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Let's see... important things right now are all work in some way, shape, or form. Even BZP, and well, tomorrow I'm off, so I can actually catch up on a few BZP related activities. I was planning to get a few things done today and tonight, luckily for me I had places to be in the morning and I had to stay two hours more than I was scheduled today. So, tomorrow is being devoted to my time off. So I'll be here tomorrow to answer some PMs and all that jazz. Of course some of my time will be devoted to Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings. I was really glad to actually find it today at a Best Buy. It was the last copy too. Almost was able to go to a TRU today, that didn't happen. It's not like I really need to have the new sets right away. I can be patient. I want to get sets for this year first. I've got a few Nintendo related entries I have planned so expect to see at least one of them up as early as tomorrow. Kohaku
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There are ten types of people in the world; those who know binary, and those who don't. Well, in recent news, I have not posted in forever. Just in case you didn't know, which, as I imagine, most of you do not. I have just been stretched for time lately. That and some other stuffs have arisen... Let's see... I think I'll list some of the stuff that I feel like now: Smokey, my family's new kitten that we adopted a few weeks back, died. My family has next to no moneys. ;_; I have had no drawing inspiration, not like anyone here has actually noticed... I helped one of my friends put flooring in their house all day on Saturday and now I'm all sore... I may buy myself a sword for Christmas. =D My family is currently foster caring for two rather large kittens for a few weeks. I have to go to bed now. Well, that's about all I want to say. I hope you had fun. Please exit to your left and come again soon. Goodbye.
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Let us not forget about those who are not as fortunate this holiday season. Recently, another associate at the Wal-Mart that I work at had his house burn down. And to help him out we had a small bake sale in which the funds will go to him. It is sad when something like this happens, and with this time of the year it is even sadder. I of course donated and bought a few treats, it may not be much but every little bit counts. Still, never forget those who are less fortunate, not only at this time of the year, but year round. Kohaku
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Wheee! 20% Discount! We used my 20% Discount on one item at Wal-Mart. So, my family finally got an HDTV, it has yet to be installed. Putting it up will happen tomorrow or Tuesday. It is a 32" Samsung LCD HDTV. That is the big news. I finished the Christmas shopping for my mom today, she will love her gift. I won't say what it is cuz she may or may not read my blog. I also picked up My French Coach for the DS, I'll be getting that one on Christmas, but it'll be fun to learn another language... all we need is a My Japanese Coach and I'll be set... Also. BLEACH Season 1 boxset is mine! For those of you who don't know season one is known as The Substitute. I may have to get that one early. Kohaku
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Title is German, it means Button Allocation. I wonder how many of you clicked it though? Anyway... I recently got some more Nintendo goodies. Including another DS lanyard. I'll be posting pics later tonight hopefully. Or tomorrow. I picked up Futurama: Bender's Big Score today. A funny movie which closes up many loose ends... while continuing the series. More movies next year for it, which I now want more. Been busy these last few days. Black Friday sucked... so did the day after. Also... we are still sold out of the Wii. People ask for it a lot, being a Nintendo fan that is awesome. It does get on my nerves though. >_< "Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slideshows." - Al Gore From the world of tomorrow, Kohaku
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And by 'axe' I of course mean guitar, as any rock fan knows; and by 'guitar' I mean guitar-shaped controller, as anyone who knows me and my complete inability to play any musical instrument can tell you. Anyway, I finally received Guitar Hero III last Wednesday, and have been enjoying it immensely. Having read some things about it previously I started out on Easy so I could get the appropriate Achievements and money from the store (apparently if you beat a song on a higher difficulty you don't get the money for the lower difficulty like you did in GH2). I breezed through that in a night, five-starring everything, with quite a few perfects, no shock there. Next night I started on Medium and was going through with no problems until the first boss battle against Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. On Easy, you can basically use the attack powers as soon as you get them and be guaranteed a win, but on harder difficulties, it turns out, you need to use some strategy and save them up so you can hit him with a bunch one after another. It took me a couple tries before I figured this out. After that though, it was smooth sailing. Five-starred everything except Barracuda and Raining Blood. Then it was onto Hard. There's something about this difficulty, not the orange button anymore, just the crazy things they do that makes it so much harder. I've been able to pass every song so far until the seventh level, where I've gotten stuck now. One thing I noticed is that compared to GH2, GH3 tends to use long streaks of the same note and lots of three note chords on the harder songs rather than making the movements complex. I find it very frustrating. I've bumped it up to Expert now and am starting on the second level, figuring maybe playing on there will help prepare me for level seven on Hard. Oh yeah, I also went back and five-starred those last two Medium songs. As far as the music goes, overall I like it, but I think I like GH2's track list better. There are whole sections of GH3's list that just leave me uninspired, although as a change there are no songs I don't like at all (such as Who Was In My Room Last Night? in GH2), just songs that are bland. Although I wish their rendition of The Devil Went Down to Georgia was better, it could use a lot of help. The master tracks are nice though, the real song instead of covers. I wish they could have done this for more bands, especially ones like Cream and The Who. Overall, I recommend the game if you enjoy rock music and rhythm games, unless you'd rather wait until Rock Band comes out, in which case you may want to save your money.
