=====08.04.12=====
This day marked SNSD's 5th year anniversary.
I also was recommended to a church by DW to do some video work for them. So I went there and filmed some promotional spots for them promoting what the church does as well as stay for the whole gathering to get some additional B-roll footage. I also saw some friends there that I met through DW so that was an added plus.
I ended up making a couple of sample videos for them, but a lack of communication showed that they weren't interested in what I made. Nothing against them not wanting to continue doing work with me, but I didn't appreciate them not saying that they didn't want to. I tried reaching out to them, but there wasn't any feedback. I waited for a month before deciding to delete those videos and officially consider it a bust. Oh well.
=====08.07.12=====
Another podcast shoot for The Game Fanatics Show. We also filmed episode 12 on the 16th. And on the 21st we filmed some extra promotional videos rather than an actual episode. Good stuff, great content. Hope you guys watched what we put out there.
=====08.11.12=====
DC and VC had their baby shower for their coming Dragon Baby. It was great seeing them in such high spirits about the baby. I can't wait for the baby to be born (which I'm predicting might be a week late after the expected due date).
And CoCo the dog was fun to play with. CoCo welcomed me with tons of doggie kisses as soon as I arrived.
=====08.16.12=====
I ordered BoA's new album as soon as it was up for pre-order. The poster actually arrived first, ha. And with that, I had to rearrange one wall in my room.
https://twitter.com/ArnellragasA/status/233993272924729344/photo/1
It was actually on the 16th that the album itself came. It's great (and I'm biased, ha). The music itself is great, one of her better Korean albums. The packaging for the album is worth the price. It came with a large photobook that has tons of great photos of her.
https://twitter.com/ArnellragasA/status/236170540988116992/photo/1
=====08.17.12=====
And from August 16th to the 17th, I stayed awake for 31 consecutive hours. Not only did I shoot the podcast on the 16th, but a friend texted late at night asking for help on the 17th. Since it required us to wake up early, I decided to stay up the whole night instead of just catching a few short hours of sleep. But at least I was productive while I was up and actually finished the podcast in record time.
Then I helped my friend with what he needed and even helped with a few extra errands he needed to do. After dropping him off, I stayed up a little longer before taking a power nap from 2PM (I think) to 6/8PM. That was a damn good nap. Originally I was going to do stuff with others that night, but that got cancelled. Oh well. I needed to recharge anyways.
=====08.19.12=====
I bought "New Super Mario Bros. 2" for the 3DS and then I beat it the next day, ha. Easily a 5 out of 5. Mario and platformers are my thing so I wasn't surprised in beating it so quickly.
http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/p2293u/new-super-mario-bros--2-review
Although I kept playing to collect all the star coins and beat all the secret levels. And I also attempted to collect 1 million coins, which was a draw of the game since it was centered around collecting coins (and saving Peach). Here is how my progress of collecting 1 million coins went.
08.26.12
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08.28.12
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08.30.12
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08.31.12
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=====08.23.12=====
I made some late plans the night before to shoot a video this day for a friend as a birthday present. Unfortunately since everything was being set up last minute...my health went against me and I had to cancel it. I do want to thank SB for being able to talk to me that night as this was overall frustrating.
I did learn that I cannot plan things last minute if it's something big and important. I will worry about it and get stressed out and my health will be effected.
=====08.24.12=====
BT was leaving for an overseas trip so he wanted to have a nice going away dinner with friends at Buca di Beppo. We always have a good meal there. I sure got stuffed. MP and I left early after dinner so I could drop him off at his brother's place. It was good to see GP and check out his new place as well as meeting his eldest son for the first time. Nice to meet you, amigo.
=====08.25.12=====
The family I helped move in July held an official housewarming party. It was great being around my family. A heartfelt speech was given by the family's dad. It was just heartwarming seeing the emotion in his face, my aunt's face, and my younger cousin's face because they really felt blessed in getting this terrific new home.
Us generation of kids had tons of fun with each other. I got to meet and know my younger cousin's boyfriend, good kid. Of course we messed with each other. I definitely enjoyed playing with their 2 dogs. We also had a family meeting over my grandma's 90th birthday coming up December 1st. It's going to be so fun and I hope a lot of family can make it out to celebrate with us.
=====08.30.12=====
Back in February, I started to grow out my beard and mustache. There actually were a few reasons I couldn't for a while, but I got lazy afterwards and figured to just let it grow. I got a fair amount of likes and dislikes for it, but I was just experimenting with it. 200 days later, I decided to shave it off. Originally I wasn't planning to shave it off, but when I found out the 200th day was coming up I figured that was a good number to stop on. Had I not shaved it, I probably would have gone a full year.
https://twitter.com/ArnellragasA/status/241221912565526529/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ArnellragasA/status/241221941334253568/photo/1
And later that day, I experienced a weird deja vu thanks to a friend and a phone call. It's hilarious, but I hope this doesn't become a new tradition, ha.
