Flatlands

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:58:51 GMT

Must familiarize self with this site...

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=28990&CFID=1601412&CFTOKEN=41150787

Update at http://www.viridiandesign.org/
The Topic:
"The Militarization of Disaster Relief"

Can we say "Rome"?
Shit.

The Bigfoot Conference in Texas.

diaz@sensite.net — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:46:02 GMT

This was on the news last night...

http://www.poe-news.com/stories.php?poeurlid=000053150

"While they can have a sense of humor about it, the search for the legendary Sasquatch is no joke for many of the nearly 400 people who came here to discuss the latest sightings and tracking techniques at the Texas Bigfoot Conference."

Hurricane Wilma

diaz@sensite.net — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:13:39 GMT

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9710472/

annoyed *sigh*

diaz@sensite.net — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:15:41 GMT

Figuring stuff out...

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:43:09 GMT

Been reworking the original script.
Cut out large chunks. Redid lots of dialogue.
I think its getting better.

Jackpot.

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:34:06 GMT

http://www.evolutionsociety.org/resources.html

Which includes links like these...!!

http://web.austin.utexas.edu/eskeletons/
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/

Sentient Vehicles PDF. Yes, you heard me.

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:14:09 GMT

http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie/uploads/category-36/268.pdf

Wear Sunscreen

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:47:53 GMT

Global Warming and Skin Cancer. I bring this up because I care. BECAUSE I CARE.

Melanoma
"Over 51,000 new cases are reported to the American Cancer Society each year..."

SkinCancer Facts
"While melanoma is uncommon in African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians, it is most deadly for these populations."

"The majority of people diagnosed with melanoma are white men over age 50."

"The incidence of melanoma is increasing rapidly in women under age 40. It is now the most common cancer in young women aged 25-29, and second only to breast cancer in women aged 30-34."

"Teens may be especially susceptible to skin cancer because their cells are dividing and changing more rapidly than those of adults."

Global warming may be speeding up, fears scientist

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:05:49 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,2763,1013123,00.html

"What we are seeing is absolutely unusual," said Prof Schellnhuber. "We know that global warming is proceeding apace, but most of us were thinking that in 20-30 years time we would be seeing hot spells [like this]. But it's happening now. Clearly extreme weather events will increase."

"The upper limit of global warming, they suggested, should range between 7C and 10C, which would severely affect food and water supplies, traumatise most economies, and fundamentally change everyday life."

"· Italy's national electricity grid said it had cut power to some big industrial customers amid soaring demand from air conditioners"
(Did not expect this to happen so quickly...ssshhheeeeyit.)

Mia Molvray and the Dinoman

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:50:19 GMT

Mia Molvray
is a biologist and fiction writer.

She wrote an essay on:
They came from Outer Space: Creating Believable Aliens

I think I need to send her an e-mail.

I might be here a while.

Arctic Perennial Ice Gone by end of century

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:59:02 GMT

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/Perrenial_Sea_Ice.html

"Melting sea ice would not affect sea levels, but it could profoundly impact summer shipping lanes, plankton blooms, ocean circulation systems, and global climate.

"If the perennial ice cover, which consists mainly of thick multi-year ice floes, disappears, the entire Arctic Ocean climate and ecology would become very different," said Josefino Comiso, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., who authored the study. "

Coelocanths

diaz@sensite.net — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:20:22 GMT

http://www.dinofish.com/

"I couldn't help thinking that more people have been to outer space than have gone down to see coelacanths."

diaz@sensite.net — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:55:34 GMT

be back soon...

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:13:43 GMT

Legos.

diaz@sensite.net — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:18:28 GMT

NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RESCUES THE LAST FOUR TRAINED DOLPHINS WASHED INTO MISSISSIPPI SOUND AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA —

The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., working with a number of other partners, rescued the last four of the eight trained bottlenose dolphins that were swept out of an aquarium tank torn apart by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina on August 29. Normally held in captivity, the dolphins don't have the necessary skills to survive on their own.

message recieved...

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:27:42 GMT

The BEAT.
http://209.198.111.165/thebeat/archives/2005/09/spx_whatever_be.html#more

The Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/2977/

"Futuropolis" file under Euro-Comics.
I'll have to get back to this one.
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/eurocomics/2359/

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:03:44 GMT

Earlier today I was taking down the userinfo page,
figured it'd be better if I just worked offline...and tried to promote it afterwards...
I stopped because I figured I'd give it another day to decide...
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While I was at the Engine, the other day I ran into an article on "Big Numbers" a book by Alan Moore and Bill Sceinkowicz (sic) which was never finished due to Seinkowicz going through a serious rough patch in his life.
It was really helpful, and it really got me to thinking about straightening myself out.
Thanks...
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OF the scripts I posted recently I think, "drama is stupid" comes right after "Y?"
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I almost posted some of the older scripts , but tweaked, just so there'd be more context, and things made more sense...
Its 5am now.
I should try sleeping...

Short Bar scene I wrote back in FEbruary.

diaz@sensite.net — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:47:01 GMT

Characters:
Prick: Porcupine man
Thelo: Lizard guy who hates himself.

