Star Wars

Creativity is hard. Or, Art is Hell.

My frustration over the past few days has been proceeding with one of my latest obsessions, building a new website. The website in question is for an invention of mine. It's a modification of the usual registry that comes with your checks. I don't write checks, so don't carry my checkbook but the registry was important to me to keep track of my spending. Hence was born the DebitTracker! (Name pending) I have two styles so far, each of which fit nicely into the wallet next to, or around, your debit card.

Now I said "new" website, because one does exist for this product. Trouble is, I hate this website. It was a struggling half-assed attempt at a web presence. See for yourself!

http://www.chiphead.org/registry/

Ugh. Hate. Pain. Disgust.

Anywho. I just watched a great tutorial video set which clued me in to the absolute power that CSS provides. Which should be enough inspiration to whip together a site in mere days! Um, er. Wrong. :(

But I'm getting it together. It will work! I just need to relax a little. I will let y'all know when I get it finished.

Micro Entertainment (*)

The term Micro-Entertainment came to me in the shower, as a description of what I do, playing on the internet for hours on end. I quick check my email for short texts of jokes or actually useful conversation, I check del.icio.us Popular links for the latest anything to keep me entertained for seconds at a time. I scour YouTube and Google Video for short clips to amuse me. Then, I realize, this is the ADHD of the entertainment industry.

I stumbled upon a show from Nintento at E3, began watching and immediately became anxious. The opening scene was cute, but not interesting enough. Guy in a conductor's suit with the Wii-mote in his hand, leading a faux orchestra. The next scene, two guys demoing a game on the Wii. They're playing a driving game, it looks like it would be fun to play, but I get bored again. My eyes look at the length of the video, ohmigod! A full hour of this mess! Panic! at the Disk-o. I grab the time slider and fast-forward through the queued portion availible, I see a commercial! Ahh, a commercial, my heart calms. Much more appropriate for my speed-sensitive anxiety, with the less interesting (non-important) "fat" trimmed away from the juicy meat of video game highlights, and players enthralled in the game jumping on their couch, driving with the WiiMote as the steering wheel and also using the controller in a fighting game with japanese swords. Phew. My heart and brain are calmed by being assaulted with flashing images and sounds.

I fast forward again, speed-watch the new Zelda game and it's unique interactivity with the WiiMote, and pause the video. I have my Gmail open, a Katamari Damacy video to watch, and I've been chatting constantly while the Nintendo video was playing. Is this multi-tasking taken too far?

* This article or website is in no way affilated with Airborne Entertainment or PocketBoxOffice

There She Is!! Lyrics

Years ago a friend of mine stumbled upon this flash animation. I loved it. Catchy song in a language I didn't understand, with cute cartoon characters in love. Awww. I downloaded the flash, I downloaded the mp3, I downloaded the album Broomstick from The Witches. So cute, so viral. I am obssesed.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161181


Q : Is there an English translation of the lyrics to 떳다! 그녀!! (tteot-ta geu-nyeo !!)?

떳다 그녀
tteot-ta geu-nyeo
(there she is)
어느날 내 곁을 떠나버린 그녀가 나에게 와서 용서를 구하며 비네
eo-nu-nal nae gyeot-eul ddeo-na-beo-rin geu-nyeo-ga na-e-ge wa-seo yong-seo-reul gu-ha-myeo bi-nae
(Once she broke my heart but beggin' to be back in my life)

여기저기 난데없이 헤매이다 나에게 와서 눈물을 흘리고 있네
yeo-gi-jeo-gi nan-de-eob-ssi hae-me-i-da na-e-ge wa-seo nun-mu-reul heul-li-go it-ne
(long long wondering and straying brought me her cryin')

워워 워워
wo wo wo wo
(wuh wuh wuh wuh)

망설일 필요없지 그녀를 받아줘야지
mang-seo-ril pi-ryo-eob-jji geu-nyeo-reul ba-da-jwo-ya-ji
(There's not a day that passes by, I'm gonna hold her tight)

애타게 너무나 애타게 기다려왔던 그녀가 내게로 왔네
ae-ta-ge neo-mu-na ae-ta-ge gi-da-ryeo-wat-teon geu-nyeo-ga nae-ge-ro wat-ne
(Ain't nobody else but one I love is back)

좋아 좋아 니가 와서 좋아 너무나도 기다렸던 니가와서 좋아
jo-a jo-a ni-ga wa-seo jo-a neo-mu-na-do gi-da-ryeot-teon ni-ga wa-seo jo-a
(high high you make me so high, after so many nights in tears)

왔어 왔어 그녀 내게 왔어 너무나도 기다렸던 그녀 내게왔어
wat-sseo wat-sseo geu-nyeo nae-ge wat-sseo neo-mu-na-do gi-da-ryeot-teon geu-nyeo nae-ge wat-sseo
(there there there she is, after so many seasons in pain)

보고 싶어서.. 안고 싶어서.. 그녀 나를 그리워서 다시 왔나
bo-go si-peo-seo an-go si-peo-seo geu-nyeo na-reul geu-ri-wo-seo da-si wat-na
(to kiss me..to hold me..you came along a long journey)

좋아 좋아 니가 와서 좋아 너무나도 기다렸던 그녀
jo-a jo-a ni-ga wa-seo jo-a neo-mu-na-do gi-da-ryeot-teon geu-nyeo
(high high you make me so high, after so many nights in tears)


*당신 정말 좋아 나 몰라
dang-sin jeong-mal jo-a na mol-la
(I don't know how it gets so crazy but my love is yours)