Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Assorted Stuff In Some Way Relating To Me and the Way I've Lived My Life Over the Past Two Weeks. Yeah... It's Not the Most Intersting, But You're Reading It Anyway Aren't Ya? Gotcha There Don't I? Heh Heh!

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
- Sir Francis Bacon

Greetings All! I hope you’re all having wonderful days. Mine was all right. I (finally) did well this morning at my job. I haven’t been doing so swell the past couple weeks. I was just off, I’m not sure why. But today I did well for a change, and I’m happy about that. I was starting to get worried. Heh heh! Also, for my movie plug of the week, everybody needs to go and see Babel. It’s by far the best movie yet this year and is DEFINITELY going to be nominated for at least one Oscar. It was incredible. Just be forewarned, one portion of the movie revolves around a teenage Japanese girl who decides it’s time start exploring her sexuality. There is nudity. Just, look past the nudity and see what is trying to be communicated and you’ll be impressed. Wonderful movie.

The King Is Back
That’s right, I’m back in the swing of things at work. BOOYAH! I was out of it for a while, not even managing to raise a full $200! Pathetic, right? I went from being the #1 caller to something closer to the #4 caller within a span of 2 weeks. It was horrible. I thought I’d never pull out of it. Fate had other plans it seems. On Saturday and then again tonight, I managed to raise $1000+. That’s good. Tonight in fact, out of the 8 people I talked to, 6 of them pledged, most of them were over $100 pledges. It was like a little affirmation that I hadn’t really lost it, it was just missing for a bit and now it has returned. Now lets just hope my dry spell is over for good! ^_^

Ramen Can Be Painful
On Sunday, while I was making Ramen for lunch, I spilt my boiling hot water. It dripped all down my hand and it hurt. I burnt my hand. Ouch…

Come On, Goban!
Well, this entire week I’ve been awaiting my goban (go board) to arrive in the mail. I won an eBay auction last Wednesday for it and it got here remarkably fast. It’s beautiful! It’s made of 2” thick Tibet spruce wood and is by far the most beautiful thing I have in my room… other than maybe my picture of InuYasha which it sits under ~_^. I kid. It really is more beautiful than my InuYasha pic. Heh heh! I can’t wait to play on it! I wanna play a game so badly I can hardly stand it! “sigh” I’ll get to play eventually. Patience (evil word). Now, the only thing I need to complete my go set is a pair of bowls. I still haven’t decided which ones I want yet. There are some beautiful date wood bowls on eBay that I saw which would look really nice. But, they’re a light reddish brown color, and I was kinda hoping to get some that were a little darker in color, but not too dark. So, I’m going to continue shopping around until the ones I am really offer find me. That’s the way it typically goes with me. I can look and look, I can even make bids, but what I really want will eventually find me. It happened with the goban, it can happen with the bowls.


Artistically Motivated
I’ve made a decision this week! Incredible, eh? I think so. Real decisions are rare for me. I don’t make them easily and many times I manage only to delay making them so long that whatever it was I was trying to decide on passes by or I just forget about it. This has happened 3 times while I’ve been trying to acquire an InuYasha plushie. The plushie I speak of is really quite awesome. It’s 12” tall and all chibi-like. Really cute! Anyway, I’ve seen it in multiple places. I first saw it a couple months ago at my local anime store. I was tempted to buy it there but one of the girls I went with wanted it too. So, since I hadn’t decided whether I wanted it or not, I let her take it. I then saw the same style plushie again a month later where I went back to the anime store. I still hadn’t made up my mind at that point, so I didn’t get it that time either. Then when I went to the convention last week, it was there too. At this point some people might take it as destiny that the plushie was meant to be theirs. Not me. I’m too dense. I delayed making the decision there as well, and by the time later that day that I decided I’d go ahead and get it, it had been bought. GAH! I’ll get it someday!

So, that just puts into perspective how amazing it is that I actually managed to make a decision this week. What is this decision? I’ll tell you. I’ve decided that when I go to my next convention down in Austin, TX next year that I’ll put some of my art in the art auction. This is a slight problem though. I only have one piece of art at this point actually worthy of going in the auction. So, I’ve decided (another decision!) to do more art before the convention rolls around. I got one piece started on Thursday last week. A flat shaded version of it is the pic that I have set for this section. If you can’t tell (and you should be able to) it’s of Kiba and his adorable poochy Akamaru being all happy and such. I like it,but at this point it is still only line art. I haven’t decided what I want to do with it yet. I’d like to make it look all nice and colored and shaded and stuff, but I’m not sure how to do it. I haven’t had ANY experience with shading on the computer, so it’ll be an adventure I’m sure. I have one other piece in mind to do for the auction. It shouldn’t be all that hard though. The hardest part will be the line art. Once the line art for that piece is done, the coloring should be a cinch, especially if I can manage shading on the computer with this Kiba piece before I get to the second piece. So, that’s my plan. I’d like to see how people respond to my skill level. If I make money, I make money. And, if I don’t, well it was worth a shot, am I right?

