Friday, December 10, 2004

darn...
i hadnt done the work for english in time, so I skipped periods 1 and 2 this morning, and did coursework instead. But when I got to school I found out the teacher wasnt there anyway. *sigh*

I left dinner a little late, so we ended up yelling at each other a little bit.

My friend had a christmas concert at our sister school last night. I passed it on the way to cadets at 7:10 PM and it had just started. When I came back after cadets IT WAS STILL GOING (10:10 PM) supposedly it finished around 11PM!!! thats a long concert for a school gig. jesus.

what else? um...not a lot I guess. I did the washing up this morning whilst listening to evanescence. LOL.

I have a new idea for a fic. Here's how it breaks down: It is the 22nd century and giant mecha are now common place. Each have on board an A.I. which handle the mecha and communicates to the pilot (a la ADA from Zone of the Enders). These AI have been programmed with human characteristics to enhance user capability. The A.I on board Mobile Weapon X21 falls in love with her new operator. chaos ensues as the A.I (a.k.a Ai. arent i original?) tries to get her operator to notice her. There's gonna be humour in this, but also some tragedy. I wanna put in some of the Love VS destruction weapon conflicts of "Saikano" and some "Zone of the Enders: Idolo" type stuff in there too. I havent thought of a title or any detail yet. I might wait till 2005 before starting this. what do ya think?

here's todays strip:



based on an old joke between my mates and I.

see y'all on sunday or monday. Ciao for now.

oh and BTW, im feelin a lot better now. ^^
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Thursday, December 9, 2004

THIS IS SOOOOO ME!


im kinda like that at work.
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next stage: heaving cough.
slightly different from a hacking cough, this one tends to induce a large amount of Phlegm. yuk.

But i must almost be cured. I went a whole hour breathing through my nose with no worries yesterday. Im on the road to recovery. w00t!

Ive just tried putting a background piccy in, but everytime i try it turs my site red. bizzare. so back to the way it was...

we're survivng so far in my house. no one has hurt each other yet. we're co-operating, which is nice. I have to cook tonight tho. its my turn. We're having crispy pancakes (which are a kind of pastry covered in breadcrumbs filled with meat) with oven crunchies and something else. which is a fairly easy meal. Just bung it all in the oven and cross my fingers.
i really need to learn how to cook.

I've also got to go cadets tonight. i have to think up of an exercise the cadets can do using radios before I go tonight. On top of that I have to fill out some ID books and do my Weapon's Handling Test.
still got all that I said I had to do yesterday to do. its a wonder i havent run myself into the ground yet...

^^ Nurse Flueky. LOL.

sorry, random thought there.

here's todays strip:



American football aint that bad if you cut out the stopping every five seconds. Me and my bro's palyed it in central park last time we were there. woot. it was slippy and we kept falling over. LOL. ahh, memories.

I've started to download the FINAL volume of Midori No Hibi. w00t!

And so thats me for today, unless i see something interesting between now (9:55 GMT) and going home time (15:40 GMT)in which case I will keep you updated.

Random Question of the day:
If money is the root of all evil, why do we have to have jobs?

EDIT: fuggit, heres my recent fic. you dont have to read if you dont want to.

XVIII

“Judge not, lest you be judged yourself,”

Never before had Heaven seen such uproar. The central court was alive with activity. This was to be expected as it was, after all, Judgement Day. The Book of Life had been opened and Human Beings from the very first to the very last throughout the annals of History were being judged according to what was written in those books. No one was being spared. They came up, one by one, and were judged. Some were lucky. Too many were condemned. But, awed by power of the Almighty sitting on his throne, so bright that no eye could fall on him, most had accepted what ever their fate might be and went without little resistance.
Metatron stood by the Almighty’s side, and had been watching over the proceedings with a revered boredom. Until now. He started to take interest.

For someone had stood up and said “No.”

