You need to be more dominating, Mr. Fitzpatrick

so i was being erky and sick, when the 'ol gtalk thingo pops up in the corner of my screen and sharky goes

Sharky: how is you feel now?

The Al: sick

Sharky: you look like harry potter in your pic

the memories that brought back! there was a time when i couldn't walk down the street without people saying something along those lines. oh wait, that was yesterday. is not that i mind, well, not that much.

it's just it's not true!

i look nothing like Daniel Radcliffe at all!

or for that matter, the character in the books :P

so to reinforce this fact, i went and googled Daniel Radcliffe. man, he's cut up now aye? also, you may want to turn safe search on, i got a few pictures that will be forever burned into my mind now. such as Danny boy with a horse...and no pants on. i mean, i know he wanted to go and do something different to get himself out of that whole Potter cast type, but seriously. Equus? Equus!?

anyways, a long time ago in Bethlehem (September of '06) i did a comic which actually was pretty similar to the above rant.

here is the link

and here is the comic, redone in awesome full color!

i like to think that my art has come along quite a bit in the past few years...of course there is still a huge amount left for improvement, it's just nice to see the difference that i've made over time.

also, here is what is on albies shirt:

Am i going to get in trouble for this?

i's sick...like errrrky sick, and i have insomnia. so what do i decide to do? try and Che Guevara-ize (an actual term, go tell your friends!) everyones favorite commodore. i was toying with the idea of making two crossed clubs on his beret, but he ended up looking like a pirate. which was not the intention, so i stuck with the traditional star.

this has probably been done before, so put the links in the comments aye :P

also, i would so totally wear that t-shirt.

Edit: yesh, i have changed the picture, which is the same in theory but different in practice.

Its all a bit metaphysical innit

yah, so's i've been trying out some different approaches to drawing. mostly with color and how its applied, and the relationships between different hues.

so i've got the newest Death Cab for Cutie album. To me, it sounds basically like more of the same from them. That's not a bad thing, mind you, it's just nothing new. I really like the sound that they have anyway.

today i went to the University of the South Pacific. it was an adventure in which i attempted to find out if i could attend a class or two. i'm very late, i know. i also needed to go to that side of town anyways, as my uncle had asked me to pick up some tickets for his family for the secondary schools show that is going on tonight.

so i showed up, told em who i was, and got sent backstage. my only piece of information was that i had to see a man named Eiglesi, and that he would have the tickets for my uncle. standing in the wings, i saw a lady with a walkie talkie, who looked like she knew what she was doing, and therefore probably know this mysterious Eiglesi.

Albert: excuse me, i'm looking for Eiglesi, d'you know where he is?

Walkie Talkie Lady: yeah, he's on stage.

Albert: oh, will be coming off anytime soon? which one is he?

Walkie Talkie Lady: he's the conductor.

so i basically had to wait for the whole show to finish before i got to get the tickets. wasn't a chore or anything though, seeing as how the show was actually pretty entertaining.

after that, it was to town to have lunch with the John and the Lawrence, and then to apply for a job at village 6. yes. i applied for a job. in the service industry. if i get this job, the blog can only keep getting better.

finally, Wilson gave me acts one and two of Dr. Horribles sing-along blog. it's...amazingly funny, and also pretty deep. act 3 is out already apparently, and i must get my filthy mitts on it! i must!

Wish you were here

photoshop and world of warcraft, my two favorite games.

you want to see a magic trick?

so, the dark knight aye? twas amazing.

now i'm not a die-hard batman fan. i appreciate the batman, and what his appeal is. i mean, he doesn't have any superpowers, in a world when men can fly, set themselves on fire, and create forcefields with an energy ring. yet batman is the one who pulls the justice league out of the fire more often than not. he's the man.

the movie was...well, you watch it and you don't think, "this is a superhero movie". if it didn't have a man in a batsuit it would be a detective film, y'know? at the end of the day though, i didn't leave the cinema thinking, man, batman is awesome. i left thinking, my god, the joker is crazy.

he steals the show. every single scene he is in is memorable, he has such stage presence, he does. Heath Ledger deserves a post-humous oscar for it, no doubt about it. in fact, if he doesn't get one, i will be very upset. i have never seen such energy and effort put into a role like the jokers. at the end of the day, he's batmans foil, he's anarchy personified where batman represents justice and redemption.

it's just such a shame that Christian Bale is a poor batman, not the worst batman though ( i still think that honor goes to George Clooney...uuurgggh) . that. voice. is. terrible. honestly, i wanted to give him a cough drop. clear your throat when you talk Mr. Bale! then maybe people will understand you!

Michael Caine and Aaron Eckhart were also amazing, as was Gary Oldman. in fact, just about everyone in the movie was amazing, except for Christian Bale. ah well, he tried >_<

i watched the movie twice on thursday, the day it was released. once with Lawrence, The Griff and John, and the second time with Ronron, The Griff and Arjay. and it was even better the second time. watch this movie.

also notice how i tried not to spoil the movie for you, why would i do that? you need to experience it for yourself!

Sometimes i just want to set the world on Fire

life is hard. if there's one thing i've learned, so far it's got to be that. sometimes it seems you've got no control, and there is absolutely no way you can make everyone happy. this may be an angry post...just letting you know.

i just, hate the fact that things have turned out the way they are. i realize that i have to deal with it, i know. i can't get around that fact that my dad isn't around to guide me anymore, or that i don't have a job, or that i have become a huge monetary burden on my family. well...my mother. on some days it fluctuates, some days i hate the fact that i don't have a job, that I'm wasting time drawing and playing videogames and mucking around with people, and some days I'm just filled with indifference.

i want to blame it on hormones, i want to blame it on my age, and inexperience but i know I'm smarter than that. well...i like to think i'm smarter than that. is this as painful to write as it is to read?

i hate Fiji's economy. i really do, i hate the fact that i can't get a job drawing pictures for people, or selling comics. god...i sound whiny don't i?

so now I'm 19. i don't have the luxury of saying , oh, i'm only 18 now. now i have to officially be an adult, so to speak.

i hate not having any answers for the hard questions.

because i haven't drawn a comic for a while

i thought i'd write this one out :)