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A - Alkaline Trio

B - Biffy Clyro

C - Cancer Bats

D - Dinosaur Jr.

E -

F - Funeral For A Friend

G - [The] Gaslight Anthem

H - H.I.M.

I - InnerPartySystem

J - Jimmy Eat World

K - Killswitch Engage

L - Less Than Jake

M - My Chemical Romance

N - NOFX

O - Operation Ivy

P - Paramore

Q -

R - Riverboat Gamblers

S - Strung Out

T - Thursday

U - [The] Used

V -

W -

X - [The] Xcerts

Y - [The] Year Ends In Arson

Z - Zebrahead


Tagging anyone who sees this and feels like doing it.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/25549683/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/25549683/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:32:26 PDT
So yeah no one, if you're reading this I hope you checked out my latest submission. I worked pretty hard on it so some comments or something would be appreciated even if you think it sucks. I'm thinking I might just give up on dA anyway since I'm not exactly what you'd call successful on the site. I know that's a horrible reason to quit but when I see some of the other "art" that gets hundreds of views and comments it makes me realise that you have to cater to the otaku crowd who think stick figure drawings of anime characters are the best thing in the world. You can't win against that because it'll always be more interesting than written submissions. Reading is for fags, etc we've heard it all before. So yeah don't be surprised if I don't submit anything after this, I'm just bored of this stupid scene.

/Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/25381793/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/25381793/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:28:24 PDT
Other than that, I hope everyone reading this is doing well and I'll be sure to update again soon.

/Garry


Note: I'll be really shocked if I get any comments from this. Might be a good way to do away with me if you hate my work. Leave some comments and who knows, I could succumb to my shock.

Note 2: The above note is a joke, I really feel sorry for you if you took it seriously.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/22646681/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/22646681/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:12:46 PST

RULES:
1) You must fill out EVERY question! No skipping!
2) Tag five people afterwards.
3) Leave a message on their page telling them they're tagged.

ARE YOU...

1. Perfect?
Is anybody?

2. Tall?
Like six foot one or two so I guess I am

3. In your pyjamas?
I just got up so yeah (it's 1pm btw)

4. Left handed?
Yup

LAST...

1. Friend you saw?
The guys at school on Friday

2. Talked to on the phone?
We're not really ones to call, we text

3. Person to text you?
My mother

4. Was today better than yesterday?
I dunno, I'm only just up

FAVOURITE...

1. Number?
77

2. Colour(s)?
Black, Red, Green and Purple

3. Fruit?
Pears

4. Place?
The comic book shop

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Q: What was the first thing you did this morning when you got up?
Had lunch

Q: Do you have anything bothering you?
Yeah, I'm stressing about college and possibly having to get a job

Q: What's the last movie you saw?
Internal Affairs

Q: Where is the last place you went?
School

Q. Do you smile a lot?
I dunno, I don't have a mirror suspended in front of my face so I can check all the time

Q: Do you wish upon stars?
When I was like 5

Q: Are you a friendly person?
If you get to know me I am

Q: Where did you sleep last night?
In my bed

Q: When was the last time you cried?
It must have been at least 2 years ago

Q: What was your last thought before going to sleep last night?
God my hip hurts (don't ask)

Q: Rate life as of right now, with one being bad and ten being great?
5

Q: What do you hear right now?
Commentary for the soccer game on tv

Q: Does anything hurt right now?
My back since I have awful posture

Q: What's your favorite month?
August/September because it's getting cooler but the weather is still nice

Q: What did you do last night?
Typed up some new submissions for dA and surfed the web

EIGHT EMOTIONS

1. Are you missing someone right now?
Not really

2. Are you happy?
I guess, I mean I have my health and all that right?

3. Are you sad?
I have clinical depression so it's kinda hard not to feel at least a little sad

4. Are you bored?
Yes, extremely

6. Are you nervous?
Yeah, about all this college stuff

7. Are you contemplating murder?
I'm too chicken to do something like that

8. Are you tired?
Yeah, I'm still half asleep

ABOUT YOU

001. Real name?
Garry

002. Nicknames?
Don't really have one

003. Eye color?
A kind of greyish brown

004. Zodiac sign?
Virgo

005. Male or female?
Male

009. Smart?
Book smart

010. Hair color?
Dark brown

011. Tall or short?
You already asked this

013. Sweats or jeans?
Jeans
Where's number 12?

014. Phone or camera?
Camera, I don't use my phone that much

016. Drink or smoke?
Neither, drinking makes me feel sick and I really don't want to help increase my risk of cancer

020. Tattoos?
None but I like the thought of them

021. Righty or lefty?
Lefty
Geez, come up with some different questions

FIRSTS

024. First best friend?
Too long ago to remember

025. First crush?
Too long ago to remember

027. First pet?
Hamster

028. First big vacation?
Never been on vacation, parents are always too busy

049. Eating?
Nothing

050. Drinking?
Coke Zero

052. I'm about to...
See what else is going on on the web today

053. Listening to?
America's Suitehearts - Fall Out Boy (trippy music video is trippy)

054. Plans for today?
Not much, just hanging out around the house

079. Drank bubbles?
Probably

080. Lost glasses/contacts?
Can't say that I have

081. Ran away from home?
Nope

084. Broken someone's heart?
Not that I know of

085. Been arrested?
Nope

DO YOU BELIEVE IN...

090. Miracles?
Yeah

091. Yourself?
Low self-esteem so no

092. Heaven?
Don't subscribe to religion but I like the thought of there being a place for everyone to meet up once the... ]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/21843889/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/21843889/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:53:29 PST
First thing's first, thanks to whoever it was that decided to flag all of my tags. Way to go, really. Guess I can't say much more or I'll probably get my account deleted next.

I've written some new stuff, 4 or 5 things I think. I'll find out when I go to submit them later I suppose. It's all really good stuff to make up for the drought while my laptop was broken.

Uhh, I think that's all I needed to say for now. Just to let everyone other than Nick and Jeff know that I'm not dead so.....yeah.

/Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/21110146/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/21110146/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:46:09 PDT
I would have posted blogs every couple of days for the past couple of weeks but I doubt you'd want to read about how I got up at 12pm, listened to music, surfed the web and wrote lyrics almost every day. Yeah, I'm bored and there's nothing much to do around here at this time of year (or any time of year). I'm kinda at a loss right now, there's only so much sleeping, internet and writing you can do before it gets boring.

