tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24488180089898580302024-03-14T00:25:47.344-07:00Starcraft, Me and the SEA.A blog about living in New Zealand, seeing the sites, looking for native wildlife, traveling around and playing a few games along the way.JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-54009569074207837582012-10-28T07:11:00.000-07:002012-10-28T07:39:02.729-07:00Tokyo Orientation + Crazy (awesome) Cat Lady <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyway, cat ladies aside lets begin the story of how my life in Japan is going. We landed in Narita August 5th, leaving New Zealand which was about 10 degrees Celsius the jump into 35<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-40 (104 Fahrenheit)<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">and around <span style="font-size: small;">100<span style="font-size: small;">% humidity was quite a s<span style="font-size: small;">hock<span style="font-size: small;">, not to me<span style="font-size: small;">ntion carrying bags <span style="font-size: small;">too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Everyone was naturally excited but unfortunately we didnt get through customs and into Tokyo city till after sunset, so we couldn't see too much of the city but were greeted with a great view of the lights from the hotel. Wellington in New Zealand while the capital is a very small city with around 400,000 people, Tokyo has over 12 million so the shear size of it was very daunting. </div>
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The people from out group were lucky enough to stay in the Keio Plaza, which is located right in Shinjuku. </div>
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It was a shame we only were able to stay in Tokyo for 3 days, since we were busy with the orientation we only had the evenings to explore the city.<br />
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Something that I didn't expect to see was the amount of homeless in Shinjuku, but also that the homeless were quite clean and looked just like normal people with clean clothes, just living in cardboard boxes. Apparently some of them just crack under the pressure of city life and become homeless but their families will bring them things. One of the more interesting people had 10 cats living with him, which he was feeding at the time although understandably he did not want his photo taken.<br />
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Probably my favorite part of the city was the architecture of some of the buildings and a mix of cute restaurants like the one above and the tall office buildings with amazing designs. </div>
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The above being the definite favorite.</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;"> When we walked up to try and get in we were very disappointed to hear it was closing in a few minutes, but when one of the patrons left lots of the cats ran out to greet us. Even though we missed out that time I have seen been to one which ill talk about in more detail another time.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Well well well, what do we have here? Holy it's been a long time, was just about 3 Months ago I made my last <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.jp/2012/07/much-to-say-here-is-some-penguins.html" target="_blank">post</a>. Now I will admit that when it comes to updates I a bit slack, in fact amazingly slack. However this time I have a good excuse! As you may remember I landed a job in Japan as an English teacher, and I simply haven't had a computer to actually post from.</div>
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Its been an amazing couple of months so far, in fact I have so much to write about that I'm going to have to take some time and write them in retrospect, so I guess this is sort of to be a bit of teaser while I sort out what I want to talk about first. Briefly Ill go over whats been happening I think then Ill go into details in following posts to be able to fully give justice to the experiences. </div>
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Our trip begin in Tokyo, about a thousand people from around the world (although mostly America) came for orientation before heading out to designated prefectures. We were only there for a few days, never really having been to a super large city before it was quite over whelming, combined with jet lag and 35-40 degrees heat and 100% humidity it exhausting, but still amazing. </div>
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After leaving Tokyo our group headed to our prefecture, Shiga. So far it has been pretty good, its only 30 minutes by train from Kyoto as well =D. Admittedly I had never heard of this particular area of Japan, so I came here without any expectations which I think has allowed me to enjoy it all the more. Of course it helped that our first night in Shiga we were able to view the best fireworks festival of the year by the lake side.</div>
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Wow looks like its been a couple Months since I posted anything. What happened? Well a bunch of stuff, first I started a really boring job to raise some money for a trip and then I went on that trip, fortunately I was able to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Island_%28Australia%29" target="_blank">Granite Island</a> in Victor Harbour, South Australia. Which is home to one of every ones favourite animals, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37337FF001DB0FA7&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Penguins</a>! <br />
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Granite Island is really an amazing place, its a tiny island that you can take a horse drawn tram to, and then walk around and look for those adorable little birds. </div>
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Iv been fortunate enough to see these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Blue_Penguin" target="_blank">Little Blue Penguins </a>around my town in New Zealand as well as in Australia. But for an unknown reason their numbers are reducing on Granite Island, when I visited as a kid 10 years ago their were over 2000 on the Island, now there is less than 100.</div>
