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19 November 2008 @ 11:48 pm

It feels oddly nice not to do anything... At least today. Another day I'll worry about it more. But tonight, I just relaxed. Slept in (oh, how nice!). Read a lot of One Piece manga and watched a few episodes. Tried to find some good fanfic for it but turned up surprisingly little. What a shame. :( 

And finally, I got to chat with people! Oh, it was such a joyously large chat. I was quite happy. I need more of those. I miss chatting with people, and the randomness that ensues.

Also? My dryer works now. I did my own laundry! Huzzah! It took a bit to figure out how the washer works (which there was no sense in using until the dryer was fixed), but now I got it down. It was just quite different from the one I was used to.

do want to do something a little more productive today. Maybe get some more things done around the place or write more on a one-shot or two. I tried working on that Naruto AMV I had planned, but the song I want to use has a beat I can't keep up with on WMM and is pretty short. To get everything I want in there, I would have to sum up several fight scenes in twenty seconds each and that's like... a let down, almost. Especially considering the arc. The viewer would barely have the time to process what happens.

I still want to make it, but am unsure how to go about it now. (sigh)

At least I have a good idea with what I want to do in my one-shots. Perhaps I'll have better luck with those.

 
 
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Pi90katana
06 November 2008 @ 04:58 am

My expander is gone! Muah! It's so nice to be able to feel the roof of my mouth again. That damn thing was in there eight months longer than it was scheduled to be and had worn out it's welcome before then.

That said, my teeth seem to be doing all right too. They're scarred, as I thought they'd be, but not bad enough that I'd have to have the braces removed all together. Also, they hurt like hell right now. Besides putting in a stronger wire, they added a few more brackets to the teeth that were covered by my expander. So it's a wee bit tight in there. (rubs mouth)

After we were done with the orthodontist, I went to visit the old house. My sister looks well enough, and my brother was very well behaved when I saw him. I was glad to see mom too. I miss them all so much. Got to visit for an hour before we had to head back in the opposite direction- first to pick up my other brother and sister so they could stay the night with my grandma. Not too long after we had them, grandma had to go to the mall. Just real quick, you know.

Yeah right. I already knew it was going to take way longer than that. XD I hate the mall. Minutes turn into hours, and I never have any fun there.

Ahem. Though I did buy an OT t-shirt when I went into Hot Topic while grandma was taking the kids to the bathroom. >.> It was kinda cool looking, despite the OT-ness, and I liked it. Heheh... ^_^

But anyways, if we hadn't taken so long there, I might've had time to nap when I got home. But we didn't get back until nine, so I've been making myself stay awake so I can keep to my new schedule. (yawns) I is tired though. Been stimulating my mind by making a Naruto AMV, and then later by taking a shower.

Shower which, by the way, turned out to be of doom.

I'd just gotten in and had the water going. And then I suddenly nearly stepped on a spider. Now, normally I could care less about the things, but I'd never seen one like it. It was dark red, and fairly large, with long legs. It got washed down the drain when I moved, thankfully, and I thought nothing more of it.

Then I stepped out of the shower. After drying myself off, I reached for my pajama pants. ...And a very similar spider to the one before crawled out of it.

Okay. So creepiness levels went up there. I actually shrieked. Once the spider was on the floor (and I'd confirmed it wasn't anywhere near my PJ's), I chased it around trying to get it on a sheet of toilet paper with the intention of flushing it. Like spiders do, however, it tried to elude me. So I picked up a rag with the idea of tricking it into the direction of my other hand.

Only when I picked up the rag? I found two more spiders beneath it.

That was seriously freaky O.O;. Like I said- I'd never seen ones like that until now, so I have no idea whether they're dangerous or not. I chased them around with the hairspray and flushed them. And now I'm totally terrified of my bathroom. Because seriously? I do keep that one clean. Now I'm thinking that maybe I should clean my bedroom sooner after all. I mean, I do live in a basement. There's apt to be all kinds of bugs coming in here, and a cleaner place will give them fewer places to hide.

