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Clannad Music

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 3:19 am

Just thought I’d post these…if for no one’s benefit but my own. I’ve started Clannad After Story (Season 2). Hopefully finish by Monday. That’ll be 52 episodes and an anime movie in 6 days…would have been able to watch more if not for stupid work :@ FYI the series is romantic comedy. It’s target audience is probably girls but nevertheless, I appreciate it’s awesomeness. It’s really hilarious and entertaining, and terribly sad sometimes. Let’s hope it lives up to “Best Rated on Anime News Network”. My standards are pretty high just from seeing that, I hope this second season doesn’t disappoint.

Clannad

Clannad After Story (Season 2)

I’m not sure if it’s just because this intro is new but I love it! It also takes aspects and scenes from season 1 (above) and tweaks it. I really like the first 18 seconds and after 1:10. So basically the main part I like the least >_<. I think I like the beginning for the piano. I <3 piano. Clannad Ending

KAWAII DANGO! There’s a pink one that reminds me of kirby everytime i see it :D

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Motivation

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 2:01 am

Because I like lists:

A list of what motivates me the most to what motivates me the least to what unmotivates me. This ranges anywhere from web development to web design to gaming to technology knowledge to cooking to…well, anything.

Anger/Revenge – I didn’t really see this coming but I’m pretty sure now that I’m powered by the Dark side. I’m definitely at my best when I’m angry and my blood is boiling. I’m determined, dedicated, focused. No amount of (the following list) compares. I thrive on negativity.

Unhappiness – Again, fueled by negativity. I’m motivated when I’m unhappy. I seek to improve myself so that I can become happy again…

Skilled Competition – Similar people with similar interests…who are near equal skill. They motivate me to be better. I’ve always been above average…people with skill, people that threaten me…make me want to be better.

Ego – I’m proud of the work I do. Similar to the above, I’ve always been above average. I wouldn’t settle for anything less for myself.

Responsibility – I’m more responsible than I am irresponsible. I’m reliable, dependable…and even if I don’t want to do something or it’d be easier not to, if I have a responsibility to do it, I’ll get it done as opposed to just let it fail.

Self Improvement – Wanting to improve myself just to be better…usually it doesn’t last too long. I try something out for a bit…and then lose my focus and move on to something else.

Really skilled competition – Similar people with similar interests…who dwarf me with their awesomeness. I don’t think that being hard working can always surpass natural talent (sorry Rock Lee!) Also, I’m not THAT hard working. They win, I give up :S

Unskilled Competition – Similar people with similar interests…who suck. They make me realize that I’m better than them and I’ll always be better than them. It makes me cocky, arrogant, lazy. I’m not motivated to improve.

I wrote this on a whim…it’s not really thought out or organized well…there are probably a lot of factors that I missed. Ah well, I’m tired. I wanted to study .NET tonight, wanted to convert some videos for my iphone/psp….didn’t have time for any of that. Boourns. 14 hour day @ work….and walking home in 33 C humid weather = u_u – ZzzzzZzz*snort*zzZz

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My TV & Future Shop’s Product Service Plan

Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 5:18 pm

My 40″ Samsung TV (LN40A550) of 2.25 years started having some power issues recently. It wouldn’t turn on using either the remote or power button…but would sometimes randomly turn on without pressing anything. Freaky.

When I purchased my TV from Future Shop, I also purchased 4 years of Product Service Plan for 329.99. The PSP…sort of extends the manufacturer’s warranty and other stuff.

I called Future Shop Thursday night at 1:30AM to discuss my issue. They told me someone would contact me in 2 days. The next morning, less than 12 hours after my call was placed, I got a call back to set up a time for a technician to come and see the TV. We set up a meeting for Sunday at noon. Today (Sunday), at around noon, the technician came by. He opened the TV up, switched out some faulty/blown capacitors, TV worked and he left. My internet research tells me Samsung uses some cheap capacitors, they last a little longer than usual warranties. Sneaky!

Anyways, regarding the PSP (Product Service Plan), I thought it was a good idea at the time, only to learn that it’s pretty much a scam…well, usually nothing will go wrong with your TV. It’s TV insurance that doesn’t usually get used. In this case tho….it certainly did come in handy. Well…paying about 83$/year for TV insurance isn’t great…but if I didn’t have that, I don’t know what I would have done. Taken the TV to get it repaired by…? Considering the hassle and cost of repairing it yourself, safely transporting a 40″ around….compared to sitting at home and waiting for this dude to come and fix it…well, it’s not bad. I still have 1.75 years of warranty left. I hope that nothing breaks after that 1.75 years…

I learned a lot when I purchased that TV. The $80 HDMI cable which I got at a discounted $34…is still overpaying because that cable is actually pretty cheap.

All in all…I wanted to post about this because people usually only post about these things when they’re angry or extremely happy. So when you try to find information, it’s either the guy that got scammed…well, the other guy that got scammed. People are rarely “extremely happy” with service from a big company. Well…everything went pretty smoothly on my end. I can’t fault Future Shop for Samsung’s product. Was the PSP worth it? Probably not…but would I have paid it knowing my TV was going to have issues in 2.25 years? Probably…I certainly stressed less knowing my TV was still covered.

/content with Future Shop’s Product Service Plan…happy my TV is fixed :D

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…Because Dragon Ball has everything to do with Family Studies

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 3:10 am

The cover of my Grade 8 Family Studies duo-tang…
I don’t know why Gohan’s on the cover of a Family Studies course. I don’t know why Gohan has a sword.

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Remember when TV Guides looked like this?

Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Remember when people used TV guides?
Remember TV Guides?! >_<

This is from 1998…from a Seinfeld dedicated TV Guide that I thought I’d save…

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