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Naturally I didn't spend two months just looking at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37337FF001DB0FA7&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Penguins</a>, I have also been visiting family in South Australia. It must have been over 12 years since I last saw them so it was really good to see them all again after so long. Some quality time was much overdue, and we all went to a see some more native Australian wildlife...</div>
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Although I should have visited sooner, its always hard when you are a poor student, this trip was also extra special because I was attending a wedding.</div>
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It was my Fathers wedding, so I now strangely find myself with a couple extra adult siblings and some extended family, but everything went really well and a good time was had by all. I cant imagine the cost of the whole thing though, bringing people over from another country. Fortunately (for the cost) it was held at my new uncles house, which is an amazingly big and breathtaking place.</div>
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The biggest piece of news is that after what may be the high score in <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/waiting-game.html" target="_blank">The Waiting Game</a> I have succeeded in landing a job over in Japan. I had been waiting and hoping I would get this job for months so naturally I am thrilled to be heading over there in less than a weeks time! I will do my best to conduct myself in a professional and dignified manner while experiencing a new side of life. </div>
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So not much to say, on the way to the gym I got mobbed by a pack of friendly <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/new-zealand-kaka-native-green-parrot" target="_blank">Kaka</a>.<br />
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Lastly, the reserve was also part of the old gold mining area they have kept part of the mines open and you can wander in there with a torch and hardhat to explore in around 25 metres into the hill. However when my friend and I got in there we realized the roof was covered in these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta" target="_blank">Wetas</a>. These ones were about 3-5 centimetres long. I can imagine that this would quickly turn into some nightmare if they stood up in there and became completely covered in these... </div>
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<br />JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-87803748346166912632012-04-15T02:30:00.000-07:002012-04-15T02:30:13.582-07:00Youtube Partnerships for All!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVZTeKXbsiE9eGOH8jLj6OrED0EA2Uyb-UkvB503la-HDDYHdHLOBVKKDzxDfs4iuNG31RqXFtJHd16Eyzxc22F9eQ_xANEyPo6NqSRrS5CaWhiEvK6FFiDXjYt5uohvZoJL8ofJwSBTk/s1600/3606295240_51f643dd5d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVZTeKXbsiE9eGOH8jLj6OrED0EA2Uyb-UkvB503la-HDDYHdHLOBVKKDzxDfs4iuNG31RqXFtJHd16Eyzxc22F9eQ_xANEyPo6NqSRrS5CaWhiEvK6FFiDXjYt5uohvZoJL8ofJwSBTk/s400/3606295240_51f643dd5d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> In a recent blog by <a href="http://youtubecreator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/being-youtube-creator-just-got-even.html" target="_blank">YouTube Creator</a> they announced that effective immediately (in selected countries) that partnership status is now granted after you successfully monetize one video. This is an amazing thing for small channels, in the past you needed to have a certain size (around 1k subscriptions) before partnership was offered.<br />
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<b>What this means to you: </b><br />
Basically, lets say you recorded a super hilarious video of your cat doing something like this.<br />
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Well now you could immediately create a new Youtube account, monetize the video and link it to your ad-sense. If your video went viral or was popular you would immediately reap the rewards of it.<br />
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Unfortunately, the main perks to being a Youtube Partner were that you could add a banner to your channel, and most importantly select the thumbnail you wanted from your video. The Thumbnail is one of the most immortant parts of a video sadly, people do judge a book by its cover and all the new Youtube partners will be stuck with the old system for now, so the partnership is really like being a Youtube Partner-Lite.<br />
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All and all this is an amazing step forward for small time Youtubers, such as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=macguffinsc" target="_blank">myself</a>.JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-29146928318769970102012-04-11T03:34:00.000-07:002012-04-11T03:34:04.791-07:00The Waiting Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovxFCbIHBShKSVAfo4eotd7qO0KzrtdgOeO3JB3pVlZ_BVJQ7KGpIEkJvYzyXWE7WO7RuDWZC45YoNdurhhKWQoZo-vpvlijiWfgSvprfOLNDkAtmuslZ5kjifoeWfoHx54GrS1nYwMzd/s1600/The_waiting_game_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovxFCbIHBShKSVAfo4eotd7qO0KzrtdgOeO3JB3pVlZ_BVJQ7KGpIEkJvYzyXWE7WO7RuDWZC45YoNdurhhKWQoZo-vpvlijiWfgSvprfOLNDkAtmuslZ5kjifoeWfoHx54GrS1nYwMzd/s400/The_waiting_game_logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Whelp, good news and bad news. The bad news is that I was wait-listed for the JET Programme instead of shortlisted...which means I get to wait till someone else drops out (apparently fairly likely) and get to wait between now and December. Well that's going to be fun since I have been waiting since February already, but I guess such is life. I actually handle bad news quite well, or maybe it hasnt hit me but for the moment I am fine with this and still confident Ill get a spot before August, and in the mean time I get to look forward to stuff I have lined up for the near future.<br />
