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]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/22813317/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/22813317/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:34:18 PST
yes, this is an overly geeky post, but what the hell.


i know that it's quite late, but i JUST got my hands on a digital copy of Issue 6 of DC's FINAL CRISIS and am freaking the heck out.

Batman finally (????) kills Darkseid off in a climactic moment in FINAL CRISIS, and he uses a gun at that. however, what he does is not without consequences, as the Dark Lord fires his Omega Sanction at Batman first before falling to the floor.

logic dictates that both parties eventually end up dead, with the Dark Knight bearing the brunt of the whole friggin thing (a bullet might kill you, but on the other hand the Omega Sanction "traps the organism in a series of alternate realities, each worse than the previous one"- basically killing you a thousand times in over a thousand lives).

oh Grant Morrison you are cruel.


pissing-off-the-people-who-hate-spoilers sentiments aside, can someone as geeky as myself (or even geekier than me) level with me please, because i have just about had it with DC killing off characters and then resurrecting them again.

it happened to Superman, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen... and it just plain sucks. seriously. if you kill someone off, be sure that they STAY dead- unless they're really really really cool and you absolutely have to make them come back.

not that i DON'T like Batman, of course. i do.
i even pretended to BE him back in my juvenile college days. he wins over Supes as my second most favorite superhero (Wally West's the first), and it'll be a very dark day in comic book history when an extremely pissed off Batman fan finds his hero dead.
for good.
forever.


i am close to tears now.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/20566914/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/20566914/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:17:02 PDT
perhaps my i-update-my-dozen-or-so-websites-everyday stints are as long gone as my Mickey Mouse Goes To The Ball Game pillowcases (but not quite); we shall have to wait and see.
for now, a quick recap of life is in order.

wires.

my current life can be summarized by wires, things suspended on wires, things that have wires, soft wires, hard wires, coiled ones, wires that go through your skull and drain your brains away.


the technogeek in me will of course cry out, "computers!" at the sound of this wretched 5-letter word, and rightly so.
i have a sort of love-hate relationship with laptops, desktops, and everything Dell-ed up and digital- especially now that my laptop has crashed.
again.

the fact that i'm writing this entry from my Dad's laptop is proof to the annoying sentient monster that has become of my former wire-strung bestfriend.

another annoying piece of info:
Dader's b key is damaged, forcing me to adopt a copy-paste method of inserting b's into my sentences (lest they look like "hey, you wanna play all?" and "ut i wasn't the one who rought in those lack ricks and ars of soap"). so forgive me if i've missed a few.

ack to my laptop.

it has crashed.
one glorious fall.
and with this unexpected happening comes consequences. dire ones.

ALL MY FILES HAVE BEEN DELETED.

music files.
video clips.
Photoshop projects.
school writing projects (yes, even the drafts i plan to use for my thesis).
Alex Ross comic book scans.
pictures.
gawd, my pictures.
3 years in pictures gone just like that.

i am still coming to terms with what just happened, maybe the gravity of the situation still hasn't sunk in yet.

maybe in a few hours i'll be in my room crying my friggin eyes out. maybe in a couple of minutes i'll convince myself to desperately headbutt my laptop to the floor and magically wake up from a technogeek's worst nightmare. or maybe i shall never wake up again.

i have a writing submission in a few hours and my laptop has taken my work-to-be-submitted-in-a-few-hours to the grave with it.


oh, and while we're on the topic of wires, i thought it best to include another juicy tidbit in with my laptop fiasco.

i just had braces put on.

now my teeth hurt,
my head aches,
and i'm starting to hyperventilate.


can't wait to see how my weekend will turn out.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/18143681/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/18143681/ Sat, 03 May 2008 05:33:07 PDT coz i was really busy with a lot of stuff.

earlier i found out that i was actually not familiar with the
Submit Deviation page
anymore and i had a hard time choosing the categories.

well now, i AM back
and (not that anyone cares anyway. haha) am submitting a couple of pics
to kick off this verrrry exciting event.


i hope y'all enjoy the new deviations.


]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17620756/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17620756/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:45:23 PDT suddenly turned into this really irritating blue pokemon-creature thingie
that says "so i herd u liek Mudkips?"??????

oh my friggin stars.
is there somethin wrong with MY computer or is it just a weird DA thing?


