My college course is coming to an end and I struggling to work out what I'm going to do with myself, for the past 2 years I've been studying media.
I had an idea of what I wanted to do before I started the course but now I'm not sure what I'm gonna be doing.
I decided against university because I feel university is only really worth while if you intend to be a doctor or a teacher or something that you need to prove you have intelligence but I don't intend to teach anyone anything because honestly I would make a terrible teacher, I'd rather not waste my money and time doing something if I don't necessarily need it. (If I do ever go to uni it would be because I absolutely need to because I'm stubborn and tight fisted.)
In my last year of school I had a few ideas of potential jobs I could see myself doing, my mum seriously thought I choose to work with animals and I do like animals and I love having pets but I couldn't do it as a job, I'd just kill them (accidentally obviously) but I myself never thought about doing that myself, I liked the idea of being a florist because I've always liked flowers too and I seriously considered this until I went to buy some flowers for my mum for mothers day.
The flowers were beautiful and everything but I couldn't help but notice the florists hands.
Her hands were in a horrible state, they were green and all cut up and the skin on her finger tips were thick and hard and it really put me off, I saw a brief glimpse of my future as a florist and it was glum, it's not like I even have nice hands any way so I'd have short thick green fingers I decided not to do that.
I then thought about I illustrating, that sounded fun although I wouldn't get paid an awful lot because I love drawing and it would be cool to make money and seeing my drawings being published then I a friend reminded me of the job I wanted to do when I was little which was animating.
You see I've been watching tv and playing video games pretty much since I was born (which is probably why I write this blog and is probably the reason why I do and like all the things I like and do.) when I was 3 or 4 I was so blown away by tv shows like pokemon and the countless amount of disney films I used to watch that I wanted to make cartoons for a job, (I also wanted to own a hotel or be a dog walker but I'll just forget about those job ideas.) I used to draw so much, I still do really but cartoons had encouraged me to draw and think up stories and things in the first place so it seemed like the perfect job for me.
So I went to college to become an animator but after 2 years of studying I don't know what to do any more, I think I to work in TV and film Pre-Production, the part before the it is filmed/animated where the script is written, Ideas are made and story boards and designs are drawn up because I obviously still watch too much tv, I still like drawing and I like thinking up stories.
I think I will look for pre-production tv and film related jobs and/or work experience using the grades I get from college and the ones I got from school, I also want to keep up this blog and try writing some of the stories I think up down some where (I might as well try any way) and I'll probably do this for a year and if I'm still jobless I will see what has stopped me from getting the jobs like I need to know a certain program or I need a certain qualification I will apply to university or do another college course.
Monday 17 June 2013
Thursday 13 June 2013
The 3DS games that I'm looking forward to
I'm the owner of a 3DS and I'm not ashamed of it, Nintendo consoles are dubbed "babies consoles" but I stand by the fact that Nintendo has some great titles and I was the person who pre-ordered my 3DS for my 17th birthday (my birthday is in February and I waited a month to get my birthday present, sad I know ands the worst part was that I didn't get a 3D game I liked the look of for a good year after that but enough of that.)
Animal Crossing new leaf is coming out soon in the uk (really soon, so I apologise if the game comes out before I publish this post) I love animal crossing and I've probably been waiting for this since it was announced in 2010 but I can't remember so I'll just say I've been waiting for this for a few years now, the coolest part for me is:
1.you can swim, the water always looked so nice and it seemed weird that there was so much water and you couldn't swim, I don't suppose you get to swim an awful lot but it still sounds cool.
2. you can wear and change you're trousers, it may not seem like much but for people who have worn shorts and dresses all year round for years is a good improment, the DS game saw the addition of changing you're hair and the Wii version let you change you're socks and shoes so to beable to change you're bottom half is a logical progression.
3. It's animal crossing, there will be tons of cool and quirky things to discover, animal crossing is like cuter, kookier Sims, Sims tried to be cuter with my Sims but honestly it didn't compare to animal crossing.
but despite this I don't know if I'll go out and buy it straight away, I might wait for the reviews because I'm not sure about the "you are the mayor" thing, I preferred working my way up but I will buy it eventually, just maybe I'll buy it later when it's cheaper.
Professor Layton Azran legacies looks awesome, Professor Layton is one of those game series that is so addictive, it's more like a film than a game.
The stories are well written with great plot twists and the cut-scenes are beautiful and the puzzles are some times so hard I have to cheat, unfortunately because its more like a film its hard to put down and I end up finishing the story within a few days, but still worth it.