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</a></div>Oh the good news? Well I found 15 dollars on the way home, how about that eh? I mean finding 10 or 5 dollars is common, but the combination of the two? First time in my life. Well guess I dont have much to say, if I get that job then Ill have many wonderful stories to tell in the not to distant future, if not then I grow fat playing video games for the rest of the life. Since I don't have much to say here is a picture of a cat. <br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I was just browsing the internet like I normally do and I found out about this <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. It actually really caught my eye, its been around for awhile though so I guess I'm fairly slow. As a natural fan of squid related things and <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/more-doodle-or-die-fun.html" target="_blank">colorful drawing</a> it really snagged me instantly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Basically its like a big blog everyone submits pages to, pages can get likes from the website/facebook etc. Its interface is really simple too which helps. The interesting part of it though is that you can link in amazon products related to what ever you are writing about, and if any sell from your page (called lense) you get a small cut. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a few ideas for some articles I would like to write for it, I tried making one about the <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/birthday-and-completed-university.html" target="_blank">Kaka(brown parrots)</a> that live around my house if you recall my old post about them, check out my post for an example of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_YOlF1Dr6aFj-aZ5UIHkyLN1BgRfmB9z76GOz8VbIE9d1XxWow44iJhXznrWXSdcnIIVzOfZ1aPC0gy8yZVEPOo4tlGzTEZgeZLF3344lj2cKlCjqeXrwh4TDXW0cTfZD-2MjGReOxvE/s1600/799px-Kaka_in_flight_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_YOlF1Dr6aFj-aZ5UIHkyLN1BgRfmB9z76GOz8VbIE9d1XxWow44iJhXznrWXSdcnIIVzOfZ1aPC0gy8yZVEPOo4tlGzTEZgeZLF3344lj2cKlCjqeXrwh4TDXW0cTfZD-2MjGReOxvE/s400/799px-Kaka_in_flight_01.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/new-zealand-kaka-native-green-parrot" target="_blank">My Squidoo Lense about the New Zealand Kaka </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-7389195929624525272012-03-31T19:19:00.000-07:002012-03-31T19:19:19.243-07:00Exciting Apil and Good ol'fashioned trip to the Zoo. Well April 1st in New Zealand, this month is going to be a potentially life changing one for me. Back in <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/birthday-and-completed-university.html" target="_blank">October</a> you may remember that I mentioned I had graduated university, around this time I also applied to be on the <a href="http://www.jetprogramme.org/" target="_blank">JET Programme.</a> Seems like so long ago I applied, applications closed in November, interviews were in February and now in April the news of who got in will come out, goes without saying fingers will be crossed all month, but hopefully it will be in the next week or two. <br />
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You even get to feed the Giraffes if you want to, Im not sure if other Zoos offer that although I imagine that in really popular ones it would be hard to find the time for everyone to do it. My Girlfriend and I even held some branches in our mouths (dared to by the Zoo Keepers) and they took it right out of mouths before licking our faces haha all good fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-52275212807092072642012-03-26T03:37:00.000-07:002012-03-26T03:37:06.892-07:00Why you shouldnt take break late.So now that I have a now have a <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/life-with-job-update.html" target="_blank">job</a> things have been very busy for me, time seems to just go by so quickly. I have been working very hard lately, and tend to take my breaks after just finishing a current load of work, so usually this means that I start and finish my break 3-5 minutes later than the rest of my work mates, instead of pausing it and just taking it straight away. <br />
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So why shouldn't you take your breaks late? Because you'll miss the chance to meet this guy.<br />
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Well anyway here is a funny like video someone made about him.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other stuff update:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well if you remember that I went to a casting call for <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/hobbit-extras-wanted-in-new-zealand.html" target="_blank">The Hobbit</a> I actually got an email from there, basically saying "Still interested? We just want to know if you are, not saying we have anything for you to do yet.." so that's kinda cool, might still get a chance to be in it =) </div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-62790865988781968082012-03-19T02:57:00.000-07:002012-03-19T02:57:49.898-07:00Life with a job updateFirst week over for my new job, things are fairly relaxed and its an enjoyable way to make money for the meantime. Only real complaint is the weird hours, 8:15 to 4:45 really? 9am starts give me another 45 minutes to sleep in the morning, doesn't help that I stay up till around 1:30am every night still though. Its nice that we can go home after we finish all the work though, so I usually finish about 3 and get to spend some time in the sun (pretty rare for me actually haha). We have a big storm on atm though, but before the storm started I was able to go down the seafront and snap some pictures of this friendly sting ray.<br />
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After a great time with my friend on Starcraft 2 team games, just jerking around but somehow still winning games I realized I was finally getting sleepy, and decided get some sleep...however I noticed that I had drunk around half my bottle of Whiskey already (1 litre bottle).<br />