------

EDIT (5mins later):

i just realized that today's April 1.


hahaha!
happy April Fools, DA!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17327645/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17327645/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:11:12 PDT lazy,
tired,
and i've gorged down
a plateful of
lasagna
for dinner.

i feel sick.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17082705/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17082705/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:16:56 PST (i'm workin on the deviation part though)

well then.
click on this instead (this entry's title will make sense when you do):
[link]

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17004722/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/17004722/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:58:13 PST [link]).

i won't explain any details, but all i can say is that i was really disappointed of myself and how i treat people around me (and how THEY treat me).

so there.
i really really really wanted to get it over with and end the day in peaceful unrest (the irony just kills me).


fortunately, bout a few minutes ago i opened my DA account and happily found out that someone gave me a 3-month subscription.


my initial reaction was shock, of course.

i know that P1200+ a year probably isn't a big deal, but for struggling students like me a 3-month subscription is one hefty gift and i appreciated the gesture so much.


i'm surprised (and delighted) at how God opens a really big window when most of the doors of your life have closed.

i mean, the smallest act can brighten someone's day just like that.


ate vanessa , if you're readin this then know that i appreciate what you've done coz you really made my day.



here's to bein more giving and thoughtful and appreciative of the people around us!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16952678/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16952678/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:06:32 PST


JUNO!

ellen page, i love you.

[link]

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16790958/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16790958/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:49:59 PST i feel like i'm melting.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16442123/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16442123/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:08:50 PST

The World's Shortest Horror Story:

The last man on Earth sat alone in a room.
There was a knock at the door.



lately i've been havin this really weird liking towards flash fiction pieces- the shorter they are the better- and i dunno, i think it has somethin to do with how SHORT my hair is now.

ha.

but seriously, i need to brush up on my reading coz
flash fiction is one of the literary genre subjects
i have to study for this semester.

so if you guys know of any
flash fiction, microfiction, sudden fiction, and other really-short-literary-pieces
you could share with me,
please give me the link
and i'll promise to love you forever.


really now.
i will.



PS.

eypril if you're readin this, i'm currently havin a blast with Fast Food Fiction.
i'm makin ragu right now.


]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16369057/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16369057/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:31:38 PST i decided to do somethin totally out of character.

>cue in scaaaary music<

i had my hair cut today.


and what's more, i fought with the stylist over it.

i told him right before he attacked my hair to
"trim it. A LOT."
("bawasan lang... nang madami...")

of course i was just tryin to make the traumatic situation (at least to me)
a bit lighter so i joked around a bit and said that really stupid line instead of just tellin the stylist to cut it SHORT.

i dunno if i was so stressed bout the thought that i was to part with my hair
but i guess he didn't hear me right.

he TRIMMED my hair over-all and after a couple of minutes asked me if i wanted him to style it with hair wax.

surprised, i asked him,
"is that all? are you done?"
("yun lang po ba? tapos na?")

he pursed his lips and i thought that he was gonna burn into me with lasers from his eyes.

i added,
"i thought i told you to cut it SHORT."
("sabi ko po maikli eh.")


SIDE NOTE:
NEVER piss off your stylist- especially while he's cutting your hair.


he rolled his eyes and got his scissors out
then proceeded to hack his way into my head
(my hair, i mean).


couldn't believe that i'd ever fight with someone
coz i was demanding that he cut my hair SHORT-
but i did-
and after the do was done
i quickly paid at the counter and left.

(do the do. my golly. new year's resolution number 174: work on my humor)


missin my long emo-ish hair already.

gawd, i am such a wussy gurl-who's-obsessed-with-hair guy.




will come up with pictures soon.


]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16278690/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16278690/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:25:21 PST i thought i'd make good and clean up my gallery.

i re-arranged my deviations,
deleted some,
moved others to my scraps...
well y'all know how that works, right?

anyway.

i couldn't help but reminisce about some of my very first
photographs, digital art, and other shenanigans
that my juvenile mind coughed up about a year ago-
and compare them to how i do art now.


a lot happens in a year.

people grow twelve months older,
new experiences are, well, experienced,
photoshop is used less often (a little about this at the end of this entry),
new skills are discovered,
and old talents develop.

(imma finish this quickly before it turns into a very cheesy speech about how "young" i was a year ago)

i guess what i'm tryin to say is that i'm thankful that
the Lord gave me another year
to praise Him with my art-
another year to further develop my talents
(not just in photography and the like, of course... i DO have a life outside DA, you know)
and share them with the world.

(oops, cheesy factor surfacing)


HERE'S TO ANOTHER YEAR
filled with
photographs
and random digital art
and people not knowing that they're being photographed
and lots of over-saturated sky shots
and lots of ridiculous fan art
and vector and vexel pieces
and over-all just great-looking artworks
from yours truly!!!

God bless you, folks!



------- and oh, about that Photoshop thingie...

ok, so i guess it's obvious
that i DO use post-processing on most of my shots.

