Thursday, September 4, 2003

Mwoop...

More sleep-deprived fun from yours truly. ^__^      So this morning, after only getting a little under two hours of sleep, I am at the bus stop waiting for the bus (because that is what you do when you are at a bus stop), and I am standing looking at the grass. Then, the most bizarre revelation came upon me:      "That grass is green... o_O?"      It was like my mind was too tired to process the act of distinguishing colors. For some reason I expected to be seeing it in grayscale or something... o_O So I spent the rest of my time there looking at everything and pointing out what colors I though made up its complexion.      I was talking with my friend Allie before school today in my sleep-deprived state of mind, and she came to say:      "You make me sad and happy at the same time."      So I said, "Why... o_O?"      "Because you are so sweet it makes me want to cry, but you are so goofy you make me want to laugh," she replied.      I thought that was nice. ^_^ This one guy that was in my Chemistry class last year that I always talked to passed by at one point. Then earlier tonight I was talking to Allie on AIM and she said that guy and her are in the same math class and apparently he thinks Allie and I are going out, lol. He asked Allie if we were and she replied sarcastically that we were. She thinks that he actually believed it. o_O I find this funny.      My Mutlimedia class is starting off really slow. It is annoying. We are working with web design and everything he is saying is so basic. o_O I am over there setting up a style sheet, but then have to go stop and do something to the document when he mentions it. It is very irritating; much like walking behind someone who is significantly slower than you. He even handed out a sheet that had the "< strong >" tags listed as the way to make text bold. I was appalled. That tag command is nearly obsolete. *shakes head in disgust*      Musical practice again today. ^_^ We rehearsed some songs and solos. I did my The Prince if Giving a Ball and bit with the King and Queen. I have yet to get the latter down. There is this one part that has a funky beat to it or something. We also discussed the story behind our characters and such. Pretty much everyone is being given a real name, instead of being referred to as "Evil Stepmother" or "Fairy Godmother" (I honestly think that should stay the same), or me as the "Herald/Steward". We pretty much get to choose our own names... or at least I do. I think it is appropriate for my character to be given one name, since I am supposed to only be one role yet am playing two; it unifies them. I think I am going to go with Marchand, which is Davey Havok's real last name, lol. People kept saying that I should just go as "Stuart" or "Harold", lol, but I did not want to... I was so loopy during practice, and that musical is already becoming corrupted. Mweheh. ^_~      Speaking of corrupt ways, the director pulled most of the guys to the side after practice to talk about the Spring play, Pride and Prejudice. She was talking about how she pretty much was already casting the guys since we had all been involved with previous theater pieces there, and telling us what parts we are probably going to be. Sh told me that I am going to be cast as some Reverend guy (First word coming to mind thus far "... Ironic!") who is going after some other guy's "woman". My immediate reaction to that was, "WHOA! O_O" I thought it was the coolest thing ever, lol. She also said that the roles are all pretty balanced out so no one is really more dominant than the other. That is like how it was in Clue. I am noticing a bit of a pattern in my roles, lol. It seems I am usually cast in a "preachy" role. First, I was Professor Plum, a professor always correcting a person's grammar and such; Ambrose Kemper, he was not really preachy in any way... I was chosen as him because I look different from all that other guys with my long hair, so I was cast as that artist ^__~ ; now there is the Herald, we all know what their job is; and finally the Reverend. o_O Holy moly...      woop...

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Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Piro Vs. 10 KB

Mmm... new image. Smaller, yes, because of one slight animation. I shall tell you, that 10 KB restriction is a pain. I say that this battle is a draw.      The restriction won in the fact that the quality of the image is a bit lower from resizing -- somethings are not seen too clearly --, but it lost in the fact that I still did it.      My win and loss is simply the inverse of the previous.      Until we meet again, comrade 10KB.      *kicks it in the shins and runs for the hills*

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Now with sleep-deprived action!

