I'm still working on a Japan write-up so please bare with me. But in the meantime, and in the spirit of the season, I wanted to wish everyone who reads this a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I spent tonight with my Mom, ensuring that her first Christmas Eve without my Stepdad wasn't spent alone. We exchanged gifts (I'm sooooo spoiled!) and watched National Treasure so that we can go see the sequel later this week. It was a nice way to spend the evening and I know she was happy to have me around. I know I enjoyed my time with her!!! Tomorrow I'm off to my sister Chantelle's place for Christmas with my Dad and Stepmom's family, where I'm sure to get spoiled again! Yesterday I spent the day at my sister Crystal's place , doing the Christmas thing with her and the family from my Mom's side. It was a great day and a wonderful meal. Thanks again Crys!!! So far I've had a great Christmas season and I'm very thankful for that. I can hardly wait for tomorrow. And even though you've heard it before it still needs to be said: BE SAFE!!!! Don't drink and drive; call a cab. Hell, call me if you need to (and if I live near you). It's not worth getting caught. Now that I've done my public service announcement for the evening, I leave you with this.
In a season filled with commercialism, gift-giving, and money spending, skip all that and give the greatest gift that anyone could possibly get this and any other Christmas season: the gift of friendship. Spend time with your friends and loved ones and let them know you love them and appreciate them. I think that's the greatest gift of all.
Take care all.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Damn, I knew I forgot something....
Hello all (all 3 of you; you know who you are!). It's been awhile since I did anything on this crazy blog of mine, so I thought I'd update it finally! First off, a quick update on Japan: it was incredible!!!!! By far the best vacation/trip I've ever taken in MY LIFE! The country is amazing with so much to see and do. And the people I met were truly awesome, with each one of them treating me incredibly nice. I want to extend a big thanks to my friend Charles, who without him the trip really wouldn't have been possible. He's also by far the best travel companion I've ever had and I would travel with him again in a heartbeat! And also a big thanks to (in no particular order) Yoko, Hiro, Shuhei, Yasu, Yuko, Justin, Kaori, Maki, Gori, Katsui, Mihoko and the many other friends I made on my trip. You all made me feel very welcomed during my stay in Japan and I hope to one day see you all again. I'll try (I will, I swear!) to do a separate blog on the whole Japan experience over the Christmas break.
As for the rest of life, I've been busy training hard in Karate, having recently competed in the 2007 Vancouver Cup (a first round loss due to a nasty knee shot; ouch!) and also getting ready to compete this weekend in our clubs annual Team Tournament. I'm looking forward to squaring off against the other good fighters in our club and the area for what are sure to be some great, spirited battles. Go Team! I've also slowly but surely started to finalize plans for next years comic schedule, officially deciding on what I'm going to put out from Out of Mind Studios in the coming months. And yes, in case you've been wondering, Out of Mind Studios still exists, it's just been on hiatus while myself and other members of the studio handled personal issues that have been plaguing us. But I'm confident that things have finally started to clear up in our lives and we can all start to get back to what brought us together in the first place, and that's our passion for comics. I'll be updating everyone soon on what's to come, but for starters look for issue 2 of The Sorrow in the spring, along with a Twice Thursday 1 shot that'll be done in comic form rather then strip form, as well as a little story I've called Underloved arriving (fingers crossed) by late spring. I have a couple of other things on the go as well, but until things are finalized with the collaboraters on those projects my lips are sealed! But they will be good things, trust me on that.
Beyond that, not much is new. I was fortunate enough to be apart of Help TV out of Edmonton a couple of weeks ago, in a segment dedicated to comics. It was a great experience and I'd like to thank Jay from Happy Harbor for putting that together. It got me a lot more exposure then I would have thought it would, and there are good thing to come from this as well. That's it for now folks. I'll do my best to get something new up in the coming days in regards to my Japan trip, and in the meantime Happy Holidays everyone! Only 10 more days till Christmas everybody, so I hope you've all got your shopping done before the madness really starts at the malls!!!
Take care all.
As for the rest of life, I've been busy training hard in Karate, having recently competed in the 2007 Vancouver Cup (a first round loss due to a nasty knee shot; ouch!) and also getting ready to compete this weekend in our clubs annual Team Tournament. I'm looking forward to squaring off against the other good fighters in our club and the area for what are sure to be some great, spirited battles. Go Team! I've also slowly but surely started to finalize plans for next years comic schedule, officially deciding on what I'm going to put out from Out of Mind Studios in the coming months. And yes, in case you've been wondering, Out of Mind Studios still exists, it's just been on hiatus while myself and other members of the studio handled personal issues that have been plaguing us. But I'm confident that things have finally started to clear up in our lives and we can all start to get back to what brought us together in the first place, and that's our passion for comics. I'll be updating everyone soon on what's to come, but for starters look for issue 2 of The Sorrow in the spring, along with a Twice Thursday 1 shot that'll be done in comic form rather then strip form, as well as a little story I've called Underloved arriving (fingers crossed) by late spring. I have a couple of other things on the go as well, but until things are finalized with the collaboraters on those projects my lips are sealed! But they will be good things, trust me on that.
Beyond that, not much is new. I was fortunate enough to be apart of Help TV out of Edmonton a couple of weeks ago, in a segment dedicated to comics. It was a great experience and I'd like to thank Jay from Happy Harbor for putting that together. It got me a lot more exposure then I would have thought it would, and there are good thing to come from this as well. That's it for now folks. I'll do my best to get something new up in the coming days in regards to my Japan trip, and in the meantime Happy Holidays everyone! Only 10 more days till Christmas everybody, so I hope you've all got your shopping done before the madness really starts at the malls!!!
Take care all.
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