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The one sole thing I've been looking forward to this whole year is now pretty much down the drain.
Right now, I just feel so goddamn sad :(

Blankets

Craig Thompson

Eversince I was a child, I imagined drawing chronicles of the endeavors and phases I go through in life. The first inspirational ignition was from Calvin and Hobbes when I read them as a child, which tells the highly imaginative days of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes, which is actually a stuffed toy. Then when I moved back to Malaysian shores it was Mohammad Nor Khalid's(more commonly known as Lat) Kampung Boy, an autobiography of his earlier life as a child living in a traditional Malaysian kampung. When I reached my teens I watched American Splendor, where Paul Giamatti portrayed Harvey Pekar, who writes an autobiographical underground comic book by the same title as the movie.

And now, on the verge of turning 19, my last year of wild nights and constant procrastination before I hit the big double O and all this teenage illusion of security will be shattered by life's cold harsh reality, I finished Blankets; a book I've been meaning to read since the first time I laid eyes on it at Izzy's place a few years ago. Blankets is an illustrated novel by Craig Thompson, a coming-of-age autobiography.

Thompson has said that the novel grew out of a simple idea: "to describe what it feels like to sleep next to someone for the first time". It is named as one of the Top Ten Graphic Novels of All Time by Time Magazine. Indeed it is as good as Izzy's hype about it. It's around 500 pages plus long but it's actually a short read, almost only half as long as The Perks of Being A Wallflower if this book was written in text. In fact I finished it in around two hours plus. But the illustration in this book is just amazing, in my opinion.

And the messages it gives to the readers, some direct, some metaphorical, some just blindingly beautiful. After reaching the last page, I was even more determined to do my own Calvin and Hobbes, Kampung Boy, American Splendor and Blankets one day. In the meantime...

... I wish I would draw as often as I did back then.

And perhaps the day might come, when I'll draw my own Blankets.

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I like where I am right now. I'm pretty comfortable with how my life is. Of course sometimes I want more things in life, but that mainly revolves around money, shoes, bags, clothes and watches. So yeah, I'm happy. And that's a good thing. Duh ;)

Anyway, that aside, baru tengok tumblr Zai, nanti aku pon nak buat cam ang ahahahaha sebab bosannnn kekeke. Ok nanti nanti la. La ni nak tidoq. Byebyebye.

Sebab dah lama tak buat, so it's time to prektis lagi. Tapi sikit ja la and guna balik apa yang aku dah tau without referring to Google that much haha. Agak lame la blajaq through Google. But it's okay. Asai tau la sikit sikit tadak la tebangang bangang sangat nanti ye dok. Haha

Kamek suka menar la nangga design kat internet ya. Mun la kamek ni pandei guna Illustrator menar menar. Yang kamek tau guna pencil tool jak. Sik boleh molah banyak sangat pon. Lukis biasa biasa boleh la. Ya pon sebab kamek ada graphic tablet tu senang nak guna. Iboh ikut la apa kamek buat. Patutnya kamek boleh jak blaja guna tutorial kat intenet ya. Tapi kamek tok malassss gilaaakkkkkkk! Haha. Anyway, kamek suka nangga card designs. Kacak menar la kalo nangga nya kat iDiy site tok. Kamek tauk la ya a site about wedding stuff. Tapi mun dah design nya nang kacak sik salah kan mun kamek cari idea kat sia. Menar sik?

Hari ya kamek nang boring gilak. Asyik main game Facebook yang Word Party tu jak haha. Main sampai lejuk la. Dudi kamek pon bukak la site iDiy ya. Abeh segala macam font kamek donlod haha. Kamek suka cursive fonts. Ha and kamek donlod free templates untuk packaging barang juak. Mun ada event nanti, guna basic shape ya then print jak. Heheh. Iboh la guna design pattern sama. Adjust la. Kadang kadang kamek rasa macam miak paloi sebab kamek sik pandei nak molah design cun cun macam yang kamek nangga kat tenet ya. Nang jeles menar. Haih.

Translation:

Aku suka betui la tengok design kat intenet tu. Kalo la aku ni pandai guna Illustrator betui betui. Yang aku tau guna pencil tool ja. Tak boleh buat banyak sangat pon. Lukis biasa biasa boleh la. Tu pon sebab aku ada graphic tablet tu senang nak guna. Jangan ikut la apa aku buat. Patutnya aku boleh ja blajaq guna tutoral kat intenet tu. Tapi aku ni malaih gilaaaaaaa! Haha. Anyway, aku suka tengok card designs. Cantik betui la kalo tengok kat iDiy site ni. Aku tau la tu a site wedding about wedding stuff. Tapi kalo dah design dia memang cantik tak salah kan kalo aku cari idea kat situ. Betui dak?

Hari tu aku memang boring gila. Asyik main game Facebook yang Word Party tu ja haha. Main sampai jemu la. Pehtu aku pon bukak la site iDiy tu. Abeh segala macam font aku donlod haha. aku suka cursive fonts. Ha and aku donlod free templates untuk packaging barang jugak. Kalo ada event nanti, guna basic shape tu then print ja. Heheh. Jangan la guna design pattern sama. Adjust la. Kadang kadang aku rasa macam budak bodoh sebab aku tak pandai nak buat design cun cun macam yang aku tengok kat intenet tu. Memang jeles betui. Haih.

Panjang plak. Haha ok bye kamek mok tidoq petang sebab bosan bhaiiii. Haha bye!

Write 5 things you'd like to say to 5 different people in your life. There's no need to write any of their names to make it more interesting ;)

1. I love love love you! Cepat la balikkkkk. I cant wait to meet you after one whole year being apart heheh. Cepat balik cepat. Plus, it's much cheaper to call you when you come back ^^;; Luv ya!

2. Congratulations! I cant believe that you're actually getting married so soon! And to think you used to come to school with your zit cream on haha (we went to all girls' school, so it was no biggie anyway XD)

3. You've somehow evolved into the kind of person that you'd once hate. 'Grats.

4.  I like wasting time and talking crap with you when I'm bored. And the talks we had are so "educational"! Hahaha.

5. You can suck my non-existent balls. I wish someone would just beat the shit out of you. You totally suck. I want to shove your crap up your arse.

Ok bye let's tidoq.