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The Fridge / how often do you catch a flight?
« on: July 09, 2013, 10:15:11 PM »
The last time I ever caught a flight was in 2006. I had to fly from Florida, to another state and then to Pennsylvania to see my grandmother. After this, I stopped flying. I’ve flown only three times in my life. I love being above the clouds, but now I have two reasons why I stopped flying. One; I’ve been seeing an increase in plane accidents in the news and on Youtube over the years. Second; I am getting very wary about these “check ins” that I have been hearing at the air ports nowadays. I know they want to check people for potential threats, but I feel they are starting to get a little too “touchy” when it comes to checking bags and the people. Germany and Israel are one of the most security conscience countries in the world and would not allow anyone to get too “touchy” on some folks.

So, how often do you fly? Do you fly at all anymore? What was your best and worst experience at the airport?

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The Fridge / Online friends vs Physical friends
« on: July 04, 2013, 04:52:29 PM »
We can all hopefully agree that relationships is the most important and meaningful ways of life. We all want to have a relationship with somebody. However, I’ve been wondering to myself about Facebook friends and friends I’ve met out in the streets. I’ve met many online friends from places other than America, but our relationship isn’t as strong as the people I’ve met physically or even spiritually. For example, I recently met someone on a blog site. We hook up often on Iscribble. We talk, scribble and… that’s about it. Regarding someone else, on this fighting video game, we play a few rounds against each other, team up against others, and have a text chat. I’ve met some folks on Facebook that may say something to me every now and then. The thing that bothers me about online relationships is that I often get friend requests from people I do not know.  Sometimes, I feel too wrapped up in this digital bubble. Online dating is even worse. I have 40 friends on PSN, but I’ve had a constant relationship with only four of them.

Physical relationships are people that I can actually meet,  greet and maybe hug. It could just be some random person in the elevator or at school. Just saying hi can start a relationship. I won’t have to type my thoughts on a keyboard. My physical friends may not be as many as online friends, but this is all I need.

So what’s your take on online friends and physical friends?

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Gamers Zone / Kinect's secret agenda
« on: February 25, 2013, 11:49:58 AM »
I'm really glad I did not buy this device. It is absolutely weird that this flawed device  originally used for playing mediocre games and with horrible controls for playing a game has other amazing uses.  This tool does a better job at other things than playing Sonic Free Riders.

Here is the video

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The Fridge / Music while you work.
« on: December 07, 2012, 05:43:14 PM »
What music do you listen to while you work? What kind of music do you listen to? Are there any music you dislike?

I mostly listen to video game music while I work on a project. Here are a few examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_er0ESaErU,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjU-j2Ia7kY,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c-1jT74qwI.    

My favorite genre of music to listen to is jazz! Paul hardcastle: Golden Gate, Eric Darius: Secret Soul, and Paul Taylor: Eastbay Bounce. I use to listen to hip hop when I was in high school, but I stopped listening to it because it is too hardcore for my taste. Especially, todays hip hop. I’ll listen to the hip hop instrumentals such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Np-CDCZjQ.

The music I mainly listen to is electronic pogo-style music. Here is an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4_81u2iHPc.

What  music do you listen to?

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The Fridge / Do you outline, script, or rough draft your work?
« on: November 13, 2012, 10:40:38 AM »
As I create this post during my free time, I'm going to ask you all this question; do you outline, script, or rough draft your work?  I've always been told if you are going to start a project, create a mock-up, script, and or rough draft. It's always best that you have a clear idea of what you are going to make rather than just make things from the top of your head. I've taken this to consideration because I want to make a good story rather than rely on pretty pictures.

I'll admit, when I was younger, I never scripted my comics as I just kept going with the flow of whatever came up in my imagination. Now that I look back into those comics, I realize how muddled some of the dialog and the story were. Most of these comics I'm referring to are Tinker & Pinker. It contained nice character models, but everything else could've been so much better. Then again, you do learn from experience and from your previous accomplishments.  

Whenever I nedd to get something done, I just make whatever I can.
So, what do you all do?    


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The Fridge / What is your favorite season?
« on: June 19, 2012, 11:09:27 AM »
Since I live down in the south, my favorite season would have to be winter because I prefer cool weather over hot or humid days.

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The Fridge / How much sleep do you get?
« on: June 02, 2012, 05:08:23 PM »
Sleep. It’s something I should be doing every night; it affects everything from my mood to my quality of life. They say that the recommended amount of sleep is eight hours. I often try to get eight hours of sleep, but sometimes I'll end up sleeping for seven hours or over sleep for ten hours. Their are times when I feel drowsy whenever I wake up or I end up feeling restless later in the night.

