Saturday, July 1, 2006

   Vacation Time! (and the Convention!)
Hey everybody. How’s it going?

Well, I leave for Williamsburg tomorrow. Ah, like I said, I’m not too excited about going (I’ll definitely enjoy Bush Gardens, but Colonial Williamsburg is going to suck major ass).
I more than likely won’t be able to visit The Otaku until I get back next Sunday, so hold the fort down for me while I’m gone, neh? I’ll miss you guys while I’m up there. Please pray for my safety, and possibly some surprise interest in what Colonial Williamsburg has to offer if you can spare a prayer.

In other news, Josh and I spent the day at the Comics Convention yesterday just as we planned. ^_^
Sadly, it wasn’t nearly as impressive as it was last year. There was nobody in costume (unlike last year where I met several cat-girls, Poison Ivy, Auron, Sasuke, The Ghostbusters, Cid, Predator, Boba Fhet, Sepiroth, Commander Wharf, Spiderman, several Storm-Troopers, Mew Ichigo and Kakashi), so it lacked one of the finest and most interesting elements.
Accordingly, Josh and I didn’t take any pictures (save for 3 or 4), merely because there was nothing interesting for us to show you. -_-;
There was also hardly any manga on sale. ToT I was planning on buying the next couple volumes of Chrono Crusade and Love Hina!

Oh well, there was some cool stuff.
I ended up being able to buy the first comic-book for “The Walking Dead” (which I mentioned a while back as an AWESOME zombie story) as well as Immortal Rain vol. 3 (I love that volume, and there’s plenty of great reference art in it).

But you know what the best part was?
Later in the convention, I was able to get my copy of “The Walking Dead” signed by its co-author: Tony Moore.
*star-struck* So awesome!!!! I can’t believe I got my copy signed by Tony Moore; a guy who’s so awesome at drawing zombies!!!! *zombie-fanboy squeal*
Ahem, anyway, Tony Moore is an awesome artist, so I highly suggest checking out “The Walking Dead” next time you visit your local bookstore. *o* It’s really, really good.

Josh bought Naruto vol. 10, as well as a build-able figurine of Unit 01 from Evangelion. He was swooning over it the entire time, the loveable EVA-obsessed oaf. :p

Since things weren’t exactly hopping around lunchtime, we took our sweet-ass pimp time having a lovely lunch at a pizza-place Josh was familiar with that was right across the street. The pizza there was GOOD. And the give you massive slices, too!
We ate outside and chit-chatted about everything from deep politics to anime. It was especially nice since the weather was so beautiful. <3

I’ll be posting one of the few pictures we did take when I get back next week and Josh has a chance to send it to me (we took it on his camera).

Let’s see, what else?
Hmmmmmmmm…. I helped catch another art-thief yesterday.
Yep, that makes 2 this week.
What’s this site coming to? *shakes head*

I just wanted to take a quick moment to share this lovely piece of artwork.
It’s not what you’d call professional quality, but considering the artist’s age it’s extremely well executed:


Isn’t that cute!? XD
Anyway, I love the faces in this piece, especially Sakura’s eyes and Sasuke’s facial-expression.
I also love that the author chose to use something other than their “normal” outfits. Exactly where in the series do the characters start wearing this?

In other news, I received the loveliest piece of hate-mail the other day.
Despite the fact it was less than on paragraph (if you can call it that), it took me a while to read due to the fact that the sender’s crappy typing was nearly illegible. I could barely even make out what she was bitching about.
Don’t worry, I didn’t respond. My intellectual (and in my humble opinion, bullet-proof =D ) response would be totally wasted on her. If she can’t even type legibly than she couldn’t be smart enough to even understand my vocabulary or my argument.

Rather than write a response to such ignorance, I was planning to instead post he message here for everyone to read and humiliate her in front of you all.
But on second thought, I’ll save that little option for the next time this happens.
Don’t you just love dealing with retarded anime psycho-bitches?

OK everybody, I’m off to visit your sites.

By the way, could you please be praying for ElvesAteMyRamen?
She had an extremely crappy day earlier this week, and that was on top of a lot of other crap she’s currently dealing with.
Please pray for her, and give her some *snuggle*’s and *chu*’s next time you visit her.
Nobody likes it when The Lindsey-chan is sad. =(

Please also continue to pray for the ever-snuggleable Erin-chan and her family as her dad recovers in the hospital.
Apparently, he has something called “Cellulitis” in his leg, and by Erin’s description, it’s not a fun or pretty thing to have.
It also doesn’t help that Erin’s employers aren’t exactly going easy on her at the moment.
Please pray for Erin-chan, her family and her dad’s health, and likewise also give her extra *snuggle*’s and *chu*’s when you visit her.

Here’s today’s Art Feature.
Oh, and in case you missed it, check out the Art Feature currently at the bottom of my page. I don’t think many people saw it, and it was one of my favorites. ^_^

“BOOOOM” by NataliaTaffarel:


A simple and extremely well-executed example of photo-manipulation.
Don’t dig too deeply into this piece looking for themes about suicide or anger; it’s merely a clever visual joke illustrating the meaning of a common gesture.

The model’s position, look and expression all perfectly fit together to give this piece an edge.
The choice of background color was well-done as to be in contrast with the subject’s skin-tone and add focus to the piece.
The artist/manipulator also did an excellent job of creating a sense of motion and speed with this piece, not only in the bullet itself but also with the slight movement of the subject involved in actually making the gesture.
The exiting of the bullet was also well done, looking synthetic in nature rather than trailing blood & brains. This adds to the sense of matter of this piece, as well as the mild humor.

Whew, long post.
Sorry about that. ^_^; But I’m not gonna’ be here for a week, so I had to get everything out that I needed to.
So anyway, now I’m off to visit your sites!

See you next week! ^o^

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