1:4

So according to the above comic, I have a 1 in 4 shot of striking gold. This comic was drawn by NPC Comic. It's a very good comic about a gamer girl and her cats. I highly recommend it if you are in the mood for some lite reads.

Nokia N900

I'm in love! I don't know how I'll break the news to my iphone, we've already been together for over a year and a half. What do I say, " you treated me good, but I've found someone better!" hmmmmm... I'm gonna end up breaking her little CPU.

The Multitasking Generation

Recently a co-worker made a comment, that reminded me of an article I read close to a year ago. The subject of the article was that today's generation multitask way to much. Now growing up, I had always heard that being able to multitask was a great skill and very beneficial when one gets older. Well the article I read states that this generation multitasks way to much, and that our brains are being wired to be in a constant state of multitasking. Think about your typical teenager, or refer the picture I included with this post (taken off my desktop btw). Most teenagers are sitting on the computer, listening to music, loading music onto an ipod, talking on the cell phone, playing a game, looking at pics, looking at a social networking websites (facebook, etc.), all of this at the same time.

Doing a lot of things all at once while being on the computer may seem second nature, at least it does to me, but it's wiring our brains into a constant state of multitasking. Even when we aren't multitasking, we are expecting some kind of interruption, and unconsciously wait for it. The interruption can be a phone call, text msg, or an email. The problem with this, is that people lose the ability to focus on one task at a time, because we are too busy either working or looking for another task to do at the same time.

My generation is a part of this, I see it in friends, and in myself. Although I don't feel as negative about it, as the article did. I myself can be working on multiple things at once, and still stop every so often to check my phone, email, or facebook. It's a habit, and more so, a natural thing for me.

A lot of us study easier when we are listening to music. That's the only way I can study, if it's not their in the background, I can't concentrate.

There is really no solving this problem, if you want to call it a problem. I see it more as the way society is changing. It may be for both the better and the worse, but that is up to your own beliefs. I just wanted to share a little something that most of us do now, and that you may do yourself without even realizing it.

Paranormal Activity

Just last week I went and saw this movie with my brother, and it was totally awesome. I will actually be going to Davis today with my sister, to see it again. I did warn my sister it would scare her, but she still wants to see it.

Most of you have heard of this movie I'm sure. For those that haven't, imagine those ghost hunter tv shows, and kick it up a few notches. Basically the story goes that this girlfriend and boyfriend are living together, when strange things start to happen. The girlfriend admits to having had a ghost follow her around her whole life, since she was 8 years old. The boyfriend, a techphile, swears to find out what's going on. He buys an expensive camera to film the day and night happenings, with hopes to catch the "culprit" on camera.

The movie is very dry at first, and it's only about a quarter of the way in, that you start seeing anything substantial. In the meantime, the boyfriend keeps the movie going with his good humor.

This movie is in select theaters only and it's time out has actually been extended. Today was originally it's last day in the theaters. Paranormal activity had some very successful viral marketing. It had sat on a shelf already completed, since '06. It was originally intended as a straight to dvd film. A trial run was conducted, where the movie was played at 12 am, at select theaters. From there it was the fans demands and petitioning for the movie to play in their theaters, that the movie spread. This movie was made on a 10k dollar budget, and made in only 6 months in the directors home. Just goes to show how an original movie, with simple special effects, can still do very well.

I have had a couple of friends who said this movie was crap. Although, it seems like more love it, than hate it.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone. You'll either love it, or totally hate it. Just don't blame me if you can't sleep later that night. ;)

Kanon Wakeshima

My sister introduced me to this artist recently. She has a really unique sound. Besides her soothing voice, her songs are unique in that she incorporates her playing the chelo. If I were to compare this to an American band, I'd say Evanescence. They share the same kind of dark sounding orchestral kind of music. If you like Jrock, I highly recommend you take a listen.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Akiba proposes to Meril

Just finished this game last night! And have to say, the last 2 hours of that game were totally epic. Ended up staying up til 12:30 to finish it. Here is a clip from a scene last night that I thought was awesome.

This is Dave

Sharing with you all, thought this was funny.

Change to blogger posting

I just wanted to comment on something I've noticed in the last two posts. After you make a post, instead of blogger asking to send you back to the blog, it sends you to just that post. This is something that I really like, as I do a lot of editing in past posts that I use as pages.

Metal Gear Solid 4

Growing up, I was never a fan of the Medal Gear Solid series. They've always had very good reviews, but I was never a fan of sneaking around 24/7 through a video game. Now that I have a PS3, I was won over by the beauty and the outstanding reviews that is Medal Gear Solid 4.

