Webthingus
So I posted a question in my away message for the next few days - until Sunday at midnight. If you haven't already - go answer it! ^_^
3/03/2004
Laughs out loud
An excerpt from Megatokyo - I laughed out loud when I read this one:
(on the phone)
Miho:
So, tell me Piro...
Do you still love me?
Piro:
Wh... What?
Miiho:
That's not a very nice way to respond to that question. You could hurt a girl's feelings.
In fact, I think I might start to cry.
Piro:
Ehhh? No! Wait! I'm sorry! Don't do that! I...
Miho:
So, you still want to play with me?
Piro:
Huh?
Miho:
I'm so glad! I thought you might be otherwise... involved.
Don't forget to plug Ping in tonight.
Bye now.
*click*
Piro:
What the... hell.
Anyways, I found it DAMN funny, but it might only be funny in context and with Fred Gallagher's beautiful artwork. And even then, it might require the 511 comics before it to make much sense.... o_O
On a stranger note, my hair tie broke in my first class today, so I've been walking around campus with a giant amorphous blob of hair on my head... and no one really seems to be noticing it... well, that's an understatement, it's frickin the size of a rabid animal on my head, I just think my friends aren't commenting on it... or it managed to control their minds and convinve them not to bring attention to it... it's got a mind of its own, I tell ya.... o_O
out.
(on the phone)
Miho:
So, tell me Piro...
Do you still love me?
Piro:
Wh... What?
Miiho:
That's not a very nice way to respond to that question. You could hurt a girl's feelings.
In fact, I think I might start to cry.
Piro:
Ehhh? No! Wait! I'm sorry! Don't do that! I...
Miho:
So, you still want to play with me?
Piro:
Huh?
Miho:
I'm so glad! I thought you might be otherwise... involved.
Don't forget to plug Ping in tonight.
Bye now.
*click*
Piro:
What the... hell.
Anyways, I found it DAMN funny, but it might only be funny in context and with Fred Gallagher's beautiful artwork. And even then, it might require the 511 comics before it to make much sense.... o_O
On a stranger note, my hair tie broke in my first class today, so I've been walking around campus with a giant amorphous blob of hair on my head... and no one really seems to be noticing it... well, that's an understatement, it's frickin the size of a rabid animal on my head, I just think my friends aren't commenting on it... or it managed to control their minds and convinve them not to bring attention to it... it's got a mind of its own, I tell ya.... o_O
out.
3/01/2004
WOO HOO!
YAY! I finally got my tablet today! After months and months of wanting, and then months of waiting after buying, and ebay disputes and buying it from someone else, I finally got it! It's just so beautiful... :'-)
Yay!
Mood: excited
Yay!
Mood: excited
2/28/2004
No fucking way...
Alright, so I'm sitting here in my apartment taking a break from the work I've been doing at home, and I see my phone blinking... that's strange, I didn't hear it ring... I pick it up, and I have a text message... "Who the hell is sending me a text message?" So I check it, and what comes up? "Lose 28 lbs by april 1st!..." ...... Is this some sort of threat that I need to lose weight? and FAST? No... I JUST GOT TEXT SPAM ON MY PHONE!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!?!?!?!??!?!
Anyways, also - for any of you who have talked to me or seen any of my away messages in the last week or so... you probably know that I have been stressed out beyond belief. Much of that was because of tests and projects and such... but the good news is that I DID finish the main project I was working on - part 1/4 of the engine I'm writing in my online game technology class. Here are some screen shots - it's a VERY cool project, and it damn well better be, since I've put 70+ hrs into the thing in the last week.
Terrain with various levels of the bintree displayed
Overview of the whole terrain - drawing all 256 x 256 x 2 triangles - 131,072 total
Walking mode with transparency on
The BEAST of the project - culling - only displays the triangles the viewer can see, ignores all the others
Showing the detail of the terrain - look at all the triangles!
Anyways, I'm excited that the thing actually works - and it appears I am in a minority of my class - over half the people hadn't finished the project as of Friday (it was due on Tuesday)
Maybe I'll post the executable up here if people wanna wander around it. ^_^
Wanna know why? Because of Naylor's take on CS at UT - "They really teach you crap about programming here, you know that? It's all theory, so graduates have no idea how to just sit down and program. So in my class the projects are large and difficult - to make up for the last four years lack of programming experience you've got." - Paraphrasing, of course.
And this is the guy I'm doing research under... o_O
Anyways, also - for any of you who have talked to me or seen any of my away messages in the last week or so... you probably know that I have been stressed out beyond belief. Much of that was because of tests and projects and such... but the good news is that I DID finish the main project I was working on - part 1/4 of the engine I'm writing in my online game technology class. Here are some screen shots - it's a VERY cool project, and it damn well better be, since I've put 70+ hrs into the thing in the last week.