Well, before about 7:00 PM this night I had not slept since the previous day, which makes school just that more interesting, lol. This was not really a bad case of sleep deprivation though. There are times where I seriously make sounds that probably should be words but come out as jarbled garbage, and/or I begin talking about irrelelvant things like the sounds whales and dolphins make accompanied by my horrible impression of them. ^__^      Today's case was merely a case of utterly random thought and jittery action. This, however, did not really interfere with my school work...      I have Psychology first period, and I am beginning to like that class now that we are actually getting into it. Especially since pretty much everyone in their is a complete moron, so it makes me feel all the smarter. I would say I am in the top two or three smartest people in that class in terms of psychology (not including the teacher). I tend to answer the questions (correctly) which he says that normally people do not get. -- Piro, a future psychologist? Maybe...      Next up is English. I believe that I am rather lucky to get an enjoyable teacher a second year in a row. They actually make that class seem interesting, and make me actually want to read at times. Currently I am still working on Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I have just recently picked it up again. I have been going on and off for a while now. I think next I want to try some Existentialism, like Sartre. I shall probably check out Nausea. "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."      After English I have Multimedia, which is becoming pretty exciting. We have a different teacher than what a lot of the class expected (being that it is pretty much the same people from my computer graphics class clast year). While he does not let us listen to music (school policy, not his) or anything like that, he seems really into getting us to do a lot of things like make commercials and make webpages and such. I have a feeling that web page design is not going to be anything new; we start that tomorrow. I asked him if he knew PHP, and he said that he has never really gotten into dynamic scripting, because most students are not even knowledgable of basic scripting. That is understandable, but I wish I could find someone here who knows PHP so I can actually see them do things and such and learn it that way.      Next I have Physics... which is just phsyics. So far nothing really new or exciting here.      Fifth period I have Applied Design, which is kind of like an arts n' crafts kind of art class. Right now we are doing something really stupid and boring. Though, I heard the teacher say today that we will be making some kind of stationary after we finish what we are doing. So maybe that will be more interesting.      Study hall. Bleh, it is so boring. I cannot eat or drink in there. It is nearly impossible to do any work because the desks are messed up and are aligned dominantly at the right, and I am left handed. The desks are kind of low and close into the person. I should really see about getting that switched to a lunch hour.      After this I have Newspaper Production for my seventh and eighth hour class. I was able to hand in my columns and such, and originally I had a feature due tomorrow on some kid who went to Equador a year ago or so to protest the war in Iraq, and while he was doing that, mustard gas was shot into that crowd and he got caught in it -- that is the main hook to the story anyway. I had just learned of writing this story today, so I immediatly got myself around to figuring out how I could get ahold of this guy. So I looked around to see if anyone on staff knew him, and some did so I got a visual description of him and such and then had to go down to the office and look up his schedule. Lucky for me, we both have early release after eighth period. So close to the end of eighth and went down to his class and waited. When the bell rang I did not see anyone matching his description walk out of the classroom. So I went in there did not see him still in the classroom and then asked the teacher if he was in class today. Apparently he is away until Friday. Some other people told me that he is in Washington D.C. talking to Congress about something. o_O This kid gets around. So I was able to get an extension on that, which is good. ^_^      After school I had practice for the musical. It was simply a read-through and such. I do not have many lines or appearances or anything... >.> Though, the director said she is going to write some in in some places and such so I have more time and moments "in the spotlight".      Then I came home, started to eat dinner and just as I was about finished I got a "mysterious" call from someone of whom I simply adore...      Tori.

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Monday, September 1, 2003

*insert clever title here*

Well, it is a new month, and now with a new little addition to this myOtaku blog thing of mine. A simple border going around each post.      I simply opened up a scanned page of a Squee comic and cleared out a cell thing and made the top, bottom, left and right separate images. Then used tables to put it all together. The right border does not always align right, but oh well. I am not really sure what to talk about... umm... Practice for the musical, Cinderella, starts tomorrow. I also have homework I should be doing and that I have put off since I got it. I still do not know when I am going to get around to it. I am supposed to write two columns for the newspaper. I have no idea on what to write them about. It is due tomorrow. I am really bad at coming up with ideas, and I do not get out enough to know what is going on.      I also have an English assignment to do, but that is a bit easier. *sigh* I hate school...

