11.05.2005

Boar Hog Crusaders So, there's the finished Boar hog. I guess I could go back and make adjustments to it in Photoshop, as I did it in colored pencil and the colored pencil didn't scan very well. So I already tweaked it in photoshop, but I think there are a few more adjustments to be made, and if I stare at it for to long, everyhting that is wrong with it will pop out at me. Gah! I hate being my own worse art critic. Since the boarhog was the most popular, I did it. Next up, a simple image of the 'cute' pig as well. Look for that in the not to distant future. Meanwhile, my foot is cluing in the rest of my body that its time to go to sleep. As for some reason I've lost all feeling in it. (you can buy stuff with the Boar Hog through Silent Running, it goes to benefit the Risawn Down Under fund. My minions are working to get me to New Zealand and Australia. Do I have cool minions or what?) Labels: Art, Current Events, Minions -Risawn: # 2:46 PM - |

9.20.2005

Dear Mom in America My mom thanks you for your support. For more information, see comment bar in previous post. And I thank you too :) Labels: Minions, Thanks -Risawn: # 10:26 AM - |

8.22.2005

Care Package Status - Update I've had to condense my space from having a little to much room to having not very much at all. Not that I mind, as I've been very fortunate to have the room to just spread out and do my own thing. Well, that changed, and today I took a few items and shipped them home. And the bill to ship it all told me "ouch!" Fortunately I have another five months or so to start shipping things home, but that still leaves me with the issue of all this crap I've got that eventually has to go somewhere. Whether that be to the incoming soldiers on the next KFOR rotation, in the trash, at the MWR library, or back home. Choices choices. Hmm. Anyway, I feel like the status of my Care Packages should be updated. To start, I want to thank everyone for their generosity who decided to make my day by sending me something special, off of my Amazon Wishlist, whether it be a care package full of miscellanious goods, or just a letter with a kind word. Well, from the first few months of being known throughout the task force as having the most packages, from both my blog and being the one to start the Any Soldier Bandwagon, I've gotten so many books, movies, and other interesting goods that I'll never get through them all on this deployment. So I took my Amazon Wishlist down. I want to thank everyone who bought me something off of it, but it has gotten to a point where the more stuff I get, the more inclined I am to keep it, and then I have to ship it home when all is said and done. I've been far too spoiled on this deployment as it is. So what does that mean? If you find it in your heart to send me stuff, what should you send me? Er, stuff to eat is always good. We share it with the rest of the hospital and it goes pretty fast. I would say Letters, but I've done a poor job of returning them (and I've been bad on the Emails!) Basically, anything that won't hold a sentimental value in that I can leave it here when I go home. That basically means I'm going to stop asking mom to send me stuff. Well, other then perhaps Eurail tickets. And an occaisional snack. You all have been great. Thanks for your support so far! Labels: Minions, Thanks, Thoughts -Risawn: # 6:27 AM - |

6.19.2005

Do You Think He's Rightfully Paranoid??? Me: Should I mention the fact that we're dating on my blog? Nate: What, are you crazy? I'll get letters from your minions stating "From Risawn's Minion, if you, the defiler, are reading this you are about to die. we cannot allow you to taint the goddess. P.S. die you SOB, This is laced with anthrax!" I thought the conversation was worth putting up. Most people know I'm a blogger here, and now its going around that me and Nate are dating. However, rumors tend to fly on a deployment. Unfortunately. We're just dating, nothing more. Labels: dating, Minions -Risawn: # 12:47 PM - |

5.15.2005

Meanwhile. . . Photoshopping at Mountaineer Musing is still going on. Apparently I am now using my literally kickass white belt maneuvers to kick Frank J's butt (er, or rather his gut) for a Telethon. I should just post pictures in weird poses just to see what Cadet Happy will think of next. Labels: Minions, Photomanipulation -Risawn: # 9:23 AM - |

4.20.2005

SouthPark Apparently David Farrar of KiwiBlog made a Southpark character and now Silent Running is accusing him of pulling a Risawn. I hate to disagree with my minions *(who rock by the way)* but if he pulled a Risawn, his character would look something like this. Mandatory to now have at least three weapons on hand. But I couldn't get the hair to look right. Oh well, close enough. Labels: Guns, Minions -Risawn: # 4:37 PM - |

The Minions Status Oh, I almost forgot. My minions sent me a mug. Oh, excuse me, he insists he's my agent. :P Labels: Minions -Risawn: # 5:17 AM - |