Moving on, I went to see Funeral For A Friend last week. The show itself was great and I got to talk to Liam from Cancer Bats for a bit before the show started and got him to sign my copy of their Hail Destroyer album. Night was pretty much win from that point on really.

I've been doing a lot of Magic the Gathering related stuff lately. Built a few decks and bought a few cards to finish off my "baby" if you will. I haven't been to my local in ages (it's lame when you win most of the time) but I'll probably go back once I get all the cards for my deck in the mail. Dunno why I decided to mention Magic the Gathering here but it just kinda happened I guess.

As far as songs (I guess that's what they are, they could be bad poetry to some people) go, I've got one written down that I just need to edit before I submit it. I'll probably do this either later tonight or tomorrow, I'll give you the title for now though; it's called "Pray for Armageddon" and it's kinda weird I guess.

In a lame attempt to get people posting on these things, I'm gonna do a sort of Q&A type thing. Basically anyone who watches me can ask me.....3 questions each. They can be about pretty much anything I guess and I'll answer them as truthfully as I can. Just post a reply to this blog and I'll get back to you (or I might just do another blog, depends how I feel).

That's pretty much it for now, catch you all later.

/Garry


Gigs I'm going to:

13 Nov - Airbourne @ Ironworks
20 Nov - Twin Atlantic @ Ironworks
23 Nov - Feeder @ Ironworks
25 Nov - Attack! Attack! @ Ironworks
08 Dec - Slipknot @ SECC

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20932003/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20932003/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:04:54 PDT
So to start off with, I have a 2 week mid-term break starting....well it was meant to be next week but it started on Thursday. More on that later but I have 2 weeks with not a whole lot to do so if anyone wants to try and relieve me of my impending boredom by suggesting some stuff for me to do, be my guest. I'm currently looking at copious amounts of internet (no change there then), a load of writing, late nights and playing some Magic at the store. I know that's not going to keep me that occupied so help me out ok?

Moving on to why my break started a couple of days early; on Wednesday night my high school went on fire. Yeah, I'm being serious here but thankfully no one was hurt and the only real damage was to the main hall. Still there was a lot of damage but we should be open again once break finishes, at least that's the latest update we've had. They haven't said how it started yet but apparently there was an attempted break-in and reports of another fire that failed to catch on in another part of the building. Doesn't take a brain surgeon to see what went down, am I right? So that's this week's dose of drama, we now move on to something else that I'm just gonna make up off the top of my head.

*what will we do now.......* Okay, let's do music shall we? This week sucked for music, where the heck are the new releases people? I think I got one album and it was Funeral For A Friend's new release "Memory and Humanity". After their slightly mediocre last release I was worried this would be more of the same but thankfully it isn't, they've gone back to their roots and it certainly paid off. You can check them out at www.myspace.com/funeralforafriend and I think you can hear 3 or 4 songs from their new album plus some of their older stuff. So check them out and tell me what you think. Another band I want to mention is a band I've only heard one song from. They're called......I wanna say "Shinedown" *goes to check*........yeah that's right. The song I've heard is called "Devour" and it's pretty good. Check them out at www.myspace.com/shinedown and again, tell me what you think of them. That about wraps up the music section for this update, I should be getting paid to endorse these bands, shouldn't I? lol

I bet you're thinking "he has nothing dA related to talk about AGAIN" well I say WRONG!!! I do infact have some stuff to talk about. Last night at about 2am (9pm Eastern I believe) I finished up a song I've been working on for 3 days. Then at around 3am I finished another song that just came to me and I went along with it. They are currently being edited and what have you and should probably make it on here later today at some point. Are you all happy now? lol

Uhh, that's pretty much all I wanted to talk about this time round. I'll probably update this every couple of days for the next 2 weeks just to say what's going on and to talk about anything I find interesting.

Until next time.

/Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20846355/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20846355/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:07:09 PDT
I started this online course this week for web design, it's pretty cool and I should be able to create at the very least some decent websites by the time I finish it. I'm not really doing it with a career in web design in mind, it's just something the school was offering and I thought what the hell let's give it a shot. It lasts for 10 weeks and it's roughly 10 hours of work each week even though I managed to do this week's work in about 6 hours. Really basic stuff so I just breezed through it. I hope I actually learn something from it and it's not just going over the same stuff I already know how to do. I had to create a website that I'm hoping you guys will be able to see Here. It's really really basic but that's all they wanted me to do so yeah, there you guys go. Next lesson starts on Wednesday and I think it's about design principles so let's hope it's interesting.

I guess to continue on with the school theme; I get 2 weeks off starting this Friday in what I guess you would call a mid-term holiday? I dunno, I don't argue with these sorts of things and I'm glad I'm going to get a couple of weeks to cool off as school has been a bit rough the past few weeks. I don't have anything planned apart from one gig that you'll hear more about in the next update and I'll probably try to pick up the guitar again since I should have a bunch of free time.

Transitioning right into the music side of things, I really need to think of a band or two to give a shout out to.......oh yeah! Ok so I got some more stuff by an English band called Cradle of Filth this week (Thornography (Delux) and Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder if anyone is curious). I'm not really sure what genre to class them as because if I say one genre a bunch of guys will disagree and if I say another the same thing will happen. I'm gonna say their an Extreme Metal band and their lead singer Dani has the most messed up vocal range I've ever heard. Seriously go check them out at www.myspace.com/cradleoffilth but be warned they're not for the faint of heart. My second band I'm guessing some of you might have heard of; remember "Christian rock band" I Am Ghost? They're back sans the Christian and with an almost all new lineup. The songs sound so much better than their debut album and you can tell they're playing and singing them how they want to. They're not worrying about offending anyone this time around and I have to say I'm loving it. Check them out at www.myspace.com/iamghost

I just got distracted and forgot what I was going to talk about next....oh yeah; what anime I'm watching this fall. Currently on my "must watch" list are Clannad: After Story, Rosario + Vampire Capu2, Hyakko, Toradora and Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka. Rosario and Toradora are hanging on by a thread at the moment with less than spectacular first episodes but I'm gonna give every one of them 3 episodes before I decide to drop anything. I guess this would be an appropriate time to pose the question; "What anime are you watching this fall and why?" leave your answers as a comment and we can compare lists or whatever it is the hip youngsters are doing these days. Above all else though I wish it was December 26th already, if you don't know why then I guess you don't know me quite as well as you thought you did.

