Yuna_Firerose

You started it with the skin color thing. Oddly, after that last post I like you more. Weird....I think i have issues. Ah... so that's where the skin-color part came in. 'Course, I wrote that when in the midst of a drugged-haze fueled by cough syrup. Not that is any excuse... just saying. As for your mentioned 'issues', well... it's still your private business ^^; Whats with everyone getting drugged up on 'Tussin before they come and post here. Did I miss a meeting? Actually, mine was some generic off-brand. It did the job, though.. put me in a total drowsy incoherent and incapable-of-thought fog. And, yes, the meeting occurred last week, around 6pm [eastern time], and there were drinks all around. I even took pictures.

You started it with the skin color thing. Oddly, after that last post I like you more. Weird....I think i have issues. Ah... so that's where the skin-color part came in. 'Course, I wrote that when in the midst of a drugged-haze fueled by cough syrup. Not that is any excuse... just saying. As for your mentioned 'issues', well... it's still your private business ^^; I really should be focusing on this damn Visual Basic assignment. But... gah, its so... dull! Not to mention annoying. If one typo exists in the code, the whole thing is fucked, no questions asked, no mercy given. I'm surprised a message box doesn't pop up saying 'You fucked up, dumbass. All lines of code shall now be deleted. Start over. Enjoy your life.'

'Twas simply showing the different styles of 'formal' fashion. I had no intention to defend it as I know it is true. I was raised up with a rascist mother and, admittedly, I've had little to no experience outside of that... I'm a total recluse. So, yes, I suppose I am somewhat rascist. That is not, however, my reasons for disliking the Beyonce pic. Her race, in fact, did not even come into the argument. Whatever her skin color, it wouldn't have changed my opinion of the pic. In fact, I believe I bashed Britney as much as Beyonce in my rant*post. What you do/fantasize in your own time is your business

I took offense to the automatic assumption that I liked Orlando Bloom, simply because I'm a chick, and that first made me forget the question. Yes, I realize that every celeb photo has computer work done. But there is a difference between a little - a common change of backround - to way overdone - see: Beyone pic. Not only is her skin and hair rendered entirely flawless, but additions were made to enhance the lighting of the glorified jeweled bra and earrings. Far too glitzy and glamorous for my tastes; I prefer the seemingly nonsensical style of fashion. Not to mention natural-looking and human. For instance... Cap'n Jack moustache and beard, primarily dark-and-light blue suit, '3' tattoo proudly displayed [left hand], pocket chain, red pocket decorator [tissue? wasn't sure], silvery tie and, best of all, purple glasses. Quirky, off-the-wall fashion, right there. And, yes, I fully expect the picture to be torn apart by the Beyonce fans as revenge for my attack on the object of their fantasies. I'm looking forward to it, in fact. *insert a very cliched and overplayed 'Bring it on' comment here.* Furthermore, before anyone can comment with the teen-fangirl stereotype, I'll simply state now that Johnny Depp plays no part of any fantasies of mine; in fact, I have none, since I consider myself primarily asexual. Yes, true, I enjoy writing about his characters and searching diligently for art of said characters, but that is as far as it goes. Would it seem too teengirlish of me to say that Orlando Bloom is quite the pretty boy? I've only seen one movie of his, so I'm not a fangirl by any means, but... damn. Makes you wonder which is the chick in the relationship: Kate or Orlando? Sorry. Lame question. Anyway... Thank you ^^ And I will admit that she is pretty... isn't every celebrity and bubblegum music star? Given that, its almost no wonder why Hollywood likes to pick apart extremely minor details about celebs; when everyone is beautiful and hyped to be a God or Goddess, the mistakes have to be pointed out with a spotlight just to make the person seem human. Concerts have become so much about glitz, glam, show, and dance that its no wonder why singers are forced to lip-synch. Dancing - or tramp dance, depending on the singer - would no doubt make them out of breath which would therefore effect their singing. But to classify a lot of today's bubblegum stars would be a simple crime against music. I'm speaking primarily of Britney and Beyonce, as those are who I've mainly heard, and anyone else who uses mega computerization/rap-junky beats to "enhance" performance. It enhances nothing but a trampy image. Take, for instance, the recent Britney release of 'My Prerogative'. Her voice is made so digitized that its thoroughly digusting. Then there's the addition of suggestive moans that seem to accompany all her vocals... utter trash. Is the song catchy? Hell, yes. But is it of a good quality? No. Then there's the dancing... no, I shall not term it that. Let's just call it 'movement to the song' shall we? Why have female singers' images - I refrain from saying 'all' since I have not heard all of them - become nothing more than dolled-up whores? I remember a Beyonce performance on some award show - MTV, perhaps? I forget - that consisted primarily of a line of chick dancers shaking what their mommas gave 'em for most of the song. What point was there to it? I see naught. And don't even get me started on the aforementioned 'My Prerogative' video.... I only now read this comment and I believe I gave more than enough reasons above as to my dislike of her. I did not say Beyonce herself was hideous, merely the overglitzy photo. She is a beautiful woman, but no different than all the others. One can only see so much of one thing - death, pain, beauty - before they become numb to it and aggravated by it. For a random, though connected, example: a formal occasion such as a church gathering. My religious views notwithstanding, one can only contend with stuffy formal wear for so long before they're reduced to uncomftorable twitchings that long for a simple outfit of shorts and a t-shirt. Anime*obsessed? Hardly. I have only one series that I like, and it is comprised of only four episodes. That being Pet Shop of Horrors. And though I enjoy it, I will not hesitate to point its major flaws. But that is another rant for another post ^^ In response to the comment of my supposed 'preferance' for gay men, I find this quite hilarious. As soon as I tear apart a preferred person, the insult instantly turns to that. Can you not think of anything more than cliched remarks? If you are going to insult me, at least do it creatively. Otherwise its a mere waste of type. [like my current doings in Visual Basic 6.0... *sigh* But college work cannot be avoided.] Irony is such a beautiful thing, no?

