Thursday, June 23, 2005

E, F, F#, and back down again

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James- They sell a lot of Zim action figures now, though I forgot the company. Most of them look sort of off-model to me, but the doggy GIR and Tallest ones are awesome. If I see them for cheap at Anime Expo I am so getting them.

Solo- You're welcome!

Shin- Apparently they show Zim daily on Nicktoons TV. I don't have that channel, and that makes me sad, because they also show Rocko.

Azure- It's GIR.

God..

I'm not even talking to you now.

:P

Godel- Damn right you do.

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So, I've been waking up earlier than usual lately, so in the morning when I'm bored I just watch VH1's early morning music video show.

Coldplay's new album came out recently, so of course Coldplay's new video is on VH1. It's a.. Simple video, I guess (though I love that cool lighting thing), with a song that irritates me. It's one of those songs that I dislike but I find myself humming it.

It was stuck in my head for two days, accompanied by this little loop of the singer guy walking around like he's drunk while singing. It tormented me. At one point I actually considered buying the album for the song.

Then I realized that's what they wanted me to do.

So, in short, God damn you, Coldplay, and God damn VH1 for showing their colorful video.

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The whole "graduation" thing was today and yesterday.. They called it "promotion" this time around. Elementary school was "culmination." It's sort of annoying how they use different names for everything.

Last night was the awards thing- you know, where they give out little medals and stuff. Pretty quick. Lots of pictures of my half-smiling at the camera and looking like I'm really, really tired.

Today was the real ceremony, which took about 45 minutes in all. Somehow I woke up at 5:00, got all dressed up in my pimp-clothes, and got on my way to the school. I didn't really have a big part in it (most of the people I know had specific "jobs" like master of ceremonies or what have you), but it was decent. I sat on the end, so I talked to people as they walked by to get their pretend diplomas.

I really, really wanted someone to trip. It would have made my day a whole lot better.

Afterwards was pictures, which I am editing the UGLY out of right now. I tried actually smiling in these, but it didn't help much. Or maybe I'm too critical. Whatever.

The point of this rant: I have been out of school for.. Eleven hours now, and by hour four I was already bored out of my skull. I'm thankful for summer school, since it gives me something to do and somewhere to go. I was expecting relief after getting out of school, but now I'm just kind of bored. I did my regular computer + sleep + more computer routine, but it's not so fun when you do it for six hours on end.

I should come up with some sort of "summer project." Maybe something big and complicated in Photoshop, or an actual inked-and-colored comic book (as opposed to four-panel ones).

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The Zim extras weren't as great as I had hoped. The 24 seconds of The Most Horrible Xmas Ever was really more like six, and ultimately pointless. There are no storyboards to go with the audio for the unanimated episodes, so all you really get is a bunch of screaming. I kind of got entranced by it for half an hour.

There's also some samples of music from the show, and a featurette in which the guy that did the music explains the process. It was rather dull, but it's nice to hear how the Bee song was made.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go.. Well, excuses are pointless. I'm just done.
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