Chell's Mind

MCAT? Check.

2011-07-11T01:56:00.003-04:00

Okie dokey loki, so that thing that I've been studying for over the past year or so, that thing which has distracted me from doing anything else consistently, is finally over. I've taken the MCAT.

Imagine the final exam for your worst class. Now, imagine a final exam encompassing all your worst classes throughout your school career. Imagine that you have only 70 minutes to answer 52 questions about chemistry and physics combined. Imagine that same scenario for biology and organic chemistry. Then, imagine having to read seven bizarrely incongruous passages and answer equally incoherent questions about them, where speculation and attentiveness are your only tools. THEN, imagine having to write TWO ESSAYS, each in only 30 minutes.

Now imagine that all of that...is ONE TEST.

Yeah, that's what the MCAT is. I showed my brother my notes, and he was all "I'll quiz you!" After staring for about a minute at the page in perplexed horror, he threw the notebook down and walked away, muttering, "I can't do this." He's a technical genius, and MY notes were utter gibberish to him. He couldn't even pronounce "sarcoplasmic reticulum" or "acetylcholine" or "human chorionic gonadotropin" or 75% of the other vocabulary I had been forced to memorize. Heck, even Firefox doesn't acknowledge those as real words!

*ahem* But yes. It's done. I'm not allowed to tell you anything about what was on that test, on pain of death, apparently.

Anyway, this means I'm going to play lots of Pokemon Black, watch tons of anime, enjoy my upcoming birthday, and then, finally, make an episode for all of you. I will first distribute it to people in my deviantART fan-group, followed by this blog, and then once I'm satisfied, I'll make it public. I feel like being evil, for evil has been done to me...and besides, all those people who constantly demand more are seriously grating on me now that I'm all psychotic and freaked out by that test.

I swear...it was like a near-death experience...like, I walked out feeling as though I should do something to atone for spending eight hours a day studying for that stupid thing. I've never felt so drained and nervous and manic as I did that dreadful Wednesday. I've never known such horror.

I may need a therapist once I'm done with all this medical business, because I'm sure I'll be completely bonkers by the end of it.

Wondering whether to level up my Archen or my Herdier first, and whether I should go beat up on some more Audino on Route 7, your truly insane friend,
~CyhAnide

P.S. Uh....just to clarify, Audino is a Chansey-ish Pokemon which just so happens to dish out some INSANE experience when you fight it in the wild. It shows up almost immediately, and is pretty darn easy to beat up until it learns Secret Power and Attract. (I HATE THOSE MOVES...I HATE...I just hate...I am filled with hate, tomato, basil, and baguettes.) As such, I've taken to walking back and forth in the same spot for many hours, just waiting for the shaky grass....

P.P.S.

MegaCon 2011

2011-03-28T05:54:00.004-04:00

Hey, guess what?

I got to meet Geoff and Griffon Ramsey at MegaCon. Awesome sauce! XD (Griffon is like my nerd idol or something. I love Immersion.)

Oh...for those of you who might not know, Geoff plays Grif (the orange one) in Red vs. Blue.

I also spotted some droids running around...

saw Calypso kiss a Predator,

...and enjoyed some architectural stuff because a room packed with 3000 unwashed nerds all at once can only be tolerated for about 30 minutes at a time.

Before I left, though, I was lucky enough to see some awesome costumes!

I even saw Spiderman get mobbed by cheerleaders as he attempted to escape via bike rickshaw.

Good times. Maybe next time, all of us can go?

Anyway, that's it for me. Good night!

=_= ~*(cyh)*
P.S. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4010779/Portal%202%20Music/Reconstructing%20Science.mp3

Stuff that has been happening recently:

2011-03-24T01:24:00.002-04:00

First off: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IAN!!! ^_^ Twenty-five years? Wow, that's a quarter of a century! I guess you pretty much count as an adult now. >_>; Congrats on surviving this long!!! XD

Next, man, am I neglecting the internet these days. So much to do and so little time to pay attention to everything. Let's see....Chell's Mind is still talking forever, but you knew that. It'll be out--patience is a virtue--a virtue that will make the episode come out sooner, in fact. (Somebody please explain that to YouTube....)

Hmm...lemme see...in January I went to Washington D.C. for a week to see my best friend. (She came back back from school overseas to go to another friend's wedding.) That was awesome. Got to hang out with the Washington Monument. We're old college pals, you see:

Also got to see the Lincoln Memorial and the Botanical Gardens and all kinds of Smithsonian stuff.

Valentine's Day was awesome 'cause I finally had someone to spend it with, too. I got a big velvet-covered box of chocolates. O_O They were so tasty!

Hmm...oh, and Jared and Ian just came down to hang out with me for five days. It was a blast, 'cause Ian was all fascinated with palm trees and whatnot, and Jared is such a goofball. We had tons of fun just hanging out and eating my mom's cooking. (Her food is SO good.) I cooked breakfast every day, too, which was nice. ^_^ Hmm...I managed to save Ian and Jared from severe sunburn by making them buy SPF50 sunblock, but Ian got splinters anyway from punching a palm tree...I think they were pretending it was Minecraft or something...Jared made sandstone. >_>;

Anyway, it was a fun visit and it was really sad to see them go. Hopefully more of us will be able to get together next time, and maybe some resourceful fans will be able to come visit as well and hang out for a couple of days. (We wouldn't be able to provide lodging, though. That would be up to them.) Kinda like a mini convention, I suppose. It would be nice to at least meet some of you who live in Georgia or Florida--where Jared and I live, respectively.

So yeah: fun, fun, fun. I've been slacking on the MCAT studies, though, so I'm trying get back into that now. I've also finally got a job offer, too, so at last I can make money and finish up on my computer upgrades! (And get a new LCD for my laptop since that one went kaput. =_=#)

Anyway, that's about it for me. Chell's Mind is churning in the background, no worries, but I've definitely been needing this break from YouTube to get other stuff together and do something other than spend all my time on the internet. I miss you guys, though, and now that my computer is back to normal (Gladys caught a virus before Jared and Ian arrived, and I've only now recovered everything that I need for the next episode) I'll be able to return to business. Yay!

Gute nacht!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. Anyone who wants more frequent updates than this should checkout the Facebook thing, even just to read what's going on or catch random awesome things we see or come up with and don't put in our blogs. The group has been doing pretty well, so I guess it's all good. ^_^ Hooray for civilized interactions!

Facebook

2011-01-18T22:32:00.002-05:00

See that thing above this post? Click on it and conform to the internet-approved requirements for popularity in this day and age...or don't.

Please don't try to friend me. I'm failing at being an antisocial weirdo as it is.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Whoa...

2011-01-03T02:50:00.002-05:00

I just checked my email for the first time after avoiding it for about a week and found almost 100 messages from YouTube.

That's not the least bit surprising, though. (I expect YouTube to accost me with messages pretty much constantly.) What's surprising--shocking, actually--is that not one of them were rude, obnoxious, mean, or condescending...

I love you guys. Expect a new episode soon. ^_^

I do have a trip at the end of January, so if you're super nice and keep this up, you might have some special extras coming, including a new episode...but only if you keep being awesome.

Though, I am sorely tempted to release the new episode exactly one year from the last one...but that's too close to the MCAT and I can't get distracted. ~_~; (Contemplates giving the toaster a bath...) It's bad enough that I now have Civilization V to suck all the time and life out of me. *facepalm* Multiplayer is so epic!!!

Anyway, Merry Christmasolstannukwanzaakah and Happy New Year to everyone. (There...pretty sure I've got everything covered with that one.) Thanks for all the nice PMs and comments.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

EDIT: Oh, and CooL stopped by over the break. Here's the proof...Ian is feeling rather left-out on webcam. XD (We just got back from the mall...in Orlando. Yeah. Crazy hair and feeling gross. Yay!)

(Here's a better one of Ian. No idea what I'm doing down in the corner there...taking a picture, apparently. XP See the gleam?? That winning smile?! XD Yeah, this was loads of fun.)

Christmas

2010-12-28T15:32:00.003-05:00

Merry late Christmas and happy New Year...or, for those of you from other denominations, or perhaps from nondenominations, Merry Christmahannukwanzaakah to you.

I say Merry Christmas though. Whiners will be shot and banned.

Oh, and Happy Birthday, Andris! XD (His birthday was on the Winter Solstice, on a full blood-red lunar eclipse, and exactly two years from the end of the world!! YAY!)

I love the shortest day of the year--because I hate sunlight...but it doesn't count as a holiday, as it is not "holy", per se.

