Wednesday, March 15, 2006

   Meh....
Hey everybody. How are you all today?

Well, my pain-free hours are drawing to a close. -_-' Yep, I go in to get them tightened tomorrow.
I really think my mom is over-confident about how much less they're going to hurt Friday morning. Heck, she said they'd hurt for three days last time, and they ended up hurting for over a week! >_< Shows how much she knows about my mouth....
I wanted to claw my own eyes out that first morning 6 weeks ago, so I'm not that optimistic.

For those of you who have never had braces, you remember that period 3, 4 or 5 years ago where you were getting your 12-year molars and were loosing tooth after tooth as your adult-set came in?
Well, you remember how much it hurt when food just barely grazed a sore, loose tooth while you were chewing it, don't you? Imagine every tooth in your mouth being like that. >_< Yes, I had to become a borderline anorexic that week. No solid food! And I'm a hungry, hungry kid!
Meh, it's just no fun feeling like every tooth in your head is being pulled out. Those of you with braces know the feeling that I'm talking about, right?

Anywho, that ends my b****ing session for today. ^_^
Sorry, gotta' let off a little steam so it doesn't build-up.

There's a silver-lining to this cloud, anyway.
The tightening process only takes about 10 minutes, so I won't have a huge chunk taken out of my afternoon.
Plus, I have no homework due in my Friday classes (which is odd, because this week that's a B-day, and B-days are when most of my homework is assigned).
Regardless, I'd still really appreciate your prayers from here on through this weekend. Big, big thank-you's to everyone askin' God to watch over me. b~_^

Now, on to some interesting stuff....
OK, time for more about "Manhunt"!

I'm not going to get to the meat of Manhunt today, but rather try and jog your memory a little more if you have in fact seen it before. If nothing else, I hope to at least give you a smidge of background for the game.
I'll save the important stuff for a later date when I have some more time.

Maybe some images & descriptions will help you remember back to old 2002....



This is James Earl Cash (pretty cool name, eh?), the protagonist of Manhunt.
James was sentenced to death for crimes he may or may not have committed, and fought the whole way through as they forcefully strapped him to the lethal-injection chair. As the silent killer flowed into his arm, James's consciousness faded, as he expected to never wake from it again.
The next thing he knew, he was in the back-room of a run-down building, with an electronic communicator inserted in his ear.
Soon enough, he starts receiving messages, instructions, orders, advice and criticism from a man on the other end of the communicator, who reveals only that his name is "The Director" (remember that little tid-bit).
The dirty, run-down city is all but abandoned, save for psychopathic thugs, junkies and ex-military fanatics, all of whom peruse James with the desire to crack his head open.
The gang-members like to wear various masks, face-paint & gear, and thus look pretty spooky.
Here are a few pictures:

Man, they look cool (by which, I mean F'ing scary. O_o" ).


Scary skull-face-paint-man with a Revolver.


Ex-war heroes in Camouflage.

Pretty cool, eh?
These guys have been the inspiration for several ghost-designs of mine (none of which you have seen yet).

So, why was James's life spared?
Does anyone know he's somehow still alive? (like, maybe the police?)
Where is he?
Why isn't there anybody in the city who can help him?
Who is "The Director"?
Did he bring him there?
Why?
What's the purpose behind the various objectives and tasks "The Director" gives him?
Why is every street-thug and red-neck available trying to hunt him down & kill him?
Will he get out alive?
And possibly most importantly: Why are there cameras everywhere, recording every move he makes?

You'll have to wait and find out! >=D
I know, but you'll have to stick around if you want some answers!

"Manhunt" has some extremely deep themes and concepts, as well as a surprise twist-ending that'll make you fall out of your seat.
So, stay tuned if this little jaunt whet your appetite. >=)

I'll leave you today with some peaceful, soft & cute artwork as relief for all the info on Manhunt you just read.
"Under the Blue Moon", by J8d:


I unfortunately had to edit this one to get photobucket to make it show up right. (*grumble*)
For some reason, cropping the negative space made it show-up properly.
Regardless, pretty cute, neh?
The girl featured in this pic is a dead-ringer for a younger version of Andrea, don't you think?
Aside from the blue eyes (Andrea has green eyes), she looks exactly the way I would portray Andrea in her younger-years.
What do you guys think?

OK everybody, I'll see you tomorrow!
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