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I have a liter of Coke, sour cream cheddar Ruffles, and mini Chips Ahoy.
The 7-11 menu is exquisite.
We are of one soul.
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But I have more clothing.
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My FLGS (friendly local gas station) has started selling tinfoil-wrapped roses right next to the Black-N-Milds. It's oddly poetic.
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But I have more clothing.
thank god I have these x ray specs that really work.
Looking boney there, treppa.
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My FLGS (friendly local gas station) has started selling tinfoil-wrapped roses right next to the Black-N-Milds. It's oddly poetic.
"Honey, I got you some roses! And also some tobacco products that taste like Fruit Stripe!"
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made progress on my YA story and it's finally approaching the end of the first chapter.
the narrative is currently clogged with shenanigans involving a stubborn goat who simply refuses to leave his new human friend's house.
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sketching
Sketching is far easier for me than doodling, by the way. Something about the freedom to have rough lines and turn mistakes into new artistry and change the anarchy into order is much more liberating and fulfilling than having to create intricate patterns from the get-go.
(To me.)
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sketchingSketching is far easier for me than doodling, by the way. Something about the freedom to have rough lines and turn mistakes into new artistry and change the anarchy into order is much more liberating and fulfilling than having to create intricate patterns from the get-go.
(To me.)
agreed. that is generally how I create art.
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Wow! The dialogue in the last Transformers movie is terrible! Like some of the worst I've seen, and I've seen every Barbie fairytale movie and all the American Girl movies, also Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
I honestly couldn't wait for all of them to die, especially the John Goodman transformer.
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It's Friday already?
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hikaru no go is a great shounen-ai series
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T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
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Guess who woke up after four hours of sleep and couldn't sleep anymore?
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T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
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Morning every-FaWtL! I hope everyone is well this rather pleasant morning, and has a good day ahead of them. I hope ye have a great weekend ahead too. :) Foggy this morning, and a bit chill, but the sunshine is expected to return before the end of the day. I like the fog, as long as I'm not alone in it. :P Gives it a spooky, Silent Hill feel. It would be cooler if it happened closer to the end of the month though. :)
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T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).
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I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
Quite popular as long as you don't need a phone for business purposes or just talk a lot.
I should change operator, though. T-Mobile removed the tariff that extended validity of the number by year at no extra cost. Two other operators have such tariff in their offer so I will probably move my number soon. I'll lose about 40 złoty that are currently on the card, plus whatever I will need pay to charge the new card, but otherwise I would need to pay 50 złoty per three months. Before my current operator introduced year-long tariff a few years ago I amassed almost 200 złoty...
The operator I have in mind has cheaper SMS anyway (0.09 instead of 0.14).
I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
It might be the same issue as with internet in USA: big companies can dictate their conditions to customers because they can. Prepaid might be not as profitable as regular phone plan, and it is harder to rip the elderly and absent-minded who might have hard time keeping their call time in check.
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She's apparently starting to try potty training him, any tips or advice from fellow FaWtL parents? A lot of pressure is falling to me to teach him, seeing as we have the same equipment, but I have no clue how to go about it. :P
No special plans for the weekend yet, outside of the general fun times of visits to the beach, playing ball in the park, and practising animals and counting and letters with his new easel. His granddad picked him that up last visit, he loves drawing on it so far, and getting me to try as well. It's a bit unfortunate I'm not a better artist, he was going through the letters and looking to be to draw whatever he came up with ("A for Apple", looks to me, back to the easel, hands me chalk if I take too long to figure it out on my own :P ), and all of my animals look the same. Big blobs. :P Ah well, we'll just both have to learn this particular thing together. :)
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This is for all the Mass Effect fans.
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** spoiler omitted **
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Wow! The dialogue in the last Transformers movie is terrible! Like some of the worst I've seen, and I've seen every Barbie fairytale movie and all the American Girl movies, also Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
I honestly couldn't wait for all of them to die, especially the John Goodman transformer.
yeah, it was a stinker.
Still love it though.
This is for all the Mass Effect fans.
** spoiler omitted **
I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
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Guess who woke up after four hours of sleep and couldn't sleep anymore?Freehold? CH? Orthos? The weird guy down the street who cleans his cats' ears with his tongue?
Not me, I just got up.
Wow! The dialogue in the last Transformers movie is terrible! Like some of the worst I've seen, and I've seen every Barbie fairytale movie and all the American Girl movies, also Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
I honestly couldn't wait for all of them to die, especially the John Goodman transformer.
yeah, it was a stinker.
Still love it though.
I think there's a great movie there, as long as everyone except Bumblebee and Optimus Prime shut the f&$& up.
Also we use prepaid phones, it's cheaper.
