Funny 'cause it's true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSqFqhUzutg&mode=related&search=

Anyone? Anyone done this, or had this done to them?

I know I'm guilty of both. ^_~

~Cady

PERSOOONNNNAAAA!!!

Ha ha...inside joke to whoever's played any of the games. :3

Here's an animated video from the new Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 that's coming out...whenever. Ugh. They've pushed the release date back so many times I'm just going to wait until my EB calls me.... :S

http://www.gamespot.com/video/932312/6154586/persona-3-gameplay-movie-3

I'll post a gameplay video too, if I care enough. Ha ha ha...I'm mean.

~Cady

Fierce and Fabulous

After eight grueling weeks of photoshoots, industry networking, heels, and bitch-fights, the one to come out on top is......

REBECCA!!!

Hells yeah. I really wanted either Rebecca or Tia to win; definatly not Tara, and Sinead...well, she's so good damn nice that I wanted it for her too.

Ha ha ha...for as much as I pride intelligence, we're all allowed our guilty pleasures. :3

Way to go girls, and good luck on being Canada's Next Top Model! Woooo!!!

~Cady

Sad but True

Hello, guys~

There's this webcomic that I started to frequently read, called Daily Dinosaur Comics. They use minimalist art (the same six panels for every comic), but the writing is just AWESOME.

This one I thought was an interesting topic; not only because it applied to animation, but because...well, it's a nice overview on how humans view 'perfection.'

http://qwantz.com/archive/000848.html

Also, I highly recommend you wiki the term 'uncanny valley'....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

Interesting stuff. :3

~Cady

End of my rope....

...Or should I say, end of my jungle vine....hmmm.

Forgive me, for it has certainly been a long while since my last update. These last....three weeks now have been too tumultuous for me to withstand easily. I won't go into a pity party, but a quick overview...

1) BOYS ARE DUMB. 'Nuff said.

2) George is quite the cruel and demanding mistress. Don't get me wrong, I adore working on this show (BTW - On every day on Teletoon @ 8 am and 4:30 pm!), but...my goodness...I'm thankful there are only a few weeks left. ^_^;;;

3) ....I don't know. I feel, just, well...used up. All dried out; hollow; a husk....I honestly don't know what to do with myself. I've found that I've just been floating around for the past few days, and frankly, I don't care. I just don't care anymore...I've had enough.

Meh. Whatever. To top it all off, I'm sitting at home, totally drugged out on Tylenol 3...I spent my Friday night getting my wisdom teeth removed. I am the center of the cool universe. :3 lol
A nice steady diet of cream soup, Ensure and Jello is more fun than I thought. lol

Well, yeah...that's all I got. I'm sure my bad mood will pass; it always does, but....ah, nevermind. I'm not bold (or stupid) enough to post thoughts that intimate online. :P

Peace out, yo~

~Cady

I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS!!!

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3160649

Announcing, for the Nintendo DS, by Sega and Bioware entertainment...

.....slated for release sometime in 2008..

A Sonic the Hedgehog role-playing game.

I have literally been waiting for a Sonic RPG since the Super Mario RPG came out for the SNES when I was....god...I couldn't have been more than nine years old..... ^_^

~Cady

Heart for a Hero

Hello everyone~

I thought all the gamers (or whoever reads this stupid thing...^_^;;; ) would get a kick out of this:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/i-can.t-talk%2C-don.t-ask-me/clip-zelda-heart-for-the-hero-271709.php

While this is a brilliant take on the 'silent hero' bit, it makes you wonder why. Why are they mute? And why are they all so damn lovable? Link, Chrono (Chrono Trigger, for all you old-skoolerz), even Dr. Gordon Freeman (Half Life). They're all such memorable, iconic characters - yet none of them have spoken a single word.

