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I'm Back, Baby!

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I'll keep this short and sweet... I'm back, baby! :D
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Osyris = Drama

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I guess we all "= drama", even dA! :P Na, I've just been apparently getting under people's skin over on FB as of late. Partly due to my blog entries over at Don't Pull A Tolkien. You should all check it out. I really don't like to ways get under people's skin, just sometimes; but as I am an opinionated person with a regular tendency to put his foot in his mouth, it makes for drama. I really wish and want to start fresh, but such is more a pipe dream. I can only change what I am and cannot start from scratch. I have strong opinions based on experience, like most people. I just also feel that I can back them up with more facts than they can, making my point more valid. This is not to say I personally can or the cannot; merely that my perspective has a lot more riding for it than others. You can see where that can make for some disagreements. Problem is, I'm a bit of a hypocrite... but who isn't? I just wish I could do better to argue my points and stop caring when things came to an impasse. I try to tell myself I'm getting better but I really don't see it. That problem with this is technically it forces me to shut up about my opinions until I can get my act together, which right now I really can't do; and of course that does not stop my from expression my views regardless. Problem here is such only destabilizes my point and renders my arguments null in the eyes of those I debate with. I'm sure in time things will resolve themselves... but enough of this semi-emo bullshit.

So, speaking of drama, people once again are up in arms about the new version of dA. I don't find it too bad, save I see no setting to allow me to instantly go into full view mode. Otherwise, I find the new features handy and the change not nearly so drastic as previous times; that's my two-cents on it. In other news, I'm single again; it lasted for about a month and then she called it off for reasons she did not state. Part of my would like to know why, the other part doesn't care. So ladies in the Puget Sound area near Seattle/Tacoma, you know where to contact me! Spring quarter is almost over. Just have one more paper to write, one to correct, and another, my senior thesis, to also correct before turning in this coming week. Then it will be Summer quarter around the 22 of june or something. I'll be a UW Seattle for 15 credits worth of German year one and Green River Community College for Biology 100. So if you see a guy wearing a raccoon on his head, you know who it is. How ironic it is for my last quarter at UWT to not be at UWT; then I'll be done with my BA! If, of course, I pass all my classes. Two 20 credit quarters back to back!? Yep, I'm crazy that way. Good new is, my roommates will likely be taking me on a brewery crawl down in Portland afterwards if all go according to plan. Huzzah!

So, that's about it for updates. Check out two great comics featured below. They kick more ass than you can fathom! The Iron Wizard is back for another chapter of awesome and Billy the Face make a return with an improved version of the first chapter.

TheIronWizard Part 55
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So, what's new!? LLamas! Love to give me away some llamas, and get them; points are also nice; that is all... about llama; for now. >_>

So, in case I didn't mention it in my last large update, I got subpoenaed! It came during Thursday before the con... which for me is the first day of the con! May 10(-13?), 2010 I get to be a witness for the state. Not sure how much more information I can give out (if I haven't already crossed the line) so I'll save the specifics for after this is all said and done. Much fun, and that reminds me I need to get my nice suit that I wore to Kat & Jon's wedding cleaned and pressed so I can shine when I walk in the courtroom.

Anyway, what else is new? Not much. I'm still pounding away on my papers, fearing not passing my classes, getting things ready for my graduation (though I'm not gonna walk) at the end of Summer Quarter, and... I finally got a girlfriend again! Huzzah! :D

You can check out her FB page, as it is linked from my own. Her name is Mengyao Li, though she goes by Lily. She is a Chinese international student at GRCC. We've been dating, as it were, for the past three weeks or so and made it an official relationship Saturday night. She's 22, atheist, and says Curtis T. Raccoon is now hers. Curtis does not seem to mind, apparently. >_> She lives literally right next door, too. Guess that can be a bad thing but I'll make sure not to make it so.

So, that's it for me. Nothing new to post in my deviations gallery, sadly. But I do have another TheIronWizard to share with you all; feel very damn special! So until next time, enjoy!

