Sorry, asking this for a friend (for obvious reasons if you read on), not many details to be had.
mikeymoo says (12:43 PM): *how's your home internet? XXXX says (12:44 PM): *well its like so confusing *on how it works *I cant surf the net *like for more than a minute *then it dies *then I have to reset the connection *I can play poker fine *(as long as it lets me log on) *I can skype fine *I can play bw mikeymoo says (12:44 PM): *hahaha oh gawd XXXX says (12:44 PM): *but when I play BW on iccup *after 4-5 minutes into the game XXXX says (12:45 PM): *it says that I turn a hack on or something *and gives me auto loss *then when I leave the game *it drops me from b.net\ *but on regular b.net gateways I'm fine *It *It's really really weird XXXX says (12:46 PM): *so if you want to figure out the problem that'd be great * *I think it's gott-a have something to do with my IP *and ports being blocked *or something
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mikeymoo says (12:50 PM): *you're running wireless at home, right? XXXX says (12:50 PM): *yup mikeymoo says (12:50 PM): *what router? XXXX says (12:52 PM): *mmm I'm not sure *my ISP is comcast *its just some router they gave us *it says comcast on it *
Any ideas? He's not at home right now so he can't try any suggestions, but we were hoping that this might be a common problem.
I'm bored out of my skull, and have decided to post a blog, you lucky dogs, you.
Why am I bored, you ask? "It's 1am over in Edmonton, just go to sleep!" you may exclaim. Well, I would.
If it wasn't for this piece of shit homework due tomorrow... err, today. I'm pulling an all-nighter at the University, assuming that it's better than sleeping at the University. Why not go home? I missed the last LRT, because I lost track of time, because I've been doing my homework for so long.
Sighhhhhhhhh...
I feel like I need some more content here rather than a boring, unimaginative rant. Musically, I'm going to be pulling out some more songs and transcribed poems for you guys, and I know I've been promising this for a while, but both my mic and webcam are total shit. I'll be purchasing proper ones after finals are over. (About 3 weeks)
Other random things to type on about as I take my well deserved break:
Friends. Who are your true friends? How many true friends do you have? Personally, I can probably say I am truly mutual true friends with three people, not including immediate family. These are people that I would go out of my way or sacrifice something important for.
Relationships. Although girls are icky, I find myself lonely and looking for more. (I'm kidding about the ickiness, I'm not gay, thanks.) That said, I have to shamefully admit that I have no time to develop relationships. I would probably be able to sustain one, but as it stands, I simply do not have time to grow and nurture a caring environment for that special someone.
School. I think staying all night at the University for some petty homework shows my dedication (and perhaps lack of common sense). I hope to one day be a Professor, so I'm working hard towards my marks this term. Having gone through less than my share of bad professors (my fair share will come in a couple more years), I can honestly say that I would like to help society by educating University students properly. Two of my current profs read strictly out of the textbook, and it's irritating, to say the least.
Goals. I just want to live the best life I can- people tell me that my best years are already behind me
For those who read all that, sorry for wasting your time. If you'd like to share your own thoughts, please do so. I'd love to read them, and perhaps satisfy my boredom for the time being.
And I don't have a plunger. Coat hanger? Chopstick and throw it away? Use my hands and then wash them thoroughly? FUckkkkkkk. EDIT: I'll edit this later and make a more substantial blog. Ehhhh apparently there's some discussion to be had about this.
My 5000th post has been haunting me for a while. Granted, I've been away from the computer for some time, but I definitely had something in the works for this one. (No, this isn't it. Hence, "Ugh".)
You can scroll through some previous blogposts to see what I'm about, but in short- I like to sing.
I had a little stint a while back called "Write me a poem!" in which I'd improvise words and music to a poem that you wrote for me, anything goes. I'd like to revitalize that. I've unsuccessfully tried to revive it in the blogs, but alas, they get bumped too fast for those who don't know how to sort blogs by most recent post.
Depending on the type of input I get, this may or may not work.
Here's a quick rundown of what I need YOU to do:
-Write me a poem that is at least one paragraph. -Anything past 3 stanzas and I'd really like a chorus. Past songs have been choppy and weird because of a lack of chorus. -No excessive swearing. Just no. -PM me a copy of the song so I make sure I get it.
I'll provide links and stuff to previous posts, but I'm far too lazy and lethargic right now. I've had positive feedback for previous songs, and even a few requests, so I guess now that I'm on reading week, this is the time.
