I will likely publish several videos in June and July of this year, 2012.
Before that, I will be less likely to publish any videos because I will be focusing on prerequisites to this video-publishing stuff.
However, this may be totally inaccurate.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
My Number Was 888
...so, in totally mundane news....
Yesterday, I went to a government office, and had to take a number. The idea being that I would have to wait for it to be called. In actuality, the taking of the number was just a waste of paper, because the guards explained as they saw my puzzlement, I was ushered straight in... the number was already up.
My number was 888, actually, and if you know anything about either Kaballah (actually, I have to check on that) or the Terminator Canon (i.e. the two movies, Terminator and Terminator 2), you know that that is a kick-ass number.
Anyhow, at the time, I hardly noticed... but after getting home, during my cool-down period (outside was bright and hot... mid-day sun in tropical, always-sunny Barbados), I thought about the multitude of adventures that I had, and resolved to blog about, at the very least, that one.
And now... I shall lay me down to bed.
P.S. I finally realized why no-one ever comments on my blogs: I have the comments set to auto-screen, so... it is only by me checking for comments and publishing them that they will ever show up. Well, gives me an excuse to check the blog, I suppose, and prevents spam.
Yesterday, I went to a government office, and had to take a number. The idea being that I would have to wait for it to be called. In actuality, the taking of the number was just a waste of paper, because the guards explained as they saw my puzzlement, I was ushered straight in... the number was already up.
My number was 888, actually, and if you know anything about either Kaballah (actually, I have to check on that) or the Terminator Canon (i.e. the two movies, Terminator and Terminator 2), you know that that is a kick-ass number.
Anyhow, at the time, I hardly noticed... but after getting home, during my cool-down period (outside was bright and hot... mid-day sun in tropical, always-sunny Barbados), I thought about the multitude of adventures that I had, and resolved to blog about, at the very least, that one.
And now... I shall lay me down to bed.
P.S. I finally realized why no-one ever comments on my blogs: I have the comments set to auto-screen, so... it is only by me checking for comments and publishing them that they will ever show up. Well, gives me an excuse to check the blog, I suppose, and prevents spam.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Still Alive, Did Not Revive (Yet?)
I am still alive. (Although rumors have it that I am part vampire... 1/16th, to be exact... hence only 15/16th alive....)
As you can tell by now, I did not actually start making a lot of videos again, back in 2010, when I was thinking of revival.
Instead, I got a full-time "permanent" job which paid more than my occasional full-time data-entry type job... but was also even more consuming.
I still work there, for a few more days, but my physical health got worse in part due to the job, so I decided to resign.
I plan to talk a bit about it, since, you know, talking about yourself is what blogs / vlogs are for, but... after I finish my last two weeks of work and recover enough to concentrate on the level that producing high-quality work requires.
So, hopefully I will post again before another two years go by.
As you can tell by now, I did not actually start making a lot of videos again, back in 2010, when I was thinking of revival.
Instead, I got a full-time "permanent" job which paid more than my occasional full-time data-entry type job... but was also even more consuming.
I still work there, for a few more days, but my physical health got worse in part due to the job, so I decided to resign.
I plan to talk a bit about it, since, you know, talking about yourself is what blogs / vlogs are for, but... after I finish my last two weeks of work and recover enough to concentrate on the level that producing high-quality work requires.
So, hopefully I will post again before another two years go by.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Revival?
Since Google owns YouTube, Blogger, and Google Mail... and has them well integrated, it is a bit easier for me to post here than on LiveJournal or elsewhere.
However, I will likely only use this blog to post information on videos and to promote stuff, if you really want to form a friendship or a casual online acquaintance or something (buddy-ship?), you can reach me easier via PM on YouTube or LiveJournal.
Now that that is out of the way, I have plans that are too big for my current ability, so, I'll be upgrading over the next few months. Hopefully it will take less time than I expect, for me to be making videos with consistent frequency.
Meanwhile, I have just over 400 videos on my youtube account right now. I'd like to talk a bit about the whole YouTube thing... on the one hand, it is a great invention, and it still remains one of the best sites for a combination of posting videos, receiving and moderating feedback, and linking into offsite stuff.
