I tried avoiding doing a journal like this for awhile, but I want to get something off my chest.

I can only really speak about how I'm feeling about it, and it could be far removed from a truth I've failed to understand, but there are some people I've chatted and known for a long time now who seem to be giving me the cold shoulder treatment of late.

What I want to know is what I've done to draw your ire if there is any on your part. Somehow I'm getting the feeling that I have upset some of you in some way that I'm not aware of. I know there are some that I've fallen out of communication with and I've tried making ammends for doing so.

I guess what I want is a little bit of honesty to tell me if I am being the good person I think I am, or if I've become a bother on my part to you. If you have a beef with me, let me know. If you find me to be a rather shallow individual, I guess I'll have to accept that too. All I know is that this kind of treatment from one person is bad, but comming from several it's agrivating.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1.Scott
2.Cameron
3.Tails (Online only, obviously )

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1.Tails Corra
2.Guido Laike
3.Magus Alpha Vegeta (God DAMN I was such a dork back then)

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My work ethic
2. Sense of humor
3. My resourcefulness

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My lack of ability of intimacy
2. My tenacity
3. My judgemental side

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Hieghts
2. The dark
3. Small animals (Dogs, cats)

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Computer
2. DS
3. Sketch book

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. House coat
2. Boxer-breifs
3. Pony-Tail?

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS (or artists (at the moment)):
1. Weird Al Yankovich
2. Simple Minds
3. Phil Collens
(Yes I'm an 80's freak)

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. Simple Minds; Don't You (Forget About Me)
2. Queen; Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Hall and Oates; Out of Touch

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY TO DO IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Complete some videos projects
2. Clean up my apartment
3. Get a girl-freind

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Honesty
2. Acceptance
3. Stability

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I can sew
2. I still like playing with action figures (they're not dolls!)
3. I wet the bed until I was 10

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Face
2. Eyes
3. Height?

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Understand Photoshop's 'Curve' tool
2. Arm wrestle
3. Admit when I'm wrong

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:
1. Gaming
2. Draw
3. Anything creative really

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Finish some art
2. Organize my CDs
3. Get some breakfast?

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Game design
2. Graphic Design
3. Voice Acting

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Nova Scotia
2. Minnisota
3. Japan

THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Alexander
2. Katelynn
3. Eric
(Assuming this to be what I'd name my kids)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Release some form of creative media (comic, book, game, etc)
2. Travel around the world
3. Meet with certian freinds I've met online.

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY:

(But replace 'die painfully' with 'must consume no less than 4 peanut butter and cheese sandwhiches)

Figure it's about time I update this thing

Well, in regards to my last journal about commissions, no one seemed interested so I guess that's a no go. Just as well since I'm even less motivated to draw when it feels like an obligation then a creative drive. Thankfully though the crisis that drove me to want to do commissions has passed for the time being. So who knows. I might still do requests if I think it's something different enough from what I usually do.

In recent news, my MP3 player went kaput so I used a portion of my tax refund to get a new one. A Sony (fuck me) walkman, but at least it looks nice. 4GB, also functions as an FM Radio, Picture veiwer, and MP4 movie player. I've only been able to watch movies downloaded from GameTrailers thus far, but I wouldn't mind turning some of my DivX movies into something I can watch while on break at work.

I also caved and bought a PSP (FUCK me, again. I really don't like Sony), although honestly I mostly did it for the homebrew then any official games. I plan on making a custom background for it which I might post here when it's done.

Speaking of submissions with how scant my postings have been of late, I think it'd be a good idea to lower my standards a bit of what I post in my main gallery and even post some pencil work if I think the concept of the picture itself is worth a look. I have a few pages from my scap book scanned already and I have a few more for back up so hopefully I can create some decent traffic flow for once.

That's about all for now. I'll catch you guys later

This is something I'd been thinking about doing for a few weeks now. I think I might start taking sketch commissions. $3 each. This isn't firm yet, but I want to present a system in which I'll take them...

1; You will send me a note with your request. No more than two characters to the sketch and nothing of overly sexual nature.

2; If I accept the commission, I'll note you back confirming it. I may also ask for any addition details needed.

3; Once the sketch is complete, I'll note you back saying it's ready along with the email for my Paypal account.

4; Once the payment is received, I'll send you a link to the sketch or if desired I can also send the file itself to any given email address.

This system isn't in effect just yet, but I wanted to get some feedback as to what anyone reading this journal would think of the price and method of payment.

I got my copy of Super Smash Brothers Brawl this afternoon. I'll spare the more or less uneventful tale (which involved going to the city since the local video store doesn't know their release dates from a hole in the... anyway...)

There's been a few chuckle worthy momments, most only applicable if you're a long time Nintendo fan. I wasn't especting anything less considering the deapths of their history that was used in Mellee, but it looks like this should blow it out of the water.

I think where I'll get the most out of this game is the music tracks available. There are some suprisingly good remixes found here and they seem to range from the norm of orchestral to jazz to techno and a multitude of other genres. I think perhaps a good way to describe it would be if they let folks from OCRemix go to town on the classic tunes, only really they employeed some of the more celbrated composers throughout gaming's history (I was suprised to learn Final Fantasy's Nobuo Uematsu had composed Brawl's main theme from all the main trailers)

Samus' been my character of choice throughout the Brawl series, but I'm starting to get a hang of Pit

For those who have the game, here's my Brawl code

3265 4738 2973

Just be warned, I'm a scrub by full definition, and I'll play any stage with any and all items.

Update KindaSorta;
Calling it a night with 31 characters unlocked, 31 stages, and 66% of the SubSpace Emissary mode completed. Not sure what else to say about the mode except it's a well crafted excuse to put on screen some of the most fan-fictionish momments to grace console gaming that would put IcyBrian to shame. But hell, if it isn't done with enough pizaz to let you suspend your disbelief you must be a cold hearted gamer inside.