So it looks like, at least for a while, I probably won't be posting very much during my five day work cycle, then doing massive posts during my weekend. Of course, as I type that, I realize that's not how I prefer to do things, so we'll see.
Had the PS3 launch, that was fun. We had people lined up right outside layaway a few days ago, we made them go line up outside. It wasn't that many - six, maybe? Of course, we only got 10, so it's a good thing they lined up when they did. We went on break right as we started selling it, so Paul and I wandered over to watch it. It was... underwhelming. They were selling them, no noise, no confetti, no balloons falling from the ceiling. Yeah.
Finally realized the existence of, diagnosed, and fixed the NAT problem I've been having with Azureus since I obtained it. Turns out it works much, much better once you do that. Most amazing. Got a dvd rip of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and a cam of Dead or Alive, working on aXXo releases of Tristan and Isolde, John Tucker Must Die, The Break-Up, Beowulf and Grendel, D&D2, and I think that's about it.
I was talking to Paul, and he mentioned how much he didn't like the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, then compared them to Dane Cook, who he described as the "unfunny, white version of Eddie Murphy." He then did an impression - "Man, I was walking, and someone stepped on my foot! Then there were some french fries!!." I was laughing.
My birthday is in less than twelve hours. I'll be at work. It ends in less than thirty-six hours, and I'll be at work then too. I, personally, don't care - I've always worked on my birthday, and don't feel the sense of entitlement that some do (Lilie, Heather) just 'cause I was born on this calendar date. Bam bought some hockey tickets, was going to take me to a game, but I couldn't get the day off - and I told her that'd happen. She managed to get them for a different game, so we'll see if I can get that day off.
Been hearing mixed things about FF XII. Hope to borrow it, and between David and Pual, have a decent chance.
A'ight, this was a somewhat scatter-shot update, but it's better than nothing.
Alex Megane -- Hurricane
Showing posts with label piracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piracy. Show all posts
2006-10-20
Be loyal, kind and don't steal movies
You've got to be fucking kidding me.
So the gist of the article is that Boy Scouts of America has created a new merit badge for learning about piracy and choosing one activity from a list, which includes "visiting a movie studio to see how many people can be harmed by film piracy" or creating a "public service announcements urging others not to steal movies or music."
That second activity seems kind of... a bit much.
"The movie industry has developed the curriculum."
Edit: It's not an actual merit badge, nor is it really a part of the BSA. It's a "merit patch", and it's a local initiative with some group in Los Angeles. Of course, it is a disturbing indication of a possible trend.
Dannii Minogue vs Flower Power -- You Won't Forget About Me
So the gist of the article is that Boy Scouts of America has created a new merit badge for learning about piracy and choosing one activity from a list, which includes "visiting a movie studio to see how many people can be harmed by film piracy" or creating a "public service announcements urging others not to steal movies or music."
That second activity seems kind of... a bit much.
"The movie industry has developed the curriculum."
Edit: It's not an actual merit badge, nor is it really a part of the BSA. It's a "merit patch", and it's a local initiative with some group in Los Angeles. Of course, it is a disturbing indication of a possible trend.
Dannii Minogue vs Flower Power -- You Won't Forget About Me
2006-10-01
My legs, my nose, my back, my toes
The MPAA funded and published a studdy that claims "movie piracy causes a total lost output for U.S. industries of $20.5 billion per year, thwarts the creation of about 140,000 jobs and accounts for more than $800 million in lost tax revenue". According to the study, 38% of piracy occurs on the Internet - with counterfeit DVDs accounting for the rest. I read through all the comments on Broadbandreports.com, with people coming in on both sides of the issues, and a bunch of people totally missing the point. So I wanted to just kind of ramble a little about how I feel about the issue. Feel free to skip this one, there's nothing interesting in it.
First off, I should point out that yes, I download stuff. A lot. Movies, music, software, Celebrity Jeopardy, you name it. Thus, the things I say will probably have a pro-piracy bias; however, I recognize that without the paying customers, for the most part, the industry wouldn't exist.
That being said...
First, I think their numbers are highly inflated. I would guess that they're using some bizarre, highly unscientific method to guess the number of copies of movies downloaded (perhaps tying it to sales of blank media, never mind the numerous legitmate uses?), then multiplying those by the full retail value (19.99? 25.99? I wouldn't know, I've only bought like two dvds in my life) of a commercial dvd. That's abusing the highly incorrect assumption that each copy of a movie downloaded equals one movie ticket sold or (more likely) one dvd sold. There are a lot of movies that people wouldn't pay to see, but if presented to them free, are more likely to kill a few hours watching it. Now, I'm not saying that makes it right, nor am I trying to rationalize the morality of it. The same thing goes for jobs and tax revenue, highly inflated by the amount of sales. The other point with those two is that yes, their industry is losing that money, but the country as a whole isn't. It's not as though that the money in question, not being spent on movies, is simply disappearing. As that income is disposable, it's most likely being spent on other things, other forms of entertainment. It's just the movie industry that's not getting part of it. While it's still a valid complaint, the fact that they try to project it onto a nation-wide tax revenue issue is very annoying.
