Monthly Archive for September, 2004

_Tired….

_BeGiN

Tired, or the correct term is exhausted. I am emotionally, mentally and physically tired. I had to push myself to write this blog entry. I have soooo much more stuff to do that its not even funny. I have to print EVERYTHING; business cards, resumes, cd covers……(sigh)

Well, Friday I did get quite a few things done. For one, I got my cap and gown from the graduation store and manage to get through clearance at school. I also managed to update my portfolio a little by getting rid of various bugs and things.

BUT sadly….I won’t be living in Houston much longer. I’ve been living here for about 4 years now and it has definitely grown on me. AND believe me when I said “GROWN“. When I first got here I was fresh out of high school. I didn’t know anybody, I was dead broke with a dead end part-time job. Now I have friends and family here, I went to school and now I’m graduating. But moving back to Louisiana won’t be easy. I worked HARD to get away from there but in the end I will see the face of hell once again. Though, NOW I won’t have to put up with it like I did when I was in school. Also it will bring a much needed change of pace.

The only thing that I’m really worried about is letting my schooling go to waste like most people do. I planned to go back to school sometime in the spring next year to take up a Bachelors in Animation, but I’m afraid that that might not happen If I can’t get a job in that area and get myself established once again.

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_GaMe: tAlEs Of SyMpHoNiA

Well….While I’m writing this I might as well put in my progress in on the game. This thing was supposed to go back to Blockbuster on Thursday but I decided to keep it a while longer. I JUST now reached disc 2. This game is as long as it is good. I finally figured out what they were supposed to do BUT when it happened, It wasn’t as what I expected. In the game was something called the “Great Seed”. Well It grew out of control and it had to be stopped. So after you stop it, you have to figure out how to merge/separate the worlds once again while fighting off evil angel-only agency called Cruixs.

I simply love this game! But if only I can find some others to play it with since its a 2-4 player and all…

_On ToPiC

…Well I guess that’s it for me. I have a last Internship meeting on Tuesday but I think that I will miss it since I have so much stuff to do. Until then…

_EnD

_Phew

_BeGiN

Phew, I never thought that I would be able to get back to this thing after this week. I’ve been busy as HELL. Graduation is closing in on me and things are more stressful than ever. This week was “clearance Week”. Where we had to do all of these pieces of paperwork within one week in order to prepare for graduation. FIRST OF ALL, WHY in the HELL do we have to do all this in ONE week. We all know that we were going to graduate. WE all knew that the date was Sepember 24th. BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO RUSH TO DO THIS IN ONE WEEK. My gawd, we had 3 months to get this done and they compressed this into one week. I wish that I can beat down the person who thought this up. PLUS the week is RIGHT next to finals. Instead of me concentrating on my final projects, I have to worry about getting “Soozie” to sign my damn papers. Its ANNOYING AS HELL. (*sigh*)

_GaMe: TaLeS oF sYmPhOnIa

…Ok. So I decided to rent this game called “Tales Of Symphonia” for the Nintendo Gamecube. I heard many good things from it. I also played its predecessor “Tales of Phantasia” for the SNES. First off, I was surprised of how much of the prequel made it into this game. It seems like a complete sequel and also a completely different storyline altogether. Anyway….This game is INTERFERING with my plans……I’m completely hooked to this game like a crackhead to drugs. I just cannot stop playing. I’m afraid If I don’t stop then I will neglect working on finals. The unique thing about this game is its battle system. Its totally different than most RPGs. And what’s better is, You can have 4 people play with you. This is also a good thing because the characters’ AIs can use better judgment sometimes. So with all 4 friends playing with you, you should get ahead pretty well. BUT the game has 2 DISCS and an 80+ hour play rate so you WILL spend more than a week trying to beat this thing. Its awesome and I KNOW that I will buy this game in the future.

_On ToPiC

Well… I’m afraid that I will have to move back to Louisiana if I don’t find an entry level job pretty soon. Its annoying really because the job market in LA is virtually non existent. Plus I will lose contact with all of my friends and (some) family for quite some time. The family I can probably do without but I met a LOT of good natured individuals while I was here. Not to mention of all of the nationalities here. It is a true learning experience. Learning the interstates that run through Houston is enough to give you a headache. But it makes a difference If you want to go places. Well, from this moment on I am flying by the seat of my chair. Because ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING can happen out of nowhere.

…so untill then….

_EnD

_Slow and easy going.

_BeGiN

Today was slow and easy going. Just the way I like it. I got a chance to finalize my Portfolio so that I can plug in the content. After that, its all down hill from here. I plan to go to Office Depot and buy out all of their stock of print media. (LOL!) I have business cards and resumes’ to print. Not to mention “leave behinds” (which are some postcard-like printouts of my work). But enough of that, I want to talk about the VMAs.

_mTv: VmA aWaRdS

Ok. Compared to last year, this year SUCKED. It was completely BORING.

First of all, the advertisements were pretty much good. They also boasted the appearence of Dave Chappelle. For those who don’t know about Dave Chappelle, he is a VERY good comedian. He has his own show on Comedy Central with his name on it; “The Dave Chappelle Show“. If you have not seen that show, you MUST witness it. You will be definitely hooked on it after the first skit that he does….

