Hi all. What's happening? Figured I'd say hi to the people of the weirdest place for whatever this is on the internet :B

Long story short, life is good. School is marvelous, I've completely turned around from being a workaholic recluse to being surrounded by more friends than I've ever had before. It's amazing. And there's a girl. Oh god, there's a girl. I didn't know where else I could sort of rant like this without my close friends ringing me to ask what the hell I'm thinking, so bear with me.

I know I'll get laughs for this, but I actually met her online. I was trolling Mystery Google for phone numbers. I've been trying to meet people across the US in any way I can so when I eventually go road tripping across it, I have friends wherever I go. One person was this girl from Syracuse, NY. Never before have I clicked with someone this well. She likes all the same things I do, thinks the same way I do, and I just love talking to her. I've been texting her and talking to her on AIM for the last week, since I first texted her, and it's been awesome. I'm not the type to say "I'm in love" before I've actually met someone face to face, but I've come as close to that point as I can. And the weirdest/best part of this all is that she feels exactly the same way, maybe even more than I do.

I've had this feeling for the last 8 months or so that the East Coast is where I'm going to end up spending a large portion of my adult life. NY especially. And to have this girl basically just show up in my life at random reinforces that. I'm gonna be going out to Manhattan this summer, and when I do, she said she'd meet me down there, and I'm going to take her out to dinner like a normal person, and we'll see where it goes from there. I've got a good feeling. A very good feeling.

This is good.

...and tell you that the PSP Go is awesome, as is the PS3 Slim. I got both in the last month or so, the Go just yesterday, and I'm loving them. The Go, while it looks like it would be uncomfortable as hell from the pictures, actually fits to your hands quite nicely. It's weird, but it works really, really well. Also, the PS3 Slim is badass, and is my new favorite media machine. I have MediaLink on my Macbook Pro, so I can stream all my stuff to it. If any of you have a PS3 and haven't added me yet, my PSN name is Chroma3000.

Anyway, I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and am currently on a shitton of drugs, I'm starting school again in 2 months, and life, overall, is awesome.

I'm officially leaving EP in most every conceivable form. I find nothing on this site to interest me anymore. I originally joined it to get news on PSP and computer stuff, and found the rather snarky community entertaining. Sadly, though, it seems like that spark died along with any real progress in the PSP hacking community. I slowly grew away from it, and really, the only reason I even came on here at all in the last few months was because of Rukia/Rikku/Vanessa. Add to the fact that I was demodded sometime recently, and I really have no responsibility or ties to this place anymore. I've moved on to greener pastures.

If you'd still like to stay in touch or anything, add me on Last.fm, Twitter, or deviantART, or MSN/AIM. I'll list all of em at the bottom of this post.

Diego, you rock. You're part of the reason I got into photography.
Vanessa/Rikku/Rukia/Whatever name you go by now, you're great fun to talk to when you actually get on MSN, so get on more. :B
Slushie, I still don't like you, but I have some modicum of respect for you now. Stay classy.
Zinga, thank you for making this website and keeping me entertained for more than 2 years.
To anyone else I've interacted with on any personal level, keep being awesome.

See ya.

http://chroma3000.deviantart.com/
http://www.last.fm/user/chroma_zero
http://www.twitter.com/chroma3000
MSN: chroma3000@hotmail.com
AIM: chroma3000

Totem's Flare by Clark

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vazBxk_avxc&fmt=18[/youtube]

This song is on it. Every song is like this one. OH GOD YES I CAME.

Daedelus - Live at Low End Theory



It's his only live album, and it's an energetic, whimsical stream of electronic monome-y goodness. He doesn't just parrot songs from his LP's and EP's, he mixes 3 albums'-worth of material into a 47-minute musicgasm. Break Some Hearts has to be one of the most energy-filled songs I've ever heard from him.

I've started smoking occasionally. It relaxes me and "resets" me when I'm stressed. Alcohol and pot do have the same effect on me, but alcohol makes me feel like a wobbling retard, and smoking pot could cost me my job. So whatever.

Being compared to a rapist by someone who used to be your best friend can have a very negative impact on your mental state.

So I haven't been too active lately, and a lot of chocolate has been going on in my life. I'll run you through a quick bullet list
-Bitches be makin' mah life complicated: That girl I've been on-again-off-again friends with is married, still a bitch, and finally completely out of my life.

-I'm moving back to sunny San Diego, CA! My dad starts work there full time in a week and will be living there almost full time, flying back on the weekends to be with us, my mom and brothers will be moving in mid-August, and I'll be moving end of December. I have to stay because I have a good job, and I need to pay off my debts and save money.

-I've gotten inspired by seeing the Monome in action. It's an open-source controller that has shown a lot of popularity with musicians, and that's what I want to use it for. (skip to 1:08 for what really inspired me )
Source: YouTube

It costs $500 to buy the 8x8 grid, but I found out I could build one for not-too-headache-inducing amounts of labor and about $200 in parts, so I'm considering doing that.

-As you know from my previous thread, I'm getting an iPhone 3G S. I ordered it through AT&T, and it should be here on Wednesday. I had to go through AT&T, who is sold out, and not the Apple Store, who has tons, because I'm not the primary account holder. Woe is me. It should be here on Wednesday, though, right after I get back from Vegas.

-Oh yeah, and I'm going to Vegas tomorrow with my family. It's our last hurrah family trip before my dad starts working in CA.

So, yeah. Sorry I haven't been so active lately, I love you all in a totally bromantic way, and hopefully after the dust settles, I can harass you all more.

My first thread here in a while, and it's to brag. Oh well.
So next week, after I sell my iPhone EDGE, I'm getting a new iPhone 3GS, 32GB. I'm eligible for all the subsidies, and my awesome aunt, who pays for my current plan, told me that all I have to pay for is the phone itself and the data plan, as she already pays for the voice and text. Needless to say, I'm stoked. :D