Nobody ever comments in my journal anymore...
I miss the comments. =(
Is it because I write novels?
Anyway, I finished fixing Alex's computer, which basically consisted of reformatting and adding on a pirated windows XP. Then installing some video drivers.
The installing took a long time, but the drivers only took like 10 minutes. I'm getting paid 100 bucks for that, and getting driving lessons.
The driving lessons start on wednesday night around 8pm. Woot. Getting my driver's liscence seems like less of an impossibility now.
If I ever get him to give me his video tapes, I'll be editing his home videos for pretty much my entire life and he'll owe me 200 USD. But whatever.
Finally called the maintenance people so they can look into the whole 'gnats are everywhere' and the 'there's metal in my garbage disposal and making noises!' problems, both of which we've had for more than 2 weeks.
It appears all my roommates have never been told the basics of living by themselves, they had no idea that you can call maintenance people and they would handle it for free. Or I'd only assume this since they still haven't done it - I did. Today. And they've all been complaining about how we need to fix it, buy bug spray, or whatever.
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So I got this car thing from chevrolet the other day, saying they're going out of business and what not. Then they have this little part that says "To encourage you to participate in this event, we're holding the following promotion:
If your numbers match, you have definitely won one of these prizes! Come in and see which prize you've won!
1. $100 cash, 2. Sea Doo, 3. $1000 shopping spree, 4. 2006 Silverado"
And it's got two circles, one has a number in it and says "Your number" the other one has a sticker scratch off circle that says "Winning number".
So I spot this right before I throw the thing away, and I figured.. Hell, I have a quarter, might as well scratch it off for shits and giggles, right?
I won.
So now I'm trying to figure out a.) if this is a scam and they
all win(I couldn't find any small print anywhere) and b.) how the hell to get there and claim my prize by the 30th....
So I spent all day today(before school, pretty much) to try and get a ride to go to that. Thankfully Tampa Florida has this rider care program thing, where you have like a bus tutor that rides with you and teaches you how to use the bus lines and read maps and such, all for free. Which is awesome.
So I'm hitting two birds with one stone and at 2:15pm on wednesday, I'm off to claim whatever prize I got with "Mark". And learn exactly how these city buses work.
In the meantime, though, I have this big research paper on Fight Club...
I, on another forum,
I'm working on my BA in Digital Video Production, and in one of the classes we have to write a research paper about some cinematography aspect of some movie that won a cinematography award or a movie the professor agrees is 'worthy' enough.
So I had been watching Fight Club(1999) at the time, and I noticed it had a lot of one-frame shots of Tyler Durden in it before Tyler was actually introduced as a character.
That perplexed as well as sort of amazed me, so I decided to write a paper on the subliminal imagery in Fight Club and how it affects the viewer and outlines the story.
So, that said, I've been researching what other critics have said about Fight Club's subliminal cuts, and they all say the same thing: 4 frames of Tyler beforehe's introduced(office, doctor, support group, outside church) and the p***s at the end. A few of them mentioned some DVD Easter eggs.
But when I was watching Fight Club, I saw FIVE. The first four, and then, right after you see Tyler in the "Could you wake up as someone else?" scene, when he's in the hotel, brushing his teeth. The Narrator sits down on the bed, and the hotel TV is there, and the hotel staff are saying "Welcome."
Tyler is on the far right. It's clear he's right there, so am I the only one who say it, or was it just not important enough to note in anyone else's reviews or essays? I mean, it was on there too long to be a subliminal cut, sure, but it was sneaky enough to be considered subliminal imagery or a message, right?
And the rough draft of that is due tomorrow.
I also started listening to Twistcast again:
http://twistec.podomatic.com which is Twistex's audio blog.
He wanted a bloody, gory, a**l-sex ridden Grinch story that rhymed, so while I was skyping with Bolweevil and Meru, I managed to write one:
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One day, there was a green zoophile,
He had big eyes and spoke by spitting out bile.
But still, this bright green zoophile,
He hated Christmas and was very hostile.
When Christmas Eve came,
The Grinch(as was the green zoophile's name)
Decided to descend to the little town of Whoville,
And that was why the Grinch decided to kill.
Rape, mangle, Sodomy; they were all a thrill,
But it was not these the Grinch wanted to fulfill.
The Green man's goal was to ruin Christmas.
The birth of Christ was just something worth it to miss.
Instead of chopping down Christmas trees,
And vacuuming presents that were the bee's knees,
The grinch decided to commit mass genocide.
It was apparent all the Whos of Whoville would indeed die.
There would be blood and there would be carnage,
And the bodies would be as plentiful as a landfill's garbage.
With those activities in place,
the Grinch would have a charismatic face.
A smile that stretched from chin to cheek,
A crimson mustache that looked so sleek.
His sharp teeth were stained a bright red,
From biting off all those little Whos' heads.
And the best part of it all,
was that Whoville was lost to the Spirit of Christmas' call.
There would be no presents,
No superficial treats.
The Grinch had succeeded in his haunting proclaim.
There would be no more Christmas,
As the Grinch had preordained.
And should a surviving little Who
Attempt to revive the Spirit that was so taboo,
The Grinch would have their heads as trophies, too.
I also sold the Ibis guild to Niht. She's the new captain, but has no idea what to do. No offense to her, but I really wish the guild would just die already. D:
But she insists I need to stay as at least crew so I can show her the ropes or whatever... :/
So I've been trying to get more active in the Sniper Guild:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewforum.php?f=46737And I started out with this thread:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=6746785And then I made a self-centered thread:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=6754707Which closely followed by my fan-thread. 0_o;
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=6756543And now I have 5 people cosplaying as me:
And also people hating me(such as gthb) probably because I don't deserve the popularity, or I'm reveling in it, or something.
Jealousy at it's finest.
But yeah. It's so awkward.. People following me around.. cosplaying as me... There's this girl named NYANEKO who appears to love me and is stalking me... I have counted all the people I have talked to and who want to physically have sex with me, and there's 6. SIX! 3 on gaia, 3 on the .org...
It's like. Whoa, buddy. But. Whatever, I suppose. Maybe I can get used to this whole popularity thing.
The hardest part is trying to gauge exactly where you're popular(PD, C&T and Sniper game guild) and where your opinion isn't worth s**t(GCD).
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