fat squirrel
come down, chat with me
pound back a red bull
we’ll talk as equals
fat squirrel
what’s got you so scared?
unwitting witness
to winter’s striptease?
fat squirrell
with round: white belly
but also purpose
you will decorate,
such straight minded trees
with serious leaves
bowing to your weight.

Updated the Yoro MySpace with new photos of ying and I from a shoot we did with kat back in October.

Added a banner to the top of the page and some shots from the shoot which I called STORY in SOUND, because I’m pretentious and self important like that.

Go check ‘em out! Kat took some really fun, interesting sort of shots.

I think the Fox network gets its kicks canceling Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) series, usually before they’ve even had a chance to build an audience.  

Granted Drive had a huge promotional push behind it and was a mercy kill, but come on! His latest, Dollhouse, could be Fox’s ALIAS. However, in a showing of extreme distrust, the show has been quietly been moved from a primo spot next to the returning American Idol to the Friday evening DEAD ZONE where it will join the faltering Sarah Connor Chronicles in the new mid season. Two birds with one stone.

My sympathies are with Joss, even though his relationship with Fox is something of a battered wife scenario.

Here’s hoping enough people who matter watch it on Fridays since, you know, people without Neilsen connections don’t actually matter. If I was him, I’d start digging around for that card from that charming fellow from HBO.

Aside from True Blood, what the hell else do they have going on?

No time for being coy!

At last the Inu, SHE LIVES!!!! While the pickings are still a bit slim, the WORKS and PROJECTS pages are now fully online thanks to Miss Sakura’s tireless efforts. First and foremost a big round of applause for our webmaster extraordinaire, Leisl “Sakura” Schrader!

But, boo, what does this mean for me, Joe Six Pack and my wife Sally Lunchpail?

Well  Joe & Sally, it means that at last you can check out the fun promo video I made on Last Group Sounds band The Captains, which I never had the chance to release during purple SKY’s run due to sound issues I only recently resolved with Leisl’s help. You can also see what projects I’m working on including the script for the first episode of YANBARUKUINA! a one shot comic I’m searching for collaborators on. This section will also be home to I LOVE ZOMBIES, my serial novel as well as links to my other projects like Yochien Ronin and F is for Film. Or how about buying one those stylish LIZARD MAN T-Shirts that are all the rage?

And of course, what you’ve all been asking me for….

The return of Centigrade-j’s massive translation archives.

You’ll notice that Dir en grey has been temporarily removed. There is a backstory here. I worked, like, 100 hours formatting for a new database based on a friend’s programming, and in the process of transfering from one format to the next I also rewrote hundreds of translations and corrected a LOT of mistakes. I also added romaji to every single song. Well, the database thing never panned out and was abandoned and I LOST ALL OF THE CHANGES. I can’t in good conscience put Dir en grey translations, especially, out there again without first sitting down to review the lyrics with a careful eye. I promise they will be back eventually.

Because Centigrade-j is still not in a searchable database new songs will first appear on my blog, and will be added to the Cent at a later date.

I don’t care what yo’ CHINESE ZODIAC says, this is going to be the YEAR OF THE DOG, werd.

From C&B filtered through IMDB

YouTube plans to compete directly with broadcast and cable networks by presenting a live event on Nov. 22 that will be streamed internationally via a dedicated channel on its website, Broadcasting & Cable reported today (Monday). The trade publication commented: “The event will be the first program ever to be streamed on YouTube, though assuming it is successful, it will not likely be the last.” B&C described the program as “equal parts concert, party and variety show” and said it will feature some of the personalities and celebrities who have “gone viral” on the site.

The attempt to legitimize what are basically audience specific solutions never ceases to amaze me. Remember when Napster went legit and tried to charge people fees for the music they had until that point gotten for free? Or when Bittorrent decided to grow their brand of particularly crafty data movement which was and still is predominantly used by people to steal copyrighted video and audio files once thought too time consuming for the average user to dedicate themselves to? Does anyone, anywhere know what the Bittrrent Entertainment Networks are?

How did those plans work out?

Now YouTube wants to play with the networks and become appointment TV? That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard and it goes against everything that makes YouTube the alternative of choice to broadcast television. When has live streaming media ever been popular when it wasn’t specifically targeted to a built in audience i.e. fans of a particular band or band, etc.

