PostAWeek 21: Woodworking, Minimalists, and Busts, Oh My! By David “Academic or Artist” Dysart

PostAWeek 21: Woodworking, Minimalists, and Busts, Oh My!

By David “Egypt Geek” Dysart

By David “Academic or Artist” Dysart

Note from the author: “Egypt Geek” and “Academic or Artist” were my second choices. I wanted to use something else from the Supernatural Parody from the VERY END of the post

All this, and I need a show to audition for. If anybody knows any good ones, let me know!!

As another academic year comes to an end, it brings about a new summer. It also means I will (Hopefully) have more time for creative endeavors. I’m not entirely sure how true this will be since I’m starting my externship the Monday after Finals week and need to start working on my thesis to propose this Fall, but I really do want to get back into the swing of things.

So I decided to make a central list of things I needed to get done. And given the fact that it’s Friday, I figured I would just make it the PostAWeek (Also, I hope that if I spend some more time thinking and writing about them, it’ll motivate me more)

To do Woodworking, Minimalists, Bust, Drawings

If you don’t know about my woodworking projects:

Theatre Props https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2580402129577.90092.1840165438&type=3

Anime Props https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3694127492015.115248.1840165438&type=3

Wood working

Branden’s 88

For his birthday, my nephew wanted an 88 for a Nascar racer.

Kyla’s Lakers Wand

And my niece wanted a yellow and purple wand. I already bought the materials at Michaels, so it’s just a little drilling, putting together and painting

Secret collaboration

Shhhh

Seraph Blade

I bought a trenchcoat-looking coat the other day and figured I was a blue tie and seraph blade away from a sweet Castiel cosplay, so BAM! Inspiration

Lord Zedd Staff

Ever since I saw this trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L9_MvP7zHA, I’ve wanted to do his staff

Ice and Fire

Dothraki Sword

I burned through the first 2 seasons of GoT in far too little time, so I knew I had to do something from the show. The Dothraki swords were very cool, very reminiscent of Egyptian swords (which I used to be a huge Egypt geek when I was younger, so this was kind of a have to for me.

Longclaw and dagger

I also wanted to do a sword/dagger combo from the show. And the most distinct sword on the show is definitely Longclaw. No spoilers, so I’ll just say it’s from the Night’s Watch

LotR

Legolas Bow?

I’ve wanted to do a bow for a long time, and I figured Legolas’s would be cool. Not sure yet though

Aragon sword (whole and broken)

Another one I thought would be kind of cool. I’d just have to make it twice basically

Loki’s Staff

Ooiiii. I’d love to do this one, but it would probably be a ridiculous build, so I don’t know if it would ever happen. Ideally, I’d make the head, short staff, and long staff and be able to attach it, but that DEFINITELY would never happen

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3563640909932.112922.1840165438&type=3

Minimalist

Pegasus from Hercules

The only thing I have on my to-do list. It was a request. Forgot about it until I put the list together

Castiel: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4314340116943&l=11d59040cf

11^th Doctor https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4323812153738&l=7e269154c2

Captain Jack Harkness (with Spoiler) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4326336296840&l=f5be8c0e71

I’ve never really done realistic drawings, and very rarely done much in the way of shading, so I figured these would be fun. I figured I wouldn’t be able to do faces (which has proven true), so I chose folks with very distinctive character design, so I wouldn’t have to do faces.

Busts

X-men

   After having done 3 of these drawings, I wanted to start working on faces. So the best training ground would be cartoon characters so even if I don’t get the likeness down, people won’t notice.

Wolverine

I’ve always been a wolverine fan, so while it’d be a more simplistic drawing (unless I incorporated a hand), it might be cool)

Cyclops

Not a huge Cyclops fan, but should make for a good drawing

Cable

Lots of stuff to do here

Rogue

This one would be pretty intensive too, but I really look forward to it

Magneto

Amazing character, could be an interesting draw too

Supernatural

Dean (Leather jacket and necklace)

Would be a fair amount of layers and then the necklace, so could be an interesting draw

Castiel – Leviathan or bloodied

I’d like to take another crack at Castiel, including the face this time

Disney

Jasmine

Ugh, just tried this last night. It was a train wreck (partly because it was too small, partly because I just sucked

Ariel

Done in a realistic fashion, I think this would be a really cool drawing

Snow White

Moreso, just because it is a very distinctive character design

Doctor Who

Tennant

I dig Matt Smith, but Tennant is my Doctor. More curious to do the face study drawing for this one

Avatar

The Boulder

Well, I’d learn a lot about musculature, plus a fun character

Cabbage Merchant

                        My cabbages!

