It's snowing.
On Christmas Day.
This hasn't happened in literally more than 100 years.
To quote my brother Burdle, "It's a winter wonderland. Poke, poke." *to be said when poking snow, causing it to fall off of whatever it landed on*
Give me just a second, and I'll post pictures.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The World is Mine Once More!
My main computer is fixed! I now have access to a world of knowledge and the powers of Adobe Flash Player 10!
But...we must mourn...for the hard drive that caused the computer to die in the first place could not be saved...
There were so many unspeakably awesome files saved to that hard drive...
*moment of science*
*bolt of lightning and chemical explosion in background*
Amazing what a simple typo can do. *pulls umbrella from hammerspace as bits of failed, exploded science experiments rain from the sky*
So now two months of animation ideas will be poured into the Alice Program...as soon as it installs...*stares at screen and wills computer to run fastah*
But...we must mourn...for the hard drive that caused the computer to die in the first place could not be saved...
There were so many unspeakably awesome files saved to that hard drive...
*moment of science*
*bolt of lightning and chemical explosion in background*
Amazing what a simple typo can do. *pulls umbrella from hammerspace as bits of failed, exploded science experiments rain from the sky*
So now two months of animation ideas will be poured into the Alice Program...as soon as it installs...*stares at screen and wills computer to run fastah*
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Word Count Goal Reached!
I won! I won NaNoWriMo 2010! My fancy badge stuck to the blog should show up in a bit in my writing blog.
I would say that I wrote a novel in 30 days...but I kind of didn't. You see, 15,000 words is just halfway through the novel.
So, this is the tale of my novel's creation...
September something 2010. We sign up for NaNoWriMo, I, being ambitious, aim for 25,000 words. Ben and Jake aim for word counts higher than their grade levels, too.
November starts. I, being procastinative, (I made up a word there) didn't come up with an idea for my novel. So I start writing at random and hope that something happens. Jake and Ben already had novel ideas, and they begin with ease.
Halfway through November. My word count is rising like molasses going uphill in January with crutches. Mom lowers my goal to 20,000 words to try to help, lowers Ben's word count goal too. Jake's novel zooms along peacefully, frequently e-mailing it to friends for reliable spellchecking.
November 27th. I catch a cold and lose all motivation to continue the novel. I give up on it at 13,003 words.
November 30th, 2010. Word goal lowered (again) to 15,000 words, which is still a goal recommended for 10th graders. Everybody in the house reaches the goal with ease.
I would say that I wrote a novel in 30 days...but I kind of didn't. You see, 15,000 words is just halfway through the novel.
So, this is the tale of my novel's creation...
September something 2010. We sign up for NaNoWriMo, I, being ambitious, aim for 25,000 words. Ben and Jake aim for word counts higher than their grade levels, too.
November starts. I, being procastinative, (I made up a word there) didn't come up with an idea for my novel. So I start writing at random and hope that something happens. Jake and Ben already had novel ideas, and they begin with ease.
Halfway through November. My word count is rising like molasses going uphill in January with crutches. Mom lowers my goal to 20,000 words to try to help, lowers Ben's word count goal too. Jake's novel zooms along peacefully, frequently e-mailing it to friends for reliable spellchecking.
November 27th. I catch a cold and lose all motivation to continue the novel. I give up on it at 13,003 words.
November 30th, 2010. Word goal lowered (again) to 15,000 words, which is still a goal recommended for 10th graders. Everybody in the house reaches the goal with ease.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Review of Avatar: The Last Airbender the Movie
Just finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender The Movie, and here is what I have to say about it:
If you care about the Avatar animated series at all, then stay away from the live action version of it at all costs. In the series, everybody laughs and has fun and they're lighthearted and actually care about each other, unless it's in their character not to do so, or if an event calls for them to be serious.
In the movie, nobody smiles or laughs. Not. Even. Once. Everybody is dead-on serious.
Sokka, who is supposed to be a comic relief character, never even tries to make even a pathetic joke. He never does anything silly or voices his liking for food. His boomerang that was so precious to him in the series is only used once. He doesn't even show any sign of love towards anybody, not even Princess Yue. What is the first thing in the movie that he does? He tries to hit his sister after she accidentally spills water on him. Perhaps he's mad because they call him "so-ka" in the movie.
