Grrl Power #335 – Last meal. Sort of.
We’ve all done this, right? Got caught doing something weird cause you were daydreaming? I mean post-childhood. Obviously you do this when you’re a kid, that’s what kids do. Some of us take longer to grow out of it, and even have… relapses. Clearly it’s a daily event for Sydney. I do this all the time when I draw. I tend to make faces when I’m trying to get an expression right, even when I’m not looking into a mirror. I guess it helps me visualize. I admit it’s been a while since I sat around totally in a daze making sound effects. About the worst I do is randomly start laughing cause I’m thinking of some joke for the comic.
I was going to do a mini comic about Sydney eating alfredo made using ghost pepper jack cheese but I ran out of time, so… just imagine that. That would probably make Sydney cough a lot more. Chewing and swallowing spicy food is one thing, but if you choke on it and get it up into your nose or down slightly in your trachea, then all bets are off as far as your tolerance goes.
I updated the vote incentive, just with a first pass of color. I was hoping to have more done on it but the last page I finished had so many layers. :/
I tried to get the site switched over to the new hosting last night, but ran into some problems getting it ported over since the number of posts and all the comments made for a larger import than what the new system could handle by default, but I have top men on it and there should be one more brief downtime Wednesday afternoon and everything should be copacetic. There should be less down time on that attempt.
Here’s the link to the new comments highlighter for chrome, and the GitHub link which you can use to install on FireFox via Greasemonkey.
note: grrlpowercomic.com is officially moved over to the new hosting. Next will be a minor downtime for updating the backend software. but will do it when there’s no updates and slow traffic.
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Also for the last 15+ hours the site has been saying it’s undergoing scheduled maintenance. This is the first time I’ve been able to get on it today. But that obviously doesn’t seem like the case with all the comments :P Guess the web just hates me.
I was aware of it being down for an hour or two, approaching update time, but Dave got it sorted.
Your browser must have been lazy and just checked a stored version, rather than rechecking the site itself. My web-fu is lacking, but if that happened again, I would try refreshing the cache, in case it was doing that at your end.
More likely though, I am guessing, the search engine was checking something in the cloud. If the reresh (or a new search) did not do the trick, an alternate browser would seem to be the best option
None of those fixed the problem for me. I only just got in here now. This isn’t a problem on my end, something along the chain got the wrong version stuck in it and refused to update; or at least that’s my guess.
Same here, haven’t been able to get the comic until now
There was a scheduled maintenance for today (Wednesday). It is possible that there may be further disruption, if the transfer to the new host has not gone smoothly.
Probably best to wait for word from Dave, in due course. Given that he will also be working on Thursday’s comic, we may not hear anything until then.
This happened to me also.
Got me worried, need my weekly fix.
First time I’ve been able to get on the site in three days. And I tried everything including clearing history & flushing the whole cache, rebooting, etc. Wasn’t my computer that was doing it. I suspect it was browser-specific, because my friend could access it on his cellphone and on his laptop, but he uses a different browser than I do.
I doubt it’s anything to do with your comp… Probably your ISP had a cached page and was feeding that to you … They don’t like to send data out of their local net, cost’s ’em like 2 pennies….
Ditto, Wednesday evening was the first time I could get on the site because of error messages and maintenance notifications.
The problem does very much appear to be browser specific. Presumably some are taking a while to pick up the new hosts. If the problem persists, or recurs, please let DaveB know by Twitter. Alternatively, if you are able to access the comic ok with another browser, please make a post here.
Either way though, kindly be sure to mention the browser you are having problems with.
Alternatively, if you find out that it was not a browser problem but, for example, your ISP, then that is worth knowing.
Google Chrome has been ok for me. The longest it took to pick up the change was a couple of hours, and some of that must have been the actual downtime, whilst the work was taking place.
I will post this comment at the head and foot of the page, to make sure that people looking for information find it easier.
With luck it should all be ok now though.
