I'm officially an emotional wreck now. Email after email comes in, saying how much they enjoyed the show - how much it meant to them to come home and hear it. It's overwhelming.

Damn you Alex.
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Mood: Lost
Music: Haile's Song - Eminem

This hasn't been a very good day. Aside from my design teacher dislking my sketches for a book and DVD cover, Fred Rogers died today and the end of Otaku no Radio is hitting me.

There's not much I can say about Mr. Rogers that hasn't been said already. He was one of the very, very, few truly heroic celebrities. I was reading this article on Fred Rogers, and it really hit me hard. I don't know. I mean, I grew up watching Mr. Rogers from time to time, but he was never a 'favorite' show when I was young. I only grew to really admire the man as I got older and was able to appreciate, in a somewhat distanced way, what he was doing and how important it was. The world will be a much colder place without him.

Which brings me to Otaku no Radio. I still do not regret my decision because I know it *has* to be this way. I just wish it didn't. Obviously there's more going on here than I've let the listeners in on, and so I'm sure my decision seems rash. It makes me angry that this hand has been forced and that Otaku no Radio has to end prematurely.

The letters of goodbye are coming in now. And now I'm beginning to feel sad, and lost. Not regret, something different. I feel like I'm betraying them, turning my back on something that people enjoyed and losing something very important. Which, in a very real sense, I am. But as I alluded to above, I didn't make the choice so much as announce my decision. The choice had already been made months ago, I just was the only one who could to pull the plug.

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I'm in a.. uh.. show and tell mood. Here's two of the CD covers I did for the last project.

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Remember a few days ago when I commented on how I didn't have class last saturday? Well, it turns out I was looking at the wrong date and I *did* have class. So I skipped class two weeks in a row - and only one was intentional! My teacher called me tonight to make sure I knew there was a field trip this coming saturday, which I didn't (this saturday was supposed to be the one we had off - not last saturday). God, I feel stupid.

I got my XBox Best Buy card in the mail a few days ago which meant I had $30 to spend on something guilt-free! Yes! Today I bought the Noir 1 DVD + box + TShirt combo. I'm not really an anime T shirt kind of guy and the box I bought was kind of beaten up on top (they were all pretty bruised, but the one I got looked best on the sides). Noir is cool and I don't care what anyone else says. It's got style, killer music and I've got a soft spot for mystery anime (I love Kindaichi).

When I used the XBox Best Buy card the [cute] girl behind the register set it aside in a pile of other used cards. I swallowed my pride and asked if I could keep the empty XBox card - she looked at me with an "Hmmm.. buys girls 'n guns anime and wants to keep the empty gift card cuz it has a pictue of an XBox on it... you are a dork." look, before she smiled and said "Sure." and handed it back to me. *sigh* Oh well, I got to keep the card :)

I also got FLCL Vol. 2 :P Haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet, but I already know it rocks based on the DVD case :P Synch-Point owns all you other companies... except TRSI.

Oh shit. I just remembered I'm supposed to be doing a plethora of design sketches! For a book cover and a DVD cover! Ahhhhh! :(

I'll leave you with Real Ultimate Bauer. He knows what to do.
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You can write with naked people too.


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Mood: Relieved
Music: Menthol - A Bitter Feud

My design teacher realized I have not done a single project for my self-guided studies yet. Damn. Now I need to do three sketches for Thursday :(

Hmm. What to talk about.... Work is.. work. It's exactly the same as it's been the last 4 years. Whoa.. wait a second. Is this my 5th season there? Karen? :-\

On Sunday, a few hours before work, I realized I had no pants to wear. So with only a few hours to spare I ran off to buy some new work pants - only to find, to my dismay, that 1) they only had ones that were too big or too small and 2) normal cut khaki's do not exist for cheap. They're all that skater hispter wide-leg look - which I am so no into. The only place I find normal khaki's are at GAP or Banana Republic - which would be fine if I just wanted a pair for day-to-day wear. But I'm not putting down $40 for a pair of khaki's to get covered in melted ice cream, grease, candy and god knows what else. Arghh!