...Man. I'm almost afraid to go to sleep. (shifty eyes)

But I must. I'm exhausted, and need sleep to make sure I can work tomorrow. Stupid work...
 
 
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Pi90katana
26 May 2008 @ 04:19 am
How come there's never anyone to talk to at four in the morning?

Oh yeah... because I should be sleeping... like everyone else. XD

I guess that's where my little naps tend to put a dent in my social endeavors. I sleep when I think I need to, when and if I can. So I usually have no qualms about going to bed at five in the afternoon, even if it means I'm wide awake come ten at night. 

Taking the opportunity to process that DVD while I'm up. It takes so long! Probably won't be done for another hour or more. And from the looks of things in the logs... the quality is going to be sucky again. >.< Dammit!

And there's really not much I can do in the mean time. I already caught up with my favorite sites, dinked around a bit in some of the ratings communities, reread some of my favorite fics. Heh- now I know I'm bored. I went back and fixed a bunch of errors in my old LJ entries, as well as played around with the tagging system some more. It would appear I angst a lot. XD

I'd play Hearts. But the last time I tried that while processing a DVD, my whole computer froze. I'd also write, but I don't know if I want to risk the chance. I don't know if working in Word would cause the same problem or not.

Oh well. I do have some stuff in mind, right about now. I'll work on it tomorrow. :D
 
 
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Pi90katana
25 May 2008 @ 12:18 am
(weeping)

Stupid computer. I was processing another DVD through AutoGK, right? Started at a decent hour. It was a little over halfway through the first pass.

And then my computer freezes.

Four hours of work. All down the drain.

And now it's too late to start over. I'll have to wait until tomorrow. (more weeping)

Stupid computer. >.<

 
 
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Pi90katana
23 May 2008 @ 09:48 pm
I think I actually learned my lesson! Hard to believe, isn't it? XD

I've been thinking about that AMV I'm making all day. But with so many DVD's to rip in order to make it, progress is slow. Despite this, I'm already plotting parts in my head and everything. 

So, somehow forgetting what low quality I got last night, not to mention how long it took, I was all set to pop one in and rip it.

Then something happened. Diving intervention, for all I know. Because I quickly realized that 'Hey, it's getting late!' and 'Huh- this was about the time I ripped my DVD last night' and then finally 'Is this really a smart idea?' 

No. It is not. Therefore, we shall wait to rip more episodes tomorrow. :)

Wish I could go to bed. I have to wait for all of the sugar to drain out of my system first though. XD 

Oh yes! I should make a point of saying this here! 

Ahem! (clears throat) I, Pi90katana, did in fact manage to make brownies today without a) causing them to burst into flames, b) have them attributed to square-shaped stones, and c) giving those who ate them food poisoning.

Go me!

Granted, all but three ingredients came from a box. But you'd be surprised how easy even that is for me to screw up.

They were really rich too. I ate two, and it was all I could manage to finish the second one. And they weren't like extremly large pieces either. So yummy, though.

Anyways, I'm off to work on a little but of fanfic (if you can call a Fifty Sentence Prompt 'fanfic' XD) and maybe work on that AMV some more. Hmm... wonder if I'll be back later. 
 
 
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Pi90katana
23 May 2008 @ 04:34 am

It's 4:30 AM. I wanted to be in bed like, two hours ago. So why am I not? This is simple. AutoGK is taking a freaking lifetime converting my rip into AVI format. >.<

I started at about 10:30 PM, right? Usually, depending on the length of what I have, it takes two to four hours. Not so today! It's been over six! And I am freaking tired by now. ;_; I wants to go to bed.

So I'm writing in my journal again. Because I have little else to do. XD Besides, I forgot to mention something.

I finally got my stepdad to watch Cloverfield with me today. Been waiting awhile now. It was so awesome- his reaction to the parasites in the tunnels was hilarious!

He is one of many though who got a headache from the video camera thing. I didn't mind it at all, but alas- I am superior in these matters. XD

...Gah, I'm so tired! (weeps)

Anyways, I'm also working more on my graduation party. My stepdad wants me to invite everyone in our hall who has kids. Oh boy- as if this party wasn't going to be full enough. I have such a huge family. You'd think my cousins would be enough children.

