Okay today I believe I woke up at around 12PM? I forgot what I ate, I think it might have been oh yeah! Them red hot dogs and noodles! After this I went to use the internet, I think I did my rounds (myspace then email then sputnikmusic then etc.) then I went to play WoW! Today I leveled up one to lvl 14! Amazing!
After this Arvin told me that we were gonna go to this barber at around 3:30PM. I then took a shower and went back on the internet. When Arvin got here it was 3:30PM and he decided to play some WoW here until 3:45 since our appointment was at 4PM.
Nothing really cool happened on the way there. When we got there Arvin was up first. I really liked the atmosphere in this barber place. It was called "Couture" which is French for fashion. Anyways, when Arvin was finished with his hair cut it looked similar but with most changes to the back and sides and top. Next was my turn. The hair cutting lady was pretty which was awesome! During the haircut she told me to lean forward and look down and she was standing in front of me too! So I was like...COOL? Anyways she made my haircut even cooler! Which is always a good thing! Then when I was done, Arvin got his eyebrows done (lol).
After this was over we headed down to Fukuda to get our paychecks. We saw AG and Craig there. We said hello to everyone when we got our checks. Today I got paid 280$ which was pretty good.
We then headed down to Payless and boy was traffic bad! It took forever to get from tumon to mall payless! When we got there I deposited my check and got some water in a 5 gallon. Frick we parked pretty far too. So I had to lift that 5 gallon pretty far >.
When I got home there was so much stuff to do. I sorta got ready for church and had to do some calling. First I called Fukuda to check if I was working the next day, however, I wasn't working according to them. Then I called all my visitors to see if any was going. Sadly, none of them could have made it. I also had trouble printing out my script. I got to print it out though which was a good thing.
Today I wore a pink long sleeve to the GEM, however, I rolled up the sleeves! Yeah boy! LOL! Anyways, then I sprayed on my new found cologne which is Nautica "Oceans" which smells really good, closest thing to a hollister product cologne. Anyways, when we got there it was raining pretty bad. We got there at around 7:10PM and then went to the side where everyone was. We first saw E.R and then everyone else came by (Leslie, Mark, Jerome, Almie, etc.) It was pretty cool!
When Arvin came we went inside. We sat in the balcony which was pretty cool. The new district minister preached very well and seemingly effective from my perspective.
After, we went to the bathroom and then we left and saw some of Cheerful's guests! It was Ron and Matt! I showed them the bathroom and caught up with old times! Dang, Matt had these red eye contacts that were over 100$! Anyways, I introduced them to some brethren like Von, Jerome, Mark, Geonard, etc! It was pretty rad! Oh yeah! Bro. Gary asked me to get something from his car which was the mic! I then bumped into hella people on my way which took me a while to get to the shwag.
Once I retrieved it from his car I walked quickly towards back to Bro. Gary! When I opened the door, they were doing an interview and the interviewed person was crying! Dang, I always come in at the wrong times.
Afterward, I went with everyone at the line for the food. And when I actually got to the food I only ate donuts. I basically had a calorie dense meal that night >.
Before the night was over me and Almie checked up on Bro. Gary on GEM net activities. Harmon practically had it in the bag. However, they used my intro and extro!!!!!! YEAH BOY! That made me feel pretty good since I worked pretty hard on them lol!
When the night was finally over and everyone had to go separate ways we all went home. It was really cool. Oh! I saw Hector today too! LOL! It was earlier on the night though!
When I got home I watched anime and did my internet rounds again lol!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Saya no Uta the Review!
Story:
The gist of the storyline is about a guy named Fuminori who got into a car accident along with his parents. He is the sole survivor of the accident and all of his senses have severely changed. Everything that he see's has been changed in a way so that buildings, floors, walls, etc. are covered in blood/guts/organds/etc. The people are now scene as these monsters that can be described as slimy tentacle monsters with messed up voices. All of these are in his mind and he knows that. Everything in reality is still normal, it's just only he can see those.
The catch to the storyline is that he can see one person normally. That person is "Saya" who he see's as an innocent and glowing young loli. Fuminori then becomes attached to Saya since she is the only person he can see and hear "normally". He let's Saya stay over at his place and she helps him around in the house.
Saya is also on a quest to find her Father named Ougai. Fuminori helps her in exchange for her to keep him company.
Fuminori also has three close friends that try to talk to him but with no avail. Fuminori distances himself from his friends because he sees, hears, and even feels them as monsters.
Well that's all of the storyline that I will uncover, the rest is for you to find out by reading it yourself.
Verdict:
As a visual novel, "Saya No Uta" is pretty short, even when you get all of the different endings, it will take you about 4-5hours to accomplish. There's enough text to fill about a 120-150pg book I believe.
The choices given are pretty sparse and obvious to what will happen when you choose it. It's not really a let down since it doesn't interfere with the storyline that much, even though the choice heavily determines the outcome.
The songs and audio of the game are superb. The messed vocals of the "monsters" that fuminori hears show a good example of the insanity that must be plaguing his mind. The songs of the gore atmosphere is pretty agonizing in a way to show you what kind of pain Fuminori has to live through all the days of his life. It then changes rather well when he see's Saya as the sound changes from irritating to a more soothing song.
There is actual voice acting to complement the dialogue. The voice actors portray their characters in the best way possible. I wouldn't have chosen anyone else.
The art in the game is very gorgeous and detailed. The gore ridden world is shown in explicit detail and gives you a very good idea of what Fuminori has to live through. The CGs showing more of the dramatic parts are wonderfully drawn out as well.
The storyline is fricken mindblowing! I can't believe it doesn't have an anime yet! It's a weird hint of drama/romance/action/psychological all in one. It's amazing. The three endings are all very unique and very memorable on their own!
