It's been a long day, all 24+ hours of it, but I'm finally done with this quarter. My final project for Studio II didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped it would. Richard left me somewhat stranded as my fears had predicted, but I bounced back with plan B and managed to get enough done to satiate my professor's needs. That is, despite my horrible run in with technology and printing.
My printer was running low on black ink (shocked, I know), and so I had to venture to Target when it opened this morning at 9 to purchase the ink required to print out my final. Got home, put the new cartridge in, set the printer to grayscale and began to print my work. Minutes later, out comes 32 pages of purple text and images. "WTF!?" you ask? That's what I said. So I tamper with the settings and finally give in and set everything to best quality (read: snail speed printing). This time, I get black on the first few pages...then dark green...then bright green...then LIME GREEN!!! Again, I look at the paper in disbelief and ask myself "WTF?"
Taking this little adventure to it's next logical conclusion, I yank out the colored ink and proceed to print out my project. Except, now the printer is mad at me for ruining it's fun and requests that I put in a proper working color ink cartridge. Guess what? I don't have one! APPARENTLY my printer requires colored ink to make a grayscaled print on paper. Go figure... So I went to class with a mixed bag of black, purple, and green pages from my project and managed to get my professor to laugh at my pain. Hopefully he understands enough to give me a B.
However, I more than made up for all this crazy technology trouble with my Portfolio. So in all it wasn't a bad quarter for me. The work wasn't terrible, at least not until the end, but that's always expected. No matter how ahead you are, no matter how confident you are that you can whip out the rest in forty-eight hours, there is always something that you will forget and have to make a mad dash to finish. This inevitably leads to a lack of sleep and membership to the dark circles club that all SCAD students join at the end of the quarter. Let me tell you, a more interesting and exciting set of presentations there is not! So full of life on the last day of class!
So now I can finally rest and enjoy the three weeks I have off, right? WRONG!
I have rehearsal tomorrow afternoon, then graduation Saturday morning where my whole family is coming up for 4 days, not to mention the usual distractions from normal life. I'd imagine about the time my family leaves, my boss will be calling me into work next week and I won't get any R&R until next weekend at the earliest. As is my life. I deal. I move on.
On a sad note, John is only going to be around for another week or so. He's hanging around to take care of Richard's new kitten, Arnold, while Dick and Jacob go to Italy for a cool contest thingy they won. Then next week he is going to start moving his stuff out. I sad. I'm going to miss the little guy and his random late night cravings for a snack. I hope we get to do something meaningful and cool before he goes home for good.
In gaming news, Issue 15 is on test server, and thus far it's...lacking. It's to be expected, so I can't complain. It's just frustrating to think about the long wait between this little update and the Going Rogue expansion which looks to kick some serious ass. Hopefully the Devs reveal a little something else about it to keep our appetites whet. I'll be around either way, enjoying my time with the BFF and our SG.
I have inFamous sitting on my desk, starring at me, taunting me to play it, but I have so much stuff to do over the next few weeks, I know I won't get the chance to start it. Something to do on my big break next weekend no doubt. I still have that and two RPGs to play. So many new games not getting the love. I've failed as a gamer. I have to remedy that over the break, I have to!
Luckily, there are only two hours left before the gang goes out to its quarterly "yay, school is over again!" dinner. Long Horn, Vortex, or the Highlander? Choices, choices. All of it sounds good to me. I honestly just love hanging with the guys for a nice evening of food together, talking about the last quarter, and our futures. We've grown so much over the last two years. It's funny to think about the first dinner we all had together and which faces have come and gone. College really is the best years of your life.
Get some rest guys, I know I will...eventually!
~Jman
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Man I Suck...
Actually, before I go to bed...
"But Jman," you ask, "More blogging? Really? You leave for over a year and now you're posting two in a row. Weren't you going to bed or something?
I know, I know. I get started blogging and I post in twos, then magically forget about it for an entire year. *sigh*
Anyway, I was reading back over all my old posts, and I realized just how off I really am. Just about everything I posted that was an opinion on here thus far has been completely the opposite of what happened. How sad is that?
Soul Calibur IV ended up being an amazing game and the characters were super fun to play with. The opposing characters were later released on each system, but for a hefty price of $5.
HD-DVD did die, and Microsoft continues to look stupid as they refuse to comment on a possible Blu-ray player for the 360, but it hasn't helped PS3 or Sony one damn bit. The awesome games have all come out and the system continues to put out some amazing exclusives, but people just aren't ready to spend $400 on a console yet. I can understand, but they really don't know what they are missing. I love my PS3.
I was rooting for Champions Online!? REALLY!?
