You just wouldn't get it.

Missin' Europe already.

2007-08-01T10:45:52Z

Bah. Sucks to be home.

I never thought I'd enjoy that trip so much. I feel like writing about it, which is ironic because I hated doing that freaking journal during the trip. But is that annoying this meant staying on that trip a day longer I'd do it.

Eh. There's no much to really miss at home. I mean, there's a lot I thought I'd miss, I missed them while I was in New Jersey, but I just don't give a fuck about them now. Sorry internets, I don't love you as much anymore.

It breaks my heart that I'll probably never see or talk to most of the other delegates again. In the van on the way back to the limo terminal, Ethan said that after one year we'd probably forget everyone's name. I don't doubt that, but I feel a lot more attached to the people I met there (even if on the trip we were just acquaintances) than probably everyone at home.

Oh, except some certain people. Like that fat cunt. And that little prick, and his older form. Although with the last one I wish I *did* see him one more time, only because I severely regret not decking him in the face before the trip ended. I also won't miss blondie that much. Yeah, yeah, she follows the fatass all the time, but on her she's a stuck up bitch on her own too, she's just better about covering up her bitchyness. Just spend two minutes with her and you'll see what I mean.

But still, they didn't ruin the experience for me. I think that trip bettered me some, but now that I'm home I think I'mm being pulled back into my old habits. I want out really bad. I think I'd be a wonderful person if I wasn't here.

And for fucks sake I'm not even enthused about sewing a Yuna costume for someone else right now. Don't get me wrong, she's awesome and I've always wanted to make Yuna's outfit. And I usually enjoy sewing for others more than sewing for myself...but I'd just rather be in Europe right now.

Away

2007-07-23T21:06:53Z

In Europe.

Huzzuh.

First night in London, we had to leave UKSA this morning which sucked, spending three weeks there actually might seem more appealing to me that this whole three week trip alll over Europe. Well, I'm enjoying the trip, but UKSA was really, really fun. And the instructors were nice, unlike our jack ass delegation leaders. Well, most of them are nice, but Julie is a whore. Hmm, what was I going on about now? Oh yeah, UKSA instructors are hot. Really fuking hot. Especially Allie (sorry if I mispelled that). I got a picture with Stella (what's up with chick names for the dudes in England?) but the person who took the pic fucked up and he pulling away in the picture and has his eyes shut. It's real charming. I also have a nice picture with a cute guy named Devin (again, sorry about spelling) from Amsterdam, but that's on someone else's camera, so i gott go find it I like that picture, mostly because he put his arm around my waist.

*cough*

Anyways, I really like Amsterdam and USKA, I want to got back to both again (hopefully in my own wetsuit next time!}. THe only thing is there's a noteable amount of anti-American sentimentfloating around here, like that asshole bus driver we had today, butI'm to tired to type about that now.

I smeared gum on the bottome on the bus seat. Douche.

Yummy.

2007-07-12T03:04:21Z

So I watched the trailer finally. Um, I actually don't have too much to say...Is Flynn still doing Raiden? I thought he was, but he sounds very different. Not that it's a bad thing it suits the new Raiden well, it's just that some of the other actors didn't change very much and don't seem to suit their new roles. I mean, Snake and Cambell aren't cyborgs now, but they're older and their voices don't really reflect that. There is a change, it' just kinda small. And towards the end there was some...fruitiness. But Vamp vs Raiden was still badass. Very, very basass. It was down right orgasmic. And did Vamp all of a sudden turn into Fortune? It damn well seems like it.

Oh, and is that Niaomi in the helicopter?

And who's the random immune guy and why is he immune?

And nooo! It's now dated early 2008. Bah well, hopefully it'll still be before March.

Now I'm going to watch it again for the bajillionth time.

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

2007-07-11T20:28:36Z

Apparently the MGS4 trailer revealed today is going to be exclusively avalible in the Playstation Store. Fuck. They do this when I've three hours away from my freaking PS3. You'd think it would get posted on the interenet somewhere but nooo. No one wants to post in on the internet for some reason. Maybe the Sony fanboys are rubbing it in the Xbots' faces.

It's that time of year again!