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Saturday, August 30, 2003

... the Orange and Red breathe their first breath...

Let us see, where do I begin. Well, I guess I shall start with the old before I get into the new:      I got a call from the director for that musical I auditioned for and I did get the part of the Steward/Herald (combined role). The person whom I believed would be the prince did, indeed, get that part. That is all I know, though. There were two guys that were in decision for the part of the King (c'est moi, mweheh ^__^;). I am hoping one gets it more than the other. He is louder and just more "king-y". The other would probably be better at playing a little boy. o_O He just has an innocent face and boy-ish manner.      Anyway, onto more recent news. School has just started for me, and I believe this year is going to be rather miserable. We have around 2,500-2,700 students in that school (I believe our maximum capacity is 2,500), and there is construction going on to get air conditioning in the building. So there are several parts of the building that are blocked off only forcing all of those students into an even smaller area. We have twenty-some portable classrooms outside, those have air conditioning but I only have on class in those. It is so hot inside the building. We got early release the first two days because of the heat. So yes, too many people, to cramped of an area, and too hot. Not to mention a lot of these people are idiots and should be shot.      If you have not noticed yet, I changed the MIDI up at the top. The song is now Malleus Maleficarum, also off their album Black Sails in the Sunset. That is my favorite album of theirs, I think. I listened to it a bunch of times last night and I am listening to it now. Malleus Maleficarum... I am not sure of the complete story behind it, but I know that it has something to do with a book (or something) known as the "witch hammer" (or something of the like). It would be used in the olden days when supposed witches would be burned at the stake... I think. You would have to go research it yourself to find the more factual story, but yeah. ^_^ That is what I can remember from when I looked it up.      Fall is in the air! I am so excited! I love Fall. I heard some Cicadas outside last night, and I believe I only ever hear them around Fall time. So I see them now as the harbinger of this season with their beautiful, droning melody. This season has put me in such a good mood, lol. It is all nice and cold and stuff. I have a stong urge to cuddle with someone. I held my pillow last night when I was sleeping, but a pillow does not generate much warmth, lol -- not as much as a person anyway. Someone wearing a hoodie... because, honestly, hoodies have a tendency to turn me on a bit, lol. I love them, and I enjoy seeing people wearing them. Especially girls, because it makes them more beautiful than they already are. I think everyone should be wearing them. ^_^ It is fun to cuddle with those that are wearing them. Whoever invented this article of clothing has to be the greatest person ever, I want to cuddle with that person, lol. Regardless of their gender.      I have such an odd sexuality. o_O I call it my own.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2003

The Piro is Having a Fall...

I auditionned for a school musical on Monday, and callbacks were today of which I attended. The musical they are doing is Cinderella. Unfortunately, I have a very strong doubt that I am no Prince Charming.      When I first finished with auditions the first day I talked to the director a bit and she said she was probably going to combine the roles of the Steward and Herald into one part, and that is what she thinks she is going to cast me as.      I came into callbacks today, and all I had to do was sing part of a song by the Herald (The Prince is Having a Ball). So I am very sure that this is the role I am being given. I know I should probably be happy with it, but I am sure that I would make a better Prince Charming than any of the other guys.      I am one of the better actors of the guys that auditioned, and I am probably the best vocalist out of them all. There might be one who is a tiny bit better, but I am not sure... He was not that good in Clue, but it seems he has gotten somewhat better. That, or he just auditioned with a song he knew he could do easily.      I know that ever since Clue the director is always thrilled to have me back, yet ever since I have been given such secondary or even tertiary roles. I do not get it. If she always wants to ensure that I come back, and I know she does, then that obviously means I am good. I do not know why it seems that she is not really using that.      For the play last year, I was the only one who did any research on the kind of person my character was (an idealistic artist). Thus, I was the only one who was prepared at all when it came to the director asking us what our character was like and such. Everyone else pretty much just made something up right there.      I hate to sound like a prima donna, but I do not like being cast as smaller roles. Bigger roles give me more work to do, and thus keep things interesting. For the play last year the director said I pretty much had my role down and done a while before the actual performances were. Thus, everything began to slow down. I had nothing to work on. I would always go up to the director after practice and ask if there was anything I could work on, but there never was. I never wanted to accept that. >_O I have a feeling this one is going to be the same way. *sigh* this is my senior year. Usually seniors get a bit of a "handicap" when it comes to being casted unless someone else is significantly better, and no one was. The guy who will probably be cast as Prince Charming is only a junior. I have only ever had two lead roles. Once in eigth grade, and the other when I was a junior when I did Clue.      I do not know... this just kind of makes me upset. I am going to have to check out exactly how prominent my part is. My part in the play last year was really pushing it. It was barely worth anything.      Meh... I have lost my train of thought.

