Carol Megamix *~* Flash Flash Revolution

This is sorta a test to for the youtube sharing feature. This is my vid of me playing FFR.

If you didn't know I post vids on youtube. Look me up!

Kanye West embraces anime

I'm sure a lot of you like Kanye West, and if you are one of these people you have probably seen his video for the song "Stronger." You probably like this very well produced video. I have to say, the video is very impressive. Further, if you are one of these people, I can bet that you probably hate all things anime. Dismissing it as a geeky hobby that you want nothing to do with.

Surprise! You actually like anime...sorta. How you ask? Kanye's "Stronger" video is based entirely off the anime feature film, "Akira," a brilliant anime made in 1988 which even today is still a benchmark of quality in the industry. Kanye's video on Youtube has generated nearly 18 million views, I wonder what the fraction of people who know what the video is inspired from is. I'm willing to guess it's not very large.

Take a look, first is his video, second is a video comparing his video with the movie.

Most people who play Guitar Hero are hypocrites

This pop culture mainstream phenomenon of a game series has polluted the gaming community with hypocrites. Casual gamers who don't deserve to play games because they only like these games that make them look "cool."

What do I mean? Well, these guys will never play any other game as much or passionately as they do guitar hero. Especially, they won't pick up another rhythm game, the very genre they claim to love by playing GH for hours on end. These guys need to fess up to their hypocrisy and realize that GH is not much different than any other rhythm game, such as, hmmmm, I don't know, Dance Dance Revolution. Yes, GH is just about the same as DDR. Think about it for a minute and tell name me the differences between the two franchises.

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Done? I can name three: GH uses a Guitar and DDR uses a dance pad, GH has one more button you need to press, GH has star power. Other than those, the gameplay is essentially the same, and I dare anyone to tell me different.

What's the point? I'm saying anyone who plays GH extensively who calls someone who plays DDR extensively a loser, no-life, geek is a big fat HYPOCRITE! when they are essentially the same game.

If your going to tell me, "No GH rocks 'cause of the guitar-- it's cooler than a dance pad!" Maybe, but take the peripherals out and what do you have? Just about the same game, and other rhythm games that don't incorporate peripherals are about the same too. Without the actual guitar GH isn't much different from the games Amplitude or Frequency, games that Harmonix, the creators behind the GH series, ALSO MADE!

Admit to your hypocrisy, pick up another rhythm game, or own at least six other games on the respective console you own a GH game on, then, and only then, you will be allowed to play GH without being glared at by me. (Not that it matters)

*END OF RANT*

The Online "Community"

They say after you've spent a good amount of time online, you start to lose faith in people. I have to unfortunately agree with this sentiment. One only needs to carouse any online message board to see obscene bigotry, vulgarity, idiocy, and the butchering of the English language that would make a English teacher cry at night. Adding to that , the online communities that make up the followings of online games like MMORPGs and other communities like Xbox Live. The latter being best described as a "bunch of blubbering dickheads."

I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. As we delve deeper into the age of information, we may lose all character.

Living life, a philosophy...

Even though this is a quote from "Van Wilder," which to some may take away from its validity, I believe it's a good mantra to live by:

"Don't take life too seriously, it could kill you."

Or something to that effect anyway. I personally take this approach to life. Going with the flow of where life takes you, not worrying about every little thing. Some (or perhaps most people that I've been around) don't even understand what this quote means. They go on worrying and stressing over everything, which to me, doesn't make much sense if one wants to be anywhere near happy.

If one goes about worrying about things, especially those things that are beyond one's control, than one is just stressing oneself out needlessly while one could be enjoying the experience or at least not worrying about something one can do little to change. People say that one needs goals, particularly lifetime goals if one is to go anywhere in life. I understand this, but we don't need ten goals, maybe one or two at the most.

You see what I'm saying? What's the point of worrying about everything, when all one is doing is stressing themselves out for no reason. If you are one of these people that does this, I recommend that you either try the Van Wilder philosophy for a while and see how it goes, or affirmatively try to change your life position instead of worrying about it.

Another quote that is somewhat similar is from my favorite show of all-time, "Cowboy Bebop." The main character lives by his own quote of "Whatever happens, happens." While this quote is a bit more reckless than the other one, it still is applicable to a lot of situations. Perhaps, not a starship firefight, but to other things that don't carry the risk of death.

Try it, and "Don't worry, be happy."

Empty Head...

I've thought of myself as a thinker. Someone who is constantly thinking. I take an analytical approach to just about everything. Thinking about all the "what if" situations about every little situation, I walk around in constant thought. A lot of times, I even think about whether other people think as much as I do, or if they are walking around with an empty head. I always end up saying that no one is quite like me, but then again that may be a bit egotistical of me.

It seems of late I haven't done as much of the deep thinking that I had engaged in. I really can't explain it. Have I lost myself in the monotony of my daily routine so much that I have lost my way. I definitely don't want to become one of the countless, mindless sheep running around without a thought or care.

If I lose myself, then I've lost everything.

Well...

I haven't made a new video in awhile, and I really want to. That's all I guess.