And then there's Avatar Aang, the Last Airbender. Oh, sorry Mister Director! I should call him "Ovatar Ong", since you repeatedly insist that I do so! Let's see...He is so serious that it's disconcerting, his airbending techniques are choppy and laughable, and he's supposed to be fun-loving and easygoing, correct?! And in the series, you learn how he got to be in an iceberg after awhile. In the movie, a few scenes after meeting him, Aang says that he was told he was the Avatar and then he ran away because he was told he would never have a family because of this. In the series, he ran away due to the fact that he had to be separated from his guardian, Monk Gyatso, because he was interfering with the Avatar's training because Gyatso thought that Aang was too young to deal with it and that he should focus on other things. You are supposed to learn this a few episodes later.
Katara is also left souless and apathetic for her role in the live action film.
Appa and Momo are pointless in the movie. Appa is used for transport only. Momo isn't named and only careful viewers will notice that he even left the air temple.
Poor, poor Suki...We mourn her loss of a part in the movie...because they removed the Kyoshi Warriors. How dare they. Plus Kyoshi Island itself wasn't even an island, it was an obvious inland town, and it only appeared for two minutes for plot advancement.
Princess Yue was basically Sokka's forced love interest for the movie. She didn't even look interested in being there.
Zuko's scar was missing and he looked freaking ugly.
General Iroh's name was pronounced wrong (they called him ee-row) and he was lean and had dreadlocks. What the frack.
Firebenders originally didn't need a source to create fire. In the movie apparently if you don't have something to firebend from then you're left defenseless, and firebending with pure chi makes you The God of Firebenders.
Waterbenders were okay.
Earthbenders didn't show up because this movie only covers Book One.
Airbending was choppy and awkward.
In the series, the characters had...well...character. In the movie, cardboard cutouts would have had more personality.
The movie plot was like this:
Katara: Hey, it's Aang! Erm, I mean Ong.
Director: Oi! Move faster!
Sokka: But we just got here--
Director: Quick, to Kyoshi Island!
Aang: It's not an island--
Sokka: Suki!
Director: Who's Suki? Now move along! Move move move!
*thirty minutes later, the main characters arrive at the Northern Water Temple, exhausted.*
Katara: My...god...Director...have you...no mercy?
Aang: We've been walking at a mile a minute since the movie started!
Director: All for the sake of the plot!
Sokka: This movie has one?
Director: Sh'up! You're not supposed to be funny!
Sokka: Yes sir. Katara, I'mma punch you for no reason.
Katara: Eep!
Director: Stop! We need to keep this scene ten seconds long, tops.
Personally, I hated this movie and I find it offensive to the World of Avatar, and I haven't even listed everything that's wrong with it. It reminds me of an episode in the Avatar series when they went to a play about themselves that was created using unreliable sources and crummy actors.
If you care about the Avatar animated series at all, then stay away from the live action version of it at all costs. In the series, everybody laughs and has fun and they're lighthearted and actually care about each other, unless it's in their character not to do so, or if an event calls for them to be serious.
In the movie, nobody smiles or laughs. Not. Even. Once. Everybody is dead-on serious.
Sokka, who is supposed to be a comic relief character, never even tries to make even a pathetic joke. He never does anything silly or voices his liking for food. His boomerang that was so precious to him in the series is only used once. He doesn't even show any sign of love towards anybody, not even Princess Yue. What is the first thing in the movie that he does? He tries to hit his sister after she accidentally spills water on him. Perhaps he's mad because they call him "so-ka" in the movie.
And then there's Avatar Aang, the Last Airbender. Oh, sorry Mister Director! I should call him "Ovatar Ong", since you repeatedly insist that I do so! Let's see...He is so serious that it's disconcerting, his airbending techniques are choppy and laughable, and he's supposed to be fun-loving and easygoing, correct?! And in the series, you learn how he got to be in an iceberg after awhile. In the movie, a few scenes after meeting him, Aang says that he was told he was the Avatar and then he ran away because he was told he would never have a family because of this. In the series, he ran away due to the fact that he had to be separated from his guardian, Monk Gyatso, because he was interfering with the Avatar's training because Gyatso thought that Aang was too young to deal with it and that he should focus on other things. You are supposed to learn this a few episodes later.
