Rest in Peace, our little Brian.

Currently listening to: "Highwayman" by Johnny Cash featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.

Yesterday's Mini-Concert

The "show" at NBC yesterday morning was one we could have done without. As we were doing our usual walk-by, we heard Fergie and she sounded much like how her face looks: like ass.

Apparently many others could have done without that show as well because no one was there. Bwahahahahahaha.

I Only Have Three Words

Ter-ri-ble

I wish camera eye wouldn't keep things so real - Delete! Delete! Delete!

If only getting images such as NKOTB's crazed ...fans... ... baleeted from camera eye memory could be so easy...

Hidden

I've found things from over a decade ago stashed in my room...

Pictures of friends from Trinidad that I don't talk to anymore.

Toy aliens from my obsession years ago in Binghamton.

Resident Evil figures that are all 'action' and shoot arrows from crossbows, I forgot I had, and all manners of monsters.

I finally found my trusty Phillips and flat head screwdrivers that took apart my computer and came in handy often in my life.

There's a letter from Gentian with pictures of Trent she sent to me ages ago when I was still in love with the man...1994 to be exact.

Two Dilbert comics collections I vaguely remember we had, copies of Calvin and Hobbes' books and a giant Word Seek we bought sometime...why? I don't even know. Were we traveling? Or was it just for fun? We love that sort of thing and I don't remember why we have it.

Drawings of my characters I'd forgotten I'd made and safely tucked away. I wonder how long I've been drawing the same 9 or so characters I've loved? I've loved them for a long time apparently, much longer than I can recall.

I even found a drawing that H1 did of Thomas the cat and Heebie-Jeebie the mouse (I tucked it back into hiding H1, so I won't be digging it up again anytime soon).

But of all this shit in my room, I can't find the one thing I set out to find.

I tore the damned room apart and I still don't know where it is...

I want my picture of my Brian that I took.

=,(

Currently listening to: "The Burdened" by Takeharu Ishimoto, from the Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core soundtrack

The one c.d. I will never part with is In Stone We Trust.

I'll treasure it forever because he gave it to me for one of my birthdays and I remember how excited he was.

H1 remembers her 'Little School' and the little cooking note pad he gave to her because, "that's where you should be, Patty - in the kitchen cooking for me! Love, Your Little School."

We love you and miss you Brian.

Learning With Leap Frog

Currently listening to: "Due" by Mindless Self Indulgence

"Made Today, Gone Today"

Currently listening to: "On It" by Mindless Self Indulgence

Obsessions of Week(s): 3/28/08 - 4/22/08

Patapon



I have yet to fight a giant crab monster or get Patapons that look so fancy but as the great Merciful God Znyx, I let my Patapons rest while I play...

...Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core



I'm just really obsessed with the Great One-Winged Angel Unmerciful Sephiroth. Those other two aren't worthy! I feel a bit sad for Zack too. Who knew I'd ever get attached? But Aerith is still an ass.

xxxHOLiC : Kei



Yay! A second season for xxxHOLiC! I never thought it'd happen but here we are. I am so happy that my Watanuki is back, sad about Himawari Chan and loving Domeki a lot more than I did - at least, this is what I think I will be feeling if only someone would sub the first episode already! Ugh, I need to learn Japanese, clearly.

BLEACH



Once again, Tite Kubo proves he'll give you the good stuff and create twists in the Bleach Universe that'll make you remember that time you said, "OMG, WTF! Aizen's Alive?!"

HIRAKO SHINJI



Only this time, you'll be screaming, "OMG! Shinji's a former Captain?!" And while we probably should have seen that coming... here's to my Shinji. I. Love. Him.



Why wouldn't I love the best looking captain of the Gotei 13? Har har.

Again With The Assholery

That is NIN.

So, Trent's been doing a lot of shart lately. Two weeks ago he said he'd stream it live - the 'grand' event of his signing the LE copies of Ghosts I-IV. Umm. Okay. Whatever. Lame but whatever.

Today I get my pre-sale code for a NIN ticket. Hooray! They'll make it all glossy for me and put my name on it, and I can collect so no scalpers can get involved. Brilliant! But not brilliant - NJ. Once again, another effin' concert in NJ. What's with the NY boycott, you assholes? Grrrrr.

Finally, the release of a new album that was, "on me" said Trent. A free download, of songs that are probably rejects from previous albums, maybe? Maybe. I don't know yet because I've not yet listened but I get to the download page and was greeted by elitist behaviour.



