Top 10

1.  Batman Begins (the definitive Batman film with Christian Bale as the best ever Bruce Wayne/Batman, the film also has strong support all around, especially from Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and future star Cillian Murphy, who plays the creepy Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow)

2.  Spider-Man 2 (the best of the 3 Spidey films…..by far)

3.  Sin City (near perfect rendering of Frank Miller’s gritty graphic novel)

4.  The Crow (brooding goth classic with Brandon Lee’s final performance in a stylish-looking Blade Runner-esque Hell)

5.  V for Vendetta (The Wachowski Brothers surprisingly good adaption of Alan Moore’s graphic novel, with a …

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Spartan Cosplay Anime Expo 2007

I’m so sad that Anime Expo is finally over.  It’s one of those events that I had such a blast because everybody there is into the same shit as you (that’s if you like anime of course.)  My Spartan cosplay outfit made it in time for AX 2007.  I had my 2 other friends, Andy and Steve, dressed up as Spartans with me on Friday.  One of them, Andy, I had drama with (long story, but let’s just say his brother Denny is a dipshit who would take his own brother’s girl), so it dropped to …

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There are 2 main important thing for me to be a Spartan.  The 1st one is the body(still working on that one =P), and the outfit.  It’s jam time for me since Anime Expo is in one more week.  A Spartan is no Spartan without his gear.  Each Spartan back then built their own armor and each would have their own unique style to it.  The most coolest thing about a Spartan would have to be the helm.

I started off with cardboard to shape the helm.

Coated it with fiberglass for toughness.

Covered it with Apoxie Sculpt for texture.

And …

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I knew a movie can get me off my ass to go workout. But it’s not just any movie. It’s 300! Anybody who’s seen it knows how much the Spartans tore shit up. It wasn’t until April 15th that I found this book, “Burn the Gat, Keep the Muscle” by Tom Venuto, that pushed me further to workout. And ever since, I’ve been working out and eating right (gotta get that six-pack!!!). I’ve been slacking off recently, but I’m still aiming for that path. So far, as of June 11th, I’ve lost 20 lbs (about less than 2 months).

I also …

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