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Edit: LordSynos and potty training, part one
Potty training is never a smooth and error-less task; it is, in fact, more error than trial.
Effectively, though, showing them how - embarrassing as that might be - proved to be the most effective. Start talks, begin discussing it, and talk about how it's for "big boys!" (and include the exclamation mark/enthusiasm).
It's important to encourage rather than shame. In fact, watching your child go (while teaching them "you don't show other people - only your parents and/or grandparents") is actually important, because it makes them feel safer in this big, weird new environment. It helps to have your presence to show them how to do stuff - and at first it will be you doing most everything.
If you have an animal, letting a child watch the animal, and talking frankly actually helped us - my parents have a dog, and, though there were some bumps along the way (including sparking a short-lived obsession with going in bushes), that actually helped.
Begin looking at pull-ups... and begin differentiating them from diapers. Explain that they are for bigger boys, and are more mature. Help them practice pulling them on and pushing them down. Seriously - kids get a charge out of learning how to be independent.
If you don't have carpet, letting them wander around without any bottoms on at all is surprisingly effective. If you do, you might want to consider getting under where to put on inside/underneath the pull-ups. It helps them feel that they are dirty and increases the tendency to tell you/want to get changed right away.
Be aware that they might have different skill levels/habits at different different languages cations: they might be better at one house than another, or be entirely unable to go at school. This is normal.
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It might be the same issue as with internet in USA: big companies can dictate their conditions to customers because they can. Prepaid might be not as profitable as regular phone plan, and it is harder to rip the elderly and absent-minded who might have hard time keeping their call time in check.I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
Part of it is also lack of advertising/information. I didn't know prepaid even existed as an option until I was in my mid-twenties; prior to that, it was obvious that you needed a contract with a phone company to have a land-line, and when cellphones came out the same business arrangement was used and expected, and you had lots of companies (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) making it clear that they were the best option for coverage.
I didn't start seeing commercials for prepaid stuff like Cricket until I was 24 or 25, and even then for a while it was only on the radio; it's only within the past couple of years that I've started seeing ads on TV and YouTube. And since they were so slow to get the message out, they've got over a decade of "this is how it works" to get past. Hence why their ads are mostly centered around "hey you don't have to do this the way the phone companies do, there is another option".
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LordSynos potty training:
Arg, I've run out of time, and editing the above is a masses of pain, thanks to being on a phone.
The most important piece of advice: listen to ALL of the advice, weigh it carefully, and use what works for you and your family, respectfully throwing out the rest. That and patience/calm/happiness as it goes on.
Hope that helps! Maybe more later? God bless you, and good luck!
Edit: arg, autocorrect and phone editing suuuuuuck!
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Edit: LordSynos and potty training, part one
Potty training is never a smooth and error-less task; it is, in fact, more error than trial.Effectively, though, showing them how - embarrassing as that might be - proved to be the most effective. Start talks, begin discussing it, and talk about how it's for "big boys!" (and include the exclamation mark/enthusiasm).
It's important to encourage rather than shame. In fact, watching your child go (while teaching them "you don't show other people - only your parents and/or grandparents") is actually important, because it makes them feel safer in this big, weird new environment. It helps to have your presence to show them how to do stuff - and at first it will be you doing most everything.
If you have an animal, letting a child watch the animal, and talking frankly actually helped us - my parents have a dog, and, though there were some bumps along the way (including sparking a short-lived obsession with going in bushes), that actually helped.
Begin looking at pull-ups... and begin differentiating them from diapers. Explain that they are for bigger boys, and are more mature. Help them practice pulling them on and pushing them down. Seriously - kids get a charge out of learning how to be independent.
If you don't have carpet, letting them wander around without any bottoms on at all is surprisingly effective. If you do, you might want to consider getting under where to put on inside/underneath the pull-ups. It helps them feel that they are dirty and increases the tendency to tell you/want to get changed right away.
Be aware that they might have different skill levels/habits at different different languages cations: they might be better at one house than another, or be entirely unable to go at school. This is normal.
I read this entire thing in the voice of the guy from Sharoths link
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This is for all the Mass Effect fans.
** spoiler omitted **
Thank you that was awesome.
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LordSynos potty training:
Arg, I've run out of time, and editing the above is a masses of pain, thanks to being on a phone.The most important piece of advice: listen to ALL of the advice, weigh it carefully, and use what works for you and your family, respectfully throwing out the rest. That and patience/calm/happiness as it goes on.
Hope that helps! Maybe more later? God bless you, and good luck!
Edit: arg, autocorrect and phone editing suuuuuuck!