(i use Photoshop CS2)

now, i'm not tryin to defend myself
or dissing anyone who disagrees with me,
but i just hate it when people PROUDLY say
that they don't post-process/edit their photographs and stuff AT ALL-
then they go around condemning people who do.


i mean, of course i DO agree that photography
should be the RAWEST representation of a particular subject you point your lens at
(and therefore should be left as is),
but the fact still remains that not all people own a high-tech camera of sorts
with which they can take perfect shots every friggin time.


i've seen people with high-tech equipment who take crappy shots
but people automatically worship them
just coz their lenses are bigger than everybody else.

as if art can be measured by how much you spend on it... tsss.


i guess it all boils down to
MAKIN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

artists who don't have the media they need for their art
(as in brushes, computers, cameras, and the like)
IMPROVISE and try to IMPROVE their craft by using other "techniques"
(or maybe INVENT a technique of their own).

that's why people invented Photoshop in the first place, right?


believe me,
this isn't an excuse for me to slack off or be content with substandard artworks
just coz i don't have the latest, baddest, and most high-tech camera out there.

fact is, i don't.
and i most certainly am not mad.

i'm just pointing out how much i struggle with all the
photographs-shouldn't-be-edited-coz-then-they-wouldn't-be-photographs arguments
i see here on DA and elsewhere.


let's be more considerate of each other, people.
it's the start of the new year, for cryin out loud.


if editing pictures ISN'T/SHOULDN'T BE what Photography's all about,
then imma go ahead and invent a new category for MY art.

if purists of that "genre" happen to exist and throw me out of there,
then imma think of other ways to represent my art until
people finally agree or stop caring and leave me alone.


Improvise and Invent so you can Improve.


traditional photographers take time to "edit" their shots in the darkroom;
why can't photoshop users do that as well?

photo-editing is part of an artist's artistic process-
and therefore should be respected as just another step
in the constantly evolving genres of art.

if people can't accept that, then it's their problem and not mine.



golly.

what an exciting way to start the new year.
hahaha.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16134597/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16134597/ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:19:49 PST
i dunno, it's weird goin to a movie just for the trailers,
but most of the time i end up enjoying em more than the feature film itself.

it's like a photo album of sorts- where you can see a lot of movies (well, parts of them anyway) thrown at you in rapid succession.

a lot of movies never fail to DISAPPOINT- they make you hope for somethin that's clearly beyond the crew's capabilities only to be let down by the very uneventful unfolding of the WHOLE plot- but somehow i haven't felt that way for the trailers.

(i guess it's just that the trailers come BEFORE the actual movies; but then again good trailers don't guarantee good movies anyway)


these past few days my brain's been turned to mush from obsessing over this really cool trailer i found on the net (that, and the fact that i'm experiencing a major creative block since last week).


CLOVERFIELD.

the word conjures up images of really cheesy movies where two teenagers play, grow up, and eventually fall in love in a small town filled with clovers-
just the right kind of movie to puke my guts out to.

i'm glad i was terribly mistaken.


the trailer features a group of friends wishing one of their buddies good luck on his trip to Japan and uses a very shaky handheld camera perspective to tell the whole story.

what's interesting about it all is that right in the middle of the party, a really loud noise is heard and then all hell breaks loose.


i'll leave it at that (so you'd go ahead and see the trailer for yourself here: [link])


i've always found the shaky handheld camera perspective a bit tricky to do,
but i think it really worked for this film.

and though the genre's a bit cliche (i mean, how many 300-foot monsters have terrorized the US since movies were invented?), i guess allowing the other characters to interact throughout the duration of the film without even showing what the huge monster looks like gives it more suspense (at least in the trailer).


can't wait til this one's released.

i just hope the trailer doesn't give the actual movie more credit than what it deserves.

i have 3 more weeks of waiting to do before i find out.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16085034/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/16085034/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:54:25 PST
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15969775/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15969775/ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:32:25 PST i've decided to let go and move on with my life.

(that is, until someone out there sends me a copy of her "Stupid For You" song-
and THEN it's back to square one and being obsessed)

don't get me wrong,
i would've married her if i could, but we both need space right now.

i think it's for the best.

hahahahaha(cough,cough)hahaha


-------

this Wednesday's the first day of my Christmas vacation,
which means less school work for me!

woohoo!

this week's Vector Week, so you'll be seeing vectors from me all week long
(particularly the Samurai-Jack-fan-art kind of vector).

anyway.

-------


i know it's quite early, but,
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

stop worrying about what presents you're gonna give
or the Christmas dinner you have to cook
and start spending precious time with your family!

Christmas isn't about material wealth and all those temporary possessions
(though a few gifts wouldn't hurt either. hehehe).

it's about giving- how Jesus first gave his life for us when He came here on earth.

may God bless you not only this Christmas, but the whole year round!

