A Post of Self Reflection

The February of Duchess fell a bit flat. I have spent it sick. Not on my deathbed or anything but just enough to make wandering out in 30 degree weather not worth it. So I sat around on my couch playing video games and flipping between watching cartoons and political discussion (using one to cleanse my mind from the other) to help recharge my batteries that were already running low from the past job.

I had a lot of time to myself to reflect on things and feel like I owe this community two apologies.

I am sorry for not finishing the Coach Duchess pieces. I racked my brain on how to handle the last one. I concluded that going after the kids parents was redundant. I had already discussed about how team mom is usually picked by which mother looked best in yoga pants. I already touched on the borderline child abuse parents are willing to subject their young kids to in order to make weight. I also wrote myself into a corner theme wise. As earlier comments suggested it would have worked better as instalments with different chapters touching on all the subjects rather than trying to break it down by segments. For that bit of flakiness I apologize.

I am sorry for killing the Nine Circles of Leasts. This hurt me immensely. It all started as a random response from another comment on the other website. The reaction to it made me change from a mostly lurker to feel like a member of the kommunity. After I wrote this article here I felt like I broke the game. I personally felt like it was my best one and that in my own mind every one after that paled in comparison. I felt as if I played my favorite game in GOD MODE and couldn’t focus on playing it again. I was also not watching as much football as I did in the past so I felt like me googling other games and judging peoples performances I didn’t watch should have put me in the Fraud section of my own posts. For not communicating this to you all earlier I am sorry.

Now as far as an update for the February of Duchess someone commented about to see how long I could go without wearing underwear. That answer is ALL of February and still going. I am still trying to find the worst restaurant in DC. Believe it or not most of the lower starred yelp reviews usually are from ass hats who give a restaurant 1 star for being busy and taking a while. On the job front I have had a few interviews with a couple of promising leads that I am excited about. And lastly my daytime Cartoon rankings

1. Clarence –  It is about the wacky adventures of s kind hearted good spirited kid. In one episode he is tired of the teacher giving arbitrary rewards of gold stars so he creates his own reward system for everyone which leads to chaos. He finds a watch and due to funny things like it actually being daylight savings and a sudden car stopping he believes he can control time with the watch. Seriously if you haven’t watched this show I highly recommend it.

2. Teen Titans Go – its a goofy take on the more serious Teen Titans that was on earlier.Each character has their own big flaw and showing Robin as a neurotic kid with an inferiority complex is a nice touch. It is smartly written and is willing to poke fun at itself. Also it gave us this beautiful song.

You would think this is some lost 80’s hit because it is presented as one. However, the writers wrote a full song as joke and frankly it’s pretty damn good.

3. The Amazing World of Gumball – This is trippy as hell and a clever way of doing characters. You have puppets interacting with drawings interacting with a two dimensional paper cut out. It is one of the most inventive cartoons out there.

4. We Bare Bears –  It’s a show with some heart also it answers the question “What has Demetri Martin been up to?” (the answer is voicing Ice Bear).

5. Steven Universe –  not my cup of tea but it should be more in the grouping of Regular Show and Adventure Time as a cartoon for older folks. Still better than Uncle Grandpa.

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Lothar of the Hill People

You don’t owe us anything, Duchess. Take it all at your own speed. When your mojo returns, it returns.

I feel your pain on DC restaurants. Every time I’m there, I am disappointed because I feel like in the cradle of our nation’s democracy, with all the immigrants and money, there should be no end of good food.

Instead, I end up at places like the fancy Lebanese restaurant I went to, where I didn’t see muhummara on the menu, so I asked the waiter. He didn’t understand me in English, and so I switched to Arabic. He was Moroccan, and so he still didn’t quite understand what I was describing, and so he went to ask the cooks. He came back to the table to tell me they didn’t know what I was talking about, either (to put it in perspective, that’d be like going to a Mexican restaurant and the waiters and cooks never having heard of guacamole).

Anyway, try PBS for good cartoons. Peg + Cat is super cute. Oh, you want cartoons for grown-ups? Oops.

Sill Bimmons

Lebanese Taverna?

Sill Bimmons
Sill Bimmons

I’m having a lot of trouble with Part Two of The Shortest Con.

It’s too long and still reads too much like a list.

I feel your pain.

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WCS

Glad to have you back, you sumbitch.

Pictured, Duchess when he wasn’t feeling bad:
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Old School Zero

We still love and value your contributions, no matter what they are. There’s no way we could ever forget you, Dukeless.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Sort of related; I can’t wait for the new fantasy football season to start so I can name one of my teams “Jockjam Doorslam”.

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The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

Underwear is a symbol of genital oppression! LET US FOLLOW DUCHESS’ BRAVE EXAMPLE AND THROW OFF THE SKID-MARKED COTTON SHACKLES!

entropy

Ah hell, Duchess, we appreciate all the stuff you’ve already done. Don’t go getting upset over things you felt like abandoning.

Plus, as a creative sort myownself, I know what it’s like to lose interest in something, or want to start something else, or just get lost in other pursuits. I blame it on being part ferret; I can have something I am totally invested in, started and open in front of me, and get to — ooo, shiny! What’s that?

ballsofsteelandfury

I still haven’t posted the ending to my thrilling Balls’ Bedtime Stories. It’s a smaller story, but I know you’ve been following it…

jjfozz

Thanks for the mention of yoga pants. My productivity went from “an inch above the Marianas Trench” to “a deep dark hole under the Marianas Trench.”

Don’t stress about those features falling off – speaking from experience, when you can’t write it anymore then it’s time to move on.

Also, smashing down a fifth of Old Crow can coax the Muse to start whispering in your ear, but she sounds like Bea Arthur on ludes.

jjfozz

Oh yeah! The Tao was one of my all time favorites.

Catler perches on the edge of a perfect minute
Biding time
As the grey circle of ciggy smoke
Disappears into the ether
A singular perfect squeak emitted from his rubber mouse
Hangs heavy in the Chicago air

Don T

That’s great to hear. What’s the worst dish sampled on your restaurant quest?

Don T

Sounds like salchipapas: fries, hot dogs / chorizo / meat, and sauces and stuff. Someday I hope to be drunk enough to enjoy some.

laserguru

That could also be Lomo Saltado. When done correctly it’s goddamn delicious.
We have a Peruvian mini chain out here called El Pollo Inca that makes great Lomo. They also have a red and green sauce that is amazing on grilled chicken.
It sucks that they used frozen fries, kills the concept.

laserguru

Dude! That’s just fucking wrong.

ballsofsteelandfury

You should do that regardless.

blaxabbath

Smashing down a fifth of Old Crow, also know as the new Baltimore SAT Exam.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Good to have you back.

blaxabbath
jjfozz

Pippi Longstocking fan fiction?

jjfozz

Dem freckles, though

Don T

Yeah, that suntan through a cheese grater look is very nice.