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by David M Willis on June 24, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 24, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    🙁

  2. Berenzen
    Berenzen
    June 24, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    don’t know whether to be more sympathetic for ruth, or billie, who has to sneak out of there somehow.

    • Berenzen
      Berenzen
      June 24, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      Just noticed that billie has an angry face, so I’m definately feeling sorry for ruth, poor girl 🙁

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 24, 2011 at 5:07 am | #

        her face looks sad and sympathetic to me, which fits with the title…

      • ryan
        ryan
        June 24, 2011 at 8:31 am | #

        i see the last panel as more of a determined face. she feels a little bad for ruth, but she can’t let that get in her way right now. the important thing for her is to get out undetected.

    • goatman95111
      goatman95111
      June 24, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Just use the classic excuse: “Frat prank gone wrong”

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 24, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    WOO CLEAVAGE SHOT ANYWAY

    “Um, so… I’ll just be taking this uniform and…?”

    • ryan
      ryan
      June 24, 2011 at 8:32 am | #

      i take it you also want billie to wear this outfit every day?

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 24, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    I wonder how long it will take for Billie to come out of the closet?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 24, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      😀

      • Jamal K.
        Jamal K.
        June 29, 2011 at 10:58 pm | #

        Your avatar is all the reply thats needed

        You, sir. *applauds slowly*

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 24, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      I dunno, how long does it usually take a Willis character?

      • Joe
        Joe
        June 24, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        The fact that nobody has yet is a testament to the comic.

        Don’t bring up Ethan. We’re still not sure if he’s gay in this universe.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 24, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

          No, I’m pretty damn sure it’s been brought up a few dozen times. Unless that was the joke.

          • David Herbert
            David Herbert
            June 24, 2011 at 2:37 am | #

            *Imitating McBain* That’s the joke.

          • kagato23
            kagato23
            June 25, 2011 at 4:14 am | #

            Look, when the author tells us he’s gay, or when he tell us he’s gay, we’ll believe it. Keep your speculation to yourself until then.

            • Jo
              Jo
              June 25, 2011 at 6:52 am | #

              I think he probably is. But that’s just speculation based on it being allided to in the comic and what a news post said:

              http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/news/ethan-is-gay/

              To quote the bit that made me think Ethan might be gay

              “ETHAN IS GAY

              When he said he was gay last week, that might have been a clue!

              This has been an unfortunately necessary public service announcement. You may return to, undoubtedly, continuing to ask every day if Ethan is gay in this universe.

              (He is.) “

              • Mercury
                Mercury
                June 25, 2011 at 7:20 am | #

                Are news posts really canon, though?

                • David
                  David M Willis
                  June 25, 2011 at 11:55 am | #

                  *sigh*

                • Sam
                  Sam
                  June 25, 2011 at 7:26 pm | #

                  *headdesk*

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  June 26, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

                  We’re sorry for this David. Truly, we are.
                  (Actually we aren’t. We love making new headaches for you.)

                • PedanticJerkass
                  PedanticJerkass
                  June 26, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

                  Was this a serious post, or just a continuation of the so-called “joke”?

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  June 26, 2011 at 8:09 pm | #

                  Can’t it be both?

        • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
          Zanosuke_Kurosaki
          June 24, 2011 at 1:38 am | #

          You can be as “not sure” as you want. -Ethan- is completely sure.

        • Katie
          Katie
          June 25, 2011 at 5:14 am | #

          No, Ethan knows he’s gay.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/awkward/

          He might end up being Bi, but he’s definitely gay already.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 24, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        Roll a D100 and the result in number of strips will be just as likely as any guess we might make.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 24, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

          I asked my mom to pick a number between 1 and 100. She said 53. That’s as good as any, I guess.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          June 24, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

          I got 17…

          …the Spread Eagle?

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            June 24, 2011 at 9:20 am | #

            Someone should make a He Had it Coming video using DoA material reinterpreted to fit the song, in the vein of this Kickassia video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sPXU66Z5c

          • Gordon
            Gordon
            June 24, 2011 at 11:07 pm | #

            ….What a weird place to find a Chicago reference.

            • Eri
              Eri
              June 25, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

              Indeed!