Any thoughts? :)

Enjoy!
~Cady

How time flies....hoo hum. ^_^

Hello, sweeties~

*sigh* My goodness! It's been a while since my last update, hasn't it? ^_^;;;

Work, as much as I absolutly love it, is quite the uphill battle....c'mon Cady! Only about...oh, what - seven more weeks to go?
Speaking of which - ATTENTION ALL ANIMATION ENTHUSIASTS! GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE IS PREMIERING ON JULY 2ND!!
It's at 4:00 on Teletoon; channel 50.
Viva Studio B!

Hmm...what else....
Oh....I know. :3

After much too much time of being single, I now have, well...a special someone to share my time with. o^_^o
I won't give out details, because that's mean, but....wow. I'm still kind of in shock, actually. He really makes me happy, and we've only been dating since last Wednesday. I honestly can't wait to see where this goes. :3

Oh! Right! Art!
I still need to get my ass in gear and post those drawings....hmmm. I'll definatly try to do that.

Hmmmm.....oh! Yesterday was my official 'getting old' day....I'm now at the ripe ol' age of 22. Hee hee. It's all downhill from here! First your back, then your hearing, then your eyesight....*sigh*. lol

And last but not least, congratulations to CA64!! Your guys' films were amazing!! I wish you all the best, and all the luck in the world in your future endeavours. :D

Love,
~Cady

Superjail Bunnylove

No more questions....

I had to post this. You'll understand why....even if I don't. o_O;;;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rLguWXDECTg

~Cady

Extra Taggege

Hello, dears....

I have been tagged. Basically, I say seven random facts about myself. I don't talk about myself that much (at least I hope I don't!), so here goes:

1) I have vices and guilty pleasures just like everyone else, and mine are unfortunatly....really, really girly. :P I absolutly adore America's/Canada's Next Top Model, and I firmly believe that Tyra Banks should be the president of the United States. :)

2) I owned a hedgehog for almost two years. His name was Sonic (after my childhood hero...^_^), which was funny because he was fat and MEAN as hell. :3

3) I get so scared at some movies and games (like Silent Hill 4) that they make me cry.

4) My absolute, most favouritist pizza in the whole wide world is: prawns, goat cheese, and sundried tomatoes with pesto (preferrably homemade) on a whole-wheat crust. Yum! :P

5) I am part of the first 'female-only' Dungeons & Dragons group in.....probably the city. :3

6) One time, a rent-a-cop mistook me for a hooker when I was waiting for my ride home from work. I was still in my Famous Players uniform. o_O;;;

7) I took Aikido for a year when I was seventeen. Now, I'm in bellydancing, of all things. ^_^

Well, I'm not sure if I did that right, but...there you go! Little-known facts about me! I'm not terribly exciting, though. Sorry! ;P
Also, I want to mention that music I'm totally diggin' is a band called Avenged Sevenfold. I don't usually do....uh, "rock," but these guys are awesome! I recommend Strength of the World and the Beast and the Harlot. Great songs. Super hardcore. :3

Bye, all~
Back to work!

~Cady

It's Been Awhile....

Hello, ladies and gents.

Yoikes....sorry it's been so long since I've blogged....been a busy couple of...weeks? I don't even know anymore. :P

Hmm....still waiting for Loreena McKennitt photos...gotta ask Laurel about that.

Working my butt off to finish this episode on time....

Hmm....good news! George has gone live!!
Check out everyone's favourite King of the Jungle here on 'The Lab'....Mr. Kevin Gamble was the guy who hired me. :3
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-3973719481637047088&q=the+Lab+-+flash

I'm sick right now....bleh. I really should've stayed home today...but work beckons...! ^_^;;;

Hmmmm....nothing really exciting other than that. I need some sleep and Tylenol.

Ha ha ha ha....ah.

~Cady

Zune

Hello~

A co-worker of mine showed me this awesome little commercial for the 'Zune' mp3 players.

http://stashmedia.tv/feed/los_corazones_Final.mov

They're kinda....strange, but really cool and creative.
Have fun!

EDIT: Here's the main site with lots more fun shorts!
http://feed.stashmedia.tv/

~Cady

Meet me at the Caravanserai

I was a bad girl...I took Friday off to go to lovely Victoria to see one of the single most influential musicians in my life...

