In The Mind Of Zig-Zag

Subject:	You... like me?
Time:	7:46 pm.
Mood:	bored.
Music:	Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler.

Holy crap.

It's only been about two days since I dropped my videos on AMV.org and I really wasn't expecting much. And really not much has happened. But here's a breakdown because I'm beyond bored and have little else better to do. (except work on my unfinished AMV which I'm not sure I really want to fight with right now)

(click on names for AMV.org linkage)
A Hero's Gotta Do - Downloaded 8 times. Recived 4 stars
Dream of Angels - Downloaded 5 times. Recivied 4 stars
Unbreakable - Downloaded 5 times. Recivied 3 stars.

No opinions yet - but not really expecting any because I'm not pimping these videos and you really only get those on that site if you do that. So I'm mostly looking at the stars... which is the amzing thing to me...

(Youtube linkage - I am very bored XD)
A Hero's Gotta Do - Rated 4.25 out of 5 stars
Dream of Angels - Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Unbreakable - Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Buwh? I never get good star ratings on this site! O_o That's my very FIRST to EVER go beyond a 4 star. I'm not HORRIBLY (yes pun intended) surprised as it is a comedy using Dr. Horrible which I realize is what's giving it the big rating - not so much my editing. But Dream of Angels is very shocking to me. I've gotten 4s before but they disapear by the third star rating and drop closer to a 3. Unbreakable is what I typically do. So that one is no shock at all.

But the other two? Holy hell. I knew being a comedy the one would get a very high three - possibly four. But I'm completely dumbfounded that Dream of Angels is still holding onto it's 4 star rating. (And of course the one I was most proud of is coming in last. XD)

Hm... what's the highest rated one besides those two?

PPPPPPPFFFFFTTTFFFFFT!.... Kenshin's Scar? Realllllllllllllllllllllly? -_- Obviously I need to ditch Vegas and go back to Windows Movie maker. Granted... Bloody Valentine (youtube) and Dancing with Wolves (youtube) ties for second which makes me feel a LITTLE better. Those two are at least semi decent with An Unorthodox Hero (youtube) coming in third.

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Subject:	A Nightmare?
Time:	9:46 am.
Mood:	tired.
Music:	Rain falling.

Last night I awoke to a horrible sound. A horrible, chilling, EVIL sound.

It was loud and rumbly and came with flashing yellow lights!!!!

Was there a plane crashing? A crazed psycho tractortralier driver going the wrong way?

No... it was.... DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUHHHHN a snow plow! *cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy*

And then this morning I woke up to a white world. *sniff* *sob* *cry*

Although granted I'm really not that upset by the snow. It had to come sometime and thanks to global warming we missed out on a month of it already. Still a bit shocked we got through Novemember without any snow. It's crazy.

And it is now raining. So that's taken care of most of it so far.

In other news mom and I picked out our Chirstmas tree yesterday. For years we used a fake one but last year we got a real one now that mom's allergies are under control and can stand pine again. So we got a real one this year too. And I think we got one of the best on the lot. It's beautiful. I'll have to remember to take pictures once it's up and decortated!

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Subject:	What to do about pets?
Time:	10:02 am.
Mood:	worried.
Music:	quiet.

I'm not sure what's wrong with my dog this morning. I woke up and I can hardly remember a time when she seemed more depressed. Normally when I wake up she comes running happy to see movement and asking to go to the bathroom.

Today. She didn't move. Didn't even lift her head. Just looked up at me with really sad looking eyes. I can't even get her leg to kick when I scratch her tummy. She just sighs.

It also makes me think she pooped in the house but I've looked all over and found nothing.

I wish I knew why she's so sad. She was acting normal all day yesterday.

So I'm sitting in the living room with her instead of my bedroom with the cat who's upset and keeps coming out to find me - to find me with the dog. So upset she's thrown up.

I can't win today.

Edit: Puppy seems to be back to normal again. Not sure what her funk was earlier today. Bad dream maybe? Also found out someone got up early to let her out so that's why (thankfully) she didn't poop in the house and wasn't intersted when I offered.