Talk about something that's actually to do with dA I hear you cry? Well to be honest there's nothing to talk about right now. My inspiration has been rubbish lately and I'm almost wishing I'd hit another low sometime soon just so I can start writing again. If I get nothing by the end of this week I'm going to do my best to get a bunch of new submissions up during my two week break. I dunno, if anyone can help me out of this block leave a comment and tell me what I can do (inb4 barrel roll, an hero, etc).

Well I wrote a lot didn't I? That's it for this round, expect a new blog sometime later this week providing I actually have something to talk about. I might even start doing one on Sundays to recap on the anime I've watched during the week, we'll see how busy I am once next weekend rolls around.

Until next time.

+Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20775346/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20775346/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:30:30 PDT 1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player etc on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?

"Shall We Dance?" Ore Ska Band

.....what?

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

"The Ventriloquist" Lower Definiton


WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

"New Poetry" Innerpartysystem


HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

"More Than Us" Travis


WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

"F.E.A.R." Testament


WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

"In Too Deep" Sum 41

Uhh no, just no.

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

"Demonology and Heartache" Atreyu

0_0

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

"Drowning Lessons" My Chemical Romance

0_0!


WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

"Pride" Hitomi Takahashi


WHAT IS 2+2?

"Bodies and Words" Silverstein

Ooh, I like this one

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTIE?

"Now or Never" Madina Lake


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

"Just Because You Sleep Next to Me Doesn't Mean You're Safe" Gallows

Uhh, that was uncomfortable.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

"I'm the Highway" In Flames


WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

"The Great Wide Open" Funeral For A Friend

Hmm, not really

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

"Wander Lust" Flogging Molly

lol

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

"Go Away" Reel Big Fish

Epic lulz

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

"Running From Your Dad" Bowling For Soup

.......right then


WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?

"Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" AFI

......I see

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

"The Leaving Song" AFI


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

"Grow" Lycaon


WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

"Don't Stop" Innerpartsystem

Fair enough.


Well that went badly. It seems to suggest I have a crush on someone which is weird since I honestly don't. I hope this provided copious amounts of lulz for everyone reading.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20754244/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20754244/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:51:12 PDT (seriously? O? That's just mean dude)

If you comment I'll give you a letter of the alphabet and you have to make a journal and list TEN THINGS you like starting with the letter I give you.

1. Oppai
2. OVAs
3. OSTs
4. Otakucenter.com
5. "Ode to J. Smith" (It's an album by Travis incase anyone thinks I'm cheating)
6. Online communication (That would be email/IM in normal speak)
7. Opening packs of cards
8. Orange juice
9. Original characters
10. Oreoes

Well that was a real pain in the ass. So yeah, come ask me for a letter...if you dare! *insert evil laugh and music here*

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20647310/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20647310/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:42:51 PDT
To start with, I'm so tired right now. I've been to 2 gigs this week (Travis and Duff McKagan's Loaded) one night after the other. That equates to standing for around 8-9 hours and getting home at almost 12am each night. Then I go to sleep at 2am and get up for school at 7.30am. Yeah, I'm really fucked up right now. lol

On the subject of the gigs, they were both awesome. I dunno how many of you guys have heard of Travis (who ended up supporting themselves because their support band didn't get work permits) but I'd definitely recommend you check them out (they're not a metal band so they're probably more listener friendly) if you get the chance. Their Myspace is www.myspace.com/travis where you can hear a lot of their more recent material. Out of all of their older stuff you have to hear "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" and I'm even going to link to Youtube here so you can't not find it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwh3FmpZ7kg

Loaded were amazing, love Duff McKagan or hate him you couldn't fault their performance. Their crowd interaction was also top notch and you really felt involved with the show. You can check Loaded out at http://www.myspace.com/loaded if you want to hear some of their material for yourself.

Moving on to my shameless advertising of bands I like section we have 2 bands this week. The first one I found through a string of Youtube videos, they're called Malefice and they hail from Reading England. They're a heavy metal band who currently have 1 album out. I highly recommend that you check them out at http://www.myspace.com/malefice and show some support. The second band I'm going to give a shout out to hail from the island of Stornoway (or Scotland if you want an easier place to remember). They're called Our Lunar Activities and I saw them support Loaded last night and their sound was really refreshing to me. Decide for yourself at http://www.myspace.com/ourlunaractivities (as a side note they're produced by Mark Hoppus of Blink 182/+44 so they're not quite as small as you'd think).

The writing as always is rather random and coming at odd times. I have a horrible idea of doing a Viking Metal album at some point, hopefully nothing comes of it because I'm sure you guys don't want to read about axes, beer and chainmail. Or maybe you do, leave a comment and let me know. Not that I really give a damn if you love or hate my writing but some support and opinions are always appreciated.

I think that's it for now. If I think of anything else I'll add it in later. So ya, check out those bands and if you want to you can talk to me if you're feeling particularly bored but hey, even reading this would be awesome since I don't think hardly any of you even bother.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20639067/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20639067/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:31:41 PDT
So yeah, I dunno why I wrote this entry. Pure boredom I'd imagine.


See you in 12 (roughly) hours people.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20564537/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20564537/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:30:45 PDT
Moving on to other matters, I should have 2 new submissions up in the next 20 or so minutes. I wrote them over the course of this week which has seen my sleep schedule being royally screwed up because I keep waking up every 30-50 minutes of the night but hey, at least you guys get something out of my suffering lol. Seriously though, I'm fine otherwise.

I think I have a couple of gigs going on next week; Travis and Loaded are who I should be going to see barring any unforeseen happenings. I know it's not really in my musical tastes but hey, it's a couple of well known bands with some decent tunes. Who am I to say no to that?

In my weekly "Music Section" I have I think two or three things to say. Firstly, Amon Amarth's new album kicks ass. I wasn't really that into them until I heard a couple of their new tracks but I can say my opinion definitely changed. I'd also like to give a shout out to Metal Safari, these guys are a metal (duh) band from Japan who I really enjoy listening to and I'm just throwing the name out there incase anyone would like to give them a listen. Finally, I need some new music. If anyone has any suggestions (I'm already gonna get the album you keep mentioning Nick) I'd be happy to hear them. Remember; Death Metal, Progressive, Hardcore, Punk Rock, Visual Kei, etc, etc. No Rap, Techno, Pop or Country.

