Arkand Kitana

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:09:26 GMT

Hi everyone. Gare here with the news of the day.

My Grandfather died yesterday.

we were always close though his personality seemed a little off, but that was due to a war wound while he fought on German soil for all of us. He has always been a constant part of my life while growing up, and I'll miss him dearly. He'll be buried with grandma, someone i've mourned for to this day, and i pray she'lll finally have the man back that she married before the wars that she lost within. I wish thhem well and now look to my family to comfort them. Mom was always extremely close to grandma, and where she loved grandfather, he was also the last living link we really had to her, and its a strain on us all to lose him. And as far as I can say grandfather always had a smile for his grandkids when he seen any of us, and was great to us all without prejiduice. I never got to meet what he was once truly like, but the pieces of it i saw were admirable and something to be rememebered fondly.

Its a horribly sad event, that we somewhat knew was coming sooner or later. It happened sooner, but not without warning. Mom had been giving me weekly updates of his degenerating health conditions, but there was little I could do about it but pray. And while praying remains a top choice at the moment, now that he's gone, the military has been obliged to allow me some compassionate leave that i'll be using to come home this weekend.

the wake is on thursday, the funeral friday, and i'll have the weekend to myself and my family and friends., before going back on Monday. i'd like to see some of my friends if time permits throughout the weekend, if Mat and Jaquie can find the time.
But don't push yourself over it either, as i don't want to deal with hectic confusion at this time.

Happy greetings to you all,
I'll speak to you again sometime soon,
preferably without depressing tidings

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:22:01 GMT

Sbeen a while since i posted. thought i might as well.

The course goes semi well, 70's the whole way through thus far, but the important thing, whether i'm understanding this stuff, is indeed happeing, for which i am glad.
I am currently typin with three roomates in the same bloody room with me.
barracks. suck. hole.

playing master of magic! yes i've found it, yes i'm running it fine. its actually alot more slow and laggy than i remember, however it remains the fucking bomb.

X.xom terror from the deeps sean hilariously gave me for my own b-day couldn't have been a better choice if he'd given me a BJ.
i've never felt the sting of losing so hard at a game, and yet felt all is safe and at peace with the world and as it should be. I will fear for us all shoud i ever complete this game.
been sketching up a storm lately, but am at a loss to the use of a scanner to make much good of the pictures i draw. oh well.
Nerima Daikon brothers is STILL caught in my damn head! Gah
But we're jsut some actoooors, having a beer after work just like you, we're glad that you bought this, we can pay for our beer thanks to you~!
Had to get that out of me, i try to channel this out, but more remains! Daikon brothers clouds the mind, turned inward, it is an unconcquerable enemy....
(extra points for the first someone who recognizes where this quote is from and who said it in its orignal form)

Its been enjoyable despite the brain bakig amount of studying we have to do to keep up with thigns, the course is 6 months in what should take 2 years to learn in college. the military lieks to do things half way topo, but you still got to have it fully done no matter how bad they suck at their own jobs of training us in this field.

Now i don't do this often, leaving links just ain't my style and i despise forwards with an unbridled passion of hate and loathing.
however these two i thought people might be interested in. the first:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1899522

If you like nintendo sound effect remixes, remember the rectangle blister trap that was the old NES controller, and enjoy DDR you will probbaly enjoy that link there.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1903319

No one should MISS the second link. some gy does demos for 32 songs in 8 minutes. with an acoustic guitar and it leavs you for a loss of words. so just friggin watch it. to seal whether you watch it or not, there are some surprising, anfd hilarious songs in there we all recognize that you will want to hear it for if only for them. will not say which, as it was the surprise that made it awesome. Enjoy

and later my friends, keep the peace. Or i have full liscence to come after your ass.

the undefeatable me

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:30:49 GMT

I figure its about time i do an update.

I've learned how to shoot an automatic machine gun, and destroy you from effectively with almost every shot from 300 meters away.
I've over come my precarious physical shape to meet military standards.
I can field strip a rifle blind folded
I can work a full week with less than 6 hours sleep total
i've learned the appropriate ways to butt smash someone before stabbing them with your bayonet.
i've learned organizational skills that have improved all aspects of my life
i've learned how to put more drive into something no matter how lackluster i feel about it.
I've reconfirmed just how important it is to have friends and family contact
i've pushed myself through physical training, strived for success, and hungered for self improvement despite all the many obstacles that stood before me.

