STATISTICS

Statistics. When one thinks of the word, numbers and a lot of technical jargon can come to mind. And when one takes a class on said subject, you'd have to expect a lot of those two to come up during discussions. For this term of the school year, I was not wrong. Statistics is a very grueling and mind-numbing sort of thing. One time, as I was reviewing using my professor's powerpoint presentations at home, my mom happened to pass by and saw what I was doing. She said, and I'm going to paraphrase her words, "Those formulas look scary." And right she was. Thankfully, our professor was generous enough to provide sheets with the formulas we needed to use during exams. Of course, these formulas mean nothing if you don't know jack about what all the symbols mean, and when to you use it.

Anyways, I'd like to talk about my time taking a Statistics class. First of, I'd like to point out I messed up in making my schedule this term. My Statistics class happened every Tuesday and Thursday, at around 12:45 mid noon. Now, I messed up in that this is usually the time when most students take their lunch or just chill in between classes. I don't know why I thought it would be a good idea to take a class in such a time frame. At the time, I was just aiming ot have a schedule wherein I'll get to go home early. Sooo I basically just crammed my classes to go in a row instead of having breaks between them. Sounds good in theory, right? Well, in practice, not really. How does this affect Statistics? Well, on Tuesdays, I have Swimming early in the morning (smart idea, right?), and this hampers my ability to work for the rest of the day, since not only will I be tired from swimming, but also from the fact I had to get up early in the morning. And on Thursdays, I only have two classes, Statistics and another one right before that one, so I have little time to eat something in between them, so I end up getting hungry right when Statistics roll in.

Sooo, taking all these things into mind, I was not really able to fully... let's say, enjoy, my time while in Statistics. But, regardless, I still liked the class. My professor was very good at teaching, and if I wasn't so tired, I would have even actually been very interested in his lectures. Heck, amidst the sleep-deprived state I was in 80% of the time, I was still able to understand a lot of things he was teaching.

If it wasn't obvious, I sort of crammed all of these things I'm writing down. I procrastinated in writing this journal, which I deeply apologize to whoever that is reading. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. I hope to take all of the things I learned in Statistics to heart, and mind, so I can use all of them for later things in life. Like thesis. Ugh...

So, what's up (again)?

Yo, it's me. It's been almost... wow, a year now, since I last updated this blog. I wanted to write a lot before but couldn't for... reasons.

So, what have I been doing for the past few months? A lot of things really, but some of them aren't really that interesting. Well, I've been drawing again lately and, honestly, I THINK I've gotten better. I'm trying to get my parents to buy me a "wacom bamboo"(?). They're planning on buying me a cell phone but I think I can ask for a trade. Drawing samples (drawn using GIMP).

(I made this one for Valentine's Day)

And this one in a comic.

Other than drawing, I've begun making AMV's (or GMG's since they're from games). They're not that good but I think they're okay. 

Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts - About you Now

Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts/RWBY - Decode

And my latest one, Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts - Faint

Disclaimer: I do not own the clips/music used in the AMV. They all belong to Square Enix and their rightful owners. Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts belong to Square Enix. RWBY belongs to RoosterTeeth. All songs belong to their rightful owners (About you Now - Sugababes, Decode - Paramore, Faint - Linkin Park)

That's it for this blog entry. I'll write more when I have the time. Or, when I feel like it. Thanks for reading!

Suddenly, sadness...

Today, I just realized my crush won't be in the same school as me anymore this year. I'm so sad. So, so, so, so, SOOOOOO sad. You're probably thinking I should just tell him, don't you? Well I can't. Why? Because:

1. It will freak him out.
2. He's already with somebody else. 
3. We're not that much friends so, just like no. 1, it will freak him out.
4. I don't think it's worth it.

Why wouldn't it be worth it? Well, it's just a little crush. Who knows, maybe I only like him because of how he looks. Not by how he acts. But he doesn't act much of a jerk anyways. Then again, he's not exactly "nice" either. 

I probably should have posted this on Facebook instead. But that would get people to start suspecting something and start asking questions about my crush. Anyways, I hope I get over this soon. And I really hope I don't start missing him. 

What's going on?

