In which Amy regains the Internet and her life is complete once more?
So our router died and it took a few days to replace it. It wasn't much of an issue and on some level it just went to show what a time suck the internet really is. Of course I spent the time reading rather than being productive in any way, but I think the point still stands. =) I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day and all.
I don't know if any of you are fans of "That Guy With the Glasses", but if you are, maybe you can answer a question I have about the videos. Lately they videos on the site have been doing this weird thing where the audio is fine, but the video lags and freezes unless I move my mouse around. I usually let the videos pre-load thinking this might help, but it does not seem to do anything. Does anyone else have this problem?
I'm working on a new layout for Alexiel.net that I will most likely post tomorrow. Also, I guess I can now announce the opening of Artificial Sweetener. I'm still working on some of the articles, but it's a slow process I'm afraid. In some ways I think Misa is a bit like Bella Swan, which can make her difficult to appreciate, but the difference, I think lies in the way she is characterized. Bella is like the ultimate avatar--bland to the point that she can be anything so the reader fills in a lot of the detail, but she is suppose to be an overall positive character, perhaps even an ideal character (the fact that I wanted to strangle her in the first 40 pages not withstanding). Misa, on the other hand, is just kind of hard to pin down. She's clearly not a "good" person, yet in many ways, she is not that different from your standard heroine who would do anything for the person she loves (even if the reason she loves him is just because the plot says so). A lot of her characteristics are not admirable, but some of them are certainly sympathetic. Anyway, I should save this for the website, but check it out if you like.
I don't know if any of you are fans of "That Guy With the Glasses", but if you are, maybe you can answer a question I have about the videos. Lately they videos on the site have been doing this weird thing where the audio is fine, but the video lags and freezes unless I move my mouse around. I usually let the videos pre-load thinking this might help, but it does not seem to do anything. Does anyone else have this problem?
I'm working on a new layout for Alexiel.net that I will most likely post tomorrow. Also, I guess I can now announce the opening of Artificial Sweetener. I'm still working on some of the articles, but it's a slow process I'm afraid. In some ways I think Misa is a bit like Bella Swan, which can make her difficult to appreciate, but the difference, I think lies in the way she is characterized. Bella is like the ultimate avatar--bland to the point that she can be anything so the reader fills in a lot of the detail, but she is suppose to be an overall positive character, perhaps even an ideal character (the fact that I wanted to strangle her in the first 40 pages not withstanding). Misa, on the other hand, is just kind of hard to pin down. She's clearly not a "good" person, yet in many ways, she is not that different from your standard heroine who would do anything for the person she loves (even if the reason she loves him is just because the plot says so). A lot of her characteristics are not admirable, but some of them are certainly sympathetic. Anyway, I should save this for the website, but check it out if you like.