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November 23rd, 2009
 | November 23rd, 2009, 03:23 am - The Meaning Of Life Will Come In A Dream. This Is Why We Must Never Go To Sleep.
Have some Action Action ("Let's Never Go To Sleep"). You need it.
I love Action Action. Thanks to Darla for introducing me to them a few years ago. <3
mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/mellow.gif) calm
music: Action Action, "Let's Never Go To Sleep".
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November 11th, 2009
 | November 11th, 2009, 05:46 am - Eleveneleven.
After years of going ignored, i updated my website: http://www.fifthdreamtoday.com.
It's mostly a design update, but there are a few new things here and there. Hopefully now that i like how it looks, i'll work on it now and then.
Here's what it looks like, now:
mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/working.gif) accomplished
music: The Radio And a Fan.
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November 10th, 2009
 | November 10th, 2009, 05:51 pm - I... What?
W. T. F? Seriously, WTF? Go look at some of this guy's other videos. What made anyone in the world think this guy should be teaching anyone to draw anything? I'm not even getting into the "Asian women" thing. "Artist extraordinaire"? Yeah, bullsh*t artist.....
mood: I... have no words.
music: The Fan.
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November 8th, 2009
 | November 8th, 2009, 11:13 pm - Heart.
Did i ever mention how much i effing love Venture Bros.?
mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/cheerful.gif) amused
music: TV And A Fan.
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November 4th, 2009
 | November 4th, 2009, 05:38 pm - Ultra.
This is my Halloween costume for next year.
mood: amused
music: The Radio And a Fan.
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| November 4th, 2009, 05:14 pm - The Samurai Kid.
I learned this morning that Toshiro Mifune was being considered (and even read) for the part of Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid". I love Pat Morita in the role, but god, i would have loved to see the awesome Miyagi-sensei Mifune would have been.
mood: calm
music: The Radio And a Fan.
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November 3rd, 2009
| November 3rd, 2009, 03:20 am - <.<
Hearing my last name said out loud three times, in reference to three different people, on tv - once in an anime - in just a few hours is a bit odd. I hardly ever hear my name anywhere, especially on tv. It may be years between times hearing it on tv. I've heard it 3 times since 10pm tonight. Weird.
mood: calm
music: TV And A Fan.
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November 2nd, 2009
 | November 2nd, 2009, 06:31 pm - Yummy. :D
Black candy corn. How Goth.
They're "blackberry cobbler"-flavored. And they're good. XD
mood: amused
music: TV And A Fan.
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October 31st, 2009
| October 31st, 2009, 07:23 pm - ROCK!!!!
For your Halloween viewing pleasure: Sifl & Olly, "Hellfire". Rock.
mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/hyper.gif) bouncy
music: Sifl & Olly, "Hellfire".
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October 28th, 2009
| October 28th, 2009, 11:30 pm - I Am Not Afraid Of A Little Boredom.
I love this song so so so much: Shiina Ringo x Saito Neko, "Yokushitsu".
( Lyrics: )
The video is awesome, too.
mood: bouncy
music: Shiina Ringo x Saito Neko, "Yokushitsu".
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October 27th, 2009
| October 27th, 2009, 05:18 pm - Drizzle.
Mmm, dark, rainy autumn evenings... Probably my favorite weather next to buttloads of snow.
mood: calm
music: A Fan.
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October 13th, 2009
| October 13th, 2009, 05:37 pm - Cool.
:D
mood: bouncy
music: The Smiths, "How Soon Is Now," on the radio. :D
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October 2nd, 2009
| October 2nd, 2009, 05:19 pm - TR Is A New Wave Baby.
Gary Numan makes a surprise appearance on stage with Nine Inch Nails for a performance of his song "Metal," live in London, UK, July 15th, 2009.
This performance continues with "Cars".
Filmed by Rob Sheridan with the Canon 5d Mark II. Audio mix by Blumpy.
Gary Numan makes a surprise appearance on stage with Nine Inch Nails for a performance of his song "Cars," live in London, UK, July 15th, 2009.
This performance is a continuation of "Metal".
Filmed by Rob Sheridan with the Canon 5d Mark II. Audio mix by Blumpy.
But we already knew that.
mood: amused
music: Exotic Birds, "This Feeling".
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October 1st, 2009
 | October 1st, 2009, 05:28 pm - Riding On The Metro-o-o.
I have to admit, i'm kind of impressed with the new Genius Mixes on iTunes. It's made a pop mix for me that plays all 80's stuff, a lot of the Cure, Adam Ant, David Bowie, Siouxsie, Tears For Fears, Duran Duran... stuff i love. It's like a radio station that can only play songs i know i like, with no annoying DJs. Pretty win.
