This blog is kind of a spur of the moment thing, just felt like sharing a bit of things with people that notice this and read it. So 2013 kind of started on a sour note already with a death in the family over my break from college, an aunt and the last member on my dad's side of the family in my immediate family. It's strange to think that my dad, uncle and aunt, people that I've known all my l...
As some of you may know, I love music. I have a shelf of over 250 CDs right behind me, and some that won't even fit in that anymore. Yesterday I went out to a nearby town to visit an independent record store I frequent when I'm in town. About 2 1/2 months ago was a thing called Record Store Day, which is a celebration of record stores everywhere. And they usually have exclusive releases (both C...
We're almost half way through 2011. Looking at my list of games I've played so far , I may not have made the best purchasing decisions, truth be told. Quite a few of these game purchases were more knee jerk reactions than sound and informed decisions. Guess that'll be my New Year's Resolution for next year. But let's look back at these games for a bit, shall we? I'll try to keep each of these s...
Record Store Day 2011 You could probably tell from my last blog I was pretty excited for this. Got up early, waited for a few friends, and we headed to the local independent record store, Cheap Thrills Records. This was my second RSD and their first. The store had a special 20% off everything in the store except for the special Record Store Day items. That included CDs, vinyl records, shirts, m...
It's almost that time of year again for Record Store Day ! I've decided to make a list for people that may have an interest in Record Store Day to help make this wonderful "holiday" run as smoothly as possible. Find a Participating Store Near You! That's easy enough, just go here and search your state (if you're in the United States) and here if you're from another country. And even if your loc...
This will be my last blog dedicated to this. When I know for sure whether I am or am not an RA, it will be mentioned in a future blog next month. The application process of being an RA is essentially over. This past week I had an interview, "Mock Duty" night, and two meetings to go to. I already mentioned my interview in my last blog, so let's talk about Mock Duty. I had to work with an RA at t...
Road to be an RA Part II Part 1 Here Let's start with this first and get it out of the way. Just had my interview to be an RA yesterday. The questions were pretty standard (Why do you want to be an RA, strengths and weaknesses, what would you do if you were shrunk down to the size of a pencil and stuck in a blender) A few things changed on me too before I came back that I wasn't fully aware of....
As I briefly mentioned in my last blog, I would like to be a Resident Assistant at my college campus. Just got back from an interest meeting. Wasn't too long, only about half an hour. They went over the basics and mentioned a few things we should be aware of (setting an example to students, don't break the rules, etc.) Already the odds are stacked against me, as of right now there's only four o...
So this past week marked the end of the first month of the second semester of my third year at college/university. Let's talk about that for a bit, shall we? Classes This semester I decided to take an extra class, normally I try to hit about 16 hours but I'm a bit behind so I'm trying to add a few more hours to try and get back to where I should be. This semester I hit 18. English Grammars Hist...
Not really about the songs. You either like country music or you hate it. More about the gameplay on disc. If you want/need to see/listen to the songs, might I suggest looking through thenewnoelisoncruz's YouTube channel? Edit: Made a playlist of the above videos so you don't have to go through newer videos released since this pack came out. Missing the song "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard, was c...
In all seriousness though, it was quite enjoyable...watching a lot of notes be missed, and plenty of moments where the wrong key would be pressed. Started out playing one song on regular expert and jumped right into Pro Easy Keys (and attempted a few on Expert Pro just to see how I would do.) Many 3 stars, a few 4s and 5s, and one 2 star (for shame!) I think my main problem right now is adjusti...
Feels Good, Man Man it feels nice to finally have that out of the way. Probably the most impressive thing I've done on Rock Band, let alone rhythm games in general. Probably the hardest song for me to 5 star on any instrument was Beast and the Harlot. Seriously, screw that song. I don't know the proper terminology for it myself, but I'm terrible at what I'll call "Stop, Go, Stop"-type songs, wh...
While eating, a guy in my roommate's Spanish class comes up to us to ask my roommate if he can borrow his quizzes from the class. After the guy leaves (and is far enough away) I tell my roommate he should make a copy of the quiz and white out all the answers and replace them with wrong answers. The wheels in his head immediately began turning and he came up with plenty of ideas for this. An exa...
True as in it has nothing to do with finishing up a quest (but I guess it is working towards another quest) Also, I'm not really much of a blogger so this isn't really going to be that great of a blog either, but oh well. I guess not having very many followers means I can make as crappy a blog as I'd like. Woo! It feels nice getting things a day before they're supposed to be available. In my ma...