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The latest Everquest "extension", Legacy of Ykesha, was released this week. It adds a lot of nice new features, including the ability to dye armor. Finally, the various pieces of armor can match! Pics here and here.  I also have a couple pics from the Plane of Innovation (1, 2, 3), which was part of the last expansion.  Its been a while since I uploaded pics of EQ, so you may notice that the interface has changed a lot.

Oh, and for those that care, I have a pic of my kawaii May figure.

2-23-03 11:30 pm
Another week gone by and no 3rd comic yet, sorry! I have been working on making my way through the backlog of DVDs I have ... I made significant progress this weekend ^_^

I was able to watch several interesting new series, and make progress on ones that still have to finish. Of note:

Noir ... this is a very interesting anime revolving around 2 female assassins. It has great music (a lot of French and Italian chorus type music), excellent animation, and a lot of style.  This is the kind of series I would show to people who are unfamiliar with anime, as I think it has a lot of appeal for western audiences. Also of interest, little of it so far takes place in Japan; most of the action in the first episodes is in France.

Mahoromatic ... the latest GAINAX (Eva, FLCL, etc) release to come stateside.  Leave it to GAINAX to make the most unique title in the robot maid/girl genre.  On the surface, it is very happy, light, and fun, but there is a more serious plot hidden underneath, with some interesting twists revealed in these early episodes. At the end of each episode, there is a countdown of how many more days until the main character, Mahoro, ceases to function. So, even if an episode ends in a really happy fashion, it is immediately followed by a rather somber message, giving the end of each episode a bittersweet feel.  Oh, and a word to, um, easily offended? ... this series has lots of breasts, clothed and naked. More so than any TV series I have ever encountered. It definitely gets it fan service quotient in ...

I also now have a very kawaii 1:6 May figure to watch me while I type, lol. So much cuteness .... =P

2-15-03 11:30 pm
I just returned from seeing "Daredevil".  I must say, I enjoyed it. Of course, out of five of us that went to see it, only two of us liked it. But then, two of the 3 that didn't like it were woman and expressed the typical "action movie" complaints. So I guess we can ignore those. =P I think the biggest flaw of the movie is they tried to fit too many of the stories from the comics into just one movie. This leaves little room for development or explanations, so people not familiar with Daredevil or the marvel universe in general lose out.

Well, off to play some more ".hack" before I go to bed.

おやすみなさい

2-15-03 1:00 pm
２００３年２月１５日

こんいちは、みなさん！(Konnichi ha mina-san! Good day, everyone!

It is a pretty good day here. I have to go pick up my Zelda pre order disc soon, should be fun. Though, I have been playing .hack//INFECTION (review coming soon) a lot, so I don't know how much time I will have to spend with the preorder disc.

If anyone cares, since starting my workout routine / sensible eating back in November, I have lost almost 25 lbs, and have been able to tighten by two more belt loops, lol.  It felt good this morning to be able to put on a pair of pants that had previously become uncomfortably tight.  I still have about 10 - 15 lbs until I am where I want to be, but it is nice to be seeing this progress. 

2-11-03 10:10 pm
"24" continues to be an excellent show, another good episode tonight. Thank Jeebus they are still keeping Kim's story to a minimal amount of screen time.

Unfortunately, I have not spent any time on the 3rd page yet. I just have to discipline myself, sit down, and start sketching.

Well, my typing skills seem to be sucking tonight (after the hundredth backspace on the above few sentences) so I am off for a little light reading and bed.

Peace, dawgs.

2-10-03 8:50 pm
Another week starts. Work was rather dull today; mostly documentation, which is one of those necessary evils in a programmers life.