Deprivation
Yeah… I’m deprived in a couple ways: I’m deprived of sleep and exercise. The sleep part is only a current thing, in fact it’s just a today thing. Most nights I get plenty of sleep. But, last night was an oddity, kinda. But, to understand what happened last night, you’ll also have to understand that I am not in the best shape ever. I’ve started to get flabby, and I admit it. I need to lose some weight. Some of the pants that I was wearing easily at the beginning of the year are now starting to get a little tight, and I don’t like it. I need to start exercising. One of my friends, Joe, goes and exercises with my mass media professor on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 in the morning. I figured that I’d join them. Which bring me back to why I am sleep deprived after last night. I was up late working on an animation project that I foolishly procrastinated on and got to sleep at about 1:00. So, then I set my alarm for 7 so I’d have time to drag myself out of bed and stuff. I woke up at 7, but decided that I was too tired to go. I just hadn’t had enough sleep. But, unfortunately I never got all the way back to sleep. So, I’ve been functioning all day on only 6 hours of sleep (much less than my usual 8 - 9). Thankfully, I didn’t actually go though. Turns out, that my professor called my friend and informed him that he’d be unable to work out. My friend never called me to tell me this. So, if I had shown up, there would have been nobody else there and it would have been a waste of my time and effort. I’m going to try to go again though. I need to work out.

Well, that’s all I’ve got for today. In fact, that’s more than I thought I’d have. I rambled for far too long in some spots. So, I wish you all a wonderful day and I’ll see ya ‘round TheO! Sayonara!

Caesar1280's Anime Ticker

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Air, Air: The Movie, Akira, The Animatrix, Appleseed, Aquatic Language, Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, Beck, Black Lagoon, Blame!, Blood the Last Vampire, Bokurano, Burst Angel, Castle in the Sky, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express, Egao, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Gankutsuou, Gatekeepers, Genshiken, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, Gin-iro no Kami no Agito, Grave of the Fireflies, Grenadier, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Hikaru no Go, Howl?s Moving Castle, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jyu Oh Sei, Karas: The Prophecy, Last Exile, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Midori?s Days, Milennium Actress, Mushi-shi, My Neighbor Totoro, Naruto, Naruto: The Movie, Nausicaa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth, Ninja Scroll: The Movie, Other Worlds, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Prétear, Princess Mononoke, Read Or Die, Read Or Die: The TV, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, She and Her Cat, Spirited Away, Steamboy, Tide-Line Blue, Tokyo Babylon, Tokyo Godfathers, Trigun, Voices of a Distant Star, Witch Hunter Robin, Wonderful Days, Wrath of the Ninja, X

Anime I've Seen - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - .hack//Sign - 5 Centimeters per Second - Air - Air: The Movie - Akira - The Animatrix - Appleseed - Aquatic Language - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror - Baby Blue - Beck - Black Lagoon - Blame! - Blood the Last Vampire - Bokurano - Burst Angel - Castle in the Sky - Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express - Doorbell - Egao - FLCL - Fullmetal Alchemist - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala - Gankutsuou - Gatekeepers - Genius Party - Genshiken - Genshiken OAV - Ghost in the Shell - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society - Gin-iro no Kami no Agito - The Gokusen - Grave of the Fireflies - Grenadier - Haibane Renmei - Happy Machine - Hellsing - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Hikaru no Go - Howl's Moving Castle - Innocent Venus - Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Jyu Oh Sei - Karas: The Prophecy - Karas: The Revelation - Last Exile - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Midori?s Days - Milennium Actress - Mushi-shi - My Neighbor Totoro - Naruto - Naruto: The Movie - Nausicaa - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth - Ninja Scroll: The Movie - Other Worlds - Ouran High School Host Club - Paprika - Perfect Blue - Pet Shop of Horrors - The Place Promised In Our Early Days - Prétear - Princess Mononoke - Read Or Die - Read Or Die: The TV - Samurai Champloo - Samurai Seven - Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal - Serial Experiments Lain - Shanghai Dragon - She and Her Cat - Spirited Away - Steamboy - Tekkonkinkreet - Tide-Line Blue - Tokyo Babylon - Tokyo Godfathers - Trigun - Trinity Blood - Vampire Hunter D - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Voices of a Distant Star - Witch Hunter Robin - Wolf's Rain - Wonderful Days - Wrath of the Ninja - X Total: 93