Don't you be pointing out my inadequacies, Reznor! Don't you be telling me I'm stoopid, I should download what version then describing my stupidity for me in jargon I don't want to get involved with!

Just so you know, I know what it all means!

...

Currently listening to: "Mis-takes" by The Charlatans. Here's another album that is tossed in the category "Yeah, this really needed to be free", the same as The Slip might be headed for. I won't know until tomorrow.

Sometimes it's a mistake to download things handed to me for free.

Not A Winning Combination

Eff my semi-prophetic mind, H1's goat-assy mouth and "rabbit, rabbit, rabbit...hare, hare, hare".

Now that I think about it, 'hare, hare, hare' didn't really pan out last month so next month I'll go with 'here, here, here'.

To all those assholes who won't just come out and say we're in a recession...eff you.

May Day, indeed.

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit...Hare, Hare, Hare

It's that time of the month again, where we wish good luck upon ourselves with the chant.

So here's to the month of May.

Hope it's a good one!

Currently listening to: Beetchie on skype.

Good Lord

If I didn't say it before, let me say it now or again,

Stop trying to eff up anime tv series/movies by turning them into live action hollywood runs. Let the Japanese go ahead and ruin their own shit! Sometimes they do a good job but we never do.

Speed Racer? Was that really necessary?
Akira? Please, say it ain't so.
And a future Monster? Ugh. They better get a Japanese guy to play Tenma and not suddenly decide he should be white American or a Dr. Texan. Yeesh.

As Beetchie also mentioned, leave comic books alone too.

Currently listening to: embarrassingly enough, American Idol. I blame Mamma Ho!

It Needs To Be Cleaned Up

No wacom, pencil drawing by hand (with smudges and all!) of the group:



From left to right (because sometimes I forget their names...embarassing, isn't it?): Raguel, Zarnyx, October, Kale, Raphael, Sariel

Currently listening to: "Earth" by Susumu Hirasawa, from the Berserk TV Series Original Soundtrack

Wheeee!

Ah, it's good times when you get 2 packages - one you're expecting and one that you're not. Thought it'd be even more fun times if you didn't buy it yourself. Bitches. Buy me presents.

New MSI cd! It's even more exciting when you think it's out in May but really it's the end of April and you get it days before the release date.

Saweeeeeetttt.

Edit: No Wheeee! or saweeeeeeetttt. I take it back right now. It takes me a little time for albums to sink in so this is my initial impression of this album and that is, that it is not up to MSI standards.

At all.

I blame their association with Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance and that "wife"! Ugh.

I should have known something was up when I saw the track length above 3 minutes for a bulk of these songs.

Alright, hopefully in a few days my opinion will change and that I may attribute this lack of ear bliss on sleepiness and incoherence on my part.

Editing the Edit: Okay, so it's sunk in a bit more. It's not terrible but I still say it's not overly fantastic either. It's growing on me, which in itself is a sign of no good since MSI just hits you like a fucking tornado on the first go. But, I'm sure by the end of next week I'll be all over this. You still can't beat MSI on arrangment sometimes, that's for sure.

Currently listening to: "Lights Out" by Mindless Self Indulgence, which as of now, is the only track worth talking about on this album that's "new".

It's All Going To Shit

We've known this for some time now but last week was possibly the second bad bit of food news I could receive.

There's a world shortage of rice.

RICE!

=,(

Currently listening to: Law and Order playing on the tv. It's the last ep. for Jessie ::sniff::

Edit: That last episode for Jessie was so last-minute tossed together that it was horrible. F--!

Consider It Finished

Now I can move on to the billion and one anime I have to watch. Billion, seven, same difference.

I finished Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core on the train this morning and even after ten years of knowing Zack Fair's fate, I still cried. They just did that boy dirty.

I still love Shinra though.

I still hate Aerith.

God is in his Heaven and all is right with the world.

In other business, I took this picture for Beetchie last week Monday:



If E.P. were there I would have brought her home for you instead, B. In the meanwhile, have some ugly teens in bright yellow track pants and headbands, with hideous mauve sweatshirts that appropriately blend into the Wendy's sign.

My sincerest apologies.

Memorable Conversations of Today:

H1: What's this "Blackle" MC sent to us? Is it real? I find it suspect and maybe even a little bit racist.
Or 2: Yeah, it seems to be legit. I know...why don't you Blackle "Wiki", then Wiki "Blackle"?

