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Life is good again…sorta

Saturday, November 5th, 2011 at 3:09 pm

This week was a busy week. I was working super hard since last Friday…all the way until about Wednesday night (including the weekend). Overtime any moment I had available. But I was still trying to sleep a decent amount, so as not to get sick again. This was all in preparation for a launch that was supposed to take place yesterday night, from 6pm and take me all the way until 11am.

Fortunately, late Wednesday, they delayed the project. Good news for me. I was able to relax a bit…I’m still working hard, still doing lots of overtime…but not killing myself with stress. I have another week..maybe two.

In the last week, I’ve done more real development than I’ve probably done all year. I learned a lot, because I was forced to. I’m really proud of what I’ve learnt and accomplished this week. And my love for web development was renewed once again. I can’t wait for this project to be over so that I can start my other development projects.

I’m going to Niagara Falls tomorrow with Z for some wine tasting. Staying there overnight…and coming back Monday. Pretty excited…I still have to pack for it though..and I dunno when I can, cuz I’m about to go to Richmond Hill’s Go for Tea and then dinner and maybe karaoke?

I’m happy though, I worked so hard this week and pretty much every moment I was awake…I even worked last night from about 10pm until 4:30am. And this is my reward :) Hanging out with friends…being social and going out…I feel like I haven’t seen anyone in weeks. Anyways, I’ll try to catch up more blog wise, I know I’m royally lagging behind but yeah, my life has been all work, no play, so there isn’t really much to blog about anyways.

Wait, to say I was using all my free time doing overtime was a lie. Every day I’d spend one hour between the long work day, and the long overtime nights playing Kirby: Return to Dreamland with Z. We actually beat the game in about a week…we got all the 120 gears you’re supposed to collect…though we’re still only at 94% completion as of yesterday. Have to figure out where the last 6% comes from…but I’m determined to get it, and be 100% complete :D

I’m also playing Kirby Mass Attack occasionally, but it’s at the really hard levels and I’m not really enjoying it as much. I’ve never REALLY enjoyed this game despite that it’s a side scrolling game, with a stylus twist. One thing I pride myself in side scrolling games is that I’m generally able to move the way I want to move. The coordination I feel between my head, fingers, and characters on the screen is generally pretty fluid. This is not true for FPS games, some driving games, etc. But side scrollers…I’m generally pro at. In this case though there are always 10 Kirbys moving around, that you have to keep track of. You can’t move the way you want because they move in a group…and some Kirbys always lag behind. Also, when you get 10 (the max) – which you need to unlock stuff – they take up so much of the screen.

Anyways, must work for the next 25 minutes, then get ready to go out…and then go out for the rest of the night :D even now, I’m still so damn busy! But I love it! <3 Oh wait, one more thing to write about. My cough seemed to mostly go awake this week! I don’t know why, I was so stressed…not eating right…HOWEVER, we were sleeping with the windows open, rather than the A/C on. I’m going to assume that was the key….the fresh air at night. Really happy it’s pretty much gone cuz we got mini-karaoke tonight…and in 2 weeks :P

WTB – November 2011 Edition

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 2:12 am

Things I’m expecting in November – Total $139.29


D-Arts Megaman X
$41.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered May 21, 2011
Release Date Sept 2011
Received Nov 7, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store
RAH DX Gundam Seed Destiny Meer Campbell PVC Model
$38.98 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered Oct 16, 2011
Received Nov 2, 2011
Purchased at eBay.com
Shigenori Soejima Artworks
$26.33 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 11, 2011
Purchased at Amazon.ca
Megaman Zero
$31.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered July 30, 2011
Release Date Oct 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Things I received in October – Total $76.99


DCUO: Zatanna Statue
$76.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered Feb 22, 2011
Received Oct 25, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Accomplishments – November 2011 Edition

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 11:59 pm
What I accomplished in October

Shows / Movies

Books & Manga

worldofwarren.com

warrenshea.com

secretproject [to be renamed]

Gaming
Kirby Mass Attack [3DS] – 62% – In Progress
Kirby: Return to Dreamland [Wii] – 40% – In Progress

Web Development and Design

Other

Notes
Worked so much in October…didn’t get much chance to do anything really.