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Things were going quite well until around 10am, when I started to feel very queasy, I tried to put it out of my mind but the floor we were training on had a problem with the air conditioning and was rather stuffy. My mouth was starting to fill with saliva they way it does right before you throw up, I started to envision throwing up all over the office on my first day but tried to put it out my mind and continue working.<br />
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I excused myself at that time and said I was going out for a quick fresh air break, after entering the stairwell I saw the door to the male bathroom and felt on the verge of throwing up, I tried to enter the bathroom but it had a code lock door..<br />
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"Shit whats the code I thought" As I tore open my pockets looking for the piece of paper with the code on it. I started to type in the code, put it in and turned the lock. It wouldn't open. I did it again, and again and again. It wouldn't budge. "FUCK" I thought, "this is worse than defusing a bomb". I had no choice but to go back and ask for the code again, I tried to swipe myself back into the office but I couldn't find the thing you put your card against. I began to panic thinking what would I tell the boss if i throw up in the stairwell and had to bang on the door to let me back in. "This cant be happening, only retards in tv shows do this shit" I lamented. <br />
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But then fortune smiled on me and someone came out, I asked them if they knew the code and they put it in for me and I was able to get into the bathroom I immediately went in and splashed water against my face, I stood there for about a minute and the coldness made me feel better. In the end I didn't throw up and was able to go back to work without incident. <br />
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Oh by the way, I had the right code for the door, <u><i>I was turning the nob the wrong way.</i></u><br />
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PS: Ever notice how a lot of people right "paided" instead of "paid"?JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-29808377611394851672012-03-08T03:39:00.000-08:002012-03-08T03:39:47.040-08:00A hobo no longer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA7-Z_Cr6O3cSR6GDzY0u-YD2LyLszE9LcwJGXOIzqwnrJlcarJ-xg8qPOaF56YGH0fZiDC2qTlHGVhe_YZG-jIYnkkJezs5Hl9LgSp1z3L7Wo4KeAVPgGWgcHDEZFDBP9IxGcKlp_N7m/s1600/will_work_for_food1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA7-Z_Cr6O3cSR6GDzY0u-YD2LyLszE9LcwJGXOIzqwnrJlcarJ-xg8qPOaF56YGH0fZiDC2qTlHGVhe_YZG-jIYnkkJezs5Hl9LgSp1z3L7Wo4KeAVPgGWgcHDEZFDBP9IxGcKlp_N7m/s320/will_work_for_food1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> So after updating my CV a bit (pictured above) and getting a bit of luck I was able to land a new job and my extended vacation after studying. Technically this will be my first real job for the new year, and after eating and living very cheaply for awhile I am looking forward to being able to buy frivolous items again that I don't really want or need. <br />
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Was tempting not to go to the interview though, outside the building there was a shop opening promotion that was giving away a lot of free stuff. While there I saw 3 people get new Ipods, but the line to spin the prize wheel was too long so I decided I would rather have a steady income for a bit.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9xl2Dik15-Z62fhJv9SQzaoMWg-XgCjWjKK2ToCFwq_Jyv4TdNJ7k7aLDR8fafXNo9nYx4Xumt1nNNL8RUy5XqWn9Q81rFowgcLz1JHDd7wTF8l6ZfbAxXFJdcTQAoCENuHmR9e8d_mb/s1600/1330647453731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9xl2Dik15-Z62fhJv9SQzaoMWg-XgCjWjKK2ToCFwq_Jyv4TdNJ7k7aLDR8fafXNo9nYx4Xumt1nNNL8RUy5XqWn9Q81rFowgcLz1JHDd7wTF8l6ZfbAxXFJdcTQAoCENuHmR9e8d_mb/s400/1330647453731.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> And in actually interesting news, an Amnesia the Dark Descent sequel is in the works! I'm fairly excited for this as a big Amnesia fan, the title "A Machine for Pigs" for the sequel throw me off at first, but what the developers had to say about it made it sound very intriguing. Hopefully they will remember what made the first game good, it was a true survival horror where you're only real defense was to run or hide from the creatures following, while the dark was easier to hide in it also reduced your sanity so you insensitively didn't want to go into it, leading to an feeling off dread and discomfort that amplified the other effects in the game.<br />
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All too often I see games labeled as horror, when really they are shooters with something that just comes out and says Boo, jump and shock scares get you for a moment but don't leave a lasting sensation of dread which is where Amnesia (and so few other games) have succeeded.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now if you look back to the picture for the cover of the next Amnesia game, you might notice something. While its called "A Machine for Pigs" this gives your mind the image of a slaughter house, and you assume the meat hanging from the chain is a pig, but if you look closely it could all just as easily be a human torso without any limbs. Your imagination does the work for generating the horror which is why Amnesia truly disturbs some people. </div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-20674988876909370422012-02-23T23:08:00.000-08:002012-02-23T23:08:36.553-08:00Weekend at the Farm.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgBy8XHuhPEMAVCIA2gg9c3hMecNyuuO8F44H5c6ux2_eATAQzQ-qFrB8MCsDJrmw67fFAge_dv1zZhjqQX5lQwTjgLK7Uu2Be1yRhmFjicwTp01ldrmN3dIZ-7dwNBxP_u6aZcEB_hvF/s1600/P1000236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgBy8XHuhPEMAVCIA2gg9c3hMecNyuuO8F44H5c6ux2_eATAQzQ-qFrB8MCsDJrmw67fFAge_dv1zZhjqQX5lQwTjgLK7Uu2Be1yRhmFjicwTp01ldrmN3dIZ-7dwNBxP_u6aZcEB_hvF/s400/P1000236.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> I love chickens </i></div><br />
