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Sunday Update
2002-02-18 00:44:48
Well, I've cleared up my harddrive some more. I got about 700MB off, because I put 14 of my favorite music videos on 1 CD. I took a bunch of other videos that I don't really watch anymore and recycled them. I'm really excited about doing this music video for Final Fantasy VIII. I know that its really over used, but I think I can still make one very outstanding music video. There's over 200 music videos that include FF8 in them, but I think only about 30 are actually Final Fantasy VIII ONLY. I have to do a friend a favor and download his music video, but after that I'll watch a couple of Final Fantasy VIII music videos to do some research. It may come in handy for my music video. I also did the same thing for my Final Fantasy VII msuic video, To The Limit. This will be my first attempt at a romance type music video. I think that it will be very successful, if I put my brain to it.
I'm guessing that many people, who are reading this have seem my post in the General forum. It's the one about ErMaC giving Sammy a review for his EXCALIBUR music video. I'm not in any way trying to get revenge on Sammy. He has already been punished by being banned from the website. I really just want to see what ErMaC, a professional, thinks of a video that someone boasts so much about. In Ancient Greece, the gods would punish a person for having too much "hubris," or pride. I think it's mostly pure luck not talent that Sammy's music video was a popular one. I saw that many newbies reviewed it. Newbies think that the first music video that they download is entirely the best they've ever seen and instantly give it straight tens. I just gave myself an idea for Phade. Anyway, all I wanted to say was that I want ErMaC to review his video, because I want to know what he thinks of it.
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Sunday Afternoon Bore...
2002-02-17 15:59:37
Sunday afternoons are always boring. I've been sitting here waiting for my friend to come on for like the past 3 hours. It's just so boring, waiting for her. I decided to get a head start on my new music video for Final Fantasy VIII. I downloaded a couple programs to help get the Bink video off the CDs and convert them into .AVI. Of course, as always I never reveal the song I use for my videos before I release them. I actually wanted to do an Evangelion DVD 1 music video, but I think that doing this Final Fantasy VIII one will give me some partial experience with ripping things. I made a bunch of space on the computer and will probably end up with just over 7.5GB of free space. That'll give me enough space to rip and edit the FFVIII movies.
My website has been going pretty well. I would say that after today I'll be about 60 - 70 percent done. My friend will even host it for me. I just have to get Pops to host my videos, which will take me around 40 hours just to upload them to him. My teacher in web design is very fond of my website. I even implemented some things that she didn't know about. Of course, I know a LOT more HTML than her. I finally did all of the reviews that I've been putting off.
I even went through and filled out my votes for the VCA Awards. Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll post another entry tonight to update things.
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Three-Day Weekend
2002-02-16 23:23:29
Well, it's the start of a beautiful three day weekend, even though that it's already Saturday night. My Valentine's Day was pretty good. I had a blast in the night time. I didn't do anything too drastic though, but I did have a lot of fun. I don't remember much else about that day. It just seemed to drag on.
Friday was an okay day. I reviewed that Dedicated To Sarah music video, when I got back from school. I actually gave it a really bad review in my mind. It needs a lot of work, because it seemed really choppy to me. The video resolution was just huge, so that could've been the problem. I also downloaded ErMaC's Soul Of An Angel. It was one amazing song and video, even though it just seemed to repeat itself. I have two videos left to review, that one and the one called 'My Iron Lung.' Both were very excellent music videos. My Iron Lung makes me want to become a druggie though. For some strange reason, ErMaC's video doesn't make me to want to commit suicide. It's a loooooong story. I'll write it all up later.
This morning, I fought Omega Weapon in Final Fantasy VIII. I didn't expect it to be so hard! After I lost, I just gave up on it, and went onwards to defeat Ultimecia. Defeating Ultemicia just took a lot of time and effort. I had to fight slowly, using my brain. I beat it, because Rinoa cast Invincible Moon on everyone. I just used Squall's Lion Heart a couple times. Rinoa then cast Apocolypse and destroyed Ultimecia. It was amazing. I love the ending, no matter what everyone says. It was amazing and so romantic. I love Laguna.. Not like that though. I'm not at all gay. The rest of my day was normal as usual. I don't know what I'm gonna do for tomorrow and Monday. I'm guessing that I'm gonna have a blast!
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No Need To Worry
2002-02-14 22:10:41
This is my English paper that I worked so hard on. If you check my past Journal entries, you'll see me talking about it somewhere. I earned a 95% on it. I'm so proud of it. I almost fainted, when I got it back.. Please read it.
