Monday, November 24, 2003

*finds time*

Heh, look at that- I'm almost getting out of date with these. And with a few other things. I still need to get some sound files of myself recorded for Project Shinsei, and I will do that as soon as I have time and am not currently doing some other necessarry activity. So, What Up? I did have a whole load of stuff I wanted to talk about here, but I can only remember a few things. Here we go, then. I Dream of Double Dash!! I finally got my grubby mitts on MK:DD, and I can safely say it was worth the extra money. The one-player's great fun even though I've nearly managed to finish most of it (that was one thing that annoyed me slightly about the other one- it was rather easy to finish). The handling's much better than the N64 version in my opinion, and the two racers per kart is a great idea. Plus I get to make some really cute couples with the characters ^_^ Yoshi and Birdo were made for each other, heh. I'm having a great deal of trouble with the 150cc Star Cup, though (supposedly the second-hardest cup of the regulars). Ironically I managed to finish the one up from that before I've done that one. The computer-controlled opponents are complete bastards no matter who I choose. There's no way Toad should be able to thump Donkey Kong off the track... grr. Still, I like a challange. And this certainly is one. SO Kawaii! I watced a good deal of the Baby Looney Tunes marathon on Boomerang all day Sunday, and it even kept me up until half eleven at night. Damn baby Sylvester and his... ness. He's my favourite character in the series, see, and it was an episode about him. There was another on at about midnight, but I really needed sleep. My only major gripe about it is there's no Wile E Coyote. Mind you, I don't suppose there's much a mute character who only chases about another character can do, but even so he's still a Toon. I'm glad Elmer, Yosemite and Foghorn don't make that much of an appearance- I don't like them particularly. Nor Porky. Calamity Coyote is my all-time favourite Loony Toons franchise character as if you couldn't guess. I'd almost have a fit every time he came on screen. His episodes were the best. Pity I always missed them... I felt too emotionally drained to write much yesterday evening, not just because of Double Dash. But Chapter 7 of Dark Conflict is coming along nicely, for the... two, maybe three people who read this who also read that, heh. And like it. One last thing: Shout-out to Mimmi- Ah, thank you so much for your entry ^_^ That made me smile a lot. *adds to 'Friends' list*

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Friday, November 21, 2003

Change

Well, I changed the music track today, due to finding a site with hundreds of TV theme songs on file in hundreds of different formats. I don't know if anyone remembers The Raccoons animated series, but it's the end theme from that. I didn't watch the cartoon all that often, but I liked the theme. And I still do, heh. It's incredibly 90's rock, though. Prepare to be cheesed. Clutch Control Well, I had another driving lesson today, and it went terribly, mainly I think due to my poor clutch control. I'm tyring to focus on hat too much and everything else goes to pot- as soon as I try focussing on that my clutch control (and hence everything else also) goes to pot too. Ah well. I'm getting there. Albeit rather slowly. I should finally have a playable version of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! tomorrow, and this comes with the bonus disc, too ^_^ I am very pleased. Although it does cost me £25 extra. I don't mind. It's more convenient being a US game anyway- then I don't need to use a Freeloader. And I get the bonus disc too, which Shinmaru tells me has bits from F-Zero GC, Sonic Adventure Heroes and lots of other good stuff, hehe. I'm looking forward to it ^_^ I'm not looking forward to having to pay for it, though. I've gone way past the amount I usually like to keep in my bank now. I think I need a job... But not yet. I'll just grin and bear it for the time being. And not spend money, heh. Anyway, Chapter 3 of Enter the Net is now up, and rather longer than the previous installments. I hope it's still as good, though. Take care!

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Thursday, November 20, 2003

Backlog

Yikes, I seem to be behind in everything of late o_o; Too much work and things, heh. I had a really good time last night. David invited me over for a meal with Kim and Dan. It's been ages since I last saw Dan, heh. I hadn't realised how much I missed him until I opened the door to him, holding a dagger towards his face ^_^; We watched Dr Strangelove while eating some of David's odd (but extremely nice) quasi-bolognese sauce with pasta. It's made up of bolognese, sweet and sour sauce, ketchup, brown stuff and this vegetarian substitute for mince which aparrently can make people throw up quite violently. I didn't throw up, though, although I did feel a little ill when eating any of the meaty stuff. That's probably down to having eaten something a little while beforehand, though. After that, David told us all about this movie idea that he wants to make. It sounds great, but very ambitious. I'm not entirely sure we'll be able to do it, but I'd certainly like to at least record the voice acting bits. Dan and I slept in the Lounge ^_^ We stayed up watching Star Wars Episode II until about 2am, which was great fun. Although sleeping on the floor wasn't. I migrated to the leather sofa what seemed like two hours later and eventually got to sleep. But leather sofas aren't exactly comfortable either, mind you... This morning was relatively uneventful- I came back home at about midday, did things that needed to be done and then had lunch, came online, took the dogs for a walk, had tea, watched Metropolis and came online again, where I am now. So yeah. A good day, but a rather tiring one. Chapter 3 will have to wait one more day- I need to add another scene in the Adventure Arena.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Busy Bee

