Iijima Hanada

I think everything works better whenever I have a gimmick to work off of. This article should be no different because I’m having fun with this while writing up the cheesy little introductions that I always do. Just so that I’ll remember everything and set it all in stone, I’ll be putting out the ground rules now so that I don’t go back on them. Every day until I’ve finally posted all of my pieces of art and give out my input on each of them, I’ll post an article. I don’t think it’ll be hard to be that dedicated since it’s dealing with something I absolutely love. Let’s get this show on the road because I’ve got a lot of talking to do and I don’t want to crowd this thing up with nonsense already.

Number One

Thoughts

This piece of art is actually the first out of many that I would receive. You could also say that this is the beginning of my prince/royalty complex, as well. In early 2004, I commissioned pqus on a whim because her prices seemed too good to be true. But luckily for me, the 20k price tag wasn’t an error. I’m really grateful for pqus and the fact that she was able to capture the mood of Iijima without ruining it in the slightest. The manly expression, the lean but muscular fit to him, the hair, horns and most importantly, the katanas were done correctly. I think its fun looking at the more recent pieces and this piece from 2004. Though I’ve made many variations to the Dark Prince, the original will never be forgotten. Also, since I don’t role play as much as I used to, I will use this piece one day. I feel like it’s too good to not use it in that way. I mean, what girl would not want a piece of greatness.

Number Two

Thoughts

Ah, Abraxas Balakrishnan. Quite the name but I’m really proud of this original character. He was thought up on a whim one day with Brittney/Gregger and I’ve never regretted it ever sense. This is one of the many pictures that I commissioned Tirael. Much like the pqus art, I feel like she really captured the mood of Abraxas. I mean, how can you go wrong with a white haired, hit man incubus?

Keeping up with the mold of Abraxas, I’ve decided to go with a joint picture with Gregger done by bitterondine. I’m proud of this piece because I know how rare it is for someone to have a piece of art done by him. Though it went for more than a pretty penny, I like this piece because it captures both brothers well. Black and white, fire and ice..straight and gay in Gregger’s case.  Just thinking about these two makes me laugh due to the hilarious story we came up with dealing with Abraxas’ missing eye and the scar on Gregger’s face.

Number Four

Thoughts

Whenever I think about the Prince of Hearts, this song comes to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YcDAthRAJo. I feel like it really does fit him because that’s exactly how he feels about himself. I’m still searching for a weapon to for him to use but maybe it’s better without one, you know? It’s a shame that lil miu is no longer selling her great art because I would surely buy more if I had the opportunity to do so. Narcissistic is the word I had in mind and that shines through in this picture.

Number Five

Thoughts

I’ll top this off with the cutesiest piece of art that I’ve ever received. Whimzy did a great job with the genie avatar that I made. I don’t know why I created this avatar but I’m happy I did because I like this piece despite it not fitting into my usual mold. I guess the overall innocence of the picture is what makes me like it as much as I do.

Damn, I’m lucky that I actually remembered this thing because it was about suffer the same fate as Matt Hardy’s push. Only wrestling fans will get that so no worries if you don’t. I guess I’ll do a little recap of my week since it’s only Thursday and all of the important things have already passed.

 Monday – October 12^th, 2009

Round 2 with Network Fundamentals

 The day started out relatively quick due to the fact that I woke up later than expected and I needed to drill a few things for my Network Fundamentals exam. I ended up doing the usual routine of trying to study at home, get sidetracked due to online activity and decided that it would be for the best if I just went to school to do all my studying. After getting a nice meal and shower in, I headed off to school. For about three hours, I went over everything while working in my lab manual and chatted with a former classmate. When exam time rolled around, I was the first one in the class. I thought Jonathan, Angela and Keremiah decided to just take the exam on Tuesday. Midway through the exam, they arrived. I was pleasantly surprised with my grade on the final. I ended up making a 91.4 when I was expecting to land in the 80 zone so that’s always a plus. After Mr. Grandalski confirmed that I passed, confirming that I could go ahead and buy my book for the next class, Routing Protocols.

