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  • leaf's a buzzard

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    If I were to never turn my computer off, and had it playing music the entire time without even stopping it when I go to sleep, it wouldn't play the same some twice for almost a year (Well exlcuding a few cover songs and alternate mixes of songs, anyway). That's how much music I have... it's really... an insane amount. xD

    See... back in high school all I would listen to was metal. When I entered college I started experimenting with different genres to the point where I decided, hey, there's a huge world of music out there, and I need to get my hands on it. Back then I would be downloading 20+ albums a day, and looking for different stuff all the time. Now, though, I'm at the point where I'm content with the music I have, and my original goal of breaking the world record of "largest music library" seems really out of reach, only downloading a couple albums a week now, and most of it is creative commons stuff.

    One can dream though. I may get to have over 3 million songs one day. My main problem is that I ran out of bands to download. I literally don't know what to get next, because I already have so much. xD

    I agree. It's better to know off the bat than to be strung along for weeks. And eh, I dunno. He's probably just being weird.
    Did I mention that girl in my foil class? I had a really good feeling about her the other day, and if things go right tomorrow I'm going to try and ask her on a date, or at least for her phone number, or something. Hopefully I won't make a complete fool of myself.

    And Lol. Yeah. I know I'm not. It's just how you pointed out how I'm much older than you. I'm only 21. I still feel like I'm 19, to tell you the truth. I will admit, though, being able to legally buy alcohol is awesome. xD

    That's pretty friggen cool. ^_^

    I've never seen a tornado myself. I never get them out here, but one of my other friends on mibba has been telling me about them too. Here's hoping they don't hurt you or your house.
    April 27th, 2011 at 06:40am
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    haha, you're absolutely welcome. (:
    April 23rd, 2011 at 07:04am
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    hi there. the edit is fine, lol. (:

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    April 23rd, 2011 at 05:19am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Hopefully, yeah. And it is awesome! Before my skills and interest in digital art were pretty much limited to only GIMP/Photoshop, but this class has really opened my mind. I had this assignment last week were I had to make a self-portrait using only found images on the Internet. I got extra credit for using GIMP instead of Photoshop. Open source ftw! xD

    One of the poems I wrote on here was a love letter, to someone who's now an ex. Looking back at it, I'd say it's the worst thing I ever wrote, but somehow it's also received more views than most of my other poems. Go figure.

    I get what you're saying, about the whole internet thing. It's easier to talk about things like that with someone when you have an invisible wall separating you from them. I'm still here, but I'm not there in person... I dunno, it's hard to explain.

    And way to make me feel old. xD
    But yeah, I guess I kinda am old compared to most of the people on this site, but then again I'm also a guy which already make me a minority here.

    If it makes you feel any better girls have a tendency to confuse me too. I've been in and out of a lot of relationships, but I still have so many problems breaking the ice. I just wish people were more clear with expressing their emotions. All I'm really able to do is be as blunt as possible and hope I don't fall on my face, but it can get really embarrassing. Like... there's this girl I met last week in my foil fencing class and I have no idea what she thinks of me. The first two relationships I was in, they actually came up to me and asked me out first, and I still think that was the greatest thing ever, but I understand why most girls do that... it's all because of the problems we face with rejection. There was this girl last year that I had feelings for, and there was this awkwardness that went on for weeks before she finally told me that she doesn't feel the same way. I understood, I just wish she would've told me that sooner.
    But anyway, enough of that... xD

    And I don't recall telling you to switch to Chrome, but, awesome. I prefer Firefox myself, but both are much, much better than Internet Explorer or Safari.

    Downloading is fine, if you know what you're doing. I download movies and music all the time, but I do it through Ubuntu (Linux), which has zero viruses developed for it. Totally safe.

    And iTunes? I don't get why it's so popular, well, I do, but considering how much of a memory hog and how badly coded it is... it's really the worst music player out there. I use QuodLibet, myself, but that's mainly because of the size of my library, which currently stands at almost 108,000 songs. It's a completely insane amount of music, and crashes every music player out there that I've tried other than QuodLibet, especially iTunes.
    April 18th, 2011 at 05:33am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Fuck. I just finished writing up a reply and then Mibba decides to give me an error and delete everything I wrote. Dx
    Anyway... I'll try writing this again...

