I don't like talking about myself, so, uh...yeah. lol. I'm a major gamer, I read a lot of books (physics, math, philosophy, fantasy), watch and read some anime, and spend the rest of my time being annoyed at gravity for restricting me to being able to do only one front flip at a time.
I've posted a few of the articles/essays I've written, so if you're ever interested in reading anything that I have thought about or researched, check out my articles world, Kastom's Thoughts.
And the essentials:
Kastom's Bio:
Birth date: September 10, 1989
Sex: Male
Real Name: Tomas (Tom)
Living: Ontario, Canada
Occupation: University of Waterloo Undergraduate Physics Major
And I leave you with a quote from Adam which sums me up well:
"Kastom is very smart and wise, but sometimes he acts like a n00blet..."
There have only been a few times in my life that I've cried as much as I have tonight.
Now I suppose that this will come to a great shock to many of you, but I am actually a very sensitive guy. I just hide it for the most part, 'cause I don't find it fun. Either that or it's some kinda defense mechanism and so I laugh to cover myself up. Whatever the case, doesn't matter.
Basically, I'm a total sucker for a love story. Probably one of the biggest you'll ever find. That's all you need to know. It'll make sense it a sec.
So basically, I watched some more Gurren Lagann. I can only assume that those of you who have watched it know what I'm now talking about.
If you plan on watching it, then most of the rest of this post you should ignore. Though I still haven't decided whether or not I will advocate Gurren anymore; we'll have to see.
So, Kamina died. God, just typing it is making me teary eyed. Why? Because he was definitely one of my top favorite characters ever. Not just in Anime, but in anything I've ever read, watched, etc. He was just so awesome. Made me think of myself. That is to say, how I WANT to be. I see myself as him, just as a version that is less...charasmatic I'd say. I dunno, rambling here kinda. Basically, Kamina is how I've always imagined myself as being in a story or something. So seeing him die...it was just...weird. Even the way he went, I just felt a part of myself dieing. I barely even knew him, since he was in so few episodes, but at the same time I just feel like I know him so well.
Maybe I'm just being selfish here, but I don't give a fuck. Damn it...
But what is REALLY making me cry the most (and I definitely am at this very moment), is Yoko. She liked him, and now he's dead. It's just not fucking fair. I feel so unbelievably sorry for her. Like I said, I'm the biggest sucker for a love story you'll ever find. And this one being broken...it is just too sad.
It's just too fucking sad...
So you know what I did? As soon as that episode finished, I went and opened a random later episode (I think it was 26). I just didn't care. I HAD TO KNOW. I HAD TO KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO COME BACK. Somehow, I just felt that he couldn't be dead. Not just because I missed him, but mainly because he HAD to come back for Yoko. It was just too sad otherwise.
I have no idea what I saw, but I definitely remember these things: Simon looking like Kamina, Kamina talking to Simon (Simon was little though...uuuuugggghh that does not bode well), and I didn't see Yoko. My hopes really weren't raise much, but the fact that I saw Kamina gave me a little bit of hope. And that is quite possibly the only thing that kept me from just going online and reading the story. I don't care, it's just to sad. I have to know what happens.
So, I just finished watching episode 11. So I gotta say that I do like Simon quite a bit more than I used to after this episode. He did some things that really raised my respect for him. The fact that he is keeping Kamina close to his heart...I'm so happy he said that.
But I swear, every time I even just SAW Yoko, I began to cry. And when Simon was making the statues...I began to cry again.
I don't care. It's who I am.
And when Kittan would say that he was the leader, or anyone one else would say anything like that...I just wanted to hurt them so much. How fucking dare they do that.
But Yoko...ugh...I just...it takes all I have to not cry when I think about her.
All I can say is that it had better get better. These past few episodes have been so predictable, stale, and just not as good. I'm sorry, but they just weren't. There wasn't enough drama about Kamina's death. And without Kamina, this show has very little going for it, other than Yoko.
And so I'm hoping. Hoping....
Anyways, take a good look at Kastom right now, this is one of the few times you'll ever see me like this.
Hope I didn't annoy/bore whoever the few are that actually read this,
- Kastom
P.S. I hate Nia. That may change, but right now, I don't give a fuck about her. She's a useless "cute" girl. Fuck her. Give me a Yoko anytime.
Just a heads up, this post contains epicness beyond that which the average person generally experiences.
Reader discretion is advised.
So it's almost for sure. I'm going to ACen.
