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Yeah..? You got a problem with that, H U H ? ? ?
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--Feeling?---|---Contented--
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Illustration class is fun. The lecturer just teaches us how to use various coloring methods and mediums, then gives us a vague theme to toy around our assignments with. : ) She touched up my portrait a little (see below), and it looks right about set to be the best one in class... Took another photograph of it with my cellphone's camera. Yes, sucky quality with a horrible glare and all, but at least this time the color and contrast was balanced. See below for picture, and hold down Ctrl + F5 if you still see the same horrid one as yesterday. Personal note: :O His chest hair came out looking like the real thing!
Next illustration class assignment... we're supposed a draw a single picture accompanied with a poem, nursery rhyme, song's lyrics etc. Mom always sang/ read lots of nursery rhymes with me back in my kid days, but well uh... with muh bad memory, I can barely remember anything. Called Mom just before class started and asked her to help me recall. ^_^ Didn't take much. I'm surprised at how much is actually stored at the back of my head once Mom began to recite the starting phrasing, and I took over hehe. My classmates were STARING at me all the way though; I don't speak a word of English in school, so them hearing me babble off over a mobile phone like that must've been odd. But people... English is the language I grew up with... ｬ_ｬ; The lecturer and half the class freaked to find out English is the official language of Singapore. Sure........... On a side note the teacher mentioned I'm 'reliable' outta the blue...
Alright... Bleach has a nice backstory and world, but the execution of the anime is beginning to get on my nerves. Lazy animators they have, unecessarily long drawn-out thought sequences during what's supposed to be a fight, and a supposedly tough female lead suddenly keeps getting soft girly moments for no obvious reason (this is irritating).
Woot. Screenplay class tomorrow... ^_^
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:45 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Slightly sore--
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Hmm... screenplay class is getting really interesting. ^_^
We were asked to write up a screenplay using an existing character (anime, movie, manga etc) and introduce the main character into the scene. I used Edward Elric (Hagaren) and basically re-created episode 1's introduction of the 2 main characters. For some reason, my classmate only wrote up 2 pages for the assignment, but mine came up to a grand total of 14. o_O I know my descriptions were detailed, but you've gotta do that much when it's a screenplay with a fantasy world as the backdrop... The teacher looked at the thickness of it all and exclaimed it was too much, but after reading it, said it was 'OK'. Though he made a side comment on me writing up half an anime episode instead of just character introduction... ^o^ Couldn't be helped! The introduction I thought of would probably take up half an episode anyway~
Vander said "Also, I went to your site. Ah oh my, your drawings are great. U r not the same anymore. " He has no idea how much that meant to me... But no, that doesn't mean I can lax. No way in hell. I have to work harder from now. It's good to know he's doing well now. ^^ Been emailing Suz recently too.
Eeks. Additional note to self about yesterday's entry:
Hmmm.... Universal Studios Japan is one of the official supporters of the upcoming event. I wonder if that means the 'original movie' to be featured at their new attraction will be the one aired during the event... And almost all tickets have been sold out. Weehooo~
Recent assignment using pastels to do potraits of famous people. I took a picture of this with my digital camera, which killed the colors, messed up the contrast (bad lighting) and basically just makes the whole picture look like sh*t compared to the original, but I'm posting it anyway... =_=;
I wish my scanner were a little bigger...
Last note: The omake for the lastest volume of Hagaren is hilarious. ^_^
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:35 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Awake--
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Personal reference:
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FMA Attraction at USJ
To be opened late in March, 2005
News from Japan
A Fullmetal Alchemist-themed attraction will be introduced at Universal Studios Japan (Osaka), and is scheduled to be opened in late March, 2005. This attraction, based on the television series, 鋼の錬金術師 (Fullmetal Alchemist), will feature a building modelled after the anime's (not specified which) with a mini-theater inside. This theater will have a seating capacity of 200 people, and will show a short, original movie. This attraction targets families.
As an anime-based attraction, this is a first for Universal Studios Japan (that has, up until now, only based their attractions on overseas films or television series). There have been many doubts about the success of this new project; the theme park is, up until now, short of families as patrons. As a result. it was concluded that trying to introduce an attraction that doesn't have the 'Hollywood' label on it would be impossible to most of the theme park's patrons. Even then, Universal Studio Japan is taking a bold leap by trying their luck on a popular home-grown animation this time round.