Metatron landed in the centre of the courtroom, and all the angels fell silent and bowed in respect for the Almighty’s mouthpiece. Even the humans fell silent, for Metatron in his angel form was impressive. As a Seraphim, he had six pairs of wings. Two covered his face, two covered his feet and the other two, ablaze with flames, allowed him to fly. He was wearing gleaming Gold Armour and a sword was at his side, the words “Justice and Truth” carved into the metal. He parted the two wings in front of his face. He had powerful features, a large forehead and piercing brown eyes. Everyone remained prostrated before him. Except her. The young girl (although age was no longer an issue here, where everyone had been granted immortality) with straight black hair, neck length, and eyes as almost as piercing as Metatron’s. The one who had said no.

When he spoke, his voice was booming and loud. Yet she did not back down.
“What do you mean, “No,”?”
She looked into his eyes and he saw no trace of fear, no trace of awe. Only a strong spirit.
“Speak, Kayla.”
The girl faltered for a second.
“How do you know my name?”
“I am the Metatron. Scribe of all that ever existed. I know all that has transpired on your planet in its entire existence. I know everything about you.”
“Then you know why I said no.”
“Unfortunately not. You lived your life by God. You have earned a place at his table in Heaven for all eternity. What do you mean, “No”? “
Kayla stared back in his eyes and Metatron could see the righteousness in her eyes.
“I wish to make an announcement to all who stand here.”
Metatron paused. He shouldn’t allow this person to go against the will of the Almighty.
Then a voice floated down.

“Let her speak.”

The words were inconsequential to how it was said. You instantly wanted to get down on your knees and praise the voice, and be eternally grateful, more grateful than you ever have been before in your entire existence to be here and now. Both Metatron and Kayla were down on their knees and the others were prostrated even lower.
Metatron nodded.
“You have two minutes to get ready and five minutes of the court’s time.”

Kayla nodded, still on her knees.
Metatron spread his wings and took off to the highest chair in the court.

“Kayla.”
Kayla turned to find her life long partner and Guardian Angel standing behind her.
“If you choose to pursue this course of action, I cannot support you. You will be on your own.”

“I know Sarah. Thank you for all you’ve done for me in my life.”

Kayla turned and walked up to the podium. A silence fell over the courtroom. Had this been an earthly courtroom, her audience would have been maybe a couple of dozen, possibly a hundred or so, but not the entire human race from start to finish. Had Kayla not been so single-mindedly determined to say what she felt in her heart was right; she would have backed away with nervousness and gone with the decisions.
But she was here now and both the human race and the whole host of the heavens were listening.
She coughed, cleared her throat and spoke.

“Um… can everyone hear me?” The reply came as a roar that assaulted her ears, and caused her hair to blow back slightly.

“I’ll take that as a yes. Honoured members of the Human Race. Almighty spirits of the Heavens above. And of course, Lord Yahweh.”
She took a breath.
“I was asked why I said no. I say no against the condemnation of the human race.”
A ripple spread through the crowd briefly and then settled again.
“I’ll admit that not all Humans are worthy of Heaven and deserve punishment. But we’re talking about the condemnation of those who did not believe.”
She glanced at Sarah, waiting nearby. She nodded and motioned for her to go on.
“You say that those whose names are not written in the Book of Life are to be condemned to eternal damnation in the Lake of Fire. But what about those who lived a virtuous life? What about those who’s only sin, if you can call it that, was to not believe?”
Metatron spoke up.
“Why should we allow humans who did not even believe in us into Paradise?”
“I’m not saying you should let them into paradise. But why are condemning them? Why are they being punished even though they lived a good hardworking decent life?”
Kayla gestured to a section of the audience.
“Take the Samurai of ancient Japan for example. Yes they killed, breaking the first commandment. And yes, they were proud, pride being the greatest of all sins. But they were polite to their enemies. They held great respect for one another. Loyalty to their Lords was one of the most important aspects of their beings. But you condemn them. Because they did not believe in an almighty God. How could they? It’s a western religion. By the time word of the gospel had finally reached the shores of Japan, they were so deeply rooted in a tradition and way of life that had been upheld for generations, that it would be almost impossible to change. How would you feel if someone came along and told you that your way of life, your very being is wrong? Would you listen? Would you even want to?”
Kayla’s voice began to tremble slightly.
“They were good people and you are punishing them for being true to themselves.”
Another breath. An unnatural calm had spread over the courtroom.
“And it’s not just them. There are hundreds of examples, both groups of people and individuals. My grandmother was a good person. She never believed in organised religion. But that didn’t stop her from being a good person. She was kind, compassionate, forgiving. She never sinned in her life. And yet, she has also been condemned. Where is the justice in that? Some people have never even heard of Christianity in their lives. And we’re going to punish them for that? Where is the all forgiving God now?”
Sarah appeared beside her.
“Kayla, I think that’s enough…”
“NO.” Kayla was gripping the podium with both hands tightly.

