Fishmonkey

Dammit

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:33:44 GMT

In my opinion, My Neighbor Totoro is the greatest children's movie ever made, for various reasons. Obviously, I was pissed to find out that Disney is not releasing Totoro in their next lineup of Region 1 DVDs.

Originally scheduled to be released in August, the second set of Studio Ghibli DVDs was supposed to be Totoro, Nausica, and Porco Rosso. Unfortunately, the R1 DVD releases have been bumped back to February of next year, and Totoro was dropped in favor of "The Cat Returns", which is a pretty good movie but not in the same league as Totoro. I know FOX released a DVD version of Totoro a while back, but that version is SHIT and has only the crappy Fox english track.

Fuck you, Americans. You've doomed us all.

Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:25:27 GMT

Once again, my faith in humanity has been dashed to pieces. How can anyone in their right state of mind vote for the Bush/Halliburton adminstration twice?

What would you say if I told you about an imaginary country that invaded a smaller, weaker country for pure monetary gain, ignored the Geneva Convention and literally raped foreign PoWs, and then blatantly lied to its allies? You's say that country is pretty despictable. We've got four more years of this insanity waiting for us, folks!

Bukkake!!

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:47:13 GMT

^_^

Bulbasaur!

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:30:15 GMT

bulb? bulba? SAUR SAUR!! BULBASAUR!!!

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:04:17 GMT

Oopsie!

Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:40:18 GMT

...

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 05:19:34 GMT

Animation school is giving me carpal tunnel syndrome. My hands started acting up last week. They are the most important things to me, and the thought of losing the ability to draw in a few years is seriously freaking me out.

Shit

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:11:10 GMT

Things have not been going well in the past few weeks. I hate the world, and I fucking hate myself. Expect a long, angsty LJ entry before the week ends.

Urg

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:43:41 GMT

Wow...what a shitty week. I had an animation critique on Tuesday, which didnt go too well because I forgot to make a proper model sheet. The new animation instructor now thinks I'm incompetant. I also missed the morning class on Thursday because I didnt set the alarm properly. On Saturday, a random jackass tried to hit me with a water balloon as I was walking home. The dickhead dropped it from a building, so I couldn't chase his ass down and punch his throat in... Today, I spilled a full glass of soda onto the carpet and broke my favorite cup in the process. And five minutes ago, I realized that I accidentally threw my $100 dollar sunglasses into the dryer while doing laundry. ;_;

Hopefully, next week will be better.

mildly psychotic musings

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:48:28 GMT

I haven't talked to Theresa since the last time I wrote about her. I guess I've been too busy with school and whatnot. Or perhaps I was slightly angry at her for not being the type of person I'm attracted to. Who knows. I'm not exactly the most logical or sane person around as I'll soon prove:

Today I saw Dave, a classmate of mine, getting really friendly with Theresa. I've known Dave for over a year now; he's a good looking tallish white guy, and he's really friendly and talkative. Unfortunately, after getting to know Dave for a couple of months, I found out he's really racist towards asians. He's said things like "I don't wanna offend you or anything, but I think asian people are ugly" and other similar comments. And to top it off, he is REALLY, REALLY DUMB. As in "IQ in the double digits" dumb. When you talk to him using sentences longer than 4 words, you can actually see his eyes glaze over as he loses his train of thought. This guy has the attention span of a lobotomized goldfish.

Dave masks his stupidity really well with his talkativeness. After a couple of weeks, it becomes apparent that Dave is not being friendly... he's just too dumb to shut up. It really becomes annoying. The second year students avoid him now cuz they know better. In my classroom, all the second year students sit in the same corner except for him. I know it sounds kinda mean and immature, but Dave is that bad. Everyone who sat near him last year quickly bought big ass headphones to drown out his incessant chatter. Sitting next to Dave will lower your productivity by at least 40%.

