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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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My contract clearly states that I'm able to leave my job as long as I give 30 days advanced warning. It's clear, signed by my company, there's no way they could legally keep me here. So I went up to my boss today and said "I would like to make December 18th my last day." He made a face, looked at my contract, and said "I see... let's think about this."
NO! I think. But then my boss pointed out something that surprised me. "Brooke, you said you had to spend as much of December focusing on your art, right? Well, if you quit officially, you would have to wait thirty days before you could focus on it." I thought about it and agreed. He continued, and said "You realize you aren't obligated to come to work, right? You're only part-time. If you wanted to take off the entire month of December, you could." I could?
So my boss sat down with me and another co-worker and we discussed my future here. They are even thinking about having me work at home-- they said they admittedly need an English speaking person just in case, but at the same time it wasn't fair to me if I was stick here with nothing to do when I possibly was missing out on a career as a mangaka. My boss said, "You CAN quit, but don't you want to wait and make sure you can afford to quit? I'll give you off all the time you need, though. You could even just come in once a week if you wanted to." I could?
So the new deal is, my last day of work is this Friday, and after that I'm free to just not come to work anymore for the rest of the year, then I am to report back on January 4th to see where I am coming along on work. If I need to quit, my boss will let me quit then, but otherwise I can work only once a week or once a month even.
Okay. I can actually deal with that. And my boss is right-- quitting would mean I'd have to work through most of December. So... awesome. I'm going to get to do some art for Comiket as well as my own one-shots for my editor. If I'm penniless by January I can just go back to work.
Is this a situation where everyone wins? Or is my boss a trickier man than I give credit for? In any case, expect an avalanche of Queen's Blade art.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
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I sat my boss down first thing Friday. I said "I am pursuing manga, I'm doing assistant work, I've really got a chance but I can't afford anymore distractions. I'm quitting." My boss smiles and says "Well, you can always come back for events and stuff, right?"
I'm such a chicken (thus the chicken bus icon)... I'm so afraid he'll call Immigration and lie about me raping babies or something. So I said "Maybe, if it's only for a day or two, and only for the two events a year..." and he said he might consider taking me down to only one day a week. NO. I'm QUITTING. I don't do anything! EVER! So I stated again that I'm here to do manga and it's what I said I wanted to do in the beginning, that this wasn't permanent...
My boss then stood, saying "Well, I'll think about it."
THINK ABOUT IT!? NO! I'm QUITTING! I'm not asking if I can go to the school dance or a concert out of town, I'm making a STATEMENT that I'm quitting! There is nothing to think about!!!!
And this is the best time to quit. People do jobhunting in January, so they could find a replacement no sweat. Why why WHY is he doing this to me?
Last night after work, Larry called me to help him make his deadline, which had been that morning. I went to his place at 10 pm and he was NOWHERE near finished... I worked with him up until about 10:30 in the morning, when I finally said "I need to go." I am supposed to do my roughs this weekend, and I've already lost about a day (at least I got some money). Looks like I'll have to work all through tomorrow and maybe skip my date with Hyodo on Monday (holiday!)
Uploaded another three pages today of Samurai Rodeo.
Samurai Rodeo pg. 8-9 by *OgawaBurukku on deviantART
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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Talked to my parents; they said they are going to help out with rent and insurance for another year, and I am to use that year for getting myself published, etc. Because what is the point in coming to Japan if I don't have time to pursue this dream of mine? Really, my parents are just too loving and caring. I will buy them an island previously owned by Nicolas Cage if I ever get super successful at this.
Hyodo has also said he'll marry me IF there is a problem with visas sometime down the line. We're planning on getting married in like 2011 anyway, soo.....
What to tell my boss: he has turned me down once before when I asked if I could quit (I wasn't really ASKING, but whatever), but we've decided the best thing I can do is say "I've already accepted a job as an assistant to a big-time super famous mangaka, and he's asked I start in December, and it's already a done deal." If he continues to argue, then I just won't show up anymore, I guess... which is where Hyodo marrying me would come in handy, since he could possibly report me or something. But they don't take away visas when you quit so who knows.
Maybe I'll cry... he's got daughters my age, that might help my case.
So yeah, it's been decided. Am I crazy? Maybe, but I guess we all have to take risks to accomplish our goals. Thank you everyone for your opinions and advice.