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Subject:	Youtube Firday!
Time:	11:16 am.
Mood:	blah.
Music:	Coughing.

Have a feeling I posted this already. But it's a good one so if I did: Have it again!

And sorry I haven't been around much. I just haven't had much intersting to post. I pretty much get up - go to work - come home and fart around with the AMV or play WOW, while tagging here and there in this RP I got into.

And as for the lack of AMV snippit - it's that I've been mostly working on the ending to which I dunno XD I don't really want to show too much of. Even though I know without the rest of the video it won't make much sense. Ah! I'm weird like that!

...that also being said is that although I'm working on the ending most of the beginning in middle have nothing done to it. FFVII-AC is really kicking my Vegas's ass and it takes forever to do a little bit. I doubt I'll be making my 3 vids in one month challenge but it sure was fun to try!

It also didn't help that I caught a cold a few days back. Almost completely lost my voice for a day there. And when I'm sick it's very hard to think creatively. Ah well! I probably should have picked a less hetic month to do it in. XD Maybe I'll try again a couple months down the road.

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Subject:	FML
Time:	7:21 am.
Mood:	exhausted.
Music:	Some dog show.

I really wish I could explain how much I hate my brain right now.

Last night I got offered extra hours. 7 last night which left me working: 2-9pm and then 8 today working 8:30am-5pm. So basically I got home just in time last night to go to bed.

How I wish I slept during that time.

But my brain was in freak out mode for some reason. And I dreamed that I had this rack and everytime I thought it was empty I would look and see there was another item on it. When I was awake if felt like all my nerve endings were on well... not fire... hm. High alert? I could not be still. I could not calm down.

So now. I'm up with almost no sleep and SHOCK I can feel my cold coming back. I'm so tired it's making me feel sicker than I think I really am. Makes me want to call into work but I need the hours. That and I know I'm only 90% over tired and 10% sick. And if I call in now and then end up just feeling better shortly after that won't make me happy either.

I'm just so tired right now.

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Subject:	Youtube Firday!
Time:	10:38 am.
Mood:	chipper.
Music:	Monk.

It's fun to see where insperation to things come from!

In other news! I'm feeling much better today. Not 100% but not nearly as crappy as I did yesterday.

Our power went out yesterday too. Twice. Once it went off while dad and I were in the city for his doctor appointment. It had just come back on when we got home as the clock was flashing: 12:01.

Then around 9pm last night it cut out again. It was intersting to be in the complete darkness. Even the streetlights were out. I never realized how much of a glow those two gave off. And dad was nuts because he was so very bored without his TV.

I enjoyed a night huddled under the blankets playing some DS. With a candle glowing next to me!

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Subject:	Stupid work
Time:	9:44 am.
Mood:	sick.
Music:	Quiet except for the pounding in my head.

So work called asking me to come in. And part of me wanted to jump on the extra hours.

...the sick part wanted me to tell them they could shove their eight hours up their butts.

I mean I was really looking forward to my day off. More so now that yes - I AM indeed sick with a head cold but MONIES!

In the end I told them no - I had to take dad to the doctors. (Which I do.)

Part of me is like: WHOOO HOO! THE DAY IS MINE and the other part is still: ;_; My money!

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Subject:	I R Nerd?
Time:	3:20 pm.
Mood:	hungry.
Music:	Let's Make a Deal.

So I was watching Let's Make a Deal.

So here's the deal.

There's a couple. They were allowed to pick two wallents out of three. Two are empty (although there was actually money in the others) and one has a dollar bill. If they find the dollar bill they get this awesome trip.

But they were also offered a sure thing. For the wallets they could trade for a

PERSONALY EDITING PROGRAM!!!!

O_o *drool* Sh-shiny.

An UNDERWATER video camera. A brand new mac computer.

And...

and...

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND!

O_o FINAL CUT PRO 4!

Final. Fucking Cut Pro. 4

The geek in me screemed: TAKE IT! TAKE IT NOA!

