Happy Holidays From the Bloke that is Broke

I wish everyone Happy Holidays here!
I would be practicing to make music so I can finally post stuff on here but I have been sidetracked from it thanks to video games, school, drama, friends, sparring practice, juggling the insurance companies around after losing my car and video games to practice!
Either way, I'll be having the next month or so free to do whatever I want so after I find myself a new car I'll probably jump back onto practicing.

Post-Black Friday Blues

I carried a fair amount of money with me to San Jose for Thanksgiving. Since I had no reason to drive myself back to LA to shop with friends I figured I'd do it with family.
I stayed up the night before with about an hour of nap before I left for the stores. Figured since Gilroy is a town that is fairly empty and devoid of urban life it might be the best place to raid the local Gamestop for the Friday deals. At around 4 in the morning we left for Best Buy which was to be opened at around 5. I checked around for the camera deal they had but had found out that the cameras were already sold out within four minutes after opening. While my uncle went around shopping I went ahead and walked over to the nearby Gamestop to wait in line for the PS3 Slim bundle deal for the day. I waited an hour for it to open and was third in line to grab the 6 PS3 bundles in stock. I was unfortunate though, once it opened both cashiers instantly took in customers, mine being the slow one meant people behind me got all the bundles by the time I reached the desk. Ironic part was that the people in front of me were buying the used PS2 systems and things that wouldn't go out of stock anytime soon.
Feeling dejected and fairly annoyed I went off to shop around with my uncle, going to Target, other Gamestops and a Radio Shack for deals.

We decided to go to a Walmart for the last stop in shopping. One thing I noticed is that the Walmart we went to was also half-supermarket. Yes, they have started to become competition to the nearby food markets. Even though I said I wouldn't support Walmart by buying from them, I have only done it that day. They had in a new shipment of PS3 Slim bundles, this one carried Infamous, Arkham Asylum and a Blu-ray disc The Dark Knight. It was too much of a deal I'll have to say. Plus they told me it was fresh stock from the shipment they got less than an hour before. So I bought it from the one place I would've never expected to have bought from.

P.S. I also bought a game along with a headband ^^

It's giving part of your soul away for the savings.

Black Friday was today... I am now broke.
More details later when I'm less dead than I am.

It's like winning the lottery...

This other day after my friends have come over I felt like listening to some nice music up in my room with some nice HD visuals to go along with it. Since my PS3 could provide me with all of the things I felt like doing I decided to turn it on. Lo and behold my PS3 has done a full hardware failure on me...
It's not like this hasn't happened to me before. My 360 handed me an RRoD a while back and I handled it by selling my 360... But it's not the fact that the PS3 failed on me that's bothering me, it's the fact that there is a 5% failure rate on the system (as opposed to the 40% failure rate on the 360 first editions) that's eating me up. It's kinda like being the one guy out of a few ten-thousand to have been born with an erratic and fast growing tumor. You just felt like you won the lottery somehow, but instead of getting this "Yay~" feeling, you get this "God FML" thought at the back of your head.
Mind you though.. it's not a serious problem, I can probably fix it very easily without having to send it into the company for repairs. But by god this is just really lucky of me.

雪祭り

As I have failed to remember, I have been planning a snow trip to Big Bear for quite some time already. (Approximately 2 months ago if I recall correctly)
Though there has been a lot of procrastination in the planning of this trip, with the right amount of pushing from friends I have managed to be able to set out the final plans and invitation to the trip on facebook. If you're interested in knowing more then add me on facebook (ukki saiyuki, and no... that's not my real name) And I will send you the invite with all the information. Then again, this event isn't limited to those who have facebook either. If you happen to know me in real life and bump into me, make a mention of the trip and I'll be sure to fill you in with all the details.

As for today, I am posting because I have caught myself slowly going back to my "overly passionate about video games" persona. Seeing as I have bought two new games (Borderlands and a pre-ordered copy of Modern Warfare 2) I have noticed that my average sleeping cycle has gone to hell. I find myself sleeping during daybreak and waking up in the afternoon right before school... hopefully this doesn't persist or else it will hamper with my school life directly. But hey... it's nice to let loose and binge on your favorite past time every once in a while though. It's kinda like retail-therapy but without the holes burning into your wallet!

