I had a weird conversation with my mom today.
Mom: Nick, how do you spell, "gibberish"?
Me: G-I-B-B-E-R-I-S-H.
Mom: Okay thanks. I hope this Korean guy can understand me. His English sucks.
Me: Well, he won't be able to understand you if you're talking gibberish.
Just for the record, I had already shut down my computer, but thought I'd boot it up again just to write this out. You know, in case I forget.
By the way, I've finally posted something new on my livejournal.
NEW RULES OF THE GAME:
- Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about themselves.
- People who get tagged must type in a blog post of their own three weird things
or habit or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly.
- At the end, you must choose three people to be tagged and list their names.- no tag backs allowed.
These are Melvin's new rules, and I'm sticking to 'em.
Without further ado:
1. I'm real up-to-date with the Naruto and Bleach stories. But I will never admit it. Ever.
Let's see. I frequently check for new chapters, even if I know that I've already read the one released that week. I also like to read The Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan, but I think most people already know that.
I guess the comic book has been an integral part of my life. I grew up with a very arty (and short-tempered) Dad, and a very repressed (but still way arty) Mom. And while not for the comic book itself, they did encourage me to take up some arty past-times.
I remember keeping a book with all my (traced) drawings of my favourite super heroes when I was about 5 or 6. I still have a whole load of comics stowed in the overhead compartment in my room. I don't think I fully understood them at that time, but I just enjoyed checking out the way the characters were drawn.
As for Japanese comics, well, I used to read things like Doraemon, Megaman, Dragon Ball, etc. Never did get a chance to collect them in running order, though, so till now I have no idea what the stories were talking about.
Just for the record, these two are the only Japanese comics (I absolutely hate the term, Manga) I read. Never really found anything else that interested me. Oh, there was Flame of Recca, but I never had the opportunity to finish reading it. And I actually found the plot of Death Note pretty predictable.
2. Till now, I'm still hopelessly intrigued with the Street Fighter Series. But I've never been any good at any of the games.
What can I say? I grew up watching people kick major backside with the likes of Ryu and Ken. My interest in 2-dimentional, side-scrolling, butt-kicking action has always been (and may or may not always be) bordering on obsession. Sure, I may like the thrill of shooting countless people in games like Time Crisis, but that's not really my cup of tea, if you get my drift. My desktop wallpaper currently showcases most of the fighters from Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Turbo 2, and Street Fighter: 3rd Strike. If only to prove my familiarity with the series, I can confidently name all of them. Ah, I'll just upload the picture.
The only playable character missing from this picture is Ingrid, and she's considered non-canon, so she doesn't count.
Oh, and I've never really liked King of Fighters. And the only 3-D fighting game I enjoy is Tekken. Just random info here.
3. I collect coasters.
Yes, I do. My collection is not by any means extensive, and the method of storage leaves a lot to be desired, but I'm somehow drawn to these circular/square/rectangular pieces of cardboard/plastic/clay.
I've got Tiger beer coasters, Guinness coasters, Samuel Adams coasters (from Boston), Mini (the car) coasters, coasters from TCC, Coffee Club, Eski Bar, Hog's Breath Cafe, the American Club, the Speak Good English Movement (don't ask me why they have a coaster. I don't know), and even a shiny Chinese one that I have no idea where I got from. If possible, I keep two of each design (you know, in case I have a sudden urge to have a drink while I'm sorting out my cupboard), and I try to keep them as clean as possible. I've even got clay coasters from Caesars Casino/Palace, but those are my mom's from way before I started collecting, so they don't count.
The main reason why my collection isn't any bigger is because:
1. I'm not a fan of trying out new places to eat.
2. I'm fussy about what I keep. I don't like coasters which are stained by the cups, even if the stain is only caused by water.
3. I don't usually collect from more "common" places, like Pizza Hut for example. Unless the design's really cool.
4. Unfortunately, I often forget to take them home.
That's about it, I think. I welcome any coasters you might have, but no stains, and in a pair, please.
Okay, time to go tag other people.
Random Quote: "Only villains try to change the whole world. The rest of us take it one person at a time."
Experimental Design Studio.
One last presentation and I will have peace of mind.
For a moment.
I'm gonna be weird and prepare extra stuff that I did not put into my powerpoint slides for the presentation.
Just because.
I went to Basheer today, and browsed around for a pretty long time. Turns out that the book I wanted to get really really badly is out of stock. And that chances are that they aren't going to re-stock anytime in the near future.
Oh well.
I wanna watch Rush Hour 3.
Okay.
Turned on the TV just now, and lo and behold, it was showing Queen of the Damned. You know, Anne Rice's third vampire novel made that was made into a movie.
