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#241 Super Boom

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 03:01 AM

LOL, I have a bad habit of forgetting this blog. tongue.gif

It's Friday night, and I'm at home, since I need to get packed for a family vacation. We're heading up to Alaska this year to go whale-watching, which...should be interesting. I dunno, I've never done it before. It'll be nice to have off work for a whole week though. And it'll be even nicer now that I'm eligible to use my PTO. This is my first post-college job that wasn't an internship, so this'll be my first time basically getting paid to go on vacation. happy.gif

Anyways, I'm leaving tomorrow morning, and probably won't be on the computer for awhile, maybe. It depends on what my internet situation is, I guess. Plus, I'm only bringing my iPad, and I hate typing on that thing. But who knows, I might be bored in the airport, or something.

That's all for now. To anyone reading this, see you later!

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 02:41 PM

Hope you have fun there! happy.gif

Pictures!! laugh.gif

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:49 PM

Thanks Shadow!

Well, I got back last night, but didn't feel like uploading any pictures until today. Our plane left from Seattle at around 5:30 pm, and with the combined trip and timezone skip time, we didn't end up getting to the Twin Cities till around midnight.

Funny coincidence though. As I was getting out of my plane seat yesterday, I discovered that an old middle/high school friend was sitting right behind me the whole time. I guess we didn't recognize each other with the lights off, or just weren't expecting something that random. She was just getting back from a music festival up in Washington, and so it was pretty random that our return trips overlapped like that. I felt a little bad, though, when she started telling me about all our friends back home, and all the going-ons in our tiny little hometown. Other than my family and a half dozen or so close friends, I feel like I haven't talked to anyone from my hometown in a long time. It's weird, feeling so distant from people that I used to talk to on a daily basis.

*introspective music plays*

That aside, I had a great vacation! Kinda sad it's basically over though. I took off work till Wednesday, so I'll still have a little bit of time off, but I doubt I'll be doing anything as fun as last week. I'll be heading out later to help my buddy celebrate his one-year anniversary (he's married already...wtf), so I'll just post my vacation pictures on here later. I've got them all uploaded onto Photobucket, but I still have to sift through them all and try to find the gems. There's like..fifty pictures of boring old ocean I took while I was waiting for Humpback whales to surface. laugh.gif

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#244 Super Boom

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:15 PM

Alrighty, I think I finally have my pictures sorted. I must have been pretty snap-happy, because after deleting redundant, low-quality, or just photos I didn't like, I still have around 250 photos. I'll post a few highlights here, just for the hey of it.

Seattle, Northward Cruise --Click here to view--
Our cruise ship left from Seattle, WA on Sunday, so we spent Saturday evening looking around town.


Our cheap hotel


Mariners' Stadium



Space Needle

Come Sunday, it was cruise-time!



Our ship!


Cool look at Seattle after leaving port.


Nice landscape shot behind yours truly.



Our cabin...


The bar...only a few steps away from my room!


The canopy over the bar area.

We sailed through Tracy's Arm, an Alaska fjord, on Tuesday.


Supposedly, there was a bear here, but I couldn't find him...


IIIIIICEBEEEEERG!!!!!


Pretty nice shot of the Sawyer Glacier. Or should I say...pretty ice shot. fu.png


Nothing really interesting about this shot, except for the fact that it should have been night-time when I took it. Apparently Alaska only gets a few hours of darkness this time of the year...

We spent most of the day in Juneau whale-watching, but we got a pretty good look at the town too.




Here was our little ship...


Our first whale sighting-you can kinda see the spout...


Another spout...


This spout looks a little better...but it's still just a spout...


You can sorta see the whale's dorsal fin there...it definitely wasn't easy taking pictures of these dang things. argh1.png


I was SO close with this one!



I got this one right as it was diving.

Yeah, I know...pretty pitiful. Humpbacks come up to surface for only a few seconds, so it's hard to get picture evidence when your camera has a 1-2 second lag. I saw a few seals and one humpback wave his left fin at us on its side, but I wasn't fast enough with the camera. No breaching or anything though...

