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(11:41:25 PM) ~V~: Had a good feast?
(11:42:29 PM) Oreo: yar, was quite good. I drank the wine a little too fast and got a bit tipsy, and my brother made a sarcastic joke about having sex with his girlfriend and I facepalmed hard, followed by me saying "ok, I'm done" and leaving the table. which apparently was absolutely hilarious.
(11:43:29 PM) Oreo: followed by me playing GTAIV and my grandma trying to give me tips on how to avoid the cops.
(11:44:52 PM) ~V~: ..............
(11:44:53 PM) ~V~: Wow
(11:45:15 PM) ~V~: That sounds like an awesome gathering :P
(11:45:20 PM) Oreo: hahaha
(11:45:29 PM) ~V~: Wish I was there
(11:57:12 PM) Oreo: man, before tonight, I never thought I'd hear my grandma say the lines "hide in the alley and turn your lights off to hide from the cops", "ditch the car so they can't spot you", and "you have a gun. try flashing it from time to time"
(11:57:45 PM) ~V~: lol
(11:57:48 PM) ~V~: WOW
(11:58:02 PM) ~V~: You have an AWESOME grandma :P
(11:58:06 PM) Oreo: haha, most deff
(11:58:51 PM) ~V~: Next thing you know she will say "Beat the ho if she doesnt pay you "
(11:58:58 PM) Oreo: hahahahaI feel...:  amused Song for the Wrong: Sub Focus - Timewarp |
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Really, if you're in the quad-state area (DE, MD, PA and NJ) and you're NOT coming to these... well, what's wrong with you? Get on it!
I feel...:  bouncy Song for the Wrong: Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin' |
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coopertom finally posted the video from our Halloween outing up in Joisey. Enjoy the insanity.
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) brothervega and I decided to head up to New Jersey for Halloween to do some fursuiting with rudofennec and coopertom. The results were... mixed.
~V~ came over Friday night, and his OCD couldn't take my mess anymore. I called up Kitsu and James, and using James' vacuum, we (ie, ~V~) spent hours cleaning my room. It hasn't looked this good since I first moved in. So soon after the other 2 guys left, we crashed for the night.
We woke up in the wee hours of the morning and left for Jersey. We had a pretty fun ride up, but it was a long ride. Once we got there, we met up with Rudo, and he drove us to Zero and Cray's apartment. There we waited for coopertom to arrive, and once we did, we went to a diner to grab some food.
Once we finished eating, we prepared for our planned activity: participating in a local parade. However, Rudo checked the weather on his phone, and we realized that a large storm was going to prevent us from walking in the parade and staying dry at the same time. So in desperation, we decided to head over to Point Pleasant and walk Jenkinson's Boardwalk.
We arrived, we suited up, and we hit the boardwalk. There were a few people walking around, but for the most part, it was dead. We hopped into a few arcades, trying to find some fun. When we came out of the first arcade, we found a good number of people had started walking the boardwalk. Rudo dragged us out onto the beach, and we started walking to the water. I didn't notice a slope that was essentially a 4 foot vertical drop in the sand, eroded out from the last major storm. So I tripped and fell, and needed ~V~'s help to get back out.
After the last arcade, ~V~ challenged a random guy to a dance off, but unfortunately, he didn't accept.
( Video of the ''dance off'' below the cut. )
We went back to Zero and Cray's to cool off, and then we split our separate ways: coopertom, Zero and Cray heading to a party, Rudo driving ~V~ and I back to the car. We hit the road, and very quickly, it was obvious that ~V~ was way too tired to be driving. We got back to my place, and my mother and I suggested that he crash at our place. He really just wanted to get home, so he left. He later told me he had some complications getting home, but he eventually did.
All in all, it wasn't a bad trip. I had fun. Though if we drive that distance again, we're not gonna drive back in the same day. We'd need to make it a weekend trip or something.I feel...: content Song for the Wrong: Moog Cookbook - Buddy Holly |
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FurFright is the greatest convention of all time.
Once again, it's not my style to list everything I participated in. It's too much to remember. I just wish that everyone who couldn't go could share the same experience that I had. I think that's why I like taking video so much... it's the closest I can come to letting people share my life's greatest moments with me.
I want to thank everyone that I was already friends with and everyone I met. Not only for a great time and memories I won't soon be forgetting, but for boosting my self esteem. This con was quite a shock for me; I didn't know how many people liked me, and for the first time in nearly my whole life, I didn't feel like "just the guy who follows people around". Thank you, everyone.
