Monday, January 29, 2007

   I'm not dead yet!
Well, its been a few months hasn't it?

Now that I have a new job with internet access, I can't really complain about the internet getting in the way of my blogging unless they take my computer away. There is currently not a single task that needs to be done that I cannot handle in less time than it should take that they are willing to give to me, so my time is quite free and I'll bet that I could get away with an hours nap with the door open.

I decided that graduating had to take first priority this semester, so I started by signing up for classes one and a half weeks before school was back in session (a great example of my intense determination (this is severe sarcasm)). It turned out that of the five courses I needed, one required me to be in a business environment that applies to my degree, and a hamburger shack has nothing to do with architecture (unless I want to design hamburger shacks (I might)). My only option was an on campus position in facilities where they would hire me immediately. Needless to say, I took the job and am quite happy with it minus the fact that I'm not guaranteed a paycheck until the bureaucracy that is any generic junior college has set me on the payroll (They wont print me a time card, but my name is on the mailbox...). As it is, adjusting to office life is pretty easy when you have no work to do. It did take me a week to find out how to get the monster printer in my office to work, but there hasn't been much to print off - I've made myself a few anime posters.

I still love anime and especially manga, so I've been keeping a "ritual" afterschool run to Borders to read a volume or two of manga. Recently, I've been reading Ai Yori Aoshi and realizing just how lucky you would be to be an average guy who is also a main character in a story with very complex and beautiful women (unless you think about Naruto or something where everyone has a complex). Another one I just picked up was called "Aoi House", and while I didn't catch the author's name this had to have been the funniest beginning to any featured story I've ever seen. It has lots of references that only otaku can understand, because they are only specific enough to need permission from the original publishers (or something like that).

Anyway, Ikki Con is next weekend and I'll be doing the patent pending "Ninja Con Strike" that I've had in development since A-Fest (for details go to Ikki Con in Austin,TX and ask the ninja dressed in black). I'll see about catching up on my blogs during the week, so read up you crazy readers.

- Krusty
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

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nWhat Samurai Champloo Character Are You?n
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What FLCL Character Are You?


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Who's Your Dream Naruto Girl?


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I like surveys, they are so interesting...
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   MY INTERNET IS TEH SUCK
This right here is what I'm talking about. If there was one thing I'd change about my computer, It would have to be the internet service I get. There is just one thing wrong with having only one phoneline and dial-up. It makes me CRAZY! On the one hand, my sister uses it any time she feels like it (no trouble for her), and it just happens to be when I feel like my otaku needs to be updated, so here I am more than half a month later at school typing my latest rant. There, all done.

I'm really excited about going to anime-fest this year. I've just signed up and I may even have more than one costume to wear. Anyhow, my badge and costumes will be ninja themed, and most likely converted from Goodwill clothing. I'm quite handy with a needle you see... My one remaining problem is preparing a sheath to wear my sword on my back as ninjas should. The problem about it is the difficulty of sewing leather into a durable sheath that is also easy for pulling a sword out of (its just not as much fun to keep it in the sheath for pictures). Anyway, I thought that it should be known that this costume only took me two days to put together (I already had the shoes, socks and sword). Now, speaking of s-words, perhaps I should make some shuriken. My ninja outfit is not so much cosplay as it is a generic ninja outfit. I could consider it as portraying the ninja from "ask a ninja", but I really think there should be some kind of more realistic ninja than the swiffer ninjas and Naruto cosplayers. I haven't seen anything close to a Ninja Gaiden cosplayer, so I think I'll be the closer to it at a fest.

