Sorry if you've seen it before, but I just saw it today. And it was very difficult not to laugh out loud. It's the world's worst-subtitled Revenge of the Sith. EVER.

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See this? Very nice and blameless dino-art, right?

Wrong.

Scroll down. And read the first comment. And the responses. And the counter-responses.



I'd eviscerate him, really, but I haven't got the time...

The more astute among you may have noticed a conspicuous lack of activity on my part. Er, more than usual. The last few months have been very busy, but I can safely say that it is all drawing to a close.

Yes, I am finally leaving my undergrad years and AUB behind. By Thursday morn, I will be leaving on a jetplane* for my paleontological PhD. It'll be a five-year program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Hopefully, once I'm settled down and I've got things sliding along smoothly as a well-oiled piglet, I'll finally get around to drawing, painting and blogging the way I had gotten used to.

So it's not adieu, but more of au revoir. If any of you people is in the vicinity of Ann Arbor, I'll be around. Cheerio for now!

*Don't know when I'll be back again... Oh dA, I hate to go...

Gone for 2w 3d 17h 31m 55s? That has to be a new record.

Anyway, yeah, if any of you started worrying about my whereabouts (somebody actually cares? Awww...), I wasn't at home. In fact, I was outside the country from 23rd December to January 8, digging up dead stuff in Abu Dhabi - yes, I have been doing paleontology.

I have done awesome things. I have seen sights wonderful to see. I have also done absolutely no studying whatsoever, which means that detailed accounts and irrelevant photos will have to wait as I deal with reports and exams.

PS: Cedarseed, you were absolutely right about the country all along. I bow to your superior knowledge. Too bad my trip was essentially airport-desert-airport.

Got tagged by Miyess. Might as well do it now and select other vict- I mean, taggees.

1. What does your deviant art name mean and why?
It's a Permian pelycosaur. I just like the big lug, given that it was in Zallinger's mural but - as a kid - I didn't know what it was (I could identify Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus at the time, but not Sphenacodon).

2. What fandom were you obsessed with when you joined and what are you into now?
Uh, nothing particular. Speculative biology, paleontology, and creature design?

3. How many watchers do you have now?
Lemme check... 75 - far less than the number I watch...

4. Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA
I don't like to encourage favoritism, but I highly respect Cedarseed, Nemo Ramjet, Thomastapir, Moai, DSil, Dustdevil, Commander-Salamander, Jconway, Theflyingtrilobite... dang, nine already, and so much more to go.

5. Do you comment, fav, or both?
I try to do both, when possible.

6. Do you participate in clubs' contests here on DA?
I'd like to if I had the time.

7. What is your most popular deviation?
I'll let the statistics speak for themselves.
Most commented: Aipichthys velifer with 51 (!)
Most favorited: Saurocete with 18
Most viewed: Aidohwedo with 2,005

8. What are you favorite non-anime TV shows?
I have favorite anime shows?
Favorite TV shows: Monty Python's Flying Circus, the Walking With series, Get Smart, I Love Lucy, Magnum P.I....

9. What are the things you wish you could draw?
People, oh God please. And convincing anatomy/musculature.

10. Summer or winter?
I'd say summer, but I'm growing to appreciate winter.

11. Rain or Sun?
To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn...

12. What's your favorite type of music?
Medieval, "Classical", folk, Metal, Rock, 80s pop, electronic... What? I've got wide tastes.

13. PC or Mac?
PC.

14. Anime or Manga?
Can't tell the difference. I'll have my Franco-Belgian BD, thanks.

15. Coke or Pepsi?
Do you know what that stuff does to you?

16. Read or TV?
Read, definitely.

17. How many hours a day do you spend on DA?
More than I need.

18. Name a hidden talent
I can read Mississippi with my eyes closed.

19. Flash or traditional cartoons?
Traditional all the way.

20. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
Do you know what that stuff does to you?

21. What are top 3 favorite books?
Oooh, another toughie. The World We Live In, the Alice books, the Gormenghast books, and anything by Jules Verne are all at the top.

22. Wii or Playstation?
XBox 360.

23. Name 3 of your favorite bands
Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Simon and Garfunkel.

24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?
Rabid.

