Apparently Astro Fighter Sunred isn’t done. I’ve seen 6 more episodes in the last few days. Guess I get to watch more of this fun stuff. It still amazes me how this show has nothing to do with Power Rangers style super hero action. It’s kind of like watching a show about everyday daily life along with a group of people supposedly part of an evil organization who are trying, but failing, to kill a jobless man living off of the expenses of his girlfriend. The guy is supposed to be a super hero, but he’s a jerk and actually shows he has a conscience. A lot of his character is depicted as the bad kid on the block, the bully. It’s pretty funny.

I guess I finished it yesterday. The show really doesn’t have a concrete ending so maybe there will be a second season. This is yet another anime in a long line of them that has very wish-wash endings. At least this one made sense ending with two friends who can never see each other again.

Member Since: 1/2/1997 6:13:46 PM. For some reason, I thought I got it in 1996? I can’t remember so well, but AIM says I got it in 1997. I remember that because it was Netscape or something related, but there was also the AIM one from the AOL messenger, and they were both related somehow. It guess, when it was Netscape, it would’ve been NIM.

– Kevin out

Either someone at Microsoft thought up the same thing as I did or blatantly stole it. Look at this little bugger.

Pictured are the second and twenty-third DDR Night posters. That’s the first and the very last appearance of the DDR Club’s posters at UMKC. It’s pretty old considering it still has the old DDR Night logo even. Our DDR Night slogan was “We’re Ready; Are You?” I wanted it to be grammatically correct and to read well which is why I was smart enough to use a semicolon unlike Microsoft’s marketing team.

There’s a reason you see a childrens’ hospitals named “children’s” and why Microsoft opted out of my semicolon. It’s because those symbols aren’t used by the grammatically incorrect and since you’re marketing to the everybody, you’ll want anything confusing out of your advertising. Most people don’t know how to used those symbols properly unless they’re making emotions. Either that or those marketing departments are just made up of those people who can’t use those symbols properly. Whatever the reason, I just wanted to say how cool it was to see an idea I thought was cool actually used by the marketing team of one of the biggest companies out there.

– Kevin out

I’m starting to downsize again. I’m gonna move my family server over to new hardware, which has higher data capacity which means I go from 8 hard drives to 3. It’ll also be on more powerful, but more energy efficient hardware which is always a plus. It takes less time and power to do the same tasks my current server is doing which’ll be the main impact from this endeavor.

In another attempt to downsize, I have a gig coming up this Friday and was looking for a couple high-quality receivers. I have one already, but it’s not necessarily high-quality for audio with the speakers I wanna throw at it. I was talking to my dad and somehow came up with an idea for how I can setup my computer speakers as ZONE2 on the receiver I bought early this year. It’s a do-all solution which also has a function that allows you to turn off the receiver and play audio to another location or zone while also retaining the ability to control the volume, effects, and source independently of the main system. Pretty freakin’ awesome huh?

Now my computer speakers are setup as ZONE2 and my theater system still works and can play a movie off of my computer at the same time as I’m playing a game or something. It’s pretty darn cool how diverse this is. I’ve been able to put another use to the 25 year old receiver I was using and also get rid of the equalizer. Downsizing is fun! Even if my setup doesn’t look as cool as it used to, at least I’m using less power and getting better quality audio.

On a side note, my monitor’s external power supply started melting in my hands. I had a spare on hand and am waiting for a replacement. The thing was so hot I got kinda burned. The power cable was so warm that even a few minutes after the unit had been powered off and unplugged the thing was still warm.

– Kevin out

I finally took some new pictures of my workspace as it is today. Been almost a year now since the last time I did this. Not that much changed visually, but I did close the side of my computer, refoam the subwoofers, rewire a bunch of stuff, and clean up a bit. I got a few new electronic devices and nothing much else. Two of the pictures, 1727 and 1728, are there to show the difference of flash on and off.

Here are my first posted pictures of my audio/video equipment. I’ve been moving stuff around for so long and hiding things under my desk that no one really ever saw it until this year. I’ve got more hardware I’ve put into storage, but what’s there does everything I need right now. Most of these pictures should look familiar aside from the fact that the big tall wooden cabinets on the sides of the TV are gone now.

Just like the previous season, I was laughing loudly at the comedy of the whole thing. The music in this season was much improved from the older one and seems to contain some custom works actually worth listening to on their own. I was left wondering a few times where they picked up some of these amazing recordings.

On the other hand, I was displeased with the poor computer graphics work. This season contains a lot more of it than the previous one and not only is it noticeable, but it is cheap and poorly executed. The movements of the characters are stiff and unacceptable of the music they are playing. I wish there was more oomph in ‘em if anything. It was just completely lost of the feelings and emotion that reside in the expressions of the characters and the music. Still, it was enjoyable for me to watch.

I really don’t know why I continue to do these. I always write out lengthy write-ups after each show I finish for the most part, but I detest doing them and really have nothing much I’d like to say. If only for historical purposes, it still seems like a waste.

