Seriously, too many cosplays for next year.

We're now cosplaying as characters from Disgaea 3, and we just might be able to have a group. I'll have to make a lot of armor and style wigs~~~ It'll be my first time spiking a wig so I'm excited. Most of the armor and other accessories I'll be making for OTHER people ( I hope they give me money ♥ ). I'll have to sculpt some props out of clay too.

Lol, more about that stuff later (like when I'm home and not at school).

The DVD player/sound system pervykappa and I bought has mysteriously stopped working. Now we have to listen to ipod music through cheap mono speakers. DX

Need to see what the problem is. Maybe we left it on too much? Atleast the PS3 plays DVDs, so that's not a huge concern right now.

I need to finish and submit those designs for Sonika by Monday. I dunno how I'd feel having my design all over the internet, but I'd be happy to win her software and have a hard copy instead of torrenting all my software.

Then there's the website I need to finish for my final... I haven't really started on it. It has to be a hybrid or Flash site. I really wish it were all just HTML. It has to be like a virtual portfolio; I wonder if cosplay would count?

Sometimes I don't even feel that close to fellow geeks. All of my classmates are geeky somehow, but maybe it's just my imagination that I feel out of the loop.

And I shouldn't take anything personally because we all pick on each other. I'll just have to pick my time to be an asshole back.

It's just that sometimes I prefer the presence of characters in RPGs rather than real people.

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone is out in the US now!

I wasn't expecting it to be out until Tuesday or later (I even had it marked on the calender). I'm happy I found it today. This'll be the first time Funimation got the rights for Evangelion (ADV previously had the series and Manga Entertainment had the two other movies).

A lot of the original voice actors are back, like Spike Spencer and Allison Keith. Other characters like Rei, Gendo, and Ritsuko have new voice actors, but I liked them. The only dub voice I didn't think fit was Greg Ayers as Kensuke.

I'm just glad that the mech battles weren't completely CG. I still prefer drawn out mechs and special effects. Now I want to see the second new movie. It'll be cool to see how Mari pilots her tank-eva thing.

I'll probably buy the new Dragon Ball season box before too long. I hope the new second part of season 1 of Sgt. Frog comes out early.

I've been wanting to see if Vocaloid (PC only) and Garage Band (Mac only) would work together. So during my lunch break I went home and got Miku to sing a few things using the Vocaloid2 system. Exported her as a WAV file and I was able to literally drag and drop her into Garage Band.

Miku's samples were a little too short for me to do a whole lot with it today. Might have some trouble having her stand out more against the music (or maybe I'm just paranoid). I want to be able to make her voice more synth-y. For that I'll have to go back to the Vocaloid software. Still having a few issues with getting her to say everything correctly.

I'm pretty excited about this. Still, being able to move to computer to computer would make things easier. Need to get pervykappa's PC running and buy that beautiful iMac for myself.~

So that local comic convention was a total let down. Very small. The otaku in me found some manga, though. It was mostly super hero stuff, which I kind of expected.

I prepared myself to meet with some familiar faces I haven't seen in a long time. I thought for sure my teacher's daughter/rival/one time fling would have a booth and rub it in my face. Didn't see her, though. I saw a gal I used to talk to in some art classes; she had a book out. Don't you hate it when you look at someone's art/comic and it's awkward to get away? I talked to a guy for like 10 minutes because I couldn't find a way out!

OK, I was there in the first place because we had a booth to promote our digital arts festival and I could get in for free (also got Pervy in for free too, mwahah). We figured that some student work would be good for some of the layout, so I drew up a few things. I don't enjoy drawing huge muscles. I did some Photoshop work of Harley Quinn and Deadpool.

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That Deadpool pose was hella annoying. These were done very quickly last week to meet the deadline for that comic thing, and guess what? Neither one of them were used. Gwah.

I left early, got some suchi, new manga and a game. Just trying to forget it. Like I was telling Pervy today, my medication really mellows me out. I'm glad I didn't get insanely mad.

Gonna focus on those designs for Sonika.

I fell in love with Garage Band again. We had to play around with it today in animation. Could make some wicked Vocaloid songs with it.

I'm almost thinking about buying Luka's Vocaloid software. You can only use torrented stuff for so long. I'd feel more secure owning her. Luka and Sonika are a lot alike, so I guess I'll work hard and try to win Sonika's software.

I want to aim for having the Vocaloid software on the new PC CPU (it's PC only software) and transfer the audio to my future iMac to make the music part. I COULD find a converter for the software, but we'll see how it goes. That's another reason why I don't want to torrent the Vocaloid software, I don't know if it would work with a converter.