My first impressions were wowww, how beautiful. The opening "commercials" were epic. Then my first intro mission, kind of cut short. I had to get used to the whole sneaking around gameplay, so the intro mission was a boring learning curve. Despite that, it didn't take long for me to get sucked in. This game has a lot of cut scenes, but I look forward to each one, as they all look stunning and progress the story very nicely. I'm totally hooked on this game and spent all weekend staying up til around 5 am playing it. I recommend this to anyone who owns a ps3, old fans and new. It's way cheap if you want to buy it, like 30 bucks.

Here is a tight ass scene from the game, where Raiden makes his first appearance to fight Vamp. This vid doesn't even do justice. It looked 100X better on my tv!

My Thoughts on Aion

Instead of going through a whole list of what I like and dislike, I thought I'd just link a convo that I had not to long ago for you to peruse. Now this isn't everything I'm sure, but it's all I could think of at the time of the convo.


15:31] Erica: hey
[15:31] Erica: what's up???
[15:32] chris: nada
[15:32] chris: u?
[15:32] Erica: just got your text
[15:32] chris: yeahhh
[15:32] chris: pvpve
[15:32] chris: ^_^
[15:32] chris: pretty tight
[15:33] chris: it's the type of dungeon found in aion
[15:33] chris: if u break it down.. it's pvp pve
[15:33] Erica: that's what i thought
[15:34] chris: meaning that as ur rushing down a tunnel to go fight a boss... u might have the other faction pop out of an adjacent tunnel going to the same boss
[15:34] Erica: hmmm
[15:34] chris: meaning u have to fight them
[15:34] chris: to get to the boss
[15:34] Erica: oh wow!
[15:34] chris: so ur fighting for control of a dungeon
[15:34] Erica: sounds crazy
[15:34] chris: hell yeah
[15:35] Erica: sounds cool
[15:35] Erica: adrenaline rush to the fullest
[15:36] Erica:
[15:36] chris: mmmhm
[15:36] chris: that's what I'm thinking
[15:36] chris: this is also a game that wants to keep things balanced
[15:36] chris: unlike our server per say
[15:36] chris: where the alliance out number us
[15:36] chris: so their is a fair chance
[15:36] chris: but i also read
[15:36] chris: that the comptuer controlled race
[15:36] chris: the baluar
[15:37] chris: will go mainly after the winning race
[15:37] chris: in fights
[15:37] chris: to help keep things even
[15:37] chris: o.O
[15:38] Erica: o....wow!
[15:38] Erica: and not WoW!
[15:38] chris: lol
[15:38] Erica: that sounds like a really gd idea
[15:38] chris: yeah
[15:38] chris: but I've found where I'm a little dissapointed
[15:38] chris: lol
[15:38] chris: finallyyy
[15:39] chris: other than mechanics
[15:39] chris: i want low level dungeons
[15:39] chris: with as long as it takes to level up
[15:39] chris: it would be nice to have a couple of basic dungeons at those levels
[15:39] chris: i mean shit
[15:39] chris: it took me two full days of playing just about all day
[15:39] chris: to hit hmmm
[15:39] chris: 14
[15:40] Erica: awww
[15:40] chris: that may mean learning some of what to do, but I'm a good leveler
[15:40] Erica: overall you say that you are a good leveler...
[15:40] Erica: so it would be nice to have something else for you to do
[15:41] Erica: other then just level
[15:41] chris: well no I'm just saying that I'm a good leveler
[15:41] chris: to show how slow leveling is
[15:41] chris: and how yes it would be ncie to have something break it up a bit
[15:42] chris: and not just a straight grind and quest to the top
[15:42] chris: granted, this is a korean game, and as we know, them koreans do nothing more than freaking grind and become uber great players
[15:42] Erica: yeah that's what i was saying....to give you a new challenge
[15:42] chris: butttt, it would still be a nice factor to have for those who would like it
[15:42] chris: just another selling point
[15:44] chris: yeah
[15:44] chris: they do have some challenges
[15:44] chris: i have encountered two world bosses
[15:44] chris: that i would like to take down
[15:45] chris: buttttt meh
[15:45] Erica: oh sweet
[15:45] chris: we have those in wow btw,
[15:45] chris: just somethign where u get a group of 2 or 3 ppl
[15:45] Erica: oh ;(
[15:45] chris: lol
[15:45] chris: it's typical mmo stuff
[15:45] Erica: so nothing new for you.
[15:45] chris: the world bosses
[15:45] chris: nahh
[15:46] chris: most of this stuff isn't new
[15:46] chris: but it has a lot of the better aspects of a lot of it
[15:46] Erica: sooo anything that you are really enjoying?
[15:47] chris: hmmm
[15:47] chris: it's beauty, haha
[15:47] Erica: agree
[15:47] chris: the fantasy setting, with a hint of the anime look
[15:47] chris: lol
[15:47] chris: tickles my fancy
[15:47] Erica: lol
[15:48] Erica: haha....when i did my paper for your hm where i imagine myself...it kinda looked like Aion!
[15:48] chris: haha
[15:48] Erica: *our not your
[15:48] chris: right
[15:48] Erica: yup in my floating cloud ....hehe
[15:49] chris: lol
[15:49] chris: satill haven't figured out how to do taht
[15:49] chris: oh you knwo what's cool too
[15:49] chris: for those who like to pvp
[15:49] chris: well one bad thing is that mostly u have to wait til lvl 25 for the brunt of it
[15:49] chris: but ok imagine honor in wow
[15:50] chris: u get honor for killing other faction players
[15:50] Erica: imagining
[15:50] chris: the more .. i forget the name.. say honor u get, the higher u can go in rank.
[15:50] chris: which btw, you can display ur rank next to ur character name
[15:50] chris: while u walk around.... for those ppl pvp oriented
[15:50] Erica: ok
[15:50] chris: buttt
[15:51] chris: it's also difficult for those at a higher rank to keep it
[15:51] Erica: hmmm
[15:51] chris: cuz when u die, you lose some points
[15:51] chris: so if ur a lower rank u lose a few
[15:51] Erica: awww....blows
[15:51] chris: but if ur a higher rank, and u die, u lose a shitload
[15:51] chris: well it puts importance on staying alive
[15:52] chris: also if u spend points on new gear, it is possible to lower a rank.. or ranks.
[15:52] chris: alsoooo
[15:52] chris: the highest rank
[15:52] chris: only one person can be that at a time
[15:52] Erica: oh..
[15:52] chris: oh and if u have that highest rank
[15:52] chris: u can't just camp and not fight anymore
[15:52] chris: in fear of losing it
[15:52] Erica: lol
[15:52] Erica: so me
[15:52] chris: cuz u have to fight to maintain ranks
[15:53] chris: if u stop fighting, u'll start losing ranks
[15:53] chris: so I like the system, u can be on top, but then again there's going to be some turnover among all of the ranks
[15:53] Erica: ok
[15:54] Erica: sounds like it's a way to keep it in "balance"
[15:54] Erica: i like that
[15:54] chris: yeah

