I have been away a long time...
not much has transpired in my absence... grandma's still a zombie, panama is still a third world country, it rained today and i had a cheese sandwich. that pretty much covers it, heh.
i lie.
i have been working at a nice place for the last month a half... or is it two months already? meh, who cares. i like it there... and i am good at what i do.
on top of that i have begun to FINALLY upload my fucking webcomic. you can find it at http://www.butterfest.net
it updates whenever it does... i still dont have a steady schedule to upload, but i am trying to upload at least 3 times a week.
also... im am back on the saddle... as i have begun plotting and organizing rawk gigs down here in panama. the rawk scene is almost dead... there are no rawk bars... not good one anymore... and i have taken upon myself as a holy quest to re mediate that.
so December 18 sees the return of the mythical BUTTERFESTS. it would be SO cool if some SG's would drop by... sigh.
well off to bed, gotta go to work early tomorro...
not much has transpired in my absence... grandma's still a zombie, panama is still a third world country, it rained today and i had a cheese sandwich. that pretty much covers it, heh.
i lie.
i have been working at a nice place for the last month a half... or is it two months already? meh, who cares. i like it there... and i am good at what i do.
on top of that i have begun to FINALLY upload my fucking webcomic. you can find it at http://www.butterfest.net
it updates whenever it does... i still dont have a steady schedule to upload, but i am trying to upload at least 3 times a week.
also... im am back on the saddle... as i have begun plotting and organizing rawk gigs down here in panama. the rawk scene is almost dead... there are no rawk bars... not good one anymore... and i have taken upon myself as a holy quest to re mediate that.
so December 18 sees the return of the mythical BUTTERFESTS. it would be SO cool if some SG's would drop by... sigh.
well off to bed, gotta go to work early tomorro...
nothing worthwhile going on right now...
i feel like im living a boring as fuck life...
who know.. who knows...
i feel like im living a boring as fuck life...
who know.. who knows...
started working last monday.
life is fucking boring right now.
and its fucking hot right now.
meh. :/
life is fucking boring right now.
and its fucking hot right now.
meh. :/
I start working tomorrow. New place, new people and new opportunities. I should be in bed, as i have to wake up by 7.00am the latest... but, i woke up at 6.00pm today, and i'm not the least bit sleepy.
Today was a good day. Granted, it has been somewhat short... but a good one nonetheless. I woke up... and took a trip to the fancy mall with a couple of friends. Had some kick ass cheapo Taco Bell (it recently opened here, and it seems it is the shit) burritos and some other assorted shit.
What really tripped me about the whole ordeal was that i was able to call myself MANDRILO! (that ape like Thundercats villain known as MONKIAN for you non panamanians!) and it was a hoot to hear the guy with our order call out to the crowd: "Senor Mand... what the fuck?... Senor MANDRILO?"
After that HUGE amount of food was ingested, we scrambled to my friend Nikola's house and saw DISTRICT 9. It still has not opened down here, and gawd knows when it will. So, being internetz literate, he downloaded and we saw it.
What an AMAZING movie. It rawked with it's cawck out... I must see it again once it hits the theaters down here.
There is a shitload of movies i wanna see... but i wonder if they will open down here. 9 is one of them... but i am dreading the fact that since its an animated movie (for kiddies, of course... as are ALL animations) there is a HUGE chance it will be dubbed to spanish... and that, my dear reader, will SUCK RAW BAWLLS.
But then again, that is the cross i must bear... or part of it, from living on a third world country, where shit like this is celebrated: http://popd.it/Nn2
Fucking baboons...
Well, wish me luck... ill try to go to bed soon.
Today was a good day. Granted, it has been somewhat short... but a good one nonetheless. I woke up... and took a trip to the fancy mall with a couple of friends. Had some kick ass cheapo Taco Bell (it recently opened here, and it seems it is the shit) burritos and some other assorted shit.
What really tripped me about the whole ordeal was that i was able to call myself MANDRILO! (that ape like Thundercats villain known as MONKIAN for you non panamanians!) and it was a hoot to hear the guy with our order call out to the crowd: "Senor Mand... what the fuck?... Senor MANDRILO?"
After that HUGE amount of food was ingested, we scrambled to my friend Nikola's house and saw DISTRICT 9. It still has not opened down here, and gawd knows when it will. So, being internetz literate, he downloaded and we saw it.
