Wednesday, December 19, 2007

3am orange shirts rapid eye movement bullet train
Holy wow pants avec la pomplemousse. For the sake of showing you what I was talking about with regards to the Haruhi/Linda Linda Linda thing, I went searching for some screencaps of both the episode and the film because I swore they seemed really similar. It seems Haruhi fans at the SOS wiki laid it all out in detail already. I knew it! I bleedin' knew that there was some sort of connection!

Links:
The Wiki page featuring tidbits and trivia about the episode, including some very obscure references to Linda Linda Linda, that I missed.

A series of screencaps that feature the scenes that struck me as familiar while watching the Haruhi episode.


Oh maaaaan. I so knew it. I mean, it kinda hit me once I saw four females in a rock band performing at a school festival. Just that one shot of the stage clicked the lightbulb in that topsy turvy attic of a skull of mine.

By the way, if you haven't seen Linda Linda Linda, do try to find it on DVD. The screening run is long over by now so the VIZ production w/ subtitles is your best bet. It's a cute story. I mean, for someone who tried the "let's make a band" thing himself, it sorta was a memory lane kinda deal. Of course in my case, we were all guys. I mean, we ARE all guys. I haven't spoken to the bandboys for quite some time, but I'm sure they've got their 'pieces' intact.


I made a inch of progress with the drawing stuff yesterday morning. After cleaning my room, I started browsing through scenes of Nobuta Wo Produce to see what I felt like drawing. I ended up drawing an interesting character who didn't really have a name. Well, he had a pseudonym because he did some writing. Delphine Sakurada. He's a book keeper. I think the actor who played him (Imawano Kiyoshiro) is a rockstar.. I remember seeing him do some punk cover of something. Anyway, he was a great character and had wicked hair for his age.

I drew him in about... an hour, with only a paused video as a reference. So it kinda sucks. You can see it here:

Imawano Kiyoshiro


Oh yeah. I've some other junk to see there as well. Even the Resident Evil Zombie packaging I redesigned.


I don't know if anyone remembers, but there was this trick I recommended awhile ago that involved drinking coffee (or something with caffeine) just as you're about to go to bed. The trick is that you need to be sleepy in order for it to work. Otherwise, you just stay up. If it does work, what happens is that your dreams a boost of adrenaline and you start to dream about stuff like people and events from the past that wouldn't regularly cross your mind. I think it works because the caffeine jolts your memory, takes some thoughts hidden in the back and pushes them up the queue.

I tried it a number of times before. It works for me, I'll tell you that. My dreams blended people from flippin' elementary school with people I know at the moment. And the wildest part is that your dreams switch from one scene to the next really quickly. It's such a trip. My friend from Lebanon tried it by mistake after downing some energy drinks and dozing off. He told me about his experience so I explained to him why. He went banonkers.

I think a majority of you have a lot to do these days, but if ever you wanna try something new... Do the caffeine dream adventure.

If it works tonight, I'll tell you the results.

Dream trippy, people.




Toasted,

- enin -




P.S. Regarding the Linda Linda Linda bit.. If you can't check out the movie, at least try to seek out the music. This includes the original soundtrack with PARANMAUM (the fictional girl band) and instrumentals by James Iha (of former Smashing Pumpkins fame), BASE BALL BEAR (not featured in the film but the girl who played the bassist is the actual bassist for BASE BALL BEAR), and last but not least, the inspiration for the flick, The Blue Hearts. Start off by checking out some YouTube vids. They've got some good sound and great energy. So hurry up and give your eardrums a serving of awesome.
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