I always spoil the endings, it's like I have to know no matter what and my curiosity gets the better of me, I spoilt unwound future after I played Pandora's box and almost ruined the whole thing, I ruined the mask of miracles half way through and now I've just ruined Azran legacies too (why do I do this!?) I don't want to ruin any thing for everyone else but I learnt Emmy's secret and descole's identity and it ruined everything. (my advice, don't spoil the ending to a professor Layton game. ever)
Any way I will be buying next Professor Layton game and this one is meant to be last game with Hershel layton as the protagonist, I don't think this is the end of the Layton universe, I think the next games will be more focused on Luke but there was a game for IOS about Layton's son so maybe we will find out more about him (seeing as currently the Professor doesn't have a family so maybe after the events of the unwound future he can settle down? who knows but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Hershel Layton)
There is another game I'm looking forward to is Pokemon x and y, everyone seems to either hate it or love it, The new fairy type seems a little pointless to me but it's super effective against dragons so maybe its not all that bad.
(The pokemon I hate the most is Kingdra, it's dragon/water so ice isn't as effective so the only move you can use that deals damage is a dragon type move! But, kingdra is also dragon type so it can also hit your dragon type with super effective dragon moves and because its part water it can learn ice type moves!so unless you have a pokemon immune to everything that can use dragon type moves or alternatively a Kingdra you will lose- if you have a Kingdra too the two of you will be slugging it out to see who has the best Kingdra. Really anything that I can use to beat that pokemon will be cherished forever.)
The coolest thing about this game (other than riding around town on a Gogoat) is that the player character can be customized a little bit, as sad as that sounds it is a great relief to finally be able to make a character that actually resembles you (a little bit) I'm not even that racially diverse and there still hasn't been a character that looks like me because all the player characters have been dark haired whilst I'm blonde so imagine what must it must be like to African or Indian for example so the ability to change hair colour and skin tone of your player is a welcomed feature.
And lastly I'm waiting for the mew Smash Bros game, It will probably be much better on WiiU than it will on 3DS, but I'm still excited and if I were to get a WiiU this game would be on my wish list, the game comes in 2014 so maybe I will get a WiiU by then, who knows.
So far MegaMan, the Animal Crossing player character and the WiiFit instructor have all been revealed as fighters (although I secretly hope the WiiFit Instructor is a joke.)
Everyone is pretty hyped up about MegaMan and I know he has been on some people wish lists but the Animal Crossing fighter intrigues me the most, as a 12 year old I mused to joke/wish that there would be an animal crossing fighter and would laugh about how he could attack with his shovel and nets and what ever and thought it would be hilarious and would never happen and now that it has it makes me feel weird.
Is it weird that I'm more excited about the villager and the Wii fit trainer more than MegaMan (probably because MegaMan is an Obvious choice for a fighter and the other two are not.)
From watching the trailer the animal crossing boy is a fierce and merciless opponent, if it weren't for the fact he is so cute you would be terrified but I'm glad he made the cut and I wan't sure about the WiiFit Trainer but the trailer changed my mind, thinking about who would make a better fighter than a fitness instructor.
I hope that professor Layton at least gets a stage as I think it would be a good idea it could be like the warioware stage in brawl where you have to answer puzzles and not to mention the Layton universe would make a pretty stage, The professor would make a good fighter too, I also hope some of the new Pokemon could become fighters too like they did with Lucario in brawl, obvious choices there would be Zoroark or mewtwo and it's new forms but I still would like to see what they will do and who else has made it to the rooster.
Animal Crossing new leaf is coming out soon in the uk (really soon, so I apologise if the game comes out before I publish this post) I love animal crossing and I've probably been waiting for this since it was announced in 2010 but I can't remember so I'll just say I've been waiting for this for a few years now, the coolest part for me is:
1.you can swim, the water always looked so nice and it seemed weird that there was so much water and you couldn't swim, I don't suppose you get to swim an awful lot but it still sounds cool.
2. you can wear and change you're trousers, it may not seem like much but for people who have worn shorts and dresses all year round for years is a good improment, the DS game saw the addition of changing you're hair and the Wii version let you change you're socks and shoes so to beable to change you're bottom half is a logical progression.
3. It's animal crossing, there will be tons of cool and quirky things to discover, animal crossing is like cuter, kookier Sims, Sims tried to be cuter with my Sims but honestly it didn't compare to animal crossing.
but despite this I don't know if I'll go out and buy it straight away, I might wait for the reviews because I'm not sure about the "you are the mayor" thing, I preferred working my way up but I will buy it eventually, just maybe I'll buy it later when it's cheaper.
Professor Layton Azran legacies looks awesome, Professor Layton is one of those game series that is so addictive, it's more like a film than a game.
