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I’m sitting here, trying to force myself how to actually paint in photoshop, and I have iTunes on (as always), listening to my whole collection at random. I need to take a nap in a little while, anyway, but still.
I like my collection. Some songs are good to relax to, some are good for pepping me up and getting me motivated, and others are good for just singing out to, you know? But, quite frankly, people get baffled when they come in, hang with me, and I have this on random.
So, how random are they? Here’s a list:
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Maiden’s Prayer
Evanescence – Going Under
Celtic Woman – Carol of the Bells
Less than Jake – All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Ben Folds – Bitches Ain’t Shit
And, currently listening to Nelly Furtado – (Shit) On The Radio
So, no, none of them go with each other. At least, not in any discernable fashion. (Ok, the song just changed. It’s Poe – Hey Pretty) I don’t even think any of them are even the same genres, are they?
I don’t even care. I’m just writing this because I’m bored, tired, and medicated 
So, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry I’m a moron.
I just don’t get “genre’s”. I listen to the “It doesn’t suck balls” genre. If I can groove to it, if I can sing to it, or if I can feel it, and it doesn’t make me cringe every time I hear it (although, part of that is Krystal’s fault. I just can’t listen to “Walk Away” by Kelly Clarkston anymore because of her and her goddamned karaoke machine), it belongs in the “Doesn’t Suck Balls” genre. It gets bonus points if I can sing it, and even more bonus points if I can play it on the guitar. (Speaking of, it just changed to “The Cranberries – Zombie”. Love that song.)
I don’t get all hung up on “oh, you like that kind of music? tee hee, you must be a(n) [Insert something derrogative here]” kind of mentality. Unless it’s that stupid boy band shit. Nothing good ever came out of that. Well, except the one song JC Chasez did with BT. And that’s not that great, but it’s ok. But, still. Justin Timberlake? COME ON. He’s like trying to be the white Michael Jackson. Not happnin’.
(Juliana Hatfield 3 – Spin the Bottle played during that paragraph. Here comes Trou Macacq by Squirrel Nut Zippers.)
I mean, no, I don’t much get into listening to the radio (none come in my bedroom anyway, and my truck radio doesn’t work, leaving me to listen to ringtones on my phone if I drive for too long.), and I’m not much into most of the music that’s come out in recent years. I don’t like music that whines. I’m starting to kind of be ok with “Plain White T’s”. Well, at least I like that “I really don’t like you” song. That new single “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood makes me wish Matt had a car, and I had money to get up there to fuck it up. I think I want to sing it at a karaoke, because I can belt that shit out. (Now playing: K’s Choice – Not An Addict)
Although, there have been a few songs that have come out lately that have made me just……..it’s hard to describe. It’s like happy tears, but on the inside. (no, not that, you perverts!) Like, I remember telling my friends a way back, ’round V-Day, that if any guy wanted me to melt on the spot, randomly play “Surrender” by Billy Talent. It’s…..to me, honestly, it’s the most perfect love song written in a long time.
And, with that, I’m going to take a nap. Besides, it’s a new song, anyway (Fugazi – Waiting Room), and I have to pee.
I recently purchased Bryce 6..partly because I’m a sheeple, and I have to have the new and shiney upgrades to my software (I’ve only avoided that with Photoshop and my Macromedia suite….because I don’t have thousands of dollars to piss away on software), and partly because it looked to be oh so much better than Bryce 5.5, from when DAZ first took it over.
Now, it is better. I’ll grant you that. And the ability to render using HDRI for lighting, rather than the unrealistic sun that is included is really nice. The presets are nice, but I doubt I’ll be using Bryce for anything more than a renderer, at least until Poser 7 comes out….unless P7 sucks even bigger balls.
Anyway, I’ve decided to take my scene from “You Take Too Damn Long!“, import it into Bryce, add some HDRI lighting, and see what I get. So far, I love it. The actual rendering took less than 4 hours.
However, since it began Anti-Aliasing………..it’s been 6 hours. And it’s at 16%. I know. More than 2% every hour, I’m doing better than what most high-end shops would get on my PC. Which is why they use NETWORKS to render, and not home PC’s.
So, every once in a while, I go, look, and check to see if it’s crashed or anything. The render looks really nice. I’m just getting freaking ANTSY!!! I JUST want to post it, and show everyone how absolutely fabulous it is to finally be able to render using HDRI, without having to spend $500 on a program to do it with. Currently, I’m thinking it’s the hair that’s giving it trouble, but I’m not going to stop the render just to change the hair. I’ll let it go through it’s bullshit, and it will be done in about 2 days. Or something.
I realize that I have blogs and galleries everywhere. Most of it is a simple matter of copying and pasting, or just waiting to freaking upload.
So, here’s the list.
Galleries:
Blogs:
Now, here’s where I get “well, why do you have so many blogs and galleries?”
Because I have friends who forget about me if I don’t follow them And, I’m too nice to say “forget you!”.
Just kidding! I don’t know. I guess more opportunity to meet neat people?
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