I'm trying to be productive at the moment and churn out some Sonika designs, but it's been a long day. I probably should be sketching instead of sitting at the computer.

Zero-G has put up a contest to give Sonika a make over. I guess they've been seeing what people have been saying about her design, how it's not as interesting as the Japanese Vocaloids. Deadline for entries is November 30th. (http://sonika-vocaloid.com/competition)

The winner wins a copy of her software. Not bad, I'll probably submit a few designs. I wish the deadline wasn't so soon; I'll be working on finals about that time. The final for my advanced website class is a professional Flash programmed portfolio site, maybe I can use some of the Sonika designs in my portfolio.

I gave in and we bought a PS3 with DJ Hero yesterday. I nearly bought Cross Edge too, but I couldn't find a used copy (I'm cheap). Also bought a PS3 guitar for DJ Hero, but it seems impossible to calibrate the damn thing. It doesn't automatically calibrate the guitar, you have to randomly guess the number.

Made an avatar for PlaystationHome... The designs are SO ugly. I wish I had all that stuff earlier so I could have gotten onto the Japanese server when they were promoting Miku Hatsune's Project Diva. You could watch Miku perform live and buy her outfit with some leeks for your avatar.

Also picked up a rare PS2 game, Ar tonelico II. I've seen a trailer for the third game on the PS3 and it blew me away. Strong anime cut scenes, good music, RPG elements, etc. I don't know if it'll come to the US or not. Here's what the box looks like for the second game:



I like it so far. Classic JRPG elements. There's also a bit of dating SIM in there because you have to talk to the girls a lot (not a boring dating SIM like I thought of Persona 2, ugh). Wish I had more time to play it, but I have some art that needs to get done.

I'm about to graduate so we've been doing some interesting things in my classes. We're putting together a digital arts festival and promoting it. I'm in control of the DA page and I've been doing desktops, photomanipulations, and digital illustrations for the thing.

My teacher said I needed to be more social within our group (class). He purposely assigned two people to work with me. I'll be going to a local comic convention on Saturday and I need to get some CG work done for it by Thursday.

At first I thought my teacher was saying that I wasn't contributing enough (and I was about to protest), but he wants me to be more involved in the meetings. He said I have great ideas and talent, but I need to be more social. I've been pretty social since changing my major; I wonder how much more social that I need to be?

(But atleast the people around me believe I'm fully capable, unlike my father)

Next month [i]another[/i] new Miku Hatsune figure comes out. She's in the same pose as the PSP game cover of Project Diva.



I believe it's another figure from Sega...? I saw a pre-order at Play-Asia and she's surprisingly inexpensive. She's a 21 cm tall figure for only $20. Cheapest Vocaloid figure that I've ever seen.

I admit, when I first read about DJ Hero I thought it was going to be a stupid game. BLAH RAP CRAP, etc, etc. There's a DJ Hero demo and turntable on display at Best Buy and it's actually pretty awesome. I got a crowd watching me play. XD;;

Might have to buy it now. My Xbox360 is still having troubles, so might get the PS3 version. I'm happy about getting a PS3 next month; it's a region free console. ♥

Yikes, I haven't posted anything for a very long time. Sorry, everyone. I plan to start updating again!

I think I've joined the marines.

Had my first taste of my self defense class yesterday and I can hardly walk. Haha, the teacher is an ex-marine.

Painful stretching, sit ups, push ups and a horrible lil' running in place drill. You squat midway and then move your legs as fast as you can, but that wasn't anything compared to running outside during the heat of the day. Then it was back inside for more running in place drills with PUNCHING. XD

If I'm on my feet for a really long time then my left knee starts hurting and it's hard to bend it. It's been that way ever since March when we went to see My Chemical Romance ("Gerard, I broke my leg FOR YOU!" XDD).

Something cool I learned about that show: two people got hurt and went to the hospital and the next day the band went to see them and gave them tickets to another show. <3

But yeah, I'm SO dropping my cycling class... My knee is in a brace and I'm hobbling around like an old man. :(

Finally bought a wig for my Luts Delf boy. ^^



Not my doll in the pic. XD;

A lot of wigs on the Luts website are tempting, especially the pink ones. Too cute, but still kind of strange on a boy, no matter how girly. But the wig I bought was WAY cheaper than what's on their site.

I got this too because I have an obsession with hoodies:



I love this outfit, but it's pricey...


(scarey doll face XD)

I've been trying to find/think up a good unisex name for him, but I can't find anything cute enough. He needs some nice knee high platform boots, too. Oh yeah, and maybe some pants someday...

Maple Story has taken over my life! D:

Geh... online, multiplayer, FREE, RPG... can't resist!

So long, Gaia.