I'll tell you what's going on. Summer is nearing its end and it's back to school next week. I was hoping for summer to last a little longer. You know, another month would be appreciated. 
Anyways, my Windows Live Writer wasn't working recently so I'm writing this directly in the website which I have to admit feels "different". It's a shame really. I was about to write a lot more blogs and I was really getting used to using Windows Live Writer. Sigh...
Other than that, school is just right around the corner (I've mentioned that already, right?). As I said before, I am SO not ready for school yet. I don't know why, but summer changed a lot out of me. I've become a little more shy and more "socially awkward" than last year (I think). I just hope I could get over this by next week.
I don't have anything else to say. But I think I'm the only one who kept their blog updated. I mean, this blog was just a school project everyone in my class had to do. But I think it'll be fun having a blog. If I have the time, I'll probably write again soon. 
So, how do I end this blog entry? 
Um, eat healthy foods, take a bath/shower everyday, stay out of trouble, stay in school, and most importantly....... what was I supposed to write? Nevermind. See ya! 

The internet now

Yes, apparently I do hate the internet. Why? I’ll tell you why. A few years ago, I was happy. I was just playing some online games, not caring about anything else for awhile. I suddenly started to get bored so I went browsing over the web to find something fun.

Hours of browsing later, I come across a site called “9gag”. Judging from the logo that says “9gag, just for fun.”, I thought it would be a fun site. I was right. It was full of fun pictures about all kinds of stuff from cats, to rage comics, to other things. I spent almost my entire day just scrolling down from page to page. But lately, I’m not feeling anything fun anymore.

So the time came where I’ve already seen all the new posts, so I decided to spend some times away from 9gag and go to some other sites. A friend of mine found out about me liking 9gag. Well, let’s just say he’s not exactly happy. He said that (his exact words) 9gag is a disgusting Cancer that you just GOT to cut out. I’ve never realized how one person could have that much hatred over one site. But then he says that everyone in the internet hates 9gag. I didn’t want to believe. But he was right, well partially right. Most of the people on the internet do hate 9gag. And they plot to take down the site itself.

Many people from 4chan, tumblr, reddit and funnyjunk are working together to bring 9gag down. Although they weren’t that successful on the first try, they strike again and get their hopes up that they will be successful.

This. This is why I hate the internet now. Back then, I saw nothing but happiness and fun all over the internet, regardless of which site you come from. But now. Now. All I see now is war. Nothing but war. It was bad enough that there were wars in real life. But now, wars are happening on the internet too.

Who is to blame for all this hatred and flame wars on the internet? 9gag? 4chan? No. All of them. All of those people who supported this so called feud between the sites. It’s all they’re fault. I’m sick of it. I’M SICK OF ALL OF IT!! Usually I just ignore all this. But now. I can’t ignore something this big. I just wish they could just get along. But no, they can’t. Idiots, nothing but idiots.     

What’s up?

Hi! It’s me. Guess what? The school year just ended, but this blog shall continue. That’s right, I’m going to keep this blog updated with whatever unpredictable stuff I can come up with. But right now, I don’t really know what to write right now. So, maybe tomorrow I could write something.

Animations

Activity # 35 (James Rodeo B. Ty)

All over the internet, you see animations. (I’m not going to explain what they are because you should know what they are by now)

Animating takes skill and a lot of time to make. Time in making it depends on how long the animation is. People animate in many different ways. There’s the occasional stick figures.

Most stick figure animations on the internet are basically just stickmen beating each other up (kind of like the one above, only a little faster). Stick figures have been around animations a lot nowadays, mostly because they’re the easiest things to animate. Other people take stick figure animating to a new level. Sometimes they make a plot or stories about them too. Another kind of animations are, well, the Japanese anime.

Many people love watching these animes Japanese people make. I don’t really watch them much. Mostly because it takes a long time to load (on the internet). Some people even make fandoms about them too. Dressing up as they’re favorite anime characters or Cosplay as some people call it. Another type of animation is the CG action movies, my favorite.

Dead Fantasy is a good example of a CG action movie. I think mentioned it on a previous blog entry but anyway, CG action movies look more 3D-ish and take a longer time to make and requires full skill and a team of more than just one animator. Dead Fantasy is just one example to this kind of animations. There are a lot more than you think. And the last one is… well I can’t think of anymore. But there are a lot more animations than the ones mentioned above. Why not Google them and watch?

By the way, I started learning how to animate. It’s a lot harder than you think.