Miscellaneous

Assassin’s Creed slide blades

I actually bought the drawer slides, gosh, I don’t even know how long ago. Just need to sit down and actually do it

Replicator Bug

Ugh, another crazy old project. I have a number of blocks cut and half painted.

Listening to

The 40 Year Old Boy Podcast

Twitter Tag

Get Ready. Summer #woodworking, #minimalist #drawings, and bust #sketches, only @ http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek #creative #to-do

Going faster than a “Reply All” email, websites like mine will surely go your way

http://twitter.com/daviddysart All in all, it’s just another post in the feed

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ I’m gonna post some tumblrs

http://hangingonbelay.blogspot.com/ Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8

http://daviddysart.blogspot.com/ Posts become as vapid as a blogger out in Starbucks

http://tiny.cc/Facebook_DavidDysart This site has got to be the most pretentious thing

The http my own website is coming soon .com !!!! in all its Glory - and all its Horror

New to the PostAWeek? These are the essential posts to see

3 – January Performer of the Month – The first official appearance of Chuck and Tom on the PostAWeek, and a good sampler of their style.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek3

5, 6, 7 – The February Performer of the Month Trilogy – The only Performer of the Month to span 3 posts, Chuck deals with a Batman-quoting Tom for over 1,500 words in this three-bit of brilliance

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek5

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek6

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek7

8, 9, 10 – The Mile High Diaries Trilogy – My yearly pilgrimage to the top of Mount Etatslac chronicled for the future generations to tackle the peak, written article-style with pulled quotes and all that jazz.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek8

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek9

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek10

Oh, Supernatural parodies to end the PostAWeek, how I adore you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXb_jDujAxY (season 7)

Me as Castiel,

Parents as Dean,

Creativity as Crowley

Woodworking as Kevin

Me: I’m going in the garage

Parents: No, you don’t have enough time

Creativity: David, fresh from Uni. Wish you would’ve blogged first.

Me: Creativity

Creativity: Which David is it this time? Academic or Artist. I’m never really sure

Me: These projects are coming with me

Creativity: I think not. Woodworking is staying in summer now

Me: So this is how it’s going to be

Creativity: It’s very West Side Story, but let’s be logical, You look like hell week. And I should know

Creativity: Maybe you can get it up, but you can’t keep it up.

Creativity: You’re bluffing

Me: Do you want to take that chance?

PostAWeek 20: Brutus and Antony on Mark Zuckerberg By David “Favorte’d Account” Dysart

PostAWeek 20: Brutus and Antony on Mark Zuckerberg

By David “Favorte’d Account” Dysart

It’s that time of summer again. Redlands Shakespeare Festival is having their season of shows in the Redlands bowl. Unfortunately, it’s their last weekend, so you’re going to have make haste to see Caesar tonight and Loves Labor Lost tomorrow. If you need a bit more motivation, here’s how Brutus’ and Antony’s speaches would have sounded if they were dealing with Mark Zuckerberg nowadays.

Enjoy!

BRUTUS Monologue Parody

Friends, Facebookers, and Fans! Read me for my

cause, and hit “See more”, that you may read: believe me

for mine “likes,” and have respect to mine “likes,” that

you may believe: “tl:dr” me in your skimming, and

“activate” your accounts, that you may the better “share.”

If there be any in this comment thread, any Facebook friend of

Zuckerberg’s, to him I type, that Brutus’s “friend request” to Zuckerberg

was no less than his. If then that friend demand

why Brutus “deleted,” this is my answer:

--Not that I “favorite’d” Zuckerberg less, but that I liked

Facebook’s statuses more.

Had you rather Zuckerberg were posting and

all likers lurk, than that Zuckerberg were “deactivated,” to post your own statuses?

As Zuckerberg “liked” my posts, I “shared” for him;

as he was fortunate, I “congrats” at it; as he was

photobombed, I “tagged” him: but, as he was ambitious, I

“deleted” him. There is tears for his “likes;” notes for his

feed; quotes for his cleverness; and “unfriend” for his

ambition.

Who is posting so base that would be a

tweeter? If any, tweet; for him have I offended.

Who is here so rude that would not be a Facebooker? If

any, “comment;” for him have I offended. Who is here so

vile that will not “share” this post? If any, troll;

for him have I offended. I pause for a “report.”

ANTONY Monologue Parody

Friends, Facebookers, and Fans, lend me your eyes;

I come to “reactivate” Zuckerberg, not to “suggest friends” him.

The evil that men post lives after them;

The good is oft “unfollow post” with their timelines;

So let it be with Zuckerberg.