Katara is also left souless and apathetic for her role in the live action film.
Appa and Momo are pointless in the movie. Appa is used for transport only. Momo isn't named and only careful viewers will notice that he even left the air temple.
Poor, poor Suki...We mourn her loss of a part in the movie...because they removed the Kyoshi Warriors. How dare they. Plus Kyoshi Island itself wasn't even an island, it was an obvious inland town, and it only appeared for two minutes for plot advancement.
Princess Yue was basically Sokka's forced love interest for the movie. She didn't even look interested in being there.
Zuko's scar was missing and he looked freaking ugly.
General Iroh's name was pronounced wrong (they called him ee-row) and he was lean and had dreadlocks. What the frack.
Firebenders originally didn't need a source to create fire. In the movie apparently if you don't have something to firebend from then you're left defenseless, and firebending with pure chi makes you The God of Firebenders.
Waterbenders were okay.
Earthbenders didn't show up because this movie only covers Book One.
Airbending was choppy and awkward.
In the series, the characters had...well...character. In the movie, cardboard cutouts would have had more personality.
The movie plot was like this:
Katara: Hey, it's Aang! Erm, I mean Ong.
Director: Oi! Move faster!
Sokka: But we just got here--
Director: Quick, to Kyoshi Island!
Aang: It's not an island--
Sokka: Suki!
Director: Who's Suki? Now move along! Move move move!
*thirty minutes later, the main characters arrive at the Northern Water Temple, exhausted.*
Katara: My...god...Director...have you...no mercy?
Aang: We've been walking at a mile a minute since the movie started!
Director: All for the sake of the plot!
Sokka: This movie has one?
Director: Sh'up! You're not supposed to be funny!
Sokka: Yes sir. Katara, I'mma punch you for no reason.
Katara: Eep!
Director: Stop! We need to keep this scene ten seconds long, tops.
Personally, I hated this movie and I find it offensive to the World of Avatar, and I haven't even listed everything that's wrong with it. It reminds me of an episode in the Avatar series when they went to a play about themselves that was created using unreliable sources and crummy actors.
- Zuko: That... Wasn't a good play.
- Aang: I'll say.
- Katara: No kidding.
- Suki: Horrible.
- Toph: You said it.
- Sokka: But the effects were decent.
- On a scale of 1 to 5 stars, I give this movie 0.25 stars. Just because I feel generous.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
So...
The Tragedy of Steve can be animated with a mouse.Yes, it is mind numbingly tedious.
Yes, it is not fun at all.
Yes, until the tablet is fixed there will be no more episodes.
Yes, everything I touch breaks.
Yes, I hate this computer.
Yes, I can count to fish. *one two three four five fish*
Yes, my story for NaNoWriMo is thirteen thousand words of pure failure and annoying randomness that was thrown in for pure plot advancement.
Yes, the novel doesn't even have a plot.
Yes, eggnog tastes awesome with everything.
Yes, this post has been created out of sheer boredom.
Yes, it is not fun at all.
Yes, until the tablet is fixed there will be no more episodes.
Yes, everything I touch breaks.
Yes, I hate this computer.
Yes, I can count to fish. *one two three four five fish*
Yes, my story for NaNoWriMo is thirteen thousand words of pure failure and annoying randomness that was thrown in for pure plot advancement.
Yes, the novel doesn't even have a plot.
Yes, eggnog tastes awesome with everything.
Yes, this post has been created out of sheer boredom.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Episode Two
Below you will find The Tragedy of Steve Episode Two. And yay, it can still be animated without a tablet pen!
Let's see...According to the dates, an episode is due. It only takes about twenty five minutes to make one of the episodes, so I'll get to work on that...
And also, suggest jobs for Steve to try.
Let's see...According to the dates, an episode is due. It only takes about twenty five minutes to make one of the episodes, so I'll get to work on that...
And also, suggest jobs for Steve to try.