Kat convinced me last night (and by convinced, I mean she said "Come to ACen!", whereby I replied, "I'll see how far it is.") Turns out Chicago really isn't that far from Waterloo! From what I can tell, bus tickets aren't going to be very expensive at all (~$160 for round trip), which is the main thing I was worried about.
So basically, I'm going to ACen.
Oh, and if that wasn't epic enough, I've decided on who I'm going to cosplay as. I'll give you a hint:
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
That's right. I'm going as Kamina.
I'm only on episode 6 of TTGL, but man, damn good show. And Kamina...ugh. He's just too awesome (reminds me of me! *shot).
So now I need to make the costume. I don't have much experience making them, so ANY tips would be appreciated. The pants I'll probably just make, and shouldn't be too hard. The cape is going to be the big thing. And then for the sword, I have NO idea what I'm going to do. The tattoos I have an idea, but no idea how I'm going to draw them on myself, lol. And the shades should not be too hard.
But yeah, if there are ANY tips/suggestions, please tell me. I could use them. I've been looking at some pics from other people that have cosplayed Kamina, so I'm going to be working off them a lot, lol.
And I totally want to get as many people to go to ACen as possible now. I want to have a theO meetup there (if there isn't already one planned). I want to make this con the best ever.
Totally lame, but I still think it's moderately funny. Since I'm not eligible (I live in Canada) I didn't care overly for the quality (sorry about the video, I used my cellphone camera 'cause that's all I had on me). If I HAD been, I totally would've done some more stuff, but whatevs. I'm still pretty happy with it.
lol.
KAMEHAMEHA-ing for life,
- Kastom
EDIT: The video definitely got stretched during all the editing and transmogrifications I did to it, and I totally look FAT. WTF.
Yeah so I wrote a new article. You can check it out here, or on my other world. It was a whim article, as in I sat down and wrote the entire thing in one sitting after suddenly thinking up the idea. It's not too bad in my opinion. Almost more of a rant than anything. Oh, and it's on the Wii, and some various things about it. And the title is basically a play on a Steven Hawking work. lol. Lame, I know, but I thought it fit. Hahahahaha...
Watched first episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann last night. Looks like it'll be a freaking sweet show. Now I know what everyone is talking about. Though I am sad that this means I'll have to put off Ergo Proxy. But meh, I'll get to it eventually.
I'm looking at getting a Zune player. A friend of mine got one, and he says it's amazing. I already have an mp3 player, but I wouldn't mind one that could play videos too. I DO kinda have the money due to co-op...
Oh yeah. Does anyone know if Skype works with dial-up? I keep hearing about it, so I figure I'll get it, and try it out. If it doesn't work right now, then I'll just have to wait until I get back to University and high speed.
*sigh*
Anyways, wanted this to be quick, 'cause I'm at work. lol!
See people in chat tonight,
- Kastom
EDIT: WAAAAH. I CAN SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON CHAT BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THEM CAUSE WORK COMP DOESN'T HAVE FLASH!!!
So basically, best chat ever last night. It even beat Adam's trial night.
Started off craziness as usual. Then got even crazier.
Ryo and I decided that we're long lost brothers. Check out his blog to see the chat of it.
I now am facebook friends with Ryo, Kimmeh, Mew, Shin, and Shishou. Hahahahhaa...THEY KNOW MY NAME NOW.
lol.
AND THEN. I was using Facebook to stalk them a bit, and got kicked out of chat. I came back eventually (damn dial up), and suddenly Mew said that I should do something. And then everyone started saying that I should win. I just went along with it and decided that winning is fun so I wanted to too.
And now, I'm theOtaku's official 2009 Princess.
MWHAHAHAHAHA.
lol!
It was sooooo funny. I have PART of the chat, so I'll post it if no one else has the full thing.
AND, I almost got my own custom title out of it. Adam wanted 15 people in the chat to agree to giving me the title of Otaku Princess, but there were a few spoilsports, so we only got 12 or 13 or something to agree. *sigh* I WAS SO CLOSE.
Ah well. It was unbelievably awesome fun still, and now I'm very tired 'cause I stayed up way later than I should've considering I have work today. Luckily, I decided to work from home today a few days ago, so it's actually not that bad.
ANYWAYS, I should get back to work.
God I love chat.
With a Princessly wave goodbye,
- Kastom
P.S. I'M A PRINCESS. A PRETTY PRINCESS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I LIKE GUYS.