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I was looking around the net this... early morning (2:46 AM) for some AFI MIDI files. I actually was not expecting to find any. I found one on some site. It was "He Who Laughs Last". It was a pretty good MIDI file. The only thing I do not like about them is that they never do the vocals any justice, lol.      Although with a bit deeper search I came across that had not only a bunch of AFI MIDI's, but a whole lot of other punk/ska MIDI's as well. So I was rather thrilled. ^_^      Periodically I shall be switching the current song. the one right now is, as you can probably see, "God Called in Sick Today" from their album Black Sails in the Sunset. Above the embedding are the lyrics for the song.      So yeah, fun stuff indeed. ^__^ ( I have no idea how "MIDI" is supposed to be pronounced, but I say it "My-Dye"... so perhaps my title makes a bit more sense)

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Sunday, August 24, 2003

Unspeakable Horrors in color!

Well, I finally finished it and submitted it to theOtaku.com s fanart. w00t! You can view it here: http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=get_pic&pic_id=1009      So far it only has a sixty-something percent rating, which is total BS. I think PickleBucket is right in saying that people just vote "no" to make other people's ratings go down so they can go up. I put this up on OB and it has 11-ish views and no replies. It seems that if it is not hardcore anime or some filter-whored graphic no one cares to comment.      I hate these people, lol.

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Comfy Like a Monkey

I am currently at my friend's house, and it is about a little after 11PM. We are going to go see 'Spirited Away' at a local movie theater later but that really is not the point of this message While I was waiting for my friend to come pick me up, my parental units said they were going to go to bed, which means they will not see leave or enter the house. WHICH MEANS... ... I am getting to wear my skirt for the first time. ^__^      Holy crap is this thing comfortable! I love it!!! >.O I think everyone should always wear skirts. Nice, long, loose ones. I wish I had the money to get more, lol.      Move over pants! Skirts are moving in! ;P Rock on.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Afraid of Commitment

Honestly, it seems I cannot keep the same picture for more than a few days, lol. My current one is a scan from SQUEE'S Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors. I remember the first time I read through it I laughed so hard when I cam to that part.      But alas, it shall probably be a different one sooner or later.      On another note, I am getting more and more into playing the guitar these days. I know two full songs, and parts of several others:           • "Morningstar" -- AFI [ Full Song ]           • "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- Nirvana [ Full Song ]           • "Last Caress" -- Misfits [ A Few Parts ]           • "1979" -- Smashing Pumpkins [ All but the Chorus ]           • "God Called in Sick Today" -- AFI [ Intro ]           • "Fall Children" -- AFI [ Intro ]           • "6 to 8" -- AFI [ Intro ]           • ".... but home is nowhere" -- AFI [ Intro ]      I think that is all... the most recent one I have been learning is "1979" by Smashing Pumpkins. The chorus is going to take me a while to get down. It involves using all four of my fingers at the same time, which I have never done before. Although, I really just like playing the intro to that song. No matter how many times I play it, I never get tired of it. It is nice and soothing.      I am not sure if I am playing "Morningstar" right, but it sounds close enough. There is just one part I am not sure about, but I learn from tabs, and nothing I have seen for that song shows anything different.      "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was really easy to learn. The only part that took a lot of time (and it was not really even a lot) was the solo.      It is getting more fun to play this thing now. If only I had a job to not care about spending a little extra money to but flat-wound strings so my fingers are not burning my the time I decide to stop.

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