blog.

I’ve been using Wordpress for my comic and blog sites. And recently I just did some overhauling and upgrading of the source files to what WAS the latest version of Wordpress. Yet, here we are, a relatively pain free weeks into using the “latest” version, and what do I see? They’ve upgraded Wordpress again. Should I even bother? I’m no tech wizard, and I’m pretty sure if I attempt another upgrade I’ll lose everything forever. FOREVER!!!

In other news, when everyone else was spending 100million dollars to see IRON MAN, I was able to catch the one night only, Toronto premiere of MACHINE GIRL. It was definitely classifiable as “so bad, it’s good.” I had a blast. An in joke infested, bloody, japanese school girl kicking yakuza, ninja ass, with an arm made of tempura to boot, blast.

Awesome.

ADC

I did this art for an album cover for the band THE BLEND.

Photo/texture collage and CG/digital paint techniques. It’s fun to do. And a long time coming. They had commissioned me way back last year, and I didn’t have the time to do it until very recently.Basically I said I would do a collage type of thing andthey gave me a list of imagery they wanted. I compiled everything in Photoshop, and put my spin on it. Not sure if they will be using it or not… hope to find out soon!

Here are a few slightly different versions:

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The only time I’ve every thought to myself, “I wish I thought of that”, is with this.

On Sept. 5, 2000, the slowest and longest concert EVER began in a church in Halberstadt, Germany. The musical number being performed is called ORGAN2/As Slow As Possible. Created by Avantegarde-ist John Cage, the entire musical performance will endure the better part of 639 years, ending in 2639.

There’s a documentary out by the same name, following one dudes pilgrimage to witness a single note change in this piece. I have no doubt that eventually I’ll do the same thing. I’ll sneak in a minidisc recorder and bootleg that shit! haha

awesomes!

ADC

I was watching some TV last night around 9:30pm, working on an illustration gig, when my lady and I heard a screech, and shouting outsde of our apartment on the 23rd floor. We live just outside of the busiest intersection in the city, also the most dangerous, so hearing accidents is pretty much par for the course. But we heard someone yell “freeze” and “put your hands up!” After grabbing my camera we ran to our window and saw something pretty awesome.

Two presumably undercover, unmarked black vehicles, and a police car had just pulled over a burgundy van. A handful of what looked like teenagers had assumed the “position”, with a few policemen, the po po, the 5-0 surrounding them! Almost instantaneously, a few more police cars had entered the vicinity. Back up, I guess. I took some pics:
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So, I just read that the CW website is no longer allowing fans of the show to watch GOSSIP GIRL( of which, yes, I’ll admit I am a fan), online. Apparently, one could’ve watched the show via the www legally, rather than watching it on ye ol’ television. A lot of shows are doing this, and I suppose it’s the way of the future, but not the future of Gossip Girl. It seems as though the network is caving into pressure from online advertisers, and thus pulling any programs from the GG website.

This scenario is doused in irony, as the driving force of the show’s narrative is the online ramblings of a blogger, and her effect on the social network of these Manhattan socialite type “teens”.

Is this big news? Probably not as big as the news that Arthur Dela Cruz admits to being a Gossip Girl fan.

Now, I’ve never watched Smallville, and don’t really know who Allison Mack is. Though I once consumed drinks next to her at a comic book convention party, which I guess isn’t an event really worth mentioning. Nevertheless, I did notice that she’s doing something kinda cool with her youtube account.

She seems to ask fans for input, whether it be art, a video, some writing or whatever, calling them “challenges”, and then responds to them. I think. I just watched one post, and I think it’s pretty awesome. Currently, she’s asking fans to act out their favorite scene from a book/movie what have you, and submit a video of the scene. She says she’ll do one in return.

I think this is very cool, and had I tons of adoring fans, I would totally do something similar.

ADC

I’ve been digging the Vampire Weekend CD as of late. At first I was skeptical due to all the hype they’ve been getting, I mean, they landed the cover of SPIN magazine BEFORE their album was released!!! I was afraid we had another hipster/indie cookie cutter band, but was pleasantly surprised. What I really dig about their style is the dub/ska/whatever reggae influence that weaves in and out of the current indie leanings. Very fun. Makes me want to dance!

