http://aespherea.org/diary ~ The Diary of D.E. Ramos and Home of The Shoujo Shop ~ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:44:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I managed to finish three song lyrics this week, and more ideas continue pouring in pretty fast. It seems I'm picking up inspiration from a bunch of different stuff to mix in with Ari's life history as well as school life. I think it could work out. Ari and I ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/28/new-sets-of-lyrics-and-ideas-new-ipod/ First of all, I managed to get the OSX partition to boot consistently so I'm not worried about it anymore. I had to fiddle around with some BIOS settings to get it kicking right. Anyway, we managed to do some recording this week. Most of the time, it was just ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/19/i-think-we-got-it-down/ It looks like my Mac OSX partition is acting funny again ... this time, it just doesn't like to boot and I haven't quite figured out what I did to break it. With that said, I wasn't able to get any vocals recorded, nor any music composed. So for now, ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/14/a-little-bit-frustrated/ Well ... actually, "coincidence" is the next song we're working on. After a few trades of emails between Ms. Doolittle and I in regards to the lyrics, Ari and her friends have started on a few ideas for the music. I have heard a sample and it sounds almost like ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/09/a-coincidence/ I tried writing a slower-tempo song ... it sure does sound different compared to middle and faster beat songs that I'm used to writing, but I like this song to be full of emotion and power. Something that could possibly have an orchestral backing instead of our usual rock setup. The ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/02/something-slow/ My mom answered the phone and it was the security department from Coastal. I don't ever recall applying for a position in the security department at Coastal so maybe I did something stupid that I shouldn't have done.  But during the course of the call, my mom overheard me. Now ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/02/worrisome-is-contagious/ I feel 75% enlightened and 25% confused. Well, here's the story: I woke up this morning expecting to leave the house right around 8:15 AM to get to campus at around 8:35-ish. However, my brother did not get ready for school until 8:30 so we ended up leaving the house at 8:35 ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/10/01/enlightenment/ I found a picture of my Japanese language teacher from about four years ago. Her name is Rumiko Yamamoto. She was like one of my favourite teachers when I was attending classes at ECU, next to my Design and Ceramics teachers. She was a fun person and made learning Japanese fun, ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/09/27/lost-and-found-yamamoto-sensei/ Looks like there are some parts still available for Quest of Judgment. We got some auditions but some of them sounded like they were heavily modified that I wasn't sure what to make of it-- some pitch-benders can be quite noticeable. On the other hand, one person that auditioned, Goofparade, has ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/09/23/so-theres-some-open-spots/ Yup! I found my notepad today. It was in Food Lion all along. Apparently, it was kept in some drawer in the Express Checkout lane instead of the usual place for Lost-and-Found objects. I guess they never bothered to send me an email if they found it ... but the ... http://aespherea.org/diary/2007/09/21/i-found-my-steno-pad/