Nor is Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush... Then again, do we ever really know a celebrity's private life? No, and we don't really need to know.

.... Que?! If 'Bloom' be 'Orlando Bloom' then by what indication did you acquire to think I liked him?

Nein. Proud to say it is all my own doing. *nod* Pretty much, yeah.

Well let's take a gander, shall we? Oh-so-perfect windswept hair that looks so photoshoped. Speaking of PS, same goes for the skin. It just looks too-perfect...too blurred... sickenly so. I'll never understand the glossy look; noone is without faults, simple as that. Then, of course, the makeup and expression. It simply screams slutty and whorish. And, ye gods, where to begin on that horrendous outfit?! [if one could call it that, of course]. The way it glitters - clearly a ps effect - seems to boast of too much money, and definetly far too much useless spending. Yet she can't stray too far from her favored look, that being skimpy and something off a street corner of ill repute. Though she can adorn herself more elaboraty, diamonds cannot hide a tramp's true colors.

thus proving, once and for all, that he's a fag...big surprise. Because he thinks some lame-ass black singer is bad, that makes him gay? Que?! Personally, I agree with him.

I recently acquired 'Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines' for Xmas and finished installing it last night. After creating my character and loading up the intro, the video and audio *really* lagged to the extent that the audio would skip like a badly scratched up cd. Once it skipped for a full minute and on the same damn syllable. Eventually, I turned everything - gamma, particles, etc - to the bare minimum as well as unchecking bump mapping, high quality audio, and environmental effects audio. The vid now runs better, but when it gets to the Prince's speech, its the same problem: skipping and lagging. I have not yet heard one coherent word from the Prince....its that bad. After posting this on another forum, I was informed it was my video card: and that my 'video card is a TNT64 which wont be able to cope with Bloodlines high requirements.' So my question to anyone willing to help is this: How would I upgrade it? I see from the Nvidia Drivers page that you can download software for the card. Is that the same as upgrading it? This is not my computer to modify at will and I would appreciate any additional information before I click that 'Go/Download' button.

That one?

For what its worth, there be the General tab... I know I had plenty of space, as everything installed with no problems. It ran wonderfully [up to the intro, that is]. The character creation went together without a problem.. a bit of audio skipping when I'd switch from male to female for the clans, but I was willing to forget it. The intro, however, was not so easy to ignore... I do thank you both for the detailed and plain-english help you've supplied. ^^;

I got Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, the pc game that I really wanted. Yay for me, right? Pfft.. hardly. It turns out that our Nvidia vid-card is WAY outdated. Updating it does not help, as it was made in '98. *sigh* And, sadly, I cannot afford to purchase a brand new vid card right now. Woe is me.

*sigh* I was afraid of that. how expensive are they?

Thanks for all your help ^-^ It updated it and improved the performance of the intro...but only somewhat. It still lags quite a bit. Perhaps I need to update my audio card? ...heh, if that is even possible, that is.

Direct X 9.0? Yeah... I installed it. It came with the game. Okay, now I know what upgrading does but my main question is... how do I upgrade?

I apologize for entering into your thread with no offered assistance, however, since I have a similar problem, I was hoping you might be able to help. I recently acquired 'Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines' for Xmas and finished installing it last night. After creating my character and loading up the intro, the video and audio *really* lagged to the extent that the audio would skip like a badly scratched up cd. Once it skipped for a full minute and on the same damn syllable. Eventually, I turned everything - gamma, particles, etc - to the bare minimum as well as unchecking bump mapping, high quality audio, and environmental effects audio. The vid now runs better, but when it gets to the Prince's speech, its the same problem; skipping and lagging. I have not yet heard one coherent word from the guy...its that bad. After posting this on another forum, I was informed it was my video card: and that my 'video card is a TNT64 which wont be able to cope with Bloodlines high requirements.' So my question to you is this: How would I upgrade it? I see from the Nvidia Drivers page that you can download software for the card. Is that the same as upgrading it? This is not my computer and I would appreciate any additional information before I click that 'Go/Download' button.

Most amusing.

Two words: Finding Neverland. Freddie Highmore is simply amazing in that film, though he was only 6, I believe, during the filming. A terrific actor, especially during the really emotional scenes. Que? Having watched the teaser, oh, twenty times or so, the trailer on the site is the same as the teaser....

Gum chewing is really gross, Gum chewing I hate the most

I use Audacity...it's at download.com. Totally free.

Indeed, 'fuckmook' is beautiful. As I said in my latest picspam!commentary... And thanks for the compliment of my sig. Thebanband makes the most *beautiful* and romantic Sparrington art...I couldn't resist posting one. Plus, Norrington just needs to take off that damned wig. And who better to do it than a rogue pirate?

Pirates of the Carribbean, "Savvy?" Once Upon a Time in Mexico, "Fuckmook" Tis all I can think of at the moment.

Um......no. I'm a fan of both Depp and Burton, plus I liked the original Willy Wonka. So of course I would look forward to this.

Oh, aye, you ain't the only one to think that. The teaser poster is good and all..but the hair is just too perfect for him. Ichabod*hair would've worked wonders, and I imagine or rather hope we'll see something like that. After all, so far as I know, a lot of Depp-Burton movies results in really crazy hair. Edward Scissorhands, Ichabod Crane... Though Icchy's started out neat, then became more and more wild as the movie progressed. I loved it...so metaphorical for his state of mind.