I think people who complain about actors and high-powered executives being paid outrageous sums of money are missing the point, somewhat. I mean, yeah, it's odd to complain about losing profits when your highest paid workers receive extravagant sums of money, but that's not certainly unique to the movie industry. High-profile sports stars are the first comparison that comes to mind. So yes, it's a valid complaint that those people are highly overpaid (maybe it'd be better to say highly paid?), but I highly doubt the majority of people downloading movies are saying to themselves, "Haha! Suck it, movie executive!" and are pirating simply out of moral outrage at those inflated saleries. Well, in retrospect, I suspect a lot of people *are* thinking that, but it has little to do with their actual motivation for pirating. It does annoy me to hear them complaining about lost jobs due to losses from piracy with those saleries, though.
I think my opinions are a lot less clear-cut than I thought. Forgive me.
Then there's the people complaining about the lack of quality coming out of Hollywood, how most movies lately seem to be sequels, adaptations, or remakes, and/or really, really crappy. That, and highly formulaic. I'll agree to that, for the most part. I personally think it stems from the higher-ups being afraid to take a risk, put their comforts on the line. Of course, it's very amusing to follow that line of reasoning, when you have movies like The Hulk, which was atrocious. Incredibly atrocious. God, that movie sucked. I even payed to see that one, on opening day. It's something about superhero/comic book movies that I just love. Anyway. People use that to try to rationalize their theft, saying it's not worth paying for. I think that assertion really weakens the entire anti-MPAA movement. It allows the opposition to really latch on to that particular argument, bash it into the ground, and claim victory.
Related to that is the MPAA's fear of emerging technologies. The RIAA had it at first too - being highly against radio stations playing commercial music, blank media being available for sale, dual-head cassette players, and CD-R/RWs. However, they've at least taken baby steps towards making concessions towards the technological onslaught. Of course, their trying to shut down file-sharing sites, incredibly heavy-handed DRM, and suing individual downloaders makes me question whether the positive steps they *have* taken are sheer luck. The MPAA, however, seems to be unwilling to accept even that marginal change. I mean, download services that cost as much as retail DVDs, have lower quality, and can only be played on the computer you downloaded it on? That's ridiculous. What really cracks me up is their circular logic - they refuse to embrace new technologies because they fear it will cost them sales, then point to lost sales due to their refusal as justification. I mean, I know that a lot of people download things simply because they don't want to pay for them. But I know there are those who download things because it's more convenient, and they're accustomed to obtaining information that way. The question comes up again and again - if the movie industry is losing so much money to internet piracy, why not embrace it and recoup some of that lost revenue? I'm not making that assertion, just mentioning it as a usually unanswered argument.
Another frequent criticism is both industries price gouging. I don't recall the exact numbers, but the cost of producing CDs and DVDs has dropped significantly as their techniques are refined, improved, and spread out. That cost, however, doesn't seem to have been passed on to the consumer. Again, they often use the arguement that they're trying to recoup losses from piracy, when some of that piracy is frustration at that very sentiment. I find it amusing that one of the arguments made in support of those high prices, at least on DVDs, is the various bonus features and extras found on the dvd. What if the consumer doesn't want those? I mean, some releases have "Collector's Editions" with even more bonus features, but most dvds tend to include at least some. However, a lot of movies downloaded are just that - no extras. (As broadband spreads, that becomes less true, and it's more likely to find entire dvd rips, but speaking for myself, I really don't care for most movies' extras. I just want the movie.)
My favorite counter-argument is that most people against the MPAA/RIAA and criticizing these reports are just trying to rationalize theft. I'll admit, some detractors are doing just that - "Fuck you MPAA! Your movies suck! I'm not paying for them!". Now, I'll concede that point. It's still stealing, even from an industry doing the things I've already talked about. The 'virtuous bandit' myth that many might try to appeal to is really hard to sympathize with, in this situation. However, in focusing on the theft-rationalization point, they tend to ignore the other points and declare victory. That's a straw-man fallacy, and really leads to the entire thing devolving, and quickly.
So I'm not really sure where to go from here. Obviously, if everyone pirated their non-tangible entertainment, people wouldn't produce it. At least, not the people in it for the profit. Of course, you then have the issue of artists needing the means to support themselves. Most propose a borderline socialist solution, where they're given grants by the government. I mean, we have that in the Arts, and it draws a lot of criticism. It's really hard for people to do possibly offensive things, or really cutting-edge things, because people start doing reports like "Your tax dollars are being wasted on this crap!" So I'm not to sure about that one.
