Does anybody know right now exactly where you are?
Back on the topic of art and video games, Ebert had some point to make, in his blog, about people not all agreeing on one game being a “masterpiece” which is part of his reason for games not being art.
Hey, this is a good debate. It's gotten me thinking and isn't that the point?
When I thought about this point, I thought, “Yeah, he's right.”
But you know what? Show me an artwork by Picasso and I'll say “It's a masterpiece.”
Not because I think it is, but because that's what they taught us in school. So it isn't really a general consensus that these things are masterpieces, it's a few people with a higher social standing saying that they are and that just becoming the accepted reality.
Like that book, the Catcher in the Rye.
Isn't it an amazing story?
No. It isn't. It kind of seems like it's going somewhere and then it doesn't. It's two boring weeks in the life of some dull kid I don't really care about.
I wouldn't describe it as a masterpiece. Maybe some type of brain-rape but not a masterpiece.
I read that entire book, several hours worth of reading time over several weeks which I will never, ever get back. I could've been reading trashy vampire paper-backs in that time.
And it took fourteen times longer than any other book of a similar size because I found the writing style so bad. I already have trouble following and making sense of words, it only gets harder when they're boring words.
The point is, everybody will have a different concept of what constitutes a masterpiece.
Speaking of trashy vampire paper-backs; check this shit out on the Tyra Banks show.
It reminds me of the vampire episode of South Park.
Don't get me wrong, I'm open to people with differing lifestyle choices. I'm even open to the concept of vampirism. However, vampires are fictional. I list my religion on Stalkbook as Therianthropy/Ailuranthropy but the truth is this; Kaori Koneko is a character. A persona I enjoy being in the online realm. I can bring all manner of deep and meaningful into it but the fact of the matter is I'm simply not a cat. Unless I'm dreaming.
I wish that I were. At the same time, I wish more people would explore the possibility of not just humans turning into animals but animals turning into humans. Something to think about.
In terms of vampires, blood seems more like a metaphor. They feed from the life force. I can see vampirism in the mainstream in the form of psy-vampires, where, not so much a niche lifestyle, the majority of people feed off of certain emotions.
Don't you get that, when some people just seem to drain all of your happiness away? Or some people fill you with happiness?
You don't need to wear silly clothing (and that includes the woman who doesn't wear black, she still looked like a hippie) or file your teeth to points, those are merely fashion statements. They can be fun, but there is a time and a place where that type of thing is appropriate.
You also shouldn't ever join a religion based on these things. Especially if they ask for money. Because that is a cult.
You can worship and believe anything you damn want without spending a cent. When an organisation begins asking for money they aren't looking out for your best interests, they are taking advantage of your, well, to put it bluntly, stupidity.
It's easy to get caught up.
So in other news, the other day I accompanied Sabi and p0tetoes to a cosplay photomeet in the city.
It was so much fun. I've been to one photomeet in the past but didn't stick around for long because I'm socially awkward and get bored easily.
It started at Federation Square and then migrated to Melbourne University, as they are on break at the moment and the uni grounds have some amazing scenery for photography.
There were quite a lot of people at the meet. Some were rather... loud. I wonder, was I like that once? On the other hand... most appeared older than myself.
I managed not to have a freak out, which is a plus. Some days it's difficult to go outside at all but I guess being in costume helped, as it is a disguise and having p0tetoes and Sabi there helped too.
We were cosplaying Shinji Ikari, Kaworu Nagisa and Kensuke Aida from Neon Genesis: Evangelion. A series which people who know me well will know is very special to me.
P0tetoes was Kaworu, I was Shinji and Sabi was Kensuke.
P0tetoes is the Kaworu to my Shinji...
Seriously though, don't cosplay Shinji, ever. Unless you want to get molested. A lot.
Photos from the day are viewable, these are by Neil Creek and these are by ianiceboy.
Our costumes were compiled from store purchased items rather than hand-made. We seriously threw them together in less than a week. In the future though, I'd be interested in getting a big group of Evangelion children together. And getting a better Shinji wig.
I had to shorten my trousers by 10cm because as it turns out I'm deceptively small when not wearing shoes with stupidly high heels. It doesn't happen often.