Source: Nikkei Net
Original article:
ＵＳＪ、日本アニメで新アトラクション
米映画のテーマパークに日本の人気アニメが登場――。
ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン（ＵＳＪ、大阪市）は2005年
3月上旬、テレビアニメ「鋼の錬金術師」をテーマにしたアトラ
クションを導入する。アニメの世界を再現した建物内に小型
劇場を設け、オリジナルの短編映画を上映する。人気アニメ
を活用して家族客の呼び込みを狙う。
ＵＳＪが米映画・テレビ以外のテーマのアトラクションを設ける
のは初めて。新アトラクションではアニメの登場人物の等身大
の模型を設置して物語の世界を克明に再現。さらに200人収
容の劇場を併設し、テレビでは放送していない短編映画を上
映する。投資額は数千万円規模とみられる。
ＵＳＪはこれまで家族客の集客が手薄だったため、顧客層の拡
大にはハリウッド映画にこだわらないアトラクションの導入が不
可欠と判断。知名度の高い日本のアニメの起用に踏み切った。
「鋼の錬金術師」はＴＢＳ系列で今年10月までの1年間放送
したファンタジーアニメ。 (07:00)
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Tokyo, Osaka. FAAAAR. Unless someone's willing to sponsor my train trip to Osaka, I guess I won't be going *sigh*. And translating news articles is sucky.
... it's past 4am and I'm wide awake... =_=; Naps do evil things to a Sycia.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:04 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---*Looking back at the past*--
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A big thanks to all who left a kind word to Ushi... *sniff*
Great post. Read the maker's notes on what he saw. I'm feeling slightly more compassionate today.
いくら走ても、背負ってるものから逃げられない
あなたの背負ってるものは何だ？
What Color is Your Brain? brought to you by Quizilla
At work or in school: I need to be "hands on": I like to play games, to compete, and to perform. I enjoy flexibility, changes of pace, and variety. I have difficulty with routine and structure. My favorite subjects are music, art, theatre, and crafts. I often excel in sports. I like solving problems in active ways and negotiating for what I want. I can be direct and like immediate results.
With friends: Planning ahead bores me because I never know what I want to do until the moment arrives. I like to excite my friends with new and different things, places to go, and romantic moments.
With family: I need a lot of space and freedom. I want everyone to have fun. It is hard for me to follow rules, and I feel we should all just enjoy one another.
From Enig-y~ Always stealing surveys from her hehe.
[x] Have you ever felt like erasing some memories from your life?
Nah. I find it more valuable to look back and learn, no matter how embarrassing, shameful or painful...
[x] Do you regret some points in your life?
I guess I did regret a good lot of things, but since nothing can be done to change the past, I might as well focus on the future...
[x] Did you do something to make yourself feel guilty for a very long time?
Hmmm yeah, but I got over it. : )
[x] Have you ever tried giving up something you loved doing just to please your parents?
I don't ever recall doing such a thing. Maybe it's cos I'm such a selfish bitch. : )
[x] Is chasing stars and getting obsessed about them worth it?
Depends on what the returns are. If they aspire you to become greater, why not.
[x] Is slitting your wrist over someone you barely know worth it?
o_O No.
[x] Whats the best way to overcome depression?
That depends on what sorta depression it is. I had half of year of depression and overcoming it was just thinking "What's the point of worrying? There's always tomorrow."
[x] Whats the point of crying over something when you can't turn back time to change it?
Stress relief. It's never good to keep feelings bottled up too long (haha, who am I to talk).
[x] Do you have any unhealthy obsession?
: ) Others might say so, but I don't reckon.
[x] Do you prefer to solve the matter peacefully or make a big fuss about it?
Solving the matter actually DOES something rather than kicking up a huge racket about it but not doing anything.
[x] Do you think its possible to hate someone?
Of course.
[x] Have you ever tried hurting yourself just to show that you've got guts?
: þ Somehow I don't need to even try. I just get hurt anyway.
[x] Have you ever done anything stupid or embarrasing which haunts you till now?
Such amuses me more than haunt. It's quite something to be able to laugh at your past actions.
[x] Do you wish that you didn't know someone?
Yeah.