              I love it just the same <3

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 24, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

      Literally or figuratively?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 24, 2011 at 2:46 am | #

        Yes.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 24, 2011 at 3:05 am | #

          Literally, either when Ruth leaves or when she sleeps. Figuratively, I don’t know.

  5. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 24, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    Her face in the last panel is priceless.

    “Okay, now how do I get out of here? Do I hug her or something and hope she doesn’t wonder how I got here?”

  6. Brendan
    Brendan
    June 24, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    I think I’ve read this fanfic.

    No, not Walkyverse; there it would be redundant. No, not DoA; that would be an odd coincidence.

    Just… everywhere else.

    • yourfaaaaace
      yourfaaaaace
      June 24, 2011 at 3:32 am | #

      many of them ending in sexytimes.

      • Foxeyes13
        Foxeyes13
        June 24, 2011 at 3:45 am | #

        There are fanfics that don’t end in sexytimes?

        • Gordon
          Gordon
          June 24, 2011 at 11:09 pm | #

          Hypothetically.

  7. Jeff
    Jeff
    June 24, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    I can’t quite tell if she is feeling sorry for Ruth or just trying to figure out how she is going to get out of the room.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 24, 2011 at 8:09 am | #

      Why are there so few votes for “Pretend to be a pair of overalls?” It’s a viable strategy!

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        June 24, 2011 at 9:21 am | #

        Have we seen DoA!Ruth in overalls? What makes us so sure she owns any?

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          June 24, 2011 at 9:22 am | #

          Incidentally, I voted for that option to. It’s a very funny image.

          • Lesharo
            Lesharo
            June 24, 2011 at 10:29 am | #

            Until this moment, I had no idea that overalls possessed the capability of whistling.

  8. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 24, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    No matter how this ends, it will have awkwardness.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 26, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

      And now, instead of Awkward Dina, I now have Disapproving Billie. I’m pretty sure this makes all of my previous posts at least 50% snarkier.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 26, 2011 at 8:13 pm | #

        Roz, on the other hand, manages to turn everything I say into some kind of innuendo.
        (I can’t wait for my random avatar to change and make this whole thing even more confusing for future readers.)

  9. Shadic
    Shadic
    June 24, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    One more Billie comic and one of my unliked characters is replaced by a slightly less disliked character on the top banner! (I love my Gravatar used for this comment.)

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 24, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Well, now that you’ve said that, you just know that Willis will have a Dorothy comic next, just to spite you.

      • Shadic
        Shadic
        June 24, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

        I’m pretty sure he already did that once with the whole Danny-Dorothy set of comics a week or two ago.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 27, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

          Guess who didn’t show up in today’s comic?
          (SPOILERS: It’s Billie)

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            June 27, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

            Guess who DID show up? Dorothy.

  10. Kafloobop
    Kafloobop
    June 24, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Wow, this is…….touching.

  11. Head Alien
    Head Alien
    June 24, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Fall fall Ruth further into the pit of despair and oblivion.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 24, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

      Quite you!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 24, 2011 at 5:31 am | #

        The word you are looking for is Quiet.

        • zuche
          zuche
          June 24, 2011 at 11:26 am | #

          Quite.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        June 25, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

        Really? He seems more of a “Punch Joe’s face” type of person.

    • Rokku
      Rokku
      June 27, 2011 at 4:54 am | #

      What this guy said.

      Seriously I don’t care about Ruth’s tragic backstory, nothing excuses acting the way she does.

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 24, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    We need a distraction or at least Ruth to be a heavy sleeper.

    • ALostProphet
      ALostProphet
      June 24, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

      Off to Never Never land…

      • Head Alien
        Head Alien
        June 24, 2011 at 11:21 am | #

        That face with that statement was far more sinister than anything I could come up with bravo.

      • Pagannerd
        Pagannerd
        June 24, 2011 at 1:57 pm | #

        Oh Gods, where the hell is that image from? Because seriously, it takes sinister to a whole new level.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 24, 2011 at 7:25 pm | #

          IF I am not mistaked, it was the face he made when Amber slapped him in SP!

      • Sam
        Sam
        June 25, 2011 at 7:27 pm | #

        You’ve just ruined Fun for me, with that image and post.

