Archive for April, 2008
Web Design
I don't know if it's just me or anything, but I don't think that the essence of web designing is only for it's visual purpose.
Imho, a good web site should not be based on how good the graphic used was made. Of course the images used are very important, as to that fact that I am very particular with details, I still think that graphic alone doesn't make a website. Regardless of for whatever purpose it may serve, may it be a personal site, a blog, a portfolio, a company website or whatever, there are several things you need to consider to make a "good website" too. Like, you should take into note the speed of your website, how visible the texts are despite it being viewed in different monitors, how well thought of and organized are the pages and the navigations, how it follows the standard XHTML and CSS, how clean the codes are and how semantic they can possibly be.
I'm not saying this as a web developer, rather, as someone who feels that just because you're a good graphic artist doesn't make you a "great" person when it comes to making a website. I don't need thousands of images to make a good website. I can make a clean and beautiful website by the least amount of images with the power of XHTML and CSS.
Lunatic Symphony: A GPKISM Fanlisting
I have made a fanlisting for GPKISM! And I named it Lunatic Symphony! If you're a fan of GPKISM, please consider joining! (^_^)/
I wanted this to become the official fanlisting at some point, but of course, I'll have to ask GPK for permission. Well, anyway, here's the site's layout:
Yes, yes, it has this Gothic elegance aura, doesn't it? I am very happy with how it turned out, honestly. I'm so happy with it that it makes me want to cry in self amazement. When I got this done, I actually told myself vainly, "Damn, sometimes, I amaze myself." *lol*
It took me a few minutes to crop out each and every image and about 2 hours rearranging the beads here and there to arrive at the point where I could be satisfied with how it looks. And the rest of the day, as well as the rest of another half day, was spent thinking of a name that would fit GPKISM at some point.
When I was making this, I have this desire of wanting it to look something dark and elegant at the same time, simple and clean looking. I spent a few hours cracking my mind on what to do, but then, I couldn't think of a way to show it. I came to a point where I wanted to just draw GPK to let off my frustration, but I was so damn frustrated that I couldn't even draw him properly anymore. I was constantly bugging Jeoffrey that I couldn't draw GPK and ended up working because I couldn't do anything, anyway. Then by around late afternoon that day, the idea of "what about GPKISM as a point of view of a fan?" suddenly hit me. Since I am a fan, it'll be quite easy to make. And then, I made it like that with GPK and Kiwamu's pictures over their CD and of course, my selfish love for Venetian Masks and roses (the rose is dead because I love dead things). The rosary beads, however, was added later on to portray my devotion.
Fairy Tale
When your enchanting silver dress
Turns back into dirty rags,
When your prince never arrived
To wake you up with a kiss,
Always remember that inside the deep forest
There's a tiny hut where you can run into.
When your castle that's made of gold
Crumbles into tiny pieces of stones,
When both of your healthy feet
Turned back into a tail that's full of scales,
Remember that inside the deep deep forest,
There's a hut where you can find shelter into.
When the clock strikes twelve
And all the magic turns into dusts,
When no matter how much you cry and plead,
Fairy godmother can't be found,
Remember that inside the deep deep forest
There's always a hut where you can find comfort.
Though it's walls are only made of cheap woods,
And it's roof is made only of straw,
Though it may not have all the things wanted,
And it may not grant your every wish,
The hut would remain there inside the deep forest
To shelter you when you have nowhere to go.
Even if because of your happiness, you forget,
Still, deep inside that dark and gloomy forest,
There's always a tiny peasant hut that waits.
It's the only place where you can find someone
Who would smile for you, when all else neglects you
So brightly that it fills your heart with warmth inside.
I wanted to be that tiny hut for you to return to,
When you're wounded and couldn't stand.
But I could only be the wind that follows you around
Who could only listen to your sorrows unknowingly,
And softly whisper at your ears words you couldn't hear,
And painfully drift as I slowly fade away.