“Continue,”

The Almighty’s voice rang through the courtroom again and everyone instantly fell to their knees.

Kayla got to her feet again, trembling.

“What I’m trying to say is this. We were given Free Will. The right to make our own decisions. We were given the right to believe or not to believe. When we are given that kind of freedom, some of us require proof to believe in things. Because we have put our trust in things that have failed before. Why should we suffer potential failure again and again? I had my faith. But I’m just one person. We are all each individual and different people, a mixture of our genes and our upbringing and social interactions.”

“Why should we suffer for something that we were never shown?”

Metatron got to his feet again.

“Kayla.” All eyes were on him.
“You do make a valid point. But if not heaven, if not hell, then where?”
“I don’t know. That’s for the court of heaven to decide. I pray you make the right decision.”
“Are you judging us?”
“Who else will? Is not written in the gospel according to Christ “Judge not lest you be judged yourself?”
It is written that it is we who will judge the angels. 1 Corinthians, Chapter 6 verse 3.”
“True. But what right do you have to judge us?”
“What right do you have to judge us? Judgement is saved for Lord Yahweh and him alone.”

The courtroom was silent.

“That’s all I have to say.”

Kayla stepped down from the podium and took her seat.

“Metatron. Come.”

Metatron flew up to the Almighty, sitting on his throne.

Sarah appeared next to Kayla.
“That was a brave thing you did. You didn’t have to stand up for humanity. You didn’t have to speak out. But you did.”
“Are you not ashamed of me? I denounced angels, the courts of heaven. I think I even denounced…him.”
Sarah sighed.
“It needed to be said. If not you, then maybe some other might have. Im proud that I knew you in life, and now, even prouder that you stand the risk you’re taking on behalf of the Human Race. Only one other has done that you know.”
Kayla coughed, then choked. “Please don’t compare me to our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Im not. But it takes a special kind of courage to stand up and say what is right, even when it goes against your faith.”
Kayla sighed.

“KAYLA KAMIKUCHI. STAND BEFORE THE COURT.”

Kayla stood and faced the court. All the Archangels, Seraphims and Cherubims were there, with Metatron in the center.

“Kayla. What you say is true. It is in the bible that we will be judged. But it is for saints to judge us, not just anyone. We also acknowledge that it is said that one should “judge not lest they be judged” but if you judge us, who judges you? And who judges the judge?”

Kayla remained silent.

“So, with that in mind, this is our decision…”



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XVIII end.

I make no apologies for what is written here. I leave you, the reader, to decide the end, for I myself cannot make the judgement of mankind.

Kayla and Sarah © Phil Weston
All events within this text are fictional and should not be taken as fact.

