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Two hundred seventy sixth entry - *Ultima Happy Dance*
2007-02-17 14:49:17
Time - 1:33, Noise - Skillet - "A Little More"
Ow ow ow... okay, no happy dance. But I at least get to do a little happy mini-groove. The reason being that I successfully ripped an episode, cleaned it up, made clips, and was able to make a test render in Magix to make sure everything worked.
And it did.
So, I get to do the Ultima Happy Mini-Groove because I made my first venture with DVDs a successful one. Now, I just have to rinse and repeat with twelve more episodes and I'll be good to go on THE Video. (And the episodes after this will be quicker clip-wise, because most of the first verse of the song is coming from the first episode - I know, it's cliché, but the clips WORK for those lyrics, and damn it, I'm gonna use them.)
By the way... 6000 hits on teh jurnalz0rz.
Um... still feeling like crap. I'm in more pain today than yesterday, but it goes away a while after I've eaten. Still dizzy, so I'm staying seated most of the time. No headaches, nausea, or any other thing that might indicate what's wrong with me.
Let's see... I think I'm gonna go start up Fatal Frame II, and try to finish that speed run that I got interrupted on yesterday. I should start ripping the next DVD while I'm at it, too.
So, I'm off. Oh, and I'll get to those ops I promised later today. My ops have been getting shorter lately, so unless something really strikes me, don't expect my usual twenty paragraphs. ^_^;;
See ya, folks.
- Jen -
Two hundred seventy fifth entry - OW... OW... OW...
2007-02-16 20:48:21
Time - 7:01, Noise - the annoying yelling girls in the hallway...
Gee, maybe I should ask for a title, too. But what would it be? Probably something pointless like, "The Ultimately Great DJ" or whatever. Contrary to popular belief, though, Deweloper status != titles. If it did, I'd have one by now.
So, I called my mom, and she said that I need to get into Student Health Services and have them look at me. Irritatingly, they're not open on the weekends, so whatever is wrong with me is either going to have to go away or wait 'til Monday.
And what the HELL are the guys above me doing??? Are they fucking TAP DANCING!?
Ergh. I need to go now. Mulling over how I feel is only making me feel worse. x_x
See you, folks.
- Jen
PS: I'm making an awful lot of journal entries lately... am I that bored? -
Two hundred seventy fourth entry - ow... ow... ow...
2007-02-16 15:20:12
Time - 1:15, Noise - Silent Hill 3 OST - "Kill God"
*sigh* I'm not sure if I should call what I am right now "sick" or "ill" or whatever. It's the weirdest combination of symptoms, one of which I've never had before. The lesser symptoms are dizziness and a general chill all over my body. However, I believe that both of these may be caused by the greater symptom, which is pain. It's tough to describe it. Everytime I eat something, drink something, or just swallow fairly hard, I can practically feel the rolling of the esophagus muscles almost all the way down to my stomach - and it hurts like hell. It's not a sore throat, because my throat is fine. And this doesn't burn like a sore throat does - it aches on the way down, and then stabs sharply when it "hits the bottom," so to speak. Also, it's not an upset stomach, because my stomach feels fine as well. No nausea or pain in that area. It's making eating an absolutely miserable task. Every bite I swallow feels like someone just put a javelin through my chest. But what can I do? Starve myself until it passes? Not likely.
Whatever it is, I just want it to pass. Because I can't tolerate eating much at a time due to the pain, I get so hungry at meals, but then it just gets worse and worse as I eat more.
Seriously, God. I may want to lose weight, but this is NOT how I want it done. : /
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Due to this new super happy funtime agony, I missed my classes today. That did NOT make me happy, but I'd rather miss classes than topple over while I'm on campus from some sickness that I can't identify. I made an attempt to e-mail my three professors. One responded, one I'm not sure cares, and the other I don't think uses his e-mail at all (he didn't even put it on the syllabus).