Ok, I'm getting a bit teary eyed writing this. I'm going to bury my face into the approximately 360 hours of footage I have. I'm no the only one with amazing footage though, so here is every YouTube page you should subscribe to and watch in the coming weeks for some of the most amazing footage.
Of course, my page - http://www.youtube.com/user/OreoTheWolf
~V~ - http://www.youtube.com/user/VegaGuy15
coopertom - http://www.youtube.com/user/ninelivesnails
Thank you, FurFright.
Oct. 20th, 2009 @ 10:55 am
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It's a little bit after 5 in the morning, and I just figured I'd throw this post up real quick.
FurFright is now a few short hours away. My ride will be here around 8:30, and then it's gonna be nonstop from then to Monday. I hope to see a lot of familiar faces, and to just have a great time all around.
As I said in my previous journal: FurFright or bust!
Oct. 15th, 2009 @ 05:10 am
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| » GED Down, FurFright Or Bust! |
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Something I had been dreading finally caught up to me this weekend: my GED.
I was really nervous. I'm not sure if I was nervous because I was unsure on my ability to pass, or if I was worried because I haven't been in a learning environment in years. Either way, I was at Harford Community College at 5 PM on Saturday, ready (and anything but willing) to take it. The first subject was Math, which I had failed all through grade school. So it was no surprise when I choked and couldn't remember how to do hardly any math. 1/3 of my answers were either guessed or just left blank, and I was feeling very discouraged. I called my mother during my break, and she did her best to calm me down. The time came for the second portion of the test, and I sulked my way in.
The next test was Writing, and to my mild surprise, it was easy. Very easy. Very, very easy. All the questions asked you to be a Grammar Nazi, to which I thought "excellent, I can use my skills at being an annoying prick on the internet to my advantage!". Finished the multiple choice, and got to the essay. My topic: "Describe the qualities of a good friend." I actually had fun writing it.
Went home, passed out, next morning I was there at 8 AM. First subject was Science, and once again, you had to be brain dead to fail. In fact, me and 3 other people who finished first had to wait a full hour until the next test, so we hopped in a car and drove up to a convenience store. Got back in time, and went on to Social Studies. Slightly harder, but still super easy. Finished that up, took a 45 minute break, and then went on to Reading. Rather than study the structure of the text (like in writing), it tested our cognition and ability to analyze the meaning of text. Once again, super easy, aced it.
The only question now is what will happen with my math score. If I ace everything else with flying colors, I may not have to retake it. If I only fail math, then I only have to retake that portion of the test. I won't know for 6 weeks, so I'm going to put it out of my mind and focus on my next task...
FURFRIGHT!!!
That's right ladies and gents, FurFright is only a shy 4 days away (5 if you plan to arrive on Friday). I managed to get a ride with Furio (better known as Royce the walrus), and looks like things are going to go smoothly. That doesn't mean I have nothing to prepare, though.
My fursuit needs mending. There's a rip in one paw, and I think my jaw may be splitting apart again. Oh well, thread and hot glue. I have to amass a Halloween costume last minute. Which actually isn't last minute, since it's still half a month till Halloween and the stores will still be stocked full. If I resurrect my Freddy Krueger, I need a new glove (mine broke last year) and I need to make a few changes to him. You'll see.
The hotel is giving me crap. I have one room on Thursday, then sometime on Friday, they are switching me to another room. Then on Sunday night, they are switching me to the regular hotel room price. So that's 3 different confirmation numbers for one weekend. Not only that, but I need a form to verify that I have permission to use my mother's credit card. However, the hotel is not responding to phone calls or e-mail, and I may just have to show up with a huge wad of cash in my pocket and pay for it right then. Which would suck.
BUT, besides that, I'm so psyched. I can't wait!
See ya guys there!
Oct. 12th, 2009 @ 05:44 am
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I said I'd post this when I get a chance, so here it is. I forget the name who filmed it (sorry, there were so many new faces, don't sue me x.x), but it is hosted up on coopertom's YouTube page.
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 11:19 am
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| » Delaware: Furry HQ |
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This weekend was a blast.
There was to be a furmeet in Delaware, so I decided to head over early on Saturday and hang out with ~V~. We played Halo ODST, which actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Once we killed enough time, we went over to the Chinese buffet to meet the rest of the group. At first, we only had a dozen. But more and more people came in as time went on. We ate, and I met up with a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time.