Darke Angel 2004

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it was just something I wanted to write. Im gonna work on my next fic soonish. details coming soon.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004

   feel a little better...
sniffles have gone down a bit, but now im onto hacking cough.

my mum set off today. she had to go college first, but when thats finished, she gonna catch a plane to the airport and I wont see her again till monday. i have to cook tomorrow. And i have to help out round the house or i will be splatted into little pulp by my dear daddy. at least we took the dog over to grandads. overwise my Dad would lose his temper very quick. my dog goes all whiney when my mum leaves.

i managed to finish the Research section of my comms coursework yesterday. w00t! and toaday he gave the next section to do. *sigh* but ive got until 12th january to do it, so i should be alright. Ive also got an essay to write for next wednesday and a text analysis to do for friday. I also have a buncha music things that need to be done. *sigh some more*

on the other hand I managed to get a couple more Chibi Darke comics drawn. i just have to scan em and upload em now. i've also got to find time to sort out my friends gift art im doing for him, get round to putting my calander together and writing xmas cards. then I have to do my xmas shopping and do the time I owe for work.

im gonna be busy...

i found some more manga online last night, by Shin Takahishi, the guy who did "Saikano". its called "Sayonara Papa" and is a series of short stories. its really quite good. I like Shin Takahishi's style. its a beautiful balance of serious and cartoony, swinging from one extreme to the other. I love the way he can express so much in a few frames with no words. He is my Fav Manga-ka next to Koichi Tokita, of the Gundam Fame.

i've got more stuff to do, so I leave you with todays comic. enjoy.



Rose is so kawaii. ^^

Thought for the week: when i was born the doctor came to my parents and said "Im very sorry, we did everything we could...but he pulled through..."

j/k ^^;
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004

   *sniffle* cough COUGH
i have a cold. My chest is all stuffy and I have a runny nose. Yet i still have to go to school cuz its not that bad. Its just an annoyance. *cough* I had a Lemsip (kinda lemony medicine drink thing) last night, but it doesnt seem to have had any effect...

My mum is going to New York tomorrow. She and my Nan had this planned since my Nans birthday. She wanted to go to New York to see my Bro this winter, so my Mum is taking her. The rest of us aren't going. So from tomorrow till Monday next week there will be no women in the house. Just me, my lil bro and my dad. If we don't kill each other by the monday it will be a miracle. Shouldnt be too hard. My mum once went to Austrailia by her self for TWO weeks. My big brother was still here then. That was a nightmare of a fortnight.
*cough*
however, i do get to give my mum my xmas list of DVDs and stuff that I cant get over here. Saikano DVDs and SEED DVDs especially. ^^

*looks at comments* Did I say there would only be one this week? Im fairly certain that I said there will be ONE A DAY this week. as opposed to Two a Day as I have been doing recently. *sniff*

so here is todays strip...



i ve still got about 3 more that ive uploaded to show you and I have ideas for about two more, so they'll be here for a while.

I break up for Xmas on the 21st of December. thats not next tuesday, but the tuesday after that. So it means I probably wont be online till about the 5th of January, which happens to be the day before my birthday. (woot! go me! 18 years old on the 6th of Jan)

but im here till then giving you regular updates of crazy shiznit.

laters y'all

EDIT: w00t! I've just finished my latest Opus. a lil Fic I call "XVIII". its currently on my Fictionpress.com account (URL up top) but i might post it here if i can be bothered.

laters.
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Monday, December 6, 2004

stupid nostalgia...
i was having a bath last night (as you do) thinking bout christmas, realising its not that far away and im going to have to get christmas presents and the like sorted. My best friend had asked me if I would draw a chibi version of him and I was going to put it in his card. It suddenly occured to me that I could put a picture of him wen he was little and call that chibi. so, after my bath, I went picture hunting, and found my old school photos. I found two class photos from 1992 (my first year at Primary school) and 1998 (my last year at primary school). Wow. was that a nostalgia trip. especially the 92 one. we looked so young, angelic and innocent back then. I think I was five back then. everyone looked so different. And I started to think about what life was like back then and how my life now is a billion miles away from what it was. I dont think in my wildest dreams back then I could have imagined myself as I am today, almost 18. if someone had told me back then that'd Id be driving a moped, still at school (i was planning to leave asap back then) and id be really into Japanese animation, I dont think I would have believed them. Even in the 98 photo I was still at least a year away from getting into Pokemon. man oh man.
I still know some of the people who used to be in my old class. they havent changed much physically, (which is quite amusing) but definitely have changed alot mentally. I guess thats what life does to a person I suppose.

