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My neighbour, a weight-lifting, bulky guy named Ivan, who has a Californian car number plate as a name tag glued on his front door, is currently listening to the L word theme song... on repeat.


Guess it takes all kinds...

So... I had a whole emo-rant tipped before, but since this is supposed to be an art update, I'll go kill remaining flys instead.

Looks like I'll never get out of my seeming codependency of insomnia & art... and I probably should stop trying otherwise... -_-
But well, since it's only thrice a year or so, I produce some artwork, I guess it's okay to strain my physical condition... Sometimes it's almost like my body refuses every attempt of rest if there's something I still have to finish.. now talk about the unknown force of a human's subconsciousness.


( rant continued )

Ah yes, so I've started this script since... pretty much the thought crossed my mind to give a doujinshi another try, I thought I should finally start on it. Who knows when I'll finally complete the script. And I need to finally finish something I started...

Ah right, I should explain that I've developed another working strategy for this project ( in hopes of actually finishing it...? ) - I first write down the dialogue/monologue and description of the scene before I start to draw blindly ( and have to make another unnecessary thousands of corrections... ), kind of like an editor's note, so I can get at least a little bit of order into it. It also allows me to change the dialogue a hundred times over without having to correct the speech bubble.

I had to realize that I forgot almost everything I had planned for this ( luckily, I still have some notes, which confuse me quite a bit... because they're in headwords.. -__- ). And in order for me to do a story I actually enjoy, I first need to get the prologue off my chest... which is really becoming a pain in the ass.




Hmn... that's about it, I think.

You know... if there's a thing I loath with a passion besides the stupidity of mankind and my Chinese studies, it's plagiarism.

And this is something that has been on my hate list ever since I've been a child and my sister used to copy pretty much everything I took on as a hobby. Now while this has probably taken its origin as infantile selfishness and a natural animosity towards that other bloodline popping up suddenly and taking the attention away from you, I came to understand a little later, that it was only a phase when one looked up to an older sibling and attempted to get their attention with something - this feeling of childish contempt has bridged my growing consciousness into adulthood where it bloomed into ravaging hatred towards copy-cats.

I'm not quite sure about the reason why and I'm sure shrinks would have their pleasure analysing it, since it's one of the few things that can drive me wild in a matter of seconds, when usually I am very mild-tempered and rational, bordering on indifferent towards most things - I'm not trying to get there, since it'd only throw me off track from what I want to talk about right now.

So, I know there's a lot of plagiarism going on online (duh!), especially in the fanfiction community and all - so I get why most people's reaction and attitude towards this can be blasé. It happens all the time, sometimes in such colourful variation, you can hardly pick out the original source and you can do nothing about it, since that's the risk you're running once you publish something, especially if the media you're using is the internet.
Still - and I might slip into my seldom conscious but nevertheless existing naïve-self when I think that you should be respectful enough of other people's works when you copy them and even post it online, for whatever reason, as your own artwork, to give them enough credit for something they were originally responsible for; especially if the only thing you did, was trace the original work line by line and changing such minor things, it still looks a hundred percent like the original.

And if a person doesn't do it, I get pretty pissed off about it. Especially when it's from my own stock.



So this is what happened:

I went to 4chan to look for RAW updates of new Manga chapters and found a picture in a thread of - what was it.. ah, Shego, that looked suspiciously like one of my own and could track it back to deviantart, since the picture's name was one that dA usually uses for pics you save, which is this one.
And the plagiarized picture is this, whereas my original scrap is here( I can't find the original LJ post of it anymore, besides, imageshack has deleted pretty much everything from three years back ).
So while trying to tame my rising anger, I skimmed through several pics and 'artist's' comments, to see whether there are appropriate credits or not. And there were none. Instead, I found a variety of familiar-looking artworks seemingly all ripped-off from different artists.

The thing that made me even more suspicious about the ill nature of the copy-cat was the fact, that the copies seemed to be systematically ripped off of other fandoms ( especially the Mai Hime one ) without any mention of this process whatsoever.
So I decided to write a comment regarding my feelings upon discovering this act:


I tried to be nice to a certain point, but things like this just piss me off too much, to still be reasonable.

