I should try to do these at least once a week, working up to every other day, then maybe every working day, just as an exercise to loosen me up.  20-25 minutes,

The sad truth is that no matter how great your job is, there will still be days where you jsut don’t feel up to it, and you have to grind through the day.  The best jobs are just those where these days only come every now and again.

Because I needed to draw something apart from what I’m working on right now.

What do you do when it seems like there’s no way to make amends?  When the person you want to reach out to is convinced that you were in the wrong?  I’m not angry, I know that sometimes people, myself included, twist the truth to suit their own needs.  Sometimes its a matter of self preservation, so who am I to deny them that?  Still, it’s a sad thing.  I’ve learned over the course of 25 years that anger is a heavy thing to be carrying around all the time, and that it’s so much easier to just let things go.

Unfinished space marine concept art.

First off, the goddamn motherfucking advertising.  Motolite is splashed on Manny’s ass, with a complementary coffee brand and some other logo on the front.  The ads are so large I felt it would have been more accurate if Michael Buffer had announced “and in this corner, in red shorts with…ads, Mannnnnny “Pacman” Packiyaw!”  I mean seriously now, aside from the fact that it’s incredibly tacky, is there REALLY a significant benefit to advertising on Manny’s shorts?  And it’s not like they were done creatively like Manny’s old NO FEAR shorts.  The ads looked like they were sown on at the last minute!

Second, the only thing I hate more than Filipinos abroad that sneer at local Pinoys is misguided patriotism.  Case in point, Quinito Henson.  After the bout, it is traditional for boxer to raise their hands in victory, or have their trainers lift them up regardless of the eventual outcome.  After Manny’s celebratory ride in Buboy Fernandez’s arms, he knelt in a corner to pray.  Hensos immediately jumped upon this and commented that Manny always had time to pray after a fight.  Then when Barrera was lifted into the air, the biased motherfucker had the audacity to chide Barrera for not having the time time to pray after a fight and parading himself as if he’d won.  Subjectivity is fine.  We’re all rooting for Manny anyway right?  But give the other guy a fair shake and keep misguided comments like that to yourself.