Again, all whiners and individuals who feel it necessary to nitpick over the above statements will be shot and banned, then shot again for good measure. ALL.

Uh....I guess you wanna know what I got? It's been awhile and I'm just exhausted and my car needs fixing and I need more hours at work and I need to buy a plane ticket that keeps magically increasing in price every time I look at it...I hate the world right now.

Anyway, my Christmas haul this year:

ThinkGeek T-shirt - "Keep Out of Direct Sunlight"
ThinkGeek T-shirt - "XKCD Tech Support Flow Chart"
ThinkGeek T-shirt - "Pluto the Non-Planet Saying 'weak.' to the solar system"
Red Nightgown
Dream Angels "Heavenly" Body Spray by Victoria's Secret
"Chiffon" perfume by Victoria's Secret (coincidence)
New leather purse
Charger for my Nintendo DS (lost the old one, somehow)
"Inception" the movie
A Christmas Ornament

(Presents I haven't opened yet for various reasons, but the contents of which I know quite well despite the wrapping and the not being told:)

Civilization V
Model of a BMW Z8
Wall Calendar (Images Unknown)

Yeah. That's all. Off to get my car fixed and consume some caffeine to fend off this exhaustion. Curse you, UPS...Holiday Helper sounds so innocent, but that job is BRUTAL. I guess my one consolation is that I'm better than 90% of the men who apply for that job. Boo-yeah.

Toodles.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

sigh

2010-10-23T18:30:00.000-04:00

This is all you're gonna get, because I hate repeating myself.

WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG:

1) MCAT
2) MCAT
3) MCAT
4) Fruitless search for employment
5) MCAT
6) More fruitless searching for employment
7) Multiple other projects I promised to help with
8) MCAT
9) MCAT
10) MCAT

Understand? Do you? Do you really? Because the questions and the whining and the people threatening me like it matters somehow are really beginning to irritate me. How dare some of these people think that they have some sort of entitlement to what I create for free. Bored? READ A BOOK. I even wrote one. Go enjoy that for a few weeks.

I have a life. I have a full ride scholarship to get because I can't afford to pay for medical school, I have an MCAT to take in a few months (think SAT, except it stabs you in the face when you're wrong) which requires more studying than an entire year of college-level classes, a med school to get into, projects to finish, and a billion other things that take priority over Chell's Mind. It would've been done before all of this hit, but, well, people were being jackwagons, and I don't respond well to jackwagons.

Now silence. Support is fine. Friendly comments are fine. Patience is AWESOME. Rudeness will earn the banhammer. Lewd comments (Have you read these? Can you really blame me for not wanting to work on anything with those people harassing me?) will receive a death sentence.

That is all.
=_= ~*(cyh*

It FINALLY happened.

2010-09-19T15:15:00.003-04:00

Watch this: Freeman's(-ish) Mind 2 - Episode 1

Seriously. Right? I mean, how does this even happen? How did the cosmos conspire to bring forth such fortune?! I ask thee, gentle internet, where the hell has this guy been hiding?!

So. Freeman's(-ish) Mind 2. Loved the intelligent humor, the references to stuff other than video games (HORUS FTW!!), and the unusually good and Ross Scott-reminiscent voice. Granted, the audio and video quality could be better, and I suspect the video was rendered with letterbox bars rather than the native resolution, but that's all technical stuff that can be fixed easily with some reading and tweaking. What matters is the substance, and this has it...at least to me. Check it out, you fools! If you haven't clicked on that link already, you're crazier than I am!

In other news, my cold is mending at last. Universal was awesome, though sleeping in a heavily air-conditioned hotel room with a sinus cold is just...no. Instead, I sat outside in a stairway at 3 or 4am and sent a long text message to a certain precious someone. Then I actually went to sleep because I was sick, heavily medicated, and very tired. I'm sure that text made absolutely no sense.

By the way, butterbeer tastes like fizzy butterscotch, as suspected.

Now I can actually get some stuff done. Got a couple of side projects, I need the elevator's voice back (which means Ian needs to get cracking on Harrison's Mind....AFTER Castle is done!), and then I'll get started on the next episode.

...Oh, and why is it that whenever someone just takes a long time to release the next episode, people start assuming that the series is over? Did I make any such announcement? No. Have I totally trashed GLaDOS yet? NAY!

Ergo, I'm not done. Just quit bugging me and I'll get it done. Crimeny.

The End.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

Ugh, My Face...

2010-09-01T20:08:00.000-04:00

8:01PM EST

So I have a cold. I'm pretty sure my mom gave it to me. My sinuses are all stuffed up and when I talk I sound funny. Also I'm really tired. ~_~; Blarg, honk. Blargy honk-honk.

I'm gonna pass out....

In other news, despite my illness--like a true masochist--I'm going to Universal for a couple of days. I'm leaving tomorrow, and my best friend's brother is paying for everything--w00t! This should be fun. I've never been to a theme park in the US before. Downtown Disney doesn't count--no rides.

Okay...time to lie down. x_x;

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Nerd Rising

2010-08-25T05:18:00.002-04:00

5:15AM EST

I am going to be SO sad when I finish rewatching the entirety of Yu-Gi-Oh!

Sou da. Jidai ga owateiru. Kanashikute, kanashikute shou ga naindarou?

It's funny. Last time, I rooted for the Pharaoh, but this time around it's all about Kaiba. That guy's ego is a fantastic thing. Also, his Japanese voice is so cool. The Pharaoh just shouts a lot...Dan Green is cooler.

By the way, the season four opening song in the Japanese episodes is stuck in my head. It rocks so hard.

In other news, there is no other news. It was just taking way too long scrolling through the comments in the last blog entry. I got tired of grinding the wheel, and my childish love of old-school anime seemed like a good enough reason to say a few words.

Oh, but here's something fun:

That's Tom, my goldfish. He's about 7 inches long, 6 years old, and really cute. He's constantly trying to make the other two fish play with him, but he gets shunned every time. SHUNNED! Once, he was bumping the Bala Shark with his nose and trying to start a game of chase or something, but then the Bala Shark got mad and tried to bite Tom. Tom freaked out and hid in the bamboo leaves. He was back at it again after a few seconds, though. (Goldfish have terrible memory.) Anyway, I usually end up poking at the glass, leading him around for a bit and making "bloop-bloop" faces at him for fun when the other fish don't want to play. He's always happy, somehow. I think it's because he knows that goldfish are immortal. All the other fish will die, but the goldfish will remain. They're like Highlanders.

That's right. Goldfish are Highlanders.

That's enough outta me.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

The Life of Cyh

2010-08-07T06:15:00.002-04:00

***The following is a typical day of my life, with no job market, no school, and rampant insomnia.***

4PM: WAKEY TIME! (Teeth, clothes, hair brushing, obtaining mocha, etc...)

4:30PM: DRIVING TIME! (I love Betty. She takes such good care of me.)

4:45PM: WANDERING AIMLESSLY THROUGH BOOKSTORES AND SEARCHING FOR MOVIES TO RENT TIME!

5PM: DECIDE NOT TO RENT MOVIE TIME! BACK TO BOOKSTORES!

6PM: RETURN HOME! Search commences for foodstuffs. It is a lengthy ritual which involves much opening and closing of refrigerators, freezers, and pantries. Usually results in giving up and waiting for Mom to cook some traditional Philippino dish which apparently the rest of the world finds strange but with which I have grown up my entire life and thus enjoy with a passion. Sinigang and chicken adobo are king.

6:30PM: Watch news, check for hurricanes, become despondent that there are no hurricanes, help out in kitchen, watch little brother Sasquatch the Leprechaun play Runescape and marvel at penguins in sheep's clothing....

8PM: DINNERTIME!

8:30PM: TV/INTERNET TIME! (Favorite channels include, but are not limited to: The Science Channel, Discovery, HD Theater, NatGeo, Nat Geo Wild, The History Channel, Food Network, BBC America, and The Travel Channel.)

9:30PM: GYM TIME~! (TV is also watched here. Exclusively Discovery Channel. Shark Week is the shiz.)

11PM: GO HOME TIME! Shower, brush teeth, deal with uncooperative long hair, change into pajamas, etc...

12AM: TV/INTERNET/ANIME TIME!!! (Episode 6 of Kuroshitsuji II is....gah! Sebastian! *huggles*)

3AM: SNACK TIME! (May occur throughout the day/night, especially since my metabolism's been going nuts recently...frosted flakes are a favorite.)

6AM: BEDTIME!! (This is actually tied to sunrise, therefore time may vary.)

So, as you can see, things like that latest video occur for very good reasons. Also, it's past my bedtime.

