Sunday, April 30, 2006

   Hey everybody. How's it going?

*Yawn*, went to church earlier this morning. Naturally, my brother had to make it a painful experience, but hey, what do you expect from a turd like him? It's just so great knowing that not even church can be a relaxing experience with him around.

I have the Art Kaiser's class tomorrow. XP Bleh, I hate her class.

Anyway, since I have a good amount of free-time today, I figured I'd get back to doing these FMA-screens like I was a while ago.
Sorry I kinda' forgot about doing these. ^_^"

OK, for those who don't remember, all this basically is is me posting screens from the first episode of FMA as a nostalgic re-cap, and of course with my trademark Logan-kun style of commentary.
I don't suggest reading this part unless you've seen the first episode of FMA, obviously.
I'll pick up where I last left-off.....


Heh heh, it was always funny how people assumed Al was the "Fullmetal Alchemist". XD



*sigh*, and here's where Rose-chan was introduced. Personally, I think she's cute as Hell, and I love her design. Those pink bangs totally make her color-scheme. She was also an incredibly interesting character.
****Mild, vague Spoiler for those who haven't finished the series yet****: It's too bad she was completely brain-dead by the end of the series.



*melts*



Edward introduces himself.



Not a good idea. X3



XD



I like this over-the-shoulder shot of Rose for some reason.


Okey-dokey, I'll be doing more of those in future posts. Hope you enjoyed em'!
Oh, and a 'thank you' to all who took the time to take yesterday's post! I appreciate it! ^_^

"MP38 -Sip" by StudioQube:


'StudioQube' is probably one of my favorite new art-teams in the anime field. Their work looks like it's of professional movie-quality, maybe even comparable to that of the immortal Miyazaki.
I was particularly impressed with this piece by StudioQube. As with any of their work, the lining, coloring and shading are all smoother than the edges of a wispy winter-time could. The proportions and perspective are all perfect, and the rendering of the little school-girl's features are done in an original yet warmly familiar style. Though the colors aren't Quentin Tarentino-vibrant, I'm sort of glad they aren't. The colors in this piece flow like a solid but gentle summer-breeze.
But what really gets me about this piece is the sense of contrast. I love the contrast between the young, innocent school-girl and the classic, dull-metal WWII weapons she's holding. There's no story to this pic as to why a little girl would be posing with such things (get any images of Columbine out of you head); this piece was done for concept, not to tell a story or represent an idea. This piece came about from the artist's interest in old mechanics. The gun is a German MP38, which was later replaced by the MP40 (easier to mass-produce, and eventually got twin-magazine capabilities). The transition between the model of gun used made no difference to the Nazi army, but the effect on the German economy was great. (Information paraphrased from the artist's description.) In the other hand, the girl holds the classic WWII grenade; a model used my all sides as far as I know.
Speaking of the weapons, look at the soft shading on their metallic surfaces. The glossy texture of the duffle-bad was well done too.

Whew, pretty poetic art-review there, eh? Sorry if I started to bore any of you. ^_^"
You can definitely expect to see more from StudioQube, and I'm hoping I've gotten the rest of you interested in their work.

OK everybody, I'll see you tomorrow!

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Saturday, April 29, 2006

   Hey everybody. How's it going for you all?

Man, I really need to get off my but and start submitting more artwork. I've got 4 to 6 new pieces of artwork that I haven't submitted yet that are just waiting to go up on The Otaku. I mostly wait because I don't want to overwhelm people with new art (you guys have other things to do and other people to visit), and that discourages thoughtful, in-depth critiques.
Plus, I think a few people still haven't seen my most recent submissions yet, and it's awkward for a lot of people to go back and comment on a piece that they missed (not that I mind, considering the new "Comment Manager" we have here).
Anywho, I'll be submitting some new artwork ASAP, so tell me when you're ready. ~_^

Man, I've felt insanely sleepy all day today! I was going to go with Josh on a manga-run, but I'm sort of glad he didn't call me back.
I snoozed pretty late today (though that time didn't really count, and I'll tell you why later), and I took a 2 and 1/2 hour nap today from 2 to 4:30! But yet, I was still tired all day.
It's sort of unnatural for me to be this tired. But, I guess it was because I had a long, mentally-trying day at school yesterday and then came home and mowed the front and back-yard (we have a pretty big lawn, and it's all on an incline). Then at about 8:30 or 9:00 AM this morning, the little girl next-door started blasting her stereo as she played in her drive-way, which is right outside my window (where the Hell were her parents?!). X_x So, I didn't get much sleep by sleeping late, either.
Meh, maybe my parents will let me stay home tomorrow while they go to church.