[x] Do you think that most of the teenagers nowadays are becoming more childish?
Hmmm.... yes and no...?
[x] Can you stand petty people?
Hmmm.... I don't think anyone can. But I think I display far greater tolerance (but inside, I go ¯_¯|||)
[x] What do you think about someone who scolds you when your in a bad mood and what would you do?
Be thinking 'Very... bad... timing.... KILL', but I'd refrain from any real action. After all I don't want to go about doing something stupid just because I'm in a bad mood.
[x] Has someone ever added salt to your wound?
Literally? I was the one who put salt on me own wound. Sulphuric acid too (don't ask lol). Metaphorically, yes. It's sometimes a necessary evil.
[x] Do you think the world is very corrupted and hopeless?
Yes, but that's just one side of the world. The other side is beautiful and full of joy. People wouldn't know how to appreicate the good things in life without having experienced the horrid.
[x] Do you think this world will come to an end ?
Yes. Nothing lasts forever. The better question is HOW it's going to end.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:15 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---...--
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I Will (Sowelu)
溢れ出す涙なら 今は止めなくていい
悲しみの最後には 光が差し込むはず
そう、同じ気持ち信じてた
消去(け)したメモリー 見つめてた
今あなたに逢えないけど
切ない想い隠して
強くなれる、もっと確かめていくの
溢れ出す涙なら 今は止めなくていい
悲しみの最後には 光が差し込むはず
急ぎすぎて 壊してきたもの
取り戻すの 私らしく歩くために
ねえ、またあなたに会う時は
さきに「さよなら」言わせて
信じている きっと新しい明日を
迷わずに焦らずに 過ぎていく時間は
優しさに変わってく 痛みも忘れない
無邪気すぎて傷ついた心を
抱きしめるの生まれ変わる自分のために
溢れ出す涙なら 今は止めなくていい
悲しみの最後には 光が差し込むはず
迷わずに焦らずに 過ぎていく時間は
優しさに変わってく 痛みも忘れない
急ぎすぎて 壊してきたもの
取り戻すの 私らしく歩くために Ｉ WILL
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 03:52 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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Scrap the 'I'm fine now'. My nose was watering like hell last night. I was trying to get work done, but my nose was getting in the way. And I didn't know why I was so sad the other day, but I got the feeling it was because of something happened back home. I was speculating that E.T died or passed away or got knocked down on this day last year, but I just got an additional reason to be blue in November.
Received news that Ushi (pet cat; photograph of him the night we received him) got knocked down by a car last night. It's strange... my family was playing a lot more than usual with him in the day (as if they knew it was their last chance to do so). Mom initally INTENDED to give him away when we move to an apartment, but she changed her mind that afternoon (I was right about to email a friend and ask if she wanted a cat). Heck, even my old man was starting to think it was cute. And as if some god up there was trying to be sarcastic, he got killed later in the evening. Must'va been quite a scene. He left the house at 9 something, and a few minutes later, Mom and the maid heard the neighbours yelling that there was a 'cat on the road'. Maid (who loves the cat so much) looked out the window, saw, zoomed out to the scene with Mom and Lil Sis following. It's a good thing it wasn't a gruesome scene... he looked normal except for the blood on his head. According to Mom Siti (maid) was still shaking him in a futile attempt to get some kind of response. In fact, he was still warm, and his body hadn't stiffened yet, so they knew he was killed only a few minutes before. This all happened a few meters away from my house. Thing is my house is located in a quiet neighborhood. No person in the right frame of mind goes speeding through such places so fast that they can't brake in time when they see a cat in crossing. Yes it was night, but the place is well light, and Ushi is mostly white. My Lil Bro wasn't around at the time; if he was, it'd come up to 4 people standing in the middle of the road wailing. Anyway, they took Ushi and buried him in the backyard... (seems like most of our pets go to backyards...). The word 'cry' just doesn't cut it. Siti (who played most with Ushi), Mom and Sis (who was the one who took the cat in) were grieving. Siti was the angriest, jumping up and down swearing at the murderer. We still don't know who ran him over, and if we ever do, may that f**ker feel the wrath of the ENTIRE household. Mine was never hindered by physical distance, so don't count this person out.