Thank you for all the advice. :)
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She's apparently starting to try potty training him, any tips or advice from fellow FaWtL parents? A lot of pressure is falling to me to teach him, seeing as we have the same equipment, but I have no clue how to go about it. :P
Some Great advice above, take what works for you. :)
(I can attest to the kidlet becoming interested in peeing in bushes once he realized it was a thing.) ;P But anything that helps them learn control helps in my opinion.
There is an excellent kiddie book about learning to go potty. (two versions, one for boys and girls, otherwise the exact same book) EDIT- I think it's called 'The Potty Book') That is great in my opinion. It shows that learning to potty is a process and makes mistakes ok, but (read in a cool daddy-voice with excitement) makes succeeding something to really look forward to. I always loved to read to my kids, so these books fit right into our routine, and the kids never realized we were teaching them stuff. :)
An idea that I have had some minor success with,
After a good meal, take the kid and have him sit on the potty for a while. (and it might take a while, talk, read books, whatever) But when they go, (And eventually they will) you immediately reward them. All I used was one or two M&M's each time. My difficulty was separating potty time from candy time. :)
Good luck!
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It might be the same issue as with internet in USA: big companies can dictate their conditions to customers because they can. Prepaid might be not as profitable as regular phone plan, and it is harder to rip the elderly and absent-minded who might have hard time keeping their call time in check.I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
Part of it is also lack of advertising/information. I didn't know prepaid even existed as an option until I was in my mid-twenties; prior to that, it was obvious that you needed a contract with a phone company to have a land-line, and when cellphones came out the same business arrangement was used and expected, and you had lots of companies (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) making it clear that they were the best option for coverage.
I didn't start seeing commercials for prepaid stuff like Cricket until I was 24 or 25, and even then for a while it was only on the radio; it's only within the past couple of years that I've started seeing ads on TV and YouTube. And since they were so slow to get the message out, they've got over a decade of "this is how it works" to get past. Hence why their ads are mostly centered around "hey you don't have to do this the way the phone companies do, there is another option".
Wait, so, the big companies don't even offer prepaid options? We have 3 big mobile phone operators here, and they all offer both contract and prepaid options. Prepaid can be every bit as good coverage and value wise as contracts, but contracts usually come with free phones.
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I haven't laughed that hard in a while.This is for all the Mass Effect fans.
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Space Jesus!
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Wait, so, the big companies don't even offer prepaid options? We have 3 big mobile phone operators here, and they all offer both contract and prepaid options. Prepaid...
They are JUST starting to get into it, I think because there has been a rise in pre-paid use lately. But in general, no, the big names offer contracts, and the independent 'little guys' offer pre-paid.
(Even though EVERYone uses all the same towers, no matter what the commercials say)
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She's apparently starting to try potty training him, any tips or advice from fellow FaWtL parents? A lot of pressure is falling to me to teach him, seeing as we have the same equipment, but I have no clue how to go about it. :PSome Great advice above, take what works for you. :)
(I can attest to the kidlet becoming interested in peeing in bushes once he realized it was a thing.) ;P But anything that helps them learn control helps in my opinion.
There is an excellent kiddie book about learning to go potty. (two versions, one for boys and girls, otherwise the exact same book) EDIT- I think it's called 'The Potty Book') That is great in my opinion. It shows that learning to potty is a process and makes mistakes ok, but (read in a cool daddy-voice with excitement) makes succeeding something to really look forward to. I always loved to read to my kids, so these books fit right into our routine, and the kids never realized we were teaching them stuff. :)
An idea that I have had some minor success with,
After a good meal, take the kid and have him sit on the potty for a while. (and it might take a while, talk, read books, whatever) But when they go, (And eventually they will) you immediately reward them. All I used was one or two M&M's each time. My difficulty was separating potty time from candy time. :)Good luck!
Thank you, I will look in to getting the potty book, and will keep M&M's in mind. :) I already know he likes the crispy ones, so they'll definitely work as a reward. :)
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It might be the same issue as with internet in USA: big companies can dictate their conditions to customers because they can. Prepaid might be not as profitable as regular phone plan, and it is harder to rip the elderly and absent-minded who might have hard time keeping their call time in check.I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
No; I was ecstatic with my prepaid T-Mobile (1000 minutes a year for $100 was plenty for me), and I loved having the more aggressive cell phone companies calling and saying, "We can save you money on your cell phone! How much do you pay right now?"
"$8.33 a month.""What? No, seriously."
"Yeah. $8.33 a month. What's your offer?"
Unfortunately, NobodysWife needed a decent phone so I went with my company's corporate Verizon account. Customer service is amazing (apparently when you're a multi-billion dollar company your employees get a direct line to human beings when they have a service issue), coverage is awesome, but I'm paying $40/month for the same darned phone. (I can't cancel my plan because as the employee I have to be on it...)
This is progress?
