Friday, April 8, 2011
Wah, what're we going to do on the blog?
So, life is busy... On top of the class shit, I've got several things going on. I'm rearranging my room, making room for a new computer desk, another figure display case, and hopefully another bookshelf. Tonight I'm going to take measurements and draw things up in paint to see what all I can fit, tomorrow I'll prep and make room, then Sunday I'm going to Ikea. An added perk is that I'm going to pick up a chair that won't make my back feel like absolute shit after a few hours. In terms of WOW!scans, we've picked up a little help here and there, and things should start running a little more smoothly again here shortly, which makes me happy as a bifurcated mollusk. Also, Sakuracon is in two weeks... I have a room at my favorite hotel for that con (the Sheraton, it's a really nice hotel and it's directly across the street from the con, kicks the shit out of any of the others I've stayed in), get to see a friend I haven't seen in like a year, I'll have room at home to pick up new figures, and it'll be the first con I've attended since starting WOW!scans, so I'll be browsing the doujin vendors with a totally different mindset this year. Should be fun. On top of that, the fact that Sakuracon is only two weeks away reminds me that Fanime is only a month and a half away... first trip out of state in a while, first time seeing several online friends and WOW! compatriots in person, first non-WA convention, a full week vacation in a place where the weather isn't perpetually shit. That should be even more fun! I'm more than willing to kick it with any of y'all who will be at either con, I'll probably say something on the WOW! blog about which bar I'll sit at on Thursday or Friday night for Sakuracon.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Well, life tends to have it's ups and downs
So, a little mostly un-wow-related life stuff, and then some ranting and explaining, and some news.
The first two quarters I was down here at Evergreen, the classes always had plenty of room, so I felt fairly comfortable waitlisting classes this quarter... that turned out to be a terrible idea. Apparently, due to budget shortfalls, they decided to let in an unprecedented amount of transfer students this quarter, and didn't bother to make room for them by adding more classes. So, at the end of last week, I was at wit's end, scrambling to get into classes, even if they weren't the best fit with my area of study, so that at least I'd end up at full time status and get my financial aid for the quarter. Things eventually kind of worked out, I'm taking enough credits now, but my schedule is pretty fucking terrible. This impacts wow stuff in two ways - first, I'm still on the way out of being in a shit mood, and I'm not terribly productive when I'm in a shit mood. Second, it'll probably take a week or two to figure out where translating fits into this new schedule.
Alright, so here's two things that bug me about people who read our scanlations (I love our fans, I really do, but come the fuck on). First: if I anticipated your question and answered it in a blog post already, do me the fucking favor of reading it rather than asking the same shit over and over. Second: if you don't like one of our series, I really couldn't give a flying turd in space less. I love to hear about it when you do like something we're working on, but telling me which series you don't like just sounds like a passive aggressive way to whine that other things aren't coming out as quickly. TL;DR, I love NEEDLESS, it isn't slowing anything else down, and if you still have an issue, I'm all out of tissues for you.
So, despite my bad mood, I haven't been entirely unproductive... I haven't gotten much translated, but we've rearranged things and Kaichu! should be getting a lot more attention now, which I know is good news for lots of people. We also picked up someone who's going to work on an amazing surprise for you guys that'll seem like it came out of nowhere. On top of that stuff, we've got raws for a future project in the mail, raws for some upcoming doujin projects in the mail, and I've been getting us a bit ahead of the game in terms of scanning raws. Even when I'm not directly working on a translation, I personally can spend 6 hours in a sitting getting other shit done for the group and still not make a dent in what all needs doing. Anyway, more later, class is starting.
The first two quarters I was down here at Evergreen, the classes always had plenty of room, so I felt fairly comfortable waitlisting classes this quarter... that turned out to be a terrible idea. Apparently, due to budget shortfalls, they decided to let in an unprecedented amount of transfer students this quarter, and didn't bother to make room for them by adding more classes. So, at the end of last week, I was at wit's end, scrambling to get into classes, even if they weren't the best fit with my area of study, so that at least I'd end up at full time status and get my financial aid for the quarter. Things eventually kind of worked out, I'm taking enough credits now, but my schedule is pretty fucking terrible. This impacts wow stuff in two ways - first, I'm still on the way out of being in a shit mood, and I'm not terribly productive when I'm in a shit mood. Second, it'll probably take a week or two to figure out where translating fits into this new schedule.
Alright, so here's two things that bug me about people who read our scanlations (I love our fans, I really do, but come the fuck on). First: if I anticipated your question and answered it in a blog post already, do me the fucking favor of reading it rather than asking the same shit over and over. Second: if you don't like one of our series, I really couldn't give a flying turd in space less. I love to hear about it when you do like something we're working on, but telling me which series you don't like just sounds like a passive aggressive way to whine that other things aren't coming out as quickly. TL;DR, I love NEEDLESS, it isn't slowing anything else down, and if you still have an issue, I'm all out of tissues for you.
So, despite my bad mood, I haven't been entirely unproductive... I haven't gotten much translated, but we've rearranged things and Kaichu! should be getting a lot more attention now, which I know is good news for lots of people. We also picked up someone who's going to work on an amazing surprise for you guys that'll seem like it came out of nowhere. On top of that stuff, we've got raws for a future project in the mail, raws for some upcoming doujin projects in the mail, and I've been getting us a bit ahead of the game in terms of scanning raws. Even when I'm not directly working on a translation, I personally can spend 6 hours in a sitting getting other shit done for the group and still not make a dent in what all needs doing. Anyway, more later, class is starting.
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