        • ALostProphet
          ALostProphet
          June 26, 2011 at 10:44 am | #

          I’m the best at what I do.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            June 26, 2011 at 2:08 pm | #

            And what you do best is not nice, am I right?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      June 25, 2011 at 2:09 am | #

      Sadly, I don’t think Ruth is even asleep here. It’ll take longer for her to fall asleep, probably. Time Billie could be better spending… oh, who am I kidding? She’d just waste it anyway.

  13. wynne
    wynne
    June 24, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Willis’ one word titles are sometimes the best part of this strip, and I mean that in a good way.

  14. Gentooman
    Gentooman
    June 24, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    She’s asleep! Quick, get a permanent marker! We need to draw on her face!
    …er, um, I mean FAAAAAAAACE

    • hellomoto
      hellomoto
      June 24, 2011 at 3:10 am | #

      i don’t get the faaaaaaace thing. what is it

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 24, 2011 at 7:28 pm | #

        The comic linked below is to blame for all the FAAAAAACE comments you see in here.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/face/

      • PedanticJerkass
        PedanticJerkass
        June 26, 2011 at 3:49 am | #

        It’s something completely retarded.

        • Gaspacho
          Gaspacho
          June 26, 2011 at 10:49 am | #

          “PedanticJerkass” plus Walky gravater equals hilarity.

    • Vabolo
      Vabolo
      June 24, 2011 at 9:12 am | #

      With her penis?

  15. Alex
    Alex
    June 24, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

    It’s a trap Billie.

    • Foxeyes13
      Foxeyes13
      June 24, 2011 at 3:48 am | #

      Admiral Ackbar’s right, Billie!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 24, 2011 at 7:30 pm | #

      Ruth is a trap?

      My interest just got peaked.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 25, 2011 at 11:08 am | #

        What kind of trap are we talking about here?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 25, 2011 at 7:37 pm | #

          A trap is a character who looks like the opposite sex in some case, even when dressed normally for their gender.

          It’s usually a male dressing up as a female, but in order for a trap to ACTUALLY be a trap, they must be able to pass as a female flawlessly. If not, then it’s not much of a trap, right?

          A reverse-trap is a female who can pass for a male.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            June 26, 2011 at 10:53 am | #

            Oh, that’s a trap. We have those in Malaysia albeit it’s very, very rare and we called by other names. For example, I called them the “What the hell is that?”.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 26, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

        Of course you would, Mongoose. Of course you would.
        (Disapproving Billie disapproves)

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 26, 2011 at 8:11 pm | #

          Roz, on the other hand, would give you a sly smirk and wink.

  16. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    June 24, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    If it weren’t for the title, I’d think Billie was thinking ‘jeez, I have to pee’…

    Yeah, I don’t know what’s in my brain, either.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      June 24, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

      Actually, there is the opportunity for revenge for the mutilated uniform. Find the fanciest pair of shoes in the closet, then pee in them. After all, Billie has no idea how long she’ll be closeted.

  17. Joebo
    Joebo
    June 24, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

    NO! I demand zany antics! ZANY ANTICS DAMMIT!

    It’s okay so long as there is no flash backing…

    [cue flashback sequence]

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 24, 2011 at 3:55 pm | #

      (Image wavers; replaced with sepia-toned image with blurred edges)

      “NO! I demand zany antics! ZANY ANTICS DAMMIT!” Joebo exclaimed. Then, more calmly, a bit begrudgingly, he/she/it/them amended, “It’s okay so long as there is no flash backing…”

      Suddenly the image began to waver…

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        June 25, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

        I will duct tape your head into place if that doesn’t stop right now!

  18. Thor
    Thor
    June 24, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

    This looks like a perfect time for: SMUT WITHOUT WARNING!

    …

    …

    (I miss the SMUT WITHOUT WARNING days. So sue me.)

    • Lady Ray
      Lady Ray
      June 24, 2011 at 6:08 pm | #

      Misread that as SMUT WITHOUT WARMING.

      …ice fetish?

    • ALostProphet
      ALostProphet
      June 26, 2011 at 11:37 am | #

      I prefer “SEXYTIMES!”.