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Thank you, I will look in to getting the potty book, and will keep M&M's in mind. :) I already know he likes the crispy ones, so they'll definitely work as a reward. :)
Welcome,
And remember, the time/effort/energy/frustration is ALL worth it when you throw away that last empty diaper package, and realize you NEVER have to buy another bag of them again! :)Good luck!
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DemigodThat one is pretty fun, but it doesn't "last" as long as some games - it's pretty light. It happens to be one of the few games I owned outside of LordSynos' generosity!
It's a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), most of its draw/playtime is supposed to come from playing with friends. Which, you know, now that a bunch of Steam FaWtL's own it... :D
Edit: If you like Demigod, btw, you should consider giving other MOBA's a try. My friends and I regularly play DotA 2 which, while it has a steep learning curve, can be very enjoyable. Heroes of Newerth (HoN) and League of Legends (LoL) are two other popular ones, and I believe they're all free to play.
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The economics of potty training (or be careful what you ask for).
My mother started potty training me and my sister as soon as we could hold our heads up. She brought us into the bathroom with her whenever she had to go and set us on the baby potty chair. If we did something, we got fussed over and praised. If we didn't, we got ignored. We were both diaper-free at 1 year.
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On a complete side note, in celebration of NobodysWife's potential employment, Shiro's player took us out to Trader Vic's last night. They're really hit-or-miss with their dinners (their drinks are always good), but last night they were just plain on. Really fantastic food all around.
So tonight it's my turn to provide sustenance, and I'm just thinking I should cook up the "honorary Joss Whedon pork dinner" for everyone...
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I'm really not going to get started on potty training because I'll just be too depressing.
As I've mentioned, Impus Major is (and always has been) a Force of Personality. We tried the "no pants" thing. He just squatted wherever he happened to be. We tried showing him. We tried praising him. We tried everything in the books, and that all the other well-meaning parents told us would work.
Didn't matter. He was still in pull-ups at 3.
Then one day he just told us, "Oh, I've decided I'm going to use the toilet from now on."
Never another accident.
PITA kid.
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Wait, so, the big companies don't even offer prepaid options? We have 3 big mobile phone operators here, and they all offer both contract and prepaid options. Prepaid...It might be the same issue as with internet in USA: big companies can dictate their conditions to customers because they can. Prepaid might be not as profitable as regular phone plan, and it is harder to rip the elderly and absent-minded who might have hard time keeping their call time in check.I never really got why prepaid isn't more of a thing in the states. It's so common here (in Ireland anyways, I assume the rest of Europe too?).T-Mobile customer's info breached after Experian hack.
yay. ~grumbles~
Another reason to keep using prepaid.
Of course Polish T-Mobile branch probably has some of my data when I signed a contract to get a cheaper phone that served me well for 7 years, now the battery starts to fail.
Part of it is also lack of advertising/information. I didn't know prepaid even existed as an option until I was in my mid-twenties; prior to that, it was obvious that you needed a contract with a phone company to have a land-line, and when cellphones came out the same business arrangement was used and expected, and you had lots of companies (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) making it clear that they were the best option for coverage.
I didn't start seeing commercials for prepaid stuff like Cricket until I was 24 or 25, and even then for a while it was only on the radio; it's only within the past couple of years that I've started seeing ads on TV and YouTube. And since they were so slow to get the message out, they've got over a decade of "this is how it works" to get past. Hence why their ads are mostly centered around "hey you don't have to do this the way the phone companies do, there is another option".
The guy you speak with in the company's sale-point usually gets a provision for a contract with customer he arranged. Prepaid gives him no premium lowering his motivation to offer it to you from his own accord.
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On a complete side note, in celebration of NobodysWife's potential employment, Shiro's player took us out to Trader Vic's last night. They're really hit-or-miss with their dinners (their drinks are always good), but last night they were just plain on. Really fantastic food all around.
So tonight it's my turn to provide sustenance, and I'm just thinking I should cook up the "honorary Joss Whedon pork dinner" for everyone...
Glad ye enjoyed your meal, and congrats to your wife. :)
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With Pea Bear potty training was... difficult. First we had to convince her that she wasn't the exception to the "everyone poops" rule of nature.
All told it took two years and no one won.
Tiny T-Rex, it took a weekend, hasn't had an accident since.
The main thing is to be positive and patient, also look for the sign that they gotta go, kids have terrible poker faces :-D (honestly if they weren't playing with my money I would totally clean them out:-D)
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sketchingSketching is far easier for me than doodling, by the way. Something about the freedom to have rough lines and turn mistakes into new artistry and change the anarchy into order is much more liberating and fulfilling than having to create intricate patterns from the get-go.
(To me.)
I would have a hard time drawing NH's avatar.