Allrightie everyone, as a reward for reading through a bunch of info you don't care about, I have a poll for you! (Aren't you thankful? ^.^ )

This one's another Word-Association Poll. I'll give you a word, and you tell me the first thing that comes to mind, weather it be a word, phrase, memory or idea. Do not think about each word, just tell me the very first thing your brain jumps to. You understand? ^_^
Please do not read anybody else's answers until after you've finished. Please # your answers if you don't mind. And try to scroll one bit at a time so instead of looking at all the questions at once you only see the question you're working on (and after #1, the ones you have completed).
Thank you, and here we go:

1. Scuttle

2. Morbid

3. Crouch

4. Blatant

5. Tank

6. Sedative

7. Nazi

8. Siren

9. Combustion

10. Ignition

Thank you for your time, and expect to see more of these. ^_^
*evil laughter*

As a reward for taking the time to read though my sleep-deprived nonsense and to take that poll, here's something for your trouble: MORE FEMALE FANSERVICE!!! =O
"Sesshomaru's Invitation" by Belafantasy:


I'm guessing many of you would accept that invitation. XD

I'll see you all tomorrow!
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

   Bullshit!
Hey everybody. How are you doing?

Well, I can't say I'm in a good mood today. Ya' wanna' know why?

I had an all-around crappy day today, starting with the fact that I once again was under the wrath of my digestion system all day today.
In first period I was literally doubled-over in pain (thankfully Mr. Dickerson was cool enough to let me leave the classroom for about 10 minutes to use the bathroom).
I'm not gonna' tell you what happened in 2nd period, but let's just say I'm about 5 lbs. lighter now.
And all throughout 3rd period (Algebra II), I had that feeling of needing to relieve my bladder, but when in the bathroom I simply couldn't. And we had a test that class. Fun, neh?
Though not as big a deal, my bus was really late today, and it will be again tomorrow.

Today was pretty bad enough, but on top of that I got to come tome to this:
Though only a few of you will be familiar with the incident, it weather you know what led up to it or not won't detract from the effect it should have. And those of you who do know what's going on, you know who you are, so here we go.....

As some may know, I was involved in somewhat of a "controversy" recently (it's not much of a "controversy" per say, more just a bunch of net-pervs bitching at me for not putting up with their smut-obsession anymore). Well, I said a few harsh things; harsh, but deserved; and naturally they didn't like it.

And guess what?
I go into my art-gallery today, and my artist rating has plummeted.
It appears that some group of people (who could it possibly be?) methodically went through and voted down on a bunch of my recent pictures in retaliation, just because they didn't like the fact I have the balls to stand up for keeping sexually-warped garbage off of The Otaku.

The funny thing is, when I made my "controversial" comment, I even predicted that they would do just that; and they did it.
Boy, way to prove me wrong, eh?

Take a look at this:

"Aces High-Logan" - 67% with 9 votes

"'Soldier-Ghost' Line-Art" - 62% with 8 votes

"Gregory Smithe" - 67% with 6 votes

"Zombie 15" (the zombie with his legs blown-off) - also 67% with 6 votes

"Zombie 10" (the one I call 'my best zombie ever') - 75% with 8 votes

"Zombie 11" (the one in the hoody w/ the gunshot wounds) - 50% with 6 votes

"Zombie 9" (the bald one w/ half of the face missing) - 57% with 7 votes

"Epic" (the one I WORKED MY ASS OFF on) - 64% with 11 votes

And my most recent pic, "Zombie 16" - 38% with 8 votes

Many of those were even at a 100% rating before now.

It seems the artist has sent her royal entourage of loyal anime-porn obsessers after me.
My, wasn't that a mature and intelligent gesture on their part?

