I just finished reading the Watchmen a few minutes ago and all I can think is, WOW. Ironically the movie was released around here last week and the Saturday before that I randomly bought the novel from Barnes and Noble. Go figure... I wasn't really certain what to expect but it was probably something more of the usual superhero flair. It's one of those things that I see and I'll try it and am pleasantly surprised. For example, while walking through Best Buy years ago I saw a copy of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. It looked interesting on the outside and I randomly bought it. This was before I really knew much of anything about anime; the extent of my knowledge was Robotech (which I grew up on in the 80's), Record of Lodoss War (which I had only seen bits and pieces of), and probably Ninja Scroll (which was just a movie). Bubblegum Crisis kind of opened the realm of a lengthy coherent story instead of being episodic like so many other American cartoons and to this day is one of my favorite anime's even though I knew nothing about it when I went into it.

Anyhow, I wasn't expecting what Watchmen turned out to be, which was in depth by way of story and more importantly characters. I heard that some universities have it in their literary curriculum because it is so well written. (Then again, there is a class at MIT I believe that teaches Starcraft as a class) There are some really thought provoking moment while reading it. In fact I'm still contemplating the end. That doesn't mean it's light and fluffy and boring; there are some pretty hardcore scenes and situations that make you uncomfortable. So if you like reading and you like pictures with a massive helping of philosophy dabbed on top, this is the dish for you! We'll see how the movie lives up to the book but I can tell you already it cannot. It will be good, worth watching, and probably come closer that most book->movie translations but I just don't see it matching the book.

And as you may see if you watch me, I've finally got around to uploading something new to my gallery! I'm feeling... I don't know how to best describe it, I bit more like my normal, jovial self? It's just getting used to so many radical changes I've gone through this past year. Which when I'm feeling more energetic I feel more like producing art. Let's see, current project is working on the 2nd set of cranes with 400 left and will make time to finish them by next month. Past that, I see an origami clock or two as far as large projects go. For some reason I've not been doing any Celtic knots lately or drawing/coloring at all. Haven't even been filling out my personal journal.

Have been trying to keep up with you peoples by way of comments and critiques. Need to throw in some love too. Have in mind to throw out a couple interesting (at least I think so) philosophical art rants in the future. Before you all are bored to death from a pointless journal lets leave it at; Everything is up in the air, let the cards fall where they may.