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| //STFU You Jealous Countries!Fireworks were partially CG'd?
The adorable Lin Miao-Ke lip-sync'd to Yang Pei-Yi's beautiful voice?
So... did you enjoy the awesome opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics?
Uh-huh.
So what's there to bitch about?
It was a visual art performance. It was a show.
And it kicked every other previous Olympic Opening Ceremonies' asses!
Get over it.
And thank you, John Stewart, for pointing out the obvious oversight of the double standards Americans hold against China.
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| //"Okay" My @$$http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/504615-attn-joe-dono-aka-scp_celica-scammer.html
A really big thing going on around the world of car enthusiasts message boards these past couple of days is the report of some Joe Dono kid made an attempt to scam an auto shop outta $16,000 worth of work, and his additional feeble attempt to get the law on his side upon the unsuccessful scam. Words spread fast on the Internet. This sorry excuse of the human kind is getting pwned left and right by every online community that has read or heard about the story. Google his name and you'll see what I mean.
What caught my attention on the Tampa Racing forums specifically, however, was the what-has-now-been-deleted posts and debates over the political correctness of the being-scammed-autoshop's name.
J.A.P. Works, which most of local residents refer to it as "Jap"works, brought up a short but heated discussion with its offensive sounding name. Few forum members, whom are aware of the type sentiment the J word may stir up, questioned the naming of an autoshop that specializes in Japanese import automobiles with such sensative wording, believing that it is inappropriate. The owners of the shop in question stated that the acronym was made up of the owner's initials, which coincidentally spelled out "Jap", and claimed that they are unaware the term was offensive to Japanese Americans. Other Tampa residents quickly took side of the autoshop and ganged up on the ones who thought the naming is insensative, their excuses ranging from "the owners was unaware" to "why so sensative?"
Maybe it's the fact that I lived in Los Angeles for most of my life, and have taken Southern California's racial diversity for granted. But the words of these postings of fellow car enthusiasts from Tampa defending the use of the J word showed me nothing but ignorance and lack of education. Claiming that it is okay to use racist terms base on "not knowing" is just not a convincing argument. Brushing a racial sensative word off as an acronym further lacks intellectual judgement. Those Tampa residents that argued for that looked nothing more than a bunch of tool bags for being such ignorant rednecks. You simply do not create an offensive word that targeted at a specific race, and tell them to get over it because it never means anything to your protected and spoiled white asses. And saying the word is just an acronym doesn't cut it. What if tomorrow I decided to gather up Nathan, Ian, Gary, Gina and Alex and use their initials to start an energy company called N.I.G.G.A Services? Does that make the mentioning of a racial, condescending word completely exempt from hurting people.
No. It does not.
And these Tampa people who think it is okay are tool bags, and should be ashamed of themselves.
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| //Comic-Con International - San DiegoOutta all the commissions I did, I only liked 3 pieces enough to take photos of them...
Full Metal Alchemist
I hate robots...
I love Harley...
More photos to come...
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| //Anime Expo 2008For 4 days straight, my diet consisted of a pack of beef jerky and a
big bottle of Vitamin Water (Energy). Such diet lasts about 12 hours
each day. I realized that on the 4th day that I lost about an inch of
waist, as my jeans slid down far enough for my heels to step on the
edges. 5 pounds of my weight were lost over the weekend, a combination
of super low carb diet and minor dehydration.
So... Anime Expo 2008 Artist Alley... was more like a cheap swap
meet, filled with self-doubting artists lowballin' their own "artwork",
and thus themselves, in order to make a sale. My neighbor, a talented
young girl, priced her commission price at $1.00 each. ONE DOLLAR! The
paper and pencil for the commission cost more than that. It takes her
thirty-five commissions to match just ONE of my cheapest commission.
35x the work? I told her to have confidence in her own work and don't
sell herself short the way she does. The artwork itself will attract
people who can truly appreciate the work. Besides, I personally
wouldn't want some cheapskate to own my artwork, anyway.
And seriously, to those who cried out "Jesus Christ!" upon finding
out my commission rates: Have you even looked at my work and see how
good of a deal it is compared to other industry professionals?!
Then there's the "artwork", if you can call them that. Maybe I am
too traditional when it comes to the idea of an artist alley, but I
always believed that it is an opportunity for me to show off the
progression of my skill as an illustrator, and an opportunity for
creative expression. But walking down the aisles of the Artist Alley in
AX, I saw few of that. Most artists just drew different characters in
the same poses, like how a photographer would take photos for a high
school yearbook, totally hiding their weakness in their ability to draw
anatomy instead of facing it. I do understand their mindset. It was the
quickest, painless and brainless method to crank out large variety of
artwork for sale. That, of course, saddens me to see artists whoring
themselves out at customers with quantity instead of quality. The
artists that weren't cheating themselves outta their integrity made me
question whether they should be considered artists at all. They made
keychains, pins and other nice accessories. But in my opinion, those
are "crafts". Not art. One may point out that there are indeed artwork
on the accessories. But that those repetitive looking artwork just
further prove my point about these artists losing focus at what
becoming an artist is about.
There's still a few artists that I am glad to see, pushing
boundaries of creativity and expression differently. It was a pleasure
to have met all of them (again) and I hope to see more of them and
their work in the future.
Again, I wanna thank everyone who came out to see me. I promise I'll try to stay in touch through out the years.
...The place is big, awright...
My neighbor, Anjii, who had to tie her display on the foot of my table to keep it from tumbling down...
Bing's artwork is always well painted...
Vivi came all the way from Connecticut...
Jessica, and daughter, Madison, who really enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Henry. Apparently, there's a rumor going around that I am the father because she liked me so much.
Celine came all the way from Florida to offer her support...
Baby sister Jessica came by to promote my branding...
Crazy rally racer Lisa Klassen again visited and demonstrated her love for cars...
The very talented Dominique!
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