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It's going to be a fun weekend. Last week, I had the pleasure of ordering a new laptop. My current one, while only two years old, has been giving me a lot of trouble and has the unfortunate drawback of being unable to easily run Mac OS X. It's battery died this past summer for the second time (first was spring 2006). I considered just buying a replacement battery, but what was the point, chances were it was going to die again. Everyone in my college class was given the same laptop (included in our tuition) and at least half the people I know have had their batteries die. Sounds like a faulty design if you ask me. Anyway, I saw this as an opportunity to get a MacBook Pro. Obviously once you order something like a new computer, you get excited. The past week I was periodically checking the tracking information to see when it would arrive. FedEx informed me that today would be the day. Just in time for the weekend! So I was surprised when yesterday upon returning from work there was a notice on my door saying they had tried to deliver the package but that no one was available to sign for it. I was confused by this, and kind of annoyed, especially since I had already printed out the signature form and was going to put it on my door the next day so they could drop it off while I was working. Upon closer inspection of the notice, however, I discovered another option. I could drive to the FedEx distribution center and pick it up that night. This sounded like an adventure, one that I would record for your reading pleasure! A quick trip to Google Maps later I had an expertly crafted route taking me through various backroads so I could avoid the major highway that was undergoing construction. I hopped in my car and drove off. A short while later (after only one wrong turn) I found myself at the lovely FedEx facility in Mount Olive, New Jersey. Lovely, ain't it? I presented the helpful employee with my notice and identification and a short while later I was in the proud possession of a new MacBook Pro. I brought it out to my car and strapped it in tight for the ride home. Buckle up kids, it's the law. I sped home as fast as local speed limits (and the cars in front of me) would allow. I really wish some people didn't think that 40 MPH means go 33 MPH though... Follow that cab! I managed to make it home nonetheless, and was ready to open the box. Nurse, hand me my scalpel. I ripped and tore my way through the durable cardboard enclosure so I could reach the amazing Mac goodness inside. Or maybe I just took a knife and cut it open, take your pick. Hmm, that doesn't look like a MacBook Pro... Inside the box was – another box! The suspense was building, nearly too much to handle. I could've sworn I rotated this before I uploaded it. Once that box was breached I was finally able to get a look at my new computer. It is a thing of beauty. Look at that shiny laptop. I took it out, plugged it in, and powered it on. *Bong!* And since that moment, there's been no looking back. I've spent the time since then installing various applications, Firefox, Thunderbird, Adium, NetNewsWire, Gimp, Office, Audacity, and many others that I use regularly. It's gonna take a while to set all that up, and then time to sync up some files with my desktop. I also have to get files off of my old laptop. Right now I'm making a VMWare image to use with Fusion, that should be fun. So far it's been a blast. I miss my middle trackpad button for opening links in new tabs and such, but command-clicking works almost as well. I love the two finger-sensing trackpad, makes it easier to right-click and scroll, more than making up for the lack of three buttons. It's got lots of other great features too, the backlit keyboard, sudden motion sensor (there are some fun games that make use of it), and of course, all the wonders of Mac OS X. One thing I don't like it the location of the optical drive. If the laptop is on my lap, the drive if pointing right at my stomach, it makes it hard to get CDs in and out compared to most other laptops I've used that have drives the eject on the side. Still, it's just a little thing. Overall it's a great computer, one I expect to use for many years.