*crosses claws*
Dave I’m worried you’ll make a mistake in how Sydney gets whipped into shape via food. If Syd were fat, then yeah, lots of pasta and cheese is a bad idea. But Sydney’s the hyperactive with no endurance and few muscles. There isn’t much difference for the men and women when it comes to nutrition vs exercise. If Sydney going on a training montage, then she’ll have to eat. Muscles are built via food and exercise.
I’m a somewhat short man and even I found the amount of food one has to eat when trying to bulk crazy. The volume of the healthier foods required seems astounding. They contain the wrong mixtures, but eating the equivalent of one of those grocery store rotisserie chickens every day along with a can of beans might’ve been pretty close. Every day. Plus other food. Yes bodybuilders, I was attempting a super clean bulk. You’d think it be fun to eat a ton of food, but mechanically eating chicken breast, tilapia, beans, rice, broccoli, eggs, and spinach when I wasn’t hungry become very boring. At least I love broccoli and cauliflower.
So yeah… To go with all that running to chanted songs and lifting weights, Sydney might just be eating a mountain of pasta and chicken mixed with a mountain of vegetables. She’d pass out from hunger otherwise. Though she’d probably pass out from exhaustion too. Spike your own heart rate too high and you get dizzy. Do it immediately after the big pasta bowl and its a big pile of vomit on the ground.
You could have a point there. Considering Sydney’s apparent weight, if she is going to do more physical work than usual, she should have more energy intake not less. And pasta is a source of carbohydrates and proteins.
American Heart Association – Food as Fuel – Before, During and After Workouts
Maybe Peggy is referring specifically to the Alfredo sauce because the cheese and butter.
Peggy probably means that Sydney will have to be on a high protein diet of some sort which will probably involve alot of protein bars and shakes.
And then there are those of us who are insulin-resistant, whose endocrinologist said not to eat ANY carbs (yes, you heard right), and who therefore must replace the fueling effect of carbs with protein/fat.
So it really DOES depend on biochemistry.
She’s not going to be eating any chicken. Vegetarian, remember?
Makes me think of Scott Pilgrim.
https://i0.wp.com/www.drunchblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tumblr_luidctWOjU1qe9r2fo6_250.gif?resize=237%2C164
Couldn’t she replace that with fish? Plenty of protein in tuna.
She certainly can. Only super vegans are banned from eating anything with a face. Sydney is allowed to eat fish, as the have ugly faces.
https://art.artist.dragoart.com/cute-fish_1_000000078266_1.png
https://i.imgur.com/JyOL9vp.jpg
He can eat souls.
If a vegan is trapped on an island, and eats his or her own leg to survive, is he or she still a vegan?
The same question could be asked if she ate her pussy.
It is a shame we can’t randomise links, to give puns full justice. Or at least have two versions. The default one and the alternate one, that only displays, if it detects if the browser is set to allow adult content.
Meat isn’t the only food that contains protein
She’s pescatarian, She can substitiute salmon or pollock. Or tuna. :D
Exactly. There are lots of other protein sources she can consume. Also would really recommend Basa (also known as river cobbler). Very tasty especially in a chilli and lime sauce, ideal for Syd :)
I was in to bodybuilding for quite a while, and you’re right, keeping up with the protein requirements especially could be quite a chore. I did it with a supplemental protein shake along with every meal and it was almost too much to eat sometimes.
Soylent at Soylent.me! All your average male needs for nutrition and just about all I eat now since I don’t cook. And good for Sydney, It’s completely Vegan!!… Wait What?
Am… am I a vegan now?
Oh, oh no. This… this is… I have to go lie down.
So, eat a spoonful of local honey every other day. Good to prevent allergies, and you’re no longer vegan!
But they had a nice funeral before they died.
Oh… I’m good then.
Screw honey! (If you’re into that sort of thing) Eat some freakin bacon!
I guess that is the long and the short of it.
Hooney-glazed bacon?
Well, it could be said that Soylent Green is made of “long pork,” so you’re at least half right there, Yorp…So what’s the “short of it” that you mentioned?