  19. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    June 24, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

    she should just wait: if she tries to sneak out, Ruth will open her eyes (probably hear the doors opening or something), if she tries to run, Ruth will hear her and pounce, and even if she waits, Ruth may be in need of a change or something and boom, Billie.

  20. robopanda333
    robopanda333
    June 24, 2011 at 1:06 am | #

    oh noez. monday has to be Dorothy comic! HASTO i don’t want her replaced by BILLIE!

  21. Cranberrier
    Cranberrier
    June 24, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

    I love how much expression we get in a narrow view through the doorframe. Kudos, Willis.

  22. Atcote
    Atcote
    June 24, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

    ‘Well, now I’m in here all weekend.
    Hope she doesn’t need anything from her closet tomorrow.
    I wonder how long I can survive on cotton?’

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 24, 2011 at 8:17 pm | #

      Moths can live on that stuff for ages, I am not so sure about Billie thou.

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        June 24, 2011 at 11:14 pm | #

        Considering her liquid diet, I’m sure her body is used to tough times.

  23. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    June 24, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

    Man do I know how Billie feels. . . why do they never cry on their bed naked like they do in the movies?

    • Atcote
      Atcote
      June 24, 2011 at 2:53 am | #

      … And what movies would these be, pray tell, my good chap?

      • ALostProphet
        ALostProphet
        June 24, 2011 at 3:41 am | #

        The ones your mom starred in.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          June 24, 2011 at 12:35 pm | #

          And yet only got paid a nickel.

          • ALostProphet
            ALostProphet
            June 26, 2011 at 11:59 am | #

            I spoke with the producer, and it turns out she was overpaid.

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          June 24, 2011 at 9:03 pm | #

          How did you recognize her?

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      June 24, 2011 at 7:59 am | #

      I find it somewhat disturbing you said that, and have the Red Lantern Corps symbol as your gravitar.

      Not sure why…I just do.

  24. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    June 24, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

    Sympathy for the RA. I think the ‘Stones sang about that once…

  25. Blackraine
    Blackraine
    June 24, 2011 at 2:44 am | #

    God i love this comic.

  26. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    June 24, 2011 at 3:46 am | #

    “Snerking”? What?

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      June 24, 2011 at 10:03 pm | #

      You know that sorta snorting sound you make when you’re trying to suppress really hard laughter?

      That’s a snerk.

  27. Beehive Radio
    Beehive Radio
    June 24, 2011 at 3:52 am | #

    Awwww. I almost feel sorry for Ruth…. ALMOST.

  28. turkishproverb
    turkishproverb
    June 24, 2011 at 5:58 am | #

    …

    Nope. Still don’t feel bad for her.

    • Lesharo
      Lesharo
      June 24, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

      Either one, really.

  29. Anime fan
    Anime fan
    June 24, 2011 at 7:59 am | #

    Uh oh, the focused eyes. Never a good thing in any spinoff of its walky.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 24, 2011 at 11:00 am | #

      Good thing this is an AU rather than a spinoff then. Plus I think horrific bloody beatdowns are slightly less likely in this continuity – despite Ruth’s threats.

      • Anime fan
        Anime fan
        June 25, 2011 at 8:38 am | #

        Eh, I always keep the option open. Alternate universe or no, any world where Sal considers windows as a viable entrance holds the chance of violent and bloody beat downs.

  30. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    June 24, 2011 at 8:47 am | #

    Awkward moments are awkward.

  31. Karin
    Karin
    June 24, 2011 at 9:27 am | #

    That’s right billy feel bad. UHOH, she looked straight towards her… Something is definitely about to happen.

  32. zuche
    zuche
    June 24, 2011 at 11:31 am | #

    I find this strip particularly disturbing. No matter how many times I look at it, I keep seeing Billie as Dave Willis instead, in the middle of stalking one of his characters.

    One working eye is apparently skewing my vision much more than I’d expected it would.

    • TheBlueYouKnew
      TheBlueYouKnew
      June 24, 2011 at 10:25 pm | #

      Wait….Willis has cleavage? Because that is showing, XD

  33. Head Alien
    Head Alien
    June 24, 2011 at 11:35 am | #

    Stockholm syndrom a condition in which a captive over time bonds with his/her captive and develops emotional connections.