We went over to the bowling alley, and even more people continued to arrive. By the end of the night, we had 52 PEOPLE. Once the fursuits were donned, the night became even more amazing than I anticipated.
I met a lot of cool people, with coopertom sticking out in my mind more than anyone. I'm not sure why... probably just cause he's a cool guy, and his persona leaves a lasting impression.
Anyway, here are some pictures. I will make another post if video is posted, as I heard someone was filming.
( Pictures below the cut. )
Sep. 28th, 2009 @ 10:20 am
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| » FurFright, blargleflargleflarvleglarvle |
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Cross posted from FA.
People keep posting about how they're going to FurFright. Since all the cool kids are doing it, why not.
I am going to be there. I will probably be wearing a costume over my suit again. If I can't think of anything, I will be resurrecting Freddy Krueger. I will be sharing a room with ~V~, Raz, and possibly Nemmy.
I may or may not make a video. It won't be as high energy as AC, since it's not a crazy high energy con. I'll see what I can do.
So, yeah. See me there, etc.
Sep. 24th, 2009 @ 07:46 pm
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| » VIDEO GAMES: TURNING JOCKS INTO HOMOSEXUAL SATANISTS |
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I really hope this article is a joke. If it's not, then I am absolutely terrified that these people get a say in this country.
http://christwire.org/2009/09/is-video-gaming-a-threat-to-americas-high-school-jock-culture/
Sep. 9th, 2009 @ 03:58 pm
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So, this is the full story of what happened with my computer.
Monday morning, while talking with a friend, he mentions something about recording Skype calls. I go to download a program to do so, only to find that the keygen in the torrent is, in fact, a virus. Too late... I ran it, and it seemed enough like a legit keygen. I immediately started to notice weird processes in Task Manager. I loaded up Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, only to have it instantly crash. I tried to load it up again, only to have it tell me I didn't have access to the files. Then I noticed some shortcuts to pornotube.com and such show up on my desktop. So in a panic, I ripped my ethernet cable from my PC and went to work.
I went upstairs to my mother's computer to load some files onto her USB stick. I loaded it up to install HijackThis and had it crash and deny me access exactly as it did to Malwarebytes. Not only that, but it loaded 2 randomly named .exe files to her flash drive, which I deleted as fast as I could before I quickly yanked the thing from my PC. Frustrated, I removed both programs from my computer, loaded it up in safe mode, reinstalled them, and tried to run them. Again, same outcome. With no possible way of combating it, I decided to go to bed (by this point it was 7 AM and I had yet to get to bed).
I woke up in the afternoon and went over to The Computer Marketplace, since I know everyone who works there. Mike recommended I get a whole new hard drive, and just toss mine into a lava pit. Instead, I reformatted, which took until the wee hours of the morning. I started installing drivers one by one, until I had internet access. I then used Uniblue Driver Scanner to do it for me. As soon as I got the driver to read my drive that contains my videos and music, I realized I couldn't click on any Google links that dealt with antivirus programs. I turned off the PC, unplugged that drive, tried to click those links, and they worked. Wonderful, viruses had found their way into the hard drive I couldn't afford to nuke.
I ran multiple virus scans, each finding a little bit more each time. After the fifth scan or so, it stopped finding infected files, and everything appeared normal. Satisfied, I went to bed.
The next day went fairly well. At first. Started installing programs, though I realized Windows wanted me to activate my copy. Thinking I couldn't do it legit (since my mom's PC used the same copy of XP), I asked ultratails42 to find a crack. He spent a few hours finding something that worked, but it didn't work for me. Thinking I'd be locked out of my PC, I called Sean. He told me that my software had an OEM license, and as such I shouldn't have a problem registering with Microsoft. I gave it a shot, and wouldn't ya know, worked like a charm.
Later that night, I was playing TF2 with a friend over Skype when my PC shut itself off. There was still power running to the case, and I had to turn it "off" before I could turn it back on. Nothing else came of it, but it scared the crap out of me. Shortly after that, I realized that 60% of the time, NO links on Google would work for me. So I called Sean again, and he said he'd stop over the next day to take a look. A few hours later, Windows wanted me to update. I told it to go ahead and do it, but before it could install, I got a blue screen of death that flashed by too quickly for me to read it. At my wit's end, I installed Service Pack 3 manually and went to bed.
