Born in 19th century Canada to rich plantation owners, James Howlett grows into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Logan", which is the last name of the plantation groundskeeper, Thomas Logan and his son Dog. Logan leaves the colony and lives for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of his Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, he is ushered into a Canadian military unit. Logan then spends some time in Madripoor, developing his "Patch" persona; before settling in Japan, where he marries and has a son. Source: Wikipedia.com
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wolverine - Origins Trailer
2009 will bring us Wolverine - Origins, the story of the X-Men baddass, how it all began for this troubled hero. And why he is always in a foul mood. One of my top 5 favorite comic super heroes along with Batman, Spiderman, Flash and Iron Man... And my top favorite mutant, "Adamantium Claws Pops Out" cashingg...
Born in 19th century Canada to rich plantation owners, James Howlett grows into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Logan", which is the last name of the plantation groundskeeper, Thomas Logan and his son Dog. Logan leaves the colony and lives for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of his Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, he is ushered into a Canadian military unit. Logan then spends some time in Madripoor, developing his "Patch" persona; before settling in Japan, where he marries and has a son. Source: Wikipedia.com
Born in 19th century Canada to rich plantation owners, James Howlett grows into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Logan", which is the last name of the plantation groundskeeper, Thomas Logan and his son Dog. Logan leaves the colony and lives for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of his Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, he is ushered into a Canadian military unit. Logan then spends some time in Madripoor, developing his "Patch" persona; before settling in Japan, where he marries and has a son. Source: Wikipedia.com
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
EoaX Header Evolution
This blog has been up since March of 2006, and from the K2 Black Template it initially came from has evolved numerous times since, the K2 Black template has been pulled out of the Blogger Templates Directory, but you can use it's alter ego K2 template because they're basically the same. Now I have a new lay out, probably not the last time I will rework this blog, so until then allow me to take you down memory lane, and witness the evolution of the themes with the remains of what this site used to crown itself with.
"a revolution in evolution"
The first header I made for this blog came from a picture taken of me and my friends during our roadtrip to Pagudpud, we visited a place called "Sand Dunes of Ilocos" where the picture was taken. Made up of composite images, simple type effects and filters rendering light effects. I was going for broody on the borderline of being Gothic.
"EoaX the gothic revival"
For my second header I went all the way Gothic, it's an image of an angel with ripped wings I found on the net, I would like to thank whoever uploaded it but I can't remember where I got it from, so I'll just say "thank you for this image and I really like your work." I used some tribal brushes I downloaded from brusheezy.com as accent and added some gradient styles for the text effect. For the theme I reused the original K2 Black color scheme of black and blue.
"Heath Ledger's "the joker" tribute"
As a tribute to The Dark Knight's "The Joker" (Heath Ledger's performance is a classic even if he did not live long enough to appreciate it. R.I.P. come to think of it his demise didn't make it more convincing dead or alive it's the best I've seen in awhile.) I got the image from deviant art's joker collection. This is a parody to "Why so serious?" line of the joker. As the contents of the blog started to turn for the morbidly serious concept reflecting the situations I was going through at the time.
That's it for now, this new lay out would probably evolve in a different direction, but as far as I'm concerned since it's already December of 2008 it's safe to assume that it will remain the same until the coming year. Give or take a few add-on's here and little bit there. Until my next post, thank you for coming. Don't forget to comment.
"a revolution in evolution"
The first header I made for this blog came from a picture taken of me and my friends during our roadtrip to Pagudpud, we visited a place called "Sand Dunes of Ilocos" where the picture was taken. Made up of composite images, simple type effects and filters rendering light effects. I was going for broody on the borderline of being Gothic.
"EoaX the gothic revival"
For my second header I went all the way Gothic, it's an image of an angel with ripped wings I found on the net, I would like to thank whoever uploaded it but I can't remember where I got it from, so I'll just say "thank you for this image and I really like your work." I used some tribal brushes I downloaded from brusheezy.com as accent and added some gradient styles for the text effect. For the theme I reused the original K2 Black color scheme of black and blue.
"Heath Ledger's "the joker" tribute"
As a tribute to The Dark Knight's "The Joker" (Heath Ledger's performance is a classic even if he did not live long enough to appreciate it. R.I.P. come to think of it his demise didn't make it more convincing dead or alive it's the best I've seen in awhile.) I got the image from deviant art's joker collection. This is a parody to "Why so serious?" line of the joker. As the contents of the blog started to turn for the morbidly serious concept reflecting the situations I was going through at the time.