I watched Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Big Battle yesterday and it made me want to go and watch the 52 episode series from 1983. Other than that, I have nothing to say. Gosh, if not for the fact that I had been doing it, I really would no longer continue these write-ups. I only hope I have some readers that benefit from my annoyances.

Whoa! Get this, I wanted to pass that 13 footer when my ex girlfriend was supposed to visit me in April 2008 back when we were dating. I’m watching an anime right now where some of it is in French (Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter) and immediately noticed Je T’aime. That is the name of the song I was going to pass for her.

I really tried and tried hard before she came to make sure, by the time she was here, I would pass it. I even got the help of a guy online who’d passed it himself asking about what to do where. I never did pass the song, but the week she was supposed to be here, I got to the very last notes before I failed. The thing is, I feel like such a romantic now; Je T’aime means I love you.

– Kevin out

What do I say about this? Really, what do I say? It’s charming from start to finish, but it gets so serious and a bit out of proportion near to the end. It seems like that was all written in to begin with, but I don’t quite understand how everything connected unless you’re able to travel through time or something it seems like.

The very end of the show was sappy. Compared to everything, the last few seconds were quite sappy. Going into the last episodes, everything was finally explained, and I noticed a lot how characters would tell the story of what’s going on because it’s so foreign you can’t quite possibly expect to figure it out on your own. That did get quite annoying, and it was extremely hard to keep up with.
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Thomas Baekdal wrote an article based on a game trailer for EVE Online. The article goes over the split-second choices you can make in life and how those choices resonate in a sandbox, something where one person can make so much of a change just because of a simple proposed yes or no question. To me, Thomas’s strong point is looking at how social changes in our world affect us today.

http://www.baekdal.com/articles/management/social-web-explained/

I think the written article along with the video is quite amazing; a great way to turn an online experience into social stimulus. I immediately figured out the movie was for a game, but it almost seemed like it was created specifically for his article. Too bad this video doesn’t explain war or other aspects of why the factions would be warring in the first place.
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Besides this obsession with sex and boobs for the first few episodes, the anime quickly got its act together and started really selling me on the story and the design. I mean, this has a very delicate story even, something I couldn’t imagined from when I began watching it. Really, I’ve become entranced by the anime yet, I’ve reached the end of what’s on TV in Japan. I guess I’ll just have to wait it out for now.

I have a feeling that this anime will end up being something like 26 episodes. At the end of episode 18, I think I’m right, the development will move toward finishing the love story and father/daughter relationship storylines. My assumption is that Rouge forgot who Dan is and since she’s undergoing this treatment, she might end up dying at the end of the match. I don’t know how much of this is going to make sense, but it’s extremely sad to see happen. Then Sela is gonna finally find out her father didn’t kick her mother out and that there was a lot of other stuff going on she was never told just yet.
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While it was drawn out for a much longer period of time, this is a very very familiar conversation I just experienced. Interesting to watch it done by two completely different people. It makes me want to have serious conversations like this again in my life. One of the perks of causing trouble for myself I guess.

“Oh well. I may be over exaggerating it. To put it bluntly, I enjoy talking to you.”
“But we haven’t even talked that much, have we?”
“I guess. So I want to talk with you more. How do I say it… I don’t know if it’s like I’m just trying to make myself like you.”
“I see”
“I don’t mind if you think about it like this. Unluckily, you were fallen for by a crazy virgin so starved for love that she’d fall for anyone who showed a little kindness.”
“I see.”
“Luck wasn’t on your side because of your behavior. If you tell me you want to think about it like a coward, I’m gonna despise you. You shouldn’t make women feel embarrassed.
“I get it, I just don’t really quite accept it at the moment. But, I can I set a condition too? A condition, more like a promise. Don’t ever pretend you can see something you can’t, or that you can’t see something you can. If our viewpoints are inconsistent, let’s talk it over. Promise me.”
“Certainly.”

Awwww. This anime is so charming! I really like it and the way it plays out so far since it’s reminiscent of my own times. It’s odd to be on the outside for once looking in at something I already know. By the point in time it makes me wonder how dumb I could’ve been to not see the signs at the time. I guess I partly saw some signs, signs of nothing serious though. Gosh, this drama is played out so well because the girl in it is so incredibly funny. I want to experience a situation like this again because of how fun it is. Seriously, I could do this all day! In fact, I used to do it everyday even into the night. It’s just crazy; one of those games you can only play maybe once or twice in your life.

I was extremely surprised when I saw this movie Thursday morning. The story was the same for the most part but the development moved along much faster than I expected including the love parts. I tended to get along with the characters better in this movie, but didn’t like how Allen wasn’t radiating as much as before. And Princess Millena was just someone completely different. Had I not seen the original TV show, I don’t think the movie would’ve been worth as much to be, but I still think the movie was worth watching.

If anything, comparing to the AIR movie which I refuse to acknowledge having seen, even if only in parts, this movie was awesome. They changed the European themes into Asian ones but had this very American love story going on there where even if the characters only knew each other for an extremely short period of time, love can flourish. Although differing from the series, this movie was worth my time watching. I could almost say it was quaint in relation to the series as a whole if one had that knowledge.
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