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# Statistics
Favourites: 8540; Deviations: 41; Watchers: 39
Watching: 106; Pageviews: 30152; Comments Made: 1105; Friends: 106
# Interests
Favorite movies: Gran Torino, but Jurassic Park is in second and many others are REALLY closeFavorite bands / musical artists: Voltaire for Western music, Vocaloid for Japanese, and numerous other
Favorite writers: tie between Michael Crichton and Harry Turtledove with many other favorites
Favorite games: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, pending 0 A.D.
Favorite gaming platform: toss-up between PC and Wii (since those are the only ones I have :P)
Tools of the Trade: pen, pencil, n' paper. oh, and also COPIC markers (if I knew where they were, damnit!!)
Other Interests: manga, dinosaurs, sword & sorcery, mecha, mythology, speculative & alternative history
# About me
Well, I'm a writer. Been one since....2001, I think. I've been trying for ages to perfect my first book, which is actually three separate stories that take place in feudal Japan, a fictional medieval European island, and a large area around our solar system in the far future, respectively. Aside from that, I've also got numerous other projects in the works, including numerous message board role-playing games that I manage (I even have my own message board for just that purpose), two separate real-time strategy video games that I'm making written designs for, a thought project on what a fourth "Super Smash Bros." game would be like, numerous drawing projects, an alternative historical timeline inspired by "Code Geass," and, I'm a bit ashamed to say, a really WEIRD fanfiction that's too dirty for me to mention any details of.
Current Residence: Southern California
Favourite genre of music: toss-up between orchestrated/classical music and various Japanese genres
Favourite style of art: manga "contemporary," as a friend described it
MP3 player of choice: iPod
Favourite cartoon character: Lelouch vi Britannia
Personal Quote: "The Road Goes Ever On And On" and Joshua 1:96 (too long to put up here)
# Comments
Comments: 441
Isi-Daddy [2020-05-27 04:02:23 +0000 UTC]
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cricketumpire [2020-05-14 17:37:53 +0000 UTC]
Someone once said metaphorically and rather prophetically before Covid-19 hit us all;
"In a world where everyone wears a mask, it’s a privilege to see a soul.”
The request from our black cat echoes that Thanks for faving Oshron
...stay safe!
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cricketumpire [2020-04-28 12:51:10 +0000 UTC]
It might be pushing the point but the moral of the Thurber fable I quoted; "Who flies afar from the sphere of our sorrow is here today and here tomorrow." could be applied to the Covid-19 situation that is affecting so many of us
Thanks for the lunar fave Oshron Do stay healthy by following the guidelines!
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cricketumpire [2020-04-06 19:42:47 +0000 UTC]
Hi Oshron, thanks for faving the "Bleak House..." photograph. Perhaps not my favourite submission and certainly not the cheeriest landscape I've captured but I did like recreating the effect of an old vintage post card. I clearly remember equally unwelcoming views on cards, with slightly distorted colour tones and browned edges, outside seaside shops when I was a kid...
As always, stay safe in these disheartening times and cheer yourself up with www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMBh-e…
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cricketumpire [2020-03-14 14:04:50 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for plunging into those "Fathomless depths..." to fave the Siamese cat
Cats are indeed glorious creatures that deserve our respect
Happy you liked her Really appreciated as always Oshron
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cricketumpire [2019-09-16 15:34:43 +0000 UTC]
"Don't create ripples..." maybe good advice in any walk of life but certainly is
right for my submission you faved. The beauty was in the stillness of the sea.
Thanks so much for faving it Oshron
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cricketumpire [2019-08-26 20:45:27 +0000 UTC]
So pleased you enjoyed seeing the red kite submission and thanks for faving it
Certainly the bird clearly has no need for that "tail of red ribbons"
Have a great week Oshron
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cricketumpire [2019-08-14 20:12:39 +0000 UTC]
Now it's safe to come out of concealment I'll say thanks for faving "Shush! We're hiding!"
Glad you appreciated it so much Oshron
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cricketumpire [2019-07-19 07:38:47 +0000 UTC]
Tell me who can You can You did fave my toucan!
Thank you so much for the appreciation Oshron
Have a great weekend
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cricketumpire [2019-06-13 21:35:05 +0000 UTC]
The cat on "Sentry duties..." reminded me of the Buckingham Palace guards.
To see if you agree go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWGB-…
Thanks for the fave Have a great weekend to come Oshron...
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cricketumpire [2019-03-22 12:13:18 +0000 UTC]
I've been told you faved my otter submission - thank you so much for that
Glad you enjoyed seeing it Oshron Have a good weekend my friend...
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cricketumpire [2019-02-10 20:49:07 +0000 UTC]
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory
of being alone. I hope you can find somewhere as stunning as that
South African beach to experience solitude but avoid loneliness
Thanks for the fave of "Embrace your solitude..." Have a good week Oshron...
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cricketumpire [2019-01-02 17:02:53 +0000 UTC]
Hi Oshron , Apologies for a rather late response but Christmas got in the way
Many thanks for faving "Why paint the lily..."
...and most importantly, as I've said, do have a very
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cricketumpire [2018-12-29 20:11:49 +0000 UTC]
Hi Oshron, thanks so much for faving my Christmas robin
Remembering what he said, I hope you "Had a wonderful Christmas Day"
and of course have a...
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cricketumpire [2018-10-23 21:21:52 +0000 UTC]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said "Where there is no imagination there is no horror"
I hope my hornet submission didn't give you nightmares He just wanted to party!
Thanks for befriending it Oshron Have a great Halloween my friend...
