May 17, 2010 - Foodie Post!!!

Haven't done a food post in ages so I figured I'd throw one down while I'm making time to update and post.

This post is for one of my favorite breakfast items- Egg in the basket.

Its also gone by other names like frog in a hole, one-eyed jack,moon toast, and other names.

Just like how I love the whole compact asian food things( bun bao, other meat buns, sushi rolls, sandwichs, bento lunches, meat buns, KARE PAN!,etc.) , I totally dig this. I like to sometimes run off to work or wherever with one of these. nom nom nom.

May 17, 2010 - May Updates

So I just realized that I haven't made time to throw a post down for May yet or do an update post.

Things have really been a bit hectic here lately IRL. Work's been absolute murder with all the events and changes in Company direction,woot. Since things are in such a transitional period right now, resources preservation and time management is super Nazi enforced right now so with work comes stress.yay. o_0"

On another side on things, due to time constraints, future plans, and mostly international red tape, the gang's trip has been pushed to Beginning of New years and will only be 3 months now. That means more time for saving, and working on "kinks" on the home-front.whew, that's one less thing to have to mess with for now. just gotta get back into studying again( I'm so damn behind [>_<]!)

The last few weeks did have a snag since Hours have been cut with an increase to the workload( at both jobs) plus there was a machine that needed repairs so just when the level of debt was nearing green levels, We're back in the middle of the yellow,total lame sauce.

Still, with only a matter of months away from major developments, we can't afford to be disorientated, confused, or distracted. SO many things to do, prepare, and get taken care of. The list can be crushing at times:

-Get the area ready.

-Having dedicated area for set purposes will give me room to do all the projects that having been stacking for 2 months. This will eat up time, keep me at home and have less spending.

-Repay debts.again

- I was on track to having all debts settled before July, but some new developments have caused things to "shake a bit." With the area ready, debts can be worked toward at an increased rate.

-T.S. is being a punk. not completely his fault though...

- The cat's being a monster lately. He's not getting enough attention since I've been busy lately. That and He has some things that are needed. Things that cost money. Like I said,monster.

-Making use of insurance.

- There's insurance being paid that I haven't been using for things I need.hmm, gotta do that,too.

-Study, study, study!

-Been very bad about this. gotta catch up with current material and catch with material I haven't even started on.(bah, I need a tutor![>_<])

- Saving for trips.

- I expect most of the list to be done before my August trip.(very doable, but a pain in the butt.) After that, I'll return, work some more, finish up anything leftover and save for the trip again. Hopefully, no craziness will ensue that'll eat up trip money,again.

Aside from that, since I plan to hit the ground hard running as soon as I get back to the states, I want everything to be up, prepped, and ready to rock before I leave on trips so I won't have anything impeding me from work or school. That means, I have until the first trip to New York in mid August to get the room/office/workshop ready. We're about halfway done with gathering materials and moving things around. I expect things to be finished within two weeks time and then an additional week to reset all my tech and gear so things will be clean and ready for usage when I return. With the area ready, I can fully take advantage of easily working, studying, and doing other projects. After that, I can work on more finance related things,ugh. That and that whole studying thing, bigger ugh. Hobby Updates in 2 weeks hopefully^^;

p.s.- no idea why card crusher is the pic for this post...

April 23, 2010 - Another Century's Episode: R (A.C.E. - R)

So who here has ever heard of A.C.E.? If you've played any gundam games, armored core games, or the SRW games, then you might've heard of it. Awesome game. Announced some time back, episode: R will be on the ps3.YEEEEEAAAAHHH!!!(>_<)!!!!!!! the first 3 games have never been released in the U.S. so that meant having a modded or another region's ps2 in order to enjoy the awesome mech beatdowns^^. Thank you sony, for making all ps3 games region free. Combine that with an excuse to bone up and practice kanji, and kick major mech ass, and we have an awesome time to be had. And if all fails, there's plenty of people who drop quick translation notes on how to play so this is definitely on my must have/play list. Anyways, enjoy the PV below. You'll notice awesome mechs from many popular series in it. ( VFs from Macross Frontier, lancelot from code geass, Overman king, arbalest from full metal panic, aquarion, crossbone gundam, zeta gundam, destiny gundam, and so much freakin more!

Screenshot from IGN

April 21, 2010 - Photo pic of the day

Bender doin what Bender does best. hahaha, WIN. Saw this on the RSS and had to repost. Awsesome.

Pic from Optimistic Penguin

April, 20, 2010 - Marvel vs Capcom 3!!!