There isn't much to complain about this beside that it needs an anime! The short/condensed storyline is fine with me. It doesn't drift off and stays on topic! This truly is a classic! That's saying something! This is probably one of my first 5/5 recommendations overall for this year. Fricken find a way to read this! It's just that good! 5/5!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Review
The general gist of the storyline to the new movie is that Harry Potter is still on his quest to finally destroy Voledemort and reap revenge for giving him a scar on his forehead, oh and killing his parents. This year at Hogwarts all of the old faces you have come to love are still there and some new faces too.
Wow, now that I think about everything, there isn't really much to say about this new movie. All of the Harry Potter movies are pretty much very similar and the only difference being a new storyline and better visuals. I guess for this review I will take a look at the some of the tidbits of the movie.
First: Not as advertised
Well, the trailer for the movie made it seem hella hardcore in a sense that magicians are finally going to reveal them selves in the real world and cause some super havoc. It is also said something like that "They will cross their worlds...into ours" even though this is true, there really wasn't much to it. What they showed in the trailer the only part that shows them crossing their world into ours. I was expecting way more than a (!spoiler alert! oh wait, if you seen the trailer you I wouldn't be spoiling anything) bridge being twisted. It made it look like the evil wizards were taking humans as hostages, but that is already in their world when that happens. Yeah, this was a pretty big letdown, well then again if you read the book you probably would of already known that. Strike one for not having read the book and expecting more!
Secondly: Same same same. How about everyone else? Ohhhh shiney
I find it interesting that the movie is 2 and a half hours long and for the most part you will be seeing only Harry Potter and Dumbledore. It felt like they had some of the other characters pop up at random moments (seconds at a time) just so they can say they were there. A lot of scenes really do look like they could have came from past movies. Well the visuals are pretty beefed up this time around. They all look wonderful and pretty cool (Ino vague but heck). To go into more detail, it's mostly the cloud/smoke effects that really stood out. The locations are very believable and indeed very colorful. It feels so alive and real. I wouldn't mind actually visiting the set just to check out some of the buildings and such.
Thirdly: Wait that's it?
This is one of those "if you didn't read the book then too bad" moments. Since I am one (and there are many) of the people who have not read the book, I thought there was going to be an extra hour of footage before they decided to call it quits and show the credits. It seriously left me dumbfounded and left me feeling scammed. Heck Voldemort the series' main antagonist didn't even show up (well in flashbacks but for reviews sake they don't count). There doesn't seem to be much story backing up this movie too. It's mostly balderdash to keep us busy till the last movie comes out next year. There isn't even a real climax. It builds up near the end and never really explodes the way I thought it would. There was one part where I thought I was watching a Lord Of the Rings deleted scene though, which was kinda funny. I was like "lolwut? Gandolf and Golem?"
Conclusion: Well, it's not really worth a theater watch imo. I was surprised on how much it sold out on midnight release. I say, if you read the book, then well you don't even HAVE to watch or care about it. But for the rest of us STILL following the series I would recommend buying the book and reading it or wait for it to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray/whatever.
2.5/5
Wow, now that I think about everything, there isn't really much to say about this new movie. All of the Harry Potter movies are pretty much very similar and the only difference being a new storyline and better visuals. I guess for this review I will take a look at the some of the tidbits of the movie.
First: Not as advertised
Well, the trailer for the movie made it seem hella hardcore in a sense that magicians are finally going to reveal them selves in the real world and cause some super havoc. It is also said something like that "They will cross their worlds...into ours" even though this is true, there really wasn't much to it. What they showed in the trailer the only part that shows them crossing their world into ours. I was expecting way more than a (!spoiler alert! oh wait, if you seen the trailer you I wouldn't be spoiling anything) bridge being twisted. It made it look like the evil wizards were taking humans as hostages, but that is already in their world when that happens. Yeah, this was a pretty big letdown, well then again if you read the book you probably would of already known that. Strike one for not having read the book and expecting more!
Secondly: Same same same. How about everyone else? Ohhhh shiney
I find it interesting that the movie is 2 and a half hours long and for the most part you will be seeing only Harry Potter and Dumbledore. It felt like they had some of the other characters pop up at random moments (seconds at a time) just so they can say they were there. A lot of scenes really do look like they could have came from past movies. Well the visuals are pretty beefed up this time around. They all look wonderful and pretty cool (Ino vague but heck). To go into more detail, it's mostly the cloud/smoke effects that really stood out. The locations are very believable and indeed very colorful. It feels so alive and real. I wouldn't mind actually visiting the set just to check out some of the buildings and such.
Thirdly: Wait that's it?
This is one of those "if you didn't read the book then too bad" moments. Since I am one (and there are many) of the people who have not read the book, I thought there was going to be an extra hour of footage before they decided to call it quits and show the credits. It seriously left me dumbfounded and left me feeling scammed. Heck Voldemort the series' main antagonist didn't even show up (well in flashbacks but for reviews sake they don't count). There doesn't seem to be much story backing up this movie too. It's mostly balderdash to keep us busy till the last movie comes out next year. There isn't even a real climax. It builds up near the end and never really explodes the way I thought it would. There was one part where I thought I was watching a Lord Of the Rings deleted scene though, which was kinda funny. I was like "lolwut? Gandolf and Golem?"
Conclusion: Well, it's not really worth a theater watch imo. I was surprised on how much it sold out on midnight release. I say, if you read the book, then well you don't even HAVE to watch or care about it. But for the rest of us STILL following the series I would recommend buying the book and reading it or wait for it to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray/whatever.
2.5/5
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