Some of my favourite shots from the day are viewable in the Fanart 05 and Fanart 06 galleries, these were taken by and featuring myself, Sabi and p0tetoes and edited by me.
I put them in fanart because they weren't hand-made.
I got all weird and nostalgic and emotional while editing them. Fun times.
Why is a series which is so depressing so appealing to so many people? Do they see a reflection of themselves? Or of the real world? Is it because it's dirty and gritty and secretly you enjoy watching people suffer (even if they are fictional)? Or is it because you have hope and hold out for a brighter outcome?
I don't know what drew me to it.
I first watched it on television in 1998. It was so appealing, 12 years and several weeks worth of watching, reading and cosplaying later, I still don't know why. Back in '06 p0tetoes and I cosplayed Asuka and Rei at Manifest. I believe that was our first public cosplay. How the times (and genders) have changed!
There's also new work in the SSC 07 gallery and the WebMistress page has been updated.
That's all for today.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 00:25 - Koneko
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Don't point that thing at me unless you plan to shoot.
Get this, that guy who said video/computer games are not art, he seriously took it back.
Admitting that the only experience he has with gaming was a bit of 90's point-and-click adventure such as Myst. He also said that he has no interest in learning more about games and that such things would be better left to somebody else.
You know what?
I can agree with that. I can respect this man.
Because I am no stranger to saying something silly, improperly researched and later on eating my words.
Take last entry for instance, I'm crazy, don't get me wrong, I wholly believe that there should be a child-licence. I also have a strong interest in eugenics. I am neither apologizing nor taking back what was said, I'm just going to re-explain my stance in more detail.
The government's baby bonus is available to most people, most families.
This is entirely personal.
The following is my reasoning for saying the government is encouraging uneducated bogans to breed:
I know a girl, younger than myself, who since finishing high-school has achieved 2 children to different fathers (I still don't think she knows what's causing it), one shot-gun-marriage, a divorce within a year of said marriage and she is in a better financial position than I am.
The government is giving her an income every fortnight to pay for her children. She hasn't pursued any tertiary studies, she hasn't worked, not even unpaid volunteer work and nor does she intend to. At least not in the for-see-able future. Because she has no incentive to do so.
She has two men to mooch off, the father of the first child paying child-support, the father of the second child (for now, until they inevitably break-up) supplying accommodation and the government giving her a fortnightly income. Also paying for much of her children's medical and schooling needs.
Fuck this!
She still lives in the same hick suburb as her parents.
I however, am not eligible for any government funds.
I study full-time and live about 40 minutes away from my parents, because living as far as they are away from my place of study is mind blowingly inconvenient, mostly because there is shit all public transport out there and if I have to drive to the train station I might as well drive the whole way to class.
I'm pissed off because if I crapped out a couple of kids I'd be in a better financial position.
I have no income. At all.
Now, I'm not saying this girl is in a good “life position” not even that she is in a good financial position. Just that she is in a better financial position than me. Because the government doesn't want people to waste their time with lame-ass shit like studying.
Clearly in the long-run she won't be in as good a place, as she will have no education or experience.
Obviously the money is only just enough to keep her and the children alive.
I'm pissed off because I don't even have enough money to keep myself alive.
I know, it's easy, just get a damn job. Which I am trying and would like to do. It would be a lot easier if I wasn't completely terrified of going outside and completely paranoid that everybody secretly hates me.
But at least I'm trying, my life plan isn't to multiply and sit at home eating KFC while watching daytime television.
The reason things like baby bonuses and extra government funding for dependent children are so appealing to the lazy-uneducated is because they're not thinking about the long term.
What they see is free money for having a root.
That money is nothing, with it you can't really afford to go out or to have a nice house, you can hardly afford to feed and clothe the baby, but you can afford cheap beer and fast food and when it comes down to it that's all this is really about.
People who spend rather than save are keeping the economy going, right? For now anyway. Thanks to expansion. We don't want people who plan to have children and save their money accordingly, people who don't drink cheap beer but instead like to drive fancy cars or live in large houses. The main reason for having these people, people with money, is to keep the others from starving.
Can you see my point?
While on the surface it seems like everybody is getting the same or similar deal, they're not, because an intelligent middle-class family isn't going to rely on government funding, because they know it isn't worth it and because they have to pay awkward amounts of tax so tend to be more careful what what they've got. An uneducated, unemployed family will rely on the government however, because they have nothing better to do.
