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Hello all.
Because I am currently having a stupidly tough time with life right now, I've turned comments off on all of my blogs except for this one.

This is no means to say that I have the hardest life in the world, however I have to deal with a very recent and painful parental separation, friends treating me like a two-year-old or insulting me daily with cruel words, teachers up my ass about EVERYTHING they can book me for, and a very severe depression that is seemingly getting worse.

So yeah, I hope you can understand.

And if you don't, another reason is the hurtful hate comments I get on my other blogs.

So please get off my back on my other blogs and make my life just a smedge easier, please??

If you have any problem with this comment privilege removal or inconvenience, please contact me at

finalfantasyfan@live.ca

Thank you.

Roliana (Let's call it a Tutorial) (BlogPost#20)

Holy geez, four blog posts in twelve hours, and that includes eight hours of sleep and another three of no computer time O.o

Anyway, today's blog post is about an amazing website callllllllllllllllled;


Roliana :D

This website is amazing, and has helped me make so many new friends, as well as share my art, share information, and just over all have a good time.

What you do on Roliana is first, make an account. (If you're interested, Then Click HERE :))

You need first a username. So let's choose one, and enter it into that section. When I created my account, I used zololuveru23. So if you do make an account, add me as a friend =3

Next is the email adress that you will receive conformation emails at. This is important because if you give a false email, your conformation will go out into cyber spcae and you've done all the registration work for nothing.



Next you will see "Profile information". If you do not want to fill anything in, you don't have to. This is just an optional section that you can fill out if you really want to.

Now your preferences are very important. Make sure to click what you want and make sure you understand what it is asking you.



And now you are done and have an account on Roliana!
Go and make some friends, I'm sure you're going to make lots of fun, yes?

Facebook Virus!!! (BlogPost#19)

A computer security company on Tuesday warned Facebook users against clicking on a link claiming to be the "sexiest video ever" which is actually a trap designed to infect computers.

The firm, Sophos, said that thousands of users have been hit by the malicious post, which appears to come from a friend's Facebook account.

The posting reads: "This is without doubt the sexiest video ever!" and is accompanied by what seems to be a movie thumbnail of a woman wearing a short skirt on an exercise bike.

Sophos warned Facebook clients against clicking on the thumbnail, which does not play the video but takes users to a page telling them they do not have the correct software installed.

It then tricks users into installing adware, a software package that automatically plays, displays or downloads advertisements to their computer.

"You may want to watch a sexy video, but you're more likely to end up being plagued by pop-up advertising," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at Sophos.

"Not only is adware being installed in your computer, but the rogue Facebook application is posting the same message to all of your friends' accounts," he said.

"It's no surprise that your friends might click to watch the movie when it looks to all intents and purposes that you are the person who has sent it to them."

Cluley advised those who had been affected by this attack to scan their computers with anti-virus software, change their passwords, review their Facebook application settings and remove whatever was installed.

"Go Google It!" (BlogPost#18)

This blog post was inspired by my love of technology, romance and music. This post will talk about a song and then go on to talk about other songs sung by the artists and their "brothers" and "sisters".

The song that I will be showing you and talking about today is called "Go Google it, you moron" by people called "VOCALOIDS"

Definition of a VOCALOID:

Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody.

So there you have it!! :)

This song, 'Go Google it', is sung by two of my favourite VOCALOIDs, called Luka Megurine and Gackpoid. Gackpoid's program was voiced by Japanese singer and actor Gackt, and Luka's voice was sampled from Yū Asakawa, a Japanese voice actor.

Before I talk about the song, I'd first like to show it to you .



Isn't Luka so darn stubborn? :P
Hee hee, I love this video not only because of as mentioned, the two are my favourite Vocaloids but because of how cute the two are together.

Anyway, what really matters is how a computer program can sing THIS WELL.
And though I'll admit I've heard the Luka program sing Lady Ga Ga's 'Poker Face', at was SCARY bad. The Luka program is much more suited to sing Japanese than she is to sing English I find.




Gackpoid is a very annoying character I find in most sings but as a Samurai he never, ever gives up on anything. His singing program is better than Luka's in this song, however I have a feeling it is because there was so much work done with Gackt and Gackpoid that the Gackpoid program can sing so well.

However, at the rate our world's technology is increasing, I'm not entirely suprised, but in some songs I have to remind myself that the Vocaloids are still computers.



As I write this, I am listening to some other Vocaloid songs. I would like to share some of the amazing ones, but first I'll give their names quickly.