For those lost: Ushi is a stray kitten saved from an oncoming bus and given to us on August 20th, 2004. Murdered yesterday, at about 9:30pm. We did not lose a pet. We lost a part of our family.
.... November is a lousy month for our pets.
出会いがあって、別れがある。
生きていればいつか命は尽きる。
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:33 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Thoughtful--
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Was incredibly sad yesterday... Hmmm. But fine now~
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You scored as Pride.
Pride : 50%
Gluttony : 38%
Sloth : 31%
Lust : 19%
Greed : 12%
Wrath : 12%
Envy : 6%
Seven deadly sins
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^^; Oh dear. They say 'pride' is the seed of all sin... hmm.
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You scored as Melpomene. You are Melpomene, the muse of tragedy. Despite your joyous singing, you are almost always associated with heartbreak and melancholy feelings. Maybe you should work on sharing your feelings more.
Melpomene : 88%
Urania : 75%
Euterpe : 62%
Thalia : 50%
Calliope : 50%
Polyhymnia : 44%
Clio : 19%
Terpischore : 6%
Erato : 0%
Which of the Greek Muses are you?
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Woo.... this link has interesting info on the muses...
"Melpomene the 'Songstress' is the muse of tragedy in spite of her joyous singing and is represented by the tragic mask. She is sometimes seen with garland, a club and a sword." <--- CLUB?! *Falls off chair laughing* I pity whoever offended that muse.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:34 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Distressed--
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Gaha..... it's a public holiday. Which means running around getting groceries and getting things done. ^_^
I think I'm putting too much mental stress on myself... But what the hell.
p¯^¯q 頑張らねぇと何も始まらない。
Monday, the class had a little meeting. Guys said they wanted to go drinking. Most of my classmates said they'd go, but I immediately turned it down. Frigging people smoke like crazy during those kinda outings. I ain't stupid enough to have my life sapped from me that way, so I just told a girl outright when she asked the reason. Nakasa-chan isn't going either (she stays 2 hours from central Tokyo so yeah). For some reason during that meeting, Nakasa-chan suddenly leaned on me and put her head to my left shoulder. o_O? I'm not used to physical contact (well, aside from with family and Sis). But since I consider her as a friend, well okay... *still weirded out by that incident*
Uh god... *Looks at price of Retas software and faints*
Had another strange dream 2 days ago (or was it last night?)... I was back in Singapore, living in one of the apartments my family moved out of years back. I went out one night (at 3:20am?!) and began running around looking for something or someone... Was traveling through a network of neighborhoods, and halfway through gravity decided to release me some. My steps got lighter, and I practically lept more than run. Quite fun. ^_^ I would've flown, but it was dark and I'd probably get lost. I remember wondering why there were so few people around (I didn't recall it was 3am something in my dream), and got lost anyway. Landed up peering out through some vegetation at an expressway (CTE haha). What in the world was I searching for? o_O
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
life is a broken bird that cannot fly."
- Langston Hughes
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:53 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Refreshed--
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^____^ I love 数の子
Bought lots of manga... but ain't got the time to read any (well, maybe except for one the train or while waiting for the bus).
Been sleeping so little of late, I should be down and out with exhaustion, but that's been delayed for certain reasons...
*Scratches head* Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail trying to beat each other in competition?! I stared at my mailbox (Hotmail) just now and nearly fell off my chair seeing 'Inbox space: 0% out of 250mb'. Thought someone made a bogus mistake with my account, but apparently they're slowly upgrading everyone's... Yahoo Mail? 100mb. Whoa. o_O But goddammit Hotmail had better stop popping ads up. Gets annoying and screws up computers sometimes.
Woo... slept at nearly 8am just not. Woke at 2 maybe? What was I doing? Drawing giraffes and forum-lurking. p¯^¯q
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:32 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Thoughtful--
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Personal lament, ignore.
Usual: Pick at a variety of side-dishes.
Wednesday: All-you-can-eat marathon at one main course.
I'll have to work on some control... ^_^;
Was trying to write my sceenplay out for Wednesday's class but Yoneda-san kept talking to me. Not that I have anything against her for doing that, but trying to write a screenplay out and maintain a conversation with someone in a foreign language ain't easy. At about 3pm, it started to get dark, and Yoneda-san's liveliness suddenly faded away, as though some sort of fatigue had set in on her from nowhere. She finally out her head on my table and napped. I could finally do my work. The next day, she wasn't at her seat. I was told she fell ill.
