On a very serious note...

Haven't posted much lately; just been very busy both @ home and work. But I find this important to mention the 8.9 earthquake in Japan. All my thoughts and prayers are with those that are greatly affected by this and hope that they will be able to recover from this tragedy.
Now I'm saying this as an otaku, but veeeery more so as that this was one of the largest quakes in nearly 100 years ever, and especially after seeing the videos of the tsunami hitting Sendai.All my best wishes to you all!
On a smaller side note, I found it very inappropriate for me to head to Little Tokyo today to do some shopping. What type of person would I be as to selfishly buy stuff I like for myself at a time when they are suffering back where these items are originating from? Unless that I know the money I use would go to helping those in Japan, doing so would just be inconsiderate and an insult...
That's my two cents right there.

Kono Figma go Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai!

This caught me by suprise!! I definitely gotta pre-order a few of these. Gotta sort some stuff out w/ Paypal first though...

(Hope I got this post title right. did a simple copy/paste/edit touch...)

A short update.

Got some rennovating to do in my compact room due partially to the holday season that I have to pack up some of my figures. So I'll be without the company of my little companions hopefully for a short period T_T. All for the better in the end though.

Second, I've had a few travel buddies to take along with me whenever I head out. My latest to join in my out-ing mischiefs is a revoltech Alien Warrior. I think this is gonna be fun! I'll post something like a "greeting" pic of him/her up here sometime (There may be a lot featuring him/her so I'd figure I'll give him/her a name).

Hi and 2 new 4Komas!

To some new followers, Welcome! I hope you enjoy the posts that I place in here!

And here are 2 new 4Komas that I haven't had time to place up in here yet. I really haven't been able to do some recent photoshoots lately, too much going on at the moment...

Mirai Fanart!

At the beginning of this month, Danny made a request on his site to fans to submit some fanart of Mirai. Those submitted would then be shown up on Culture:Japan in an upcoming episode; Although I am not sure if all that are submitted would be shown.

I decided to jump in on the bandwagon and do a quick fanart/lineart shown below:

It's one of my more good arts, although not as good as some others I've seen... (I've been quite pessimistic lately, I dunno why). Despite that, I'm not intimidated by that and will shortly post it up on Figure.fm right after this! It'd be nice to see this up in C:J!

I guess I'll also put here the same info requested when posting up a fanart:
Nickname: Maikeru To
Country of Residence: United States
URL: http://purpleandgreen54.blogspot.com/
Hours spent: 3-4 Hours
Software Used: MS Paint (for minor cleanup)

Camera Photos

Just quickly. Some photos taken from my Droid's camera:

Noel at IHOP enjoying some OJ

Noel at Olive Garden ready for some neverending pasta. Yum!!

Does adding greens w/ miso vinaigarette really make this Japanese food? Take that out and it's Mexican...

On the flip side.... :

Uh....that's brown rice??

Noel @ Starbucks

New Awesome Light Writing!

Ok for Part 2 of my photo shooting catchup, I have created some new light writing shots, mostly featuring BRS. And from what I've looked at, they came out pretty awesome!!!

My Favorite one. Like the close up and the effect of the flame.

 Another Fave. Only seeing the lower half but the blue flame stands out above.

 

This last one of the above 4 is probably the best because the flame is the most blue.

And now with her shooting a giant laser out of the Rock Cannon (for some reason). Her Flame could have been better but the latter photos didn't have a nice beam effect that this one dones.

And finally, Unit 01 Awakened with the halo overhead. An improvement from the previous one I did in that I secured the light to a wheel and spun it around during the shot. It's a lot more even yet the non-straightness in it gives it a nice touch, I think.