Honestly, I'm getting really tired of this horse shit.
I've met a LOT of ignorant, perverted and down-right mean assholes on this site, but I have never gone through someone’s gallery and voting "no" on every piece just to bring down their Artist Rating. That's a cheap, immature, misguided attempt at petty "revenge" for a subject that shouldn't even be an issue here in the first place.
I hope you ignorant morons that perpetrated this feel good about yourselves. Congratulations on being immature, predictable ass-wipes and proving me right. *standing ovation*

If this is the behavior of the general populous of the art community, then I want no part of it (especially since the majority seems to favor this kind of behavior).
I'm too stressed with everything else in my life to be dealing with this Bullshit in the one place I thought I could relax. I'll be damned if I'm going to have to spend my time here dealing with a bunch of net-pervs.

I'm sick of the perversion,
I'm sick of the lack of respect and decency,
I'm sick of the ignorant slander,
I'm sick of the hypocrisy,
I'm sick of the Bullshit,
and I'm sick of the people who perpetrate it all.

And probably most of all, I'm sick of it keeping me awake at night.
The Otaku used to be a place to forget my troubles, not a place to generate more. Now every time I even think of The Otaku it just reminds me of how confused, angry and depressed I am.

I'm still in a very difficult position, guys; having to sort through my feelings toward different people and this site in general.
The #1 thing I could use right now is support.
I sincerely thank you guys for your job so far on being my friend through all this crap, and hopefully when it's all through things won't be any different.
Again, I appreciate it, and I thank you.

Please continue to pray for those on the Prayer List, i.e. TS and EAMR, and a little bit of prayer for me would be appreciated too.

I'll see if I can't liven-up this post with some artwork.
"Chinese New Year 2006", by gem2niki:


I know it's a bit late for New Year's pics (about 5 months late XD ), but I still think you Fruits Basketcases out there will appreciate this piece. (That's what I'm gonna' call you people from now on: "Fruits Basketcases". Kind of like "Narutards". XD )
2006 is the year of the Dog, after all.
I'm not even a fan of Fruits basket (not yet anyway =3 ), and I still really like this piece! So smooth and clear.....

By the way, I have a question for those of you who are Fruits Basketcases.
Here's the thing: I keep seeing Tohru being called "Torhru-kun". Why is that? I thought "-kun" was masculine. Shouldn't she be "Tohru-chan" or "Honda-san"?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Whew! It feels nice to get all that stuff off my chest! I'm feeling a little bit better now, actually! =3

I'll see you all tomorrow!

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Monday, April 24, 2006

   Hey everybody. How's it going today?

*yawn*, long day at school today.
I have the Art Kaiser's class tomorrow. >_<' I swear, though I'll never do it, the option of skipping school gets more & more tempting each day.
I may just have to write a mini-comic about that Art Kaiser of mine....

Anyway, I was pretty tense & depressed earlier today (I bet you can guess why), but by now I seem to have settled-out and relaxed a little bit.
I think it may be this music from the Hasidic Jewish reggae rapper I told you about the other day. I downloaded 2 or 3 of his songs the other day, and I'm really liking it! ^_^ Reggae seems to relax me for some reason....
Oh, and the guy's name is "Matisyahu" by the way. Check him out if you can; he's really good. It is unbelievably nice to find some rap I can actually stand! Plus, it's great he's singing about God rather than about shooting cops or some sappy break-up between him and his girlfriend. XP

My parents got back from Savannah yesterday. They had a great trip, and I might even post some of the pictures they took.

Before I go today (yeah, I know, "WTF!?!? A short post from LOGAN-KUN!?!?!?!?" ~_^ ), I have some art I absolutely have to share with you.
With how much smut gets submitted here on The Otaku, it's an incredible relief to find some artwork that has no perverted gay-sex connotations and is just meant to be cute, innocent and pure.
Case in point, "Inu & Kenshin Sleeping" by Kimizu:



It's notoriously hard to get us guy-fans to admit that something's cute. I'm a guy, and I find this positively adorable. How could I not? That's how you know it's an effectively cute picture. =^^= Stuff like this just absolutly makes my heart melt....

Don't Inuyasha and Kenshin look all warm and snuggly? It's cute enough when an artist does a piece with the characters as little kids, but here the artist added a creative twist by making it a cross-over pic.
Kimizu did an excellent job of making the two of them look soft and fluffy, as well as not overcomplicating the picture.

