Prophetic Visions: The Decade Before the Decade Back in 1994, anime conventions were not like what you see now. There were no mega-sized convention centers, no huge hotels, no streets full of cosplaying attendees or long lines of people waiting for the big Masquerade or Anime Music Video contests to open up for seating. There was none of that. Even the mere idea that AX could conquer Disneyland was a joke. The possibility of a concert at an anime con? Ludicrous. What the shit is anime? Some feeble artsy shit that no one really cared about. Just some wrinkly stuff you'd find in the back of a comic book shop. You'd be half-lucky if the locals even knew about some of the weird Japanese cartoons and managed to put together a rag-tag club of nerds. Blessed be the Lord if you had even ONE tape of fan-subtitled anime. And God forbid if you were ever caught cosplaying. People thought you were a joke. And those goofballs in Japan? Oh c'mon.
But I had a vision, an idea that someday, somehow, we'd make it work. With inspiration taken from Otaku Generation and just my usual rambling of the cockimaniest ideas at 4am in the goddam morning over IRC, my friends and cohorts thought that, you know, maybe I should draw what I saw in my fucking head. Of course, they laughed at these preposterous ideas. They would NEVER work! Absolutely ludicrous! Textbook FAILURE! Burn it all because you FAIL. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE thought the drawings were a fucking joke.
So the next time you think that I'm doing something wrong, you might want to take a step back and consider that maybe, just maybe, all is not what you were taught to believe.
I'm still terribly busy with a lotta stuff right now, so I can't get to any whimsical musings about 2009 or the whole past decade of history on Usagichan.com and my personal philanthropic adventures just yet. Believe me, I have a lot to talk about. For now, I leave you with a couple of black and white photos I snapped years ago for my long-time friend Victoria. I don't know why, but it reminds me of great days we left behind and greater days to look forward to.
Can you believe it is a new decade?! I remember when the year turned 2000, now it's 2010.
Much has happened for me in the past 10 years, even this past year alone, and I know there is so much more to come in the following year. I raise my glass to the next decade; Here's to 2010!
Just a little bit of background on this. I grew up watching StarBlazers, the English adaptation of the Space Battleship Yamato TV-series back in the 80's. I watched every single episode and watched it again upon the reruns. I went so far as to draw the ship, build scratch models of it from old cardboard tubes, and you know, I was pretty hardcore about the whole thing even when I didn't have any money to play with. So there ya go.
In other news, "Turquoise! Celebrities Embrace The Big Color for 2010". The very thought of Turquoise being a trend (when the pics were clearly taken in 2009) makes me question the article, but since it involves one of my favorite colors, I'd say it was worth a thoughtful mention. I like blue and purple. But I like it even better when you say it in style.
I can't go out today/tonight due to ritualistic Korean bowing preparation (why do these always have to happen so early in the morning?) so I pretty much have the whole day to do... stuff. What should I DO?
I could... ...knit my brother's scarf. ...make necklaces to sell on etsy. ...make that 'lace necklace' that I've been thinking about. ...clean the garage. (slashed because I'm not going to even bother XD) ...do some figure drawing. ...draw some fun superheroes fan art. ...edit and post some drawings. ...make icons for my paid account lj. ...bother the cat. ...read fanfics. ...read a book. ...watch Muppet Show dvds. ...or dvds in general. ...take a walk and run some errands. ...plan to make something delicious. (slashed because it's unlikely to happen today or tomorrow) ...play video games. ...do some End of Year tidying. ...just sit on my ass and space out. ...clean bathrooms. ...listen to a lot of BBC Radio 4. ...think about the past year.
No copyright infringement intended I was lucky to see Lady Gaga at Nokia Theatre for her Monster Ball Tour. And I of course have fallen in love with her song Speechless. So I have been in a real cover song mood lately! Lol! As you have seen in my videos. Anyway here is my cover of Speechless!
I'm thinking of doing video journals Starting on the first of January. and doing one everyday of 2010 and storing them on my external hard drives... the reason why I won't do them for youtube is mostly because i don't want to edit them, i can't stand looking or hearing myself. I want to do this so that there's evidence left behind that i existed. I feel that I will eventually fade away into obscurity.
here they are!! .. just follow this link I was going to be lazy and not give a sample but what else am I doing? LOL Space Space Space Space ( +1 under the cut )
I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one that enjoyed this episode. o_O; I can't be the only one out there, can I? Sure it made my brain go gooey but it did it in such an entertaining way!
What was so damn important that i hung on to life last year? what couldn't I let go? Why Did i beat the odds? I know if i were to go through it again, i wouldn't have the strength to. I'd hope i would be intelligent enough just to let go... for me, I feel like I just gave Death a Raincheck and he'll be coming to collect at anytime. At this point it feels more like "on layaway" than anything else. Death WILL come for me again. its all a matter of when. What scares me is that it could be 50 years from now or 50 seconds from now. Always lurking in the Shadows...
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