The Beach and Tia -- Suntan (Freemasons Club Mix Edit)
First off, I should point out that yes, I download stuff. A lot. Movies, music, software, Celebrity Jeopardy, you name it. Thus, the things I say will probably have a pro-piracy bias; however, I recognize that without the paying customers, for the most part, the industry wouldn't exist.
That being said...
First, I think their numbers are highly inflated. I would guess that they're using some bizarre, highly unscientific method to guess the number of copies of movies downloaded (perhaps tying it to sales of blank media, never mind the numerous legitmate uses?), then multiplying those by the full retail value (19.99? 25.99? I wouldn't know, I've only bought like two dvds in my life) of a commercial dvd. That's abusing the highly incorrect assumption that each copy of a movie downloaded equals one movie ticket sold or (more likely) one dvd sold. There are a lot of movies that people wouldn't pay to see, but if presented to them free, are more likely to kill a few hours watching it. Now, I'm not saying that makes it right, nor am I trying to rationalize the morality of it. The same thing goes for jobs and tax revenue, highly inflated by the amount of sales. The other point with those two is that yes, their industry is losing that money, but the country as a whole isn't. It's not as though that the money in question, not being spent on movies, is simply disappearing. As that income is disposable, it's most likely being spent on other things, other forms of entertainment. It's just the movie industry that's not getting part of it. While it's still a valid complaint, the fact that they try to project it onto a nation-wide tax revenue issue is very annoying.
I think people who complain about actors and high-powered executives being paid outrageous sums of money are missing the point, somewhat. I mean, yeah, it's odd to complain about losing profits when your highest paid workers receive extravagant sums of money, but that's not certainly unique to the movie industry. High-profile sports stars are the first comparison that comes to mind. So yes, it's a valid complaint that those people are highly overpaid (maybe it'd be better to say highly paid?), but I highly doubt the majority of people downloading movies are saying to themselves, "Haha! Suck it, movie executive!" and are pirating simply out of moral outrage at those inflated saleries. Well, in retrospect, I suspect a lot of people *are* thinking that, but it has little to do with their actual motivation for pirating. It does annoy me to hear them complaining about lost jobs due to losses from piracy with those saleries, though.
I think my opinions are a lot less clear-cut than I thought. Forgive me.
Then there's the people complaining about the lack of quality coming out of Hollywood, how most movies lately seem to be sequels, adaptations, or remakes, and/or really, really crappy. That, and highly formulaic. I'll agree to that, for the most part. I personally think it stems from the higher-ups being afraid to take a risk, put their comforts on the line. Of course, it's very amusing to follow that line of reasoning, when you have movies like The Hulk, which was atrocious. Incredibly atrocious. God, that movie sucked. I even payed to see that one, on opening day. It's something about superhero/comic book movies that I just love. Anyway. People use that to try to rationalize their theft, saying it's not worth paying for. I think that assertion really weakens the entire anti-MPAA movement. It allows the opposition to really latch on to that particular argument, bash it into the ground, and claim victory.
Related to that is the MPAA's fear of emerging technologies. The RIAA had it at first too - being highly against radio stations playing commercial music, blank media being available for sale, dual-head cassette players, and CD-R/RWs. However, they've at least taken baby steps towards making concessions towards the technological onslaught. Of course, their trying to shut down file-sharing sites, incredibly heavy-handed DRM, and suing individual downloaders makes me question whether the positive steps they *have* taken are sheer luck. The MPAA, however, seems to be unwilling to accept even that marginal change. I mean, download services that cost as much as retail DVDs, have lower quality, and can only be played on the computer you downloaded it on? That's ridiculous. What really cracks me up is their circular logic - they refuse to embrace new technologies because they fear it will cost them sales, then point to lost sales due to their refusal as justification. I mean, I know that a lot of people download things simply because they don't want to pay for them. But I know there are those who download things because it's more convenient, and they're accustomed to obtaining information that way. The question comes up again and again - if the movie industry is losing so much money to internet piracy, why not embrace it and recoup some of that lost revenue? I'm not making that assertion, just mentioning it as a usually unanswered argument.
Another frequent criticism is both industries price gouging. I don't recall the exact numbers, but the cost of producing CDs and DVDs has dropped significantly as their techniques are refined, improved, and spread out. That cost, however, doesn't seem to have been passed on to the consumer. Again, they often use the arguement that they're trying to recoup losses from piracy, when some of that piracy is frustration at that very sentiment. I find it amusing that one of the arguments made in support of those high prices, at least on DVDs, is the various bonus features and extras found on the dvd. What if the consumer doesn't want those? I mean, some releases have "Collector's Editions" with even more bonus features, but most dvds tend to include at least some. However, a lot of movies downloaded are just that - no extras. (As broadband spreads, that becomes less true, and it's more likely to find entire dvd rips, but speaking for myself, I really don't care for most movies' extras. I just want the movie.)