any whoo, last night I had a dream that I went back to my Primary School (as I am now) and saw some of my old teachers and classes eing taught. And this teacher in my dream said "its never the same when you go back is it? it must have seemed so large and exciting back then, but now seems very small and dull." and I replied
"small yes, but dull, no."
Its weird, cuz in my dream my old school had all there rooms with like Photo labs and dressing rooms and other abandoned but interesting rooms that my old school didnt actually have. I think it was my mind playing tricks on me because when I was at school, alot of the rooms we had were forbidden to us students, and they seemed mysterious and stuff.
it was weird, yet strangely pleasant. I also met up with this girl who used to be in my class in my dream. I see her from time to time, but i have no idea why she appeared in my dream. we were friends, but not very close, and these days we're even more distant.

ne hoo, enough rambling.
heres todays strip...



Im only gonna do one a day this week cuz im running out. I need to draw up some more...

Later y'all. have a nice week...


EDIT: just found these lyrics, and they amused me so here we go:

There's a light in your soul, that says you're one of a kind,
you'll never let go. Be original, an individual, like Dr. Pepper. Be you, do what you do. (Dr. Pepper) Be you do what you do. (Nothin better) Be you do what you do.

"Dr. Pepper" by Garth Brooks. I like that. thats cool.



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Sunday, December 5, 2004

Hola...
just a short post today.

did a lot of grunt-work at work today. i hate going into the warehouse. everyone looks at me funny. I also got my Staff Discount card too. PH34R MY L33T N3K1D D15C0UNT 5K1LLZ!! i bought a CD and got a discount. woot.

I have an essay thats due in tomorrow and I havent done it, plus I left the stuff i had for it at school. oh well. its only comm studies. its not even that to be honest. nothing but media studies is wht this guy is teaching us. I have a hunch (it suits me) that he doesnt have a clue what he's meant to be teaching.

I've also been watching "Billy Conolley's world tour of New Zealand." Its very funny. it follows the comedian Billy Colloney round on his tour of new zealand, showing exerpts from his live shows but also shows Billy doing some of the local stuff and seeing the sights. He did a naked bungee jump last week. 0.o;
But I have to say to Mew Wem, who is a NZer that, that you have a Beautiful country, and I am jealous. Granted, what Im shown on TV isn't something to base an opinion on if I haven't actually been there myself, but I want to go, cuz it does look very beautiful.

ne hoo, enough from me. Ill see you guys tomorrow. here's todays strips.





Im running out of strips. I've got a couple of ideas, but then its a mtter of scanning and uploading them. If i show one a day from tomorrow, my current stuff will last till thursday. so im going to go and draw a few more now.
TTFN.

Thought for the week: Happiness is not getting what you want but wanting what you've got.


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Friday, December 3, 2004

no otakus were harmed in the making of this production...(well okay, maybe we roughed a few up a little...okay a lot.)
Therapist: Welcome to Otakus anonymous. toadya we have a new member to our group. say hi to Darke Angel

*darke comes in wearing an anime T-shirt with a darke plushy hanging on his belt and thirteen different mangas and Anime DVDs in his bag.*

Group: Hi Darke

Darke: Hi.

Therapist: Now Darke, why dont you tell us a bit about yourself.

Darke: Well, my name is Darke...and I have an anime addiction.

Therapist: Go on.

