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2002-04-29 23:42:32
Wrong is trying to get your belly-button to talk
Wrong is walking into the common area and finding two male dorm-mates watching Oprah rapturously. -
the Golden Donut plan has got a hole in it... I think
2002-04-29 15:07:00
About this Golden Donut deal.... I am not too sure about it. I guess the only thing holding me back from supporting it whole-heartedly is the idea that people will have to pay to download my videos if I choose to host them at AMV.org. Am I getting the details right?
Because if that's the case, it really doesn't make sense to me. I want EVERBODY to have access to my videos, not just members of AMV.org, or people who can pay.
I wouldn't consider paying a cent to download anything off the web. I just don't see the point risking my debit card over something as trivial as AMVs if I could as easily get others off Kazaa. And frankly, if I didn't have a debit card, I wouldn't even bother considering payment at all. I would just write off the site as some money-grubbing association/organisation and move on to another hobby. I know Phade is nothing like that, but I am taking the standpoint of people who don't know him or have the means to pay.
As a creator, I think it's fair to pay for having my videos hosted, but I would still like everybody to have access to the videos on AMV.org. Because if only paying members can download AMV.org hosted videos, it'll become rather insular, won't it?
(If I am wrong so far regarding the Golden Donut plan, please correct me. I really do want to know how things are going to work out.)
But at the end of the day, despite my misgivings regarding video distribution, I will still support Phade's Golden Donut model because I want to contribute to the Phade and the website and the service he is providing AMV makers in databasing their videos. I will, however, have another web-space provider as a primary host for my videos, where non-paying members can still access my videos. -
I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away. ~ Robbie Williams, No Regrets
2002-04-29 09:55:27
Sometimes I wake up from dreams with phrases imprinted indelibly into my mind.
In the dream, somebody says something, or I come up with an idea which I think is crucial. Funnily enough, I think - "this is pretty important. I should try my best to remember it when I wake up." I keep repeating that particular phrase over and over again, throughout the night, across different dreams. When I wake up, it's the first thing on my mind... and for much of the next two days.
The newest one is "I recommend you save your own life by following us."
I know. I don't understand it either.
(Hey Kyburg, are you getting my emails?) -
2002-04-28 13:48:00
Hey AD: About the 22-words-for-snow hoax... wow, I didn't know that. Any idea where I could get that article?
By the way, I read about your friend flirting mistakenly with you on ICQ... I couldn't help tripping over this part:
[10:34] Pisquee: not naked anymore - half dressed!
[10:35] Zettai: *removes hands from eyes*
[10:36] Pisquee: if you saw me naked your hands would not be on your eyes!
[10:36] Zettai: well, I can't fault that logic ^_^
Hahah, AD, I don't know if you meant it to be read that way, but it certainly sounded like you meant that your fingers would be IN your eyes.
"Aaargh, stop! Stop the pain! *squelch* Aahhh.... I feel so much better with my eyes gouged out...."
THose who have no idea what I'm talking about, go take a look at the AbsoluteDestiny's highly titillating journal entry:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/journal_show.php?mid=8760
(This is my THIRD edit of this entry. So many mistakes in the first and second. Sorry if you're reading it over again.) -
Going off on multiple tangents! Whee!
2002-04-28 12:41:40
Here's an interesting little fact... did you know that Japanese didn't have a word for the colour green until fairly recently? Before they came up with the word "midori" to represent the colour of grass and gangrene, it was simply considered a shade of blue.
In the early decades of the 20th century, they decided to assign a word for the colour to make Japan less weird and foreign and thus friendlier to gaijin expatriates and improve international trade.
Ever heard how Eskimos have 22 words for the word "snow"? They must think the rest of the world are such retards for referring to the myriad kinds of snow with only one word, when "slushy-snow-with-grit" is so different from "powdery-snow-perfect-for-projectile-creation".
OK, truthfully, I have no idea what I am talking about. When you live in a tropical country like Singapore, encountering white stuff falling from the heavens usually involves a lot of shouting directed sky-wards, more often than not including the words "STUPID BIRD!!"
A lot of Singaporean kids must think those artificial flurries of little styrofoam beads that blow around in shop windows during Christmas IS snow. Can't blame them - the closest they could get to snow in Singapore would be from leaning into the ice box to get to the last ice-lolly.
At this point, I could go off on another highly appropriate tangent; my ice-skating experience two nights ago. However, it's nearing 3 am and I HAVE to get back to my essays. Arg.
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