25. Do you like Denny's?
Never heard of 'im.

26. What is your favorite emoticon?


27. What is your favorite type of pie?
Lemon meringue. Mmmmm...

28. Have you ever stayed up for 24 hours?
Probably have, but never timed myself.

29. Do you go on YouTube a lot?
Why else would my home internet finish so early?

30. Are you a member on any other sites besides DA?
Blogger, Facebook.

31. Do you cosplay?
Whazzat?

32. Fruits or sweets?
Do you know what - never mind. I'll have both, please.

33. Name 3 artists you admire
Apart from the obvious (paleo, fantasy, and SF artists), I really like MC Escher, Hieronymus Bosch, and Andre Franquin.

34. Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn?
Salted.

35. Have you skipped school?
Only when sick.

36. Have you been on a plane?
I've contributed far more than my fair share to the pollution of the atmosphere.

37. Have you swum in an ocean?
I've dipped in the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean.

38. Have you been iceskating?
Oh yes.

39. Favorite vacation spot
Anywhere with nice sights and museums. The opportunity for a bike trip helps.

40. Ever been on tv?
Remember that mass demonstration in downtown Beirut with 1000+ people? I was in it.

41. Favorite salad dressing?
Dijon mustard and herbs; blue cheese.

42. What do you do to relax?
Read, draw, listen to music.

43. What is the last film you saw in the theaters?
Urgh, that was so long ago. Probably Transformers.

44. Favorite Sandwich
Anything I concoct.

45. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Anywhere? I could name quite a few places, starting with London.

46. Favorite time of the day?
Morning.

47. What did you want to be when you were little?
A paleontologist.

48. What do you want to be now?
A paleontologist. I've got a one-track mind - which doesn't really help much in such cases...

49. If you could eat with one person, who would it be?
Darren Naish.

50. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?
A hyperactive porcupine.

51. When is your birthday?
July the first.

52. Favorite type of ice cream?
Banana with oreo chunks, homemade.

53. Last book you read?
As in, finished? Strangers from Earth, by Poul Anderson.

54. Which store would you max out a credit card at?
Any major bookstore. That is, if I used credit cards. Which I generally don't.

55. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay?
Nein.

56. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
How to pronounce my last name. But I got used to it, so I'll go for "why on earth do you want to study paleontology?"

57. Favorite all time tv show?
Can't choose - refer to list above.

58. What was your favorite show as a kid?
Transformers, most likely.

59. What are you listening to right now?
Nuffink. I'm in a library, for Pete's sake.

60. What is the last thing you ate?
Banana bread with chocolate chips, apple pie, and milk. I know what that stuff does to you.

61. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
Turquoise blue with a touch of green. (no, not the color from space!)

62. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Face, of course, but I base my judgments on personality.

63. Favorite sport to play?
Swimming and biking.

64. Favorite Day of the Year?
Christmas, birthday, whatnot.

65. Hugs or Kisses?
Kisses. Hershey's Kisses.
(I can dream on, can't I?)

66. Chocolate or vanilla?
Vanilla if ice-cream, chocolate if anything else.

67. Favorite Board Game?
Chess and Jeu de l'Oie.

68. Favorite smells
Homemade foodstuffs cooking.

69. What inspires you?
What I read, hear, see...

70. Do you have any piercings?
Nope.

71. How many siblings do you have?
Three.

72. Bacon Bits or croutons?
Do you know what that stuff does to you?
Croutons, probably.

73. Favorite Day of the Week?
Saturday, in which I put off for the day after what I can do tomorrow.

74. Favorite phrase
"Jolly good!"

75. Favorite Restaurant?
There was this darling little place in Belgium...

76. Favorite animal?
Damn, you want me to choose one?
Extinct animals: sauropods, ceratopsians, thyreophorans, uintatheres, titanotheres, pelycosaurs, proboscideans...
Alive today: ravens, bushmasters, gila monsters, crocodiles, eagles, vultures, hedgehogs, hippos, rhinos, beetles, ants...

77. Favorite thing to do outside
Look at nature and risk breaking my neck.

78. Favorite thing to do when it's raining?
Coze out with a good book and a mug of cocoa.

79. Favorite Disney character
Chernabog - YEAH! Chernabog is the ultimate badass of Disney movies. Or any other movies.

80. Do you like coffee? If so, what is your favorite?
Yes, coffee. Any coffee as long as it's decaf. Do you know what that stuff - okay, I'll stop.

81. Tag six people
Whoever wants to and is feeling masochistic about it. How 'bout Piatnitskysaurus, nemoramjet, thomastapir, commander-salamander, theflyingtrilobite, and DSil? And anyone else who had the decency to read all the way till here. You can stop reading now. Please, stop. If you read these lines, you won't learn a thing.