Time Travel Destination

First random idea or question of my blog! Came up in a conversation with a few buddies of mine:

If you had to choose, would you go forwards or backwards in time and why? (for the record a random one-shot trip)

I'd have to say forwards. I am a fan of history and enjoy studying and speculating as to what happened, why and all that; but I am just as interested in the possibilities of the future. I'm intriqued by the assumtion of aliens, space travel, etc. In my own humble opinion the human race has become stagnant for the most part in the 21st century. In the 20th we invented, evolved, and damn-near perfected flight, automotive, computers, etc. Now that we've gotten those you see how little has changed in say...the last 25 years.

Ok I need to work on length and depth of articles but its a WIP.

Beer Before Wicker...

Alright, been slacking off, but apparently that's true to form for any of you that know me. This is one of those lovely nights of communal drinking that are so few and far between now-a-days that something memorable always happens. This one was the christening of my old buddy's first house. A bachelor pad to say the least, but it is a 2 story, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage, with a den, livingroom, media room, and more hole-in-the-wall closets than I have ever seen. Unlike many of our get togethers this one was just a 'come and drink' sort of shindig and we were well afforded the courtesy of our own 2 hour drive to get there. I'm still unable to tolerate beer unless forced to, but I am becoming partical to the Rum and Coke or similar variant. And two of my buddies know exactly how much to mix them well.

Anyway, we got there about 4pm and were already well into the reserves by 7 and it was obvious we were going to run dry shortly unless we paced ourself or got more. Well a *new* friend of mine was knocking them back a bit more than I and suggested we "just head on over to the Wicker Store and get some more."

"What, and pick up some chairs and a cabinet while were there?" lol.

Also had my first made-from-scratch mojito. I liked it and wish Seth many good things as he goes to get a TABC liscense later this year to bartend.

Dick-Rolled

***Please be warned that this article involves sexual content of a devious and fairly graphic nature and that you read further at your own discretion. I don't want to limit my own commentary on something I'm writing mainly for me to begin with, so don't make a fuss if you don't like this--I WARNED YOU. Besides, unless something major happens this is probably the worst thing that will ever be on here.***

What better way than to start my summer writing program with a blog that REQUIRES a disclaimer, lol. I wanted to start out with something that would define the mood I'm trying to set with this piece--mainly that would translate to some random phrase or topic that I'd develop into...I dunno, something. So imagine my own surprise when I mentally make the decision to write this. I should be ashamed :).

I'm not exactly sure why its funny, why we react the way we do, or why girls don't; but most* guys don't like looking at another guy's "equipment." Call it a sick and twisted sense of penis-envy or a don't-ask-don't-tell situation, we just don't care for it unless it's necessary. I know of some girl friends that don't have a problem with looking at another female's--keep reading and you'll find out just how this came up in an everyday conversation. But they critique each other's parts! If a female does perchance read this--please email me and let me know why.

Anyway, my own persona experience in this was limited until college for obvious and personal gender-specific reasons. I had a roommate who liked to streak around our shy upstairs neighbor (photo major who was too shy to take or be in the same room for a nude photo session--one of her test grades--so I guess he was trying to help. And then him again when he and her roommates were able to get her to take some. She handed us her portfolio before turning it in and she really does have a great eye for scenery and texture in photographs, especially in grey scale. So we were perusing her sleeved photos when we get to one of a dilapidated barn and the shadows are striking it magnificently and then...guy standing in front of it with his cock 'splayed. *groans and moans* abound, mostly for her benefit and an over-the-top Shatner-esque overreaction on all of our parts one after the other. They do somehow manage to let us all (5) see it without any foreshadowing or spoilers from the other roommates/friends. We had been dick-rolled.