Even now, sitting on opposite ends of the classroom hasn't stopped Dave from harassing the second years. He'll walk over the the second year corner, look over everyone's shoulders, and start talking to anyone who's hapless enough not to be wearing headphones at the moment. He does this at least five times a day. Dave seriously can't figure out that we're trying to avoid him. And it doesn't help that most of us are too polite to tell him to go away.

In the past weeks, Dave got to know some of the new students better so they've been taking the brunt of Dave's chatter attacks. Those poor souls. Unfortunately, one of those souls is Theresa. You see, poor Theresa sits right next to Dave.

At this point, Theresa seems to be enjoying the attention, and even talking back to Dave. Normally, this wouldn't bother me, cuz I assume Theresa and the rest of the First Years will eventually figure out that Dave is a pest and tune him out like the Second Years. Then today, I heard Dave say something to the effect of "So when are you gonna invite me to your house Theresa?"

HOLY SHID!!! Is Dave putting the mack on Theresa? Even though it's really none of my business, I really don't want Theresa to fall for Dave. No, it's not because he is white, but because he is a dumb, annoying racist asshole.

I know a lot of asian girls have white boy fantasies, and Dave is a really good looking guy. I'd say he's Abercombie and Fitch material. I'm afraid Theresa is gonna go: "OMG, CUTE WHITE BOI HITTING ON ME!" *drops panties*

For some stupid reason, I feel like I should intervene or something.

Shit, I don't even know why this is bothering me. It's absolutely silly for me to feel like this. I'm completely positive that I'm not interested in Theresa as a girl friend, soul mate, fuck buddy, or whatever. I guess its because she's the only chinese girl in my school, and I don't want her to end up in a situation where she gets hurt. It's kinda like how I root for Yao Ming even though i don't know the guy. I guess I've got a warped sense of race pride or something.

Okay, I've decided not to let it bother me anymore. It's none of my business, and I really ought to focus more on my schoolwork and stop playing mindgames with myself.

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Emo fag

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:17:57 GMT

What's with these homies dissing my girl;
Why do they gotta front?
What did we ever do to these guys
That made them so violent!
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I AM OFFICIALLY AN EMO! Well, not really. I didn't get a a proper pair of emo glasses because those thick plastic rims look kinda heavy. I did get a black metal pair, which kinda emulates the look:
Me looking at my chun li action figure

...inspecting my ceiling for cracks

...staring off into the distance at an imaginary sunrise.

Try to spot my zits! I get a couple of them every time the weather starts warming up.

The lady at Lenscrafters who fitted me was kinda cute. She's one of those people that doesn't look like any ethnicity. Her skin was kinda dark, but her facial features were more caucasian than black. She also had these high, delicate asian-looking cheekbones. AND she spoke with the cutest little british accent, too, although I suspect she's faking the accent to sound more sophisticated and friendly. Why would a brit travel all the way to Vancouver to sell glasses?

Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:00:17 GMT

If I want friends, I need to make myself available for other people to become my friends. Yeah, its sounds kinda cheesy and obvious, but I didn't figure this out until after highschool.

Oh well

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:36:06 GMT

Operation Maya Girl is terminated until furthur notice. I was talking to her today and realized I am not attracted to her at all. Not one stinking bit. I guess I was more enamored with the idea of having a classmate to mack on rather than the girl herself.

Her name is Theresa, not Farissa. I misheard her name that first day because my Mexican instructor slaughtered it with his thick accent. Theresa has a livejournal account, but my attempts to get her to show me her journal has been unfruitful. In fact, I may have scared her a bit with my persistant nagging. Haha. It's probably best that she didn't want to become LJ buddies, anyway. If she did, I'd probably have to delete most of my entries in February and March.

