I’m not going to lie, this year was kind of crappy for me. Went through a lot of stressful periods, with many times where I was certain the future didn’t hold anything good for me. I lost a lot of academic and financial security, both of which at more than one point threatened to prevent my graduating on time, in addition to other long term problems.

Thankfully, things are back on the up-and-up, and there have been a lot of things to keep me from going insane along the way. The company of friends, online included, some things to voice act, new games ranging to fantastic to overrated to awful, some new, fun cartoons, lots of less new cartoons getting better with every new episode, with lots more of everything mentioned on the horizon.

How next year will turn out is still unknown, but for now I can at least hope that wont be half as bad as this one. So to all my friends I say “A Happy and Healthy New Year, and good riddance to 2011!”

Everyone I’m following really likes posting pictures. Like…a lot. Nothing wrong with that mind you, but I’m more a “use blog to express thoughts to whoever for relieving stress or catharsis” type.

I suppose I’ll post some funny pictures at some point…but for now I’ll stick to rambling pointless words out of my gob.

Toodles!

May your holidays be bright, merry, economically flamboyant, and surrounded by those that care about you…or at least people willing to put aside their hatred/rivalry with you for a day.

Its back to playing Arkham City for me!

Guys. Guys Guys Guys.

This. This right here:

I got this thing. This thing is AMAZING!!! It is everything made awesome about a fictional world in 147 pages of pure unmitigated awesome!

WRITER FRIENDS: The Lore! The History! The Characters! The 1st person writing and footnotes! Its so well written with so much interesting stuff! GET THIS BOOK!

ARTIST FRIENDS: THE ART! Every other page has a HUGE, breathtakingly awesome sketch or portrait on it! If you have had any interest at all in wanting to draw angels, devils, cool landscapes, or anything in between, you MUST GET THIS BOOK!

DIABLO FRIENDS: IT’S A FRIGGIN DIABLO WIKI MADE BY DECKARD FRIGGIN CAIN. IT IS DIABLO. GET. THIS. FFFFFFFF. BOOK.

BLIZZARD FRIENDS: STOP POINTING YOUR MONEY VACUUM AT ME! I’m already going to get the dang game, Stop giving me amazing things to buy! Bioware wants my money too, don’t be greedy!

If you haven’t guessed by now, this is a pretty entertaining and informative read for any Diablo fan, anyone who likes good artwork, stories, original worlds, etc. Its awesome, and I can’t wait for the actual game to come out.

werewolfmali:

NOW HEAR THIS: I AM A HAPPY DREW CAREY! SAINTS BE PRAISED!

There are many reasons to want to be a kid again: the lack of responsibility, the easy workload, the awesome saturday morning cartoons, etc. Here’s one that many people put lower on the list: being able to stay up all night or wake up super early WITHOUT ANY DRAWBACKS!

Seriously, how did we do it? Think about those Saturday morning cartoons I mentioned: They always started around 8 AM. I always went to sleep around 10-12 PM, sometimes even later when I was little. (don’t blame my parents, I was a “read books under the covers with a flashlight” kid.) But I’d always wake up completely well rested, ready to eat my cheerios and watch some TV. Nowadays I can sleep the exact same hours, but feel like I devolved into a Muk overnight! A Muk with no poison attacks or minimize! (Unless very cranky verbal retorts count.)

Another example: When i was 10, I stayed up a full weekend without sleeping. That’s Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I went to school the next day feeling fine. Maybe a few extra yawns, but fully cognizant, able to perform physical activities, and went to bed that night regularly, as if it never happened. Nowadays I can’t stay up one night without Mr. Brain saying “NO!,” slapping me in the face, punching me in the chest and covering the inside of my eyes with wacky glue.

CURSE YOU FATHER TIME! GIVE ME MY NOCTURNAL SUPERPOWERS BACK! I’M AT THE AGE WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY USE THE EXTRA TIME!

LEWIS CARROLL’D!

Just me reciting one of my favorite poems.

I complain a lot about the club music that permeates the radio sounding exactly the same…because it is.

However, I am not so hypocritical as to not cry “turnabout is fair play.”

Take a listen to these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDrrjbFikKo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Funny how much people don’t seem to realize so much music is made with so little. Still, good for a laugh.

And no, this doesn’t make the stuff on the radio stink any less. Rap isn’t music. its talking fast with a sampled backbeat. Try to at least sound different. Its the effort that counts.

Well hello there tumblr people! (Tumblrs? Tumblings? Tumtums? *shrug*)

So after skipping “tweeting” I’ve decided to once again force myself to get with the times and set up a tumblr for however long its going to be looked at, and use it as a place to show my work, thoughts, recordings, and rantings in front of you, the internet, and the heavens themselves.