Ladies and gentlemen...Loreena McKennitt.

It was such an amazing experience, and having Laurel there to share it with me meant so much more.
Even with the Greyhound strike, Pacific Coach Lines (the bus route we took) was great. The entire traveling portion of the trip went without a single hitch....the bus left on time, rolled onto the ferry, got off, and dropped us in Victoria.
The downtown core was stunning, to say the least...(Don't worry, Laurel got tons of photos. :D ) We got to Keith's place no problem (Dad, I don't know what you're talking about....Keith's place is in a fine neighbourhood!), unloaded our stuff, took a nap, then headed out.
We went to this awesome Irish pub before the concert to grab something to eat...what a place! The building was gorgeous, and the food and the atmosphere were great! They had live Celtic music downstairs! How cool is that?!
Afterwards, we walked a few blocks to the 'McPherson theatre.' I kept on telling Laurel that this really didn't look like the right area...it was kinda dumpy for a theatre. So, we went inside to ask the guy, and he was like "Oh, Loreena McKennitt! She's at the Royal McPherson Theatre!"
....So, after walking about eight blocks (my first time in stiletto heels, by the way...ow.), we get to this theatre that is literally a castle. It was just stunningly beautiful.
We get inside, take our seats, and realize that we drastically brought down the average age group of the entire theatre crowd..(everyone was at least 35-40+...it felt a bit odd.) But, she came on, playing the harp, and opening up with She Moved Through the Fair. I warned Laurel beforehand, but I just couldn't help the tears that ran down my face....I was just so happy to be able to see this. Not to mention that the seats I bought were in the second row - we were so close, we could see the crow's feet near her eyes, and every smile she gave.
She was a breathtaking performance, and so multi-talented - in that single night, she effortlessly switched between the harp, piano and acordian, and I'm sure she can play more. It was great though...it was obvious that she really cared for the people she played with, and they adored her in return.
The whole experience was like something out of a dream....I still can't believe it happened. ^_^

Needless to say, we got back okay....tired, but okay (we got up at 6 am in order to get back at around 10:30). I'm going to write Keith a very nice thank you note...I don't think it's appropriate to give him a twenty. :D

Anyhoo, it was perfect in every way. I had lots of fun, and I would do it all again in an instant. :D
Photos will come up hopefully soon when I grab them from Lo.

All the best,
Cady

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Blah...

Maybe watching seven straight hours of cycle one of America's Next Top Model after realizing you've gained 14 pounds isn't the best idea.

I can say I'm regretting watching eight of the most beautiful women in America parade around and effortlessly look stunning while I'm feeling....less than optimistic about my current body image.

Blah I say.

~Cady

Magically Delicious

Hello~

One thing I have to say about gaming is that I love finding little....well, 'gems,' if you will. Games that no one would give a second glance that turn out to be incredibly enjoyable, and, if you're lucky, it'll become a 'sleeper hit' (which are about 80% of game titles I play...;___;).
The game in question would be Magical Starsign for the Nintendo DS. I was still working at EB when it came out, and quickly faded away, never to be spoken of again.

(Sorry if this stupid thing got published...Flash shortcuts are now embedded into my brain.)

Anyways, as I was saying, Magical Starsign came out in...oh, about January 2007.
The story revolves around a group of students at the 'Will-o-Wisp Academy of Magic' on the planet Kovomaka. Now, on a funny design note, all the planets that you visit (yes, you visit planets on a spaceship ^_^ ) all look like giant, themed, floating islands in space. *_*
My first impression playing this game was Harry Potter meets the Winx Club meets crazy space travel. You choose your main character (m/f; I of course, choose the girl), then you have your crazy, themed, elemental group of friends and fellow classmates:
Lassi: A wind magic user. She's a frumpy little, long-eared bunny girl. Kinda flakey, but really a sweet girl.
Mokka: An earth magic-using robot. *_* Mokka is, of course, the cold, calculating, sensible one.
Chai: An anthropomorphic, forest-magic-using salamander. Chai's a nice kid, bringing the 'organic' side to Mokka's more dispassionate nature.
Pico: A hot-headed, redhead fire magic weilder (who didn't see that coming?). Pico is your stereotypical adolesant male. He also likes Sorbet, but he's still in the 'girls are kinda gross stage' of his life. :3 So cute.
Sorbet: A water magic user, and the last friend you wrangle up. She's a nice girl, although a little dramatic for my taste.