That's about it for this time, new blog sometime next week I suppose. Probably after the 2 gigs so I actually have stuff to talk about.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20516735/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20516735/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:56:23 PDT 002. Nickname → Mage
003. Status → Single
004. Zodiac sign → Virgo
005. Male or female → Male
006. Elementary →
007. Middle School →
008. High School → Inverness High
009. Smart → That's entirely subjective
010. Hair color → Dark Brow
011. Long or short → Long
012. Loud or Quiet → Quiet
013. Sweats or Jeans → Jeans
014. Phone or Camera → Phone
015. Health freak – I eat fairly healthily, no exercise though
016. Drink or Smoke? → No, tried drinking and I hated it
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Nope
018. Eat or Drink → Either
019. Piercings → Nope
020. Tattoos → Nope

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → Don't have one
024. First best friend → Probably someone from when I was like 5, so I don't remember
025. First award → Quiz Champion in Middle School
026. First crush → Can't remember
027. First pet → My dog
028. First big vacation → Never been on vacation
030. First big birthday → Birthdays have never been a big thing

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → Sandwich
050. Drinking → Water
052. I'm about to → Chill for the rest of the day
053. Listening to → Bowling for Soup
054. Plans for today → Chill out, homework, more chilling, sleep
055. Waiting for → December 8th

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Not thinking about it yet
059. Want to get married? – Maybe
060. Careers in mind – Computer technician

WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY?
068. Lips or eyes → Don't care
070. Shorter or taller? – Don't care
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Romantic
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Don't care
074. Sensitive or loud → Sensitive
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant → Neither

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → Nope, only wear glasses if I really need to
081. Ran away from home → Nope
084. Broken someones heart → Not that I know of
085. Been arrested → Nope
087. Cried when someone died → No but I feel like I should have

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → I have low self-esteem
090. Miracles → Depends
091. Love at first sight → Sure
092. Heaven → I believe in some form of afterlife, no Heaven
093. Santa clause → Nope
094. Sex on the first date → Nope
095. Kiss on the first date → Depends

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Nope
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → I'm not entirely happy but I'm not upset about it either
099. Do you believe in God → Nope
100. Post as 100 truths and tag →


Take from this what you will, if you want me to explain anything in further detail (or even ask me something that isn't on here) just ask and I'll tell you if I'm willing to. I didn't really go into too much detail I suppose.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20435158/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20435158/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:01:40 PDT
For those who don't know (basically anyone but Nick and maybe one or two others), I've been sick the past few days. Annoying cold, nothing serious and I think I'm getting over it now. Most people know I really don't like getting sick so this was important enough for me to mention it here (and I'm stalling for time so I can think of something good to talk about.)

I got the entire SuG (Japanese band, Nick I think has heard of them.) discography earlier and it's pretty good. Not quite my style of music but I haven't turned it off yet and I've listened to a lot of it so that's good. Dir en Grey's latest effort is pretty good too, more interested in the B-sides than the actual single though. ASoM is incredibly twisted in an Unplugged format. I've got to wait until November for the GazettE's next release and I'm hoping it's a return to form. I'll be honest; the last couple of singles have been lacking a bit in my opinion so hopefully we get something fresh and more in the style of pre-Stacked Rubbish GazettE.

Anyone like Metallica's new album? I know Nick isn't fond of it (lolunderstatement) and I've only heard the single but that was enough for me to write it off as another let-down. It sickens me to see these reviews giving it 5 stars or 10/10; I mean we're all entitled to our opinions but for god sake don't give it a perfect score just because it's Metallica. I dunno, I've probably pissed someone off with what I've said but hey, opinions are like assholes; everyone's got one (and most of them are full of shit.)

The writing hasn't been as bad as I'd thought it would be. Doing it at 2am is actually helping I think. I get to empty my head before I go to sleep and most of the stuff is pretty good. I don't really have any schedule like "OMG I HAVE TO WRITE NOW!!!!" kind of thing. If I get a line or two in my head I have a go but if I'm too tired or don't feel like it I just leave it. It's because of this that the submission schedule is random if you couldn't already figure this out.

That's it for this time I guess, I typed a lot considering I didn't have all that much to say. Until next time then.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20320479/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20320479/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:01:02 PDT Machine Head.
Children of Bodom.
One night.
An insane distance to travel.

And I'm fucking going!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took forever to find out if I could go or not but it's pretty much 99.99% confirmed now. Should be rather good as long as no one breaks anything (like they usually do.)

That aside, I'm going on some stupid field trip tomorrow for Geography. From what I can tell we're going to stand in a river for 4-5 hours. We leave at 8.30am and get back at 3.30pm which is incredibly lame. I need some ways to get out of it, someone help me out ok?

The writing isn't really happening right now, I've got a couple of random verses written but nothing concrete at the moment. I'll probably try to write something on the weekend or tomorrow if I can get out of going on that stupid field trip. I dunno, I'm kinda lacking inspiration right now. I need something to piss me off or make me depressed, than you guys will get something good out of me.

And that's about it, I can't think of anything else to say right now. Expect another blog tomorrow with me probably being pissed off about the stupid field trip (unless you guys can get me out of it) and what have you.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20101125/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/20101125/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:20:42 PDT
Where do I start? Well I'm back to school now which kinda sucks because it means early mornings and less time to think of stuff to write. It's good that I get to see some people again and I have a fair amount of free time through the week. Incase anyone didn't know, I'm taking Geography, Information Systems and re-sitting Physics this year so it should be fairly busy once we get into the meat of things (like Jan-Mar time.)

In other news, I have a shit load of gigs coming up in the next few months. I'll just name a couple to save the long list; Funeral For A Friend (support from the Cancer Bats, this news made my year), Travis (anyone heard of them?) and Airbourne. It's not The Human Abstract and Dir en Grey but I guess it'll do.

I suppose I should do my bit and pimp out a few local bands that I saw play last night. The first one is called Never In Life and the second one is Zombie Militia. Zombie Militia don't currently have any tracks on their Myspace but they're damn brutal and I'll be sure to link to them again once they get some stuff up. Both are great bands though and I don't just say that about everybody.

Uhh yeah......I guess I should give a shout out to the British Olympic team. Congrats on doing so well and I hope you can hold off Russia and Australia to finish 3rd in the Medals Table.

Apart from that, I don't think there's anything else to mention that wouldn't keep until the next journal. Hardly any of this is going to be new to those of you who actually talk to me on an almost daily basis but I figured I needed to show some form of activity.

Until next time (possibly tomorrow if I find myself with anything to say) guys.

