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If I only had a brain... *whistling*
2002-05-26 17:30:26
^ Yea, I was just reading Mroni's journal entry. Not gonna talk too much right now, I'm working on that review for Akashio's video (bout time, Rob).
Well we got back home from South Carolina at about 9:30 pm. We left at 10am and would have gotten back even sooner if it hadn't been for the fact that my aunt missed the turn for the Betsy Ross bridge. With that we had to take a different route and ended up at home about 15-20 minutes later than if we hadn't missed the turn. Oh well, I'm just glad to be home. South Carolina isn't a bad place...just unbelievably boring. It's come a long way since I lived there though, they actually have movie rental places down there now. I'm still standing fast by my decision never to live in SC again. I just can't take the boredom. It's odd though, because I hate places like NY. Well, maybe not hate, but I have the same feeling for them as I do for SC: I'd visit, but never live there.
I got up around 8:30 this morning. Mom-mom must have been dead tired, because she hadn't gotten out of bed until after I had gotten my shower. She's usually up at about 5:30 in the morning any other day. I drove the last half of the trip home (in my new KIA, yay) which was about 6 hours. That's the longest I've ever driven in a straight run, so I was really surprised that I wasn't tired today or even when I came in last night. my feet are sore as hell though (the accelerator is at a high angle, and I have long legs. I had my seat back all the way and my foot was still angled high. It hurt a bit, and I was cramped up as hell when I got out of the car.) It's alright though, I had to get used to it sooner or later.
Today I went to edited and ate breakfast, then went to church, then went to the Moorestown mall and got some sushi and came home. That's where I am now, sitting in front this computer, eating sushi, wrapping up this journal entry, and writing my long overdue review. I'll probably be back later on tonight, gotta hit the chat room :p
In other news:
Woo-hoo, tomorrow's memorial day...and my buddy jimmy's birthday party. Rock on.
Oh the other hand, I start summer courses (in addition to work) on Tuesday, the day after the party.
Boo.
Bah, Monday comes first lol.
Later guys. -
Wow, I'm so out of touch with using my journal I have nothing witty to name my entry...
2002-05-25 00:02:28
Now it's really been a while since I've written in this thing. Not much to tell though (ok, that's sort of a lie), but I don't have time to go into detail, cause I gotta catch some zzz's.
I'm in SC right now for my bro's graduation (which was yesterday). It was pretty good and it only lasted an hour, which didn't hurt at all. The valedictorian's speech was only like 5 minutes long tops. So today I got up and lounged around. I've been editing quite a bit since being down here, since I have so much free time, and *yay* my laptop got delivered to my house literally 15 minutes before we left for South Carolina. I will say that the anime I'm working with is Cowboy Bebop, but I'll let the song be a surprise. It's coming along pretty good, right now I'm working with clips moving across screen and such. This whole thing so far has been a lot different (and better) than anything else I've done so far. It's amazing what taking a break, (even if it was forced by situation) sitting back and seeing and reviewing some videos can do for your perception on your own approach, such as seeing flaws and vision about where the video is going.
Speaking of reviews I'm sure Akashio is about ready to kill me, since I said I was gonna do his review last week. I would have done it while I was here, but the video is on my family PC at home. That'll be the first thing I do on sunday when I get home. I hate not doing something when I say I'm going to do it and Akashio, if you're reading this: I'm sorry, this type of thing hasn't happened before, and it'll never happen again.
So like I said I've been busy lately. Really it's mostly been with work, I started on monday. Next tuesday I start summer courses, in addition to work. (Another reason to make that review a priority upon getting home) I'm probably going to be burned out in under a month. It's alright though, I have to take the courses, and I'm in dire need of money. Damn AMV habit...
Well, that's about it for tonight. I'll actually write something worth reading when i get home and finish that review I have to do.
Oh yea, in other news I was talking to Otakumon (I believe that's her org name) tonight. She's a cool chick....and she's probably reading this entry right now. Oh well, if you're reading this sweet dreams and good night chica, it was fun talking to you. And to all you other folks...
Later. -
It's gotta be the shoes...
2002-05-13 17:21:26
Hot damn, I just cracked the list 'Most Useful Commentators' today. And not in a small way either; I jumped onto the fifth slot on the list, right below VeggetoEX. And I've still got two more reviews to give yet. Very soon I will have the number one slot on the list...
Very soon...