Happy Holidays!


-------

PS

as the official cook/chef wannabe of my family, i have been given the task of preparing our Christmas Eve meal on the 24th.

any suggestions?

i wanted to whip up somethin really healthy and light (since my Dad's got health issues),
but all the diet books i've consulted really don't say much.

so far i've made my own pizza using homemade garlic-and-basil bread as the base and lean meat ragu for an unusual topping but beyond that i've got nothin else (i know it's not LIGHT, but it's chock-filled with olive oil and all those tomatoes, so i think it's good nonetheless).


golly.
and this is me after sayin that "you shouldn't worry about cookin your Christmas meal".


i guess we'll just feast on Graham crackers and peanut butter then.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15833927/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15833927/ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:19:12 PST

does anyone have a copy of Marié Digby's "Stupid For You"?


i'm currently experiencing
a major breakdown
from Googling her name too much.

Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
> pauses to breathe <
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.

gawd, marry me.


i can't think straight,
i can't breathe right,
i cna't eevn type stairght.

maybe it's just the vanilla talkin
(i never thought that goin through 3 cups of ice cream would make me high)
and i guess it's quite pathetic,
but i don't care.


Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.
Marié Digby.

golly, that "Obsessed" emoticon above...
i wanna run into her like that.


niubakx
aoswbuj
+"*ç%&/!!!!
what the heck am i sayin?



SELF-JUSTIFICATION ALERT!
SELF-JUSTIFICATION ALERT!


on a more conscious note,
i am NOT a perverted
creep-slash-stalker-slash-nerdy fan
(nor do i plan to be one).

i just appreciate how beautiful women are-
some are extremely pretty,
others sing well,
and some are really sweet and charming.

my beloved Marié happens to be all three.
> cheesy cheesy CHEESY smile <


afsueirjkp povjbjlekés!!!!

i can die right now.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15774297/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15774297/ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:30:54 PST really really reeeeaaally short mini-skirts
but cover their legs up while in a bus/train/jeep
and look at you like you're some pervert for glancing their way?


(now, now, i would never ever shame a lady by looking into the darkest depths of her dress, but sometimes a random scene from the outside of the jeep makes me turn my head to follow it and then voila! i find myself in a really sticky predicament when the woman-described-above happens to follow my gaze. okay, that's enough trying to justify myself. point is, i would never do that. ever. gawd, this is one really long sentence-in-a-parentheses sentence.)


why wear 'em in the first place
if you don't have the guts
to bear with the consequences
of such attention-grabbing clothes?


we men are not innate perverts.

how dare you provoke us into being one.


-------

and what's with guys who wear shirts that say,
"TOUGH GUYS WEAR PINK"?

i'm not one to prove my manhood,
but isn't it a sign that you're NOT comfortable with yours
when you try to prove it with pathetic attempts at self-worth
(as in the tshirt-in-question)?

i will say no more.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15443837/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15443837/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:38:06 PST but there's still a part of me that isn't.

i keep taking really crappy shots.


and it's not like i'm blaming it on my equipment or anythin,
but gawd.

i really really really wanna buy my own dslr now.


(and if you're feeling particularly generous this Christmas, maybe you could help out)


>really cheesy smile<

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15386836/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15386836/ Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:06:44 PST
these past few days, i've...









been moving some of my deviations to my Scraps page.

there.
that's pretty much it.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15252920/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15252920/ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:56:43 PDT and
lomography-inspired deviations with too much contrast and wicked colors.

nice.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15064199/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15064199/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:24:02 PDT chickens will be able to cross roads
without having
their motives called into question."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15035522/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/15035522/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:51:40 PDT
[link]


some of the vehicles featured there might not be familiar to foreigners viewing them.
either way, it's great fun.

(i know that this has been on the filipino net for quite some time now, but forgive me- i've seen this just now)


enjoy.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14965637/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14965637/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:22:29 PDT two things:


1. my birthday's yesterday.

(finally changed my profile age)

happy birthday, bro.

i hope you had a good one.
bet you feel old right now.

paella and baked mac are chock-loaded with carbs but who cares?
it only happens once a year.



2. today marks the first week that school's officially out.

the highly anticipated break in the sky after a semester-long barrage of academic rain
has arrived at last.
aaah, i feel relieved.


now lemme sleep for a month and don't wake me up.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14909661/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14909661/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:09:40 PDT (see preceeding entry).

i feel so pathetic...

but then again, i have somethin very important to say.

