Sweet, simple, clean-minded and ever-so-cute, I think this piece deserves some admiration. ^^
Does anybody here want to snuggle-up between Inu and Kenshin? If you do then feel free to do so. ~_^

Thanks again, Kimizu, for the spectacular art!

I'll see you all tomorrow!

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Saturday, April 22, 2006

   Hey everybody.

I'll talk about what went down pertaining to yesterday's post some other time. I'm sure you all are tired of somber, angsty subjects. Plus, I'm in a pretty good mood right now. ^_^

I went on a manga-run with Josh today, for the first time in....like 2 months.
We didn't get much reading done though, because we didn't have as much time as we would have liked. Plus, with how long it's been since we've seen each other, it mostly consisted of us talking and catching up.
I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to go today, due to neither of my parents being here (see yesterday's post), but Josh's parents were kind enough to drive both ways for us. ^_^

We talked about stuff ranging to a recap of Josh's recent cruise to a deep conversation about the psychological process our age-group goes though concerning sex, as well as Marijuana and alcohol. (It's cool having someone I can talk about that kind of stuff with. Josh is a cool-cool guy, that he is ~_^ .)
As for what we did, we left B&N's to mull around Wall-Mart (where Josh showed me a couple new cool artists, including a Hasidic Jewish Rapper), then to GameStop, and then to the pet-store. I love petting the bunnies. (Shut up. Guys can like petting bunnies too. >=O ).

Anyway, I'll be posting Josh's birthday-present (he hasn't seen it yet ~_' ) here on The Otaku soon.
I don't wanna' post too much at once, and I already have new art in my portfolio.
So please be patient, because I'm sure you'll enjoy it, heh heh heh. =^_^=

Oh, and Josh is going to go see Yngwie Malmsteen when he comes to Charlotte on May 5th (see the post at the bottom of this page, I believe).
On an interesting note related to that, though he's not 100% sure yet, Josh thinks Yngwie Malmsteen might be Christian. Isn't that cool?
I'm really glad there are cool artists in this world like Iron Maiden, Zak Wylde, Stryper and Yngwie Malmsteen to prove that stereotype image of a Christian false, and that Christians can indeed be cool. ^_^

Please continue to pray for everyone on the Prayer List.
And as I keep saying, please pray extra hard for Lindsey-chan (see yesterday's post). As if things couldn't get any worse, on top of all the stuff happening to Lindsey she now also may have the flu. Naturally, please continue to pray for Lindsey's physical and emotional healing....and that her nose doesn't get all raw from using tissues. ><' May God save you from that horrible fate, Lindsey-chan. XD

"Light Effects", by Conuyaku:

Things like this just can't help but make you smile. X)

I'll see you all tomorrow!

Oooooh! And guess what I just got!
....
My 4,000th hit! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to all my loyal friends who have helped contribute to making my time on The Otaku worth while. You guys are the greatest! ^_^
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Friday, April 21, 2006

   When Things Get Too Real
Hey everybody. How's it going?

Well, my parents recently celebrated their 20th Anniversary (Woo-hoo! ^.^ ), and they chose this weekend to celebrate. They'll be in Charleston 'till Sunday evening.
Since my parents couldn't leave me with the hoodlums all day long (not due to my inabilities, mind you, but because my brother and sister are absolute terrors), we have a young woman named Alyssa coming to baby-sit my brother & sister 'till Sunday (*phew*).
Alyssa is the daughter of one of my mom's good friends from her office.
Well, here's to hoping that Alyssa isn't as easily manipulated by my brother as my mom is. *makes a toast*

As far as things are going for me here on The Otaku, I'm not feeling too well at the moment, due to a recent incident involving art, ideals, retaliation and the whole 9-yards.
However, I doubt it's a good idea to go into details on this situation, mainly because of 2 things:
1. I think it's realistic to assume you all are tired of listening to me bitch & moan about my problems,
and 2. Honestly, I doubt anyone here would support me on this.
When I first met a lot of people here, I thought they were mature and respectable enough to know a basic difference between what's acceptable and what's not. But as time went on, I learned more and more about the people on here, much of which really made me sad. At the end of it all I've come to the conclusion that nobody here would be on my side on this issue, and that's a pretty crippling realization to come to.
A lot of the ways I thought about people here were false, and they've proven themselves to not be the pure-hearted individuals I had made friends with. Honestly, they're people I shouldn't be friends with, but didn't know it at the time.
Such a situation makes it hard to know who to go to for help here. My friends on The Otaku have always been there to offer advice and support, but I somehow doubt they will this time. It's bad enough feeling out-numbered, but it's even worse when many of the few people you thought would stand by you prove they're not in full support.

