| *bounce bounce* |
[Jul. 20th, 2007|06:02 pm] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  bouncy | ] |
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| | Escape from the City ~ Sonic Adventure 2 | ] |
http://www.sonicstadium.org/sonicnews/310/
For those of you unversed in development lingo, let me explain 'final confirmation.' Nintendo needed to get permission from SEGA in order to even get him in the game in the first place; at this point, he should be completely developed and programmed. Final confirmation is where SEGA lookes at what the developers have come up with, to make sure they didn't put in something unbecoming of SEGA or Sonic Team, that all appropriate copyright information is present, so on, so forth.
It's unlikely that the Brawl developers would have done anything of the sort, so SEGA has little reason to deny permission at this point. It's part of legal due process and all that, though, so all we can do is wait.
EDIT: Or the guy who Photoshopped the article could just up and say it's fake. Ah well.
5 days 'til my trip, 6 days 'til confirmation! |
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| I will now recite a liste |
[Jul. 9th, 2007|06:37 am] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  calm | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Coin Song (Piano ver.) ~ Nobuo Uematsu | ] |
I'm being productive lately. ^^ I figure I should keepe a liste of what all I'm workeing on, and here's as goode a place as any. Gives me a reason to looke at my journal more often, if nothing else. =P
Music:
- "Believe" orchestration: Coming along very nicely. Save for balancing the voices at various points in the song, I'd say I have the entire main part finished. Unfortunately, it's become very clear to me that I will NOT be satisfied with the ending as it is; I'm going to have to add on about another minute of music at the ende. The goode news is that I'll already have all the technical stuff pre-prepared in Reason & Cubase, so I'll just have to import the music lines and tweak them a little. If I don't manage to aske you in the next few days, Kirbo (and presuming you read my journal the few times a year I update it =P), do you have any particular date you'd like the finished product? Having a rough timetable will helpe me prioritize stuff.
- Fall Semester Portfolio: Believe is definitely going to go in here, no question, but I'll neede more than just one song. I'm not seeing a whole ton that I can develop in my current library, so I'm considering writing two or three new songs. Nothing too horribly fancy; single piece for piano, maybe a duet for violin and flute...hmm. Just had an idea for a piece with cello and guitar. Listening to Gau's theme from Final Fantasy VI. I'll brainstorm more on that once Believe is finished. One thing at a time.
- Recreational music: I've a number of half-started songs in my library that I'd like to finish, but they'll be on hold until I'm in a situation where I can worke on them. That being either free time, or during lessons this Fall.
Sprites:
- Bob: With frequent shading assistance from DP, I've finished creating the entire initial sprite, save for the head and the blade. I'm trying to decide if I should go with a bald-then-hair approach to get the dimensions of a head set in my brain first, or if I should just do the hair simultaneously. I'm leaning towards the former; I'll most likely be able to apply what I learn to everything else I do.
- DeltaStrata: Can't do anything more on this until Quaidis finishes the commission.
- Lots and lots of others: One thing at a time. =P
Written Whatnots:
- Makellos Evenwicht: The game is practically ready to go. All I neede to do at this point in order to START it is actually write up everyone's starting scenarios and sende out the appropriate PMs. Tentative start date for Friday the 13th remains as is.
- Story Series: Until I'm at a point where either this will affirmatively net me a salary (ie I'm either out of the house or doing my own taxes), or else I have far fewer projects to worke on, this is on holde.
Other:
- NWN Mod: I had lots of plans for this initially, but I may drop it. Or at least change what the focus is. Recreationally, I've already got plenty of stuff I'm making for fun. How'er, it would be goode to have a mod of some sort in any portfolio I turn in to a prospective VG studio. Yet another "when I have more time" thing.