I watched the first disc of "Banner of the Stars", which is the sequel series to "Crest of the Stars". Crest was a series that so captured my imagination with the first disc that I immediately went out, purchased the rest of the series, and watched them immediately. The appeal of it is twofold for me. First, it is probably the most "realistic" of space battles I have seen. That is to say, while it does use fictional theories to support interstellar travel, within the confines of these theories you see the execution of realistic tactics. It is very well done.  Second, and more important, the characters are very intriguing, and developed very well.  When "Crest" was over, I looked forward to seeing more of the main characters, and was glad that "Banner" was being released without too much of a wait.

"Banner" takes place 3 years after the events of "Crest", 3 years into a war that began during "Crest."  The war has a very epic feel, and once again it feels like it is a real interstellar war.  I really enjoyed this first disc, it is too bad that there are only 2 more discs left.  These anime are based on a series of books, so maybe some day the books will be translated and brought to the US ...

2-9-03 9:10 pm
So, another year on this blue rock, huh? It was a good day, relaxing. I went to see "Shanghai Knights" with my sister and some guys from work. It was very entertaining, just what I expected from it.

I am listening to the "Arjuna" soundtrack as I write this, and I am reminded how much I enjoy the work of the talented Japanese composer Yoko Kanno. She is one of the more famous Japanese composers, and is responsible for the wonderful score of many series such as "Escaflowne" and "Cowboy Bebop".  It is rather imagination inspiring music, really. The type of stuff I'd listen to to get in a creative mood.

Speaking of a creative mood, I hope to complete the third page of World Domination this week. Of course, the comic will start to go slower now (or rather, take more time to draw), as I will have to start drawing people not in silhouette, lol.  While it does take time, I look forward to it. I like creating; I feel more "at home", more myself when I create. Sometimes I wish I could be doing something with my life where I got to regularly exercise my creative self. Ah well.

2-7-03 5:25 pm
There will be no comic this week, as this weekend is my birthday, and my sister is coming to visit, and I need to get cleaning done tonight.  I do plan to have page 3 done by the end of next week, though.

2-4-03 6:45 pm
Off to play some EQ now. Its actually been about 2 weeks since I got on the game. Just so many things to try to grab my time now, I suppose. Wheeee...

2-3-03 5:45 pm
Added a couple reviews in the forum .. X-Box and DOA Volleyball. Of interest to some people who would not otherwise be interested, are the Japanese voice actors who are in DOAXBV ... they are mentioned in the sound section of the review.

2-2-03 10:15 pm
Just finished watching Hellsing. It is just a really cool vampire anime, with a lot of style. I think I am going to look into getting the soundtrack (hopefully there is a domestic release), as the music is just great.  The fact that the main vampire, Arucard (or Alucard, if you will, gotta love translations from English to Japanese to English) is very Lovecraftian in  nature just adds to the series.  The only downside is this is an anime that was done while the manga was still going, so while the story arc is wrapped up, the broader arc is left unfinished. Hopefully, someone will bring the manga over here, or maybe they will make a second season (which is a possibility).

Well, night all. Gotta get some rest to be ready to be frustrated at work tomorrow.

2-1-03 9:00 pm
Page 2 is now up.

2-1-03 7:00 pm
Page 2 is done, and scanned in. Just have to add the lettering, then I will post it tonight. Going to Bangkok (heehee, that sounds dirty), will post it when I return.

2-1-03
Another sad day in the history of space flight. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the astronauts of the Columbia.

2-1-03
Its Feb, yay! a week and a day 'till my 24th ... wow, I feel old.  Old and single :( ... ah well.

As I gradually update the site, please let me know (in the forums, WDO feedback) anything I had on here in the previous version that you think should stay. Otherwise, I will be eliminating a lot of old content.

No luck finding a blogger, so I guess I will continue to do these entries by hand. My ASP is a little rusty, maybe I will pick up a book, and code some automation for myself .. or learn PHP, which would probably be better.  It would help automating the comic too ...

I need to sketch one more frame of Page 2, then shade ... plan to finish it today.

1-31-03
More work on the redesign. Still gotta look into any automated blogger plug-ins to make writing stuff here a little more automated.

Comic links will go in the left side bar for now.

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