Meiko: Japanese female (November 5, 2004)
Kaito: Japanese male (February 17, 2006)
Hatsune Miku: Japanese female (August 31, 2007)
Kagamine Rin/Len: Japanese female and male respectively (December 27, 2007)
Megurine Luka: Japanese and English female (January 30, 2009)
Gackpoid: Japanese male (July 31, 2008)

My favourite song of the Vocaloids is called Dreaming Little Bird, and is a duet between Kaito and Gackpoid. Constantly, I must remind myself that these guys are a computer, and not real people (with the exception of Gackt) and shouldn't wish to one day meet them.

Another song I love; Cantarella. There are many different versions to this song such as Kaito and Miku and Gackpoid and Rin.

Kaito and Gackpoid have a lot of duets together, but a remix version of Gackpoid's Dancing Samurai is pretty good too.

My favourite song by Luka is Just Be Friends. Even though the song is sung by Luka, it is from a guy's point of view. I'm in particular favour of this song because of how freaking amazing it is.

Well I'll stop freaking out over Vocaloids and let you get on with your life.
For next time,
The Night Angel
<3

Tine Hollow (Well, I finished the game) (BlogPost#17)

Those who have played Konami’s adventure game Time Hollow had to have noticed how rich the characters and story were and how well executed the whole game was. The only problem was how brief the entire adventure was. Many may be hoping for a second go around, but is a Time Hollow 2 even possible? If you haven’t finished the game, you may want to turn back now.

But what I want most is a sequel or prequel.

There are two possible options for a Time Hollow follow-up. There could be a direct sequel, or there could be a prequel. A direct sequel following the Kairos family is impossible, however, seeing as how the game ended. The Kairos’ Hollow Pen is now trapped in a time loop. It is constantly making its way forward through a specific time period, then being sent back into the past again.



So any direct sequel would instead have to follow the Onegin family’s pen. Since Irving Onegin was the main antagonist in Time Hollow, it would prove difficult for him to suddenly be cast in a ‘hero’ role in a possible Time Hollow 2. A possible option is to move forward a generation or two and focus on Irving Onegin’s son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter and his/her experience with the Hollow Pen.


But, after seeing the behavior of Irving throughout Time Hollow, fans of the game may have trouble accepting any sort of storyline where he managed to straighten out. After seeing the opinion Irving’s own mother had of him and the lengths she was willing to go to in order to try and prevent his behavior, it may even be possible that she would try to find a way to destroy the Onegin’s Hollow Pen, to prevent Irving from using it.



The other option is for the Time Hollow series to begin moving backwards, rather than forwards. If another entry was planned, it could follow the adventures of Ethan’s father, Timothy Kairos. Time Hollow already established that he made frequent use of the pen.

Plus, this could also help boost sales of the original Time Hollow. Kori Twelves, the girl trapped in time in the original Time Hollow, could act as Timothy’s assistant, as she did for Ethan. Plus, the “unsolved issue” concerning Kori could inspire people to pick up the original game to find out what happened to her. And since Timothy stated that Sox always seemed to be around and look the same in the original Time Hollow, he could appear in a Timothy-centered Time Hollow sequel.


This could set an interesting "start" for the series, if Konami decided to continue the franchise. A third Time Hollow could follow Timothy’s father, and maybe even start to delve into the origins of the Hollow Pen and how the Kairos family happened to acquire it. Let’s hope that Konami decides to continue this series.
What do you say? :)

Moments

Current Reading: Shadow's Edge, by Brent Weeks
Current Music: Promise of a Lifetime, by Kutless
Mood: Tolerant
Smell: Fresh air and and Guinea Pig
Sound: birds chirping
Temperature: coolish
Thought: I want more damn Pocky

Worst Baby Names

The news last week that two names featured in the 'Twilight' series, Isabella and Jacob, topped the list of most popular U.S. baby names shows that celebrities can seriously influence our naming choices. Malia, the name of one of Barack Obama's daughters, was the fastest rising name among girls, while Cullen, a reference to 'Twilight's' Edward Cullen, was the fastest rising boys name. That said, celebrity baby names don't always take off. In many cases, the names the famous give their children are simply too weird to become popular. Here's a list of the 10 worst celebrity baby names.


1. Kal-El

Nicolas Cage may be Hollywood royalty, but that doesn't give him permission to name his son after Superman. Besides being enormously pretentious, the name isn't even human. Then again, the more I look at Nicolas Cage the more I think he might not be human either. Did I mention he's decided to be buried in a giant pyramid?

2. Zuma Nesta Rock

While the name of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's son may have a lot of meaning for the couple (Zuma is the name of one of their favourite beaches), it's bound to ruin the child's life. Just one weird name can make grade school a nightmare, so having three in a row is bound to be even worse.