Blood the Last Vampire!!

So guess what movie is coming to theaters, based off of an anime?...........................................................................if you said blood the last vampire, you are correct! Yes, ik the title of this thread gave it away, but who reads the title. So this movie is going to be kick ass! and that girl playing Saya is hotttttt. I don't care that she is covered in fake blood! Well hopefully on monday, I'll be blogging on my opinions of the movie.

until i go and see this movie, I'll be re watching the anime blood+ to make sure i haven't forgot to much.

Jay Chou

So I'm talking to this girl who's in my class, and she is into Jrock.. which is totally awesome! Well I was youtubing on my iphone on the way home to hear her fav. band Gakt, when I realised... hey! i like so much more than just Jrock. I ended up youtubing Jay Chou and listening to that omw home.. lol

OK, so yeah Jay Chou is one of those asian versions of boy bands where girls scream and coo all over him.. but I still like his music. I went through a whole Jay Chou phase in high school, and thanks to the internet, I knew what he was saying in his songs! Well I did a quick browse through youtube to find all my old fav. Jay Chou songs.. so go and check them out. My most fav. would be the first link.

A side note that most of you probably don't know...from what I have heard.. he mumbles while he sings. Hey don't shoot the messenger, that's just what I heard..but it still sounds good ;)



Ba, wo hui lai le

Jian Dan Ai

An Jing

Piao Yi

Fa Ru Xue

Ong Bak 2

Omfg! I had a good review for this movie, all the way up to the ending.. seriously. I guessed the twist it threw in, but damnnn, I was disspointed with the ending. I don't want to post any spoilers and ruin it for someone.

Even though I was dissapointed, I'd still recommend it to anyone who is interested. It is unrelated to the first Ong Bak, so your fine if you haven't seen it. The fighting scenes were pretty epic. There was one part where I was pretty much at the edge of my seat the whole time. I pulled out my headphones so my brother could see, and was like fuck this and put them back on to keep the epic feel lol.

For those that don't know his movies, Tony Jaa, has some kick ass movies. I think that so far, The Protector is my favorite, but all of his movies are really epic. Just think Jackie Chan meets Bruce Lee. Yup, Tony does all of the stunts in his movies.

Here's the trailer if your curious to see what I'm talking about.

Become a Street Fighter!

ok ok, so you don't really star in an upcoming street fighter movie or anything like that. Basically as a promo, you can upload a photo, and customise yourself as one of the street fighter main characters. male or female.