What I want to accomplish in November

Shows / Movies

Books & Manga

worldofwarren.com

warrenshea.com
I want to finish this!

Gaming
Kirby: Return to Dreamland

Web Development and Design

Other

Notes

Too much work and no sleep make Warren something something.

Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 9:43 pm

GO CRAZY? DON’T MIND IF I DO.

So on Thursday, we found out that the release of the project I was working on was a go. And that I had to work from 10pm Friday to 12pm Saturday! 14 hours! Crazy.
So I asked for (…well, more like demanded) Friday off….so Thursday, I tried my hardest to stay awake as long as possible, in preparation for the next day.

I ended up sleeping at 7am and waking up at 3pm (8 hours), and then napping from 4:30-6:30 (2 hours). Anyways, I worked hard from 10pm til 12….but I won’t lie, I was barely awake by the end. I brought and watched/listened to episode of House while I worked. It helped a LOT.

I slept from 12pm to 6pm the next day…and then took a nap later than night too. I ended up sleeping at 2am…
It’s unfortunate because I missed an annual halloween party…but there was no way I’d be able to make it in my condition. Also, I had to work today, Sunday (today)

I woke up at 10am to do more work…worked until 6pm….so sleepy/tired of work. Sadly, it’s just starting.

At least next weekend, I’ll be going to Niagara Falls…and I have Monday and Tuesday off…though I have to work Saturday. It’s going to be great to….get back to my regular work schedule and stuff. I think that’s still kinda far away…but…yeah.

It sucks, I haven’t blogged much this month….despite not being sick anymore. But still…so much work… :( I want my life to go back to normal……..

Update on…my sad, little life.

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

I’ve been playing League of Legends (LoL) a lot since Sunday. I’ve had the game for 2 years but only played once in those 2 years. I got an email from Riot Games saying if I don’t play, I’ll lose my summoner (handle) name. Well played Riot Games. You got me. I’ve been playing a lot ever since…..

It’s nice cuz I play DOTA…and this is like DOTA…but new, and more fun (…and less fun). It’s definitely a welcome distraction from the annoyances of life though. And by life, I mean work. It’s not as busy as I thought…now. But it’s going to be stupid busy starting Sunday. Also, because a release last weekend was delayed (a 15-45m workcall on Fri ended up taking 3 hours….and then 2 hours Saturday morning at 9AM >:( ), I also have to work Thursday and Friday night this week. So Saturday night is my only night I’m not working. For the next….like, 10 days. No jokes.

I think I’m gonna take a bit of a break with LoL. Although I want to play it…it’s getting in the way of my productivity. I don’t think I’m going to finish warrenshea.com until mid Nov….especially since, well…I haven’t worked on it (despite saying I would).

And I really wanna start my new site. I’ll admit: after trying to figure WordPress out, how it should be used, and how themes are done….I still don’t like it. The control I have on worldofwarren.com is fantastic. WordPress only handles the blogs portion. Everything else is mine. I like it that way.

So I might…do what I did for WorldofWarren.com…but on my new site. I need a blog, but moreso than that…I need…control of other stuff. I’ve really been thinking lately on how I should be handling data: mySQL or XML…or maybe there’s another datatype I should try. OO PHP or JavaScript? I don’t know. I’m leaning towards XML cuz I don’t really wanna build my own CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) system for the database….and I don’t wanna edit the DB manually (obviously). XML seems nice and easy, and I can use the dev software of my choice.

Of course, even this site isn’t the one I really want to do. I’m still eventually planning my EPIC SITE. Though I’m lost for an idea atm…still have to figure that one out :(

Anyways, just wanted to write something, haven’t written in a while.

Taking the subway the last 2 weeks…so not really thinking about anything. I have some rants I wanna do in the future…but not tonight.