Yeah, I'm still here. Sorta. Not really posting anymore, but I'm still watching people and stuff. Haven't posted a journal in over a year...sheesh.

Anyway, I'm not really writing much anymore, for now (except code, but that doesn't count)...but I've started a different little project, sorta. I'm doing a Let's Play of Yoshi' Story showing where all the melons are on each stage. XP If you don't know what a Let's Play is...well, check it out!

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Edit: dA's journals do not like YouTube links. Almost always gives smilies in the middle. <_< Ah well.

That link will automatically play through all the videos I have up. I've only got three done, so far, but I'm aiming for doing one every Sunday. We'll see how well that holds up, now that I've got Camstudio hopefully working right.

Note: The first two videos have really huge filesizes...so they take a long time to load. <_< Sorry about that...I seem to be getting the sizes down now, though, so the third video should load faster.

While there was no way to decrypt the files on my new XP install, Microsoft was able to confirm that my original plan, which I told to Circuit City when I took my computer in for repair, should be able to fix my old drive. Which it did. I've decrypted most of my files through my old XP install, now, so I have access to most of the stuff again (forgot a few files, gotta get those later).

I'm going to have a few choice words with Circuit City about their repair proceedures.

Yay, almost a year since my last journal.

My hard drive "died." Or at least that's what Circuit City claimed. Seems to work fine now that I'm booting off a different drive, though. <_< In any case, reinstalled Windows (upgraded to XP Professional, too, since I had a legal, free copy), and I'm now working on moving everything to my new drive, just in case the old one really is about to die.
Big problem, though. I can't get at any of the files that had been encrypted. Which included my chat logs. X_x I already took ownership of them, that just let me get at the folders, I still can't open the files. Gonna try to bug Microsoft's tech support tomorrow, see what they can tell me.

Bunch of other smurf going on, too, but that's the most significant problem in my life worth mentioning publicly, right now.

EDIT: Well, turns out only the folder for the logs was encrypted, so I can get at those. I think I forgot to actually try them. I still can't get at my other affected stuff, though. Haven't bugged Microsoft yet, need to get on that.

"Borrowed" from

RULES:
1. Put your itunes, windows media player etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name


If someone says "is this okay?" you say,
Xanadu (...'kay. XD)

How would you describe yourself?
(Chrono Trigger) The Brink of Time (...no idea. )

What do you like in a guy/girl?
(Mega Man X) Light in the Fortress (She needs to be bright. XP *brick*)

How do you feel today?
(Yoshi's Island) Cavernous Muzak (I feel like spelunking. )

What is your life's purpose?
(Okami) Dangerous Old Man Orange (To attack people with oranges. )

What is your motto?
(Super Mario RPG) Here's Some Weapons! (Sounds accurate. *brick*)

What do your friends think of you?
What Life Has (I am what life has. ...is that a good thing? )

What do you think of your parents?
(Yoshi's Island) Map BGM Part 3 (...I...uh...no clue. XD)

What do you think about very often?
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) Mail for the Mario Brothers (Sending letters to Mario and Luigi. )

What is 2 + 2?
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) Inside Poshley Sanctum is... Another Sanctum? (2 + 2 = 2. ^_^)

What do you think of your best friend?
Ordinary (Needs an upgrade. XP)

What do you think of the person you like?
(Megaman X3) Vile (......wow. XD)

What is your life story?
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) Grubba's the Name (My name, and that's about it. )

What do you want to be when you grow up?
(Yoshi's Island) Kidnapped (My parents are quite rich! )

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
(Megaman X) Sigma Fortress 1 (.......nope, no idea. XP)

What will you dance to at your wedding?
(Mega Man 2) The Tallest Building (I have to dance all the way to Taipei 101 in Taiwan? Hoo boy...)

What will they play at your funeral?
Speed Over Beethoven (Excellent. X3)

What is your hobby/interest?
(Final Fantasy...10?) Aerith Theme (...vaguely, that could be considered "video games." )

What is your biggest fear?
(Final Fantasy 10) How Much Longer (Waiting. O_O)

What is your biggest secret?
(Chrono Trigger) Magus' Castle (I'm secretly from 12,000 BC. )

What do you think of your friends?
(Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children) CALLING (Awesome song, awesome friends. ^_^)

What will you post this as?
Nothing Without You (No comment. )


Once again, I think some of them would have been better using the song for the next question. Oh well.

Game I stole from Tek, who invented it, but I'm officially naming it.

Name some people you consider your best friends (doesn't have to be on DA), or at least chat with every other day.
Tell the story of how you've met them.

(Like Tek, my memory kinda sucks, but I'll try. )

- He may not remember, but he's one of the few I do remember. I stumbled across a post of his on the VGMusic message boards and followed the link in his sig to the Yoshi Station. Looking around a bit, and noticing a number of typos, etc., I found the page to become a supporter, filled it out, and sent it in. Tek and I talked over e-mail a couple times, then our first official "meeting" was in an MSN chatroom in our MSN Group. Finished up with something like this.
<Tek> So, you're an editor?
<True> Yep.
<Tek> You're hired.

- I believe I may have met her in the same chat as Tek. Either that, or through e-mail. We met on MSN Messenger shortly thereafter (I was stuck with MSN for my ISP, hence why I was using it in the first place), and we ended up becoming friends.

- Let's see, uh....I believe...I met him in a group chat with Tek and Rachelle. And, uh.....oh yeah, I assaulted CamBot Model 5. ^_^

- He used to have purple text on MSN! *cough* We talked a few times...I think I just found him through the Yoshi Station message board. We got to talking more when we realized we were both working on Yoshi games. Then I believe there was a long period in which he blocked all YS members, so I didn't see him for a while, but we eventually ended up in a group chat together and he unblocked me again.

- I met him early-to-mid-January or so this year, because Tek was flying out to meet him, and he realized he lived very close to where I live, so we made plans to meet up. ^_^


And that's about everyone that I can remember.