Sunday, April 10, 2005

Mm... today was nice. For once in a very long time, I actually did no work today. I saw Vin Diesel's latest movie, took a much needed nap, caught up on the news, and even saw a bunch of scary-ass shows on super volcanoes. Yes... this means that I've finally broken my New Year's resolution of doing a mildly important task every single day. Although considering how many all-nighters I've been pulling lately, working on various projects, articles, and whatnot, perhaps taking a break and recharging my cells should count as mildly important. I mean, it's difficult to work when you're running on empty, ya'know? Though technically, I did do work today since I finished writing that one article around 2am. But I like to count my days from when ya wake up to when you go to sleep; instead of that lame '12am = new day' crap. So in theory it shouldn't count. But more importantly, why am I spending so much time thinking about these pointless little details? Do I not realize that I'm living in a death trap? The volcanoes... the volcanoes! >.< Feh... I need to move.

Also, Revelations premieres this Wednesday. I ♥ Bill Pullman and his new show, but NBC is crazy for having it run against Alias. Well, at least they knew better than to pit it against Lost. That'd just be tv suicide.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Happy Easter everyone! ^_^

Monday, March 21, 2005

I... have nothing of interest to say. Really! Nothing. Except that I've been wanting to fight Thardus from Metroid Prime lately. Y'know, that giant rock creature thing? Yeah. I'm not sure why, maybe I've been listening to the Phendrana Drifts mp3 too much. But like I said, not that interesting. But since I'm here, and while I'm waiting for Medium to start, I might as well post my To Do list. Maybe having it here will pressure me into actually doing some of the things on it. Maybe.

Jade's To Do List

1. J*I: Finish COTM chapter 4
2. MG: Write Dragon Scale fic
3. DH: Take ep4 & ep5 screenshots
4. DH: Process and upload ep2 screenshots
5. PA: Finish new layout
6. G: Needs new content
7. J*I: Write LM chapter 6
8. DH: Figure out cgi poll code crap
9. Finish Metroid Prime 2
10. Finish translating Kaze Hikaru manga
11. Get a life (Ha! Like that'll happen)

There's a lot more, but that's just most of the bigger projects I'm sorta kinda working on. I bet if I added "play Metroid Prime again" to the list, it'd be the first thing I would do. -_-; Maybe I should make a new list of things that would make me "socially acceptable" to my relatives. .... I think I'll fight that Thardus thing instead. See ya.

Saturday, March 19, 2005

*yawn* Finally finished the Avatar personality quiz I was making, so I figured I might as well post my results here. I'm proud of how the graphics came out (although writing the messages took much longer than I expected), but I think the quiz questions might need some tweaking. Whatever, that's for another day. Anyway, on with my results! ^_^

Which Avatar Character are You?
Find out @ Distant Horizon.

....A perfect match, if I do say so myself. Although is it considered cheating since I made the quiz and all? Oh well. If you take the quiz, would you let me know if it's right on or way off? That would be super awesome of you. Super Awesome! ^_^;

Saturday, March 12, 2005

It has been raining here ALL DAY. Nothing like the big storm from last year, but still, it's pretty nice. The air had been really weird for the past few days. Y'know that strange feeling you get when you start to sneeze, and you want to sneeze, but then you just stop? That's what the sky's been like. Just... really wierd. So I'm glad the clouds finally sneezed. ...Ew, bad analogy. ^^;

Anyway, things have been going well. I'm glad Distant Horizon is doing good too; it's funny to think that I almost didn't launch it just because I was older than the target audience. XD But I see now that that doesn't really matter, plus, it's not like I'm the only older person watching it. So, that's comforting. However the real challenge will be how well I can juggle all of my sites + normal life stuff. I... sense disaster. ^^; But you never know. I mean, if I was able to kick my lazy habit, maybe there's hope for multi-tasking as well. Maybe.

Sunday, March 6, 2005

So.... this is what "regret" feels like. Hollow, frustrated, angry, and devastated all rolled into this nice little package that sits like a boulder in the middle of your soul. Interesting. I shall remember for future reference to avoid this emotion at all costs. Because it sucks. It really does. But then again, so does the thing that I am regretting.

