I've been downloading massive amounts of anime since getting access to that new server. For $5/month you cannot go wrong. It's already paid for itself 50x over. I hit a pretty good road block though when it came to converting the MKV files.

After trying out literally 20 different video conversion tools, I finally found a decent yet painfully long string of applications (which also span over multiple operating systems) to get the job done. First I convert them to an MP4 format using Visual Hub in OS X, then I take the original MKV files and bring them into MKVExtract (on Windows XP) to get the subtitle files extracted. So far they've been .ASS files (ha ha, laugh it up, I have no idea why they chose that file extension, they just did...). Then I bring them into Subtitle Workshop which is also in Windows XP to convert them into SRT subtitle files. Then I bring them back into OS X and into a program called ViddyUp! along with that MP4 file and then I stick the MP4 and the SRT together and get my final result. It's definitely worth the time and effort though.

Yesterday we got snow tires on Emilie's car. it's a good thing cause she got stuck in the most simple places the day before. Very sad...We went out for breakfast to this great little dinner (quite packed though). Delicious food! Then we came home and I took a nape for a bit. By the time I woke up it was time to go back out and get her car. Then we went to dinner at the pizza place in Montpelier. As usual great food. Then we went to this little toy story right near the pizza place and got some magic rocks and this pirate treasure archeological dig thing.

Came home and did the magic rocks (haven't done those in so many years, I love em!) and Emilie and I unearthed a skeleton hugging his treasure. Believe it or not we both got wounded, even with the wooden dowel they provided to dig the guy out. Funny. But we eventually got him completely unearthed. I will post some pictures of it later.

After that I tried to get Emilie setup in Parallels to play Rose Online or Maple Story but both failed, probably because the video drivers in Parallels are crap. So we basically just watched some Chobits and went to bed around 2AM.

I woke up this morning around 9AM, emilie got up around 11:30AM. Ha. I worked on setting her up with a real PC while she was sleeping. Unfortunately the video card in the real PC is crap so we ended up getting a BFG 7300GT 512MB card and that worked great.

So I taught her to play Rose Online and she seems to think it is cool. I like it, it's different from World of Warcraft, I have a lot more fun with it right now. I actually setup my own server, I dunno if I posted about that. I do wish they had Linux code though so I could run it from one of my "live" servers.

So we also hit up PetsMart, got kitty some more food and kitty litter. Also got some batteries and another CD binder for my XBOX360 games. A nice big Lego castle too, and since it was open box we got a nice discount on it too! I've been building it all day long, it's done now. I'll post some images later.

I've not had much time to play Maple Story or Rose Online myself, but maybe tomorrow night when I get home from class, or maybe a bit tonight, although I feel like relaxing and watching some more Chobits. I did bring Unreal Tournament 3 and Riding Star 3 over from the Moretown server so I want to play those, especially Unreal Tournament 3.

I think I am getting Super Mario Galaxy for Christmas from my grandparents, so I'll hold off on purchasing it myself. Ryan at work got it and said it was awesome, so I cannot wait!

Back to work and class tomorrow, how fun...blech! At least I don't have to go into work on Wednesday since my car is going to be in the shop. I do have to give my presentation on Social Networking though, at least it is only to the professor though...it won't be that bad and I don't have to sit through 10 others since it'll just be me!

Alright, I'm out.

I've been quite busy with work and playing some of my new video games. I am very close to beating Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and I just beat The NEW Super Mario Bros. Bother very very good games.

I also attempted to play Assassin's Creed last night, but I think I was just to tired to comprehend what was going on in the game. The graphics are very very cool though, the controls and something that I've never experienced before, very new and unique. I think that game will have to wait until I actually have time to sit down and understand how it works. The story is also something that is something that I didn't think it would be. So yeah, it's good but I have to find some time to work with it.

Tonight (in about an hour) Emilie and I are going to this equestrian 4H banquet in Montpelier. I think that should be fun.

I didn't do much else today but work on Wind Waker and this Mario Bros. game. Fun times, I think tonight I will finish up Wind Waker and work on some homework.

I also am trying out Maple Story, but that too needs a lot of my time to understand how it works. I really want to setup a ROSE Online server, but I am not sure if they've got it working under Linux yet, we'll see. Or a Ragnarok Online Server...I do wish both of those had OS X client, it's to bad.

I finally picked up a copy of NewType before programming class on Thursday. It's this really nifty anime magazine I'd been hearing/reading about. It's actually really good, I like it a lot. The only downside is that it's pretty expensive...I might ask for a subscription for Christmas though...if you're into anime and stuff, definitely check it out.

Alright I am off to go do who knows what...