MY BIRTHDAY'S ON THE 7TH.



there.
i've said it.


to tell you the truth, i don't feel like celebrating-
and i most certainly do not feel old (19's not old, right?).

can't i just postpone my birthday for next year?


anyway.

i'm expecting a gift from you now;
and if i don't recieve anythin-

may the Sky fall on you
(haha just kiddin).



pizza's on me!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14807873/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14807873/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:05:32 PDT

let's see how long i can go this time.

-------

bom bom bom

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14483596/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14483596/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:46:10 PDT
]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14366352/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14366352/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:33:21 PDT it's just that you're so dumb.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14238369/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/14238369/ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:05:59 PDT


i love Jesus.


i hate okra.

i love ice cream even though im supposed to lay off of the cold desserts since i sing in church regularly.

i love my dog.

my dog loves me.

my dog hates it when i make him wear cute doggy clothes and stuff.


i give when i'm not needed and demand compensation when there's nothin left to take away.


i'm your typical Hkblakns wenfiow IhiadopfWFsf.
i truly am.

i hate the Sun just coz the weather sometimes gets too hot to bear.

i hate it when the Sky cries just coz i ALWAYS manage to make my favorite sneakers land smack in the middle of a puddle everytime it does.

i'm a rogue samurai-ninja who wanders from village to village looking for freelance assassin jobs.

got anyone you want taken care of?
give me a call.


i'm a sentimental guy.


i love sunsets and sunrises-
whichever i happen to chance upon first.

i sleep early and wake up late.

i hug my pillow for comfort,
talk to it when i get lonely,
and drool on it whenever i dream.

i hate anythin that has flowers in it.


i have nightmares every night about two hideously cruel girls bossing me around;
and then i wake up and see my sisters tryin to coax me out of bed.


i've been wearin glasses since my elementary days.

i wear contact lenses now-
the clear ones.
i happen to like the natural color of my eyes.

i have buddies who hate me and enemies who love me.

i've never gone beyond UP Diliman on my own, and yet i lead a VERY healthy social life.

one of my imaginary friends died a few days back, and so my dog and i buried him in our backyard.


i'm sarcastic.


i'm true.

i wanted to say that
i look like Brad Pitt,
but since i'm honest,
i won't.

I'M MORE GOOD-LOOKING THAN HIM.

i love to collect ties even though i don't like wearin them.

i regularly tell my Dad that a particular article of clothing he bought doesn't work on him just so i could have it for myself.

"Oh Sky fall on me now."


i'm an egoistic bastard with a superiority complex.


i sing when i'm happy.
i sing when i'm sad.
i sing when i just feel like singing.
i sing when i don't.

i love watchin movies and gettin stoned with popcorn and soda.
i sleep at the cinema when the movie's really crappy.

zzzzzz.

i'm unpredictable.
i'm spontaneous.

i've got tons of useless stuff i just can't seem to throw away rotting somewhere in the corners and hidden compartments in my room.

i hear rats squeaking
and cockroaches crawling
at night.

i try to work hard at school but somehow the TV always gets the better of me.

i frequently apply for the SMART Unlimited service even though i dont plan on textin a lot of people.

i keep repeating seemingly unimportant things,
go through plans again and again,
and check AND recheck everythin
JUST IN CASE.

when all the planning i do fails, i tend to shrivel up and curl into a little ball- my own little space.
and THEN i start to speak gibberish and rock gently back and forth.

this is my space.
here i am safe.
this is my space.
here no one can harm me.

there are times when i just wanna get it all over with (no, i'm not suicidal, but sometimes i wish i was), but they are always immediately replaced by the comfort that everythin i do is beyond myself- and that's a good thing.


i

was born with half of my body paralyzed,

drowned when i was 2,

almost got skewered by fencing material through my right eye as a pre-school student,

and got run over by our car as a child,

yet am still alive and kicking (AND screaming) to this very day.


i love to live life.


i live to serve my God.

i live to serve the people around me.

i want to go on living because i'm not just living for myself.

i've found out that-
despite my being the imperfect guy that i am right now-
GOD'S GRACE IS STILL MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME.


and if TH... ]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13924946/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13924946/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:15:17 PDT
that's something new i learned today.

bugger.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13804195/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13804195/ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:19:43 PDT yesterday.

was really really REALLY hungry back then.


painted my room's walls
a ghastly white-ish blue
earlier today.

gawd.

where are color palettes when you need them?


going to the paint store tomorrow.

tomorrow?

oh. TOMORROW.

i hear Harry Potter's being released tomorrow.

tomorrow?
yes, tomorrow.


like hell, as if i care.
i don't read the series anyway.