On the camouflaged brown bird:

H1: Why is he messing around there by the tootsie pop?
Or 2: That bird is trying to eat the tootsie roll tootsie pop because he too wants to know how many licks it takes to get to the center...
H1: Oh, he's hopping away from it. Even the bird knows how nasty it is.
Or 2: ...Yeah, but now the world may never know...

F.R.: "NIN News: 2 weeks"
Or 2: Until Trent shakes us down for money again?
F.R.: Ha, yeah. That's 15 dollars per song.
Or 2: 36 x 15 is how much now?
D.C.: It's probably "Ghosts" with lyrics.

H1: I should plant a tree today.
Or 2: What.
H1: Eh! Don't mind my hippie buisness! It's Earth Day! I like our earth.
Or 2 & H1 (in unison): Just don't like the people. Hahahahaha.

Happy Earth Day, Bitches.

Want to know what I did today to help out our planet?

I blackled wiki.

Currently listening to: "Kansha" by RSP. Ah, Bleach memories.

"Later!", he nonchalantly said

as one final 99,999 costly punch reduced an almost 1 hour 10 million HP battle to naught.

With that, Minerva returned to the lifestream.

Stupid ass Zack. You could have been a bit more... IDK, relieved? It only took us 70 hours to get that strong.

It took long enough but now I can finally finish this damned game with 100% complete on my missions, and H1 can stop making fun of me.

So yeah, eff you effin' cactuars, razor weeds, ostrich looking beasties and Minerva!

Now from one nerd rant to another or acknowledging a few 'nerds', rather...

Currently listening to: Canadians! and "The Harrowing Adventures of..." (by) Tokyo Police Club.

Just So It Is Clear To All

The HOchies have been having a rough time of it as of late.

We went to Pongsri for dinner and drinks on Friday and as we were coming in, Gina Gershon was going out.

Quote Or 2 to H1:

"Man, if she wasn't so fat, I'd think she was Amy Winehouse".

Let it be known that The HOchies are unashamed.

Wii Fit? More Like, Wii Fat

The HOchies found out yesterday that the new stay in shape or whatever the hell it is game for the Wii, Wii Fit is going to cost more than the damned console.

At $399.00, the Japanese have reaffirmed that they hate us and wish for us stoopid Americans to die because we are poor and can't afford to be 'fit'.

We're in a recession for eff's sake!

Edit 4/25/08: Clearly, Amazon like to keed because they switched the price. It's $90.00 and has been pre-ordered.

In other gaming news, does anyone have not so fond memories of those weed thingies in Final Fantasy VII? They'd show up in a field on the outskirts of Midgar, sometimes hang out with Chocobos I think, right when you left Midgar for the first time.

I have discovered they are my most hated enemies in Crisis Core. While I often wish they would look like this:



Or even this,



Sadly, this is what they really look like to Zack and by extension, me:



And while that may not be terribly horrendous to those of you who don't understand, I can assure you...they really are the stuff of nightmares. Curse you too, Hysteric Voices!

Finally to end this nerd rant, where are all the effin' fat chocobo feathers when you need them?

Memorable conversations of the past 2 days:

Raisins Alex: This new Pope isn't very "grandfather-ish" like the previous Pope.
Or 2: But at least he's smart. He's refusing a dinner with Bush.
Raisins Alex: Yeah, he knows nothing can absolve that man's sins. 'Gel oulla here, Boosh!!'

Or 2: Notice how the Pope isn't having a mass in Crooklyn?
H1: No one wants to go there.
Or 2: Yeah, but people in Crooklyn probably need the most blessings. Also, he's not going to NJ. As scary as this Pope looks, he really is clever.
H1: Yep, no one wants to go New Jersey either. Even the Pope knows.
Or 2: Yeah, if only bands would realise this too.

Or 2: Mountain Time exists! ::searches wiki:: There. You don’t believe Wiki?! There it is!
H1: I still don't understand it. What places in the world use mountain time? Arizona, it says. They also do not observe daylight savings, but the Hopi Nation within Arizona does, but the Navajo Nation within the Hopi Nation does.
Or 2: They all like to keed!

Currently listening to: "A Punch-Up at a Wedding" by Radiohead and one of my favourite songs ever (I love you Watanuki!! you to a lesser extent, Yuko's Watanuki. heh heh.) "April Fool" by S.E.N.S. Project, from the xxxHOLiC Original TV Soundtrack.

The Hatred For NJ Just Keeps On Growing

For some reason, concert promoters, bands or who the eff ever have been opting to go to New Jersey to put on their shows instead of NY.

I'm not sure why NYC's being blacklisted but it's damned annoying.