A sort of free service

Lately I've been putting up mini-demonstrations for my friends on Skype whenever I practice mixing. I figured the best way to improve is to have people critique me when I practice. For those interested, tell me to add you on Skype and I'll hit you up with a call whenever I practice so you can tune in!

I've also been looking toward some kind of program or site that allows me to stream the music live somewhere. If anyone has any idea's on how I should go about putting up these songs for people to listen to I'm all ears.

Also, I've been looking to changing the layout and look of my blog page... if there's anyone that can help I would be in great debt to them!

Let progress be progress

I've been putting in time for practice on my tables while balancing school tests and work, home life as well as the occasional gaming binge. I have to say that I can at least start mixing and matching on the fly now. Maybe soon I'll record and put up a short mixtape of my favorite songs. But before I let my ego get the better of me, I realize I'm still in the shallow pool since I'm still only working with techno and house. I've yet to start going deeper into other genres. Hopefully they won't be as hard as I'm making myself think they are.
On other news, I'm still on the rocks for cash and have been resorting to skipping meals in order to pay for my gas. (Yes, I know it's bad)
Hopefully someone might come and ask me to do a small gig for a party so I might be able to receive some pocket money!

Look forward to my next post because I'll probably be posting up my music mixtape by then!

It's times like these...

For those who have tried to raise a sick and dying puppy I'm fairly sure you'd understand how I feel at the moment.

It bothers me that there are people in my family (myself included) who aren't people that are reliable when it comes to socializing, be it making friends, keeping friends or socialization that is required to stay alive and connected in this day in age i.e. job searching, people management and PR. It bothers me even more when I extend a hand out to those in hopes of bringing them at least to my level and beyond, kinda like the belief where people can improve on things if they worked together, such as pointing out faults in each other and working ways to improve each other through well... connection. I love my mother... very dearly. In fact she's one of the few that I'm willing to put everything on the line for in a heartbeat. So much that 20 years of growing under negative enforcement, abuse be it physical or mental and the fact that she plays a big part in our family being a bit screwed up has not phased my love for her. I'm only writing this cause it hurts seeing someone like her headed toward a dead end and all efforts I have made have been for naught. Mind you it's one of the only things that have hurt me to the point of tears, and consideration of seeking help from a professional.

To break things down simply, my mother shows no potential of being able to live on her own without financial help from anyone. For a few years I've realized this and I've been trying to inch my way to changing her should there be a case of divorce or death (bless my dad's soul). And much like trying to polish a piece of shit, it still doesn't shine. I feel like quite the retard too... still continuously trying to polish that shit to make it shine even though something in the back of my head is screaming at me to stop and focus on more worthwhile things in life.

Life isn't any easier when you're being tricked out of your own money by people and you're broke. And with the advent of midterms in the coming weeks, as well as problems with friends as well as the itching sense loneliness looming over your shoulder, things just pile up to make that burden on your back even heavier as it was before.

Simply put... I'm posting this because I just broke down earlier, I'm guessing it's one of those cases with the straw on the camel's back or something. I'm also posting this because people have told me that writing things down will make you feel better. People have also told me that telling other people about problems in life makes you feel better. So far, it's working.

It's times like these that get me to listen to music for hours on end though... guess it's a good time to pop in a pile of random music for study eh? Emotional rushes like these help artists create art as well, so maybe this might prove helpful to me.

In any case, I'm still putting in a good deal of time I have to practicing on the tables and mixing... hopefully I'll be able to shovel something out onto here soon!

祭り始まるぞぉぉ！

I have just been able to complete my DJ set a few days back so I will be able to work everything soon!
I'll also be able to get this blog running once I get enough practice to start mixing and scratching.
I have pictures of my entire set. It consists of two turntables, a set of time-coded vinyls, a connectiv interface for the computer, a mixer with fx options, my laptop and my tv for speakers.