Well back from my weekend visiting my relatives, had a great time! My cousin was having his 21st, and I didn't get to see any of my family over Christmas so it was a long overdue trip. It was really great to see some faces I haven't seen in years, was only there for the weekend but we got to do a lot of stuff you cant really do in Wellington (since they live up North its really quite a lot warmer. They have a really cool property too, it has a river for swimming, room to keep horses, tracks to ride quad bikes on etc. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Such is life though, all that time of the bus was well worth the trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV2ThYj0ihsyI9jzFSXsCyWPDagaFQZx2kPzlCka4I5etghOsKy_SpDUg1KCO1ggXmPyQo8uDbYho5c8q3_NactYQmDvegZmIOgt-9jm70YxHL-uHbDcpewnakjdpg2v-S8DE8i3ur3-R/s1600/P1000233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV2ThYj0ihsyI9jzFSXsCyWPDagaFQZx2kPzlCka4I5etghOsKy_SpDUg1KCO1ggXmPyQo8uDbYho5c8q3_NactYQmDvegZmIOgt-9jm70YxHL-uHbDcpewnakjdpg2v-S8DE8i3ur3-R/s400/P1000233.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some of you might also remember that I went to <a href="http://starcraftmeandthesea.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/hobbit-extras-wanted-in-new-zealand.html" target="_blank">The Hobbit </a>casting call auditions, no word from that yet but on my form I put down that I was able to ride a horse, so I was pleased to see I still could. Honestly there was just so much to do there, they even had a trampoline so I made a short video of my brother, thing with my brother is he has red curly hair everyone loves so doing flips on a tramp is especially funny to watch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGKgHGW10AIrR8OiVTVpEEo4-1A8LalAz9bAwMM5JkcAMs270twtv-wtpWGLNV9AsHJvRiNJm9IqpKwYH7Pp4u8WMaaRqRYGthDuC-tG37bVOBvIcZ5kqsgqCgu1iRUsckoCuSH_62NMQ/s1600/P1000206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGKgHGW10AIrR8OiVTVpEEo4-1A8LalAz9bAwMM5JkcAMs270twtv-wtpWGLNV9AsHJvRiNJm9IqpKwYH7Pp4u8WMaaRqRYGthDuC-tG37bVOBvIcZ5kqsgqCgu1iRUsckoCuSH_62NMQ/s400/P1000206.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Yep hes pretty good at them. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
Unfortunately all good things most come to and end, and Im back in Wellington and naturally its raining and windy all day every day again. Still, feel recharged a bit from the trip and a bit more positive day to day just holding on the memories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-K5zgIf5i4pfAzzTrWiAYG0dGs4e5IzIzuLBp1pGp8voRCBnBYu8eUl6zlmsx7Nto9Vw-5J0OSfJm09IFPXpqUzYkw18G2vsnWH4QpcTF7rk1Ek3M6MNfZLtYufP8UEM7qFpYzVcRa7y/s1600/P1000208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-K5zgIf5i4pfAzzTrWiAYG0dGs4e5IzIzuLBp1pGp8voRCBnBYu8eUl6zlmsx7Nto9Vw-5J0OSfJm09IFPXpqUzYkw18G2vsnWH4QpcTF7rk1Ek3M6MNfZLtYufP8UEM7qFpYzVcRa7y/s400/P1000208.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did I mention I love Chickens? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-81969283584270055602012-02-16T04:37:00.000-08:002012-02-16T04:37:01.917-08:00Update on myself and recent photos of Sendai Tsunami ZoneHi all, been a couple weeks since Iv had some free time. Been pretty busy looking for work, unfortunately still unsuccessful in that area. I did go to a interview for the JET Programme to teach English in Japan (basically what my degree was about) but a couple months till they will respond to with those that were chosen and even then doesn't start till August so still need something till then. <br />
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Had a good interview for a 6 month role which would have been idea, I was actually shocked at the interview because they mentioned the pay scale was 30-40 an hour (around twice my average).<br />
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Really disappointed I didn't get that one to be honest. Oh well life goes on, over the weekend I will be visiting some family up north (in a 10 hour bus trip) so maybe ill take some nice New Zealand scenery photos for you guys. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also this is a really amazing set of photos from the <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/09/see-how-japan-has-rebuilt-in-the-11-months-since-the-earthquake-and-tsunami/" target="_blank">Sendai Tsunami</a> with then/now shoots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3FJM2QP4gqu8IsM86EIyUgOIaLv_T7kefMM8ukd9ykd7mQSMuO8ZspclxvZgYaRgah56cPcQjCR-Ervlzw9L5zHlW-meB_z-O9Hx8whI1DIgNyaqMb9au8rpLV__y4hxKKtYTEqZq-1j/s1600/jeffisgr8t-37122639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3FJM2QP4gqu8IsM86EIyUgOIaLv_T7kefMM8ukd9ykd7mQSMuO8ZspclxvZgYaRgah56cPcQjCR-Ervlzw9L5zHlW-meB_z-O9Hx8whI1DIgNyaqMb9au8rpLV__y4hxKKtYTEqZq-1j/s320/jeffisgr8t-37122639.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also still <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=macguffinsc" target="_blank">Youtubing</a>, decided to try my hand at a parody video of quick scope montages you see for COD or MW3 etc, tried to make it funny but maybe its just really gay haha would be good to get some opinions on it, only 40 seconds long =) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although if you have never seen a no scope vid or dont like Starcraft it will probably just seem really bad to you, but its sorta meant to be like that, anyway have a good weekend all!. </div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-69484497361700411832012-02-01T07:21:00.001-08:002012-03-27T04:13:17.579-07:00The SCP FoundationSCP is a cool little <a href="http://www.scp-wiki.net/" target="_blank">wiki</a> basically people write there own creepy stories which are presented like government reports. Some are good, some are bad (mary-sue / insert characters), but some are really amazing if you like a good ghost story.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reason I got back into this is because someone made a free downloadable game from the staircase one and its actually quite terrifying <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5cadimaeo004aee" target="_blank">its only 30ish mb so I would recommend it!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Naturally the SCP-087 game is more immersive if you read the story first then play it, its cool because its randomly generated so each experience is different(as different as a staircase can be, at least). Also I am not really scared easy, but my girlfriend is...so I made her play it for your amusement, lots of screaming...enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/_Yrq6TBBlAo/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Yrq6TBBlAo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Yrq6TBBlAo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>Also she had to walk home after playing this, down 500 stairs from my house (I walked her home of course =)<br />