This is... not good. No matter how I feel for the rest of the semester, I can't miss anymore classes. I only allow myself three misses for any given class, and from both this and the stupid antibiotic making me throw up repeatedly last Monday, I've already used up two of those three misses. I'm pretty sure that I'll need the third for the Friday before ACen.
I don't know what's wrong with me. I never used to get this sick this often. Two major colds per year (at the major change in seasons), and that was it. I never got random pains or sudden nausea - just those two colds and then I was fine for the rest of the year. Maybe my immune system is changing. After all, I may be done growing physically, but my body won't be chemically complete for another few years. It's possible that I still have some changes to go.
But these aren't the kind of changes I wanted, God. : /
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I ran more of Fatal Frame II anyway last night, and I still seem to be keeping a good time going. I hope I can get down to 1:45:00 like I wanted to. I really do think it's possible.
I'm still learning new ways to fight the ghosts. For example, I wasn't able to find and snap their Fatal Frames before, but that's because I wasn't daring enough to let them attack. I could usually get Zero Shots on ghosts, but that was the best I could do.
However, there are some ghosts in the game, like adorable little Chitose, who are easy to get Fatal Frames on. She's probably the easiest ghost in the game to defeat without being hit; however, she's not to be underestimated. She has a lot of HP, and when her attacks do connect, she's fairly strong. And she's the only ghost who can do a status attack on you. The reason is that Chitose herself is, in fact, nearly blind - and so she makes your world like hers by turning the entire screen nearly black. This wouldn't be so bad, except that she changes her attack pattern when you're blinded, and it becomes difficult to track her around the battlefield.
Actually, I always feel bad when I fight her. She's my favorite ghost, because she's not attacking you out of anger, per se. She spends most of the battle appearing on different parts of the field, and just crying to herself. She only attacks because she's scared. And when you take her picture, she doesn't look distorted or angry like most of the ghosts. She's a perfectly normal little girl, except that her skin is pure white, and her kimono is red.
(That, in itself, is another interesting point about Fatal Frame II. The only color you see on ghosts is red. Azami's red lips, Chitose's red kimono, Sae's red cord sash [as well as the blood on her kimono], and so on.)
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Hmm... this song I'm listening to now (not the one I have up above) reminds me of a video I wanted to do - the one for sto's game music contest.
Maybe I'll do it after ACen. Or maybe I'll do the remake of one of my older videos. I've always wanted to remake 'Singled Out' or 'Evolution or Mutation?'. I have the means to do it now, so I really should consider it.
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So, I finally got around to deleting many of the videos that I don't need anymore. I've managed to re-download 148 of my entire list. That's all I can get from the .org. Another 80 that are not on the .org will come courtesy of my best friend, who has my old HD. I managed to snag five videos that I needed from The Vault. The rest I decided I was just going to delete anyway, so I'm not bothering to get them back.
The ones in that last category come from my bad digital packrat habits. So, I decided to delete some of the subpar videos that I was only keeping because I couldn't find any better ones. Also, I had episodes from about five anime series on my compy - episodes of anime that I *already own the DVDs for*, by the way. I finally decided I should let go of those. ^_^;;
So, I have around fifty gigs free. More after I delete some more stuff that I don't need.
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I'd like to attempt more of the Fatal Frame II speed run right now, but the lighting in dorm rooms suck, so I'd have a nasty glare on the TV. Trust me: glare + dark game = PHAIL. I'll have to wait 'til it gets dark out.
So, what am I going to do right now, then? I can do anything that doesn't require me to move around too much, I suppose (damn dizziness). I think I'll go back to ripping footage. Now that I've freed up more space, it shouldn't be a problem.
Sheesh. This entry is long.
See you, folks.
