I have a meme from chaos_harmony
(  on cty, california, tenipuri, indie, and phonecalls )

AND NOW ON ANOTHER NOTE:
gigantic hiatus!
(this is your chance to defriend.)

I've realized I'm just incredibly bad at being active on livejournal. Also if last year at school was any indication, chances are that my interest in fandom will completely drop off come fall semester.

If you really really really want to keep in touch, I may have twitter, on which I am just a tiny bit more active.

That concludes this entry.

I'm back from staffing AX! oh god my feet hurt

The con was actually super-mellow, basically nothing went horribly wrong. Nothing was especially exciting, either (last year? we had a guy who, I guess, was a freerunner or a traceur or something, who jumped from a concourse balcony to the first floor, landed on his feet, and immediately sped off - all while dressed as Pikachu.) oh god I can't believe we managed to escort all of morning musume and like eleven or so former power rangers without a hitch, thank you everybody

I hope all the attendees had a good time even though I couldn't peacebond their airsoft guns! ♥

(seriously guys don't bring airsoft guns)

SO GUYS I JUST HAD ANOTHER BEHIND-THE-WHEEL DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST
And my right brake light decided to not work, so I got sent home without actually taking the test. This would really not be that bad... IF IT HADN'T HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE

I've tried to take the driving test so many times! But every time I either have a mechanical error or I skim the curb while I exit the DMV parking lot. AFTER LIKE SIX TRIES I'VE NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT alskf;j;lkgsj

(and I'm not a bad driver ._.)

In other news I saw the NBC premiere of Merlin last weekend, and it seems very nice and all and HOLY SHIT THAT DRAGON TALKS

orz

I will have coherent thoughts after I get over that gigantic cg dragon

AX WILL HAVE 24 HOUR SHUTTLE SERVICE
you don't understand how happy I am to hear this ahh

Also I might be getting shipped off to Shanghai for three weeks? Because my mom was like, You should go to Shanghai this summer and become reacquainted with your heritage! And I was like, okay, sure - but then mom was like YOU'RE GOING TO SHANGHAI FOR THREE WEEKS. IN AUGUST. So um. I am worried. Because Shanghai, like most places in the northern hemisphere, is kind of... hot during August. I don't know that my pathetic Los Angeles hypothalmus can handle this! cries

And after an academically crippling second semester of college (plus like, two weeks of coming home and sleeping) I've decided once again to be actually active online! Warning: this will not last very long.

Here are things I am planning to do from now until September:
1. Staff Anime Expo in July. I'm doing Weapons Policy again. Yay zipties!
2. Eat things.
3. Learn to drive?

So basically I need a job.

But I digress! How are you, f-list? Are you coming to AX, and will you be bringing prop weapons?



(ps: I WANT TO BE THIS CAT.)

So 25 was kind of anticlimactic and I personally would have liked a little bit more robot violence.

But oh, who cares -

GRAHAM AND BILLY ARE AMBIGUOUSLY BEST FRIENDS AGAIN

YAY

(oh, I've got my priorities straight)

Basically, I'm really bad at reading my f-list because I am easily distracted by a) school, and b) my floormates' endless nights of debauchery. Without further ado, have some (rough) arts.


In other news, I am catching up on all the anime that I have been neglecting in favor of physics and grain alcohol. I'm somewhere around episode 18 in Gundam 00 and I really do not understand Marina's singing. I just. I don't understand.

IT'S 55 DEGREES TODAY, I'M SO EXCITED
I AM GOING TO WEAR A LIGHT JACKET
OMG OMG

(I'm a southern californian stranded in the northeast. don't judge me.)

This is the vending machine in the building across from my dorm. I want to find it and love it.

This flight has become horribly delayed! So now I'm just sitting at the gate, being sad.

I went to Comic Con yesterday - or rather, I sat in a car for eight hours yesterday, and was at Comic Con for four. Four of those eight hours are standard Los Angeles - San Diego round trip time; the other four were composed entirely of sitting in the most awful traffic of my life, moving at 2.5mph for ten miles. While waiting, I read One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, so there were happy times to be had all around.

As for the convention, it was fabulous! They had the Archie from the Watchmen movie, and it's so cute omg; if you aren't familiar with the comic, Archie is an oblong aircraft-thing shaped like an owl with owl-powers and gigantic owl eyes, and it's SO CUTE - but I digress.

There wasn't too much going on Thursday, no monumental fanboy circle-jerk fodder or anything of the sort (which is probably why last week I was still able to register for Thursday). More importantly: I DIDN'T GET TRAMPLED, NOT ONCE~ ...well, there were some minor pseudotrampling incidents, but it was all pretty mild.

other things that happened:

• free Drawn and Quarterly posters! -- I like things I don't have to spend money on.
  