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Good question, self-reflexive title! :D

The short answer is life happened. After my announcement that my laptop got stolen, things were shitty but manageable. I was gonna get a new iPad to replace my missing laptop... then my boss had a nice 1.5hr long conversation with me one Thursday night towards the end of January. The conclusion was I would not have my 32hrs assured after March. This led me into a but of a tizzy trying to figure out how I'd survive at least another year (or several quarters) without a steady income. My sister told me at the time that such a thing was an opportunity but I failed to see how (though I know somehow, she was right). Played with the idea of being a gamer tester and thought about what other warehouse-like jobs were out there. I planned to get $7000.00 more out of a non-subsadised loan and help my dad with some of his bills in exchange for credit (which I was basically out of) and fuel for the car (and motorcycle). Things were looking better; but not the best. Then, my car went to hell. It's had its share of problems since last summer (a vacuum issue, I think) that I have yet to properly diagnose or cure. To make matters worse, this time sometime hit the oil pan and left a fissure that let all the oil drain out. Thankfully I was able to make it home with about a quart plus left inside but I had to miss work and really felt the world collapse around me. I was even thinking of not going to Sakura-Con 2010; or worse still, dropping out of UWT all together.

That night, my roommate and I sat down to figure out what could stop this spiral of doom I kept finding myself it. The first spark of good news was an audit feature UWT has to see where you're at in the program and your particular degree and concentration. Turns out, I was only a quarter behind my normal graduation schedule (which would have been at the end of this quarter, being Spring) plus five credits if I took the research path verses the professional that I was currently on. The only trick to it was I still needed ten credits of a foreign language, my senior thesis, and a natural world class. This was made more complicated by the dismal choices offered by UWT over the summer. I had to do a little song and dance and make a hard choice. So, after talking to the IAS office, financial aid, and a couple instructors, I finally made a plan. For Spring quarter, i would take 20 credit: yes, count them TWENTY. The extra five would come in the form of my senior thesis while the others would be required credits for the degree. Then, I would take my last remaining 15 credits at Green River Community College; which is right up the road and like a five minute drive (or 1/2hr walk, depending). Here, I'd take my natural world class and two back-to-back foreign language classes (likely German or Spanish); and it would give me an opportunity to amend the dismal record I had established back when I first began my college experience (and failed miserably).

While finishing Winter quarter with solid grades, I looked to streamline my finances and cut back on things. I had already done so since that Thursday night back in January but after the car issue, which we solved with JB Weld, things had to really change. While the car fix worked, my motorcycle had to become my primary transportation. For this, I completely revamped my insurance and got auto, motorcycle, and renters under one company, for a total of just under $700.00 (a year for the motorcycle and renters, 6 months for the auto). This saved me a shit-ton of money. Not paying for the motorcycle anymore, which I paid off at the end of January, helped a lot, too. Eating out regularly, especially at the Harmon, was eliminated; though I could still do so when the roommates wanted (which is uncommon). I also made sure not to spend too much on groceries and the like, which I discovered was indeed possible as I restructured how I ate. I used all the money I had saved and accumulated from my tuition aid and bill restructuring to pay for everything I could upfront, placing me in the best financial position I've been in years (minus the fact that I have student loans still, but those won't become an "issue" until after school). I have several people who have my back should things get real bad but for the moment I am set to deal with this on my own. After Winter quarter came back with good grades, I was able to attend Sakura-Con 2010 and really enjoy myself. (Checkout my FB page for tons of photos and videos!)

This whole business also got me back into helping me look at myself better both physically and mentally. Since I was (am) gonna loose my full-time hours, I needed to utilize my health and dental insurance while I still had it. I first got a full physical, where I learned that besides my weight, which I am working on, and one normal issue for a guy my age (to quote the Professor: "Good news! It's a suppository!"), I'm otherwise healthy and my vitals are normal. After this, I got my teeth cleaned and took stock of what needed to be fixed. While there are several things that should/need to be done within the next year, the major priority were my twin impacted wisdom teeth on my lower jaw. They had to go and as my two upper wisdom teeth were not being utilized anyway, they were just liability. So, the Monday after Sakura-Con 2010 (that is, this last Monday 4/5) I had them removed (and hence the vicodin reference below). I've never felt better after a surgery of any kind like this one, though I am taking a week off of school to make sure I'm in the best position not to miss any further classes (minus one for a follow-up appointment this Monday). On the mental end, I am changing how Osyris operates (that is, Russell Bynum). Things are looking up for this old dog; it's just a matter of putting it all together. No girlfriend as of yet, but with my 20 credits, that will just have to wait.