    That does sound pretty cool. I wouldn't know what to do with my own desk, myself, but I don't do much "traditional" art. I stick to sitting outside with a notepad and a pen or in my room with my computer.
    Also the art class I'm taking this quarter on digital media is really starting to open up my mind regarding experimental digital art... especailly that stuff the other day when we discussed the idea of having a "zoo" of computer viruses. o.o

    And I'm glad I made you feel better! You sounded pretty depressed in your last reply so I did my best to cheer you up. :]

    You are talented, and I'm glad your friends think so to. You totally should have gotten into it. Here's hoping that you'll have better luck with AP Drawing.

    And they're called crushes for a reason. xD
    You'll get over him eventually though, and you'll find a guy that thinks of you as more than a friend at some point. Even if you do give up, it will happen. I know from experience, that, with me anyway, awesome things like that only happen when you least expect it.

    I wouldn't say it's all that weird. I see people talking about stuff like that all the time on the general board. Talking about guy problems to a guy though, yeah, perhaps. I don't mind though. xD

    And I've been there. It's less cute when a guy does it, though I've been told otherwise, it's still embarrassing as fuck. I'm just glad I don't have a crush at the moment. I can't believe I said that but... it is true. My life's kind of a mess at the moment and I'd rather have a new friend than another person to add to my already excessively long list of exes.

    And lately I've been wrestling with my computer. When I discovered that the beta for the new version of Ubuntu came out I decided to switch from Linux Mint back to Ubuntu with it. It's a beta so... there's a lot of glicthes and problems, but most of them are now thankfully fixed, and the final version is coming at the end of the month which should be hopefully completley bug-free. More than anything, I just love the new interface in this version. Just... the fact that I can so easily get distracted by it really says a lot. xD
    April 7th, 2011 at 10:02am
  • Death To Your Heart.

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    Well, thanks :D
    And you are so welcome, my friend :)
    April 3rd, 2011 at 05:53pm
  • Nick.

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    N'aww, thank you very much for the photo comment! :DDD
    April 3rd, 2011 at 06:02am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Well... that sucks. Sorry to hear you didn't get into senior studio. Is it really that much better than the lower level art classes, though? I mean, it's art, you should be able to make what you want regardless of the restrictions around you. Improvise, and be creative. You can still accomplish something if you can do that.

    And there are plenty of other guys out there. I'm sure there's someone who likes you. Never give up on that, and never say you'll be alone forever. Pardon my french but, that is fucking bullshit. It really is. You'll find someone eventually. I know you will :]

    And it's alright. You had to tell someone, right? I'm here to listen if you really need to talk.
    April 2nd, 2011 at 10:43am
  • Death To Your Heart.

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    Aw. Thanks bunches for the photo comment :)
    I was actually gonna take them down, but your comment made me change my mind.
    Chur so pretty, too!
    April 1st, 2011 at 11:56pm
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Well the coffee at my college's dining hall was shit. I can't say the same of all colleges. For me though that might be mainly because I drink my coffee black. No milk, no sugar. When it's just pure coffee like that if it tastes off it's really easy to tell.

    Spring break was freakish for me too. The power was out for the first few days of it and then the internet would go on and off at random times through most of it. I did manage to redo my mibba profile out of boredom though. xD

    And I'm really not like that, not with my poetry anyway. I sit down and just concentrate on an idea. Sometimes that idea comes to me at totally random times, so I always carry my notebook and a pen with me. Usually I only spend about 5-10 minutes writing it though. I could say that, quite literally, I only really write when my muse is speaking to me... though listening to the right music usually helps it along.

    Procrastinating is horrible. I used to have a major problem with it too. That was back when I was an anthropology major and I had to write several papers a quarter, though. Now that I'm focusing on music... well.. half of the things I used to do to procrastinate are now part of what I have to do to study in the first place, so... xD

    The art class that I took my senior year of high school was probably the most memorable part of that year for me. I'd draw like I write poetry now. Every day I just grabbed a piece of printer paper, a pencil, put my ipod to a good song, and I just... took off. Most of the time I didn't even know I was drawing until it was finished. Looking back... I'm not sure why I don't sketch like I used to anymore. I write a lot more poetry though...

    Good luck getting into that senior studio! ^_^

    Lol. That's alright. A few years ago I used to do a lot of vampire-based roleplaying with some friends online. The character I used I tried to adapt to a story... but I abandoned that one after I finished the first chapter.

    Editing stories though... I've had my own computer since I was like... six. Granted it was an old laptop that my dad used to use, but I made it mine. That was way before I started actually writing stories or poetry, let alone at the level I do now. That didn't really start until I hit high school.

    And yeah, that sounds really embarrassing. xD
    March 29th, 2011 at 09:59am
  • folie a dru.