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The last show I seen Dave Chappelle do was about “The Racial Draft“. Don’t get me wrong, he’s not a racist. He just makes fun of it all. BUT the skit that he opened the show with was a parody of the Samuel Adams beer commercial. If you didn’t see one then you don’t watch television at ALL. The scene opens up as a resturant scene, and these four people sit down at a table. The waiter asks them what do they want to drink. One guy says that I want a Samuel Adams. The second guy agrees with him and asks for the same thing. The fourth guy asks for a “Samuel Jackson” and the third guy want’s one too. Now by that time I am laughing with tears because I know what’s coming. Out of the blue they switch the screen to Dave Chappelle wearing a Samuel Adams costume. Now I am really laughing and my voice drops because it was so funny! He says, “a’m Samuel Jackson dammit and this is maaa BEER! Bitches!”. I could not stop laughing, this was sooooo funny. Now by this time, he appears in the resturant at that very table asking the guy how he likes the beer in the usual Samuel Jackson impression. The guy asks him why is he so loud. He says, “aa’m Samuel Jackson got dammit. This is the WAY Aaa TALLK! Haven’t you seen maa MOVIES!” I still laugh out loud when I think about this skit because its sooo on the money. Then he says, “Aaa Was ATE by aa SHARK, Aaa Was a JEDI MASTER, and Aaa was almost blown to bits with Bruce Willis!” NOW do you get it…..Samuel L. Jackson for those who hasn’t caught on by now. Dave Chappelle was even wearing that off beat jherri curl wig that he wore in Pulp Fiction. The last part of this skit, he was back where he was before sitting next to a “Samuel Jackson” beer bottle. He says, “Yess this is Maa beer dammit! Maa Name is on the bottle! AND yess, Aaa Killed the son uvaa bitches and they DESERVE to BURN IN HELL!” That is an obvious quote by now if you still don’t get it. Sooooo funny!

_On ToPiC mOde

The commercial said that Dave Chappelle was going to host the awards show but he was NO WHERE TO BE FOUND for the first couple of hours. Anyway, I was disappointed of the nominations. A lot of them went to D12, the rap group staring Eminem. Their album was NOT all that good and the SAME video kept popping up. My GAWD it was funny but it was not all that good. Some artists got their well deserved awards, Like Outkast. They took a chance with the solo double albums that they released and it payed off big time. One of the silly things they did was get Bush’s and Kerry’s daughters to present an award. On top of that, they got Jennifer Lopez’s new boyfriend to present a performer DIRECTLY infront of P. Diddy; her Ex boyfriend.

P. Diddy by the way is sporting a mohawk once again and was on a rampage promoting his “Vote or DIE” campaign; specifically against Bush.

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I got word that this compaign was spawned by Laura Bush, the first lady. The plan was, she was to appear at the African American business “something or another” convention( can’t remember the name of it). AND before she got there, she specifically requested that she not meet or take pictures with P. Diddy; the owner of an NBA team and the famous Bad Boy Records. Well because of that, P. Diddy did not show up for it and instead went on public television promoting his new “Vote or DIE” compaign.

_On ToPiC mOde

One of the nice performances was Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder. Lenny Kravitz was up there performing too. Though he cut his hair again and he had NO shirt on with what looked like a dead Owl on his back with the wings spread. Anyway, it was pretty much boring until the end when Dave Chappelle FINALLY appears to do the farewell speech of Jay-Z’s retirement in the music industry. He does a little thing with this guy. And tells a joke about how MTV got him a farewell watch. He called this guy out and says that they found him outside pushing them on the street. He told Jay-Z that he could take any one of the watches that he wanted. The audience laughed. The guy was smiling alot and happily shook Dave’s hand. Dave said, “Your famous. I hate you now, get out of my face.” People laughed and they did the usual dedication video crap. Though the last performers were Outkast. One of the members was wearing an Ascot and a beret with NO shirt on and a guitar singing one of his songs. We laughed because it was insanely funny and he’s known for pulling crazy stunts.

…oh well, that’s enough for me. I might just rent a couple of games this weekend to relax myself and keep from burning out from all of the work that I have to finish.

_Not enough time

_BeGiN

I’m not gonna try to spend time on a lengthy entry today. Time has become “limited” as of late.

…Well, my portfolio is coming along slowly. I need to have it done before class next week. Also I need business cards and leave-behinds, but First I need to do my 3D Modeling final. Yes that’s right, work out of the ass. 3D modeling is no easy feat for someone like me that’s still learning how the program operates. Its just that everything and everyone wants a piece of me and I don’t know how much more I can take. Right now I’m running on reserved battery since I got like 2 hours of sleep last night. Matter of fact, I’m drowsy and its hard just trying to type this. AND the killer is, I have class at 6pm and its a 4 hour course. I’ll eventually get back at 10, but I still will be up trying to finish projects and stuff…..

Tomorrow I can make a full post and comment about this year’s VMAs……(we all know that it won’t be pretty….)

_EnD