That's it for now, this new lay out would probably evolve in a different direction, but as far as I'm concerned since it's already December of 2008 it's safe to assume that it will remain the same until the coming year. Give or take a few add-on's here and little bit there. Until my next post, thank you for coming. Don't forget to comment.
Friday, September 26, 2008
A beautiful mind and a restless soul...
Serendipity brought you to me, I've never felt so lucky before our paths crossed
I wasn't even looking, yet there you were and I was never the same after
Like rain to end a drought you drenched me with a feeling of being whole,
giving me wings to soar, and explore the life that I thought was already complete.
You think too much and it drives you and the people around you insane
yet I find it interesting how you contradict everything, even your own thoughts.
But on a good day you overwhelm me with your generosity and your understanding,
you spread happiness like a rash and your smile can slow down time to a halt.
When you dream you dream big and I look forward to every adventure that I let you
drag me in to, even when your dreams make my life a nightmare there's no place I'd rather be.
You give me strength to be a better person, and you're the only one who can make a monster
out of me, but without you there wouldn't be any reason for me to feel happiness or sadness.
You are the one, my dearest one, the last piece of my puzzle,
you are my thorn as well as my crown, you can't have one without the other.
you cause unimaginable pain, and the most glorious experience I've ever known
I will always love your beautiful mind... and take long walks with your restless soul...
I wasn't even looking, yet there you were and I was never the same after
Like rain to end a drought you drenched me with a feeling of being whole,
giving me wings to soar, and explore the life that I thought was already complete.
You think too much and it drives you and the people around you insane
yet I find it interesting how you contradict everything, even your own thoughts.
But on a good day you overwhelm me with your generosity and your understanding,
you spread happiness like a rash and your smile can slow down time to a halt.
When you dream you dream big and I look forward to every adventure that I let you
drag me in to, even when your dreams make my life a nightmare there's no place I'd rather be.
You give me strength to be a better person, and you're the only one who can make a monster
out of me, but without you there wouldn't be any reason for me to feel happiness or sadness.
You are the one, my dearest one, the last piece of my puzzle,
you are my thorn as well as my crown, you can't have one without the other.
you cause unimaginable pain, and the most glorious experience I've ever known
I will always love your beautiful mind... and take long walks with your restless soul...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What we've got here is failure to communicate
It amazes me sometimes to know that educated people can still be so naive, giving in to their emotions like giving in to their cravings for food or vices, not knowing or realizing or blatantly ignoring the fact that their actions have consequences. To know that you've done something wrong is a way to be educated by life that you wouldn't receive from any expensive academic program. And to ignore this and not take any responsibilities is the way of those who were sheltered from the tragedies of our existence.
I pity anyone who could go on living their lives as if it revolves around them, Like everything that's happening around is their fault or was caused to make their lives miserable. I know a sure way of finding out if this is true for anyone who doubts this. Try to kill yourself and see if the world would stop on it's tracks to remember you. Your family may stop their regular routine, for a week! And your friends might remember you from time to time, but the sun will still shine in the east every morning and set in the west whether you're here or trapped in your own personal misery.
Sometimes you just have to admit you're wrong and be human enough to take responsibilities about all your decisions otherwise you have to justify your actions and defend your ideas. I'm very sad and frustrated to the point of being enraged at how some people just burst into your life like a disaster who would have the guts to try to steal everything that's important to you but are afraid to stand up for themselves.
I think it's because deep inside they were all just delusions, everything they thought is true are just a product, not even, more likely a residue of a compact community that created all their insecurities which feed on the innocent whom they exploit because "THEY" think that's how smart people do it...
Shheesshh... If you think I'm talking to you It's because I am. You may not want to hear this but you need to, and be thankful that I'm giving you a piece of my mind for free because being a pain in the ass that you are almost cost me the rest of my life...
And finally if you're bored get a hobby or read a book and be enlightened don't bother watching those cheap teeny bopper love story movies that only makes you dumber than you already are. Life is more serious than how you came to know it so try to see that there is always more to it than what you already know... learn some more and move on... enjoy your life, I'm not glad to have played a bit part in it, but you left me no choice... but this is definitely the end.