I hate sleeping less than seven hours. It amazes me of how some people can manage life with only four hours of sleep. I can't even imagine myself living like that. I knew a guy name Juan whom sleeps for only five hours and drinks coca-coffee every morning.

How much sleep do you get? Do you enjoy the amount of sleep you get?

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The Fridge / Ever been asked an awkward request?
« on: April 28, 2012, 07:53:38 PM »
While I was at work yesterday, some guy asked me if I would make sure that no women come into the womens restroom otherwise, he says he will literally s@#$ his pants. He couldn't use the mens room because someone is already using both the toilets. I wasn't sure what to think. Except the fact that this guy is :crazy . I couldn't tell him no because he was a customer and the manager was in her office so I just said "Okay, go ahead." Thankfully, no women needed to go and the guy took at least three minutes. There were a few people that saw this but didn't pay to much heed to it.

I hope I never have this kind of experience again.  :x

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Animation / Pikachu in real life
« on: April 09, 2012, 03:34:55 PM »
If pokemon were real...I'd be afraid.
Imagine a real-life Mewtwo :blink:

http://api.ning.com/files/f-t5ghNPkQt-ypVo...=375&height=500

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The Fridge / How much do you spend on gas?
« on: March 20, 2012, 10:14:47 PM »
Since I live in Florida, gas isn't too expensive. Therefore, I only spend at least $12 worth of gas for myself and it has to be refilled once a week. I don't drive too often as I only drive to work, and to college. Sometimes the grocery store and laundromat.

The most I've spent so far was during the summer. The amount was $15 dollars because I was going on vacation.

How much do you spend on gas in your area and how much is it? From where I live, unleaded is $3.77.

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Gamers Zone / DLC in gaming
« on: March 15, 2012, 05:05:38 PM »
From what I read, Dreamcast was the first home console to use what is known as downloadable content. I was 12 at the time and I never knew what DLC was. I didn't really get into DLC until 2006 which had tons of DLC. However, some the "extras had questionable content. For example: EA charged people for tutorial videos of NCAA 07 Football and Madden NFL07 that were released at a later date. And we found some DLC content on the SFxTekken disc.

Personally, I've never downloaded any add on. Especially, since I already paid $60 to $70 dollars for the darn game! Why pay $20 to $50 for any add on with the game that I bought? Sure, DLC was made to extend the lifespan of a game but that is what online multiplayer is for. Collecting money IN-GAME should get you new characters, new maps, or any other extra content. This DLC trend in the gaming world can have a bad ending if it isn't implemented correctly. I feel that Microsoft, Activision, Capcom, and among others abuse DLC to garner more cash. I know how business works. I just wish they would throw us a bone to their loyal fans. Apparently, game companies are part of an income-dependent industry and will only change if they foresee a benefit to their bottom line.  People pay their hard-earned money to play their published games. Minimum wage will slightly increase or stay the same whilst everything else goes up. Next-Gen consoles are already planned and it won't make any positive outcomes as it will just make development more difficult. How about fixing the long loading times first. It's not like these consoles will have holograms.

I remember a time when "milking" a product on console games wasn't possible.
Regarding used games, I resell or trade-in a used game and I couldn't afford to buy a new game and end up buying another used game. Later on, I may purchase DLC or a $10 online pass and the developer gets extra $ they wouldn't have earned otherwise. Saying the used game market is killing their profits is only looking at 1 side of the story.  Also, when I traded in a game, I just bought a NEW game (At least a game I've never played) at the store, correct? The developer got a sale because I subsidized the NEW purchased item with my own $ from their traded old game That I've already played.

Again, DLC would be a positive thing if it was implemented correctly and wasn't so expensive. Hopefully, in the near future, we will not have to buy music and sound effects as DLC. What do you think of DLC or the game industry?


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Gamers Zone / Activisions' earnings and success
« on: February 11, 2012, 07:52:12 PM »
If you want to know what has been happening with Activision recently you look up this article.

I've been a gamer ever since the NES days. My first game was super mario kart. I have never heard of Activision until I've played the underplayed game, Radical Rex. Recently, I looked them up and realized this mega company is incredibly successful. On the other hand, they are incredibly hated by the gaming community,too. They were always considered a "cash cow", "masters of milking" and "cash grab company where franchises go to die if they don't sell nearly as good as Modern Warfare."

I have only played Modern Warfare 3 on the Wii and thought this military fps shooter was okay. Yet, year after year of the same game, it gets solid scores from many critics. I always thought Mass Effect 2 was a far better experience for me compared to Modern Warfare 3 but apparently those people that gave Activision 1 billion within 16 days may not think so.

Plus, they have this Skylanders franchise which is selling quite a bit off of a marketable character like Spyro, whom isn't even mentioned by name through the entire game. And guess what? They are already throwing out a sequel of this game for this year.