O.o
Soylent Short
“Dave I’m worried you’ll make a mistake in how Sydney gets whipped into shape via food.”
Well, Dave has already shown us how food whips Sydney into shape:
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1787/comment-page-2#comments
Ya’ know what they say…”No pain, no gain.”
;)
Saying a sound effect doesn’t make you funny. Choking on you’re food because you were trying to say a sound effect. Makes you only a little funny. But not in a good way.
And does she always tape up her bangs when she eats?
There is this – https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/192
And this – https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/697
She doesn’t at the steak house, but that may simply be because she didn’t get a chance to before the baddies dropped in.
So the straight answer is probably something like “Usually”.
As for saying sound effects not being funny, you have clearly never encountered Michael Winslow.
He’s certainly got a lot of Space Balls…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKQF9SCaJc
She wasn’t trying to be funny she was day dreaming. Then she choked.
Finally another real Sydney moment.
i try to make the pasta antipasto joke every time i go out to an italian place with people but i just get funny vacant looks because nobody understood it
(° -°ﾉ)\(°○°)
This is me trying to pat you on the back.
Is it just me, or does our adorable Sydney look a little older when she’s going with the “Eatin’ Hair?”
Thank goodness, she isn’t acting any older . . .
I think you deserve an award!
* scratching the nice doggy behind the ears *
This is going to be a starvation/body building regimen to make her look attractive for the photo ops, isn’t it?
Sydney already looks attractive, so it would be pointless in attempting to do that. Plus it would set her up as an extremely poor role model for the public. They have seen her in her current physique. As such, the tabloids, and tacky TV stations, will be bound to do ‘before and after’ comparisons.
And it is not just a matter of terminology, you use different training regimes for different purposes. Body builders and beauty queens use different exercising and diets to athletes, for example.
Whatever Archon do will be aimed at optimising Halo’s fitness for policing and military duties.
Although I would not put it past Arianna to think along the lines you suggest. But she is not the one doing the training. Maxima and Peggy will ensure that the correct emphasis is applied. Modifying Sydney’s appearance, to please the public is not it.
Besides which, we have seen Sydney post training. Her appearance was not significantly different.
Finally Sydney is shy and would prefer to cover up her body and not receive undue attention. Which Peggy has already seen enough of (for instance in the ‘A’ team conversation), to understand and respect. Military camouflage gear is good at more than just hiding from the enemy. It gives an option to preserve Sydney’s privacy. And render any attempt to objectify her a waste of time.
There’s also the fact that part of the reason Arianna was salivating over having Sydney on the team was because she presents a very approachable, common man (woman) human face for the team, as Maxima pointed out. She basically has a ‘She’s one of us’ thing going for her, which is good for public relations.
Well that and the Mega amount of Merchandising she fantasized about.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/676
Also we have before and afters since this is a flashback and she looks the same… well she would if Dave would stop improving as an artist already.
Agreed. If Candace the photographer tries to talk her into some naughty pictures like she did Max, I just can’t see Sydney agreeing. She would certainly want to have a peek at Hiro’s pictures though – assuming he actually did have some taken.
“…I just can’t see Sydney agreeing”
Unless it’s a Sexy Pirate.
I would guess based on the knowledge of the vulnerability inherent to the forcefield bubble –endurance training for “holding your breath”. Likely in a pool situation. Also likely to be assembling and disassembling her weapon. Possibly both exercises together.
And I want to see her learn to use the lighthook to push off from the ground like a pole vault while holding a FF bubble up. A sort of scoop ground and dump maneuver.
Sydney’s gotta be one of the most ridiculous people possible.
And such is why she’s awesome.
+1
At least she didn’t get anything but a tear in her eye this time. Cool pirate eyepatches aside, I seem to recall that ARCHON’s resident doctor wasn’t too impressed with “The Mighty Halo” back on page 119.
Aww my replies to Pander are not showing, when I try to post them to the fish thread above (and no ‘held pending approval message’. So I shall try putting them here instead.
