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This Entry Has Two Parts: "i Need Your Help!"/"concert Info"
Xinlo posted a blog entry in Language Of The Mad
So, hey. I haven't blogged for a little while (because busy/nothing to blog about/whatever). Anyway, I made this thing today, a logo for my band 667. so here is my logo. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to vector it and add some... depth (?) to it? I'm not really sure what I want it to look like, but not just flat black. maybe make it rounded or toned or something? Any help would be appreciated. Now to the second part: THE MEGADETH CONCERT ROCKED MAN Lacuna Coil opened up with a song I knew (yay!) and it was fantastic, then played a few songs from their new album for about a half hour before giving way to Volbeat. Volbeat really brought it; they had a superb setlist with a lot of my favourite songs, and the crowd loved them. They kicked off with "A Warrior's Call", which fittingly enough starts with the line "Let's get ready to rumble!".I was about five meteres from their feet, which was amazing, and I managed to hold that and even get a bit closer for most of the night. Then Motorhead took the stage for about an hour, like Volbeat, but (as I was warned) they were so loud I couldn't hear any of the instruments except the drums. Theere was a drum solo though, and because they were the only thing you could hear anyway, it was glorious. Still, the worst act of the night because of that. The moshing was pretty intense during Ace Of Spades. After them was the main event, the amazing Megadeth, who were near perfect. They opened with "Trust", and I was right up at the front for half the song before the moshing got insane. Some "cool dude" behind me was ramming me in the back of the head with his palm and trying to throw me on the floor and stuff, and I ended up just getting thrown around to the outskirts of the crowd. But I still had a pretty great view so oh well. My friend managed to stay up at the very front at Mustaine's feet for the whole show. There was flying beer and hats and hoodies and yeah. It was fun. I didn't know the Lacuna COil songs too well and couldn't hear the Motorhead ones, but here's the setlists for Volbeat and Megadeth: Volbeat: -A Warrior's Call -The Mirror And The Ripper -Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood -Hallelujah Goat -Sad Man's Tongue -Human Instrument -Fallen -Who They Are -Heaven Nor ###### -Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza -Raining Blood (that got the crowd pumped lol) -Still Counting Megadeth -Trust -Hangar 18 -In My Darkest Hour -Symphony Of Destruction -Head Crusher -Sweating Bullets -Hook In Mouth -Public Enemy No. 1 -Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) -Ashes In Your Mouth -Peace Sells -Guns, Drugs, & Money -A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free) [With Christina Scabbia] -Holy Wars... The Punishment Due -Silent Scorn so yeah, great songs. The songs I remember from Lacuna Coil were Our Truth, Trip The Darkness, Spellbound, Kill The Lights... that's it. Also, here's all the stuff I got in Calgary (including concert merch): -7-harmonica pack -Elixir Acoustic Strings -Ernie Ball Electric Stings (x3) -Capo -Large triangluar pick -NSEA Protector Model (Galaxy Quest) -USS Enterprise E 1:2500 -USS Enterprise D 1:2500 -Megadeth "Th1rt3en" T-Shirt -Signed Volbeat Live From Beyond ######/Above Heaven, 3-disc/DVD special edition -Gigantour 2012 poster Yay fun. -
So this is interesting and something that everyone should learn but will probably forget: I'm sure we are all familiar with acronyms: words that when each letter is broken down they each stand for something, like TARDIS, scuba, and radar. But what I bet you didn't know is that terms compiled of letters standing for something but not sounded out, which you probably thought were acronyms, like FBI, HTML, and DFTBA (and BZP for that matter), are correctly called initialisms.* Does it matter? No. Does it really matter? Yes. Why look foolish when you can look smart? It just takes some effort to remember the proper terms.** The more you know. -CF *Parts of these paragraphs almost completely copied from wikipedia. (**And, depending on who you are, MOC falls into either of those categories.***) (***Acronym for me: must faster to say.)
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Has been very eventful. I finished building my two new Trek models already (will post pics) and they are glorious, got in a carpload of mail, and got two replies for singer/drummer auditions in my band. Biggest of these though is that we have a new international student, from Germany this time. So far he seems like a really cool kid, and I think it'll be good having him around. I got Takal hooked on Dream Theater, and he in turn got me to like Thin Lizzy. That's about it... but for me, that's quite a lot. Also, pic of all the random awesome stuff I received this week:
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It was fun having you around, even though we didn't get an Eleven City Tour!
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Fastest year ever.