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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In Sakura Wars 5, for the US release they are changing some character's names. They all kinda suck, but Plum Spaniel (who, yes, has a dumb name) is now... are you ready for this?
CHERRY COCKER. I guess she's a porn star now? "They call me Cherry 'Popper' Cocker." I weep.
So, being an assistant to a porno manga-ka is kind of awesome. The guy has done WHEELCHAIR PORN. It was amazing. Like... AMAZING. And when his editor came in to look at his new story, where a girl's uterus falls out of her vagina (never ask "what is this?" when working with an ero-mangaka), I got to hear a lot of really good advice from an editor whose been in the biz for a while now. My favorite part was when the editor was recommending a story to Larry about a blind girl who gets it up the butt. I like to imagine she was able to see after that.
Larry is offering me space at his table at Comiket in December to sell artwork. I love Queen's Blade, and I want to draw some ecchi pics of the girls while the show is still popular, and maybe one or two pics of Sakura Wars characters. Like Cherry Cocker (whom I've actually drawn nude art for, so there ya go).
I won't draw sex, but I do honestly like drawing nudes. I'm thinking I'll do nude bookmarks or maybe just do a few pics of my favorite characters/couplings, or sell some prints of what I've done up until now.
And I'm thinking about quitting my job so I can do manga and art full time. Who thinks I'm being hasty? Let me know before Friday.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
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Apparently I've already used this song lyric before for a title. Hmm.
All weekend I was out with Larry, the guy I know who is half Japanese but was raised in America who does ero-manga (or, as American fans call it, hentai) here in Japan. He needed someone to help him with his manga. It's been a while since I've done any tone cutting, so I was out of practice. It was nice to talk about manga with someone. I was opposed to it before, but I'm thinking about quitting my job to do assistant work or something while I'm working on getting published. Watching a real mangaka do his thing, it really makes you wake up and go "I am inferior." He thinks I should quit, but I'm not sure I'd get paid enough as an assistant. Although... if I get $100 every day I do a full day's work, I'd only need to work 7 days a week to make more than I'm currently making. I think $100 is standard... Going back on Tuesday to do more assistant work, and hopefully learn some perspective tips. Larry's gotten SOOO much better-- he was good a year ago when I first saw his work, but now his linework is so much cleaner.
Hyodo and I aren't doing so hot lately. We do really well when we are around each other constantly, but since my birthday we've barely been around each other-- just been busy, not avoidant or anything. I guess next month when we take our vacation to Ehime we'll have some time together and it'll be okay. Though, I think he's stressing out over the whole 就職 (shuushoku) experience... basically, he's quitting part-time work in favor of full-time, with benefits and whatnot. I thought we'd finally have some time together to eat out tonight, but he told me he was off to go with his friend (also shuushoku-ing) to get a business suit and briefcase.
I had planned to do the laundry tonight (since I was gone all weekend), but Hyodo put it in without telling me. Well, I had some soiled panties (periods are awesome) that I needed to put in pronto that had been in the sink, and since he started the laundry (the door locks, it can't be undone!) I'd have to wait another day (laundry takes ONE WHOLE DAY, seriously). I got mad (see: period) because now those panties are ruined, and asked Hyodo "Why didn't you tell me you were doing laundry-- I had to put those panties in!". He suddenly looked at me and told me "Shut up! God, woman, just put them in when the laundry is over." He doesn't normally talk to me that way. I said I couldn't open the door and he told me again to shut up and do it later, that it's not a big deal, etc. I'm always prone to temper flair-ups when I'm menstruating, but only once in our relationship has he spoken to me in this manner, and I left this morning really angry. I think either something unrelated pissed him off, or he's starting to get mad because lately I've complained to him about his habits. Like how he never throws shit away, or sometimes he will lay trash on the trash can lid instead of putting them in the trash... I never get mad at him, but maybe he's mad about the constant reminders.
... but seriously, trash -> trash can. And he just stacks beer cans instead of throwing them away-- why does he do this? WHY? I don't care what he does in his room, but I hate a messy kitchen and trash-filled living room.
Uh... on the bright side, I got another $5 commission from Red Crayon Aristocrat on DA, and she finished that this morning. So that's one good thing, at least.