2007-07-11T20:19:00Z

Yep, yep, yep. E3 kicked off today. Or that thing that somewhat resembles E3 but downsized and butchered that going down in SoCal today. I've been busy today, so I haven't gotten a chance to looks at anything yet, but I've got my fingers crossed that there will be some Metal Gear and Starcraft goodness waiting for me.

Happy birthday Metal Gear!

2007-07-07T20:28:23Z

It's 7/7/7 (also a Saturday, coincidentally) and it's The 20th anniversary of Metal Gear! Woo!

Just thought I'd share. I should celebrate it somehow...

*Gets under a cardboard box.*

Hells yeah. Only tools celebrate Bungie Day.

Jugular.

2007-07-03T03:06:57Z

I think if everybody has such a big problem with me becoming a software engineer, I might just do it to piss them all off.

I cannot take anybody who orders a "Naruto Roll" seriously.

2007-06-27T19:57:34Z

HEY 'YALL.

Guess who's in Jersey?

I AM!

Working at a hibachi place called East Tokyo, it's a pretty nice place. The sook sei (or however you'd latinize that) is nice too. They've got hibachi tables, a dining room, and a sushi bar...and...

A NARUTO ROLL!

I first learned about it when a customer ordered it on the phone, and it took all the self restraint I had to not burst out laughing.

Anyways, I wish I was home. No Hero or WoW for me here in Jersey, it makes me a sad panda. I just got some spiffy new armor to, and I was really close to getting the cryptic armor, which for a week (of wear time) gives you +5% exp, and the boots add an additional 5%. And I was close to having enough money to buy a great wolf, it's actually not a lot of money, but I have a habit of blowing all my cash as soon as I get it. And besides all those reccent quests that require me to go to the Southern Plains keep eating up my gold, it's 10,000 to transport there, but I go through the Central Marketplace and it's 1,000 that way.

Bah. Hero has sucked up all of my attention.

Also, why do they call the flying lion a flying lion when it doesn't fly? Well, I haven't seen it fly, but I can' buy one and see though, because it's a hinters mount. As an assasin the only mount I can have (besides horse, of course) is a great wolf.

I WANT TO MOVE TO ALASKA AND LIVE WITH BADTZ MARU.

Kirby time.

2007-06-26T01:16:45Z

Gotta fix my SAA, barrel got fucked up, hopefully I can post pictures of it later.

-.-;

2007-06-21T17:51:50Z

First off this is just a brief article on some of the new stuff in GTA IV, interesting, so now running over people is "quite disturbing" hmm...sounds like my kind of game. There's other stuff I really like, but I"ve got something else on my mind...

Namely my English grade.

So, report cards came in today. It wasn't very pleasant. I mean, I don't ever think I'll meet my parent's expectation, but I kinda did have crappy grades this year so they've been dangling the FC over my head. And guess what? If my English grade was just three points higher, I would have gotten it. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

I think I'll go kill myself now.

PAPERCRAFTS!

2007-06-20T19:01:00Z

So, I've always kinda avoided paper craft. Just didn't appeal to me. Some of it was really impressive, a lot of it looked dumb, and it just seemed so dorky, spending so much time glueing together little flimsy models.

But...it's so addictive.

Here's a cute little bunny with a cleaver. I'm going to try and shop out thos fold lines and then hang him by a string.

RX7 FC, it was originally yellow, so I had to shop it white, and I added RedSuns on either side and 490 TAP to the licinse plate (long story), but it came out like crap because THE DAMN THING DIDN'T EVEN FIT TOGETHER. I had to clip it in a few places, and it still looked like crap, I hate these boxular car crafts anyways. It looks crappy, and it's not my fault. And I was so fed up with it by the time I got to the lights, mirrors and vent I did it super sloppy. Oh, well. I'm still hoping some scams of The Special Version Initial D Papercraft Book is floating around somewhere. That was some hard core papercraft. Like they had special sheets for the windows and lights and everything. Freaking ace. Also, in addition to Ryoske's car, I want Dahling's car, the 86, and, of course, the Buntamobile.

