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say goodbye to laziness

I’ve already told a lot of you I’ve been away from the blogosphere until May. I don’t have much to write with, but, here’s the first interview.

Welcome, “Commander”.

“Commander”? Really? No, I’m not the “commander of the household” anymore after I lost the rights to give orders to everybody in the household. I’m not in the Army or the Navy (not the color, but the military).

My dad gave me the “commander of the household” title when I was 15, but it didn’t go very well because of violence and assaults. He didn’t like the ideas of me giving orders to everybody like that.

Why move to California?

There are reasons for living there: better theme parks (such as Six Flags Magic Mountain), better climates, etcetera… I’m not really familiar with the East Coast anymore after IP address bans and unable to fight the cold winters. Also, changing the IP address after a [permanent] ban is nearly impossible.

Also note that I’m not autistic anymore, because autism can rot in ****ing ****. Goes the same as the DDS case manager army (they’re the “enemies” that can ruin everybody’s lives unless they throw water balloons at them).

What do you use to draw (or design) things?

I use Moleskine sketchbooks, grid sketchbooks, Prismacolor colored pencils, Staedtler pigment liners, a mechanical pencil, and also, Staedtler Mars plastic erasers.

I’ve planned to get Photoshop, Illustrator, and a Wacom tablet since GIMP, MS Paint, PaintTool SAI, Paint.NET, and OpenCanvas have already been in the deadpool, and never to be used ever again. Free alternatives aren’t the best for me. After I got Photoshop, Illustrator, and a Wacom tablet, my artwork (and designs) could be better.

I’ve also planned to get Prismacolor graphite pencils (and the electric sharpener), though. I was originally planned to purchase Prismacolor art markers, but they “bleed” through on Moleskines.

Why your next computer will be a Mac?

I’m paying a tribute to the late Steve Jobs. It’ll be an 27” iMac, with Photoshop (and Illustrator) CS6 for the Mac, they’ll be bought sometime in 2013. I have future tribute videos in progress, Castle Shikigami 2 (Japan: “Shikigami no Shiro II”) for the PS2, Castle of Shikigami III (Japan: “Shikigami no Shiro III”) for the Wii, and The Sims 3 + All expansion packs for the PC/Mac.

You can actually install your The Sims 3 game on a Mac. Just pop in the CD into your Mac and you go, but it has to be a Mac OS X or higher. I may be moving to Japan, but I wanted to find a Japanese girl, but my true ethnicity is a mystery.

Why is your true ethnicity a mystery?

I’m not actually “black”, I just wanted to keep it a mystery. Both real life and the internet. No one really wants to drop the N-bomb. If you listen to the Bloodhound Gang’s “Fire Water Burn”, there’s this part of the lyrics:

Yo, yo, this hardcore ****** ******** image takes a lot of practice, I’m not black like Barry White, no, I am white like Frank Black is.

Also, four years ago, Don Imus threw random racial comments on the Rutgers’ basketball team (actually women), then, a week later, he was fired. Then Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist, barges in about Imus’ racial comments. What he said to Imus is racial (I’m not a racist, and you shouldn’t be, too).

About the infamous bad English dub on the PS2 game Castle Shikigami 2 (Japan: “Shikigami no Shiro II”)…

There are random profane words that XS Games/Alfa System did throw in the game. When playing as Ko and not having a second player joining you:

KOHTARO: Still a bit green. I’m only 17. Too much fighting, I don’t like it! I’m so ******! Stop making trouble … Kicking your butts!

Also, this (when playing as Ko and the other playing as Sayo):

(Sayo puts a letter in the mailbox.)

KOHTARO: Sending a letter?

SAYO: The castle’s falling. Rescue Mitaka City.

KOHTARO: Not going to tell me?

SAYO: That’s coward talk!

(After defeating Arala Clan)

KOHTARO: You know something?

SAYO: I’m not keeping a secret from you. You’re too naive, listening to ghosts?

KOHTARO: Isn’t that the point? ‘Hearing and seeing’?

(Shintaro Kuga appears)

SHINTARO: Welcome, Ko, and the “human weapon”.

KOHTARO: My big bro?

SHINTARO: Nice being called “Big Bro”. I want a bro’ fight!

KOHTARO: You wanna fight? C’mon! Just us — nobody else!

SHINTARO: I needed their lives to make you angry. She’s one of the model human weapons.

KOHTARO: Don’t talk like that! Sayo *is* human!

And this one (one playing Niigi and the other as Sayo)?

NIIGI G.B. (GORGEOUS BLUE): Going there alone?

SAYO: How about you?

NIIGI G.B.: It’s not your thing, just like my friend. 1-way love into a guy into young girls. Maybe I can help.

SAYO: Maybe *not* so 1-way. You don’t know much.

NIIGI G.B.: That’s okay. My boss is a good guy.

Roger Sasuke (Roy Bauman) and Kohtaro Kuga, while fighting the Aja Bros:

ROGER: They’re idiots!

KOHTARO: Yeah, like *you*!

Stage 4, Sayo Yuuki battling aganist Yukari Horiguchi:

(after defeating Yukari)

YUKARI: The cards are leaving…

SAYO: Good-bye.

YUKARI: The cards are gone.

I’m getting the third one, has Reika Kirishima from Time Gal for the Sega CD, Munchausen, better translations, etc. I’ve never had a Sega CD console. Also, I’ve never played Time Gal.

Final PS2 game before you retire your PS2?

I’m getting Taito Legends 2, better than Capcom’s Classics Collection, both volumes 1 and 2. Also, you can play two players on Space Invaders ‘95. Taito (and also, Alfa System) will kick Capcom’s @$$ a lot.

Going to college? What you will major?

Yes… sometime, I mean, September 2012. I’m majoring graphic design.

Come see me on the second interview!

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