The stories are well written with great plot twists and the cut-scenes are beautiful and the puzzles are some times so hard I have to cheat, unfortunately because its more like a film its hard to put down and I end up finishing the story within a few days, but still worth it.
I always spoil the endings, it's like I have to know no matter what and my curiosity gets the better of me, I spoilt unwound future after I played Pandora's box and almost ruined the whole thing, I ruined the mask of miracles half way through and now I've just ruined Azran legacies too (why do I do this!?) I don't want to ruin any thing for everyone else but I learnt Emmy's secret and descole's identity and it ruined everything. (my advice, don't spoil the ending to a professor Layton game. ever)
Any way I will be buying next Professor Layton game and this one is meant to be last game with Hershel layton as the protagonist, I don't think this is the end of the Layton universe, I think the next games will be more focused on Luke but there was a game for IOS about Layton's son so maybe we will find out more about him (seeing as currently the Professor doesn't have a family so maybe after the events of the unwound future he can settle down? who knows but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Hershel Layton)
There is another game I'm looking forward to is Pokemon x and y, everyone seems to either hate it or love it, The new fairy type seems a little pointless to me but it's super effective against dragons so maybe its not all that bad.
(The pokemon I hate the most is Kingdra, it's dragon/water so ice isn't as effective so the only move you can use that deals damage is a dragon type move! But, kingdra is also dragon type so it can also hit your dragon type with super effective dragon moves and because its part water it can learn ice type moves!so unless you have a pokemon immune to everything that can use dragon type moves or alternatively a Kingdra you will lose- if you have a Kingdra too the two of you will be slugging it out to see who has the best Kingdra. Really anything that I can use to beat that pokemon will be cherished forever.)
The coolest thing about this game (other than riding around town on a Gogoat) is that the player character can be customized a little bit, as sad as that sounds it is a great relief to finally be able to make a character that actually resembles you (a little bit) I'm not even that racially diverse and there still hasn't been a character that looks like me because all the player characters have been dark haired whilst I'm blonde so imagine what must it must be like to African or Indian for example so the ability to change hair colour and skin tone of your player is a welcomed feature.
And lastly I'm waiting for the mew Smash Bros game, It will probably be much better on WiiU than it will on 3DS, but I'm still excited and if I were to get a WiiU this game would be on my wish list, the game comes in 2014 so maybe I will get a WiiU by then, who knows.
So far MegaMan, the Animal Crossing player character and the WiiFit instructor have all been revealed as fighters (although I secretly hope the WiiFit Instructor is a joke.)
Everyone is pretty hyped up about MegaMan and I know he has been on some people wish lists but the Animal Crossing fighter intrigues me the most, as a 12 year old I mused to joke/wish that there would be an animal crossing fighter and would laugh about how he could attack with his shovel and nets and what ever and thought it would be hilarious and would never happen and now that it has it makes me feel weird.
Is it weird that I'm more excited about the villager and the Wii fit trainer more than MegaMan (probably because MegaMan is an Obvious choice for a fighter and the other two are not.)
I hope that professor Layton at least gets a stage as I think it would be a good idea it could be like the warioware stage in brawl where you have to answer puzzles and not to mention the Layton universe would make a pretty stage, The professor would make a good fighter too, I also hope some of the new Pokemon could become fighters too like they did with Lucario in brawl, obvious choices there would be Zoroark or mewtwo and it's new forms but I still would like to see what they will do and who else has made it to the rooster.
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Counting Stars- OneRepublic
I'm a really big OneRepublic fan and I was over joyed when they announced on twitter that their next single from the new album native was counting stars and that they were making a video and it didn't disappoint.
I have to admit I think I prefer this to the "feel again" and "if i lose myself" videos, it was just edgier than the other two (however Brent Kutzle the bassist dancing in "if i lose myself" was just too cute.)
This Video features a OneRepublic, crocodile and a mass religious- esque healing dance.
I guess the mass healing ritual what ever it is represents how music "heals" everything, maybe heal is the wrong word more like "makes you feel better", music can effect larger groups of people because obviously people have accesses to music where ever they are in the world and it doesn't make any difference who they are, everyone has their own music tastes.
I'm not too sure what the crocodile is doing, maybe he represents fear because they are seen as dangerous animals and because the croc is walking around maybe he represents the anticipation of fear, like its searching for something, he will eventually find someone and scare them but until then it's just walking around.
I really wanted to share this video because I think this song, band and video deserve more attention.
This Video features a OneRepublic, crocodile and a mass religious- esque healing dance.