Good morning.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

One of those days...

2010-07-31T03:37:00.006-04:00

3:00AM EST

Ever have one of those days where you can't seem to sit still and you really want to get a ton of stuff done, but there's something called sleep that just keeps nagging and nagging and nagging?!

Yeah. One of THOSE days. Pretty irritating. That was yesterday. Today, all I've got is the not-sitting-still part, which sucks because my butt hurts from exercising yesterday and today. Getting better, though I should probably takes some aspirin. Man, it sucks when you wake up and sit up and suddenly your entire ass cramps up with a massive Charley horse and you're freaking out 'cause it's YOUR ASS and that's pretty important. Sitting is painful. Enough about my ass.

Anyway, the entire point is that the letter "C" on my keyboard keeps getting fickle on me. Gotta change the tinfoil. Wish I had a circuit board pen, but nooooo, they don't sell them at Best Buy because all those guys are ass-hats who think I'm retarded for asking whether a specific video card is capable of rendering at 1080p and treat me like some random chick who can't POSSIBLY know anything about the magical internal workings of a computer.

Bah. They will suffer for their insolence.

On a lighter note, I finally found the courage to get rid of my old computer and the monitor. Took it to Abraham the awesome computer man and he was all "Sure, I'll take it!" and I was all "I need an IDE PCI controller card" and he was all "HERE! A TRADE! TOTALLY FREE!!!" and I was all "YOU'RE AWESOME! I'D HUG YOU BUT THAT WOULD BE CREEPY!!!"

Besides, I don't need an Athlon 64 for my P55 mobo. That would be stupid, and it wouldn't even fit 'cause the Athlon's a PGA and the P55 has an LGA socket. Plus, the P55 is an Intel board, and the Athlon is AMD. I don't know why I was emotionally attached to that old thing. Probably because I won it at Grad Night after graduating high school. First time winning something, EVER. Free computers are badass, people. Never turn one down. RIP, Asylum. I'll keep you in my heart forever!

So anyway, I now have about.........three terabytes of storage. WOOT! Finally got those old hard drives installed. Damn you, IDE! Why can't you just be SATA?! I hate PATA cables. They block all the air flow, and I'm gonna complain anyway, DESPITE the fact that my case is made of grill material! (Not like a barbecue grill, but steel mesh...why didn't I just say steel mesh?)

.....

Wow. *reads through* I have no idea what just happened. I think I just had a geek attack.

Oh, yeah. People? Stop asking about episode 06. Don't even joke. The script is irritating me 'cause timing is everything, and people bugging me just makes me want to write something else.

*sigh*

At least I feel better now. I'm gonna go do some writing.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. Oh, yeah. Now I remember why I'm so wonky. See, there are these things called Korean dramas. Most of them are a massive emotional suck-fest with terrible endings, but there's this one that I just rewatched called "You're Beautiful" that actually ends FANTASTICALLY and holy crap, don't EVER let me go to South Korea. EVER. Because I'll never leave. I will devote my entire life to (intensely creepily) stalking THIS GUY:

...
Okay, bad pic...he's surgically turning a stuffed bunny into a pig-bunny. See the piggy nose?! XD I WANT ONE!!!

Hwang Tae Kyung is the character's name in the show, and Jang Geun Seok is his real name. His smile is pure evil--it's wonderful! I swear, every time he smiles, a puppy dies. I want to study him... +_+

Kang Shin Woo can go to hell, the clingy bastard. Jeremy was adorable, though, and Go Mi Nyu...I want her to be my sister! XD I'm on a roller coaster ride. I love this show, but I hate seeing it end.... DX

Anyway, here, the Korean version of Andy:

Freakin'ey, I have to go lie down now. @_@;

P.P.S.: Here's my Gladys. Boo-yeah!

P.P.P.S.: MANGOES~! This is my HARVEST! +_+ (The pen is there to reference mango size. I climbed up the tree and got all the big ones on purpose. XD)

Changes

2010-07-19T23:31:00.006-04:00

In light of recent comments that annoyed me, and disregard for the rules I set forth concerning commenting, I've decided to allow comments only by approval. If your comment is related to the post, you're good. If you're dragging your problems from other blogs to mine, I'm deleting it. What the other Masterminds do with their blogs is entirely their business, and I don't want people's grievances being dragged over here to irritate me for no reason. They can do what they want--it's their blog and you should respect that. All other requirements in the italics above the comment box here still stand. I've got enough nonsense to deal with in the real world where things actually matter. I don't need people here giving me problems, too. It's bad enough that I can't get in the mood to make the next episode--any more crap and I'm just going to wait until Portal 2 is released to continue the series.

I haven't slept in two days, to the point where even the slightest irritation makes it impossible for me to fall asleep at all. I am INCREDIBLY cranky, INCREDIBLY annoyed at EVERYTHING, and I just want to write in peace. I'll probably change things again when I'm in a better mood, but at the moment, in the wise words of Daddy's Ten Rules to Dating:
"I've got a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind my house--do NOT trifle with me."

That is all.

Who's Goin' Mango Huntin'? WE'S Goin' Mango Huntin'!

2010-06-26T20:06:00.000-04:00

My mom's friend works cleaning an enormous empty mansion along the river, and the owners have an entire mango grove filled with trees and peacocks. Some of the peacocks are albino.

Peacock poo is weirdly similar to cat poo. Not like the uric acid poo of most birds. That is, if the poo was indeed from the birds, and not some stray cat...

Enough biology. Anyway, I went mango hunting there with my mom. It was AWESOME. My mango tree died in the big freeze this past winter--JEANNE! I MISS YOU!!!--so it was nice to see some LIVING trees. (It sprouted during hurricane Jeanne, and grew in a loop-de-loop which mimicked the path of the storm--bitch came back for us, that's what that was!)

I'm not quite sure how we're going to manage to eat all those mangoes, though...the counter is stuffed with them. We covered them in newspaper to keep in the ethylene dioxide that lets fruit ripen.

...Okay, that's enough. I've got bio on the brain and it's non-conducive to being online.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

DONE.

2010-06-19T06:34:00.003-04:00

It's up when it's processed. YouTube is slower than molasses on Pluto.

I have to go write now. My brain is itching. Oh, and Curtis, two new chapters are now available for your reading pleasure. Be warned, though. It's gonna hit you like a brick upside the head.

EDIT: Okay, that's enough waiting.

Chell's Mind - 05 (Part 1)
Chell's Mind - 05 (Part 2)

=_= ~*(cyh)*
"Talking is dangerous. Shutting up is better."~Andykins
(I adore you! ...And nobody knows what I'm talking about.)

75% of dubbing is DONE...

2010-06-18T05:05:00.000-04:00

...and now my throat hurts. I think I'm catching a cold. It's 5AM and I'm tired, so I'm gonna go watch some TV now. I hope I can post it before the bug really gets me.

I need some water...CURTIS! I NEED YOUR WATER COOLER, STAT!

Oh, and in case you guys are at all curious, sometimes I inject random lines from the episode into my posts here. It's super awesome, and very weird.

Okay, I gotta go watch the Science Channel now. Science is calling to me!

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Halfway Point

2010-06-17T03:38:00.000-04:00

I'm only halfway through the audio recording for two reasons:

1) I've gone crazy with working on my book writing, and as far as I'm concerned, original works trump parody. I love writing...

2) Television in HD in my room and E3. E3 is BIG. I've watched the Portal 2 trailer and all its associated videos about fifty times, and I'm fairly certain that my little brother is now sick of me barging into his room to show him awesome new Portal 2 stuff. Seriously, the music makes me happy, hearing GLaDOS makes me happy, watching turrets get sucked into vents and explode with lasers makes me happy...I'm just all giggly.

So yeah, it's slow going, and the people bugging me for the next episode are only delaying its release--it puts me in a cranky mood and I just don't work on it. Instead, I watch the Discovery Channel 25th Anniversary two-hour Mythbusters special. That's two whole hours I could've been working on an episode, and instead I'm watching explosion montages.

Food for thought.

=_= ~*(cyh)*
Word of the day: Incongruous.
"Two incongruous triangles are the equilateral and the isosceles."

Barbecue is Owning Me.

2010-06-08T03:07:00.003-04:00

So I'm being lazy because of this need for barbecue. I have no idea how it relates to my ability to record lines, but it's so hard to get into the mood. It's 3AM and I'm watching the Food Network show "Unwrapped." It's pretty freaking awesome.

I got to marinade a rack of ribs today, though. Once it's grilled up the Irony Gods should logically be appeased. Don't ask me what the logic is in that--there just is. I hope my dry rub works out, though. I wonder if anise is good with pork...mother will be mighty angry if it tastes wonky.