Taylo Swift and T-Pain - Thug Story

I'm going against what I've said before.. hopefully I'm not starting a trend of posting to many videos right on the front page.. XD

Well my thoughts on this... she's still hotttt! She aint to bad looking as a thug either ;)

Benefits of Technology

My idea for this post, came from a discussion that I had in class last night. Basically, my class was Speech 125 Business Communication. The main consensus that came out of our discussion was that technology is hindering everyones communicative abilities, and is ever increasing in the work force. A couple of similar, but different examples stated two friends who always texted each other non-stop, had difficulties speaking to one another face to face. I can understand why people can find fault in that, but I can argue as to why that is.

So why do the 2 text buddies have so much to talk about, but then lock up when meeting face to face. Well I bet that just like any good relationship or friendship, it takes time. At first both parties are nervous, and the more talkative one may engage the conversation. "But they talk so much when texting," you may say. Well all I have to say about that, is that they have the security of feeling anonymous with that person they are texting. You are more likely to divulge information, and even talk right off the bat, when you feel that the other person doesn't know you. Even over time, you put your own face or voice to the person you are texting. So when you meet this person in real life finally, it's like meeting a completely new person, even though you may already know a lot about them. It's like knowing 2 of the same person. If given time, they'll form a friendship face to face style, like everyone else out there.

So how about the benefits of technology. Technology fades the barriers of age, gender, and race. Take my game for example, we have many people in my guild from all over the world working together to accomplish certain tasks. When we meet in game for the first time, we don't judge each other by appearances, we judge each other by accomplishments. Someone may have a certain gear, which means they have made it through certain bosses or events. You also have titles given for certain accomplishments. There is no room to form an opinion about another player when you first meet them, based off of age, sex, or race. Your opinion is or factual, and not biased. We also have 17 year olds, and 50 year olds working harmoniously. When do you see that happening? This is because when you see that person, you see their name and not their age. That 17 yr and that 50 yr, could easily work together and lean on each other.

We are starting to see more female gamers, thankfully. I must admit that I'm guilty of searching out the character whose female voice belongs to. But even before you here the player speak, you see that persons character and that characters accomplishments. You also see how well they are performing. You can figure out that the person is actually a girl once you get to know them better. You just wont be able to attach negative connotations to them right off the bat.

What if you hate germans, and you have this one really good friend in game that you've never heard speak. He's german, but you've become such great friends, because you weren't allowed to kill the relationship right in the beginning.

So with this post I wanted to make a statement that technology allows for an equal ground for everyone, where you are judged on what you can do, and not who you are.

I would also like to note that this doesn't just apply to games, but to life and work as well. You may find that the person who has been very professional to you, is not who you imagined at all.

Instead of barring tech. I say people should embrace it, and grow as a whole. that sounded so hippie ish lol

Anime pic of the week!

So I've decided to post one good anime pic every friday. Some of you are probably rolling your eyes, but I'm always stumbling across really good anime pics that I like.


The one today, is one that I've had for a while now. I really like it cuz if you notice, he's working on an Rx-7 ^_^

I'm Such a Nerd

As some may now, I recently bought a new 32" tv. The specs on it aren't the greatest, but for the price and it being an hd tv, it was unbeatable.

Well no matter how much I can't get enough using it now, I'm ready for my next idea! I want to buy a dedicated desktop computer to be hooked up to the tv. Why wont I build it myself? Well I'll wait til later to build an uber kickass desktop. I've already seen the pre-made desktop that would be great, at best buy for 900 bucks. Can you image, just have a computer hooked to the tv as the central hub of my house network. I can access all the shared files off of all 5 or 6 computers in the house. That means I could stream all kinds of music, or downloaded movies. We are always watching movies on our laptops, why not give that up and watch it on the big screen! Plus, if I'm bored, I could just load up some WoW or other computer game. Most tv shows now are streamed for free online. So if I'm late to watch one, oh wells, I could log onto their website and watch it on the tv anyways. Now for a setup like this, the less cords the better. So it'll be controlled through a wireless keyboard and mouse. It'll also have a wireless card in it for the internet. Oh I also forgot to mention that if I dl some emulators and ROMS, you'll see me playing some old school nintendo or sega on the tv with wireless or wired, controllers!

Sighhh, it'll be a while though lol

Anime Fish

I thought this pic was cool, so I had to share it!

Anime Bed Sheets

So I found this image in google images, that links back to sanrio blogger. I have to say, I think these are actually a little cool. I wouldn't say I'm sexually interested in them at all, but more so that I'm an anime fan and that these are cute. They have full body length pillows, with images, as well. I wouldn't mind owning a pair of sheets like these, just to satisfy the anime fan in me. Although I don't think I'd put them on my bed, cuz at the same time this is something I look at and think that these would only be seen on a girls bed. I can't have that! haha