So... maybe this kind of reaction might still be a remnant of those once upon infantile feelings ( since you know, old habits die hard ), but I'd like to think that I'm completely entitled to be feeling this way since - if you're not a professional artist earning money with it for a living and therefore use your free time showing people your capabilities and share it with the world without asking for or receiving anything in return, simply because you want to, it's much worse than just sliding the knife and twisting it. It's running away with it.

And it's nothing more but cowardice.



I can't blame other artists wanting to take their work down, keep it private, or worse, stop doing creative work completely because of this, since really, what is the point of doing this when you're getting ripped off anyway?
And admittedly, it has crossed my mind.
Now you could say I'm making mountains out of molehills here, since no matter what you do, as long as creativity will exist in mankind, there will always be parasites leeching and you won't be able to detect every single one of them - and yeah, you're right, I probably am.
But as it was of my own decision to put things up and make it accessible to everybody, it also lies in my hands to shut it down completely.


Keep that in mind, parasites, next time you think about pretending other people's works to be your own:
What if all your resources are drained, because your host refuses to put up with this shit once and for all?


There are other sources, yeah... but one thing: don't underestimate the efficiency of a chain reaction; stranger things have happend.




Now, in the meantime, I got a reply back from this person, apologizing for what she did - which is okay, I'm glad she realized the mistake she made. I just hope she's learned for the future.

So people, be fair - once you copy, credit!

....last Friday I got wasted like never before in my life... which resulted in a heavy 2-hour make-out session with the loo...

.... and apparantly I've slurred certain details about my nonexisting sex life... I can't recall. At all.







So... the morale of the story is - Don't do drugs (more than necessary)!

 

My mother thinks I'm a lesbian........



.....LOL












( But the funny part )

 .... I'm..      in the student council.


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.. damnit.

.....I feel sick to my stomach, there's probably a headache coming up... and I think somebody sexually harassed me in my drunkenweak state last night... Ah yes, and I'm having my period as well.

Now I haven't seen Twilight or even touched the book for that matter, and probably won't see it without a big bottle of Tequilla in close proximity ( though claret would probably be more fitting ), but this - is pure genius :D

credits go to the genius Ms Snarker for finding it.




On an unrelated note: Yay, Better Off Ted is back again!!! Portia is pure comic gold *__*

This my comment to my participation of today's elections. 
Remind me again- why exactly am I acquainted with so many politically interested people?

Now looking back, it was kinda nice not having German citizenship... so I had at least an excuse not to vote - I'm a foreigner, I'm not allowed to :)

Oh well... yeah I'm ignorant towards politics, because I'm not interested in it even a tiny bit, therefore I have no clue at all about it. But at least I don't walk around pretend as if I do. Or complain about it for that matter.

And I'm tired of people accusing me because of my lax attitude and non-participation, trying to disabuse me, because dude- I've heard your arguments a thousand times already, and I'm still unconvinced.
I'm not saying it's not important to put your vote out there, trying to be heard and maybe make the future a better place.
On the contrary, it is- I'd even give you my vote in consent to do whatever the hell you want with it if you think it's for the best to do so...

And here's the thing - it doesn't matter to me.

I'm a hedonist and things that I am not wholeheartedly into, I won't get into.
I won't go out voting whatever [is the most ridiculous] just to get my point across, in hopes my little display of childish counteraction may set off for things around me to change. That's not how it works.
And I'm comfortable enough with myself to live with the thought I haven't contributed anything to my own rights - so leave me be.

Because frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. ;)

So since Tuesday's are a pain in the ass and we're always bored and unattantive ( which I'm a 100% sure will bite us in the ass in the end... at the latest when we actually have to do our research... which reminds me, I still have to do that paper *cough* ) in our equivalent to every other subject's method class, I dug out tests I did on my LJ several years ago and I just redid the 'What's your seduction style?' quiz and I'm kinda surprised... =_=

( pure evil )

Did I become even more skeptical and bitter over the past 3 years??
I mean, I had my suspicions I may have become a little more evil, but still........ I'll take the puppy suggestion though.

Take the quiz and show me your result!! ( so we can compare again in another 3 years XD )

 
So... finally an art post again...



Yeah, I know this has been around for about 2 days already, but I couldn't find the nerve and words for a rant to make a post, so... better late than never!