What an AMAZING movie. It rawked with it's cawck out... I must see it again once it hits the theaters down here.
There is a shitload of movies i wanna see... but i wonder if they will open down here. 9 is one of them... but i am dreading the fact that since its an animated movie (for kiddies, of course... as are ALL animations) there is a HUGE chance it will be dubbed to spanish... and that, my dear reader, will SUCK RAW BAWLLS.
But then again, that is the cross i must bear... or part of it, from living on a third world country, where shit like this is celebrated: http://popd.it/Nn2
Fucking baboons...
Well, wish me luck... ill try to go to bed soon.
I used to listen to this band a lot when i was a younger. Somewhere over the flow of years, and the fact that they disbanded, made me put them aside... but this is one of my favorite songs by them.
Originally from Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain... they toured extensively and widely int he 90's. I got to see them live when i was 16...
I leave you with HEROES DEL SILENCIO's Flor de Loto:
nunca fue tan breve...
una despedida,
nunca me crei
que fuera definitiva,
nunca quise tanto a nadie
en mi vida,
nunca a un ser extrano
le llame mi familia,
nunca tuve fe
en mi filosofia,
nunca tuve yo
ni guru ni guia,
nunca desprecie una causa perdida,
nunca negare que son mis favoritas,
esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra,
esta es mi flor de loto.
mi mundo no se acabara
tanto vagar para no conservar
nunca nada.
nunca una llama
permanece encendida,
nunca aguante su calor,
nunca mas, nunca mas de un dia,
nunca soporte ser un alma invadida
hasta que vi frente a mi
por quien yo moriria,
esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra,
esta es mi flor de loto.
mi mundo no se aclarara
tanto vagar para no conservar
nunca nada...
querras tu rectificar
las lineas de mis manos?
quien esparcira al azar
los posos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal
cuando echo a rodar?
que mas puedo necesitar?
tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder.
flor de loto,
flor de loto,
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
flor de loto,
flor de loto,
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
uerras tu rectificar
las lineas de mis manos?
quien esparcira al azar
los posos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal
cuando echo a rodar?
que mas puedo necesitar?
tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder.
no puedo perder.
Go ahead and see the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opKLLvb8eqA
Originally from Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain... they toured extensively and widely int he 90's. I got to see them live when i was 16...
I leave you with HEROES DEL SILENCIO's Flor de Loto:
nunca fue tan breve...
una despedida,
nunca me crei
que fuera definitiva,
nunca quise tanto a nadie
en mi vida,
nunca a un ser extrano
le llame mi familia,
nunca tuve fe
en mi filosofia,
nunca tuve yo
ni guru ni guia,
nunca desprecie una causa perdida,
nunca negare que son mis favoritas,
esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra,
esta es mi flor de loto.
mi mundo no se acabara
tanto vagar para no conservar
nunca nada.
nunca una llama
permanece encendida,
nunca aguante su calor,
nunca mas, nunca mas de un dia,
nunca soporte ser un alma invadida
hasta que vi frente a mi
por quien yo moriria,
esta es mi flor de loto
y yo era su sombra,
esta es mi flor de loto.
mi mundo no se aclarara
tanto vagar para no conservar
nunca nada...
querras tu rectificar
las lineas de mis manos?
quien esparcira al azar
los posos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal
cuando echo a rodar?
que mas puedo necesitar?
tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder.
flor de loto,
flor de loto,
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
flor de loto,
flor de loto,
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
facil es buscar
(facil no encontrar)
uerras tu rectificar
las lineas de mis manos?
quien esparcira al azar
los posos del cafe?
y que decia la bola de cristal
cuando echo a rodar?
que mas puedo necesitar?
tengo algo que perder?
no puedo perder.
no puedo perder.
Go ahead and see the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opKLLvb8eqA
I got this shit posted on my FB, and decided to share it here as well... kinda gives you and insight of what i like and yada yada yada...
1 Star Wars -My dad got me hooked into this one. When i was a kid i wanted to be either a Giant Robot Pilot, a Swordfighter or an Astronaut, so when i saw Luke wield that Lightsaber and fly that X-Wing i was forever hooked. On a side note, my dad was in the hospital a few weeks before Episode 1 opened down here. He got better all of a sudden... and we agreed that i would pick him up and go see that movie together. He died a week after that. So the whole SW thing with me is not only the childhood nostalgia; it reminds me of my dad... who was the one who showed me how to appreciate movies in general...