Commission: Lamia by ~RedCrayonAristocrat on deviantART
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Dear Jeff,
I can't get you out of my head. Ever since that night a few days ago, when you helped me escape the cops by banging me on the school roof, taking my clothes, and handing them to the police as evidence I had died while I ran past cows and farmhouses to reach our safe point at the freaky book store that sold Wiccan and Satanic paraphernalia (I thought you were Jewish, Jeff!).... ever since that night, I go to bed hoping I'll see you again, because you were really kind of hot in Earth Girls Are Easy once they shaved your body. And I loved Jurassic Park.
But alas, I know it wasn't meant to be. I told Hyodo about us last night. I'm sure he was upset, even if he hid his emotions with "That's okay, I have sex with goats in my dreams." So that's it, we're through. I'm sorry, we're just from two very different worlds, but we'll always have the memory of last Tuesday.
Sincerely,
Brooke
What Jeff doesn't really know is that I plan to have that dream where Indiana Jones saves me from a giant snake with his bullwhip tonight, and I can't have him interfering with his Malcolm schtick, where he puts water on my knuckles and watches it fall... and...
Oh, Jeff Goldblum.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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Went to Daiba yesterday with Mira and her sister Star. Mira used to be my good buddy from the language school, but after five years she gave up on Japan and moved back to the States this March. She's visiting now, showing her youngest sister what her home for five years was like and I got to tag along yesterday when they went to Odaiba. It was good to see Mira, and I really like her sister, who is only a year older than me. I bought two long-sleeved t-shirts (a Henekin shirt and a CocaCola shirt) that are suuuuper soft, and will probably be the only winter clothes purchases I make this year, heh. We also went to a cat park, where you could play with cats for $10. They had a SPHYNX CAT there, and I think I really want one. They are how much again? $2000??? I want one. I'd name it Pinky. Most of the cats ran away from us, but a cat similar to that might have been a Cornish Rex let me pet it, and would beat up all the other cats during feeding time. It was badass. Afterwards we got Hawaiian beer and turkey sandwiches and talked about being adopted.
The weather is fantastic now. I wish my birthday had been this week. It's raining today, but nothing like it did on my birthday.
I think I need to chill out... I'm getting in arguments on DA a lot lately. I saw a "I'm a panty artist" stamp/icon by a certain artist famous for drawing just that, and his/her new icon seems to be a child pulling up her skirt to show her panties. I said something like "Does anyone else not see the problem with this person's icon? Because that's clearly a child showing her panties" and the artist, to my surprise, basically told me to STFU. I said I didn't like pedophilia, and said it was artists like them in Japan who were giving Japanese manga such a bad rep throughout the rest of the world. I was called narrowminded, and then the artist blocked all comments and said in Japanese that some idiot kept whining about the pic and basically they are refurring to me. The conversation is still going on in notes, where I am accused of not knowing anything about Japanese manga and being stupid for not understanding that smut manga is where artists get their start, blah blah. I said I have no problem with smutty artwork... because I don't. Boobs are fun to draw, I get it. I LIKE Queen's Blade. My problem is...
wait for it.... wait for it....
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. I'm sorry, am I really narrowminded for having a problem with this?
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
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Met up with my old teacher from manga school. She read my story, laughed out loud every three pages, and said "That was FUNNY. I love Sandy and the cow, but the hero needed work." I asked her what she thought about my style being American. She said she hadn't noticed an overall American look, just a few panels where I had the characters use gestures. "But on close-ups when you put a lot of detail into the characters, they look like a Japanese drew them. So perhaps you should keep your style and just go in and clean up better. Your backgrounds are terrible, and your perspective a joke. But no, your characters don't look un-Japanese to me." Then we talked for an hour about stuff, and said she'd look at anything new I had in the works whenever I wanted. She told me not to get discouraged, and she reminded me that I need to really show off what I CAN draw-- which is girls. "Make sure whatever you submit next has cute girls, it's your thing. And take your time on backgrounds!" She said whenever I do go pro she'll find a good background artist for me to work with. Because... yeah, I really suck.
I wish I had spent more time practicing backgrounds last month. I did buy a few good books for it, though. I should probably actually READ them.
I think I'm going to do the art contest at the end of the month and have it go until mid January.