~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19790908/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19790908/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:13:46 PDT
Intermediate Maths - A
Computing Studies - B
English - C
Biology - D
Physics - D

Not bad at all, I got the 3 results I wanted at least.

Oh and Nick, lol @ you quoting me on Pojo.


Expect a submission later today, I promise I won't forget this time. Really I do.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19724621/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19724621/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:22:04 PDT
Yes, this is a rather poor attempt at an update but seriously, answer the question or you won't get anything new to read in 6 or 7 hours time. Yeah I finished a few new ones, both about relationships even though I've never had the experience of one. I wonder how I did? Guess you guys can tell me later on today (it's 3am so I can say today). For now I'm going to try to sleep if I can. Stupid "I-can't-sleep-even-though-I'm-tired" problem I've had for a long while now. I wonder if I should see someone about it.....naw it's probably just the depression being a pain in the ass as usual. Hooray for me airing out personal problems on the interwebz!!!

Seriously though, I'm out for a few hours. See you when it's bright out (or dark for you guys who are like 6-8 hours behind me and getting dark for those of you who are like 8 hours ahead of me).

~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19629352/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19629352/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:27:50 PDT
So I'm trying to broaden my musical horizons if you will. I figured I might listen to some of the more modern Scottish folk music that's floating around to see if I can get any inspiration from it (since I'm Scottish and all, I figured it'd be a good idea). I'm kinda just looking for bands at the moment and I doubt any of you can help me but as long as no one suggests Flogging Molly or The Dropkick Murphys (because they're not Scottish and are way too well know for what I'm looking for) I'll take some suggestions if you guys do happen to have any.

The song writing itself is all over the place right now, just like it usually is which is great. I love having 2 or 3 songs on the go at once and if I write a part that doesn't fit into one of them, chances are I can work it into another one. I guess I just like the disorganised clutter that ends up happening and having to spend ages just sorting through stuff until I come up with a satisfactory end product. I guess it's true when they say that artists are strange people, not that I'm claiming to be any good but I'd like to think that I'm an artist in some small regard.

Uhh, what else was there to say......oh yeah I think I have 3 weeks of freedom left before I go back to school and things probably start getting pretty busy again (then again I am only taking 2 classes this year) so I dunno how things are going to pan out over the next 3 or so weeks as far as new stuff goes (ideally I'd like to get a lot more stuff written in that time but it depends how easily the ideas come to me). Once I go back to school I'm thinking there'll be a fairly significant drop in submissions because I can only really write well when my mind is clear and focused which it probably won't be when I have school crap to deal with all the time. General dA activity should be pretty much unaffected but like I said, don't expect something new every week.

But let's burn that bridge when we come to it, I have 3 weeks left and I'm going to do as much as I can in that space of time. I currently somehow managed to go from having 1 song on the go to having 3 on the go all in the space of this one afternoon. As a result I guess it's time to update that ticker I have going (can I code a Twitter into my blog? anyone know if I can or is it a Subscription only formatting deal?) with the new information:

Random Stand-Alone (for now anyway) songs:

Number currently in the works: 3
Status: 1 has a stanza or two to write, the others are literally just started (read: about one and a half stanza each)
Time spent so far: 2 hours
ETA: I hope to have one done and submitted either tomorrow or Tuesday with possibly the others following at the end of the week depending on how things go or if I get a block (which really does suck.)


Well, apart from that I think that's all I pretty much needed to say. I updated all of what? 2 of you who actually maybe read these things on a semi-regular basis? I should probably just get a Livejournal or something but that would be far too emo of me so we'll stick with this I guess. It's not like more of you would read a Livejournal over this anyway, right?

Anyway, it's like after 3am here on a rather warm Monday morning. I feel a little bit tired so I should probably try to sleep soon before I end up staying up all night like I almost did that one time before. Crazy shit was written then let me tell ya.

Until next time you guys stay cool, enjoy whatever you're doing right now and......wait hold up what the fuck am I doing? I sound like some cheesy radio host. Jeez, ok I'm tired and I'm typing a heap of crap so let's end this here.

~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19594914/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19594914/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:41:31 PDT
I also came up with a name for the album, I chose Keizoku wa chikara nari which is a Japanese saying that as far as I know means "Continuance is power/strength" which I think is pretty fitting personally. I know, I'm such a weaboo for using a Japanese name but the people saying that can all go die in a ditch somewhere for all I care. Anyways, here's the completed tracklist for the album:

Keizoku wa chikara nari

1. Creation
2. Pure White Snow
3. Down With The Beatdown
4. Miserable Lie
5. The Crisis
6. Freed From The Cage
7. The Calm Before The Storm
8. An Incurable Illness
9. Going Out With A Bang


And there we go, that's it, I'm done. No more flashy concept albums from me for a good while I'd imagine. I don't particularly like doing them to be honest. I find it to be a bit too restrictive and I don't like that. Not that this was an awful experience but I don't think you should expect much more of this sort of thing in the future.....unless I get a really good idea for something.

Anyway, I have another song in the works. No, I do not rest. Rest is for the weak and people who like to sleep. I am neither of those people. All jokes aside, I like this new one. It started out as me writing about how I hate summer (long story) and I think I warped it into a song about a relationship somehow, go figure huh?

I'll do another blog about more "normal" stuff tomorrow. I just felt I needed to at least acknowledge the fact that I was finally finished. Time to update the ticker (I should seriously get Twitter on here or something).

Concept album:

Status: FINISHED AT LAST!!!
Time spent: Approx 3.5 hours
ETA: Now, it's all submitted

Other random songs:

Number currently in the works: 1
Status: 1 or 2 stanza to write and it's done
Time spent so far: 1.5 hours (I had no internet this afternoon, I was bored as hell)
ETA:......Sunday/Monday?


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19567650/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19567650/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:28:59 PDT
As far as other songs go, I haven't done anything new in the past week or so. I really just want to get this concept album done and draw a line under it before I launch into writing a ton of new stuff. However if I do come up with something at 3am like I usually do I will submit it so you guys don't have a huge gap of no activity between now and me putting the album up. You guys did get 2 in the last week or so so that's not too bad. Right?

Been listening to some "new" music recently. If anyone is interested in what it is I'll give a list right now:

Black Lungs
Finch
Flood of Red
Go:Audio
Yashin

Not the heavy metal I'm known to enjoy but a change is usually good, right? All of these bands have a Myspace so they should be fairly easy to check out for those who wish to.