In other news, one of my female classmates gave me a little blue ceramic pig today... I've got no idea how to interpret this. Is it a simple gift? Is she calling me a pig? Her name is Anastasia, and she's 6 or 7 years older than me. She has a nice ass, but she's also a heavy smoker. x_x

roommates

Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:04:07 GMT

I was getting ready to take a shower when my stomach suddenly started growing, so I walked into the kitchen and made some oatmeal. Then it hit me: LIVING ALONE IS AWESOME! While growing up, I never had much privacy. My mom is a standard housewife who spends too much of her time at home, and my two brothers are constantly poking around in my stuff. Even if my family members are out, my maid is usually still puttering about with a mop and a bucket of water. As a result, I started staying up really late in highschool because thats only time my house gets quiet. There's on one hogging the television, nobody to fight with over the computer, and no one barking orders at me.

My late night routine wasn't especially elaborate or interesting. I make a sandwich out of whatever's left over from dinner and watch some Conan O'Brien or a random HBO movie with the volume turned down. I became really good at reading spanish subtitles. Obviously, staying up until 3 o'clock was detrimental to my school performance. In my senior year, the teachers voted me "Class Sleepyhead" even though I had the highest GPA and SAT scores. Fucking assholes.

In Pittsburgh, I subjected myself to the university dormitory system without knowing how awful it is. Fortunately, my first roommate was totally awesome, and we're still best of friends, but my second one was a fucking nightmare. When I arrived at the dorm, I realized that he had moved a queen-sized waterbed into the room. I'm not sure why he thought it was OK to take up 70% of the free space in a tiny apartment without asking his roommate, but the cocky asshole did it anyway.

To make matters worse, his fat, ugly girlfriend was staying with him, which was against Housing regulations. I affectionately nicknamed her "Bowling Ball" because of her short, rounded body shape, and he was nicknamed "Skinny Jew" because he was a skinny jew. Of course I never called them that in their face, but I wish I did. Skinny Jew and Bowling Ball took long "baths" with each other on a regular basis, and shower drain always gets clogged with Bowling Ball's long curly hair. I had to pry off that dense matt of hair on more than one occasion. The worst part were those mysterious white clumps sticking to the hairs. It's probably soap residue... at least thats what I tell myself. >_<

As you can see from this diagram, my little corner was obscured from most places the apartment. As a result, I got to hear all their ugly friends make nasty asian jokes without knowing that there is a GENUINE CHINAMAN within hearing distance. It was hilarious and awful at the same time. Whenever one of their friends started telling a racist joke or talking smack about an asian classmate, Skinny Jew and Bowling Ball would become awkwardly silent.

I don't want to make it sound like Skinny Jew and Bowling Ball walked all over me, though. I called the Housing Office and forced Skinny Jew and Bowling Ball to drain the waterbed, and made life so unpleasant for them that they both moved into Bowling Ball's dorm room.

Skinny Jew and Bowling Ball weren't the only shitty rommates that I've had. I once shared a bathroom with a psychotic wiccan named Tory. I nicknamed him Retarded Wiccan. Retarded Wiccan stabbed me with a knife once, but thats a different story for a different day.

Luckily, the art school that I transferred to in Vancouver is too small to have a dormitory system. Even if it did, I'd probably wouldnt subject myself to that ordeal again. I found an apartment that I can afford by myself, and have been living in it since last march. It's totally awesome. I am not subjected to my roommates' massive collection of shitty techno music. There are no hideous half-naked fat girls running around and clogging up my shower drain. But most importantly, I stand in the kitchen buck naked and make myself a warm bowl of Wild Berry oatmeal. Whenever I want to. And no one will bother me. ^_^

Ginseng tea is great

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:54:19 GMT

Her name is Farissa.... I think. I didnt get a chance to talk to her because she had lecture in the morning, and I was busy with my assignments. Plus, she went home right after school so I couldnt harass her. We made flirty eye contact a few times, though. :D

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I think Farissa is an inch taller than me. LMAO!! This oughta be interesting. Strangely enough, her tallness doesnt intimidate me. I guess this is because my mom is a couple of inches taller than my dad.