------

STOP. BREATHE. THINK.
-Steve of Blue's Clues


yes, Steve,
i HAVE stopped running around
and am breathing rather profusely.

it's the third one that's really hard to do.

now be a good fictional character and get the mail.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13603802/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13603802/ Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:08:04 PDT that (see above) is officially my LOOOOOOONGEST journal title.

there now.


my current life, in a nutshell:

[link] ]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13297556/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13297556/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:46:23 PDT
my social life is nearing its end.



currently workin on new sig.
you'll see it on some of my newer deviations.


i hope the sky falls on us all.

over and out.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13083510/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/13083510/ Fri, 25 May 2007 01:34:43 PDT finally!!!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12996657/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12996657/ Fri, 18 May 2007 03:38:19 PDT
tryin to delete some deviations- my gallery's become too crowded.

GIR's cute.

school will soon be buggin me again.
bummer.

"Come on everybody hands up
Mata ashita no heroes wa comeback
Tsuujou kazoe hibi wo countdown
Let's go, 3-2-1 make some noise..."

the Philippines' version of "summer" is hot as hell.
literally.

oooh, my iced tea's gone.
i need a refill.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12724391/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12724391/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:43:29 PDT
]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12574332/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12574332/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:27:39 PDT dog-tired.
on a high from dinner of
3 pieces of fried chicken,
2 bowls of molo soup,
and 3 cups of fruit-slash-gelatin substitute salad
last last night.
still don't feel like uploading.
have wonderful sky shots though.
am trying new frame layout for deviations.
hope everythin works out.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12451236/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12451236/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:55:45 PDT
will update sometime next next week;
our church camp's on the 9th.

see y'all then.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12227321/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12227321/ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:43:11 PDT lemon-and-pineapple ade,
quarterly church concerts,
term papers begging to be written,
and my dog bein closer to livin 6 feet under than ever.

shhhweeet.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12046394/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/12046394/ Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:37:56 PST crappy Bleach downloads,
research,
term papers,
mango and ginger sherbet,
verrrrry late midterm exams,
writing workshops,
Sunday preaching,
andabrokenspacebartoboot.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11768709/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11768709/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:11:16 PST
please tell me why the heck the GIF function of DevArt's busted or somethin... i've been tryin to upload moving art for days but to no avail

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11456962/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11456962/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:28:54 PST

the new year's arrived already and i'm more than two weeks late
(updating my journal, i mean).

well now, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

lately ive been sick and tired of
people around me making
these verrry long lists that feature their "resolutions".

yeah right.

by the end of the year, most of 'em will go unaccomplished anyway.
it'll just be a waste of good paper.

hey, i didn't mean to be so negative.
funny that my MOOD icon's set to the "Optimism" character.
still, i'm not being pessimistic... i'm just stating the truth.
it's time we faced the facts and tried to confront what's in our "past".
it's the start of the year after all.


maybe instead of making "resolutions",
we should be writing
"WHAT I WON'T DO AGAIN" lists...
there's no point in planning for NEW things when there are OLD issues that need to be resolved (hence, the antithesis of the cliched "New Year's Resolution").

near the top of MY list is

Singing Kelly Clarkson songs in public, especially during those long, bumpy commutes home

(bummer... see my "listening to" line).


i have other NOT-TO-DO's too, like

.Disturbing my dog while he's eating
.Disturbing my sister while she's studying
.Disturbing anyone, for that matter
.Sleep at 3am
.Wake up at 11
.Shaving in a hurry- sans the shaving gel and aftershave
.Misplacing my contact lenses
.Not studying for my midterms
.Turning the heat up too high when cooking anything with rum
.Not keeping the potholder close to the stove in case of emergencies

among others.
the list still isn't finished yet.
i'm filling it up as i go on with the year-
im just here to live life, stand back, and enjoy the show.



moving on...

my Creative Writing class is startin to get a bit interesting.
we're now into short story CRUCIBLES-
relationships or situations that invoke conflict among the characters in a story- and the arduous process that it takes to make an effective one.

man! talk about work!

still, everythin's cool.
i'm improving (i think), and no one could've been the wiser.

we also discussed ART in class today,
what it really means (at least from an Aristotelian perspective),
and how it defines reality.

all i can juice out of the whole lecture is that
Art is man's attempt to make sense of the world;
and that making, observing, criticizing, and appreciating Art in itself is NOT an escape FROM reality, but a pathway INTO it.

Art condenses all human experiences and values and presents them into something not completely devoid of its original characteristics in accordance to reality, but as a masterpiece that gives a fresh perspective on life- whether negatively or positively- by Defamiliarization or other means.

we discussed Aristotle's "Poetics"
("not to know that a hind has two horns is a less serious matter than to paint it inartistically"),
which focused more on the Artist's integrity and creativity than his/her work's exact resemblance to reality itself (and thus, Formalism).