I used to come to The Otaku to relax and unwind, but now it's become almost as stressful as school or my family. The atmosphere here makes me just so darn confused on what should be done about it.
Honestly, some of the things going down here are driving me down-right insane. I just can't be dealing with them on a daily-basis anymore. They may be problems that have been here on The Otaku ever since I joined, but way back then it was not as common-place as it is today, thus leading me to the conclusion that The Otaku is slowly degenerating and decaying as a whole, and has been for a while.
The Otaku should be a place for intelligent anime-artists to come together and share ideas, not a place ignorant perverts to delight in corruption and their own twisted-ness.

And before you say anything, I'm fully aware that I'm far from being the worst-off based on most peoples' situations.
For example, I'd say Lindsey-chan deserves a bit more sympathy than I do. As you all know, Lindsey's been dealing with the loss of her cat, Furball, after 18 years of being with him. Needless to say, that can take a bit of a toll on a person.
And though she played it down on her site, Lindsey recently was informed of what I consider to be close to the most horrific & disheartening news an artist can receive. Upon examination of her wrist (her dominant one, by the way), it was concluded that there was nothing a doctor or surgeon could do to stop the pain, meaning Lindsey, an artist, is going to have severe pain in her wrist for the rest of her life.
Of course, there will always be things like pain-killers and possibly even something like massage-therapy to give temporary relief, but Lindsey's been dealt a permanent problem she'll be dealing with for the rest of her life.
Ever since Lindsey had to go into surgery about a year ago and was threatened with permanent damage to her dominant hand, I've come face-to-face with one of my biggest and most realistic fears: lasting medical damage to or possibly even permanent loss of my hands.
Art is honestly one of the things that make life worth living for me. For me, constant physical pain in my dominant arm and hand, so much as to prevent me from doing what I love, would be a punishment as bad as death. That kind of possibility keeps me awake at night with how real it is.

Needless to say, please pray for Lindsey-chan's physical & emotional healing especially hard. If I were going through the same things she was, I'd absolutely break under the stress.
Please also remember everyone else on the Prayer List, and I'll see you guys later.

I'll try & liven-up this post with some artwork.
"Happiness..." by nebriniel:


Roy is damn-lucky to have a woman who's so passionate about her firearms.
Notice her "fmaPod". ^_^
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

   Hey everybody. How's it hangin'?

Urgh, darn it. ><'
Did the first half of yesterday's picture of the day show-up as smaller than it should have? Nobody mentioned it, but that's how it's appearing on mine.
Dang it. I know Photobucket will "automatically resize pictures that are too large", so I thought I was smart by custom-splitting the comic into 2 pieces and just putting them on top of one another.
The second half came out fine, but for some reason it shrunk the first half!
Ugh, I'll repost the comic as soon as I can figure out how to get Photobucket to cooperate (it's too damn cute to let go to waste).

Anyway, how's it hangin', everybody?
I'll be coming to your sites a bit later tonight, but my internet may cut out before I can finish my comments (^@#$%!ing "Safe-Eyes"....), so I may have to type them and submit them 1st thing tomorrow when I get home.

I finished a Chemistry assignment (at least all I could do) that won't be due 'till the 25th, so yay for me! ^^

I've also got some art to submit, but since a lot of people seem to be on an off-kilter schedule on viewing them I don't want to submit yet another piece and overwhelm everybody.
So, I'd appreciate you checking out my portfolio when you have the time. My latest pic is a zombie, and my 2nd latest pic is what I consider to be my best work ever. So, if you haven't heard me say it already, in-depth critiques are appreciated on that piece even more so than usual. ^^
Critiques would also help on my latest piece as well, but take your time on getting to them. I don't mind. b^_^

Oh, and speaking of commenting, I want Lindsey-chan and The Erin-chan to know that I haven't forgotten about getting to your pieces and commenting. I'll probably do Erin-chan's tonight, and type my overdue review of EAMR's Leetha & Estel pic later this week.
This retarded Time-Control piece of crap my parents installed makes it a lot harder to comment (I hate feeling like I'm being timed). I also can't even leave a page up as I go to the bathroom or run an errand for my mom. *growl* I hate this thing....