My favorite counter-argument is that most people against the MPAA/RIAA and criticizing these reports are just trying to rationalize theft. I'll admit, some detractors are doing just that - "Fuck you MPAA! Your movies suck! I'm not paying for them!". Now, I'll concede that point. It's still stealing, even from an industry doing the things I've already talked about. The 'virtuous bandit' myth that many might try to appeal to is really hard to sympathize with, in this situation. However, in focusing on the theft-rationalization point, they tend to ignore the other points and declare victory. That's a straw-man fallacy, and really leads to the entire thing devolving, and quickly.
So I'm not really sure where to go from here. Obviously, if everyone pirated their non-tangible entertainment, people wouldn't produce it. At least, not the people in it for the profit. Of course, you then have the issue of artists needing the means to support themselves. Most propose a borderline socialist solution, where they're given grants by the government. I mean, we have that in the Arts, and it draws a lot of criticism. It's really hard for people to do possibly offensive things, or really cutting-edge things, because people start doing reports like "Your tax dollars are being wasted on this crap!" So I'm not to sure about that one.
The Beach and Tia -- Suntan (Freemasons Club Mix Edit)
2005-11-07
2005-09-29
2005-01-08
Finally
It finally finished!! Actually, both of them.
MST3K Season 00 (k): 12.02 Gigs - 21 episodes of MST3K from the Kth season, when it was just a local show in Minnesota (?). Has all of them except K-Pilot through K-03, of which no known fan copies exist.
Final Fantasy: This MASSIVE torrent, 6.32 gigs, of all the Final Fantasy music. I mean, ALL of it. Every CD, every Piano collection, every OST, vocal collection, concert, you name it, it's on here. 1,903 tracks.
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MST3K Season 00 (k): 12.02 Gigs - 21 episodes of MST3K from the Kth season, when it was just a local show in Minnesota (?). Has all of them except K-Pilot through K-03, of which no known fan copies exist.
Final Fantasy: This MASSIVE torrent, 6.32 gigs, of all the Final Fantasy music. I mean, ALL of it. Every CD, every Piano collection, every OST, vocal collection, concert, you name it, it's on here. 1,903 tracks.
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2005-01-05
2004-12-30
In the not too distant future, next Sunday AD
It all started when SuprNova went down. That didn't bother me that much, since I didn't frequent SN that often. I mainly used DonVito (which then became Bi-Torrent). They had excellent categorical listings. But my main use was MySpleen.net, which offered copyrighted materials, but mainly stuff you couldn't find anywhere else. Rocko's Modern Life is a great example - it was a 4 season cartoon that was terrific. Of course, they never show it on TV anymore - even when the guide says it's supposed to be RML, it's something else. That, and you can't buy it on DVD. I know myself, along with a lot of other RML fans I've spoken too, would love to be able to buy it on DVD. But they're not selling it - sure, you can get Ren & Stimpy, but not a quality cartoon like RML. That's the frustrating thing - yes, it's copyright infringment, but it's not like they're losing any revenue over it. The same goes for MST3K - BBI has *always* encouraged tape trading amongst fans (to the point of putting "And remember -keep circulating the tapes" at the end of episodes), and this is simply the logical extension thereof. Take DAP - they only share the tapes that aren't available by any other means - DVD sales by Rhino being the primary means. It's like they're saying "Ha ha ha, no one's allowed to watch this! Even if you're willing to pay for it!"
2004-10-31
I said do you speak my language; he just smiled, and gave me a vegemite sandwich - Men At Work, Down Under
Few things to catch up on - the SFFS party, the party (and lack thereof) last night, Shelley's Friday night, etc.
So I'll start with boring stuff first, to get it out of the way. I finally processed the 500+ DDR mp3s I got through DDRAmerica. That was a major pain in the ass. I had to go through and edit each one's ID3v2 tags, because they had all kinds of weird capitalizations going on, and I had to retype the name and artist fields on each one. The album field was fine, though. That took something like three to five hours. But that's finally over with, and I've got all of them on my playlist now (which has been updated, now up to almost 2200).
I've got some pictures to upload; I'll see if I can get to that today before I have to go to work. Probably not, though - I have to clean my room and mow the lawn. Fun times.