Hyodo needs to not join this band he auditioned for yesterday. It's really pissing me off that he's such a fucking pussy sometimes. I'm sure I'll elaborate on that if he DOES join the band with the mohawk guy I wish would eat shit and GTFO.
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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Two story pitches, not tooo long, but long enough that I can flesh out my idea.
Any suggestions or criticism or whatever are welcome. Also, if you don't like names or anything, let me know.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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And the results are... no, I didn't get in. I wasn't devastated when he told me, though, because when I looked at my work earlier today for the first time in a month, I was actually embarrassed that I had submitted this. It's awful-- the art is, at least. Looking at it now I realize I am not ready to do a full manga by computer.
My editor agreed, and said from now on he wants me to hand draw stuff. He took the time to tell me what the entire staff at Shounen Magazine had to say in regards to my work, and he said some things that surprised me and one thing that seriously makes me wonder if my dreams will ever come true.
The good; apparently everyone is really looking forward to what I have to show them next time. They LOVED the story and the main character Sandy, and were really impressed that I, a foreigner, was able to write something like that in Japanese. So apparently the story was not the problem.
The bad; the problem was my art, and not just in the way that I had expected. They said my panel layouts were bad (I combined two pages worth into one a couple of times to keep page numbers down), and the computer stuff did not compliment my art style very well-- basically what my editor said last time, where I should stick with the hand drawn stuff. Okay, fair enough.
The ugly; I have to change my style. I have to HAVE to draw more like Japanese manga or there is no future for me doing comics for a major publisher in Japan. My editor said that last time, but suggested I change a few things, not do a complete overhaul. I CAN'T do that. I can take out some of the more obvious American aspects, like wild takes and such, but I can't just totally reteach myself how to draw.
What absolutely pisses me off is how this is the reverse of what I was told when I first started showing my work; art is great, stories need work. Now it's the stories are awesome, the art is bad. What happened?
I'm also angry at my manga school because I asked them if they thought my American flair would cause problems for me, and they said NO. They encouraged me to keep my style. Well, thanks for that. I'm so angry, I feel like that two years was a waste of my time.
I told my editor I'll be in at the end of the month sometime with two new stories-- one about a boy and the goddess of luck, which I've had in my head since manga school, and one I literally came up with on the spot with my editor, when he asked me "what else ya got?". I said "How about a story about a half-werewolf boy and a half-dwarf girl who go on an adventure to find the blood of a dragon, which if they drink it it will make them 'whole'?" I told him I liked Bakuretsu Hunter, and he said if I thought I could draw it he'd love to see me do something in that style-- action, comedy, magic or whatever.
So wasn't let go like most artists would be, I was told to come back with something new by the end of the month. I'm glad the other editors liked my story, but I'm terrified that I might not be able to meet their expectations.
I have honestly never doubted my character art abilities like I am doing right now.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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Nine of you wrote me a little birthday greeting on my birthday post, and I appreciate it, you all rock.
I've got some photos to post, but nothing really exciting. Weather was bad and I'm so nervous about tomorrow's meeting with the editor I don't know what to do with myself. Hyodo is still insisting on celebrating my birthday... I think he thinks he failed me. Well, it was just bad timing for my birthday. Bad weather, stress, and more people at Disneyland than I've EVER seen on a weekday before made for a lousy combination.
It was... a "meh" birthday. I'm hoping tomorrow will bring good news and give me a little boost.
I have about three art projects on my computer-- one is a Halloween pic I just never posted. Maybe tomorrow I'll get it done.
I am going to do the art contest, but I'm pushing it back a bit so I can get a few more pics of my characters up for reference.
I might not work on a new chapter for another week or so. Which is probably a good thing, since I don't think everyone's had a chance to read it.
Seriously, I feel like blah. I wonder if I'm coming down with something thanks to my birthday bringing in WINTER. It's way too cold for a Japanese November.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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I'm closer to 30 than I am to 20 now. Getting old sucks.
Off to Disneyland to pretend I'm still young.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
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I used my one pokemon icon to show it's GEEK TIME!! What am I geeking over now?
