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I should probably post this on twitter instead... Nah.
These updates are short enough where I could have just posted via Twitter. But as I've been MIA on Xanga these days, might as well just post them here instead.
My sleeping habits are sooo messed up right now. Makes things worse when my brother does the same, so we're basically affirming each other's actions. Need to get this fixed.
My website has been down for the past week. My domain name is currently being transferred to another registrar.
Going out with my eHarmony date later tonight; meeting her in person for the first time. This is probably the equivalent to a blind date, set up by the internet. First date jitters right now.
A few weeks ago, we were at my aunt's house, and my family was talking about my hair, which has grown long once again. As you may or may not know, I've had my hair style change various times, ranging from bald to long (just shy of a short ponytail). I got various reactions to what they thought looked best on me. I have long hair right now because I'm rather lazy when it comes to getting my hair cut. If I had my way, I'd rather just do a buzz cut and not have to deal with it. Maybe I'll care more if I had a girlfriend...
Selling off some old DVDs online for chump change. Perhaps I'd make better results by doing a garage sale...
The Wii is overrated. Have you ever tried surfing the web with it? Awful! I've been going back to my old PS2 for my gaming needs. Should have gotten a Xbox360 instead.
Okay, gotta go.
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The strike is over
For those of you wondering where I've been for the past few months, away from my blog... Was I going on strike? Did I give up on my blog?
Well, I've been here. Just too lazy to write. There was a blog on my website as well, which I abandoned once I figured that I had nothing left to talk about. But I've never once thought about abandoning my Xanga.
There is another reason for not writing for some time. Sometimes you just burn out from writing so much. In my case, it was due to emails. For the few of you who have ever received personal messages from me, I pretty much write the same length as regular blogs, but perhaps even longer and in further detail. So rather than repeating and omitting certain parts, I sacrificed the blog for the sake of actual communications with someone else one-on-one via email.
So who is it that I'm writing to? There are only a few people that I've written emails on a regular basis, and both of whom no longer do so. [Lazy bastards.] *haha* I kid. For those of you who remember early this summer, I had mentioned that I had signed up for eHarmony. Well, the subscription ended at the end of August, but I still am in communications with one girl. I'm surprised as anyone that we've been talking since the beginning of August.
Would be be strange seeing me with a caucasian girl? And for the record, she is. I wonder if the culture shock would make such a relationship awkward... There really isn't much to update you guys on. We've yet to meet in person, though we may do so sometime before the end of the year. What makes it terribly difficult is that we live a few hours apart, distance-wise.
You're probably wondering, "What does she look like?" Not telling. Though for those of you who know me well enough, you'll find out one way or another. Moving on...
Is there anything that I should ask her about that I should know? I mean, what kind of things do I need to know to make a relationship start? I really hope that I don't come out sounding overly ambitious. I think I have a tendency to sound like I'm rushing into things. I'm clingy and needy in nature. Hopefully I didn't jinx myself by writing about this. *knock on wood* If I do, I blame you all!!!
I listen to a podcast of the Tony Kornheiser show, which I absolutely love. Been listening to it since last year. Mr. Tony is the co-host to the ESPN show PTI, so there's talk about sports. But he uses his radio show (which is the podcast) as his means to talk about events and topics of his choosing. When American Idol is on, he'll talk about that. His personality makes the show witty and serious at the same time...
Anyways, last week he was talking about an article that one of his regular radio contributors, Tracy Hamilton, wrote. She started talking about the Erin Andrews situation about being stalked, and then went on to her own personal experience about being stalked. It gives a lot of perspective hearing it from a victim. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but you really have to feel empathy for those that go through such trauma where they no longer can feel safe anywhere. And perhaps it's a lesson for many guys as to know a sense of self-control and awareness of their actions so that pursuing someone never goes to such lengths.
Onto happier news, I've found the appeal in the series "One Piece." A while ago, they had shown it on television, but I really got sick of it because of the bad English dub and theme song. But if you can get past the horrible theme song and first few episodes [watching in the original Japanese dub], it's pretty good. It's like Naruto... which I suppose is one reason why they have the whole pirates vs. ninja debate. I love how this series has been on for 10 years, and how the crew has continued to grow. My favorite characters right now are Franky, Chopper, and Luffy. Oh, and Sogeking. *haha* Love his theme song!
The latest interesting site that I've found: Listal.com. It's a website community that makes lists (or rankings) off your interests, like in movies, actors, books, authors, musicians, and such. It's addicting.
That's all for now. See ya!
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I don't want to talk about it.
Some things happened today (Friday), but I'd rather not talk about it. I like to stay somewhat positive. I'm also prone to delay bad news till absolutely necessary (I suppose that's a form of procrastination and passive aggressive behavior). But to sum up: got a traffic ticket for doing a California stop on my way to a commercial photoshoot, which made me late. Now I have to go to court. *sigh* I was upset the whole time during the shoot. I'll also admit that the male model that we had wasn't terribly good. [To my credit, he wasn't my choice for a model, but the client's.] A model has looks, a good model knows how to pose in a natural fashion, and a great model just is (you'll know it when you see it).