The “favorite’d” Brutus

Hath told you Zuckerberg was ambitious:

If it were so, it was a grievous post,

And grievously hath Zuckerberg commented it.

Here, under “tag” of Brutus and the rest of the Senate Page--

For Brutus is a “favorite’d” account;

So are they all, all “favorite’d” accounts—

Come I to post in Zuckerberg’s “deactivation.”

He was my “friend,” “follower” and commenter to me:

But Brutus posts he was ambitious;

And Brutus is a “favorite’d” account.

He hath “suggest friend” many accounts to Facebook

Whose “likes” did the friend’s posts did fill:

Did this in Zuckerberg seem ambitious?

When that the poor have blogged, Zuckerberg hath changed Timeline:

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:

Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;

And Brutus is a “favorite’d” account.

You all did see that on the UStream

I thrice presented him a “Follow Friday,”

Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?

Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;

And, sure, he is a “favorite’d” account.

I post not to “unlike” what Brutus updated,

But here I am to post what I do know.

You all did “like” him once, not without post:

What cause withholds you then, to like his fan page?

O judgment! thou art fled to anonymous trolls,

And men have lost their “Share”. Bear with me;

My “like” is in the deactivated account there with Zuckerberg,

And I must stare at the screen till it come back to me.

For an unparodied version of the speech, see Julius Caesar along with Loves Labor Lost and Taming of the Shrew in their final weekend of shows starting this Thursday https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151547378502929&set=a.459472702928.244680.134534482928&type=1&theater

For Brutus’s parody, be sure to read PostAWeek 20 this weekend, right here on my Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?sk=notes or on Tumblr http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/

Listening to

The old Definitive Davidian Collections soundtracks. I had really good taste

Twitter Tag

There was a great tragedy today. The favorte’d account, Brutus, deactivated Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account, only @ http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek20 #TheatreProblems

Going faster than a “Reply All” email, websites like mine will surely go your way

http://twitter.com/daviddysart All in all, it’s just another post in the feed

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ I’m gonna post some tumblrs

http://hangingonbelay.blogspot.com/ Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8

http://daviddysart.blogspot.com/ Posts become as vapid as a blogger out in Starbucks

http://tiny.cc/Facebook_DavidDysart This site has got to be the most pretentious thing

The http my own website is coming soon .com !!!! in all its Glory - and all its Horror

New to the PostAWeek? These are the essential posts to see

3 – January Performer of the Month – The first official appearance of Chuck and Tom on the PostAWeek, and a good sampler of their style.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek3

5, 6, 7 – The February Performer of the Month Trilogy – The only Performer of the Month to span 3 posts, Chuck deals with a Batman-quoting Tom for over 1,500 words in this three-bit of brilliance

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek5

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek6

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek7

8, 9, 10 – The Mile High Diaries Trilogy – My yearly pilgrimage to the top of Mount Etatslac chronicled for the future generations to tackle the peak, written article-style with pulled quotes and all that jazz.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek8

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek9

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek10

           

To accept or not. That is the question. Rather tis nobler to suffer the game requests and pokes or to simply go outside and live life like a normal person.

PostAWeek 19: Headlines from the Austen Jazzette – Classified Ads and Washington’s Correspondence By David “Quite the Huckster” Dysart

PostAWeek 19: Headlines from the Austen Jazzette – Classified Ads and Washington’s Correspondence

By David “Quite the Huckster” Dysart

Something quite a bit different today. Back in 2012, I started my excursion of acting (with http://heartlandplayers.org/). It was with the show Sense and Sensibility. One of the scenes in the show involved Eleanor reading a newspaper. Ever the writer, I volunteered (a venture I shared with our Colonel Brandon). Now, I couldn’t just write scraggly lines across the paper and be done with it. Oh no, these had to have legitimate writing on them!

Like I said, at least one other one was written by another cast member, but I don’t have a picture of that one. I also might have written another one, but if I did, it has been lost to the world by now. Either way, they were a blast to write at the time (plus I think I did it during work day, so it got me out of lifting heavy things).

The first one is just some classified ads from Britishy pop culture type stuff.

The second one is a trashy tabloid-style article about how George Washington sold soul to win the Revolutionary War.

For the Classified ad, these references are:

Doctor Who (I changed from “cancer” because coincidentally, my goofing around fit rather well with what happened with the show)

Benny Hill

The Hobbit (as Gandalf)

Lord of the Rings

Dr. Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility (How meta is that?!?!?!!?!)

