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I guess not.
Ah, still. Moving on.
Deviantart is an online art community where people from all over the world gather to show off their art and look for inspiration in the art of others. There are some absolutely amazing artists on here. It's a great place to be whether you're just starting out, or you're an established artist who is seeking to get your name out there.
People on Deviantart offer support and encouragement for each other. I have become a better artist simply because I have a group of people who are constantly encouraging me and pushing me to try harder. If you're ever in need of inspiration, browse through the millions of incredible art on this site. It's not limited to drawings - there is everything from paintings (digital and traditional), photography, website layouts, even textiles and jewelery!
And come visit me on DevArt, if you're passing by.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Soundtrack of my Life
I didn't want to spam my xanga... I do this too much on it. So here's something so I'm not neglecting blogspot.
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.
Opening Credits: Nothing in My Way - Keane
Waking Up: Paralyzed - The Used (Ahaha. I am. 8D )
First Day At School: Monkey Punk - Big Idea (LOL! It's.. mischevous, so I guess it suits it somewhat. And school's like a zoo. : D)
Falling In Love: I Hate Myself for Losing You - Kelly Clarkson (Oh no! That's depressing.)
Fight Song: Satellite - Anna Nalick (That's not much of a fight song... )
Breaking Up: Blue and Yellow - The Used (I love this song so much. It can make sense if you look at it in a certain way.)
Prom: Bother - Stone Sour (What!? D: SO depressing. I didn't even go to prom.)
Life: With Me Tonight - The Used (Awww)
Mental Breakdown: Consider This - Anna Nalick (It works)
Driving Far Away: For Amelie - Leaves Eyes (It's a.. drifty song. I can see it fitting too)
Flashback: Gone So Young - Amber Pacific (So perfect. D: )
Wedding: Sad Story - Plain White T's (LOL It's the exact opposite: "This is the end of a really sad story, but don't feel bad for me, I started out alone and in the end that's where I'll be.")
Birth of Child: When the Love Falls - Yiruma (Awwr.)
Final Battle: A Ghost Between Us - Lacuna Coil and Nightwish (It's perfect battle music)
Death Scene: Passing By - Yiruma (This is so absolutely perfect... such a sad piano song...)
Funeral Song: Love Like Winter - AFI (Urk?)
End Credit: Run - Snow Patrol ("Light up, light up, as if you have no choice, even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear...")
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.
Opening Credits: Nothing in My Way - Keane
Waking Up: Paralyzed - The Used (Ahaha. I am. 8D )
First Day At School: Monkey Punk - Big Idea (LOL! It's.. mischevous, so I guess it suits it somewhat. And school's like a zoo. : D)
Falling In Love: I Hate Myself for Losing You - Kelly Clarkson (Oh no! That's depressing.)
Fight Song: Satellite - Anna Nalick (That's not much of a fight song... )
Breaking Up: Blue and Yellow - The Used (I love this song so much. It can make sense if you look at it in a certain way.)
Prom: Bother - Stone Sour (What!? D: SO depressing. I didn't even go to prom.)
Life: With Me Tonight - The Used (Awww)
Mental Breakdown: Consider This - Anna Nalick (It works)
Driving Far Away: For Amelie - Leaves Eyes (It's a.. drifty song. I can see it fitting too)
Flashback: Gone So Young - Amber Pacific (So perfect. D: )
Wedding: Sad Story - Plain White T's (LOL It's the exact opposite: "This is the end of a really sad story, but don't feel bad for me, I started out alone and in the end that's where I'll be.")
Birth of Child: When the Love Falls - Yiruma (Awwr.)
Final Battle: A Ghost Between Us - Lacuna Coil and Nightwish (It's perfect battle music)
Death Scene: Passing By - Yiruma (This is so absolutely perfect... such a sad piano song...)
Funeral Song: Love Like Winter - AFI (Urk?)
End Credit: Run - Snow Patrol ("Light up, light up, as if you have no choice, even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear...")
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Killing me softly
I've been working insane extra hours. I've been at the museum since Saturday, every day, morning to evening. I have one day's break tomorrow, then it's back to work Friday through Sunday. I wish I had something more productive to say here, but I'm so tired... I'm hungry and ready to pass out. Hopefully I'll manage to grab some food before doing the latter.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Free Online Games (MMORPGs)
There are a lot of free online games out there, if you know where to look. Here are just a few the I know and like:
- Nexon - This is a link to three games: Maple Story, Audition, and Kart Rider. I've only played Maple Story and Audition, so you'd have to find out about Kart Rider yourselves. Maple Story is a 2D RPG type game where you do quests and level up. It's fun to play for a while, if somewhat repetitive after a while. Audition is a "dance" game - like DDR but for your fingers. This is challenging, and again, entertaining only for a while until if gets repetitive. Still, together, these games make a great way to pass the time when you have nothing else to do.