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Remember, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=macguffinsc" target="_blank">Please Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more fun! Its Free!</a>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-78823955837280271272012-01-26T20:41:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:41:51.546-08:00Hobbit Extras wanted (In New Zealand)Despite the fact a very few of my readers are actually in New Zealand, if you just happen to be then tomorrow there is an open casting call to star as as extra in the Hobbit films. <br />
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I will definitely being trying my luck tomorrow with what I can only imagine with be thousands of others. Actually I do have some experience as an actor, ranging from those school plays that everyone is in to actually being an extra for a few New Zealand made television series. There was actually a casting director that was always around my old highschool, who was looking for people to star in "The Tribe" series, which I heard was popular overseas but I never watched it myself. Anyway maybe if fortune smiles on me I can have my visage on screen in the Hobbit for a few seconds, wish me luck!JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-13796125655696146662012-01-19T02:03:00.000-08:002012-01-19T02:03:48.629-08:00Feature Film: IT CAME FROM BENETH THE SINK.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSglB5B00coJHSj-RiSEPhOqivHgjGbXpWZKOPdLPcY5lt4miD5gKLc-07r-9_H8Oc_Dy_UnZ6pWGUYaXByplznaNRhwJ0KGgNPuwTJ_1Cy9qmy-yTOsqP3nm6WoTEKcXfMkF4I5AtEUs/s1600/P1000150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Whelp I was was drying and putting away some spoons when I saw some movement coming from the drain in my sink. A few horrifying seconds later this emerged. <br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As far as things that come out of the sink, this was pretty tame and I was relieved after seeing what it was. This is a NZ Huhu Beetle, they live most of their lives inside trees as larvae and apparently the beetle form only lasts about 2 weeks in their lives. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx13TCxrdJX4GyiciCkyNRDtTDuLS6Sd3wrsuBPu-Im1HchYjryPvmLnAaqmqbKVSZZrjxoLzF9IzDTb3R8c2jZq3UC4mUeHTFotoPqTW3URvuNvSXeMHTeYsAlkh_0s3GOkBUcHgK5HZ/s1600/P1000153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx13TCxrdJX4GyiciCkyNRDtTDuLS6Sd3wrsuBPu-Im1HchYjryPvmLnAaqmqbKVSZZrjxoLzF9IzDTb3R8c2jZq3UC4mUeHTFotoPqTW3URvuNvSXeMHTeYsAlkh_0s3GOkBUcHgK5HZ/s400/P1000153.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I recorded some footage of it then placed it outside, if you're interested here is information on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huhu_beetle" target="_blank">the Huhu here!</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>New Topic:</b> Any of my followers HP Lovecraft fans? Im a big fan of his stories myself, and thinking about playing through Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth on my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=macguffinsc" target="_blank">Youtube Channel</a>. I would love to do a reading of a few stories (Like Cthulhu or The Shadow over Innsmouth) although I'm not sure about the copy right for uploading readings from books onto youtube atm, anyone know?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-1463706165089179052012-01-17T02:53:00.000-08:002012-01-17T03:00:27.880-08:00Another achievement in the form of numbers.<div style="text-align: left;">Was looking on my youtube today (as I do every day, every 10 minutes to see if anyone else is looking at my videos, the video page though so my views don't count to total views). When I noticed this, normally I don't like these sort of references to memes but I did actually chuckle and thought it was kinda cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmpBQ6OgmXEYXbOYo7k63c0qlRRsI7PQtfn0jrqly-12sEpRCUPVNz3BWJRxJzW6O9NlLd2-Gmd-2idveq5EbfzDAyvPtBxsIVYmmuTydumX3fRm4yXXRtUJj-v2gzcFVjlzR8UUw8rJD/s1600/over9000.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmpBQ6OgmXEYXbOYo7k63c0qlRRsI7PQtfn0jrqly-12sEpRCUPVNz3BWJRxJzW6O9NlLd2-Gmd-2idveq5EbfzDAyvPtBxsIVYmmuTydumX3fRm4yXXRtUJj-v2gzcFVjlzR8UUw8rJD/s400/over9000.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> I was actually a bit of a DBZ fan as when I was in high-school so I guess its a bit of the past coming back to me. Subscribers is still fairly low but its starting to pick up a bit, 1 every day or so hopefully people are starting to notice my content. Actually I started making some semi comedy tutorials for Starcraft, foul language and all included, check it out if you're so inclined. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhyupCbbTkM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over all I'm fairly happy with my content at the moment, my biggest weaknesses are vocal sound quality from my crappy mic (and naturally low voice), I would do these in 1080p instead of 720p if Ihad a better internet connection, but with my cap I cant really afford it at the moment...I do try to throw in the odd 1080p one though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> And for all those people that just want to see a cat and not read much, I didnt forget you, oh no!