New group project. Randomly grouped again, but this time I'm with someone who behaves like Vander from Polytechnic days. The requirement for this project was just a simple, black and white animation (no computer editing involved), but somehow my group just went all out for an epic production and told the lecturers we want it in color (computer, software, stuff the rest haven't learnt yet butI already have). I'm fine by it, because I am willing to sacrifice my time and vacation, plus I've already learnt the stuff and know how to be fast about it, but I'm not sure of the others (some who don't seem quite keen on the whole thing, yet 'relented'). I hope they don't slack or give up halfway... Interesting note: Only 4 of the ten people participate actively in discussions (including the clueless foreigner me), but the overall feel to the whole group's okay, funny at times. ^_^; I'm hopeful.
Whoa... listened to my King of Fighters mp3s for the first time in ... almost 2 years?! oo Overcome by nostalgia...
"To live in the past or in the future may
be less satisfying than to live in the present,
but it can never be as disillusioning."
- R. D. Lang (1927 - 1989)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 06:14 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Tired--
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Alright.... tissue paper packs are given out free around Tokyo; companies print ads on the back of em. I get most of my tissue paper this way. But too much of a good thing can be.... well... just look at what nearly became of me earlier this evening...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:14 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Tickled--
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Hmm. I've been accused of being apathetic. Amusing...
And I've been called a psy-vampire. lol.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:09 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Erked--
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I... just got a listen to the official Hagaren dubs in English (America).
... now I can understand why so many viewers of the original series in Japanese want to just kill all the American voice actors/ actresses.
... *goes to a corner to puke dinner, lunch and whatever else consumed, out*
Crap I shouldn't have downloaded the stuff. Dubs are NOT for people who've seen the animes in their original language... It's not so much of the voices that I mind, but... the accent. Everyone sounds goddamn fake even if they're speaking in the language they grew up with. One of my favorite characters turned out sounding like some surf dude. >__< Uh well.
There are no substitutes for the original seiyuus, so I shouldn't complain. Doesn't help that Japanese is such a language that the words themselves can portray various degrees of emotion/ politeness/ vulgarity that English does not have, so the dubs seem much less tasteless to me (same goes for subs, but I don't watch subs no more). Yes. I'll shut up now.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:17 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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Talking an awful lot today because I'm happy. ^_^ Having a nice dinner too.
Shitake mushroom flavored rice with vinegared vegs topped with raw tarako (fish eggs). Yummmmaaaay. *Floats up to cloud 9*
Hmm.... I'm eating much healthier than when back in my own country... Can barely stand much grease anymore since I've gotten used to a pretty much plain diet. SEAFOOD. LOVE. ^______^
And my fridge is... weird. It's supposed to be a fridge, yet it freezes everything I put in. *Bonks rock-hard plastic bottle of what was originally water on metal table and hears ringing*
Alright. Off to sketch.
「…太陽に近づき過ぎれば燃え尽きるだけ…」
エドワード・エルリック
鋼の錬金術師第１話「太陽に挑む者」より
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:58 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Happy--
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*Sparkles* ^____^
^___^ Original drama CDs that come with the monthly GanGan comic compilation. 800+ pages worth of manga and those drama CDs for only 490 yen. Almost too good to be true. If GanGan keeps including Hagaren drama CDs with their stuff I'm gonna keep bringing them in. The winter event is being promoted like crazy over in Japan. Magazines, radio, TV, even out on the streets... Interestingly enough, this month's GanGan issue features the best bookshops with sections of Square Enix stuff done up, and the top one is my local bookshop; They've got a whole section dedicated to Hagaren, with the huge movie poster hung up, original panels of the Hagaren manga displayed, a section for limited edition collectables (though not for sale) with a plushie of Black Hayate included. Weeeeeeeeeee I have access to the best Hagaren-dedicated bookshop in Japan. ^___^ Click below to see:
* The shop outlet name has been blotted out because I'm not exactly keen on giving away my location.
Alright... my room's got a heater that I'm not aware of. Apparently it's 13 degrees out there, but in my room it's 23? Mind you, the window's wide open (but curtains drawn for privacy). 3 possible suspects. My CPU, the refridgerator, or my body overheating again. o_O Winter will be a breeze.