Also, I’m in NHL heaven right now. I’ve mentioned before, because of my growing up in the ‘burbs of Canada (just outside of Toronto), I’ve got hockey in my blood. I love the NHL playoffs.

In other news, I found out this weekend that I was approved for a lease for a new apartment! It’s one that my lady and I have been pursuing, so it’s very satisfying to get it. We move in a month! I can’t wait as we will have waayyy more room!!! I actually feel like decorating and making it cozy, and a place to entertain!

peace

ADC

…to the east side.

More like, a couple blocks south of where I live now-side.

I put in an application to rent a fancy pants condo-style apartment today. My girl, my two cats and I are outgrowing our one bedroom spot, so we are trying to upgrade to some swanky diggs. It’s a really nice building, for an incredible price. It’s a steal really. And I hate saying “it’s a steal”, really. The big kicker is that for a few hundred bucks more, our living space would practically double if we move into this place.

I say “if”, mainly because we need to be approved before we can sign the lease. My fear is that my freelancing, sporadic money having ways, though great for me and my lifestyle, could work against us in this approval process. M’lady has a great steady job and makes mad cash, so we are hoping that is good enough for an apartment that I like to call “the ritz.” (only in comparison to our current humble abode.)

In other news, this blog (mydestroyer.com) will be a place for more personal posts from now on. Any KISSING CHAOS news will be on the kissingchaos.com or tx.kissingchaos.com (the webcomic) site. I think I’ll post it in the myspace blog as well… at any rate, I’m doing some shuffling around of blogs and news and personal posts and such. To sum up my update regiment:

NEW KISSING CHAOS COMIC (everythursday)-tx.kissingchaos.com

KISSING CHAOS NEWS-kissingchaos.com/tx.kissingchaos.com/myspace

ADC PERSONAL BLOG-mydestroyer.com

I’ll probably feed everything into the blogger/livejournal sites as well… probably.

well, I’m off to work on my comic!

peace!

ADC

I don’t have a gaming rig. I have a laptop that I use primarily for work, but recently have had a hankering for some gaming. Without a video card in 2008, that’s pretty much a losing battle. After some research and talking with friends, I discovered that the old Counter-Strike 1.6 can need not a graphics card or anything to run on a laptop. In fact, many old PC games have renewed life due to laptops that have no modern gaming architecture whatsoever.

So, last night I loaded Counter-Strike 1.6 onto my machine, and head out online to see what makes it the most played game in the world.

I am not good.

If anyone out there wants to play and help out a noob, drop me a line!

ADC

Umm. I’m dumb.

In an effort to update my blog software to the newest version of wordpress, I did some crazy stuff that I have since blocked out of my memory. In this process I deleted my old blog, which used to be here at mydestroyer.com.

All was not lost, as I do repost most of my entries on different sites, such as the poorly maintained Kissing Chaos Myspace, as well as on a livejournal and blogger feed. Unfortunately all my posts and comments could not be saved, so, even the most recent comments (there was one on the southland tales post) have been lost. Also, all the “previously published” links on all these posts are now null and void. Sorry!

You live. You learn. I was going to update the wordpress files on my weekly KISSING CHAOS web comic, but now I’m thinking I’ll leave well enough alone.

Anyway, the blog is running now, I guess better than ever? I welcome all feedback, and random chit chat via comments… I’m here everyday!

peace

ADC

okay. not really. More like, choose your own style.

I opened the floor up to the readers/fans to choose a film genre/style that I apply to an upcoming KISSING CHAOS:TIL I DIE installment. Basically, you can tell me whether you’d like to see Kissing Chaos done in the style of a western, horror (any kind), sci-fi, comedy, drama, 80’s action, 90’s Pulp Fiction rip off… whatever you can think of.

Whatever suggestion has the most requests, I’ll use that style to tell a part of the KC:TID story.

After a few weeks, I’ve had a number of emails and a few comment posts here and there with suggestions. There is a clear front runner among the ideas I’ve recieved, but I’m keeping a lid on it till I close the phone lines, so to speak.

But I’m going to try and make this post (on mydestroyer.com) the official place to drop suggestions. So just comment here to let me know what style you want me to attempt!!

peace

ADC