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My flashdrive... O.O
2006-01-27 15:07:20
Well, as you all well remember, I lost my first flash drive over a year ago when it fell out of my pocket one day.
Well, this time, due to a freak vacuum cleaner accident, my mother sucked my flashdrive into the vacuum cleaner and cracked it, rendering it useless.
Good news: I had another one to replace it immediately after it broke.
Bad new: I didn't back up my files to the computer right away like I should, so I have to start again completely from scratch.
However, this time I have taken a step further and am backing up my files on my actual computer as I update, therefore, no more lost files. Unfortuantely, I lost my entire list of AMV and fanfic ideas with the loss of my last USB, therefore I have to rely on my memory, which sucked in the beginning, in order to fulfill this quest of mine. This might take a while. Luckily, now that I have my sixth hour at school free from dropping Chemistry I can finally get caught up on the all the stuff I've been neglecting the past few months since my senior year started. -
I hate people...
2005-08-07 23:06:49
I hate many a thing in this large, crazy world of ours. One peeve however has seemed to top them all, and it brings upon a very valuable question:
Why the hell do people have to assume everything about somebody all the time? Why the hell can't they just ask whats on a person's mind or what's going on in a persons life? Has this society suddenly become a bunch of chickens to the point were they can't ask their best friend how a relationship is going or how they're doing in a class at school?
It just bugs me about people who assume something about me that isn't absolutely true and act upon that thought even when I try to tell them otherwise.
For example:
This is my last year in high school and in 2006 I will be going away to college (Hopefully). During our junior year and this summer, my boyfriend (who my parents think I'm wasting my time with and they've never even tried for my sake to get to know him) and I have been scanning at possible college where we can get an arts degree in computer design (or possibly in my case in fashion design, I've have thoughts of becoming a wedding dress designer). But because my boyfriend and I are looking at one school in the particular, Savannah College of Art and Design, my parents ultimately assume that we both want to go to college together just for the sake of being together. Which in truth is not true. Sure, we'd probably love to go to college together if we were both accepted to the same school, but that WOULD NOT be the only reason I'd go. The school would have to be academically worth my time. If we were accepted to the same school, I'd go there unless I was accepted to a school that is more worth my time and effort.
Plus, my mom can't seem to get it through her head that I'm not always in a fantasy world, I do dip my toes from time to time in the shark infested waters of reality, that I do think about what life would be like out on my own, relying on my own petty jobs before and during college to get me by before my career kicks in. How my life with my boyfriend will be in a world were black and white couples are still regularly frowned upon (My boyfriend is part black). And basically, even though I'm arguing with her all the time about the clothing I'm wearing that she says is unappropriate for public use, what people would say at the state or look of them don't bother me. I don't give a damn about what people think of me, what I wear or how I act, or how I even think. People just assume, they don't try to know why I do what I do, they just assume, and live the rest of their lives as a lie.
It also bothers me on how most people assume someone is bad just because of their race, their religion, their sexual prefrences. We are all people. Even our government assumes. These days when someone bad mouths the president, they're automatically Thought of as a terrorist without anyone askign them why they thought that about the president. Now me personally, I think the president is a moron, but I don't want to hurt anyone. And I will contridict myself that I'm assuming the man's an idiot, so basically I'm insulting myself, although in my mind he is repeatedly proving me right. But then again, I'm not living my life based off of someone's elses actions. If someone does something, I ask them why they did it instead of assuming why. I'd ask the president why he does what he does, but there's the whole secret service thing...
Any way, whenever you see someone walking the streets, like a homeless person or something, don't assume they chose that lifestyle, they may just surprise you. -
Long Time No See
2005-06-04 01:12:05
It's been a long time since I posted, I haven't been on the site in a while.
After I had lost my last USB Flash Drive, I got a new one for Christmas, and later another. I am however, still in the process of replacing all of my files, although, losing my first one did give me the opportunity to revamp a few of my older documents when I was replacing them.