I've graduated basic training and amazed my instructors with my tenacity to overcome, and constant perseverance, that they awarded me the most improved certificate, and gave me the honour of handing over our platoon's colours to the Warrant Officer in the ending ceremonies.

In the las t three months i've learned how to protect from fires, nerve gasses, and how to respond defensively to hostile enemy situations of many kinds.
I am a proud soldier of the Canadian Forces.

There is nothing else i can really say about the whole experience, other than saying what i learned. It was difficult to extremes, and i'm far from done as i wait for my trade training coming up in july. I just want to let everyone who's been rooting for me, who's been praying for me, and who's been sending me encouragement, that i appreciate you all, and what you were doing for me, it meant everything to me as i waited to hear from you, or pushed forwards so i wouldn't disappoint the freinds and familyi'm lucky enough to have, and admire. I can't thank you all enough, and i can only hope that my efforts prove to help protect you and your friends and families, and the right to your opinions and beliefs. That is what i give in thanks to you for all your support, its the most i can give.

also... any cool new anime or manga come out you can let me know about? i'm far too outta the loop!

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:43:02 GMT

OMGs!

Watch it, treasure it, its scary true...

the 80's saturday morning show of the watchmen!
(or what it would have been like...)

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:08:57 GMT

Ever feel bad for sonic the hedgehog and all the horrid things they've been doing to him since the old Saturday morning cartoon's epiphany of awesome?

I have. and so have these guys. they describe the situation in a flash movie rather handily. cept hey didn't get the 'werehog' that cam out in sonic unleashed... maybe they'll make some sequals...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/484130

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:44:32 GMT

Hey folks. Don't know if you'll get this by the time I'm already gone, but here it is. posted. not an hour after I found out, so no blaming me on the suddeness of it all.

I'll be gone by March 9th, possibily leaving about the 7th. I just received the call that I've been accepted in to be an aerospace telecommunications and Information Systems Technician. ATIS tech if you prefer.

As such I wish to celebrate this. I'll be working throughout the weeks before on thursday, friday, and saturday nights. however, I am aware of a midnight showing of watchmen on one of those nights. I would like to see it with all that may join me.
I will miss you all, and the next time you'll see me, I probably won't have half so many rolls XD
and be able to kick your kendo using asses (sent towards a specfic duo. you know who you are.)
THis is all happening extremely suddenly. Next tuesday I'll be at the Sydney Shopping centre Recruitment office, and will be swearing in, and recieving all the pertinent and connecting information. I'll also get my certificate then.

I hope you all appreciate this! I'm helping the Canadian military keep your asses safe!

XD

Ciao, let me know if you're up for ze movie?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:56:38 GMT

I wanna have ago at this.

Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.

"Darling take a walk"

Pussy willows, Cat tails, soft winds and roses,
Where do you go?
Nobody knows
your world was so different mine

Enter the scenery of love
oh~ the church bells were ringing in the schoolyard
where the long river flows
going by me a long white road

wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended
S you think that you can take me on
When I look around me
welcome to my nightmare

Raindrops bead again
Rainy day people always seem to know when its time to call
two hundred sb~emails
I felt it all surround me

I don't mind confiding
that's what you get for lovin' me
when i woke this morning
well, alright, something's got ya gone tonight.

Erm... i don't know what to think 0.o
(but i think its suggesting that rainy day people are guilty of spamming Strongbad...)

Edit/Cut/Replace

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:36:52 GMT

Erm... job update... quick eh? well this is due to the recruiting officer pointing out a trade i did not know they even had for the airforce. (what? not navy? Nooooooo~!

well my first choice has changed to this mouthful of an occupation: Aerospace Telecommunication & Information Systems Technician

after you manage to twist your tongue around the name, just call it ATIS Tech. Everyone else does.

what does it do? well you know the insides of computers, radars, radios and the like? they do that. AND they do all the stuff i found cool about naval communicators, though with a severe lacking of chasing pirates.
for MUCH more detailed description the link is below. the interviewer suggested it as something to look into because its something they need, and with my aptitude test scores, i apparently qualify for this. This is the opposite of what every brochure of every university or college that studies this stuff says. I know this cause i looked into learning about this stuff when looking around for alternate careers.

