Dreaming

Last night I became concious of the fact I was dreaming and flew around.  I lost control and stopped flying and the dream went elsewhere afterwards but I still feel the freedom...

I want to fly again!

-Red

Like a book. Reading myself from left to right.

So I've just completed my original vision for what I wanted out of body art.  Something on my left side symbolizing the past in general, my past and relating to games.  Now I have something on my right sided symbolizing the future, my future and relating to games.

Ladies and gentlemen; the Kusari flag.  Kusari, if you don't know, is from the game Freelancer (my absolute favorite game of all time) and is a nation of Japanese colonists who fled Earth in the distant future.  They are very advanced technologically and have a great work ethic due to the restrictions of the zone of space they inhabit.  Kusari, I'm informed, is translated into 'armor' (or at least a kind of armor).  Fighting spirit and innovation are the hallmarks of the colony.

In my future I will be facing restrictions in my life.  I know I'm going to be living below the poverty line when I'm on my own, trying to find film work in a province far away from my parents.  I can't depend on them forever.  I must armor myself to meet this future, I must be ready to adapt.  I must be fierce in my belief of my own individuality and of my view on the world.

It also helps that I think the flag looks f*cking sweet!

That aside, I do have strong emotions attached to this tattoo.  Well, emotions other then the unceasing pain I feel in my arm while I type out this blog.  This year is going to be very important to me in my life.  I'm going on a journey right now that I never expected to board.  But I bought my ticket and I'm too invested to get off now.  My future is rushing towards me in the coming months and I must be clad in armor, ready to deal with whatever it brings.

This will be my last tattoo for a long, long time.  They cost money, they hurt, they have a fairly annoying recovery time.  I have to be absolutely certain of myself when I get one and I was for this one.  With Zapdos on my left shoulder reminding me of who I was as a kid, what I dreamed of and how I saw myself and this new tattoo I feel I'm ready to move on.

SO YEAH

That's what's happening with me this very second.

In other news, I don't have a positive timeline for actually setting up or posting the video journals I made already.  I have no idea if I'll actually go through with them. <_<

Take care.

-Red

Vlogging

I prefer video journal but yes, I'm making a few videos with just me talking.

I dunno if I'll use the ones I made so far or not but whatever.

It's an idea.

-Red

Yeah

 

I did it.

Click here to read the thread I made about it.

Wreck-it Ralph, Awesomeness and a somber weekend

Some of you might have heard about that Disney video gaming movie that came out.  Well I saw it.  It was really good and it could have held up on its own without all the video game injokes and cameos.

The real story about yesterday however is that I got to meet an Escapist for the first time in the flesh. AwesomeExpress and I have known for awhile we were within driving distance.  So yesterday I finally did something about it by arranging a meeting.

It was the first time I ever met someone I've only talked to via online means before and it went pretty well!  We hung out talking at a Tim Hortons.  Then we went and saw Taken 2 at a cheap theater for 7 bucks (it wasn't the greatest movie ever but hey, cheap is cheap).  After that we went to a Montana's Cookhouse and talked some more over steak.  We finished the night by going to see Wreck-it Ralph in 3D and I drove him home in a snowstorm.

So I foresee some future hangouts with the guy.  It was really damn cool and I'm sure we'll have more things to nerd out over.

Now to shift the mood of the post to a more somber direction, tomorrow is Remembrance day.  November 11th was the day that WWI officially ended and so on the 11th hour of the 11th month people in the Commonwealth (which includes Canada) remember those who have fallen for their country and for our future.

My participation in the ceremony has been, for the last 5 or so years, to play The Last Post at exactly 11 AM.  It's not a complicated song but it does take concentration.

For those of you who don't know, the poppies symbolize Flanders in Belgium where the flower's red petals seem to remind us of blood and bloodshed.  Plastic copies are pinned onto the left top corner of Canadian's shirts, over the heart, to demonstrate participation in the remembrance (although they fall off all the time -.-).  Veterans of WWII, the Korean War and most recently Afghanistan participate in these ceremonies across the country.

I take my volunteering to play the Last Post seriously and as someone who is fascinated by history I know that I never, ever want to see it repeated.  It's an important part of my life that comes around six days after my birthday.  My family lost men in WWI and my grandfather was only spared the horrors of war because he was drafted in 1945, just prior to Germany's surrender.  He never had to fight.  Others weren't so lucky.

I don't mean to depress anyone.  I just want to show that I remember.  And on the 12th I will change my avatar and title back to normal and I'll be out gaming and joking with the rest of the world.  But on the 11th I tone down my life and remember the past.

-Red

EDIT: I got my home internet back awhile ago.

No internet

Well, not really.  I have internet here, at McDonalds but not at home.  As you can imagine, this puts some strain on my posting habits on the Escapist and elsewhere...

So yeah, bummer.

-Red

Procrastination strikes again!

So yeah, its snowing outside.  I should have done an oil change in my car as well as replaced the brake light and clean out my stuff in the backyard before this inevitability happened.

This sucks but I brought it on myself.

-Red