Friday, December 23, 2005

  Hey everybody. How's it going?

I spent most of today at Barne's & Noble's today (well, B&N's and the general area around it).
In fact, I was there from 2 PM 'till 6:30 PM.
My brother was in my room on the computer doing "Runescape" for all the time I was gone (he was even on and annoying the crap out of me for 2 hours before I left!).

For those unfamiliar, "Runescape" is a free online fantasy RPG where nerds waste their life away.
It's basically "Dungeons & Dragons" online.

What do I do online?
I learn from other artists how to improve my talents, as well as manage a Prayer Group for me and other Christian anime-fans.
And yet, my mother seems to value my brother's activities more then mine.
Must be livin' in Topsy-Turvy world over here or something.
I mean, come on! Most kids my age use the internet for porn and mind-numbing amounts of I.M.! What better use could I have for my computer!?

*sigh*, sorry about that rant there.
Like I always say, lets get to the fun stuff:

While at B&N’s, I read the recently released 1st volume of the Kingdom Hearts manga.
I’ve never played Kingdom Hearts (I don’t play any RPG’s, really. I love the characters, art-style and so on, but I just don’t like the game-play, ESPECIALLY turn-based fighting), but the manga was very fun to read.
I personally think the idea of combining Final Fantasy Characters from previous games and classic Disney characters and settings we’re almost all familiar with was both a smart and innovative move on the part of Square-Enix. I never would have thought that scenario would work for a successful game (it probably wouldn’t have if the FF characters hadn’t been included as well).
Though I’ll definitely admit that the old animated Disney movies aren’t exactly the most Metal thing on the planet, Disney’s animated features of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were all extremely artistic and well-done. The animation style was smooth and colorful, and the voice-acting and facial-expressions always spoke volumes of emotion. Unfortunately, Disney’s company has run itself into the ground through the past 15 years with crappy production quality and juvenile scripting, but with a precious few exceptions (such as Pirates of the Caribbean, for example ~_’).
I also looked through a catalogue of National Geographic’s best photos. Is anyone else here a big fan of NG’s photos? They photograph some of the most beautiful and charming things I’ve ever seen! I’ve never gotten (or, even read) the magazine, but they have some of the best photographers working for them!

Before I go, I want to ask you guys something. Do I make my posts too long? People here like Lindsey-chan and Erin-chan make posts half the size of mine and still say that theirs run too long. If there’s anything I hate, it’s an idiot pittering on endlessly about something I don’t care about, so I want to make sure I’m not a hypocrite by becoming exactly that to you. If my posts are becoming a chore to read through, then I’ll start trimming the fat from them.

I’m having some issues with my parents right now (what am I talking about? I’ve always got some petty issue with my parents…), but I’ll try to stop by tomorrow anyway.
I’ll see you all later.

Here's a beautiful Christmas pic by the artist Tasuki no Miko.
Some of you may remember me showing you this pic a while back, but even so, it's pretty and charming enough to be worth a second look. ^_^

Awwwwwww. ^.^
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