Well, I promised that I'd try to get this final anniversary piece up before midnight, and here we are -- with minutes to spare, Scary-Crayon presents The Stale Cereal Wars, a detailed commentary that reaches back to the days before the site was even created and discusses three year-old (and then some) cereals in the present day. Make sure to keep reading, because there's a special guest appearance at the end of the piece! Or you could just scroll down, but then you'd miss the photos of me cringing at the godawful taste of these cereals. Ugh.

What have we got in store for Scary-Crayon's third year? STAY TUNED!!!

Hey there, Scary-Crayon fans! Still don't have that promised food article (that's next on the agenda; we'll see if I can get it ready before midnight!!!), but here's the other piece I said I might get up: The Leonardo Celebratory Flip Off!!! In this article, I compare the flipping abilities of the Ninja Action Leo figures from the old and new Playmates TMNT lines. It's even got flipping mpegs! Enjoy.

By the way, can you tell that I did the title images for this article on my second computer? It's interesting how the laptop display causes me to favor certain techniques over others.

Back in a few with foody goodness! Or not. Not because I won't be back, but because "goodness" is totally the wrong word to use. Totally.

It's kinda hard to believe, but today marks the two-year anniversary of Scary-Crayon's emergence on the web. Two years! Still, somehow the site's second birthday isn't quite as exciting as last year's was. That may be because last year I was sort of shocked that the site was still going strong after a year, whereas now I kind of take it for granted that Scary-Crayon will exist indefinitely, or at least until I get run over by a bus or something. That may also be because whereas last year I had been planning the site's celebratory thingamajig for weeks and had written several new articles to commemorate the occasion, lately I've been concentrating more on future additions to the site. Still, I do plan to post at least one awesome new article later this afternoon to celebrate the start of Scary-Crayon's third year. Let's just say that if you enjoyed the Pup Corn piece, you'll love this one.

In the meantime, we've got A Crayon Haiku #44 and a special guest Hot Flash from our pal Jax, the latter of which takes its cue from some of the rather disgusting shorts that appeared on the site during the 2004 holiday season. It's amazing which features have a lasting impact on people.

Oh, and I'd meant to post Scary-Crayon's first ever fanfic today, but seeing as how I haven't gotten around to writing it yet, that's not gonna happen. However, I did do some of the artwork for it, so here's a preview:

Have a great day, and we'll see you again this afternoon!

Hey all -- this is just a test post. Not sure if you saw Sunday's entry, given that there was no article attached to it (if you missed it, give it a read!), but at the end of the piece I linked a video clip from Madballs: Gross Jokes. As far as I know, folks have had mixed success with the clip, with some people being able to play it and others being unable to do so (and actually, I'm able to play it on my other machine but I only get video on this one), so I'd appreciate any input y'all have on the matter. Here are another few clip tests I'm trying in search of a file format that works for the majority of readers out there while still being fairly compact:

The introduction to the live action TMNT specials "We With You a Turtle Christmas" and "Turtle Tunes" in mov and swf formats. On my end, I the swf file plays correctly (you may want to right click it and uncheck "loop", though), whereas I only get sound with the mov file. This may have something to do with my outdated version of Quicktime, though.

Two clips from Madballs: Gross Jokes, one in swf format, the other in mov. Same deal noted above, at least for me.

And if you know of any good utilities for converting to wmv or any other small and widely used file formats, I'm all ears! Ja ne, minna-san.

And yeah, it's been in the theaters for almost two months now, but we're finally getting around to reviewing the new King Kong on Scary-Crayon -- which is only fitting since he's appeared in two Hot Flashes thus far and will be appearing in an upcoming Foodstuffs review. As you'll read, I wasn't too keen on the movie, but there's something about a giant gorilla that nevertheless makes the character hard to dislike, even when he is killing and eating people and whatnot. And because the movie's still in the theaters and not on DVD (not that I'd buy it anyway, unless I came across it in the $5.50 bin at Wal-Mart), screencaps are taken alternately from King Kong Lives, the 1986 sequel to the 1976 remake of King Kong, and the intro to Kong: The Animated Series", which I happened to record last Saturday morning. King Kong sure loves him some alligators.

And then, in Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #73, we take a trip down memory lane for a look at myself and one of my best pals back when I was in middle school. I drew this one after a conversation with some folks brought back memories of this guy and his atrocious taste in women. I'm sure you've all known someone like him (or at least seen the character in movies) -- the guy who would fuck almost anything that moves. Now, I'm not saying that a woman has to be Lacey Chabert to be worth dating, and I've certainly been attracted to women who aren't supermodels by conventional standards. But whereas my attractions have been largely due to the personalities of my respective crushes and my own personal tastes, guys like my old pal not only seemed to genuinely think that these cows were hot, but that their beauty was so obvious that everyone else on the planet would agree. He was definitely an interesting character.

Another thing about guys like this is that despite their obliviousness to any standards of beauty whatsoever, they invariably end up with the hottest girl in the school, town, etc., on their arm at one point or another. It's amazing. Not only that, but then they'll act like you're the one who finally developed some taste when you comment on it and say stuff like, "Maybe now you'll respect my taste in the future." Unreal. And then when it doesn't work out between them -- because it never does -- the guys go right back to chasing ogres as if they're Charlize Theron (whom I really don't find all that hot but she came to mind given that I just watched Mighty Joe Young the other day). Sometimes they'll even go on at length about how the latest creature that ended up in their bed is even hotter than the super gorgeous woman they previously dated. I don't get it.

Speaking of things I don't get, what the hell was up with that "beauty killed the beast" shit in King Kong? I don't know what events the characters were watching, but it looked to me like the beast was killed by a hail of gunfire and a 102-story drop. I'm just saying.