2 Event Horizon -Fucking movie gave me nightmares, and i was not a kid when i saw this. LIBERATE TU TEMET EX INFERIS! Shit, that captains log scene really disturbed me.
3 The Lion King -One of the best movies EVER. There is a lot of learning to be gathered from this flick. and i cry when Mufasa dies: i do. Every single time i see it i cry like a 12 year old.
4 Big Fish -I tell stories. The guy in the movie told stories. This move was got me deep and got me hard. It kinda hit really close to home, in ways i cant really describe.
5 Marley and Me -I cried like a little bitch with this movie. Not only because of the stupid dog, but because that family in the movie is what my family would've been if things would've turned out differently.
6 Silver Bullet -Great Werewolf story by Stephen King. When i was a kid i only saw the poster for it at the movie theater; then went on a trip to Volcan and Cerro Punta with my mom, grandma, sister and some older aunts and uncles and what not. While all the grownups went out, we were left in the house with the nanny and the lights went out. I was 100% positive the Werewolf from the poster was outside the cabin we were staying at and that we were all gonna get eaten by him. Pure HORROR.
7 IT -I.FUCKING.HATE.CLOWNS. I used to see a clown waving at me whenever i would flush the toilet as a kid. It would terrify me, until the day i locked myself and flushed away my fear. Then i saw this movie and it fucked me up again.
8 The Neverending Story -Remember seeing the poster on the ROOSEVELT THEATER with my dad one day. And later on having a discussion with a friend of mine about the Dog headed Dragon. Then i saw the movie and i LOVED IT. I loved it so much i wear the Auryn tattooed on my arm.
9 What Dreams may come -What Robin Williams did for his family in this movie, for his wife, is what i would do for my family: Go to the depths of hell and back for them. This one got close to my core too.
10 Return to OZ -Let's face it: not only Fairuza Balk was steaming hot at 9 years old (i was like 6 when i saw it) but those scenes of the wheel guy falling into the dessert and turning into sand? the headless witch? fuck man... that movie was hardcore. Still one of my favorites.
11 RATS: Night of Terror -This 1985 Italian B horror movie freaked me out. My dad rented it on BETA and i watched it with him. It's like a zombie movie but with rats... and then at the end? FUCK ME MAN! Is that Splinter? Why is he not teaching the Turtles? Oh.. it's still about 6 years for you to even learn of the existence of the Ninja Turtles... now go try to sleep boy, come on.. i dare you!
12 Flight of Dragons -Long before i realized i was a geek, long before my love relationship with Star Wars and Comics and Dungeons and Dragons and all that, there was this movie. A nerd designs a game, and ends up being transported to another world where magic is real. There is a HUGE fucking Hydra, the Nerd ends up as a Dragon himself, and in the end Science beats magic and oh my god what an amazing movie. It is not out on DVD. If you are lucky you can find a used VHS tape on amazon for about $100. Or see it on Google Video for free.
13 Revenge of the Nerds -Saw it with my dad at the Theater Roosevelt; my mom didn't want me to see it at the beginning... but we went and saw it. I was a little kid back then, but seeing low budget SciFi movies with my dad was great. Seeing the nerds, i understood my dad was one of them... hell, he even laughed like them! If he could see the HUGE nerd i am now... i think he would be proud and he would fly his freak flag next to mine. I miss him a lot.
14 T2 -It upped the ante just like Willow did all those years back, effects wise. I mean, how can i not be a 12 year old kid and not be affected by this movie? It was KICK ASS. It still is! And it had an AMAZING soundtrack. As a matter of fact, it is because of this movie that i like rock n roll. You could be mine, by Guns n Roses was THE song that set me on the path to where i am musically now. And it really is an amazing flick.
15 The Evil Dead 2 -Channel 13 used to run this movie every single Halloween night back in the day. It would scare me shitless, specially when the Evil Dead would rise from the forest and fly towards Ash. After a lengthy discussion with my friend Ricardo Malek, we decided that what was chasing him was THE DEVIL ON A MOTORCYCLE, but it was so fucking TERRIFYING that they would not show it! And then when Ash fights his hand, chops it off with the chainsaw and ends up with the chainsaw attached to his arm? FUCK, man! That was what horror movies were all about! CRAZY SHIT and CRAZY GORE!