Oh well. It can't hurt.

....I'm tired! (more weeping)

Damn. AutoGK better finish soon. ;_; 

 
 
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Pi90katana
22 May 2008 @ 09:19 pm

In my last post, I said I didn't want to ruin my AMV's. 

Well be prepared, because I'm about to spoil one. But only because I want to see if you guys see the song as fitting as I do.

 
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Pi90katana
21 May 2008 @ 10:55 pm

For once, I got to go on one of our little shopping adventures today. I haven't gotten to go grocery shopping much lately, so it was pretty cool.

When we were at Albertson's, they had this really good deal on hamburger. It was like, a $1.79 a pound or something, for tonight only. So my mom bought a bunch, and we're storing the extra in our freezer.

Now here's the real kicker. With every pound of hamburger we bought, we got two boxes of crackers/pretzels for free. You heard me. So we left that store with thirty dollars worth of crackers, all of which cost us absolutely nothing.

How. Freaking. Cool. XD

Heheh... I almost wish I could've just had their cash value in my hands. I have no money, as always, and it'll be time to pay my Internet bill once again. And while yes, I did learn how to use the WLAN feature recently, it's a pretty poor signal and sometimes cuts out. 

So I need fifty dollars. I kinda ran out of things to sell back in February... when I got rid of my Nintendo DS and games. I actually still have my TMNT DS game. >.> Yes, I still have it. I'm obsessed, people- hell, I bought it before i purchased the system! XD

Anyways, that leaves me with just a few things. A Heroes graphic novel (hardback) which I didn't even like, and an empty aquarium I bought three years ago. I never did get my turtles like I wanted to. ;_; 

Though  I also have a radio I rarely use. Hmm....

I'll figure something out.

....

[info]Angrychihuahuais made of awesomesauce. XD

He saw one of my previous entries, where I mentioned that I thought my award for New Toon Advocate looked a bit cooler than my Leo Fan award.

So he re-did it. And it looks spectactular. 



Pretty, huh? 

Speaking of [info]angrychihuahua, I was just talking to him on AIM and I think he successfully talked me into something. I may just end up doing some Dark Turtles one-shots along with that Fifty Sentence Prompt. I need some things to get me going, and I've always had an interest in the evil clones of the TMNT. ^_^

It's rather sad that we won't be seeing them again. They had such potential! I'm still hoping maybe they'll come back from the future as well in the new season. I mean, if we get Viral of all people, we should get the Dark Turtles. 

Anyways, so they're on my Fanfic To-Do List. Something I should be paying more attention to than my AMV To-Do List! >.<

I have like five projects in the works now, one being an Avatar AMV. I'm half-tempted to say them here, but I don't want to ruin the surprise. 

So I'll just say the type! :D

AMV 1- Avatar (Tribute)
AMV 2- TMNT (Humor)
AMV 3- TMNT (Alternate Theme)
AMV 4- TMNT (Serious)
AMV 5- TMNT (Tribute)

I'll also mention that the fourth one actually is more centered on my two favorite villains. Heard an awesome song two days ago that I've been obsessing over. Fits them so well. ^_^

Now if only my DVD Decrypter would start working right again! >.< It's not ripping the DVD's correctly anymore. I'm missing beginning and/or ending pieces from the content.

Oh well. I'll figure it out.
 
 
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Pi90katana
27 April 2008 @ 11:28 pm
Talk about a pick me up. After my shower, and a nap, I came back online to the most wonderful thing ever.

My very good friend [info]angrychihuahua made this AMV. And for it, I now must name my firstborn after him. XD

Here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KyrziIXSHo 

Lord, I thought the plushie was a treat!
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Pi90katana
16 April 2008 @ 03:44 am
I would've been so very lost without the help of my dear friend [info]whiteadelphi. She was my beta for this AMV, and she had such great advice. Not to mention the fact that she actually helped me get some clips, etc. when I needed them.