That's about all I had to say this time around, just need to update the not-so-real-time ticker now with 4 New Song Titles


Concept album:

Status: Undergoing a re-write
Time spent so far: 2.5 hours
ETA: The next week or 2

Tracklisting:

1. Creation
2. Pure White Snow
3. Down With the Beatdown
4. Miserable Lie
5. The Crisis
6. Freed From the Cage
7.
8.
9. (officially the longest song I have ever written by a long way)


Other random songs:

Number currently in the works: 0
Status: Everything else is on the back-burner until I get the concept album done
Time spent so far: N/A
ETA: N/A


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19459685/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19459685/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:13:13 PDT
The still untitled album will have 10 tracks and I can confirm 2 track titles as of right now. They are "Creation" and "Pure White Snow" and you'll see why they're called that when I go on to explain what the album is about in the next paragraph.

Basically this album is about a male/female (I don't ever specify which since I'm trying to involve the reader/listen/whatever you want to call yourself) and their life. From the beginning right the way to the end. I know this concept has probably been done to death and by much better writers than me but let me explain why I chose this theme in the first place. Every single day of my life for the past couple of years I have heard people talking about how hard their life is or how many problems they have and quite frankly it disgusts me to hear people complaining about the littlest of things that they are completely in their power to change. This album is about an individual with a fucking shitty life but you know what, they stick it out and get there in the end and end up with a content retirement. Sure school sucked and they were stuck in a shitty job but they got by. Why the hell can't anyone else?

I'd also like to think that each song can relate to different people at whatever stage in life they are currently at. School got you down? I've got a song in there about that. Stuck in a dead-end job? I've got a song that you can at least partially relate to in there. This is me trying to reach out to as many people as possible.

So I hope this clears up any questions you might have had, if it doesn't for the love of god don't just sit there and expect me to read your mind. Write a comment to this blog and I'll do my best to answer. If you come up with a cool title for the album and think I'd like it then write me a comment and let me know. If you're really keen and come up with some artwork or something then I'd love you forever and a day. Not that I'm expecting anyone to go to that much trouble for an album that will probably never be recorded unless I actually start trying to be a better singer. Still, your comments and criticism are greatly appreciated.

Ok, time to update the not so real-time ticker.

Concept album:

Status: Undergoing a re-write
Time spent so far: 1 hour
ETA: Before I go back to school in August

Tracklisting:

1. Creation
2. Pure White Snow
3. Untitled (this one is finished, I just don't have a title for it yet)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. (officially the longest song I have ever written by a long way)


Other random songs:

Number currently in the works: 1
Status: One is done and I love it, the other is taking a lot longer that previously thought
Time spent so far: 40 minutes
ETA: The beginning of next week


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19433275/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19433275/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:22:45 PDT
So anyway, it was announced at E3 that Final Fantasy XIII would not be exclusive to the Playstation 3 like we all thought it would be. That's right folks, it's being ported to the Xbox 360 too! There are some issues surrounding audio and graphics quality on the 360 version (Blu-Ray to DVD is a massive jump in memory capacity so they have to trim data here and there) but for me if it means I don't have to buy a Playstation 3 then I'm over the moon. Let's hope Square Enix sees sense and ports the FFVII remake (whenever it comes out) to the 360 as well. What's really lulz about the whole thing is some "hardcore" Sony fanboys have started one of those janky e-petitions to stop what in their eyes must be an atrocity. So far over 2000 deluded fanboys have signed it and I'm sure it will make great packing material for one of the crates they'll be using to send the 360 versions out in. Ok, I'll stop now and I'd like to.....no actually I'm not going to apologise to any PS3 fanboys reading this, if you guys can't learn to play nice and share your toys then it's not my problem.

Epic victory for the 360 aside, I'll just put a little tracker in here with updates on my writing for those who care:

Concept album:

Status: Undergoing a re-write
Time spent so far: 0 hours (I've been playing a lot of Magic today)
ETA: Before I go back to school in August


Other random songs:

Number currently in the works: 2
Status: Very early stages, as in I have about 4 or 5 lines for each written down
Time spent so far: Like.....10 minutes?
ETA: The beginning of next week


Sorry for the rather uninteresting journal, I just needed somewhere to rejoice.

~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19415791/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19415791/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:05:22 PDT
Basically I'm gonna start rewriting the songs for the "concept album" I had been working on ages ago. The album itself has no title but I believe the songs titles were finalised. I'll probably have a section at the bottom of my journals letting you know how stuff is going and what have you. But yeah, once I have some more material for you guys to see I'm gonna ask for name ideas for the album. I don't wanna say there'll be a prize but I guess I could give you a printable I.O.U. or something. lol

In other music news that isn't related to me writing songs for my fictional band, some new stuff caught my eye recently. The first being Biffy Clyro's new single "Mountains." It's pretty epic if you ask me and I recommend checking them out if you haven't already. I've had a listen to the new Dragonforce album, nothing to write home about to be honest with you. It's just Dragonforce as you last heard them. I also seem to have adopted a new guilty pleasure going by the name of Go:Audio. They have some catchy numbers but it's definitely not metal incase anyone is wondering. Still, help an emerging band out and at least give them a listen.

Oh, I also need opinions on Rage Against the Machine albums, besides the epicness that was the first one, what other ones are good? On another note, I'm still waiting to hear the new Scars on Broadway and Slipknot stuff, it's taking forever for it to show up anywhere.

This seems like a good time for some Magic the Gathering news. So the tourney is this Sunday and first place gets an Eventide Fatpack which is very nice, what's even better is my RDW deck went 5-1 in testing so I'm confident that I won't come in last place now. Eventide as a whole is shaping up to be an awesome set, it's fucking brutal in a Limited environment as seen at the Previews at the weekend. I'm really looking forward to the R/W and B/G cards and precons personally. Speaking of B/G, I've got a new deck in the works at the moment. It's a Blowfly Infestation deck and it basically abuses -1/-1 counters until you opponent's field is cleared and you basically go nuts with all of you creatures and your opponent's creatures that you stole with Necroskitter. Good times and a fun sleeper deck for the format I'd say.

Moving on to.......well I guess this is it for this entry. My brain has packed in and I honestly don't have any clue as to what to talk about now. Should I do comment questions of the now or something? I guess we could.

Ok, so:

1. Thoughts/opinions on my concept album; how do you think it will turn out and tell me what you think it might be about.

2. What music is really doing it for you right now; what's hot and what's not if you will. What release are you most looking forward to this year and why?

