In a blatant ripoff of Dune's topic, post what you're working on that's NOT gaming related - it can be work, hobbies, whatever you care to elaborate on. It can be fun to keep up with what everyone else is doing - and sometimes you can get input from other folks that'll make life a little easier.
Anyway, to start:
Priority One: Killing every individual on the planet with a Samsung cell phone.
After that, I'm looking to start several new PHP coding projects with SR, as well as continuing to refine and improve the DL. Also hoping to get a Linux box set up at home sometime this month for testing and experimentation.
Uh...
Not much today, beyond taking a long morning nap and puttering around on the computer. Work's coming up, and I might do Christmas shopping tomorrow. Whatta weekend planned, eh?
Feh. College applications (Almost done...) and studying for Finals.
Really exciting, ain't it?
Aside from going out to go shopping earlier, I've been working on Soulriders graphics ALL DAY. O_O
I am attempting to conquer the world.
Again.
Or cool down after a really fucking bitchy semester.
Dracos
I am preparing the Ulti-Mock, which I will use to crush the wills and spirits of all who dare cross my path and Rat, who I have to specifically include because he is a loser not posting to his own bloody game enough!
Or I'm, uh, in a bit of a weird mood.
I have once again begun my foray into reviews for Soulriders. Games to type up include FFX-2, Metroid Prime, and Resident Evil 0. I'm not sure if I want to work up the nerve to try a hand at reviewing the Sonic and Megaman Anniversary Collections, though...
Edit: Oh yeah, been meaning to do something for Fatal Frame 2 and Clocktower 3 too.
There's something....other than games?
I had recently put all else aside to play WoW and try and catch up with Rez.
But even if I took a week of vacation, I doubt I could catch up with him now.
Just finished the first week of my holiday job at GlaxoSmithKline. I worked there over the summer, and they agreed to have me back. Only problem is, they've had me in the process area all week, doing practical stuff. It's nasty, because of the filtered air, and the respiratory gear you occasionally have to wear. But hey, it's work.
I also have to revise everything I learnt (or didn't) this term at Uni, and get on with learning C++ if I want this job in the city next summer.
Quote from: "Brian"I had recently put all else aside to play WoW and try and catch up with Rez.
But even if I took a week of vacation, I doubt I could catch up with him now.
Yeah, I hear he's relocated his soul into that world. Or something crazy.
Today? Put of Christmas shopping to nap, game and eat too much pizza. I am quite happy.
Erm...
Mashed potatoes with gravy and a bit of stuffing...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Well, I'm playing Earthbound, and, uh... being too busy for much else, I'm afraid. Oh, I'm also working on a Maya project like a crazy something-or-other.
Paperwork for getting hired, interspersed with playing my *free* copy of Double Dash and setting up my Linux box at home. Having a box for experimenting with stuff will be rather nice.
Updating my martial arts training journal, reading articles on reverse correlation techniques and spectral mixing, listening to a job talk, and (if I have time) writing an article for SR.
Eating chocolate and wishing I had some more of that macaroni they were giving away at sam's. Will futily attempt at making an IFrame layout all by myself. Using just NotePad and MSPaint.
Missing anime more than ever.
It's not *my* fault, Bjorn! It's *Rez*! I have to dedicate half my day to WoW just to keep up! >_<
Speaking of which, today I'm off to a meeting about my forthcoming job. It's only 30 minutes, but it's placed in the middle of the goddamn day. >_<
Sucks harshly.
I called into work today - said it was a personal reason, but I just couldn't stomach doing my tasks today. It's reached the 'I'm going job hunting after the holidays' phase, along with 'Giving 2 weeks the SECOND I score a new job.' I'm just so sick of being in the role I am.
So I'm spending the day playing Shadow Hears 2 and RPing. Yay.
Woah. Everything okay there, Dune?
Quote from: "Brian"Woah. Everything okay there, Dune?
Yeah, pretty much. Just time to get a new job. I've had that job for about two years now, and I need something different.
There is also a management shakeup as well as some bullshit being rained on us by the shift before that isn't helping. Nothing truly major, but enough to be a headache, wear on my patience and make me want to get a new job. So it goes.
I can sympathize. Getting hired on = yay, but they're doing some insanity with this account that I'm not real crazy about. So it's either transfer to a new account, or really start hitting the sites for web coding jobs - which probably means relocating.
Quote from: "Halbarad"I can sympathize. Getting hired on = yay, but they're doing some insanity with this account that I'm not real crazy about. So it's either transfer to a new account, or really start hitting the sites for web coding jobs - which probably means relocating.
Yeah. After the grief you've gone through, I'd consider a new account first. You lived through four months of that to get on, seems a waste to leave unless you get an in city tech job. Though, didn't you say your town was saturated with that stuff?
Painting my Sailor Pluto resin figurine, trying very hard to get it to come out not looking like she has paint lines.
Quit my job today, after less than two weeks. I just need the time for uni work, to be honest, because it's not getting done when I get home knackered at 5:30.
What's on my plate? Stir fried chicken breasts with aniese, and a side of sweet peas. A cup of commercial egg-nog for drink.
A lovely last meal before my final tomorrow, don't you think? ^_^
Finals are over. Now for the much needed two weeks of rest. I wonder what I'm getting for christmas. Now that I think back, the gifts that I really liked where the ones that I got from my brother (playstation 2, hardcover HP books.) But even though I'm not a little girl anymore, I can still remember the delight when my parents would buy me a cinderella castle, or that big pink lego mansion that my dad spent a whole day putting together.
