So as I mentioned, finals were this week. I am happy that they are over. Finals is always a stressful period for students of all ages. I have been having a little bit of a hard time with stuff recently and the stress of finals has pushed me far. I am fine but it has been a little hard to get through these last couple weeks. Lots of things running through my mind. I don't know why but I'm really good at hiding emotions. If you asked any of my friends who see me on a regular bases how I have been these last couple weeks, they would probably respond "Hes doing great!" and thats how I want it. There is no reason (that I see) for people to be fretting about my problems and thoughts.
In other news, I have made a new friend. Actually a couple, but I'm going to talk about one in specific. Remember that I don't use real names so HA! I don't know if she would care if I use her name, but I am keeping things consistent. Anyway she means a lot to me and we are supe
r good friends after only a week of talking. We literally had over 500 text messages between the two of us in, something like three days. So yeah, thats awesome. She has become a close friend fast. I really hope this friendship becomes something special. What do I mean by "something special"? You come to your own conclusions.
Media wise, I have been filming some different things lately. Including a live TV show. I want to talk about how bad it went, but there was a live band there. I honestly doubt they read my blog, but I still want to play it safe and not talk about how bad their vocals were. Or how annoying and demanding they were about problems that we had not physical way of doing. Or how special they were because they go to some "School of Rock". Literally, they go to a school of rock. Instrumentally they were great. But they need some work on vocals. Anyway I don't want to talk bad about them so lets move on ;)
I have found a band not to long ago that is absolutely amazing. They
are called the Diablo Swing Orchestra and they are fascinating. If I had to label them with a genre, it would have to be "Swing/blues/rock/deathmetal with a touch of classic western". Yeah, they are cool. I don't know if I like them more for the uniqueness, or because they are actually making cool music. I think both.
Game wise, I have been playing a lot of Plants Vs. Zombies. I picked it up for Xbox Live awhile back (like a month ago) and have recently really gotten into it. I am really enjoying it. I played it on the PC and now that I am playing it on the Xbox, its so much better. Controls are better (in my opinion) and its easier in a way. I have only died once and that was due to experimental stupidity.
I have also been playing minecraft when I can and I found an awesome flash game. Its a zombie game that has the perfect amount of strategy without making it super tedious. Its called Rebuild and you can find it here.
I have just started using Blender. No not the food thing. Blender is an open source animation software. It is completely free so anyone could download it. I have to say, this is the most complex piece of software I have attempted to learn in quite some time. I am enjoying it :) My mind can wrap around a 3D space so easily. Thats one reason why I enjoy video games so much and am good at them. I memories layouts quickly and can navigate them
without thinking to hard about it. Maybe its due to the time I'm growing up in, but 3D in a digital space just makes sense to me. I can move through a 3D space and use that to my advantage. Blender is hard, but once you grab some basics, its not the worst. Being open source, its not the most user friendly. When you first open it up, there are so many buttons, its super scary. Now though, its a great friend. You can find more about it here and be sure to check out the page of stuff that Blender has been used for. Some of those things are amazing.Alright well I am super tired and close to passing out at this point. Also, as I finished typing that last sentence, I got a notification on my computer that my new video editing software has finished downloading. Maybe I will stay up a little later to get starting on some video editing. I also have a plan for my next blog topic so be sure to stay tuned. Its going to be good! Thanks for reading!
-Zam
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