So, the SFFS Party:
I found out about it Monday while playing DDR; I asked Derrick if he or anyone else was going to Dragon's Lair for open gaming on Thursday; he said no, because he was DJ'ing at the SFFS Halloween party, and most of the SFFS people would be there. I asked the guys about it while playing D&D that night (well, sort of; I didn't stay long; I'll come back to that). Michael said he'd go if he wasn't doing anything else, and to call him and ask. So I did, and he wasn't, so we went. Lilie was working 4 - C, or I would have invited her as well. I got my fairy costume together - the wings, bought a new tiara, the old magic wand, and some glitter. I tried to find a girl to put it on - to make sure nothing went wrong - but was having trouble. I forgot momentarily that Lilie was at work and called her (This becomes important a few chapters down the road), but just couldn't find anyone. I ended up talking to Lauren Wyatt, who I really haven't seen since high school (though we did run each other at Spider-Man, but spoke only briefly). She cut her hair fairly short, and she wasn't wearing a necklace. Other than that, she seems basically like I remember. Anyway, she put the glitter on my face; I also learned how to do it on my own, should the need arise later (and it did). She also lent Michael some horns on a leather band, so he had a costume as well - a white devil, or something like that. Preparations complete, we headed to the LBJ Student Center.
There was a guy dressed as Robin Hood standing outside the door, greeting people. I would later learn he was the SFFS's faculty advisor. Michael and I went in and paid our entrance fees; Brett was sitting in one of the chairs at the table. That was weird. I guess I knew in the back of my subconscious that he was in the SFFS, but it didn't really occur to me that he'd be there - he didn't say anything Monday night, and an officer at that!
The setup was fairly standard - there was a table on the back wall with some food and drinks, as well as two little globe things with dry ice and water to provide some odd smoke; a handful of round tables scattered throughout the room; there was a projection TV set up on one wall with Halo and two linked X-Boxes; Derrick had brought in his computer to play music, though the speaker setup sucked - it was just his personal speakers. They provided decent music, but the whole effect was... kind of laughable. Not that many people showed up - I'd guess less than twenty. At least half the people there were involved in setting it up, which is cool, but not a good ratio.
I played a lot of Halo, though I don't think we ever even got a full eight players. I stayed on the projection TV and held my own for once. We played mainly 2 on 3 or 3 on 3 teams. A few people rotated in and out, but there was core group of four or so people - I also met Rem, who does Halo LAN things, and I may be going to some of those. Which would be cool.
Caleb was there. That was another occurrence I should have anticipated, but didn't because I wasn't thinking. He wanted to talk about why I had stopped talking to him, while I really didn't. I really just didn't want to talk to him at all. I'm not mad at him or anything, I just don't want to be friends with him or hang out or anything.
Oh, and I got hit on, for the first time in my life. Of course, it was by a gay guy. Which puts a humorous slant on the whole thing. I'm flattered, don't get me wrong. It's just funny. It started during the officer auction, which was just sad. No one bid on anyone. Not really. Michael won Brett for like 20 bucks. Anyway, I was sitting at one table with Michael, and this guy was sitting at this other table with a much larger group. We kept making eye contact, and he raised his eyebrows at me once or twice. Michael noticed this and commented on it. Later, when we were just standing around talking, he totally just came up and started joining in on our conversation. Or tried to, at least - none of us really responded to him at all. Later, after Lilie called (more on this later), Michael, Brett and I were standing around talking. I was relating what had just transpired between us to them, and again he came up and stood with us. I kept referring to 'her' in an obviously more-than-friends manner (well, sorta - "She just wants to be friends", "She called and we talked", etc). So I think he realized I'm not gay. But then Brett asked me what Caleb wanted - I guess he noticed that Caleb kept coming up to me and trying to talk to me - and I said, "Well, he wanted to talk about why we broke up." (which is what I refer to it as). Later, Michael commented on that - "Do you realize what you just said?" (Talking about breaking up with another guy in front of the gay guy who'd been hitting on me). That alone was worth the price of admission.
There were some cool costumes. Well, I guess. There were two Indiana Jones, neither of which was James East (who was also there) or Josh (who usually does that). There was a wizard, who looked really cool. Lily (Derrick's girlfriend) was a cat. There were two other girls dressed as cats as well, though I didn't know any of them. Brett was dressed as some 70's guy - big fro, white shite, gold chain with a peace sign. He wouldn't disco, but Michael may force him to since he bought him in the auction. Liz, this girl, had on a huge burgundy dress and a sort of peacock mask - it was really pretty, and had a lot of glitter on her exposed shoulders and upper torso. We even had a weird discussion about the differences in our glitter - mine was much more outspoken; hers, more subtle. When we first started talking, she asked me if she knew me from somewhere, but I didn't remember seeing her before. She later changed into a much smaller black dress, and I didn't even recognize her - I'm just not good with faces until I spend some more time around someone. But she seemed pretty cool. CJ was some anime character and won the Male division of the costume contest, which annoyed me. Seriously. He's kind of annoying overall. The overall winners were these two chicks dressed as vampires. Not cool vampires, but angst-filled, noble-type vampires like something out of Vampire: The Masquerade or something. The one who spoke couldn't think very fast on her feet, either - she tried to deliver an impromptu monologue, but it didn't work at all. I wanted to smack her. Hard.