(this showed Aristotle's bias towards creativity and the Artist's role to produce art as art, as opposed to the formalism that was rampant at that time)

this made me exclaim (to myself, of course),
"yeah dude! you go, Aristotle!",
as i myself am an advocate of the UN-Formal-ness of Art and studying all those wicked Theories and parameters that have contained Art since Time in memoriam.

i just couldn't find the point to memorizing stuff that were dictated by Convention and Tradition when all i wanted to do was express myself through my writing, music, and visual art
(or maybe i was just too lazy to be memorizing ANYTHING).


but then, our professor sent us off with a warning:
though Aristotle may have a bias towards the Artist,
we, as NEW artists, have the duty to avoid either of the extremes-
do not lose your creativity or stifle whatever you have to say to the world,
but still,
try to be well-versed in form, style, structure, and all those terminologies- no matter how nasty they may be.
they were put up as GUIDELINES for a reason, after all.

sometimes i envy all the New-Age artists i see- people who are not confined by what the books say- Revolutionists of the Art World in their own right.
think Picasso or Van Gogh- cliches, true, but unconventional artists that have truly succeeded.<... ]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11045887/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11045887/ Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:47:56 PST
man!

the traffic yesterday was a real killer!

started for school at 1pm and the people were already gathering in front of St. Peter's Parish.

at school, i thought my day was gonna go pretty well, considering the fact that both(!) of my classes were cancelled due to our professors' unprecedented graces
(come to think of it, i shouldn't have left for school AT ALL).

come 5pm, my mum called.
"anak, traffic sa may Sandigan, walang kotse na makadaan. papunta na kami diyan."
(son, the traffic's not moving at Sandiganbayan. we're on our way there.)

so i rode the PUJ to Philcoa, waited a bit, then saw our van drive up the street. i boarded, and we started to think of alternate routes.

LAHAT NG DAAN, TRAFFIC.
(all the streets were congested)

ended up following this white/silver volvo around an obscure subdivision at 9 in the evening, hopefully assuming (?) that the driver ahead of us knew a better way.

thank God, he did.
must've been an angel, i'd say.

when we got to SM Fairview, i couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. i'm tellin you, Robinson's looked so good and home-y at that time (the exhaustion had caused me to imagine things).

the whole incident got me thinking waaaay back to my Jurassic-Park-novel-reader days.

there's this thing called the Chaos Theory where (as much as i tried, THIS was all i could fathom) basically everything- no matter how tiny or big they were- all comes together sooner or later to something completely devoid of its original characteristics, and thus, CHAOS. sorta like Murphy's Law but with a more Apocalyptic air to it (befitting Ian Malcolm(sp?)'s pessimistic aura in Jurassic Park).

-----------------
my 2cents on rallies (especially in UP) is that,
sure, go rally out your protests all you want,
as long as YOU DON'T DISRUPT OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

rallying in front of the classrooms while midterms are going on: BAD
rallying at the decreed time and place: GOOD

and as far as i know, most of the rallies are over trifles
(thanks, Susan Glaspell).
just last month (?) there was this movement against the 300% (!!!) increase in our per-unit subjects, and most of the students in one of our classes had boycotted their entire schoolday to join the rally.
our prof asked us- the people who stayed behind- what we thought of the tuition fee increase, coming from a public university.

i blurted out,
"eh kung yung 300peso-per-unit na klase nila ngayon sinasayang nila dahil sa pagsali nila sa rally, paano pa kaya pag 1000pesos na?"
(if they can simply throw away this 300-peso-per-unit subject by not showing up regularly in class, who's to say what they'll do if ever the 1000pesos-per-unit increase is put into motion?)

sometimes we complain and complain without even thinking about what its effect might be, or without having a firm stand at all.



on the other end of the political spectrum,
the government is just too messed-up to be discussed anyway.

----------------

if only the rallyists considered the consequences of their actions, the dreadful 8-hour traffic disaster might have been averted.

on the other hand, if only the government hadn't messed up big time, people wouldn't be marching up to its
Democracy-my-a## parchment-ammendment-covered A##
in the first place.

no, i'm not against rallies, or the government, for that matter... and i certainly am NOT cussing.

i'm just saying that our country needs something more substantial and stable than just rallies that go in circles or government decrees that aren't even close to being started.

otherwise, we'd just be going downhill like a snowball-
piling up on snow,
dirt,
ice,
dog poo,
and other s###-y things
as we go along.


just look at what happened to the dinosaurs,
and to think that THEY weren't involved in rallies or the government at that time...

