Ending One Semester, Beginning Another

Well, its been one heck of a semester! Everything is coming to a close with two huge finals this week, along with GTA IV, PixelJunk Encore, Okami Wii, Mario Kart Wii, and Iron Man. After that, I'll be starting summer semester, which promises a whole new slew of joy and frustration!


That's it. I'm out until May 10th. Expect no new posts until that time. In the meantime, please enjoy this picture taken from my work.

kind regards,
-Tim

2008: It Might Just Possibly Happen This Year Edition

2008! That means a new year of school, life, and buy one- get one free smoothies. 2008 kinda sorta promises to be a better year for me, because it marks the first year in my life that kinda sorta shows huge potential. Kinda. I've got big plans for this year and if things go the way I intend I'll not only achieve things that I've always wanted to achieve, but hopefully become a better friend and human being.

What might 2008 "kinda sorta" hold in store you ask? 2008 marks the year that I declare my major and enter into a Journalism program. Which not only means my writing will improve but...your eyes wont be scalded from reading this site. *splashes cold water in eyes* Man I really hope my writing improves!......"I'm so doomed"

Other ambitions for the new year include:
-working out more (typical, I know right?)
-writing a rough script for a short film which begins production in 2009.
-also learning to compose electronic music for the same film (self project based on narration and still photography)
-Write a rough draft for a feature length drama/comedy. (Vague much?)
-More Kyle videos
-More non Kyle videos
-saving money for a trip to Japan in summer of 2009
-A new banner for the top of the blog. I appreciate those who voted in the poll and a much better, more final banner will be posted in the future.
-And just write more and more, spending time to develop ideas and not getting caught up with the final product. Go with what I've got and make it as best as I can. Most importantly, do it for myself.

I know its an ambitious list but I gotta try right? Besides whose new years resolution list is not ambitious? I'm just as insane as anyone else......My busiest semester yet starts Monday, along with my frequent updates to this blog. Still working on the video mentioned below...

Oh yeah, Kyle January 14th, Cloverfield January 18th, and Lost January 31st.
Best of luck to everyone in 2008! (all three of you reading this blog)

Why iPhones Are A Pain or A Long General Update

As I write this, my laptops battery life is yelling at me. It has only 10 minutes left of battery life. Which, usually doesn't always mean I have 10 minutes left. It more likely means that I only have 5.

I had a great week! Now, that vacation is over, its back to the sad reality that is my life. Good news is that I start my job today and this semester is getting ever closer to finishing.

*UPDATE* Turns out my laptop did turn off. What did I say about that 10 minute lie!?! More like 3 minutes you liar!

Really I could have just posted something from my iPhone. I'll either post from my computer or my iPhone. Never a public computer, which is what I am using right now. Poor me, I know. Too many eyes looking down at me. Freaks me out!

Speaking of my iPhone, I don't know how many of my readers are familiar with the hacking scene or the firmware related to it but, I've decided to restore my phone to the first firmware then add version 1.1.1. I've been using 1.0.2 all this time because of the stability of it. Mostly I was waiting for the hacking scene to become more stable on 1.1.1 before I committed to a new firmware. The other reason was that I simply got tired of constantly wiping and restoring my phone. But seeing as how there is no hope or need to wipe my phone for future updates(Apple fixed all the exploits in the system), I'm willing to do it one last time.

I'm really looking forward to playing the classic Lucas Arts "point and click" adventure games on my phone. An emulator was just released for the phone that apparently is the best emulator yet for the genre! I missed out on a lot of the classic adventure games and I'm hoping to reconcile by getting my phone up and running.

*A note about the lack of updates etc. etc.*
I've been busy lately, blah blah blah. I've been feeling a little creatively frustrated lately. Rather than promising weekly updates (which I never did, but certainly implied) I'm going to post videos and podcasts when I feel like I have something worth posting. It's the whole quantity versus quality thing. It's important to consider that the style of videos that I make are not vlogging meaning, more work goes into them than just sitting in front of my computer talking about my day....thats why I have a blog!

Anything to add to this post? Let me think. I finished Uncharted, Rayman, and Mario Galaxy. I highly recommend all of those games. Of the three I was most impressed by Uncharted, simply because I did not expect it to be so much fun or so well developed. The voice acting was amazing, just as good as Heavenly Sword! The game really reminded me of Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 4. Check it out if you have a PS3!

My Cat In A Pimp Hat

The title says it all! This is a picture of my cat in a pimp hat, courtesy of my death star destroying iPhone! My cat mocks you AT&T! "All your dreams are dead!"
First off, I apologize for the lack of updates. I tried really hard to record a new podcast yesterday but resulted in me just being frustrated. The problem was that after each recording I kept asking my self "is this was worth listening too" and each time I came up with "No". The podcast was too bland and I wanted the end result to be something that was "worth" listening too.
I will try my hardest to put out another Kyle video this weekend. Hopefully I'll sit down and spend some good ol' quality time with windows movie maker today. I find that the most effective formula for a good kyle video is spare time, creativity, and enough energy drinks to make you nauseas.
Speaking of nausea! The Kyle XY PC game will be available to download very soon and I will be posting the details on my blog and on the video. I'm not sure how big the download will be. I would guess no more than 25mb.
As for my new job or potential new job, here are your hints: RESEARCH and EDIBLE. I'll reveal the answer in my next podcast if no one gets it by then. And yes, the answer will "BLOW YOUR MIND!"

Pya Pyu Pyo

I saw The Kingdom today and it was intense! This movie was surprisingly good. I went to the movie theater thinking, "oh this is going to suck" but instead, it turned out to be one of the best movies I had seen in a while. And I must say, I'm really surprised that this "type" of film interested me.

The next Kyle video is coming a long nicely. I'm sick and have allergies, and I just sold an iPod on ebay! Pya! Pyu! Pyo!