Fast forward to this past week. Porn for some friends is a basic topic--style, makeup of couple/group, animated vs real, etc. I don't understand the passionate side of this discussion and maybe its the way I was raised, but I can't comfortably talk in length about it. But amongst my friends that can, they swap discs with each other and offer commentated notes on each others'. Well one of them I've known a long time decides to pass me one this week, says I'll "enjoy the thought, given my back ground." My mind goes to the same shady places it normally goes, but I don't think much of it. I decide to watch it and lo and behold a gorgeous girl is there giving a modified strip tease to her partner in a skimpy girl scout outfit. And there she dances for a good 5-6 minutes and just manages to become topless. At this point the film turns ugly as she spins around--drops her skirt--and you come face to face with her monstrous, erect penis.

There are some things that cannot be unseen and getting caught by a hermaphroditic porn in lieu of whatever you were/were not expecting just plain sucks. And lots of things ran through my main as I recall these are some of the same people who introduced me to 4chan and continue to troll it on occasion. If nothing else I pray that at the very least it is a hermaphrodite and not a tranny.

I returned the disc to a slew of grins (I was not, apparently the first victim of this calibur). I have no ideas how I can get him back other than a beating so if you have some ideas let me know, this is one twisted s.o.b. Regardless, I've sworn off anything he gives me until hell freezes over and considering going cold turkey for a while.

Viva la Revolution!

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! Summer is upon us and with that comes vacation from a deplorable occupation that siphons all my energies away to leave a rotting, fluffy husk for the majority of the year.

However, I should have lots to do, I get 2.5 months off with little to do besides clean and DO STUFF (among hanging with friends, travelling and the other traditional summer fun). Ideally working out and creating something will be part of it. I have some friends teaching me new games and I am actually going to try abridged RPG/fanfic stories. Plus lots of movies, music, anime, book ideas as well!

Aside from that I am doing a complete overhaul of my paper stashes (ideas, doodles, sketches, lists, whatnot) and I'm doing what I really should do with them: 1) use them, 2) sort/file them for later, or 3) trash them.

I'm hoping I get at least one finished drawing a week on deviantart, and I'm planning on doing a lot of creative writing (to stave off writer's block and get back in the habit of refining my writing).

Yeah...right.

Ok, I don't know who the fuck I was kidding but between work and what little social life I have I haven't had time for much more than narrowing down a few minor character summaries or details. Occassionally while searching 4chan or something like deviantart I'll see something for inspiration or an example of which I save, but very little creativity is actually progressing. Sorry.

Praise Be A Wal-Mart Sale

Well with all the back-to-school price reductions and sales that have been going on, one in particular stood out for me. Spiral notebooks: 1 subject and 70 pages are on sale for 5-cents each. I've bought a few boxes of them just because I tend to go through them. Now I'll slowly go through all these torrid files and data on my computer and respective hard drives and try to figure out what is truly worth keeping and what' ready for the recycle bin. I'll probably grab another box or two on pay day if I find them still shelved. Basically the only use I've encouraged so far from myself is using one as a discipline guide in my classroom keeping track of who and how often I'm calling a student down. The other is as a deviantArt planning guide, giving each individual subject it's own page for the sake of descriptions, blocking, outlines, mock-ups, and general idea dumps.

Monthly Check-Up & Browncoat Players

Well I need to get something posted for August before it's over and done with. I am moved and very slowly unpacking. Expect to see more thought out ideas. At the moment I'm working on my own Bleach original characters and trying to design and lore them enough to be satisfied and start sketching them.

Finished LFG comics and most of GU Comics. Awesome, sadly this has only depressed me more for what little storylines I can place with my WOW characters. Speaking of, 2 70s to report now as well as started rolling Horde on Smolderthorn for the hell of it. I have a buddy with raid connections and such and after reading LFG I wanted to play a Tauren. :P

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Browncoat Players is something random my mother of all people suggested after I made a very politically-racist and snide comment during the olympics. Something along the American-Chinese cooperation or such, funny at the time but details are fuzzy. Anyway, while we were watching the Olympics this year (starting and first week of) we were re-watching Firefly/Serenity during the nights before my full-time job started. So what kind of insturments and outfits would a AmerChinese Folk band be and how would it sound? Basically consisting of folksy musical instruments and miscellaneous amalgamation of accompanyments.