Earth Day Jam 2008
No. I'm not going to the Earth Day Jam 2008 on the 25th. And even if the admission is free, who the hell cares? I can pay for my entrance fee. I'm not that poor. And even if the lineup is pretty good, I still will not go.
I do not want to support ART STEALERS or people who uses other people's works without the artist's permission. And it this case, it's way too much since you can find the poster which uses the stolen image all over the place. And at worst case, the image has been bastardized too.
Therefore, as a sign of MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT over these people, especially the one who made that poster, I urge other people not to go to the said gig.
I'm cross-posting this, everywhere.
Counter and Gravatar
There had been a maintenance with my host. Some files fucked up. Don't ask me the details. It'll just get me bursting up with anger again. Either way, the counter is back up. The number is not as accurate as the last count it's supposed to be since I just restored it from the last backup I had of this site which was last April Fools.
Also, I've recoded the Gravatar thing in the comments and It doesn't use a Gravatar plugin now. There's something up with the Gravatar cron thing on my blog and it doesn't work out like I wanted it to be so I coded it like the old school Gravatar coding.
That's it. I'm going home!
PS: Special plug to Dan Hellbound for using him as a test dummy of the freshly coded counter.
Hoy! Ano Ba?!
Scene 1: Park Square 1 (Along Dusit Hotel)
Hoy! Ano ba?! Tignan mo nga yang dinadaanan mo! Alam mo, sister, nasa Makati ka noh. Wala ka sa probinsiya niyo. Gusto mo bang mamatay? Sa bagay, okay lang, hindi naman ako yung mamamatay. But enewie, kapag naglalakad ka, dearie, learn to look at what's in front of you. I understand that it is advisable that you "watch your step", but wag naman yung tipong per step mo naman eh tinitignan mo. You need to watch what's in front of you din noh. Umiwas na nga ako, bininungo mo pa rin ako. Beauty mo ha!
Scene 2: Ayala MRT Station
Hoy Pare! Paki bilis-bilisan mo namang maglakad. May moonlight ba ng alas nuebe ng umaga? Sa pag-kakaalam ko, pare, tirik ng init ng araw iyang nakikita ko. Hindi ito Luneta, men, MRT Station ito. Hindi mo ba nakikitang dagsaan ang mga taong dumaraan rito, pa gwaps ka pang naglalakad diyan na parang hindi nauubos ang oras mo. Ang sama pa nun, hanep ka rin sa bagal bumaba ng hagdan. Konting-konti na lang talaga itutulak na kita pababa ng hagdan eh. Buti na lang at tulog pa si guardian devil ko (tanghali kasi siyang gumising), kaya naka-isa si guardian angel ko (na early angel) sa pagpayo saking - sinusunog na nga ang kaluluwa kong ngayo't buhay pa ko, gagawa pa ako ng karagdagang kasalanan.
Malelate ka sana sa trabaho mo. Kasi late ako. XD
One Saturday Morning...
One Saturday morning, my beloved GPK got swallowed whole by a nine-tailed vegetarian fox. I went crying over to Ravie to tie the fox somewhere and have him threw my GPK out. After all the trouble of sacrificing bonzai, fox plushies and stuffs, I won back my GPK (even though it's all slimy and I have to go deal with washing him and everything *nosebleeds*) by the blessings of my most sacred animal, the snake, of which wisdom and elegance never failed me once. While on all these trouble, I was also fighting with npal-kun over Chii-chan and thinking of several ways on how to dump Selo, on which it's on a futile attempt still, even till now. After these things, this happened:
Jones: so boring....
Euri: balik daw ako. [I was told to go back]
Jones: HUWAG! [DON'T!]
Jones: sayang ang buhay mo here [You're wasting your life here]
I rolled around and laughed!
Ahh... It felt so good to let go for a while and just be random.
Oh and oh and oh! Waahhh~ Vacation! How I love thee~ ♥ I'll be on a 3 day vacation starting today. Sometimes, holidays just came at the best times!
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