Asian Movies: Hero (英雄)

Yes, another Jet Li movie. But this time, he's Nameless! So I can keep calling him Jet Li. :D

My sister and I were very much amused by the colors. They battled in red. But no, they battled in blue. Actually, they wore white!

White. Purity? Truth? Or death? (This is a Chinese movie.)

Check it out! They're wearing green now!

Asian Movies: Kiss of the Dragon

So I first watched this movie a million years ago and I've been a fan of martial arts flicks ever since. You could say it's my guilty pleasure, although I'm not really ashamed of it. :D

I was probably six or seven, sitting in some shack in the Philippines watching it from a VCR (Oi, technologie ancien) and begging "Uncle" (probably some fourteen year old neighbor or my eleven year old cousin) to replay it. I've never forgotten the part where he [Jet Li] inserts the needle into Richard neck and talks about what will happen to him.

"The blood from your whole body goes to your head... it stops there... never comes down. But soon, it will come out of your nose, your ears, and even your eyes... and then... you will die... painfully..."

I still don't know Jet Li's character's name. I just call him Jet Li.

Didn't his hair just look awesome in this movie? 8D

So, kids don't blog anymore?

Because of this, I shall now increase my blog posting rate. That, and the fact that I have no access to Twitter these days. I miss you, Steven!

Too bad I have absolutely nothing to blog about. I could complain about how much school is a torture chamber, but everyone knows that.

Aha! I watched Asian movies over the weekend! I could talk about that! Good idea, Becca!

School

Again, I'm at the "Por que?!" stress check point of the semester. Seriously, the four day weekend was not nice to me. Or rather, I wasn't very nice to it. I'm pretty much just waiting around for Spring Break to be up and here already. But everything under the sun is a waste, anyways.

comic from xkcd,com

What the hell am I doing?

I just caught myself on the admissions page for my hometown's university. What the hell is driving me to even think about applying in this town? Shoot, in this state?

I thought myself and I already had this conversation. We aren't staying here, Rebecca. We're going far, far away and never coming back.

So, yeah. I'm looking forward. 8D

Here, have some art:

photo courtesy of MOMA

I think he'd be one of our characters in NxD. I'm not sure if he's N or D. Both? Vote.

Hey, Holly! If you're reading this, this guy has a nose like your's!

Interviewed

I love getting interviewed. I think it's because I love it when the school newspaper comes out, I highlight every section contributed by me, and then toss it aside. I'm so fucking self-centered, Ilove it. I think it's like the whole premise for my blog.

Another thing I like: math jokes.

comic courtesy of xkcd.com/849

I will now proceed to White Collar.

There is no okay way to pronounce Uranus.

Seriously. Try it.

Pigs in a blanket

... are delicious. Good breakfast stuff. What's better than pigs in a blanket? Pigs in a blanket with syrup.

Anyways, I have about 3 and a half hours of quality episode time to catch up on (I finished watching Burke's Seven yesterday after school, but the next episode just came out on Hulu). See what happens when you get behind? I know, it's the best. :D

I have faithfully re-addicted myself to the MIT blogs, although I already talked to myself about not applying there. Bad news: I'm must be relapsing. Good news: I read somewhere (more like, "the sentence ran past me as I was scrolling down") that relapsing is vital to the rehabilitation process.

Yeah; to destroying it! Snort, snort.

See ya later.

So...

How ya been? Had a nice weekend? Good! Good. Good. Good.

Well, I'm so tired (again) I could throw up. But I will survive! Because Anthropology is in another forty-five minutes or so and, so far, Anthropology has left a good impression on meh. Nudity and racist jokes! Oh, yeah!

Do ever get the impression that your teacher hates you? Yeah. And I hadn't even fallen asleep yet. Injustice.

Weeeell, I'm reading through random articles from Psychology Today and I've managed to muddle myself over whether I'm introverted (as I previously believed) or I'm extroverted (as my ability to gain steam over the course of a party seems to suggest). A mongrel offspring of the two? Psychology Today has also got me questioning whether I should conform to the American ideal of beauty (or at least make a French effort). Goddamn you, you crazy people people! I was contentedly shy and ill-groomed up until a half hour ago! Now you want me to reflect upon these things and make conscientious decisions?!

Two points from introvert. That sounds like I just punished a Hogwarts house. Two points from Indrovyrtpaw!

The announcements for candidates in the upcoming (although it seems so far away) 2012 race has also become a source of amusement. Donald Trump. Mitt Romney. Some other guy. I bet $5 with my Dad that Trump won't win (I think Obama is still popular enough, dude, he's Obama).

Later days.

Projects, the Holidays, and Stuff

So, I spent the last four days gradually building back my school-going stamina. My, how I hate school. But with school back in session, so are the writing projects between my friends and me. Here they are:

The Cat and Lavi Tales by Becca, Sarah, and Emily

In truth, it's still untitled, seeing that Emily has yet to make the introduction of her own character, Rosalyn. Will it me called The Cat, Lavi, and Rosalyn Tales? I don't know. Although the plot is pretty insignificant and the alternations between the explicitly stated POV's are pretty typical among internet teen fiction, I refuse to give any details until we find a suitable place of publication (but if you wish to read the beginning chapters that have yet to be updated with revisions, you can visit Sarah's blog). But I will tell you this: it involves a town on the coast of northern California, shape shifters, fortune tellers, vampires, and demons.