Mouthwatering fish.
Cute tuna.
Lovely tuna.
Stahp it! I want sushi nao!!!
No problem. How about we change the topic to some other dolphin friendly subject?
But, just in case you are still having unwanted thoughts, she comes with a deterrent.
sounds a bit fishy that Yorp. Though I am sure eel be able to find them.
Sorry to see you flounder in getting that posted. Don’t be crabby, I sure the crappie comment section didn’t do this on porpoise. It was probably just a fluke.
*Pets Yorp on the head* Good buoy!
Awww! What happened to the anti-pun canon?
Truly, O.B., you are Cod’s gift to comedy.
And Yorp, the post could not be responded to because there is nothing on Earth that can outdo the cuteness of that fish. :)
Gah! Thanks to you, “Wet Dream” (the one by Kip Adotta, not “Wet Dreamz” by J. Cole) is now running through my head. So now I feel the urge to share.
It was April the 41st, being a quadruple leap year. I was driving in downtown Atlantis. My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray, and it was overheating. So I pulled into a Shell station.
They said I’d blown a seal. I said, “Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, okay pal?”
While they were doing that, I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar — a real dive. But I knew the owner, he used to play for the Dolphins. I said, Hi, Gil! (You hafta yell, he’s hard of herring…)
Gil was also down on his luck. Fact is, he was barely keeping his head below water. I gullied up to the sandbar. He poured the usual… Rusty snail, hold the grunion, shaken, not stirred, with a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side — heavy on the mako. I slipped him a fin — on porpoise.
I was feeling good. I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry’s Squids — for the halibut.
Well, the place was crowded. We were packed in like sardines. They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal (what sole). Tommy was rockin’ the place with a very popular tuna — “Salmon Chanted Evening”. The stage was surrounded by screaming groupers… probably there to see the bass player. One of them was this cute little yellowtail, and she’s giving ME the eye. So I figure, this is my chance for a little fun. You know — a piece of Pisces.
But she said things I just couldn’t fathom. She was too deep! She seemed to be under a lot of pressure. Boy, could she drink. She drank like a… she drank a lot. I said, “What’s your sign?” She said, “Aquarium”. I said, “GREAT!!! Let’s get tanked!”
I invited her up to my place for a little midnight bait. I said, “C’mon baby, it’ll only take a few minnows”. She threw me that same old line… “Not tonight — I got a haddock”. She wasn’t kiddin’ either, ‘cuz in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock I’d ever seen come down the pike. He was covered with mussels. He came over to me, he said, “Listen shrimp — don’t you come trolling around here no more.” What a crab. This guy was steamed — I could see the anchor in his eyes.
I turned to him and said, “Abalone — You’re just being shellfish”. Well, I knew there was going to be trouble, and so did Gil, ‘cuz he was already on the phone to the cods. The haddock hits me with a sucker punch. I catch him with a left hook. He eels over. It was a fluke, but there he was, lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel… Kelpless.
I said, “Forget the cods, Gil, this guy’s gonna need a sturgeon”. Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend. She came over to me and said, “Hey big boy, you’re really a game fish. What’s your name?” I said, “Marlin.”
Well from then on, we had a whale of a time. I took her to dinner. I took her to dance. I bought her a bouquet of flounders. And then I went home with her. And what did I get for my trouble? A case of the clams.
And here’s the youtube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhdONBHWOUQ
Nicely done. And that deserves a star! They can be pretty expensive though. And even a dwarf star could cause serious side effects, at the award ceremony. So we shall have to limit it to a small star. But, congratulations none-the-less.
*sends courier with star*
Does anyone else know that horrible feeling when you’ve been at work all day and go home thinking “Woo!! Grrl Power Update!! This will make everything better!” and then realize…. its only Wednesday?
Yup.
Keep on reading comments.