A realistic ninja costume needs at least 3 things to really qualify it as realistic:
1. Loose fitting, but not much.
Tight fitting clothes may rub against your skin during an infiltration making a sound that gets you detected. Baggy clothes are hard to keep from getting caught on something and also make movement more difficult. The key is either to use spandex, which is extremely uncomfortable (and who needs to be adjusting their outfit everytime they bend over anyways?) or use clothes without too much texture so noise it makes is less audible. Because spandex is so uncomfortable, old goodwill clothes (converted) work just fine.
2. Concealed Weapons
What kind of ninja wouldn't have weapons? The ability to set traps doesn't come from the lack of weapons. Neither does silent killings and assassinations. I'll just leave it at that. Weapons must be concealed because shiny things will bring attention to a ninja, and that is not the way of a ninja.
3. A real ninja
Of course a Realistic ninja costume is more likely to have a real ninja in it. I'm not claiming that I am a ninja (because it may or may not blow my cover), but people will be looking over their shoulders to make sure I'm not there to get them.

Sorry about my lack of good internet interfering with my lack of visitors (haha, cheap shot at myself). And I am also going to have to take back my promise of a scanlation of Akon 17 for a while.

Until my next post, train hard ninja pupils!
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Monday, July 3, 2006

Ninja survey

Life is Ninja...ask questions
Ocean or Lake?	NINJA
Pizza or Chinese?	NINJA - NOT CHINESE
Mansion or Penthouse?	NINJA TREEHOUSE
Have you been on a Jet Ski?	NINJAS DON'T NEED JET SKIS
Are you afraid of clowns?	NINJAS WOULD EAT CLOWNS FOR BREAKFAST IF THEY DIDN'T TASTE FUNNY!
How many brothers/sisters do you have?	NINJA
Favorite band/group?	THE NINJAS
Baseball or football?	NEITHER, TOO EASY - ME NINJA
Favorite brand of makeup?	NINJA
Waffles or pancakes?	WELL, THATS A TOUGH ONE. I'LL JUST NINJA
Do you have an IPod?	NOT NINJA ENOUGH!
Bike or scooter?	I FLY!
Ever go in a hot air balloon?	ONLY ON SUPER-SECRET NINJA MISSION
How will you celebrate turning 21?	BY KILLING PEOPLE
What brand computer do you have?	NINJA
How many times have you been to DisneyWorld?	ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IM MICKEY MOUSE! (ninja)
Favorite city?	UH, THAT GIVES AWAY MY POSITION! NINJA BELONG NOWHERE!
Ice cream or frozen yogurt?	THOSE ARE TOO LOUD! NINJA EAT THROUGH TOOTHPASTE TUBE!
Do you think you are fat?	NINJA CAN'T BE FAT - UNPOSSIBLE.
Ever throw up in a public place?	WELL, IF YOU COUNT THE TIME WHEN I
Do you have a pool?	NINJA POOL!
Ever drive a car?	NO, SILLY. NINJA CANT AFFORD GAS
How many times a month do you go to the movies?	ALL THE FREAKIN TIME - FREE TOO - IM A NINJA
Last movie you saw?	SUPERMAN VS NINJA (ninja wins)
Who is your hero?	WELL, IM WAAY BETTER THAN JET LEE, SO NO.
How old are your parents?	NINJA SECRET
What deceased person would you like to meet?	THE FIRST GUY I KILLED
Do you chew ice?	TOO LOUD!
Have you been to California?	CALIFORNIA NOT NINJA FRIENDLY - TOO BRIGHT.