Technical Difficulties

It seems there has been many problems arising with my new set.
I lost the pictures and have become too lazy to take it again and Yea..........
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Apparently my setup doesn't work on the computer. This doesn't bode well with me.
On a lighter note, my uncle has offered to sell me his old digital set for a very low price. So either way I will start mixing somehow.
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Also.... I've gotten back to playing mahjong...
...Yes... that is my excuse.

嬉しいような悲しいような。。。

I know I promised pictures of my full set weeks ago but I've been procrastinating. Seems blogwork just registers as just another chore I love to procrastinate on. Either way, many things have been on my mind to keep my mind off of the blog for quite a while. While finding a job has proved to be a prospect in my life that is becoming less and less possible as I send in resumes to sell myself to companies, the living and monetary situations are continually becoming a bigger burden in life. A lot of shit has happened since the end of AX and it's kept me quite down for a long time. Thing is though... everything that I've had to swallow has only brought me another step closer to investing whats left of my energy to things that actually get me somewhere in life. I'll be posting whats left of my pictures as well as random stuff with the rest of my post once I pry my laptop away from my father.

Doki Doki Matsuri and Mixes

I have just returned home to find that my synthesizer has just been sent along with two CD mixers for light performance mixing and to use as a background beat. I'll put pictures up later... since it's four in the morning.

Burebure Matsuri and Turns

It's been a while since I updated my blog and I did promise that I would have pictures of my turntables by the next time, but I have a good reason why I haven't been updating. I've gone to AX (Anime Expo for those of you who don't know) and spent four days there spending my money buying useless crap for my own enjoyment. I'd call it retail therapy in my own little way. There were many good cosplayers there, and as a fellow cosplayer myself, I felt it was pretty weird being the one behind the camera, which explains the lack of pictures I have with me. Though I did take pictures of the costumes I thought were well made or that the person wearing it looked nice in it. What surprised me this year were the amount of Team Fortress 2 cosplay, though most of them were fairly simple and easy to make, I was glad there were people (some girls) that were fans of the game. (Posts of the girl TF2 cosplayers coming soon!.. after I can get photobucket running correctly again)








My turntables have finally arrived as well!.. Well it was about two weeks ago but still! It's incomplete as of the moment. I need speakers, timecode vinyls and a synthesizer to start working on the music projects. My first project will be of Mizuumi irc channel's Satsu: The Movie. I hope people will give me requests to mix other things as well, it would be really fun.
I should be able to start mixing really soon. My uncle seems to have purchased a new set and might possibly give me his old ones so I can be able to start soon. (I can't go out and buy myself one either since I have went back to being dirt poor after AX)

Soon to start!

I have just come back from San Jose with a set of turntables. I just need to save up to purchase a synthesizer and a set of good speakers and I should be set to start mixing.
I'll post up the pictures of the turntables soon.

It's Almost Over~

Just finished turning in the largest and last essay of teh semester for english. I have a Japanese final to go. No decks and turntables yet, but once summer comes I'll be able to get them.
Won't be too long till I start mixing and putting them up on this site.

Dunno why...

I decided to start a blog today, I really don't understand why I wanted to do it but yea... It's started. Guess I'll start posting more stuff about my boring ass life and possibly rage/emo about it accordingly. Either way though, since it's already been started I might as well post something about today.

A friend of mine dropped a shitload of music on me the other day and I decided to scrape through it in between breaks of essay writing and gameplay. I noticed Korean music isn't that bad at all, especially the DJ beats and shit. xD
Now that I mention it, I guess the reason for me to start up the blog would be for the music I'll be making later when I actually start mixing for reelz. But at this moment I'm just waiting for my decks to come in and to find a way to get my hands a copy of a computerized mixer.

Guess I won't be blogging much until something new comes up or I actually get everything set up. Oh and Yum picture.


The layout of Konata's room is fairly close to mine actually... with the desktop being replaced by the laptop.

そしてこのブローグに日本語をつかいますが。。。
ぼくはれんしゅうしてだけです。

-Ukki