I wonder what I'm getting this year. Since my parents don't really know what I like now, and demonstrated that fact by buying me a lamp last year instead of putting the money into a half price books gift card, I can only wait until christmas day to see. I know that I'm being a bit selfish, but I can't help it. I'm not the one for jewelry or flashy accesories. I'm more of a video game, nerdy, mp3 player geek.
Off to my room, where Imma finish cleaning up.
Speaking of mp3 players and geeky stuff: My current project is coming up with enough money for this. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002IXB2E/qid=1103326747/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3363467-9944601)
From the looks of recently sold things on ebay, I can sell my current mp3 player for quite a reasonable amount - I just have to work out where to get the rest of it. I have a fairly decent laptop I never use that I've wanted to sell for a while, but now there's word that my dad wants it. And I can hardly ask him to pay for it... Ah well. Maybe a personal video player isn't such a good idea.
Yesterday I started putting together the christmas presant to Cy and myself, from my parents. It's an entertainment center, y'know, for our TV and gaming systems and such. >_> It'll make the living room look a lot more organized and give us more shelf space. It's also a BITCH to put together. And the instructions are bastards.
After I get this finished (I'm almost done), I'm going to work on the webpage and try to avoid World of Warcraft until I get it coded.
Still job hunting, and doing various tests that have been sent to me. Ugh, my life would be more under control if only I knew exactly what I was going to do next month, and what I should focus on.
Let's see, stuff on my plate.
Well, I'm planning on doing some uber certification work in the upcoming months. Definitely on the plate are MS exams 70-272, 70-218, A+ Core Software, A+ Core hardware. I'm taking one every Tuesday for the next 4 weeks. If I pass all of those, I'll have like 7 computer certifications. Then mid January, I have to choose to either go for the Cisco CCNA certification, or to focus on obtaining the Windows XP MCSE. Just depends on order. Then who knows. Possibly the Server+ and Security+ certification. Maybe some SQL certifications, branch out and specialize, you know.
The thing that really really sucks with these exams is that I have to pass, or I lose 125 bucks. They only reemburse the ones that I pass.
Still working at American Express, it's nice, since I got a promotion recently and the yearly raise, which is pretty cool.
Still going to online classes at University of Phoenix. They're a pain, but on the positive side, I've learned to type a 1054 word college level paper in 41 minutes. Had to ice my fingers after that one.
Still doing client work and consulting, but it's tapered off so far.
I'm eventually planning on moving out, and need to do a detailed look at my finances for the upcoming year, balance what I make with my expenses, like college.
But other than those mondo heaps of stress, life goes well.
Heard back from Relic--don't have the job. Well this gives me a bit more direction, as it tells me to make more applications.
Crud, Metroid. Ah well.
Me? Not much - This pink eye infection pretty much shot my weekend to hell. Christmas is coming up, so I won't be doing much until the week after this one. The unplanned 4 days off in a row rocked.
PINK EYE OF DEATH.
Quote from: "Olguin"PINK EYE OF DEATH.
That was pretty close to the truth - I was put on eye drops as well as strong oral antibiotics. They made a big deal about it, saying it was a really nasty case of it.
Oi.
Got me out of work this weekend, as you can't really work at a hospital with pink eye. Too contagious.
Far too much. >_<''
Especially on vacation.
Dracos
The universe goes out of its way to ensure that kind of stuff always happens during vacation.
UPDATE - 70-272 = passed
My great master plan continues!
Quote from: "Ranma_007"UPDATE - 70-272 = passed
My great master plan continues!
Cool. Close to that big certification yet?
Giving this a dose of Life 2 in the efforts to instill vitality to this forum.
Got the day off today, so I don't have too much on my plate. I'm waiting for a delivery from Circuitcity.com - a Playstation 2 Composite hookup for my new TV, which should improve the image quality nicely and a new pair of headphones. Also pondering gettiing SM Redux logs up as soon as I get the package and can get back to my room.
Melbourne is located in the ass end of nowhere, as you all know.
However, I'm undertaking a very special trip!
I'm going to go to the far-side of the ass-end of nowhere in order to locate the arcade with the Tekken 5 machine!
We're going to waste vast amounts of money for no good reason!
It'll be AWESOME.
Must.. get.. job.
Or win the lottery. Or...or hell, run another three games to eat up all your free time. Just do something CONSTRUCTIVE with it. >_>
Like posting!
I'm alternating between days of real work and long stretches of collapsed laziness.
And looking slightly fearfully at the date.
Dracos
Time to balance my checkbook.
Also, CHARGEN for Wuxia is due from me by yesterday.
CHARGEN!
Dracos
who came all the way here, just to say that.
CHARGEN?
/me weeps bitterly.
Alex Chiu will beat your ass in Wuxia.
Today? Finish some RP preparations for Redux tomorrow or Thursday, and finish log work. Also, finally sitting down and really playing Growlanser Generations would be keen and spiffy.
I cast Life 2 on this topic yet again.
---
Um, Super Bowl cleanup today, as well as recovery. Helluva party, even if I'm still half feeling it. Past that, I'm playing Breath of Fire 2 on the GBA. It rocks, even with the bad translation. Enjoyment is upped by an increased money and EXP payout rate, so levelling up is speedier. It's still slow by modern standards, but it's not that bad at all.
Moreso if you've played the game and know how to break it wide open at midgame.
I'm working, adding high scores menu and level music for my game, waiting to talk with a professor.
I'm slowly recovering my house (living room complete) from the situation I was in a month ago.
