It works!

*dancie dancie* I'd be cackling "IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE!" if it seemed appropriate, but Victor (my computer) has *been* aliiiiiiiiiiive for some time now, ever since the new mobo and the video card reconciled to each other's presence. No, no, today I got a copy of WinDVD and got my DVD drive to work. Dropped in a copy of The Fifth Element (cool movie) and hey presto! We have movie. The sound's not the best, but I don't really care. I'm not a high fidelity nut. I just want to be able to watch anime and other oddities without having to compete for TV time with my family, who tend to favour things more along the lines of "Judging Amy" or football.

Speaking of which, tomorrow I'm going shopping. I daresay it'll be a little less crowded, owing to people trying to prepare for the Big Fat Television Holiday Parties. And if it's not, so what- it's not like I watch football anyway. I barely even watch sports at all.

Oh,yeah, and I upgraded to a paid account. Seemed like a neat thing to do - this service is cool and I wanted to support it, plus I wanted to use extra pictures.

Fifth Element r0x0r.

Sorry. Just watched it on the computer. I LOVE my new drive. I gotta upgrade my speakers, they couldn't deal with the sound very well, but overall it is a VERY cool experience.

Been working on a new sketch, but it's not really scannable yet. Today's attempt: Xiang Hong, Fang's oldest brother and one mean sonofabitch. When I described Fang and his origins to a friend of mine who's a fan of HK action movies, he made a comment to the effect of "and the Triads don't own him?". No, they don't. Nor do they own anyone in his family. Hong is the reason why. I won't go into more detail than that here - I still need to polish him up a bit - but I saw enough of his history unroll in my head today that I had to at least try to draw him. Man, considering that these guys (and girls; Fang's sisters will be next on the list) all started out as mere background dressing for my Akashic in a once-a-week game, they're sure turning out to have more to them than I thought...

Oops, almost forgot. Today's pulp survival tip is #97: Don't participate in any religious ceremonies until you find out exactly how they end for EVERYONE concerned.