I did win a door prize, though. As did Michael. We could take one thing off of one table, or five comics. I took this little grey stuffed spider with six legs. Which makes it not a spider, I s'pose. The other choices were a bar of soap with a Princess Amidala action figure in the middle, or something else. That, and I don't like comic books. That's what Michael took. They ended up giving away all of the comic books at the end anyway.
Lilie called me at one point. That's significant, 'cause she NEVER calls people. Well, she calls people back, but that's about it. And she was just returning my call from earlier. But we had it out. We talked about our relationship, and our physicalility - as she put it, her 'line' is in a different place from other people's. So we're just friends. Which is cool. Because we're very close friends - I trust her immensely, and do feel very close to her. We're fairly close physically as well, which is what was was causing me all the confusion in the first place, even though she had said that we were just friends. It's just one of these things that's ingrained deep in my psyche. I'm working on not falling in love with her just 'cause we hug a lot and what-not, and she shows such definite caring, and is so sweet, and... well, you get the point. I do like her. A lot. But I can live with 'just friends'.
Mom's freaking out about me not having the yard mowed yet, so I'm going to have to do the rest later.
So I'll start with boring stuff first, to get it out of the way. I finally processed the 500+ DDR mp3s I got through DDRAmerica. That was a major pain in the ass. I had to go through and edit each one's ID3v2 tags, because they had all kinds of weird capitalizations going on, and I had to retype the name and artist fields on each one. The album field was fine, though. That took something like three to five hours. But that's finally over with, and I've got all of them on my playlist now (which has been updated, now up to almost 2200).
I've got some pictures to upload; I'll see if I can get to that today before I have to go to work. Probably not, though - I have to clean my room and mow the lawn. Fun times.
So, the SFFS Party:
I found out about it Monday while playing DDR; I asked Derrick if he or anyone else was going to Dragon's Lair for open gaming on Thursday; he said no, because he was DJ'ing at the SFFS Halloween party, and most of the SFFS people would be there. I asked the guys about it while playing D&D that night (well, sort of; I didn't stay long; I'll come back to that). Michael said he'd go if he wasn't doing anything else, and to call him and ask. So I did, and he wasn't, so we went. Lilie was working 4 - C, or I would have invited her as well. I got my fairy costume together - the wings, bought a new tiara, the old magic wand, and some glitter. I tried to find a girl to put it on - to make sure nothing went wrong - but was having trouble. I forgot momentarily that Lilie was at work and called her (This becomes important a few chapters down the road), but just couldn't find anyone. I ended up talking to Lauren Wyatt, who I really haven't seen since high school (though we did run each other at Spider-Man, but spoke only briefly). She cut her hair fairly short, and she wasn't wearing a necklace. Other than that, she seems basically like I remember. Anyway, she put the glitter on my face; I also learned how to do it on my own, should the need arise later (and it did). She also lent Michael some horns on a leather band, so he had a costume as well - a white devil, or something like that. Preparations complete, we headed to the LBJ Student Center.
There was a guy dressed as Robin Hood standing outside the door, greeting people. I would later learn he was the SFFS's faculty advisor. Michael and I went in and paid our entrance fees; Brett was sitting in one of the chairs at the table. That was weird. I guess I knew in the back of my subconscious that he was in the SFFS, but it didn't really occur to me that he'd be there - he didn't say anything Monday night, and an officer at that!
The setup was fairly standard - there was a table on the back wall with some food and drinks, as well as two little globe things with dry ice and water to provide some odd smoke; a handful of round tables scattered throughout the room; there was a projection TV set up on one wall with Halo and two linked X-Boxes; Derrick had brought in his computer to play music, though the speaker setup sucked - it was just his personal speakers. They provided decent music, but the whole effect was... kind of laughable. Not that many people showed up - I'd guess less than twenty. At least half the people there were involved in setting it up, which is cool, but not a good ratio.
I played a lot of Halo, though I don't think we ever even got a full eight players. I stayed on the projection TV and held my own for once. We played mainly 2 on 3 or 3 on 3 teams. A few people rotated in and out, but there was core group of four or so people - I also met Rem, who does Halo LAN things, and I may be going to some of those. Which would be cool.
Caleb was there. That was another occurrence I should have anticipated, but didn't because I wasn't thinking. He wanted to talk about why I had stopped talking to him, while I really didn't. I really just didn't want to talk to him at all. I'm not mad at him or anything, I just don't want to be friends with him or hang out or anything.