And she showed it off to like two other people when it wasn't even complete! I felt so honored.

Anyways, here it is if you'd like to see it. I present The Shredder Went Down to Georgia!

We have the role of the Devil played by the Shredder, Leonardo as Johnny, and the state of New York filling in for Georgia, as I couldn't actually convince Shredder to go down there XD. Throw in various Foot ninjas as demons, and Leo's brothers and Sensei as... well, they're just there, okay? LOL

So here you are! I hope you enjoy it!

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Pi90katana
21 March 2008 @ 10:21 pm
I swear I encountered every freaking obstacle possible in order to make this. It took half a day to get the DVD onto my computer. Then after WMM wouldn't work, I went through website after website looking for a way to either fix it or replace it, each endeavor failing me. Kudos must go to my friend [info]sparrowskit  for getting me that far in the first place, then finallt finding a solution to my problem. Turned out to be the codec. This in turn helped me later on when my AMV 1) showed up with half of a green screen and b) wouldn't upload onto Youtube.

So it was an uphill battle. But it's finally paid off. More thanks go to [info]whiteadelphi  , who's like the queen of making music videos; she beta'ed it before I let it go public and gave me great advice for next time. Thanks to [info]mandy_nyar  as well, for looking it over.

Heheh... any of you who know me knows I'm one of the biggest Leo fans to walk the planet, right? So it only makes sense, I'm certain, that my first vid is about Raph.

So with no further ado- here it is! 


 
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Pi90katana
19 March 2008 @ 06:42 am

Well, I've been a bit busy lately. I'd meant to post something on my birthday last Friday, but got a bit distracted. 

I feel like I should turn eighteen more often LOL. I've never gotten such a response! Everyone was so nice- I got a Gift Art from both my friend Dis, as well as my friend Sandy. Sewer Slider actually wrote me a story (Leo? Leather? Shades and glassesA motorcycle? Can we say Pi is a happy camper?). 

And my good friends at another forum, which I will call TT as we're trying to keep it a bit more private, completely put the icing on the cake for me. Just about everyone of them dropped in and said hello. Donny's Boy made me an awesome Leo picture (Caption: Now that your legal- Come to daddy. XD), and Winny gave me a sneak peak at a comic she's doing. What REALLY did me in though was when Leo (this site has an amazing RPG and there are accounts made for these characters) dropped in to wish me a happy birthday. I got to go on a 'date' with him. Oh, I nearly died!

Even though I don't celebrate birthdays due to my religion, that was the best one ever. I haven't felt so appreciated in a long time.

Anyways, my abnormal good luck on my b-day (I had my first ever job interview that day, and the comic I'd been waiting for came back into stock) didn't last into the weekend. I didn't get the job, and then I had to reorder that comic because the one I'd originally ordered turned out to be damaged (really nice of the guys to tell me that, though- the other company I once ordered from just didn't send it). 

I'm also trying to get into making TMNT AMV's. Talk about difficult! Luckily, I had my friend Sparrowskit to help me out. She talked me through some programs to download that helped my decrypt and then rip the TMNT movie. Unfortunately, after so many horus of waiting, I couldn't use any of it because the DEP on my computer wouldn't let me import anything into Windows Movie Maker. I spent hours trying to find a solution with no luck.

Next, I decided to download the torrents for the cartoon. I heard they work with WMM, so I was eager to. Unfortunately, it's taking forever. It's been over twenty-four hours since I began and I only have fifteen percent done. (sighs)

The good news though, Sparrow spent a bunch of time trying to find out how to get WMM to work for me. She did what I couldn't! Though it surprised her too when it worked. All I had to do was go to this website that updates the codes for Windows and stuff and it worked! I'm now in the process of working on my first AMV.

All of my Raph-fan friends must be getting to me. It's focused on him. LOL Though if I had those TMNT episodes by now, I'd be working on my Leo one instead.

In other news, my baby sister turned three today. Er... I guess it was yesterday, actually. I'm up late. LOL But man, do I miss her. 

 
 
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