Ye gods, this is ludicrous. WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT BARBECUE?!

I'm gonna go watch more "Unwrapped" now.

=_= ~*(cyh)*
I HEREBY CLAIM THIS BUTTON FOR MY OWN!

Can you see the birdy?! (Yes, I drew this.)

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....

2010-06-06T01:11:00.001-04:00

I've finally started chugging away on the dubbing for part 2. Including rendering, uploading, and processing, I'd set the ETA at around Tuesday. Those of you who have uploaded HD before understand this time frame. I completed about 1.5 minutes in an hour of work. I am slow, yes, but I'm also very picky about which takes make it, as well as how the timing is working.

The reasons for me taking so long to even start working on Part 2? Tired, uninspired, annoyed at the internet, looking for a job, busy writing and editing, etc... This isn't the only project I'm working on, so no whining allowed. (Also, I'm not kidding when I say that every person who asks for the next episode extends the release by a day. That's the estimated amount of time it takes for me to get over my irritation per individual. I don't care if that makes me rather similar to Gabe Newell, since the guy brought us VALVe and I'm a fan of their work.)

In addition, people wondering why I sound rather curt or cross in this blog may speculate as they like. However, keep in mind that I am female, and go through about a week of bizarre madness every month. Pass My Shotgun, for the unlearned.

That is all. I will watch House now, for that man amuses me greatly, and I finally hooked my HD cable box up to the new screen and desire juicy Hi-Def goodness. (Been watching a lot of Food Network, too....man I wanna barbecue something!)

=_= ~*(cyh)*

BAD KITTY! YOU PUSHED ME! DX

2-Parter

2010-05-29T23:04:00.000-04:00

I've already uploaded Part 1. Just waiting to finish Part 2.

Also sleep-deprived. Can't think good. Invented a new word: "quickler" in place of "more quickly."

Adverbs are mean sons o' bitches. I'm getting tired of their nonsense.

=_= ~*(zzz)*

EMERGENCY!

2010-05-26T02:08:00.000-04:00

Okay, I've finished the first (shorter) part of episode 05. Now, I have two options: make this a standalone 5-minute episode and make the next one as episode 06, or continue with the two-parter plan. The former option means I release what I have done so far, the latter means you wait until I'm done with everything. The second part will take a couple more days, though.

It's up to you guys. I figured I've made you wait forever and you deserve a sweet little present.

Ciao!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

The Brain Summit

2010-05-24T03:49:00.001-04:00

At last, Ian has posted the Q&A. It's about two hours long and absolutely hilarious. I'm too tired to write a synopsis, so just check it out.

On another note, scripting the next episode is taking longer than expected, but I'm slowly making progress. As stated in the previous post, I've finished the video, and am currently working on the dialogue. It will be a two-parter due to length concerns--because YouTube is a douche--and does indeed include the radios for the Transmission Received achievement....though I have toyed with them a bit. *smirk*

Anyway, yeah. Enjoy The Brain Summit, post comments, tell us what you think, etc...

The Brain Summit

Special Note: The discussion concerning the youth and swearing/spelling/grammar is a general observation we've made. I take special care to associate with the ones who prove to be exceptions. Keep that in mind. If you're not a part of that group, ki ni shinaide, ne. (Don't worry about it.) We like you just fine.

Also, danielcdawson? Have we told you how awesome you are? If not, the Q&A will. ^_^ Thanks for all the help you give.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. Oy, Corky. This is my Pikachu. I've had it since Christmas 2000 in Japan.

"Debilibus Somnus Est..."

2010-05-23T05:53:00.001-04:00

"Naze Latin o tsukatten desu ka?" to kikun desu ne? Datte, hima dakara. Romaji shika kakenainda! Moji ga naindakara. Atashi no subete no kangae wa Nihongo de ari!! Sore yori, eigo wa mou...chotto tsumaranainda. Ne?

Ah, Gintama wa oshii na? Kaete kure, Gin-chan! Hitori ni shinaide! Atashi kanashii yo! Baka na koto bakkari kangae shika nai! Maji de shinimasu!!! Jissatsu suru! IMA SUGU NI!!!

Ja, omaera wa koko ni iru nara, oshieru. Tsugi no video wa mou totta, soshite nokori wa tada seiyuu no koto dake.

Nemuritakunai. "Suimin wa yowamushi no tame da."

"Sleep Is for the Weak."

Ijou nashi. Oyasumi nasai, yowamushi-tachi
=_= ~*(sai)*

P.S. Iiwake ga arun desu yo. 5:38am desu. Tsukareteiru kedo, demo atashi wa tomaranai! Dialogu o shiagaranakucha!

.....Sumimasen. Noh miso ga toketeiru.

(I suck at Romaji. Forgive me for misspellings and random spacings--I have had no formal training.....also, special mention in a vid for anyone who can decipher ALL of the above.)

FIXED.

2010-05-19T23:13:00.006-04:00

I fixed GLaDOS. I don't know how, but I did....which means it could totally happen again and I wouldn't know what to do...again.

=_= Ah, computers. It's a love-hate relationship: I love them, and they hate me.

Anyway, I'll be working on the next episode over the next couple of days, and by then Ian might also have the Q&A all edited up! *sigh* At last, things are moving along again.

...I'm gonna go watch some anime on my new monitor. HD FTW~! Sebastian FTW~!!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. I noticed something. Chell and I have the same nose! (She's got those crazy-ass cheekbones, though....)

EDIT:
KUROSHITSUJI II IN JULY!!!!

DX GIMME MY SEBBY BACK, YOU WANKERS~!

Help!

2010-05-18T03:16:00.003-04:00

I'm having an issue with GLaDOS' dialogue. Her lines are overlapping by about a second, making recording impossibly ridiculous. Anybody know how to troubleshoot audio issues? It's been fine until today--I know it's not the monitor's fault because it was working fine while I was tweaking the video options for the new screen. (720p will have to stick around a bit longer, by the way. A GeForce 8600 GTS can't handle 1080p with Fraps running, apparently--shoves too much of the work onto the CPU.)

Anyway, I've reinstalled the game, screwed around with the sound commands in the console, changed languages to Spanish and Russian (overlapping occurs in other languages as well), defragged the game files, and cache checked the game files. Nothing has worked. I put in a support ticket to Steam, but if someone here knows how to fix the problem, I'd be much obliged. (Google will not help you, however. I already tried that, and all I got were issues with no dialog at all, and bizarre pages about GLaDOS in bondage.... 0_=;)

I can only start the next episode after this problem is fixed, so seriously--HELP!!!! DX

=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. I just made an ENORMOUS mocha cafe popsicle! Like, 32oz. worth of mocha~!

XD THIS IS THE SHIZZZ!!

O_O *gasp!*

O_o *turn*

=_= *stare~*

+ 3 + MINE~! *grumpy face*

In case you weren't paying any attention to anything at all...

2010-05-17T05:39:00.004-04:00

...
...
PORTAL IS FREEEEEEEE!!!!!

...That is all.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

I'm Going to Die.

2010-05-15T06:21:00.013-04:00

NOTE: THERE'S A Q&A UPDATE BELOW THIS POST. YOU MIGHT WANNA CHECK THAT OUT FIRST, THEN COME READ MY TORTURED RAMBLINGS.

Most of you probably don't give a crap about my anime obsession--most of you probably think it's weird or a waste of time. You people aren't allowed to comment.

I don't care what people think, because today is a sad day. See, I want to tell you about a special show called Gintama--a show that has brought me joy on my worst days, and kept me laughing from the moment it began. That link will take you to streaming episodes, by the way--check it out! I'm serious. Watch an episode. Watch 201 episodes! SHARE MY LOSS~! ;*___*;

Picture this: Japan in olden times, in Edo where the Shinsengumi and Bakufu are in charge. Hijikata and Sogo and Kondo are all there. There are swords and samurai and ninjas.

Now add aliens. Yes, ALIENS--like those people from space?--yeah, those guys. Just add them in. Go ahead! They'll fit right in just fine. Now, stick them in the story, and call them the Amanto. There was a big war when they took over. Samurai fought and died for the human race, but in the end, they failed to push back the invaders. One samurai in particular, a man by the name of Sakata Gintoki who was given the epithet of Shiroyasha (White Demon), survived with a couple of his buddies. After the war, he opened up a shop called Yorozuya Gin-chan (Odd Jobs Gin). This show (and the ongoing manga) does something I've never seen duplicated. It combines ridiculously wild and deadpan comedy, hardcore violence, and serious drama so perfectly that imagining life without a constant supply of this madness makes me want to give the toaster a bath.