America ==
Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Kazoo (only insturment universally agreed to originate in USA with no direct predecessors)

Chinese ==
Guzheng, Pipa, Yangqin, Koto

Heavy on the strings, but the accompanying pieces will vary the sounds more. Could be a very interesting ensemble given the right direction. Wish someone would take me up on it, lol.

Idea: AMV Music & Concepts

I know very loosely one or two AMV (Animated Music Video) artists. Generally they use anime or cartoons to compile or illustrate a point or theme.

Video #1
Anime: Bleach
Music: Three Days Grace - Animal I've Become
Concept: Alright, I know this song is over-used as it is but the lyrics fit the hollow transformation of Ichigo. I even successfully bounced this idea off a few of these AMV'ers but they didn't have the interest or time to devote to a project not of their origins (even for shared credit, go figure). Basically ONLY focus in on his transformations. There are three set repeats of the chorus: 1 for during the fight with Byukuya in Soul Society; 2 versus Koga the Bount; and 3 a rehashment of the Ichigo vs. H-Ichigo battles both within his soul and his hollowfication in the real world.

Video #2
Anime: Bleach
Music: Skillet - Falling Inside The Black
Concept: I'm not one to take sides in most of these shipper battles. I like them to be left open for the stories to develop and dictate the results as the artist(s) see fit. Not that I don't root for my favorites, but as some storylines go, their outcomes can influence choices and decisions. This one the lyrics really spoke to me from a standpoint of Orihime witnessing Ichigo's Vaizard mask and the fear, confusion, and angst her eyes very successfully express in the anime. The storyline is still ongoing, so there will be more to pull from as the Heuco Mundo arc concludes.

Idea: Horoscope Amalgamations

For those of you who can't seem to guess, let me break it down for you. I post SOME of my ideas on here. Of course anything I'm excited about and really think that it's uber-creative or orignal will not be posted here until I am satisfied with it. That won't stop me from still occassionally posting ideas. [When I get around to acting on them is another story entirely.]

Anyway this one's not a big one. I have a relative, distant mind you, who is deeply involved in numerology, astrology, etc. Anyway, she was blathering on this time about the planets and signs and trying to back it up with circumstancial historical context from different corners of the world when this little idea snuck up on me.

Take multiple zodiacs, believe me there are not that just the 2 everyone knows of (Roman, Chinese), and compbine the creatures of particular design. For example, I'm was born in early December. Meaning that on the Roman horoscope I am a Sagittarius, but on the Chinese calendar I'm a boar (before you jump in with jokes, that's a wild hog). So one possible permutation could be a centaur except with the body of a boar.

Idea: Hulking Peep

So I have a few friends on myspace. Some of them occassionally send me or post interesting videos, pictures and the what not. You know, the normal everyday spam of social networks. Not that it's annoying, when used in moderation I enjoy it, but some of them are forever burned into the insides of your retina and haunt you even today when you're alone in your room, late at night...

ANYWAY... One such picture was sent to me around Easter time. It was a link to a youtube video of a microwaved peep. Call me what you will, but I've never cared for the little guys. They're cutish I guess, but the colored sugar marshmallows never held a place in my Easters, and almost as rare in my stomach (maybe 3 in my lifetime). Getting back to the video, the peeps grew and expanded keeping a very bloated and rough definition of it's original form. So the idea is this: Green humanoid shaped one, swelling to the Hulk.

Ok, so the build up was more than the idea, but I'm reaching here folks. Expect a hiatus coming as I am moving around the first.

**UPDATE** (7/15/2008)
Per a friend's recommendation, the last frame could be the Hulk deflating from the air pressure within the marshmallow. Not sure, but something to toy with.