Dahling is so awesome. I actually (suprise, suprise) enjoyed that little arc in which that chick with the single turbo FD. Poor her though, missed out on some Keisuke action.

So cute I couldn't resist. But damn is my desk dusty.

And I redid The Prince, and it came out awesome, not like the first one which was shit. It's not glued to the dashboard of someone's Jeep.

I also have a buch I haven't taken pictures of yet, maybe later. Rightnow I'm working one RAY and Cerberus, Cerburus was supposed to be wicked hard, it's actually not as scary as it looks, just tedious with all of the little peices and the teeth. RAY, however, is confusing the fuck outta me. It was supposed to be easier than Cerberus, but I have no fucking clue what I'm doing with it.

Yay for Badtz Maru papercraft! I finally found one!

kerotan_frog @ 2007-06-18T18:04:00

2007-06-18T22:04:32Z

Let's talk about ports.

Sony asks for loyalty. Nintendo doesn't need it. M$ buys it.

With pokets as deep as Bill Gate's, you have a pretty freaking huge advantage over other companies in the video game industry. They can buy (almost) any game or series they want, and at times secure exclusive content.

But daaamn, twenty-five million a pop for each episode of downloadable content for GTA IV, I would think for that much you'd just buy the whole dang game. But Sony probably already secured the release, thank God they did, because I'd be pissed if the whole franchise became an 360 exclusive.

Either way, if I had to choose a console in this situation, I would still stand by my PS3, since I'd still get GTA IV just minus the extra content (which would have to basically make up half the game to even have me thinking of buying a 360 soley for it) and also because of (duh!) Metal Gear. And Kojima seems to be a Sony fanboy, so yay for that. Not to mention Japan as a whole prefers the PS3, isn't it outselling the 360 over there? And who even holds the publishing rights to Metal Gear, Kojima or Konami? Konami might cave if they got an offer of generous as Take Two's, but still, they might have to drop Kojima's name on the game and that just maight make some fanboys cry (seriously, I shit you not, some Metal Gear fans are just so damn sensitive about crap...on the other hand I would be turned off if they dropped his name, but I'd still buy it).

One thing I never understood about MS though, they can buy any freaking title they want, yet they just can't hire a good PR guy. Nope. They just simply refuse to. So instead we get douche bags like this.

Fuck, I've got some white latex stuffs on my shorts. I liked this particular pair.

This is what happens when I have a little too much free time...

2007-06-17T19:34:03Z

THE PRINCE OF ALL COSMOS!

Next project: Cerberus as seen in Kingdom Hearts I/Hercules...or Solid in the box, but I"m hoping to find a Rex somewhere.

I know my prince looks messy, that's because it is. It's my first paper craft, I kinda suck at it.

kerotan_frog @ 2007-06-15T00:41:00

2007-06-15T04:43:55Z

I like blowing bubbles. It just makes me so God damn happy. How can you be upset blowing bubbles? And I think I look pretty cool with blue-grey eyes. But kinda idiotic at the same time, but still, friggin' ace, man. Maybe if I can pretend to be Brazilian it might work out better, but I seriously doubt I could even pose as someone with just a drop of Brazilian blood in their veins, nevermind a purebred. But people have said I don't quite look Chinese to them.

I drew the stupidist thing today, I'll give you a hint, it was OD, and there was some tulle involved. And alternates. And...stuff. I like it though.

Gawd, I'm killing Adella right here and now, she from now on will be Adeline (wow, big change, I know) and I'll revamp her desing, I just feel like an ass with the original one, but I still want the character to be called Adel. I'm struggling though, to work out a design that suits the character, is easy on the eyes, and is easy to draw in a lot of angles. Blarg. She's still semi inspired.

Bleh, I'm feeling really sick, my throat is killing me.

Glee

2007-06-14T03:50:18Z

So. My camera came in the mail today, it's just a little digital number, but I love it to bits. It's black, seven megapixels, and it's nothing fancy but I want to go and take a whole bunch of pictures now.

Alas, I take just a few, nothing much to photograph around the house.

You can see my sewing machine's guts. Yay! You can see the gear I somehow managed to strip. What the fuck? How the hell did that happen?