I should have been shot. At any given time, when I think of that damn game and it's horrid creator, I find myself thinking of how crappy it is and how it's going to fail. I can't understand why I would have ever thought otherwise. Having some friends who dared to actually beta test the thing only furthers my proof that it does, and will suck. Custom powers or not, the game isn't fun. City of Heroes just celebrated it's five year anniversary and I stand by it stronger today than I ever have. The game simply rocks my socks. Why? I don't think I'll ever be able to say for sure, but I don't really care either. It is what it is.
At least there is one good constant in my life. The BFF is still super awesome. Sean continues to be the one reliable source of happiness in my life. Not to say I'm depressed or have some horrid death wish. I just lack the ability to express emotions, and he is the only person I know who can really evoke them. I may smile or giggle throughout the day, but I genuinely laugh whenever I talk with him. He may have his issues every now and then, but the dude really is made of pure awesome sauce.
Anyway, enough of my banter. I just wanted to let everyone know just how wrong I am. As if you didn't already know...
~Jman
"But Jman," you ask, "More blogging? Really? You leave for over a year and now you're posting two in a row. Weren't you going to bed or something?
I know, I know. I get started blogging and I post in twos, then magically forget about it for an entire year. *sigh*
Anyway, I was reading back over all my old posts, and I realized just how off I really am. Just about everything I posted that was an opinion on here thus far has been completely the opposite of what happened. How sad is that?
Soul Calibur IV ended up being an amazing game and the characters were super fun to play with. The opposing characters were later released on each system, but for a hefty price of $5.
HD-DVD did die, and Microsoft continues to look stupid as they refuse to comment on a possible Blu-ray player for the 360, but it hasn't helped PS3 or Sony one damn bit. The awesome games have all come out and the system continues to put out some amazing exclusives, but people just aren't ready to spend $400 on a console yet. I can understand, but they really don't know what they are missing. I love my PS3.
I was rooting for Champions Online!? REALLY!?
I should have been shot. At any given time, when I think of that damn game and it's horrid creator, I find myself thinking of how crappy it is and how it's going to fail. I can't understand why I would have ever thought otherwise. Having some friends who dared to actually beta test the thing only furthers my proof that it does, and will suck. Custom powers or not, the game isn't fun. City of Heroes just celebrated it's five year anniversary and I stand by it stronger today than I ever have. The game simply rocks my socks. Why? I don't think I'll ever be able to say for sure, but I don't really care either. It is what it is.
At least there is one good constant in my life. The BFF is still super awesome. Sean continues to be the one reliable source of happiness in my life. Not to say I'm depressed or have some horrid death wish. I just lack the ability to express emotions, and he is the only person I know who can really evoke them. I may smile or giggle throughout the day, but I genuinely laugh whenever I talk with him. He may have his issues every now and then, but the dude really is made of pure awesome sauce.
Anyway, enough of my banter. I just wanted to let everyone know just how wrong I am. As if you didn't already know...
~Jman
Third Time's The Charm
Or so "they" say.
Whoever "they" are...
I never honestly thought that I'd be this close to graduating college. It isn't like I expected a mysterious death or some sudden end of the world to come and rescue me. I just never perceived it happening, so far ahead in my life. Now it's here, and I find myself questioning what to do next.
Don't worry, I'm not going to get started on that whole speech. I realize that I am more fortunate than most of the others I will be walking across the stage with. Who wouldn't love working for a gaming company before you even graduate? I just have to hope that it holds up for a year or so until I can get something better. And by better I mean more my style, because what I do isn't a bad job, it just isn't in my field of interest.
If I survive the final night, I will be left with only two hurdles this year. First off, I have to actually pass all three of my classes this summer and get the official diploma(all while working!). Then if I manage to crawl past that hurdle, I have to worry about moving. It's weird because all I've been able to think about for the last six months is getting out of the crazy, party ridden apartment full of roommates and finding a place of my own. It took me loosing my computer for two months to realize that they aren't really that bad. Annoying at times, and definitely too messy to live with, they are pretty cool guys.
Jacob is a bit goofy, and does some silly things from time to time, but he has been legitimately funny as of late. Part of it are the jokes he makes, but a good 50% of the hilarity comes from the shock that it came from his lips. Now if he could just learn to be a cleaner cook.
Adam can be an awesome friend when he wants to be. It's so crazy how we can connect and think on the same wavelength at times, only for it to be siphoned from him and turned into...something else. Everyone knows why the change occurs, even him. It can't be helped, and we've all learned to live with it.
