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Sunday, January 21, 2007

The kid brought me the TV games. I don't think that he is cheating me. There are a few things that I don't understand, but I think I trust him enough not to have to ask him if he is indeed cheating me.

Thing is, I asked him to get me TV games. He said he would sell me his. I gave him the money. The problem is, the TV games he brought me don't look anything like the one that Monopoly was playing.

I haven't tried it out yet, but I plugged one of the wires into my TV. It fits. I just haven't really had time to play it.

I told the kid he could come round and play the games anytime he wanted to. He nodded and surely didn't say no. I was so scared he was just going to sell me the TV games and leave forever.

Imagine. I invite Monopoly round again and he says okay, yeah, he'll come round. All casual like. As he opens the door, what does he see? Oh nothing, nothing but, I've already got my own TV games and I'm just playing them with my buddy from next door. We're just chilling and we're not losing.

"What do you mean?" The kid didn't understand.

"Well, he wasn't that good. He died a lot." I said almosty sarcastically. I hoped that he would get what I meant. I didn't really know how to say it.

"So you want me to teach you how to play, so that when he comes back you can beat him?" he said.

"No, not really. Okay, we can do that, but I mean like play TV games here. Then he comes round and you and I are playing." I thought maybe my tone would help him get what I meant.

"So, you want me to beat him? But he isn't good anyway?" His eyes wanted to help me. You could see this. He just couldn't work out what I needed him to do.

"I don't mean it like that. I mean, he wasn't that good. Moe was better, but I want you to play here and him to come in and want to play. And you'll be good. You won't die very often."

He considered this, "Okay. I see what you mean. What about Moe? Is he coming round?"

"Moe was here on Friday night. He just came to drop off some pizzas and just chill. He's cool." I enjoyed telling him about Moe. I told him how I drew him a picture and then when I finally saw him he was different from my picture.

He laughed at the one thing that I said about Moe actually having long hair like in the picture. It was really nice when he laughed. I spent the rest of the conversation trying to get him to laugh. I didn't even think he was going to think I was being desperate or anything. He was so nice about it.

Monday, January 22, 2007

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Hey guys, we got fan art. I'm am totally cool with that by the way. I don't think that it's weird. I'm pretty sure that one of you guys did it. I got it in the email. You forgot to tell me who you were by the way. I could have given you the credit.

To be honest with you, I don't really like it.
A: That's not really what happened.
B: The bottles were all in plastic shopping bags. It would have been impossible to give them to her otherwise.
C: I don't have any chairs in my house.

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User comments

Stefan

Hold on, that doesn't even look remotely like you - wow! - folks these days think they get it when they really don't. You sure had'em fooled there, 'ey sharky.

Posted by Stefan on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 1:17 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Look, I didn't even want to get involved in this one.

No, I don't look like that. I'm not fat, it's just that I fill out differently. Face-wise: hey, what can you do?

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 2:26 PM

Roxy

I'm scared to send you the birthday card now. I guess I should just to prove that this wasn't mine. You probably shouldn't put it up. I don't know what you look like- I improvised. I bet you have long hair, like Moe.
I wanted to give you the card, I think it looks better on paper.. but I don't really have time now... so I'll send it through.

Posted by Roxy on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 4:46 PM

Arbot

It's art, it doesnt have to be acurate
It's just a representation of how you made the artist feel
Look at that eye, and tell me theres not something to this

2 kudos for the artist, which isn't me... I can't draw

Someone just tried to show some community love
and you get all nit-picky...

Posted by Arbot on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 9:58 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Arbot! Don't call me nit-picky!

It's hardly suprising that the person lecturing about community (Arbot) is actually doing stuff that doesn't make community work (accusations). I rest my case.

As a community you shouldn't accuse me of stuff. I just wanted to point out some stuff that I don't want people to get the wrong idea about and then you got all self righteous. That's not cool, but I'll forgive you because as a shark I can see past these insignificant objections of yours. I think I'll let myself be more mature than you.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 12:43 PM

Arbot

lol, fine
I just believe when you get a gift, that you don't like, you just say thank you.

Posted by Arbot on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 11:58 PM

Maxi

i want it! t shirt wise! LOVE IT *manic look* ::)

Posted by Maxi on Friday, January 26, 2007 at 9:39 PM

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

It is from Roxy. Thank you, Roxy. It is very good, but I just want to point out a few things.

A: There is no Octopus of Wondering.
B: I have never been in the ocean.
C: This would never happen.

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User comments

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I couldn't read it that well once I posted it so I transcribed it because it is so cool.