I've been doing a lot of reading up on things, as well. Predominantly, I've found a site that gives DAMN goode info on the VG industry, what a person can do to prepare for it, what you should know/learn, how to net a job, that sort of thing. It took quite a while to finde it, as most sites that give claim to any such knowledge are usually littered with LARGE OBNOXIOUS BOLD-FACED BRIGHT-COLORED TEXT and would be closed by yours truly within moments of findeing them. They, coincidentally, all charged money for this knowledge. It was a happy day indeed when I finally found one that not only didn't charge a cent, but really knew what the fuck it was talkeing about. Anyone sincerely interested in getting into the gaming industry should take a looksie. Blah blah not an easy job blah blah takes a lot more worke blah blah don't try if you're just lookeing for a way to cruise etc. etc. As Mr. Sloper suggests (repeatedly), folkes should also register at the official site of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA); it's a place to get advice and get one's name out there. Free accounts let you talke, the student one ($30) nets you discounts & allows you to have a profile on-site, and the complete membership ($50, annual) allows you to vote on stuff. You can bet your ass that as soone as I have available funds (see below) I'll be signing up.
I'm going on a trip soone! =D I cleared it with my parents for me to take a weeke-and-a-half trip up to Washington to visit a *cough* friend *wink*, and later managed to stretch it out to just shy of two weekes. My cash reserves are running low (I've been self-inflicted unemployed for...three months now?), so they decided they'd pay for the airfare, which was pretty nice and slightly unexpected; I knew my mom would harpe on the money thing, so I spent a few days carefully setting up a budget for myself for the next few months (I have a guaranteed job come September) to show that it wouldn't be an issue. Was even planning on stickeing to it, too. I'm hoping that I'll be able to see some of the main VG headquarters while I'm over there (for those who don't know, Nintendo of America, Sierra Online, Square Enix, Sony Online & several others are located in WA), but as my host's main vehicles are shot currently (he's borrowing), that may not happen. Either way, I'm eagerly lookeing forward to it; leaving it two weekes.
Now, it's 7:30 in the morning and I've been up since 2 PM yesterday....do I want try to sleepe, or holde out until later in the day to try to get my sleepeing pattern backe on tracke? *taps a finger in thought...* |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 5th, 2007|05:28 pm] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  good | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | See-Saw ~ BELIEVE | ] |
And perhaps a bit better now...we'll have to see.
( Yay hope! ^^ )
Anyway! I'm off to get a haircut. Tomorrow I have my interview for an internship at a local radio station. =D It's awesome, 'cause I'll get to be around sound equipment AND not have to worke with customers anymore! |
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| Blizzard Warning |
[Dec. 22nd, 2006|01:00 am] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Delphinus Cruise ~ Eternal Arcadia OST | ] |
ATTENTION U.S. RESIDENTS LIVING TO THE RIGHT EAST OF COLORADO:
There is a bigass blizzard headed eastward. When I say bigass, I mean 3-foot+ snowdrifts. All policeyfolks designated to highway duties. Every interstate in the state closed. Airports closed. Post office closed. Hollywood Video closed.
I'm not sure if it'll get weaker or stronger as it heads over...logic would dictate weaker. But just a heads-up regardless.
I'm playing Skies of Arcadia. Again. =D |
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| And a few days later... |
[Dec. 20th, 2006|04:34 am] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Soul Meets Body ~ Death Cab For Cutie | ] |
...I finish making a comic! =D
From what I've received thus far, I apparantly still have my comedic sense about me. I may be able to make Day at the Forums a standard...we'll just have to see.
...Hahaha it's 4:30 in the morning. I should sleepe now. =D |
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| I have a comic idea! |
[Dec. 16th, 2006|02:09 am] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  creative | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Sonic Adventure 2 ~ Supporting Me | ] |
This is incredible!
For the first time since, like, December of LAST year, I randomly read something on the forums and went "...Hey, I could make that funny!"
Spriting, AWAAAAAAAAAAAY! |
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| Hi. |
[Dec. 7th, 2006|05:43 am] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  lethargic | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Reset ~ Okami (Ayaka Hirahara) | ] |
I'm alive.
I'm going to pass two classes this semester. Maybe three. Because I haven't been going.
I'm gonna start poppin' online less come next semester so I can actually get my worke done and get through college. 'Cause it's high time I started doin' that.
I am posting from my laptop. It is called FloorDrake. FloorDrake will be very important, as I will be able to type and write music on campus. And stay up late workeing on stuff (but not as much!) without worrying about waking up my folks.