For people who are eligible (I'm not, by nationality), being a youtube partner also brings financial perks... enough that some people can make it into a second or part-time job.
However, for me, it was always a random, "do whatever" thing... but it turns out that my brand of "whatever" was actually above some of the semi-professional stuff out there. This is due to my intense training forworld domination self liberation....
The whole "being on YouTube" experience helped to boost my confidence, and also, I learned a lot, not only from my own interaction with visitors to my channel, people who leave comments and send PMs and such, some of whom became good friends, but also, from watching some of the more educational videos on the site.
Jimmyrcom, Keyeske, Bipolar or Waking Up, and others have helped me to develop my thinking process a lot, and inspired me to also think of ways in which I can help others with true edutainment (entertaining education). Sadly, I don't think I'm capable of doing anything close to their high level of education, just yet...
LPers like HCBaily, Valis77, LuccaRPG, and many others have also been an inspiration, esp. as they make me feel more at home. Although they vary in the amount of planning and organization that they use, they all love playing games for the sake of the experience, and that is something that I previously felt alone in.
It seems that as time goes on, the vast difference between people with taste who make conscious choices, and people who do things solely out of peer pressure, common conformance, and so on, becomes more and more clear.
In fact, it is hard not to get caught up in a rush to be just like everyone else.
Despite my focus on the Persona series, I am actually, less interested in gaming and more interested in personal development (back to self liberation again). Society and Economy are both forces that put restrictions on individuals, but even after you overcome some of the external restrictions, the internal ones remain, and can lie dormant, sapping strength and destroying potential for progress, growth, and success.
The Persona series is generally, a more "realistic" series in terms of setting and the challenge faced. There is constant pressure to pay attention to what you want, and how to get it, whilst balancing a myriad of positions within several systems. More realistic than the "save the world" mythos common in the other big two series (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy).
For example, in Revelations: Persona (aka P1), you have to manage your Spell Card inventory whilst also planning your excursions into battle zones carefully. It can be 3-4 hours between save points, and it really bites to lose all of the work you put in during a random battle, because you weren't properly prepared.
Persona 3 and 4 make "life lessons", i.e. philosophies that can be applied in the real world, much more explicit, with their emphasis on Social Links and their deeper development of even causal NPCs (for example, the shop-keepers who talk about things from their own perspective).
I never played the cellphone game (or games?), and prob. never will, so I can't comment on them... but Persona 2 was basically messed up. Innocent Sin may be the better half of the series, but I haven't played it all yet, only a dozen hours or so... and Eternal Punishment failed to keep my interest, due to its inane Tarot Card system, which is inferior to both Spell Cards/Negotiation and Shuffle Time (although I hate Shuffle Time, the Compendium makes up for it to a degree).
Well, that's all for now. When I have more solid plans, I may announce them.
Overall, though, this will be the year that my awesomeness begins to multiply.
However, I will likely only use this blog to post information on videos and to promote stuff, if you really want to form a friendship or a casual online acquaintance or something (buddy-ship?), you can reach me easier via PM on YouTube or LiveJournal.
Now that that is out of the way, I have plans that are too big for my current ability, so, I'll be upgrading over the next few months. Hopefully it will take less time than I expect, for me to be making videos with consistent frequency.
Meanwhile, I have just over 400 videos on my youtube account right now. I'd like to talk a bit about the whole YouTube thing... on the one hand, it is a great invention, and it still remains one of the best sites for a combination of posting videos, receiving and moderating feedback, and linking into offsite stuff.
For people who are eligible (I'm not, by nationality), being a youtube partner also brings financial perks... enough that some people can make it into a second or part-time job.
However, for me, it was always a random, "do whatever" thing... but it turns out that my brand of "whatever" was actually above some of the semi-professional stuff out there. This is due to my intense training for
The whole "being on YouTube" experience helped to boost my confidence, and also, I learned a lot, not only from my own interaction with visitors to my channel, people who leave comments and send PMs and such, some of whom became good friends, but also, from watching some of the more educational videos on the site.