Cast during Screwdriver MMO episode:

This story focuses on Gin, Kagura (an alien girl in a Chinese dress from the invincible and fair-skinned Yato clan), and Shinpachi (a kid from a nearby dojo hoping to find a job--he is one with his glasses). They make up the Yorozuya, and they will do ANYTHING for a buck. There's one problem, though: Gin's pretty much useless. He's a lazy, diabetic samurai who can't carry anything more than a wooden sword he bought off a TV commercial because of the new Amanto-imposed sword-ban.

Gin...not getting along with the ladies.

However, he's not boring. None of them are boring. Throughout the series, they've battled a ninja with hemorrhoids who tries to steal Gin's Shonen Jump magazine, defeated multiple insanely powerful alien clans, rescued a city of badass prostitutes while dressed as women, parodied every pop culture reference under the sun, pretended to be lost tourists in a marathon, gotten trapped in an MMO in order to fix random body parts that for some reason have become screwdrivers (flat and phillips) battled yakuza alien wasp nests because of unfortunate Playstation 2-related deaths, fought for the purity of a girl who thinks she's a boy, dressed up as a centaur carrying a dead child in order to be a mascot for police affairs, harassed thousands of people, been trapped in the bodies of various animals and an android maid, saved the earth about fifteen different times, built the Neo Armstrong Jet Cyclone Armstrong Cannon, triumphed over the inner otaku of a Shinsengumi member (but not without honoring his tenacity), found and lost multiple jobs, killed several wild alien pets which belonged to a certain pathetic prince, defeated Freeza (well, Hijikata did that--he and Sogou are a whole other ball game), and countless other fantastic stories.

Kagura on a bad day--Bitch be CRAZY!

Shinpachi on a bad day--bitch be a dude!

Sogo and Kagura make a psychotically awesome team.

On the Shinsengumi side, they've fought bathroom bacteria reminiscent of Nausicaa's creepy forest, fought for the dreams of the aforementioned inner otaku, made attempt after attempt at arresting Gin for something--anything!, tried harder than any person should to keep their gorilla of a commander from marrying a real space gorilla, gotten mixed up in Yorozuya business constantly, gently rejected a young girl's love by pretending to be Mayonnaise royalty, gone hunting for a golden beetle with honey slathered all over the body, fought amongst each other a hundred times over retarded things, made every death threat imaginable to a comrade (Hijikata? Sogo? I'm talking about you!), fought valiantly to win the right to be a pop idol's fan club, struggled to find the last cigarette in the galaxy because the ashtrays around the city now explode when you put ash in them....the list just gets longer...and longer...and longer.

The Shinsengumi:

Hijikata on a bad day--ouch. (Saw Parody)

Really, I can't believe it's over. Sure, they tell us that there'll be more once the mangaka is finished making more chapters, but this hiatus is going to kill me inside! I've never seen anything so wonderfully capable of making me laugh like a lunatic and sob like a baby all in the same episode! Gin is my favorite fictional character of all time--not because he's an absolute riot (which he is....I love you, Tomokazu Sugita-sama! BEST VOICE ACTOR EVER!!!!!)--but because he's the kind of person who ignores the stupid little issues and hits the core of the problem. Also, he's kickass. Seriously--he's a demon with white hair and red eyes (I conjecture that he's actually albino...). And Hijikata and Sogo? Those two are the greatest duo I've ever seen. Seriously, I've never seen good friends try so hard on a regular basis to kill each other in such inventive, insidious ways. Shinpachi? He is more than his glasses--he's the ultimate straight-man. Kagura? She's the craziest, most screwed up little slacker girl on the planet, and I adore her for it. Katsura? I'll never forget your name. Takasugi? You're a crazy bastard, dude--keep up the smexeh. Kondo? Give up on Otae--she'll really kill you one of these days. Sa-chan? STOP BRINGING NATTO AND BDSM PARAPHERNALIA TO EVERY EPISODE YOU GET!!! Everyone? I'm going to miss you.

Hijikata and Sogo--The Saw Parody

The outcome: Sogo wins. Hijikata is doomed.

Sogo on a bad day--Everybody dies.

In the words of Toshi, the inner otaku who represents everything I love about this show:
"We just have to live every second to the fullest, and the traces of the path we lived be burned into the ground...That will be proof of our existence!"

The Yorozuya and the Shinsengumi kicking ass and chewing bubblegum. WITH A BAZOOKA.

Badass Prostitutes:

Takasugi: Harbinger of Chaos and Gin's former comrade in arms
(AKA The Hotness)

This is Toshi--he's adorable. (He's also Hijikata.)

Gin the Lawyer

Gin the Warrior Shiroyasha

Gin the Lazy-Ass

Gin the (Bad) Photographer

Gin the Ghostbuster (I made this as an avatar)

Oh, and Pirate Gin:

Guy: Look, we don’t need guys like you.

Gintoki: [dressed in a space pirate outfit] How rude. We want to be pirates too! Take us with you! Right, Zura?

Katsura: It’s not Zura; it’s Captain Katsura.

Gintoki: We’re mischievous guys who’ve dreamt of becoming pirates ever since we were little. We’re looking for the secret treasure called ‘One Park’. Right, Zura?

Katsura: It’s not Zura; it’s Captain Katsura.

Guy: Whatever. Go find it yourselves.

Gintoki: Don’t say that. Look, my hand’s a hook. I can only be a pirate or a coat-hanger now.

In the words of Gin-chan, the badassest samurai around:
"Listen up! Let’s say you drink too much strawberry milk, and have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, but it’s cold outside your bed. You don’t want to get up, but the urge to urinate is just too strong! You make up your mind to go! You run to the bathroom, stand in front of the toilet, and let loose! You think that all your life has led to this moment! But then you realize. It isn’t the bathroom! You’re still in bed! That feeling of lukewarm wetness spreads like wildfire! But you don’t stop! You can’t stop! That’s what I’m talking about! That’s the truth of the strawberry milk! Do you get it?"

That's a wrap.... TT_TT
8_8 ~*(cry)*
(And watch out for vending machines!)

Q&A FTW

2010-05-14T23:06:00.000-04:00

Hey, people. Great news~! We just finished the Q&A, and after Ian is done editing and fixing it up, we'll be posting it on all our channels. It's two-and-a-half hours long. (Krimsin fell asleep and vanished for the last half-hour, as well...that was kind of adorable, actually...) Also, my monitor has come in! 1080p FTW! This thing is so beautiful. I can't wait to get cracking on the next episode.

So yeah, keep an eye out for the Q&A and episode 05 of Chell's Mind. It should be a blast--I know it was a blast making it.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Check this Mess!

2010-05-11T23:32:00.004-04:00

Okay, I've decided not to make the new episode until I get the new 1080pHD monitor and Zalman VGA heatsink I ordered last night at 3AM. (That's early in my world--shut up.) AT LAST! Hi-Def! And no more high-pitched whine killing my ears~! This also means that, chances are, the Q&A will happen prior to the new ep--which is fine with me since I'll have to fine-tune a lot of settings for the new monitor, not to mention overclocking the graphics card to improve performance a bit.

Yes. Computer nerd stuff. It's only important if you know what any of it means.

I can't wait until I can afford an i7 Lynnfield and an EVGA GeForce 470/480....I happen to like the P55 chipset, thank you very much! So what if it's not triple-channel?! It's still an awesome setup.

New stuff I'm getting--'cause it's pretty, and the old monitor is destroying my hearing:

Monitor: HP 2159m 21.5" 1080p LCD w/BrightView (i.e., none of that anti-glare blurry crap)

Heatsink: Zalman VF1000 LED VGA Heatsink (pure copper FTW~!)

What I already have:

Case: CoolerMaster NV690 Mid/Full Tower ATX (I LOVE THIS CASE)

Mobo: EVGA P55 SLI (Note: this chipset had no north bridge--all that's on the CPU)

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield (2.67GHz x4 cores--sorry, no HT, but yes Turbo Boost!)

RAM: 6GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2000 (3x2GB)

Graphics Card: XFX Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM (Oldest component in the system, but still a nice little card.)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB w/32MB Cache (This thing is SILENT)

PSU: Rosewill Stallion 500W Blue LED (My little trooper.)

Optical Drive: DVD/CD-R/RW, etc.... (No LightScribe, though--that's on the laptop.)

Yeah...I've put some really pretty pennies into this thing. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT MONITOR!!!!