So, where does that leave me? Well, once I get back to work this Saturday and Sunday, I'll know if I want to keep my remaining weekend hours or just go to casual status and cash out my remaining vacation hours. If the nine hours on both days work like they should, then I will likely keep them to offset having to eat into my credit. Funny how I've been able to cut my month expenditures so far. It cannot last forever but I only need this current setup to last through summer. If so, then the rest is gravy; save the economy is recovered enough for me to find a real career job verses this paycheck-to-paycheck living. This all requires me to get back on the horse next week school-wise and get cracking hardcore. My senior thesis is being a bitch, honestly, but I think I'll crack it open here shortly. The rest of the classes are demanding a lot of writing, too, so don't think Osyris will just pop back on dA anytime soon. I'm still recovering as much of my lost writing from the laptop from here but at some point, I'm not sure how much dA can remain revenant to me. From Winter quarter, I've posted a few things from my writing fiction class that I hope you'll all enjoy; especially the one entitled "Emily (Draft II)". If I can pull off the grades, then I will be at a new gateway in my life. Until then, there is much to be learned (to quote Sagan).

I had fun this year at Sakura-Con 2010 and got several more original pieces from Neolucky. I know I need to post several other framed works from a while back but I think those photos got lost with the laptop. I'll post the backlog once I get more important things out of the way. As for the rest of it, I've had no time to be writing stories or poetry for my own bemusement. That will return to me in due time. If you have questions, or want to keep up with me more regularly, checkout my facebook page: Russell Wayne Bynum Yeah, I know the negative opinions but I use it for various productive purposes and if you do, too, then befriend me already! As for the podcast, B2S1 in its old form is basically dead and the reboot is on hold at least until I'm out of school. Not sure what else you all want to know; but I'll gladly respond to all of your comments to this journal entry... which usually amounts to a couple. Oh well; until then, I'll leave you all with the latest installment from the ever-awesome TheIronWizard!

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Quick note, peoples who might care: as the title suggests and the lack of my "normal" journal skin reinforces, this is srs business. srs osyris is srs; srsly.

Yep, on Thursday my laptop was stolen, and along with it about eight plus years of my collected digital works; all gone. How? Well, I likely left the door to my home unlocked, though I do remember turning the key; it was apparently not enough for the deadbolt and the rest is history. My roommates also had a similar laptop stolen and a X-BOX 360 taken. Strangely, a shit-ton of other stuff was left, so it appears a theft of opportunity. Thankfully, the cats (and dog) were not harmed. It is not a complete loss, as deviantART contains many of my prized works, which I will not be taking the efforts to dl EVERYTHING from it to recover what I can. I also have a Flash drive that also holds many original drafts and copies of these and other non-published works and school stuff. Sadly, that still leave at best 50% and moar likely 60% forever gone; unless by some divine decree I get my shit back without the hard drive being deleted. Likelihood of that happening: -50%. So, the moral of the story is: that bands with no talent can easily amuse idiots with a stupid puppet show... what? Wait, that's a different moral. This moral is:

BACK YOU SHIT UP IN MULTIPLE PLACES IN MULTIULE FORMATS... including printing shit out and filing it away (in multiple places).

Yep, even the very night before I had contemplated doing just that; or starting to. You see what procrastination gets you? Fucked in the ass by some prick who needs to give me my data back; they can keep the fucking hard drive I just want my fucking intellectual property back! So if anyone goes to Green River Community College, or anywhere in the Kent-Auburn area, and sees a Dell Insperon 1505E for sale with stickers of the Harmon, Sakura-Con, Pike Place Brewery, Apple, and two large black stickers that talk about significant others (cats) and Jesus kicking the shit out of people for sale, then buy it and I'll pay you back or tell me who and I'll deal with them on my own. I also have the serial for the laptop, too. I prefer if the data is still on it, otherwise it is almost an insult to get the laptop itself back. If the asshole who took it is reading this and hasn't deleted my shit, cat you at least burn a DVD disk or three of all the txt documents and mail me them (or e-mail or torrent, etc)? ...and maybe the photos if you are up to it? SRSLY! Keep the rest, just give me back my data! The hardware means nothing to me in relation! Until then, (if ever)...

Fuck My Life...

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