Just a ninja in a thoughtful pose. Like the contacts? Cat pupils with a really neat grey blue and just of hint of green hue to them. Bleh, when I have time I'll take some nice pictures where not everything is messed up, but now I'm too lazy.

You know...I have one very guilty pleasure I rarely admit...it makes me feel dirty just saying it, but...I sorta, kinda, maybe...once in a looong while I might...listen to just a little bit of Dashboard Confessional...um, sometimes...

Don't stone me! Please!

Anyways, I brought it up, because it has come to my attention that there is an electric version of "Hands Down" in addition to the acoustic I'm used to. WHY WASN'T I TOLD ABOUT THIS SOONER? Eh, I might like the acoustic version more, or maybe I like them both equally...anyways, I was just pointing it out because I'm going to try and pick up my guitar again and learn it.

God Save the Queen.

2007-06-12T01:17:25Z

I've spent to much time away from my usual internet stuffs.

Like, whoa my God, there's Peter Moore's GTAIV tat, I've been wondering where he put that. I've seen his Halo one already.

I find it kinda funny that MS is trying to shake their "hardcore rep" while their toting this guy around, not to mention those three fem-nazis, although I know Moore's not a major hindrance in that aspect, but it's just kinda ironic. Who could blame they guy? He was SEGA before, chairman or something.

And this I saw a while ago, but I saw it again today and it just made me smile on the inside.

HA, HA, HA GET IT? NO? Fine, I'll be quiet.

Where'd I go? I'm to dead in the head to write anything.

Some...interesting links...

2007-06-09T22:54:47Z

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/FrozenBlueIce/DSCF2278.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/calendarioromano/index.html

http://www.ksontheweb.com/ift/articles/article.ift?artid=5894&cat_id=24

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312722753/sr=1-3/qid=1145754888/ref=sr_1_3/102-5938424-2062505?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books

To tired to comment now, maybe later. Maybe I'll submit the first link to Kotaku, but it's a couple of years old.

kerotan_frog @ 2007-05-30T18:13:00

2007-05-30T22:14:30Z

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/3170/photo053007004pc2.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4887/photo052807004fc7.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8498/photo053007001uk9.jpg

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8493/photo053007002ea0.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9972/photo053007003au0.jpg

No, Wanderer!

2007-05-26T18:43:10Z

After finally getting my paper out of my way I've got time for more important things. Like Shadow of the Colossus! I picked it up again yesterday and fought the gecko-like colossus, no idea what his proper name was but I think it was the seventh. And it was just fucking amazing, so kept on playing.

The ending was pretty good. Controlling Dormin was hard though, all the guys I was attacking ended up getting out alive, although I don't I could have killed them anyways. When I controlled the possessed I did end up getting close to Mono, but on the last few steps I hit an invisible wall so I gave up. That was a very sad part, I wish the put in a little cut-scene for those that spent time getting up to her, just like a little one where he reaches out, and the shadows retract from his hand, and just barely brushes her cheek before he get pulled back. Oh well, it was a wonderful ending, and Agro lives! I was so upset when he fell. He has a broken leg though, aww, poor Agro. So, um, yeah. I kinda like to think that Mono and Wanderer were brother and sister, but Mono being his beloved seems more likely (well, actually they're both equally possible since he never makes an adorous gesture towards her, but lover's is just the vibe I get from it, but I'm not a really romantic person, so I like the brother sister idea a bit more, then again, blood doesn't have to mean a damn thing). Mono doesn't seem to know Agro though, odd. When I started the game fro some reason I thought that they were strangers and for some strange reason Wanderer was responsible for her death, in directly in an accident of something similar, and felt guilty so went to go ressurect her, but now after play there are so many things that signify that Wandered had a connection to Mono, weather he was a stranger or not to Mono is still up in the air, oh well. Story theories will be saved for another day.

Got to pick up ICO sometime. And Mono is a horrible name for a girl.

Fin!

2007-05-25T01:31:58Z

Sent out that paper for Mrs. Fitzgerald yesterday. Yay! That's outta the way!

Now I just got finals.

And Europe. Ugg.

And those new GTA IV screens released to day were, well, a wee disappointing. Undeniably good, I just expected better.

