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Friday, April 29th, 2011 01:06 pm
Hello, journal. I won't apologize for the neglect. I've been pretty much using Twitter 100% now.

That said, I am still very much playing games. I'm currently going through Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection. I'm working through The After Years now. It's nice to play old school stuff, and Cecil has always been one of my favorite FF heroes, so it's nice to relive his adventures and see the adventures of his son.

That's really all I've been doing. Not much else to say. I hope you're doing well, journal.

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Thursday, March 31st, 2011 04:08 pm
ruaki: (sparklies)
From my tweetlist, "How to Steal like an Artist (and 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me)." Despite what the heading sounds like, it's quite a positive article, and creative types on the f-list might find it an interesting read.

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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 10:34 pm
Hello, journal. I'm sorry I neglected you for a bit. It's just easier to spam my Twitter for all the mundane things happening lately.

As in, video games! I got Dissidia 012 duodecim and I blitzed through it. I was trying to rush to get to Gilgamesh for Jon, but then he goes and buys the game anyway, probably from all my fangirling enabling him orz. Duodecim exposed me to Vaan and I decided I quite liked his character and was interested in hearing his story, so I also went and purchased FF12. That should be here tomorrow. Wish me luck. I played the demo and it made me go meh, so...

In that vein, also got some anime. Bought the first two volumes of Durarara!! and it was fun. Can't wait for the third. I think I like Baccano! more, but DRRR! has its charm--since it's Naritaverse, that means there's a lot of things fucked up about it, and sure enough fffff. I have a huge crush on Celty, she's so adorable. And Shinra. And her and Shinra (whoa het ship!). The dub's pretty good! A lotta A-list names. I haven't watched any of it in the sub because the dub was pretty impressive on its own.

Also got Evangelion 2.22 since Amazon had it listed only for ten bucks. I definitely like the changes they've been making to the series. Looking forward to what's gonna happen next. Also, Kaworu. :3

And that's it really. Life will be returning to SenBasa and the occasional duodecim (since I never beat the original Dissidia, I've been doing that in duodecim--I like the changes they've made to the system so I'm finding it more enjoyable to play 013 through duodecim, even if duodecim is missing the awesome 013 intro). I still have a few art pieces to do (I want to do something for April Fool's Day)... and a couple of fics that I've started for SenBasa. :3 Which seems to be my "writing" inspiration, orz.

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Thursday, March 17th, 2011 09:19 pm
ruaki: (sparklies)
I keep dragging my ass on this Kizuna picture. It's like, I want to finish it, but I'm afraid that the end product will be as failtastic as the Inquisition Symphony pic was. Warble garble.

Got notification that my Saber is in Doll Shoppe and will probably be shipping out tomorrow. Squee.

I'm a bit brain-dead from a nap I took, so playing a little SenBasa as I climb my way to 100%:
Nightmare Fiction says:
if i didn't ship mago so much with keiji
she has such good chemistry with mitsunari
Komik says:
Mitsunari: "I don't have time for such useless things as your love and relationships! ...unless you were my Lord Hideyoshi! ... wait..."

I asshat Jon, seriously, man.

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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 10:42 pm
Binging on TajiHana doujin woo~ I normally dislike "tensai" type characters, but Tajima just makes me wanna squish him. And I liked Hanai from when I first saw him. I think I just tend to like characters that wear things on their head. D:? Also glasses.

BLCD Scarlet

Sunday, March 6th, 2011 08:06 pm
So I finally got to listen to Scarlet. It's a BLCD with two different stories, based off some manga.

The main reason I got it was because the first story featured the only time (that I can find) that the Jishaku Combo worked together on a BLCD. I had no real expectations as I've never listened to a BLCD before, so the work between the two isn't bad. While I'm more used to Sugitan's more forceful roles, his early work before he got all Haruhi-famous doesn't really resemble the Deadpan Snarker typecast he has now.

I tweeted as I listened, really:
blahblah )

The next drama on the CD is short (One Night Stand) and I like Suzuki Chihiro, who has a really unusual sounding voice... that is pretty much born to be typecasted as uke in any BLs he's in.

... he's really good at the ero scene! XD

That said, the second drama is actually... well... normal. Holy crap. Like, no crazy seme, consensual normal sex. And a cute little love story at that. ... what the hell, this shit exists in yaoi?!

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Sunday, March 6th, 2011 12:32 am
Aaaaaaaaa, my crush on Tajima knows no bounds.

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Friday, March 4th, 2011 09:19 pm
Whew. I think the birthday celebrations are finally over. For now. I've been trying to use them to get me to draw more and draw to a deadline but ngh. =( I want to play SB3.

Jon will be visiting this weekend. And next weekend I'm dropping by his place because his twin brother, Trey, is visiting with a friend from Canuckia that Trey wants us to meet. But after that I'm free...!

I want Saber Lily to be here soon. =(

Honestly, not much in my life going on, really.
ruaki: (blahblahblah)
But haven't yet.

Macross Frontier
Why I should watch it: Nakamura plays the male lead. Sugita-san plays a Big Bad.
Why I haven't: Space opera. ugh. Jon complains about it consistently. Double ugh.

Gundam 00
Why I should watch it: Graham Aker--played by Nakamura.
Why I haven't: ... You know, I don't know. I guess I got my fill of Gundam after Gundam X.

Durarara!
Why I should watch it: Nakamura plays a guy with a beanie in it: +1! Also, created by the person who wrote Baccano! +2123121!!
Why I haven't: No good reason, other than it has a scary fangirl base.

Miracle Train
Why I should watch it: Sugita-san and Kaji-kun are both in it.
Why I haven't: Have you read the synopsis? pft I outgrew this type of series when I outgrew Weiss Kreuz.

Starry Sky
Why I should watch it: Has a trainwreck of super popular male seiyuu, including Sugita-san. And oh, there's Nakamura.
Why I haven't: Male harem anime are just as painful to watch as female harem anime.

Arakawa Under the Bridge
Why I should watch it: It looks like sheer crack. Sugita-san plays a guy with a star for a head. Hey, there's Nakamura!
Why I haven't: WHY HAVEN'T I WATCHED THIS YET

Gintama
Why I should watch it: More like why shouldn't I...
Why I haven't: The renewal season doesn't start till APRIL D:!

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Monday, February 14th, 2011 01:44 am
Another tag popped up at that HazaRagu v-day piece: ジン<兄さん、今日僕の誕生日・・(´・ω・`)

orz. Just... orz. Jin's only got a bazillion birthday images anyway (all the BB artists I watched updated with an image for him)--let me have my ship. =(

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Monday, February 14th, 2011 01:17 am
ruaki: (blahblahblah)
I gots me confirmation of SB2 Alt Outfit One Coins booyaka! Hopefully these badboys will be here by the beginning of the next week so I can oogle me some Euro-pirate Motochika.

Doing some research for some stuff, and found out that the Nakamura-Sugita BFF Heterosexual Lifepartner combination actually has a name in seiyuu fandom: 磁石コンビ

I'm presuming it's read as "Jishaku" (confirmed)--going by the art I see associated with it, looks like it does indeed mean "Magnet Combination" fffff! (N/Nakamura/North + S/Sugita/South). We won't talk about the RPS, but Sugita-san is a popular uke. *BRAIN EXPLODES* (Just cause he's shorter? Really? With how tsundere fandom considers You-kyan, you'd think it'd be the other way around...)

I was complaining to [personal profile] kurumasha about how I'm not very efficient with the time it takes me to pump out my art. I have so many things to draw (and a fic to update) and between work and wanting to enjoy my other hobbies, like gaming, my track record for the time I take to finish a piece is pretty pathetic. =/ Nakamura's bday is coming up so I'm working on something for that, but I also started a new HazaRagu piece and then there's the remaining two memes for Dustloop, not to mention the twenty bazillion other ideas I have PLUS wanting to try to stick my toes into testing my hand with ChikaNari.

Then there's updating Paradigm, and I actually have another fic idea for ChikaNari, and I HAVE TO SLEEP AND WORK AND SLEEP AND WORK AND well, at least this week starts my alternating day off.

oifsjadklja ;sdflj a;fdjlkj!!!11111 *rolls under the bed*
ruaki: (blahblahblah)
ffffffff hahahahahaha I'm a little annoyed, but mostly amused: Some intrepid (disgruntled?) Jin fan tagged my Hazama x Ragna Valentine's Day image at pixiv with the tag: ジン<僕の誕生日なんだけど・・・

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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 09:14 pm
ruaki: (ZOMG)
Tokyo Encounter 7 has been posted! Sugita-san and Nakamura have been joined by Sakurai Takahiro. Not too thrilled about their guest this time, but definitely happy to see a new ep up. Next ep is scheduled to air on You-kyan's birfday though! I hope wacky hijinks ensue. Sugita-san made several call-outs to his heterosexual life-partner when the BB Spring Raid was airing on Nakamura's birfday last year, so hopefully he or the show will do something for Nakamura. ♥

Ugh. This also means I have to do something too. I'm currently working on one of the meme fills for Dustloop, but I still want to manage a Valentine's Day image for either one or both of my current ships... and then I guess I can do something quick for You-kyan like I did for Sugita-san last year.

AUGH I WANT TO SEE BUT CURSE MY 28.8 DIALUP. I MUST WAIT UNTIL I SEE JON AGAIN IN MARCH. D:

More horribad weather on the way. I really don't like the cold.
ruaki: (sparklies)
Well, back from vacation. I love going back to work from vacation. Something always breaks. I'll spare you the tedious details, but a lot of shit definitely broke this week (and on my first day coming back too ffff).

Ahahahaha, I think I lost a lot of my viewership for the artblog after not updating for like. A month. fffff

What did I do on my vacation? Lots of vids and pics. )
Porkchop says:
i walked by the ice cream section... and imagined hazama snake ice cream like the old ninja turtle heads with the bubblegum eyeballs. ...but cuter.

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Friday, January 28th, 2011 06:45 pm
ruaki: (sparklies)
Guys. GUYS.
I SHIP MAGOICHI AND KEIJI
omg keiji's blue path.... SO SWEET d'awwwwwwwwwwww

SHIT. I HAVE TO PLAY IT AGAIN FOR THE GREEN ROUTE THAT SPAWNS OFF THE BLUE ROUTE CAUSE augh that's when Magoichi becomes an ally D:

(Magoichi. Why you so amazing. She's such a good mix of strength and femininty; she looks like a fanservice character initially, but she's so nicely developed.)

You know. I know we all want to say "I write/draw/create for myself" but there definitely is something nice about receiving acknowledgment/praise/critique from your peers. (Though I'm not sure if my good mood is from that or cause my vacation starts tomorrow after I get off work. *dance!*)

For the curious, my ChikaNari fluffy AU ship-fic of cliched doom can be found here: Thursday
It ended at 14k words. ... y-yeah.

Also, I'm not sure what it says about the fandoms I work in when a lot of the acknowledgment I get is along the lines of "YES A X/X FIC! YAY!!" ffff... (I think most of Paradigm's reviews--small quantity they are--also have the same theme going. orz)