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11024417/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/11024417/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:16:15 PST don't get what the deal is
with the whole
"Submit as Print"
thing.

heck, too much legalities to read.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10967255/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10967255/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:30:39 PST
add the day and the year (abbr) and you get the month.

add the day and the year (abbr) AND the month
and then divide it by 2 and you get the month.
divide it again in half and you get both the day and the year.

oh my.

my mind's goin...
goin...
goin...
GONE!

pffftzz.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10783821/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10783821/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:16 PST
pagod nako.
("i'm tired")

been cookin all day for the party,

so much so that i didn't go to school
(as if THAT's a bad thing).

sa Pilipinas kasi palaging madami ang pagkain pag bertday.
("here in the Philippines mountains of food are the NORM in birthdays")

the ironic thing is,
i haven't eaten yet.

so amidst the trayfuls of
baked mac,
fried chicken,
garlic bread,
cake,
and
the ever-present bottles of...
COKE,

my stomach's rumbling.



but hey, it's for my sister, isn't it?

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10740956/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10740956/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:18:22 PST
yipee!

had my English42 class earlier,
and we were discussin
Susan Glaspell's
"Trifles".

the piece was really interesting,
not only in the simplicity of the language used,
but in how Glaspell turned the perspective around
using miniscule and rather minor details that other people-
especially the men-
consider as "trifles".

while the discussion was goin on,
i then said to myself,
"hey, i can actually write like that".

okaaaaay,
so i don't really know why i'm talkin to myself,
and NO,
i'm not psychotic,

but i realized that God gave me this talent
and the time i spent wonderin what i'd do with it
should've been used to hone what He has given me.

yun naman pala.

i felt foolish
and excited
at the same time,
which is great.

really.

so there,
expect more literature from me
during this sem.

i promise i'll do my best in my writing.

i owe Him at least that.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10663527/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10663527/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:18:30 PST decidin
between
enrolling today
or
not.

oooohh,
i LOVE procrastinating on school stuff

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10621557/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10621557/ Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:54:01 PST
our youth's
ROCK the BLOCK
event
was a huge
success.

bent on "enticing"
the unchurched youth
from our community
to attend
our church sevices,
we held
a "Battle of the Bands"-type concert
where
non-Christian bands
were invited
to play
ANY type of music
at our church
as long as
WE
chose the lyrics
for two of their songs
(which were CHRISTIAN songs, of course).

the Lord
really moved
through our
congregation
today.

the guys were
partyin
and
just
rockin it all out
for our
Savior.

NIIIICE!!!
real nice!


so amidst
mountains
of used
soda cups
and tons
of soiled
tissue paper,
everyone
really had a
GRRRRRRREAT
time.

even though
our bodies
are tired
and
our feet
sore,
i just
can't help
but be ecstatic
about it.

THANK YOU LORD!

and i've got this really bad headache to boot.
me
and
my buddies
were
joking around,
one thing
led
to another
and before i knew it
i was
drinking
RUM diluted with COKE.

NAWWW,
we're not drunkards
(that's BAAAD),
and it was just
a shot
of
RUM.

i guess
i'm
not
THAT
tolerant
when it comes to
alcohol.

hehehehe.

imma tend to this ache now.

toodles, everyone.

Peace Out.

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10520541/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10520541/ Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:49:45 PDT saw my Deviant account.

got inspired.

checked out other Deviants.

OOOOHHH... FELLOW CHRISTIANS...

seems like Christianity's making a mark on DevArt.
good.
saw how some people like making a fool of the One who saved Humanity from eternal damnation.
bad.

i've realized how apathetic i've been in my faith-
living each day for myself.
startin now, imma change.

ART is an expression of life-
of Individuality,
Creativity,
and a manifestation of one's own viewpoint and opinions.

so to all the Deviants out there who OPPOSE Christians pouring their hearts out on DevArt
just coz they
LOVE,
ADORE,
and wanna
MAGNIFY Jesus,
you have no right to do so.

We are only expressing how we love the Lord
and how good He's been in our lives-
which can be through
MUSIC
PAINTINGS
PHOTOGRAPHY
DIGITAL ART
LITERATURE
and every random
THOUGHT,
IDEA,
and ACTION
that we make, do, and think about.

and to my fellow Christians,
WE SHOULD BE PROUD.
Satan's moving in DevArt because he sees how he's already losing to Jesus.
the enemy feels threatened
he's gathering his forces
BUT
the Lord's already WON.

Christianity isn't about what the world says.
it's about what the Lord has done for the world.

JESUS rules!!!!!

]]> ~jamesvaughnn http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10482777/ http://jamesvaughnn.deviantart.com/journal/10482777/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:28:44 PDT to update
my devArt account.


i'm
uploading shots
like
crazy
right now.

is this the Deviant charm?

]]> ~jamesvaughnn