Ok, ok, I'm not gonna end my journal entry like that. People would think I'm some evil crazy guy who wants nothing else but to be on the top of the Most Useful list. Honestly I don't care all that much about being in the top slot, it's just cool to be on the list period. Mexican Junior was telling me a couple of nights ago in the chatroom that the most useful list was a tough list to crack. I feel kinda honored that I managed to crack it, and get so high with only 5 reviews to my name. (and one of those reviews sucks)
Otherwise today has been pretty boring. I slept over at my dad's because I had to go over to Camden County College, which is closer to where he lives than where my Grandmother does. So I went over there at about noon and registered for summer classes, and was home before 1. I called over to the landfill, to tell them I got their letter, and to confirm that I could start work. But that I would only be able to work for two days in that week, because I have to go to South Carolina for my brother's graduation. They said that was fine, and I could start on the date I originally intended. So I start on the 20th, with a raise from last year to 9.10/hr. Not too bad, and all that to just cut grass and sit...on my ass. (Couldn't help that, had to make it rhyme) They're nice people, which is probably why I'm going back to work there again. It's all good.
My laptop got sent in for repairs (finally), so I'm kind of waiting around for it to come back. I've got a revision of one of my videos (the FF one) and two reviews to do to keep me occupied though. And I'll be starting work soon too, so I won't have all that much time past next week to sit around. Well, I'll probably be back later to hit the chatroom.
So until then...
Later guys. -
Colorgenics
2002-05-10 18:06:46
You are striving for a life full of activity and experience and, perhaps even more, an environment where you would be able to forge a close bond with a person who can offer full emotional fulfilment.
The way things are at this time is causing you considerable stress and anxiety. Your friends and acquaintances consider you to be - to say the least - difficult and unapproachable. Now it is because of this that you need to find some sort of solution. By doing nothing and waiting for matters to right themselves will only make things worse, but don't rush into making hasty decisions - make haste slowly.
Loneliness is soul destroying and at this time you feel lost and lonely, perhaps it is because you feel so frustrated that you are prepared to go out of your way to become emotionally involved with someone who could accept you for what you are. You are egocentric, antagonistic and quick to take offence, although it must be said, you can control your pent-up up emotion and thus avoid open conflict.
You are trying to prove yourself - not only to yourself but also to everyone around you. There is much that you would like to say and do but the situation warrants self-restraint and that is the last thing that you have on your mind. It would seem that you have an unsatisfied need to ally yourself with others whose standards are as high as your own. You want to be different - to stand out from the crowd. This is subjecting you to considerable stress but you tend to stick to your attitudes despite lack of appreciation. Of course, you are finding the situation uncomfortable and would like nothing better but to break away from it but you don't like the idea of compromise. Your main problem is that you are unable to resolve the situation because you continually postpone making the necessary decisions. You feel that if you make the wrong choice this would lead to such opposition that you would not be able to command the esteem of others. It is essential that those around you are prepared to comply with your wishes.
You really like doing what you do and, more than that, you like yourself. Your attitude to work and to life is that 'If its not fun - then don't do it'. You want to be liked and respected, not for who you are but for what you are - and it seems to be working.
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http://www.colorgenics.com
I've taken that test a few other times but I'd never really given myself time to sit and do it without interruption. I think this only time I've really done that, and the results do sound like me quite a bit. Ah well, off to do some other stuff, I'll probably be back on later to go to the chatroom and do Shonen's review.
Later folks. -
Oh my god, I can see again! *turns and smacks into a tree* Oh wait, nevermind...
2002-05-10 11:41:07
You know, I've been sitting around for almost a month wanting to edit, but not being able to because:
1) My laptop's sound was busted (now it's currently in the shop)
2) My PC at home doesn't have a DVD drive, so I can't rip anything to use to start editing.
But after reading Shonen's review of my FF vid, I realized that there was something I could do: go back and redo that video. I made that video as a first time run with Premiere, and in that respect I suppose it's not bad, but it could be better (a lot better). I mean, I think I used one effect through the whole video, and that was a transparency (oh yea, I also used a ghosting effect, I really thought I was hot shit when I did that :-P ). Besides that, I've read AbsoluteDestiny's guide to audio cover to cover (well, web page to web page) and now can edit the song without it sound like garbage. Yea, I'm definetly gonna go back and redo that vid. That'll tide me over till my laptop gets out. Now I just have to wait till my girlfreind gets home so I can get FFIX back from her so I can rip the cd's again. Damn, it'll feel so good to be editing again.
I'm also gonna finish Wang's review today (I got tired of writing and stopped after I finished typing the good points to his vid, which were like a page long in Word) and do the review for Shonen's video as well. I'm just a busy busy guy today.
In other news, my mom picked up the KIA sportage yesterday. So I'm finally gonna have my own car and have my cousin out of my hair. But of course nothing can be that easy, cause now my dad is upset with my mom (they aren't married) that she went and bought the car even though he was buying one too. I hope my g-mom talks to him about it, cause I don't want to be the one to tell him I'd rather have the 99' KIA rather than the 84' Buick he's getting for me. It's not even so much a matter of old vs. new, it's a matter of a car that is a year younger than me not being able to put with the miles I'm going to put on it. I'd kill it within the year, I'm sure, and I don't have the money to try and resurrect a car.
Oh well, cest la vie.
Later guys.
P.S.-I've got 411 hits, you guys actually read what I write in here?
...Cool.
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