School is out, and I still work at Bakers, a supermarket owned by Krogers. At the time being I'm having trouble restraining the urge to kill one of my managers, as his stupidity has led me to work rediculous hours and on days I'm not supposed to work. God I hate him -.-;;
Anywhozel, I am pondering uploading a few new AMV's as soon as they are completed or when I actually take the time to get them off the disk I burned them to.
Anyway, enough about me. Sayonora! ^_^ *Waves* -
AAAHHH!! MY USB IS MISSING! ;;.;;
2004-11-18 18:09:56
Well, I have been in a contast, mind blowing rage fest since last Friday because of one thing. I was stupid and I lost my Flash disk, on which all of my poems, stories, bishi pictures, character bios, series dictionary, AMV guidelines and other important misc. stuff was on.
I unfortunately, I had been stupid and had not backed up the data onto my computer as we had recently erased my harddrive in order to fix a problem with my mom's account on the computer, thus why all my files were on the disk.
However, last Friday at Anime Club, I only remember taking off my hoodie twice, which my USB was in the pocket, and I swear I had fingered the USB in my pocket after swimming, the class where I first took off my sweatshirt to change into my swim suit. It's quite possible that my USB has fallen in behind the step of the bleacher where I had thrown my hoodie in the first place... But to make sure, I need a flashlight and an elongagted object. If not there, I shall have to ask my fellow Anime Club members to check their bags in case it flew out when I took my hoodie off for the second time. Its quite possible it fell into one of their bags, or they picked it up in their haste to leave afterwards. Last place it could, somewhere still next to Pump 3 at the gas station where I got gas after I got my hours for work, as I had already checked my place of employment several times. That and possibly asking the office if it had been turned it, although it failed to show the last two times I checked.
If I can't find it and it's gone forever, I am offically screwed up my ass.... Considering a good majority of those documents took me three years to get them to where they are today. -
My First Con
2004-10-11 20:22:35
Over the weekend i was able to attend my first ever anime convention, the Anime NebrasKon at UNL (The University of Nebraska in Lincoln). As it was being sponsered by the school's anime club, it didn't really surprise me that the con was rather small (One room, only the AMv contest was held in another).
However, despite the small size of the con, I however did enjoy myself. After spending almost all my money on items for sale, my friends and I attended the AMV contest. I had entered three of my own AMV's into the contest, and two ended up winning two categories.
My first AMV was actually my very first AMV idea ever, yet was only my seventh to be created. "Eden" took a good three weeks out of my free time in order to finish, as I was having issues finding the right footage. I was basically still curious about making AMV's when I heard the song "Eden" by Sarah Brightman shortly after watching Princess Mononoke one evening. When I heard it, something clicked. As soon as I had a better version of Windows Movie Maker and had both the footage and the song, I began to edit, making possibly my best AMV to date and won as the Most Visually Appealing.
The second video that won kinda had to make me laugh, as I had no idea it was THAT depressing. "Hurt by the Sword" was a video that had caused my father to yell at me a lot, considering his office is on the same floor as my bedroom, where I do most of my editting. It annoyed him when I had to continuously go over one section of the song to figure out what footage to use, which i had to admit, it would get on people's nerves. But considering the song, and the anime, and the circumstances AFTER the video was finished, I guess i shouldn't all be surprised. The song, "Hurt", had originally done by Nine Inch Nails, but I had used the version done by Johnny Cash, as A.) I did not enjoy the version done by NIN and B.) although I did not know it at the time, my video wouldn't have been accepted if I entered the video with the NIN lyrics. The footage was the most depressing anime I had on my computer at the time. The Rurouni Kenshin OVA Trust and Betrayel, and the Seishounen was not only a stroke of brillence and artistry, but also was chulk full of suspence, drama, and very dismal scenes. It was no surprise that those two went together so well. As for the circumstances after, as it turns out, I had finished creating the video, which had only taken two days to complete, the exact day before Johnny Cash passed away. Odd coincidence, isn't it?
Anyway, next year I hope to enter new AMV's into the contest, all i need is for my friend to return my AMV disk (My ONLY copy) and for some more free time.
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