Well, not really. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, this is like a tiny little speck of dust that I'll forget about in a month or so. But for right now, it sucks. Big time. I could have done better... so much better than what I did. Or, didn't do. I kept telling myself that I didn't care anymore, but for this immense feeling of regret to appear so suddenly, I guess it's clear that I do still care. Which is a bit of a problem. For now, I guess. Already I'm starting to get over it. Maybe I just have a short attention span. ^-^; Either way, here was my dramatic introspective moment of the week. Hurrah. And no, I'm not going to divulge what my regret is. It ruins the mysterious-ness of it all. =P

Friday, March 4, 2005

Well, here's something I bet you weren't expecting. After a full year (plus nine days), I finally made a new layout for Musogato.com. I rather like it; it's simple, but pretty. Lots of dull greens and blues... very calming. I'm glad I went with this idea instead, say, sushi on a plate. ^^; Yeah, that's what the original new layout was suppose to look like. I guess I was really hungry when I came up with that one. ^^; But I couldn't get motivated enough to actually make it, so I never did. And I'm glad, 'cause I like this layout a lot better. ^_^

In other strange news, my sites seem to have been abandoned by the search engines. Unless directly looking for Musogato, most of my sites don't show up when searching for related content. Which spells major trouble for my new Avatar: The Last Airbender fansite. I mean, how are people going to visit it if they can't find it, y'know? They were listed and working fine yesterday afternoon, but today they're just... gone. Very strange indeed.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Murr... it's March already? What happened? Oh, right, short month. Well, so much for getting out those two story chapters this month, even though that was my main goal for February. -_-; At least I updated Guardian on time. Although the reason I didn't finish the chapters was because mid-month I became insanely obsessed with starting this new fansite, and was out collecting info, making layouts, and writing pages. Then comes Feb. 21st, and I completely abandon that project to start another new fansite. Which I finished, and uploaded yesterday. It's called Distant Horizon and it's dedicated to Avatar: The Last Airbender. Hasn't appeared on Google yet, but hopefully it will soon. If my theory is correct, this is the first unofficial shrine to the show on the net. Which would be awesome. ^_^ Yes... I am pathetic. But who cares! This is fun. And since this won't last forever, I may as well enjoy it while I can. Unless I can get a job as a website designer/content filler or something. Then I'd get paid to have fun. Mwahaha... ^_^

Thursday, February 17, 2005

....Well, that was the biggest little drama I've ever had that ended so quickly. I take back what I said yesterday; I have awesome timing. Or, better to say, everything has awesome timing. Because everything is constantly in motion, and inter-connected and happening for a reason.

What am I rambling on about and why haven't I eaten breakfast yet? Because dear readers, my site is back up! ^_^ Turns out that my site's plan was getting a major upgrade, but I wouldn't have found out if I hadn't almost run the bandwidth into the ground and investigated things. Now everything is peachy keen and I am in awe of the strings of fate which are so intricately placed. .....Dude, that could be a song lyric. ^_^

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Well, I did it. I took MG.com down. Scaryness. I should be able to put it back up in March when the bandwidth thing restarts, but still. Y'know, this is the first time in over three years that Musogato will be down for more than a few days? Ha ha, it kind of figures that when MG runs out of bandwidth I have all these things to update it with. I must have the worst timing. ^^; Wait... why am I cheery? Oh yeah, I got a purdy box o' chocolate in the mail today. ^_^ While I do dislike Valentine's Day, ya can't deny that getting chocolate rocks. I'm such a hypocrite, lol. Oh, that's right, I call it "conflicted". Does sound cooler, at any rate.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Crap. Crap crap crap crap crap crap. Of all the months to blow my bandwidth, this is totally not the month. I had things planned for this month! A birthday bash for Guardian, new chapters for my two stories, and the unveiling of a project I've been working on for the past... uh... two weeks. ^^; But what happens? I do something stupid. And now, I can't even update my site in fear I'll go over the limit. I shouldn't even be writing here. You! Stop reading! Leave the page! Don't come back till March. Hey! Don't visit that site! Scat!

-_-; To make it worse, I just finished a drawing I'm pretty proud of, and I can't even add it to my site. Although, you can see it here because DeviantART is thankfully not my server. And if/when I do finish those two new chapters, I could just upload them to FF.net instead of my site. So I guess not all is lost. But still, this sorta sucks.

Although when ya look at the big picture, my little dramas aren't really anything at all. I saw Grave of the Fireflies and Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday. Yeah. What's really tragic is that despite films like these and all the buzz they create, nothing really changed. -.- Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach. ....Which is probably why I worry more about my little dramas instead. Bandwidth loss I can handle, but the world falling apart? Excuse me while I bury my head in the sand. ._.

Sunday, February 6, 2005

Figured it was time for a new layout. I was hoping to bring news of a fanlisting for the pretty boy above, but unfortunately someone else beat me to the punch. -.- So I guess a layout featuring him would help curb my disapointment. I just hope whoever did get his fanlisting does it justice. He's more than just the comic relief, y'know? I hope they realize that. ....... I think I need a vacation. I'm actually starting to scare myself. ^^; April can't come soon enough.

So anyway, my new year's resolution is still going strong. I haven't missed a single day, can you believe it? This month I'm going to try write and upload a new chapter for my two current stories (because some super-cool people actually reviewed ^_^), and also get things ready for Guardian's first birthday. And maybe make some new layouts for my other sites. ....Although I still wish the Zelos fanlisting was one of them. ;_;