I guess the mass healing ritual what ever it is represents how music "heals" everything, maybe heal is the wrong word more like "makes you feel better", music can effect larger groups of people because obviously people have accesses to music where ever they are in the world and it doesn't make any difference who they are, everyone has their own music tastes.
I'm not too sure what the crocodile is doing, maybe he represents fear because they are seen as dangerous animals and because the croc is walking around maybe he represents the anticipation of fear, like its searching for something, he will eventually find someone and scare them but until then it's just walking around.
I really wanted to share this video because I think this song, band and video deserve more attention.
Soul Eater
I have now joined the Soul Eater Bandwagon.
Over one weekend I have watched over half of all the soul eater episodes (I would have watched them all if it weren't for me feeling bad about ignoring my family, so I watched it for 3 hours at a time then took a break for an hour and a bit before watching it for another 3 hours, I did this on Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening then again Monday morning and evening.)
I decided to watch Soul Eater when i was scrolling through memes and finding a picture of Death the kid (I'd seen him before but never really cared enough to look it up.) But The meme/picture what ever it was criticized his symmetry which clearly intrigued me to the point of looking him up.
At first I watched it with subtitles (I was sort of skeptical of the dubbed version, personally I find that dubbed anime isn't as good as subbed, its just I never like the voices and things get lost in translation and what not.) so I watched them subbed up until 34-ish then saw the first episode dubbed and loved it so much i went back and watched my favorite ones in English and then continued where I left off.
I have now gotten to the point whilst doing other things I'm thinking about Soul Eater and hoping/wishing that Soul and Makka end up together. it's horrible, its like I'm losing my willpower and I need to know what happens next (I haven't had this since reading the hunger games, yes its that bad and yes I'm that sad.)
Thankfully there are only 51 episodes so by the time I've finally seen them all I should be fine but Soul eater has a manga with more chapters and it's still on going!
I'll probably end up reading that when I've finished with the anime and if the Soul Eater Manga is anything like the Onepiece manga I'll probably be reading it for ever.
My favorite character is soul then Death The Kid then Makka, like I said before I really liked the dubbed version, I was expecting Makka to sound whiny but thankfully she wasn't (for some reason girls in anime are slightly whiny)so that was a nice surprise, I had higher hopes for Kids voice, his Japanese voice seemed to be slightly better, he sounded more regal and I was expecting him to sound English but his voice fit his character well and I do like it, it's just not what I had in mind, even Black Star's voice was okay (I was dreading his dubbed voice the most because he his the "shouty anime boy" character and I find their voices annoying when they get dubbed into English, no offence.) but even Black Star sounded good.
Over one weekend I have watched over half of all the soul eater episodes (I would have watched them all if it weren't for me feeling bad about ignoring my family, so I watched it for 3 hours at a time then took a break for an hour and a bit before watching it for another 3 hours, I did this on Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening then again Monday morning and evening.)
I decided to watch Soul Eater when i was scrolling through memes and finding a picture of Death the kid (I'd seen him before but never really cared enough to look it up.) But The meme/picture what ever it was criticized his symmetry which clearly intrigued me to the point of looking him up.
At first I watched it with subtitles (I was sort of skeptical of the dubbed version, personally I find that dubbed anime isn't as good as subbed, its just I never like the voices and things get lost in translation and what not.) so I watched them subbed up until 34-ish then saw the first episode dubbed and loved it so much i went back and watched my favorite ones in English and then continued where I left off.
I have now gotten to the point whilst doing other things I'm thinking about Soul Eater and hoping/wishing that Soul and Makka end up together. it's horrible, its like I'm losing my willpower and I need to know what happens next (I haven't had this since reading the hunger games, yes its that bad and yes I'm that sad.)
Thankfully there are only 51 episodes so by the time I've finally seen them all I should be fine but Soul eater has a manga with more chapters and it's still on going!
I'll probably end up reading that when I've finished with the anime and if the Soul Eater Manga is anything like the Onepiece manga I'll probably be reading it for ever.
My favorite character is soul then Death The Kid then Makka, like I said before I really liked the dubbed version, I was expecting Makka to sound whiny but thankfully she wasn't (for some reason girls in anime are slightly whiny)so that was a nice surprise, I had higher hopes for Kids voice, his Japanese voice seemed to be slightly better, he sounded more regal and I was expecting him to sound English but his voice fit his character well and I do like it, it's just not what I had in mind, even Black Star's voice was okay (I was dreading his dubbed voice the most because he his the "shouty anime boy" character and I find their voices annoying when they get dubbed into English, no offence.) but even Black Star sounded good.
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