Things haven't been too great. Lost my girlfriend (mutually) and school has been handing my ass to me. I'm in my second year of Engineering Physics (thanks a LOT, Flaccid) and it's pretty rough. The workload is intense and the physics is somewhat confusing, but I'm making it through. I'm nowhere close to failing, but I want to keep my marks up, as my goal is to get a PhD a little later down the road. I've sadly found less and less time for music as the months pass on- something I really hope doesn't stay this way. I'm going to take a couple music classes over the summer, as well as a Mandarin class to re-learn my mother tongue. I lost Mandarin a very long time ago, and I wish to regain it. I've been hearing great reviews for Rosetta Stone, but I'm going to do a little more research before I commit to anything. I've picked up the guitar again. I like in an apartment suite, and the drumkit isn't the best instrument to practice. So now I'm back to piano, voice, and guitar. My band broke up and is in a really weird situation, the short story being lead-singer-broke-up-with-backup-but-not-really-etc-etc. I just woke up, so none of these thought are in any order.
Thanks for reading. When the hell are we going to get a preview post for blogs?
xmas is so lame here. Every year my mom will preface her statement by explaining that she's not born in North America and therefore not good at buying presents (wtf #1) and then says something lame like "we raised you and paid for your shelter/food for the last 18 years that's good enough right? (wtf #2). Same shit happens for my birthday too (wtf #3), which tilts me a little because I never get anything for putting up with the shit she gives me (not physical shit, shit like yelling at me and whatever). I won't lie, I get a little jealous this year because I always see all these awesome presents everyone else gets and how thoughtful their gifts are and how thoughtful they are when buying gifts. It makes me a little sad, to be honest.
It's still not Christmas here. But it's not like any other day at my house, so whatever.
I like having blogs with more content, but I just can't pull myself to it today. As many have pointed out, Christmas is most definitely not about the presents, but the whole atmosphere of being together and happy makes be sad, because it's not the case at my house.
Upon further reflection, maybe it's because my father won't be here this Christmas. He's currently en route to Malaysia to see my sick grandmother. She is diabetic and anemic, and most recently she was diagnosed with cancer. I don't get along with my mother very well, and dealing with post-wisdom teeth has been hell for the last week or so. (She's the only one in the house apart from me.)
My sister and her boyfriend will be here in about 12 hours, so that's an upside. I haven't seen them in months, although we all live away from home in the same city.
Anyway, don't let me get you down, have a very merry Christmas!
The quality, sound, video editing, is really bad. I know. The harmonies were made up on the fly, which made things awful. But I'm posting because I need feedback. Anyone know a program that will let me do this a lot better than WMM? WMM effs up because it can only have two videos overlaid, and only two audios. And that makes things shit with 4 parts.
Don't comment on the singing. I know it's terrible. And turn your speakers (DOWN)edit. Soooo many excuses. Again, this is more about me finding out what video editing software would be good. And I'm getting a headset in the future to go with the cam. Mike
I'm giving out new copies of my CD that I promised months ago. Check your pm's to see if you got one from me. Congrats to gg_hertzz and Falcynn for winning my competition from a bit back. It was to guess a bunch of personal stats about me. Falcynn: + Show Spoiler +
1. Favourite colour? Blue rhymes with moo so I'll go with that.
2. What instrument(s) do I play? (3 instruments) Piano, Guitar, and voice? (if that last one doesn't count then I'll go with bass guitar)
3. Height? 6'0 ?
4. Weight? 150 lbs ? (68 kg)
5. Marital status? single?
6. What board game am I nationally rated in? chess?
7. Favourite high school subject? (Yeah I'm in university.) music?
8. Vocal range? (High Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass I, Bass II) I dunno much about ranges, but I'm just going to guess you're a tenor since you sound slightly higher than my friend who claims to be a baritone.
1. Favourite colour? blue? 2. What instrument(s) do I play? (3 instruments) keyboard 3. Height? 5'9" 4. Weight?138 lbs 5. Marital status? single 6. What board game am I nationally rated in? chess 7. Favourite high school subject? (Yeah I'm in university.) art 8. Vocal range? (High Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass I, Bass II) high tenor 9. What am I majoring in? computer science 10. Pick a number between 1 and 100. 17
I'm also debating sending hard copies to people.
This blog will be bumped around every 2-3 days until I turn 18.
Good luck guessing!
Answers: Blue. Piano Voice Drums (Guitar, not as much though.) 5'8" 135lb give or take Single Scrabble Musical Theatre BASS FREAKING TWO. WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK I'M A TENOR? Engineering Physics.
So I've got a few more PM's to send, shoutout to OvertheUnder for reminding me. And I'll be recording another singing thing once my roommates are out of the house (singing about starcraft... just kinda awkward with them there). I'm also trying to do this cool multitrack thing where I sing 5 parts of a song I've arranged. No doubt it will be very cool.