Terrain with various levels of the bintree displayed
Overview of the whole terrain - drawing all 256 x 256 x 2 triangles - 131,072 total
Walking mode with transparency on
The BEAST of the project - culling - only displays the triangles the viewer can see, ignores all the others
Showing the detail of the terrain - look at all the triangles!
Anyways, I'm excited that the thing actually works - and it appears I am in a minority of my class - over half the people hadn't finished the project as of Friday (it was due on Tuesday)
Maybe I'll post the executable up here if people wanna wander around it. ^_^
Wanna know why? Because of Naylor's take on CS at UT - "They really teach you crap about programming here, you know that? It's all theory, so graduates have no idea how to just sit down and program. So in my class the projects are large and difficult - to make up for the last four years lack of programming experience you've got." - Paraphrasing, of course.
And this is the guy I'm doing research under... o_O
2/23/2004
Webthingus.
Yet another stolen webthingus - thanks Alison!
Vijay:
You have difficulty getting emotionally close to others. You believe in live and let live. You are future oriented. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You conduct yourself in a fair and just manner. You enjoy watching or participating in sports. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. Your independence and freedom are important to you.
Ajit:
You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You need to learn discriminating justice and fairness. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life.
Thakkar:
Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You have a need to be up front. You have good recuperative abilities. You are determined. There is a compulsion for change and rebirth on all levels. There is a need to guard your health. You have a need to be up front. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions.
http://www.zodiacal.com/acro.mv
huhn... interesting that.
Vijay:
You have difficulty getting emotionally close to others. You believe in live and let live. You are future oriented. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You conduct yourself in a fair and just manner. You enjoy watching or participating in sports. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. Your independence and freedom are important to you.
Ajit:
You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You need to learn discriminating justice and fairness. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life.
Thakkar:
Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You have a need to be up front. You have good recuperative abilities. You are determined. There is a compulsion for change and rebirth on all levels. There is a need to guard your health. You have a need to be up front. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions.
http://www.zodiacal.com/acro.mv
huhn... interesting that.
2/15/2004
I know Kung Fu...
click here to find out which asian action superstar you are!
You are Jet Li.
you are a star crossed lover. your tastes for woman are sometimes beyond ur reach. you like to break all the rules and yet honesty is one of ur main priorities. you sometimes hurt yourself. even kick the living *bleep* out of yourself. but dont worry it's only yourself from an alternate-parallel universe.
2/10/2004
*ah... ah.... ah.... AHCHOO!*
Alright, it's been a really long time since I've posted - which, trust me, isn't because I haven't wanted to, but because I lack the drive and effort it takes to do so. (And, as can be seen by the title of this post, I am sick. Really damn sick, and it sucks a LOT - I've been sick for the past four days, and this week was going to be stressful BEFORE I realized I would be working at 50% (which has already involved such mishaps as spilling a giant sprite over the lunch table, and going to the first meeting of the Digital Arts Center with my fly down... and having this pointed out to me by the person I was just introduced to that I would be working with. whee.) So yeah, blah! Blah on sickess! >:-O
Aside from that wonderfulness, I have been trying frantically to not get cheated out of 250 bucks that I bought a tablet for on eBay, only to be an over six week struggle with the buyer that is still ongoing. I want to just buy it from amazon or buy.com, but the prices just went up on them, and I'm still trying to see if I'll get my money back in the first place.
Which really sucks because my muse has been beating me over the head with creativity trying to get me to draw - I've jumped back into that artist's passion that I jump back into every once in a while where I just want to do exactly what Ms. Waterman suggested and go wander around for a week with just a sketchbook and draw whatever hits me. (yeah, bad idea considering I'm sick and already swamped with work) So yeah, I was hoping that I would have the tablet by now to be the battery that jump-starts my creative inspirations again.
On a good note, the DVDs of orientation I've been working on for the last two months are finally done! Whee!!! So now there are a pile of 60+ DVDs sitting on my bedroom floor, all nice and pretty like, with a lot of time and effort buried into them, just waiting to be delivered to their owners. That makes me happy ^_^ because now some of the OAs can actually have copies of what they did over the summer to go back and watch - especially those that made complete fools of themselves ^_~.
And finally - this whole "college" thingy seems to be coming to a close, and I need to figure out what the HELL I'm going to do very soon... so if anyone cares to help me, or offer their opinions, they would be GREATLY appreciated, cuz lord knows I have no clue what I'm doing. So Kim came across a game development post bachelor's school, the Guildhall, that she pointed out to me that looks pretty interesting... actually made my industry professionals... still a little skeptical, but it looks pretty cool, all except for the $37k price tag for the 18 month program... which added a few more bullets to the list of choices, which was good and bad. So here's what I've got - offer your opinions!