Oh, and I got hit on, for the first time in my life. Of course, it was by a gay guy. Which puts a humorous slant on the whole thing. I'm flattered, don't get me wrong. It's just funny. It started during the officer auction, which was just sad. No one bid on anyone. Not really. Michael won Brett for like 20 bucks. Anyway, I was sitting at one table with Michael, and this guy was sitting at this other table with a much larger group. We kept making eye contact, and he raised his eyebrows at me once or twice. Michael noticed this and commented on it. Later, when we were just standing around talking, he totally just came up and started joining in on our conversation. Or tried to, at least - none of us really responded to him at all. Later, after Lilie called (more on this later), Michael, Brett and I were standing around talking. I was relating what had just transpired between us to them, and again he came up and stood with us. I kept referring to 'her' in an obviously more-than-friends manner (well, sorta - "She just wants to be friends", "She called and we talked", etc). So I think he realized I'm not gay. But then Brett asked me what Caleb wanted - I guess he noticed that Caleb kept coming up to me and trying to talk to me - and I said, "Well, he wanted to talk about why we broke up." (which is what I refer to it as). Later, Michael commented on that - "Do you realize what you just said?" (Talking about breaking up with another guy in front of the gay guy who'd been hitting on me). That alone was worth the price of admission.
There were some cool costumes. Well, I guess. There were two Indiana Jones, neither of which was James East (who was also there) or Josh (who usually does that). There was a wizard, who looked really cool. Lily (Derrick's girlfriend) was a cat. There were two other girls dressed as cats as well, though I didn't know any of them. Brett was dressed as some 70's guy - big fro, white shite, gold chain with a peace sign. He wouldn't disco, but Michael may force him to since he bought him in the auction. Liz, this girl, had on a huge burgundy dress and a sort of peacock mask - it was really pretty, and had a lot of glitter on her exposed shoulders and upper torso. We even had a weird discussion about the differences in our glitter - mine was much more outspoken; hers, more subtle. When we first started talking, she asked me if she knew me from somewhere, but I didn't remember seeing her before. She later changed into a much smaller black dress, and I didn't even recognize her - I'm just not good with faces until I spend some more time around someone. But she seemed pretty cool. CJ was some anime character and won the Male division of the costume contest, which annoyed me. Seriously. He's kind of annoying overall. The overall winners were these two chicks dressed as vampires. Not cool vampires, but angst-filled, noble-type vampires like something out of Vampire: The Masquerade or something. The one who spoke couldn't think very fast on her feet, either - she tried to deliver an impromptu monologue, but it didn't work at all. I wanted to smack her. Hard.
I did win a door prize, though. As did Michael. We could take one thing off of one table, or five comics. I took this little grey stuffed spider with six legs. Which makes it not a spider, I s'pose. The other choices were a bar of soap with a Princess Amidala action figure in the middle, or something else. That, and I don't like comic books. That's what Michael took. They ended up giving away all of the comic books at the end anyway.
Lilie called me at one point. That's significant, 'cause she NEVER calls people. Well, she calls people back, but that's about it. And she was just returning my call from earlier. But we had it out. We talked about our relationship, and our physicalility - as she put it, her 'line' is in a different place from other people's. So we're just friends. Which is cool. Because we're very close friends - I trust her immensely, and do feel very close to her. We're fairly close physically as well, which is what was was causing me all the confusion in the first place, even though she had said that we were just friends. It's just one of these things that's ingrained deep in my psyche. I'm working on not falling in love with her just 'cause we hug a lot and what-not, and she shows such definite caring, and is so sweet, and... well, you get the point. I do like her. A lot. But I can live with 'just friends'.
Mom's freaking out about me not having the yard mowed yet, so I'm going to have to do the rest later.
2004-10-12
New Site Feature: Winamp Playlist
I've added a link to my current winamp playlist, using Winamp's 'Genereate an HTML playlist' feature. I'll update it fairly frequently, after obtaining a significant number of new tracks.
Also, a stat update, now that the profiles are working again:
Also, a stat update, now that the profiles are working again:
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2004-10-08
Sunny came home to her favorite room; Sunny sat down in the kitchen
So Dragon's Lair last night was a blast. Sort of. Long story. I've got about half an hour before I have to leave for school, so I'm not really going to post everything - I'll do that later, possibly tonight.
Yes, Lilie and I hung out. It was fun. Then we hung out some more.
Then we're hanging out some more tonight.
Then I've discovered another torrent site, with music. So that's fun - I've got 11 downloads going right now, most of which should be done by the time I get home from, especially as bandwidth is freed up and allocated to the other ones. Now, as Plif once said, Bit Torrent may not be the end-all, be-all of p2p downloading, but it sure beats the living crap out of previous clients like Kazaa and eDonkey. Seriously.
Yes, Lilie and I hung out. It was fun. Then we hung out some more.
Then we're hanging out some more tonight.