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She lives right below me and must have the most sensitive ears, be the lightest sleeper, and get very easily distracted by pitter-patter above her. Because since she moved in at the beginning of the year and I came back from break, she's been banging on her ceiling just because I have a heavy footstep sometimes or bounce around too much. I swear, it happens all the time. The slightest movement, I drop something on accident, I close a door, and BANG BANG BAND under my feet. Does she have a 10-foot long pole so she can just sit at her desk and reach any part of her ceiling as necessary? She probably has a robot affixed to her ceiling, however that would work, with a mallet, ready to move at any sign of a vibration. I need my roommate to befriend her, learn her schedule, and steal her ID so I can then later sneak in and place a ThinkGeek Annoy-a-Tron (I have one) in her room. (These things release a *beep* every 2-6 minutes, at varying intervals, making them extremely hard to locate--and a battery lasts for a few weeks.) That'll teach her for wanting a perfectly quiet college apartment room. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, so she might as well just start ignoring the sounds around her. Her time can be better spent doing her homework. Granted, come finals week, when I pretty much can't get in trouble anymore (in case she eventually talks to the RA), I think I might jump around a little. -CF
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Two Birthday Parties On The Same Day?
Angel Beat posted a blog entry in Star Blogging across the universe
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If I actually cared about either team, I might make an effort to get up and hang out in a friend's room. Eat food, etc. But after hanging out with tons of [awesome] people yesterday at a Catholic Summit at the University of Virgina (seriously, there were over 400 people. Lots of tun), I really just feel like staying blissfully introverted in my room. Besides, if I did go over, I'd just bring my laptop and read comics and/or surf the internet, which I can do here in my room perfectly fine without being surrounded by people, most of whom I am barely acquainted with. And commercials? I can watch the popular ones online tomorrow. Granted, it would be nice to see a few friends. I guess it wouldn't hurt to go over, have some dinner, and leave if I wanted to... -CF
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oh god why must they be so loud
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Not only did I pick up some cool comics that were put in plastic slip-covers with paperboard backing for protection because I signed up for a pull-list at my local comic shop (which means they write down what titles I want and put them aside for me to pick up at my leasure soon after, so no worries about missing a day--I can get them the following week), but I then stopped by Toys R Us because they told me they had Serires 6 minifigs in, and they did! I only had a few minutes to feel bags (my friend, driving, was on a schedule to get back to campus), but I purchased nine figs and got: One spacegirl (I wanted at least two, or all that I could find. Either would work)* One Alien (I wanted two)* (And finally a 3-unit long green lightsaber rod. Would be good for Yoda if I had him.) Two Minotaurs (I probaby thought a head was a spacegirl helmet, or the Statue of Liberty*) Two Romans (I probably mistook a helmet for a spacegirl helmet. I gave one to my friend for driving) Two Genies (Again, I probably thought the turban was a spacegirl helmet. Oh well, he's pretty cool, especially the gold hands.) Skater girl (I have no idea how I mistook her for something else. But the hair is cool, and the striped sleeves can be useful. Maybe on the spacegirl suit, with some black legs and/or helmet?) So I think I'm done buying S6 minifigs.* Series 7 looks just splendid, so I can't wait! -CF *Luckily I ordered another spacegirl, alien, and Lady Liberty for near-market price.
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New Phone Ordered, Arrival Is Due Friday
Angel Beat posted a blog entry in Star Blogging across the universe
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*has Winter Wrap Up on his mind* By Celestia. >_<
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*plays Star Wars The Old Republic for a long night* *sleeps and dreams of said game* *wakes up groggily and tries to press "I" for the Inventory on his cellphone*
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It sucks. Missed an appointment today because of it.