- Apply for CS grad school here at UT, and continue working with Bruce Naylor in developing a Digital Arts Center here on campus
- Continue working at the Digital Media Collaboratory and have them hook me up with the games industry in Austin and hope to get a job
- Take full advantage of my GPA and work in college and apply to a grad school like Carnegie Mellon (the #1 CS research institution in the nation) and try to work on cutting edge CS research
- Apply to the Guildhall pursuing the Software Development Specialization, and hope to get into the games industry working in engine design / coding
- Screw the whole "CS" thing and apply to the Guildhall pursuing the Art Creation Specialization (which would entail a LOT of work on my art skills before then) and hope to get into the games industry working in modeling / art design
- Screw the whole "CS" thing and apply to a masters degree somewhere in Higher Education and continue working with students and improving the orientation process across different schools in the nation
So yeah.... simple, right? -_- Well yeah, tell me what you think. (the comments are at the end of this post - after the other two sub-post thingys.)
In the words of Sean - I'm a binge blogger - forever there's nothing, then *BLAM!* 25 pages of text, no pictures!
Aside from that wonderfulness, I have been trying frantically to not get cheated out of 250 bucks that I bought a tablet for on eBay, only to be an over six week struggle with the buyer that is still ongoing. I want to just buy it from amazon or buy.com, but the prices just went up on them, and I'm still trying to see if I'll get my money back in the first place.
Which really sucks because my muse has been beating me over the head with creativity trying to get me to draw - I've jumped back into that artist's passion that I jump back into every once in a while where I just want to do exactly what Ms. Waterman suggested and go wander around for a week with just a sketchbook and draw whatever hits me. (yeah, bad idea considering I'm sick and already swamped with work) So yeah, I was hoping that I would have the tablet by now to be the battery that jump-starts my creative inspirations again.
On a good note, the DVDs of orientation I've been working on for the last two months are finally done! Whee!!! So now there are a pile of 60+ DVDs sitting on my bedroom floor, all nice and pretty like, with a lot of time and effort buried into them, just waiting to be delivered to their owners. That makes me happy ^_^ because now some of the OAs can actually have copies of what they did over the summer to go back and watch - especially those that made complete fools of themselves ^_~.
And finally - this whole "college" thingy seems to be coming to a close, and I need to figure out what the HELL I'm going to do very soon... so if anyone cares to help me, or offer their opinions, they would be GREATLY appreciated, cuz lord knows I have no clue what I'm doing. So Kim came across a game development post bachelor's school, the Guildhall, that she pointed out to me that looks pretty interesting... actually made my industry professionals... still a little skeptical, but it looks pretty cool, all except for the $37k price tag for the 18 month program... which added a few more bullets to the list of choices, which was good and bad. So here's what I've got - offer your opinions!
- Apply for CS grad school here at UT, and continue working with Bruce Naylor in developing a Digital Arts Center here on campus
- Continue working at the Digital Media Collaboratory and have them hook me up with the games industry in Austin and hope to get a job
- Take full advantage of my GPA and work in college and apply to a grad school like Carnegie Mellon (the #1 CS research institution in the nation) and try to work on cutting edge CS research
- Apply to the Guildhall pursuing the Software Development Specialization, and hope to get into the games industry working in engine design / coding
- Screw the whole "CS" thing and apply to the Guildhall pursuing the Art Creation Specialization (which would entail a LOT of work on my art skills before then) and hope to get into the games industry working in modeling / art design
- Screw the whole "CS" thing and apply to a masters degree somewhere in Higher Education and continue working with students and improving the orientation process across different schools in the nation
So yeah.... simple, right? -_- Well yeah, tell me what you think. (the comments are at the end of this post - after the other two sub-post thingys.)
In the words of Sean - I'm a binge blogger - forever there's nothing, then *BLAM!* 25 pages of text, no pictures!
When I close my eyes, I see...
So a good friend of mine for.... 9 years now were talking a night or two back about the dojo we trained at a long time ago (actually, a picture of me and my three closest karate buddies is in the upper right of that page) and reminiscing about how it used to be, the training, the passion, the comradery. Apparently a lot has changed down there, there's not as much training available for those who want to progress in the upper ranks, most upper ranks only teach, and some of the best people there - Ryan, Eirdam, Obmaces, Eric and Sherry Zarske - are all gone. The whole thing looks like it's changed drastically, and all of us who worked through blood, sweat and tears are left with just the memory of the trip there. It's definately something I miss a lot, it was always a place to release all the frustrations of life, all the while being surrounded by a close family that developed there, and it's something that really made me who I am today. I can close my eyes and just the see the early Saturday mornings training, the Sunday pre-tests, working through and pushing farther and farther then you thought you could, and realizing how much more was possible. All the way to the crazy performances we did for Chinese festivals and the like. Definatly some good times. Good times. I've got the scars to prove it.
When I stop listening, I hear...
