Saturday, May 18, 2002

I will write this one as adult swim goes on.

Yuyu

Yuyu Hakusho:

First a correction from last week. Its Rando, NOT Rambo. Sorry for any confusion. Nots like anyone read this, anyway.

Now Yuyu has top train for 6 months. Preview looks awesome.

He won the tournament.

BeBop

Cowboy Bebop:

The refrigerator episode: Toys in the Attic. Its about the mutant creature that came from the fridge and bites everyone except Spike. Spike kills it by putting the refrigerator
into space. Its much cooler than it sounds. It was Ganymede rock Lobster.

Jet's Lesson #1: Man is meant to be a hard worker. Those who steal or "get rich quick" will live to regret it.

Faye's Lesson #2: Survival of the fittest.

Ed's Lesson #3: If you see a stranger, follow him.

Spike's Lesson #4: Don't Leave Things In The Fridge.

I've always wanted to record those. Figured now was a good time.

Goddess

Candidate for Goddess (Pilot Candidate):

Nothing. Zero connects sucessfully to another's Goddess accidently after being admitted into the Pilot school. Hes more thawn a candidate now. Yoohoo.

Gundam 0083

Gundam 0083 (Stardust Memory):

Boring... I cannot stand to watch beyond Goddess. This, is boring. Outlaw Star I got sick of, real quick Tenchi is good, but they should replace it with somethign better. These aren't the ONLY action anime out there. Theres others. Maybe they should try to get Neon Genesis Evangalion. That would be sweet. BTE, its pronounced Ev-anne-gale-ee-ohn, not Ev-anne-gel-ee-on or Ev-anne-ge-lion

P.S. I got two CD's today, proving the point I made below. One was "Simple Things", by Zero 7. Its a nice chill out album, not the typical energetic stuff im into. Ive always needed one of these. Find this in the "Rock/Pop" section. I consider it more R&B/Soul. I would not reccomend this if you bought either britney Spears's latest album or Ludacris's latest album, unless of course you are a really transitional person like me and listens to everything but country volentarily.

The other CD was "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches. Its a contemplation of samples put to simple beats. It is a great album, it feels like its all one song. I really love it because, once you get the lyrics (which can be pretty hard to understand at times, and get scratched occasionally, making them hard to reproduce), its VERY EASY to sing to it. Or hum it. Or whatever. It comes in a non-traditional "quake" like jewel case. I found this in the "Dance" section, but I consider it hard to dance to most of the songs. Very good CD otherwise. Also includes the very odd video to "Frontier Psychiatrist". Low-Budget High School Play-like atmosphere to it, and most samples sound like they're taken from a bunch of 60-80's western shows.


P.P.S. NOTHING Has been changed in all of todays posts. There was simply nothing to edit. I kept the cuss words in the below just simply for effect. Doubt it will offend anyone. And, if you dont believe me, check it out. Just don't go deep sea diving, there's some pretty scary fish.
CDNOW
Okay, I know this has been done a million and one times, but I am goign to write about digital music piracy.
People pirate music. It happens every second, but the fact is, does it actually recline music sales? I say NO.
I think it boosts music sales. Because, people find a good song off of the radio or TV, they download it. They might say, "Hey, this is good!", so they search for more songs by the artist, maybe burn a mixed CD with one of their songs on it. Once they get more songs, and they say "Hey! this artist kicks ass!", they'll go and buy the CD. That's what I believe.
I also believe that music sounds better when bought. It goes the same with movies, its just better quality.
But, my views wont change the music industry. They could give a shit less about me. But, I do have a solution.
It is easy to get a popular song off of KaZaA. Very easy. But, to get a whole cd and get the CDDB to recognize it is nearly impossible. So, then, theres only one solution.
Make it more low cost, and easier. I can type in "Prince" into KaZaA and get 20 great songs, each from a different album. But what if I only want them from one album? Sure, i could fill in the album field, but people who rip songs DO NOT fill in all fields acuatly. ESPICALLY the album field. So, instead of re-trying for hours, I could easily go online at the site listed at the top and buy Prince's "1999" album, and boom. I got all the songs I wanted. But, why pay $14.99 for somethign you can get, although hard, for free? Well, drop the price! I'll gladly pay $9.99 in two seconds instead of continue searchign and refining for eight hours. Its all in price and convience.
But, some peopel will NOT pay for CD's either they are broke or just ignorant. So, what do you have to do to get them to pay? This is it:
First, create a FREE file-swapping network that is EASIER to get songs than KaZaA (curently the easiest, in my opinion). Namely, by makign the album, artist, title, year, the wole ID3 tag more acurate. People will migrate over, and KaZaA will go out of buissness by lack of users.
Once KaZaA and all others have either been forgotten or are TOTALLY offline, start charging. Make it small, like $5.00 a month. Sorta like cable TV, but music only. Then, start charging more and more. $15 a month max is good.