That is all.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. I went to the gym today, for the first time since high school. Ah, it feels good to work out all that stress.... Remember: cardio is important!

Guess What?

2010-05-09T17:51:00.000-04:00

I'M FREE!

I've graduated college with a BS in pre-med bio at last. *sigh* Oh, how wonderful to be free of schoolwork... My parents and grandparents got all emotional and whatnot, while my little brother just kinda stood there, waiting for it to end.

o_o I had no idea my school did defense contracts...

That aside, happy Mother's Day to everybody's mommies. I gave my mom some potted plants--she loves plants. TELL YOUR MOTHERS HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THEM! Mommies are important. =_= *stern face*

Also, Q&A coming up as soon as I can work out a date when everyone is free, not to mention a new episode of Chell's Mind as soon as I'm all squared away with cleaning my room and dusting my computer out. Granted, it idles at 30C, but that's not good enough for me. I'll also be getting a new HD widescreen monitor from my parents, so look out for 1080p in the near future. BANZAI!! Now I just have to get a job at a clinic, finish the MCAT, ASVAB, DLAB, and GRE (all tests), and join the Air Force. Busy, busy, busy...

Okay, so this is the last call for interesting questions for the Q&A. As soon as we've got a date ready, I'm closing submissions. And no common/stupid questions. I'm just gonna ignore those.

That is all.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

I don't know why I feel like telling, but...

2010-04-28T19:00:00.004-04:00

...I got into my first car accident about a week ago. Not my fault, so the other insurance is taking care of it. She pulled out in front of me while hidden behind a couple other cars. I hit the brakes, but I'd been going a little less than 50mph, so it was still a pretty good wreck. I probably hit at around 25-30mph, though it's hard to tell when you're concentrating on not dying. (Trust me: 25-30mph is damn fast for a car wreck.) I think the thing that annoys me most is that I'd really rather not have to deal with this while dealing with the school stuff. Real life has no business in my school life!

Still....my poor baby. TT_TT She's not totaled, but still....I hate seeing Betty in pain. (Betty is my car--yet another example of how far Kung Pow has infiltrated my life. MmmmmBetty.) I have the same kind of car now as the one that saved me and my family in a horrifying accident when I was four: Toyota Corolla. Say what you will about power and speed, but those are tough little cars. My entire family (including myself) might be dead or terribly injured otherwise. (Hit by a drunk driver on a major highway, ended up rolling end-over-end several times, followed by multiple barrel rolls, followed by a rough landing in the median, right side up. They had to get my mom out with the Jaws of Life.) Instead, we're all fine, even my little brother, who was about two and a half at the time. In fact, we walked away unharmed--which actually shocked the paramedics.... o_o;

Ah, and I'm fine, though it worries me that my airbags didn't deploy. Note to self: check airbags. I really thought I'd be too panicked to drive again, but really, I think I've got some sort of apathy bug, 'cause I'm perfectly fine. I'm crying like a baby every day, but that's just because of stress from school and graduation. Not related to the car...though looking at her black eye makes me cringe inside.

So I guess the moral of the story is: Don't get into car accidents. Insurance companies are cranky buttmunches and you vehicle should be precious to you. If it's not, then there's something wrong with you. Also, seat belts are important--without them I'd be dead or mangled or something. ALSO, don't pull out randomly into open traffic without first yielding the right of way. Because otherwise you're just a douchetard. ALSO, drinking and driving is the most retarded thing any living person could ever do....aside from maybe shooting oneself in the foot on purpose. ALSO! Don't assume that everyone around you is a good driver. Assume they're all retarded and talking on the cellphone while fiddling with the radio and cleaning up spilled soda. Only then are you truly safe.

That is all. Sorry for the rant. I just turned in a massive Toxicology paper and I'm trying to wear out my brain before I have a chance to think about how many hours I spent on that thing.

I have to go sleep now, before my body collapses.
=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S.: For those who might be curious as to what I'm doing, here's one of the projects I worked on, which was due today. It was part of a hybrid project: a paper and something media-related. I picked the internet because I want to know the internet for the good, and not the hours spent toiling searching for any and all of the horribly scarce chronic toxicity data available for tributyltin compounds.

I KNEW IT.

2010-04-23T20:17:00.001-04:00

SEE?!

This is why Skynet must never be.

....Back to the salt mines with me...

=_= ~*(cyh)*

I've Officially Cracked.

2010-04-19T04:20:00.000-04:00

So I was looking up some music to chill to whilst torturing myself with Meteorology and stumbled across an old favorite artist by the name of BT. This guy does wonderful, mathematically-inspired music, and my favorite album by far is "This Binary Universe."

In short, I found a song. It's entitled "Good Morning Kaia" and I haven't stopped crying since. The music video is all video taken by the artist and his family, and it's about his daughter.

To those of you who like a feel-good cry-your-eyes-out-because-you-ought-to-on-occasion video, I give you this.

Make sure to read the text. It's a message to his daughter.

....I have to go hug my daddy now. TT____TT

8_8 ~*(cyh)*

The Future

2010-04-12T04:03:00.001-04:00

EDIT: I just realized that I wasn't allowing anonymous comments. They are now allowed. However, people who displease me will be deleted. The words "When's the next episode?" will result in pain. Q&A is on hold until I'm sane and well-rested again. The cake is only a lie in the game. Correct spelling and grammar preferred. Egregious lack of the aforementioned spelling and grammar will result in deleted comments. That includes punctuation. If you're not an English-speaker, warn me first, and you're safe. Rudeness is not tolerated. I haven't slept in about three days. Repetition of comments will also result in pain. I have a headache. I'm going to go finish that term paper now.

Good Night:

------ORIGINAL POST------

I figure I should make some sort of update-type thing before people start sending me pages of comments demanding the next episode. It'll probably be awhile before I'm free enough to work on much more than the script. Why, you might ask? Well, this is why:

2 art projects
3 MASSIVE papers (One of which I expect to require at least 50hrs of research and about 20 peer-reviewed Journal articles.)
2 or 4 Presentations (I forget)
2 Hourly Exams (or more)
Several quizzes
Over 1000 pages of reading for various subjects
HELL WEEK (AKA Final Exams)
And GRADUATION!!!

Yeah, I'm finally getting that Pre-Med bachelors I've been killing myself over for the past four years. Huzzah. All of this will happen over the next 30 days. I expect to be dead by the end of it, in fact. No sleep and no fun makes Cyh want to kill things. I'll be hovering around the internet in those spare moments between banging my head against the wall and reading or writing, but I'll be avoiding things like Skype and intense conversations like the plague. I'm not ignoring you--I'm just killing myself slowly. I just spent 2 hours combating the mathematics behind hurricane wind speeds. Trust me--it's torture. It was only ONE PROBLEM, but math is fail, so it took an eternity.

I'm trying not to stress, but it's not easy when school is out to get you.

Anyway, yeah, that's the immediate future. I expect less than one percent of the people who watch Chell's Mind to actually read this--let alone look for my blog--but that fraction of a percent who does has my eternal gratitude. You make it that much easier to give a crap about the series. ~_~ Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to read about Victorian England, Jack the Ripper, and then get about two and a half hours of sleep.

Ciao!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. If you're bored and want to watch something awesome, though, check out this guy's LP videos. There are 888 at the time of this posting, and they're all pure gold. DC rocks. Fo shizzle, yo. (Iji, Civilization 1, and La Mulana are my current favorites--in that order.)

SAVE VALVE!!!

2010-04-09T00:15:00.002-04:00

VALVe vs. Bioware Showdown

Go there. Make an account. Vote for VALVe.

That is all. =_= Good luck, soldiers.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

EDIT: HUZZAH!! VICTORY GOES TO VALVE~!!!!! XD

This is Cake Town...and My Tonsil Hurts

2010-04-03T06:30:00.000-04:00

That last post was...interesting. I'd take a break from obsessing over JDatE, but then I'd start seeing the shadow people again, and that wouldn't be cool. But a portal to hell...now THAT I CANNOT give up.

On a more important note, I've gotten tons of questions for the Q&A, but why are most of them to me? These are for everybody in the group, so if I don't get enough for the others, I'll be forced to ask them my questions.

+_+ You do not want this.

On another important note, something is in my ear...cochlea...eustacean tube...throat? I can't tell. I've got one tonsil that hurts when I swallow, but is totally okay with chewing food, yawning, and all the other standard mandible manipulations. In other words, recording my voice now would probably kill it. Also, I'm plagued with transmission radios and the Latin music is driving me (and, most notably, Chell) up the proverbial wall. Other than burning them, I can't shut them up, and it's screwing up my plans! If you know how to make them stop, please inform me, for I am stymied at this juncture.