So here is my question to you all. Why are people hatin' on Activision when all they are doing is selling their products and those people are just buying them up like their pockets are on fire? Why and how can "Activi$ion" be this successful when they really haven't done anything ground-breaking?

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The Fridge / Merry Christmas!
« on: December 24, 2011, 05:39:56 PM »
So...what are you peeps going to do for Christmas and what did you get for Christmas?
Are you going to do any After Christmas shopping as well?

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The Fridge / Happy Thanksgiving!
« on: November 24, 2011, 07:35:21 PM »
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :celebrate
Me and my fairly large family just ate some Bar-b-q turkey, Mac & Blu-Cheese, and some green-beans with Basil!

What are you or what did you have for thanksgiving? Did you hang out with your friends and family or are you just chillin' at home?

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Silver Screen / Lilo and Stitch franchise
« on: August 17, 2011, 12:25:22 PM »
Remember the First film back in 2002? Remember how they heavily promoted the movie? After going back into my movie drawer and watching it again I almost forgot how good the movie was. I found it interesting that this movie along with The Princess and The Frog were the only traditionally animated films released in the 2000's that made their money and received critical praise. Winnie The Pooh could have made its money but unfortunately Harry Potter made sure that didn't happen.

The other spin-off/sequel movies like Stitch! the movie and Lilo and Stitch2 were movies I was not impressed since the continuity was pretty confusing. Speaking of continuity, I'll talk about that in my thoughts on the TV series. To me they were just typical direct-to-video sequels that were obligatory than fun. Leroy and Stitch on the other hand was better than the previous films but was still missing the magic of the original film. It was also the last film that would feature the Lilo and Stitch franchise.

I loved the TV series years ago. I never got the chance to watch all of them at the time but thankfully certain video sources fixed that problem. Good amount of humor, crossovers with Recess, Proud Family, and Kim Possible, and decent morals. Now the Japanese adaptation of the Li-oh I'm sorry-Stitch! TV show is a bit confusing to me.
From what I learned from this show is that in the English dub Lilo is a grown woman whom left Stitch because of her boyfriend and the setting takes place off the coast of Japan. But originally its suppose to be an alternate universe that doesn't coexist with the Lilo and Stitch arc. :unsure: Do all English dubbed Japanese shows have this problem?


I've watched the Stitch! TV shows but I still prefer the true version of this franchise. A lot of these episodes are generally weak and lack a great deal of action. Not only that, the experiments don't appear as much as they should and Lilo doesn't make an appearance until the 23rd episode of the third season. Right now Stitch! is very popular in Japan but not as much in the Americas or European countries.

What do you think of the Lilo and Stitch franchise?

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LBT Fanfiction / Ali, Littlefoot and Cera
« on: June 28, 2011, 11:29:19 AM »
You remember that one scene in LBT 4 when Ali was trying trying to cheer up Littlefoot? Well here is my version of that scene and what Cera thinks of Ali's faces.
By the way, those faces I got were from the movie but they were also influenced by Animaniacs. Good show.  :)

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LBT Fanfiction / Which comic strip do you wanna see first?
« on: June 27, 2011, 11:09:57 AM »
I just came up with another idea for a comic strip but I'm not sure which one to start with. Since I have free time today and tomorrow I'm asking you guys which one do you wanna see first?


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The Fridge / If you could transform into a dinosaur...
« on: June 21, 2011, 11:38:15 AM »
I would love to be a Giraffatitan (Or in LBT terms, a "longneck") simply because I want to reach new heights. :)
In case you are wondering what this creature is; a Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived during the late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian stages). It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus (B. brancai). Giraffatitan was one of the largest animals known to have walked the earth.

What dino would you like to be?

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LBT Fanfiction / Ducky and Spike
« on: May 19, 2011, 08:27:46 AM »
Can Spike eat anything? Including hot peppers? Lets find out. :yes

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After watching Marzgurl's review of the last film I suddenly realize that it would've been a better idea if they had a tv-series right after the first film when LBT was still popular.
If we do the math here;
each individual movie is about 80 minutes or more and each episode is 22 minutes long.
They can easily have 4 episodes in that year instead of having to wait a year or two for an 80 minute film. Actually, instead of four episodes, If Scooby doo can produce 25 or more episodes in one year than so can LBT. For two decades LBT could've had 6 seasons each being 25 episodes! That, in total, would be 6x25=150 episodes! Each episode is 22 minutes so 150x22=3300 minutes of LBT cartoons! :o

I don't know about the budget, production value, time, money, etc compared to making a movie but I would think that having a tv series would be a better idea anyways.
And knowing that many of the LBT films like LBT 3 and 9 is in fact filled with slow pacing and pointless filler could've been four episodes instead of an hour and 10 minute movie.

What do you all think?

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