Monday, February 13, 2006

neil gaiman interview

sorry i promised myself i would study but i saw this link in the email to Neil Gaman's interview. By the way, thye link works but it takes a while... almost an hour on my DSL connection at 12mn so I guess a lot of people are watching it or they're just slow. It's so cool. I've been a fan for more than 10 years now and I have never been a fan for so long.
I also realized that I can't fall in love (or to be precise, be in love) with someone who doesn't share my love for Gaiman. hehe it's a good thing my own Neal loves him too. He won't admit it and during the signing here in the Philippines he was all I'm cool about meeting you (well he was supposed to pretend he was just cool about it) but when he asked for a hug too I knew he was hooked. I had Neil Gaiman stalked so I still rank higher than him though hehehehe.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

ok so one week isn't so bad.

just woke up from "wathcing" Dragons:A Fantasy Made Real. I was actually looking forward to it for two weeks. Alas, one week of having the DSL meant sleepless nights not from studying or writing or reading or blogging but of playing. Yup if there was a Gamer's Anonymous, I probably would be a candidate. Not that I would go since I don't want to kick the habit.
I was playing RF online until this Saturday. A week ago, ask neal if he was ever going to play WoW (World of Warcraft) he would have said no and that he was going to stick to RF no matter what happens. Which of course changed because he was playing it behind my back last week. He's now got a gnome warlock.
Being an Accretia is not bad. Yeah we pretty much lose wars pretty much all the time but it's not because we're weak. Mostly it's because there are no Accretian players in the Philippines. Come on there are times when I play in an area all by myself even when it's not too late. I'm sure the other races, Cora and Bellato have more appeal. Bellato being related to the Gundams and Cora are the beautiful magic users. I wanted to be a Bellato so I could try the Mao but noooo. Everyone who was to be in our guild was an Accretia, I had no choice and now they're all in WoW.
I did love my name though, Demosthenes. Though I chose the name because of another reason, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. One of the best science fiction stories I have ever read. In it, Demosthenes is Ender's sister's Valentine's political code name. She and their older brother Peter, who picked the name Locke became two of the greatest political minds of their time, while they were still kids. Demosthenes was the more violent activist, pressing for change while Locke was the passive voice.
Unfortunately I'm blogging to stop me from playing WoW or RF because I have to study and I have an exam I am completely unprepared for this friday not to mention homework due on wednesday...
I seem to be back in the good old days except these days, I ahve the money to support my habit because I work... Now if only there were more hours in a day...
Who am I kidding. I'll probably just play more.
By the way, my flickr is more updated. Gaiman pics are there and my puppies pics (who are now sooo much bigger than the cuties in the pics are). Just check them out and though they're old news, i'll fit them in somehow.

ok so one week isn't so bad.

just woke up from "wathcing" Dragons:A Fantasy Made Real. I was actually looking forward to it for two weeks. Alas, one week of having the DSL meant sleepless nights not from studying or writing or reading or blogging but of playing. Yup if there was a Gamer's Anonymous, I probably would be a candidate. Not that I would go since I don't want to kick the habit.
I was playing RF online until this Saturday. A week ago, ask neal if he was ever going to play WoW (World of Warcraft) he would have said no and that he was going to stick to RF no matter what happens. Which of course changed because he was playing it behind my back last week. He's now got a gnome warlock.
Being an Accretia is not bad. Yeah we pretty much lose wars pretty much all the time but it's not because we're weak. Mostly it's because there are no Accretian players in the Philippines. Come on there are times when I play in an area all by myself even when it's not too late. I'm sure the other races, Cora and Bellato have more appeal. Bellato being related to the Gundams and Cora are the beautiful magic users. I wanted to be a Bellato so I could try the Mao but noooo. Everyone who was to be in our guild was an Accretia, I had no choice and now they're all in WoW.
I did love my name though, Demosthenes. Though I chose the name because of another reason, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. One of the best science fiction stories I have ever read. In it, Demosthenes is Ender's sister's Valentine's political code name. She and their older brother Peter, who picked the name Locke became two of the greatest political minds of their time, while they were still kids. Demosthenes was the more violent activist, pressing for change while Locke was the passive voice.
Unfortunately I'm blogging to stop me from playing WoW or RF because I have to study and I have an exam I am completely unprepared for this friday not to mention homework due on wednesday...
I seem to be back in the good old days except these days, I ahve the money to support my habit because I work... Now if only there were more hours in a day...
Who am I kidding. I'll probably just play more.
By the way, my flickr is more updated. Gaiman pics are there and my puppies pics (who are now sooo much bigger than the cuties in the pics are). Just check them out and though they're old news, i'll fit them in somehow.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

i'm back ^_^

finally got my new computer and a DSL connection. Happy times are here again. Actually I've had the connection since yesterday but apparently gaming is the top priority. That and downloading rome, elizabethtown and mirrormask (shhhh). Happy, happy me. I'll probably officially start blogging tomorrow. I'll probably get some pics up once I put all my photos back here. Done lots of stuff since I've stopped which is around 7 months ago.
Today I actually got into a ride that made me want to cry in the middle of it and another one that made me stop because i was too dizzy and really wanted to puke.
I went to EuroStar with mom, pau and neal. Pau and I were too excited and rode the joker first. The Joker is this catapault like ride which looks like fun as long as you're standing on the ground. When it starts plummeting you to the ground and you realize that you're suddenly not sure it is a safe ride because it cannot possibly be a safe ride the way you're hurtling in your seat. It defies reason. It feels like the seat you're on and the harness, a simple neck brace and a seatbelt strap is NOT enough. Then it stops with you on the top end of the ride and it's not the height that bothers you. It's the fact that you can't scream loud enough to tell them that you want to get off the ride right now, as in NOW.
I've never felt that before except for the second time we rode the bungee jump ride (The Abyss Turbo Drop) in Ocean Park when my fear of heights kicked in and I was insane enough to think that if I can get off the ride (while it was 100 feet or so off the ground), I will be safe.
Unfortunately I knew it would actually go for another spin before I could go down so I stopped screaming and just concentrated on seeing my life flashing before my eyes.
Though I must admit, the second spin felt more harmless because we were going the opposite direction and thus not aware we were hurtling toward the ground.
The next ride we rode was horrible because it made us dizzy. I thought it was like a simple octopus. It wasn't. Of course Pau and I realized it too late. When we saw we were parallel to the ground 30 feet high and spinning like crazy. It also didnt help that I was dislocated (nothing too serious) from my seat and had to hold on for dear life until the ride stopped. I was pretty banged up and Pau was just too dizzy to do anything.
I was so off balanced. I kept asking her if she was ok and she was thinking how the hell I could still be happy and active.
I was just trying to keep myself from puking at that time and concentrating on something else felt better.
After a while Neral and I just walked and I still felt like puking most of the time. I was so out of it I was seriously a bit frightened on the ferris wheel while I was with neal. Who by the way was also frightened. ^_^ We couldn't move but we took a lot of pics and after a while I was laughing again and I was ok again.
I even rode the log jam type of ride. Got extremely wet because I was in front and neal hid behind me when we dropped.
Would I do it again? Maybe. Maybe in around 3 years when I've forgotten how it actually felt. Or when they develop an emergency stop button on the ride. ^_^* oh well.
I hope I can find someone to go with me that time.
Yup, I haven't officially started blogging yet at this rate. Have to go to sleep now.
I have a feeling my dreams will be of falling not flying.
I hate falling.