eric Holder said he shares Obama's "world views" and also his views on "race". Is it any wonder why Holder hasn't commented? He has received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls demanding something be done about the issue. He has managed to ignore the matter like most other officials.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
I have lost the game
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Losing The Game at the highest levels imaginable
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