3.17.2005

My AK's tougher then your sister's M4! I got an email a couple of days ago, challenging my badassedness. Now don't get me wrong, he's are a supporter of the blog and everything, but he just wanted to challenge me, saying that his sister is tougher then I am. And here is his reasoning, quoted directly out of the email. 1. She goes in to battle dressed stylishly, rather than in drab camoflage patterns. 2. She has bigger hair than you do. 3. Her weapon appears to be loaded, whereas yours always seem to be empty. 4. Her minions are ex-SAS blokes and Afghanis, rather than geeks. 5. Er... that's all. Then there was a picture. Here is my refute. Point One. Well, anybody can say that their sense of style is better then mine. I have no sense of style, my sense of style tends to fall under the seattle term 'grunge', sort of. I like baggy pants and t-shirts. I'm all for comfort, sweetheart. But if you really want to see style, did your sister ever play laserquest in a prom dress? I didn't think so. Point Two No comment. Besides, right now I'm missing most of it. But eventually it will grow back! But i had pretty big hair at my prom! Point Three When you're in a military environment carrying 210 rounds between all seven of your magazines, if you are caught with a magazine locked and loaded and you aren't on a range or outside the wire, your head would get chewed off quicker then you can say Article 15. So usually, when I'm with my little M16, I don't have it locked and loaded. But that doesn't mean I don't get pictures from time to time. Besides, Chuck, my AK, clearly has a magazine larger then an M4's. As is demonstrated to the right. YEAH, look at that bad boy! And that sucker NEVER jams! Anyway, not all weapons have a magazine. Like this rifle. Point Four You need to take that up with my Minions. Some of which are in the army. Hehe. Including non-geeks in my unit who have since seen my website and said "I want to be a minion!" No, seriously, somebody said this to me. And he's pretty hoorah. Point Five WEAK! WEAK ALL THE WAY! I win! Labels: Funny, Guns, Hair, Minions, Vanity -Risawn: # 9:47 AM - |

2.05.2005

T-shirt News Let me tell you a story. It all started with a picture. A picture largely taken in jest. It has become semi famous amongst gun advocates and some right wing web-blogs. It is a picture of me toting an M203 Grenade Launcher. You know the picture. The picture was taken on a sunny October afternoon. It was then filed away into my hard drive and then it sat there. The presidential elections came and went, to the dismay of millions. Some decided to whine and bitch about the outcome. Others felt the need to poke fun at the whiners and bitchers and set up counter websites in patriotic jest. I dug out that picture from my archives of old pictures and plopped the words “I am not sorry” along the bottom and donated it to the counter websites. I crosslinked it to my blog just for kicks and giggles. All hell broke loose and my quiet and usually spontaneous blog spiraled out of control and I got about three dozen marriage proposals in the course of three days. Er, I wasn’t prepared for that. On top of all of this, I was receiving orders to deploy to the Balkans as well, so my life was kind of busy. Fast forward to mid December. I was in Fort Lewis in the middle of mobilization and everything had quieted on the Blog-Front. And I get an email asking if I would become Patron Goddess of some conservative website that is all for the right to bare arms and hot chicks that like to bare them (amongst other conservative topics). I laugh, and am promptly told my time is up. I close down my inbox and don’t answer right away, on account of my limited internet access and very busy life. Finally, come January, I remember this email I got and decided that it would be rude not to answer it (along with the sixty other emails in my inbox also currently awaiting to be replied to and I vow heavily that I will indeed reply to them, eventually). My reply? “Sure, whatever.” Immediately I am informed that I am being sent a T-shirt and they are expecting photos. Ok, no big deal. However, I don’t yet have an address to send the T-shirt to. Fast forward to Hohenfels Germany. It is cool that I am in Germany, sucks that I’m in Hohenfels. The food is lousy, and I am promptly placed on the Hohenfels Weight Control Program. Also considering the fact that I walked damn near everywhere I went and was often skipping meals (and eating beef Jerkey and Gummi Bears instead, Nutritious) I probably lost a good three or five pounds in the week that I was there. But I did get an address to send my mail too! I was in Hohenfels for about two weeks or so. To long in my opinion. Finally we fly over to Kosovo, where after two weeks of eating Dog Food and Egg Loaf, I am introduced to Chow Hall Heaven. The outgoing people were commenting on how everyone tends to gorge themselves the first two weeks of getting here. I was no exception. The food, it was edible! And there were so many choices! I’ll take that, and that, and that. . . Um, let me just say that I’m now starting to limit my choices at chow time. Then, just today, I get my first package in the mail. Sweet! Packages are awesome! And low and behold, what does it hold? An Official Patron Goddess T-shirt from Silent Running (with a warning that I have minions). Um, I tried it on for good measure and took some pictures just to try it out and see how they would turn out, because Dad Nab It, the minions want their T-shirt Photos! I think I need to start hitting that gym and start eating less grease and more salad before I get a decent picture for the masses. Because right now I’m feeling less Goddess and more Cow. And I don’t think the minions are Hindu and worship cows. And I ain’t just saying that because I’m female and by default think I’m fat. Because I’m usually comfortable with the way I look. Just, um, five weeks of wearing nothing but Camouflage and it tends to camouflage my body even from me. I vow to look drop dead sexy by the end of this deployment. Crosslinked : Silent Running Labels: Minions, Not Sorry, Pictures -Risawn: # 10:35 AM - |