Firstly, I would like to apologise for my rather selfish post yesterday, heh. I know we're all entitled to bad days, but I still feel bad to be offloading myself when I'm in such a crap mood, heh. Thanks to all who sat through it all- I'm feeling better now ^_^ Anyway, I've got lots to do- I need to find a web host for my various files that need hosting, I have the next chapters of Enter the Net and Dark Conflict to finish, I have PMs and e-mails to write, RPG threads to reply to and more sites to visit. I'll probably spend about half of that time just thinking about various things anyway, heh. But first, a little procrastination: The following paragraph I am going to type out and not correct any spelling errors in it, so you can see how bad my typing is before I go back and edit it, heh. I'm still not amazingly computer-flexible when it comes to typing ^_^; Hello everyone and welcome to my MyOtaku site. I'm typing this completely unadulteradedly so you can see my appauling spelling mistakes that I often make, but at the moment I seem not to be actually making any, which is a bugger becase I'm setting aside my time sepecially to show you how bad I can actually be when I don't try. I guess it depends on my mood, then. Still, anyone who talks to me on AIM will already know I'm prone to rather more spelling mistakes than you might think. Bleh, that wasn't as entertaining as I expected. Never mind, heh. And strangely, as soon as I get off the part that's going to be displayed, I make two spelling mistakes in the first sentance *dies* Hmm, can't think of anything else to say, really. I should hopefully be getting a haircut tomorrow morning, as I don't start until 2:00pm. I gets a [much needed] lie-in ^_^

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Monday, November 17, 2003

Yami

I've often wondered what it would be like if my 'dark side', as it were, were to escape and take on a new form, or just completely possess me. I reckon it'd be quite formdible in the right conditions. Like this afternoon, for instance. Firstly, Jeremy seemed really down today. I was relatively alright for a start, although still feeling less optimistic than I usually am. It never does to have any mixtures of depression levels on a one-to-one interaction, as both want to be able to talk about how they feel, but also want to hold back because they know that the other person's in a similar situation. Stage Management was boring as hell, again. I actually knew most of the stuff that he was talking about today, too, so I wouldn't have missed anything too much if I'd decided not to go. Ah well. It was raining today. I wouldn't normally mind that, but something about it today bothered me. It wasn't proper rain, more like pointy drizzle- the kind that flies into your face and stings rather than plops in drops getting you wet. Couple that with the fact that my headphones are in the top of my bag and I completely forget to use my umbrella. And, when I get home, eager to open my Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, I find that the PAL version doesn't work on my US GameCube- they must have installed anti-Freeloader software onto the newest games. So I'll have to return it. What made this somewhat more inconvenient was that the Datel support line closed just before I got into the door, so I won't be able to find out if I can play it until tomorrow, when I could just as easily send it off and get a refund on it instead. Grr... I punched the light switch upstairs when dad was being selfish, too. Well... perhaps it was me just being in a bad mood and him just saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, but I wish I hadn't now. One of the bones in my wrist joint cracked against the corner of the plastic casing and caused me a great deal of pain. I wouldn't be surprised if I had a decently-sized bruise there tomorrow. So... yeah. I don't even like the way I'm posting this, to be honest. I hate it when I don't feel like myself. I just want to get back to my usual frame of mind- it's much more pleasant to be in. Guess that might take a while...

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Friday, November 14, 2003

Dang -____-;
To whoever it was who tried to contact me on AIM last night, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to ignore you >_<; You just caught me while I was typing and it made the box go away. Try again when you next see me. I hate when that happens...
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*hits stuff*

The bastards at Amazon didn't send out Double Dash today. I hate them >_<; I knew I should have ordered from Gameplay... still, I'd have had to have paid more for the actual game. I don't mind waiting too much, so long as it does eventually arrive. I was kind of expecting it would arrive on Monday, but I still hoped it would be today anyway. Meh. There is something else I'm waiting for, I'm not sure when that's arriving. If it still is... Still, I'm about half-way through writing Chapter 3 of OB: Enter the Net. Lots of good stuff here. There are fewer in-jokes in this one, so the humour should hopefully be for a more open audience than it was aimed at before. In case anyone's wondering, I'll give you a bit of history: The plushies OB characters (like Mini-Ken) spawn from Otaku Big Brother II, which you can still read in the Event Arena if you run a search for it. That, along with the Ruffly Dress and PlushieWand have made their way into OB history. I have a few more things to slot in where I can, but I don't want to make it sound cliquey. I'm open to new members too, so long as I know what you can look like in the story. I still need to ask terra, Arcadia, Raiha, Mei and Ben what they want to look like, heh. Still, I have plenty of time for that ^_^

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