3. Apple

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's name for their daughter isn't particularly ugly or even weird, it's just that in today's ultra-branded world naming your girl Apple is roughly equivalent to calling her Microsoft. Then again, naming their child after the world's hippest company may be the perfect way to keep the Paltrow/Martin brand cool. I hope they name their next kid Tweet.

4. Jermajesty

We expect weird things from the Jackson family, but Jermaine Jackson's name for his son goes too far. Besides ruining the famous Beatles track 'Her Majesty' for everyone else, the name is bound to inspire Jermajesty to follow in his wacky family's footsteps and start a music career of his own. We need another star in the Jackson family like we need another 'Twilight' movie.

5. Sage Moonblood

While Sage Moonblood sounds like it should be the name of a vampire in 'Twilight' it's actually the name of Sylvester Stallone's woefully unlucky son. Despite his irresistible moniker and a role in 'Rocky V', Sage's career as an actor never really took off. It could be worse though, Sly named Sage's brother Sergeoh. No, that's not a spelling mistake.

6. Moxie CrimeFighter

We wish Penn Jillette had taken a page out of his partner Teller's book and kept silent when it came time to name his daughter. Besides putting serious career pressure on her, nobody is ever going to spell it correctly. Jillette wasn't much kinder to his son. His name? Zolten.

7. Audio Science

Shannyn Sossamon has always had a college alt-rock vibe to her, so it's really not much of a surprise that she went with the name Audio Science when her son was born. We really hope Audio Science makes it to college so he'll get the chance to take some Audio Science courses. I can see the look on the professor's face now.

8. Kyd

Despite starring in intelligent and thought-provoking films, actors Tea Leoni and David Duchovny drew a blank when it came time to name their son. The result: they named the kid Kyd. Let's hope David's recent stint in rehab for sex addiction went well so that no other children will suffer a similar fate.

9. Prince Michael II / 'Blanket'

Michael Jackson's name for his son is wrong for all the same reasons as Jermajesty. But the recently-deceased King of Pop didn't think Prince was distinctive enough and so decided to nickname the boy 'Blanket.' Let's hope it doesn't stick.

10. Tu Morrow

Despite being insanely weird, the name of Rob Morrow's daughter makes the bottom of the list because her father just isn't that famous. The 'Numb3rs' (speaking of stupid names) actor was likely hoping to rectify that situation by making it to the top of odd baby name lists worldwide. We refuse to co-operate in the scheme.

Good Site, Bad Site (BlogPost#16)

The ten principles of web design are not to make your audience think, not to waste their time, to get their attention, to strive for exposure, makes use of effective writing, simplicity, not being afraid of white space, communication, conventions and Test often!

If you are still here and reading after that, I admire you greatly. What I have just done is both educate and bore you. I know in my last post I said I would be talking about Darker Than Black, but my school assignment made me lie.


Anyway! Today I will be doing a critique on a good website and a bad website. I will tell you why the website sucks and why you should never ever ever go on it, and why the other one is pretty darn awesome.



Let's talk eBay.
I find this site way too busy. Principle number three of web design; focus the user's attention. So why, I ask, is this site so busy?

You see the Daily Deal box, look over there. You see the Top Tech box, look over there.
Free shipping, over there.
Basketball sale, up there.
REGISTER!

Um... no.

I know that it's good to catch a user's attention but eBay is just really too busy. And everything is a different style so I get very confused looking at it. One box is green, the other plain white, and the registry box is all sparkly.

As I am writing this blog post I have to flip back to the eBay page to look at it and it is starting to make me dizzy!! I'm leaving, off to the next site we go!



The Kitsune Page is one of my favourite sites to visit because of it's simplicity and ease to navigate.
When you first get onto the home page you have a menu dropping right down the middle
of the page, and two hand-drawn images of a Kitsune.



Let's take a look at the Myths and Ancient Stories button. When you click it, the next page shows a simple menu. Which place of origin do you want the stories from?

This way you can easily find something you are searching for about Kitsune (which is a Japanese Fox Demon)

Let's cliiiiiiick..... French. We want to read a story from France about these foxes.



At the top of this page you see the articles in small font, green. If you click on one it automatically sends you down the page to the article. Or if you wish to read all of them just continue scrolling down as you read.

Well, over all I pretty much love this site. However unless you manage to levitate towards the Images section there isn't much 'scenery'.

I don't give ratings on websites but this one is relatively high.

Self Portrait!! (Blog Post#15 )

Drum roll please, it is the moment that maybe the only three people who watch this blog have been waiting for!!
Hee, it's my self portrait!!

