anime_chef

Just a heads up, my little dinner party/going away is gonna be postponed. Though I'd love to have it next sunday the 29th, i'm starting my new job on the 30th. I sat through a 2 hour meeting today and it was seriously intense. no joke. so i need to be up in simi valley and sleep early rather than cleaning up after a party.

I still plan on making turducken, so i'll fill you guys in on the date later. i just need to get my life and finances together first.

You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:

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happy birthday sklathill

my ankle is alot better now if you wanna try some action shots.

1. What inspired you to be a chef?
I grew up in a poor family and since my parents couldn't afford GI joes, I got betty crocker mixes. that and ever since iwas 6, my parents got me to peel garlic and cut onions.
I wanted to be a chef around 7 when i found out that dinosaurs no longer existed so there was no chance of me finding one as an archeologist. I think land of the lost made me think it was possible. Around 8 or 9, I burned myself really badly with hot oil and kinda strayed away from the kitchen until I was 18 when I kinda fell in love with cooking via IRON CHEF.

2. What is your no.1 dream dish that you would like to make?
I'm a simple rustic guy. I've always been a rib bbq guy and I've kinda stuck to that as my favorite thing to make. But the #1 dish I would love to make and haven't really made is I'd like to make a wedding cake with sugar blowing. I'm seriously amazed by sugar blowing and would like to attempt it just once.

3. What is your favorite hobby?
Besides cooking, would be snowboarding. I love to snowboard and have been for about 7 years now. It's just too bad it's a rich man's sport. Besides that, I think it would be fighting. I'm always interested in martial arts of some sort but not as an art, but as in combat. To me it's not about winning or losing, but surviving. I love that feeling where I survived something crazy. Since I haven't been able to afford jumping out of a plane, I think weapons sparring is up there.

4. If you can be anywhere in the world right now, where would it be?
I know it sounds cliche, but paris. not for just the art and the snobby french people, but for the food. I really feel that the french were the first to really glorify chefs as a manly occupation and they cook with so much passion. That and I have visions of beautiful people dancing tango in the streets. I'd love to learn how to cook in a shaolin monestary guarded by the 101 brassmen, but I don't see crazy ballroom dancing in china in the streets.



5. What's your favorite cuisine?
not really quite a cuisine, but my favorite thing of all time is ice cream / gelato. There aren't many problems that frozen treats won't solve for me emotionally.

Yeah I got sucked into the Meme. Post Souffle if you want some questions


1. Worst cooking disaster you've made so far. Don't lie. You're a cook, so you must've had at least one or two doozies.

There are a few that come to mind.
First were my early attempts at hamburgers where i didn't know you had to freeze them if you were going to put them on the grill. needless to say nobody ate anything because they fell through the grill and onto the coals

then was the time that i learned how to make sushi rolls in high school so i thought, oh i remember everything. little did i know that you had to use sashimi grade salmon and alot of people got food poisoning

actually i've had countless flops in my culinary adventures. you can ask one of my good friends xtine. she's been the guinea pig to alot of them. but i've gotten alot better... and yes.. the chicken is now safe.

2. Since you're moochin' in on my territory ;), if you had a chance, which one band or musical act would you want to shoot a concert of, and why?

I would love to shoot either Franz Ferninand, No Doubt, Circus de Soelil, David Bowie, Paramore or KRS-One.

Franz - i saw them live and i love their light show. not to mention they have so much energy and Alex K has nice cheekbones

No Doubt - though I'm not much of a fan of Gwen as a solo artist, I always loved no doubt and i'd get a kick of shooting her doing push ups on stage

Circus de Soelil - dude.. nuff said. high flying action and awesome costumes... what a wet dream

David Bowie - because he's way awesome and what amazing bone structure he has.

Paramore - I have a thing for bands with a red headed front lady. And yes I'm a sucker for their poppy songs. so shoot me.

KRS- One - One of the few rappers i truly respect and i love his rhymes

3. Clearly, I want Jackie to be Reimu. But what about you? Who would you want to force into what costume if you could?

Well I'd like to force shiya to crossplay, but apparently she's agreed to do lelouche from code geass... but ummm.... I'd love to get anyone to cosplay from Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, or Eden. They just don't get enough representation and those are some of my favorite titles.

4. Say by some bad movie miracle, you're forced to fight Bruce Lee. For real. Now, of course, you're going to die. I mean, it's Bruce f***ing Lee, for chrissakes. But tell me: what capoeira moves are you going to break out to give yourself the longest time of survival?

haha.. my greatest weapon.. "i'm not a fighter, i'm a dancer.... how about we settle this over a pint of beer" bruce lee might be awesome at fighting, but i think i can drink him under the table given that he only weighed like 130lbs.