Now that most of my grave tasks have been done, I have a little bit of free time to focus on art again... But since I'll be needing to start on my paper very soon, I'm not sure if I'll be able to get another one done by the end of the month ( probably not... ).
But there's hoping to finally finish the storyboard of en coeurs' prologue... ( not much, but still... ).

( Right now- )

  
Oh my god!! I seriously need to learncatch up on this!!! (the latter half of it)
Damn you life!!! And my own incapacity to read it whole.... T_T        ........ It's rare enough for me to tear up emotionally, but if one artistic piece succeeds in making me, it sure means something....

Oh my Gawd, I absolutely have to see this... *__*



Ever since the Devil wears Prada and the constant glorification of Meryl Streep over there on AfterEllen, I've been convinced that every film with Meryl is a film worth watching... *_* Though I wouldn't have minded a reunion of above mentioned movies' cast and Anne Heathaway recurring, this time with a lesbian twist involving Emily Blunt ( I am SO gonna watch Sunshine Cleaning *_* ), I think the concept centering on food will make it worthwile enough.

To quote Ms Snarker, why isn't it August 7 yet?

( 'cause then I'd be finished with all assignments and projects- )

Gawd, why does exercising hurt so much... T_T
Now if it was only my mind I wouldn't even think about torturing myself... but... the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. And how weak it is...
Sometime around easter I totally failed bicycling the hill towards the village my sister's father lives in, had to dismount and saw only white fuzziness before my eyes. Which has never ever happened before. So I guess it was my body telling me 'I'm gonna be dead by the end of the year if I don't start excercising now'. That and my family teasing and nagging me about it....

So I registered into uni gym and actually went there for a little more than an hour on Friday, surprisingly without much of muscle ache afterwards or the next day. It was weird because usually when I start bicycling again after a long period of time, my crotch hurts for at least a couple days... 
Now I realized I don't really have much use for that particular gym because they're more leaning into muscle training. And I don't intend to become a body builder, I'm small enough already, so gaining muscles would look totally weird. Which is why I'll probably go back to tennis and volleyball... now all I need is my racket and a volleyball... and a fellow sufferer.

Which reminds me somebody mentioned something about some people wanting to do some..thing along that line... I think the new exchange students... ?_?

Either way, the latest boozing went quite alright without much embarassment on my part... I think. But I guess I'll only really know on Monday and how many people start greeting me enthustiacally...
Speaking of which, I'm proud to be able to say that I didn't talk several Japanese girls into becoming my Tandem partner like last term *_* ( I have the tendency to blurt out a lot of stuff without thinking... or really meaning them when I'm drunk )
Although I think this time they were coming onto me.. but I successfully ducked from the responsibility, 'cause theoretically speaking, I already have one... and having 3 partners like last term is just a hassle... especially if one of them isn't that appealing to you... character-and interest-wise ( okay, I'm totally superficial here and choose my partners based on their attractiveness and sympathy point... ).

A well, gotta clean the bathroom now...

The ridiculousness of it all.... I can't imagine anyone with the ability to think autonomically and possess empathy to find NOM anything else but laughable.

colbertnation.com

"Did you know, that if all 50 cities approved of gay marriage, straight marriage becomes illegal?"

Oh god, I love Colbert. He's such a narcisstic, cynical ass, it's hilarious XD

 


You've got to hand it to her... she does have a sense of humour :)
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This is so adorably funny... and redonk :D

( さん。。。さん。。。。。 )

...gaa.. God damnit, I can't seem to get any proper sleeping rhythm lately... or any at all for that matter. It usually helps my creativity to stay up beyond midnight but this is downright ridiculous. I mean today I didn't sleep at all... and started reviewing Japanese grammar around 5AM...

( And to make it worse... )Gaaaaah >___<... I simply can't believe my luck...


Anyway...I hope the temporarily and lenghtened take-down of all artistic activity of mine shocked at least a few people, 'cause that'd console me at least a little, heh... ~_-
Though I'd like to alert that the sketch section ( and several other entries; which was a pain to do singularly since the edit apparently fucked up some of the lj-cuts ) has been completely Friend's locked. No particular reason... just that I felt like it.
Other than that... my mother called me yesterday and told me a funny little anecdote which I'd like to name

( How my mother got to know April Fool's Day :) )

Anyhow... to get off the life-rant-wagon and onto the artsy one:



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