Last book you read?	HOW TO RANT FOR NINJAS - BY UNKNOWN NINJA
Favorite teacher?	MASTER SENSEI
Do you like to go fishing?	TOO LOUD
How many boyfirends/girlfriends have you had?	THATS JUST GROSS A BOYFRIEND-SLASH-GIRLFRIEND IS NOT NINJA MATERIAL
How many of those do you regret?	ALL OF THEM, THAT IS MY NINJA WAY
What is you average in school?	NINJA SECRET
Favorite professional team?	?
Do you like mohawks?	TOO LOUD!
How many pairs of shoes do you own?	NINJA SOCKS
Do you floss?	TOO LOUD!
Do you have braces?	TOO LOUD!
Do you bite your nails?	TOO LOUD!
What is your last thought before falling asleep?	NINJA NEVER SLEEP!
Do you fall in love easily?	YES, BUT THEY MUST DIE!
Ever have a crush and they never knew?	THEY SAW IT COMING!
Do you babysit?	DON'T INSULT ME!
Ever been shot at?	DEFINE SHOT AT... I'M REALLY TOO FAST FOR ANYTHING LARGER THAN AIR MOLECULES TO TOUCH ME!
Do you work out/exercise?	NINJA
Do you have 6 pack abs?	12 PACK - NINJA
Do you consider yourself nice?	NO, I KILL YOU.
What movie character would you like to be?	TOO FAST FOR FILM
Do you go to camp for the summer?	NINJA CAMP
Ever been bit by a snake?	NINJA TRAINING
Have you been on a boat?	NINJA WALK ON WATER
Name of friend you have known the longest?	FRIEND?
Do you like jumping on a trampoline?	NINJA TRAMPOLINE
Ever break a bone?	ALL THE TIME - IT DOESN'T HURT ANYMORE
Name of favorite Aunt/Uncle?	I KILLED THEM
What is your ultimate job?	LEADER OF NINJA VILLAGE
Do you want to walk on the moon?	ALREADY HAVE
Can you name the seven dwarfs?	NINJAS DON'T LIKE DISNEY - MICKEY MOUSE JOB IS UNDERCOVER
Favorite TV show?	TV?
Apples or oranges?	(ninja)
Favorite model of car?	UMM, WELL UMM, CAR?
Favorite flower?	POISONOUS ONE
Favorite color?	NO COLOR - BLACK
Besides family, ever have someone of the opp sex in your bedroom?	NINJA DON'T NEED THAT (ninja celibate)
Ever climb out your bedroom window?	OF COURSE I'M A NINJA - NO DOORS
Do you live in an apartment or house?	NINJA SECRET
How many times in the last month have you had the hiccups?	TOO LOUD!
Ever laugh so hard milk came out your nose?	NINJA DON'T LAUGH
How many cousins do you have?	THEY ALL DEAD
Do you believe in ghosts?	IF A NINJA CAN'T KILL IT - IT DOESN'T EXIST
If you were a bird, what would you be?	GIRAFFE
Ever get stitches?	ALL THE TIME - ITS FUN TO EMBROIDER MY SKIN
If you could, would you want to know what your future was going to be?	NINJA ALREADY KNOW
How many kids do you want to have?	NINJA SECRET
If you could change your name, what would it be?	I WOULD LIKE TO BE CALLED GUSTAV
Dogs or cats?	NINJA DOGS
Who do you tell your problems to?	NINJA DOGS
Who can your tell your secrets to and know they wont tell?	NINJA DOGS
Do you believe in love at first sight?	I BELIEVE IN KILLING AT FIRST SIGHT
Do you go to church?	NINJA CHURCH
Would you marry outside your religon?	NINJA DON'T GET MARRIED
Volleyball or tennis?	TOO LOUD!
How many people were at your last party?	TEN NINJA AT RAIDING PARTY
Ever ride in a limo?	NINJA WOULD RATHER CARRY A PURSE THAN RIDE ONE OF THOSE
Ever drink champagne?	ONLY SAKE
Favorite dinner?	CUP RAMEN (ninja food)
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

