Everyone Else Does it....

After posting several poems, mostly to de with love, and unrequited love at that, I think it's time for a change of topic...


I am, by nature, a person with a great sense of justice. It irks me to see injustice being done and can't sit still when I see someone doing something 'wrong' right in front of me. Be it dumping trash on the corridor, smoking in public places, eating inside the train or other petty things.

That's one of the reasons why I sometimes get into arguments with some of my friends. I just can't keep my mouth shut when I know that they or someone close to them are doing something legally or ethically wrong. But then again, isn't it our duty as a person and as a friend to do just that?
This is also the reason why I seldom watch the news.


Back in the late 90's, I wrote a short story entitled 'The Face in the Mirror' for an essay writing contest. Of course it was technically disqualified for not being an essay, but I didn't care since I just felt writing and passing it back then. It dealt about our young generations' angst against the present government and their habit of blaming their elders for the mistakes that have happened in the past, without them realizing that they themselves are also guilty for the sins of omission -- not doing the right thing. (I got a special price from one of the judges though, she said she was touched by the story.)

When you see someone being bullied, do you stand up for that person?
If you saw a child take small change from his or her parent's purse, would you just shrug, smile and say 'what a clever child'.
If you witnessed a crime, would you simply turn away?

Sad to say though, with all the 'wrong' all around us, nothing we say or do seem to make a difference anymore. People simply view them as something everybody else does, and thus, consider them normal, saying 'everyone else is doing it anyway'.

Just because everyone else does something 'wrong' does it justify it as 'right'?

If you know that something is inappropriate, would you still do it just because everyone else does?

Frustrations on Paper?

Yup.
I admit, most of the stuff I make are squishy love sick stuff  >.<

I myself don't understand why because I have never been really in love back when I was is high school. Sure there were a couple... ok, several crushes here and there (mostly celebrities, obviously) but no serious stuff. I was the type of person who thinks that being tied to someone would just be too much of a hassle.

Who wants to be tied up in some commitment when there are so many things you can do without some wet blanket tagging along and telling you how to behave?


Plus, all my money went to books, toys, junk food and other stuff I really enjoy :D
No planning for dates, no expensive gifts for that special someone, no flashy clothes and accessories to keep your partner interested. Nope all that stuff was nothing for me. I don't need em, just give me my books and my toys to play with and I'm a happy puppy.


So I guess all the romance I should have given to some guy all went to writing stories...
Thus the mushy stuff -__-


But hey, It's not only love poems that I write you know, I mean, I was even called 'psycho' once because of some of the gory things I drew and was even called 'William' after making a tragic 'Romeo and Juliet' like comic. gehehe...


Some of them are just for fun too, just like this short composition I wrote for a band story I was creating before...


~o~

I wake up late everyday
and spend the day by the tube
watchin' the world go round and round
watchin' time pass me by


By the tube
By the tube
By the tube


~o~


... from some couch potato who's head's been messed up too far by television
geheheh....


More poems from the Band in the poetry section :)
(mostly love songs)
Check 'em out

Kap'rat'so'ng Utak

I've added the first 2 poems in the poetry section and realized I could only make 1 post for the whole page -__-
I decided to place the poems one by one and add short descriptions to it as I see fit.


Most of these stuff were written YEARS ago - way back when I was in high school so this is gonna be some helluva trip back to mem'ry lane...

hmm.... reminiscing the past now and then ain't that bad ^__^

Stuff to Ponder while doing (almost) Nothing

Still trying to figure out how best to make a comic book blog...
and thus I wasn't able to post anything for 2 days.

Actually one of the reasons behind me not posting is because of these work-at-home sites a friend shared to me recently. I am currently a bum thus I have lots of time to click stuff and get paid for it... hehehe
The pay's never that big though, but it's a way to past time...
I recently found one I actually enjoyed since I like to read, it's called 'Readbud' where you read articles and get to rate them.

Check it out if you you like...
www.readbud.com

Anyway, think I'll post some old stuff in the Poetry section first :D
I'll include the story behind it and other stuff I was into while I was writing them so just check them out at the poetry page.


enjoy!

An Introduction . . .

First off, let me tell you about myself. My friend had a point when she said that bloggers are vain, so let's get this over with.

My name is Gem Vecino. I have used several pen names which include Death, Shinoto Shrine (is that even a name?), Al or Psynoid Al, Bangag, and annaNmousse.

I am a member of the independent comic group called Okami-Kitsune since late 2001. Though the group is a little bit more underground right now, the members still meet every once in a while and are planning to release a new title in the (not so near) future.

I first started making komiks in 1990. It featured our dogs Lucky and Gingleas well s our childhood friends as the main characters and tackles issues like child abuse and animal cruelty. Now that I think of it, I never thought I could write something like that back then, I just thought it was 'fun'.

Lucky the Wonder Dog, 1990

It wasn't till mid '96 when I continued making more comics. It was in the boom of the Sailormoon anime series that I decided to turn a story (novel actually) I was writing into a comic book. It was called "Moonlight Eclipse". The story was about a secret organization of vigilantes with special powers who were all studying in a school called Tomoe University.

Moonlight Eclipse book II: Death and Death's Sword 

book 2 part 8

I have written most of my stories around that first one. All the characters are students of the said university and are either members of the secret organization or simple students in the school.

There are more or less 70 stories in my head, I think I've started about 30 of them... I think.... and finished less than half... ehehehe...

So what is this blog for exactly?

A friend said I could post my works here, so here I am!
I could at least tell myself that I HAVE to post it if people are actually reading them.
So.... only problem is how to post them in the first place LOL

will try posting shortly...

Welcome to p@n works

I can no longer recall how many times I've created a site, blog, or community network (or what ever they're called) just for one purpose -- to post my stories online.

Every time I do so I almost always either find something more important to do (usually work), or my pc or some other peripheral gets busted.

It's like heaven never intended me to post them online or maybe some bizarre hidden organization is stopping other people to read them O_o

Well, what ever the reason, this is and WILL be the new "p@n works" site featuring stories, artworks, comics and other crafts by yours truly.

This time I've got new determination (hopefully) and plenty of free time, so check back often as I post poems, stories, comic strips and artworks in days to come.
signed,

psynoid al

Gem Vecino