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Recent Happenings
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 9:08AM / Members only
San Diego Asian Film Festival took place the past couple weeks. I unfortunately missed almost every single bit of it...grrrr. I was looking forward to attending this year. I hadn't been to it in a few years and the last couple times I went it was a lot of fun. I wanted to see a few films including "White on Rice" but nooooo. Heh anyway thanks to Grace on here I found out it was still going on. Unfortunately I still couldn't make it to many of the shows, but I did set away to see Ip Man, the closing ceremony film.
I invited DY, Tommy and Wilder to come along when I saw them last weekend during some practice we were doing. It was a long trek for them, one I make frequently, but I'm crazy they're not heh. So I wasn't sure if they would make it. Next problem, the day of the film, thursday I heard the film was already sold out. I rushed down to the theatre and bought tickets for everyone...sold out my butt, it was packed though.
We got in, but we were a bit late so we got stuck in the front three rows. Still seeing Ip Man on the big screen was well worth it.
Only shot I got from inside the event...dark lighting = blurry photo from my old crappy point and shoot.
After the film I took the guys out to eat at a late night Ramen shop in San Diego named Tajima.
Oh yeah was a couple nights before Halloween so people were trickling in in costumes...
And thus concluded our thursday night of food and moviery.
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Hairstyles through the years...plus some other random pics.
Monday, Nov 2, 2009 8:33AM / Members only
Ok, well I got nostalgic today so i took some pics of old pics heh...here we go.
In the beginning there was a bald headed baby and his grandfather. (circa 1982)
I don't recommend the bald headed, or hair hasn't quite grown in yet look for most people.
8th grade graudation. I think I'm actually older than the girl on my right in this pic.
4'9" 89lbs woot. (circa 1996)
1997...woo...
Me and a couple of my cousins...no one in my family is around my age...so I'm usually left alone at family gatherings...or when I was younger (under 17) I was made to take care of the kids, which usually wasn't too bad, but kids love to beat me up heh.
I worked at VONS and my friends gf (girl in the pic above) came in to pic up some pics, she gave me this pic too see if it was sexy enough to give to her bf. I said yeah it was ok and so she said I could keep it and she ended up giving him just a headshot of her...needless to say it caused a bit of an awkward situation between me and her bf for a few weeks.
1998, 16th birthday party...
And first family portrait since 1985 or something. I feel like a devil in this picture though heh.
August 20th 1999 I went to Japan to live for about a month.
Came back and Senior year had started without me...
First semi gf (we were together for about 2-3 weeks heh)...pre homecoming pic.
2000 came around...time to graduate high school.
Prom night...er day getting ready for prom...which was pretty boring, but after prom was fun.
Black belt ceremony on my birthday. Usually you get hit once from everyone. But since it was my 18th birthday, I got hit 18 times from each person...hurt to take that pic heh.
Day after my birthday I had to leave for college. That was the last birthday I ever sorta celebrated.
College dorm and hallway. Girl on the floor was my second ever semi gf girl thingy person.
Mid first year of college I learned how to straighten my hair...wooo...(circa 2001)
Central Park with pop.
'02
'03
I didn't cut my hair for about 3 years...so it got kinda long. I cut it a week after these last few pics and had short hair for the next 5 years heh.
And that's all...nothing important here...just needing to document before my memory disappears for good.
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More Recent Arts
Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 5:32PM / Members only
Ok for some reason I've been coloring like crazy this week. So here's the newest stuff I done did.
X-Men's Angel
Pencils: Joe Mad
Inks: Tim Townsend
Colors: Me
Battle Chasers page
Pencils: Joe Mad
Inks: Tim Townsend
Colors: Me
Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Flash - Cel Shaded style.
Pencils: Michael Turner
Inks: Tim Townsend
Colors: Me
Superboy
Pencils & Inks: Francis Manapul
Colors: Me
Brunette Ver. Wonder Girl
Pencils & Inks: Francis Manapul
Colors: Me
Three different versions...
And now the gifs on all of them:
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Lately
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 11:04AM / Members only
Nothing much has been going on...but I do have a few new pics to post so here goes...