My roomate has pnemonia, my job is difficult thanks to continual server outage, and ... I'm having a hard time keeping up on all the games I'm part of. -_-
*pats*
Owie. :\
Dracos
Damn, condolences Brian. That blows.
EDIT: Gah, wrong topic for the rest. Mental slipperu!
Today I have to listen to wozny. Then take a quiz. Then run a sig/sys study group for four hours. then I get to continue trying to recover from being weeks behind in proglang.
Dracos
*grumbles*
Well, I post now because I don't read stuff often. I'm a very bad person, I know.
I got my ass promoted again. They seem to like me for some reason, I dunno. But that means too much work. I took my only sick day ever this week and I'm still in OT.
... and somehow I'm supposed to find time to work on a contract I've had on the back burner for almost a year. *sigh*.
Aah well. I'm going out for a second date with an absolutely lovely (and drop-dead gorgeous) woman tonight, so at least some things are peaches. :)
Shopping around for a new bike, too. It turns out the one I want qualifies as "classic" now, which means it's real hard to find. There's *one* for sale in Ontario. Unfortunately, it's entirely the wrong time of year to be riding a motorcycle home for 10 hours.
That's probably more than any of you actually wanted to read, and I've mentioned it all in chat, but it was kinda fun to write it all in here so nyah!
I'll quit boring you all now, though, and return you to your regular... something. I'm pretty sure something on here is regular.
-Dan
Odin gains promotion!
Odin gains 3 points to strength.
Odin gains 2 points to leadership.
Odin gains perk: Biker gang.
=P
Dracos
I... uh...
I fixed your door.
It was sticking.
-Dan
I just spent the last two hours with two hot girls on either side of me discussing gaming with a New York Times reporter. Either I'm about to be smited dead or life is good. I think the latter.
Dracos
All hail pimp Dracos!
-Dan
Quote from: "odin"All hail pimp Dracos!
-Dan
He's only a pimp if he sells his good fortune, this qualifies as STUD Dracos.
First of all, congrats to odin and Dracos.
Secondly, a update from my last post. Comments are in blue
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Let's see, stuff on my plate.
Well, I'm planning on doing some uber certification work in the upcoming months. Definitely on the plate are MS exams 70-272, 70-218, A+ Core Software, A+ Core hardware. I'm taking one every Tuesday for the next 4 weeks. If I pass all of those, I'll have like 7 computer certifications.
Woo. I passed all of those! Hotcha! Now I have like 7 computer certifications. ^_^
Then mid January, I have to choose to either go for the Cisco CCNA certification, or to focus on obtaining the Windows XP MCSE. Just depends on order. Then who knows. Possibly the Server+ and Security+ certification. Maybe some SQL certifications, branch out and specialize, you know.
Right now, I finished my Six Sigma Green Belt training and test last weekend, and currently I'm working on the Security+ certification. Planning on getting that in 2.5 weeks.
The thing that really really sucks with these exams is that I have to pass, or I lose 125 bucks. They only reemburse the ones that I pass.
This is still the case.
Still working at American Express, it's nice, since I got a promotion recently and the yearly raise, which is pretty cool.
Three words. Tax season sucks. I'm busier than hell.
Still going to online classes at University of Phoenix. They're a pain, but on the positive side, I've learned to type a 1054 word college level paper in 41 minutes. Had to ice my fingers after that one.
Still going to classes. Been getting As, so that's ok. But it's boring and a lot of work.
Still doing client work and consulting, but it's tapered off so far.
Damn you client work! Why must you torment my life so. Consulting has picked up to the point where I don't have a free evening for the next 7 days.
I'm eventually planning on moving out, and need to do a detailed look at my finances for the upcoming year, balance what I make with my expenses, like college.
Still planning on moving out, but I want to get my tax refund first.
But other than those mondo heaps of stress, life goes well.
Still mondo heaps of stress. Life still goes well.
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Quote from: "Dracos"I just spent the last two hours with two hot girls on either side of me discussing gaming with a New York Times reporter. Either I'm about to be smited dead or life is good. I think the latter.
Dracos
Wow. That rocks. Hard.
Going to classes, Ranma?
My condolences!
I know the feeling with the consulting. I'm gonig on a year working on a contract that was supposed to take three months.
Thankfully the place I'm working on it for is in no real rush.
-Dan
I've had a minor epiphany related to my course at university - it's been pissing me off because I don't like it very much, so I was thinking of changing to something drastically different next year.
I've realised I don't need to do that, I just need to focus on the bits I do enjoy and finish my degree with that, then do whatever the hell I want to. This amounts (at the moment, until I get disallusioned) with somehow forcing my way into the games industry. So I'm going to do my damn best to get a job with a company in London, Ideaworks3d, this summer, and keep doing programming and trying to pick up useful skills, even if my degree ends up being chemistry or something stupid.
Sorry for the minor idealistic rant there, but hey, it's your fault for reading all of what I wrote.
The game industry chews on idealism.
And chemistry has got to be the oddest major I've yet heard to try and break into that market. =)
Good luck though.
Dracos
Thanks. What I'm hoping is that what all the staff at my old school said is true - that it really doesn't matter what your degree is, in the end, it's just a certificate that proves you've got a brain.
Except ones relating to English. They just look pretty and take up space on paper work ;_;
I'm currently hard at work trying to set a record for the number of times one can fail the driving test.
Good luck Celisasu.
I'm going to be going to see about passing Proglang's test in a few hours. Yaaaay.
Dracos
I think I need to produce five game reviews next month.
Dracos
Work, Work, Work.
