First off, I want to share an awesome web-site that was
shown to me by a fellow /AMP/ poster: Freerice.com. Freerice is a
web-site that offers simple questions about various subjects of your choice and
donates ten grains of rice through the World Food Programme. Pretty cool, huh?
I’ve spent a good chunk of my morning answering questions about “English
Vocabulary” because I like words, it’s a fun little exercise that not only
builds your personal bank of words/understanding of words, but it also donates
food! So if you like words (or math, or science, or geography, or a bunch of
other subjects) and/or like to give food to people who need it, I suggest you
go to this site and play around for a while. Heck if you want you can sign up
to keep track of how much rice you’ve donated; here is my profile if
you want to add me as a friend!
Belgh, I just took a swig of two-hour old coffee and I just
found out that I’m not a fan of cold coffee…
On to our next tidbit of news/happenings I’m currently
undergoing some training at work to become a better estimator! Before now I
would peruse through a set of blue-prints and count every fixture (be it a
light or a power outlet) and count a total of each different type of thing, I would
also count a general length of wire and pipe that would run through the
building to supply power to said fixtures. Well now I’m learning to catch every
detail, find a definite length of pipe and wire, enter it into a computer
program, get a definite price for the entire job (including materials and
man-power) and give that price to a contractor so they can decide if they want
us to do the job or not. It’s a bit hectic, but it’s nothing cataclysmically
horrible, so I’ll live.
That picture right there, right above this text, is a MOT.
This one is informational; others are silly, deep or just plain weird. These
MOTs are what we do over at /AMP/, I have fun with it, and so here is a free
48 Hour Pass to crunchyroll.com. With this pass you can watch any of the
anime that is hosted on crunchyroll, post in the forums, and probably do a
bunch of other stuff too. After the 48 hours is up, well I don’t know what will
happen, perhaps your account will degrade to a free account and you’ll still be
able to watch the anime (with commercials, and in a lower quality, and if it’s
a simulcast you’ll have to wait a week), you’ll probably still be able to post
in the forums too. Anyway good luck, this is only one pass and its first come
first serve, game on!
Oh did you notice? I made two new pages! Located at the top
of this blog are some new tabs: there is “Home” which will bring you to the
normal “Weekly Ramble” home page; then there is a page labeled “Semajj’s
Bookshelf” clicking on that tab will bring you to a page containing links to
each and every item that I’ve shared via the little segment at the end of each
Ramble, “Semajj’s Bookshelf”, so if you’ve ever been interested in purchasing
an item that I’ve shared you can find said item on the Bookshelf and follow the
link to a place where you can buy it. And finally is the unfinished page:
“Songs to Ramble To” which will eventually contain a list of songs that I’ve
featured in my Rambles, I’ll also probably include a link to a youtube video that
contains the song, so look forward to that too!
Okely dokely, it’s time for “The Creator’s Corner”! *insert
imaginary horns, whistles and applause*
Last week I did nothing to further my creations, but this
week I did… a little. I put in a few more lines to my official rough draft of
the first installment of “NEw”. As measly as that sounds, for someone as
procrastinative as myself it’s a big step toward getting it done. They say that
getting started is always the hardest part (at least that’s what I think they
say, if not then it’s what I say) and I’m having trouble finding the right way
to present the world, the characters and their situation; I’m also having
trouble with some of the dialogue, but that’s a whole ‘nother ramble. Also, I’m
not sure this fits in with the theme of “The Creator’s Corner” but I’ve started
reading “The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft” and I’m having fun reading a
short story or two before bed each night, in fact it has kinda set off a new
concept for a small series of “lore” stories related to parts of “NEw” but hey,
maybe I’m just easily influenced.
Oh man, done already? Well it can’t be helped, but before we
part ways I’ll give you a look at some (two) new items added to “Semajj’s
Bookshelf”! The first item I’m going to share today is “Fullmetal Alchemist:
Brotherhood Collection One” which is the first thirty-three episodes of the new
“Fullmetal Alchemist” series. The second new item is “Fullmetal Alchemist:
Brotherhood the Movie: Sacred Star of Milos” which is a movie that loosely ties
in with the FMA: Brotherhood series. I also want to feature an item that I’d
previously planned to share, but forgot to and that is “Sora no Otoshimono the
Complete First Season” in a DVD/BD combo pack. If you want, you can now scroll
to the top of the screen, click on the “Semajj’s Bookshelf” tab and look at the
bottom of the list and all three of these items will be there, with links to
rightstuf.com where you can read more about them and, if you’d like, purchase
them! And now for our Song of the Week, hmm, how about some new Linkin Park?:
This week’s song is “Burn It Down” by Linkin Park is the
first single from their soon-to-be-released album “Living Things” which will
hit the market in late June 2012. Awesome? Yup awesome. Anywho it’s about time
for me to go, so as always thanks for reading; and if you have any comments,
questions, tips or concerns, you can e-mail me at Semajj07@gmail.com or you can leave a
comment in those boxes below. See you in May!
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