Jimmyrcom, Keyeske, Bipolar or Waking Up, and others have helped me to develop my thinking process a lot, and inspired me to also think of ways in which I can help others with true edutainment (entertaining education). Sadly, I don't think I'm capable of doing anything close to their high level of education, just yet...
LPers like HCBaily, Valis77, LuccaRPG, and many others have also been an inspiration, esp. as they make me feel more at home. Although they vary in the amount of planning and organization that they use, they all love playing games for the sake of the experience, and that is something that I previously felt alone in.
It seems that as time goes on, the vast difference between people with taste who make conscious choices, and people who do things solely out of peer pressure, common conformance, and so on, becomes more and more clear.
In fact, it is hard not to get caught up in a rush to be just like everyone else.
Despite my focus on the Persona series, I am actually, less interested in gaming and more interested in personal development (back to self liberation again). Society and Economy are both forces that put restrictions on individuals, but even after you overcome some of the external restrictions, the internal ones remain, and can lie dormant, sapping strength and destroying potential for progress, growth, and success.
The Persona series is generally, a more "realistic" series in terms of setting and the challenge faced. There is constant pressure to pay attention to what you want, and how to get it, whilst balancing a myriad of positions within several systems. More realistic than the "save the world" mythos common in the other big two series (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy).
For example, in Revelations: Persona (aka P1), you have to manage your Spell Card inventory whilst also planning your excursions into battle zones carefully. It can be 3-4 hours between save points, and it really bites to lose all of the work you put in during a random battle, because you weren't properly prepared.
Persona 3 and 4 make "life lessons", i.e. philosophies that can be applied in the real world, much more explicit, with their emphasis on Social Links and their deeper development of even causal NPCs (for example, the shop-keepers who talk about things from their own perspective).
I never played the cellphone game (or games?), and prob. never will, so I can't comment on them... but Persona 2 was basically messed up. Innocent Sin may be the better half of the series, but I haven't played it all yet, only a dozen hours or so... and Eternal Punishment failed to keep my interest, due to its inane Tarot Card system, which is inferior to both Spell Cards/Negotiation and Shuffle Time (although I hate Shuffle Time, the Compendium makes up for it to a degree).
Well, that's all for now. When I have more solid plans, I may announce them.
Overall, though, this will be the year that my awesomeness begins to multiply.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Shifting Over to LiveJournal
I don't plan to post on this blog anymore, check out the one at bajan13k.livejournal.com for now... the reason is fairly simple: I never tried to promote either blog, but, livejournal is a good place to get the types of news and discussions that I am keen on, so, even if both of these blogs are just as ignored, at least that one has other benfits.
There seem to be different ways to cross-link blogs and such, which are great for commercial interests or shallow popularity... but not so much for the type of social links which I enjoy via LJ and YT.
So, feel free to check out the archives and if you leave any messages, I think I'll still get an email... but more recent information will be either on my youtube channel, or more likely, esp. if it is a detailed writeup, on the livejournal blog.
There seem to be different ways to cross-link blogs and such, which are great for commercial interests or shallow popularity... but not so much for the type of social links which I enjoy via LJ and YT.
So, feel free to check out the archives and if you leave any messages, I think I'll still get an email... but more recent information will be either on my youtube channel, or more likely, esp. if it is a detailed writeup, on the livejournal blog.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
404x1. Fusing Girimehkala - Persona 3 Request - Cross Fusion FTW!
After fusing Black Frost, the request to fuse Girimehkala, which also requires a Cross (4-Way) fusion, opens up... so, I did that, although, it took a bit of effort since I had to first level up and also had to make one of the ingredients (i.e. input personae) via a 3-Way Fusion, and to do that, I first needed to raise enough money to order it from the Compendium.
At this point, I think Black Frost is much more useful, but that's because I hate persona with HP-draining spells, as this one boasts. Perhaps I would have liked it better at a higher level (i.e. if i had the Moon Social Link)....
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