I've resigned myself to the fact that I will never see Stone Temple Pilots because goodness knows volatile, lovable Scott will quit the band in no time and mouth off to them like he did to Velvet Revolver (and the rest of STP, back in the day).

I will never see Radiohead. Those mothereffers are playing a festival in what they call "NY". I know you're not from here, RH but that's just damned insulting. Get a freakin' hold of yourselves! You can't fool me and Google maps! Tch. I mean, I didn't actually verify this with google maps but eff a festival anyway! And your four dates over there are making me reeeaaaally pissy right now.

The Nintendo Wii is also on my shit list. How dare they have a Mario Kart Wii tour go to Jersey and not NYC?! Okay, so maybe they'll have a big event closer to the date at Nintendo World but still! Not that I would ever go visit a Nintendo Tour but it's not right, anyway!

Maybe people in NJ are stupidly not playing the wii because they didn't pre-order.

After all, people in NJ are pretty stupid.

Especially you, Frass...Especially you.

Currently listening to: "Shattering Egg of Dreams" by Yasunori Mitsuda, from the Xenogears Soundtrack

More Zarnyx?

Yeah, more Zarnyx.

Sketched/Wacom'ed really quickly, and uncaring like. I'm in that kind of mood. Tired and Meh.

He still came out to my liking.



That's the kind of pretty and scary ass he is, even if it doesn't quite look like him. But the personality is oozing Zarnyx.

Currently listening to: "In Memories: A Boy Meets The Man" by Taku Iwasaki, from the Rurouni Kenshin OVA Soundtrack.

Some The Times...

...If you're ugly on the inside, it shows up on the outside.

Not the case with Naomi Campbell. We're not really sure what happened there.

A List

I've a lot of 'nothing' going on these days.

For my own benefit, it's a list of things I need to do, get or whatever:

1. Finish Crisis Core. This game is consuming me and depressing me. I need to finish it soon and stop prolonging the inevitable. Zack is dead. I've known this for 10 years now. I just need to say goo'day now. Also, Sephy already fell in the lifestream - what's the point of playing anymore?

2. Finish Patapon. The Great Znyx shall return soon.

3. Get my hands on blank dvds - I've some Monster to umm, secure. Also, back up music for myself and umm, secure for other people (TD5, Titi N. etc).

4. Forth coming albums I am supporting but will need to write down because I will forget - Illinois, Tokyo Police Club. And for sometime in the not immediate future - "The Good, The Bad and the Queen".

5. Draw the ideas floating around in my head. They're all wearing the same clothes, group shot, try to not let Bleach and FFVII influence your style too much. Hard to do but damn it, try.

6. Finish watching Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori.

7. Finish watching Mnemosyne no Musume-Tachi. It's bullshit but only 6 episodes. Keep up with it.

8. Keep up with xxxHolic and go crazy weekly when it's not subbed until 5 days later. Sorry Bughie J.

9. Finish watching X TV. Geez, I've been trying since 2003. Remember, they all die. You already know that, it's inevitable. Just watch the damned thing already. You can't save Sorata!

10. Keep bugging H1 to watch Naruto. H1, I just threw this in here to see if you're paying attention, also...to get you to watch Naruto. Need to keep with Naruto. The last one I watched was episode 47 I think.

11. Organize the Itunes Library - including volume adjustment on the Editors. Fix that. Get pictures, artist names. Listen to Death Note. Listen to Naruto. Listen to STP's later albums. Praise Scott Weiland for being crazy. Har Har.

12. Look into getting Mario Party for the Wii for cheap after Chrissy Lee's arrival is confirmed.

13. Check frequently for the Bleach OST 3.

14. Force myself to go to work on some Saturdays. Must psyche self up from now. Gotta do it. That or stay late on Fridays. That's sounding better in theory. Ugh. Gotta do something. Also, stop complaining. I'm fortunate. Things aren't as bad as I think.

15. Take Video of Boo-Head while he's "sleeping" and in general. High priority.

16. Finish Mushishi. I'll stop putting it off! Or so I say...

17. Make more lists. Or as H1 would say, stop making them. Ha.

18. Ignore Beetchie if she comments on this to add "get presents and/or give money to Beetchie" to the list.

19. Get some kind of xxxHolic paraphernalia. Yep. Curse yourself for not doing it in Japan and are now having a hell of a time trying to find some. Meh. A cellphone strap will do. Gotta outfit the PSP with something loveable and fitting.

Currently listening to: "Bewilderbeast" by Badly Drawn Boy.