See?
mood: bouncy
music: Berlin, "The Metro".
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September 25th, 2009
| September 25th, 2009, 05:40 pm - Seg-What?
Japanese technology makes the Segway look like a stone-aged piece of crap. Watch this video and make the O.O face. Because you will.
Awesome.
mood: Awesome'd.
music: The Radio And a Fan.
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September 10th, 2009
| September 10th, 2009, 11:07 pm - Drew.
( Here's a picture of a mech battle i drew recently. )
mood: accomplished
music: TV And A Fan.
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August 7th, 2009
 | August 7th, 2009, 05:41 pm - A Real American? Hero.
"G.I. Joe" is another case of Hollywood's unquenchable thirst for Changing Things For No Reason At All. I don't know wy they do it. I assume it's to make things they think "regular people" (i.e. people who don't know the source material) will think are hokey not so hokey. G.I. Joe was like, the ONE thing that didn't need changed. Pretty much every character in G.I. Joe is wearing plain old military gear, or even street clothes. If Star Wars and Star Trek are well-loved, and not hokey, then G.I. Joe most certainly wouldn't be hokey. BUT i *expected* this movie to be full of visual changes. The commercials make it obvious. I accept that nothing can be left alone in Hollywood, and all heroes must wear black plastic clothing.
But why the hell did they ( SPOILER )
mood: calm
music: The Radio And The Fan.
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July 27th, 2009
| July 27th, 2009, 11:30 pm - Cherudim.
<rant>
Sitting down and watching tonight, i think i finally realized why i can't get very deep into Gundam 00. I started counting. I couldn't get past seven sentences without hearing a ridiculous pseudo-Western name or fictional techno-jargon. Averaged, though, it seemed about every 3-4 sentences contained one or the other. Death Note was bad about the fake Western names, but they didn't SAY them so much. But it's so prevalent and laughable in Gundam 00, it just... distracts me from the story. And i'm not even counting
......
Anew Returner
As i type this, a character named Anew Returner was introduced. A fine example of what i'm talking about.
-.-;
But as i was saying, i'm not even counting broader concepts such as "Celestial Being" and "Gundam Meisters", or the fake country/geographic location/political body names. Those words are too integral to everything to be complaining about (though after hearing them eighty times, they sound really strange). I do count "A-Law", becaue every time they say it, it totally drags me out of my state of concentration.
Some names in Gundam 00:
Aeolia Schenberg
Setsuna F Seiei
Lockon Stratos (aka Neil Dylandy)
Lyle Dylandy
Allelujah Haptism (this one annoys the CRAP out of me)
Tieria Erde
Saji Crossroad
Soma Peries
Marie Parfacy
Louise Halevy
Sumeragi Lee Noriega
Feldt Grace
Lichtendahl Tsery
Lasse Aeon
Kati Mannequin
Ali Al-Saachez (also very annoying)
Alejandro Corner
Aber Rindt
(These next few probably have weird names on purpose, but...)
Ribbons Almark
Regene Regetta
Revive Revival
Hiling Care
Bring Stabity
Devine Nova
(I've omitted many that are generally actual names, or of questionable origin, though 90% of those tend to have a name from one area of the world coupled with one from another, for example a Japanese surname with a Western first name, some of which can be seen above.)
Just... Ugh. Do the writers just make up names thinking they sound Western, and possibly "exotic"? They're obviously sometimes using English words as names, or bastardizing existing ones, maybe thinking they sound cool, and assuming most Japanese viewers won't know what they mean. A lot of anime and video games do this, but in Gundam 00, it actually detracts from the series, because, as i said, in the time i counted, i couldn't get past seven sentences without hearing one of these names (and that was once, most times it was five sentences or less), and keep in mind, they tend to say a character's full name, not just a first or last name. "Ali Al-Saachez killed your brother, Lockon Stratos, a Gundam Meister and member of Celestial Being, who piloted the Gundam Dynames, which is powered by a GN Drive." Yeah. I mean, i don't mind technobabble at all, but add the overuse of it, with the long, screwy names, every five sentences, and... no. It's annoying.
</rant>
mood: calm
music: TVs And A Fan.
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July 4th, 2009
| July 4th, 2009, 04:05 pm - Fight Me!
Come on! I dare you! Meet me in the arena! Do your best!
Come on, don't you just wanna knock the... uh... eyebrows off my face?
Click on the link or the image of my lil guy in his awesome Saiyan uniform to give me a beat down.
mood: amused
music: Radio.
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July 1st, 2009
| July 1st, 2009, 05:41 pm - Wild.
Hah, this is awesome. And probably NSFW.
mood: amused
music: Trent Reznor, "Driver Down".
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