Well, the game Afrika for PS3. Yesterday Hyodo and I went to go eat the 7 patty burger at Burger King (yes, I took pictures, will post tomorrow), and he was in a good mood and wanted to get new games for us to play. We got Afrika, which is a photo safari game, and I'm pretty obsessed with it. It's a really relaxing game, but there were a couple of times when Hyodo and I jumped because an elephant tried to plow us over. Driving is a bitch, though. It reminds me of some of the games I used to play, like Amazon Trail or Pokemon Snap, where you're just exploring and learning about animals. The soundtrack is GORGEOUS, and they really did a good job of capturing the African savannah. Sometimes it's like I'm back to being 12 and taking pictures of giraffes in Kenya. I heard the game just came out this month in America, and I recommend it to anyone who likes games that don't require you to blast holes into people. I did see a cheetah kill a gazelle, though, that was fun. We got it for cheap, but if I'd known it would be this awesome I would have paid full price for it. I like it more than Soul Calibur IV, which was SUCH a letdown.
I am definitely doing the art contest, starting Sunday. An artist I sometimes chat with who is AMAZING was doing $5 commissions, so I commissioned her and got this:
I LOVE IT. Arma looks so awesome. Best $5 I ever spent.
And now for manga ramblings... which I will cut because I know half of you don't read/care about manga
( Read more... )
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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I was looking through past winners of the award I'm trying for with Shounen Magazine, and WOW, there is no way I'm going to make it. Even the artists who have semi-crappy character art still had really good background art and an overall professional look that I don't think I can compete with. But this wait it KILLING ME.
Even Hyodo hates waiting. He's been asking me every other day if I've heard anything yet, and when we go to 7/11 he checks the new issue for any news.
So I called my editor, and he said they still haven't decided, but he wants to sit down with me whenever he does find out, whether I make it or not. So I'm going in to see him next Thursday at 9 pm (again with the lateness!) and he'll give me the bad news in person. Oh boy... I hope I don't cry.
Oh, sure, I don't know for sure yet, but I have a pretty good feeling I'm "out".
Also, for Sakura Wars / Sakura Taisen fans... look at the character profiles on the official US site.
sakurawars.us
Name change alert. NOT cool.
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
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Hyodo is so in love with me right now, it's like he thinks there is sausage in my clothes or something. He is ALL about cuddling right now, talking about our FUTURE (gasp!) and having mini parties for just the two of us, where he plays music and has me dance to it. He had just hung out with his friends the day before, including Mirai, our drummer for a short time, who I was convinced hated me. They got on the subject of me and Mirai said "It was such a weird experience being in the band with Brooke hating my guts for no reason." Hyodo said he laughed and said I thought Mirai hated me. So it turns out there were quite a lot of misunderstandings between us on both sides, and once Mirai realized that he said "Well then shit, invite me over sometime, I wanna hang out with Brooke!" When Hyodo told me that, I shot Mirai a quick text saying "I don't hate you," to which he responded "Let's hang out sometime. I love you, baby." I told Hyodo, and he said "I'll kill him!" I sent a flirty text back, and Mirai responded with more flirting. Hyodo grabbed my phone and started reading all my recent texts. HA! He does get jealous sometimes. After that he threw down the phone, said "You're mine!" and kissed me. It was almost romantic, except he was on his fourth beer and kinda smelled. Ah, love. And he kept playing Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine", and I freaking HATE that song.
I added a new chapter for Fallen, but it was so big I had LJ wouldn't let me post it. So... I ended up snipping off some from the beginning and attaching it to Part 1. So... that's confusing, but instead of skimming Part 1, just use the search option for this line: "The sun had started to dip" <-- it's the first line of the new part of Part 1. And yeah, you should probably read it if you're going to read Part 2.
The links to both are here:
Part 1
Part 2
UPDATE!!!
I was bored, so I decided to compile some of the fan art/gift art/ etc I've received for FALLEN. The link to that is here
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
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Hyodo suffered the worst hangover he's ever had. He said "I had so many beers I don't know how many I had." So even though I had things I wanted to do, I spent about four hours nursing him back to health... I have never seen my boyfriend sick, or at least sick and ADMITTING he's sick, so boy was I surprised to see he's one of those people who wants to be babied and taken care of when he feels sick. He layed on my lap and I would tip the waterbottle into his mouth, and I'd rub his belly while he watched the news from my lap... and if I asked him how he was feeling he'd say "I'm dying..." At about 3 pm I realized I was feeling sorry for my boyfriend because he DRANK TOO MUCH, when I didn't want him to go out drinking until morning anyway. So I got up and said "You deserved it, now put your shoes on, I've gotta go to the clinic." But he moaned and groaned the whole time, so I skipped going to the grocery store and he called a cab home. Then after we got home, he put on his band clothes and got his bass ready to go. "I have rehearsal today" he said. If he'd told me THAT I would have let him sleep and done the chores by myself... oh well. He's an idiot.