Chemistry SUCKS.
Dracos
Quote from: "Dracos"Work, Work, Work.
Chemistry SUCKS.
Dracos
Sadly I'm actually going to have agree with you on that point, but mainly because the chemistry I'm doing at the moment is more like maths. Boooooooring.
Chemistry is always boring unless punctuated with explosions.
Dracos
Nah, organic mechanisms are interesting. Especially the ones that end up making trinitrotoluene. =D
Biology is much more interesting because it moves.
I make games.
Dracos
Trumps
I play games with thousands of people every day.
What was that about trumping? :D
-Dan
=D
Dracos
Bought Xenosaga II and Ys: The Ark of Napishtim over the week's end.
This is the start of my spring break.
I have homework that I might never touch. >_>
You should have gotten something non Xenosaga. <_<
Anyway, have fun, and pop into chat once in awhile.
What's this spring break?
I know I fly home for a week, but 'break'?
I don't quite know what that means.
Anyhow, today I've been frothingly working from dawn. Meeting in two hours.
There will be a playable today. God dammit.
Dracos
Quote from: "Anastasia"You should have gotten something non Xenosaga. <_<
Anyway, have fun, and pop into chat once in awhile.
Anti-Xenosaga feelings? Is that game that bad, or just dissapointing? I hate the new artwork, but have heard nothing, and seen less concerning the game.
Anti-Xenosaga sentiment == wisdom. The first game was bad, and from what I've heard so far the second is even less stellar.
I thought the first was ok, nothing stellar but I've played far worse.
The second is shaping up to be leaps and bounds better than the first, though. I've really enjoyed what I've played of it so far. Played being a key word here, as the story to play ratio is quite a bit more favorable to play this time around.
The new artwork is something to get used to, but it grows on you. I'm starting to prefer Shion's new design, honestly. The battle and skill systems are where the game has made it's most improvements. Fighting lacks the tedium of the last game. I'm actually having fun fighting 'random' encounters and the like.
Pff. If any of you had any sense, you'd forget this Xenosaga nonsense and be petitioning SquareEnix USA to translate Dragon Quest VIII.
Pfft. After the travesty that was DQVII? DQ games have been steadily going downhill since 5 (where they peaked. Either that or 4). I see no reason why 8 would be different.
Pfft. When was the last time that worked? 1994?
Petitions no longer have the power they once held, and internet petitions never held any power, so their effectiveness has actually gone into the red.
Not having played Dragon Quest VII myself, I can't make any personal statement about that. However, any game that allows you to fight God is a winner in my book. It also contains quite a lot of witty wordplay.
I agree that the games probably peaked around IV (I haven't played any after that one), but all I've seen of DQVIII looks kick-ass awesome.
I'm futilely hoping that they'll one day bring over DQ: Slime Mori Mori Dan and the DQ IV remake.
I really should finish those games. I'm still halfway through II and III and on the 2nd chapter of IV ;_;
Cough.
DQ VIII is being translated. Right now. From every source I have who has played it, it's a complete masterpiece.
I look forward to it muchly.
Dracos
Quote from: "Dracos"Cough.
DQ VIII is being translated. Right now. From every source I have who has played it, it's a complete masterpiece.
I look forward to it muchly.
Dracos
So was DQVII.. (EDIT: I mean, DQVII was supposed to be a masterpiece on all accounts from before it was released here.)
Damn it, I'd rather they bring over the DQIV remake and the DQV remake. Because those would sure to be good.
Fine. I'll stab at that. I liked Dragon Quest 7. Not their best showing, sure, but I liked it a lot. See, I have a different definition of travesty. Prince of Persia: Warrior Without is a travesty. DQ 7 may be extremely long and have a pacing level too slow for the average player at worst, but it's definitely not a travesty. I also liked Dragon Quest VI with it's dreamworld mechanics and letting you force a demon to kill the last boss for you. I recall, in fact, enjoying it better than DQ V, largely due to it's class system.
They can't bring over the DQIV remake, which you'd know if you followed the series. The DQ V remake may or may not come over, depending on the sales of DQ VIII.
I want the series to take root here. Not just toss a few fan games. I want to be assured that if it has the DQ name on it that it will come over here. So I'm not going to take a stance of denouncing DQ 8 before it even arrives and grumbling about remakes we don't get because even the real ones aren't selling.
Dracos
Who wonders at your sources. Uses people, not reviews himself.
Eh. The last time I checked the Dragon Quest News Network (I have no life), the US release was still unofficial. You may have sources that I don't know about, however.
He is an editor for RP Gamer... ;)
As Brian says, I have connections. =)
Square Enix added it to it's official release list a couple of months ago silently. Yoichi Wada has indicated an explicit desire to use it as a flagship to bring Dragon Quest back to the US, building momentum for future Dragon Quest products here.
Dracos
Fly Fly Fly away...
Dracos
Goes on a trip
So, game dev first playable tonight.
We rocked out.
=D
Dracos
Humor of the moment:
Friend who picked up my test for me: "Yeah, dude, you got screwed on so many problems."
Me: "What did I get?"
Friend: "An 89."
Me: "Uh-huh. You have a different definition of screwed. Does it mean a -2 offense now a days?"
Dracos
Too much. Can someone else take some of mine?
Dracos
Damn Security+ exam tomorrow.
Gotta study for it tonight.
good luck, 007.
Dracos
Argh. Two website redesigns to be implemented (one by the end of this week, one by the end of next), including image alterations which I SUCK at. Bleh.