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I was late for work today... an hour late. So I stayed an hour later, and it worked out greatly cuz I was needed. Which is good. Anyway, I'll be killed for posting these lyrics... Donkey Kong Rap Donkey Tiny Lanky Diddy Chunky Composition: David Wise Arrangement: Steve "Bang" Pang Vocals: James W. Norwood Jr. H-H-H...Here we go! So they're finally here, performing for you If you know the words, you can join in too Put your hands together if you want to clap As we take you through this fun-ky rap! HUH! D. K.! Donkey Kong! * He's the leader of the bunch. You know him well. He's finally back to kick some tail! [break: 2 Measures, Monkey Yells](1) His coconut gun can fire in spurts If he shoots ya, [Monkey Yell] it's gonna hurt! He's bigger! faster! and stronger too! He's the first member of the DK crew! D. K.! Donkey Kong! HEY! D. K.! Donkey Kong is here! [break: 1 Measure] This Kong's got style, so listen up dudes! She shrinks in size to suit her mood! [break: 2 Measures] She's quick n' nimble when she needs to be She floats in air and climbs up trees! [break: 2 Measures] If you choose her, you won't choose wrong With a skip and a hop, she's ONE COOL KONG! [break: 2 Measures] D. K.! Donkey Kong! [break: 4 Measures] He has no style, he has no grace This Kong...has a funny face He can handstand when he wants to And stretch his arms out just for you! [break: 1 Measure] In-flate himself just like a balloon This cra-zy Kong just digs this tune! HEY! D. K.! (D. K.!) Donkey Kong! D. K.! (D. K.!) Donkey Kong is here! [break: 2 Measures] He's back again, and about time, too And this time, he's in the mood! [break: 2 Measures] He can fly real high with his jetpack on... With his pistols out, he's one tough Kong! He can make you smile when you hear his tune... [break: 1 Measure] But, Kremlings beware 'cause he's out after you! D. K.! Donkey Kong! D. K.! Donkey Kong! (fading) D. K.! Donkey Kong! D. K.... Fi-nal-ly, he's here for you! It's the LAST member of the D. K. crew! This Kong's...so strong, it isn't funny! Can make a Kremling cry out for Mummy! [break: 2 Measures] He can pick up a boulder with relative ease Makes crushing rocks seem such a breeze He may move slow; he can't jump high But this Kong's one heck of a guy! Hehehe... [break: 2 Measures] Come on Cranky! Take it to the stage! ** Walnuts, peanuts, pineapple smells! Grapes, melons, oranges, and coconut shells! ** REPEAT Oh, yeah! [break: 4 Measures] * REPEAT (and fading) NOTE: (1) These breaks are inserted only for the Super Smash Bros. Melee version. Kohaku
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Not really. We are painting parts of our house. It looks much better than it did, however as usual you must move heavy things. Moving a fridge sucks. And I'm -not- talking about Roa's fridge. Anyway, that has kept me busy. And now for sports, Packers, 9-1. WHOOOO! This Thanksgiving day one of the biggest games yet, The Packers at The Lions. And now for gaming, I got more Wii points... still deciding what to use them on. I now have 2900 points. About 800 of them are reserved for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a game by SqaureSoft, now known as Square Enix. Either way, I need to decide on some VC games... I'm tempted to go through Paper Mario again... Anyone have some ideas? Kohaku
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Yesterday our cable modem blew up. Ok, it didn't blow up, it just died. This left us without internet or phone. Which is horrible, cuz it is boring without the internet. The reason it took out our phone is because we have digital phone so it connects to the modem. Reconnecting the router was a pain, but it works now. I still have to reconnect my Wii... In other news, I got Super Mario Galaxy. It is disorienting at many points, truly a lot of fun and hard at many spots. Music is some of the best in a Mario game ever. Why? It takes the best themes and remixes them to make them better. Kohaku
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I was the one handing out candy this year... but I ate the leftovers... and got some at half-off today. Now I will soon have a sugar rush. *dies* It's not all mine. Kohaku
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"Would you like to pop a bubble?" I'm sure you are wondering what the point of this is. It is a story. Story time so to speak. And EVERYONE loves a story. Yesterday I was at work at Wal-mart (what a wonderful place) doing electronic related stuff, in electronics. Putting stuff away, changing modulars, changing tags, helping customers... when the Pirate Elf over in jewelery asked me if I wanted to pop bubble wrap. How can one resist? Even BZP couldn't resist. Later on she asked associates if they wanted to pop a bubble. Even a manager. A manager, who popped some bubble wrap. She even asked a customer who walked by. Most people thought she was crazy. And personally, I agree. (She would easily fit in on BZP.) So the moral is, bubble wrap is awesome. Kohaku