Friday, November 26, 2010
An attempt to stay up all night
This is a heck of a lot more fun when there's people around. Dad and Ben fell asleep first, and then Mom and Jake fell asleep while watching MS3K. So now I am here at 5:20 AM, trying to get to 11,000 words at least on my NaNoWriMo novel, and contemplating whether or not I should go to bed and become nocturnal.
Yeah. Sleeping would be good. That shadow over there is turning into a mouse as we speak. gvtfttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
*yawn* Almost fell asleep on the keyboard there. Well, good night/morning people.
Yeah. Sleeping would be good. That shadow over there is turning into a mouse as we speak. gvtfttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
*yawn* Almost fell asleep on the keyboard there. Well, good night/morning people.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving. people
Happy Thanksgiving. We now eat unhealthy quantities of pie and stuffing.
So for our Thanksgiving, I made cinnamon muffins and then in the process of making the muffins, one turned into a mutant, and I tried to wash the entire container of salt in the sink, and then I accidentally tossed the rest of the nutmeg into the trash, where it disintegrated into dryer lint. Then, after baking the muffins and bringing them to my grandfather's house, I discovered that they were dry and slightly egg flavored. I think I will make them as dog treats from here on out.
And then once we got home, Mom announced that we are going to stay up all night!
Shortly afterwards I accidentally broke my tablet pen while trying to fix it. The little plastic thing on the end that lets you draw had worn down, so we replaced it with another one, and now I can't do anything with it because it selects text when you're trying to click on something, and it can't even draw a circle correctly anymore. I can probably fix this by replacing the battery.
So now my tablet and my culinary skills are broken, along with my computer and this laptop's sound recording program. (it says there isn't a memory card when trying to play back a recording. might be because I possibly accidentally deleted the required files.) At the very least, the speakers on the laptop still work. If they didn't, then I would likely be literally insane by now. Have you ever tried to stop listening to music for awhile? I did, and after about ten hours, everything was slightly gray. A bit scary, really.
So, to end this post, I give you a short list of words that look stranger the longer you look at them.
Gray
Accumulate
Symptom
Symphony
Dalmatian
Chihuhahua
Ewok
Artichoke
So for our Thanksgiving, I made cinnamon muffins and then in the process of making the muffins, one turned into a mutant, and I tried to wash the entire container of salt in the sink, and then I accidentally tossed the rest of the nutmeg into the trash, where it disintegrated into dryer lint. Then, after baking the muffins and bringing them to my grandfather's house, I discovered that they were dry and slightly egg flavored. I think I will make them as dog treats from here on out.
And then once we got home, Mom announced that we are going to stay up all night!
Shortly afterwards I accidentally broke my tablet pen while trying to fix it. The little plastic thing on the end that lets you draw had worn down, so we replaced it with another one, and now I can't do anything with it because it selects text when you're trying to click on something, and it can't even draw a circle correctly anymore. I can probably fix this by replacing the battery.
So now my tablet and my culinary skills are broken, along with my computer and this laptop's sound recording program. (it says there isn't a memory card when trying to play back a recording. might be because I possibly accidentally deleted the required files.) At the very least, the speakers on the laptop still work. If they didn't, then I would likely be literally insane by now. Have you ever tried to stop listening to music for awhile? I did, and after about ten hours, everything was slightly gray. A bit scary, really.
So, to end this post, I give you a short list of words that look stranger the longer you look at them.
Gray
Accumulate
Symptom
Symphony
Dalmatian
Chihuhahua
Ewok
Artichoke
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
You May Be Wondering
You may be wondering what that little animation was. That was episode one of The Tragedy of Steve, which is a stick figure show that I have created about a stick figure named Steve who tries various careers and fails all of them horribly. Episodes should be created every other day.
...I do this 'cos I get bored easily.
...I do this 'cos I get bored easily.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
How To Win The Game
- Stay as far away from the Internet as possible.
- Get your mind wiped.
- Don't learn what The Game actually is.
- Be Chuck Norris.
- Have incredible willpower!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Hi
I have my story blog and my picture blog. So here is my blogging blog. Hopefully it won't turn into a ranting blog like the one I had to delete a few moments ago. To keep that from happening, I am going to actually try to accumulate readers!
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