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All right, new episode of Mr. Deity is up, and I’m in it again! Woohoo, go me, living the dream, etc. Check it out (and stick around for the begging segment at the end):

Another good episode, and I loved the PZ references. Definitely some good, subtle stuff in there, and as usual plenty of ad-libbing (the Dagon reference was something I was especially proud of).

Anyway, the season’s nearly wrapped up, then there’ll be a small hiatus and for the first time ever, a Mr. Deity DVD release of the entire third season! Hopefully there’ll be a bunch of bonus content like outtakes (we have, on some very, very rare occasions, botched a line, or done something else mildly unplanned) and extended scenes to make it extra worth it, but just having it without the GoDaddy ads is enough for me. That and maybe no begging, although I find the begging bits nearly as funny (and, admittedly, occasionally funnier) than the episodes themselves, so hopefully they’ll be on the DVDs in one form or another.

Btw, if you were at all confused by the beginning, you may want to check out this Super Bowl commercial after the break to clear things up a bit:

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That’s right, folks, Timmy’s back! And check out what a headache he’s got on his hands…

This one was a doozy to film, because the dialog was so tight and the timing had to be so perfect that we had a lot to focus on. Plus I had worked late the night before, and Jimbo and Brian had spent the day filming another episode first, so none of us was as well-prepared as we would have liked. But that never stops a Mr. Deity, and better yet, some of the funniest things that come out of our mouths are born from sheer delirium.

As well, I was deeply honored to learn (and confirm upon reflection) that I am officially the first recurring character in Mr. Deity history (obviously not counting the four principle players). It means so very much to me to have been so openly and warmly accepted into this group and brought on-board such an amazing project. To go from a rabid fan (thankfully the doctors got that taken care of) to a recurring role as the head of R&D for the entire universe is a literal dream come true. I couldn’t be happier to be involved in something so clever, witty, original, and meaningful.

Well, enough blubbering. The next episode is one I managed to operate cameras and sound for, and it’s damn funny, despite me not appearing in it. Look forward to it in a couple of weeks. And word is I may appear in at least one more episode this season. Stay Tubed…

All right, finally getting around to posting this on my own blog since it went up yesterday. The latest episode of Mr. Deity is up, and it features yours truly. Check it out:

As the head of R&D for the entire universe, I think you can understand why I’ve been too busy to blog much.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed it, and look forward to more coming soon. We’re filming another one later this week!

So, some spineless jerk with an AIM name that doesn’t seem to appear in any search engines just decided to IM me with the following message chain before instantly signing off:

mariasdiarrhea - 15:31:03

yay for free speech you stupid fuck

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:10

threatening to ban users because you disagree with them?

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:16

you’re a pitiful excuse for life

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:21

and I did see you on boy meets world

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:26

you were a fucking joke then and you still are

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:31

go kill yourself

mariasdiarrhea – 15:31:42

p.s. I have your home address and I’ll be putting it to good use

So, before you ask the obvious question, no, I have no frickin’ idea what this is about. Actually, kind of wondering if maybe you could help me out with this. Anybody I’ve chatted with anywhere recently remember me threatening to BAN someone (I’m currently not a moderator on ANYTHING, so have no banning privileges) over disagreeing with me? You know, me, the guy who champions free speech to the point where he internally wrestles over whether to even call people out on racial slurs?

Whatever the case, I’m not taking this one especially seriously. This guy/girl clearly had no interest in ACTUALLY resolving a situation, or he/she would have come to me in a calm manner and discussed whatever it was that I did to offend him or her. Instead this jerk decided to come out guns-a-blazin’ without any explanation of what they’re pissed off about and make threats and hilarious insults.

Now, mariasdiarrhea, should you wish to actually explain to me what I did to piss you off and perhaps resolve this situation like a mature person, feel free to comment here and explain yourself. I’m all for a calm, rational discussion, and should you give me good reason to review something I once said or did and realize it was wrong or perhaps hypocritical of me, you can expect an apology from me. I’ll even have the whole discussion in the public comments here so it’s on record that I did whatever you feel I did. Otherwise, if you hide from me and choose not to explain yourself, I’ll assume you’re just another boneless Internet troll using anonymity to get your rocks off. I’m cool with either one, so ball’s in your court.

EDIT: A few additional thoughts. Obviously I don’t really take this guy seriously. It’s an empty threat, as he/she would have made more effort if it was legitimate, and would have stuck around to continue arguing with/berating me if he/she was actually pissed off about something real.. In particular, mentioning my home address without bothering to back it up with proof (such as actually typing my home address) suggests complete bullshit. I can assume only that this person is an attention whore who’s just fucking with me, or one of the many, many stupid people on the Internet who confuses me complaining about something on the Internet (something I have a habit of) with me wanting it to cease existing, and being willing to take away others’ rights to accomplish that. Who knows. Either way, I post this here primarily for entertainment value, and secondarily for self-education in the chance that someone CAN shed some light on something I might actually have done that I’ve forgotten and need to make amends for.

