Going on #4

Sooo...yeah - #4. Take THAT.

Good news, I am completely done with the Fall semester of my senior year in college. Now I have 2 weeks of vacation before back to work, followed by another 2 weeks before next semester. There is no doubt in my mind that I will be a super-senior, however. So I won't be going anywhere or doing anything extravegant for awhile.

My animation is finished, and looks quite nice I think. There are always room for improvement, but I'm happy I got the whole concept out and finished on time. I will have a video of it up hopefully tonight when I go in to the lab to present it. I might as well upload it while I'm there. My next goal is to do more detailed animation using photoshop (more traditional stuff). I want to see if I can create something really fluid and beautiful...perhaps to another song off of my brothers cd - or even one off of my own cd. I love doing music videos, because they are like little short films. And I get to skip the tedious task of lip movements for voices...that, and recording voices myself. I would like to give voice acting a try sometime...but right now I'll stick to singing. We don't want to challenge me to much do we?

ASL was finished approximately 1 hour ago as well. My partner is awsome, because she has the same mentallity as me when it came to it. We did a good job I think, but we tried to keep it light and have fun with it. So I'm happy its all over. Now I just have next semester to keep on truckin'.

Rock Opera time begins tomorrow morning. I'm going to really dig into some lyrics and some basic chord progression so H and I have a base to work with durring our session. I hope it works out well, and we have a lot of fun with it...but I want it to be incredibly awsome at the same time. So I get psyched for this vacation time that I have to work on it as well.

Anyhoo - I'm bored now, so I'm gonna jump outa here. Catch ya'll later (whoever ya'll are...if anyone, hehe)

TskTsk..

This is the third time I've updated since Manticore pointed the fact out that I don't update enough either...but where is his follow up to the cookie recipe AND a response to my comment? Hm??

So a few things on the front lines right now...I am finishing up my final animation project entitled "Robots from the Moon" (credits to my brother Carl for the inspiration and awesome music). So when it is finished, you should expect to see some sort of link to it...whether Youtube or Myspace...I have to decide which is better.

Also, I have decided to devote my vacation time to working on an Acoustic Rock Opera...So far the lyrics I have spewed from the depths are ridiculously -- appropriate. We're talking story lines and plots and mayhem, with a touch of campy-ness. But I'm looking forward to coming up with the music part too. I already recruited my friend "H" from work to help out with ideas and vocal backup. Should be freakin sweet, cuz she has an amazing voice (too ^_^). So look forward to that. Tony isn't a part of it yet, because I just want to toy with the idea and make sure it pans out before he has to devote any time to it.

Finally, over the past few weeks I have commenced training for the National Collegiate Championship tournament for tae kwon do at Sanford University this April. I think I'm off to a great start, but now is the chance for me to prove myself because the club is concluded for the semester, and I will have to train on my own while I am back home in PW. At least I have access to a heavy bag and some weights in our basement. Mix with rockin' music, and I should have a routine down to keep my occupied. Now I just have to lay off too many Christmas cookie temptations, and oh-so-wonderful mashed potatoes that I KNOW will be aplenty. But the lucky thing about being home for this is I also have the opportunity to eat really healthy. Food shall be available to me in quantities I require to fuel my needs. I will succeed in my endeavor. Nothing can stop me now, I am a machine built to conquer!

Do you hear that? The sweet sound of "Eye of the Tiger" is aloft in the air...

Poster Design!

So this is what our poster is going to look like for promoting the band and our current Cd "For the Lost". So I will let you know when they are available to grab one ^_^

Ya want an update eh? EH??

So here you go...the lyrics to my new song "Paper Cups" available to hear on Myspace NOW.

PAPER CUPS:

As a Jack-of-all-trades said,
"you go to sleep to put to bed,
all of your ideas trapped in bottles,
or paper cups if you are cheap."
And though we catch our planes at night,
blood vessels erupt into Redeyes.
We see in colors not yet known,
or black and white if you just like that better.

I should have known (you were left wanting)
This tragic face (can you just smile for me)
Was built with stones that were never replaced (just promise to give it a chance)
You say I'm evil and I'll crush you,
why don't you let me have my way?
Our lives will never be the same.

So tell me how you,
seem to sleep at night,
when I'm on your mind,
Five minutes before you fall.
You look like a fool.
Searching for words that are right here on my lips.
All you have to do is take them.
Well I know it's wrong.
I said that I would stay distant.
But idol hands will be tempted (*huh huh huh huh*)
I knew one day was too long.

I should have known (you were left wanting)
This tragic face (can you just smile for me)
Was built with stones that were never replaced (just promise to give it a chance)
You say I'm evil and I'll crush you,
why don't you let me have my way?
Our lives will never be the same.

I should have stayed away (echo)
I should have known much better (echo)
[X4]

I should have known (you were left wanting)
This tragic face (can you just smile for me)
Was built with stones that were never replaced (just promise to give it a chance)
You say I'm evil and I'll crush you,
why don't you let me have my way?
Our lives will never be the same.
[X2]

Our lives will never be the same [X3]
My life will never be the same.