2 posts tagged “mojizu”
This weekend I decided to give my Dad an overview of the web 2.0
world. I started by a thorough explanation of blogs and
what they've traditionally been used for, then proceeded to outline the
most prevelent online social spheres in this day and age. I
started with MySpace (Lvl. -3), proceeded to Facebook (Lvl. 7), and ended with
Vox (Lvl. 10). After our discussion in the car, he wasn't quite clear how
Vox would be different than the other blogs he had seen, but when I
lead him through the interface and showed him my blog, he was pretty
damned impressed. Just thought I'd share.
I started A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami. I wasn't lying when I said I
wanted to read more! Murakami's imagery is perfect. I plan to read a quarter more before I head to bed, so I have bizarre and colorful dreams. On the back of the book is a great photo of Murakami in a T-Shirt holding a tiny white cat. I can't remember if it was the name of his white cat or the one from his other novel
Norwegian Wood, but I remember
my Japanese professor mentioning something about a cat named
Seagull. I have a black cat, Cloe, but if I ever get a white cat
Seagull is certainly in top running for its name.
Wow, Aeon Flux on MTV2. None of that Charlize Theron poppycock. The real deal.
Tonight I read more, played Literati with
Chico, and worked on some more character designs. I worked on
Monseiur Monkey Show (seen below) for Mojizu, and apparently Cooky Bear
is in the running for a contest. I have to have the most popular
character out of the 80 'hot' moji's in order to advance to the next
round, so I'm not expecting too much. But it's pretty cool
I guess.
(i know its late)
Tonight in exchange for the car to drive to the train station tomorrow,
I drove Harrison to his friends' house so he could finish up his senior
film. We mastered a ccapella duets with songs like Explosivo by Tenacious D, Under Pressure by Queen, and of course the infamous Gasolina by Daddy Yankee (I was unaware of the artist's name until now...interesting) which came to master within 2 minutes or so. As we were driving through Menlo Park, he mentioned that the Arby's
on El Camino Real was now shut down. It's a damn shame.
While my roast beef days are pretty much over, that Arby's was a place
of my childhood.
Is that lame? Nope. It's awesome sauce. My family and I used to go there every other Saturday to fufill some of our family lunch requirements. My Dad even took me there when my Mom was in the hospital having my little sister. It goes that far back. They were the one and only restaurant that I've ever encountered that had touch screens to make your orders with, and the manager of the store definately watched us Chow kids become bolder by the months as we eventually ordered food on our own. Meals were: roast beef sandwich, curly fries, & chocolate cheesecake. Easy. I'm sad that they had to shut it down. It will be missed.
After I got home, I worked on this buddy to the right. Along with my internship, my interest in the new site Mojizu
has encouraged me to begin rendering more of my artwork, specifically
my collection of Junior year doodles and characters. It's a fun
site to take a look at. My name @ Mojizu is Sugarshiva if you want to check out some of my other bro-dogs.
Vox is too fun.
That's it. Sleep time.
