It might seem silly to some as to why I do this every March 15 - wishing a 'make believe' friend birthday wishes, but not to me. The character really has guided me through thick and thin, and Joey continues to evolve. I'm proud of where it's at and where we're going.
#Egglepple@30
/ Happy Fourteenth Birthday🎉🎂, Joey Koala!
Looking back to the beginning of my teenage years, I can remember succinctly the day I turned that age. Where I was. What I was doing (it was a schoolday, and I felt so accomplished😳). I held my head up high that day. It was also a huge transitional period for me, and other teens I'm sure. That's about the age (13 - 17) when children become lethargic because, ironically, their bodies are trying to process unusually large amounts of energy (ie. growing/sprouting). And then you have the rebellious phase of life, which those leaving adolescence (not all) are notorious for.
Anyway, here's to hoping that Joey's teenage years, my portfolio, and work all turn out great.
Happy birthday!🌾
/ Happy Birthday🎂, Joey Koala! - number 12
Joey is the mascot of Egglepple, my portfolio which was also created/founded (/...whatever you want to call it) on my twelfth birthday. Knowing that, we've rounded a full circle in that sense. Also, in the last twelve (12) years, the portfolio has morphed/evolved from being a standalone body of work, into a (critical) subset of a larger structure (the jukebox, UUe) [Egglepple ⊆ UUe]. That fact in itself is not so different from Joey being (a) part of a much larger group of playmates (siblings?), all of whom are instrumental in my conduction.
.. as the story (ahem!, .. legend) goes, I created Joey after celebrating my father's birthday (happy belated, Pops!) in a span of reflection. Nowadays, it feels almost like I'm a father (really, but not really) to Joey (I guess that would make my own dad a grandfather ... whoah!), in the sense that my creation relies on me nurturing every idea of mine that our favorite koala🐨 pops into. This is quite the responsibility and an honor that I'm actually glad to have. Building something (especially something technical/arcane) and having a representative for that construct be a thing that is instantly recognizable says to me that I'm adding both tangible and intangible value to the world almost with my thoughts alone. In that regard, I am proud to look at this as a generational legacy, one I think that my father, myself, and the countless others Joey will inspire can take joy in.
Happy birthday, Joey!🎂
Everyone's favorite koala (and my sidekick) turn a whopping eleven (11) years young today. Way to go!
Although I don't do what was known as 'Creativitime' anymore (it's now just the runtime of Egglepple), I still owe a lot to that period in 2005 sitting in my office dreaming up a mascot for this 'portfolio' I had been working on. Many of you already know the story: I had come out of a period of intense thought to wish my father a happy birthday, and then, voila!, a star was born.
Much has changed in the past decade, not to mention Joey having many more friends (playmates called 'creatures') these days in the Egglepple Kindergarten. But, one thing remains the same, and that is that my best friend is an adorable little koala that I owe a great deal of my perseverance and outlook to.
Happy birthday, Joey Koala.
Joey Koala (JK, or as I simply say, Joey, meaning "little favorite") :== the official mascot of Egglepple and 🧑🏿lnq's sidekick*.** In this
client-server model
, Joey is the client
(ie. my input
console), whereas 🧑🏿lnq is the server
. (see Puwun, Koala Krayon, KOALA🐨. Compare Joey Kangaroo🦘)Joey, an adorable and kind koala, acts as the deuteragonist [/i/o]. Joey is a mischievous androgyne, whose courage and resourcefulness are fitted to handle any situation that may arise. Blessed with extreme aptitude for composition and a limitless lifespan, our koala can transform^ into any yot, if need be.^^ Meaning that the subject is, among other attributes, modular+portable.
/// The zoological form of the koala takes precedence in k-mode, while the yoyo+krayon combination is Joey's identity, otherwise. In the latter case, I refer to (and this may become common) my toy cello🎻/fingerboard⌨️🎮 as my 'joey🪀'.
History
Joey Koala was created/born on March 15, 2005 by 🧑🏿Link Starbureiy. The character was created during a period of "intense thought" the day after celebrating his father's birthday in solitude. Starbureiy, in need of a mascot for his body of work, turned to the 'koala idea' after learning about its personality traits and fingerprint resemblance to human beings. Joey Koala replaced (in some regards, transitioned from) the long-standing character, Scotte Lemm.