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Today I am a little depressed. More than a little. For while I was on lunch at work, and I got a phone call. A bad one. It was my mother calling saying that we have to go see her right now. She is in bad shape after seeing her. And from what I know, she may not make it, whether or not she lives is pretty much up to her. I have hope, but sometimes it isn't enough. She is one of the most important people in my life and if she is gone that is a huge influence that goes with her, it is like a part of me dies. We are close, and honestly my heart would shatter if I were to lose her. I honestly... don't know what else to say here... Kohaku
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I know I said I was going to try to post entries more often, but there's a perfectly good reason why it been a while since my last update: a little game called Halo 3. My last entry was on September 20th and Halo 3 came out on the 25th. In between those dates I was visiting some friends at school and beating Bioshock (great game). Then of course on the night of the 24th I went to my local Electronic Boutique and got on line for the midnight release. It was pretty fun, the store bought pizza and soda for everyone, we turned on the TV at a nearby Verizon FiOS TV kiosk and watched the Titans destroy the Saints, and talked about how we were all looking forward to the game. Midnight came, I got my Legendary Edition and drove home. I had taken the day off of work, so no distractions. I put in the disc, launched the campaign, and started going. Eleven hours later, I finally put the controller down and watched the final cut scene, credits, and the real final cut scene. I was definitely pleased with the game, I had a lot of fun playing through on Heroic, and thought the story was great. It's funny how attached you find yourself to the characters by the third installment, there were definitely some really emotional parts, although I won't spoil anything. Since then, it's been a lot of multiplayer action. Please note that I do not consider myself 'good' by any means. I have my on and off games, and generally try to be a good supporting team player. If you ever want to hit me up on Live, my Gamertag is Black 5ix. I really like most of the new maps, although I've never been a fan of Zanzibar (now Last Resort). High Ground is my favorite, I think, along with Narrows and Isolation. Epitaph is nice too, and Construct, while an interesting idea, usually ends up with players staying on the top level. The Pit is nice, but I only have payed it on 2v2 where it seems too big. Snowbound is well-balanced, but I don't enjoy it for some reason, and Valhalla should be 5v5 or bigger only, I think. 4v4 on that map gets hard because of how spread out things get. I have no real opinion of Sandtrap, as I haven't played a real game on it yet. The Elephant looks fun though. Tonight I went back and played some more campaign, I'm trying to go back and find all the skulls and pick up a couple more Achievements. I'm kind of annoyed though, twice I used the Trip Mine to destroy vehicles and didn't get the associated award, anyone know what's up with that? I got through the first three levels, I think I'll go for the next three tomorrow. So that's where I've been and will be, I think this game is going to keep my attention for quite some time.
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So today the first commercial from the Halo 3 ad campaign was released exclusively on Yahoo! While personally I enjoyed it, I can definitely see how people who aren't fans of the series may miss what it's trying to convey. Then again, they may get it completely, as it completely lacks any game footage and focuses on story and emotion. I encourage everyone to check it out. Next up, the first Iron Man movie trailer was released the other day. The movie looks really good, and really has a lot of potential. Iron Man has always been one of my favorite comic book characters, so I really hope they don't screw it up. Finally, the other movie I'm looking forward to next year, Indiana Jones 4 finally got its official title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. At first it seems kind of tacky, but in retrospect so do titles like "Temple of Doom" and "The Empire Strikes Back," but they're still good movies (ESB is still my favorite Star Wars film). I'm definitely hoping they don't screw this one up, or else I'll be very mad. Apparently it's taking place in Central and South America, and will be focusing on Aztecs and UFOs. I need to read up on some of the crazy Stargate-like theories that are out there about this kind of stuff. It definitely seems a little out of place for an Indy film, but we'll see next Memorial Day. In other news, work is going well. I get Friday off this week, so tomorrow is my 'Friday.' Woohoo!