Sean came over, and when I told him I used a third party program to find my drivers, he was like "... BAD. NO." So he spent a while installing drivers by hand, then installed a couple of antivirus programs I didn't have so he could scan everything. Appearing clean, he was ready to go... but then I showed him the problem with Google, which had not been resolved. After some investigation, we found that Firefox had this bug, yet Internet Explorer did not. I installed Google Chrome, and he left.
Later that night, I was taking a shower and I felt the pink faux hair that was affixed to my scalp start to fall out. By the shower's conclusion, the thing was half hanging off. So I just ripped the rest out, and decided that I was never going to use that method again. Between the fake hair making it difficult to run a comb through my head, itching like hell, and only staying in place for a week and a half, I decided that I'll dye it at some point.
Since then, I've had no computer problems. I feel relieved that it's over, but damn that was a bad week.
Though on the bright side, my new vest came in the mail, and I really like it.
PS - I became a little worried that I had multiple instances of chrome.exe in my task manager. After some research, I found out that each tab in Google Chrome is it's own process. This is done to try to utilize multi-core processing, in lieu of trying to code it to run a little bit off of each core as a single process. That's super nifty.
Sep. 5th, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
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| » So long, computer data... |
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Just letting people know that I'm gonna be offline for a while. I got hit by a bad virus (my own fault, really) and I gotta reformat everything.
So, see ya when I see ya.
Aug. 31st, 2009 @ 07:51 pm
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Was this a good idea? Y/N
( Pics under the cut, very SFW )
Aug. 24th, 2009 @ 04:47 pm
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This is my entry to the Anthrocon 2009 Video Highlights Contest. I wanted to make a video like this for the convention LONG before I knew there was going to be a contest. But once I was aware of the contest, I made sure that I was going to make something of quality (for once). I've spent a few weeks working with it, and asked a few people on YouTube for video clips that I either couldn't film or just didn't manage to be in the right place at the right time for.
So, here ya go, enjoy.
I already posted this video to the Anthrocon LJ group, so I figured I'd throw in a few little tidbits of information for those who followed the video here. Think of it like a crappy director's commentary. :P
* - I made the title text in Photoshop, using a tutorial I found online. I intended it to look like the opening text from the movie "Alien", but I don't think I did a very good job.
* - The music is "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy. I spent a couple days researching copyright laws, how various record labels feel about their music being used on YouTube, and other instances of songs by The Prodigy on YouTube itself. After emailing Triggur (the guy running the competition) to get permission from him to use the song, I was pretty sure I wouldn't run into a problem with the video being taken down due to copyright infringement. Here's hoping it'll be up for a good, long time.
* - Most of the video was not filmed by me, but filmed by Char (PsycoEwok on YouTube). If you go through his Anthrocon videos after watching my video, you'll probably recognize a lot of footage. He has a VERY nice HD camera, and I was thrilled that he was willing to send me some of the raw footage.
* - As for the video I recorded myself, I used 2 cameras. I went to the convention with a Flip Video Ultra, which has a 1 hour limit and records in the standard 4:3 "square" shaped aspect ratio. Soon after arriving, Seiko offered me his camera equipment as payment for the hotel room that I let him stay in. After that, I was able to record in 16:9 widescreen, which is my preferred aspect ratio. That's why the opening clips in the beginning of the video do not fill the screen... I didn't have the means to film in widescreen. I ended up filling the Flip twice, and used 5 or 6 MiniDV tapes for the new camera.
* - The ending "zoom out" sequence was created with Google Earth Pro. There is a feature that lets you put place markers on certain spots on the globe, then have a camera smoothly transition between them. Not only that, but the program also gives you option to record the movement as a video file. It took me about 5 hours to figure out how to get it to work properly for the video.
Aug. 11th, 2009 @ 04:43 pm
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A pretty butterfly.
Aug. 7th, 2009 @ 01:27 am
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Back from AC! With con crud, too! Nothing major, just a sore throat. Still sucks.
This is the thing. AC is such a huge, amazing convention that I could never do a con report on it. Instead, I'll just post a bunch of videos I've uploaded and/or seen so far that either I took or had me in it.
I will be uploading more footage as I capture it, so please, subscribe to OreoTheWolf on YouTube for updates on Anthrocon 2009 videos!
( Videos! WooHoo!!! )
Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 03:16 am
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I'll be leaving for AC tomorrow. If you're gonna be there, look for me. :3
Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 01:44 am
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