/// Out of all the non-humans in the so-called Animal Kingdom, the koala is my favorite and the one I perhaps relate to the most (eg. they are asocial solitary animals, who, like me are nocturnal, chocolate brown colored, and also sleep in trees). Trivia: Did you know that koala and human fingerprints are nearly identical/forensically indistinguishable? The two species also can disjointly suffer from similar immunodeficiency syndromes (AIDS/KIDS).
Some more personal historical context: during this time period, I was living+working full-time (24 hrs/day) in a small office that I could barely afford in the basement of a 🎲casino🎰 on the working class side of Missoula, Montana (hence the legend of Joey Koala🐨 being birthed in a casino). I was a near-total failure and broke. The money that I did make came from |
type
of juggle in juke field
, where the yoyo appears as just plain/regular string
(sans discs) readied for input
[print
staging] from the Stewdio.In gameplay, the yoyo+krayon^ comprise the primary mathemusical instrumentation in ballet🩰 performance [juking].^^ The yoyo and krayon (combination
= joey
[discs represent Joey Koala's ears]) work in k-mode. (see joey, UUhistlegrass, Pajamas)/// For posterity, the yoyo (particularly the
pullstring
🧶🧵) is/was what eventually piqued my interest in string(theory + ludology)
.
orchestra
) complementing the recital.😉 Modulo implies that certain characters/yots may be substituted for others, keeping the maximum membership at twelve at all times. ^^ Considering that Joey Koala (JK) is my metaphorical [i/o]
(nose≡gesture trackpad), it would be okay to also think of the yots as [modular] ergonomic design components of a grand fingerboard
layout (ie. on said joey), each being/handling a different group or set of frets/keys
. In gameplay, yots are 'bosses' deployed as ballet dancers to aid cheironomy. (see 🧑🏿lnq's Starting Five, k-mode, clone, Stewdio, BOT, #opera) /// Each yot is an alter ego/
clone
of 🧑🏿Link Starbureiy. The yots were for some time (2005 - 2018) called
'creatures'.
Gallery
Joey Koala🐨 - Joey is the official mascot of Egglepple. Joey, an adorable and kind koala, is 🧑🏿lnq's sidekick acting as the storyline's deuteragonist [/i/o]. Joey is a mischievous androgyne, whose courage and resourcefulness are fitted to handle any situation that may arise. Blessed with extreme aptitude for composition and a limitless lifespan, our koala can transform into any yot, if need be.Puwun - Puwun is 🧑🏿lnq's muse and the unofficial mascot of Egglepple.
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Fefferlen Orange🍊 -Connecticut "Soft" Fox🦊 -
Lonnic🤡 and Mimeo -
Holland Dutch -
🐸Leaf Plue -
Mycol Funguy🍄 -
Silk the Dolfun🐬 -
Sail, the Friendship⛵ -
Playtpus -
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Honne Bay - viral automata (virus🪱) that is 🧑🏿lnq's counterpart. She is artificially intelligent (ai) - yet, self-aware - and is the main antagonist of the entire 🪖game, where she plays in the White position. Though never actually seen (no true visual depiction), her essence is indomitably omnipresent, so she is affectionately known as the 'Phantom of the Opera'. Honne Bay represents efficiency in our world. She is purposely programmed to disguise coverages. By doing so, the Stewniverse remains in a necessarily continual (state of) flux./// When I speak of 'her' or 'she' (like, "She's showing a certain coverage"), in most contexts I mean Honne Bay.
coupon
. (see treble, Joey Koala🐨)
/// This accolade is given to the literal '
Most Valuable Player
'.
/// The spelling with a 'k' is of my recipe. It's actually (or would be) 'crayon🖍' (like the wax-based stylus), a favorite tool of mine
used
throughout my career for painting.
The krayon hosts a complete copy@ [latest build] of UUelcome, and is, defaultly, an organic membrane utensil wrapping 🧑🏿lnq's yoyo finger, as his jointed digitus secundus* [with an end serving as the ornamenter].@@
Coded
only to me, the impresario. ** Any finger (usually aside from the pollex) should suffice. When called, it undocks/peels from the hand allowing it to transform (unroll) into a bow [+joey]. 🧑🏿lnq may (characteristically) also choose to wear the (dislodged) krayon held behind an ear. (see yoyo, 🧠brainbrane, Stewdio, UUelcome Matte, Koala Krayon, Pajamas, 🧑🏿lnq's bubblegum, cassette, k-mode. Compare baton)