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DVD's are evil... when you have to put them away for an entire shift like I did last night. You see at Wal-Mart all of the DVDs are moving around at all stores, some are experiancing price changes others get shipped back. I was supposed to update the New Release section last night, but I never got around to it. For four hours I was the only one in electronics. For one of those hours I was nonstop helping customers. Needless to say, I never want another DVD again... ...That's a lie. I picked up a double feature movie The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards and I picked up Futurama Volume 3. I also grabbed Monty Python and the Holy Grail a few days ago. Needless to say, I'm enjoying my day off today. Kohaku
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I really, really hate hospitals. And that's all I have to say.
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On the 11th, I got to meet the NOA representative who visited my Wal-Mart. So I talked to him about plenty of the newest games. I'm also jealous because he gets to play some high profile games before everyone else. He even got me interested in a game I hadn't even heard of. One of the things I learned were some things I had already heard about NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime. When our rep. met him he walked by him in the hallway and didn't know who he was until later on. The thing that is awesome about Reggie is he will talk to you in a casual laid back way. Makes me jealous of the people who actually get to speak with Reggie frequently, cuz Reggie is awesome. Enough about that... I did get to learn a few things that haven't been reported on the gaming websites, however, it would be best if I kept my mouth shut on that subject. Plus I found out about a website for associates working at stores. They can login and then learn about Nintendo products through modules. Which is made more fun by the fact that I get entered into contests. Honestly I have almost 500 entries int the current won. They have daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly prizes. There are plenty of terms and conditions, but I pass. Plus I can get certified for knowledge in Nintendo products. They have weird questions for that sometimes... but I get more entries into the contests! Plus, now on my DS lanyard is a Phantom Hourglass button. Also, next time, I'll get a new lanyard! Free stuff is win! Be jealous, be very jealous. Kohaku
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So I had wanted to post an entry about this on Friday night right after my first week, but that didn't happen. Anyway, I've been working at my new internship for a week now, and have been enjoying it a bit. Still getting adjusted to my responsibilities and their policies, but hey, it's a learning experience. It seems like I'll have a significant amount of free time too. Last night I went down and visited some friends from school and hung out there for a while, so it's not all work. I'm watching the Giants game now, but they're starting to fall apart in the beginning of the fourth. Down by nine, so it's not over yet, but you can see they're slowing down. I'm probably just going to go to bed, it's been a long, tiring weekend and I have another week of work to look forward to tomorrow.
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My life is dull because of school (which started on Aug. 27.) I wish something fun would happen. -Canama
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Well, it's been about a month and a half since my last entry, I guess that tells you a little bit about how the last while has been. So, quick run through, for those of you who care: Second summer session of classes at college: They went well, finals were last week and now they're over. My birthday: It was back at the beginning of August. I had a small party with some friends and we had a good time. Other stuff: Shilo (Omicron) came down from Massachusetts and we hung out for a couple of days. We saw Rush Hour 3 with Janus and LehvakLah. BZPower: I've had to come to terms with my new responsibilities as a full administrator. It's been an interesting transition, although you guys haven't really seen too much of it. Aside from that, there's been a lot of little things that have been going on, hanging out with friends, enjoying my summer, earning some money, all that fun stuff. On Tuesday I start an internship working for the Army. Nothing too amazing, I'll just be working on some software development. I'm looking forward to it much more than my last internship, which was mainly IT/help desk work. I hope to try to update this more in the future, but I've said that before and it hasn't come to anything yet, but we'll see. So that's about it, hope you enjoyed.
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I work today. The thing is I work in -foods- today. Why must I work in foods, I greatly despise foods as it is really boring. I would much rather be in electronics tonight. Not only that I work from 2:00PM to 10:00PM and they have my one hour lunch scheduled from 3:00PM to 4:00PM. Which isn't going to happen. Ever. Either way today is not going to be fun. Unless for some reason they need me in electronics. Which I hope they will. Kohaku
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Scanning... Location: Earth.... Searching Bioforms... Subject Located... Subject: Kohaku Kohaku has been inactive online in the past week. Scans indicate Kohaku was studying and taking exams for his Session A of Semester 1 exams. Scans indicate it took up most of Kohaku's time. Other than that Kohaku has been working a lot. Scans indicate that there are times when there is absolutely nothing to do in electronics... Scans also indicate that Kohaku will be working this weekend, including on Labor Day. Datafiles have also indicated that the subject has relaxed this week by playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The subject believes this game may be one of the greatest games ever. Scanning for more infor... .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... Transmission Lost..... Kohaku
