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I wonder what's next
2009-06-19 21:20:08
New video card is installed. Took the route, this time, of not even bothering with a fan since that seems to be the #1 problem I inevitably run into, in terms of PC hardware failing me. Nope, this thing has a humongous heat sink and no pieces parts to go bad on me.
I hope this PC will last me a good long while. I do feel a little bad about not using it to its full potential however. I never did get to see how far I could push it, AMV-wise. Note the past tense. Hrm...
*deletes random AMV musings* Haven't done that in awhile. :| -
Let the games begin again
2009-06-15 20:25:12
Watch Me (inside joke that may or may not come to fruition, but if it does it's going to be as great 'cause I love crazy semantic gags like this - I don't care what anyone else says!!!)
Pre-edit: 8
Edit: 10
The Good: I am unhappy so I'm going to try and make something that makes me smile.
The Bad: Fifty hours into editing, I'm going to be unhappier than I am now.
The Ugly: I'm making a storyboard for this because then I can procrastinate some more on actually editing the video.
Actually, what spurred this semi-triumphant journal entry was that the AMV Gods have given me a sign!! I tried to open my Premiere project for this AMV and it kept crashing, so this AMV is obviously meant to be! :D -
also, because I'm dumb like this*
2009-06-14 20:17:04
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_myprofile.php?user_id=83847
CORGI FTW
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Every time I turn around my PC is costing me money
2009-06-14 20:13:41
Got my video card, 'cept I had to get an old clunker because I rememberd belatedly that my power supply can't handle the newer ones (this, after spending many hours researching the card I expected to get). I briefly wavered and considered getting a new supply, but then came to my senses and realized that would lead me down the dark path to the gaming system I do not want to build. I just got done convincing myself to save up for a PS3 instead of new PC components, and then something like THIS happens.
*puffs*
blabbler continues to try and convince me that story boarding my videos is the only way out of my self-induced AMVing hell. I still feel it's sort of unnecessary in some cases - if I've got the story board in my head and I am extremely familiar with my source material, then why waste time story boarding? If, on the other hand, I want to pretend like I'm actually working on an AMV and spend many hours on a story board...then hey, been there and done that!! My first (never finished more than 10 seconds despite over 100 hours sunk into it - insert hyphens) AMV was story boarded within an inch of its life and went down in non-spectacular flames!
That's why I know it's not good for me. I finished my first video precisely because I had no clear "story" in my head, merely a very clear concept that I went to great lengths to make into reality. I remember being so relieved at not HAVING to plan out every frame...
Not saying story boarding is useless or doesn't work for some people...but in my case it hasn't been very much of a help. My stuff evolves too much. -
So...
2009-06-12 20:30:35
along these lines, I was thinking about blogging a lot recently. I remember one of my friends created what I now would define as a "blog" back in 2000 or so. He was quite the independent thinker, and he'd decided he wanted to have his own Web site where he could easily post updates about whatever it was he happened to be doing or otherwise thinking about. At the time it was very unusual and he had numerous people say "Hey, that's neat" and numerous others say "What a waste of time." I have no idea whatever became of his experiment, but now, some nine years later, we live in an era in which people not only go out of their WAY to waste time in this manner, but get props (and paid) for doing so.
At a very fundamental level I dislike the idea of blogging. The pieces parts just don't add up. If I want to rant and rave about something and be taken seriously, then why wouldn't I do it in person? Lots of people have lots of things to say, but most of it's not worth listening to.
I have no idea where I'm going with this, except that I just found someone on Facebook that I went to kindergarten with...and it's a little scary when you're peering at someone who looks very little like they did 20 years ago and you're desperately trying to get a mental handle all the changes which have taken place since that time.
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