Are you afraid of the Big, Bad, Wolf?

Duck Sauce 'Big Bad Wolf' from Somesuch & Co. on Vimeo.

What I think of when I am running...

...the guy running after me.

Ooookay...

A friend of my partner recently informed us that he saw a link to this blog posted in another site.  I have absolutely no complaints of that happening.  Quite frankly, I got pretty enthusiastic about the idea that more readers were starting to share the link to this blog to other friends.  Is there any blogger out there who wouldn't mind more readers?

This, of course, lead me to wanting to check where else my blog has been mentioned.  So with the mighty Google, I decided to take a stab at it and of all the other places it has appeared, there was this one.

I don't know what to say about this.
I guess.  Uh.  Thanks?

This definitely feels like a Halloween treat.

Keep them coming!

I posted the other day about the dream house Rocky and I hope to get and I'm happy that many quickly contacted me with supportive suggestions.  I've sent my resume out to some of you, and have also replied back to the emails of others.   As of now, I have real estate referral options, online publishing options, possible outsourced work, lecture referral options and a few other requests for a portfolio as well. 


Thank you so much for the help.  More offers and suggestions are always welcome, but it does feel great to know how many friends are out there who are willing to help out.  


The baby steps to getting the dream house have begun.  I've even gone all the way to Paranaque to speak to my mom about it and heard her suggestions as well.  So far, everything seems positive and I can't wait to see how things will evolve.


On the online publishing front, I'm looking at doing some (or maybe even all) of these:


1) Role-playing game related output
I am looking at either coming up with my own table top role-playing game system, which I can then market and sell online at places like drivethrurpg.com and the like.  I'm also looking at the SAS (modules) that White Wolf Gaming Studios produces and checking if they allow people to create their own and sell them (the way there was an open license for d20 materials some years back.  Alas as that link shows, they don't.  They do allow you to send summaries which if they like, can lead to them publishing it.)  It is kind of disturbing though how WWGS' submission guidelines link leads to this.   Deep down, I'd love to make books in a similar vein to Giovanni Chronicles (like a Toreador Chronicles that starts during the Renaissance era, or a Brujah Chronicles opening with the Fall of Carthage.  My favorite idea that I'd love to work on would be a Malkavian Chronicles, which spans from Ancient Rome to the modern days, but the players go through it out-of-sequence to represent a greater madness afflicting them.  So every new gaming session, they randomly roll which era they are playing through, and are allowed to use knowledge of sessions played in the future eras as a reflection of them tapping into the Malkavian Madness Network.)


Maybe it is time to have my Lurker system copyrighted and released?


2) Fiction output
I'm looking at getting my Surviving Manila zombie story novel released.  I can probably start with releasing Skydiving Without Parachutes.  I'm also reconsidering going back to my Dragon series (You can find it's many entries here.)


On the comic side, maybe it is time for Adventures of the Keyboard Kingdom.  And my dreams of a short film will best be approached as a comic for now (assuming I can finalize if I want it to be a straight or gay couple).  

Either or all can be released for the Kindle as well.  Maybe a few free torrents for the curious.


Beyond these, I'm really hoping to land a few new side-line job options which really good friends have contacted me about.  If I'm lucky, I'll be able to grab a job that can be accomplished while working at the computer, so it won't force me to abandon other possible offers.    Maybe by the Grace and God, things will look better on this end (yes that wordplay was intentional.)


Anyone else looking for property?  I have a few great suggestions that are also environmentally friendly.
Need a motivational speaker for your office?  I have a great suggestion I can offer you.
Curious to what range of work I do?  Well, there's my online comic diliman, which shows how I can do comics, as dark as they can be.  There's this old site where I housed my other comic-related stuff.  There's always my old deviantart account which I haven't updated in a long while.

And here are some links to commercials I worked on in the past as an Art Director and Graphic artist.


Long Distance Direct http://youtu.be/RBvas5DFhxQ
Starry Starry Store http://youtu.be/DYSDpFsuRIE
Long Distance Direct (sequel commercial to first concept) http://youtu.be/t1e51mscGKU
Sarimanok One http://youtu.be/OWnfZ7LmYpI

My online short film called SWEETIE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeZXpDIRq40.

I also acted in a few short filmes, including a short film called MUSE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKfMCZAP65w.

Had a geeky webshow called Fandom Live! which lasted for around two years.  Most of the episodes are currently offline (the former server hosting them was physically damaged) but a few episodes were reuploaded here:  http://www.youtube.com/user/fandomcafe.

All in all, things are looking brighter ahead.
Let's keep fanning this flame larger!

Jakey beside a big hard boy

Yep.   Made you look.
:-)

Can you help us make this come true?