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    awesome. thanks for telling me!
    March 23rd, 2011 at 02:19am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Sweet tea? Ew. Lol. I like it bitter.
    White, green, and black are good in my book. I think the reason I got into it though was after being subjected to the coffee at my dining hall my freshman year of college. There were days where it was pretty good, but half the time it was just total crap. Now I brew it myself though, so I don't get that problem. ^_^

    Well I wouldn't say creeping on someone's profile is normal either, but hey. xD
    I just write really long comments. It's kind of a habit.

    Thanks! ^_^
    And yeah. They're sitting on my profile if you ever want to read them. Some of them I'm really proud of, others not so much. None of them have any angst in them, though, not intentionally, anyway. xD

    I have no idea. I question my own sanity every now and then. I'm just weird. That would explain my weird dreams. xD
    And that's rather odd too... alien babies?

    I think it's moreso the perfectionist in me. The last time I tried to write a story I kept going back and changing it to make it better, and again... and again... xD
    With poems it's a lot easier for me because they're much shorter, and I don't have to deal with things like character development or plot.

    Papers tend to be less random for me... except there was one occasion last quarter where I had to write a paper for my take-home midterm for this one class. I was worried that I didn't put nearly enough effort into it and that I'd get something like a D or a C on it. What ended up happening to it was when the professor was handing back the graded papers, he decided to compare what he thought was one of the worst papers with one of the best. The best was mine. I was embarrassingly relieved. I was also facepalming, hearing back some of the things I wrote that I wish I could've changed if I put more effort into it. xD

    I had my Hinudstrani final yesterday, and I know I either got a B or an A on it. It was really easy. So I've just got two finals left, which I have tomorrow, and then I'll finally be going home for spring break. ^_^
    March 18th, 2011 at 01:01am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Yes. Yes it is. xD
    I do also like Tea though, so I'm always either taking one or the other.

    And that's alright. I really haven't been up to that much since my last comment. I did really well on my piano and singing finals, which was a huge surprise to me because I caught a fever on Tuesday, and it stuck with me until the other day. I had a pretty sore throat when I had to do the singing final. That was not fun. I still got a good grade on it though, so atleast there's that. ^_^

    I think it's the opposite with me. I come up with some really interesting ideas when I'm thinking way to hard. Usually it has to be about random things though. My mind gets numbed by concentrating on something like an article I'm assigned to read, but if I get bored and let my mind wander I'll eventually home in on something completely random and go really deeply into it. That would be the origin of pretty much all of my poems, actually, if it wasn't already painfully obvious. Just random ranting, is all. :3

    I think that was one of the more normal ones I've had to. I only remember a dream once in a blue moon, though, so maybe I only remember the extremely weird ones because of... well... how weird they are. They really stand out. xD

    And yeah, it really was. She told everyone it was mine, and most of them actually seemed to really like it. I was so exited that day. ^_^
    She also gave me a scholarship to a writer's conference that happened that summer. That was awesome too. Though since I've almost abandoned story writing and focused on my poetry. I don't really have the attention span anymore for writing a novel.

    And hopefully you did. Tests can be tricky though, especially if they're multiple choice. My midterm for my musicals class, when I took it I thought it was so easy that I felt bad about wasting time studying for it. It looked that easy, but when I got it back I only got a 75%. I still passed it, but I was expecting a much higher grade than that. xD
    March 13th, 2011 at 07:17am
  • This.Useless.Heart.

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    Thank you so much for the comment on Waiting. :) The story is mostly open for interpretation, although I must say I never knew people would be so curious about the poor mailman! My interpretation is that he is probably married and that he is sympathetic towards the narrator, but is getting pretty creeped out by the time the whole note-reading happens. Again, thanks for your comment and interest!
    March 12th, 2011 at 08:25pm
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Yeah. Mostly it's just annoying though. Especially if I'm in an important lecture for my class. That's why I carry coffee with me everywhere now. ^_^
    And I think I may have actually inherited from my dad. Looking back, I don't think I've ever watched a movie with him without him taking a nap during part of it. xD

    And maybe... I dunno though. I'd say my creativity during a long drive has more to do with me listening to and really paying attention to the music I have on my iPod, all while I watch the landscape fly by me.

    Sleeping... I hardly every remember my dreams, and when I do they're as weird as humanly possible. One of the ones I had recently involved me and one of my ex-girlfriends smoking pot in a forest when we discovered this weird tower filled with fish-people that was really a secret school for string theory physics and magic. xD

    And I remember hearing somewhere that Stephanie Meyer based all of Twilight around one scene that she had in a dream. I can't stand the series myself, but that isn't a bad place to start when it comes to writing.
    Good luck on the test! ^_^

    And yeah. I should have guessed that, but I've never seen Case Closed myself, and that was just the first thing that popped into my head. xD
    I want my kids' name to have original names too, I just don't know what yet. I'm not that pressed for time though, so I'm not to worried about coming up with names right now. Back when I used to write fantasy I had a lot, but, I dunno.