I've been playing a lot of Soul Calibur III lately, and can now kick so much ass as Zasalamel. Can't wait for Bob to head up so I can try out my new tricks on him.
I will probably be changing emails soon. I'm bloody sick of the "hot saxuel brunet taks it al!!!" emails.
I have the Okami OST. I forget if I mentioned it already, but it's my current favorite game of ever. Cried toward the end I did, 'cause it was so great.
I've been displaced to the Parker store, because they need more people. Longer drive, 6-8 more hours of work overall, but a much less busy store. Yet I think I would like to go back to the Smokey store. Actually, I'd like to stop working there altogether, and get a job where I won't have customers, ie radio. But that's a few years off yet.
Spriting and literary work is both coming along nicely, thanks to FloorDrake. Been doing a lot of both at work during lunch, and even while on the clock, since so few people come in.
I think I'm only bisexual when it comes to furdom. Don't really find human males very attractive. Very few human females, either, come to think of it. Maybe that's why my sister says being a fur (which I still don't think I am) is 'unhealthy.'
I take my citizenship test on Monday. I'm still not too keen on being seen as "American," but as long as dual citizenship goes through, I'll always be calling myself Canadian.
I have agreed to send a new friend and idol $60 a month, until he can get back on his feet (financially) for his car crash. Looking back on it, this may not have been the best idea, especially considering my debt to my parents will have past $2000 come the end of this semester (5-6 failed classes + higher insurance rate from having below a 3.0 GPA). I'll definitely give the money until February, and then see what happens from there.
I seem to be surrounded by death lately. My grandparents are dying of old age. A good friend online has a kidney disease. An acquaintance at college died in a car accident. My friend I play music with has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma (stage unknown yet). And even though it's been almost half a year, I can still perfectly see that single hand sticking out from a tarp near a crash site as I drove past slowly. Clutching desperately to the air. Lots of death. Is this new? Or has it always been there, and I just never noticed?
I've got a test in Basic Conducting tomorrow, part of my final. It's one of the two classes I still have a chance to pass, so I'm definitely gonna show up.
I got accepted for a fandub for Ouran High School a little while ago. And I'm working with Kirbopher! =D But don't tell him I expressed enthusiasm about that. He'll think I'm some crazy fan-type person. Anyway, now that I've finally got time (since I'm not being hounded for failing classes and stuff), I'll start recording. I figure I'll try and get it all done tomorrow, half at the least.
I'd like to be a falcon in the next life.
EDIT: Oh, and I'm memorizing Gilbert & Sullivan's "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General." Because it was mentioned in a Wa-Chow. Holy damn I'm bizarre. |
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| gnar gnar bannerad gnar |
[Sep. 18th, 2006|11:47 pm] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | The Riddle ~ Five for Fighting | ] |
So my mother decided a few days after I did that my life needed an overhaul, so, in addition to all the stuff I already said I'd be doing, my computer has now been displaced to the next room over. Which just means I'll be hanging out in here instead. XD It's actually a lot nicer in here, all things considered: I get to sit on a couch instead of my desk chair, and if I'm playing something, since the computer's right next to the TV, I don't have to move an inch to figure out how to get the Heart Tank I'm missing in X5 of the Megaman X Collection. For that I suppose I can forgive the fact she demands I be off by 10 PM. Yes I know it's past 10 PM. I got a special exception today, which I'll explain shortly.
Anywho, things are lookeing up for me. Thus far, I'm starting to get backe up to speed with all of my classes. Got that clarinet article and will finish my paper on it tomorrow or Wednesday when I get home. Tomorrow I have my playing test for the same, which I thinke's gonna go alright. Just gotta make sure I practice playing a bit beforehande, 'cause it's hard for me to remember just exactly how to play it right off the bat. Goode thing I've got almost an hour and a half before my scheduled time. X3 Also gotta remember to bring my cassette, 'cause I'm getting recorded for my conducting class a half-hour after. Big day tomorrow, apparantly.
