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March 31, 2007
Worth The 10 minutes
I can't tell you how many times I watched the first video today, it is extremely well done. These songs are on my iPod's most frequently played.
The following 3 videos are worth the 10 minutes.
"You're Not Here" by Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 3
One of my favorite songs of all time, not as good of a video though:
"Room Of Angel" by Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2
Random video - turn up audio & don't miss the ending
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March 15, 2007
Opera Slinger overtakes the FL Capitol
The following is from the Orlando Sentinel.
Video Games overtake the Capitol
Etan Horowitz on Mar 14, 2007 12:15:45 PM
The first floor rotunda of the state Capitol looked like a video arcade today as several of Florida's digital media schools set up demonstrations.
Among them were a few students from the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy at the University of Central Florida. They were showing off a new video game called "Opera Slinger," which was designed by students. In the game, participants belt out opera classics and try to match the pitch of their voice with the actual pitch of the song. This caused several legislators and lobbyists to do a double take as they passed by.
Jonathan Yuhas, one of the students at the academy, said the goal of the demonstration was to convince lawmakers to pass a bill to provide more incentives for video game makers to relocate to Florida. Yuhas said the state wants to overtake California as the digital entertainment center of the country.
Industry giant Electronic Arts, which has a big presence in Maitland, also had a booth set up.
For more information on the state's video game industry check out the Digital Media Alliance Florida.
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March 14, 2007
Sera's Update
I went and saw her this morning at the hospital. Thankfully, she’s not in any pain and is putting weight down on her paw. We know for sure that she has retained function of the shoulder and elbow and we still don’t know if she will regain it to the wrist. Luckily she has feeling in her toes (separate nerves from motion) so she’ll at least keep from standing on something that could really hurt her (like jumping on the stove or standing on a thumbtack).
She was still exhausted after this whole ordeal and obviously very confused. She gets to come home tomorrow. The recovery will take weeks so I’ll post updates as soon as they happen.
Side note: I didn’t think anyone read this thing but I kept updating figured that some people check it once-in-a-blue-moon. However after my midnight post last night, I got messaged first thing this morning (love you Krystel/Sam). So I guess I’ll keep this thing better updated when I at least have something interesting to say.
Vladymere and Sera about one week ago before this accident.
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The Good & The Bad
Only two days into the week and I’m already exhausted…
Good news first. EA offered me a position yesterday to end my internship four weeks early. Of course, I accepted and I will be starting next Monday (same team, same games, same desk, just a new status).
Now onto the bad. Erika arrived home from work today to find Serenity (Sera) hanging by her arm from our living room blinds. Apparently she had stepped through the blinds while trying to get onto the windowsill. In doing so, she hung herself by her paw and had been hanging there for around an hour or so (estimated under two hours by the vet). Erika had to cut her free and rush her to the vet. She’s been diagnosed with this really long term which basically says that there is an injury with the nerve rootlets from their spinal chord attachments. There is no way to tell at this point if she will regain function of her front left leg. She does have slight feeling in the paw but that doesn’t mean too much. Her recovery will take weeks and we just hope that the nerves were just stretched and not severed. The vet said that this should not be a painful ordeal (after the immediate injury subsides) but either way, Erika came home to a terrified kitty. I am going first thing in the morning to see her, since I didn’t get off work till after the vet had already closed.
This is the same kitty that was diagnosed with kidney failure fourteen months ago. She just can’t seem to catch a break. Well, at least now I make enough money to pay for these damn vet bills.
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