They did win the trip in the end. But I honestly think I would have been happier with the home editing system. Psh. Although I doubt they could have used Final Cut Pro. As it is a more complex system. While Advid is what is mostly used in the professional feild. Final Cut Pro is the other system they tend to use.

;_; I want.

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Subject:	Stupid Vegas
Time:	11:56 pm.
Mood:	disappointed.
Music:	Give Me a Sign - Breaking Benjamin.

Vegas haaaaaaaaaaaates me. Tonight's snippit is all I basically got done. Because one of my raw footage got all corrupted and made vegas crash all the time. Stupid Vegas. Then when I got that problem fixed - it decided it would crash just for fun.

I did work on something else. Trying a bit of effects in this to make something look the way I want. Don't think it's going to work though. We shall see. So uh.... snippit! Aka... all there is!

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Subject:	NO BRAIN! BAD! STOP! ...I don't need you trying to make Cloud!crack happen...
Time:	9:55 pm.
Mood:	crazy.
Music:	The Sign - Ace of Base (YES I'M LISTENING TO IT DAMN IT!).

Betrayed by my own brain. ;_; I did the Dr. Horrible one already!

Considering I was thinking at work how my brain really seems to be split. By the part I control and the part it controls on it's own. And how it will do as it very well sees fit. Usually it tends to win. Although I seemed to be getting some control back - at least with those nightmares I had about a month back where I finally took control back.

But no. A bit ago it wanted to remind me how it rules. So I've started my next video and it's to Breaking Benjamin's Give me a Sign. And I'm a total failure at naming my AMVs (

whiteadelphi named the last one XD) and the working title for this video is called Project 2. (XD Snippit to come later!) Joking with WA I said: at least I didn't call it Give Cloud a Sign.

And then my brain grabbed that and went running. Before I blinked this was going through my stupid little crack head:

Cloud saw the sign!
And it opened up his eyes!

And because in the video I'm working on now (a serious video) and if you take it literally with the lyrics and title it's basically Zack ~~showing~~ giving Cloud the sign. Soooooooo of course now Zack is the SIGN OF ALL!

Cloud saw the Zack
And it opened up his eyes! He saw the Zack.

-_-;; I hate the part of my brain that says I could totally make this work. Because I'm more believing my rational side that says I'd WAY overwork this and make it suck. SO SHUT UP CRACK!BRAIN TRY AGAIN!

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Subject:	Friday the 13th?
Time:	10:47 am.
Mood:	hungry.
Music:	Something on the radio.

It's always disturbing to see an ambulance sitting in your neighbor's yard. Even more disturbing when it's you 80+ year old great aunt and uncle's house.

He's okay. Apparently a sore he had on his leg started to bleed - pretty badly. So the ambulance was called and now he's okay. Still took him up to the hospital as a percausionary but he's okay from what I'm told.

It's strange. My aunt Mavis and uncle Kent I can never picture as dying even though they are really old. They've been my neighbors nearly all my life and I use to go over all the time to play over there. (They had a paved drivway - it was epic compared to our stone one. XD) They were always out there to play and watch us. And they're always walking around out in the back feild. I see them now and then when I'm walking Egor.

So it's weird for me to think of them as being sick. It's just... somethign that's hard to imagin.

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Subject:	Cloud is a stair master failure
Time:	8:50 pm.
Mood:	accomplished.
Music:	I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin.

Here it is! 1/3 of the AMVs I'm making this month. Gah! Much farther into the month then I'd hope to be. Something tells me this isn't going to happen but I'll keep at it. Next one is going to make me want to eat my brain as it's focusing mostly on Advent Childern and that film likes to kill Vegas a lot. And each time I move one frame it needs like a good full two minutes to process I've moved before I can continue.

*sighs* This is going to be painful.... but for now - THIS Amv!

Song: I Will Not Bow
Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Footage: Crisis Core with just a pinch of Advent Childern tossed in.

And no... I don't know WHY Cloud falls down the damn stairs in every video I make. I should totally make myself an icon on it.... but I'm too damn lazy right now. He's just really good at falling down them I guess!

Watch in high quality if it gives you the option. You'll need it.

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