    And yeah. You fight with real swords in fencing. Well, the tips are rolled down and covered with plastic and the edges are dulled for safety reasons, but they are real swords.

    And that sounds pretty embarrassing. xD
    My junior year of high school I had a somewhat similar experience. I was writing this fantasy series which I have since abandoned completely, but back then I was serious about it and I decided to actually show it to my English teacher. She loved it. She loved it so much, in fact, that she decided to change the syllabus and have the entire class read the first couple chapters as an actual assignment. xD

    And I just got back from the open mic night, er, when I started writing this message. It went great. I was extremley hyper-critical of my own performance, but everyone seemed to love my playing so, no harm done. I just could have done a lot better. The songs I played were "Society" by Eddie Vedder, "Poison Oak" by Bright Eyes, and "Round Here" by Counting Crows. In that order, with me singing and playing the guitar for each. ^_^
    March 8th, 2011 at 06:17am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Damn. You've got me beat there. That's a long time to spend in a car.
    That 12 hour drive I went on, thankfully my iPod's battery didn't die out. Car chargers are so useful when it comes to times like that.

    And I like long car rides too, though for different reasons. See, I'm a bit of a narcoleptic. I will fall asleep at random if I'm sitting somewhere for too long. It's really annoying because I need to take coffee or black tea with me whenever I go to class so I can stay focused, but when I'm in a car. I will fall alseep at least once. I think that may have a lot to do with the fact that when I was little my mom used to take me for car rides when she wanted me to take a nap. Even now though, with all the stress I get from my classes it's good to sit back and relax, especially when I'm not getting enough sleep to begin with. xD

    Either that or I'll just listen to my iPod and become totally braindead to everything else. I've actually come up with some of my better story ideas while thinking to myself on a car ride. Due to writer's block and other factors, none of them were ever finished or worthy to be put up on here, but still.

    And I've never driven through Kansas, but I've went through Nevada and It's basically the same thing. Flat, everywhere. xD

    Well how would you like an operating system that costs nothing to you, installs fast and easily without any real problems, comes with only free software that works just as well as what you'd get on Windows (That includes things like Office and Photoshop), lets you customize each and every aspect of it, and on top of that have it do anything faster and smoother than Windows could could on the same computer, with no worrying about it crashing and zero viruses? That's Linux.

    Tuesday? Nope. I've got my Music Theory final on Thursday, Friday, and next Friday. Good luck on your test though! ^_^

    And you know what? That's the same thing I've heard from everyone else that I told about Sky. It's true, it is an awesome name.
    I have no clue what I'll name my kids, if I have any. I do want some at some point though.
    Conan? after Conan the Barbarian? That has to be the only place I've heard that name before.

    Will do. It's just gonna be two or three acoustic songs, I think. Maybe a little bit of poetry too. I'll let you know after it happens. ^_^

    And if you were able to try it I'm sure you'd get better. It's just as much a martial art as it is a sport, actually. If I could compare myself now to how I was before I started fencing, yeah, I was terrible with a blade. xD

    If I get a chance I'll see it. Sorry about that in my last message though. I should have warned you or something beforehand. It's still a great movie, just a depressing one.
    March 5th, 2011 at 04:19am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Oh really? I've had my fare share of that too. I think it was two summers ago, me, my dad, and my little brother drove from San Francisco to Hollywood. We spent almost 12 hours in that car. It's also a good 5 hour drive from my college to where my mom lives. I've gotten used to long drives by now, honestly. xD

    As for Windows, eh, I don't have a problem if you like it, but I really don't. I'll just summarize my thoughts about computer operating systems by saying this: once you go Ubuntu, you never go back. I used to love Windows, but Linux has really shown me the light as far as what a computer is really capable of when it's not tripping over itself.

    And I hate it when that happens. Just when you think you're pronouncing something right and you find out it's wrong. With names I imagine it matters a bit more than something like a potato or bagel, though. xD

    And yeah, it is. You think I'd be used to it by now, but I'm not entirely sure. It's just that he was never around when I was a kid, and I mean never, then when my parents got the divorce when I went into high school he started demanding visitation rights. It was like... oh, now he wants to see me? I dunno. He's not really a dad to me. He's a friend now, a really old friend, but a friend.

