johnnywhoa

Well folks, we had a good run. Four strong years here at WCAL, 91.9 Power 92, California (PA)'s best music, but it's time to sign off. Today marked the final broadcast of Whoa Radio, as (so long as all goes well) I will be graduating next week.

Four years ago, actually around this time of the year, I became frustrated with how long I'd been waiting to hear back from the E-board at the time to get me a show time. So I drove out here, walked into the station and hijacked the Saturday night, 8-10PM time slot. And so Whoa Radio made its first broadcast, opening with my favorite song of all time, Rollover DJ by Jet. 

In those years, I've switched my major to something I cared about, broken my spine, quit drawing, started writing and got married to the lovely HiSS-Graphics and more. I'd like to take this moment to thank all of you who have actively listened over these years and supported my various media of work. 

So a big thank you to these amazing folks who have supported my work or just been there as a great friend, in no specific order:


And of course, my beautiful wife . Thank you for putting up with my stupid moping and self doubt. I love you <3

Now, on to the future:
Does this account have a future here at DeviantArt? I do not draw anymore and, though I once thought I'd eventually get back into it, I don't think I ever really will. I do enjoy writing still, though after this past semester I think Microsoft Word has become a trigger for angst, depression and frustration. Countless all-nighters and research projects have kept me so far behind on work that actually matters to be that Soul Survivor currently stands at a whopping four and a half chapters. 

Even if that weren't the case, I don't truly like the idea of posting chapters of something I'd like to publish here on DA; seems like a bit of a bad idea.

One of the things I really enjoyed about Whoa Radio was that it was some last tie I had here on DA. One last thing I actually contributed... mind you only like half a dozen people ever actually listened, but that's beside the point. Without it, I fear this might be the end of the account.

So barring any short stories I ever tell, I suppose this is the end of my contributions here. I'll probably still be around posting comments and favoriting stuff, but even that has dwindled in recent times. I suppose we'll see what the future holds, though; who knows, maybe I'll stumble into something to share with you all. I do have a short set of joke stories to tell, so maybe I'll add that.

Look out for A Man and a Murderous Midget. You'll know that's when I'm back.

Until then, this has been Whoa Radio, signing out. Good night, and good luck.

OH RIGHT THE UPLOAD LINK: REDACTED

...d.

So, Hanna's left, now.

The rest of this is gonna get sappy and emotional, so, you've been warned.

I just got home after dropping her off at the airport, and according to her pass and my clock, her flight should be taking off right now.

It... hurt. The closer to the airport we got, the tighter the knot in our stomachs tied. She half-jokingly quipped "I wish I could just stay and have someone box up all my stuff and send it here" a few times.

I stayed with her while she got her passes and headed for the security gates. We kissed and hugged, but we never said goodbye. I told her it wouldn't be a goodbye, just "until next time," and she agreed.

After we parted at the security checkpoint, I headed for my car. Neither of us had cried, yet, but we both felt it coming on. I turned around to catch a last glimpse of her, and I got it. Her head was down and she looked like I felt.

I looked at the line though, and saw a spot. I went right to the edge of the checkpoint and caught her as she rounded a corner. We'd both had some water works by this point, but we were laughing. She told me that she'd wished I would come back one more time, which of course I did.

It was pretty hard NOT to cry, seeing each other there. And, we failed at stopping ourselves, of course. But we laughed, hugged and kissed one more time. She told me not to cry, because "tough guys don't cry."

"We do for pretty ladies."
Guh. That line. There must have been a thousand ways I could have said it better. I could list at least 20 off the top of my head right now, but, waterworks, so sue me.

But, then the line moved, and we parted again.

I felt like hell driving home. It didn't help that the first song my radio played as soon as I hit the highway had a chorus that went with "I turned the car around" (because damn was I tempted to).

The buildup to today wasn't so bad, though. We were... comfortable with it. If you haven't seen her journal yet, Hanna's made a decision.

She's moving to America.

We're not gonna say much more on the subject here because she's afraid we'll jinx it, but she'll be coming back, ideally before the year is over. And I can't wait. In her short stay here, she took my shitty little room that I've never done anything with and made it feel like home.
And now that she's left, it doesn't feel like home anymore.

BUT, she'll be back. Thanks Kitten, for the best month of my life. Yet.

Now I'm gonna go drown out the next 20 hours in PS3 games and pretend that month isn't over.

Until next time,
-Johnny

_{You had me at "meow"}

I'll spare you guys the full story of why my birthday was one of the most awful days in recent memory, but the punchline is that my dental insurance decided to drop me that day and I had to get a root canal done.
So on my 22nd birthday, I paid $500 for a root canal.
As Hanna can tell you, I was depressed as Hell for the majority of yesterday.

So I wanted to thank everyone who went out of their way to make it a better day, because I ended the day smiling and laughing none the less.

So firstly, a big thank you to everyone who came by my page to say happy birthday. Seriously, the turn out was amazing, especially for a guy who only posts like, once a month anymore.

And now, on to the gifts!

A wonderfully sappy Portal-themed piece from my Kitten <3

To top it off, she even made two Portal test chambers for me revolved around murdering all the turrets. ALL OF THE TURRETS. It was very thoughtful <3

Next up, a bitchin' cool piece featuring Jack Amatti by the amazing !

As much as I love the drawing itself, I think what really got me was the description she gave. "I love the idea of him fighting all these pointless battles over and over for the sake of his little girl. Poor Jack!" I just love the way she put that

Next up, a girl who needs no introduction. So she isn't getting one.

She gets an OUT-troduction This is an awesome League of Legends-themed piece by , because the three of us love this game. I may or may not be horridly addicted. But we have some great fun with it and I love this piece The contrast between her normal cartoon character style and her detailed game character styles is pretty sweet, and I love it

And last but certainly not least...

I'm floored by this. I am STILL geeking out about this. I'm an on-again, off-again writer and over time I've developed a series called "Wizard Rivers" that I'd love to turn into a novel someday. I've always written it for use in a television series (used it for a class). I haven't shown much of it to anyone, but Matt came up with a modified version of the first chapter and he's making a SEVEN PAGE COMIC ABOUT THIS. Jesus Christ that is just still so amazing.

So again, a massive thank you to all of you. You guys are amazing to me