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLkEEsU6o0wWk_A6jZMYXZTwr7bG5NaWDKFDA88nSm_-HaCoNUM-DoeJKYwhNqJiTlvJzrRv2Us3TpTvGg1mOhRewUGQQcUCfaj4xkFRdbz7CJtaTgn6rtV1wpkZToNk-wXau0SO-D8-9/s1600/1326702091988.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLkEEsU6o0wWk_A6jZMYXZTwr7bG5NaWDKFDA88nSm_-HaCoNUM-DoeJKYwhNqJiTlvJzrRv2Us3TpTvGg1mOhRewUGQQcUCfaj4xkFRdbz7CJtaTgn6rtV1wpkZToNk-wXau0SO-D8-9/s320/1326702091988.gif" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also thanks for getting me up to 103 Subs on blogger! If even a fraction of you would like to do the same on my youtube channel, here is the direct <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=macguffinsc" target="_blank">subscribe link! =) </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-28571092152134124662012-01-14T18:47:00.000-08:002012-01-14T18:47:07.824-08:00100 Followers (-1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6zrcGjZXHD7KTur6dLsuijid5rX5Oxx0ljlv3RVs2VTcjlfODBWva0oCWUTHoSrv74lzZg4YJeQFADNbgr7OOmLk2n6lIxx5vf_TTUjvwhyphenhyphenOicZwQgwgKu-WkgQ_BHcZr4qKtpZdimS-/s1600/1326496478611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6zrcGjZXHD7KTur6dLsuijid5rX5Oxx0ljlv3RVs2VTcjlfODBWva0oCWUTHoSrv74lzZg4YJeQFADNbgr7OOmLk2n6lIxx5vf_TTUjvwhyphenhyphenOicZwQgwgKu-WkgQ_BHcZr4qKtpZdimS-/s400/1326496478611.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Close enough I guess, would like to thanks all those involved in (almost) making this momentous occasion.JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-30194412008149091282012-01-08T18:38:00.000-08:002012-01-08T18:38:47.469-08:00Blogging and Youtubing New Year Retrospective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMstqoZdIHLZx5c3PPRJsON5YcUwY1TE2I9T5QGTkLHT-g1CaXvqbPnLLAMgMBuOJjgmDD37Ll6qSmOFAX132dVIqxzWtnQbvxl0eDedVCmwv6vHSpfOANONiZl10CSbATGcx861LruNkh/s1600/1319890253775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMstqoZdIHLZx5c3PPRJsON5YcUwY1TE2I9T5QGTkLHT-g1CaXvqbPnLLAMgMBuOJjgmDD37Ll6qSmOFAX132dVIqxzWtnQbvxl0eDedVCmwv6vHSpfOANONiZl10CSbATGcx861LruNkh/s320/1319890253775.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy New Year everyone! As I am approaching 100 subscribers I thought I would reflect on the past couple of months. After on a whim deciding and picking a name and starting my blog I released that most people that actually read what little I write don't really follow Starcraft, which makes my blogs title somewhat redundant. I choose the name because it rhymed even though it was grammatically incorrect. I also found that while I still love Starcraft, when writing I prefer to talk about current events or what I have been up to in real life. After some thinking I decided to put the bulk of my Starcraft content in video format for my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MacGuffinSC" target="_blank">youtube channel</a> I think this is a better medium, since video games are a visual thing themselves video works a lot better than text. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some quick thoughts on youtube, its a lot harder to get subscribers than on blog sites. Most people will sub to you on blogs if you comment on them, even if they don't follow you just as a courtesy, on youtube its a lot harder subs but a lot easier to get views naturally. Every time I get a new sub on youtube I smile, new subs on blog doesnt really excite me as much, but for blogs its more about the comments you receive because you know at least they have glanced at your page, even if it was just to say "cute kitty" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hYqRMu-M85uVa7-mQNqeLG6iXeXLEKWJYQCWi7uTlbtb5g2EU5xv2xR13x6aT8GUNropU8vGAhocckOA2XBcYOro-QXD_xl38SU9QeQGx8ogN1a7xbfVo3KU-SXdeTTnrDifCu8gutzb/s1600/1326021093788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hYqRMu-M85uVa7-mQNqeLG6iXeXLEKWJYQCWi7uTlbtb5g2EU5xv2xR13x6aT8GUNropU8vGAhocckOA2XBcYOro-QXD_xl38SU9QeQGx8ogN1a7xbfVo3KU-SXdeTTnrDifCu8gutzb/s320/1326021093788.jpg" width="299" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In some world News: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/aussie-plunges-into-crocinfested-waters-after-bungy-cord-snaps-20120109-1pqlk.html" target="_blank">Aussie woman survives bungie jump cord break into crocodile infested water. </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei5itUraeoc/Tv22V2Wmn2I/AAAAAAAAAM8/VzJ896_yBGE/s1600/P1000148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei5itUraeoc/Tv22V2Wmn2I/AAAAAAAAAM8/VzJ896_yBGE/s400/P1000148.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #999999;">Actually, I this kinda makes me sad for them =/</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Also after wanting to for a long time I had a try at making a papercraft ceiling cat, turned out well but unfortunately I dont know a printer so I had to sort of trace my computer screen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-5BY4GR5c/Tv23TdpadnI/AAAAAAAAANI/mW7DCus4q-0/s1600/roof+cat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-5BY4GR5c/Tv23TdpadnI/AAAAAAAAANI/mW7DCus4q-0/s320/roof+cat.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was a bit unhappy that I used pen for the lines though so I couldn't erase it, anyway you can make your own ceiling cat with this <a href="http://yawoot.com/post/3380" target="_blank">pattern for it. </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a good new years everyone!</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-2626833810708845972011-12-25T03:45:00.000-08:002011-12-25T03:45:30.754-08:00Merry Christmas! I got...friendzoned by a bank scam email?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N-18_rlOFTc/TvcLz7uZHHI/AAAAAAAAAMk/oNDbR8xACU4/s1600/Miss+Sofia+Justin+Yak.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N-18_rlOFTc/TvcLz7uZHHI/AAAAAAAAAMk/oNDbR8xACU4/s400/Miss+Sofia+Justin+Yak.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sofia I trusted you! Women honestly they expect you to save them from their uncles assassinating them, handle their 5.6million dollars and they expect you to just be friends and have a platonic relationship after going through so much together?!<br />