We're thinking about moving. :3

My dad said since I hate this town so much then maybe I should just leave. Maybe that was ment to be insulting, but I think I'll take him up on that.

I'm thinking of changing schools, too. A big school that I would like, maybe one of the art institutes. Loans, here I come! I'll be in debt for the rest of my life, but it's better than nothing.

To be honest, I always wanted to go to one of the art institutes, but my dad would discourage me by saying it was too expensive and wouldn't be accredited (which I've learned they are...). So all the stuff I got in the mail about the art schools I threw away because there would be no chance my dad would go along with that.

We'll either move to the east or towards the west, but more than likely the latter. A much, much bigger community would be great. Different landscape, more diversity, and more JOBS. (Not to mention conventions well within reach...)

I was looking at a magazine with an art and computer arts directory today and got ideas. >_o

Illustration sounds good, but I'm not really sure what I could do with that... Animation on the other hand sounded promising, but I'm nervous about that. Either way, I still need to keep building a portfolio.

We need to save up and Pervy will more than likely get another job soon. Also, it'll give Peter time to save up too and turn freakin' 18. XD
He NEEDS to come. He IS our son afterall. And the offer is open to Dustin as well. :3

Oh yeah... Aside from all the recent DRAMA, my Luts Boy came. D:
Soooooooooooooo cute, zomg. I'm so happy because the random pair of glass eyes they gave me were a pretty blue green color. I've been shopping around online for a wig and am dreading/excited about doing my first face up and body shading.

Pervy thinks I'm lame because I haven't thought of a name for him yet. XD

My teacher didn't like it very much when I called him a smartass. But hey, I was being polite; I could have said worse.

Let me start from the begining... This man is a relatively new teacher and it seems like just because he's infront of some people he has to entertain them. It gets annoying, but it's something I can ignore.

On Thursday we had a test and there was A LOT of material to study. I was expecting a test with 100 questions or at the very least 50. It was only 24 questions! Right after the test everybody had to pick 5 questions we thought were challenging/hard/whatever. The questions with the most votes he wanted to omit from the test. Now, me and most of the people around me chose questions we thought were hard, BUT that didn't mean we got them wrong. In fact, of the five he wanted to omit I got all right and missed some of the others. Omitting those five would really mess up my test grade.

He claimed he wanted to be fair and take those questions off. Half the class wanted those five to be omitted while the other half wanted to leave the test the way it was. I didn't like his uncertainy and I SURELY didn't like his asshole behavior.

One girl had a good question. She asked how this omitting business would effect her grade. He got all sassy and said everything isn't about her. I mean, what the HELL?

Finally, we all had to write on paper to say which way we wanted to go. I wrote what was on my mind and got straight to the point: Keep my grade the way it is and stop being an asshole. If others weren't prepared for those questions, then that's their problem.

Those were my exact words.

After class I got a call.

I explained that I wanted to keep my grade because it would hurt me to omit five from a test that was already teeny tiny (which I'm sure matches the size of his mind and a certain body part). He sounded serious, which was a huge flip from how that fool is in class. Wow, I could almost respect him!

Then he asked what I ment with my other comment. Exactly what it means, I said. I said I find him very unprofessional and he had the nerve to say that when I called him a smartass that I wasn't being professional! Hey, shitface, newsflash: YOU'RE the teacher. I'M the student.

He asked me how I would feel if he had called me that. I told him I wouldn't have cared. If you act like a retard, you'll have to expect to be called names.

And if that didn't suck, our water at the apartment was turned off by accident. Thought they were doing some construction and something might've burst. It got turned back on this afternoon.

Then the real kick in the balls.... I answered the door early this morning and our nice cat guy neighbor was there. Our favorite stray kitty, Gary, we were taking care of was run over. >_<

He also said his kitty hadn't came home yet and I said I would be out on the look out for him.

I think it's about time pervykappa and I get matching tattoos. I want to get something simple, like something on the left ring finger in mock of a wedding ring (it is on the left finger, right?).

Maybe a black outline of a heart colored in with red. But then again, that seems kind of girly... eh, maybe a star then.

The last thing I think about is the pain. It would be over a bone, but eh, I think I can take it. Now Pervy on the other hand... XD

However, NOTHING can compare to the pain in a gyno check up. I feel invinceable now. XP

Usually this crap would be friends-only, but I doubt I'd get much of a rouse.

If I said I was suffocating, what would you say?

People don't give a flying fuck. If it's not happening to them, then it doesn't matter. So if I said I was lonely, then no one will notice. If I said I was tired of keeping my head above water, then no one will notice.

The things I had faith in is becoming more of a hassle. Still pushing people away and still learning that other people aren't really that great after all.