=====WingedVoX, Royal Flush Media, The Game Fanatics=====
WingedVoX on YouTube
WingedVoX on Twitter
WingedVoX on Facebook
I started posting a new series of Adventures videos. 3 are up so far (1 in September). I'm posting new ones every other week. This way I have enough video content to last to the end of the year. I know sometimes the Adventures aren't much, but don't worry, a completely new series will be coming your way next year along with new Adventures and possibly new skits. Please check them out and support this endeavor.
Royal Flush Media on YouTube
Royal Flush Media on Twitter
Royal Flush Media on Facebook
Most of the new RFM content is courtesy of my work with The Game Fanatics. For September, I will be posting up a new review/tech/promo video that was shot for the show once a week. Speaking of The Game Fanatics.
The Game Fanatics Official Site
The Game Fanatics on Twitter
The Game Fanatics on Facebook
I'm very glad to be working with these guys. It's just a great feeling to be appreciated and wanted for what you do. Not only that, but it's great to be able to be a part of this and help them grow. We wrapped up Season 1 of TGFS (in September) and we've got great plans for next season as well as new content that I'm very excited about. Please stay tuned for that and support us.
=====Final Thoughts=====
- Gangnam Style (my favorite performance)
- I learned what the "Pinocchio Paradox" is.
- My internet connection has been very on/off this whole month and continues to be throughout most of September. The cable company came out a few times since it wasn't just us experiencing it, but I think a certain family member is hogging up a lot of it for some reason.
- Since September was coming close, I decided to revamp an old video and have it ready to show friends. It took a good 4-5 days to actually put together, render, and export (especially since I did it twice after finding a mistake that was in all of them). It came out to 18 separate videos, a little over 3 hours long, a total of 24.4GB, and took 45 hours to upload them to YouTube. Early in September, I deleted them off of YouTube. No one was going to watch it anyways and all that effort and time I put into it would have made me mad seeing that no one (or very few) would have ended up watching it.
- Game Informer's Super Replay of "Cyberia" was hilarious and torturous.
- After beating the latest Mario game, I went back to Theatrhythm. They're still releasing new DLC for it and I've bought them all so far (meaning I paid for more than double of the game itself). At first I just wanted to unlock everyone. That took a while. Then I wanted to improve a lot of my low score grades, which I did with a few Ultimate ones that still kick my butt. Now I'm working on getting all the characters to level 99. And I'll purchase and play the last few remaining DLC songs that will be released in September.
- And while we're still talking about games, I recently played "Mario Kart 7" with a couple of cosplayers online. One was Elderberry, who is so cute, and the other was Sneko, who I only knew through Elderberry. Elderberry was doing a NicoNico stream and they asked if anyone had a 3DS. Sneko and I exchanged friend codes and we tried playing against each other, but their internet connection was bad (and mine was surprisingly great at that time, ha). So we never got a full game in, but a few weeks later I was able to join Sneko and other random racers for a few games. She was good and so were the other people. Fun stuff. Anyone else with a 3DS, let me know and we can exchange friend codes.
- Speaking of cosplayers, Vampy had announced on her Twitter she "fell in love" AND BROKE TONS OF HEARTS BECAUSE OF THAT. She later revealed this video that explains everything. Silly, Vampy.
- SNSD's new Japanese music video came out early September, but I still want to share it now with all of you. I can't wait to get this new single and their video collection later on. I can't wait to get their latest Japanese single and video collection in September.
- BoA ended her activities for "Only One" early September. Sad to see her not perform it weekly anymore, but it was a great run. There was a lot of great appearances and interviews she did during that time. Thankfully I found a site that does decent subbing for them.
On a personal note, I ended up learning the choreography for "Only One." It's not perfect and I don't have a partner for the couple part, but I feel good being able to do it. I didn't immediately start learning the dance after the MV was released. I thought about it and watched her performances. Then I just started to try it out and was thinking to myself that I had to learn it so that I can gain some confidence back. So I kept on doing it on a consistent basis (or at least every weekend) and I eventually got most of it down. The fact that it was BoA might have pushed me to do this, but I really did need to do this for myself. Maybe one day I'll have a partner for the couple part and I'll have it perfected. Thank you, BoA.
- Thank you for reading. Be healthy, be thankful, be loved.
(unfortunately a virus threat caused me to lose some gifs I had saved up to use for ending these entries, so I had to search for one to use for this)
Take care.