- Adventure Quest - To read about this game, check out this articlt. In short, though, the official website describes it well: Fight creatures to earn magical weapons and armor. Includes message board, chat, and top scores.
- Fly For Fun - Honestly, I've never played this and I don't think my computer could handle it. However, I've heard only good things about it. It's another leveling up game. If you're interested, give the site a look.
- Tales of Pirates - This game has a very interesting feature: you get to build and level up a ship. It is a 3D MMORPG, and there are often events going on at different times of the day.
- Runescape - Ok I HAVE to include this. This game has been around forever as far as I know. It lags me too much so I've never played it for too long, but if it's hung around for this long, it must be doing something right.
- Gunz - As far as I know, Gunz is and always has been free, but it seems to be in some sort of Beta testing at the moment. Anyway, Gunz is a game about... well... guns. Think Counter Strike meets an action anime or movie. It does get repetitive too, but it's very fun and addictive once you get into it.
- Hero Online - Hero Online is a bit like... a simplified version of World of Warcraft. The graphics and quests are not as developed, but the idea is the same. If you like WoW, Hero might be a cheaper alternative.
- Guildwars - Even though this game is free to play, you do need to buy it. However, it's a great deal and it's a beautiful and well developed game where you can make many friends, so I figured I'd include it. If you're willing to spend a little, get this game. It's worth it.
- Monster and Me - ...is a pet raising game? I just stumbled upon the site and I have to admit I'm definitely intrigued. I can't find the system requirements anywhere though... I probably can't play it thanks to this old computer. Oh well. It looks interesting though.
I could go on with the list, but this is about all the games I've played or heard about from "knowledgeable" sources. Enjoy!
- Nexon - This is a link to three games: Maple Story, Audition, and Kart Rider. I've only played Maple Story and Audition, so you'd have to find out about Kart Rider yourselves. Maple Story is a 2D RPG type game where you do quests and level up. It's fun to play for a while, if somewhat repetitive after a while. Audition is a "dance" game - like DDR but for your fingers. This is challenging, and again, entertaining only for a while until if gets repetitive. Still, together, these games make a great way to pass the time when you have nothing else to do.
- Adventure Quest - To read about this game, check out this articlt. In short, though, the official website describes it well: Fight creatures to earn magical weapons and armor. Includes message board, chat, and top scores.
- Fly For Fun - Honestly, I've never played this and I don't think my computer could handle it. However, I've heard only good things about it. It's another leveling up game. If you're interested, give the site a look.
- Tales of Pirates - This game has a very interesting feature: you get to build and level up a ship. It is a 3D MMORPG, and there are often events going on at different times of the day.
- Runescape - Ok I HAVE to include this. This game has been around forever as far as I know. It lags me too much so I've never played it for too long, but if it's hung around for this long, it must be doing something right.
- Gunz - As far as I know, Gunz is and always has been free, but it seems to be in some sort of Beta testing at the moment. Anyway, Gunz is a game about... well... guns. Think Counter Strike meets an action anime or movie. It does get repetitive too, but it's very fun and addictive once you get into it.
- Hero Online - Hero Online is a bit like... a simplified version of World of Warcraft. The graphics and quests are not as developed, but the idea is the same. If you like WoW, Hero might be a cheaper alternative.
- Guildwars - Even though this game is free to play, you do need to buy it. However, it's a great deal and it's a beautiful and well developed game where you can make many friends, so I figured I'd include it. If you're willing to spend a little, get this game. It's worth it.
- Monster and Me - ...is a pet raising game? I just stumbled upon the site and I have to admit I'm definitely intrigued. I can't find the system requirements anywhere though... I probably can't play it thanks to this old computer. Oh well. It looks interesting though.
I could go on with the list, but this is about all the games I've played or heard about from "knowledgeable" sources. Enjoy!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
AC Rant and 3 Best Free Radio Stations Online.
It seems that Associated Content is getting more and more picky about the content they publish. A completely humorous and pointless article about pigeons was published, while an article about online radio stations was turned down for not being original enough. Although you now get paid for pageviews, the amount they pay you per article has been drastically reduced. Oh well. I submitted my article as a non-exclusive, unpaid submission... so here it is for everyone else to enjoy. Or read it on AC HERE.
Are you tired of commercials that seem to have taken over your favorite radio station? Do you turn down the volume every time a song you don't like comes on? Would you like more control over what your radio plays? Or maybe you simply don't have access to a radio at work, and are in need of some constant good music to get you through the day.