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cricketumpire [2018-09-17 17:17:48 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for faving “The Emissary..." - the brave little pawn in a diplomatic game
Glad you enjoyed the scenario Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-09-08 14:33:30 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for faving "Monarch of all I survey..." the Dartmoor landscape and pony
Have a good weekend Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-07-27 18:29:47 +0000 UTC]
Cats might think 'Lethargy is an art form...' but I hope your 'treadmills of human
activity' run smoothly this week but will give you time for a worthwhile nap!
Thanks for the fave of the relaxing cat Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-07-13 19:38:10 +0000 UTC]
Lying, listening, - to small rustles all around - waiting to be found
Thanks for faving the majestic stag featured in "Royal and regal..." Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-06-18 06:59:10 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for braving the dangers of faving the wasp capture rather than running
Nevertheless, if you respect their space they leave humans well alone
Have a very good week free of such perils Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-04-23 09:49:31 +0000 UTC]
I'm afraid that poor cat can't win many friends with an expression like that
but I'm glad you offered him some support by faving my photograph
Thanks for adding the fave to your gallery Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-03-10 13:16:29 +0000 UTC]
This is a desperately late reply thanking you for faving "Winter's cruel mind". The excuse is
we've just been away for nearly a month visiting Cape Town and Dubai
but at least I've found you some new captures for future submission Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-01-23 12:35:32 +0000 UTC]
Our brief experience of snow has gone for now. Unlike the Inuit people with many words
for snow, if it does fall in the UK we only have one word for it - chaos
Glad you liked the snow scene enough to fave it Oshron
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cricketumpire [2018-01-06 17:37:41 +0000 UTC]
Hope you had that Christmas enjoyed in the true spirit of seasonal joy
Thanks for faving the winter icicles that were my New Year submission
Have a great New Year Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-11-15 12:33:42 +0000 UTC]
Hi Oshron, good to see you back making a triple fave of my recent submissions
Really appreciated as always my friend
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cricketumpire [2017-07-07 15:48:36 +0000 UTC]
They say 'As proud as a peacock...' and your fave makes me just that
Your support is really encouraging Oshron - enjoy the rest of your week...
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cricketumpire [2017-06-03 21:44:53 +0000 UTC]
Deviants are never 'two faced' about faving what they enjoy
... thanks for doing just that with my grey cat portrait Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-05-16 20:18:39 +0000 UTC]
Glad you didn't sit on the fence but went ahead and faved "Upon the garden rail..."
Really pleased you enjoyed seeing it Oshron Have a good week my friend...
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cricketumpire [2017-04-29 10:02:55 +0000 UTC]
Should the Bald Eagle tangle with the Northern Goshawk and the Double Headed Eagle gets involved as well - we are all doomed but "Eagle eyed..." was NOT a political statement
Thanks so much for the bald eagle fave as always Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-04-07 21:45:45 +0000 UTC]
I hope the reflected light from my fish submission was able to 'brighten the corner where
you are' Thanks for your fave and the appreciation of it Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-03-20 18:04:18 +0000 UTC]
"Like snowflakes..." was only a flower but it's as close as we've got to snow this year
Thanks for the fave Oshron Glad you enjoyed the submission, have a good week...
Maybe the snow photographs will just have to wait until next year
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cricketumpire [2017-03-03 11:44:10 +0000 UTC]
I nearly submitted another version of "Pretty flamingo..." rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise.
Try turning your computer screen 90 degrees that way to show this - it looks like a
scene from 'Alice through the looking glass' - totally weird and disturbing I think...
Sorry I got sidetracked there Thanks for the fave of the original image Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-01-29 16:41:43 +0000 UTC]
Whether you are a 'night owl' or a 'dawn lark'
...thanks for faving my owl submission at some part of your day
The support is really appreciated as always Oshron
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cricketumpire [2017-01-14 11:39:59 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for visiting my "Back garden of a dream" and sharing the landscape
It had an mysterious Arthurian, almost ethereal feel to it I'm glad you liked it
The fave and support is really appreciated as always Oshron
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oshron In reply to Aldistar [2016-12-19 07:31:10 +0000 UTC]
i don't know art, but i know what i like
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cricketumpire [2016-12-10 12:20:58 +0000 UTC]
For deviants in the Northern Hemisphere my sunset offers an illusion of warmth but "Like a furnace burning..." may upset those in the heat of the Southern one
Whichever your view - thanks for the fave Oshron
...and thanks for your comments and information
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cricketumpire [2016-09-21 17:00:20 +0000 UTC]
Deviants on dA are not restricted by 'the box' ...they are naturally creative
Thanks for faving "Think outside the box!" - it's really appreciated as always Oshron
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cricketumpire [2016-08-29 12:08:01 +0000 UTC]
It's a hundred years since the Great War. Various flowers are symbols of hope
and remembrance in many nations. Thanks for faving the "Lone cornflower..."
a companion photograph to the poppy image in my submission "Lest we forget..."
Glad you enjoyed it Oshron ...and thank you for your continuing interest
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cricketumpire [2016-07-25 10:54:55 +0000 UTC]
The remembrance of the Great War inspired my submission of "Lest we forget..."
It's a hundred years since the conflict. Poppies, cornflowers and forget me nots are symbols of hope and remembrance in various nations - "Lest we forget" and history repeats itself...
Thanks for the fave and spending a moment in thought Oshron
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cricketumpire [2016-07-07 09:19:24 +0000 UTC]
No one's said what the owl knows that the rest of the world is missing? We await the answer In the meantime thanks very much for faving "The rest of the world is dreaming..." While we wait the answer - have a great weekend Oshron
...and of course thanks for faving "The fledgling..." as well
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