In other news, the gender binary no longer applies to me.
People use sex as a tool to guilt and control others.
If you love me then you will have sex with me.
If you love me then you will not have sex with that other person.
Sex is not love. Sex is sex.
Lust is not love, lust is physical, sexual attraction. Caused mostly by brain chemistry/pheromones.
Love is a profound acceptance and affection for a person. Which can be different depending on your relationship with them, they may be being family, friend, teacher or something else entirely.
Despite face value and the topics frequently explored here at the Asylum, I could happily live in a monogamous asexual relationship, sex is something I could easily do without. Because the way I express love for a person is by doing things for them, such as drawing pictures, writing stories, cooking or making them clothing. I guess that’s kind of childish, but at least there is no guilt or mind games. Just, “I love you so I did this for you.” Not “I love you and therefore desire you physically, so you should desire me too.” Because I don’t. Sex strikes me as simultaneously funny and disgusting.
I have my reasons for feeling this way about sex, hell if you've asked me drunk enough you probably even know them!
A former friend once stated that I was not open-minded if I did not have sex with her. An attempt to control me, using my open-minded nature against me. Needless to say the only thing she achieved was losing a friend after I lost respect for her. Just because you are open minded doesn’t mean you have to act on it in order to prove it to any body else.
I don’t care what anybody does in their own time. Unless it directly affects myself or somebody close to me in an adverse way.
Gender and sexuality really aren’t important to me, if you wanted to define it I would probably be pangendered or pansexual. Or my new favourite; genderqueer. Or any combination of those.
Communication is important, a lot of people don’t get what I am. Hell even I have enough trouble trying to define it. Generally I just don't bring it up at all.
Being romantically involved with a person has often led to confusion and trouble. Because I have great love and affection for many people but am only interested romantically in one.
Being open-minded apparently means being in an open-relationship and having lots of dirty sex. It surprises me how many people are closed minded about what I am when in attempt to discuss it.
But then again, I’m naive.
I recall one occasion trying to tell somebody who always claimed that they were there for me and I could talk to them about anything that was troubling me, I said I was gender confused and you know what? They laughed and said “No, you're not.” And that was the end of it. Well... Basically, fuck you.
But that was a long time ago.
I'm happy with my body. It's fine. I don't want to change it. But some days I dress like a boy and it makes me happy if people aren't sure whether I'm a boy or a girl.
You don't have to like it. You don't even have to accept it. You just have to shut the hell up and stop telling me what I am or am not.
This site was recently drawn to my attention. It's worth a read and the videos are worth a watch.
Politics is annoying. Make sure you do your research before voting this year.
And, since it's happening, make sure you vote in costume, as the election is being held on one of the days of Manifest.
We'll call it a low-energy protest against the government not caring about nerds. Then we can bring up debates about internet censorship and the games ratings in Australia.
I could go on about it.
Perhaps another time, it seems to be all I think about these days.
Updates this time are mostly in the SSC 07.
There is a short written piece included with the newest drawing.
Speaking of drawings, can you believe somebody had the nerve to get wigged out at me for drawing and describing horrible cat-lips? I think it was partially a lack of education on their part, where they didn't actually know, well, anything about cats since you can tell just by looking at them that they have horrible cat lips. And partially they were just more used to seeing anthro characters with human-style mouths/lips.
Where's the fun in that?! If it's going to border on bestiality you have to go all the way!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 23:46 - Koneko
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I feel so much better when I read your dirty letters.
Old news. Lets drag it out of the trash.
Julia Gillard, she got the job by default. Sure, she's female and she's not terribly religious, but her job was essentially given to her by a man, who, at the very least, pretends to be religious.
If she gets voted in in the next election, where the people choose the parties they want, based on the leader, because lets face it, most of us know shit all about our local members, only then will it count.
It is becoming less and less likely that Labor will be receiving my vote. But, I can only speak for myself.
At first I had high hopes for somebody who wasn't Rudd to be running the country.
Unfortunately it turns out she's considering those awful plans for enforced internet censorship.
Yes, good idea, lets take Australia's already shit internet and make it even shittier.
Suppose it's really Conroy's fault. I probably should assassinate that guy.
