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Published: 2011-07-25 19:30:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 3228; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 14
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It's been really hot in these parts recently."How hot is it?"
It's so hot you could bake a potato on the dashboard of your car.
It's so hot people are lighting their fireplaces just to cool off.
It's so hot ovens are redundant.
And... it's so hot, folks actually want to go to Canada.
It reminds me of the three years I lived in Nevada. Middle of the Mojave, no less. I think it followed me back to Texas, it's just a little late...
I'm like Kaitlin; I want ice cream.
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Ever seen Blinky Bill and/or Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown? Well, in those Yoram Gross cartoons, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and Matilda Roo wear pants and Splodge wears overalls. They don't look wonky to me.
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Well, gosh! I've been wanting to go to Canada in case Trump won the presidency. It makes me get in a rut so!
And Kaitlin would need swim trunks too, but that's just me.
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Canadia, eh? I hear dey got real good bacon up dere, don'cha know.
She's a kangaroo, so she can probably manage without. Besides, do you have any idea how hard it is to find trunks that fit a kangaroo? The proportions are all wonky...
Now finding trunks that fit an elephant, on the other hand...
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Well, that was an aloof response...
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I'm sure she'd appreciate the compliment.
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I must admit, initially I didn't recognize that song, but once it got to the chorus, I recognized it. You're right, very fitting.
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I also like the light effect. I couldn't see it very well on the other computer, but here it's very clear.
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Thank you. I'm glad you noticed. I'm especially pleased with the lens flare, which is rather subtle and could easily be overlooked on a darker monitor.
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Yep.
Living where you do, I bet you can relate.
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You mean this giant sand-filled oven? Hmmm, yeah, I guess can relate.
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I certainly don't envy you in that respect. On the bright side, you probably have mild winters...
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I don't really know how to answer this one. They always feel really cold to me, but what if it's one of those things that are relative? Well, we get hail once in a while, that's cold, right?
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Well, hail being ice and all, I'd say it qualifies as cold... though it doesn't have to be cold for it to hail. (It does way up in the atmosphere, of course, but not necessarily down here on ol' terra firmer.)
Of course, Kuwait is a coastal country, so I bet you might get more dynamic weather depending on where in the country you live.
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I suppose so. I'm just very, very grateful for air conditioners and radiators.
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I can certainly agree with that. I don't know how folks ever managed without those things.
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Kaitlin is very cute here.
I hope she takes a look at her Ice cream in time before it all drips to the ground from the heat!
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I'm sure she'll be glad to hear you think so.
All I know is my ice cream always seems to melt a little and drip before I can prevent it, I guess Kait has the same problem...
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Spot on work with the extreme heat vibes here, and that dripping ice cream pretty much says all you need to know, really.
Want to escape the heat? Jet over to here for some English summer rain.
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I'm about to the point I'd hop in a rowboat and paddle over there. Anything to get out of this crazy heat.
Oh, and thanks for the compliments, especially on the "heat vibes". I played around with lighting and burnt-out the colors trying to get that effect. I'm glad you like it.
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Texas, eh? Yeah, damn hot over here in H Town!
And yeah, I like the pic! I like the way you draw the faces...idk what it is, but it's cool!
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Of course, down there you've got to deal with the humidity, too. I don't know which is worse, humidity, or the bone-dry drought we've been having up here...
And thank you, by the way.
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I like these characters- more Outback comics, please!
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Well, since Gidget's been eating a lot of my time, I'm sorry to say I've neglected them a bit. But that's why I'm slowing down on Gidget for a while; to give these guys some love.
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Actually I have a friend of mine that lives in Canada and she said its just as hot as anywhere else! ^^() Global warming is a pain isnt it?
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Well, that depends on what part of Canada you're in. You're right though, it's been unseasonably warm even up Northways. It wouldn't be so bad if we could just get some moisture, but it's been dryer than Ben Stein's voice around here.
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For the past few days though, we've been having a few dozen sudden rainstorms but sometimes it's been raining like a tempest for a good 4 minutes and its gone with the wind!
The sad part is, I work outside in this heat nearly everyday
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Well, just be glad you're getting some rain. Count your blessings, not your curses and all that jazz.
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Until I get hit by a bus! (Busted)
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She might end up drinking that ice-cream. 
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That's pretty much how it actually is over here. You'd have to eat it with a straw.
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I was going to say...it's fdreezing in Aus right now. 
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I know... I wish I was in Australia right now. Or the Sahara Desert. Anywhere's cooler than here, really. (That's an exaggeration, but only just.)
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Right now in the UK it's very cool...but wet.
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Oh, wet too? You lucky Brits! (or Scots, or Welsh... I don't know what part of the UK you're from.)
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I'm a Londoner.....and proud of it.
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Fair enough. I just wanted to cover my bases, so to speak. Some folks over there can be finicky about that sort of thing.
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I'm not, but then I do come from the largest area of Great Britiain, that being England. The Welsh and Scotish may take offense to being called English, I wouldn't blame them. Like me calling someonefrom South Africa, Australian due to the fact they have similar accents.
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It's this so-called phenomenon where water falls from the sky refreshing the ground and keeping things cool...-ish
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I seem to remember something like that... but I thought it was a myth...
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This isn't meant to be a knock more or less an observation. Idle arms have always been bothersome for me personally, I personally always feel weird just drawing an arm hanging like that. In fact if you look at alot of my pics most of them are either behind the body or doing something. I guess I personally just have difficulty drawing an idle arm that doesn't look lifeless. XD
Now having said that I like this picture. I don't know much about Kaitlin's personality but she seems likable enough, this picture shows it.
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Thank you, and you're right; drawing idle poses, be it arms or entire bodies can be challenging. It takes a lot of practice and knowledge of anatomy to prevent it from looking dull and boring.
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You're welcome!
It's been a long time since...
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