BIG FUCKIN' NEWS: MY SCHOLARSHIP GOT RENEWED, THANK YOU EVERYTHING

I'll be seeing you cool cats back in Nor' Cali this August. It's Round Three time go, man.

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So, Devil Survivor. I has it. It's pretty sweet, yeah. I wish that Kazuma Kaneko did the character designs, because I miss seeing his work on Shin Megami Tensei, but eh well. I have to play Devil Survivor in small increments, since it's so addicting that I'll sit and play for hours. Thank god for a save-whenever-you-want feature. Most Argh-pa-gers don't have that, which makes me incredibly irritated whenever I need to go someplace in like...five seconds, and I'm halfway through a boss battle.

There's a reason why I like fighting games a lot more!

Annnnnnnyway.

Been working on litho prints in between work. The first print of my Journey to the West series needs to be etched. It's difficult, though, since after debating with several people about Asian-Americans in popular media/whitewashing/the idea of "having an Asian world without the Asians" in popular media, I have the extreme urge to blow my paycheck on canvas and acrylics. Even though those debates gave me a fucking headache, I finally realized a few things.

1: The reason why I'm more attracted to Asian TV shows and animu is because of the fact that the lead roles are people I can relate to. I didn't see a lot of that when I was growing up, unless you count Trini from Mighty Morphin' (and even then, that was awkward, because she was the haaaaaaayellow ranger. >> ) This is true even in Hawaii. Who's the most popular superhero over here? Kikaida. Who is he? A tokusatsu (Japanese superhero) hero from the 70s. Why? Everyone in that show looks like they could live in Hawaii. Plus, he had a flying motorcycle.

2: The reason why people now are so into Asian things over here is because it's something new. The culture is unfamiliar and exotic to them, I suppose. However, when it comes to incorporating the culture's elements, the overtly Asian aspects are removed.

3. This is both hilarious and irritating to me, since after having to deal with the knocks against being Asian for so long, being Asian is suddenly popular--but you can't be too Asian.

4. I'm also starting to not make any sense. If I painted it, I'd probably word it better. Nargh.




I've also gotta throw together a lesson plan, since I'm teaching a class next week. I'm going to be doing comics and character design, which is something the students were keen about, so at least they'll be interested in the subject.


And that's the word.



OME MORE THING ONE MORE THING.

~HenshinScrambleOCT is officially open and accepting auditions. Deadline HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JULY 19th, 12 AM PACIFIC TIME.

You know you want to.

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