The Philomath


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• 21May 08

  Once upon a blog.

  Well, it's been a little while since my last blog, but not nearly so long as the gap between that blog and the one before, but a nice bit of time has it been. Still working at Tim Hortons, and for some odd reason.. WE SELL APPLES NOW!!?!?!? Just imagine this scenario:

  -"Hi there, I'd like a Large Double Double and a nutritious apple."

  Who wants an apple with their coffee? Sometimes two opposites work well, such as toast and chocolate sauce, but a coffee and an apple? Sure it's nutritious, but most people who enter Tim Hortons are after a coffee and donut!

  Anyhow, I've started completing graphics for Synergistic Studios, just as I said I was going to. I've so far gotten several sprites done, and I must admit that I am getting much better at making them!

  That's skill right there

  Lately, I've bought several movies, or else my parents have bought. THe most I can remember are Sweeny Todd, Virtuosity, Snatch, and Swordfish.

  Sweeny Todd is a very interesting movie starring Johnny Depp. He is the 'demon barber of Fleet Street.' When people come in for a shave, he kills them, and the lady he's living with (his wife IRL) turns them into meat pies. It's a very dark and gory movie.

  I couldn't understand the movie Snatch most of the time, since half of them had incomprehensible accents, but there was a very interesting plot underneath once you got past all the cursing.

  I really enjoyed Virtuosity, as any geek would. A crazy computer (actor from Gladiator) comes to life and Denzel Washington has to kill him. It is a really fun movie, and quite intriguing.

  I've seen Swordfish before on the television, and it's quite spectacular. It's also one of a geek's favourites (main character is the Wolverine from X-Men and is a world-****hacker).

  Beyond movies, I'm still playing The Witcher and Team Fortress 2. The Witcher is proving to be a VERY long game (which is a good thing), and Team Fortress 2 always gives some sweet action. In fact, I'm getting a whiff of rocket-jumping-addiction madness coming... must play!!!! Now excuse me as I end this blog early.

  -Carna mi Fin-nor

  • Posted May 21, 2008 8:20 pm PT
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• 22Apr 08

  I know you've all missed me.

  Well, it has been approximately two months minus one day since my last blog. But does that mean I haven't been paying attention to GameSpot!!????! Yes... that's exactly what it means. NOW!!! Prepare for a long blog!

  Although I've been virtual inactive for the past two months (actually more than that), I feel like it's about time to rejoin all of you on GS, and all the other websites I've been missing out on.

  As for a quick refreshment of what's happening IRL, I got a job in March at Tim Hortons!!!! Sadly, we ran out of Roll Up the Rim cups last week..

  

  Since I've left you, I've gotten two new games, (other than the orange box which I talked about two months ago, and I still love Team Fortress 2).

  I bought 'The Witcher.' It is a very... interesting.. game that seems to have a story nearly solely devoted to copulating with the opposite sex.

  I've also finally brought myself around to buying the original Starcraft (BattleChest), of which I haven't beaten, but is still wicked fun (graphics aren't the greatest since the game is a bit older, but they still beat games such as RuneScape).

  As for books, I have read ALOT... I have read... let me think.. about a dozen books, all written by the greatest author ever; Piers Anthony. I am currently on 'Vision of Tarot,' by Piers Anthony, which is the second book in the Tarot triligy.

  As of television and music, I have fallen in love with the movie 'Across the Universe,' which is an interesting musical. I normally dislike musicals, but every song in this movie is done by the Beatles, and the plot is based off the songs also. I was slightly disappointed when they didn't play the 'Yellow Submarine' song though. In addition to watching that movie, I've also gotten 'V for Vendetta,' which is a very entertaining (and worth getting) action/mystery movie written by the same writers of the Matrix. I've also gotten a few others, but none worth noting, since they weren't very good... (don't buy 'Unbreakable,' it's nice to see once, but dull to watch again).

  At school, everything's going fine. In InfoTech, I successfully completed a game of normal pong with java, along with a game of four-way pong (up to four players, it's pretty sweet). But then, last Thursday, someone had come into the computer lab and had stolen two computers, one of them my own. All my sweet programming gone!!! Nonetheless, the teacher had seen what I had done, I had learned alot, so it's no biggy. But who in their right mind would steal a Mac!??

  In Planning, we're in the 'Health' portion now, and I got really cocky on one question. It was roughly; 'What is the worst thing that you could imagine that could happen if you were in a car crash?' My friend answered 'Paralyzed.' I however wrote something entirely different, and I'll tyr to write it here, although it's hard to explain in writing:

  'According to Murphy's Law; The worst thing that could happen, would happen, so obviously I'd expect the worst. However, whenever you think something can't get worse, it does! So it would be futile to expect that whatever I could imagine would be the worst, because there would surely be something worst than that worst! So, in order to reduce the worst that would happen to me in a car accident, my chances would be better if I were not to think of the worst, because the worst does not have to be that much worst!'

  I'm sure most people understood the start, but then my logic seems to become only fit for my own individaul mind, which was, and is still, completely haywire off of caffeine.

  In Science **** I am currently at 95%, not my best, but a decent mark We are currently on Biology, one of the lamest subjects. We've already finished chemistry, and next we will be into physics, the greatest! Then Earth Science... (ew)

  As for math... wow, I have one of the stupid ****s. About half my ****has dropped the **** I am the only one with an A, actually, the only one above 75%!!!! Most of the time, we have an average of 7 kids in the ****!!!

  Last weekend, I was out in the bush for cadets, and I got a horrible cold. Not a single one of us had showed up to school yesterday.... that's horrifically sad.

  As for online, as I've said, I haven't been on for a while, and I am planning to get back into the forums, and back into Synergistic Studios. I sadly won't have any graphics done for the end of this month, but I plan to pull some graphics together for the following month.

  There is very little else I can think of right now, other than the fact that I fell in love with French Vanilla Cappucinos today...

  Well, ciao all! I hope to see you around DeviantArt, GS, and SS!!

  -Carna mi Fin-nor, --------------- The cake is a lie...

  • Posted Apr 22, 2008 4:32 pm PT
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• 23Feb 08

  Another one of those 'I've been gone, but not really gone' blogs

  Last week I bought Half Life 2: The Orange Box, and I have been gaming on it ever since! Sorry to all who have missed me, since I've commented on barely anyone's blogs for the last who-knows-how-long. Everyday though, I do go visit the only two unions I ever visit anymore; Liquid Designs and Game Development Union.

  However, I must admit the following; Portal is AWESOME!!!!! Half Life 2 is verrrrryyyyy loooonnnngggg, while the expansions aren't. And I pwn with the sniper in Team Fortress 2!

  Portal took me about 2 hours, Half life 2 took 11 hours, Episode 1 took me 2 hours, and Episode 2 has so far taken me 3 hours (I can't beat the last chapter!!!)

  Now, I gtg because deep inside me I can feel a rumbling hunger for food and some more TF2 action!

  And remember! The cake is a lie.

  • Posted Feb 23, 2008 9:31 am PT
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