Short Circuit.

SAT scores came out today! Yay! I actually did better, too. First time I got 1880 and this time I got 1970. Sigh, so close to 2000, but oh well. I was surprised that I, the Grammar Nazi, did so badly in the Writing Section. Even more surprisingly, I did pretty well in Critical Reading. I think I did bad the first time because I was sick and the room wouldn’t stop spinning while I was reading.

I haven’t been writing much lately because I’ve found other uses for Computer class, like doing Spanish and Calculus homework and playing games on the emulators that I bring from my computer at home.

Oh yeah! Here’s a preview of my Art Club project. It’s just a picture for right now, but I’m hoping to finish filming this weekend. I couldn’t do it this past weekend or this past school week because the lighting in my room sucks after like 4:00 PM. So hopefully Vaughn will accept this, and maybe even one of my old videos, in the meantime. Even though the due date is today, I’m still determined to finish what I’ve started.

It's odd how life seems to just short circuit, and you find yourself in a different time and place without even realizing it and without getting anything done. Whoever invented procrastination deserves to be electrocuted.

I have the strangest feeling that I just can't shake.

Since I have to wake up early tomorrow for SAT's, I'll keep this post short...using bullets! Pew pew! Which reminds me, I haven't worn my Banzai Bill hat for a long time...

• I finally watched Whisper of the Heart and I thought it was really good! I always get so envious of the settings in movies like those and I always wish I could live those places. I've always wanted to live in a city or a town where I was free to explore every little nook and cranny of it. It'd be so cool to live in a place where everyday could hold a new adventure.

• I don't know how it happened, but I got back into Yu-Gi-Oh. After an almost two-year hiatus, the plague has come back. I wonder how long this fad will last this time...

• Tomorrow is SAT's. Whoop-de-doo. The only thing I really have to look forward are the fun times we're gonna have at 99 Ranch afterward...probably full of Yu-Gi-Oh talk. Dang, I feel like I'm in elementary school again. You would think after making an entire film project based on the theme of maturation that I would learn something from it, but I guess I haven't.

• The more I watch my music video, the less sense it seems to make. I suppose I could just say the meaning behind it is ambiguous, which it kind of is. Being a song without words (which is an oxymoron), loose interpretation is kind of expected. Everyone is going to have a different idea of what the theme is supposed to be.

P.S. There's a difference between Bullet Bills and Banzai Bills! Banzai Bills are giant and limbless!
P.P.S. I converted to Tumblr-ism today. Check me out here if you're so inclined:

http://clockwisefunctions.tumblr.com/

Every night has its day. Even forever must come to an end...I think...

The title above is a quote from Chrono Cross, but I can't remember exactly who says it...It still sounds cool and profound though.

I think my new favorite thing to do in Computers is to go on JWPepper and find music to download. I found some songs by Leroy Anderson yesterday, and now I can't stop listening to them. They're just so catchy! I especially like "The Typewriter" and we've played other songs by him before, like "Sleigh Ride" and "Bugler's Holiday".

Yesterday, I finished editing my music video and it turned out a lot different than what I expected. The theme of the video kind of got lost, but it didn't end up as bad as I thought it would. In my opinion, it's not as good as the video I made by myself, but it's still not terrible like some of my past projects. In the end, I suppose that I'm happy with all of the hard work that my group and I did. Next time, I should really plan out the filming portion of ideas better. I think a good idea would be to scope out the location first, because my memory of the place and the actual area differed. I hadn't been there in a while, so I had forgotten what everything looked like, making it hard to find good angles for filming.

Ah well, it should interesting for everyone to watch tomorrow at Film Club. I always get so paranoid and worried that Mr. Sanders's computer won't play my video. Hopefully it'll be able to play both of them, and hopefully I'll know what to talk about. I want to describe, in detail, everything that is wrong with my video and there is a lot. I really like the intro I "made" though. It's a little production animation-type thing that I'll put at the beginning of all of my videos from now on. I didn't make the animation though. I only added the title and music, but it's cool nonetheless!

I finally finished downloading the movie Whisper of the Heart over the weekend. But it turned out that it didn't have subtitles. So I spent a couple of hours trying to add them manually, but I kind of failed. So, I downloaded a different one yesterday, and this one actually has English subtitles! Too bad I have like no free time this week to watch it. Then again, the football game is away this Friday, so maybe I can spend a lonely Friday by myself watching it (assuming I don't sleep the entire time out of exhaustion).

Hooray! I finally beat Solitaire in Computers for the very first time! Geez, the draw three cards rule makes it so difficult to win. Well, I hope this a good sign for the rest of the day today. The luck gods have smiled on me this morning and hopefully today will be a fantastical day.

Also, you may have noticed that I changed the banner (again). I really like this one and it's much more mellow, yet still interesting. The name "Clockwise Functions" is just something I made it because I thought it sounded cool. Though, I think it would make a neat film productions name.

Which reminds me. I need to think of a good idea to do for my Art Club project. I have some ideas, but I haven't figured out how I would execute them. I think that's why I can't get many good ideas down on paper. I always worry too much about the how, instead of the what. If an idea doesn't seem realistic, then I'll kind of just forget about it. That's why I believe that keeping things simple is usually a good thing. Though, doing complicated stuff can be fun too! There's just something very rewarding about doing different, complex things and having it come together in a nice final product.

Sigh, I need to finish my Film Club project by next week somehow. I was planning on finishing it this weekend, but my mom wants me to stay home and study for SAT's. Maybe there's a way to do both...Either way, I'll probably be up late nights on Monday and Tuesday editing everything. I've also been trying to think of an idea for a new film project I could do by myself, but nothing's coming to me. I've been listening to music, hoping that inspiration would arrived on the tails of the music notes, but it hasn't been working so far.

I've been listening to the Whisper of the Heart soundtrack, and I really want to watch that movie. I may have to resort to downloading it onto my computer... Desperate times call for desperate measures!