Panel 1: Happy Birthday Despair. From the Octopus of Wondering
Panel 2 this is not fan art. this is a portrait.
Panel 3 Despair, come with me?
Panel 4 Just the two of us?
Panel 5 We'll go on adventure...
Panel 6 ...to the sea...

By the way, I really like this.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 4:36 PM

east side erin ♥

this is very kind
Roxy is a splendid octopus

Posted by east side erin ♥ on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 5:14 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

She would be, if she was actually an octopus. Look guys, okay, I know it's a cute idea that there are all these talking sea creatures out there, but I think I would know about it if there were.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 9:09 AM

Arbot

Maybe there is an octopus of wondering, and she was testing the waters for an introduction

Posted by Arbot on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 8:29 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

An octopus can't wonder. They aren't even from space!

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 8:53 AM

niel

hello the ancient shark of despair.

if i knew it was your birthday i wouldve sent you a card too. I hope you had a fantastic birthday. oh and by the way, i think you're right, there is no octopus of wondering. I think maxi probably just made it up as a joke, because she knows that there is no such thing, and she knows you know this. its a beautiful card though.

Posted by niel on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:19 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I think people just freak out at the idea that there are actually sharks from outer space who happen to be able to speak English.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 12:06 PM

niel

i mean roxy. not maxi. yes. o.k bye

Posted by niel on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:21 AM

Maxi

i know her.

Posted by Maxi on Friday, January 26, 2007 at 9:39 PM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

She's awesome! I'm so grateful that she did this. It makes me not feel bored about life.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Friday, January 26, 2007 at 10:06 PM

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Just chilled around today. Not much really went on. I heard some people outside and checked it out. It was David and he had a girl with him. That's cool. I watched them for a bit. He made her laugh a lot. He mainly did most of the talking I think. She was alright though. Nice smile.

I watched for a bit. It was easy to see why she liked him. He was so charming at her. His body language was so easy and fluid. I smiled at them and thought about what my son looked like. He's gotten so old. I think I miss him. He left so quickly. I'm used to that though. I'm a shark.

David started laughing. He was pointing at my window. I sat still. It might look a bit weird that I was watching him with the girl over. Then they both laughed. I realised then that I knew that girl. I knew her by her laugh. She was the girl who teased me when I was listening to the Burzum. I frowned at her from behind the curtain.

"Paedophile!"

This wasn't the girl. This was David. I thought about it for a bit. I looked out without revealing my position. He was still pointing at my window. The girl was curled over in a ball. Laughing.

It's alright though. It's cool. I know how it is. That's the thing about why community is so hard. It's so much easier for someone to get you when you're teasing someone else.

He was teasing me so that the girl would be cool with him.

I just chilled. It was alright. I understood. They were still laughing, but he wasn't pointing at me anymore. He was pretending stuff.

I spent the rest of the day just chilling around. I watched some TV and wrote some stuff for The Saga of The European King. It's coming along nice. I've got characters developing and all sorts of crazy stuff happening. I've just gotten to the point where the king fights this town. It's going to be awesome.

I was watching out of my window later. Probably only a few minutes ago. There was this old man walking by. He didn't look homeless, but he looked very sad. I watched him for a bit. He had this way of walking. It was like he was weaving through this big field and he couldn't see further than like a metre because he was just overwhelmed by everything. Like he was really trying hard to get through all the blankness between him and his home. But still walking normally and looking so that no one notices anything different.

I looked out at him and even opened the window to put my head out. I was smiling with excitement, nearly laughing. I looked at him moving slower and slower and when he stopped finally I breathed in deep and smiled so hard. I was about to burst.

"Hey! Paedophile!" I shouted at him.

I pulled my body back in so quick. My heart was just beating so fast. I felt like I was going to puke or something. I suddenly realised I was laughing. I was laughing so hard.

I stood up and looked at the window. The wind was blowing in and pushing the curtain about so it looked all magical. I stuck my head back out without even hardly thinking.

"People are going to complain!" I shouted.

I pulled myself back in and fell straight to the floor. I laughed and laughed and laughed and started crying. I was just rolling around and laughing. Just stopping every now and again and just looking at things around the room. Until now I had never realised how small my room was.

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User comments

Arbot

I was going to call you a prankster, but I didn't want to be accused of making accusations..
So I'll just say, why don't you move somewhere bigger?

Posted by Arbot on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 12:07 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Okay. Look. Alright. Firstly, I would never accuse you of anything, because we've got a community going here. You are part of it. Secondly, I can't move out of my apartment because then I'd lose all of my friends. I've got young friends, and they hate being uprooted. I'm going to have to wait for them to die.

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 12:53 AM

Arbot

oh Sharky, your a blast

Posted by Arbot on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 8:27 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

Arbot!

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:11 AM