I SOOOOOO love the Kitchen.

Rocky and I found a house we can dare call our dream house.

The place is pretty awesome, with two floors, a fantastic kitchen, a nice spacious living room, parking for two cars, a cool balcony for any smoking guests, a really cute cabinet-hidden bodega under the stairs, and even a possible makeshift garden area in the back.  Honestly, it is a wonderful find given it is within Cubao and quite accessible for both cars and public transport with just enough street-level adjustment to avoid flooding.

I want to be able to call it our home.
I really do.

Rocky surprised me one morning with this change in status.

But admittedly, it is a tad outside my comfortable price range.  Alone.
It is also outside Rocky's price range.  Alone.

Together, however, the dream becomes a bit more reachable.

But not without help.

Buying a house and lot is always a huge commitment that requires both dedication and a clear mind.  The cash amounts involved can make anyone's head spin.  The bigger picture of being responsible for an actual house, which includes everything from maintenance, to security, can be staggering.  And most of all, there's the decision of whose name the house will be under.

And here's where I need your help, my dear readers.

Here in the Philippines, there is still no official way to get married to your gay partner.
Boasting itself as the remaining Catholic country in South East Asia, the Church still has a very strong stance against homosexual unions.  And the government is still pretty much in its infancy when it comes to gay rights.  Now, my partner Rocky and I have been together for over two years now, and to be frank, have realized that we have found the person we are excited to spend the rest of our lives with.    Neither of us have any plans nor dreams of ever migrating to another country either.

Lasalle + Ateneo = Love

In this country, where we cannot get married, we realize sharing this house, in official documents as the named co-owners is the closest thing we can get to a formal official symbol of our union.  Like a marriage, the title of the house becomes an official document that will require from us to stay "together" in this decision, to work  as a couple through anything life may throw at us, and to "raise" this house and care for it, and develop it for the years to come.  This house, in many ways, is our "Philippine gay marriage".

We're definitely contacting our parents to help us in making this a reality.  In many ways, I personally am already expecting some resistance.  My parents, as loving and caring and open-minded as they have been about my coming out and my relationship with Rocky, are still hoping for me to find the right girl.  Those are points scored for my being a true bisexual I guess.  I hope they can see that this desire to share this house with Rocky is me saying, "Yes Mom and Dad, I'm looking at this relationship as something for the rest of my life.  This is pretty much like us getting married.  Will you help me in doing my part to make this a reality?"

How can you readers help out?

I would love to have more avenues and ways to earn additional income to help with the coming bills and expenses.  Unlike Rocky, I have been unemployed for quite some time after working a long stint as a Senior Art Director and a Graphic Artist for ABS-CBN Global Limited.  I had quit work in hopes of continuing my dream of a film career, but had to put that in hold to help out in the family business, a "help out" that continues to occupy most of my time which I could have had used instead working in a new job.  Not content with this, and knowing I had to do my share in handling the bills and such, I succeeded in finding a job as a freelance writer for a major entertainment network, writing for them and sending them copy work through the net.    The pay isn't big, but it does help me settle the bills.    I know, however, that if I want this dream house to become a reality, I have to up my game.  I have to bring in more money somehow and that's where you readers can help me out.

The easiest would be to be given writing or art-related contractual work offers.  I have an extensive range of experience when it comes to advertising, having worked for more than six years at an international company, creating print, televised and new media advertising that targeted audiences and markets in Europe, Middle East, United States and Japan.  I've made quite a large range of design work as well, from websites, to banners, logos, billboards, full page ads, ezines, vhs and dvd covers as well as web and television commercials.  I can do freehand artwork, photo manipulations and mixed media.  I've directed and acted in some short films and I used to even host a webshow called Fandom Live! for a few years.  I also do webcomics, ranging from whimsical to dark and broody.  I've written poetry, short stories and while this is starting to sound like a resume, I've decide against posting an actual resume because I want to keep this blog post personal and honest, rather than professional and formal sounding.

Thank you for reading!

I'm looking at trying to create pdfs on role-playing games, given it the biggest hobby and passion I have.  I'm also considering making small ebooks or enovels to have sold for the Kindle and the like, once I find a way to do so.  Maybe even online comics like my last one, but this time aimed to generate income.  Honestly, anything to help boost my income a tad more, without affecting the two responsibilities I already am juggling.

Anyway, I've rambled long enough.  But I do hope someone out there might have some ideas (or offers).  Once, I had a dream to do movies.  Too many things stood in the way and I was forced to sacrifice it, believing I needed to help my family first.  Now, for this, I think its time for me to shoot for the moon and reach for my dream.

For our dream.

Can you help me make it happen?

Jakey Smarty Kooky

Oh yeah!