STRIKING DISTANCE

YODELLLLAAAEEEY

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hi

might make a post tomorrow. when i'm cohesive.

much to discusssssssss

Man, I don't even know where to begin today. Too much shit.

- A-Cen was fun, for the most part. Kinda wish I had taken advantage of having a badge and visited the dealer's room early, as nearly everything was gone Sunday. Also missed hanging out with aquarianfae. Definitely want to go next year, and will probably split a car rental with someone so we can actually shop without having to walk for 2 hours to and from the hotel. On that note, the aloft is my new favorite hotel ever. It's so comfortable in its neon kitsch.

- Just realized yesterday was Mother's Day. I wish I could have visited her ashes, or something...

- Need to see laundry and do Star Trek. Wait...

- I want my boss to stop feigning feigned ignorance. When you're wrong, admit it; don't say that you knew something like that would happen, so you were just testing us. It's insulting.

- Don't know why I let everything get to me. I don't mean to be sensitive to everything, I just.. react. Sorry!

More later, lots to do!

Going to A-Cen this weekend. Pretty excited.

Pretty addicted to twitter, too, apparently(TheSchmendrick, 'natch).

I don't have much luck maintaining a conversation about anything.

Saw Watchmen.

Meh.

Might make Rorschach/Ozy icons later.

RE: SFIV: the online experience( credit to Caj on Herv)



No, I haven't finished drawing yet; trial program is over, and I gotta save up to paaaaaaay.

Lata.

Um. hi. Where to beginnnnn.

Thanksgiving was fun. I'll be moving back to SI this weekend, but living with my OTHER bro.

Went to NEC this weekend. Was fun, will go next year. My Venom still sucks.

Doing the secret santa thing. If you got my name, this is the stuff I'd like:

- $20 Gamestop Gift Card
- Limited edition BlazBlue Poster found here: http://www.aksysgames.com/store/ (scroll to the bottom)
- maybe some socks, I dunno. or some art

Oh, yeah. Blazblue, you should play it.

More later. Maybe.

RE: One Piece CH 523

Sanji, you poor, poor bastard. ;_;

jesus christ, keep it in your pants, people. throw parties when he makes it to inauguration day.

Firstly, this:


I'm tempted to say "Too little, too late!", but it'll definitely be a hot issue come November. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping EVERYONE sees this video, since I think it's 10x more important that the Friday debates.

Secondly, I'm going to NYAF, and I'll be working at Anna's booth. Will anyone be getting signatures from Amano? What're everyone's plans?

Thirdly, I kinda wanna do something for my b-day next weekend, but I'm drawing a blank.

Hope everyone is well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYX8MYDMXsk&fmt=18

Even though it's obviously unfinished, it's REEEEEEALLLY fucking pretty so far.

And just like that, I've recovered. Ordering presents for people since I finally got paid today(yeah, it was only two days, but really now!). Unfortunately, searching for a harddrive is nigh-impossible, since my Vaio is incredibly out of date. Newegg is helpful for the most part, but navigating Samsung's website is a hassle. Realizing now that I may really have to get a brand new lappy, I just saw on slickdeals.net that a huge Gateway laptop deal just passed me by.
I thought you should know this makes me feel terribly depressed.

Yet to come: plans for NYAF, and stuff.

I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong with my sewing, but I can't figure it out. The stiches on top come out fine, but everything underneath is all over the place, as if too much thread was used. I'm pretty sure I have the Singer maching set up right, but I could be wrong. Looking for an online tutorial hasn't helped much. :[ Then again, I might not be looking hard enough. And I really, really need help with wigs, too.
Oh, and what the hell, a meme.
1. Add a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you.

In case you haven't noticed, I've temporarily "upgraded" my LJ to Plus status.

Just so I can upload a shitty icon I just made on the fly.

Anyway, two things:

- Bale's presence was weaker in this film. His rasp still sucks. That's the ONLY BAD THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS FILM.

- Ledger's Joker just told Nichelson to EAT A DICK.

Film of the year. That is all.

First, Dethklok tickets sell out within minutes in June.

Now, all shows for The Dark Knight at IMAX have SOLD OUT.

Come ON, now!

I'm sure you all know well my opinion on this election year: it sucks. Neither of the favored candidates have exhibited any real ability of repairing the economy, much less lead this country. In light of that, I figured I'd share this with you:
http://larouchepac.com/news/2008/07/02/1932-video.html
Yes, it's decidedly anti-Empirical British, yes, it comes off heavy handed at times, and it does sound like propaganda, but it primarily serves as a history lesson, in which its backdrop mirrors our own current economic standing as a country. It's worth looking at, and I feel that it's very empowering.

Yeah, I sound corny, but you know what? Fuck it.

I wish there were an entity I could pray to to bestow thanks upon for all the fighting games we're getting this year.

- Street Fighter IV has generated some more hype with ALTERNATE COSTUMES, so you know I'm happy about that. Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD looks like it just might come out when it's supposed to. Tatsunoko VS Capcom looks surprisingly good, too! I mean, come on! Tekkaman and Alex are in it!

- The GG successor BlazBlue is getting not one, but TWO US loke-tests, with the possibility of more to come.