Whatever you're looking for, I've found it. Once in a while, I get tired of regular radio stations, and go scouting the internet for something different. These are the three best sources of customizable music I've found online.
One dot fm (1.fm) - One dot fm has every possible genre you can think of. Choose from indie, country, dance, alternative, and so much more. 1 dot fm is a streaming online radio. You pick a station and get songs of that genre playing for as long as you want. Every three songs or so, there is a short commercial (less than half a minute), and then it's right back to the music. There are different stations for different bandwidths available (128k, 32k, etc) for those with slower connections. I have DSL, so I have no problems with the buffering. A warning though, if you have a slow connection, the buffering might break up the song too much and get annoying.
Pandora - I have written an entire article about this station before (in this article), and it's still one of my favorites. This website allows you to find new music that fits your style. I discovered a lot of my favorite bands through it. Although you can't go back to any songs, you can skip songs, mark them as ones you like or dislike, and browse the names, bands, and CD the song is on of all the songs that have played already. The design is slick and lags my slow computer a little, but not enough to bother me. It's a great source of new music.
Imeem - Imeem allows you to create playlists online using songs thatyou and other people have uploaded. You can listen to other people's playlists and favorite them for future listening. Here you are in complete control. You can pause, rewind, skip songs, whatever you choose to do. If you know what you want on your playlist, just search for it and add it. If you want to find new songs to listen to of a certain genre, simply look through other people's playlists. Many times, people like to make lists of similar songs together. Recently, however, Imeem has started cutitng certain songs into 30 second previews, to urge their download through itunes. This has discouraged many Imeem users. I still recommend this site, though. There are plenty of things to listen to. And if you like a preview, you can just get the song or cd itself. I hope you like these music sites online. Personally, I love not having to listen to people banter on about things I don't care about. When I turn on the radio, I want to hear music. So now instead of turning to my boombox, I just click onto Pandora and know that I can expect hours of the kind of music that I like.
Are you tired of commercials that seem to have taken over your favorite radio station? Do you turn down the volume every time a song you don't like comes on? Would you like more control over what your radio plays? Or maybe you simply don't have access to a radio at work, and are in need of some constant good music to get you through the day.
Whatever you're looking for, I've found it. Once in a while, I get tired of regular radio stations, and go scouting the internet for something different. These are the three best sources of customizable music I've found online.
One dot fm (1.fm) - One dot fm has every possible genre you can think of. Choose from indie, country, dance, alternative, and so much more. 1 dot fm is a streaming online radio. You pick a station and get songs of that genre playing for as long as you want. Every three songs or so, there is a short commercial (less than half a minute), and then it's right back to the music. There are different stations for different bandwidths available (128k, 32k, etc) for those with slower connections. I have DSL, so I have no problems with the buffering. A warning though, if you have a slow connection, the buffering might break up the song too much and get annoying.
Pandora - I have written an entire article about this station before (in this article), and it's still one of my favorites. This website allows you to find new music that fits your style. I discovered a lot of my favorite bands through it. Although you can't go back to any songs, you can skip songs, mark them as ones you like or dislike, and browse the names, bands, and CD the song is on of all the songs that have played already. The design is slick and lags my slow computer a little, but not enough to bother me. It's a great source of new music.
Imeem - Imeem allows you to create playlists online using songs thatyou and other people have uploaded. You can listen to other people's playlists and favorite them for future listening. Here you are in complete control. You can pause, rewind, skip songs, whatever you choose to do. If you know what you want on your playlist, just search for it and add it. If you want to find new songs to listen to of a certain genre, simply look through other people's playlists. Many times, people like to make lists of similar songs together. Recently, however, Imeem has started cutitng certain songs into 30 second previews, to urge their download through itunes. This has discouraged many Imeem users. I still recommend this site, though. There are plenty of things to listen to. And if you like a preview, you can just get the song or cd itself. I hope you like these music sites online. Personally, I love not having to listen to people banter on about things I don't care about. When I turn on the radio, I want to hear music. So now instead of turning to my boombox, I just click onto Pandora and know that I can expect hours of the kind of music that I like.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
A List of Free Sheet Music Online!
I play the violin, and I'm always on the lookout for free or affordable sheet music on the net. Usually, I just go to Central Library in Brooklyn, but it doesn't always have what I'm looking for. I've searched for a good list of free sheet music, too, but I have yet to find a recent ones whose links are actually still working. So here is my own list of websites that offer either free or very cheap sheet music. I only focus on violin and piano notes, but many of these websites do offer notes for other instruments.