    The finals for my Musicals and Hindustrani Music class are just multiple choice, so they should be a piece of cake. For music theory though... just, a lot of questions and musical "problems". I swear, music theory is like a combination of a language and math. The part I'm worried about though is the performing part. I have to play a few chord progressions and scales, without knowing exactly which ones, and play a piece I've been practicing.
    And thanks. I've been practicing a lot so it shouldn't be that big a problem. ^_^

    And that's, odd... I had a lot of tests like that when I was in high school, but they'd let you out if you finished early so you wouldn't die of boredom. Yeah, that's really stupid.

    Well I can't teach over messages like this. If we ever had a chance to meet in person I'd be happy to give you a lesson though. ^_^
    And I'm pretty good. I dunno. I'm kinda modest about my guitar playing. I know I am a great teacher though, considering my last student, this kid named Sky, can now play circles around me. I'm so proud of him.

    And I've got an open mic night on Monday that I'm practicing for. I'm still trying to figure out what songs I'm going to play. xD

    Yes. Fencing is very real. I know, right? xD
    Just picture your standard swordfight in a movie, only with a bunch of rules, dulled blades, and protective gear. It's really a lot of fun. I'd even go so far as to say it's my third favorite thing in the world.

    I've never seen Pay It Forward, so I wouldn't know if it was sadder than Dancer In The Dark. The latter is really sad though. To summarize it as best I can, it's about an immigrant single mother who comes to the US to get an operation for her son to prevent him from going blind. As she saves up the money, her eyesight disappears completely. Then she has all her money that she was saving up for the operation stolen, and she is given a death sentence for a crime she didn't committ. Needless to say it doesn't have a happy ending.
    March 3rd, 2011 at 10:17am
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    Hehe :) And yeah, I found it and fell in love so I decided that I simply had to use it!
    March 3rd, 2011 at 05:15am
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    Wow! Thank you so much for you story comment! It meant a lot to me!
    March 1st, 2011 at 02:28am
  • leaf's a buzzard

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    Oh, yeah. I know how that is. The last comment(s) I sent you disappeared before I could hit the submit button. I hate it when that happens. Usually with me though it's because I act stupid and accidentally click outside of the box with my mouse, or if my keyboard or mouse tweaks out and closes it for me. xD
    Never had problems with my computer crashing or shutting off since I switched to Linux. I remember what it was like back when I used Windows, though... terrible, terrible things happened to my laptop then.

    That sucks about being sick, hope your feeling better. ^_^
    I've been pretty busy too. Last weekend I went up to San Francisco to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor in concert. To say it was amazing would be a major understatement. That was the greatest concert of my life, hands down, and I seriously doubt I'll see something that awesome again... unless I manage to see them next time they're on tour, or if they go back to doing A Silver Mt. Zion and I see them... but still. xD
    I also got to hang out with my dad for a couple hours before the concert and the day after. We went to a bar after, which was the first time I've ever been drinking with him, and I had fun. He's definitely a better friend now that I'm older than he ever was a father, but that's another topic.

    Also I've got finals in three weeks. I'm a little worried about my music theory class final, because there's so much I need to practice for it, but for my other two classes I should be fine.

    Glad to hear you got to finish that series. I take it that it had a good ending? :3

    As for music, it's obscenely difficult, but I'm serious about it and giving it my all. I've been playing guitar for... about 6 or 7 years. I'm also starting to learn piano now and attempting to train my voice so I can sing properly as well.

    And I plan on teaching music. I used to teach guitar to some of the younger kids where I grew up, but I want to get my credential so I can be teaching at an actual school, and also so I can teach more than just guitar, with some luck.
    ...and, maybe Fencing as well? That will depend on how well I'm doing at it by the time I'm out of college. xD

    It is. I'm pretty sure all the episodes are still up on Hulu if you wanted to watch it. Even though it's incomplete, it's still a great series.

    Also, ouch. They didn't notice that? Damn.
    And I'm not as big a fan of Rocky Horror as I should be. I've only seen it once, but I loved it. I've got a few friends who are totally obsessed with it here. Around Halloween there was even a casting for a Rocky Horror play. That's pretty cool about the whole Time Warp video. :]

    And there's just something about me and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. The other night for my musical class my professor had us watch "Dancer In The Dark". I think it was the best musical I've seen all quarter so far, but it really should come with a warning label. Most. Depressing. Move. Ever. Toy Story 3 can't hold a candle to how tear jerking that was. It took singing in public this time to cheer me up from that. xD
    February 25th, 2011 at 04:49am