Poke merc? =)
Dracos
If you can catch the wily, working bastard. >_>
On my plate today? My tax return. Yay!
job hunting.... bleah
Avoiding doing any actual work because I am lazy, and good enough at my job that even though my bosses, and their bosses, know how lazy I am, that I get away with it.
Life is good.
Well, my boss said, you can't take the exam till Monday cause of the extreme workload.
Which is ok, since it gives me more time to study (and have a higher score).
7
On my plate for today?
Surviving until the weekend with an upset stomach. -_-
Ick. Get well soon.
Dracos
Checking CNN every 20 minutes for an update on the pope.
Reviving tDaT.
Only trolling 107 people simultaniously. Failing to break the RPGamer record.
;_;
Dracos
Gwargh. Change stomach flu to head cold, as one fades as the other picks up. Damn it all.
Standard "I'm terrified of tomorrow's exam" post.
Hopefully you'll be seeing a post tomorrow about me passing. -_-
-007
P.S. Where is everybody on IRC? It's like just me and 5 others in #sr, and it has been for quite some time.
Good luck with the exam =)
As for IRC, you lot netsplitted a while back. Try reconnecting to the irc.svartalfheim.net pointer, or to mint.sayuri.ca.
I've been invited to present before investors for RPI.
nifty.
Dracos
Standard "I destroyed today's exam" post.
Passed the Security+ exam with flying colors.
844/900
I really overstudied for this one. Perhaps 50 hours of studying and over a thousand practice questions.
But it paid off. ^_^
Next up is 5 Microsoft exams, for the MCSE 2003 (with Security).
Quote from: "Brian"Reviving tDaT.
tDat?
The Day After Tomorrow?
Yes. A game I ran months ago that seemed to be going well.
We still don't know what happened to the original crew....
They watch from the shadows. =P
Dracos
Trying to get around to some Manga and CD reviews while being very busy.
Waiting another 3 weeks for my CD to arrive. I assume this must be because they must wait for my check to make its way over before they mail it. Unfortunately, the "Pay With Credit Card" company is rather sketchy and doesn't accept payments from where I live >_>
(Dammit, you guys. Now you've got me using those weirdo faces in my posts.)
Misery.
And not the Cave story type.
Hum. Bleh.
Dracos
Two senior people in my department quit. So I've become a very important person. The down-side more responsibility. The up-side, with my recent, pre-them quitting, shows of displeasure, they decided to give me a raise, on top of the annual one I received the week before, and a huge bonus, on top of the one I received the week before. The bonus needs to be refunded if I don't stay for 7 monsths.
So, yesterday was the Day of Kings.
=)
We rocked.
Much fun was had by all.
Today, suckiness, but not too bad.
Dracos
Life goes on
A friend of mine has lined me up for a job as a Games Tester for Frontier, a company founded by the man who made Elite. Mind numbing tedium, but hey, I needed a job.
Interview in the next day or two.
I've had that job. At several companies. First party testing is especially mind-numbing, but also your best bet to getting your foot in the door. From test, you can move into development or production. Good things.
So ... good luck!
I now have to decide exactly how ambitious I feel. We're signing yet another major computer vendor. They need a project manager. It'd be more than a small promotion, and if I got it, it'd keep me on my one-promotion-every-three-months track.
But it's even further from my field... more managerial, less technical. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
I have to decide by next week.
-Dan
So I went to my interview. Condensed: "Hello, when can you start?"
Banzai.
Woohoo!
Congrats B-Ken! @_@
Sincerely,
Shuten
Quote from: "baka-ken"So I went to my interview. Condensed: "Hello, when can you start?"
Banzai.
Three Cheers!
Congrats to the baka. =)
Dracos
Thanks all. Ganbarimasu =)
Congrats, Baka!
Oh hey look (http://www.frontier.co.uk), there's a press release for this Curse of the Were-Rabbit game, which is going to be demo'd at E3. Sounds just like that company dumb enough to hire me. =)
Cool. I'll go noogie you.
Or mock them. =)
Dracos
3 trips to Wash. DC over the next 3 days.
Bah. Travel.
You can try and noogie me, Drac, but I'll be on the wrong continent. They don't let temps go to E3 :P
Broke in two helmets today! Ain't nothing finer than a fine woman on a bike. :)
Here's hoping for more good weather.
-Dan
* A_New_Guy arrives!
<Tim> Hey, you guys aren't the newbies any more!
* BakaN00b is now known as Baka-ken
<Dave> Yes you are. You're newbies until I say you're not.
* Baka-ken is now known as BakaN00b
<BakaN00b> ;.;
So yeah, another new tester starting. Fnu.
And also! baka->legs.a->splode();
EDIT:
Oh, and I have to work an all-nighter this week. Fnu.
Finals.
Dracos
;_;
We wrote the number 815 on a whiteboard and put it where everyone could see it when they came in. The overnighter was kinda fun, we got so much done ^_^
(But damn, 4:30am.... >_<)
Must update blog. How else can future culture stumble across it and plumb its depths for valulable crispy-fried nuggets of wisdom?
Yarr.
Packing, car trip, e3, packing, game, game, game, game, work, pay, phone calls.
o_o
I NEED MORE BODIES DAMMIT~
Dracos
Packing for e3 now after the drive from hell.
Dracos
If you go to E3, I command you to stop by the Dragon Quest booth and report back to me.
Brian: I predict that sometime in the future, a huge EMP will wipe out all records of culture between about 1995 and 2xxx.
Frontier want to extend my contract; I don't know if I want to. A lot of my paycheck is blown on transport :/
Bah.