Alrightie, as you all know, I'm a supporter and encourager of tasteful, wholesome female fan-service. After all, you fangirls do a lot for us fanboys, so why shouldn't you be allowed to have some fun as long as it's healthy and clean? =^^=
It is in that spirit that I present to you fangirls out there "Ed-sploitation" (Finished version), by ghostfire:


Heh heh, I bet you girls enjoy this version even better than the line-art. ^^
Hope you all enjoy it. ~_^

Before I go, I've got a challenge for you all....
Can anybody tell me why a bunch of kids at my school view tomorrow (Thursday) as a "holiday"?
Heh heh, hugs and cookies to anyone who can figure this one out.
Good luck, heh heh. ~_^

Oooh! And one more thing!
Guess who's coming to Charlotte....
....
Yngwie Malmsteen!!!! ^o^
Josh told me today he'll be in our city on May 5th! Isn't that awesome!?
(If you don't know who I'm talking about, please scroll-down to the post at the bottom of this page).
Ahh, our humble city's gonna' host a concert by the great Yngwie Malmsteen! Let us all dance in crazed joy! *does just that*
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

   Triumph over The Art Kaiser!
Hey everybody. How's it hangin'?

I do have a tad bit of good news today.
After nearly 3 weeks of no Metallica/Iron Maiden fixer in the morning or on the bus-ride home, I finally got my CD-player back. ^_^

Now I know you're all wondering, "Logan-kun, why was your CD player gone in the first place?".
Well, chalk this one up to the things I need to start telling you guys when they happen, rather than afterwards. ^_^;

Anyway, here's a quick summary:
As you know, I hate my Art teacher. She's mean, annoying, stand-offish, un-artistic, anal and obsessive. Her name is Mrs. Daisley, but I call her "The Art Kaiser" or "The Dragon Lady". X)
Anyway, Art is my first class of the day on B-day's, so I usually still have my CD player out when going into that class (we have 5 minutes between the warning bell and the final bell). I sit the closest to the door in the class room, and Daisley is usually the last one in the room. So, naturally, I'm the first one she sees when she comes into the room, and she caught me right as I was putting it away. Being the anal woman she is, The Art Kaiser promptly confiscated my CD player. =( First time that's happened in nearly 2 years.
So, for the past 3 weeks, my CD player has been in the clutches of The Art Kaiser, meaning no Metallica in the morning for me.
But, my dad finally came in to reclaim my CD player (a parent has to be present to reclaim confiscated materials *rolls eyes*), so I got my music in da' mornin' back! ^^

Speaking of music, how are you all enjoying Mr. Yngwie Malmsteen? ^_^
He’s a pretty tight guitarist, isn’t he? Check out “Rising Force” at the top of my page if you haven’t already (though it should be on “Auto-Play”, meaning you shouldn’t have to activate it yourself).

Here's some Prayer Updates for you guys:
-Karen-san's Final Exams are this week, so PLEASE be praying for her. Naturally, you can see why she needs prayer, especially since this is her first set of college-level exams. Poor Karen-san....
-twilight samurai seems to have contracted Poison Ivy on her face and neck. Anybody familiar with Poison Ivy knows the kind of Hell that can be. ><" Please pray for TS's healing.
-Again, Lindsey-chan's wrist may need surgery again, and her cat, Furball, had to be put-down recently. Please pray for Lindsey's physical & emotional healing.

I know it's a little late for more Easter pics, but what the Hell?
"The Easter Bunny is EVIL", by Serio555:



Am I the only one who finds this MERCILOUSLY cute!?!? =^o^=
Ah, so cute, clever and funny!
Please forgive a any small grammatical errors in the dialogue; I don't think English is the artist's first language.
I always had a sneaking suspicion Wily Wonka was in league with the Nazis.....

I'll see you all tomorrow!