I did buy a really cool shirt while I was not buying khaki's at Banana Republic though :)

Hmm.. I just got done writing a kinda long anti-war rant on the Rotten Tomatoes' forum and am feeling a little, uh, "writing'd" out.

Maybe I'll write something else later.

Oh yeah - 24 rules! Woo! Jack Bauer Power Hour! Woo!
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Gather round for one of the stupidest things I have ever said:

bjamieson1: I need to clarify one thing, and that'll be the end of it: From my perspective, Oscar has always been 'the' enemy, and so whenever the topic turns to him I get, uh, territorial. So, yeah.. that's my perspective and why I'm going to act insane and insecure, from time to time. FYI.
 
 
 
 
"Territorial"? I sound like some feral cat. Woooo! I rock.

*sigh*
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Mood: Sickly (= have a cold)
Music: Invocations of Gompo - Lamas and Monks of the Four Great Orders (The Pillow Book Soundtrack)

This was one of the Saturdays that I did not have Saturday class. Normally I'd have class from 1-4pm, which is not that big of a deal because it's late enough for me to stay out as late as usual (I got home at 4am) without having to worry about getting up early in the morning. THe class is also very cool ("Humanities and the Arts"), but still when given the choice between staying home and being attentive in a class I would indeed have to choose staying home. Unless it's a field trip day. Because those rule. :)

But at any rate, instead of being in class I was at the mall. I cashed my tax return which meant a relatively large influx of money landed in square in my pocket out of nowhere so I decided to go treat myself to some goodies, which I haven't done in a while. In doing so I was able to pick up The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover on DVD. Finally I was able to replace my battered pan & scan VHS tape I bought used off eBay years ago with a gorgeous 2.35:1 DVD. Weeeee! If any director needs his films seen in widescreen to get the full visiual impact, it's Greenaway. He'd just better hurry the hell up and get the first film in the Tulse Luper series out. It sounds incredible.

This is the first Saturday night in a while, it feels, that I haven't been out anywhere and to tell the truth I kind of liked it. I got a call around 9 to go out, but turned it down in favor of staying home. I told them I was sick with a cold, which is true but under normal circumstances being sick hasn't stopped me before (like, for example, taking Marisa to the optomitrist when I had a 103 degree fever, followed by going to Chinese dinner with other friends with the same 103 degree fever.)

It suddenly dawned on me, a few moments ago, that I have to work tomorrow (well, today..). I kind of totally forgot about it. I've worked at this place for the last 4 years (it's seasonal, Spring/Summer/Fall - closed all winter). I don't know why I'm going back again this season except that I like the people I work with and the bosses are generally cool. I was talking to Michael last night about one of my bad work experiences and suddenly all the other bad work experiences came flooding back. The stupid, STUPID, customers and how much I began to LOATHE the job by the end of last season. At least this time around I know I'm out by August.

I encountered something very unsettling tonight. As if those 'Girls Gone Wild' videos weren't disturbing enough, there's a whole new series of videos that go into college Sororities and Fraternities (mostly Fraternities.. big surprise?) and just film random people having sex. Right there. In the middle of the room with dozens of other drunkards cheering.

What the hell is that?

The moral, or at least ethical, decay is just... awe inspiring. How does this happen? How much alcohol must one consume to decide that it's a good idea to fuck a complete stranger in the middle of a frat party in front of everyone at that frat party? Worse yet - let another stranger *videotape* it. And, I thought that clip of Pat running around chasing Jenni around with his bare butt was going too far... :-\


Oh oh! I can't forget to mention that new Special K cereal. The one with the freeze dried strawberries in it? Incredible. I may have to eat it for the rest of my life. So Brendan's Cool Thing of the Week is Special K & Red Berries Cereal. Buy it.
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