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hehehe the perfect excuse for not editing!
2013-01-20 21:43:53
No, my computer didn't die. I'm moving in three weeks to a new apartment. It's bigger, it's better, and I've already gotten myself in trouble by being overly excited about a fantastic deal on some new furniture by buying things I don't need!! But really, how could I pass up $200 for a leather recliner (that's really comfy) and another $200 for a big, cushy fabric recliner (that's even more comfy)?? Oh SURE they don't fit in my car, but details, details...
*******VCA time, huh? Vote for The Kingdom of LFS for...hrm...well, nothing, but do give it a thumbs up and perhaps nomination for being decent at some of the things it does (thanks Bashar! :D).********
The big suck about my new abode is that I'm being whipped back to the dark ages of my time in the mountains of Vermont by the unavailability of anything but substandard DSL at the location. REALLY? REALLLLYY?? And I have no way of knowing what kind of speeds I'm going to get until I actually get there. Prepare for some major screeching if it's slow as death.
In other news, I started a new endeavor to reclaim my health last weekend called the Ideal Protein diet. This is a last ditch effort on my part to a) prove there's something seriously screwed up with me or b) prove there's not and I just need to eat more veggies. I lost 6 lbs in five days, and there's another 20 to go before I get down to 145 lbs and can fit back into half my clothes.
Aside from being forced to eat vegetables (which I do like), the worst thing is I am not allowed to exercise for three weeks b/c I'm not supposed to send my body into starvation mode by burning too many calories. The next worse thing is that my chronic, perpetual headache is worse, but hopefully the chiropractor will work on that soon. Can't blame it on too my editing, this time. :(
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*yawn*
2013-01-01 17:16:10
Nothing to see here, folks. No video work was done. I didn't even deliberately try avoiding it. What little work I did attempt left a bad taste in my mouth, so I turned off Premiere and went snowshoeing for a few hours.
I think what I particularly enjoying about AMVing is having a creative project in the works. Yeah, ok, I have other hobbies and pastimes, but there's nothing like creating an AMV. I think I need to do a collaborative project with someone who can supply the enthusiasm I severely lack.
*stares at living room floor* There are salty dog prints all over my floor. :| Where's my SWIFFER?? -
About K...
2012-12-19 19:46:47
The current season of anime is retaining my attention insofar as I'm making an effort to keep up with a few series, but failing to do much more than that. I think "K" is the worst offender... it's beautifully animated (usually), has nice character designs, a good deal of gratuitous posing (I'm a sucker for that)...but not much more.
It's actually a terrible series. Last night, while marathoning episodes 8-11, I actually came to the end of my tolerance for enjoying "K" and instead found myself scrutinizing the incredible poor screenplay and writing. I rarely do this, but "K" is just soooo bad in this regard. One 5-minute scene I happened to watch the clock on was 99% exposition, with the characters stating what was going on and with precisely ONE LINE worth of dialogue which actually advanced the plot or presented something the audience didn't already know. Ugh.
And yet I continue to watch it. I did NOT typically do this, but there's just nothing else this season that is a true cut above, so I keep treading water with the sub par.
Wait. Pierce Morgan had someone on advocating for arming teachers in the classrooms so that school shooting tragedies can be prevented? Um. Yes...Let's put guns in EVERY classroom! That will fix EVERYTHING! Heck, arm everyone - you never know where the next shooting is going to occur, after all. There's the bus stop, the bus ride itself, the basketball game after school, the SAT test, driver's ed, clubs, dorms, etc. Yes, preventing violence in society certainly begins and ends with arranging things so that everyone has equal access to weapons.
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In other news, my inability to be tactful when put on the spot has gotten me in some trouble at work, I think. I wish people wouldn't ask me leading questions, I need a pin that says this: "If you don't want my opinion, DON'T SUGGEST I SHARE IT."
Ugh. In AMV news, listening to music which once inspired all kinds of wonderful AMV ideas now makes me depressed, because I know I'll never do anything with those ideas. I need a new hobby. I do plan on trying my absolute best to do some hardcore editing over the holidays. Stay tuned. -
Brownies. And not editing.
2012-12-11 19:41:58
I can't drink alcohol b/c of some meds I'm on, so instead I'm baking brownies in which to bury my misery. I was actually going to edit a bit tonight, but that's been totally wiped off the table.
Not sure if you've ever experienced this, but being caught between two people who do not like one another and yet both have authority over you makes ME feel like an uncooked chicken getting my plucked wings yanked one way and then the other. I can't squawk because I'm already dead, but if I did my goose would definitely be cooked.
::Deletes rant:: That might have been the first deletion instance this year. Huh.
Speaking of editing, this weekend I had planned to really make an effort to work on my video, but wound up making extraordinary efforts to do the exact opposite (and succeeding). It's kind of hilarious how much I dislike what most would consider a hobby, and the lengths I'll go to avoid having anything to do with it. For example, I cleaned my (very clean) basement and rearranged the contents of five (very well organized) giant Rubbermaid storage boxes just to pretend I had something more important to do. Note: I could have done a lot of FUN things instead, but no...only the worst chores will do when making up excuses to avoid one's hobby. -
*sigh* Yeaaahhh....
2012-12-06 18:46:46
I have not had the chance to work on my AMV for a few weeks, but hopefully this weekend I will get something done. Three weeks ago my sister inconveniently had a child, two weeks ago I was visiting family for Thanksgiving and last weekend I was in Orlando for a trade show (if I lost 40 lbs. and got a boob job, I could theoretically do the booth babe thing, but at the moment I'm wearing long pants, sensible shoes and my company's standard dress shirts - fiiiine with me! guys never hear the booth bunnies complaining about their gigs in the women's restroom...I do.).
I've almost recovered from the trade show, but now I've got to shift into Christmas gear and get myself a tree and shop for gifts this weekend. This year I'm a Secret Santa to an anonymous, underprivileged third-grade boy in the local school system, and he has requested all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Christmas, along with some presents for his other family members.
I wish he was into anime. If he was a little older, I'd definitely get him some anime and manga, but I've had too many instances where I've gifted that stuff to friends' kids and then gotten feedback like: "He turned to page 26 and there was a naked girl Nar- Naruto summoned??" to continue this trend. I am not sure what counts as cool in the TMNT universe these days, though. Somehow I don't think it's what was cool 25 years ago (25 years?? ACK!! I feel soooo old right now...).
I admit I see myself as kind of a failure as an anime ambassador, because I've never really introduced and 100% converted someone into a raging otaku. Made people think about it differently, sit down and watch it, KNOW what it is...yes, but love it? No. :(
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