What the hell is a flying green song-rabbit?!

Grongbit (GReen sONG rabBIT) is the result of our nicknames combined. "Our" meaning the three founding authors. The flying comes from our guest-turned-permanent blogger, Butterfly Coffin.

And yes, rabbits can too fly, sing and be green.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Soouuuunnnnnnd~

Mmkay, I'm backtracking.

It's not my fault that some posts take a bit of time to prepare and I haven't had 'time' for a while due to a certain test and two assignments...

A while back, I was assigned a sound assignment, with the only requirement being that it should include a 'voice' element. Obviously Vocaloid has something to do with my idea, but I'll let you perceive the final results yourself.

Pi to 1000 Digits (final) - Krystal Nekoi feat. Mary, Mum, Miku, Rin and Len


However, before any results could be seen, I had to stay at CoFA doing the stupid assignment. You see, the program we use can only be used with a certain hardware (no, not Macintosh), which I don't have at home. And so, I was forced to travel and use the Apple computers. *shudders* Apple...
They know, y'know? They know if you're a PC user.
And they hate PCs.


Xion you annoying bastard!
B: Ugh! You're a horrible computer, you know that?! You're always slow to get up in the mornings, and sometimes you don't even get up at all. You eat my tablet drivers and freeze up when you don't like a file. I've had enough of you!
Xion: But I - ...


I'm leaving!
B: That's it! I'm going to CoFA where I can use the Macintosh computers that can actually start up and run several programs at once!


There there...
Xion: I...I tried my best...
Nix: I know, and that's all that matters. Don't worry, she'll come back.


Seven Hours Later


Uwaaaaaa-
B: Whaaaaa-! Xion, I'm sorry! Please forgive me, I'll never ever ever leave you again for an Apple computer. You're the best PC out there, I'm sorry I ever yelled at you for being slow. Xiooooon!
Xion: Uh...S-Sure?




I.

Hate.

Macintoshes.

(Btw no, that didn't happen)

For the love of *beeep* I curse the day I ever thought of getting a Macbook instead of Xion. What the hell. And this is not unjustified hate. I hate Macs because they hate me.
So I booked a computer right? And I rock up at the right time, check out my friends' stuff first, and then discover my booked computer's already taken.
Alright, no biggy. I notify the dude that stole my comp, and he directs me to another one (kicking another girl off that computer by the way). She logs off, I'm like 'yay!' and I log in.
Check out a forum whilst waiting for the files to be copied over to the harddisk; when the wait's finally over, I open up the program that's meant to edit my sound and surprise! It can't find the hardware it needs. (FYI, it's a 'soundbox') Well, for all I know, it could've been Firefox that was stealing the soundbox away from Protools. So I close Firefox and restart the program.
Still nothing.
Ok, maybe a cable's loose.
*check*
Nope, it isn't, but I'll replug it in anyway.
Working...?
Still no.
Alright, simplest solution: Restart.
These computers take several minutes to finish restarting, and even longer to finish logging in. God. Maybe Xion just spoils me.
Log in...wait forever...try now...?
Still no.
I've wasted over 20 minutes trying to get the program to work by now, and I was starting to get ticked off.
One more time...
OMFG, Protools is working!
Mmkay, so now to move my new files over and start working. So I plug Yuetah (that'd be my USB folks) into the computer to move my files from home~.
...
Freeze.
Oh God.
Force quit.
End Protools to save memory.
Still frozen.
End everything else.
Still frozen.
Restart Finder.
...
Restart?
Yes?
Hello?
So what do you do when even force quit doesn't work?
Log out of course.
Um...log out?
Please?
*headdesk*
Alright, restart...just this once...
*yawn*
Oh goodie, now, one more time...
And guess what?
This time I couldn't even log in.

Five minutes off throwing the computer out of the window (which the room didn't have), I kicked the guy off from the computer I originally booked, deciding to move.
He was like: OK, and migrated over.
I rubbed my hands together, hahahaha, finally, a computer that's been proven to work.
Log in.
Works.
Protools.
Works.
Open up my project...
YES!
All I have to do now is copy the files over from Yuetah =3
Plug her in.
Detected.
Ooo, I'm getting excited!
Copy, Paste!
Paste?
Move...?
Files...?
...
Finder freezes.
I want to cry.
Eject...do something!
Log out?
Relaunch?
Goddammit.
What choice was there?
Restart.
I stare grudgingly at the guy I just kicked off, working happily on the computer that was being mean to me a while ago.
Sigh.
Well, this computer was a bit better, if I could just get the files off Yuetah and onto the harddrive, then I could start working easily...
Login.
Fail.
Restart.
Login.
Fail.
Ooo, I want to bite this machine to death.
I get up, go out, and head over to CSU where they help you fix computers.
I explain my situation (Macs hate me) and a nice lady comes along to try to help me.
Along the way we discuss how Macintoshes hate PC users.
She agreed.
Got there.
Restart.
Ping RAM.
Loong long looooong wait.
*yawn*
Alright, try again.
Login...
Pray...
Yay!
Copy files over from Yuetah...
It works!
Oh my God!
Wave goodbye to the nice lady.
Now, finally I can work on my sound!
Geez, that took like an hour and a half but at least I'm there!
Open up Protools...
Soundbox not found.

If you've managed to read up to this point of my troubles, congratulations. And yes, they do continue, but I shall not bore you with the rest of them.

Let's just say my currently animosity towards Macintosh computers is not unjustified.

9 comments:

Kevin said...

LOL!

Omg...

I need to do this essay... It was due 7 hours ago...

Serena said...

LOOOOOL.

Hence why I'll never get a Macbook. Not that I do design and need it anyway, maybe if I get into something graphical in advertising.

Poor B :(

Serena said...

And I can't believe you used vocaloids - no wait, I can't believe your sis and mum did it too - to recite 1000 digits of pi Dx

ButterflyCoffin said...

Actually, the main voice that actually recited all 1000 digits is mine...

Serena said...

xDDD

I bet your tutor went wtf.

ButterflyCoffin said...

He went "lol!"

Midori said...

The sound file is cool!

I haven't seen your pictures in so long XD sorta miss it... >.>

Poor you that must be so frustrating =(

Yesterday D used a mac to finish doing his notes. He had notes he'd started doing at a different library with PCs. Macs proved to be too slow so he went back to library to do it on PC. Well he inserted usb in and the comp said the file was corrupted and could not be opened. Back at the Mac the file was not traceable and those 2 sets of notes were lost forever... needless to say he was REALLY pissed so now i am doing those 2 sets! (hmmm should be doing them now... >.>)

Serena said...

...you're doing Darren's notes for him?

Was this voluntary or did he make you pity him so much that you were forced to volunteer T_T

Midori said...

LOL

No no it's not like that at all!

I do the same unit! Actually only unit we both have in common. So i have to do those notes anyway! And he's giving me some of his other notes so i can use as reading material to study. I'm till doing my own set of notes on top of that though cuz i need to make my own notes to understand it -.-

And this gives me more incentive to start writing notes now XD