Friday, December 30, 2005

   It's not as long as it looks.
Hey everybody! How are you tonight?

Time Spent Typing: 9:06 PM to 10:08 PM
Currently Listening To: "Over The Hills And Far Away", by Nightwish.
Ah, this song always makes me sad. Well...it would if it weren’t for one line that ruined the continuity of the mood for the whole song. *rolls eyes*

Man, I just finished 50 straight algebra problems. It's on a study-guide for our upcoming exam, and I've got 50 more to do by Monday. XP Stupid me and my procrastinating.
Meh, I at least got all my other assignments done early over Christmas Break (with the exception to just having to revise an essay I've already typed, which is no biggie).
I'm especially glad I got my chemistry assignment for over Christmas Break done the night it was assigned. We had to find 20 chemical compounds in house-hold products and write them down. Sounds fun, neh?

I recently found 2 new bands that I really like, and I highly suggest you try them out if you can.
As you may have guessed by my post-intro today, one of them is Nightwish. Nightwish is a group that specializes in rock/heavy metal with a deep and well done symphonic twist. Sort of like a backwards Trans-Siberian Orchestra. As you probably can surmise by that description, they're not your typical rock/metal group, and subsequently they don't sound like it either. Even more evident then that, they have a female vocalist, something no other metal band I know of has.
That wasn't meant to be a discriminatory statement, of course! I've seen a lot of people assign a sexist meaning to me saying that. The only reason having a female vocalist makes the band different is because metal usually works best with low or raspy voices (with the exception of Axel Rose, of course ;D). Women tend to lean more towards a higher, clearer pitch then men, which requires a unique style of metal to make it work. (What's that kind of pitch called anyway? "Soprano"? "Tenor"? I'm horribly in-adept with musical terms. Can anybody help me out?)
Anyway, I highly suggest them if you enjoy both rock and classical elements of music, and especially the combination of the two. Specifically, I suggest looking for "Phantom Of The Opera", "Over The Hills And Far Away", and maybe "Wish I Had An Angel" for good songs to get started on.

Another group I found through a classmate was a band called Dragonforce.
Dragonforce is a speed-metal band, and they play FAST!!! I mean really, really fast!
However, though they're speed-metal they're not death-metal (I can't stand death-metal!). They're music sounds up-beat, happy and fun, rather then angry or depressing like most speed-metal bands.
I highly suggest "Black Fire", "Cry Of The Brave", "Fury Of The Storm" and "Soldiers Of The Wasteland" for songs to get started on.

Heh heh, did you know that Apocalyptica, Nightwish and Dragonforce are all from Finland? I gotta' hand it to em', those Finn's know their music, unlike their cousins the Swede’s, who gave us bands like Europe and Aqua. XP

Before I go, I've got something extra-special for you all!
South Park Studio Vr.2 allows you to create a little character of your choice in the world-famous chibi-ish style of South Park.
I've already taken full advantage of this and have been screwing with it for a few days now, and thus I have a couple things to show you!

You might not recognize this guy unless you're a Resident Evil fan like me:

For those who don't know, it's Wesker from Resident Evil, Code Veronica and Resident Evil 4. I unfortunately couldn't give him his classic spooky glowing eyes, but he's still a bad-ass anyway, even in South Park style.

Though I haven't drawn him a lot, hopefully you'll recognize this guy:

It's my buddy Josh (his anime form) from my manga, Ghost Hunter. He's in his zombie-defense outfit in this pick, thus the shotgun and zombie-blood on the shirt.

I also made these...
Hopefully you'll get a kick out of these, and I'm sure you will if you're a Resident Evil 4 fan:


"Agarello!!!"
XD It's the 'Los Ganados' from RE4! I love these guys!
Here, I made more then one, of course XD...


"Vasta den teevo de pupulto..."


"Un forestello!!!"
XD I'm sure if you've played RE4, you've had your position given away more then once by this lovely chap.


"Rada dienta, me talle!!!"


The only Ganado I was able to add a weapon to (no axes, hand-scythes or pitch-forks were available). I tried my hardest to make one of the female Ganados, but it never came out looking right.
I probably murdered their Spanish though, so don't go trying to translate it or anything. I suck at transcription.

Lastly, I've got one more piece I think you'll enjoy...

Guess who. XD
It's your favorite exorcist!
The hair was kind of a stretch, but it was the only thing vaguely similar to my hair (plus, this one looks slightly like my new longer and fluffier style). It took me a while to figure out how to add a background, so sorry to Josh, Wesker and the Ganados. X)

Feel free to play around with that South Park character generator via the previous hyper-link. Just don't select your skin/skin-color 'till you got your shirt and pants ready.

Whew! This one took a while to type to!
If you have the stamina, I'd love it if you checked out yesterday's post if you missed it.
I'm off to comment of the sites I missed the other night (that means you, Karen and Lindsey! I haven't forgotten about you!)

See you tomorrow!
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