Showing posts with label Dubhán. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubhán. Show all posts

Sunday, June 13, 2010

doodles and squeaks


It's been a while since I drew anything on Tegaki, it felt good lol. This time I was listening to "nazonazo" by RADWIMPS, which means "riddle" in Japanese. I love this band, it's one of my favorites. *u*

自分が描きたい絵を描くのはひさしぶり。。。
いつもどうりのヴェサちゃんとシルヴェンです。
RADWIMPS の「謎謎」を聞いていたら何かこんな感じになりました。
いつもに比べたらちょっとシュールだな。

I feel I've been neglecting my poor Hei-chan AKA my longboard. I was calling it Dubhán before but over time it also adopted the names "Hei-chan," "Shizu-chan" (as in Heiwajima Shizuo from Drrr!) and "Kohe" (as in Nanamatsu Koheita from Nintama Rantarou). I've gotten used to screaming "ikedo~~n!!!!" when speeding down a hill thanks to this name.

最近ロンスケにあまり乗らなくなりました。
ずっと雨の日が続いてなかなか乗れません。
湿気を避けるためにガレージからクローゼットへお引っ越し!
気がつけばボードは友達にいろんな名前をつけられています。
最近は「平ちゃん」や「静ちゃん」、さらに「コヘ」など。。。
...I think these are pretty accurate names lol. Both male characters who go on random rampages and are difficult to stop. I love to speed but I'm bad at braking, and I've had experience where I almost ran over some drunk sorority girls on campus. My friends who come up with these names are amazing. :)

平和島静雄と七松小平太。。。二人ともすごいキャラだな。笑
私がスピードを出してるくせにブレーキが苦手と言うとこから付けられたらしい。
部活ではロンスケ歴の長い先輩に無理矢理止めてもらうときもある。(と言うより止まれなくなったときに助けてもらう)
さらに私は過去に酔っぱらいの女子大学生の集団をロンスケで引きそうになった事がある。
最近は猛スピードで坂を下るとき無意識に「イケド〜〜〜〜〜ン!!!」と叫ぶくらい。
どうしてくれるんだK子、コレじゃ私はただの変人じゃないか!?

Lately I've been having issues with extremely loud squeaking from the trucks. I tried the soap in pivot cups method but it isn't working so far. Maybe I'm not using enough soap? I'll just keep trying I guess. Does anyone have problems like this or is it just me? I use Paris 150mm trucks...

Saturday, February 27, 2010

My Baby!



So I thought it was about time that I showed a photo of my board, so here it is! An Earthwing Superglider; it's really solid (well I guess all boards don't flex for me since I'm super lightweight) and I've been practicing on the bike paths around my dorm until I'm comfortable enough to go around campus where there's lots of people and cars. I get a lot of funny looks from passing people but I've only been on the thing 5 times so far and I've never skateboarded/surfed/snowboarded in my entire life. Give me a break!

I've decided to call my board Dubhán (pronounced DUV-an). Yes, I name all my precious things. My white macbook is called Kouki and my black bamboo fun tablet is Takeshi. :) But I've decided to call my board Dubhán after a black horse that appears in the story I am currently writing; stubborn, strong, and hard to tame, but reliable and well-worth the wait once you gain his trust. Let's hope that I can do that soon, it's getting warmer out and I want to take this baby out for a ride!

自分のロンスケの写真をまだ撮ってなかった!
早速キレイなうちに撮っておかないと。。。
と言ってももうかなり泥まみれ。
外はまだ雪解けでビシャビシャ。
多分これからももっと汚れるんだろうな。(笑

ちなみにこの子をこれからドゥヴァン(Dubhán)と呼ぶ事にしました。
ドゥヴァンは今私が書いている小説の主人公が乗っている黒い馬の名前。
Dubhánはアイルランドやスコットランドの古い言葉で『黒い』と言う意味らしいです。
頑固でワガママな馬。でも強くて懐いたらほんとに頼りになる。
何となく似てるなぁ〜と思うのは多分私だけ?
やっぱりお気に入りの私物に名前を付ける悪いクセが止まらない。。。