Saturday, December 31, 2011

Twelve Tolls - Resolutions

     It is said that filled with good intentions is the path to Hell. That is why a resolution must not be an intention but an action. My twelve objectives for 2012...

1. Stop saying bad words, curses or intentions that damage my ether or the ether of those who surround me.
2. Stop consuming alcohol or tobacco.
3. Finish recording the song I wrote and animate it properly.
4. Realise all the animation projects that, with the coming of the years, have remained mere ideas.
5. Program all the games that, with the coming of the years, have remained mere ideas.
6. Finish writing the stories I still have pending and keep on writing my novels (yes, the ones that will take me out of working)
7. Speaking of work, find a place where I can acquire experience while I have fun and do what I like to do.
8. Exercise and acquire a great body, winning all the bets that I've made with my friends in the process.
9. Stop making bets.
10. Pay my debts or most of them anyway.
11. Make all the journeys I can.
12. Keep on writing on the present blog, five entries per month.

     A PROSPEROUS 2012 AND -in the words of tiny Tim -GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE !

Friday, December 30, 2011

Twelve Tolls - Wishes

     End of the year. The year 2012 comes forth. I, as I do annually, prepare my twelve wishes and my twelve resolutions, the ones I will say with the requiescat for the year that will come to pass between the dead at midnight tomorrow. And what do I wish for this year to come ?

1. Inspiration. That a flood of divine and seductive ideas forms in all brains.
2. Happiness. That in every moment there exists a reason to laugh, to smile and to fill the environment with a good mood. That every day exists a smile on my face... because without days like those... not even pay days...
3. Health. Physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being.
4. Peace. Tranquility in the mind and in the heart.
5. Wisdom. That every piece of knowledge acquired is not only that but lessons in life for us and for those that surround us.
6. Intelligence. Mental acuity and rapid thinking.
7. Work. To realise what we want to do. To have time for our own projects and to fulfill them completely.
8. Prosperity. Success in everything that is proposed.
9. Patience. Because every thing that is worth something requires time.
10. Perseverance. Because every thing that is worth something requires effort.
11. Discipline. Because every thing that is worth something requires a good mindset, based on good customs and good forms of action.
12. Love. A real love, based on wanting our own well-being and the well-being of everybody else in spite of everything.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Rites, Customs and Traditions

     A ceremonious act instaureted in life. A frequent repetition of the same action, established long time ago. We all have our rites, customs and traditions. In this december time I have many special traditions with the family and a one unique custom: to play, from beginning to ending, Chrono Trigger.

If history is to change, let it change ! If the world is to be destroyed, so be it ! If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh !

     What a marvelous game ! The story, the music, the gameplay and the nostalgic graphics... Chrono Trigger has EVERYTHING. That is the reason why it creates, along with Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Kingdom Hearts, the divine trinity of my favourite games. If you haven't played it down... ahem... buy (wink wink) it right now and play it !

     So in case you still didn't know it now you realise the truth. Beneath this beautiful and well-fed exterior lies a geek with a taste for RPGs.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

     Last December 23th I went to the movies to watch Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. No, I am not an avid Ethan Matthew Hunt fan -or a Tom Cruise fan for that matter -but I was anxious to watch the six minutes The Dark Knight Rises prologue. If I hadn't cancelled my Cine PREMIERE subscription I would have realised in time that the prologue was not to be projected in our country.

     Obsession could be the word that best describes my behaviour for the next days. The 24th I found a lo-res prologue that left me mad and wanting to watch more. I spent dinner in my room, searching for a better quality prologue. I wasn't until Christmas that I found a webpage claiming to have one, a present from Santa Claus himself. I initiated the download and went to sleep (it was six o'clock and I haven't had a shuteye since nine o'clock the previous day). When I woke up I found out that I had downloaded a file that was over 2 GB in size !

     I wasn't sure what I had downloaded. I looked up the webpage from where I did the download but it was already down (oh yes, the dreaded 404 error). After meditating for a moment I opened up the file... and it wasn't the TDKR prologue but the complete film, leaked to the internet ! My God... what a film ! This time Nolan outdid himself... and since I am a shareful man I uploaded the file to Megaupload so that anyone who wants to watch it right now can do it... Bane's voice is a little bit hard to understand but... it is The Dark Knight Rises half a year before its release !

     So without further ado...  DOWNLOAD NOW

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Eve & Twenty-Five

     Tonight is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is Christmas... give me the boot Mary because I'm going to get drunk...

     In honour of the celebration, so that tonight and tomorrow don't pass unmarked regardless of the belief, culture or ways of thinking of all the people, I have a wish. That everybody finds peace, tranquility, love and happiness inside their hearts. That all the good wishes of those who, with hope, give the best of themselves the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year come true.

     MERRY CHRISTMAS.