Now onto what is really making me smile like an idiot: Mom's happy. For the first time in... years... She's now quite calm about my old man treating her like dirt, and rebutts him quite firmly (GO MOM!). According to her, she's never had her head THIS clear before. ^_^ I'm so glad for her. It's because her cake business is picking up, but I hope she can stay like this no matter what happens. ^_^
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:45 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Smug--
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Been trying to think up a good website design... then there's all that technical stuff to settle with webspace and domain names. Also been forcing myself to draw humans, animals, and soon, vegetation and sceneries. Also want to get down to finalizing some story components. Wait. I forgot homework. Ergh. Want to do too many things.
最近自分の精神力が誰かに吸収されている
ような気がするんだ。気のせいじゃなさそ
う。犯人がわかるから。
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your
ambitions. Small people always do that, but the
really great make you feel that you, too, can
become great."
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:11 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy--
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I need to get my webby back on. oo;
"There are no secrets to success: Don't waste time
looking for them. Success is the result of perfection,
hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those
for who you work, and persistence."
- General Colin Powell
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:32 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy--
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x_X I don't know how long I spent on this picture... 2 hours? 1? No idea. But satisfied with the results anyway... Staedtler 2B pencil. Decided to break away from animals and humans for a day.
Used my digital camera to snap this... but the quality is still =_=. I'll use the school's A3-sized scanner to get it in (too big for my A4 scanner ;_;).
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:58 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 10th, 2004 (Wednesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Tired--
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Hmmm interesting day. Sensei had the class sketch (or rather try to sketch) animals. For the most part, most people weren't even interested in the lesson (they'd much rather do humans) so their drawings turned out durh. I got all enthusiastic and drew a tad too many pieces. Sensei came over and was trying to find something wrong about my pictures for... 5 minutes? Silence. o_O Pretty amused. All she did was go over my lines, and question me on the proportions of the animals (namely cheetah, horses, hyenas, panthers etc); she's not that good at animals either so I grabbed another classmate's book on animals and personally pointed out that the proportions I got were right. More silence from her. Sycia was even more amused. She finally gave up and walked off to another classmate. lol
Then in screenplay class, we were told to use an existing anime/ manga/ movie/ drama character and write an original screenplay for that character's first appearance. I guess you could call it a form of fanfiction (which I don't like), but it seemed interesting enough, and it's a challenge to keep the character 'in-character', not insert some stupid fantasy of one's own into the plot.
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You Are From the Sun |
Of all your friends, you're the shining star.
You're dramatic - loving attention and the spotlight. You're a totally entertainer and the life of the party. Watch out! The Sun can be stubborn, demanding, and flirty. Overall, you're a great leader and great friend. The very best!
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o_O Somehow I think it's mostly wrong, but it doesn't matter.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:44 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + Tuesday, November 9, 2004 + +
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--Feeling?---|---ｬ_ｬ--
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Personal lament. Pay no heed.
Alright. If I get called back a third time. I'll consider not returning. Once was fine. Twice, still alright. But how the heck can I continue my research if I keep getting interrupted? =.= Might as well start anew. Though I'm wondering if I should go along with it and meet that buggah. Then again, it's better than a car being sent after me.
The first part of today was sketching streetscape with markers (which I surprised myself at with my results). I thought mine was crappy because the eye-level set in it was all wrong (tad too high for someone who was sitting down drawing the scene) ｯoｯ but half the class wowed when I put it up (at the end of the lesson the teacher critiques our work). Pencils were forbiddened (not even for drawing reference lines). Snapped a small picture of it with my phone, so BOO to quality:
"Income tax returns are the most imaginative
fiction being written today."
- Herman Wouk
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:43 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 8th, 2004 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Hmmm-ed--
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Hmmm. A big thanks to Joyce who cheered me up last night (knowingly or not hehe).
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:49 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 7th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Unhappy--
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Ah............ feel so much better.
Today... hmm... today... A year has passed since that fateful day... I hope I dream of him tonight...
And Mom decided to give the cat away today. Strange coincidence, you think? Lil Sis? We've lost 2 friends on the same day.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:22 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 7th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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Rant on religion. Ain't happy after reading it? Well screw you for continuing after looking at this warning anyway.