While he was getting ready to go, I noticed on his music stand the new issue of Bass Magazine was propped open, and there was a really hot Visual Kei bassist on a full-page spread promoting some music store. "Whose that?" I asked. Then I squinted and said "No wait, he looks familiar..."
It was my friend You, whom I used to hang out with regularly because Mami had a crush on the guitarist from his former band SDI (remember that band, kids?), and in turn the vocalist had a crush on Mami, with the guitarist POSSIBLY having a crush on me. You was VERY good looking, but a total nerd with no social skills and was obsessed with Hamtaro. No joke. He did play bass pretty well, but I was never interested in him because he talked like Porky Pig. "Hey, B-B-Brooke, wanna go for a d-d-d-drive?" "Sure, You! When would you like to go?" "Um... just the two a just the two a just the-- you mean a date?" "Dude, you asked me." Mami agreed he was good looking but kind of quiet and geeky when he DID speak. But we both liked him, and felt sorry for him since what he wanted to do musically was so different.
When he quit the band and joined a new band, he invited me to their first show. They were pretty good, I guess... visual rock isn't my scene anymore, but the guys were all very pretty and You finally looked comfortable with a band.
So, that band was Matenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ) and they apparently are a legit band now.
http://opera.syncl.jp/
I sent him a text message congratulating him, and he wrote back saying "Yeah, we're really working our butts off!" Good for him. He was a good musician and certainly had the looks to go places. I wonder if he still likes Hamtaro... any v-kei fans that can verify?
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
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It's midnight and my stupid boyfriend just called to say he's not coming home. I HATE that. I don't care that he hangs out with people without me, that's fine, but I really really don't like him NOT coming home. Especially since he left the house saying "I don't want to go, none of my friends are going, stupid work parties with people I've never met before..." and now he's all "We're having so much fun, we're staying out until morning!"
I have trust issues, but mostly the fact that this is WEDNESDAY NIGHT makes me freak a little. Don't ANY of these people work tomorrow? And if he's having such a blast with a group of work people, why didn't I hear anyone in the background? He sounded drunk and like he was having a good time, but I'm angry and probably going to bed early.
... and whenever he DOES come home, I am so checking his phone. This sucks. I hate not knowing shit.
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Talked to my parents yesterday... going home is definitely out for this Christmas. Which is okay, because I already went home in April and I'm definitely going home next Christmas to see my brother graduate from college. I was hoping we would go to Hyodo's hometown in Ehime, but at this point I'm not sure because he was recently asked to go to a friend's wedding at his hometown, and he doesn't want to fly back once, fly back to Tokyo, and then fly back again. I really want to see Mami, since it's been a year since she moved to HER hometown in Ehime, so I might go with Hyodo and just spend time with her while he's at the weddding.
I've been drawing like crazy lately. It feels pretty good, but I realized I have suddenly developed a problem with drawing the characters' heads too big. I did it on purpose for my Samurai Rodeo manga, because it was a comedy and I thought they looked cute that way, but for FALLEN I use different proportions. Smaller heads, smaller eyes, longer torsos and legs, etc. I'm also trying to draw for this Pokemon art meme, and I switch from drawing Disney styled to more of an anime style sometimes, and that bothers me. I used to be more flexible with my art, but now it's harder to change my way of thinking.
My old teacher from art school called. She said if the manga gets in the mag she'll have the school make an announcement and have all the teachers vote. She also said that even if I don't place in the top ten, it's still a BIG DEAL just to be selected for publication.
Finally, I'm thinking about holding an art contest next month, but I'm not sure if anyone would enter. There would be prizes, and it would be for people to draw my characters (any character or characters) and I'd have the prize be a subscription for a year at DevART and $50 for the winner, and have a separate prize where I have you guys vote on the winner. Maybe it would be the same thing, I dunno. Is that a good enough prize, or should I do something else?
And would any of you consider entering? I don't want to hold a contest and have only three entries.
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