First off I had to drive my moms car for a while and I ran up her odometer too a nice number
Yuup...I think I put like 2,000 miles on it in 2-3 weeks hehe.
Then it was our friend Stacey's 21st birthday, so Tommy, DY, and I went there to celebrate with all the white folk...er I mean birthday girl and her friends hehe. Robbie showed up later...good times.
Birthday girl and DY
Burthday girl and Us...can you tell it's not awkward at all? hehe.
Last weekend there was a halloween party at the gym we train at. Unfortunately I was not informed about it until the day of the party, and was told it started at 9pm. It ended at 9pm hehe. So as I got there around 9:30 it was already over and people were headed home. It's ok DY and Tommy showed up around 11 haha.
Sorry bout the blurry pics. I'm using my point and shoot which is like 10 years old and it was pretty dark in there. I was too embarassed to use a flash too...hence bluriness.
Little red riding hoodette poking some aznguy heh.
DY quickly snatchin some food.
Some old shots I took of a statue in my house a while ago trying to figure out compositioning, natural lighting, flash etc...Not that great but you know my model was a little stiff...Get it? Fine I suck at humor...
And finish off with the shot for the ladies heh...
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Where did the inspiration go
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 2:57AM / Members only
When I was around 12 or 13 I saw the most inspirational movie I had ever seen...in a non martial arts/action hero sort of way. While up to that point I had always wanted to be a Ninja/Bruce Lee/Superman hybrid I had never really considered wanting to be a romantic...or a great lover. I mean I was only 13. I knew what sex was since I was 4-ish, I saw my first naked girl when I was 3, first full nude woman (other than family members) also at 3. My neighbor used to make me take baths with her 2 and 8 year old daughters...I would sit in the back and cover my privates while they just played in the bath tub. I have a feeling they thought I was too young to think anything about it...but the image is still clearly burned into my memory. You would think something like that would make me less shy. I mean I was nude taking baths with other nude females since I was little...but nope if anything it probably just made me more shy. Not to mention I had a huge crush on the 8 year old.
Anyway that was a random tangent about an old story. Back to the main point. When I was 13 I saw "Don Juan DeMarco" staring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando. The story of the man who thought he was the greatest lover in the world... and the people who tried to cure him of it. In the movie Johnny Depp was Don Juan, the greatest lover ever. The movie starts off with him basically making a girl have an orgasm at a restaurant just by talking to her and playing with her fingers. He inspired me to strive to become the greatest lover. To become the most romantic I could be. He was the source of my goal to find a way to make a girl have an orgasm just from kissing her (which is obviously an impossible goal, but hey why not strive for the impossible?). I think I only saw the movie once back then but it definitely had a huge impact on me.
Later in high school, during drama class we had to chose plays for some exercise. So with my group I chose a scene from the play "Don Juan DeMarco" expecting it to be a similar story. While Don Juan was still a great lover, it was more a tale of the greatest player of all time. The Johnny Depp version was all about love and devotion AND being able to please your girl (hey like how I tied that back to the other blog? heh). Doing the scene from the play made me a little sad my hero was based on a jerk not a devoted lover and great man. Time went on and I slowly drifted away from my old goals.
Even my aspiration of being as pure and good as possible (reference to Superman) drifted away over time. Lots of bad happened and I became bitter, jaded, scared and depressed. That allowed the darkness to come in. Darkness that fills your heart and soul and changes who you are. It's kind of sad looking back on the time wasted letting myself lose track of old desires and goals. While I could have continued to strive to be the greatest person/lover/hero of all time I just slipped into mediocrity. I'm not talking about judging my own sexual capabilities. I think it's pretty impossible to judge that actually. When you're with someone who likes/loves you of course they will tell you you are the best ever, and once you break up they will tell everyone you were the worst ever...it's just how it goes. Some might do the opposite, some might tell the truth, but how can you be sure when it's the truth or they're just being kind and not wanting to hurt your feelings?
But striving to be the best you can be? There is nothing wrong with that, and in fact I think it should be encouraged of everyone. Not just in love/sex/romance but in all aspects of life. Just as long as it's not at the expense of others.
