JOURNAL: Daio Kaji (Rogelio Duran)

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  • manga vs manga 2005-02-22 01:36:21 nandez's manga (that i'm co-counseling) is finally starting to take shape
    he's got some pages with just old sketches of characters and i've only seen one partialy complete actual page of manga, and from what i see it can still go either way

    hopefully he keeps improving, he's not that bad right now, but he's still letting some things slide by, but i guess that's why i'm looking over his shoulder, i'm sure my critique will get on his nerves, bur in the end, my constant bitching and moaning usually make him happier with his end product

    apparantly i'm gonna be adding my own side stories to his story, but i have to wait til i see some sort of story to have a side-story about before i can do anything, but meanwhile i'm killing some time and making my own manga

    although nandez's manga has a combat element to it, i actually went with a racing appeal, i have 2 pages done (roughly) and i'm working on my 3rd page (2/3 done) i should find no program using the skule scanners to put my stuff onto my computer for distribution and i hope both of our mangas get good feedback 
  • should get better 2005-02-21 12:14:23 recently, i've been doing little past working and trying to get things organized for my move, so i'm feeling a little bit stressed which i guess is normal for the 1st time someone moves out of the house

    i'm counting on the job my brother promised and hoping i stay on top of things such as financial aid for skule

    i'm gonna leave my current stable job i've had for 3+ years because they basically fuck me over on the pay, ridiculously small raises and i can't move up til i'm 21, so there's no point in me staying and it would only make things difficult, so i gotta choose $ over comfort, just the way it is

    skule-wise, the only thing i have to worry about is paying, it's not much, but anything is enough to worry about, the subject matter is no big deal, i don't usually have any problems in skule in terms of learning the material, so skule should hopefully provide me with little to no stress

    my gf, that i'm moving in with, is the one who has it the worst. she's already working a fulltime job that requires overnite shifts in addition to her morning part-time job. she's been doing the same thing for skule (full time in one and part time at another)
    if that wasn't enough, she decided to get a dog about a month ago, so she's taking care of it too (with partial custody to her friend so they share the dog)
    in addition, her fulltime job requires she give blood monthly or she can't work as much, but the iron in her blood is low so she's gotta eat better and then she can be fit to work again, but also her back is bad so she's taking meds for that and a loss of hours because of it

    at times i wonder what she ever sees in me, but i'm pretty sure it's the fact that i don't add to her stress-level, apparantly a lot of people are demanding of her time and i'm the more patient type so i work with her schedule instead of making her adapt to mine, we've always understood each other's plane of thought so hopefully we don't lose that when we move in, i anticipate some rough waters, but either way i'm in it for the long run so i can tolerate some personal differences now and again in exchange for a little bit of happiness

    maybe one day i'll be inspired to make a video inspired by my own personal experiences like so many have ^_^

    *note to self: avoid foreign salesmen* ^_<
     
  • Ong Bak 2005-02-14 12:56:55 just saw Ong Bak at the movie theater last night, pretty good action movie i'd have to say, Tony Jaa is an excellent martial artist, i've seen the movie before on a friend's VCD and here's basically my comparison of the releases (not a review of the movie... i already said it's a kule movie ^_^)

    Theater Release
    - Thai/Eng.Subs
    - there was a scene involving a sister that was basically pointless because the scenes that built it up were not in the movie, also missing later sister-related scenes
    - horrible subtitles, even if it's a foreign language, there are certain recognizable words that SHOULD have been in the subtitles, also, there were a handful of lines that simply were NOT subtitled, so we didn't know what was said at all, also characters would say many lines with obvious pauses and the subtitle would be only one line of dialogue
    - this version included 2 scenes of extreme violence that were removed from the VCD... they wasn't blood and/or organs shooting out anywhere, so i personally would also leave them in
    VCD
    - Thai/Eng.Subs
    - this version included the scenes that built up to the sister and also included the scenes after the sister's part that were also removed from theater release, these scenes should have stayed in the theater release, makes it a LOT easier to understand the sister's role
    - subtitles were much more consistant, lines came and went along with spoken lines as is expected, seperate lines of dialogue were of course seperated in the subtitle with seperate lines of text, recognizable/repeated words were included in subtitles as often as required (basically character names and 'Ong Bak' were the most/only recognizable words)
    - this release did not include the 2 'extreme' acts of violence, not really a negative, just something to include when comparing, especially when you can tell when it's coming up and they suddenly blip away

    so as long as you don't mind the below average subtitles, i recommand Ong Bak for a definate great Thai action movie if you got spare dough and it's available somewhere near you 
  • moving here or there 2005-02-14 12:52:11 turns out i may not have to move 30 minutes away, there may be an affordable accomodation in the area, and it appears my brother can very easily land me a full time job at carmax with him getting 9.5 an hour which is GREAT news

    so i get a new job, i possibly move somewhere much closer and my parents and everyone in my house stop beating me over the head for looking far away for a place, things are definately looking up for the future... just hope my car doesn't start giving me trouble, looking forward to having to pay my tuition payment and cellphone bill from one check this coming week, will most definately need my next week's check as well

    i'm really a moron for considering a place when all i have is a part time 8.5 dollar an hour job and hadn't landed a 2nd job yet... but i guess i just try to help out too much sometimes even when i can't... good thing there are people around to help straighten me out ^_^

    i had a strange incident yesterday... all i did was wake up, eat, play a little gran turismo 2, helped courtney with laundry, went to borders so she could study away from her loud dog, then went to target for like 20 minutes... but i actually had a great time... my only explanation is that it was the weekend (saturday was a good day, that probably had some influence) and i didn't have to work and i guess it was just that i had the good company that made the day so good [shrug]

    NEway, praying the future stays bright and still waiting for these VCAs to be done with, that's all for now 
  • CJ 2005-02-05 14:35:03 as always it's never good to hear that a friend is going through some bad times, i'm sorry to hear about your mom. as prepared as we all try to be, that's one thing in life that's hard to get through and really is when a person's character comes through. but on the other hand people can always try to pinpoint something down to a date and there are always those people who just seem to be able to hold on and we keep them around us longer

    i'm sure u'll have ur mom around for a long time cj, of course i'm not a doctor, but whenever anyone sees dark times they start to talk that way and it's only normal to try to come to terms with things

    obviously i, like anyone, am hoping for the best

    you've obviously lived through hardships and are anticipating even more. but it's clear that you have friends, though friends can't always be there for you when u need them 24/7 or make everything picture perfect, you obviously have their support on multiple levels and very few people can say they've gained the kind of friendship that you've got from people, you're a person of awesome character and i know it's not fair what you have to go through but keep in mind (and i'm sure you always do) you're life is still ahead of you, you've grown up emotionally faster than most people and i think that's an advantage because you're more adult and you won't make as many stupid mistakes or take things for granted, you know wat it means to lack, so when you DON'T lack, you'll appreciate it all the more. i wish i could be as good a friend as others have been, but if there's anything i can do, just ask, or maybe when i'm able to track you down in the area we can hang out.

    -until then, wishing you the best
    roy 
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