First I want to say that I am sorry I haven't been around that much latly. But after a battle with pancreatic cancer, my father just died last night.

It's been hard over the past few months. He had to have 2 surgeries and spend some time in the hospital. But, for the most part, because I am still living at home, he was able to stay at home with my mother and I. In the end he went quite peacefully at home.

I am doing ok, I guess. At least as well as can be expected. It all still feels a little bit surreal still. In the last couple of months, when my dad was staying home a lot more, I feel like I've been a lot closer to him than I have in a long time. He used to spend a lot of time at work, and would often stay until late at night. I'm glad I got to spend the time with him.

Strangely enough, I've really gotten into Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Current Mood: sad

firearmofmutiny and I discovered an interesting news article while playing the wii today. Sanrio is creating a new line of Hello Kitty merchandise... for men.

You can read more about it here.

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Tags: news
Current Mood: amused

So, yes, I'm fine. I was no where near the whole bridge thing. Nor was anyone I know. I'm starting to get sick of the subject on the news, though. Most of the information is sort of old and there are probably other things in the world that people could be talking about.... But enough about that!

Today I went to the art fairs that were going around Minneapolis with my sister. I saw a lot of interesting things, but I didn't buy anything. I just came home with a lot of free samples. If only I had a lot of money to blow on art... I would still probably be picky...

I got a new hair cut! It's a lot shorter now and looks a whole hell of a lot better.

I've been doing a lot of spacey art lately. It's both fun and simple. If you want you can go look at a few samples over at my Deviant Art account.

I read Harry Potter DH. Sort of so-so book. I hated how Voldemort was so stupid. The best HP book is probably the first one in my opinion.

What else...

I still haven't found a job yet...

Nothing much else really. I lead a very boring life.

Current Mood: blah

Gah! I need to post more often!

So, yeah. I'm moving out of my apartment. Where to? My parents place. I am still in need of a job, and until I get one, I can't afford a place of my own. Yesterday I moved most of the furniture out of my place with the help of my family. Dear lord it was hot out there. Going in the truck was not fun because of this.

There is still so much to do there too! Since it was also my sister's place, I have to move all of her crap that she left when I moved in that I never went through. Shifting through 7 years of junk is not fun.

Oh well...

Current Mood: tired

I has graduated!!!!

Now I have to go into the real world...

Current Mood: accomplished

Current Mood: amused

I am done with my campaign's project!!!! XD I am sooooooo happy!!! And this time there wasn't jerks in my group and I managed to be a part of the team instead of being pushed out of it and yet blaimed for what was going wrong! I hope we win!!! We did really well and were different than all of the other groups! Plus the prof seemed to really like it!!!

Also, I've started a web comic with a regular update!!! Go to my web site and check it out!!!. I put all of my old comics in their own section so the navs are for the new thing only!

Woooo! I am a little drunk!!!

Current Mood: cheerful

I had the weirdest experience today. I think it was of the paranormal sort too.

As I was walking across the Washington ave. bridge to get to class this morning, I suddenly got the feeling that I was falling. It wasn't scary. In fact it was quite the opposite. It was almost sheer joy to feel the wind rushing across my face and to not be bound by the ground. It was unlike any ride I have ever experienced. But that feeling soon passed. I opened my eyes and suddenly the ground was a few inches from my face. In that moment, I felt sheer terror. Seeing death that close to your eyes is not a pleasant experience at all. Than the ground hit. I know there was pain, I can still remember the smell as my nose was crushed, but the nothingness came about to fast to really experience it.

And I found myself on top of the bridge again.

Quite terrified, I picked up my pace crossing the bridge and stayed as close to the wall as I could until I got to a door so I could walk on the inside. The memory, or whatever it was, was still playing itself over and over in my head, but not quite as vivid as before. It got better when I was on the inside, but it was still there.

As I exited from the bridge to West Bank, it stopped playing in my head. In fact, it's a little hard to remember it in the first person as I first experienced it. When I play it though in my head, it's more like I am watching a shadow of a person (male I think) falling. I'm falling with them, but it is in more of a god-like position, where all I'm doing is just watching and not participating.

Like I said, it was weird. I don't think I ever want to fall to my death.

I have always have believed in paranormal encounters like this. I've found in places where a lot of people have had a lot of intense emotions tend to retain a bit of that emotion for a long time. I've evan experienced it places before. Dungeons where there was a lot of torture tend to retain a bit of fear about them and grave yards often have an air of sadness to the (at least in my opinion). The once or twice I've been in the metrodome when it was virtually empty, I could still feel excitement in the air. I've never really felt anything this intense, though, and that focused on a single person. They do say that the bridge is haunted.

Current Mood: scared

Stop putting things into the iRack!

Current Mood: amused

Ok, so yeah.... ugh I have a lot of homework to do this weekend. Ironically, it's mostly animating stuff. So while you people are off watching and discussing anime, I will be sitting in a darkend computer lab learning how to animate stuff so that one day you might possibly talking about my work at one of those conventions.

I do have a request though. Could someone pick me up the 7 volumes of Jing: King of Bandits? Or at least look for them for me? I can pay you for them either before (if you are coming to anime club tomorrow) or after the convention. I just say the anime and I am dying to read the manga now. I would also love a copy of the Taiko Drummers CD if they have one. Of all the events that are there, that's the one that I really hate missing.

Have fun everyone!

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Kokia songs