- Everynote - This is the only fully paid site that I will list here. I include it because it's so cheap, easy to use, and quick. Why spend $30 on a book that will take 4 weeks to get to you if you can just dish out $2 (through paypal!) and have your music immediately? Give this site a look if you're searching for something specific.
- Music-scores - A decent selection of classical music for many instruments. Some of the more difficult pieces require a paid membership to the site, though, and I believe that there's a 3 download per day limit.
- Free-scores - A fantastic source of classical sheet music (including ensembles and chamber music). This site is a little less organized than the others, and it's a little harder to find things on it unless you know exactly what you're looking for. Nevertheless, it has SO much music.
- Music notes - Another nice site that has the option of membership.
- 8notes - Pretty much the same as the above two.
- My-piano - An amazing collection of modern pop and rock (among other genres) music notes. If you play the piano... give this a look! There is SO much stuff here.
- Evil_chocnut - Another great site with modern piano music. There are over 100 songs here, some of which are not on the my-piano site.
- Words & Music - Even more modern piano music that is not on the other two sites. This one is unique in that this music appears to have been transcribed by the creator of the site (who did an amazing job at it).
- The Final Fantasy Shrine - Sheet music from the official piano music books for te Final Fantasy books. There are some beautiful and challenging pieces here, so even if you're not a ff fan, don't miss out.
- Josh's Anime Sheet Music - The most complete list of links and sheet music resources for anime music, listed and organized alphabetically. So much work must have gone into the making of this site! I would list other anime sheet music sites, but they are all pretty much on here. So give it a look if you like anime music, or if you're just looking for some beautiful music - there are a few real gems out there.
I hope this helps someone out there!
- Everynote - This is the only fully paid site that I will list here. I include it because it's so cheap, easy to use, and quick. Why spend $30 on a book that will take 4 weeks to get to you if you can just dish out $2 (through paypal!) and have your music immediately? Give this site a look if you're searching for something specific.
- Music-scores - A decent selection of classical music for many instruments. Some of the more difficult pieces require a paid membership to the site, though, and I believe that there's a 3 download per day limit.
- Free-scores - A fantastic source of classical sheet music (including ensembles and chamber music). This site is a little less organized than the others, and it's a little harder to find things on it unless you know exactly what you're looking for. Nevertheless, it has SO much music.
- Music notes - Another nice site that has the option of membership.
- 8notes - Pretty much the same as the above two.
- My-piano - An amazing collection of modern pop and rock (among other genres) music notes. If you play the piano... give this a look! There is SO much stuff here.
- Evil_chocnut - Another great site with modern piano music. There are over 100 songs here, some of which are not on the my-piano site.
- Words & Music - Even more modern piano music that is not on the other two sites. This one is unique in that this music appears to have been transcribed by the creator of the site (who did an amazing job at it).
- The Final Fantasy Shrine - Sheet music from the official piano music books for te Final Fantasy books. There are some beautiful and challenging pieces here, so even if you're not a ff fan, don't miss out.
- Josh's Anime Sheet Music - The most complete list of links and sheet music resources for anime music, listed and organized alphabetically. So much work must have gone into the making of this site! I would list other anime sheet music sites, but they are all pretty much on here. So give it a look if you like anime music, or if you're just looking for some beautiful music - there are a few real gems out there.
I hope this helps someone out there!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tornado in NY?
Apparantly a part of Brooklyn was hit by a tornado last night (while all of NYC and this area was hit by a huge and violent storm). Yes I do live in Brooklyn. The neighborhood that was hit hardest is very close to me. Roofs torn off, trees uprooted, the whole works.
I woke up while it was at its worst, it was pretty scary.
Mass transit was messed up... I pity those who had to go to work. MTA spokespeople actually said that if you haven't left home..... don't. There are something like 30 subway lines in NYC... 17 of them were either severely delayed or completely not working. The 1, 2, 3, A, B, D, R, and every other possible letter you can think of. Jeez.
In other news, I have an article about how to save money and time in the American Museum of Natural History written up... just need to type it (as always). When I do, I'll link to it here. And I will get around to the sheet music thing too, I just haven't had a moment to myself.
I woke up while it was at its worst, it was pretty scary.
Mass transit was messed up... I pity those who had to go to work. MTA spokespeople actually said that if you haven't left home..... don't. There are something like 30 subway lines in NYC... 17 of them were either severely delayed or completely not working. The 1, 2, 3, A, B, D, R, and every other possible letter you can think of. Jeez.
In other news, I have an article about how to save money and time in the American Museum of Natural History written up... just need to type it (as always). When I do, I'll link to it here. And I will get around to the sheet music thing too, I just haven't had a moment to myself.
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