Claiming that child pornography and criminal websites are readily available suggests a complete lack of education. Blocking access to sites containing information about R rated video games, suicide/euthanasia, racism and porn is stupid. Out of sight out of mind?! Just because you're not looking at it doesn't mean it isn't there however if that's how you feel about it then just stop fucking looking for it!
In order to find things like child porn not only do you have to be looking but more often than not you have to get involved somehow in a group or community who runs it and even then it can take time before you earn their trust and are able to get your greasy paws on whatever nasty business you're after.
I can't help but wonder what the real motive is behind all of this.
It comes across as a distraction, to keep us all focused on this while really they're up to something else entirely.
Anybody who attempts to argue the point is passed of as some type of sex-criminal or pervert (I don't deny it, but that doesn't make it right).
I can't help but feel that perhaps the government wishes to isolate Australia from the rest of the world.
What would that achieve?
I hear war can be good for the economy.
The more isolated a place is, there more conflict there is between that one place and the next place. When they are both as isolated as each other, they both believe themselves to be correct and perfect and so are more inclined to attempt to enforce their beliefs on the other.
I know it's a long-shot but don't rule it out.
A certain amount of paranoia is necessary.
I have no doubt that the Asylum here will probably be blocked and I will probably end up in prison.
Tell me, what exactly constitutes “child pornography”? Many of the characters in the sexually oriented artworks here are in fact, under the age of 18. They're cartoon and the only reason you'd know is by me telling you, but in Australia even cartoon child porn is not legal. I like the part about women with A-cup breasts being illegal too, because they encourage pedophilia. Hey! Porn of me would be illegal because I'm really a 14 year old boy!
How many parents do you know who have naked photos of their young children?
There's nothing sexual about it, in the hands of the parents... usually. Maybe the parents are twists? Maybe the creepy uncle somehow got his hands on the photos? Just because they weren't intended to be sexual in nature doesn't mean somebody won't fap to it anyway. So it's nasty? Not talking about it doesn't make it not happen.
Perhaps it should illegal to take naked photos of children. Or just illegal to take photos of children all together. That would do a better job of curbing child pornography.
I don't mind an optional internet filter. Apparently there was an optional one, which 300 people signed up for. 300 people in the whole country. Those are the only 300 people in the entire country who want an internet filter.
But that's not what this is really about.
This is about fear and control.
A government is supposed to fear the people and work for the people. Sometimes though, they try to turn that around. Keep a close eye on that.
When things become illegal it also tends to create a greater market for them.
I'm feeling paranoid that this government is turning into some form of dictatorship. Run by a small group of close-minded people.
What if you were told that your religion (or lack there of) is wrong and every body was forced to attend the same church?
Bad example. Nevertheless you would be pretty pissed off, but the people who follow it would be all “Heck yeah, I was right! Suck it!”
Dear government,
Please allow me to beat you all into a delightfully bloody paste.
I'd sell it as a video game but it would be R rated so wouldn't be released here because we're all too stupid to tell the difference between a game and the real world.
Then I'd upload the video, taken with your iPhone, to Youtube, but Youtube will be blocked because it's full of lolicon and twincest.
And your mind is sewn up tight shoved so far up your own collective rectum it's bound to come out your mouth at any given moment.
Best regards,
Kaori Koneko
Ps. Love how you're implying that everybody who questions you is a pedophile!
“Will somebody please think of the children!” Your ingenuity never fails to blow my mind.
You know what else?
This countries economy is based on expansion.
Do you know how easy it is for uneducated bogans to breed? Not just easy, many of them, it surprises me they're not infertile. No, they don't just find it easy to breed, they're actively encouraged by the government to breed.
So, these people who are unemployed, uneducated and basically only exist to drag the rest of us down, they're offered special accommodation and deals for housing, they're given extra bonuses and payments for breeding and the more children they have the easier it becomes.
Why is this?
Decent middle-class folk, who work for a living and have an education, they don't get any of these incentives. So on average people are becoming stupider and stupider.
Currently I am being actively discouraged by the government to get an education. TAFE fees have all gone up, a lot. I am not eligible for any government payments, even though I live away from my parents and study full time.
If, however, I got myself knocked up and popped out a couple of kids instead, whole different story! Too bad I'd rather sort out a career first.