If I promised you a CD and haven't PM'ed you, PM me! And, as always, write me some material to work with! For those who don't know what I'm talking about, search "Write me a poem" and check my thread out (evan's thread too while you're at it).
I've got some studying to do, but hopefully I'll be able to get some fun musical TL stuff out within the week.
The beds are made, the welcoming party is prepared, and my mind is empty- ready to be demolished by a wave of information and foreign professors.
The room is moderately clean, with the out-of-tune acoustic guitar leaning against the wall. The piano is socketed, in favour of the television that gives me tat unforgiving look.
Both fans are on. It's way too freaking hot in here.
Above the working desk, a poster brightens the atmosphere. "Birds are Weird", it proclaims.
The Pac-man plushes sit on the couch, with an ever silent "wakawakawakawakawakawaka". The Tetromino fridge magnets hold my bills, receipts, and notes.
The poker table, 4 foot by 8, sits lonely against the wall opposite the TV. It won't be seeing much use this year. 14 courses. Hooray!
A continually growing pile of iced tea and coke cans stand by the fridge. It's actually pretty gross.
My roommate Raymond sits beside me. He's playing Runescape. Old habits die hard.
The kitchen is clean, and the living room is vacuumed and swept.
Less than 22 hours until school starts.
Videos and pictures to come. I'm going to start doing songs again.
Before I start, I'd like to mention that yeah my 3rd CD is done, and I'll be sending out copies to whoever won my previous contests by the end of September. Sorry, but I'm really busy.
I'll also mention that I accept PayPal if anybody else wants one (mods are free to delete this shameless plug).
Anyway. This is entitled "bigger or better". Why? It's a game that I play with my friends. In fact, it's the game that inspired this: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
In gameplay, teams go out for a predetermined amount of time (usually around 2 hours for us) and solicit doors with one purpose: trading various items to them. We start with a paperclip or toothpick, and run a script similar to this:
"Hi, we're playing a game called Bigger or Better. I was wondering if you had anything bigger or better than this [item] to trade me. There's a group headed the other way, and we'd like to annihilate them (that's a personal touch).
Most people will give you something better, just refuse "bigger" items like cardboard boxes, etc. It's really all about value.
With that backstory, this is what my rant is about.
FUCK big items.
We played last week on Sunday and for the 2nd time in my soliciting career, we got a couch.
Fuck.
That thing was a bitch to move last time, even though I got good mileage out of it when I moved out. Still using that TV, too. And the coffee table, and the painting... As you might guess, after 2 hours of work you get plenty of nifty things.
But fuck couches.
One time we got this massive computer desk. That's fine. My friend is using it right now. It's better than the damn gardening urn we traded for it.
So back to this couch. Here we are, at 20St. and 24Ave. NW, wondering how the hell we're going to move this thing. The closest person that can store the couch lives 15 minutes by car, and we don't have anything like that to transport it. All we have access to is one dolly. Fuuuuuck my life.
Being the only person that can drive, I took the loveseat to a friend's house... hope he doesn't mind lol. The guy who needs the couch is moving in tomorrow, so it's been in the guy's backyard for days (don't worry, he's on vacay right now). Oh yeah. That's right. Forgot to mention we got a loveseat. Ha. But that's fine, because IT FIT IN MY CAR.
So as I'm transporting this over, the other three guys are moving this damn couch down the avenue. Destination? Around 1st and 12Av. Shit son. And it's one of the really hilly parts of Calgary, too. Then.
It rains. and it hails. Fuuuuuuuuckkkkk....
Turns out the only way to push the dolly properly is to have one person sitting on the side of the couch. Otherwise the weight throws it off.
So we're going down a busy road (14St NW for those calgarians) with this damn couch that veers all over the place. Great. But we need to get this thing SOMEWHERE now we're halfway, right?
So we finally push the damn thing uphill, so it should all be smooth sailing from here, as long as we're careful. We're not dripping wet, but we're kind of cold at this point.
And when we reach the hill... an angel appears. And thus he spoke out of his U-haul truck. "Need a lift?" FUCK YES. "Anything for a free couch, eh? Hop in."
We're playing this Saturday for those in Calgary who are interested. Just shoot me a PM.
And anybody who hasn't played this before, I suggest you try it out. It can be uncomfortable at first, but it's a hell of a time. In fact, if anybody plays, blog it, post a pic of what you got, and PM me. "Best" item gets a free CD, k?
And for those who are wondering...
Toothpick Pencil Candles Mexican mask souvenir thing Carving Set Couch
(and lots of freebies on the way. Most people don't want your shit.)
And last time it was
Toothpick Pen Small sled Two fire extinguishers TV + Couch.
Saturday's game will have a blog fully loaded with pics.