What can I talk about? I just bought a 3 day pass to Anime Vegas, which is an anime convention held at the Cashmen Center near downtown Las Vegas. Yes, it's merely an excuse to get away and go to Vegas. I'll be going alone, but I wouldn't be surprised if I saw someone I know there. Otaku tend to think alike. Now I have to look for a hotel. Why do I have the feeling I've done this before... oh yeah, I was just in Vegas earlier this year for a photography convention.
I got a thank you card from a repeat client. How nice! In the card, they say how awesome the photos will turn out and such, but they haven't even seen them. So it feels somewhat superficial, but the gesture is appreciated.
I mentioned that I wouldn't be using Facebook as much now. [Jerry says that's rather arrogant, forcing people to find me. To that I say... eh, whatever.] My FB is connected to my FriendFeed, which shares all my online activities, so even if I'm not using it directly, my activities are still posting on my page. I still visit daily, but have begun to see spurts of one or two days when I stay far, far away. It's helped me get motivated to blog more. I've been using StumbleUpon lately, which shows random sites based off general topics that you're interested in. Found some nice photography and travel sites through there, and I've been sharing some links via Twitter.
Almost 2am right now. Getting hungry. I think I'll go eat some corn flakes as a late night snack.
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Droppings? Did you say droppings?
So hot... so hot... so hot. I can't think right now. Brain is melting.
So I'm waiting for class to start in about an hour from now. And as I wait here at home, I figure I'd blog. Might as well be somewhat productive, right? I'm not supposed to be on Facebook (as that's even less productive), so here I am!
Yesterday I was talking to some NY cousins via Skype (go get it, people!). Usually we talk about randomness. That's family for ya. I mentioned that I was [still] online dating. If you may have recalled, I've tried it before, at the end of 2007 as a new year's resolution. Overall, I'll have to say that there isn't much to talk about as far as I'm concerned. I'm still single, but at least it's an effort.
The discussion soon goes to what types of photos I should be posting up. They chose this one photo that I thought was horrendous, but they said things like "it's the imperfections that make it perfect" and other nonsense like that. But apparently I have a rather dull fashion sense, so perhaps they're right.
We also talk about last names. And as you may well know, my last name is rather... particular. Kingsley came up with an analysis that you need a name with multiple syllables to make it sound decent. Or they need to have a Chinese name. Wouldn't it suck if girls wouldn't date me because of my last name? That'd be a downer.
Yeah, that's all I'm going to share about our conversation. Gotta keep things private.
Dropped by my cousin Pat's house to pick up some items that I've stored in their garage. Mostly photo background equipment. I rarely use it. I have photoshoot in the morning so I finally get to use it. Unfortunately it's been a while since I've last used it, and it was covered in cobwebs and rat feces. It was rather nasty. I have two muslin backgrounds which I'll have to take to a launrdomat. I'm not sure if I can save the white one, as there looked to be urine stains on it... *shivers*
I'm so torn. I REALLY want to go to Anime Vegas. But it's not like I'm rolling in the dough. [More like rat droppings.] Today's the last day before they raise the price on admission. Sure, it's only $10 difference, but this is a guy that doesn't know when his next form of income is coming...
Well, it's time for bed. Night folks.
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I need to cut off my face.
As you may know, I have gamer's addiction. Yes, I'm serious. Once I start a game, it's hard for me to stop. It's counterproductive. And these days, Facebook is part of the problem. Short-term solution would be to say I'm not playing games on FB, but the long-term solution would be to cut out FB altogether (not by deleting the account, but simply not visiting the site daily).
Now that I [should] have more free time, I can focus more on other things... like blogging and tweeting. It's certainly has been a while since my last posting. Though to be honest, there hasn't been much going on to blog about.
My website blog. I have no idea what to talk about on there. At least on here I can just ramble, but that one... I just posted this experimental photo on there. I forget the proper term for this technique... polar panoramic? One person called it creating planets.
I've always had hairy legs. I've never been one to complain, but I'm starting to get some stray hairs and odd hair patches. Would it be weird if I decided to shave my legs? I wouldn't do it regularly, but I dunno. I feel like I need to do something about it, but without making my legs look terribly awkward.
So Anime Expo ended earlier this month... it's sad that it's all over. One of the few things I look forward to each year. It's when I'm amongst my own people; geeks and social outcasts. So I'm going through withdrawal right now. I feel like going to another one. There are a few small ones around LA in the upcoming months. I've never attended those, but may consider going this year. The one I'm seriously considering is going to Anime Vegas. Road trip! Now you may be asking yourself, "Patrick, how are you going to pay for all this when you're always saying your jobless." True. But I have rewards points from my AMEX card which I can redeem toward hotel fees, in this case, casino hotel fees. So that just leaves food, gas, admission, and spending money... Dang, that's a lot of money. *sigh* Well, maybe I won't go. Or maybe I can scrape some money to go...
I've been emailing with an editor. They're trying to start this cosplay magazine publication, and they're asking for submissions. Unfortunately there are no paid gigs, but perhaps this will be a chance to get some publicity, so we'll see. Plus, it'll give me an excuse to go to more conventions.
Looking into online language courses. Found one called edufire.com. Actually it's more than languages, but various topics and such as well. I just want to find a good site that'll teach me Chinese. I'd love to learn Mandarin through studying lyrics of songs. I wish someone will do that. Can't use Jay Chou songs apparently, for I hear he slurs and makes up words in his songs.
Ants are invading the house. Mainly in the kitchen area.
Well, that's all for now. Time for bed.
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