Tuesday, September 21, 2004

I feel betrayed just 'cause it's cool.

Monday Commentary

Shin- *cough* Except for the White Stripes.. :P

Godel- Well, you can't not like Star Wars parodies. :/

StarBound- Honestly, I don't give a crap if she cares, lol. I was using her as an example for a rant about human behavior, but I have neither the credentials nor the knowledge to rant about such a thing. :P

Mimmi- Uh.. Sure I am. <_<

Comment Commentary for that lame filler post that angered Godel

Shin- Grr, happy now?

Mimmi- Swing kids? :x

Ken- Hey, that gray was just trying to be friends.

Godel- Grr, are you happy now, too? >:|

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As.. Quite a few of you know, I spent a rather long time downloading the complete discography of Asian Kung-Fu Generation yesterday. I finally decided to download BitTorrent yesterday, and I figured AKFG would be a good way to kick things off.

In the end, I think it took around five hours (if you count when I turned the computer off for a little while), but by the time it was complete it was time for bed, so I didn't get to listen to too much. By now, though, I've gone through most of them, so it's time for a little reviewing. I haven't really found any way to memorize all of the song titles, so bear with me.

I listened to the songs in the order Quintessential Player put them in, and a few live recorded ones were first in line. I'm not one for MP3s of live performances for several reasons, but the dominating point is the low quality of vocals. I know they touch everything up in the studio, and that it's not really all that "real," but I prefer something good to listen over off-key, slightly improvised performances with groupies screaming in the background. I like how Haruka Katana was sped up, except the vocals were.. Way off. The only redeeming part there was the harmonizing during the bridge. I skipped the rest of the live ones for the moment, and went on to the pre-recorded, doctored up tunes. Some were good, some not so much, but at one point I just had to turn it off. The vocals sounded entirely off, and the tunes were too mellow. Oh, how the skipping button got a workout. Maybe they were just really, really long intros, but to be fair I'll go through all of them some time when I'm bored.

For the moment, though, my favorite songs are Haruka Katana, Kimi no Machi Made (still), Powder Snow, Mirai no Kakera, Denpatou and Siren (Am I gonna be called a copycat? :x). 286 megabytes of music.. And most it was worth the download.

The next order of business shall be the Pillows complete discography, but it's almost a freaking gig, so I might have to wait for a shiny, new, bigass hard drive for that. Plus, at 17kB/s it would take forever. :/

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We went to the library to check out books today, and it turns out Black Hawk Down isn't on AR. I should have guessed.. I got some short-yet-high-scoring book from the author of White Fang to read instead.. It doesn't seem to interesting, though. I want to read books that I want to read, not bland books that are "right for me." If the motivation behind this system is to get kids to want to read, I get nothing out of it. Damn you, Cornell, for ruining reading. >:|

Journalism.. We're two days behind the deadline now, and the teacher's out sick. I spent all period proofreading some things and writing a list of nicknames for all fifty states, which I will put up eventually.

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Check out the maximum potential of Photoshop.

In this segment, I talk about stuff happening that I give a rat's ass about. I doubt it will end up funny, so.. Yeah.

Silent Hill movie- Unlike most game-to-movie transitions, I think there may be a remote chance of this one actually turning out well. Silent Hill seems very story-driven, and judging by the quotes from the people involved, they seem rather dedicated to the series, and that's always a good thing. Let's hope we actually hear about it again, unlike other movie-to-game pitches.. Metroid and Soul Calibur, anyone?

Sony reveals the PSTwo- So sexy. Unfortunately, I'm not willing to dish out another $150 bucks on the same stuff- I had the same mentality with the GBA SP and all of its colorful incarnations.

That is one thin console, though. If I didn't know better, I would say that PlayStation 2 went anorexic. Of course, I know this isn't true, because PS2 had a strong upbringing and has oodles of self-confidence.

Necrophilia outlawed in California- Well it looks like I have to move now.

Teh SillyCircus Day 37- New Jersey is the Trailer Park of America. *throws things at it*
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