by Matt | May 25, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well. Comics went well today. Got 5 out of 7 pages “basically” colored. The other two and the shading will have to wait till tomorrow, I’m too tired to care any more.
I also beat Dungeon Siege. I was rather disappointed in the “we’re ripping off Diablo II” last level and final boss. Sure, it wasn’t exactly Diablo, but it was a large powerful boss in a lava/underworld type dungeon. I’m not sure what to do now. I don’t really want to start a multiplayer game, but I don’t feel I really got my moneys worth yet. Whatever.
Elsewhere in game land, I stumbled across something that was mentioned on the PA message boards. A little Koren (but translated) MMOG that’s Anime style. So far it’s pretty cool. Check it out: Ragnarok.
G’Night.
by Matt | May 25, 2002 | Imported Entry
Hey. Finals are really working their stress magic around here so I’ll be brief. Yesterday I did some work in the photo lab and got some of my Poloroid transfers done. They suck, but they’re done. Today I’m working on my comic book. I’m scanning in my pencils and coloring them in Photoshop. It’s going semi-well. I’m getting the basic colors (blue sky, brown dirt, etc) down today and tomorrow I’ll go back in and add definition and shading and stuff like that. I’ve also been feeling pretty crappy. Over-heated, dizzy, stressed, headaches, that sort of thing. It might be related to what Lauren had, but I’m not sure. I could just be crappy allergies or something. I’m not feeling as bad today as I did yesterday. I think it might be air/enviroment related actually. I usually feel the worst when I’ve been around the darkrooms and Lauren usually feels bad after she’s been in her studio. Who knows, maybe it’s just bad air circulating around campus. Anyway, its back to work for me.
by Matt | May 23, 2002 | Imported Entry
For the moment… I will complain about things. Why? Because that’s what I do best.
First on my list is the fucking light down the street from me. The intersection at Abercorn and Eisenhower. It’s a rediculous light cycle. Instead of having traffic flow like every other intersection on the planet, Savannah has decided it needs to let each lane go individually for about 5 minutes. There are two north/south lanes plus a turning lane on both sides and then two east/west lanes, also with turning lanes. Now, a normal light cycle goes like this: Turning lanes on both sides, then the strait lanes, then turning lanes in the other (crossing) direction and then the strait lanes. It’s quite simple. This light cycle however, can’t seem to quite understand this basic approach to traffic control. First we need a single turning lane on one side to go, then the strait lane next to it, then the opposite directions turning lane, then strait, then the cross traffics turning lane, then strait, etc. Not only that, but each side (or lane) stays green for about 5 minutes. Now, counting up the lanes there’s a total of 8. 8×5=40. 40 fucking minutes if you happen to miss the cycle in the direction you’re going. 40 might be a bit of an over exageration but it’s at least 20. Honestly, 20 minutes for a light? That’s rediculous. It causes more traffic problems then any other light in the city… and it pisses me off, which I’m sure they had in mind when they built it. Fuckos.
2nd on my list is Poloroid. The company as a whole is the biggest waste of fucking space in the entire realm of photo supplies. If you don’t know by now, I’ll let you in on something that’s been going on for about 2 years now… Poloroid is bankrupt. It’s going under. But, before they do, they’re jacking up prices on whatever stock (products, not trading stocks) they have left. A package of film that was $20 two years ago is now $70. The sad part about all this is that photo professors still feel the need to assign projects using the friggin stuff. So, with the closing down of Poloroid some of their products have obviously become discontinued. We’ll take “Polorcolor type 59” for example. Its a positive film/paper that produces a 4×5 color print. It’s actually not bad stuff. But it’s discontinued. I got some of the last of it from B&H a few months ago. It was $70 a box (for 20 pieces of film). If I tried to find some now, I could probably get some expired stuff on the black (or gray) market for about $100 a box, but most retailers would say that they were out and were never getting any more. I feel kinda bad for a few kids in my class who only bought 1 box and have now run out, because they can’t find it anymore. I bought 2 boxes and should have enough to finish. Still. It’s shitty that Poloroid is jacking up prices and its also shitty that there’s no sympathy from photo professors who simply say “you should have bought some earlier.”
Last on my list for today is Windows XPs LAN settings. I don’t like them. I can’t figure out how to get my computer to see others on the network. I’ve tried everything. I’ve changed IPX/SPX settings, I’ve changed computer names, workgroups, domains, everything. I know everyone has to be in the same work group, that we don’t have a domain and that we’re using a frame type of 802.3. Beyond that I’m friggin stumped. I can only see myself and not Jason or Pete, Jason can see both of us and Pete can’t see anyone. Poop sticks. Anyone want to lend a hand with that one when I get home?
That’s about it. I’m done for the day, ranting at least. I’m going to play some Dungeon Siege or perhaps take a nap.
Later.
by Matt | May 22, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well, class sucked today. The professor was being a real ass, bigger than usual. My photo professors are cool, why can’t my sequential professor stop being a cock rabbit. Arg. But, that’s no big deal. There’s only a week and a half left. So that’s good. I’m ordering some nifty CDs from 5inch.com and some “trigger cases” to go with them. Hopefully they’ll help me in my job search. I’m also considering getting some buisness cards printed, but that’s still a “maybe.” Tonight I’ve been transfering some stuff over from the old computer. Got most of it done. I still have some CDs to burn to get some extras off, but most of the basics (email, photos, desktops, winamp skins etc) are taken care of. Thats about it. Other than that I’ve just been watching some hockey and eating pizza. Ah, the life of college students.
Later.
by Matt | May 21, 2002 | Imported Entry
Another day, another print. Darkrooms and chemicals and all that jazz. Prints went well, got all four of my uncle’s pieces done. I think. They’re drying at the moment in the basement of Burgen. Hopefully I fix-removed (cleaned out excess chemicals) long enough so that they don’t stain and turn brown. Now I am home. Now I sleep. Or rather, write about sleeping in short disjointed sentences that Chip seems to enjoy reading. Bye.
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