Sitka, Katchikan --Click here to view--
After Juneau, we stopped in Sitka. It was a cool little town, a lot of Russian/Orthodox Christian history apparently.


Our cruise ship docked, we had to take the life boats to shore.


A totem pole. Because when I think of Alaska...I think "Totem pole" tongue.gif


Cool look at the town.





Historical stuff...I don't feel like giving a lecture here.


That's a lot of A's in one word!

After Sitka, we stopped in Katchikan. It was nice, but a little too touristey for my taste.




Lucky for me, I got the chance to meet the governor of Alaska!



Ha...ha....ha...

We stopped in Victoria on Vancouver Island on Saturday, which was awesome.


We were hoping to see orcas in Vancouver, but this is as close as we got.


The (apparently) famous Empress hotel.


Government building (I assume)


Same building...but at NIGHT!

Well, those were the highlights. All in all...it was a fun week. I hope to do it again sometime. happy.gif

Edited by Boom...Winning, 05 June 2012 - 08:20 PM.

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#245 Miss Soupy

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Posted 06 June 2012 - 12:39 AM

Awesome pics boom! The mountains look so beautiful.

Maybe you should have gotten into the water with the whales for a better shot pictureem0.gif Glad you had a great time :3

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 02:31 AM

*walks inside blog slowly*

What is this strange place? It hasn't been touched in ages, and yet...I feel as if an awesome person once resided here...

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Almost too late, but Happy 4th to all the Americans here! Always a good excuse for grilling, drinking, fireworks, and drinking! It stinks that it's in the middle of the week this year, though, since I'll have to get up at the usual time tomorrow. Oh well, watcha' gonna do...

Not really related to 4th of July (or is it?), but I finally got around to downloading the OSTs for the Fairy Tail anime today. I never realized that the composer for the FT anime soundtrack was the same guy that composes the soundtrack for the Naruto Shippuden anime. Which is awesome, since I love the soundtracks for both of those shows (even if I haven't watched the latter in months).


Fairy Tail Main Theme - Slow Version

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Fairy Tail Main Theme - Metal Version

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#247 Rocket

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 04:39 AM

QUOTE (Boom...Winning @ Jul 5 2012, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What is this strange place? It hasn't been touched in ages, and yet...I feel as if an awesome person once resided here...


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Happy Independence Day America! biggrin.gif

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:33 AM

Don't blow off your hands with fireworks people! tongue.gif

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 07:13 AM

Yeah the first 2 albums of the FT soundtrack is awesome. After that it starts to sound too similar. My favorite is Tai Ma Gekisen the one where Mirajane fought Freed. Its in the second album I think. Second is Erza's theme.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 01:17 AM

QUOTE (Darth Krypt @ Jul 5 2012, 02:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah the first 2 albums of the FT soundtrack is awesome. After that it starts to sound too similar.

I haven't heard too much of the third OST, but I remember thinking that the Naruto: Shippuden OSTs had the same problem after a while. Like...awesome music at first, but then just slight variations of it over time.

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My favorite is Tai Ma Gekisen the one where Mirajane fought Freed. Its in the second album I think. Second is Erza's theme.

I actually just listened to Erza's Theme on the way to work this morning! Dang, that's an epic track. I remember thinking, "Well that's a nice ambient beat, not really sure how it fits Erza thou-
*tempo picks up*

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:25 AM

QUOTE (Boom...Winning @ Jul 6 2012, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I actually just listened to Erza's Theme on the way to work this morning! Dang, that's an epic track. I remember thinking, "Well that's a nice ambient beat, not really sure how it fits Erza thou-
*tempo picks up*

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Haha yeah it was on repeat in my iPod for a week. It was played when Erza first used her powers in the 3rd episode I think. During the explanation of her exquip abilities.

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 09:28 PM

QUOTE (Darth Krypt @ Jul 5 2012, 09:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Haha yeah it was on repeat in my iPod for a week. It was played when Erza first used her powers in the 3rd episode I think. During the explanation of her exquip abilities.