For those of you who have stumbled (stumbled? tumblr? God I am a BEACON OF WIT!) upon this humble pseudo-blog with no knowledge of who I am or what I do, my online moniker is Zyggy567 (Sometimes Zyggy for short), and I am a young adult male living my way through life by pursuing my dual dreams of making video games and becoming a professional voice actor!

So far I’m making semi-good progress with both, being one year away from a video games major/electronic arts minor at my college, and having gotten my voice in some flash animations floating around the internet, as well as a few professional voiceover works such as museum recordings and audiobooks for blind people. Still a long way to go though, so I’m always looking for more work. If you have a voice role for your animation, film, game, or what have you, I’m always willing to audition and perform my best if able, so feel free to message me.

With that little plug out of the way, I suppose I’ll take this time to talk about the things I’m enjoying these days so you can get a closer glimpse into the puddle of spilled ginger ale that is me. They are, in no particular order:

1. Video Games. Been loving them since I was 5, so why stop now? No particular genre of games I won’t play and dislike, though survival horror/psychological games like silent hill and amnesia creep me way the hell out (so mission accomplished I guess,) and non-cartoony sports games I won’t go out of my way to play unless a friend wants to. My favorite genre is platformers. (I still consider Banjo-Tooie to be one of the greatest games of all time.) Currently I’m stuck in a big League of Legends kick, which is simultaneously frustrating and so fun I can’t stop, terrible community or no. Also Skyrim has no depth and does nothing to keep you motivated and any game that requires fanmods to make it fun has something SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH IT so go play Fallout instead because its a much better universe with better humor and keeps you much more invested and any glitches it has are usually minor.

2. Cartoons. Anyone who has had any extended conversations with me knows it will inevitably lead to talking about cartoons that were on between the years of 1985 and 2005. I love the majority of the works of old-school Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Afternon, Kids WB and Fox Kids, and still re-watch the majority of them today. No particular favorites, though the works of Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken and the DCAU are the ones that spring to mind most. Currently on TV cartoons are somewhat slim pickings after the nightmarish wave of nothing but live action kids programming, but seems to be on the road to recovery. I’m quite liking Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball, but hope to see more great shows in the future. Also, yes, I watch the new My Little Pony. Its character driven and wonderfully animated with flash and has a fantastic VA cast and is fun to watch for both kids and adults so DEAL WITH IT. Moving on.

3. Anime/Manga. Not much to say about this one. As a kid I liked it for its action, humor, good plots and characters, and as an a adult I like it for…its more adult action, humor, good plots and characters. My palette has evolved to include more mind-trippy and psychological works like Higurashi, Mirai Nikki, Elfen Lied and half the products of Gainax, but I still love the fun-loving, bizarre and action-oriented shows like One Piece, Bobobo, Toriko and the other half of the products of Gainax. Tell me about some manga or anime and I’ll probably read/watch at least a little of it, and continue to do so if I enjoy it.

4. (Web)Comics. Graphic Novels. DC and Marvel, and about 70+ webcomics taking up space on my bookmarks bar, even if some of them have been over for years. I’ve been told that I have weird standards for comics, as evidenced by that aforementioned list which contains things most people will both love and hate, with no comprehension as to how I can like both. So I have varied standards for different genres and in the end am just looking to be entertained. C’est la vie. Moving back to comic books, my favorite hero is Iron Man, my favorite villain the Joker, and I believe Marvel makes better comics while DC makes better animated works. Currently my favorite comic though is All-Star Superman, so there go those varied standards again. Whoops!

5. Voice Acting. If you’ve actually read through everything I’ve said up until now, you probably saw this coming. I’m a big fan of acting in general of course, but seeing as how much I enjoy voiceover work in particular, it makes sense I’d give it a separate category. Not much to say again, I know of the majority of the big names in the business and have even talked with a few of them (all really cool folks,) and incredibly respect and admire them. My favorite is Crispin Freeman. (That man can do anything and make it sound badass!) I’ll probably end up making a few posts regarding my personal “Top 5 Roles” that a lot of them have done. Something for a later time though.

6. Writing/Music. I enjoy reading/listening, and I enjoy writing/composing. Whether you folks will see my work up here I haven’t decided yet. Likewise toward my current likes/dislikes in the current music climate or authors, as well as what writing techniques I enjoy, employ and avoid, as those are a bit more intellectual opinions and would take up considerably more space on this post than the others, so I’ll leave it be for now. For the moment I’ll say when it comes to purely track record and years listened, I’ve enjoyed Third Wave Ska the most, as well as Queen, because its FRIGGIN QUEEN!

Are you still reading this!? Wow, you must either be really interested in me or are having a really slow day. In either case, I’m grateful for the attention. I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about me and I’ll try my best to make these posts less drawn out or more interesting in the future, so until then, take care my future loyal reader!