Eh...

2007-05-22T21:13:02Z

Some slightly gross, icky stuff ensues.

Okay, my left ear is getting pretty bad, no signs of infection, but it's really tender, going without earrings until it heals up. Actually, the hole itself isn't horribly painful, but I have this weird bump, I can feel it through the thin flesh of my ear lobe, it's spherical, and it hurts like a bitch. It's getting big fast to, so big it got between the ends of my plug and got pinched (which hurts like a bitch) and inadvertently pushed on my already tender hole. I probably should get this thing looked at, I have no fucking clue what it is, I just know it's big and it hurts. My little hoops, the really tiny ones, have seem to have gone missing too, so I have nothing to wear in my ears, all the better I guess, should have waited until my piercing wasn't so tender in the first place.

And on top of all that, I feel like crap! I think I almost hacked up a lung today. The nurse gave me some stuff to help, but it didn't really help much at all, and it made everything I ate today, even hours later, taste horribly bitter even though what she gave me was a yummy mint flavor.

Gah! And I still have an English paper to finish!

Taking a little study break.

2007-05-20T23:12:30Z

Spent hours and hours and hours on my english paper. So now I'm taking a bit of time off, I'm still not finished with it though, I'll have to keep working on it in just a bit. Anyways, thought I'd share that piece I was coloring.

All of my progress as of so far. I actually just finished the base colors, but I always get impatient with stuff so as you can see I jumped the gun a bit and did a little shading a highlighting before I finished all the basic colors. The shading looks horrible though, because I usually slob on a load of color and then use the eraser and other tools to shape it, so, yeah. And I tried something new for highlights, the lips look okay, but on the hair it looks like shit. Still have no fucking clue of to dodge/burn efficiently.

Oh, and Dan ended up not being much of a help at all...although it wasn't entirely his fault...

Yeah, so I just changed my plans for the background. It's going to be a wall and sky now, which after looking at jadeedge's coloring, I think will look very nice. If I don't fuck it up. Which I probably will. Gaw, let's just hope I finish this one. Oh, and even though I made the wall brick colored it won't be brick, 'cha, yeah, like I could do that.

One without the shadows and highlights. I really should rethink the colors. My original palette was coincidentally very close to jadeedge's, so I decided to make mine very bright and sorta punk-raver thing, it sucked. And those thong straps are really bother me, I think I'll change them to basic black.

Wow. I didn't intend to write so much, but I've been writing about Nadine Gordimer all day, now that I've been given a chance to write about something else I just get all type-happy.

Oh, and if for some reason I need more than one cake on my birthday, I want this one in addiction to a box cake.

The sad thing is that I get most of the similies on that list...

2007-05-20T14:32:06Z

So after reading how one man's relationship with his ex was like playing DOOM II on Nightmare mode, someone wrote up a niftly list of 52 video game/relationship similies, enjoy!

