When Not to Air Guitar

I didn't update yesterday, and it's all because of a movie about vampires. I haven't seen a horror movie in a while, so when the oppurtunity presented itself, I had to jump on.
Anyway, yesterday Dad bought a Doobie Brothers CD and started playing it in the car. Surprisingly, the Doobie Brothers were actually a solid band (despite the name). I dare say I liked the music. That is, until it caused Dad to air guitar while driving on the Autobahn... in the fast lane... and the car started veering to the left!
So I offer this little piece of wisdom: never air guitar while driving at speeds of over 80 mph.

Leo and Gemini

I've been trying to create a new online cartoon, working with an excellent animator named Joshua Wimble. He finished a first draft of the teaser trailer, and I thought you all might enjoy. Enjoy!



Just to clarify, though, I did not really make the music. I stole it from OverClocked Remix.

(Tech Assistance: If the trailer seems stuck at the loading screen it probably is, and if so, right click on it and select "forward" to get to get past it.)

Burn, Baby Burn!

Today, my Chemistry teacher decided to break his anti-pyro rule today, and asked us to build things in class that were meant to explode, however he asked us to contain the whole thing very well, exploding it only in a contained area that would prevent fiery dust from leaping out of the test tube and into the air, burning things.
*evil laugh*
My partner and I set up the experiment, doing everything exactly as we were told to do it to start; we mixed the chemicals properly, then heated them to approximately 360 degrees Celsius. But we were told to drop the test tube with the chemicals into the contained area (a flask of water), and my partner decided to dunk it instead (even pulling the stuff out).
FWOOM!
350 degree Celsius dust flew into the air, ultimately landing and burning a hole through my notes and charring my backpack (it was worth it). Nobody got hurt, thankfully, so I'm not earning myself a trip to the psychiatrist by saying that was totally awsome!

As Promised...

... Here's the movie. I know the quality is low, and the movie itself looks like the Waterworld people made it, but you shouldn't expect a lot when the movie was made with a budjet of nothin', and completed in one day.


Notes about the movie:
I made this movie, and the copyright at the bottom of the page applies to it. Feel free to link to it, but don't go telling people you made it, or you may find an assassin in your bedroom one night.
You think I'm kidding, don't you? Well, you're right, but I'll still be ticked!
By the way, I slightly remixed a Disney song for the background (namely "you Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me"). I got the mp3 to slightly remix from Bethesda and Disney's game "Pirates of the Caribbean."
While the movie is about a real event, the opinions have been exaggerated. I'm just saying that so my friends don't get in trouble for what they say/do in the movie. I mean, one of them would have to go see a psychiatrist if this were true, but I assure you he's faking it.

Stupid Host!

I was going to post my movie up today, but the file host didn't like it. I'll try to host it myself at school tommorow.
Word of wisdom: never ever put together a whole movie in one day (mine was 1 minute and 30 seconds long, and it took me from 5:30 am to 8:00 pm to make). I'm not meant to vlog!

Successful Trial

I got some new movie editing software, and just had a succesful run with it today.
I know what you're thinking... "What the heck are you talking about Chris? It's just video editing software. Why does that need a trial run?" It doesn't. The problem is I'm trying to make the #1 Blog in the World without spending any money on it that I didn't actually spend on something else. That means I had to make sound videos without a sound video camera.
Yep, I can do that. Wanna know how? (If not, skip the next two paragraphs).
I got a cheap $29.99 digital camera from Wal-Mart (the last time I was in the United States) that does silent .mov movies. But I also have an iPAQ (Hewlett Packard Pocket PC) that takes sound memos in .wav sound format. I also have Windows XP with Windows Movie Maker.
The first thing I needed to do was convert the silent movie into something I could work with in Windows Movie Maker (it doesn't do .mov files, because they're apple files). So I found some online file conversion software, edited it for my needs, and finally converted the .mov file to a .avi file. After that, I loaded the .avi file into Windows Movie Maker and meshed the sound file over it.
The movie's really low quality, but that's fine; it just means my blog is iPAQ friendly. I'm not loading the movie file onto the blog (the movie plays like a test, meaning it's awful), but at least I know I'm capable of it for tommorow. I'll post if I get material. Anyway, my point is I rock!

I've Been Beat!

I've finally found a blog I'd consider to be better than mine... but just a little bit better. (Link below.)
Well, technically it might not count as a blog, sicne it's a vlog (video weblog), but that's not an excuse! I hereby swear to start video blogging, thus reclaiming the title google gave me!
Now if I could just remember where I put my video editing software...

Idiots!

So here I am, sitting in school; my teacher has reserved the computer lab for our class so we can use the internet for research on the characterization in One Day in the Life of Ivan Dennisovich. Of course I google it, and I'm led to this piece of bull plop:

Until proven or disproven scientifically, the concept of God is an 'individual-specific reality': if one's reality necessitates the presence of God, He exists. (source)

What the flip is that supposed to mean? Either something exists or it doesn't, no matter what you believe.
Take for instance if some guy were to suddenly believe he had gills. According to this essay, the guy should be able to breathe underwater. Bull; he drowns! Either he has gills or doesn't; and if he doesn't then he can't breathe underwater.
People keep trying to analyse the religious, but it's a waste of time.
Whether God exists or not (I believe in God), it doesn't matter. Either He exists or he doesn't. Personally, if He exists, I wouldn't want to take my chances on His bad side. The Old Testament says he torched Soddom and Gammorah for unrighteousness; He could do the same to you, or He could get more creative. On the other hand, if God exists and He likes you then you're set! All it will require is to keep righteous (not really a hard task), and rectify times you mess up. If you do that, you either get nothing or power from on high. On the other hand, if you are unrighteous, you either get nothing or pain.
Gambling is a fool's game; I'll take the first.