http://www.jointheforces.com/v3/engraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=226&bhcp=1

the training after basic takes place in Kingston, Ontario for a year. that is 28 weeks for the basic course than an additional 20 for the next part of the basic course. thats 58 weeks of paid education and training. Wow.
and take look at all those specialization and futher advancement courses this leads to if you so wish. Just learning this stuff at the basic level would allow, if i didin't enjoy the military, to walk out and come up with like an 80,000 dollar job.
(with the bonus of finally fully understanding what the heck those requirements on the side of computer games are talking about XD)

This by no means says i'm not going into the navy, this is simply my top choice over the naval communicator, i could still get the call for that over the ATIS Tech. It just means they consider me qualified to be able to go much further than I considered myself qualified for. I'm willing to deedicate myself to be able to go that far. I never thought I would, but just looking at the military and its offered educations has actually upped my self esteem, and has made me feel like my life that has been a steady case of falling flat on its face and being dragged kicking and screaming backwards in current years, finally take a stable step forwards again. Something I haven't felt for a couple years since back when I was signed on for my second contract with Collideascope.
Something about having something to look forwards to, I'd wager.

well thats it for me for awhile. if i hear anything I'll let you know, likely via livejournal, otherwise this may be the last time i post something in live journal til my crew returns for Christmas, at which point I won't much need post anything in here as i'll be able to tell you personally.

PS: I am severly excited about the idea of being able to talk to you guys again. I'll totally be giving out hugs no matter how much it goes against the cold sarcastic dark guy motif I got going.

Arrrrghh me matey!

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:33:11 GMT

Hey folks. long time no update. I've been looking at career choices as you all know.

It seems whichever way my path leads, the forks all lead to military training. they pay me to learn and make certian i stay in shape, and start me at 30,000 a year, with every benefit you can get? Well... alright.

but there are like 5 BILLION fucking jobs within the core. for the longest time i had it narrowed down to the following:

Imagery technician: think military journalist/advertiser/photographer/camera man/video/audio editor . I have training in photography and digital imaging, so I figured from the start this was my best choice.

I've decided against it, simply due to the civie jobs you can get afterwards are all contract jobs. which is the whole reason i'm joining tis gig to be rid of. just to have stable work i'd be foreced to stay military the rest of my life, whether i find its for me or i do not.

Avionic technician: air craft mechanics and systems. that's just damned cool.

I decided against it, because I had the choice not to take it really. this was my last chance amidst the ones offered if i failed the aptitude tests badly . the reasoning is simple. While I'm sure i could learn to be good with machines and mechanics, i don't know a damned thing about them, and i don't particurlaly care. mechanics of any sort have never intrigued me, hence why i still barely know anything about my car, let alone fixing jet planes.

Mty final decision was the third field I'd looked at. something I'd always been interested in learning, the job prospects should i learn to detest the military are rich and will always be high in demand, and its a 72 week course in the military (that's like super long by their standards. their image techs learn what they learn in 89 days. that's like telling me the 3 years of college i've taken could have been completed in about 3 months by these guys....) The only thing stpping me from having announced this earlier was my aptitude scores. this is a job with some big math skills needed as its all about , sio i was rather worried about actually qualifying for it.
Iqualified for all three and any other should i wished to go btw. ^____^
wiring and networking, encrypting and encoding.... well, There's just SO much this profession deals with its uncanny, so rather than re- explain it, i'll just give the link.

Naval Communicator: http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/ENgraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=277&bhcp=1

I'm going for my medical tomorrow, I've nothing to worry about there. they'll also be doing the interview, so they may change this post on me should things convince me otherwise, but i doubt they will, there's apparently about 20 slots open for this job, and they're specifically looking for them. So as it seems to be looking, looks like i'm gonna end up in the navy. I find the idea fascinating for some reason.

Its likely they'll find a slot for me shortly, likely as early as january when i start basic training.

your thoughts?