Seems like all the people I know are screaming over the elections thing. I don't do politics, but I think I'll rant on a far more serious subject at hand.
Religion. I think I've mentioned it before that I dislike the concept of it. Why? Because it is an imaginery crutch for the weak-minded to cling onto. People who are afraid of death and what lies beyond it, people who've got no self-confidence, people who need a quick-fix explaination for crappy stuff that happens around them. That makes up a good lot of morons who just go around blindly following some preset 'God'. The bleed'in lot of them pansies are so pissing scared of what the afterlife holds for them they need an imaginery pal who'll cleanse them of all their 'sins' and lead them through some gigantic pearly gate into the land of 'eternal' bliss when they die. The way I see it nowadays, people use religion to forgive their own petty deeds (like it'd change any fucking thing), or to back up whatever form of (stupid) action they're about to take (example, the inhabitants of 2 countries currently at war). Not that religion itself is bad; the majority of them teach to respect and love every other human being around. But take a look at the fanatics of different religions throughout the peachy world today. I don't hate religion; good that people are guided by religion to do the nice things in life, but some just take it too far and twist others bound by it. I hate the people who let themselves get overtaken by it. I'll just stick to plain good deeds from the heart instead of helping others, secretly hoping to get let into 'heaven'. In fact, I'm just going to state right here my qualm with the stupid Bible (which is, if you need to be reminded, written by man).
If a good man who doesn't believe in Christianity's God will go to hell, yet a murderer who attends worships can go to heaven, I will say, that God is actually the Devil in disguise manipulating half the entire population, and I'd rather go the way the good man went. Thank you.
My old man told me this when I was still a bud, "God? GOD? Where was God when 6 million Jews were slaughtered?" He knew the incompetency of those who'd rather pray in a plight than stand up and do something. He's a wise man. It took me some time to realize how deep his words were, but I did; unlike the lot of pea-brainers.
A note to those who want to start flaming back: Don't you dare preach to a person who's already died twice this lifetime.
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
- Voltaire [Francois Marie Arouet] (1694 - 1778)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:07 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 7th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Creative--
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o_________O Link from Evans.
: ) My submission to the Star Wars Photoshopping Project (link). Joyce and I laughed quite a bit over this. In case anyone's wondering, that's Frodo and Samwise in there.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:55 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + November 6th, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Dotted--
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Ahem. Back. Somewhat.
Heh. I'm starting to like this side of the world so much more... I can't be bothered about political crap, but this really duhs me. I wonder if it's in human evolution to become paranoid (if not already) when you turn a middle-aged (or over) man.
Been having strange dreams of late.
Something about leading a depressed race of people back to their homeland after being torn away by a malicious figure. And strange how I was reading that figure's every move while doing physical combat... Pretty grand setting with explosions, magic and weird traditional clothes at every turn...
And another weird dream. Can't remember much of it at the moment, but it was based on my original world with a particular character along with me all the way. Don't even remember what we did. Bleah.
Back to boring reality, I take back whatever comment I said about Japanese people being punctual. Japanese youths don't seem to follow the trend. Hell, youths all 'round the whole bleeding world can't keep to the time right. Punctuality seems like a virtue gained only with age. Been involved in a group project that involves planning a 5-minute sports program from scratch. The presentation was yesterday, and only the day before yesterday did my groupmembers finally realize how slow we were and actually stayed back to do something. And thank you all for shoving most of the drawing to me. I don't, for a bloody split-second, believe the "Because you're the best at drawing" comment was anything more than an excuse to have me do the work. On the bright side, I drew many humans, so that's experience gained. Thanks to their laxed attitude throughout the 5 weeks we were given (during which I did the storyboarding, research, coloring, printouts and what not), we stayed back in school till 9pm. Another part I don't understand. Everyone else lives closer to school than I, but I was the only one not whining about the time. Nevermind that. The worst was yet to come. Day of the presentation and more than half the group turns up late for the last meeting, and some moronic girl shows up 5 minutes before our turn to present (and she was the one holding the research materials). ｬ_ｬ You could say I'm mentally exhausted and pissHed that I have to do groupwork in the first place.
Crap this is stupid. He should have been eaten.
.... Don't even know if I'm being coherent here... Not thinking straight.
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