5. You've got one chance to mix or make me something that you think will knock my ass on the ground. Strongest s*** you've got in your repetoire. What are you makin?

4 horsemen of the apocalypse go hunting
jack, johnny, jim, jose, and wild turkey,
i'll add a splash of 151 for good measure.

Well I got the letter from amgen

I report in on nov 30th. That means i've got to figure out what to do about my turducken dinner party. maybe end it early like 8pm so i can drive to simi valley and sleep over.

But man... so excited. best day of my life so far.

Yeah, this is definitely a sign that i'm getting older. I just woke up about 30 minutes ago after going to sleep at around midnight and taking a double dose of nyquil.

Last week was batizado week so it was alot of intense training. typically for capoeira i train for 2 hours a day 3 days a week. this was 6 days straight of 4 hour training with the final day being like 12 hours of training and then a party where i didn't leave until 3am.

The results. my ankle got busted again and started swelling up, my immune system dropped and i was sneezing like crazy sunday. Come monday evening it was a full on flu with sinus pressure. Yeah... I'm not that young anymore :(

hey.. just checking to see if anyone is interested in going to see a free ska show Tuesday Nov 24th.

it's a 21+ place so if you're under, sorry. maybe you can go eat there early. security isn't really tight there so maybe.

An awe inspiring director's cut of HP's Create Amazing Campaign

HP "Create Amazing" - Director's Cut from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Well this was the first time running around with a press badge. I'm very thankful to ben for spotting me a press spot. It also gave me a purpose to be at PMX rather than just hang out which sometimes I get bored way too easily.

Due to being broke beyond belief until I pass the drug test and start working, I moderately survived on Hazel Chaz's good graces since the BPJ and Jambalaya went a long way. I was quite amazed to see Chaz provide Jambalaya and it was quite descent. Normally I spit stuff out even if it's free if it's too terrible, but I'm amazed that it was fitting in a street food type of way. I mean this might sound gross, but I really like the grittyness of street food and you can really taste the nitrates in the jambalaya. I mean it's not gourmet, but it does get the thumbs up from me on my streetfood standards.

Got to shoot a few people and really hung out with cosplayers whom I've known before. Did walk around and introduce myself to some new people. But really I don't think I have the personality of a cosplay photographer. I mean Andy just seems to be able to approach random people and somehow whisk them away to some secluded area. I guess this is where the creepy photographer shirts come in, but I just really feel uncomfortable about convincing someone to do that. Well I did end up doing that with a guy who I thought was dressed up as Chow Yun Fat, but I dunno. it just feels creepy.

As for the concert, man, I haven't gone through my pictures yet, but I really like NOIZE. I've never been to a j-rock concert before and man these guys had crazy energy. I'l have to push hard to get all these pictures out because when I start working. it'll be near impossible. This is where lightroom would come in handy so i can preview the whole set rather than opening them up one by one and working on them.

I was kinda let down by the fashion show though. I mean I really liked it, but there was only 20 models. I found out later that 1/2 of them dropped out because they were suppose to show up at 7am and many of them called in because they partied too hard the night before.

Anyway... it was quite an experience. Thank you ben for setting this up.
It was good seeing everyone again, and it felt good to be a fanboy again. I guess without a purpose I don't really get those good vibes. So again, ben, this was an awesome treat.

What an awesome party that was last night.

I'll have pictures posted on my facebook after i've converted them out of RAW files.

Lauren: i recall you said not to post pictures of you but i think that's you with beer right.. not just pictures of you at a party with booze? please clarify or i just won't post pictures of you period.

but for now.

hahaha peter, bobby got you on this one.

You know it's funny. three years ago i was about to hang my hat on all this con business and just disappear from the anime community. Now, I kinda feel like I have the chance to see a new era. Back when I was estatic about going to AX like it was the biggest thing in the 90s I kinda look back now and wonder what's going on now.

Cons haven't changed much, infact I think they haven't adapted to the many changes that has happened to the fans. We have more smaller cons now, but they really don't offer much except a smaller clone of larger cons that are suppose to be "more initimate"

Most cosplayers don't even buy a badge now and just spend money on a hotel room just to hang out with friends like they couldn't do it on their own. Given that PMX marks the end of the con season to many of us, I kinda think back on all of this and wonder, what do people really want, and what do I really want?