The smell or pop corn, the sticky floors, the uncomfortable chairs... i really like going to the movies. I can go to the movies on a daily basis and not be bored. See any movie several times. To me, going to the movies is not only something that connects me with my dad, but also a way of escapism, is the only way -other that following the voices in my head- to live amazing adventures and visit far away and fantastic places. If you've gone to the movies with me... you've noticed this.
1 Star Wars -My dad got me hooked into this one. When i was a kid i wanted to be either a Giant Robot Pilot, a Swordfighter or an Astronaut, so when i saw Luke wield that Lightsaber and fly that X-Wing i was forever hooked. On a side note, my dad was in the hospital a few weeks before Episode 1 opened down here. He got better all of a sudden... and we agreed that i would pick him up and go see that movie together. He died a week after that. So the whole SW thing with me is not only the childhood nostalgia; it reminds me of my dad... who was the one who showed me how to appreciate movies in general...
2 Event Horizon -Fucking movie gave me nightmares, and i was not a kid when i saw this. LIBERATE TU TEMET EX INFERIS! Shit, that captains log scene really disturbed me.
3 The Lion King -One of the best movies EVER. There is a lot of learning to be gathered from this flick. and i cry when Mufasa dies: i do. Every single time i see it i cry like a 12 year old.
4 Big Fish -I tell stories. The guy in the movie told stories. This move was got me deep and got me hard. It kinda hit really close to home, in ways i cant really describe.
5 Marley and Me -I cried like a little bitch with this movie. Not only because of the stupid dog, but because that family in the movie is what my family would've been if things would've turned out differently.
6 Silver Bullet -Great Werewolf story by Stephen King. When i was a kid i only saw the poster for it at the movie theater; then went on a trip to Volcan and Cerro Punta with my mom, grandma, sister and some older aunts and uncles and what not. While all the grownups went out, we were left in the house with the nanny and the lights went out. I was 100% positive the Werewolf from the poster was outside the cabin we were staying at and that we were all gonna get eaten by him. Pure HORROR.
7 IT -I.FUCKING.HATE.CLOWNS. I used to see a clown waving at me whenever i would flush the toilet as a kid. It would terrify me, until the day i locked myself and flushed away my fear. Then i saw this movie and it fucked me up again.
8 The Neverending Story -Remember seeing the poster on the ROOSEVELT THEATER with my dad one day. And later on having a discussion with a friend of mine about the Dog headed Dragon. Then i saw the movie and i LOVED IT. I loved it so much i wear the Auryn tattooed on my arm.
9 What Dreams may come -What Robin Williams did for his family in this movie, for his wife, is what i would do for my family: Go to the depths of hell and back for them. This one got close to my core too.
10 Return to OZ -Let's face it: not only Fairuza Balk was steaming hot at 9 years old (i was like 6 when i saw it) but those scenes of the wheel guy falling into the dessert and turning into sand? the headless witch? fuck man... that movie was hardcore. Still one of my favorites.
11 RATS: Night of Terror -This 1985 Italian B horror movie freaked me out. My dad rented it on BETA and i watched it with him. It's like a zombie movie but with rats... and then at the end? FUCK ME MAN! Is that Splinter? Why is he not teaching the Turtles? Oh.. it's still about 6 years for you to even learn of the existence of the Ninja Turtles... now go try to sleep boy, come on.. i dare you!
12 Flight of Dragons -Long before i realized i was a geek, long before my love relationship with Star Wars and Comics and Dungeons and Dragons and all that, there was this movie. A nerd designs a game, and ends up being transported to another world where magic is real. There is a HUGE fucking Hydra, the Nerd ends up as a Dragon himself, and in the end Science beats magic and oh my god what an amazing movie. It is not out on DVD. If you are lucky you can find a used VHS tape on amazon for about $100. Or see it on Google Video for free.
13 Revenge of the Nerds -Saw it with my dad at the Theater Roosevelt; my mom didn't want me to see it at the beginning... but we went and saw it. I was a little kid back then, but seeing low budget SciFi movies with my dad was great. Seeing the nerds, i understood my dad was one of them... hell, he even laughed like them! If he could see the HUGE nerd i am now... i think he would be proud and he would fly his freak flag next to mine. I miss him a lot.
