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wStuff You Don't Wanna Know But Are Reading Anyway |
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I dunno how you found this, but alas, here you are. So enjoy the frightening fruits of my troubled little brain.
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wSunday, August 05, 2007 |
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feeling: sore
listening to: Last Exile - Cloud Age Symphony
Well, I just glanced to my left and found Strife dead. I was fairly sure he wouldn't make it through the weekend, honestly. He's been in somewhat sad shape for a few months, but then he took the fastest nose-dive I've ever seen, and only lasted one week in the condition that Sekiray and Phoenix both lasted in for several weeks to months. But maybe it's better that way. He didn't suffer as long.
I couldn't see anything visibly wrong with him, and from all the signs he showed, it just looked like old age. But... accelerated? Like I said, I never saw a betta age that fast. And I've only had him for a year and a half... I don't want to think that it was because of the filtered 5 gallon tank I had him in... it was my first time using one and he did remarkably well in it for a few months. But I don't know... I don't think I'll be using it again until I can figure out what might've gone wrong and fix it.
But for now, Strife is better off. He was my dream fish for a while there... now he's just a dream. Don't let Phoenix and Sekiray bully you around up there, my little pussy goth boy.
Anyway... I was stupidly awake until 6:30 am last night/this morning trying to figure out how my subbing/timing/encoding programs worked. Then I discovered that I'm gonna have to go through all 117 of my translation texts and rework them into softsub script form so they can be loaded in my timing program ready to go. That's not such a big deal... but the timing is quite tedious. I suppose it'll go faster once I get used to it, but as of now... heh. I just spent about 5 hours getting halfway through episode 1. And this will just give me the softsub file, which will then go into the typesetting and encoding stages before the hardsub is complete. Now I see why fansubbers work in teams. >>
On the plus side, two of the three episode translations I couldn't finish before are now finished, and my watermark/logo is done too. And he's quite cute, if I may say so.
Back to timing... *ignores backache*
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 8/05/2007 01:24:00 AM
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wWednesday, August 01, 2007 |
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feeling: tired but not sleepy
listening to: nothing
IT IS DONE.
Well... sort of. I have finished translating the entire D no Arashi series, 116 episodes (117 including the un-numbered special after 39). Except for those three blasted episodes that contain, like, ONE WORD that I'm unable to make sense of due to either background noise or muttering. But I'll figure out what to do with those one way or another.
So now, technically, I can start hardsubbing anytime. However, there are a few things I want/need to do first...
~Finish those three bloody episodes with ONE WORD that won't make sense. Will probably require posting on a help forum. -_-
~Come up with a Taiji Project logo (got one in mind already, just a matter of details and making it).
~Figure out how to embed said logo in my videos. VirtualDub?
~Pick a font.
~Come up with the necessary disclaimers and whatnot to include in each video subbed.
So yeah. Wonder how long all of that will take me? -.- On the other hand, since I know I've been busting my butt on these for months, and also know that their security is compromised (see previous post), maybe that'll be enough motivation to keep me moving along... *pokes self with electric cattle prod*
I also can't help wondering where I'm gonna get my Japanese practice now. >> I still watch a lot of the variety shows and stuff, yes... but it's not really the same. Translating DnA forced me to hone my listening comprehension, increase my vocabulary, learn how to look up things I don't yet understand, etc. Maybe I can start translating Mayonaka no Arashi as a sort of light side project when the fansubbing process gets too tedious or whatever. I say "light" because it was their very first variety series, which means it's pretty old and nobody really pays as much attention to it these days. It'd be cool if I could change that. I think it's much more interesting than all these drooling fangirls give it credit for. Plus it's only 38 episodes, which is no big deal compared to the 116 I just did.
In the meantime... that Clubbox I found the other day has rekindled my interest in Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen, which is a family-oriented, animal-themed weekly variety show that has sort of earned legendary status in Japan over the years. It's just so darned fun. And yes, I'd adore it even if Aiba Masaki weren't a regular member. ¬_¬ Seriously, he doesn't do much on it anyway compared to everyone else. The whole show is just a blast. And the one girl in it who's renowned as the most devoted animal lover of the group is named Becky and she's adorable. <3
Anyway... ok... now I think maybe I'm finally tired enough to go to bed. Maybe. Hopefully. Pleeeeeeease. The last few nights sucked.
[edit: never mind... 6:30 am and sleep isn't happening... but at least I've managed to use this time to play with VirtualDub a bit and figure some things out *struts*]
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 8/01/2007 04:46:00 AM
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