I think it's great the pmx is pushing towards loli and having the egl fashion show. Maybe some of you think that it has nothing to do with anime or whatnot, but I think it's awesome. I mean really they're providing us with something that is unique to any other cons. Maybe it might work, maybe it won't.. but regardless, I'm excited to see how it'll turn out.

On looking back at my experience with cons, I notice that it's almost like I provide my own fun since I really don't care to oogle over any artist anymore. I had my opportunity to shake hands with CLAMP, almost drop a computer on Watase Yuu, and whatnot. I guess it might be different of Kentaro Miura came to town, but whatever. I think I'll give what most artist really want. an appreciation of their work, and NOT to mob them.

But on another note, there are things that I think that have worked well for the community that are growing.
socal cosplay gatherings have worked very well and come back stronger every year
ACC - being my first time attending really showed me that people really do make their own fun and this is why many don't spend 50 bucks to attend a con for a weekend and just ghost about to meet photographers.

The most common complaint I hear is, not worth the money. sure, what do you get for spending 50 bucks. heck, i wonder what i really got for spending 100 bucks at sdcc. do i really care to camp at H hall anymore?

Now that i've focused some attention to helping out mikomicon, i was coming up with some ideas for nick in to making mikomicon a better con and perhaps a more unique experieince.

I mean let's face it... why try to be a smaller ALA. i'll give that crown to hazel chaz whom have earned his right to be recognized as running a descent con that's growing.

unfortunately for people like super no 1, mikomi will not be held at CSUN next year, but will be relocating. We're thinking of photo opportunities, so don't worry, we still have you in mind. But one thing that i'll be pushing for is more like a carnival atmosphere.

Sure you can hang in a park and not spend money on admission to check out some panel that you really don't care about. heck, who even cares about the old guy who was the voice of lord zed from the power rangers.

when all we do is complain how AX and larger cons cater to the dealers and not to the fans anymore, isn't that what the smaller cons should be doing? i mean sure fans care about big names, but it's not like we're going to see Kubo Tite at mikomi. smaller cons just don't have the numbers for dealers and sponsers to bring in such a big name.

but at the same time, con's don't run for free, so it's not like we can provide space for a panel without it costing money or a dance.

Right now, I'm thinking lots and lots of carnival type games, but that would require lots of manpower / volunteers, not to mention start up cost for all the booths. I'd still like to run with this idea, but we'll see how far i can get.

Any suggestions from any of you what you'd like to see at mikomicon?

happy b-day nergene. though you're on vacation, i guess we'll celebrate at PMX unless you have something planned

Okay not quite, but it would seem that my fandom of Natalie Portman has reached a new level of pain.

I thought Star Wars was bad... no no no, I was wrong.

I just watched The Other Boleyn Girl
and by far, that's got to be one of the worst movies I have seen in this decade.

I mean sure the garments were amazing and not only was there Natalie Portman, but Scarlett Johansen, but shit... no matter how hot those two are, it couldn't save this movie.

I'm sorry Natalie, I've reached my limit with my fandom with you.

hey guys.. one of my roomies is moving out at the end of this month.

anyone looking for a room in OC, this is in fountain valley across from miles sq park

nice house. cool people. co-ed.

500/mo

utilities are like another 50 bucks or so split evenly.

first and last on arrival.

room opens up beginning of december.

Okay, this has got to be one of the best vampire romance things i've seen since Bram Stroker's Dracula. I want to say more about it, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

This is a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone.

I am curious though since vampires never age. so if you were a vampire in a 12 year old body, like would that make your lover a pedophile as they grow older if you never turned them? I guess this type of romance only makes sense with a young female vampire and not a male one.

hahahhaa

Man i was looking for movies on netflix last night and i ended up watching godzilla online.

But I came across ths title and didn't think much of it.

crazy enough, it was linked on one of the youtube pages while i was jumping around to Madonna's Hung Up.

so I decided to click on the trailer and voila



Dude.. I'm so watching this like right now. I'll let you know how it is when i finish

okay so today i get my unemployment check and since i'm slightly negative in my account i thought okay.. i'll deposit and everything will be better.

I get to chase. deposit.. and normally with a gov check i get cash automatically since it's a government check. nope not this time. The new system only recognize chase checks as cash and nothing else. that also means i don't even get the $100 available if i were to deposit it via ATM. they hold all checks for at least 1 day. So I'm depressed, don't really have any gas. and yeah i'm just gonna stay in and sleep.

Gah!

first it's tokidoki and yogurtland

now domo-kun and 7-11