At first, I complained that there was no chance for you to get to know the characters seperatly; you all start out in school. Then I found other things to complain about - the controls, the beginning story, etc.
But, I continued playing. Everyone gets seperated, so you get a lot more one-on-one time with the different characters, getting to know them.
The plot, although light-hearted, is actually a lot more mature than I thought. Through the kiddy facade lies an intricate plot, with a surprising amount of death and emotional anguish. The game also constantly pokes fun at itself, which is always something to appreciate.
Once I got past the controls and what-not, I took a look at the battle system. It's turn-based, which I like a lot more than real-time, but with the different planets going into their 'power zones', AND the constant day-night cycle (you have light magic), either you or your opponents get stronger.
All in all, I'm 17 hours in, and I'm having a blast. Considering I picked it up used for $14.99, this was one helluva buy. I highly recommend it. :D

~Cady

Scratch One...

Well, one thing off of my do-to/to-find-out list...

I'M GOING TO ISRAEL!!!

Yaaaayyy!! Now, I just need the proper documentation, and to pay for the $1400 US plane ticket.... ;___;

Wish me luck!

~Happy Cady

An Exciting Oppurtunity

Interesting times ahead, huh?

There's going to be a lot going on this coming week....
1) - Hopefully, I'll find out if I'm going to have work after this show....If not, well....I'm boned. Not to mention that if I do actually get this show, I need to ask if I can take 2 1/2 weeks off in November because...
2) I'm going to Israel!! Wowee!! I need to grab myself a Canadian passport (oohh...lineups...*sob*), but it'll be so cool! I'm going along with my two roommates, one of whom is an Israeli. Considering the most exotic place I've been to is the USA, I'm really looking forward to it. Besides, we'd go when they have their...uh.."winter" (being Canadian, I use the term loosely), where it will be a chilly 25 degrees. :D
Mind you, I haven't lived through a real Canadian winter....a friend of mine from Calgary said it can get to be -60 with windchill. EEK. o_O;;
3) ....And speaking of my Israeli roomie, her birthday is coming up on Tuesday. ^_^ Happy Birthday, grandma! :P Ha ha ha ha....

Well, I'll keep everyone updated with what's going on....Well, whoever reads this thing, anyways...*sigh*
Keep well, everyone, and let's hope spring actually arrives. I think it's cab is lost.

~Cady

Minus several Ninjas....

....Because apparently, I've been...tagged...? Uh, thank you to Michelle....
So..
What exactly am I supposed to do?

~Cady

Just a quickie~

Hello, kind citizens~ :P

Just a quick little blurb...I'm at work right now. Honestly, I love what I do. Again, how many people can say they make cartoons for a living?
The reality is, that while I adore what I do, it is hard work. I've seen people cringe (literally) when I tell them that I started on GTJ. Oh well....trial by fire. At least I'll learn lots. :D
Speaking of jobs, I also have an animation test for the second season of Pucca on Saturday...I'm wondering if my poor computer can run it...! Wish me luck!
Again speaking of jobs....*sigh* I'm so sure I didn't get that mapping job for Looking for Group. I haven't heard anything about it, but I'm sure there are a million more people who are much better than I am. :( Go fig.
One o' those weeks....

~Cady

Map Quest

Hello, everyone!

Posted below is actually for a 'job application' for an awesome webcomic I'm reading. Keeping my fingers crossed...!

This is a rendition of my group's D&D map, all done in col-erase and ink. ^_^

~Cady