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/me hides under a rock...
2008-04-12 18:24:46
Someone's already made a minor fuss about 'Bustin being at Tekkoshocon. I'm not sure what good it did to point out to them that I also questioned whether it was appropriate to send that AMV to a regional competition...but the contest coordinator said it was ok and I was invited so I did. I don't know if I knocked anyone else's comedy AMV out of the finals by doing so, as far as I know that category this year is quite good ('Bustin and Serenade are facing off again, this will be Round 2 - will there be a Round 3?) and there were only five comedy entries so chances are I'm just a welcome addition to the lineup.
Still...I had the horrible thought today that maybe one can be a troll without trolling for awards. I'm not doing the latter, whatever anyone else might think it's simply not true, but my ulterior motive WAS to allow as many people as possible to enjoy my AMV. Trolling for enjoyment? That bad? I don't know. Well, I guess it's up to the contest coordinators, really, #1 to decide if my AMV is finalist material and #2 if it should be allowed in future competitions given its track record.
Which, I would like to point out, thus far has been as a comedic failure! The awards it HAS won have not been audience awards, so it's not like I've got an overwhelming crowd favorite on my hands here.
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People...
2008-04-10 15:28:01
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE 80'S MUSIC, DO NOT DOWNLOAD AMVS THAT USE 80'S MUSIC.
It's not my fault you hate Genesis, Frankie Goes to Hollywood or even Ray Parker Jr. If you hate their songs, go chew THEM out, not me! Better yet, stay far away from anything that has anything to DO with their songs, INCLUDING MY AMVS.
Oy.
It's like people deliberately seek out an AMV they're pretty sure they're going to hate, just so they can have the satisfaction of blasting you (the editor) about how you've made something that solidifies their hate. Then, it seems, they go off and find other stuff you've made they also assume they'll hate so they can have at you AGAIN and prove their point about how much they hate your AMVs/those songs.
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It's not like I'm subjecting people to torture, here. They're stepping right into the hot water and then taking it out on ME when they get burned. Ever hear of a JACUZZI?? Some people LIKE THEM! If you DON'T, then go join a Polar Bear Club!
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My AMV track record continues to fluctuate between OMG! and um...?
2008-04-09 19:50:06
Who: Me/'Bustin
What: Convention #3 - Tekkoshocon!
Where: Pennsylvania
When: This weekend.
Why: I was invited, otherwise I would not have entered the competition because I don't want to be stepping on toes.
How: Somehow I managed to make an AMV that is immensely enjoyed by many, many people. I'm still not quite sure how this happened, but nevertheless it did. So, I figure, if they want to see it, then ok - I guess I should try to make sure they see it! :)
I bought a new computer today. *drool* I haven't had a new computer in six years and this is the first PC I've ever bought that is a heck of a lot of "machine." It's probably going to take me a few weeks to get up and running, but that's ok because I'm having heart palpitations already over the kind of massive doors this opens to me in terms of graphic design and video editing - two things which my current PC struggles with.
Poor thing. I WUV YOU COMPUTER!! *hug* This has been the best computer I've ever owned, but it's starting to have some troubling issues that go far beyond what upgrades and reformatting can resolve. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, aside from gut it for parts (which will make me feel really bad). Stick it in the pantry? :( I've always given my old PCs away...but this one really is going downhill fast...
What's funny is that my "old" system actually has an edge over my new one in a few areas, thanks to the upgrades I did, so I guess it doesn't have to sit in the corner and sulk too much. Until after I gut it. :( -
*laughs herself silly*
2008-04-09 12:23:33
hus•sy
n. pl. hus•sies
1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.
2. A saucy or impudent girl.
[Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife; see housewife.]
1. I don’t automatically equate brazen to immoral, but since that’s how it’s being used here then NO that’s not me.
2.I get all kinds of grief all the time for saying things that other people don’t think I should be saying. Maybe some of it’s impudence, but a lot more of it is just me telling it like I see it, but I’ve learned that – by and large – folks would rather I feed them lies than the truth. So no, I guess, again, I’m not saucy or impudent, I’m just honest and say what I really think, and this gets on people’s nerves big time so they believe I’m being saucy/impudent.
[I’m no housewife! I don’t care what my mother thinks I should be! On a monthly basis, she’s starting to publicly – loudly - bemoan the fact that her “smart, funny, creative, beautiful” daughter is still single. AARGH!! I really have no interest in complicating my life with a significant other just so I can say I have a boyfriend! That is a really stupid reason to enter a relationship!]
Nevertheless, I got a big kick out of being called an Emo Hussy and it really does (IMO) describe my worse half. The side of me that’s horrifically oversensitive, outrageously prone to angst and drama, conniving, manipulative and downright…well, not good. Not good/ immoral + outrageous/impudent x me = Emo Hussy. This is why, I think, I so enjoy gardening. I get to make plants happy – there are no social obligations there – plus I get to be violent towards weeds and stubborn rocks and things. Best of both worlds.
So if meleechampion does not think my behavior warrants the title of Emo Hussy, then wow…thanks! Maybe I’m not coming off as emo hussyish as I think I am. LOL
I have a massive headache right now because:
1. I just got out of a meeting at work that gave it to me...being a graphic designer is NOT easy.
2. The finalist results from Tekkoshocon are pending...I don't know if 'Bustin made it to the finals, but darn it, I want to be the WTF comedy video. DAMN YOU DOKOOL!! I don't hate him forever for this, but it is making me *facepalm* a lot. *grin* It's fun, though, we actually were civil to one another at Anime Boston so hopefully he knows I really don't bear him ill will for his AMV RUINING MY AMV'S BIG DEBUT. :P
3. "My Song Ate My AMV" is going over just about like the lead balloon I predicted, but that's ok. Why? First, I make what I enjoy and if that's not necessarily what OTHER people enjoy...then, oh well, too bad for them! I never said it was a good AMV, I just said I liked it. Two TOTALLY different things. Second, I was very unhappy about the situation 'Bustin put me in - I was depressed by the very idea of trying to "top" it. Now I'm not, because I can now prove to myself ALL OVER AGAIN that yes, I can make a good AMV. ^_^ You see, there is a method to my madness. It's self-destructive, but it works!
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"My Song Ate My AMV" has been released.
2008-04-08 12:03:55
So here is my second AMV, which happens to be the THIRD one I’ve released: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=157625
Notice, unlike when the last two AMVs of mine were released, I’m not jumping up and down ecstatically right now in a crazed state of shock/euphoria/relief/exhaustion? Yeah – that’s how iffy I am about all of this. Someone asked me at work yesterday why I was in such a foul mood (in so many words). I said: because I’m about to release another AMV. My mood is even worse today; I don’t think I’ve stopped scowling since 6 a.m. There will probably be no announcement thread for this project unless I go home, start drinking heavily and say OH SCREW IT (which would totally be in the spirit of this project...). I’m going to pay attention to my gut feeling and not do something that makes me very uneasy. Doesn’t help that my announcement poster isn’t really “me." Consequently, this journal post and whatever banner I make is likely all the PR it’s going to receive from me, so if people like it I hope they will spread the word…which typically is how people learn about weird AMVs anyways.
I need to figure out how to string banner images because there’s not room in my sig for all the stuff I wish I could put there. I also need to figure out how to embed an image in my AMV comments area, that’s a good place for my poster…I used to know how, but I’ve forgotten and although I remember seeing instructions in the forums, I can’t find the post anymore. -_-
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