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:24:08 GMT

How many of us rememeber that old song 'Take on me' ?

most i'd wager, how about the video for it? a lot less, eh?

well someone u tubed up this little umber, i hope ye find it as comical as i did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ

pipe wrench fight. awesome.
(stay away from our magic frame!~)

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:05:16 GMT

As old as it is, i found myself running back to avenue q for puppeteering laughs, and the awesomeness of their songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?aq=f&emb=0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.ca%2Fvideosearch%3Fq%3Dthe+internet+is+for+porn&v=x9CSnlb-ymA

old though it may be, it al strikes a certain chord with me.

not as much as 'the internet is for porn' song, but hey, not all of them can hit the 'truly phenomenal' proportions of all that

life complete?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:20:25 GMT

I heard mention of someone's life being complete?

well to tack some hilarity of thought onto that, so-called 'complete' life i figured i might wish to share this

http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:31:21 GMT

For most people they will find this retarded and not comical in the least

Me, someone who knows the original song, and enjoy wacky things to large extremes, and respect well done fanimations, I laughed my ass off for hours and got the song caught in mine and my mother's head. attempt to enjoy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ir7g78YxQA

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:30:00 GMT

Kelly,
this manga's for you.
http://www.onemanga.com/Chiis_Sweet_Home/1/02/

(it is also for anyone else that may enjoy/adore kittens.

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:35:33 GMT

Sorry Kel, my birthday had me run ragged as i was sent to do errands for everyone that finally ended with me staring at text througha spifft new 21.5 inch flat screen monitor.
but thanks for the b-day wishes all the same!
so when will you guys touch down on the 7th? and what be the way home from the airport and junk?
wouldn't mind greeting ya both. I've wishes to destroy you both with hugs of doom/welcome home's.

Boredom Blues

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:00:21 GMT

Bored bored BoRed borEd.

That's right, I am just a wee bit boreD.
How bOred? I'm updating livejournal. thats pretty BoReD

So how's life been thus far this summer? I've moved, gotten sick for the first time in ages, stuck looking for employment in the West just as me pals haved decided on moving down to the city i used to live in.

Summer review: The Suck.

However I've sketched out this:
http://arkand.deviantart.com/art/Jack-Coggy-92772257

I really like. I don't draw horses that often, so I am super amazed how horse-like this one turned out XD
I'll be painting this one up so if you guys could leave comments (other than the fact that theres' wind in the horses hair and none in Jack's fabric, I know that one already) on what you think would make it even cooler? post it on up and i'll see about including it in, better to do it now while still in the rough copy stages, eh?

Jack aside, I'll be seeing X-Files alone tonight, just to help cope with the bore/doom. That's still got another hour on me though
Birthday's next friday, parents are gonna throw 100$ at me that i will use to help buy me a flatscreen monitor, so i don't have to lug the huge ass deskstop breaking t-rex of a monitor that i currently have around.

well thats it for another update. Seeyas when I see yas

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:32:36 GMT

Hey Sean, Kel, and whoever else is going to kel's dad's concert tonight... uh... could someone give me the specifics of the when's and the where's? please?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:31:19 GMT

Haven't done this in a looooooo~oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg while.

So i figured i would. the reason why, of course, nothing's much changed since my last. Now i have the fun of reporting tomorrow i'll be picking up sean and kel from the airport and daragging them back to my hell, i mean...abode, for a few days.

My bank account is suffering horribily due to lack of jobs... crossing fingers in hopes we get that job in August is all i can do there though.

I'm suffering from a lack in creativity on all sides lately. I haven't been sketching, and i haven't been writing, haven't been doing much of anything. Fortunately Kel and Sean~er's visithas given me the get up and go, to finally clean up the apartment some and make it livable. Mostly that get up and go has jjust shown me how much money will be involved in making it truly a home worth inviting people over to... perhaps when the job comes in i can think about more stuff to do, afford some shelves to organize stuff and whatnot.

i would like to do some creative sketching or writing, but i'm and currently on a all time low in Role Playing lately, and that tends to be where my imagination stems from and i've recieved not nearly enough stimuli as far as that's concerned.

I've also spent grandoise amounts of time reading 3x3 eyes manga... i cna't believe this series is STILL going! and it's still pretty damn good too!
I am so glad Kel got into Gurren Lagaan! series was so awesome and i could speak to no one about it, because i didn't want to ruin it for anyone!! 0.0

Oh yeah, video games. haven't been doing much of that recently either. bought shadow of collusus, and its really good! but i just don't have any drive to play it. i beat the main campaign in Neverwinter Nights, and other than multiplayer, i haven't been much for playing it either... mostly i just play Team Fortress 2 for lack of any idea more.
I think i can officially say i'm in a rut.

Saw Kung Fu Panda tonight... it was sooo good!! i loved.

