Oh, dat delicious!

Cookie Monster's nomming noises remixed in Success'n'Mistreet by Luna C + S3RL make me happy, not to mention The Count laughing too. Aside from all the Disney albums I downloaded I've been listening to a bunch of DJ S3RL tracks after my cousin had played his Neon Genesis remix when we stayed at her NoHo school dwelling. Speaking of my cousin, whom my sister and I have nicknamed Kimmychu because of her obsession with Pikachu, she's the one who has brought me to make Pokemon hair clips.




I'm making Pikachu for her, but the only one finished, as anyone who has me added on Facebook knows, is Haunter. I'm resorting to using felt for Pikachu's brown markings because aside from acrylic paint it's the best thing I have. I have black fabric paint for the ear markings. I keep wanting to add glow in the dark fabric paint only because she's an avid raver (also nearly deaf because of it), but have yet to think of a good way to add it onto Pikachu without it looking like I threw it on there just because I can. I made a Cyndaquil pattern (for my sister since her Pokesona is a Cyndaquil) as well, but I lack the appropriate colors of fleece. It will give me a chance to make a Squirtle pattern to accompany her Cyndaquil when I can head into LA for more fleece shopping.




My Haunter clip seen here being modeled by myself. I added glow in the dark fabric paint around his eyes and am debating if I should cover his eyes completely in it as well since it dries almost clear. Poor Haunter was my guinea pig and I actually ended up sewing him together twice. He's a little frayed because of that, but I love him dearly and wear him for comfort when I get home because my Creeper is really starting to get to me. He's glued to a giant version of those hair clips that you simply bend open and closed. Shiny Mew will be his companion after Pikachu is done. C: The regular colored Mew I'm actually making just because I can. I've actually been considering making a bunch of these with and without the clips just to sell for money in something like Etsy, but I doubt anyone would buy any.

I need to add this because of how I ended the last post...




The first Ariel (I'm guessing it's for an Under The Sea area of the ride) I actually think is awkward looking and unless they have fish constantly swimming around her hair they should have done her hair like the second Ariel animatronic, but I'm hoping she'll look much better IN the ride. :P

Spriiiiinggg!!!11!

It's getting warmer which means I can actually sleep now! (Until I start to suffocate in my stuffy room anyway.) Gueeessss which season it is on Animal Crossing? I'll give you a hint...



Did you guess? I promise this is not the silliest thing I have drawn for Animal Crossing. That was me pretty much upon seeing all the butterflies and other various bugs flitting about Knothole, but with an inner mantra of Mr. Krabs' voice saying "Money, money, money, money, money!" as I capture them. Yes, it's Spring...complete with rainbow.



I'm still trying to payoff my mortgage with Nook, but some of our neighbors make it worthwhile. <3



There's mai waifu, Daisy, our homie, Poncho, and the equally adorable, Mitzi. I check nearly everyday to make sure these three DO NOT leave Knothole.

I've been a bit of a sad sack lately, but these things pass. I'm just stressed out for various reasons. I got a haircut! It's shorter than I've had it for years, but I've gotten used to it. I'm making more geeky things! It's another present, but my sister and I like the idea so much that I will most likely make more for ourselves if everything works out. I'll post pictures here when it's done.



I ran into this and...gah...I cannot explain the love I have for Disney's animatronics. Anything related to having to work with animatronics would be my dream job. They fascinate me! Inside and out! I want to go on this ride simply for the animatronics. <3 (Fun Fact: When I was little I saw The Little Mermaid in theaters and giant evil Ursula at the end scared the bejeezus out of me.)

Doodles #1

Before we continue with today's post...



I am the awesomest Pokemon. *nods*

Now for something completely different...a sketch/doodle post! Woooo! I am so tempted to use a bunch of reaction gifs, but I will restrain myself for you guys. It took me a while to work up the courage to post some doodles simply because I usually wuss out at the last possible moment because I'm shy about the things I draw. I'm still debating on whether or not to post my original characters on this blog, but it's a bit too public for my brainchildren and I am paranoid about people stealing my drawings as it is...which explains my love of watermarks which you'll see. Let's begin shall we?



This is quite possibly the oldest one I'll post today, mostly because it's in pen which means it's in my small notebook. I had been watching Sailor Moon I think and remembered the infamous Super Special and started thinking of who would be the other scouts again and now that the comic is a bit further along than it was then I thought Nicole would make the perfect Sailor Mercury (She's holding "herself" as a replacement for the lil' computer Mercury uses). I love the Princess dress so I wanted to draw Sally in it.



