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Okay, now this is my ultimate quote of all time From Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett - an amazing book, and a quote I really feel sums up life itself. Something I try to abide by - and, quite frankly, I think I am succeeding. People ask me sometimes "Why the hell did you do that?" or "When we all forgot our lines, why did you have to make a big joke about it? Couldn't you have covered it up?" - but the thing is, you can't cover it up. A good actor never forgets his lines; a better one knows how to cover himself; but the best actor knows how to make the audience laugh about it. If everything starts to go to hell, and you know it's going to fail, don't just go down with it: go out with a bang! Make some noise! Turn it around! If you fall, let them remember how you turned it into a dive!
Inspiration walkin', that is.

EDIT: Proved this today. Going on a great big muddy walk with school; there's a really big hold-up by one of the kissing-gates, with loads of people pushing each other and fighting not to fall. No-one has slipped yet, but you can almost taste the tension: the person who hits the ground first will be the laughing-stock of the week.
I know what's going to happen; I can feel it. The ground is shaking, the mud is slippy, and my backpack is completely unbalancing me - but Rao did not simply slip! Rao did not fall! She damn well jumped into the middle of that melee and turned it into a dive! Literally. Then I cheer myself on, stand up, and walk away with all the dignity in the world. Someone comes up to me afterwards, says, "Why did you throw yourself onto the ground like that? You got muddier than anyone else."
And all I could think to say was, "I was going to fall over anyway. If someone pushed me over, or if I slipped, everyone would have laughed at me. If I dived into the mud, though, and I laughed about it, no-one else could laugh."
And it's true.
/EDIT.

So yes, more typography - now I'm doing it late at night, as well, it seems @-@
Not as proud of this one as the first - the text isn't aligned as well, and I don't like some of the sizes. Still, quite proud of it for a second try, and typography really is loads of fun. Must do this more often... Again, download for staggeringly huge file.

To view more work like this, both Discworld and otherwise, please see here

Quote (c) Terry Pratchett;
Typography and background (c) ~Raowolf-bushtail .

PLEASE COMMENT,
Critique Requested
All Comments Accepted
Constructive ones loved!

Description
Okay, now this is my ultimate quote of all time From Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett - an amazing book, and a quote I really feel sums up life itself. Something I try to abide by - and, quite frankly, I think I am succeeding. People ask me sometimes "Why the hell did you do that?" or "When we all forgot our lines, why did you have to make a big joke about it? Couldn't you have covered it up?" - but the thing is, you can't cover it up. A good actor never forgets his lines; a better one knows how to cover himself; but the best actor knows how to make the audience laugh about it. If everything starts to go to hell, and you know it's going to fail, don't just go down with it: go out with a bang! Make some noise! Turn it around! If you fall, let them remember how you turned it into a dive!
Inspiration walkin', that is.

EDIT: Proved this today. Going on a great big muddy walk with school; there's a really big hold-up by one of the kissing-gates, with loads of people pushing each other and fighting not to fall. No-one has slipped yet, but you can almost taste the tension: the person who hits the ground first will be the laughing-stock of the week.
I know what's going to happen; I can feel it. The ground is shaking, the mud is slippy, and my backpack is completely unbalancing me - but Rao did not simply slip! Rao did not fall! She damn well jumped into the middle of that melee and turned it into a dive! Literally. Then I cheer myself on, stand up, and walk away with all the dignity in the world. Someone comes up to me afterwards, says, "Why did you throw yourself onto the ground like that? You got muddier than anyone else."
And all I could think to say was, "I was going to fall over anyway. If someone pushed me over, or if I slipped, everyone would have laughed at me. If I dived into the mud, though, and I laughed about it, no-one else could laugh."
And it's true.
/EDIT.

So yes, more typography - now I'm doing it late at night, as well, it seems @-@
Not as proud of this one as the first - the text isn't aligned as well, and I don't like some of the sizes. Still, quite proud of it for a second try, and typography really is loads of fun. Must do this more often... Again, download for staggeringly huge file.

To view more work like this, both Discworld and otherwise, please see here

Quote (c) Terry Pratchett;
Typography and background (c) ~Raowolf-bushtail .

PLEASE COMMENT,
Critique Requested
All Comments Accepted
Constructive ones loved!