Hope you guys are ready for this one. It was announced recently and here's the announcement trailer. Enjoy ^^.

April 13, 2010 - Iron Man 2 Interactive trailer.

So still busy with massive major project on the homefront so been super busy. And I only wanted to post something I thought " absolutely MUST be posted.NOW" and I found something so yay. Anyways, estimated time frame to completion of project(which leads back to more regular updates,woot^^) is about 2 to 3 weeks. At least that's the goal.

Anyhoo, without further updating- Here's a pretty cool Interactive Iron man 2 Trailer.

March 21, 2010 - Update and Loot!

So work has been hell lately. Both of them. And now things seem to be slowing down. Hours at the comic shop are low this week(no idea if thats good or neccessary bad) and vending pulls have been CACA lately.

Hopefully, I can get the vend back on track. As for the shop, as long as it can be stable, I'll adapt and adjust. Its what I do. Anything else would cause and bring unneccessary attention to myself(and thats sorta not my policy). Buuuuutttt, with the extra time off - I can maybe get my crap together and play catch up. That means proper sleeping habits, normalizing the spending(meaning I now gotta be like a normal person and go back to budgeting my money and not splurging every week-boo.), catching up on shows(both anime or otherwise), gunpla work, plasmo work, AF custom work, vid sub/encode/edit work, working out, etc. As it seems, I have quite a bit to catch up on.

Well, first things first, lets do a loot post^^. The last 2 months have been nice on me, but sad for the wallet.( I think its still acting like a little B#$%^ and sobbing quietly in the corner.what a punk wallet. :p) I've procured a few things here and there, but I won't have this level of lootage anymore since I gotta budget. This time's loot includes-

The Iron man 2 AF's. Mark I(comic series), Deep Sea Armor(concept Armor series), Hypervelocity-stealth armor(concept armor series), Mark V-suitcase armor(Movie Series)

Mark III(movie series), and Iron Monger(movie series)

War Machine(comic series), Mark IV(movie series), Power Assault Armor(concept Armor series), Mark I(movie series)

Mark VI(movie series), and War Machine(movie series)

My wannabe hall of armors,heh.

Plus a custom Movie accurate Mark VI with articulated torso and led lit arc reactor made from a light up mark VI( but for some reason, it lights up with a red led.)

And of course, the "holy trinity." Classic Thor(Marvel Universe), Ultimate Capt. America(Marvel Universe), and Classic Iron Man(Comic series)

And lets not forget about the imported goods....

Revoltech Eva 2.0 unit-01(top left), Revoltech Eva 2.0 unit-01 awakened(left middle), Revoltech ARX-7 Arbalest(bottom left), 1/144 HG Gundam Nataku(middle), 1/144 HG Gouf Flight Type(middle bottom)

1/100 MG Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai( big box on left), 1/144 HG Force Impulse Gundam(Top Right), 1/144 HG Gundam Astray Red Frame(bottom right)

God of War III - Ultimate edition(the awesome looking box.for a game. so rad^^)

Another Gundam 00 Celestial Being action base(left), Macross Frontier SMS action base(bottom middle), Regular Black Action base 1(bottom right)

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Bluray & Evangelion 1.11 - you are (not) alone.( both were on sale on amazon.too good a deal to pass up!)

B-club 1/100 Red Frame Manipulator set 1(left) and B-club 1/144 freedom gundam manipulator set(right). gonna use the freedom set for custom work on 1/144 red frame.

Wonder why the hell I'm showing my codes geass knightmare frame model kits? I have a reason. And a question.MG red frame comes with aweful puke yellow "gold parts."Its for the hilt and the end handle piece of its katanas. I'm gonna do a gold paint treatment to improve the puke yellow. Below are 2 kits that use 2 different gold styles. I will use one. Thats where I'd like some help.

First is the Lancelot. This was done with Tamiya Gold leaf spray.

This will be potential treatment #1

Next up is the Gurren mk II. The knife had silver with clear yellow done to it.

This is potential treatment #2.

So thats my update. and my loot post. Now I'm off to do a vid, then its off to finish the XN raiser since I have the proper paint now. Any help picking a gold for the red frame's katana gold parts paint treatments would be greatly appreciated. You can leave a comment from the post or you can drop your thoughts in the Chat box. Thanks. Later people.

P.S. - When I get some time, I will be doing a massive food post. I recently had a curry week.(more like curry 2 1/2 weeks.)Lots of curry related foods. Anticipate!