I thought to myself after watching it: "This is a horrendous movie."
I feel lazy today.
Shall try to sleep soon.
Random quote of the day: "I've got the power to make grown men lose control of their bowels."
Good night.
Gonna take a short breather from my assignments.
Haven't been in the mood to update recently.
Watched Resident Evil: Apocalypse. It was bad.
Watched the Korean movie, Volcano High. It didn't make sense at all. And to make things worse, the plot synopsis I read didn't match what I watched in the movie. And to make things even worse, the plot synopsis made more sense then what I watched.
So yeah, my breaks for the past few days (weeks?) have been somewhat un-fulfilling.
My highlight of the week, in fact, was the Runaways Vol. 2 book that I bought. It's brilliant. Okay, so I'm a bit of a sucker for these things.
Runaways is about a group of kids whose parents are villains. The usual stuff happens: kids get powers, butt gets kicked. Details included in the book.
Haven't got much to talk about recently.
Uh, hi?
Oh, by the way, Marilyn Manson's new girlfriend is 19. He's 38. Well, nothing wrong with that, I guess. Heh.
And Fall Out Boy is a bad band. Yuck.
The past 2:12:19 of my life was spent listening to all three My Chemical Romance albums back to back.
Look at the time... My mom should be back soon. Time to eat dinner.
I think love's a fad. Well, the romance novel, Jane Austen or whatsername sort of love is. It's crap. Seriously. Get over it. Totally.
Hm.
I like goth chicks.
Whoops, random (and totally untrue) statement. I'm keeping it cos it's funny.
Just like Eugene doesn't mind fat jokes about him... As long as they're funny.
I realised that I'm listening to a lot of music with alternative tuning recently. Like "One Thing" by Finger Eleven. Or "Iris", "Slide" and "Black Balloon" by the Goo Goo Dolls.
And I'm stealing the word fastly for use in my vocabulary. You know, the opposite of slow is fast, and therefore the opposite of slowly is fastly.
Also the alternative pronunciation of "serious" (se-RI-ous).
I'm too lazy to think of anything coherent to say, so I'm just gonna wait for dinner.
This is the result of me spending about 5 minutes playing around with Adobe Photoshop. I took this picture in Boston, Massachusetts, but it was major-ly overexposed. Can't decide if I should upload it onto my Deviantart account (which has, at the moment, only my severed arm piece in its gallery), because I wanted to specialise in illustration there.
That being said, I definitely need much more practice.
Okay, I drew the sketch in class cos I was bored. I kinda liked it, so I decided to take it home to finish it.
Got home at eleven-ish, ate my dinner, procrastinated, dragged my lazy bum to the living room, plugged my scanner in, cropped the picture, and coloured it in.
Sketch was done with a 4H pencil, with subsequent details added with a HB pencil, then a 2B pencil.
Colour done in photoshop.
I'm a little disappointed with the way the colour turned out. As in, I thought it looked okay, but then the more I looked at it, the more I wasn't sure. But I decided to post it anyway. hah.
The process:
I feel the need to get shot in the back.
I need to finish my work.
I realise that no matter how you try, things will never go the way you want it to.
So to that, I say: Forget it.
I realise that I need to let go of friends I used to know.
Especially if they have never made an effort to contribute to the relationship.
So to that, I say: Forget it.
I realise that I'm only ever going to improve if I stop comparing myself to others.
So to that, I say: Onward! I'm not gonna piss myself off by being a nobody forever!
The Killers are the new drugs for my ears.
I have a new-found liking for Bermudas.
I have a new-found liking for button-front shirts.
I have a new-found liking for striped polo t-shirts (a trend I helped to start in the first place).
I realised that I feel warm all the time in Singapore (Even with air-conditioning).
I realised that a lot of people recognise me by my red Chuck Taylor's.
An image I'm trying to change by wearing checkered Bermudas (which look like boxers).
That, and my Converse sneakers are wearing out.
I love Bundaberg Root Beer!
I just realised that I'm very intrigued with psychology. Maybe I should have studied psychology.
Nah.
I like eating breakfast cereal. Sometimes I actually have it for breakfast.
My favourite fruit is definitely Mango.
I think.
I love Rock!
I'm really sleepy. I can't wait for technology to come to a stage where you just click "send" and poof! you send the file.
And something happened to my blogger.
This sucks.
First day of school for me this month of May.
Heart, don't fail me. Hands, don't let me down.
I was up since seven. For some strange reason.
I still think that I'll be late for school though. Cos my mom just woke up. Okiro.
Can't get used to the weather here.
And once again, my mind is in a dozen places.