Too much Sherlock Holmes... =_=;

Okay, I'm gonna sleep now, before my ear explodes and my eyes fall out of their tired sockets...Bonne nuit, mon amis! (Why the French? Because I haven't used it yet.)

~_~ ...~zzZZ(cyh)ZZ

P.S. So he don't end up pantsless, give all my pants to Dave...to the tune of "Black" by Pearl Jam

YOU WILL SERVE HIM

2010-04-01T05:00:00.001-04:00

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BUT

Mistah Kurtz -- he dead.





    

        

            A penny for the Old Guy

        

    



            

                I

            



We are the hollow men

We are the stuffed men

Leaning together

Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!

Our dried voices, when

We whisper together

Are quiet and meaningless

As wind in dry grass

Or rats' feet over broken glass

In our dry cellar



Shape without form, shade without colour,

Paralysed force, gesture without motion;



Those who have crossed

With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom

Remember us -- if at all -- not as lost

Violent souls, but only

As the hollow men

The stuffed men.



            

                II

            



Eyes I dare not meet in dreams

In death's dream kingdom

These do not appear:

There, the eyes are

Sunlight on a broken column

There, is a tree swinging

And voices are

In the wind's singing

More distant and more solemn

Than a fading star.



Let me be no nearer

In death's dream kingdom

Let me also wear

Such deliberate disguises

Rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves

In a field

Behaving as the wind behaves

No nearer --



Not that final meeting

In the twilight kingdom



            

                III

            



This is the dead land

This is cactus land

Here the stone images

Are raised, here they receive

The supplication of a dead man's hand

Under the twinkle of a fading star.



Is it like this

In death's other kingdom

Waking alone

At the hour when we are

Trembling with tenderness

Lips that would kiss

Form prayers to broken stone.



            

                IV

            



The eyes are not here

There are no eyes here

In this valley of dying stars

In this hollow valley

This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms



In this last of meeting places

We grope together

And avoid speech

Gathered on this beach of the tumid river



Sightless, unless

The eyes reappear

As the perpetual star

Multifoliate rose

Of death's twilight kingdom

The hope only

Of empty men.



            

                V

            



Here we go round the prickly pear

Prickly pear prickly pear

Here we go round the prickly pear

At five o'clock in the morning.



Between the idea

And the reality

Between the motion

And the act

Falls the Shadow



                    For Thine is the Kingdom



Between the conception

And the creation

Between the emotion

And the response

Falls the Shadow





                    Life is very long



Between the desire

And the spasm

Between the potency

And the existence

Between the essence

And the descent

Falls the Shadow



                    For Thine is the Kingdom





For Thine is

Life is

For Thine is the



This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

Artistic License and MY NOISY MONITOR

2010-03-27T03:08:00.000-04:00

So I've been thinking about it, and I've decided to let everyone know that I have a deviantART page where a lot of the stuff I draw ends up--some of my writing, too, which is less sparkly than my art, but equally awesome. At some point in the future, I'm planning some fanart for all the Minds, and I guess anybody else who has a dA page can see me there and whatnot or whatever. Watch out for the eyeball, though. It can see into your soul, and I'm sure you're all hiding dirty, dirty secrets that the eyeball will immediately seek out and relay to me for when I need to blackmail random people for money. Extortion is an awesome word. Exhortation is a different, yet equally awesome word.

I'm really tired right now, by the by, so forgive the oddity that is my exhausted typing style. I've been living on four hours a night for the past week. Sometimes less...like Wednesday night. That sucked. Organic chemistry is awesome, but does it really have to be at 8AM? REALLY?!

That being said, did y'alls see that new Shephard's Mind? The Oxycodone thing? (Is that supposed to be capitalized? I can't recall.) Yeah, that's my state of Mind right now. Except with less drugs and more sleep deprivation, which is kinda like drugs, as well as like staring at the waves at the beach for an hour and a half without realizing that you've been hypnotized by that tricky, tricky water. (Tricky water...)

Water is awesome.

Dew is better, though.

I should lay off the caffeine, but that is an undying love. We'll be together forever. Like that Shakira song. The one I saw every three minutes when I lived in England....with, like, three minutes between each playing, I mean. Because there were other songs, too. Like that milkshake song. Saw that one a lot, too...Sky has a lot of music channels. Kerrang was my favorite. I love rock...

Was Shakira ever popular in the States? I wouldn't know. I missed a lot of that stuff while I was overseas. Well, I still miss a lot of it anyway, since I don't watch much TV or listen to the radio now that CD players exist, but it's the thought that counts.

The Count of Monte Cristo is the perfect revenge, according to my friend. The anime version just felt like a vampire acid dream to me, though. Was The Man in the Iron Mask related to that book? For some reason they're connected in my head.

(o_=);

I'm just gonna sleep now. I have a meteorology cruise in the morning. If I'm late, I'll probably be shot in the face by Karma. Because he can be an ass sometimes........he's not a person, but if he were, he'd totally shoot me in the face for missing the cruise. Because...I already wrote that, dammit! But yeah, the wind speed ain't gonna measure itself. Neither will the turbidity or the air pressure or the humidity or the other stuff I can't remember right now. The monitor's making it's screaming noise again. I think it's possessed by demons, because it seems only I can hear it, and it's killing my ears--I know because I can hear it ALL THE TIME when it's silent in the room. It's like being stabbed with one of those ear thermometers--not the kind I'll use on the cruise, though. That's what the laser thermometer is for. I hope I don't develop Tinnitus. That would suck so hard, the universe would implode......

Oh, yeah. Sleep. I'mma do that now.

Guten nacht, waga tomo yo. Bona nox, mei amici....

Latin is fun.

~_~ ...zZZZ

A Wee Interview

2010-03-21T21:37:00.000-04:00

So I recently did an interview with Caboos15, AKA goblinsrevenge, on YouTube--the same person who interviewed Krimsin--and I'm posting the links here for anyone who's curious as to how I sound when I'm being....normal.

Yes. Normal.

In addition, I'm still looking for more questions--LOTS OF QUESTIONS! TO ANY OF US OR ALL OF US!--and waiting for Psymon to heal prior to any sort of Q&A thing.

Here are the three parts to the interview:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Hope it's entertaining and semi-informative!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

Any Questions?

2010-03-18T10:39:00.000-04:00

So the Minds and I have decided to do a Q&A at some point where people send us questions and we answer them as a group thing on Skype. It, theoretically, should be AWESOME. It'll be Krimsin, Pirate, Corky, Psymon, and moi, and we'll be looking for questions from YOU guys, either for each of us individually or as a group or whatever. So my challenge to the masses is: send us questions. Lots of questions--funny ones, silly ones, serious ones, weird ones, scholastic ones, etc...--we'll take all comers. (No math questions, PLEASE.)

Just PM on YouTube or ask them on our blogs or whatever, but just let us know that they're questions for the Q&A in the subject area or near the top of the comment, or else they might get answered in script form. Not nearly as fun.

In addition, I'll be posting a blooper reel sometime in the next couple of days, since the screw-ups are backing up and YouTube's stingy with time. I'll put another question request in there as well.

That's if for the moment. Toodles~!

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Transcribe THIS!!!

2010-03-13T02:50:00.001-05:00

"The EEOC see what?!"

Okay, yeah, random second post of the day, but I'm not even kidding here. Go back and watch CM - 03 with the YouTube transcription beta captions! (Little side menu on the CC tab > "Transcribe Audio") It's the funniest thing in the world! XD Holy, crap, I can't stop laughing! It's too funny to be an accident! Someone is screwing with me!!

*hysterical laughter*

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Didja Miss Me?

2010-03-12T01:31:00.000-05:00

Hey, people. What's up? I'm doing very well, all things considered. Never mind that the season finale of Dexter is eating away at my soul--and making me want to go into cryostasis until September. I marathoned all four seasons this past week. One main reason for the lateness of the following announcement:

I'm finally done with Chell's Mind - 04!! Go on. Go check it out! Sure, it's probably still processing 'cause YouTube's a douche, and HD probably won't be ready until tomorrow this time for the same reasons, but the fact is that it's uploaded and I can finally sleep guilt-free....and re-marathon Dexter guilt-free.

In other news, I'd like to do a Q&A with all the Minders I've had the pleasure of speaking with on Skype. (Krimsin, Corky, Pirate, and Psymon--in chronological order of talking-to) Since keeping order is kind of hard in group conversations, I figure the people who are interested can send in questions via PMs on YouTube, or even just on the blog here. Logistics and times will be figured out later on.