    • Head Alien
      Head Alien
      June 24, 2011 at 11:39 am | #

      Capter not (2nd) captive.

      • zuche
        zuche
        June 24, 2011 at 11:49 am | #

        Since we’ve broached the subject of clarification, it’s “captor”. Think of it like having a motor to motivate and a captor to captivate.

  34. heyarnold1986
    heyarnold1986
    June 24, 2011 at 11:55 am | #

    to heck with it….. where’s Billie’s ‘N’?

  35. Twigfoon
    Twigfoon
    June 24, 2011 at 1:25 pm | #

    Billie, use Twitter to save your life!

  36. Daeva
    Daeva
    June 24, 2011 at 2:16 pm | #

    And thus, Billie finds herself trapped in what will be her living arrangements for the rest of her college career.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      June 25, 2011 at 2:15 am | #

      Nah. Ruth will most likely be going home over the summer.

  37. Locke
    Locke
    June 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm | #

    Okay, now dig your way out with your trusty spoon! Unless you forgot it, in which case, you’re just screwed.

  38. Slothful
    Slothful
    June 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm | #

    There is a smiling man with a cleft in his chin in the closet.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 24, 2011 at 7:18 pm | #

      I tried to visualise what you discribed as hard as I could but no I just cannot see it.

      • CWR
        CWR
        June 25, 2011 at 4:22 am | #

        Neckline of the shirt is the jawline, cleavage is the cleft, shadow of the jaw is the smiling mouth, the mouth is the nose, and everthing upwards is what it’s supposed to be.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 25, 2011 at 7:31 pm | #

          That is how I tried to make it work but it just doesn’t seem to fit somehow.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            June 26, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

            I saw it for a moment. You REEEEEALLY have to squint, though.

  39. CWR
    CWR
    June 25, 2011 at 4:22 am | #

    Neckline of the shirt is the jawline, cleavage is the cleft, shadow of the jaw is the smiling mouth, the mouth is the nose, and everthing upwards is what it’s supposed to be.

  40. TPmanW
    TPmanW
    June 25, 2011 at 5:57 pm | #

    Amazing what you can do with just one eye to convey a character’s expression. Good ob Willis! Now we all now what the smiling man with the cleft chin in Ruth’s closet is thinking.

  41. MacGravatar
    MacGravatar
    June 26, 2011 at 2:53 am | #

    I think Billie should stand up to Ruth, but not in a fighting style. Go philisophical on Ruth’s ass! Why are you looking at me with that FAAAAAAACE??? For a nickle, you can see Ruth looking sad.

  42. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    June 26, 2011 at 11:54 am | #

    Too bad Billie doesn’t have beer with her, considering it’s her source of courage.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 26, 2011 at 5:35 pm | #

      A flask of scotch or burbon would be much easier to carry around.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 26, 2011 at 8:28 pm | #

        Billie needs some Emergency Bourbon!

  43. Jason
    Jason
    June 26, 2011 at 4:31 pm | #

    Spinning the Wheel of Fortune….

  44. Jason
    Jason
    June 26, 2011 at 4:31 pm | #

    Dorothy? Rats.

  45. Heather
    Heather
    June 26, 2011 at 6:02 pm | #

    Because I’m a huge sap and unable to hold grudges very well I’d probably continue feeling sorry for Ruth even in Billies position.

    But as sometimes a wimp I’d possibly stay in the closet probably until Ruth inevitably grabbed her coat to go out drinking and saw me standing in it and then make some lame excuses before RUNNING FOR MY LIFE.

    Though possibly my sappiness would win over my wimpiness- sometimes it does that. Or even after running and after gathering up courage going back later on with a more clear idea on what to say in my head to her.

  46. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 26, 2011 at 8:15 pm | #

    Seriously, Willis, why can’t the Roz gravatar have that snazzy condom hat? That’s the coolest thing about her in this comic!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 26, 2011 at 11:56 pm | #

      Make your own!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 27, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

        I would, but I don’t think I have the tools for making the avatar. I’ll see what I can do, though. Seriously though, it would be awesome.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 27, 2011 at 2:03 am | #

        I made it and put it on Gravatar. Why isn’t it working?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 27, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

          Ah here we go.

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