Anime I Haven't Completed - .hack//Roots - Ah! My Goddess - Angelic Layer - Avenger - Baccano! - Bamboo Blade - Basilisk - Binchou-tan - Black Cat - Bleach - Blood+ - Boogiepop Phantom - Case Closed - Le Chevalier d'Eon - Chobits - Chrono Crusade - Code Geass - Coyote Ragtime Show - D.Gray-Man - D.N.Angel - DearS - Death Note - Dennou Coil - Desert Punk - Digimon - Dragon Ball Z - Ergo Proxy - Eureka Seven - Excel Saga - Fighting Beauty Wulong - Final Fantasy Unlimited - Flag - Freedom - Full Moon - Gantz - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Gintama - Glass Fleet - Great Teacher Onizuka - Gundam Seed - Gundam Wing - Hayate the Combat Butler - Hellsing OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Ikki Tousen - InuYasha - Jigoku Shojo - Kage Kara Mamoru - Karin - Kino's Journey - Love Hina - Loveless - Lovely Complex - Lucky Star - Makai Senki Disgaea - Marchen Awakens Romance - Meine Liebe - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Mononoke - Monster - Moon Phase - Mr Stain on Junk Alley - Naruto Shippuuden - Negima?! - Negima! - Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion - Nerima Daikon Brothers - NHK ni Youkoso - Night Walker - Ninja Nonsense - Noir - Peacemaker Kurogane - Pokemon - Prince of Tennis - R.G. Veda - Ragnarok - Rec - Red Garden - Robotech - Romeo x Juliet - Rosen Maiden - Rurouni Kenshin - Saikano - Sailor Moon - Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sci-fi Harry - School Rumble - Scrapped Princess - Shin-chan - Shingu - Shion no Oh - Shuffle! - Shrine of the Morning Mist - So Long, Mr. Despair - Solty Rei - Sousei no Aquarion - Speed Grapher - Spice and Wolf - Super Milk Chan - Tales of Phantasia - Tenchi Muyo - Tenjhou Tenge - Texnolyze - The Third - Tsubasa Chronicles - Urusei Yatsura - Venus Versus Virus - Welcome to the N.H.K. - Winter Cicada - X-1999 - Xenosaga - XxxHolic - Yu Yu Hakushou - Yume Tsukai - Zero no Tsukaima - Zipang Total: 116

Manga I've Completed - Cowboy Bebop - FLCL - Manga Messiah - Manga Metamorphosis - Q*Ko-chan - Saiyuki - Shirahime-Syo Total: 7 Manga I Haven't Completed - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Black Cat - Blame! - Chobits - D.Gray-man - Darkside Blues - Death Note - The Demon Ororon - Desert Coral - Disgaea - Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl - Fruits Basket - Getbackers - Hayate the Combat Butler - Kamunagara - Legal Drug - Love Hina - Loveless - Megatokyo - Naruto - Negima - Read Or Die - Rurouni Kenshin - Tactics - Trigun Maximum - XXXHolic Total: 26

Anime I'm Currently Watching
Samurai 7, InuYasha, Samurai Deeper Kyo,
Boogiepop Phantom, and Shrine of the Morning Mist

Manga I'm Currently Reading
Read Or Die, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Megatokyo.hack//Roots, .hack//Sign, 5 cm per Second, Ah! My Goddess, Angelic Layer, Avenger, Basilisk, Binchou-tan, Black Cat, Bleach, Blood+, Boogiepop Phantom, Case Closed, Le Chevalier d'Eon, Chobits, Chrono Crusade, Coyote Ragtime Show, D.Gray-Man, D.N.Angel, DearS, Death Note, Dennou Coil, Desert Punk, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Ergo Proxy, Eureka 7, Excel Saga, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Flag, Full Moon, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Innocent Venus, InuYasha, Jigoku Shojo, Kage Kara Mamoru, Karin, Kino?s Journey, Love Hina, Loveless, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Makai Senki Disgaea, Marchen Awakens Romance, Meine Liebe, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Mononoke, Monster, Naruto Shippuuden, Negima?!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nerima Daikon Brothers, NHK ni Youkoso, Night Walker, Ninja Nonsense, Noir, Ouran High School Host Club, Peacemaker Kurogane, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, R.G. Veda, Ragnarok, Rec, Red Garden, Robotech, Romeo x Juliet, Rosen Maiden, Rurouni Kenshin, Saikano, Sailor Moon, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Sci-fi Harry, School Rumble, Scrapped Princess, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingu, Shuffle!, Shrine of the Morning Mist, So Long Mr. Despair, Solty Rei, Sousei no Aquarion, Speed Grapher, Super Milk Chan, Tales of Phantasia, Tenchi Muyo, Tenjhou Tenge, Texnolyze, The Third. Trinity Blood, Tsubasa Chronicles, Urusei Yatsura, Welcome to the N.H.K., Winter Cicada, X-1999, Xenosaga, XxxHolic, Yu Yu Hakushou, Yume Tsukai, Zero no Tsukaima, Zipang

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