This is why there should be a child license.
This is why the economy should be based on something which isn't expansion.
The sole reason for global warming and running out of resources is this; world overpopulation.
Unfortunately, culling people is frowned upon.
Suicide and euthanasia are also frowned upon. Even though you'd be doing the planet a favour. People like to guilt people about suicide.
How unfair is that? “Oh you're in such a bad place right now the only option you can think of is suicide. What a self-centred little bitch you are! Don't you ever think about anybody other than yourself?” Ever wondered, maybe that's the problem? A person spent so much time and effort on everybody else they neglected them self? Now, when they reach out to you for help all you can do is tell them they're a failure and there's nothing wrong and they're only doing it for attention. Wow, you're really supportive aren't you? Now they can't be alive or dead without feeling guilty. I wonder though, if part of the reason is that you feel guilty, so you're seeking a way to make it not your fault, even though you feel like it is.
This is deep shit.
Ah well. Lets lighten the mood.
Scissor Sisters Take Your Mama Out live video. Watch it.
Why?
Singing fucking watermelons.
That's why.
Seriously though, how happy does everyone in that video look? How could you not be? I feel their happiness when I watch it.
Updates; SSC 07, Fanart 05, Clothing and Costumes 08.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 11:18 - Koneko
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If lies were cats you'd be a litter.
I haven't stopped shaking all week. Don't know if it's just cold or if it's something else. I don't feel cold, to me I mean. If you touched my hand you'd probably complain that it's freezing. But that's normal. Hell, you should see my feet, the other day 4 of my toes were so numb, I stuck them in hot water and rubbed them for 20 minutes before the colour returned and it was another 10 before the feeling came back. My feet don't have much feeling anyway so I don't always notice when this happens.
So anyway, was kickin' back drawing some borderline-bestiality and uploading it to the interwebs when I inadvertently stumbled upon a niche-fetish-subculture-furry-offshoot for people who are totally into humanXanthro pairings.
For some bizarre reason, this surprised me. It shouldn't. We all know that everything and anything that can exist does exist and it's online. I've seen plenty of humanXanthro pictures in the past, it just never clicked in my brain that since there are online communities for every conceivable thing there would be one for this.
Anyway, if you watched morning cartoons in the 90's and 00's then this is sure to ruin your fond childhood memories in the best possible way.
Life is good.
While we're on the topic of borderline-bestiality, no shit, for those moments when curiosity gets the better of you in the worst possible way, you can have yourself an animal dildo. Look no further than Zeta Paws. Mostly they seem to feature canine and equine varieties, though there are a few feline, marine and even human types for boring people and my favourite thing, the fantasy section. Oh yes! Ever wanted to fuck a dragon? Well now you can! At least, you can pretend you are. Or rather, being fucked by one, seems to be penises only. Well, tentacles too. The product names blow my mind, take this for instance; the Ruff Daddy. Are you aroused? Plus, for some of the products you can even select the preferred colour! Why?! It's not like you're going to be able to see it where it's going!
Mind blown.
The feline section reminded me of something that happened last night.
Some of you may know, I've been writing awful, slightly saucy, slightly smutty shorts to go with some of the recent drawings.
The stories are for Sabi, because she is awesome and doing a fine job of costuming and deserves sexy-angry short stories to read. I'm not a writer, so if you go ahead and read them I take no responsibility. The stories mostly accompany drawings of Khye and Kao which inadvertently led me to the HXA community.
Beside the point, anyway, last night I made some offhand comment about needing to write an awkward (hot) sex scene between them.
Of course, Kao is a cat-girl (more cat than girl) and well, we all know what cat-boys have.
P0tetoes, upon hearing what I said piped in with “So what will happen? He strips off his pants and she exclaims 'Hey, yours isn't barbed!'”
Somebody across the room (whose name I shan't mention) bursts out laughing before admitting “I shouldn't know why that's funny.”
True that!
But I'm not in any position to be judging people.
… I'm sure a while ago I stumbled across a different animal dildo online store which had nearly every type, including male and female hyena verieties. But I just can't seem to find it any more. Has anyone else thought... Maybe hyenas are into futanari?!