Her body shape reminds me of a particular cartoon character. Farissa has the same thin, lanky body frame as Tashigi from One Piece. She even has similar haircut and glasses, too. If we become friends, I'm gonna make her to cosplay this summer. ^_^

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I'm 5'8, which I thought was normal for asians before I came to Vancouver. Where the hell are these tall asian people coming from? I see asians who are much taller than me all the time. Is there something in the water? I also noticed the same thing in Taiwan. I have cousins there who are a good 2 or 3 inches taller than me.

As you can tell, I grew up in a place with a very small asian population. You will not see asians walking down the street in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The only exposure I had to asian culture was filtered through western media. I sorta dumbly assumed that all asians were short like me. lol. fucking hollywood.

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While we're on the subject, western media is fucking Asians over. You don't see too many average looking Caucasians in movies and TV shows. Most white actresses are much better looking than the average white chick. The same cannot be said about asian actresses. Well, the only asian actress i can think of is Lucy Liu, and she is rather plain looking. Am I the only one who noticed that Lucy is cross-eyed???? Shit, if you're gonna hire a token asian actress, at least find one without a hilarious physical defect. I see prettier asian girls on the train ride home everyday.

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My old bottle of cologne was running low, and I wanted to smell nice for Farissa when I finally get a chance to chat with her.

I went down to that perfume place in Metrotown Mall; the one with a giant 75% OFF!!! banner in the front. The hilarious part was that the prices were the same as last year when same sign said 50% OFF!! I guess the illusion of buying half-priced scented water wasn't drawing enough customers.

The sales lady was really insistant on selling me a particular brand of cologne, which was kinda irritating. Being a fussy consumer whore, I sampled five or six different bottles ("no, this one not my style", "hmmm... too subtle", "ew, this one is gay"). Then i saw the greatest bottle of cologne ever.

It's called the Time Bomb and shaped like an old fashioned Acme bomb, complete with a fake plastic fuse. The bottle came packed in a miniature metal barrel, too! I knew it was corny macho bullshit, but I couldn't resist. I half-expected to find a pack condoms and a porno magazine stuffed in there next to the cologne.

I'm going to paint eyeballs on bottle and name it Eau de Ba-Bomb.

It smells nice, too. It is a surprisingly smooth and mature scent for something that came out of a Donkey Kong barrel.

Bukkake

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:43:56 GMT

Operation "Bag That Cute Chinese Girl In Your Maya Class" begins today.

Step 1: Find out her name.
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Step 3: Profit. ^_^

Yeah, one of the new students in our school is a pretty girl from Hong Kong. Hopefully, she can speak Mandarin, the true form of Chinese. Cantonese isnt a real language. :P

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Here's a pic of me during the summer.
Here's one from a couple of weeks ago.

I pretty much neglected my personal grooming after Kirsten left. As you can tell, i started looking like a pale, shaggy zombie by the end of winter. I gained 10 lbs, too.

Winter sucks.

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Back in Ecuador, there is a little barber shop that I've been going to since fifth grade, and they always do an excellent job. Getting a haircut outside of Ecuador has been a nightmare. For some reason, I always seem to get weed-whacker haircuts; you know, the kinda haircut that looked like a five year old attacked your head with a rusty butterknife. And its not like I've been going to ghetto barbershops,too. I've tried little mom-n-pop places, nationwide chains like Supercuts, and those faggy hair salons with rows of shiny hair mousse canisters lining the walls like a bizarro ammunition depot.

Well, I finally got a decent haircut in Vancouver. The barber was totally awesome, and we had a deep meaningful conversation about women, booze, and death metal.

kaff kaff

Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:18:42 GMT

I caught a cold on Thursday, but the disease seems to be wearing off. Hopefully, my nose will stop leaking before I start school on Monday.