3. RATM, which albums are good and which should I avoid?

4. Eventide, do you play Magic? If so what cards or decks are you looking forward to with the release of Eventide into Type 2?

5. Blowfly Infestation, love it or hate it? Am I crazy for building the deck? You tell me.


Well that's all for now. I'll post a new blog in a couple of days and update this one with the progress I make on that album tomorrow.

~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19360364/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19360364/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:08:20 PDT
Uhh, ok let's see............so it's pretty much the end of my second week of summer vacation. Still five weeks to go and I still haven't found anything to cure the boredom. Isn't vacation just wonderful when you don't drink or party and don't socialise in general outside of school? I probably seem like a really sad loner or something but it's not really the case, but that's a story for another day/journal/whatever. The temptation to go axe murderer on the neighbourhood is growing with each passing day. lol

I also need some new music to listen to. I get tired of albums really easily so a list of bands who have albums that just came out or are just coming out would be awesome (as long as these bands aren't Slipknot, Scars on Broadway, Dragonforce or Trivium). I think my taste in music is listed on this page so there's an idea of what I like that you can go by.

Magic the Gathering tourney on the 20th I think. Should be jokes, first tourney ever for anyone other than Nick who cares. Gonna be playing a RDW deck that leans heavily towards burn and I have no idea what the meta is like so hopefully I don't get shelled. Oh and apparently everyone at the store has and will cheat if they have to. Fun times, gonna rule shark the hell out of people that's for sure. £5 to enter and we get 3 packs just for showing up apparently so that's like buying 2 packs and getting 1 free and getting entry into the tournament, good value for money right there. I think first place is a Fat Pack, not 100% sure, not that I'm bothered about taking first anyway. I just want to go and have fun, kick a little ass here and there and just see how things go for the most part.

I think that's about it, the writing is coming on really well at the minute. I'm enjoying it which is good because I wouldn't be doing it otherwise. Kinda hard to gauge how well it's being received by you guys though since Nick is the only one who ever really gives me input, all of which I am incredibly grateful for though. Even if it's a comment saying "I like/hate/whatever it" that would be awesome. If you don't want to that's fine too, I won't lose any sleep over it.

So that's it, another pointless blog that only Nick will read which makes it even more pointless because he already knows about most of it. Oh! I just remembered, check out the anime Strike Witches, it's about "loli robot magical flying catgirl witches that never wear pants (who are also WW2 fighter planes.)" Sounds jokes and I'll be checking it out at some point tomorrow so no spoilers dammit! lol But seriously, tell me if it's worth my time or whatever.


~Garry

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19224407/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19224407/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:30:25 PDT
I'm honestly bored as hell. I've been on summer vacation for 1 week and I already want to go back to school. I know, sad right? Someone give me ideas for things to do before I go axe murderer on the neighbourhood or some crazy shit like that.

I literally just got into this new band I found through a complex string of bands on Myspace friend lists. There's a story there, don't ask me what it is but it's there. Anyway, they're called Many Things Untold (see what I did there?) and they hail from Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. They list themselves as being Hardcore/Metal/Screamo (interpret that as you will) and their debut album "Atlantic" comes out a week Monday here in the UK though I'm sure you can get it earlier (like I might have <_< ) elsewhere. I for one really like them and think they're definitely worth a listen. You can find them at www.myspace.com/mtumusic (see, I'm endorsing them and I'm not getting paid a dime. I'm such a nice guy)

Apart from that like I said, I'm bored. I might try and churn out a song or something tomorrow if I feel in the writing mood. Inspiration has been non-existent lately so it has been hard. Who knows, I might just write a story or something. I honestly don't know, I do kinda feel like writing it's just what to write that's the problem. I kinda just feel like writing a bunch of random sentences that pop into my head and posting them as one deviation but I'm not sure if that really counts as "art" or not and I don't really want stuff deleted if I can help it.

Anyway, comments, etc are appreciated. TALK TO ME DAMMIT!!!

~Mage (should I start signing this with my real name or not? anyone even care or is it just me?.........just me then, ok)

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19152475/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/19152475/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:29:10 PDT
So school is out for summer finally. I'm pretty bored and don't really have anything going on for the next 7 weeks and right now it looks like it's going to be a really long holiday. *sigh* I need to find some kind of hobby or something, or do more stuff for dA.......hmm, there's an idea I suppose.

I've been reading a few comics lately. Mainly the new story arc in the Batman comic; "Batman R.I.P." which looks like it's shaping up to be pretty awesome. If you haven't given it a look yet (so that's what? All of you?) I suggest you do.

Music-wise, not a whole lot has been exciting me over the past few weeks. August is looking like a good month for new albums though so I guess we've just hit a dry spell. I'm looking forward to Slipknot, Dragonforce...umm, there was another one or two but they escape me right now. As for bands I'm digging right now: Less Than Jake, City and Colour, Fightstar, Seether and Inner Party System. Check them out if you feel like it. I think they're all pretty good so who knows, you might too.

On the submissions front, I'm kinda suffering from a bit or artists block right now. Nothing I come up with seems to be all that great and I don't feel like it'd be worthwhile posting it on here. Maybe a collab with someone would inject some creativity into me, I guess if anyone wants to do something I could think it over or whatever. Requests are also still open if anyone wants me to make them a tag.

Well that's if for now, might post a new blog in a few days. Until then, thanks for the favourites I've been getting and I'll be back with another rambling blog soon.


tl;dr version:

Summer Vacation
Bored
Comics
Music
Collab/Requests please.


~Mage

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18788884/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18788884/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:26:15 PDT
Basically I'm back at school for the next couple of weeks, it's not too bad, better than last year anyway. Pretty mellow and all that junk.

If I haven't been on IM lately it's because I'm literally coming home from school and falling asleep until like 8pm. I don't know why this is happening lately and it really sucks because it's messing up my sleeping pattern but I thought I'd let you guys know incase anyone thinks I'm not talking to them or something.

As far as submissions go I don't really have anything planned. I've pretty much run out of stocks to make tags with and I haven't had the motivation to write anything lately. If anyone has any suggestions for anything they want me to do or if they want to collab with me (I'm open to a lot of things) just comment here and tell me.

Well it's getting close to the weekend (hopefully I can catch up on all of that sleep I seem to be needing). Don't know what's gonna happen, I think the new Hulk movie is out this week so I might go see that if it's showing at a decent time. I think the next issue of Green Arrow & Black Canary is out too so I'll try to pick that up as well.