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Ah, Foster the People. Barnes and Noble played it constnatly over the summer that, much like the rest of the overhead music heard a few times a day for a few weeks, no matter how good it is, just seems to never want to be heard again. So when my brother bought their CD I rolled my eyes. But after actually listening to a few of their songs, with nothing better to do (like go find books for customers), I actually started to like them. Foot, meet Mouth. I still have an aversion to Pumped Up Kicks, because the radio plays it too often (though I enjoy other overplayed songs--just one of those things that is different to everyone). -CF
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Firstly, watched the new MLP today during breakfast. I liked it - so nice to have some more Fluttershy. And holy carp Derpy spoke! Her voice wasn't what I imagined, but the whole sequence made me chuckle. Also nice to have Applejack in the spotlight again. Secondly, I finished Inheritance. After all the whining I've heard about the ending, I really was pleasantly disappointed (I just made up a new emotion) to read that it really wasn't that bad. Sure there was a lot kinda' tacked on at the end, but it wasn't BAD. Just maybe a bit mediocre. Still, I thought it was loads better than Brisingr and while it didn't instantly hook me like most books do, I was neither bored by reading it. Also kinda' sad that neither Murtagh/Nasuada nor Eragon/Arya got a happy ending. Saphira had some fun though lol. So now that that's done I've started on Dave Mustaine's autobiography (the frontman for Megadeth, for those who don't know) and it's really interesting. It inspires me, really. I guess the only other things are that I saw one of those papers that walmart puts on their shelves so employees know where to put all the new items, and it said "Blind bags, girls" and beside "blind bags, boys" in the MLP section (which is pretty sad, BTW). Anyway, I hope this means that we'll FINALLY be getting the blind bag ponies and lego minifigs. And the other thing - I got a hair cut. So I look pretty much exactly like I do in that picture to the left. OH OH OH I got Reapa and Rocka too. They rocka.
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You know what today is, don't you! You really must come to BrickFair one year, wot wot. -CF You know what I miss? The little birthday smileface (or was it a cake?) next to our names...
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For those knowledgable in this area, I have a question about PS3 gaming: Is it possible to save a game to an external hard drive, which I am assuming has to be FAT32-formatted, instead of to the PS3 device itself? As someone that does not own a system (but some friends do), but would like to keep track of games I own so I don't have to constantly start from scratch, this seems like a possibility. Is it as easy as plugging my formatted portable hard drive into the PS3 and directing the game where to save, or is it more complicated than that? Thanks in advance! -CF
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Firstly you all know I got my diver's license, so I've been driving around and enjoying myself thoroughly, blasting Queensryche, Styx, and Bruc Dickinson. B) Aside from that, I finally got my volunteer hours for grad done today, working at an NFP secondhand store, testing the electronics (VCRs, tape players, etc.) and pricing them with a friend. Also went for a drive just now to walmart for fun, bought some reese's and Nightwish's "Imaginaerum". Listening to it, it's good, but I'll have to wait and see how it compares with Dark Passion Play. Also also haven't seen the new MLP yet - excited. =D also also also update on my blender Tahu. I've gotten slightly farther than this pic shows, but oh well. Also the gallery has all the progress pics in oder, if anyone's interested.
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My choice fell on the Razer Naga.
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Just any other day for me. Might've eaten something wrong, though.
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So yeah, about a month after I was able to get it, I got my N. It basically means I can drive alone and with one non-related passenger - I can have as many members of my family as the car can hold. FREEDOM Also test was way easier than I expected... so glad I got driver training though.
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Today marks the first day of my last semester of college. I would be wrong to say that I'm not excited, but part of me is...anxious, nervous. I know what I want to do with my life; unfortunately, I don't feel as if I am fully prepared to take on those dreams. Ahead of me is a choice: do I want to pursue graduate school or instead find a full-time job? Of course, there are no rules saying I can't do both. Best case scenario would have me working a full-time job while taking graduate courses at night, two or three classes at a time. At this point, I need to determine if graduate school will better allow me to pursue my aspirations of starting a development studio. I've looked at a few high-profile studio and the requirements for most programming positions call for a "4-year computer science degree or equivalent." I would love to say my degree is a computer-science equivalent, but I do not feel I would be qualified applying for such a position. With this, I ask myself: What can I do to better prepare myself for such a job? Would graduate school be the way to go? My good friend Nate (Than the Moa) and I have tossed around the idea of working on small, indie game projects. This would provide us with hard, hands-on experience that I wouldn't get from a graduate degree (even though a graduate degree could still be very useful if my dreams do not come to fruition). Yet part of me simply wants to go to graduate school simply because it's familiar, in my comfort zone. I love learning, and graduate school could be an invaluable experience. So basically, I have some tough decisions ahead of me. I will need a job after I graduate in May, regardless if I enter graduate school or not. I have a lot of thinking to do until then.
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It was a cold and stormy winter night in the town of Marelingen. All of its citizens were asleep, aside from a certain royal blue colored stallion with black mane and tail. The stallion had had some trouble sleeping lately and this was one of such nights. The stallion had just turned off his hoofputer after a long evening of playing Mare Wars: The Colt Republic and browsing his favorite website Pony Zone Power and he was relaxing on the sofa. There was nothing on the television, so he was reading Mare Effect: Revelation, one of his favorite novels. He was so focused on the book, he didn't notice that someone had snuck up on him. "Hello, lovely..."
