Blood and Alcohol Don't Mix

There are many things I would like to do with my life: fly a kite, grow vegetables in a farm, drive a Royal Panther tank, and so many other things.

But right now the only thing that I want to do is bash my head on a brick wall.

I hate hangovers.

Mechs, Guns, and Bald Kung Fu Guys

I just learned that there is now a fifth installment in the Front Mission video game series. Although it blatantly uncovers how pitifully ignorant I am of video games recently (the game was released Dec. 29, 2005), I am still quite excited to check it out soon.

I first got hold of the Front Mission video game back when I was in high school, and ever since then I was a big fan of the series. Basically, the game revolves around Wanzers, which are big semi-autonomous mechanized units or mechs, and the pilots that commandeer them. I especially admire the realistically-based designs of the Wanzers, which is a far cry from the fancy but impractical "super" robot designs of Voltron, Mazinger Z, and the like. The storyline is also based on a realistic theme, which is mainly about the hero and the cast struggling with the ideologies that surround them and the factions they are serving in.

Probably the only rotten tomato that spoils the basket is that it suffers from the Chickboy Hero Syndrome, as evidenced by Mr. Walter Feng, hero of the current Front Mission game:

Meet Walter: ace Wanzer pilot and Secretary General of the Oceanic Community Union Emo Club.

Until today I still don't get why they would put men who would probably cry if a rocket went over their heads to pilot these war machines. And to make matters worse, Walter is already gutsy enough as compared to other robot/mecha pilots of the genre *cough*cough*Gundam SEED*cough*.That's probably the saving grace I suppose, although they could've just motion-captured Jason Statham or Jet Li instead.

Hmm... Jet Li inside a fully-armed mech. Now that would make one hell of an action movie.

(many thanks to Jaymee for inspiring me on the poster above)

Cluttered

And More Coffee, Perhaps?

I have gotta learn to write smaller posts.

I'm having difficulty finding time to write posts again. Aside from the fact that I no longer have a dedicated internet connection as that of my previous work, things has become fast-forward in pace at the office. My boss, the executive director of CIRCA, brought back a lot of stuff from his trip in Bali, including that of a national climate change round-table discussion this coming April. So far I’ve been churning out letters here and there, asking for sponsorships from the bigger establishments in the city to informing respective government heads of the said event.

Then there’s also our entry for the DILG program proposal contest-thingy (which is worth 500 grand in grants) to do, and I have to help the Governor on his UPLB commencement speech. I still don’t know how I ended up doing that; to closest thing I ever been to a commencement address is throwing up the horns after getting my diploma onstage (Wohoo!). However, the boss says its part of me being the Communications Officer of the Centre, so I pretty much can’t argue with that.

But on the upside, at least Holy Week’s here. That means I have four day’s worth of holidays (one of the few perks of being in a Catholic-dominated country). And that also means watching the carros of the 12 Stations of the Cross being paraded again. It’s probably the only time in the year where you can see thousands of people walking in the dead of the night holding candles and following creepy-looking life-size statues around the city (Tim Burton should visit our place sometime). It just like Halloween, except without the candy and with more praying.

Now that I've got more free time, I can finally shove in a post or two. I just hope there are open internet cafés though.

A Screencap of My So-Called Digital Life #2

This is another one of my quick projects for my Friendster page. I've drawn and inked it by hand, although I had to clean it first and darken the blacks by adjusting the curves a bit. The coloring meanwhile was made digitally in Adobe Photoshop, with the flats done with the default brush while a digital airbrush set to 30% opacity was used for the blending and shading. I still haven't quite gotten the handle of it though. The Blogger logo, however, was taken from a Flickr page, whose specific address I can't remember. Hopefully the finished output will be uploaded by the time this is posted.