• asked Tycho and Gabe for waffles. there were no waffles.
  
• tried to find Kazu Kibuishi. didn't. was sad.
  
• I wanted a Hyaku Shiki model, but the only one I could locate was the HG 1/144 kit, which is kind of tiny. then I bought it anyway.
  
• the NBC booth started giving out Heroes-themed paper bags while I was in the middle of the aisle, and apparently people are really into paper bags. Or Heroes, I guess. ... half-trampling incident #1.
  
• oh god just stay away from the G4 booth, do not assume it is a good idea to walk by it, unless you really *really* want to see half of the back of Olivia Munn's head (and I guess, some people do.) ... do two half-tramplings add up to a full trampling?
  
• I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO GET FLIGHT 5 orz
  

Would've gone for more days and possibly for more exciting events - more exciting than getting stepped on and not getting waffles, I mean - but I registered super-late and only Thursday and Sunday were available, and it's not like I'm driving to SD twice.

Meanwhile, while you people are meeting your idols at Comic Con, we're making buns. The dough just rose. It's thrilling.

So I'm back from Expo! And it was nice, actually, made friends and had a fabulous time overall, despite unintentionally breaking into Caramelldansen every few hours. It became a subconscious activity.

Walking through Exhibit Hall, though, I get the feeling that I would enjoy myself more if I liked series that were popular and had merchandise, like if I were actually still invested in Bleach or D.Gray-man, if I actually followed Vampire Knight and Code Geass and Gurren Lagann and - hell, Naruto, or - you know, if I could tolerate Death Note.

So, basically, the spoils of my Exhibit Hall adventures consist primarily of gunpla. Don't judge meeee

( a brief rundown )

Essentially, I came away from that experience with a stack of free shirts (mmm staff swag) and an elevated alcohol tolerance level. Also, a Runaways print and some Moyashimon stuff and this tiny tiny adorable Graham Aker figure thing that was overpriced but it talks and it's so worth it.

Oh, and an airsoft gun that we refused to peacebond. THANK YOU DISGRUNTLED ATTENDEE

...so, anyone want some Gaia gold?

THERE IS A GIGANTIC COCKROACH IN MY BATHROOM
I think it's just as wary of me as I am of it.

...I have named it Gregor, and we have entered an uneasy truce.

ATTN: PEOPLE WITH LEGS
If you're going to wear tights or leggings in lieu of pants, please make sure your top is long enough to cover your crotch. I really, really could do without being able to number the lycra-covered folds of your vulva.

Somehow, I don't think that the Disneyland staff are supposed to check your seatbelt-thing by saying "Strapped in, princess?" in a low, seductive voice.

(obviously I just glared at him until he went "...nevermind" and walked away.)

S-some of you may know that I have made the completely irrational decision to do a few pages for a Gundam 00 anthology.

Some of you may also know that I totally haven't drawn anything remotely related to fanart for perhaps the past three years, and that I have limited my artist activities to a) graphic design and b) putting facial hair on people in magazines.

Naturally, things are not going well on the home front. Not well at all.


pretend I didn't forget to cut out the screentone over his ear
( +1, then some zooming in and some anger )

So I have this recurring thing where I can't fall asleep, and on occasion, though not as frequently, stay asleep. I generally lie in bed and my mind putters about for a bit ("a bit" being ~2-5 hours) before entering some kind of uneasy sleep state.

things that don't work

• chamomile tea, which does absolutely nothing
  
• reading before bed, even boring things, because there is a difference between being bored/tired and being sleepy. I can be completely fucking exhausted and still toss & turn for a few hours.
  
• milk, including the warm variety, as I don't really consume dairy products; the last time I had warm milk was when I was 4, and I remember it through toddler-lens as ridiculously horrible
  
• listening to music, any kind of music or other aural stimulation. this generally makes things much worse.

things that do work

• otc sleeping pills

things i'd prefer to not use

• otc sleeping pills

Soooo.
Suggestions, anyone?

Rename alert, this used to be sincetheysaidso.

Mais, belle dame, you ask, you never post anyway, so haven't you just wasted fifteen dollars that could have gone towards sheltering the homeless or funding a methamphetamine addiction?
Yes, my friends, I have.

Also, I'm officially a second semester senior who's pretty much going to be catatonic until September, so I might icon or something or let out some kind of livejournal-snore (read: post) during my seven-month mental hibernation.

I am the worst driver ever.

Pedestrians and unsuspecting drivers, you have been warned.