I pity anyone who could go on living their lives as if it revolves around them, Like everything that's happening around is their fault or was caused to make their lives miserable. I know a sure way of finding out if this is true for anyone who doubts this. Try to kill yourself and see if the world would stop on it's tracks to remember you. Your family may stop their regular routine, for a week! And your friends might remember you from time to time, but the sun will still shine in the east every morning and set in the west whether you're here or trapped in your own personal misery.
Sometimes you just have to admit you're wrong and be human enough to take responsibilities about all your decisions otherwise you have to justify your actions and defend your ideas. I'm very sad and frustrated to the point of being enraged at how some people just burst into your life like a disaster who would have the guts to try to steal everything that's important to you but are afraid to stand up for themselves.
I think it's because deep inside they were all just delusions, everything they thought is true are just a product, not even, more likely a residue of a compact community that created all their insecurities which feed on the innocent whom they exploit because "THEY" think that's how smart people do it...
Shheesshh... If you think I'm talking to you It's because I am. You may not want to hear this but you need to, and be thankful that I'm giving you a piece of my mind for free because being a pain in the ass that you are almost cost me the rest of my life...
And finally if you're bored get a hobby or read a book and be enlightened don't bother watching those cheap teeny bopper love story movies that only makes you dumber than you already are. Life is more serious than how you came to know it so try to see that there is always more to it than what you already know... learn some more and move on... enjoy your life, I'm not glad to have played a bit part in it, but you left me no choice... but this is definitely the end.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
A Storm is Brewing
Hold on? or let go, how do we know when the time is up? That we've exhausted all our resources as human beings to absorb emotional conflicts? There are certain things in life that once broken can never be fixed, an emotional death is like the real death when it passes it can never come back. No reason or logic can be sufficient for us to understand this, all I know is that the effects on each individual is different and I may not be an expert on this but I am suffering from it. And all I have is this space to share my sorrow, I'm in mourning... I'm angry... enraged... I feel betrayed and there is nothing I can do about it but go on... live my life like nothing is wrong, because it can never be right ever again.
Why me? I'm not special I'm just a regular person and just like everyone else I'm not equipped to face the storm that is brewing inside of me. We all suffer from feelings like happiness, love, anger and hate, I have the three except happiness. I will never be complete again, the void that this created is too big to be filled up by time unless I live to be more than a hundred. And who wants that!?
I guess it is time, for me to give back to life what I have taken from it, it's been a great ride. I'm not saying that I wont do it all over again because that's what we do with life we live through it, despite all the nasty things that happens to us while were alive even if it means being a living dead. Eat, Sleep, Go to Work, Have Fun and Suffer...
I did not invite you here, but if you happen to be passing by, Welcome to my Emotional Funeral...
As the closest person who have contact with my emotions, I have a few things to say about it before I let it rest in peace...
My emotion was always fragile as long as I can remember, we had good times together, we played a lot as kids sharing my innocence, getting into fights, making new friends... During my teens it got complicated, always angry and resentful of everything we do or done to us, trying to take charge of me so I let it bully me for awhile. As we got older it learned to mellow out, it found a new life so to speak and we were happy and content. It was the good times for us. I thought we will be together for the rest of my life. But it got sick somehow and it's all my fault, we agreed to never invest on any one thing, because that's how you get emotional cancer with disappointments. That was how we did it after we gained more understanding of life we never give out everything to be protected, so that if we lose on one thing we still have a few left that we can allow to grow. But one day I convinced my emotion that life is all about risks and it wouldn't be living if were always playing it safe. We needed to be strong and let go of our fears. That's how it got sick, because of me... I shared my emotions to the last person I thought would harm it. But I'm not sorry because my emotion lived a full life and found happiness before it was taken from me. My tears no longer has a taste, we are here to say goodbye to my emotion and as a parting gift I will leave you the flavor of my tears so that wherever you may roam you will have a piece of me with you. No more suffering you are free from all feelings, and though in time I may fill the void that you will leave it would never be enough for me to forget you, it would never be enough for me to be complete. Thank You I'm letting you go.
And to all who came, welcome to the winter of my discontent...
