X-men Comics
There’s this absolutely wonderful though not greatly ethical becausetheartistsaren’tgettingpaid run of torrents called Chronological X-men, through which you can immerse yourself in 30+ years of X-men storylines, in as close to chronological order as possible, and get some idea of all the wacky things American comic characters go through in multiple decades. The original X-men comics were really cheesy. XD I like the later stuff better. I’ve only really read 2004 through 2005 so far (but there’s a LOT of that), and here’s some opinions: » Continue Reading

Working through an art block here. Nothing I’ve drawn lately do I even feel like taking past the sketch stage. So I have lots of random sketches and nothing of substance. Geck.

So I’m trying my hand at bookbinding! I need better glue, but sewing the pages (”signatures”) together is way fun. I like it.

Cool stuff I’ve been immersing myself in lately:

AVATAR: The Last Airbender
Dude, the awesomeness of this show. EVERYONE MUST WATCH IT. Youtube it, bittorrent it, netflix, rent or buy what’s out of the DVDs, but get your hands on this show, it’s fabulous. So much love. Here’s a pic, here’s a fansite.

The first season has the childish waffling that a lot of American kids shows have problems with, but it gets increasingly better. The characters are fun, the world concept is fabulous, and it has some of the most GORGEOuSUS movement animation I’ve ever seen. They reference martial artists doing choreographed moves, and it works beautifully. I love the bending animation and fight scenes. Ohso pretty.

Great plot, great character and costume designs, a bishy angsty anti-hero with wonderful character development for the fangirls, some fabulous strong female characters with different personalities (Katara has such feminine strength. I love that.). It’s the best of anime-influenced American television animation, a fabulous blending of the two, and Nickelodeon has my mad props for being intelligent enough to produce such a show. Everyone should be doing stuff like this! Excellent storytelling!!! YAY!

So, watch Avatar. Yup.

I was going to post about X-men comics, but I waxed too wordy and will have to post it tomorrow.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was SO SILLY. I laughed much, but there was just so much ridiculousness going on. I’ll wait untill the 3rd movie to form complete opinions on certain characters and their actions. Well, Will Turner is teh Hero teh Awesomeness, but others…hm. And Barbosa=WTF? Oh, whatever.

My brother Tim is engaged! He’s marrying a lovely girl from Utah in the Mount Timpanogos Temple in Utah in October.

I haven’t met her yet, but he’ll be bringing her down to meet the whole family at the end of the month. Tim is the 3rd child, but the first of any of us to get married. It’s about time someone in the family did. :)

2006 been quite the year of momentous occasions for my family, and it’s only half done. It’s the year of Two Funerals and a Wedding for the J-fam! :]