Darke: It started off simple see, just a few episodes of Gundam Wing a week. But then it grew worse. I moved onto Tenchi, thern things like outlaw star, Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion. I couldn't stop myself. I had to buy more and more. I knew I had hit a low point when i could rattle of the names of pratically every single Gundam ever created and had started my own manga stories. I have over twenty diffrernt models and figures. I have a library of anime DVDs and Manga books. I have a small forests worth of paper covered in mnaga doodles. Its starting to affect my school work.
*starts to break down*
I...i cant leave the home in the morning without watching an episode or two of Gundam SEED or Cowboy Bebop. I own manga and Anime DVDs which havent even come out in England yet...I even have desires to do....cosplay...

Group: *gasps*

Therapist: There, there. with our help, you will never need to watch anime again.

Darke: *SCREAMS AND DIVES OUT THE WINDOW!!!*


i need help...

heres todays strip


its freezing cold here at the mo. ^^

and heres another since I wont be back till either sunday or monday



Laters y'all.

*therapist running after Darke"
COME BACK!! GETTING PAST DENAIL IS ALWAYS THE FIRST STAGE!!!

Darke: GET AWAY FROM ME YOU 3V1L PHR34K!!!
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Thursday, December 2, 2004

Be like water my friends...
I stayed up last night watching Bruce Lee Movies. damn that guy is fast!

Unfortunatly, because of that, i woke up late this morning and didnt actually leave the house until after 8:40, which is when school starts. -_-;

We were also watching this thing last night called "Family Contract" where this family is given a set of rules and if they dont stick to them, they have to suffer a penalty. It was quite amusing in a perverse sort of way to watch them break down eveytime someone took their tv away or something because they werent sticking to the rules. LOL.

So how is everyones december? so far I mean? Mines been pretty cold. However, cuz its december I get an Advent Calander. For those of you who don't know what that is, its a thin box you hang on your wall with 24 little doors in it, one for each day of december until christmas. you open one door everyday and you tend to get a chocolate behind it. ^^ They're usually themed as well. Mine this year is The Simpsons, like it has been for the past two or three years. They dont do anime ones unfortunatly, apart from Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon. but yeah, chocolates everyday till christmas. rah.

TESCO (the supermarket where I work) called yesterday. They had to sort out my times for the next couple of months. I get a "float day" on the 15th of January, which is a day I get off of work which doesnt count as part of my yearly holiday, but unfortunatly I also "owe" them about 8 hrs worth of work, supposedly. So I have to go in on the 23rd of December and work from 10-6. i dunno if I get paid for that, of if I've already been paid for it. im rather hoping its that Ive already been paid, cuz that way i know that they're not just conning me to come in and do some overtime over christams hols.

so thats my life at the mo. I got a bit of the work done yesterday.
We also had to do a Pantomime version of Shakespeares "Measure for Measure" in English yesterday and it was being filmed!!! so embarassing.

heres todays strip...



and cuz im feeling generous, heres another...


Thanks for the feedback on these you guys. Ive got some more to scan in, so ill be busy for a while. Hopefully tho ill get to work on compiling a See No Evil fan pack. When I get the time...*sigh*

and heres my Christmas Manga list (or stuff that I will get sooner or later...)
Love Hina (all vols)
Chobits (vols 3-8)
A.I. Love You (all vols)
Gundam SEED (4-end)
Gundam SEED ASTRAY (vol 3)
Gundam SEED ASTRAY R, B and X (all vols)
Eva (from 9 to end...this is gonna take ages tho. they take ages to be released.)
I think that'l do for now.


Thought for the week: "How much Pu can a puchuu chu if a puchuu can chu pu?"

excel saga rocks. ^^

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Wednesday, December 1, 2004

   happy december y'all.
good god, where did the last three months go?

i have a tonne of work to do, so im going to have to make do with posting up two of my comic strips.





Gomen nasai, but i really have alot of work to do. Ill post more in depth tomorrow.

Laters y'all. ^^

and Remember: 23 SHOPPING DAYS TILL XMAS!!! (not including today)


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