It helps.
ironic theory:
notice the colors of the crystals in the mix chamber..
that’s the origin of the orbs… parts of a space ship that exploded.. because of pasta/ anti pasto intermix :)
Don’t sweat it, Sydney. Peggy starts whipping you into shape tomorrow, which means you’ve got a good 2-4 years of eating what you please and not doing pushups ahead of you before that gets here.
Will Peggy be drilling Sydney and others?
All of them with rifles,standing at attention…
Peggy:Is that the only position you know? PARADE REST!!!
(the butt of Sydney’s rifle comes down on Peggy’s good foot)-THUNK!
Peggy:Not on my foot you idiot!
Sydney:Did I do something wrong ma’am?
Peggy:You clumsy knucklehead! I’m gonna make you think YOU were born on KP!!!
I suspect that any square-bashing instruction will be limited to how to stand and otherwise behave in uniform-y situations. I really don’t see parade ground rifle drill as being part of ARC’s training program, except where actual weapons instruction comes into it.
I’m sure the training will be Three Stooges-esque in order to keep Sydney’s attention.
That line of dialogue was taken from a 1966 Captain America cartoon. :D
what the hell is going on with the “maintenance break”?
since monday i was unable to visit Grrl power.
6 hours ago (17:10 +0 time), i was able to take a look, but when i tryed to submit a comment, here goes the server again…
DaveB changed hosts for the comic, so there’s been server switching going on. There’s always a few remaining bugs to work out for a while when that happens. He’s been trying to take care of it late in the cycle so as few people as possible would be inconvenienced. Your bad luck, Dude. Should be about over with now, though.
The problem does very much appear to be browser specific. Presumably some are taking a while to pick up the new hosts. If the problem persists, or recurs, please let DaveB know by Twitter. Alternatively, if you are able to access the comic ok with another browser, please make a post here.
Either way though, kindly be sure to mention the browser you are having problems with.
Alternatively, if you find out that it was not a browser problem but, for example, your ISP, then that is worth knowing.
Google Chrome has been ok for me. The longest it took to pick up the change was a couple of hours, and some of that must have been the actual downtime, whilst the work was taking place.
I will post this comment at the head and foot of the page, to make sure that people looking for information find it easier.
With luck it should all be ok now though.
*crosses claws*
Dangit, the plot to keep R from getting to see Grrlpowercomic has only lasted 17 hours and has now failed. Everyone resume their business as if nothing happened! :)
“We’ve all done this, right? Got caught doing something weird cause you were daydreaming? I mean post-childhood. Obviously you do this when you’re a kid, that’s what kids do. Some of us take longer to grow out of it, and even have… relapses.”
And I’m just sitting here, making ‘PEW PEW’ noises with my Nerf gun…
Getting Sydney into shape shouldn’t be too hard. She doesn’t have any weight to lose so she just gets to jump to the fun part where you eat tons and lift heavy things and do tons of pushups!
@Dave B.: Your mentioning how you make faces as you’re trying to draw expressions reminded me of a behind-the-scenes clip I once saw for some animated feature (I can’t remember what it was for the life of me, though) where the lead animator working on one of the characters in the movie had a mirror attached to his drawing board so that as he worked on the character’s expressions, he could use his own face as a model. (I think he was trying to figure out how the character’s mouth would move as he pronounced different syllables), so making faces as you draw isn’t weird at all, actually.
I mostly use google image search for expression reference, but I do also have a webcam. My webcam folder is mostly full of shots of my hands though, which is why Sydney’s hands are sometimes a little meaty looking.
If only I had some way to track the eye motions of the reader.
I’d embed a small audio file of M-Bison saying “YES! YES!” as soon as the reader got past the explanation.
But then again I wouldn’t want to scare people off… and such a thing would probably be considered an invasion of privacy… eh… hmm. Unless the eye tracking software was isolated to the computer and unable to send nor receive data other than triggering events, kind of like a mouse?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm… Naw. Too creepy.
“… in your trachea, then all bets are off as far as your tolerance goes.”
Does this mean that Sydney’s insistance on REALLY ^spicy(hot)^ food does not include curry?