I have a hard time seeing an EMP that goes easier on pre '95 stuff. ;)
Baka: That's hard. I worked that job, in that situation, for quite some time. :/
I think I've pretty much come to the decision that It's Bloody Stupid. I'm going to decline, take a week off, and get a job closer to home. Even if I worked a warehouse at nights for a couple of weeks, it would be better. I'd be stocking up more money for Uni.
Brian: Yeah, but until around then almost all vestiges of culture were not completely reliable on the internet or electronics yet.
Waah, I thought I'd made my decision and then they unmade it for me ;.;
Baka had his first experience with salary negotiation today.
In other words, you got a raise?
No, no, no. He was <i>denied</i> a raise. Hence the euphanism.
I think.
Pretty much. I can now afford to work for them, rather than get a job elsewhere. Need to build up money for Uni and all.
Graduation and Summer Job applications. ^_^
Harassing Sega and beating on Lionheart studios?
Dracos
Quote from: "Ragnar"If you go to E3, I command you to stop by the Dragon Quest booth and report back to me.
Brian: I predict that sometime in the future, a huge EMP will wipe out all records of culture between about 1995 and 2xxx.
Already done (http://www.rpgamer.com/event/e3-2005/impressions/dq801.html).
Dracos
Was the slime controller as comfy as they say it is?
It is, though I wouldn't want to use it for action games.
Dracos
Drac: Nice review.
On my plate right now - RPing, getting some work in on Fire Emblem 8, and resisting the urge to replay Tales of Symphonia already. Stupid game that's so much better than Tales of Eternia.
Need to finish puting this pool together, finish this monster download so I can go back to watching the stuff I've gotten behind on, get on IRC again, and get a hair cut.
We miss ya panda~!
I am starting wasteland, doing paid work, doing eds work, not getting my capstone designe,d etc.
Dracos
Atlantic City on Saturday.
I'm so looking forward to it.
Make sure to spend all of your money gambling and come back in your underwear.
We'll see about that. ^_^
Updating Resume!
Dracos
Counting my winnings from Atlantic City.
$273 from $3-$6 limit texas hold-em
+
$100 from a spin on the roulette wheel. (Go red!)
=
$373
I can now afford that anime from Tabyk. ^_^
Nice. Looks like a good haul.
Too much.
Got to do some paid work today and get off the 3d functionality revisions. Then hopefully get to designing since I've been slacking there.
Dracos
My machine has died.
Thus, I attempt to save data and reformat, etc.
I shall return! (perhaps in a few days once everything is sorted out)
-007
That's pretty piss poor luck, Ranma. G'luck.
I am being evicted, and need to find out how to take care of my roommate's things, since he's now in a coma.
Also, I'm unemployed and broke.
Dangit.
Java mortgage homework assignment - Finished in 4 hours today (from scratch, baby, no sdk, nothing was on my computer, and I know nothing of Java).
Machine still broke, but it will be fixed hopefully on Friday.
Have to go to Ohio for a funeral, Tues-Fri.
And thus, I am not on IRC.
Quote from: "Brian"I am being evicted, and need to find out how to take care of my roommate's things, since he's now in a coma.
Also, I'm unemployed and broke.
Dangit.
Great gibbering gerbils! o_O;;
I'd return what's on the plate for something healthy like a salad if I could... but all kidding aside, you what in the heck happened to your roommate and how are you holding up, Brian? O_o;
Quote from: "Liddo-kun"Great gibbering gerbils! o_O;;
I'd return what's on the plate for something healthy like a salad if I could... but all kidding aside, you what in the heck happened to your roommate and how are you holding up, Brian? O_o;
Not so great. On Sunday his parents called me from Vegas. they had to induce a coma medically because he was seizing ... well ... no. He was having psychotic episodes from the pain, and was tearing out his I.V., his respirator, etc. They tried to just restrain him, but he put up too much of a fight, apparently. I'm not entirely clear on all the details....
Long-and-short is that I know he'd been experiencing a migraine all week before he left to visit his family, and was taking 6-8 times the normal reccomended dosages of things (stacking Alleve, Asprin, something I forgot, and a healthy amount of medical cannibus), but that could only reduce the pain to a point he could ignore for 4-6 hours out of the day.
He wasn't getting much sleep (I honestly didn't notice this part until afterwards; 2-4 hours of sleep is normal for me -_-).... At some point, apparently the pain got to be so intense his family hauled him to the Vegas hospital, and they couldn't get him into an MRI (the respirator), and the CAT scan APPEARS to show a tumor. They're not certain, so they're keeping him under until they can diagnose him. Supposedly they got anothet CAT scan last night, but I haven't heard anything on that yet.
I managed to get ahold of his girlfriend, who lives in Australia, to tell her what happened.... But the same day his parents called to tell me what was going on, they told me they were probably going to be moving him to the East coast again, for his health.
To explain, my roomate was born without a pulmonary (sp?) artery, and was supposed to die before reaching adolescence. He's 23 now, and is considered to be the healthiest person with his condition ever. So moving him to a hospital to keep him under observation for a few months is pretty much a guarantee no matter what they discover. His parents asked me if rent was paid. Sterling had told me he paid it this month (it was his turn), and I'm broke.... I told them that it was fine and to worry about Sterling.
Twenty minutes later I get served an eviction notice. -_-
I'm honestly not holding up that well. I'm trying to be optimistic here, but things look kind of grim. I can deal with my own life falling apart -- this won't be the first time I've lived on the streets. But in my 26 years, no one in my entire family has ever died. I like to think that's my bit of luck; I've never had to deal with permanent loss. And it makes me angry to think that I just assumed it was another quirk of his physiology, when it may have been the last time I'll ever get to see him alive.