"I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down
If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down
Yeah
You're no Jesus
You're not Elvis
...
You're no answer
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down"
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down
If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down
Yeah
You're no Jesus
You're not Elvis
...
You're no answer
Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down"
1/21/2004
lather, rinse, repeat
Well, time to start everything over again, another semester full of classes and projects, and just stuff in general to be done. I only really had one class today in the evening, and a meeting in the afternoon - but what was really interesting was stepping off the bus onto campus. I mean, I've been here for a full three and a half years now, but for some reason, everything seemed so unfamiliar, strange and new, as if I had never been there before... it really was a truly bizarre feeling o_O. Anyways, need to get back into the groove of things, as I finish up the projects at home I'm trying to do as well as go headstrong into my work for the semester - so, whoever's curious, here's what I've got
Operating systems class
Programming languages class
Online game technology class
History of art, photo and film in western America class
Research with a professor to create a fully interactive evolved art computer exhibit
Research at the DMC on a nanotech project
Research at the DMC on a hypersphere visualization project
Working with a group of friends to create a full game for internet play soon, and possibly pitch in Jan 05
Work out to get my body back into a healthy position
and that doesn't even bring in the work that I needed to do and that I haven't o_O but I won't go into that -_-
Operating systems class
Programming languages class
Online game technology class
History of art, photo and film in western America class
Research with a professor to create a fully interactive evolved art computer exhibit
Research at the DMC on a nanotech project
Research at the DMC on a hypersphere visualization project
Working with a group of friends to create a full game for internet play soon, and possibly pitch in Jan 05
Work out to get my body back into a healthy position
and that doesn't even bring in the work that I needed to do and that I haven't o_O but I won't go into that -_-
When I close my eyes, I see...
For the longest time, and still, I have had the desire to perform in some way. It amazes me how deeply some music can touch me, and many other people. That is definately a talent I wish I had. I've even recieved a compliment before on my voice - shame that I'm tone deaf. Although, I have been lucky enough to see what it feels like to touch people, even on a minor level.
I remember. I remember OA retreat last January - Jamieson convinced me to play Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want on guitar and he would sing. So all that day, we practiced together - and we were, of course, far from perfect, but we went up anyways. So we went up there, with a little bit of light on us, in a room otherwise empty of any light. And as I began playing, it just really felt right. I'm not going to claim I'm good at playing guitar, or even keeping a good constant rhythm - but it just felt good. Anyways, I played and he sung to a silent room. Verse and chorus, verse and chorus. And as we hit the second or third chorus, Jamieson just stopped singing, and after another chord or two, I stopped playing, and looked at him confused. He snickered at me, and said "keep playing" or something to that effect as he pointed out to the audience. And as I turned and looked out, I could suddenly see sitting on the floor in front of us, everyone's eyes on us as I heard a soft crowd singing... "he's everything you want... he's everything you need... he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be..." I was really just dumfounded... it was one of the most beautiful experiences I've had. It literally took me a second to grab my guitar again and get back into the song. And after that last chorus, the last notes of the guitar finished the song to a small applause. But that one moment... those few seconds - I can remember it so crystal clear like it was happening right in front of me - with each face, each sound, each word - I really love that feeling - just really feeling the people around you.
I remember. I remember OA retreat last January - Jamieson convinced me to play Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want on guitar and he would sing. So all that day, we practiced together - and we were, of course, far from perfect, but we went up anyways. So we went up there, with a little bit of light on us, in a room otherwise empty of any light. And as I began playing, it just really felt right. I'm not going to claim I'm good at playing guitar, or even keeping a good constant rhythm - but it just felt good. Anyways, I played and he sung to a silent room. Verse and chorus, verse and chorus. And as we hit the second or third chorus, Jamieson just stopped singing, and after another chord or two, I stopped playing, and looked at him confused. He snickered at me, and said "keep playing" or something to that effect as he pointed out to the audience. And as I turned and looked out, I could suddenly see sitting on the floor in front of us, everyone's eyes on us as I heard a soft crowd singing... "he's everything you want... he's everything you need... he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be..." I was really just dumfounded... it was one of the most beautiful experiences I've had. It literally took me a second to grab my guitar again and get back into the song. And after that last chorus, the last notes of the guitar finished the song to a small applause. But that one moment... those few seconds - I can remember it so crystal clear like it was happening right in front of me - with each face, each sound, each word - I really love that feeling - just really feeling the people around you.
When I stop listening, I hear...
"If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
All you wanted was somebody who cares
If you need me you know I'll be there
Oh, yeah"
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
All you wanted was somebody who cares
If you need me you know I'll be there
Oh, yeah"
1/15/2004
Dorkiest Quiz EVER
Just try and see how dorky you are... if you can make it through the quiz... o_O Mike is a blazing 62%, while Pat is 50%
23.80952380952381% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
23.80952380952381% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
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