I've been thinking about putting together a side project as a suppliment to my blog, an audio suppliment, and I got to wondering a couple things about it. Would anyone listen to it? And, what kind of content should I feature? There's a lot to consider about the format too, should it be one topic? Should I do a small set of short regular features? or should I do a couple longer features, and rotate them out every so often (like run feature A, C, & E one release, then B, D, & F the next)? Right now this is a hypothetical scenario, but if I did produce something, I would try to keep it around 20 minutes long at the most, and will be handling everything myself, that means I'll be writer, producer, director, recording engineeer, host, and whatever else comes up, so it wouldn't be a weekly feature, maybe every other week, or every month, but nothing more regular than that.
Shoot me some ideas that I can research, and if I get enough material to work with, I'll put something together as a trial run.
Comments:
CosmicSailor
I'm sure most of us knew that already.
Mamma Vash:
There are a lot of people studying or speaking Japanese here on site so you got a variety to work with. I'm always happy to help when I can, and I'm greatful to the others, like
kout3uka who step in with assistance when they can.
In the case of the gryphon, that's a photo of the picture, I had to shoot it with my digital camera because the paper size 18"x24" will not fit into my scanner, nor would my computer have the memory to stich it back together if I did it in sections. I have two scanners, one in my printer (it's one of those all-in-one deals) and a flatbed scanner. I use the flatbed to scan normal sized works (8.5"x11" or 11"x14") which does the job very well. It's an HP scanjet 3970, and it's lowest scan resolution is 200 DPI (dots per inch) If I want a really good copy, I scan my art at 600 DPI, can't go any higher than that, not enough memory, but the settings go all the way to 2400 DPI. That would be my first suggestion, check the scan resolution you're using if it's lower than 200 DPI, it needs to be higher, if you don't have something that tells you what the image DPI is in the scanner's settings somewhere, I'll need more info (Make and model) on your scanner to be able to suggest specifics.
It was one of my better pieces, and I did find on my laptop one of the rejected photos I took that's got the whole picture in it. Give
this a click to see it. It makes me feel good that she'll enjoy the artwork, aside from the fact that she's as obsessed with gryphons as I am with dragons (made choosing the subject quite easy), she's been through a lot this past year with depression and all, and just knowing that I did something to lift her spirits means more to me than anything. I only wish I could do the same for myself, but short of landing a job, very little will cheer me up.
You have remarkable strength and courage, always remember that. Not many people could put up with that kind of pain for very long, I know I couldn't. I said it on your page, but I'll point it out here too, I think your condition is at least partly related to stress, so try to think about ways to reduce your stress level, and that will probably help some with the sciatica. My offer to walk you through a simple breathing exercise that I use for meditation still stands, and it's open to anyone who wants to try it too.
kout3uka
The dictionary I've got is really bad, it doesn't even have some of the basic stuff that a beginner would need, and this one came as part of an audio course to learn the language. I've got so many penciled in notes that it's not funny, because when I don't find a word, I look it up online, and write it in the margin where it would be. I don't know that I've ever heard of a slang dictionary for another language, but it would be interesting to be able to get one of those for Japanese, German, French, and Korean.
That's putting it mildly, but yeah, it's all too far from me right now.
The fundamental problem with any mall job is the people element, and lets just face it I can't work with people. I'm too timid, I'm too passive, and I'm too nervous in person to do it. That doesn't stop me from applying though, but like everywhere else, the shops in the mall want pretrained personable peons rather than taking the gamble with an inexperienced recluse.
The most aggravating thing about being called in for an interview to me is the fact that the interviewers don't seem to read over the applications fully before making the phone call. I've been called in for interviews and taken the inteviewer by surprise when I told them I had no experience in the field, after having clearly indicated so on the application that I filled out. If they'd take the time to read the applications they get, they wouldn't need to waste time calling me in to prattle on about nonsense for half an hour then go home with nothing. I had one of those managers too, took three calls to get him to talk to me, after he called me in the first place to set up the interview.
I don't think the word exists yet that is harsh enough to cover the full scope of thins thing with me. Frustrated, irritated, annoyed, agitated, irked, aggravated, nothing fits, they're all too tame. I've made it this far, I'll keep right on at it because I need the income.
Anime Dreams!
| Picture Requests |
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| Pending | Complete |
- Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin), for Caprice
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- Melfina (Outlaw Star), for Outlaw Melfina
- Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), for kout3uka
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| Project Closed Upon Completion |