More than a roommate, Sterling was a close friend, and the only one I'd ever actually smoke and drink with. Until I found out he was in the hospital, whereupon I rounded up David and Peter, and we bonded, talked about the good times, the bad, and I slammed back ... 12+ shots. At least. David kept pace, and Peter called it quits when he got fall-down drunk.
David and I soldiered on; haven't talked to him, but I blacked out somewhere before the end of Spiderman 2. Spent all yesterday feeling sick to my stomach, nauseated, and because I hadn't slept enough, mostly still drunk, too. Headache's fading now, and I've got until tomorrow to round up rent money before the eviction is posted, and I'm given 14-30 days.
Job prospects looking bleak. -_-
Meh. I guess it'll work out. I mean. It could turn out that the CAT scan didn't pick up anything, and Sterling just had an episode. Maybe he'll come back tomorrow with rent and everything will work. Hope for the best.
Plan for the worst.
:/
Good luck brian. And better than good for your friend Sterling. Hope he pulls through.
Dracos
Quote from: "Brian"I am being evicted, and need to find out how to take care of my roommate's things, since he's now in a coma.
Also, I'm unemployed and broke.
Dangit.
Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
>_<
For what little in counts, you and your friend have my sympathies.
Knowing I've got friends will help me get through this, and it actually means quite a lot to me (the apartment is feeling very empty right now).
Wow, this is like, the earliest I've ever woken up voluntarily this summer. I have an interview/appointment thing in about an hour and a half. It's about a management position in Arby's. They aren't looking for someone with experience, since they will train, which is good news for someone like me who hasn't been able to join the workforce yet and needs to pay for college. I dunno what we are going to talk about but hopefully things will go well. Wish me luck!
My deepest sympathies, Brian. :( May everything go right with you.
Thanks. And good luck, Stormy. Being a manager at a fastfood place may not seem like much, but 'manager' always looks good on a resume. :)
I return from my trip to Ohio.
The funeral was tough.
Went to Atlantic City yesterday.
Won 175 playing poker for 3 hours and 25 on a spin on the roulette wheel = 200 bucks (for gas and sister's birthday present).
Have to program something else in Java today.
Computer is still busted
And that is what's new.
"Imminent Hard Drive Failure."
Backing things up.
Interview on Thursday. Roommate recovering from surgery.
Not sure how to deal with positive factors in life.
Now attempting to spontaneously combust (it's harder than you'd think!).
Interview stage one: Passed.
Interview stage two: Results pending (but promising!)
Roommate doing better (they successfully drained both lesions).
Eviction ... failed. County rejected the legal department's request because of a typo in the amount owed (they were 36 dollars off). While the legal department is stunned for 1d6 days, I've got another chance to get payment to the office and ... not get evicted!
...I'm worried that this is just a lead-up to a bigger reversal of fortune. o_O
Congrats! Hopefully things will stick in the "looking up" department for you.
Finishing packing, getting a report written, getting that capstone design written X_X
Dracos
My roommate passed away last night.
Finding out when and where the funeral's gonna be.
He had an infection in his brain, but as he was recovering, his heart failed....
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss, Brian. I hope things start to get better for you soon.
Today, I'm going to try and get a parking permit, check and make sure that medical insurance isn't on my bill and...probably do some writing and gaming.
Dracos
YOSH~
Ow. Talk about awful luck. :/
Sorry to hear that, Brian.
Success. Success...
And tomorrow school. Bleh.
Dracos
throws off his RoN addiction
I'm about to get my butt kicked with yet another class starting on Monday.
Here's to 15 page papers every week. *toasts*
-007
Late for my first day of work.
Switched back to chronicles.
Today I discuss my capstone (UNFINISHED DESIGN, ARGH) and work and other things. Wheee.
Anyhow, I have good gradius music to accompany me.
Dracos
On time to work today. Working hard. o_o
Getting over Sterling. Grawr. ._.
May be abandoning online games since I'm moving out on Sunday.
*pats* :\
You bug us. You bug us or we fly over, hunt you down, and tackle you when you leave work =P
Anyhow, focus on your life, Brian. We're here for you if you need us. Do what you need to do.
Dracos
Cursing at myself for forgetting my laptop and thusly killing my chances to write fanfic. Must remember that on Monday.
Also cursing at weave beading in my welding lab.
Profanity is my special little friend who makes all the badness in the world go away. :D
Today, six hours of classes then meeting to try and get capstone approved. Add research to grad schools and it is going to be a fun day.
Dracos
I live in Pusan, right under the predicted path of Typhoon(occasionally Super Typhoon) Navi.
http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/tracker/dynamic/200514W_6G.html
Although they predict it's only going to be category 2 or 3 by the time it gets here, I'm gonna be keeping an eye on this one. It's kinda big.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13103
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In cooler news, I ended up not having to deliver my thesis progress report today. While I was working on it at the lab, my computer suddenly stopped working. We couldn't get it to boot, and it looks like the mainboard fried itself. Which is good, because I wasn't really done with it anyway, 2 hours before it was due. :)
G'luck, Dannycat.
This weekend, Training begins.
Dracos
Ah, cool, the predicted path pulled to the east somewhat; now it's aimed for SW Japan. Still, unless it really pulls a hard curve soon, the sides of it are gonna pass overhead.