This was drawn in my larger notebook which I've been drawing in pencil in. Normally I doodle in pen, but it didn't feel right for this notebook. *shrug* I'm weird, this shouldn't be news to anyone. My mind wandered into Sally Moon thoughts again and I ended up drawing her in Usagi's school outfit. I have a tiny problem with Sally being considered Usagi because it's VERY out of character for her. The Super Special was vague with how closely they were parodying Sailor Moon so it's open for debate. They also didn't add Usagi's meatballs to Sally which just never seemed right to me...so I draw her with them. This is a cute one, I still think I may finish it up and try to add some bells and whistles in Photoshop.



This one is actually older than Sally just above. I have been wanting to do a tribute to different things from the Disney Parks. Rides long gone and forgotten and even ride elements like this one. This is The Bride, the one in the parks now (Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris doesn't count) is known as Constance/The Black Widow Bride/Bride2.0. After seeing Constance I wanted to smack whoever thought she was a good idea upside the head...hard. I remember the original bride well because the Attic area used to creep the hell out of me because you could hear her heart beating as soon as you enter it (the pop-up heads back then were also a lot better at scaring the bejeezus out of me...I actually kind of miss being startled by them, they're much tamer now). She's had many revamps, but I basically mixed and matched a few of the original Brides because for whatever reason people took very few pictures of her...trust me, if you do a search now you'll get nearly nothing, but Constance. Doombuggies is the best source for all things Haunted Mansion and its Bride. Go ahead and click the link and it'll take you to a page with nearly all of the Brides that have haunted the mansion's attic. <3 I already have a Photoshop file set up for this one.



Last one and the last thing I've sketch/doodled. I've been watching Batman Beyond again (among other things like Outlaw Star <3) and remembered how awesome I thought Curaré was and still is. I needed to try drawing her myself and well...this is what happened. While I drew this one I got the idea to draw her standing in a field filled with the flowers/plant she's named after, but yes, this one is nice too. Batman Beyond needs more love and fanart.

I hope you've enjoyed my seemingly endless details on these silly doodles. This isn't the only doodle post I would like to do. I honestly haven't been posting anything to DeviantArt because I haven't felt like I've done anything worthy of posting. Hopefully all of you lovely people that read my blog like them a little bit. I promise I'll post something nice that's not a doodle someday. Ja ne! <3

Auuugh Webroot...also, first post!!!

Feel free to mentally hear the "Auuugh!" in my title like the familiar Charlie Brown scream of dismay. Webroot has been running for nearly four hours since I upgraded it. Faster computer scanning time my arse. >:C I don't run Webroot often, but when I do I always remember exactly why I don't, although I realize how important virus protection is. This isn't what I had intended to start off my first post with, but since I stepped into the office and turned on Fuju (my Fujitsu laptop) it has been a thorn in my side. I suppose it's a fitting way to start off a blog named Geeky Tangents (with a tangent! Ho, ho! You see what I did thar?!). Now that that's out of the way, welcome to my blog you lucky people you! Thank you for stopping by and giving my thoughts a read. I suppose I should type about what I intend this blog to be about, but I refuse to decide on a specific/exclusive topic. I'll just be emptying out my over-cluttered thoughts here and share some doodles I just don't feel like updating into my galleries, but want to share somewhere. I'll discuss my thoughts on video games, cartoons, movies and theme parks. Now...on to something I've been wanting to type about this week.

I have been a huuuuge fan of the Disney parks since before I can remember. My family will vouch for the fact that I am a living park map for both Disney Land and Disney World. I've seen them make changes around the parks for better or for worse. The latest publicized change is the refurbishment of the Star Tours ride. Unlike Small World's changes(believe me you people don't want to see me go off on a tangent about that one), what I had read about seemed like a good idea. They intend to provide guests with more location scenarios, before it was just The Endor Moons location. I adored the original ride as it was and I understand the need to refresh it a bit, but I am a bit sad after finding this...



It's not just that I wasn't there to share oxygen with the awesomeness that is Mark Hamill AND Seth Green, *fangirl sobs* I realized something they had not elaborated on in all the posts I ran into. There will be no more Endor Moons scenario at all! I was okay with the adding, but had not expected them to take away as well. But, but...that means no more adorable first time flight robotic pilot, Rex. I loved that little animatronic. >;^;< I'm none too thrilled with his replacements either. *sigh* I'm not a big Star Wars geek so I don't really have much else to rant about, but we'll see how everything turns out. Hopefully it's better than a lot of their ride changes have been lately, which I could fill up several more posts with, but I'll save them for another day perhaps.