{"id":105,"date":"2010-09-12T23:19:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/illustration\/2010\/09\/12\/the-year-we-make-contact-in-uranus\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T06:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T06:50:34","slug":"the-year-we-make-contact-in-uranus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/the-year-we-make-contact-in-uranus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year We Make Contact in Uranus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is probably the simplest drawing I have done since I was four years old, but it felt really appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1998 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UranusFinal-Cover800-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This is for my science fiction anthem now available in iTunes:<br><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/the-year-we-make-contact-in\/id392025917\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Year We Make Contact In Uranus<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\">By Erich Meatleg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lyrics:<\/strong><br>Rolling down a highway<br>on a lonely rural night,<br>I was blinded by a beam of light<br>and sucked into the sky.<br>Pulled into a craft above<br>and dropped upon its floor,<br>I raised my head in fear<br>to my shiny, metal captors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">n wide-eyed fear I screamed<\/span><br>as I was pleading for my life.<br>I asked them to identify<br>intentions and the like and they said:<br>&#8220;We are the Robutts.<br>We came to harvest slaves:<br>The anaerobic animals<br>that live inside your enclaves!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOW DOWN FOR THE ANAL PROBE!<br>IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN SAVE YOUR HIDE!!<br>BOW DOWN FOR THE ANAL PROBE!<br>YOU CANT CLOSE THE BROWN EYE!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bid to save my dignity I<br>made a last request:<br>I beseeched the tiny Robutts<br>for a grander audience.<br>I said, &#8220;I want to see your leader!&#8221;<br>The Robutts looked perplexed!<br>They warned me as they summoned it:<br>&#8220;You know not what you assk!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A siren blared immensley<br>and a door slid open wide.<br>A tall, translucent one-eyed beast<br>slithered to the light.<br>I begged for liberation<br>unmolested from inside!<br>A gaping maw of crooked spires<br>opened to reply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said.. it said.. this is what it said:<br>(THE BEAST, RANTING)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(What the&#8230;?)<br>I didn\u2019t understand a single word of that,<br>(What is he talking about?)<br>but found out exactly what IT meant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOW DOWN FOR THE ANAL PROBE!<br>THERE ARE NO SEAT BELTS FOR THIS RIDE!!<br>BOW DOWN FOR THE ANAL PROBE!<br>PREPARE TO BE ANALYZED!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I plummeted to 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