Writing today, actually. That and classes. But mostly writing.
Dracos
Holy crap.
My brother is engaged.
At age 20. (his birthday is today)
Whoa.
I have to produce the docs.
Dracos
Docs produced. Victory music playing.
Damn am I the only one doing anything?
Dracos
Working on completing my next epic fanfic before posting a single chapter publically.
At chapter 17/40, looking good so far.
You are crazy brian. C RAAAAZY. =D
Dracos
Crazy? I'm crazy, alright! I'm crazy like a FO--
You know, I think he killed that quote for us. -_-
I'm Crazy with a capital 'C'!
Aside: I'm wrestling with depression. I think it could be over my mom's repeated hospitalization (General Unwellness Syndrome). It could be over Sterling's months-ago death, and I'm just not dealing with it well. But I've got this stubborn belief that the fic I'm working on is, in fact, attrocious. Which is why it's not being posted publically.
Next week, on Unposted Epics, we speak with the author of The Bitter End 2: The Bitterer End!
Today I train to relay Frames with FIRE.
I think this is an entirely valid thing to train to do, despite not really understanding why.
Dracos
Work... nothing but work here... it's insane.
I'm setting up two whole new departments that have to be up and running on Monday. I'm moving back to building 1, which is old and dingy, but has character. It's not a bad thing, though I liked the shiny and new building 2.
On the plus side, I'm trying to arrange this so I have the right people under me rather than just those I inherrited. Wish me luck on that one... it's a battle... and I just had to deal with a massive monkey-wrench today.
I don't think I'll end up with a 3-month promotion this time, but it'll be lateral... and way more responsibilities.
The things I do to try to get "Director" in my title and promotions for those who deserve it... :/
-Dan
I successfully managed to get the third department to sign on. All my people are covered. My capstone project is ready and credited to ROCK OUT!
Dracos
Victory
A splitting of paths lies ahead.
A lead tech position just opened up here at work. I have applied for the above mentioned position. I have decided to use this as a test to determine where I go from here.
I've been meaning to get back to and finish college for some time. If I get the lead position (which would mean possibly higher stress, but less direct dealing with idiots) I'm going to spend a few years, try to knock out my car loan, then look at getting back to school.
If I don't.... by the time my birthday rolls around, I'm going to try to get in applications/financial aid garbage for reenrollment in school, coupled with leaving the workforce completely - or almost completely.
I don't know what to hope for, honestly.
Hey, maybe I'll see you at the crossroads -- replace car loan with debt....
Good luck. :p
Mid term today that I am not prepared for.
Why?
I spent last night on Deathwatch. My grandfather finally passed. I'm tired. I spent the whole time with family. I'm stressed. I'm a bit depressed.
But I will pass this damned test.
Ganbatte, Panda!
And ... my condolences. :/
I'm installing half-life 2 for a school assignment.
my desire to do this declines with every passing moment sitting in front of the annoyingly long install that predates me making it so I can play the requisite few hours at home.
Dracos
I laugh at you, Dracos.
After installing from disc? You get to wait for Valve to 'unlock' your game, because it was installed encrypted. :D
After fighting with it, I got to play the demo.
It was decisively bleh. But the whole gravity gun thing was cool.
I think there was supposedly a character I was playing. He may have been named gordon freeman, I'm not sure.
I'm about to write on him. It is going to be brutal.
Dracos
Quote from: "thepanda"Mid term today that I am not prepared for.
Why?
I spent last night on Deathwatch. My grandfather finally passed. I'm tired. I spent the whole time with family. I'm stressed. I'm a bit depressed.
But I will pass this damned test.
Couldn't you claim family emergency and either delay or not write the test? ^_^;
2 h 1 minutes. 150 problems. Didn't reach my goal time by 1 minute, but given my goal time was unrealistic to begin with, that's pretty damn good. I'm pleased with my training so far and prepared to completely obliterate the cert come wednesday.
Dracos
What cert? ^_^
They have certs for Evil Oppressors now? ^_^
CCNA.
Dracos
Work work work, all the time.
Got an essay due in on Thursday comparing two books on Japanese history, their approach, flaws, etc.
I'm doomed.
Yay butterflies.
Interview for lead position is this afternoon at 3. I know I'm qualified, but I still get a bit nervous before interviews.
Best of luck, Hal.
Quote from: "Halbarad"Yay butterflies.
Interview for lead position is this afternoon at 3. I know I'm qualified, but I still get a bit nervous before interviews.
GO HAL~
Dracos
And interview is past. No idea how well I did, should know more by Thursday or so.
And lo does the GRE on CS approach. Studying done: 0.
Test this week. Yay for having time for it.
Meh. Anyhow, almost got everyone signed up for my capstone course. That'll be a load off.
Dracos
Apparently I'm eligible for two bachelors degrees instead of one.
This is being scanned.
Dracos
Beerworthy.
Now, make it two doctorates, and I'll say something more than 'I'll drink to that'. But we kind of expect this kind of performance from you, Drac. :p
I may go for two masters but I don't think I'll go for two doctorates.
Dracos
Or one even, because really I want to be in industry before I'm 30.
Night classes.
Working to keep the team moving in an intensely distracting school term. -_-
I'm repeatedly tempted to drop a course. I can afford a single one...but eeeeh.
Dracos
Mmm, TDD, Meetings, Spring break.
Dracos
mmm, spring break =D
It's finally getting nice again weather wise too.
Things are looking up =D
Dracos
Final Project Week of Doom. After that, spring break. A whole week dedicated to ME! ..... and work.