Apart from that I don't think there's anything else to say. I'm gonna try to not fall asleep tomorrow (it's actually today since it's 1.20am when I'm typing this) and get my ass on IM and actually do stuff instead of wasting the evening sleeping. Let's see how that goes.

I'll probably post a new journal on Monday maybe. Depends if I have anything to talk about or not.

~Mage


Stuff in the works:

Tags: Nothing (unless there's one on my hard drive I haven't posted yet)
Writing: Nothing (need some inspiration, or someone to collab with, that'd be fun)
Requests: None (no one seems to want anything, kinda sucks)

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18468252/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18468252/ Fri, 23 May 2008 18:32:27 PDT
I had an exam today, Physics and it was completely lame. Failed so badly and stuff, waste of 2 precious hours right there and it put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day. Ugh, school just sucks. That's it I'm done with this subject, it's gone, we're not talking about it again. Really, starting right........now.

Dunno what's going down later today, probably gonna head into town or something. Maybe get some CDs or comics or something, I dunno make some suggestions or something. Who knows I might be on to read them later on before I head out. Have fun with it. Probably gonna re-do some songs I have lying around and post them on here too if I can be bothered to. Some real good stuff let me tell ya.

Just gonna post a song I finished just now, it may have some errors because I'm really trying not to fall alseep as I type this. Point them out, I'll fix them later, critic it, etc, etc. Make me feel special. lol

Ugh, I used the word something waaaaaay too much in this journal. Meh whatever, gonna go post that song the pass out for a few hours.


Peace.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18403911/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18403911/ Mon, 19 May 2008 17:50:41 PDT
Exam tomorrow, should be fun.

Oh yeah, if anyone needs an English language proof-reader for any kind of manga translation project, let me know. Summer is coming up and I really need something to do with my time. Figured if I could join a group or something it'd keep me occupied. Anyway, please let me know if you or anyone else needs someone for the job.

Alright, off to post that song then crash out for the night.

Peace.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18363542/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/18363542/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:11:33 PDT
Not a lot going on, have exams at the moment so I'm not having that much fun or time to post anything on here. Sorry about that.

So I hit my 1,000th pageview awhile back. Finally managed to post the tag I made for it so check that out if you want. I can provide a textless version if anyone wants it. Just leave a comment here or whatever.

I also uploaded a couple of songs I wrote over the last few days so if you're into that kind of thing check them out. Don't expect any prissy pop songs though, that's not my style. Expect more of this kind of upload in the future.

Apart from that, I don't really have anything else to mention right now. Uploads will come whenever I have the time or can be bothered to get off of my lazy ass to make/write something.


Thanks for the support guys.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17766808/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17766808/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:04:24 PDT

Anyway, here's how my submissions are going to work for the next 4 weeks (until I get my month off for exam revision) not counting this week where you should definately get 1 tag per day right the way up to Sunday. Basically I'm looking at about 2 tags per week, probably on a Tuesday and a Thursday or a Monday and a Friday (anyone got a preference?) unless of course something comes up that I hadn't planned for or I make a tag that I'm really happy with and want to show off right away. I will of course be logged onto DA every day after school and pretty much until I go to bed so I won't be MIA for ages. I just need to cut back on the tags for a little bit (wait until my 7 week summer vacation, your heads will spin from the amount of tags I'm planning) and try to give the impression that I'm focusing on school so the parents don't take the laptop away.


Requests are still open and are FREE incase anyone didn't know this. If you do want to make me a little something as a thank you then that's up to you but I'm not doing this for any reason other than to be nice and hopefully make some sick tags for people. Request form is as follows:

Dimensions: (e.g. 300x100, 350x120, etc, etc)
Render Link: (from somewhere like Planetrenders, just make sure I don't have to sign up to get it please)
Text: (if any, where to place it, color (if you have a desired one), font, etc)

I will be posting these on devART unless you really don't want me to so I assume if you don't say anything when you request that it's ok.


Apart from that I don't think I have much else to say apart from I may be posting some song lyrics (well that's what they're supposed to be) here soon so check back at a later date if that sort of thing floats your boat.


Until my next entry (could be tomorrow, could be next week, could be next month but definately not as long as next year)

~Mage

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17437008/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17437008/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:48:53 PDT

Right, so here's the plan: I'm gonna make and submit 1 Tag per day for the next......16 days. I will take suggestions for what I should make (as long as you guys give me the render) but other than that, it's pretty much whatever I feel like making. There'll probably be some more Haruhi stuff, some Lucky Star stuff and maybe even some Naruto stuff. Again, if you want something different then by all mean give me ideas.

Right so with that all out of the way, I'm still taking requests for tags. I've only had 1 so far which is kinda disappointing but I'm not gonna let that get me down. Request form is as follows:

Dimensions:
Render Link:
Text:
Anything else you feel is needed:


Well I'm off to post my first tag of this crazy idea. Request away!


~Mage

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17269842/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/17269842/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:35:35 PDT
Also, as of today I'm officially taking tag requests. I do however need a few specifications before I can make you a tag. When you note/reply to this journal I need you to tell me:

Dimensions: whatever x whatever (if you ask me to do something huge then I most likely won't)
Render: From somewhere like Planetrenders
Text: yes? no? where you want it placed

That's all I can think to add right now. I'll add anything else as I think of it.

So yeah, request away. Just don't ask me to do like 5 tags for you. Let others get a chance.

~Mage

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/16772668/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/16772668/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:02:54 PST

The rules are:
1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're been tagged


1- I suffer from depression (well that's a cheery way to start things off)

2- Music is a pretty big part of my life

3- I lie more than a lot of people should

4- I love anime and manga, like a lot

5- I play various Card Games

6- I'm single, not really looking but I wouldn't say no if it was the right person

7- Don't have too many friends but I'd rather have the few that I do who are really close than a lot of friends who I'm not close to at all

8- I hate being tagged


Lol, I don't have 8 people to tag. I will tag though.

]]> ~Mage-Master http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/14443224/ http://Mage-Master.deviantart.com/journal/14443224/ Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:13:04 PDT
In the real world (yeah, sadly I do have to frequent it from time to time) I've been back at school and I've been hating every minute of it. I guess all of my frustration just came to a head and I managed to pull my latest work out of it. If that's what it takes for me to make some decent art then I guess it isn't quite as bad as I thought it was. Apart from my almost irrational hatred of school not much has been going on.

Well I'm rambling on now so I'll leave this entry here. Until next time.

~Mage

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