14 T2 -It upped the ante just like Willow did all those years back, effects wise. I mean, how can i not be a 12 year old kid and not be affected by this movie? It was KICK ASS. It still is! And it had an AMAZING soundtrack. As a matter of fact, it is because of this movie that i like rock n roll. You could be mine, by Guns n Roses was THE song that set me on the path to where i am musically now. And it really is an amazing flick.
15 The Evil Dead 2 -Channel 13 used to run this movie every single Halloween night back in the day. It would scare me shitless, specially when the Evil Dead would rise from the forest and fly towards Ash. After a lengthy discussion with my friend Ricardo Malek, we decided that what was chasing him was THE DEVIL ON A MOTORCYCLE, but it was so fucking TERRIFYING that they would not show it! And then when Ash fights his hand, chops it off with the chainsaw and ends up with the chainsaw attached to his arm? FUCK, man! That was what horror movies were all about! CRAZY SHIT and CRAZY GORE!
The smell or pop corn, the sticky floors, the uncomfortable chairs... i really like going to the movies. I can go to the movies on a daily basis and not be bored. See any movie several times. To me, going to the movies is not only something that connects me with my dad, but also a way of escapism, is the only way -other that following the voices in my head- to live amazing adventures and visit far away and fantastic places. If you've gone to the movies with me... you've noticed this.
Last night i saw Fanboys again. Last time i saw it, i didn't paid attention to this quote:
"Greatest deed Luke ever did was take down the Death Star. That's what everybody needs. That ONE bad-ass thing that lets you live on forever."
Then, last night i did... and it dawned on me: I am looking for my Death Star.
Granted i am also looking for my Geeky Slave Bikini wearing girl, but we dont have ANY of those down here. Any SG wanna be my volunteer?
"Greatest deed Luke ever did was take down the Death Star. That's what everybody needs. That ONE bad-ass thing that lets you live on forever."
Then, last night i did... and it dawned on me: I am looking for my Death Star.
Granted i am also looking for my Geeky Slave Bikini wearing girl, but we dont have ANY of those down here. Any SG wanna be my volunteer?
Unemployed. Technically i AM employed... it just happens that i start work in about 4 weeks. So i'm quasi employed? Pre-employed? Meh. I'm not getting paid right now, that's for sure.
Life's been kinda lame since i came back from my trip to Chicago.
It seems kinda tough to make a living down here as an animator... hardly any work at all. Truth be told i've procrastinated quite a bit and instead of working on a decent reel/portofolio, all i've done is play Wow, sleep late, masturbate and not do shit at all.
I feel better that i did in January -for example- but i am not ok yet. Still have some dreams that fuck me up... still have memories that hurt... ah... fuck this.
The good thing about it is that i have been able to add some sense of structure to the voices in my head... and hopefully i can put them down on paper, per se.
I should be sleeping right now. I wonder who takes the time to read my babblings here. Any lurkers? Just say hi... heh.
Hello.
Life's been kinda lame since i came back from my trip to Chicago.
It seems kinda tough to make a living down here as an animator... hardly any work at all. Truth be told i've procrastinated quite a bit and instead of working on a decent reel/portofolio, all i've done is play Wow, sleep late, masturbate and not do shit at all.
I feel better that i did in January -for example- but i am not ok yet. Still have some dreams that fuck me up... still have memories that hurt... ah... fuck this.
The good thing about it is that i have been able to add some sense of structure to the voices in my head... and hopefully i can put them down on paper, per se.
I should be sleeping right now. I wonder who takes the time to read my babblings here. Any lurkers? Just say hi... heh.
Hello.
So i ended up going to the Windy City. I loved it! Best trip i have ever taken.
Went to the Chicago Comic Con, and to Lollapalooza. Great concert; had the chance to listen to a ton of really good bands, including Coheed and Cambria and TOOL.
Here, have some pics... at Lolla with some friends...
Went to the Chicago Comic Con, and to Lollapalooza. Great concert; had the chance to listen to a ton of really good bands, including Coheed and Cambria and TOOL.
Here, have some pics... at Lolla with some friends...