£ .10                                                                                                             10 December 1810

Austen Jazzette

Classified Advertisement

Doctor seeking companion for traveling through time and space. No pay but free room and board with discretionary fund. Amazing sights to be seen. Some hazardous conditions (chemicals known to the planet of Galifrey to cause Time Lord). Men and pregnant women need not apply. Contact psychic paper

Police seeking citizens to run in fast forward. Applicants must be able to run through doors repeatedly. Been on hill, find to apply.

Wizard seeking short person to share in an adventure with. Hairy feet and an unknown ability in thieving preferred. Ability to relate with dwarves highly suggested

Seeking black-powder weapon for trip to Mordor. Council has already procured the use of sword, bow, and axe. More than simple walking required, but return trip on the back of giant eagle available to those who complete the trip. Lovers of jewelry need not apply. Contact local Ranger for more information.

Looking for several cadavers to create giant, death-defying monster. Loved ones will live on in roomy castle with beautiful view of a windmill. To donate, contact world-renowned public relations manager, Igor.

Parish on the country-side seeking minister that loves small cottages. Willing to ordain those who have a desire to go into the church. Those seeking fortune need not apply. Contact your local Colonel retiree.

Darcy family looking for beautiful debutante to act as Lady of the House for public showing. Must be very proper, but still willing to instill jealousy. Pride a requirement. Prejudiced need not apply. Apply at the largest estate in area

£ .10                                                                                                             10 December 1810

Austen Jazzette

Classified Advertisement

With the 35^th of America’s anniversaries, new revelations of its fight for freedom have met light. Austen Jazzette’s own Charles Dickens has found correspondence between General George Washington and Satan (Lucifer, the fallen angel for all the pagan and non-Anglican readers). While these letters star off innocent enough, Washington begins expressing concerns to the Angel of Darkness about the stout resolve of British foot soldiers, the strategic brilliance of its generals, and the sound logic of its diplomatic convoys. That is when Beelzebub began making his hard sell.

It has been long-known that American soldiers were selling their souls for black powder and soles, but even the random colonel bartered their souls for small military victories (Bunker Hill, anyone?), but the Dark Prince was about to broker his biggest deal since Carthage came in, riding his elephants.

While the turncoat Washington cited his strong religious resolve (though his choice of pen pals would raise doubt to this claim), eventually, the Horned King wore the feeble-minded Washington down. Washington’s letters took a distinct turn as America’s odds of winning continued to decrease.

Finally, the Low One made his offer, two offers in fact, and it was Washington’s choice...

For the price of Washington’s soul and for 3/5^ths of all the souls of his progeny, the Red Beast would turn the tides of the war in favor of the Americans.

Correspondance between the two stopped for nearly a fortnight before Hell’s general reconnected with the inexperienced Washington. He had already replanned his strategy with a new deal, a deal that would help shape the world for decades to come...

For the immortal soul of every soldier on the American side lost in the war from the start of the deal, the American victory was assured. Being quite the huckster himself, Washington saw the potential of the Serpent to prolong the war to increase the soul count. Washington agreed with the added stipulation that the Beast would expedite the war with limited loss of American life. In return, he would sacrifice British

Cont. On A3

THE COST: FREEdom

Listening to

The 40 Year Old Boy

Twitter Tag

Read all about it! The Austen Jazzete exposes #Washington/Satan deal to win war and classified ads from throughout time and reference! http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek19

Going faster than a “Reply All” email, websites like mine will surely go your way

http://twitter.com/daviddysart All in all, it’s just another post in the feed

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ I’m gonna post some tumblrs

http://hangingonbelay.blogspot.com/ Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8

http://daviddysart.blogspot.com/ Posts become as vapid as a blogger out in Starbucks

http://tiny.cc/Facebook_DavidDysart This site has got to be the most pretentious thing

The http my own website is coming soon .com !!!! in all its Glory - and all its Horror

New to the PostAWeek? These are the essential posts to see

3 – January Performer of the Month – The first official appearance of Chuck and Tom on the PostAWeek, and a good sampler of their style.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek3

5, 6, 7 – The February Performer of the Month Trilogy – The only Performer of the Month to span 3 posts, Chuck deals with a Batman-quoting Tom for over 1,500 words in this three-bit of brilliance

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek5

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek6

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek7

8, 9, 10 – The Mile High Diaries Trilogy – My yearly pilgrimage to the top of Mount Etatslac chronicled for the future generations to tackle the peak, written article-style with pulled quotes and all that jazz.

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek8

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek9

http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek10

           

I know nobody actually reads this blog, and even less than the number of people who read it, actually skip past all of the plugs to read this final bit every week, so does that mean a negative number of people are reading this right now?