Setting: Bar

Prick: Remember Viceroy..
Thelo: Viceroy?
Prick: Now, talk about bad luck. OK you know how some brightly colored butterflies taste nasty? So if a bird eats one of them, he won't eat any more?

Thelo: Yeah, what happened to him?
Prick: A bird ate him. Chewed him up, didn't like how he tasted, and spat him out.
Thelo: Thats terrible.
Prick: Yeah...so don't talk to me about bad adaptations.

diaz@sensite.net — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:43:03 GMT

Spent most of my online time at the Engine today.

Doing some learnin'...

Finder

diaz@sensite.net — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:24:13 GMT

http://www.lightspeedpress.com/index.php?module=Finder&func=issue&issue=19&page=4

Something I should have read a while back...

SaurimianCephalicfeatures

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:43:08 GMT

SaurimianCephalicfeatures
Originally uploaded by 7 million years.

For a while I was trying an Audobon type-thing with all the character pages.

diaz@sensite.net — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:42:02 GMT

I did all the character designs MONTHS ago.
I just did them over and over again, until I got them to look right.

By months I mean, last May.

Slit

diaz@sensite.net — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:28:45 GMT

Slit
Originally uploaded by 7 million years.

This is the first inked page for the scene which introduces Slit.

(Errata: scanner cut off the A, in An Antiquarian.)

Selena

diaz@sensite.net — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:24:35 GMT

Selena
Originally uploaded by 7 million years.

Character page for Selena.

7 million years in the future the remaining human population has Trilobites tattooed on their shoulders.

It's a symbol of survival.
The Trilobite existed for 242 million years after its peak.

(Errata: The blades she's holding aren't finished. The pose she's in on the right is very uncomfortable. Can do better...)

script / whatever...

diaz@sensite.net — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:11:09 GMT

man, drama is stupid...

Setting: human chemistry lab.
humans:
Selena
Hyde Rogan
Sully

Lizards:
Thelo
D.
Citro

Thelo: I DON'T WANT TO BE LEADER!!
D: JUST TALK TO THEM!!!
Thelo: But I...
Sully: YOU'RE A WEASEL!! YOU killed her!!

Thelo: What?
Selena: Leave him alone Sully. He's like a little kid.
Sully: no he's not. he knows what he's doing...

Thelo:Look I DIDN'T KILL HER!! and I'm not comfortable being the center of attention!!!
Sully: HA!! THAT'S ALL YOU EVER TALK ABOUT!!! All you ever talk about is yourself.
You've been doing nothing but MOPING FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THREE MONTHS!!!
NOBODY'S GOING TO GO GET YOU!!! YOU'RE NOT WELCOME.
Thelo: I...
Sully:WE GAVE YOU EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING!! BUT YOU DON'T HAVE FEELINGS DO YOU?!
Thelo: I... wait...(getting visibly distraught.)
Sully: YOU'RE A REPTILE. A MONSTER!!! EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, YOU'D STILL ATTRACT MORE OF THOSE THINGS!!!
(Selena has her forehead over her hand. staring down. Leaning against the wall. She doesn't trust him either.)

D. and Citro (standing off to the side.)- (D.to Citro) Dude, do something.
Citro- (loud deep voice) VEX KILLED HER. AND VEX IS DEAD NOW.
THANKS, IN PART, TO THELO. AND BY THE RULES OF OUR SOCIETY, THAT MAKES HIM OUR LEADER.
Sully- WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING? (starts laughing)...
You don't even know how to take care of yourself?! (Something in Thelo makes him twitch at the sound of this.) How the fuck (I don't know what the audience for this is anymore) are you gonna lead a group of WILD Saurimians?

Thelo: I WAS...
Hyde (walks into the room): Thelo was wild for 5 years before he was adopted.
Thelo: (yells really loud) CAN I FINISH A FUCKING SENTENCE?!!
(everybody stops and stares at him.)
Thelo: yeah, Hyde's right I was wild for 5 years before I was adopted.

Please stop staring at me.

D: Oh HO!! YES!!
Sully: This is fucking bullshit man...lights up an oxygen cigarette.
Citro: WE'RE ON A PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
Sully: OK, THAT ONE, SHOULD BE THE LEADER. (sticks his finger in Citro's face.)
Citro: (casually pretends to bite at sully's finger. Sully pulls his finger back in horror. Citro and D, giggle at this. Citro is leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. D. is a lot smaller and standing next to him.)

Selena: (starts laughing) ...hehhehfhkrghhg...you guys...

(everybody looks at her now.)

Selena:...hehahhahdfrkg...you guys.hehehgur are so hehhefrkg ...stupid....hahahaHAHAHAHA...

Hyde: Have you been eating the 'venus berries' again?

Selena: phtpehphahahaha...fuck hahhaha you hahaha Hyde hahaha... (this will be explained later).

Thelo: What, what's so funny? Is it me? It's not me is it?

Citro: (lowers voice) Thelo, (holds his finger up to his mouth, nods head)...shhh no. No.

Thelo: Ok, I'm just gonna laugh then.

Selena: fuckhahahayou...guyshahaha...hahaha this is... so stupid...hahahaha

(image pans out. Room, then outside of lab, outside of village. etc.) HAHA's all around.

End Scene.
-Copyright Frank Diaz