You're Joe Higashi. Anybody ever tell you to shut up? You have a good sense of humor and you are not hesitant to show it 24/7. Although people sometimes find you annoying, they never really hate you. In fact, they might appreciate you as a motivating force in gloomy times, being the all-reliable comic relief.

Take the KOF characters Quiz!

Fuck! I wanted to be Athena! ;_;

Mp3 thingie

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:48:28 GMT

Total mp3s: 7998

1. Tales_of_Phantasia_-_The_Dream_Will_Not_Die.mp3 (I lub this song!)
2. Studio Ghibli - 09 Sakuranbo no Minoru Koro (Porco Rosso).mp3
3. [SUM 41] - 02 Over My Head (Better Off Dead).mp3
4. Greenday - Worry Rock.mp3
5. Utada Hikaru - Parody.mp3
6. Garbage - Untouchable.mp3
7. Faith No More - Ricochet.mp3
8. Kelly Rowlan - Stole.mp3 (ugh. i hate R&B. *marked for deletion*)
9. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - 2 Andante con moto.mp3
10. Verdi - Triumphal March from Aida.mp3
11. Orchestra Game Concert\CD 3\04 - Earthbound - Because I love You.mp3
12. Aiko - September.mp3
13. P.O.D. - Youth of the Nation.mp3
14. Final Fantasy VII - 03 Mako Reactor.mp3
15. Mega_Man_3_SnakeManGetDown_OC_ReMix.mp3
16. Capcom - Go Flying Through the Air (Ryu).mp3
17. DJ_Yas_-_Freaky.mp3
18. 20Wild Arms OST - Alone in the World.mp3
19. Sarah McLachlan - Fear.mp3 (yes, i listen to Sarah. fuck you)
20. Nightwish - Oceanborn - 07 - Moondance.mp3

Well, this was fun. I found some music that I didnt know I had.

urgh

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 06:31:46 GMT

I woke up with a head-splitting migraine this morning. I've been getting a couple of these every year ever since 2001 when i fell asleep in Physics class and sprained my neck.

It feels like the back of my head is cracking open.

zzz

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:44:01 GMT

poopie

ORLANDO BLOOM IS SOOO HAWT! ^_^

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:16:25 GMT

The Return of the King was awesome. I love giant monsters, and this movie was chock-full of them. If Orlando Bloom ever asks me to suck his dick, I would say "With mint or no mint?".

Random Tomfoolery

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:11:53 GMT

Playing russian roulette with diabetic shock is fun!!!! I ate twelve granola bars yesterday. And two Pop Tarts. And a chocolate bar.

I could've saved myself 20 bucks if I had bought Unicron during the holiday season. Damn you, Toy'r'us!

I've been looking up information about FFXI. Apparently, there are NO player-versus-player options in the game, although Square is supposedly working on it. I will probably wait until they implement PvP before I jump in FFXI.

There's a girl at my school who wears too much perfume. She reminds me of one of those laser bikes from "Tron", except she leaves a trail of noxious, flowery fumes behind her instead of a neon-colored wall. Ironically, her name is Windy.

BTW, Windy has a fantastic ass. Its not too big and not too boney. It is one of the cutest, most perfectly round ass I've had the pleasure of gawking at. She always wears these tight pants, too. Her ass is like a firm, ripe fruit begging to be eaten. Unfortunately, she's kinda boring to talk to. She's also a devout muslim, so I don't think she'll like my freaky side.

I was talking to Windy last week, and she said my first name means "God" in Indonesian. LOL!

I'm thinking about applying to Capilano College because they have a really good animation program, and they're cheap. My original plan was to complete the two year program at Vanarts, but after completing most of the first year, I'm not sure I want to continue my education here. My current term at Vanarts ends in February. Unfortunately, the next term at Capilano starts in september, and I won't know if I'll be accepted until may. In other words, between the months of February and September, I'll have nothing to do unless I can get a job in Vancouver or something.