Then I've discovered another torrent site, with music. So that's fun - I've got 11 downloads going right now, most of which should be done by the time I get home from, especially as bandwidth is freed up and allocated to the other ones. Now, as Plif once said, Bit Torrent may not be the end-all, be-all of p2p downloading, but it sure beats the living crap out of previous clients like Kazaa and eDonkey. Seriously.
2003-12-30
Went and played some DDR with Daniel earlier (finally!). It was fun. Le Fun got a 7th Mix. And we took some pictures. I definitely feel better - I haven't played for like two weeks (at least), so it felt good to get back in the swing of things, so to speak. I'm SO tired right now, though, and I don't know how much longer I'll be awake for. I've been dl'ing a ton of music - Stray Cats mainly, but I'm trying to round out my Sarina Paris collection. Stupid mistaged songs... argh.
I may leave for Galveston tomorrow (Tuesday); not sure - I need to talk to Edward, and see when i wake up tomorrow. I'm not sure about going, though - Chris is having... a small problem, and I don't want to intrude or be a bother. But I do want to see Suzie SO bad.
I may leave for Galveston tomorrow (Tuesday); not sure - I need to talk to Edward, and see when i wake up tomorrow. I'm not sure about going, though - Chris is having... a small problem, and I don't want to intrude or be a bother. But I do want to see Suzie SO bad.
2003-12-08
I'm happy.
Well, for the most part.
The good: I've been in a music downloading mood lately. Not sure why. I've mainly been going for dance and techno mixes. Fun stuff. I don't work 'til Thursday, and with classes done, I have three days of complete and total freedom. I need to try to get a hold of Suzie... that'd be awesome. Katie messaage'd me earlier, which was pretty neat (she was thanking for me for taking her shift). Met a new guy, Cullen, playing DDR; he's gonna play D&D with us.
The Bad: Haven't seen Suzie since Thursday. Not sure of the next time I'll see her... but I have faith. Not in general; just in her. But we are reaching two months, which is sort of a danger zone for me - Kenni, Shayna, Terri, and I think one more broke up with me at two months. Not that I think she will - things (as far as I know) are going great! I'm starting to feel really secure in the relationship, especially with the letters she gave me Thursday. I really, really care for her - definitely gettin' attached. (I think I've moved off of the "Bad" section, and am officially on a tangent. I think I'll start a new paragraph).
Current Music: Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home"
Diversions is going out of business; that suXors. The only good thing is they're having mad sales, so I can pick up some cool stuff (well, so is the antique store; they have some cool swords and other stuff).
Sights and Sounds was this weekend; I would have really loved to take Suzie - the two of us, walking in the cool night air, amidst all the lights... I mean, neither of us is Christian, but I think it would have been pretty cool anyway. Maybe next year...? We'll see...
Joe Ely; "Run Preciosa"
Worked a fair amount this weekend - Friday night 6 - C, Saturday 5 - 8, and today 11 - 10. I was only scheduled 11 - 5, but Katie asked me if I could take her 5 - 10 fountain shift, and since I wasn't able to see Suzie anyway, I figured why not.
So yeah... Suzie left her yellow Old Navy shirt here. It smells like her :)
Well, for the most part.
The good: I've been in a music downloading mood lately. Not sure why. I've mainly been going for dance and techno mixes. Fun stuff. I don't work 'til Thursday, and with classes done, I have three days of complete and total freedom. I need to try to get a hold of Suzie... that'd be awesome. Katie messaage'd me earlier, which was pretty neat (she was thanking for me for taking her shift). Met a new guy, Cullen, playing DDR; he's gonna play D&D with us.
The Bad: Haven't seen Suzie since Thursday. Not sure of the next time I'll see her... but I have faith. Not in general; just in her. But we are reaching two months, which is sort of a danger zone for me - Kenni, Shayna, Terri, and I think one more broke up with me at two months. Not that I think she will - things (as far as I know) are going great! I'm starting to feel really secure in the relationship, especially with the letters she gave me Thursday. I really, really care for her - definitely gettin' attached. (I think I've moved off of the "Bad" section, and am officially on a tangent. I think I'll start a new paragraph).
Current Music: Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home"
Diversions is going out of business; that suXors. The only good thing is they're having mad sales, so I can pick up some cool stuff (well, so is the antique store; they have some cool swords and other stuff).
Sights and Sounds was this weekend; I would have really loved to take Suzie - the two of us, walking in the cool night air, amidst all the lights... I mean, neither of us is Christian, but I think it would have been pretty cool anyway. Maybe next year...? We'll see...
Joe Ely; "Run Preciosa"
Worked a fair amount this weekend - Friday night 6 - C, Saturday 5 - 8, and today 11 - 10. I was only scheduled 11 - 5, but Katie asked me if I could take her 5 - 10 fountain shift, and since I wasn't able to see Suzie anyway, I figured why not.
So yeah... Suzie left her yellow Old Navy shirt here. It smells like her :)