I bid Sean and Kelly a Bon Voyage to my place!
and to the rest of you a:

"Ska~dush."

GO! GO! GO!

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:58:44 GMT

Speed racer! That's right, Colldieascope studios has just won a bid to do Speed Racer, the new animated series, meaning in 3 weeks i'll be all back and hard at work... on ANIME!

BOO YA!

Anime is on my resume. It doesn't get more awesome than that folks.

Oh yeah, we do stuff tonight. we do it sometime soon? later? when?

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:01:37 GMT

It took some hella driving but I managed through snow up to the middle of my shin for 1/3 of the trip. I am in Cape Breton, and I would like to see people, though i suppose it's too late tonight. hey sean, kel? where are yas staying? and what's the phone number, give an email or something, eh? peace

Homecomings

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:28:29 GMT

I'll soon be back, over the weekend, (will depend on weather , whether it's saturday or sunday.

not much else to say.

hey sean, i KNOW that feling of no seperationfrom work and home, i just want you to remember, that university is the most difficult part of the occupation, once you gtet a job it won't be half so bad. you can quote me on that later.

Josh man,you piss me off with your lack of home comings, and the only times you show up is when i can't. you're a prick. =p good to read from ya.

Well it's been awhile since i wrote nything introspective down. i think it's becaue i've answered all of life's questions for myself, and feel no more need to find answers.
Yes.
I am genius.
A incredibily cool genius.
You can quote me on that too.

I guess that means i need to turn and offer obnoxious advice to others.

My first is to Mat, Sean and Kelly.

GO OUT AND GET A REAL JOB YOU BUMBS OFF SOCIETY!!

advice to all Cape Breton:
I know you abhor the idea, but... workfare, not welfare, trust me, you'll thank me later.

Finally, overly sensitive people are ruining regular life for everyone. someone get these nosey ass people out of my life, i don't need their protection, or advice on what to do to become laws of the the land (aka seatbelt and helmet laws) you want to know why people commercialzed Christmas? yes, there's a lot o money involved, but it was specifically done to piss you overly sensitive types off. you want a traditional Christmas, it's as easy as near starving for a month to spend money on a turkey dinner, and go carve a wooden horse as a toy you're 8 children can share, and leave the rest of us alone. I hope your fireplace explodes and sends you all to a flaming agony filled death.

P.S. Josh is always right. except when his opinions interfere with mine. than i'm right. other than these moments, follow Josh.

It's annoying... i remember a time when i used to be philosophical, while i'm far from jaded, i can no longer seemingly think about things anymore, in all the things i've heard recently the best i've can come up with is this, .

the phrase "the best intentions paves the road to hell" comes from describing people who only look to the greater good. Often times, this is because the greater good they're lookng for never occurs, from all the little evils they have to commit to make this greater good come true.
evil breeds evil, and doing smaller evils will only end in what it started, evil.
The greater good is something that can only be brought by someone who doesn't look towards the greater good, but instead looks to do as many acts of smaller good as they can. if enough people stopped looking towards the greater good and instead went for the smaller ones, i believe the world at large would change abruptly towards a better path.

i know many that believe there comes a time to rise above ones morals, i believe rising above your morals is what causes the largest problems...

But what does a cartoonist know about these type of things?
I just want to draw, and will look towards those smaller goods when and where i can.

See you all in a few days.

Hello all you happy people.

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:38:55 GMT

I am the GARE
and the GARE wants YOU!
this friday night!

be there..Be There! BE THERE!
the GARE will come for YOU!

BE there and SEE!
as he bestows gifts upon the SEANER!

location and time yet to be determined, all gifts are final and nonrefundable. may result in board/video games, and potty language, the GARE is not responsible for any injuries he may cause, be there at own risk, his being there is meant for adult audiences, viewer discretion is advised

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:45:20 GMT

hapopy birthday seaner, may everything work out for ya. have a good one while i work me buns off XD

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:12:31 GMT

or you people doing nothing next weekend? if so, you are doing it with me. May haps i will see you fellows than? if not, i will pick a different weekend, as this time i'm just coming up to hang out with yas all

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:44:28 GMT

Well, it's been a long while but i have once again submitted a new picture to deviant that i don't totally hate

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57433261/

feel free to bathe me in glowing reviews.
or burn me with critiques.

(i reserve the right to tell you to go choke on used urinal cakes)