Random tidbits

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:21:24 GMT

TELL EVERYBODY I'M ON MY WAY!
NEW FRIENDS AND NEW PLACES TO SEE!!
WITH BLUE SKIES AHEAD, YES I'M ON MY WAY
AND THERE'S NO WHERE ELSE THAT I'D RATHER BEEEE!!!

I've neglected my personal grooming for the past month or so. My uncombed, messy hair is long enough to cover my eyes, and I've got skraggly Chinaman stubbles.

I've started drinking tea instead of coffee.

As an animation student, I feel obligated to watch every animated film that comes out, including stuff like Brother Bear. Actually, I like Brother Bear more than Finding Nemo. I almost fell asleep during Nemo.

I have a hard time enjoying movies based on animal characters because they always put a romantic subplot in them, and it makes me think about those cute little animal characters fucking the brains out of each other which totally creeps me out.

I'm thinking about buying FFXI cuz it looks fun, but I'm not sure I want to start another MMORPG. The last one I played was Everquest, and it made me swear off MMORPGs forever. It didnt feel like I was playing a game; it was more like participating in a community. I had to cancel my account after three months because my obligations to my Everquest friends became more important than my obligations to real life friends. Pretty sad, eh? :/

Speaking of real life friends, a few weeks ago I jokingly called a classmate "bitch" and told her to "fuck me" during a playful argument. Since then, she has refused to talk or interact with me in any way. It doesn't bother me too much because we never got along anyway. Our personalities aren't compatible (she's a temperamental bitch and I'm a dirty asshole). The reason I'm bringing this up is because I politely said "Hello" to her today, and she responded with a nonchalant grunt. HAHA! I've never heard a girl grunt before. I'm gonna see if she grunts again tomorrow.

I've notice that I have the tendency to separate my friends into different groups in my head. For example, I have Nerd Friends, Friends That I Don't Really Like, Internet Friends, True Friends, Friends That I Want To Put My Dick Into, etc.

I've forgotten how to draw men because I spent the past week drawing women for my design pack. I'm gonna have to look at pictures of men tomorrow and relearn how to draw them.

Perverts...

Wed, 05 Nov 2003 07:45:36 GMT

I got groped on the skytrain again. This time, it was by a moderately pretty japanese girl. Every time she reached into her purse to rummage around, she would twist her torso in such a way that it would rub against my chest and shoulders. At first, I thought she was simply oblivious and didn't understand the concept of personal space, but after the third time she brushed her arm across my chest, I changed my mind and moved to the other end of the skytrain. Goddamn wackos. Is this how the japanese flirt? I knew she was a jap because she had a distinctly japanese eagle nose like Gogo Yubari from "Kill Bill".

In other news, I'm very disappointed that the local convenience stores stopped carrying the Orange-flavored Smarties.

Fucking eh, those things were awesome. ;_;

I'm lame.

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 05:03:13 GMT

I found out today that my layout instructor thought I was married with children. WHAT THE FUCK? She was like "So To Han, how's your kid doing?"...

I replied by having a violent coughing fit.

Shit. I know Birgitta, my layout instructor, is not retarded. I've had her class since March. She's worked on Disney's Tarzan. Yeah, she did some of those crazy jungle backgrounds in movie. I know she didnt confuse me with someone else, cuz I asked her about it... She honestly thought I was friggin' married.

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out why I give off the vibes of a married man. Is it because I look pertetually tired? Or maybe its because of the way I dress... I should start wearing those loose-fitting cargo pants that all the cool kids wear these days... Or is it my hair... perhaps I should cut my hair shorter or dye it blue... Gah! It's probably because I look like I've been pussy-whipped. Yeah, that must be it; my body language probably says "HEY LOOK AT ME! I'VE BEEN MENTALLY CASTRATED BY A WOMAN!"

I should start grunting more in class... and maybe beat my chest once in a while to show off my virile masculinity...

Grrr... I'm starting to understand why I'm not having a lot of luck with teh ladies.