As I headed towards second hour, I overheard two kids talking about two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. I walked into second hour, seeing the two planes that I overheard about. My heartbeat stopped for that instant in time; I just couldn’t believe what I saw before my eyes. The smoke rising up from the building, the random images flashing across the screen, and the terroristic words repeating through every channel filled my head with the thought that my brother was in New York City.
As I went through each class, I couldn’t stop thinking about my brother, who worked in New York. I watched the blank faces of the newscasters on the television stations reporting on the situation as the events unfolded. As I walked home just after midday, I still thought about my brother, but then overheard some neighbors talking about it. A woman walked up to a man working on his roof. “Did you see all of the things on TV?” the woman asked.
The man replied, “Yeah, it’s tragic. I’m glad that none of my relatives were in it.”
“Mine neither.”
I could barely stand it, even though I tried to forget about what they had said. Stepping inside, the charring shards of noise from the television blasted throughout the house. I went to the family room to turn it down, but then discovered that the television upstairs was also playing. My older brother, Shishir, sat by the phone, looking more worried than ever. I walked up to him and asked, “What’s wrong?”
He replied, “I’m waiting for Shekhar’s phone call. Don’t go online or use the phone today. He could call any minute.” My brother Shekhar worked at the café of a Borders in New York. Understanding what my brother was trying to tell me, I went to my room to put my things down and change into more comfortable clothes. I didn’t feel like having my usual afternoon snack, watching any of the news on the television, or starting my homework. Unless something important happened, I figured that the news wouldn’t change that quickly. I really only thought of my brother in New York. Sprawled out across my bed, I just stared at the smooth ceiling until I feel asleep.
I awake at the loud, clamorous sound of a door shutting. Getting up from my comfortable position, I instantly knew that my father just entered our home. I went downstairs to greet him, when I found him waiting by the phone and watching the current events on the news. Surprisingly, I saw my brother downstairs, sitting down with my father. They looked strenuously at the television set and having a conversation about my brother.
“He didn’t call me at work or e-mail me,” said my father, trying to remain calm with all of the intensity happening around the world.
“I tried to call him today, but he wasn’t at home,” my brother said to my dad.
“Maunas! Come here,” my father’s voice bellowed through the house, calling me to come down right away. He didn’t know that I was standing there on the steps directly behind him.
I immediately asked, “What?”
“Come sit down. Watch and wait.”
I sat down in the recliner, a little away from my brother and my father. My mom had just come back from work and immediately asked, “Where’s Shishir, Maunas, Shekhar?” My mother had a weird way of calling us, by saying the others’ names first and then the person that she wanted to know about.
I replied, “We haven’t heard from him.” My mom went directly to the phone and dialed his number. There was no answer, just the horrid voice of the automatic machine saying that we must have reached a wrong number. We all sat there in the living room, just waiting for some sign from my brother. Shishir kept talking about my brother, even though he was trying to study for his test. My father started to pace around the room, while my mother picked the phone up every three minutes to see if it was working. My parents told him before to drop his work and just focus his studies on pharmacy, but he wanted to work and be on his own.
Before dinnertime, the phone rang, and we all stood up looking at each other. My father yelled, “Maunas! Pick the phone up!” I hurried across the hallway to pick up the phone.
We all hoped that it was my brother. I picked it up and asked, “Hello?”
My brother Shekhar replied, “Maunas! I couldn’t get through; the phone was busy.”
I nodded to my parents to tell them that it was my brother. “Mom kept picking up the phone to see if it worked.” -
Weekend Entry
2002-02-10 21:33:04
Well, Friday was a major bust, because I don't even remember what the hell I did then. Saturday, I think that I went shopping with my parents for some food. I came back and probably went online. I think I downloaded an Akira music video. It was to the song How You Remind Me by Nickelback. I left a reveiw for it, because it's one of the best music videos in my mind ever. I then went to play Final Fantasy VIII. I only have 2 bosses left in Ultimecia's castle, along with Ultimecia and Omega Weapon themselves. I think I can finish those two bosses off tonight, but beating the game will have to wait for later. I talked to my friend online until about 4AM. That's probably why I didn't wake up until 4PM. I then did my web design homework. I ate and now I'm back online. I also downloaded Trigun - Eden *Remastered*! It's the best music video that I've ever seen! It beat my old number one! It was Final Fantasy VII - Eden. Both are amazing, but Trigun just blew me away. I think everyone should download it!
Sephiroth
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