Aside from that, Sabi leant me Ouran High School Host Club. I watched the first disc today, expecting it to be awful and it actually wasn't. I found myself giggling like a school-girl and just really enjoying it, especially the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru.
Dunno if it's just because my expectations were so low. Jun sat with me for about 10 minutes and watched before concluding that was enough Ouran for him for one lifetime.
On the other hand, why would I expect not to like something like that? I loved Hana Kimi and Absolute Boyfriend, which really, Ouran is in the same league as those. Admit it, I'm a sucker for that type of thing, secretly.
Watch this, because I said.
The recent offerings to the update gods of the internet are on SSC 06 and MLP Things 13.
Be good if you can manage it.
Nah, kidding.
Monday, July 5, 2010, 00:07 - Koneko
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Stripped of your equipment you'll be forced to face yourself.
So, was driving around town the other day when down by the train station (well not the local one, the one in the next suburb) I noticed one of the billboards was advertising Super Mario Galaxy 2.
This fact excited me way more than it really should have.
Seriously, advertising is a constant thing, not an exciting thing, it's something which is forced in our faces basically all the time. Everything is secretly about advertising.
You can either get pissy about it or you can accept it and embrace it.
I choose both. I figure if it's a well thought out, entertaining or otherwise appealing advertisement then it's fine. Otherwise it's sensory pollution and/or rape.
The reason the Mario Galaxy billboard excited me so much was this; Nintendo, in the past, have not really advertised here.
Certainly, the games and consoles have been advertised, but by other companies; the retail stores selling the products advertise them. This billboard isn't one of those. It's solely advertising this one game. It's bright and colourful, it has Mario and Yoshi and the name of the game and that's basically it. It's exciting because it means Nintendo feels there is enough of a market for their wares here to warrant advertising themselves, rather than letting somebody else do it for them.
It's also good because it's bright and colourful and wholly appealing in the visual sense. So many advertisements are dull and bland. Why can't they assault our eyes with colours and cute things a little more?
The advertising industry is amazing. Don't deny it.
While we're here, it's inappropriate at best, you know those religious folks who come by with the pamphlets occasionally?
We've had the middle-aged friendly married couples come by a few times, they're a bit boring though. They have a quick chat give you some Jesus pamphlets and leave. What I want is the nice young boys on push-bikes. You know the ones, with the nicely pressed shirts and ties and little name-tags. I've seen them in the streets but they never come to the apartment which is disappointing. I'd invite them in for a cup of hot raep-I mean tea...
And then tell them about my religion. I don't really want to convert them though, it's more fun if they don't.
Dude, if I were famous there are two things I would do;
1 – Look up fanfictions based on the aforementioned scenario (and similar, extra points if they write me as a man and turn it into a real-people slashfic).
2 – Look up porn of myself. Awesome celebrity fakes and hentai fanart and the like.
It would be so rad.
That's basically the only thing I find appealing about being famous though.
Q:
Who do want to be in charge of the internet?
A:
Nobody... Everybody.
I like how that Conroy guy says that Facebook and Google and other organisations have too much access to our personal information but then turns around and says he wants to introduce something to record all of our online activity permanently. Hypocrite much? Double standard much?
Who do I want in-charge of the internet? Him or some faceless organization? I'll take faceless organization, it's less creepy. Besides, nobody should control the internet because it's here for everybody. Like a park. We all have to do our bit.
Anyway, about the idea of the government being able to record all of our online activity, never mind worrying about your parents walking in on you looking up porn, soon maybe the government will be able to do it from the safety of their offices. Like creepy online voyeurs. Like me and my blog reading habits only less endearing also it will be things you don't want other people to see.
Isn't it funny how this one guy thinks he knows best for everyone? Borderline dictator much?
I wonder if he has children? The thing I've noticed is that the more over-protective the parents are the more the children will rebel. Because naughty things are exciting. And sheltered people are socially retarded.
Any who, in terms of updates around the home, prepare your senses to be assaulted by doodles of Khy and Kao and occasionally Mhak. Those three are all I want to draw at the moment. Doing everything from making out to having angry-sexy arguments both with pants and sans-pants.
And maybe, when I'm done with that I'll draw a sexual-Predator for a special someone (they know who they are).
For now though, enjoy these tasty morsels on SSC page 06.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 00:10 - Koneko
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