The Yaoi by Becca, (Sarah,) Holly, and Emily

Also untitled, this is piece of work is a testimony to what three fan girls do with notebooks and black ink when you confine them to the school campus on the last day before the Christmas festivities after having been deprived of their life force during finals week. It's about a lawyer and a grateful client. When/If we post this, the names will be changed to protect the innocent. :D

LaKami by Becca and Sarah

A future manga (although, I've been thinking about making it a webcomic) still in the works. We have a basic summary for about 80% of the main plot and we definitely expect a bunch of arcs and extras. It'll be very shojo but set in San Francisco, so it's kind of an American take on shojo but may not turn out to be very American at all. The story is basically about three friends who open up a maid café and how the business develops and affects their friendships, futures, and (of course) love lives. Expect development art over the next four months.

My Birthday

Weeeell, I turned 16 last week on the tenth. How am I faring? I feel as though my mom is just pissing herself in anticipation to send me off. Seriously, what kind of present is a California ID? But I did get other presents: acrylic paints, brushes, a comfy pillow, a hamburger shaped USB, some hair clips, and a big-ass gummy bear (that I am using as a dvd bookend until I get especially in the mood for gummy goodness).

Which leads me to Art: the acrylic paints! The Rowney kind from Walmart. But paint is paint, me love! So far, my experimentation time takes place in the dead of the night (which may explain the intro for my last post). I have some good ideas for an illustration poster for LaKami, but I'll save those for this summer. I'm also hoping to get something done for Sandra's birthday in March (since she's been requesting something in black and white for some time, and so far I've gotten the hang of using the black paint) and something for Holly's birthday in June (her much anticipated illustration of her and Harry Potter making out). Things are looking up in the art department.

One last thing: art contests.

Doodle 4 Google is until March 2, so redesign the Google logo according to your fantasy career/life plans.

The 2nd Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest is hosted by the Judiciary of California and Constitutional Rights Foundation. Draw a one panel or short comic about this year's topics: freedom of assembly and the press (I think).

Go forth and conquer.

My eyes will soon fall out of my skull

I need to get my sleep schedule all figgurred out. Hmm... What time should I wake up in the morning to avoid sleeping through second period lecture?

I'm surprised English didn't send me back to the vampires.

Hot Indian vampire:

Photo courtesy of India Forums

Does this make me sound like a demented Twilight fanatic? Cuz I just really like Anmol from Bidaai. He looks like a vampire. :3 I'm glad he gets back together with that one chick in the end. Spoiler? Not if you have any idea of what I'm talking about. If so: chances are you're Indian. Namaste!

I totally don't know anything in Hindi. I had to google that.

Cheers.

Dramas

I've recently become incredibly fond of them. A deep infatuation. On the verge of being obsessed (but not quite there).

NOTE: This picture was replaced by some big gay rant about asking permission to use a photograph (that I obtained through DramaWiki, btw) that they themselves probably did not actually produce. I stick my thumb between the clenched fist of my fore and middle fingers at that bitch. South African style.

I love you, Lee Min Ho. But you have no idea how many gay pictures I had to shift through to find your almost decent likeness. I want to crop that necklace out.

Weekends and Webcomics

Scrimmage and church was interesting and snackful. You can read all about it on Em's blog. This weekend was pretty much a preview of what'll happen next weekend: test studying and food. Hopefully there will be no lines reminiscent of the Depression Era involved.

So I thought I'd dedicate this to the webcomics I read! Which only consists of three.

Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name

by Tessa Stone

★★★★★

The comicker describes it as sugar-coated horror, which it is but it would be more correctly described as hilarious sugar-coated horror. It's about a self-proclaimed paranormal investigator named Hanna and his escapades as told through the narration of his undead assistant. I HIGHLY recommend this one to pretty much anybody! Tess's updates can be pretty sporadic at times (although she is getting better), but it's all very worth it.

The Meek

by Der-Shing Helmer

★★★1/2

As far as posting goes, this comic is still in the slightly confusing exposition (which is upsetting, seeing that it's been around since 2007). The setting is Star Wars esque (sans the light beams and space ships), so it is definitely interesting to explore what Helmer has created. There's action, there's drama, and there's definitely been a lot of suspense (the update goal is supposedly 2 pages a week, I have yet to witness that). It's hard to really describe it so early on, but if you're into SciFi/Action, you'll like this.

The Dreamer

by Lora Innes

★★★★

The story is about the double life of Bea, a teenaged girl who has to juggle between the her normal life in the 21st century and the epic dreams she has where it seems that she can travel back to the American Revolution. Romance in this novel is key! I recommend this to any history fan girl who used to romantically dream about being able to go back in time.

I hope some of you decide to take the time to read these (especially the ones I gave the higher ratings to). I might go back and reevaluate these in three months time or go back and discuss recent developments.

As for my art career: I still have to make that cover and by the end of the four day weekend I'll have something ready for Holly's background. I still have to ask what she wants, but hopefully it'll come out nicely.

I've been playing around with deviantart's muro program. I'm still learning how to use it and so far it's been interesting. I'm not sure how to use the layers and I've been looking for a tutorial (to no avail). Perhaps there is digital art around the corner!

Working it out

I've decided to start messing around with different mediums. I haven't really played around with color since I was in fourth or fifth grade. For some reason I decided to limit myself to graphite doodles in margins these past 5 or 6 years.

So I thought I'd start off with markers:

It's still pretty basic, but I think it's kinda cool. Coloring is fun!

So I have this project that Sarah needs done by Tuesday. She's sending a friend a mixed cd and want me to draw the cover art. I have some sketches floating around, but I'll scan and post the final result sometime on Sunday or Monday. I was originally planning for it to be a watercolor, but I have a unit exam to cram for this weekend, so markers will have to do.