Why me? I'm not special I'm just a regular person and just like everyone else I'm not equipped to face the storm that is brewing inside of me. We all suffer from feelings like happiness, love, anger and hate, I have the three except happiness. I will never be complete again, the void that this created is too big to be filled up by time unless I live to be more than a hundred. And who wants that!?
I guess it is time, for me to give back to life what I have taken from it, it's been a great ride. I'm not saying that I wont do it all over again because that's what we do with life we live through it, despite all the nasty things that happens to us while were alive even if it means being a living dead. Eat, Sleep, Go to Work, Have Fun and Suffer...
I did not invite you here, but if you happen to be passing by, Welcome to my Emotional Funeral...
As the closest person who have contact with my emotions, I have a few things to say about it before I let it rest in peace...
My emotion was always fragile as long as I can remember, we had good times together, we played a lot as kids sharing my innocence, getting into fights, making new friends... During my teens it got complicated, always angry and resentful of everything we do or done to us, trying to take charge of me so I let it bully me for awhile. As we got older it learned to mellow out, it found a new life so to speak and we were happy and content. It was the good times for us. I thought we will be together for the rest of my life. But it got sick somehow and it's all my fault, we agreed to never invest on any one thing, because that's how you get emotional cancer with disappointments. That was how we did it after we gained more understanding of life we never give out everything to be protected, so that if we lose on one thing we still have a few left that we can allow to grow. But one day I convinced my emotion that life is all about risks and it wouldn't be living if were always playing it safe. We needed to be strong and let go of our fears. That's how it got sick, because of me... I shared my emotions to the last person I thought would harm it. But I'm not sorry because my emotion lived a full life and found happiness before it was taken from me. My tears no longer has a taste, we are here to say goodbye to my emotion and as a parting gift I will leave you the flavor of my tears so that wherever you may roam you will have a piece of me with you. No more suffering you are free from all feelings, and though in time I may fill the void that you will leave it would never be enough for me to forget you, it would never be enough for me to be complete. Thank You I'm letting you go.
And to all who came, welcome to the winter of my discontent...
Friday, August 29, 2008
eXsite Thing Concepts
eXsite Thing Concepts or simply Xsite is my latest online portfolio... This is also my first attempt to get on the web 2.0 bandwagon. I used different shades of green and black as the main theme color, its glossy and utilizes the reflection effect on the background elements. This is where you can view my past projects and get to know a little bit about me. Online portfolios are very important to all web designers and developers, this is how a prospective client would decide if they like your style of work before hiring you.
According to Sean Hodge in an article for smashingmagazine.com,
"Your portfolio is the showcase of your work, your skills and your potential for your future employers. The more time and effort you dedicate for a usable and nice-looking design, the higher are your chances for getting better account balance in the end of the month. So how can you make sure your portfolio is better than the portfolios of your competitors? How can you point employer’s attention to your works?" (more...)
I have seen a lot of excellent portfolios out there and here is my top 3 in no particular order
ali tabatabae's portfolio
n.design studio
jeremy zevin portfolio
Friday, July 11, 2008
Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008 - vote for xzykho
I found this photo contest through "The Master Rapper" FrancisM's multiply site A Free Mind (one of the links in my celebrity blogs found at the right hand side navigation menu) and it got my curiosity and my undivided attention as well. So I decided to check it out just to see what the fuzz was all about. And the more I browsed the more I liked what they are offering, 15,000 pounds to the winner, not bad considering that you don't have to pay for anything, all you need to do is create an account and you're in. I know this is a long shot but what the heck it's time for me to display some of the images I captured with a Sony Cybershot camera. And maybe if I win I would be able to afford a fancy Digital SLR with telescopic lens and be a professionol photo hobbyist. Anyway you guys can check out my portfolio (still in the early population stages, I'm still trying to look for some quality shots) at http://poty2008.dcmag.co.uk/ or click on the link title that can be found at the bottom of this entry and look for Competition Categories near the bottom of the page, click on any of the ff. links people & portraits, animals, dusk to dawn and search for my DC member ID: xzykho, (what else!?) don't forget to click vote ok!? vote for Mr. Francis M too, his member ID is Superproxy and he has some really interesting shots. And since you're already in because you need to sign up to vote why not join the contest yourself and send me your ID's so I could vote for you. Isn't that sweet? The more the many-er, right? Spread the word, tell all your friends...