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Since I have nothing else to do, I did a dramatic reading of it on my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MacGuffinSC" target="_blank">Youtube Channel </a><br />
hope you guys find it amusing.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1fnppOHl-cs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Please <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MacGuffinSC" target="_blank">subscribe </a>to me too =)JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-16867793512302923822011-12-22T03:54:00.000-08:002011-12-22T03:54:24.685-08:00Sup bro, just brushing your teeth.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nRi4Pda6HPA/TvMWq9cjrxI/AAAAAAAAALw/GN0SKiQ865w/s1600/P1000134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nRi4Pda6HPA/TvMWq9cjrxI/AAAAAAAAALw/GN0SKiQ865w/s400/P1000134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I was just getting ready for bed when this happened, since I'm from Aus spiders dont really worry me though but its always annoying for this to happen.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dj-1mC3JtHQ/TvMYG_HJnjI/AAAAAAAAAMM/cJcfq24B8Ws/s1600/P1000135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dj-1mC3JtHQ/TvMYG_HJnjI/AAAAAAAAAMM/cJcfq24B8Ws/s400/P1000135.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider" target="_blank">New Zealand White-tailed spider</a> they aren't really harmful to adults even though they are technically the most vemonous spider in NZ. They are kinda dangerous to young / old or people with allergies but mostly just give people frights.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTogGRwSQEg/TvMZiIlmecI/AAAAAAAAAMY/QCclQJ46zqM/s1600/P1000136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTogGRwSQEg/TvMZiIlmecI/AAAAAAAAAMY/QCclQJ46zqM/s400/P1000136.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>"White-tailed spiders wander about human dwellings (beds) and may be encountered unexpectedly" is a bit of an understatement by Wikipedia. They are hunting spiders so don't wait in webs, and have a bad habit of dropping from the ceiling. In fact about 2 months ago my friend was eating a burger on the couch, when I saw one of these directly above him ( he is terrified of spiders ) he moved to the other side of the couch, 2 minutes later we looked up and it was gone. It had dropped to were he he was sitting a moment ago, and wandering around on the cushion. Anyway, back to going to bed, sweet dreams all.JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448818008989858030.post-75242177356143025152011-12-19T00:35:00.000-08:002011-12-19T00:35:50.119-08:00New Zealand Scenery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy3TdrtXPrhk7Fi9PHmVYbMlFaS3FY2zaWMuchGZbrBl3hzXeLpRVke509k65oSzqy-OdbyA6o0rx2wqMj2AFveAhyGeYzoeSqLIRnxwr_3_akc2aQWS7Kv7CfRrmrhUPrFphbHj5Ens3/s1600/P1000126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy3TdrtXPrhk7Fi9PHmVYbMlFaS3FY2zaWMuchGZbrBl3hzXeLpRVke509k65oSzqy-OdbyA6o0rx2wqMj2AFveAhyGeYzoeSqLIRnxwr_3_akc2aQWS7Kv7CfRrmrhUPrFphbHj5Ens3/s400/P1000126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Went to the Southern Coast for a BBQ on the weekend, they have some hills near their house that is part of a sheep farm and took some pics for you guys. You can see the suburb we were in and some of my friends still climbing the hill in the first.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6p9_hZ1PVW3w5mTrRTKkW6ZDQplpoLFDo_xvlAe3D1RRx73_kmLP0B-LYrWcbH_lzAjINFZItaI0ycawQaZAV5IkAaawtcDasis4VkqiYtFURCztuq8EqwSPBov6akLUm0Icnni_2TSD/s1600/P1000125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6p9_hZ1PVW3w5mTrRTKkW6ZDQplpoLFDo_xvlAe3D1RRx73_kmLP0B-LYrWcbH_lzAjINFZItaI0ycawQaZAV5IkAaawtcDasis4VkqiYtFURCztuq8EqwSPBov6akLUm0Icnni_2TSD/s400/P1000125.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGgs4SMcq0Ug7P2y_tS9EZEJcscBcVKkVtlNZHdAfWzj0Zcekj1vVrlyi0D4fum3-GB2D2ouKIMH9ZtfN8C2Sr_ViBgSf4AkGi4bQ8x9KKvjoUgDqKdmdt3w9d6Z40vdBsGPnh_dO2BY3/s1600/P1000127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGgs4SMcq0Ug7P2y_tS9EZEJcscBcVKkVtlNZHdAfWzj0Zcekj1vVrlyi0D4fum3-GB2D2ouKIMH9ZtfN8C2Sr_ViBgSf4AkGi4bQ8x9KKvjoUgDqKdmdt3w9d6Z40vdBsGPnh_dO2BY3/s400/P1000127.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Down to the rocky shore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rZUrmvfqHg-WO1rE-4l8tDFebQLLbwVJ2yDXGFQ268xPi2SmQYg2u63Xvupl5XXqxZWQq4Pk0755WNaokJYCov8eqcKaU_1H9-Neo8nm9ByGyP7-x19Xe0etVdRjujV27NI1Uc4ck_O8/s1600/P1000130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rZUrmvfqHg-WO1rE-4l8tDFebQLLbwVJ2yDXGFQ268xPi2SmQYg2u63Xvupl5XXqxZWQq4Pk0755WNaokJYCov8eqcKaU_1H9-Neo8nm9ByGyP7-x19Xe0etVdRjujV27NI1Uc4ck_O8/s400/P1000130.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This tree endures so much wind it has lopped over to cover the trail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyg8JRaqoO8vprHrDINtantPNlOXXDvkJaRUNEKkb9lco7YmQMV0u6LrWUkS7F9QLGT9AQ5adKGtwyefoc44LSVPyts1hCvrJLO0UXTyq3MySK3q4QZORMXb7kDRQNpK9wCZO_MaxQSpk/s1600/P1000131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyg8JRaqoO8vprHrDINtantPNlOXXDvkJaRUNEKkb9lco7YmQMV0u6LrWUkS7F9QLGT9AQ5adKGtwyefoc44LSVPyts1hCvrJLO0UXTyq3MySK3q4QZORMXb7kDRQNpK9wCZO_MaxQSpk/s400/P1000131.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking to the south.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUhY9r3bK4FDM37u1-MRebb0jqtcRjSoC8ssXj65vfV7ngfczuq7lc8Dfwob225ZQJ8c6AMLdbgVj50eR1FxtaLhrJGkAjuKm8E76T86G8tgFnctNM3dtvgVOw1ilYA3kv8q089VBRxDu/s1600/P1000132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUhY9r3bK4FDM37u1-MRebb0jqtcRjSoC8ssXj65vfV7ngfczuq7lc8Dfwob225ZQJ8c6AMLdbgVj50eR1FxtaLhrJGkAjuKm8E76T86G8tgFnctNM3dtvgVOw1ilYA3kv8q089VBRxDu/s400/P1000132.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course some sheep from NZ.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you guys like some pictures from this side of the world, almost Christmas so hope you have a good one guys!</div>JDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.com20