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Sunday, April 16, 2006

   Long post, but I promise you'll be entertained. X)
Ugh....hey everybody.

Got back from church just a while ago.
I was up pretty late last night, so I was less than a happy camper when it came to getting up for church (mostly because my family members aren't exactly the funnest people to go to church with). But, the service was pretty cool. It wasn't as long as I expected it would be, but that's kinda' refreshing as far as church sermons go (not that I mind spending an hour and a half/two hours at church, heavens no, it's just good that they don't bore you to death at my church).
They have some awesome musicians at my church. Keep in mind that's coming from a Metallica/Iron Maiden/Yngwie Malmsteen/Symphony X-junkie like me. ~_^ If they can impress me with church music, then they must be good.
It was also a pretty good sermon, too (I love our pastor!).

But what made it rough for me was that I....had a bit of rumblin' going on where your food gets digested. Yeah....my intestines weren't happy with me this morning. >///<
My stomach was acting up on Thursday, too. (If you want to skip this anecdote and read it some other time, go ahead and skip down ‘till you see the “******” marks.)
We were taking a "pop-test" In Mr. Dickerson's class (yes, a "pop-test". Mr. D has always got a surprise for us :p ), and I was riding wave after wave of my intestines knotting-up and choking my other organs while trying to take a test. I asked to go to the bathroom, and I'm sure I don't need to elaborate on what happened next. Yeah, you remember what happened to Naruto in vol. 1 where he was pretending to be Sasuke? Yeah, that was what happened to me....
>///<" I know that's probably too much information for you, but you're all mature enough to understand, right? I'm sure you all have had to deal with such a thing at one point or another.
Anyway, funny story to go along with that:
After I had come back and finished my test, I went to the bathroom again between classes (Shut up! I had to go again! It's not like it has never happened to you!). But guess what happened while I was in the stall: The fire alarm rang.
XD Yep, and it was a real situation too, not a drill. X) Poor unlucky me.
Naturally, I finished up as quickly as possible, and flew out of that bathroom. But, believe it or not, I took the time to wash my hands before doing so. XD If you knew me in real life, one of the things that really gets on my nerves is when people use that bathroom and don't wash their hands, and then proceed to use your pencils, books, door-knobs, game-controllers, etc. (It's disgusting!!! I HATE it when people do that! XP ). So, even when under threat of fire, I still take the time for hygiene. X)
I hope you all enjoyed this little anecdote of mine. XD
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Ugh, on a more serious note, I'm thinking that my stomach-problems and lack of sleep may be in part due to what's going on here on The Otaku (seriously, it's that stressful).
You remember that person I mentioned yesterday? Yeah, well, he's/she's completely oblivious. ><"
*sigh*, I just don't know what's wrong with people here. It's like they have no sense of decency or right & wrong. They just accept anything and everything as "OK" when they need to stand up for what's right.
I've been looking at reactions from the various people here, and they just don't seem to care. And I'm sitting there thinking, "WHAT THE HELL!?!? You fricken' SHOULD care! This isn't 'OK'! This isn't right!".
But, of course, nobody cares what I have to say, mainly because of 2 factors about myself that make people go "Well, of course he'd say that...".
*sigh*, it's no fun having the majority of people (most of which are idiots, but we all know that doesn't matter) be for something you know isn't right, and thus blow the crap out of you for your opinion (I'm sure you all can relate). I think that may be why so many people who share my opinion won't speak up about it.
So, basically, I'm screwed. -_-'

Ah well, whatever. If things spontaneously combust here on The Otaku it's unavoidable. If I end up having to blow some fire in a few friends' faces, so be it.

On a happier note, I hope you all are enjoying my site's new music.
Though I probably should have told you about it far earlier, Josh has introduced me to several new artists whose work I'm really enjoying, 2 artists mainly.
As you probably guessed, one of them is Yngwie Malmsteen (pronounced "Ing-way"). As you guessed, he's also foreign, but he speaks (and sings in) English. Yngwie is a "Neo-Classical Guitarist", meaning the way he rights is similar to the way composers like Beethoven and Bach wrote, only for guitar instead of a symphony.
According to Josh, Yngwie is one of the only guitarists in the world to use something called "The Ferettian Scale", which is basically a much more complicated style of writing music (I have no idea what the more common style of writing is called, nor am I completely sure I got the name right. I know nothing about music theory, unlike Josh.)
Anyway, Yngwie's first song off of the "Odyssey" album; "Rising Force", is up at the top of my page for your listening pleasure. Please give it a try, if you can (I have it on "Auto-Play, which seemed to work better than manual mode for some reason, so hopefully it'll function properly for most of you).