 After doing so, I went back to the lab and worked on some homework for Computer Forensics. It wasn’t until Computer Forensics started at 7, that I found out that one of my friends had failed the final exam and if you fail the final, you fail the class. But I am very proud that she took the initiative to improve the situation by signing up for another class rather than crying over spilled milk. When I checked on her later that night, she was in higher spirits than before so I knew that she would overcome it. Forensics was rather funny because no one had been prepared for the quiz due to the preparation for the Network Fundamentals hands-on and online final. After Mrs. Parker told us that she was beyond pissed and that she didn’t want us to mention the class anymore, an ominous feeling until we started joking about stupid stuff. For the remaining two hours, class went by quickly, went home, watched wrestling and The Sacred Blacksmith with Sarah before finally hitting the sack.

 Tuesday – October 13^th, 2009

The Semi-Bad/Semi-Good Days Off

I usually sleep in until 2 or 3 if I don’t have anything of importance to do but as fate would have it, an asshole that will remain nameless decided to show up at my house and bang on my door at 9 in the morning. Of course, I ignored it but by the time he left, I was already wide awake and unable to go back to sleep. For some reason, even though I don’t remember it, Sarah said that I called her and sang ‘Wake up now~’ for a minute before hanging up. I’ll have to get her to let me listen to the voice mail the next time she comes over. Since I was up, I decided that it would be good to pass the time by cleaning up the kitchen. I was able to kill that in a good hour or so and right when I finished, my cousin called, in need of a jump for his car. After going to help him out, we decided to kill time by going to the mall since his mom didn’t get off until 5 and we were already out. At the mall, I went ahead and paid off Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 and Tekken 6. The reviews for the game came out on Thursday so I’ll discuss that for that day once I get there. While Chavis picked up some food, I cashed my first check from the school. I’m thinking of getting an account with NBSC. They were relatively fast and I felt like the polices were fair. Once I had my money, I went back to get the food before finally heading back home. After killing two Twisters, I decided that it was time to hit the sack again..for my first nap in what seemed like years.

I woke up a couple of hours later, watched a couple of episodes of Naruto with Sarah and hit the sack again. Even though I didn’t get a full night earlier, I made up for it later on.

 Wednesday – October 14^th, 2009

A Bunch of Nothing

 Class at 7, passed two quizzes with a 96 on both, couple time that night with more anime and watched G.I Joe with Corey. Sleep~

 Yeah, I’m getting lazy now.

 Thursday – October 15^th, 2009

Smooth Sailing

I was lucky enough to sleep in again until 2 for the third time this week. Three for four isn’t bad at all. After paying the house payment, I came back home and played a few rounds of Street Fighter IV. Ran into a few grab happy opponents but I was able to handle it easily. I was happy to receive my package of peanut butter cup cookies and that Smackdown vs. Raw got an 8.5 out of 10 due to the fact that it got a 7.3 for the previous version. Two weeks of awesome new releases, a week of nothing and then I’ll get my new computer the week after that. Now it’s time for me to kick back and watch some more Darker than Black.

I never thought someone would be killed in my neighborhood and unfortunately for us, it happened last night. I have been living in Ivey Hall for the better part of seventeen years and it was the first time that such a heinous crime happened. The worst part about it is that I’ve been friends with the culprit for most of my life, as well. A.J might’ve had his problems but he never struck me as a violent person but I suppose that’s usually how it happens. The other surprise is that the victims were his mother and his boyfriend. It just surprises me that he would commit such a wild act of violence out of nowhere. I still don’t know the details but I know as a human being, you aren’t supposed to condone taking the life of another person, much less the person that brought you into this world. My heart really does go out to his sister, Courtney, who has lost her mother along with her brother. I used to take pride in my neighborhood but I don’t really see the surreal feeling going away any time soon. Relatively short post, I know. But I had to get it off my chest.