Wednesday, August 11, 2004

'Spare you? What gives you the idea that I might spare you? From what I've heard, you're a fruit. You've been in the looney bin! You should be killed!' - Edited

Sacrifice scenes involving a sword fight is always a great way to make a story more interesting, lol. I actually did research for that particular scene I wrote in my story. I wanted the guy trying to sacrifice Tommy reciting the ten commandments and why/how Tommy had broken each one. First I did research on the internet and found a pretty good website. I've actually still got the link saved on my floppy disk. Then, I flipped through the Bible in my room(yes, I have a bible in my room. I don't know how the thing got in my room, but its in there) and marked the page that had the ten commandments on it. Xio was in the scene. In fact, she just about saved the day. She was also reading over my shoulder as I wrote the scene, so if I did anything bad to her character, she would have beat me into submission... Boxes: A newfound obsession Damn you Metal Gear Solid. Damn you and your acursed boxes! Gah, I seem to have an obsession with boxes. Whenever I'm in a tight situation, I always have the urge to hide myself in a box and hope that no one finds me... And that's not just the game. This is real life we're talking about. Its all Metal Gear Solid's fault, too. Damn Snake and his damned 'obsession' with boxes. I even read a hint somewhere that if you call up Snake on the Codec while hiding in a box, he'll talk about his obsession with them! Then there's that other hint, that talks about a man hiding in a box on one of the connecting bridges between the struts in the plant. Then there's Olga, talking about someone seeing a man hiding in a box and she knowing that it was Snake... What is it with him and boxes anyway? Mad! Mad! You're so...Mad! Crazy! I just love MadTV. Its so hilarious. If I could only choose one show to watch for the rest of my life...alright, so my choice wouldn't be MadTV, but it'd be high up on my list of choices. ^_^; Man, I'll show you a trick, man! I'm going to the fair in a bit. Just as soon my stepmom gets out of the shower. Its one of those fairs that only comes around once a year so, we have to go before its over, heh. I think there's only a few days left of it. I figure I'll leave this post unfinished until I come back from the fair, then post the post at like midnight or something. So, I'll be back to finish this. -Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 1:18 PM . . . *hours go by* . . . -Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 10:58 PM *yawns* Man, am I tired. But I sure had some good fun at the fair. I finally rode this one ride that I wasn't too keen on riding last year and it turned out to be pretty fun. ^_^ They also had a new ride than what they usually have. It was called the Eclipse and...it wasn't very much fun. Too much whiplash. *groans* My fingers are really tired and its difficult for me to type so, I think I'll finish this up right now. Although, I am just going to go work on my website anyway, but I'm mostly just going to be copying and pasting code into the pages so it wont involve much typing... Well, night everyone. Er, good morning. (I'm going to post this at midnight...) -DDG Oh yeah, before I forget...I've been on like a Metal Gear Solid banner making spree. I've made seven in the past few days...lol. If you want to see them, they're randomly appearing in my signature on OtakuBoards and I'll also provide the links below. The effects I used on most of the banners were called Old Photo and Grain. Or something like that. I combined the two and used them because I thought that it made the images look similar to how the faces of 'the Patriots' looked during Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty whent he President was talking about them. I plan on making a bunch more later, once I get some more MGS art. Edit: There's a few more that I made. A few meaning a bunch. While I was working on them, I noticed that I've been using all three of the graphics programs on my computer to almost their fullest advantages. I use PhotoImpression to assemble the banners and for effects and what not, I use the LexMark Photo Editor for other effects(such as black and white and grayscale) and then I use Paint(yes, Paint!) for the borders. With how my banners turn out after using all these three programs together, I have realized that I am a great banner maker. Only in the fact that I don't use a high tech graphics program like Paintshop or Photoshop, but that I use three very simple programs... You know, most people actually ask me whether or not I use Photoshop when I show them my banners. Their reactions are usually of surprise when I tell them that I don't, heh. Well, I hope you enjoyed viewing my masterpieces...

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