Tonight I have my first ever booked slot in a standup comedy show, one which isn't an open stage and one where I won't be doing any juggling.
That said, I'm not going to be doing any standup comedy either, but singing some songs. I'll do Rebound Dating (see below) and either a song I wrote two days ago called "I am Luke's Wallet" or a song I wrote three weeks ago called "I Love You So Much (I'd Go Back In Time (and Kill Hitler) For You)." These are working titles. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow morning!
I think songs like this work best in live performance, and then in recorded live performance, then as a non-live recording, and then as the lyrics displayed on a screen with no performance and no music. I don't mind people reading along with the lyrics while listening to the song or watching the video, but getting the lyrics before hearing it isn't good.
I might see about recording my slot in the show tonight, and if the new song gets a good reaction I'll post it here.
Holy crap, its been way too long since I've been here. Its prolly been over a year. I've missed this place, with all the geekiness and such. Hopefully now I'll be a regular user.
Anywho, I'm quite happy on several accounts. First, I have graduated high school, and only shortly before I turned 18. I'm sure many of you know what it feels like. Ah, its a really good feeling. I'll be going to college in about a month and a half, which is another thing I'm excited about.
Second, I received a good sum of money from previously mentioned graduation/birthday, and was able to buy myself a new laptop. And not just the ones at Walmart for $500. I ended up spending $1100 on a Dell XPS 15 laptop, fully equipped with an quad core i7 processor, 6 GB of RAM, 640 GB hard drive, an Nvidia Geforce 525m, 1080p HD display, and the best sound I have ever heard on a laptop (CNET was also very impressed with this). Now, so far I haven't even come close to using it to its full potential, but it has enough power for me to use it for a long time. I'm EXTREMELY happy with my purchase, although the HD webcam isn't working, but I have a warranty and I'll be sending it in shortly. Nvidia's Optimus technology is great, using its higher performance card when needed, and shutting it off and letting the the integrated Intel HD 3000 do all the work. Unfortunately, Optimus only works in Windows 7, so when I use Ubuntu the I'm left with the Intel graphics with the Nvidia card still sucking up power. You can't even easily shut it off. But, today, yet again, I am a happy peach. Martin Juhl has released software, called Bumblebee, that should allow me to use both cards, switching between them using software. I'm downloading the package currently, so I'm hoping all goes well!
So yeah, I thought I'd come back and just let out a lot of my good moments to mark the end of my hiatus from this site. I'm glad to be back! Booh yah!
This does nothing for me. Being in the process of writing it doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to happen, even if the whole cast is on-board. I'm only being a naysayer because I don't want my heart broken
Today, my friends and I were going to go to GameWorks to try and get some arcade gaming in, but we felt a bit apprehensive and started looking for a more authentic arcade instead. We ended up making a snap decision and spent our entire day at The Galloping Ghost Arcade, which holds the distinct honor of being both 20 minutes from my place and being the second largest "real arcade" in America. $15 gets you free play on all games and come-and-go rights for the day. They let you bring your own food, but also have a snack counter, which sells Ramune and Romulan Ale, along with your usual junk foods and sodas.
It was pretty much the greatest place ever. We're returning in a week or so.
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That said, I'm not going to be doing any standup comedy either, but singing some songs. I'll do Rebound Dating (see below) and either a song I wrote two days ago called "I am Luke's Wallet" or a song I wrote three weeks ago called "I Love You So Much (I'd Go Back In Time (and Kill Hitler) For You)." These are working titles. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow morning!
Also, you should sing "First of May" by Jonathan Coulton and see if you can get laid off of that.
I might see about recording my slot in the show tonight, and if the new song gets a good reaction I'll post it here.
Anywho, I'm quite happy on several accounts. First, I have graduated high school, and only shortly before I turned 18. I'm sure many of you know what it feels like. Ah, its a really good feeling. I'll be going to college in about a month and a half, which is another thing I'm excited about.
Second, I received a good sum of money from previously mentioned graduation/birthday, and was able to buy myself a new laptop. And not just the ones at Walmart for $500. I ended up spending $1100 on a Dell XPS 15 laptop, fully equipped with an quad core i7 processor, 6 GB of RAM, 640 GB hard drive, an Nvidia Geforce 525m, 1080p HD display, and the best sound I have ever heard on a laptop (CNET was also very impressed with this). Now, so far I haven't even come close to using it to its full potential, but it has enough power for me to use it for a long time. I'm EXTREMELY happy with my purchase, although the HD webcam isn't working, but I have a warranty and I'll be sending it in shortly. Nvidia's Optimus technology is great, using its higher performance card when needed, and shutting it off and letting the the integrated Intel HD 3000 do all the work. Unfortunately, Optimus only works in Windows 7, so when I use Ubuntu the I'm left with the Intel graphics with the Nvidia card still sucking up power. You can't even easily shut it off. But, today, yet again, I am a happy peach. Martin Juhl has released software, called Bumblebee, that should allow me to use both cards, switching between them using software. I'm downloading the package currently, so I'm hoping all goes well!
So yeah, I thought I'd come back and just let out a lot of my good moments to mark the end of my hiatus from this site. I'm glad to be back! Booh yah!
It was pretty much the greatest place ever. We're returning in a week or so.