Here's a picture of my main-man Yngwie:

I know it's hard, but I'm going to have to ask you ladies to keep your carnal desires in check.
XD Heh heh, just kidden'. X)
Expect to see/hear more from Yngwie in the near future.

Before I leave, I'd like to ask you all to pray for ElvesAteMyRamen.
She's already dealing with her wrist and might be going into surgery soon, but on top of that her cat, Furball, died this week.
Elvzy could use our support, and as I said, prayer is also greatly appreciated.

Here's some art for you all...
"PB Birthday", by ippus:

I'm sure many of you girls out there would love to get this for your birthday, by which I mean two cute little chibi-ninjas. X)

And since it's Easter today, I guess I'll post this....
"Easter Egg", by darkmoon3636:



XD Very cute and funny!

I'll see you all tomorrow, and I hope you have a happy Easter!

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Saturday, April 15, 2006

   Meh....
Hey everybody.

I’ll get to your sites as soon as possible, as well as any art I’ve been missing.
Speaking of which, make sure to check out Miyoko-chan’s version of Sora if you haven’t already. The same goes for ElvesAteMyRamen’s picture of Leetha & Estel.

And while on the subject of art, I submitted a new picture today.
You may remember me mentioning that I tried to color this guy, but it came out pretty poorly. So, I stuck with the black & white version as far as what to submit (Logan-kun was smart enough to scan it before he colored it, and he’s quite happy he did).
Votes & comments are appreciated as always, but like I always say (from now on, at least): Take your time on doing so. =)
I was really pleased with how the hands came out on this one, and so was Josh. ^_^

Though I definitely need to stop making you all sit through my bitching-sessions, I kinda’ need to whine a little today.
Let me just say; I’m not feeling too good at the moment.
Oddly enough, it’s not due to my family this time.
No, it’s more Otaku-related angst.

I know you’re all tired of me yapping about it, I’m still dealing with certain people that I love & respect all the sudden just getting up and showing me they’re not who I thought they were.
Today, it hit me absolutely full-force.

I wanted to cry when it happened.
I felt like I was gonna’ throw-up.
It was almost painful seeing what this person did/said.
And unfortunately enough, even if I bring it to their attention they’re not gonna’ care. But I guess that’s understandable. How many of you would be willing to change something about yourself because of me? I’m just some dude on the web. I may also be a friend, but you’re not gonna’ change because of my opinion, even if it’s right.

Maybe I think wrongly about friendship. Maybe friendship is supposed to be superficial and self-contradictory. Maybe I should “make friends” with people who have twisted ideals that I know are wrong and let them influence me.

I’m just so sick of having the foundations of how much I grew & learned here on The Otaku be shaken apart and destroyed.
It’s painful when someone shows you that everything you thought (and respected) about them was wrong.
Disillusionment is a painful, painful process.
Great way to feel on the day before Easter, huh?

Again, I’m sorry to dump all of this on you. I know having to hear about my difficulties is no fun, especially since you’re currently dealing with your own.
Erin-chan always puts herself down for not being willing to share the things that hurt her with others, as if it was a flaw. Well, I can tell you I’d kill to have that “flaw”. I’m too open with what’s eating me, and I need to stop making you all deal with it as well.

Please forgive me for another vague, unhappy post, but please know there’s a good reason it’s that way.
I know you don’t like me being so unspecific about these events, but trust me, you don’t want to know what I’m talking about in clearer detail.
If I were to clarify, my time here on The Otaku would be over, so by not taking the suicidal risk of blowing the lid off of this matter I can at least have a chance at things working themselves out. And even if they don’t, I’ll eventually snap, and you’ll get the whole scoop in excruciating detail anyway.

Thanks again for listening, and I’ll see you tomorrow.
Please continue to pray for Elvzy-chan’s wrist, and a little prayer for me would be cool to.

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