Friday, May 17, 2002

"Power Corrupts...Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
Thats from my weird friend, Matt.
Off the subject, i updated my theories page. But you cant see it. I havent uploaded it yet.
I love me. I am friends with girls! AND guys! Im sweet.
I have also decided why people in english now consider me one of "them".
I thought of this: "One day, I was chatting with this person on the internet. You want to know what he told me? He told me not to be what others weant, but who I am. Then he went on further to tell me that I can be anyone I want to be. That's corny bullshit, of course I didnt believe him. But later that night, I went into the bedroom and layed on my bed and listened to Ayla- All four parts. During that time, i just lost control of myself. I forgot who I was, and only one thing came to mind. It was what Matt told me above. It took me all the way until the next morning until I figured out that I wasnt that person, not yet. It was weird. Its like I was someone new, without changing. But, I totally forgot my goal: to ask out a girl, after I returned, I forgot. BTW, Im busy all weekend. Thats all.

Thursday, May 16, 2002

Windows XP Professional Services 411
KICK @$$ SITE!
Oh, Algebra final today. Whoopee.
Spanish final ended. I got a 75. SHIT!

Wednesday, May 15, 2002

I tried to save this for something important...
Nothing good happened today. Well... wait, im thinking...
Finals tomarrow first period.
Second period... test tomarrow.
Third, nothing.
Well....
Fourth Period... Nothing.... or... nope nothing.
Lunch... I had a bigger burger today. Costs a extra quarter, but, other than that, nothing.
Fifth period... nothing new.
Sixth period... Had finals.
Seventh... did homework.
So... what else...
I have Episode II on my comp, and as soon as my dad goes away, ill watch it.
My ear hurts when touched. I think its an infection
And Ive realized I can go on and on, even when nothign happened in my day. What a day!

Tuesday, May 14, 2002

P.S.
I just remembered. Last saturday night, they played the episode of cowboy bebop where jet revisits his past.
The girl he encounters says, "You always protected me. You always withdrew me from trouble, and you always guessed where it was. And, damnit, you were always right. All I ever wanted to do LIVE! Damnit, let me make my own decisions! Just for once, even if they are the wrong ones. Please?" all while pointing a gun at him. It just goes to show, being perfect does NOT pay off. If we were all perfect, none of us would "live". The world would be dull and boring. Sure we always fantasize about being perfect, but its like being in a 10 child famikly or an only child. In the former, you never get bored. But, you never get privacy, and you have to "share" almost everything. For the latter, you are always bored, you have nothing to share( you tend to get snobby), and you're in almost total privacy all the time, which tends to lead to wanting more, or being selfish, greedy. I guess that the former also has its bad side, but being a only child, i not know of it. If we were perfect, we'd fantasize about being unperfect. Then someone would act on the fantasy. The would would turn into anarchy. Its always nice to have a little law and order, but too much is just, well, too much.
Theres my view on government. C ya.
I just would like to take a time out to share a fact with you. I play the cello real well, and the Piano and flute knowlegably. And, ive always wanted to start a band. The good thing is, Ive got the singer in mind. Bad thing is, a singer and a cello doesnt make a good Chill out group. Which is what I want to make. But... I need more instruments. Some more people to play! I want to make a band, one like Zero 7.
BTE, check out Zero 7. Their music is kick ass. You'll like it, unless all you like is hard rock and rap. Check it!

Monday, May 13, 2002

Nothing happened today. Major spanish final tomarrow though.
But: I thought of a good theory.
Everybody firs in some type.
Call me a stereotype, but I catagorize everybody.
Check it out on my theories page. Also check out my newly updated uhh... whole site!.

Sunday, May 12, 2002

It was sweeter than sweet.

I had much fun at the thing. I dont know what to call it, it started out with music. I hung out with Brent as Lindsey performed with the band (Consisting of two guitars, one of which sings, a drummer, a synth, and a backup singer. 5 total)
After that, they took us to the Choir room (Ive practiced cello in there before, so it was no suprise to me) where they related middle school life to the bible. It really made me reflect... They talked about ambushes... it was sort of odd. But it got a good point across. I feel so much purer... and well... shit thats the best church ive ever been to. I feel so pure...
Adult Swim
^^^ Waht I watch every satuday night (not sundays) ^^^
On it:
Yuyu Hakusho:
Kuwabara lost his battle against Rambo, and now its up to Yusuke.
Cowboy Bebop:
I wanted to see the refrigerator episode, but thats next week =)
But, this week, Jet found his long lost love, who was with a bounty. He let the 1.8 million go, but the cops got him.
Pilot Candidate:
Give me a sec...
Oh yeah! I wish they'd name the burnette nerd girl's name on the site, but least they got some main characters.
Zero's Goddess was re-calibrated by her last week, and This time they had to go out for a mission to help the real Goddesses.
When Zero got out, his jet reaction time was slow. So, when he got knocked by a weird bad guy, he almost fell into Zions gravity. After he recovered and they went in, Kizna took the blame for her.
Thats when I fell asleep.
Only one hour till.... im scared.
(Exactly as the other one, dotn bother going back)