During the Eisenwald fight? Dang, I didn't really pay full attention to the background music when I watched the anime, but I kind of imagined it playing during her confrontation with Jellal. That would be a way cooler opportunity than facing off against some weak dark guild. But I suppose that was Erza's first big scene, so it's understandable too.

Also, I just listened to Tai Ma Gekisen, and, dang, you're right about how awesome that song is. I'm definitely adding that, Erza's Theme, and the Rock version of the main Fairy Tail theme to my Workout Playlist. Even if it means I'll be sick of those songs after awhile. tongue.gif

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 01:46 AM

Here's moar!


Mahou Hatsudo


Salamander


Kurogane


Dragon Slayer


Am I wrong to say they sound like some Irish traditional songs? Could be the instrument used or the style.

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 05:32 AM

QUOTE (Darth Krypt @ Jul 7 2012, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Am I wrong to say they sound like some Irish traditional songs? Could be the instrument used or the style.

I'm actually pretty sure that the composer drew a lot of influence from traditional Celtic music. Or at least it sounds that way to me. I actually remember watching the Fairy Tail anime last St. Patrick's Day, and having that same thought.

On a side note, I kinda want to make a Laxus AMV with the song in my sig. Not only does that Flogging Molly song suit him really well, but the Celt Rock theme matches the anime soundtrack really well. Of course, that would be assuming I had any AMV making skills. laugh.gif

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 02:39 AM



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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:49 AM

Hahahahahaha, thanks for making me laugh Boom. Hope things are going well. smile.gif

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 02:31 AM

Hi. Hi friend. It's me, senpai. In case you didn't recognize me.

I'm sorry for leaving our friendship behind to pursue a dream called tumblr.

I'll even buy you KFC to make it up to you, and because you're a cool cat, kay? Kay. Baiye.

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 03:17 AM

QUOTE (Undine @ Oct 3 2012, 09:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi. Hi friend. It's me, senpai. In case you didn't recognize me.

I'm sorry for leaving our friendship behind to pursue a dream called tumblr.

I'll even buy you KFC to make it up to you, and because you're a cool cat, kay? Kay. Baiye.


OH MY GOSH ITS SENPAI WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO.



*eats KFC greedily

How have you been? I haven't seen you on the boards in a while. Though I guess I'm not really one to talk, I've kinda been absorbed in Greed's RP. AND Tumblr too I guess! A friend of mine got me to join a few months back. happy.gif

I like your new name, btw. I'm sure it's been used elsewhere, but it reminds me of Tales of Symphonia. Ha ha.

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 04:33 AM

QUOTE (Super Boom @ Oct 4 2012, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OH MY GOSH ITS SENPAI WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO.



*eats KFC greedily

How have you been? I haven't seen you on the boards in a while. Though I guess I'm not really one to talk, I've kinda been absorbed in Greed's RP. AND Tumblr too I guess! A friend of mine got me to join a few months back. happy.gif

I like your new name, btw. I'm sure it's been used elsewhere, but it reminds me of Tales of Symphonia. Ha ha.

WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KEEP CALM AND FINISH THAT KFC I BOUGHT YOU.

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Yeah... I've been alright I guess. I don't know, the boards started to get a little quiet and I'm kinda out of Naruto and stuff so... and I've been hanging out *a lot* on tumblr, it's so addicting. wow.png Oh yeah, by the way what happened to Greed's RP? How come it's been moved?

KSLHFDVGKDS WHAT MASTER BOOM HAS A TUMBLR OH MY GAWD WHAT YOU MUST GIVE IT TO ME I WILL FOLLOW YOU. (I have two blogs, welp I'll just give you my Zelda one here and yes I have a Zelda blog because it gives me another excuse to abuse Photoshop. fu.png)

And my name actually comes from Claymore, which I got into recently. biggrin.gif

/I'd put gifs and stuff but I'm on my phone so xzklfjhdslkvjhfdslknvdfkvnfd

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 04:35 AM

Yo. It seems like the class of 2011 has been missing a lot in this forum lately. I miss you guys.

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