John is actually the perfect roommate. He cleans up after himself, he's quiet, he isn't ever around on the weekends, and he likes Street Fighter! It's a shame he is so interested in moving back home.
Speaking of Street Fighter IV, my love/hate relationship with this game is beginning to get to me. When I first got the game, I was pretty damn happy with it. Then I sort of fell out of love with it when Sean stopped playing me and my roommates thought it'd be a good idea to beat it with everyone without me. Then when I began playing online, I found a whole new level of love and appreciation for the game. It was fun, challenging, and a whole new experience for me.
Then all the twelve year olds learned how to throw a fireball and suddenly thought they were the end-all-be-all fighting champion. Without rhyme or reason, these idiot kids starting hopping online, talking some big shit, and winning tons of matches by throwing fireballs all day. It not only infuriates me that they lack real skill, but the fact that they are getting better ratings than I am is just ridiculous. How is something like that even fair?
If it isn't these little lucky bastards, it's some asshole who has no life outside of playing Xbox and Playstation online all day. These jerkoffs spend countless hours practicing their 10 hit combos and unblockable tech moves so that they can win matches in five seconds and fell like something special for once. It's so damn annoying when all I want to do is sit down and enjoy a challenging, but fun fight with some people online. I'm looking for a friendly, honorable confrontation, and all I've been able to find in the last two weeks are these two groups of people. What sucks the most is that I'm back to not wanting to play anymore, and I was just beginning to get good. What do you do?
It's late. I think I've talked enough.
Hopefully I can keep blogging this time. I so want to get into this little hobby...
~Jman
Whoever "they" are...
I never honestly thought that I'd be this close to graduating college. It isn't like I expected a mysterious death or some sudden end of the world to come and rescue me. I just never perceived it happening, so far ahead in my life. Now it's here, and I find myself questioning what to do next.
Don't worry, I'm not going to get started on that whole speech. I realize that I am more fortunate than most of the others I will be walking across the stage with. Who wouldn't love working for a gaming company before you even graduate? I just have to hope that it holds up for a year or so until I can get something better. And by better I mean more my style, because what I do isn't a bad job, it just isn't in my field of interest.
If I survive the final night, I will be left with only two hurdles this year. First off, I have to actually pass all three of my classes this summer and get the official diploma(all while working!). Then if I manage to crawl past that hurdle, I have to worry about moving. It's weird because all I've been able to think about for the last six months is getting out of the crazy, party ridden apartment full of roommates and finding a place of my own. It took me loosing my computer for two months to realize that they aren't really that bad. Annoying at times, and definitely too messy to live with, they are pretty cool guys.
Jacob is a bit goofy, and does some silly things from time to time, but he has been legitimately funny as of late. Part of it are the jokes he makes, but a good 50% of the hilarity comes from the shock that it came from his lips. Now if he could just learn to be a cleaner cook.
Adam can be an awesome friend when he wants to be. It's so crazy how we can connect and think on the same wavelength at times, only for it to be siphoned from him and turned into...something else. Everyone knows why the change occurs, even him. It can't be helped, and we've all learned to live with it.
John is actually the perfect roommate. He cleans up after himself, he's quiet, he isn't ever around on the weekends, and he likes Street Fighter! It's a shame he is so interested in moving back home.
Speaking of Street Fighter IV, my love/hate relationship with this game is beginning to get to me. When I first got the game, I was pretty damn happy with it. Then I sort of fell out of love with it when Sean stopped playing me and my roommates thought it'd be a good idea to beat it with everyone without me. Then when I began playing online, I found a whole new level of love and appreciation for the game. It was fun, challenging, and a whole new experience for me.
Then all the twelve year olds learned how to throw a fireball and suddenly thought they were the end-all-be-all fighting champion. Without rhyme or reason, these idiot kids starting hopping online, talking some big shit, and winning tons of matches by throwing fireballs all day. It not only infuriates me that they lack real skill, but the fact that they are getting better ratings than I am is just ridiculous. How is something like that even fair?
If it isn't these little lucky bastards, it's some asshole who has no life outside of playing Xbox and Playstation online all day. These jerkoffs spend countless hours practicing their 10 hit combos and unblockable tech moves so that they can win matches in five seconds and fell like something special for once. It's so damn annoying when all I want to do is sit down and enjoy a challenging, but fun fight with some people online. I'm looking for a friendly, honorable confrontation, and all I've been able to find in the last two weeks are these two groups of people. What sucks the most is that I'm back to not wanting to play anymore, and I was just beginning to get good. What do you do?
It's late. I think I've talked enough.
Hopefully I can keep blogging this time. I so want to get into this little hobby...
~Jman
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