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About Me Premium Member Comic Artist Alan Castree28/Male/Japan Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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~TheVazerus:iconTheVazerus:
Jesus from borders here! May genki rule 4ever!
Sun Aug 16, 2009, 2:26 PM
*ACGalaga:iconACGalaga:
What da heck?!
Tue Jun 2, 2009, 9:27 PM
~Doofball3:iconDoofball3:
Hey,
Thu Apr 23, 2009, 8:11 AM
~shinbikkuri3:iconshinbikkuri3:
love covers a multitude of sins
Wed Mar 4, 2009, 6:02 AM
~drewlmckay:icondrewlmckay:
Blarg!
Tue Jun 10, 2008, 7:12 PM
~Puku:iconPuku:
Naruto kiks shinji and rentons asses...
Tue Nov 20, 2007, 8:57 PM
~Puku:iconPuku:
¿Como estas?
Thu Jun 14, 2007, 2:09 PM
*ACGalaga:iconACGalaga:
BAKA!!!
Tue May 1, 2007, 5:17 AM
~Puku:iconPuku:
ADRIANNNN!
Mon Apr 30, 2007, 1:30 PM

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Travel Memories

Wed Jul 29, 2009, 5:00 PM
Maido

Some of you may know that I am in the USA. This is a little dated, but here are a few observations of my travel from Osaka, Japan to Philadelphia, USA.

Upon entering the terminal at the airport, it is shocking being able to overhear everyone's conversations in English.

Once at the airport (in Osaka, especially in Tokyo), if you're white, no one will speak to you in Japanese nor will they understand your Japanese.

On the airplane, why do people want that nozzle blowing that dry air in their faces?

In flight meal; I asked for the soba and she didn't understand me. I was then forced to say "noodles."

I was also forced to eat my soba with a fork! It was so bizarre having to twist my soba up like spaghetti.

In America, at the security checkpoints, homeland security mus treat EVERYONE as a potential enemy. Different feeling from the security of other countries where you feel like they want to help you instead. I'm sure this kind of mentality really wears on the minds of the security guards and their perception of people.

Once in America, during my layover in LA, my ticket that was printed in Tokyo was a little different than it was supposed to be(?). At the boarding gate in LA, the man who checked the tickets reaction was a wonderful greeting back to the US. He repeatedly said, "Stupid fucking idiots!" because they don't use those tickets anymore. I told him the ticket was printed in a different country. "They're still fucking idiots! They should have known better." There wasn't any problem scanning the ticket. It actually worked perfectly. Americans... *sigh*

Finally back to Philadelphia...

They lost my luggage.



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Other news:

First print of GenkiFace issue 4 is GONE! Need to print some more. If you want a copy, you should know where to e-mail me in order to get your name on a 2nd printing.

Heading back to Japan in 2 days (actually less, now). Gonna have to go through the above BS all over again! Happiness and joy all around!

GenkiFace
  • Mood: Hopeless
  • Listening to: Massive Attack - Angel
  • Reading: Asterios Polyp, It's Not Easy Being Green
  • Playing: Ikuruga
  • Drinking: Coffee

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Nabari-shi, Mie-ken - Japan
  • Interests: Life
  • Favourite movie: The Muppet Movie, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • Favourite band or musician: VNV Nation, Assemblage 23, Daft Punk, Birthday Massacre, Billy Idol, Blur
  • Favourite genre of music: Industrial, Experimental
  • Favourite artist: Adam Warren, Jamie Hewlett, Tezuka Osamu, Terry Moore, Kiyohiko Azuma, Endo Hiroki, and others.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Jim Henson, Shel Silverstein
  • Operating System: OS X
  • Shell of choice: Taco (soft)
  • Favourite game: Street Fighter (II ST, III 3rd), KoF (99,00,02,06), Soul Caliber (any), ICO, REZ, Ikaruga
  • Favourite gaming platform: えっと。。。
  • Favourite cartoon character: Yotsuba, Aang, Yakko, Osaka, Toph, Haruko, Kei, Azula, Starfire
  • Personal Quote: What da heck?
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencils, Pens, Eracers, Paper, Computer, and Digi Tablet... contemplation.

Comments


:icontarkinaravis:
lol, I saw in your e-mail that you have a deviantart account.

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anime are history... world domination to Asian dramas!!!!! :evillaugh:
:iconearthmanprime:
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I hope you like it! If not, then I am screwed.
:iconearthmanprime:
Have you been doing good? Working on Genkiface?
:iconacgalaga:
Yeah! I push myself a little too hard sometimes (which I have to keep doing so I can be awesome someday!!!). Just got back from the USA, just got finished with the 24 hour comic challenge (awesome!) and now have to prep for real job... and back on to GeniFace issue 4!!!

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:iconearthmanprime:
I bet on the 14(?) hour flight back from the States you could have gotten a little work done.
How did that 24 hour comic thing turn out? Sounds like it went well. Plan on posting it?
I hope work goes smoothly for you, same thing for Genkiface.
:iconacgalaga:
Not really... I was so exhausted, it was so hard to concentrate on anything during that flight.

The 24hr comics day worked out well!! It was a great turnout and got a lot of work accomplished. Unfortunately, I didn't meet the quota, but maybe next time.

Will let you know when it is finished!

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:iconearthmanprime:
That is one of the draw backs of flying, which I have never done. And of the 24 hour comics all is well, me, I couldn't have done anything. It takes forever for good ideas to flow out of my head.

Can't wait.

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