Also, if anybody here will be at MegaCon in Orlando this weekend, I'll be there for the Saturday event, chilling with my anime club. You might just run into me. ^_^ I have shopping to do. XD *excited*

So yeah, that's about it. Hope the new episode fills you with hope and terror and all that jazz!

Peace! (^_^)V

=_= ~*(cyh)*

Before the Death Threats Start

2010-02-16T14:41:00.000-05:00

I just want to mention that YES, I have started the new episode, but due to the gameplay and some of the ideas I want to try, it'll probably take a little while to get done. I'm also running the video at max everything, so HD will continue with lovely frame rates. Reality will continue to bend around the world I'm trying to warp into my own image, but Mental Warp takes time, and progression must be meticulously planned.

....It's also late because The Exorcist is a long book (it's for my Monsters! class), I keep ruining my voice by singing in the car, and Skype is like crack because it's free and now I can talk to all my military friends without breaking the bank--in no particular order.

It really shouldn't take longer than a week to get done, though. The next Shephard's Mind is coming out soon, anyway--look forward to that as well.

Toodles!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

It's Because I Love You...

2010-02-08T01:14:00.001-05:00

I hate Valentine's Day~! Of all the horrifying reasons to have a non-federal/bank holiday (where I don't get the day off school), this must be the worst. I'm not bitter at all. Nope. Who? Me? Bitter? Pshaw!

On a lighter note, I've finally completed Chell's Mind - 03, and it is processing at this very moment. I give it several days before the painfully slow mechanisms within YouTube finally get it done. In fact, this episode is special, for several reasons. You'll see what I mean when you watch it. Thanks to this episode's special-ness, however, processing will take longer. Because YouTube is a wanker. (I lived in England. I can say that!) Hopefully, they won't ruin my surprise...

In other news, I have three tests (I discovered this only yesterday), a quiz, assorted homework, and about 500 pages of reading to do by tomorrow. In other-other news, it's a 3-day weekend and I have no O-chem lab this week...PRESIDENTS RULE!!! XD *headbanging*

Thus, the next-next episode should be done much more quickly. *crosses fingers*

Bona nox, mei amici!
=_= ~*(cyh)*

Stark Raving Sane

2010-02-04T00:31:00.003-05:00

Yo. 'Sup fools. *pitiful gang signs*

This is just a little update to fend off angry mobs who might be pissed at me for not having updated already.

I am in college. My senior year. I graduate in May, ergo I have classes I must pass in order for my dreams to come to fruition. I am currently being attacked by horde after horde of reading material and homework assignments and Organic Chemistry Labs. Once the weekend hits, however, I will have but one quiz and one exam for which to study.

...In my world, this really does mean that I'll actually have free time. I hope to get the new episode out once the tides of battle have turned.

In addition, for those who haven't noticed, I've also added captions to episodes 00 and 01 thanks to danielcdawson on YouTube. (THANKS, DUDE!) Just in case you couldn't understand my nonsensical gibberish the first time around, you now have the option of having it translated into English for you.

Trust me. It's awesome.

In other news, due to growing demand and my just not wanting to deal with it anymore, I changed my profile pic here on blogspot. I don't wanna change my YouTube one 'cause I love that drawing, and it's so obviously not human. As for the pic here: Yes, that is me. No, I am not a dude. I'm not even a gay dude pretending to be a chick because he feels more "natural" that way. (Gay dudes are cool, though. They're SO easy to hang out with if you're a chick.) However, if I get one more person asking my gender, I will respond with, "I'm a dude, dude," and set them aflame with my psychic hate beams. And don't complain about my hair. The color is supposed to be like that as well--for two reasons: a) I don't use incandescent lights in my room, just red Christmas lights that make pictures red, and b) It should be enough of an alteration to keep random strangers on the street from leering at me funny.

Oh, and FYI, my shirt has a panda bear on it that says "Panda to me." XD So cute!

Okay, I'm gonna go read Darkly Dreaming Dexter for my class now.

...Seriously. That's the curriculum. I didn't even pick it--the professor did. I also have to read I Am Legend and The Exorcist.

I love college.

EDIT: Larger picture size HERE on my RT page.

The Cake is AWESOME...

2010-01-31T05:10:00.001-05:00

...and so is my friend KT for making this for me. Can't see it? THIS!!!! XD

Did you know that there's liquor in Black Forest Cake? I didn't, but I learned pretty damn quickly...

I'm 21, so no bitching. NO BITCHING, I SAY!

My tolerance is rather low, but at least, for a brief hour, all the guys in that show were a 10.

...and some were a 12.

...and there was no helping that one dude with the hair...
Sorry, alcohol. Your powers have limits.

=_= ~*(cyh)*

P.S. Before I get ridiculous questions, YES, that is my Deviant Art account, and NO I'm NOT a dude.

...You know who you are. +_+#

Chell's Mind - 02

2010-01-26T02:49:00.001-05:00

2:47 AM EST

New episode is up...well, it's being processed as I write this, but it shouldn't take long. It's a bit shorter than the other two, but that's mostly because of convenient stopping times and such. It's also crazier. I imagine that anyone trapped in a building that treats you like a lab rat, lies to you constantly, and emancipates your molars would send anyone over the edge.

I also try my hand at singing. In Japanese. Don't worry, though. The translation of the Japanese version is basically the same as the English version at the end.

And yes, technically, it's no longer Monday, but when I say "night" it usually implies "the dead of night". It's still Monday in my sleepless world.

Chell's Mind - 02

EDIT: You all probably noticed by now, but processing is done. Enjoy!

=_= ~*(cyh)*

1000+? What? WHY???

2010-01-21T23:03:00.000-05:00

Goodness, I must be slow, because I only just noticed that ep00 has over 1000 views already...8_8 Thanks guys! I was sure I'd have been run out of town immediately, but I guess I'm still in one piece. *shock*

One thousand...man, if I had a dollar for every view, I'd get Corky a new computer so that he can pick Felix's Mind back up immediately (I owe you, man), and then I could finally get that graphics card I've been wanting so badly (GeForce 295 FTW!!!!). If I had one yen for every view, I'd...probably put it towards the graphics card fund. Or buy a cake.

Or nothing, since yen doesn't work in the States.

So I guess my point in all of this bizarre rambling is: I need a job.

*nod* Sounds about right.

Oh, and to whom it may concern, I'll be working on the next episode this weekend. If life allows me some freedom, it should, theoretically, be up by Monday. Theoretically.

I suck at Physics!

Ja na.

Chell's Mind - 01

2010-01-18T14:02:00.000-05:00

So yeah, there's a new one up. It helps when you don't sleep, and when you have a 3-day weekend. The next one shouldn't take long, but I'm in college, and I've got monkey loads of reading to do, so that has to take priority. Thanks, Curtis, for all the help making this one better than the pilot. Should you desire, I shall design for you a computer to rival my own, since I know the pain of a slow system.

So yeah, new episode. I have to go read up on environmental toxicology and immunology now. Toodles!

Chell's Mind - 01

Hello.

2010-01-17T01:19:00.000-05:00

Soooo, yeah. Hi, I'm Cyh. I just started my own Chell's Mind series on YouTube.

Firstly, my intent is not to step on the toes of the other Chell's Minds (I know of two so far). I just felt that a girl should be doing it, and, as someone possessing boobs, I wanted to give it a try. I'm around Chell's suspected age (20-somethings), and I'm a gamer of casual proportions. Besides, Portal is awesome.

Huh...I guess a little about me would be appropriate: I'm 21, female, and half-Filipina, half-Norwegian and French. I live in the States, but that's only at the moment. Being from a military family, I was born in Spain, and grew up in Michigan, Florida, Japan, and England; and I speak Japanese fairly well. I know a lot of Spanish, but speaking it is impossible, as the Japanese gets in the way. I love just about every art form, but I'm partial to writing. I've written a couple of books, unpublished at the moment, and I'll draw a picture at every opportunity. I have a DeviantART account as "cyh-anide", for those who care. Chell's Mind - 00 is my first attempt at anything in the video realm, including voice acting, so I probably sound nervous at times, and timing will suffer.

Oh, and I'm an otaku. That is, I'm rabidly obsessed with anime and all things Japanese. If you don't get it now, you will once I get into the groove of the series. Due to this obsession, combined with my background, I tend to speak exactly as I write: bombastic and absurdist--or, as I love to describe it, like an English yakuza on crack.

So yeah, that's me. Youkoso, atashi no sekai he. Goyukkuri. *

*Welcome to my world. Take your time.

=_= ~*(cyh)*