American Superheroes vs. Japanese Superheroes
Yesterday, er today... um... *both, I was happy to see Superman the Movie. It was spectacular looking and I don't regret having seen it - like that Soul Plane movie (shudders). Although the conflict was somewhat predictable... there were some conflicts with continuity I noticed and my friend decided to elaborate on. I won't spoil the movie for anyone, but he has a theory that involves shotgun force propulsion and assumes Superman has an inhuman personal moral code (He stands for justice... I stand around), while I assume that movies that involve Superman are going to appeal to chicks as far as the storyline is involved. It probably does (I couldn't know for sure), and that is why his theory was not included in the movie. I, personally, enjoyed the movie much more than my friend because I am not an American-comic fan. American comics just have continuity problems WAY more often than manga. I also have problems with superheroes that wear tight clothing (that aren't female). Superheroes should not fight crime in outfits that look so uncomfortable. Most often, I would admit "I'd never wear that, even if it was what gave me the superpowers." Unless the superpowers involved some kind of x-ray vision (I have problems with seeing through things). Animated Japanese Superheroes - Define superhero again? Speed Racer? NO (why did I type Speed Racer?) Witch Hunter Robin? Maybe... (definitely not tight clothing) Goku? Well, He definitely has that "saving the world all the time" thing. Yes. Kenshin? If he could just do something I couldn't... :P I say no. Others that I either can't decide on or just don't know enough about to decide: Dirty Pair, uh, Tsukasa(.HACK), (my brain hurts), and I can't think of anymore without research. Animated American Superheroes - (so easy to list) Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash Gordon, The Flash (they aren't the same, right?), Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, All of the X-men, Captain Kirk, Captain America, (controversy), The Shield, The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, The [insert adjective here], The Martian Manhunter, The (old) Teen Titans (now it's "anime"), Spawn, The Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, and The A-Team. The vast majority of these American heroes have been drawn with or have worn tight clothing regularly during their superhero careers (mostly when in costume). Not only that but as a child who grew up with GI Joe and those cartoons that had that same comic-book feel, many of them lacked plot depth that could be appreciated by young people. Good plots don't solve all the problems at the end of the episode unless they are pure comedy - like Family Guy or South Park. When it comes down to who would win in a fight, the American Superheroes win in numbers. In comparison, the attributes lean more toward Japanese Superheroes. While I ascribe to the theory that Ranma is the most powerful character ever (nobody in that show ever dies), I'll put my bets on Goku and the Z Forces of Toriyama's Earth. My reasons: American superheroes can't shoot blasts of energy powerful enough to destroy the planet. American Superheroes can't be brought back to life by unexplained and yet reasonable methods American Superheroes (other than Batman) don't spend any time training American Superheroes have to hide who they are more often than not. American Superheroes have set limitations to make them more "human" Japanese Superheroes don't even have to look human. Japanese Superheroes can die in the middle of a storyline, while American Superheroes die to end a storyline. Japanese Superheroes don't have to be idolized or envied or even recognized by other characters in the story. The most important reason why I like Japanese Superheroes over American Superheroes is the lack of continuity problems the Japanese Superheroes have. If there were fewer people trying to continue the brainchild superhero of someone else, the original writers would have their own ending and that would be it. The scientific and mostly unrealistic explanations of their resurrections would be gone, and we would all be rid of cliche'd saviors.
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

All megalomania set aside...

What Color Eyes Should You Have? ( With Anime Pictures ^-^ )

You should have red eyes. You are.. well.. intent on enslaving the human race and dominating the world. You take pleasure in killing people and small animals, especially the cute and cuddly variety. Just.. um.. try to calm down.
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Krusty Blogs for the first time ever
Hello, as this is my first online journal EVER, dont expect me to be some kind of super user who can post anytime of anyday, WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT!!! -_-' Sorry, my typing skills get angry when I use them. But i don't really use the internet much and writing things about myself is a little difficult. As a fan of anime culture living in north Texas, I recently spent three days at A-kon, where - to my surprise - my manga artist muse awakened. I found myself drawing panels (right to left as they should be) and creating humor on a visual medium (paper & pencil). I much enjoyed what I wrote (mostly because of the ninja and lack of consistency of realism and the ninja (mostly the ninja)). It was based loosely on my experiences of my arrival at the Adam's Mark Hotel (if you can call taking real life and adding pulpish comedy "based on"). I hope to post a scanlation of this in about a month (it really depends on how long it takes me to get my butt in gear and photoshop my terrible sketches into something more bearable and detailed). Translation Notes (Krusty - English) If a few of you readers haven't already noticed (I use a lot of PARENTHESES). Get used to it, its just my way of "writing in the margins". I'd really love to read your thoughts about me... on second thought - that might not be a good idea... well, I'm not stopping you.
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