- The King Of Fighters 98: Ultimate Match and KOFXII may not be coming stateside any time soon, but they both look goregeous.

- Namco is slowly winning me over by re-releasing Soul Calibur 1 for the XBL marketplace. Soul Calibur IV doesn't look bad either, even though its new characters have left me kinda... wanting. But hey! That's what CaC is for.

I really can't see anything going wr- hey, what's this?

...

.....ok, maybe it's time to go back into RAGE mode.

WHAT THE HELL?! DAMN IT, OBATA, JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE DEATH NOTE DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO MAKE ALUCARD LOOK LIKE SHIT! AND WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SIMON?!

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Hhhh.. ok. That's enough for now. Anyone busy this weekend?

I don't really understand why it's so hard to find Count Chocula cereal around here in NYC. I mean, why did General Mills create Chocolate Lucky Charms, which is essentially the same thing, only with different marshmallows? Were they getting complaints that the Count was too scary? Or did they realize that something Irish was scarier because the Irish are REAL?

Food for thought. :P

Hey all. What good? Samo-samo with me.

Saw Zohan and Hulk in the past two days. I like Zohan, although parts of me are screaming in my head, saying I shouldn't. But it had puppies! AND George Takei!

Hulk, though, I liked. A lot. It's another movie everyone seems iffy on(some teenaged girl went into the bathroom saying it was the worst movie she ever saw, her friend/brother waiting for her in his MCR hoodie... she probably hasn't seen National Treasure 2. Or she did, and liked it. Fuck her anyway). However, it pretty much nailed the Bruce/Betty/General Ross dynamic. They picked the right actors this time. I love Jennifer Connely lots, but Liv Tyler blew her out of the water. And she's just a teeeeensy bit hotter, too.

The action was hit or miss, ranging from "HOLY SHIT DID YOU SEE WHAT HULK DID TO THAT SONICS EMMITTER WHAAAAAAAA", to "Wow, this fight with the Abomination can't be more boring." That brings me to Tim Roth, one of my favorite actors. He was weak in this. He fumbled with the dialogue, and he was only good when he was angry, which isn't a stretch for him. He needed more dialogue and a bit more fleshing out for his character. The monster design was lame, too. I really wanted some fins and scales. Still, when the movie was great, it was fantastic.

But next week. NEXT WEEK. You know what's coming.

Also, will someone PLEEEEEASE buy me a PS3? PLEEEASE. I'M TIRED OF HEARING HOW GREAT MGS4 IS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY IT.

Even after a reformatting and reinstallation of its drivers, my VAIO is officially dead. Explorer refuses to run, and I simply don't know why. If it's a HD issue, why did everything else run fine until now? And I was REALLY looking forward to playing CoV, too. :/

Soooo... it's probably going to be a few weeks before I can actually scan some drawings and doodle in tegaki, and it will probably be a few MONTHS before I can get a new lappy. Bleeeegh.

In other news, I'm moving back in with Anna for about 6 months until she finds a roommate or moves out of that shitholeCanarsie. Not much else is going on except massive amounts of working out, getting some Solaris training, and supplies shopping. Oh, and a little Ninja Gaiden 2-ing Virtua Fighter 5-ing heeeeere and theeeere.

I'm on my second consecutive week for working out, and I'm now at 234 lbs. Granted, only 2-3 lbs lost since I got back into it, but I'm not complaining. The results are there, more or less. Of course, the increased testosterone isn't helping me cope with a total lack of sex, so it may be time to start bar hopping. Or just keeping my eyes open. *shrug*

I shocked myself this morning by finally encountering my runner's high after 2 miles. I could have ran for another mile, but I'll save that for a more intense work out. Otakon's just over 2 months away, after all.

I've got some more drawings coming up this weekend; I still need to scan a good portion of my work, but... well, I'd need a scanner for that. Something to consider once I get my fed income tax return.

BTW, congrats to JORGAN, the TWO HEADED-BEAST which vows to (DESTROY US ALL!)*nauseum, for finally tying the knot. I heard there were many souls sacrificed and devoured was much dancing and drinking. Wishin' 'em the best on the road to global domination, and what not.

So... Wednesday = costume shopping + mailing out my broken DS(which I found, go figure)+ NA. Wonder if I should try working out again.

Weekend plans:
Aside from Saturday night onward, I'm free.

...wait, there's a con this weekend too? Fuck.

I've slowly been coming out of another one of my 2-week long funks. Hopefully, I won't be seeing another curve like this in a while.

In the mean time, ( I've got a friend I'd like for you to meet. )
In other news, the Otakon room is essentially all set for Friday and Saturday. Troytoy, tee, THE DRAGON, and I are down for those days. An extra person wouldn't hurt either, but we're trying to keep the numbers small. THURSDAY NIGHT, however, TEH DRAGON won't be able to stay, so if you're looking for a ONE NIGHT STAND(oh, baby!), you know who to talk to.

Hey, you know what you should be doing instead of reading Livejournal?


WATCHING IRON MAN.

I figure my problem with women is that I want both sex and a friendship, but don't know where to start. Oh well.

Guess it's a bit late for this, but Happy Horny Werewolf Day. Good luck at Katsu, all.