- Jen -
Two hundred seventy third entry - chomp, chomp, chomp
2007-02-15 17:05:40
Time - 3:32, Noise - Ayumi Hamasaki - "Immature (Koglin and Health mix)"
@the two folks who have sent me PMs in the last two days: I got 'em. I just don't really have an intelligent reply. I think my brain fried this month or something. ^_^;;
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So, from one of the two PMs, it occurred to me that I don't think I ever posted the picture of me wearing the Chomp Hat. I think I only posted the Stupid Annoying Headband picture of me in the dress shirt. Well, here you are; just a shot of the hat, with my eyes peeking out below:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/dj_ultima_the_great/ChompHat.jpg
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I mentioned oddities in an entry before, but I didn't really jot down any of the things I wanted to. So, here are some links to things I find very interesting:
http://www.sandfantasy.com/videoclips/videoclips.htm
It's a woman doing art with sand on a lit background. It's... extremely cool, to say the least, but I wish she would do more types of pictures. She tends to start repeating images with each video clip. My favorite is "Just Imagine," and it shows most of her major pictures that she does. "Ocean" is also pretty nice.
http://www.erikmongrain.com/indexeng.asp?Page=Music
This is that infamous guitar tapping that I keep talking about. I'm sure that many people have seen this by now (as well as the sand art), but I still wanted to link it. My favorite one is "Airtap."
http://www.thebricktestament.com/
Something completely weird and totally awsm. It's the Bible. In Legos. 3000+ images of pure godly goodness right there. I may not be religious, but even I find this site addictive.
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So, I watched the Nightmare Mode speed run for Fatal Frame II, and I've definitely learned several little tricks that are going to get me through the game much quicker. I want to run more of the game tonight, but I don't think I'm going to have the time.
And speaking of time, dinner is soon, so I need to go.
See you, folks.
- Jen -
Two hundred seventy second entry - defining law
2007-02-15 00:52:43
Time - 11:22, Noise - Muse - "Map of the Problematique"
My favorite holiday is Halloween. It always has been. I've never been a huge Christmas person, as I don't believe that gift-giving should be a reason for people to get together (and any other relevant meanings in that holiday have been lost). I don't like the Fourth of July, because that just reminds us that we need to be separate from the rest of the world. I detest St. Patrick's Day, because it only represents alcohol for most people. In fact, this is why I hate many of the holidays we currently celebrate. Yes, let's all "celebrate" a day by forgetting the entire night the next morning.
However... however... my second favorite holiday is Valentine's Day. I'm sure that I've given this speech before (last year), but the reason for this adoration is because I just love seeing people get dumped on the most romantic day of the year. It sounds a bit sadistic, but it's true. I enjoy it when people realize cold, hard truths. The unspoken law that there is only friendship and sex in the world. I can't justify romance, no matter how I look at the situation.
This Valentine's is a bit different from others, though. I thought my day would end, ruined, without so much as a single loving couple breaking apart into two separate individuals. I unfortunately got that, and yet, I also got something much worse. Or better. I'm not entirely sure how to look at it, given my viewpoint.
I was told I was "cute," and that this person would like to "get to know me better" to "see if I'm his type." How romantic. Too bad you're barking up the wrong tree. I do not, nor have I ever, had an interest in relationships. Perhaps this is because I've never had the offer. At least, that's what I thought - but now that the offer is on the table, I still find myself without a reaction. A slight flutter in my chest at having to deal with a situation that I already knew the outcome of, and therefore didn't want to deal with, but little else.
So. What did I do, you wonder? Insisted that "cute" is subjective, that I'm not his type (and I am, in fact, off limits to everyone), and that I'm beyond most definitions of antisocial (as the general populace defines it, not as a psychologist would). I'm almost hermit-esque. It's not even something I try at. It's just... suddenly I've spent eight hours in front of the computer. And I can't figure out where the time went - which is why a social life is a poor choice for me. It doesn't suit my current behavior.
Judging by my initial paragraph regarding Valentine's romance, it should be clear that I want nothing to do with it. Yet, he insists. Continually. Not rudely. Not stalkingly. Just in that, "I'll win you over yet," sort of manner.
I don't think he knows who he's dealing with.
And let the games begin...
Nighty night, folks.
- Jen
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