With this piece I was trying to portray the art style of Neo-Impressionism. With Impressionism you can see brush strokes in the work, and usually the tones are softer and look smoothed out. This however was extremely difficult for me to pull off in Adobe Illustrator.

As for meaning, I put a LOT of it into this piece. I spent literally three weeks planning out in my sketch book what I wanted to do.


With the portrait I wanted to show my two sides. If you have read my other blog (Click dah link) you may have realised that I have depression.

And so the story of how this piece came into play. Everyday when I go out I have to smile and pretend like I'm okay, like the world is okay. However because of my parent's divorce and a multitude of other stuff I'm not exactly in the best of moods.
SO I created a picture in my sketch book of what I wanted to do for this assignment. It was a mask with what I enjoy written and drawn on it, and on my own face I would show sorrow.



On the mask you can see two eyes of different colour and some words, "Standing, stalling, always falling. Story of my life."
These words are song lyrics, and music is really what has kept me from vegitating in my house. The band that U took the lyrics from, Elliot Minor, is my favourite band and has inspired me in so many different ways. But that story is for another day.

The purple and red eyes on the mask are from an anime called "Kuroshitsuji". The purple eye is from the boy Ciel, and the red from my favourite character, a butler called Sebastian. Kuroshitsuji is my favourite anime and brings me quite a bit of joy. I share this passion of Kuroshitsuji with a few very close friends who also make me happy.

The mask itself is inspired by "Darker Than Black", and anime that I hope to be doing a blog post on next time. Darker than Black, let's call it DTB, is also one of my favourite anime and currently the object of a weird obsession of mine. The main character, Hei, wears a mask like the one in my self portrait.

And the dog-like ears!! Foxes and wolves have always held a place in my heart, and more recently Kitsune (Kitsune are japanese fox demons). A Kitsune usually takes the form of a female to bewitch men, and although I don't exactly do a lot of bewitching a Kistune has many other loveable and non-loveable aspects. They are also quite knowledgeable, which is why I chose a Kitsune's ears as opposed to a Kitsune tail. I am knowledgable in quite a bit of things, except math.



On my face, human face, there you can see a kanji symbol. This symbol means 'sorrow' or 'grief'. This face is what hides behind the mask of what makes me happy. Seeing as I only seem to show people what is on the mask, not many people can see that I am suffering from a pretty deep depression.

If you really want to know why my hair is three different colour is because I'm weird and love to play with my hair. A lot. So that's why it's dyed in a weird way and if you have noticed- you people reading who actually know me- my hair turns into one giant poof ball half way through the day.

I don't have much to say about the background except that it is from another anime. The name tottally escapes me right now but when I remember it I shall let you know.

Thank you for reading this blog post, I hope you enjoy the labours of a crazily-worked eight days (As my peers worked on theirs for a good two weeks). Annnnnyway, I hope you come back tomorrow for my blog post on Darker Than Black!!

If you like it it's a flower. (BlogPost 14)

"If you like it it's a flower, if you don't it's a weed."

My Mother was told this by an elderly lady twenty years ago when she and my father had first moved into this house. My mother was gardening and asked the lady, the neighbour at the time, what a flower and a weed was.

Now, call this a blog post or not is up to you but what I am about to share holds a certain type of inspiration for me. Inspiration because death is what I have included into my Royal Ontario Museum project.




Just yesterday I was thinking about what death was going to be like when it eventually came around. At first it was in History class when I was thinking about when I would one day be married, have children and live in a home by myself.

I was trying to think of how it would be like when I die, but all I could think of was the crap books and media tells us these days.

Vampires, zombies, another life in the form of a magical rodent or something.

But even as I think that, I try to imagine if death is like floating around in a dark empty space, your mind alone.

Even trying to think of it makes me want to cry now, as I'm trying to think of when a family member passes on- I seem to be crying now. Ohhhh boy...- will they be able to watch upon me? Protect me and my family?




Lately I've heard of something that Scientists have found out. They can halt your body's growth and prolong your life. Almost like a modern-day vampire!

And although I think this is super, super cool... Humans should NOT try and interfere with Mother Nature. Some who I have told this to say that I am stupid and should not think like that, as Humans are the "dominant race". And even though I do not believe in God, something is probably going to smite those who say they are the "almighty".




In conclusion to this, I would like to say that I do not plan on dieing any time soon, and nor do I wish for any of those I love to die.
This includes friends, family, a crush, even a teacher I may be close to.

I do not want anything to die.

But, when the day comes when I'm a hundred and seventy five and I pass on, I'll accept it.

And once again, a touchy subject like this has made "Cold-Hearted-Kaze", cry.