Be sure to check out my blogs every know and again for any updates, promos and my rants... http://www.xzykho.blogspot.com until then... PEACE!
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Sluggish, Squirmish, Slime
To celebrate my updated header, I need to write something today but I can't think of anything interesting that would commemorate this exciting day. I find my creative juices flowing when I'm sad but I'm nowhere near my melancholic self, not that life has shined on me I'm kinda drifting to nowhere slowly. Its like being in a dream where your mind tells you that you're running real fast but you're not getting anywhere and you wake up exhausted. I accepted a promotion at work a few months ago that would require me to be responsible for a few graphic designers with a very high profile account and be transferred to the graveyard shift, I thought that it would somehow ease my financial problems but the management put a fast one on me so now I totally lost all interest with my work in general.
On the lighter side of life the Chinese New Year has come and gone, "Kung Hei Fat Choi" to all our Chinese friends out there and welcome to the year of the Earth Rat, leave it to the Chinese to find our infamous rodents and sometimes a symbol of disease and plagues very human, they say that people born in an Earth Rat are said to be logical realists, shrewd, charming, ambitious, and inventive. If only people could learn from this and use these qualities to make life better and peaceful. The world is not getting along and it's getting tiresome.
Famous people born in the Year of the Rat : Charlotte Bronte, Truman Capote, Catherine I, Prince Charles, Sasha Cohen, Eminem, Peter the Great, Mata Hari, Scarlett Johansson, Wolfgang Mozart, Plato, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, George Washington (source: chiff.com)
On a more personal note my high school batch is stirring up some old dust to prepare for our first grand reunion since we graduated in the summer of 1990. Although I am not that excited to see old familiar faces for undetermined reasons I am interested to see where this is all going. Kudos to the unofficial committee headed by my friends Mrs. Cecilia Garcia-Andool and Jay "Botong" Isidro. Nice work guys.
It's funny how life deals us with some very high highs, and some very low lows, it makes life interesting and worth living but only when you're looking back and reminiscing, usually when you're having so much fun you tend to overlook being thankful for all the blessings you are enjoying and then you never think about it when you're dealing with the worst time of your life, all you do is complain and feel sorry for yourself and alone in your misery. Maybe that's the reason why we have this mediocre moments when nothing really good or bad is happening to you. But you should always be prepared because it's a vicious cycle and you'll be riding this roller coaster of life as long as you're breathing and your mind is filled with hopes and dreams. So don't mind our dear old friend misery when it comes to hangout, it will always be seeking your company because you are the only one who could make it into something else.
On the lighter side of life the Chinese New Year has come and gone, "Kung Hei Fat Choi" to all our Chinese friends out there and welcome to the year of the Earth Rat, leave it to the Chinese to find our infamous rodents and sometimes a symbol of disease and plagues very human, they say that people born in an Earth Rat are said to be logical realists, shrewd, charming, ambitious, and inventive. If only people could learn from this and use these qualities to make life better and peaceful. The world is not getting along and it's getting tiresome.
Famous people born in the Year of the Rat : Charlotte Bronte, Truman Capote, Catherine I, Prince Charles, Sasha Cohen, Eminem, Peter the Great, Mata Hari, Scarlett Johansson, Wolfgang Mozart, Plato, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, George Washington (source: chiff.com)
On a more personal note my high school batch is stirring up some old dust to prepare for our first grand reunion since we graduated in the summer of 1990. Although I am not that excited to see old familiar faces for undetermined reasons I am interested to see where this is all going. Kudos to the unofficial committee headed by my friends Mrs. Cecilia Garcia-Andool and Jay "Botong" Isidro. Nice work guys.
It's funny how life deals us with some very high highs, and some very low lows, it makes life interesting and worth living but only when you're looking back and reminiscing, usually when you're having so much fun you tend to overlook being thankful for all the blessings you are enjoying and then you never think about it when you're dealing with the worst time of your life, all you do is complain and feel sorry for yourself and alone in your misery. Maybe that's the reason why we have this mediocre moments when nothing really good or bad is happening to you. But you should always be prepared because it's a vicious cycle and you'll be riding this roller coaster of life as long as you're breathing and your mind is filled with hopes and dreams. So don't mind our dear old friend misery when it comes to hangout, it will always be seeking your company because you are the only one who could make it into something else.
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