Toni and I broke up a while ago, because we both agreed we couldn't really say we were going to live together if we hadn't even met. And between that and now, I realized that I don't love her anymore. I did love her, make no mistake about that. But the more I learned about her, how she acted, how she lived, it just occured to me that I couldn't see myself with her. I still like her as a friend...just not as a lover. Which is okay, I thinke. It hurt her like hell when I told her, I know, but she would've hated it even more if I kept it from her. She was expecting it, actually. =/ But what's done is done. She said in the past that if it didn't work out with me, she'd never try with anyone ever again...but she's young, and liable to say a lot of things. I mean, I recall once saying that I'd never be with anyone. And hell, before we got together, she told ME she'd never be with anyone ever again. Things change, and resolves fade. I'm hopeful she'll find someone who makes her happy, but more importantly, who SHE makes happy. One-sided love is liable to fail.
For security reasons, I don't want to let out any of the details for the time being, but I've reason to believe that The Middle Ground might be attacked soone. I got permission from my mom to stay up late so that I could make sure everything is as secure as it can be. Just gotta make sure I wake up on time tomorrow (which means getting to bed soone). Hell, since I've got stuff I wanna checke before I leave for school (MG among them), I'll probably want to get up early. Which may not be as difficult as those of you who know me may thinke: I was 45 minutes early to worke today, after all. X3
To be fair, that wasn't for the sake of being early, though. In a large radius around where I live, several roads are being reconstructed (more like destructed lol), to the point where I cannot take ANY route to get to the highway without passing through at least one construction route. And today, when I got home, they were just starting to tear up the road along which the only two exits from my residential area are. I got in the house, ate, grabbed my clothes, and drove to work while it was still POSSIBLE. I may be lazy, but when I see something I know is going to screw me over, I take care of it.
Speaking of work, I'm finally going to start getting more hours. Might actually end up working every day Friday to Monday; I'm currently only working two days a week for a total of maybe eleven or twelve hours, which, while great for my lazy-minded self, really screws me over financially. And, uh. I owe my mother $1400. And I want to move out when I've finished schooling, so I'd like to start building funds now. Which of course means less rampant spending. I may even have to wait several years before gettin' myself any of the next-gen systems. ;_; No Zelda, Halo 3 or KH 3 for me.
Kirb linked to a fandub thingie that's going on that has piqued my late-night curiousity, so I figure when I get home tomorrow, I'll put together a few audition clips. I'm getting all hopeful and stuff, though, which is bad, since I've never failed an audition before in my life. Ever. And I'm trying to get into something that, while I may have experience in, is being directed by someone I've never met, for something I've never heard of. Of course that's never stopped me in the past. But either way, I'll just send the lines and see whether I'm useable.
Dudes at worke are down on a lot of the songs we have to listen to with this month's screener (the thing that plays on the TVs all day every day), but I'm a big fan of several of them. Today's musical selection is brought to you by Hollywood Video TV, by the by; it's a really nice song. ^^
Welp, I'm fourteen minutes over when I said I'd be getting to sleepe, so I'd best be headin' off. Have fun, y'all! =D |
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| Right, I've got a journal |
[Sep. 14th, 2006|04:19 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | What Mood I'm In |
| |  busy | ] |
| [ | What I'm Listening To |
| | Flying in a Blue Dream ~ Joe Satriani | ] |
Been a long while since I've posted anything. Been busy interacting with actual people. Goodeness, ain't it frightening. Anyway, I'm actually just here to put in something I wrote down at school and, in the course of writing, wrote I'd write it here.
( Yay no paragraphs! )
There, I did it. Reading through as I was typing, there was a bunch of stuff I've qualified since I wrote it (hour drive home, remember?), but I wanted to be honest with my past feelings, so there's the whole thing, unaltered. Minus a few words I mispelled. >>;
If I've got the time after all my pre-determined worke for the day is done, I'll see if I can't—scrap that, I WILL make another post on here to just sorta update folks (if anyone still pays any attention to lil' old me) on my life. I'm sure a few of you will be rather "o_O" at some of the stuff I mentioned up there. As well you should be; it's beene an eventful three months. |
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