So I bet now you’re curious to watch this fiasco?

Seems like Kirito is getting some of his PIERROT lyrics mojo back.

Angelo - Sister

 the lullabye brimming with affection, ingrained in my ears,
I hum it now as she once did, a parting gift to my many sins
I stand there solemnly, held by a dazzling light
as you make the sign of the cross, your eyes sadly glisten

A muted cry squirms in the darkness,
even your voice is swallowed by the tranquility 

as if it’s giving you an as yet unrevealed reason you were born to this world

so you can cling to it

the new moon blocks out the light,
just this once, I beg your forgiveness
MY SISTER
these feelings I just can’t find words for
scatter across the jet black sky
ANOTHER LAND SCAPE

A twisted love mixes with malice and hatred
as you make the sign of the cross, you relinquish your body to the beast

A muted cry squirms in the darkness,
even your voice is swallowed by the tranquility
as if discovering the as yet unrevealed reason you were born to this world

so you can hold fast to it

When the new moon permits the light,
you shed crimson tears
MY MOTHER
these feelings I just can’t find words for
scatter across the jet black sky
ANOTHER LAND SCAPE

A muted cry squirms in the darkness,
even your voice is swallowed by the tranquility
as if to affirm the one and true reason I was born to this world.

 so I never forget it.

When the new moon vanishes into morning
you can rewrite everything
MY MASTER
this fleeting feeling disappearing from my memory
will be left with that jet black sky.
ANOTHER LAND SCAPE FOR YOU

Translated by: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

From the F is for Film production diaries which may or may not have at one time ruled the earth in the age before the dawn of man.

We just finished taping our fifth episode (which might be the last one we tape before we start the unwieldy task of final edits for all five shows)

The spectacle that is ROSCOE BANG is not only NSFW, it’s not suitable for anywhere.

The other character in the shot is our shitty CG alien which proved so timely a prop/topic (propic?) that I have a feeling he’ll be popping up again and again to make fun of ever more ridiculous computer generated snafus.

Honestly, I’m going to save your sweet virgin eyes from beholding Rosco (played by our friend Shawn) in his full getup. I want to ravage them in one delirious go when you see the video for yourself. I didn’t include a picture of my costume from this episode because it was an authentic replica and therefore was far too cool for these pages.

From the oft rumored, seldom discussed, never before seen F is for Film production diaries.

They always say, “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.”

Go! Sleaze Racer! Go!

You can catch me dancing at Captain Hammer on Tues. & Thurs (Thurs. is Ladies Night!)

Tryouts for Power Rangers minion #23 went poorly.

Is this Z-Man or 2-Man?

It’s a historic day. America has chosen change. We have elected our first black president. We have elected Senator Barack Obama.

It’s not a time to be cynical, but what was with that acceptance speech? What a downer!

I almost miss the empty promises of just about every other president elect which at least belied a genuine confidence in the end game. There is a big difference between the words “hopeful” and “confident,” and in an attempt to be real with the American people our president elect appeared, for a moment, to lose the absolute optimism that he rode to the white house. Hopeful is not a word you use to assure someone that you have a solution for their country, it is a word you use when things seem their most hopeless. It is the language of doctors who are attempting to remove terminal brain cancer,  of a stock analyst in modern America looking down the barrel of a recession.

I would be more lenient on the good Senator (he’s not president yet!) but he preceded this sourpussing with a string of strongly worded warnings and conditionals that prophecied a long hard road out of hell.

Then again, he did promise we’d get there. Someday.

YES WE CAN!

(ed’s note: boo, this is too fucking cynical. You need to just roll with it. This is the age of Aquarius!)

The other title I had for this post was “dEMOcracy,” but even I’m not sure what I was getting at. Sometimes the boo, he makes-a-no-sense-a.

Seriously. I hope you all voted. I done did. In fact I done did more than that (No -I didn’t done vote twice,) I made myself up all fancy like for my date with democracy.

I combed my hair, slicking it back in a decidedly non-slacker way, put on a suit jacket and a tie and walked to my polling place. It was sort of like going to church, same stale stuffy air, but with more print club booths.  Seriously, it was like a fearful nation of undead rose from their graves to vote McCain. My attire was appropriate -for a funeral.