Our relationship is like…

1. Killer 7. I don’t understand what you’re saying, and I don’t even know who I am any more.
2. Resident Evil 4. I’m protecting you from all the world’s evils, and you won’t even let me look at your pants.
3. Super Mario Kart. I’m sabotaging the progress of others to reach the rainbow road.
4. Tetris. Shit keeps piling up.
5. Bust A Move. You keep bursting my bubble.
6. Rayman: Raving Rabbids. I’m being put through a series of bizarre trials with little hope of success.
7. Red Steel. I’m just waving my hands in the air and nothing is happening.
8. Harvest Moon. I must always tend our crops to reap a magical harvest.
9. The Sims. Everything keeps breaking down.
10. Shadows of the Colossus. The cost is so great, I’m not sure I even want it any more.
11. Nintendogs. We never really go anywhere, and all I do is clean up your shit.
12. Super Mario Bros. I keep hitting my head against the ceiling and falling down holes.
13. Katamari Damacy. I want to roll you up into my life.
14. The Legend of Zelda. We just keep doing the same things over and over again, just in slightly different ways.
15. Animal Crossing. All my letters and gifts won’t guarantee that you’ll stay.
16. Silent Hill. I’ve never got a clear view of things.
17. Guitar Hero. We have poor timing.
18. Hotel Dusk: Room 215. You never answer a question straight.
19. Sonic The Hedgehog. I’m always running blindly into danger, and I never seem to have any rings for you.
20. Lemmings. I’m trying to save it, but I really just want to hit the nuke button.
21. Dance Dance Revolution. I keep tripping over myself.
22. Chibi Robo. I can never get our house clean.
23. World of Warcraft. I think I’m having fun, but it’s really just a grind.
24. Track and Field. I never seem to rub your buttons fast enough.
25. Gears of War. Even with all my macho posturing, you still don’t take me seriously.
26. Paper Mario. Some people might think it’s flat and lifeless, but they’re not looking at it from the right angle.
27. Kirby’s Dream Land. No matter how hard I suck, I can’t get you all in my mouth.
28. Paperboy. You don’t want what I’m trying to deliver.
29. Wario Ware. Every three seconds, it changes.
30. Wii Sports. It was fun at first, but now my shoulders hurt.
31. Ico. You’re completely helpless, and I’m sick of dragging you around everywhere.
32. Trauma Center: Under the Knife. The operation that would be required to save it is utterly ludicrous.
33. Parappa the Rapper. Perfect rhythm, bright colours.
34. Super Princess Peach. I’m pushing all your emotional buttons, but you’d rather I just left you alone with your vibe-scepter.
35. Grand Theft Auto. I think it’s full of possibility, but you’ll only let me progress if I do it your way.
36. Tie Fighter. I’m having more fun being the bad guy.
37. Punch-Out. I hit you a lot, but you never seem to go down for me.
38. Electroplankton. I’m never going to have anything to show for my time.
39. Mortal Kombat. I used to think you were so cool. Now I have no idea what I was thinking.
40. Ghouls and Ghosts. Punishing.
41. Bomberman. My plans always seem to blow up in my own face.
42. Oregon Trail. It’s dying of dysentery.
43. Street Fighter II. Once you start slapping me, I don’t know what to do to make you stop.
44. Ultima VII. You think I’m a symbol of perfection, but really I’m a sociopathic, thieving bastard.
45. Metal Gear Solid. You just won’t shut up.
46. Pokemon. I’m supposed to be your best friend, and yet you keep throwing me into battles against my will.
47. Final Fantasy. No matter what we go through, we’re fully refreshed after a good night’s sleep.
48. Pro Evolution Soccer. It’s the same thing every time I come back, but it seems to get worse as we go on.
49. Space Invaders. We’ve got a lot of fond memories of it, but we can’t go back.
50. Pac-Man. You keep stuffing your face and trying to avoid old ghosts.
51. Crackdown. I feel like Superman.
52. Duke Nukem Forever. I don’t think it’s ever going to start, is it?

Starcraft 2.

2007-05-19T23:37:06Z

So, that big announcement Blizzard said they'd have today? That's right, fuck yeah. I woke up early just to geek out over the site. Fucking orgasmic.

I would have been pissed if it was a WoW expansion pack. Thank God it wasn't just another expansion pack.

Off to Dan's he's going to help me with some line art I'm trying to color (audiophile by jadeedge), I want to do the background in a specific way. And I want to see if I can use a filter or something to tune down the colors, since looking at what I cave done now it's way too bright. I always suck at picking colors.

Also, what the fuck? Sephiroth is not hotter than Solid Snake! No way! And LEON is number one? Well, I guess it's better than having yet another Square guy.

And there's are some bits she need to correct in the list of games they've appeared in, there are quite a few mistakes.

Just a happy day.

2007-05-19T02:11:28Z

Dang it some people. I was for irked and then she just made me happy. It was an akward happy, but it was happy nonetheless. She's very sweet, and nice, I haven't even exchanged a word with her, but she's so nice to be around. I feel a little cruddy too, but she's just so nice. And she's tolerant of the dogs, and the dogs seem to like her back, which just makes everything better. She's very pretty too. Very pretty.

I had this big long thing I wanted to write, but, she makes me feel good, I don't feel like writing that stuff anymore.

Going to work on my term paper.

My day was horrible, how can one person be so great?