UPDATE: So, he/she/it has spoken again, apparently having read this post, but didn’t have the balls (metaphorically or literally) to comment here as requested. Here’s the new tirade mariasdiarrhea sent before again signing off immediately:

mariasdiarrhea – 18:31:38

doesn’t matter who I am just understand I know everything about you, jarrett

mariasdiarrhea – 18:31:40

I’m coming for you

mariasdiarrhea – 18:31:48

yes I don’t turn up in any search engines

mariasdiarrhea – 18:31:56

and yes I got your address

So, best I can tell whoever this is read this post, but certainly didn’t bother to absorb anything I wrote. Loosely responded to a couple of my points, but failed to grasp what I was trying to say. So once again, confirming my suspicions that this person’s just a troll with a little too much time on their hands, as if I really did whatever this person claims I did, they’d be all too happy to comment right here and show the world what a terrible person I am, not to mention they’d have no problem actually telling me what it was I did instead of making vague references and extremely lame threats.

Anybody have any theories yet? So far I’m kind of disappointed. The bugger’s persistent, but making no real effort. I was really hoping for an exciting comment thread argument, possibly even leading up to me issuing a public apology for whatever error I made that would warrant these threats of… actually, what are the threats of? He/she/it suggested I kill myself, which would make my address useless. So what’s he/she/it planning to do to me? Dunno. So far all this person’s managed to do is give me an excuse to update my blog, which I really needed, so thank you for that. The rest is just weak sauce.

I do want to be clear, I’m not trying to goad this person on into becoming more hostile, but I would really like to see a mature handling of this situation. If my assumptions that this person’s just making shit up for kicks are wrong, and I really did do something that warrants this attitude, I want to know about it. Otherwise, really, what’s the point? If I can’t learn from my mistakes, then somebody’s just wasting their time.

UPDATE 2: Okay, so obviously this guy’s only interest is in attempting to scare me as opposed to actually accomplishing anything. What a waste. Here’s his latest, with a new and very original screen name:

jarrettisdead – 18:56:18

We’ll see if I’m just a “spineless internet troll”, Jarrett. I’ve already collected everything I need to know about you, funny how much a simple Google search can turn up. This is the last you’re going to hear from my until my vengeance has occurred. Watch yourself… allahu akbar

Gotta love the effort to tack on the scare-of-the-week at the end there to try to drive it home. Because Islamic extremists give a crap about me, right? Although that might actually be a clue. I did comment that I didn’t agree with the Facebook cause to remove a group on Facebook called “Fuck Islam” as I don’t believe in censoring any opinion, even if it is a rather assholish one. But that’s essentially the opposite of what the person’s complaining about, and nothing was said about banning.

Either way, he’s still sticking to generic threats meant to scare someone clueless. He has yet to provide any of this information that his Google search turned up. And again, claiming vengeance, but not bothering to tell me what the vengeance is over. Dude, the vengeance is empty and wasted if the victim doesn’t know what it’s over. Again, wasting your time. Stand up, be a man, comment here, in public, and tell me what I did wrong so I can make amends. Until then I have no choice but to assume this is a rather lame hoax. That or a friend of mine trying to mess with me and doing a rather meh job of it.

mariasdiarrhea

15:31:03

yay for free speech you stupid fuck

15:31:10

threatening to ban users because you disagree with them?

15:31:16

you’re a pitiful excuse for life

15:31:21

and I did see you on boy meets world

15:31:26

you were a fucking joke then and you still are

15:31:31

go kill yourself

15:31:42

p.s. I have your home address and I’ll be putting it to good mariasdiarrhea

15:31:03

yay for free speech you stupid fuck

15:31:10

threatening to ban users because you disagree with them?

15:31:16

you’re a pitiful excuse for life

15:31:21

and I did see you on boy meets world

15:31:26

you were a fucking joke then and you still are

15:31:31

go kill yourself

15:31:42

p.s. I have your home address and I’ll be putting it to good use

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I have no idea if this is old, but a friend just sent it to me and I had to post it:

Well, the latest episode of Mr. Deity is out, and it’s a doozy. One of my absolute favorite yet. And that has nothing to do with the fact that I was there, on-set, when it was filmed, operated the cameras, worked as script supervisor, and provided real-time production feedback. I’ll totally skip over the facts that the cameras were completely pre-configured and all I had to do was start and stop them, the cast was so spot-on that dialog reminders were virtually never needed, and my real-time production feedback mostly consisted of laughing at funny things during rehearsal that they had been considering taking out, or reminding them later of hilarious things they improvised earlier that they should use again. Crap, I wrote that out loud, didn’t I?

Anyway, whatever the case, enjoy. And stay tuned for some special news under the video…

Pretty damn good, right? Now in case you were wondering how I got so lucky as to be on the set for this production, it was because I had to have a little meeting with Mr. D himself to discuss my upcoming role in a future episode. That’s right, yours truly will be starring in an episode of Mr. Deity later this year! Who will I be playing? Well, that’s going to have to remain a secret for now, as it’s just too delicious to spoil. Only hint I can give is that I’m going to have to revise a philosophy of mine from my most popular blog post.

Stay tuned for more details…

EDIT: In case anyone ever checks in and asks, the role I eventually ended up playing is NOT the one originally planned. It’s not my place to give away future plot points, which is why I’m not going to specify anything right now, but while it would have been a fun and unusual role to play, I’m much more at home as Timmy, and he provides me with a lot more opportunities.

I don’t post ALL the Mr. Deity episodes (they’d quickly flood my blog with how little I write on my own), but the latest features Michael Shermer, so I had no choice. Enjoy: