Beyond Redemption

Okay, so I don’t do a lot of Olympic sports. I cheer for America, of course, but I only have a few that I’ll actually watch -like figure skating/ice dancing. I love watching them, along with gymnastics (I gave snowboarding a whirl, too. GO SHAUN WHITE!). Those are my sports and I never miss them.

This time around, we had some American skaters, and they were lovely, but I fell head over heels for Kim Yu Na of Korea. That girl is beautiful, just stunning, and her skating was sheer perfection. And that’s coming from a HARD CORE AMERICAN who won’t root for another country over my own, period. This girl is so impressive, and moreover, just so much fun to watch! I lit my whole building up with screams when she not only won gold, but broke records. She’s all that and a bag of fucking chips!

But, it’s lonely at the top. As usual, because she won gold and her Asian counterparts feel “jipped” (Cause, ya know, if it ain’t Japanese, it ain’t right), all of sudden there are allllll these rumors that she’s had plastic surgery to make her more beautiful (since her counterparts are NOT) and to make her body longer. (So… are we to believe that they surgically implanted extra BONE to make her arms and legs longer??)

Let me start by saying how fucking insulting that is to the Korean people as a whole. I mean, really, are y’all trying to say that there’s NO POSSIBLE WAY a Korean girl could be pretty, or pretty to that degree?” o_O Because, in essence, that is what they’re saying. Coming out of their faces with shit like, “She must have had surgery because her skin is too smooth and perfect.”

OMFGWTF?!

It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with eating right and good skin care regimens, could it?? Perish the thought! Her limbs are long? That couldn’t have anything to do with height, and inherited bone structure, could it? Her body is like that of a model, but that would have zip to do with exercising, rigorous training, and a healthy diet, right?

Puhleeze.

But, let’s look at the flip side for a second. Let’s say that we insert bones into people all the time and she’s a complete mass of plastic surgery (I’ve seen the “before” pics. There’s no difference other than she was younger and less polished. But since she’s 19, I would like to think that hair, makeup, and plucked eyebrows would come naturally. *eyeroll*). Who fucking cares? Seriously, who but a bunch of SORE LOSERS and the supporters of SORE LOSERS would give a good goddamn if that girl went under the knife fifty million times? What the hell would that have to do with her ability to skate rings around her competition?!

The crybaby-ism of this is so reminiscent of fandom, the workplace, and school. Any time someone makes a name for themselves out here, they’re beaten down for no other reason than being. And God forbid they win any accolades along the way -it’s open fucking season from a bunch of whiny douchebags. That’s what she’s going through now, and that’s why I support her even more. They can’t knock her flow, so they go for a low denominator like looks. Well, thanks for telling the world that you fuckers feel inferior and threatened over ONE little girl. *snort*

Kim Yu Na has a new fan in me, surgery or not (Though I obviously don’t believe that shit) because she’s an underdog in a world that seems to only revere a certain type of Asian (and don’t paint me as anti-Japanese, either. You wouldn’t have a CLUE as to what you’re talking about. I just don’t like asshattery and won’t allow political correctness to silence me). Plus, she had a lot riding on this. Her country, sadly, acts ass backward with her and she had all kinds of threats of her sponsors dumping her and whatnot if she didn’t bring gold. She even revealed that the times she won silver, she got hate mail. She needed this win, and she EARNED this win, so these morons need to get over it. I hope she continues to thrive and these haters can eat the ice off her fucking skates!

I finally got my package! Kau rawks. She sent me all of my favorite candies and sweets from Louisiana (There are these chocolate pies they make down there. They’re fucking sick!) and she made me this gigantic almond log that’s so sweet it gave me a headache (salivates), and MJ’s This Is It pkge (2 dics DVD, 2 disc CD set, and commemorative book), The Rolling Stone MJ edition magazine, and a bunch of other stuff. SQUEE! kau is da shiznit! 😀

Now, onto The Mars Volta. Have you guys heard of them? I discovered them before Coheed & Cambria (But only by a few months). I bought their CD, De-Loused in the Comatorium, because I instantly fell in love with the songs, Son Et Lumiere, which immediately goes into Inertiatic ESP-they go together (I used that song in Suicide Rain, too.). They’re somewhat like COCA in the fact that both bands have Hispanic singers with high-pitched voices and the music is very “off the beaten path”.

When I bought my cuzzie an iPod at the Apple store, the clerk commented on my Coheed shirt, telling me that he liked them and Mars Volta and how the fans of both groups tend to not get along. Apparently, there’s a case of “You’re trying to be like us.” on both sides. I had never heard about that myself, but I think there’s room for both. For me, COCA rules all, period. But I like MV, too, and you guys (eyes Am!) should give them a listen! I’m preparing a lil’ sumthin’ sumthin’ for the G-page to make that happen, cause, you know, I gotta share. 😀

I haven’t heard all of their stuff yet. In fact, I’ve only heard 3 songs that I love -the two I mentioned, and an awesome one called “The Widow”, but I’m sure there’s more. I’ll probably do a playlist for them so you can hear their stuff, but be warned. They’re another one of my acquired tastes. 😛

I’m doing some writing -more shutting down of fics- and I’m going to make some decisions on what really, really isn’t going to be completed. I started all of my fics with the hope that they’d all get conclusions, but I think some probably won’t. Ever After found an end because it was special, but I think most forgot it was ever written because it took so long to end. There is another old one that may never see an end, too. I know people are waiting for it, but if it doesn’t come to me soon, I’m going to write it off. In other words, I want to concentrate on my current stuff, particularly the gift fics, so I can have my shit in order. I don’t know when I will stop writing (I did once, but not now), but I know it won’t be InuYasha fics forever. That means, I need to do what I’m going to do while I still have the desire to do it!

And in a WTF?! moment, why did I just hear that an Italian chef was banned from the airwaves (He had a cooking show), for suggesting that his viewers try “Casserole of Cat”. He went on to call the dish “succulent” and say that it was “a lot better than many other animals. Better than chicken, rabbit or pigeon”. Dude… o_O

And last, but not least, I ordered a plushie from Notoes for Kau who is a big Kouga fan as well as a Saints football fan, and this is what I came up with!

He’s even rocking Kau’s name on his jersey (though the number belongs to Reggie Bush). She loved him and that made me happy. 😀

Later taterz!

Q. Hentai?
A. Yes, thank you!

I watched two more movies on V-Day, so I had to come in here and dish on them. But also, here’s a bit of lulz that I just found out courtesy of kau. Twilight (you know, the vampire phenom that has creatures of the night walking the streets during the day while simultaneously sparkling?) has a manga! Have a peek! Twilight Manga Scans

To the creators: Bleach wants their identity back.

Now, onto the movies!

Sleepaway Camp (The original)

The acting in this movie is so awful that it’s painful. It was hard to sit through it. Really hard. However, both Danga and my ex said it was worth watch watching with the latter saying that the ending will make the pain worth it. He was right!

This is a typically bad slasher flick that takes place in a camp, but how it begins is you see a family out having some fun at the lake (a dad and his son and daughter). But there are some kids water-skiing, too, and the next thing you know, the brats are not watching where they’re going and they end up killing the father and one of the kids. Fast forward to today. It’s revealed that the daughter has survived and now lives with a cousin and his mother who is a twisted version of Mary Poppins and she’s about to send them to camp.

What follows is a fairly bad movie with a few interesting murders/maims and a surprise ending that I figured out about 10 minutes before it was revealed (still an okay watch, though). However, I have to hammer it home that this is some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen in my LIFE. Just really shitty stuff.

Out of a possible 5 Yashas, I give Sleepaway camp 2.5. The ending makes it worth the ache of actually watching it.

Triangle

Okay, so, this is one of the most nonsensical “horror” movies I’ve ever seen. The premise is that we see a guy with his first mate on a cute little boat called the Triangle and we watch as his friends arrive. They’re going boating today (awwww!) and 2 of his friends, a couple, even brings a girl for him. But he’s not interested in her. He invited a waitress (the chick from 30 Days of Night) that he likes who has a developmentally delayed son (son does not join them). We also see that boat guy’s friends aren’t too keen on her -they think she’s weird.

Fast forward. They’re sailing along and everyone’s having fun and it’s pretty established that the blind date isn’t happening, much to the chagrin of his married female friend, but no one complains. Next thing you know, all of the wind stops. Boat guy and first mate are like, “Eh?” because no wind means fucked sailing. Then, they see it. A huge storm is coming their way, and boy, does it! The ship is nearly taken out and the blind date girl is toast when the boat capsizes.

The survivors make it onto the hull where they wait in despair, but luck is on their side! A massive cruise ship sees them and they start hailing them, screaming for help. No one comes to the railing on the ship to see what’s up >.> or do they, but these people are stranded. They don’t give a fuck! They go ahead and board and that’s when we find out that the ship is deserted. That’s also when the fuckery begins.

How can I sum it up without giving away details for those that may want to see it? Erm… picture the movie Ground Hog Day, but even worse, with killings involved. By the time you reach the end, guess what happens? Yes, all over again! In fact, at one point, you’re given evidence that this scenario may have played out as many as fifty times.

Me? I wish it hadn’t happened even once. >.>

Out of a possible 5 Yashas, I give Triangle 1.5, and that’s only because first mate was kinda hot.

Coming soon…

Orphan and The House of the Devil

So, here’s the latest from bizarro world.

Why did I just find out that my cuzzie is being stalked by a kid at her school? From Friday to Sunday, he sent her 32 text messages, and when she wouldn’t respond or call back, he left 3 threatening voicemails, including one saying that he was going to kill her.

The family is furious.

There was a big meeting at her school, and apparently, a lot of the messages were suicidal-sounding. Dude, I don’t give a shit what you do, but you’re gonna do it by yourself. She’s not going with you. And yeah, that may sound callous, but I don’t care. He threatened her life and that’s the fucking line.
We were pissed at her, too, cause she didn’t tell anyone it was happening. She told the people at her school because she thought we’d all be mad at her. We’re like o_O what kinda logic is that? What we’re mad at is the fact that she didn’t tell us it was happening. This fucking nut could have followed her home!

I’m so pissed.

On a good note, I posted a new chap of Hikari. Woot! 😀

*Goes back to grumbling*

I’ve been plagiarized again on ff.net. Why am I not fucking surprised?
I’m even on her fave author list and the story she ganked from is on her fave story list.

Seriously, what the fuck?

I was chatting with someone about this and I just have to weigh in on it. First of all, the artist, purchaser, etc, will remain anonymous, and I assure you that it is NOT me. I, for one, have never had an issue with any of my artists, which is why I’m a repeat customer. My ladies, whom I lovingly refer to as “Kiki’s Angels” (Watches them strike a pose with guns n’ shit) are fabulous artists and even better friends and I know that when I seek them out for a commission, I’m going to be wildly happy. 😀

Now, back to the story. Basically, this is it in a nutshell: Someone I know commissioned art from someone and was completely dissatisfied with the transaction. First, after paying in full upfront, they never got a rough draft. That, to me, is outrageous.  If your commissioning something from someone, shouldn’t you get a draft before it’s colored so that you can approve the final project? In my experience, that’s when you let the artist know if you’d like any changes -before they spend time coloring it. And if you do want changes, you work together until the purchaser is satisfied. What is the point of buying art if you don’t like it?

Then, once the art was done, the artist didn’t notify the client. They simply posted the art to their public gallery without so much as a heads up. No note, or anything stating that the art was ready. Again, outrageous. If you’ve noticed, my commissions don’t appear on any of my ladies’ galleries. I let it be known from the start that what I commission is for my websites and I don’t want that work associated with any other site but mine. That’s what I’m paying for when I commission and they’re okay with it. 😀

When the client asked that the art be pulled since they bought it for a reason and not to be on display for anyone to take, use, etc. (like they do with so much created art that is tossed onto all of these sheezy art type sites), the artist balked and said, in so many words, that the art is theirs and that all artists do this.

By this, I mean accepting payment for art, but still retaining all rights to it, and being the one to decide whether or not it can be posted at all, including by the person that commissioned it.

o.O WUT?

So, the artist wants to accept payment for a commission, but still have the right to decide where the art ends up, still has the right to post the art wherever they like, and also have the right to decide if YOU, the person that paid them, can do something with the art?  GET BENT.

As the one that paid for the art, YOU own the art. Period. If you don’t want it posted anywhere, that is your right. The commission wasn’t cheap, so the argument about “I worked really hard and I want it posted on my site” doesn’t fly. The artist was paid for that effort, were they not? They didn’t turn on photoshop for free, now did they? If they accepted a fee, they are now drawing for a client, not themselves, and they do not own the art unless they plan to return the fee.

Imagine you’re the owner of a company and you pay an artist to design a logo for your business ad. Now imagine that artist telling you that your logo belongs to them and they want to put it in other places where it can possibly be used, and they also will let you know if you can use it in your ad. Hey, they may let you, they may not, but it’s up to them to decide.

Can you see the fucking absurdity in that?

I’ve been blessed with knowing some really fantastic artists. They’ve given me giftpics, allowed me to commission them, the works. I appreciate them to a ridiculous degree, not only because their talent is awing, but because they’re sharing it with me. When I receive art as a gift, I don’t bat an eyelash when they post it to their public galleries. Why would I? They gave me a gift and it’s not my place to make any demands of any kind. In fact, I post it, too, and sing their praises to anyone that will listen.

However, when I pay for it, that’s my art and I’m within my rights to ask certain things of them especially when those requests are not unreasonable. I’m not trying to claim their art as my own, and I credit every artist and graphic designer that I use on my websites. I never, ever attempt to take credit for anyone’s work. So if I ask that the art I bought not be listed in places outside of my network of websites, I don’t think there should be a problem.

So, I guess the moral of the story is that when purchasing, the buyer should work out everything to the last detail before laying their cash down. If the artist thinks the art is still theirs, even if you’ve paid them for it, that is an artist to avoid. If you don’t want your art posted in their private and public galleries, say so, and if they balk, walk away. It doesn’t make sense to shell out money for something that isn’t really yours, does it? Besides, there are a lot of artists out here that would appreciate a commission; you don’t have to settle.

I’ve noticed that since I got wordpress I’m more bloggy than usual. Well, fuck it! 😛

Tonight I wtched The Lost Samaritan, one of those Ian Somerhalder films I mentioned in my last post. I feel like someone beat me over the head for nearly two hours with a block of suck, lol. I love “Boone” and I drooled the entire time he was on the screen, but holy shit, that movie was terrible. Talk about plotholes big enough to FALL in. What was worse was the really, extraordinarily bad acting. Ian was okay, but the others… I have to wonder if they’ve ever been in anything before -or since. It like… hurt to watch. >.<

The premise was that an accountant ends up saving some guy in a traffic accudent, and from there, he becomes the target of these assassins. Words cannnot express how awful this film is. It makes me feel bad, too, because I love Ian. He was great as Boone and The Rules of Attraction looks like it’s going to be pretty good, but this… Well, let’s just say that I’m glad I’m not one of these people that will throw a person away based on one bad go ’round. I’m still going to watch the other 2 movies I downloaded and hope for the best.

That aside, with the right fillers (for that empty plot), I can probably make this movie into a pretty decent fanfic, lol.