Coramaximus.blog

Lean, Mean, Wishful Thinking Machine

2012-01-07T17:26:00.005+10:00

It's 2012, and I'm hoping to make this year my year to grow, physically, mentally, and emotionally. That's right, I'm going for the trifecta. The trilogy. The Tri-force, if you will. I mean, power, wisdom and courage match physical, mental and emotional pretty well.

What am I talking about? Look it up!

First up: Physical. I'm going to put in a real effort to improve my fitness, this year. At least, I'm going to put a real effort into...putting a real effort into it... I guess te best way to start is small. Something like 4 sets of 25 crunches once a day for a week. I don't know; I've never been good with discipline, but you've got to start somewhere.

I'm also considering signing up for martial arts. Not sure which, but one day, I hope to master at least one, and perhaps more than one. I need to learn me some discipline, and I doubt military is the way for me to go. This may also improve my mental state, and possibly emotional, so it's certainly worth looking into.

"Keep trying harder"

It's a Boy

2012-01-01T20:02:00.004+10:00

Well, 2011 has passed and despite how bad it was, I wish for it to rest in peace. We also have a newborn joining our never-growing family. We've named him "2012".

It's at this time that I look back on my last two years at uni, and I find them somewhat comparable to movie trilogies. Particularly a certain one written and directed by one Mr. Lucas. It starts of well enough - the first off the saga introduces the the good and the bad, the student and the trials of university life. There are struggles and battles, and a planet gets blown up at one point, but in the end, good prevails and everyone's happy. Number two is a little different. Evil counters, there are a lot of harder battles, hiding, revelations, and at the end of the day, you manage to survive, but it's quite bittersweet.

Number three?

For me, it has yet to begin, but as the aformentioned trilogy goes, good finds a way to come back from a rough ending in the second, learns a lesson or two, takes on insurmountable odds, makes some hard decisions, and ends up blkowing up another Death Star.

...wait...I think I've mixed things a bit...

Anyway, if my tenure at QUT really does follow this pattern, there might just be hope for me, yet. The challenges may be great, the battles will be rough, some might be won, some might be lost, but in the end, hopefully I can push through and achieve ultimate victory - that being a degree.

2011 was not the terrific year I hoped it would be - it did not follow the trend set by 2010 - but perhaps 2012 will be a good year.

...first it needs a bottle and a nappy change :)

Defeating a Sandwich Only Makes It Tastier

2011-12-30T16:31:00.002+10:00

Here's a funny thing I found on youtube. The kazoos, alone, are pretty awesome.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYa5aQb3YGE

'Tis The Something

2011-12-24T11:53:00.000+10:00

Well, 'tis indeed the season. Christmas is thoroughly upon us like a pack of hungry wolves on a boy made primarily out of meat, and I figured I'd take time out to actually write something worthwhile. No reason really, since the need for thinking up an excuse to write something is one of several things that keeps me from expressing my self, artistically or otherwise. So with no real point...

It's a time for gift getting, stressful organisation, and decorations coming out of left-field, right-field, centre-field, and a bunch of other fields, some of which noone has ever heard of. It's also a time when some of us reflect upon the meaning of the season. Whether it be a celebration of the birth of a certain saviour, the annual tradition of exchanging gifts perpetuated by big business eager to make a profit, or the not so tangible spirit of love and friendship; the holidays mean a lot of things to a lot of people.

This article discusses one way of looking at the true meaning of Christmas. It's no Charlie Brown Christmas Special, but it's still quite interesting.

Anyway, with nothing better to write, I would just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, Good Kwanza, and whatever other celabratory season there is out there. I would also like to wish a happy and prosporous New Year, 2012. Will it be the last? Who knows? My gut says no.

...it also says it's empty...but that's another story...

Time to Deck The Halls With Your Incompetence

2011-12-18T04:48:00.000+10:00

Buckle up, Cupcake, I got some math for ya.

Charlie Brown Christmas + Scrubs cast = awesome.

Don't believe me?

See for yourself.

Socialising - The Gap Filler

2011-03-19T01:12:00.003+10:00

Well, tonight (or rather, last night, as midnight has rolled around since), I spent some time at the local inn with a friend of mine, drinking some ale and conversing tales of this and that. We chatted about geeky stuff, like how repetitive Pokemon has gotten (I mean, Team Rocket no longer serves a decent purpose, does it?), and it occurs to me why such a thing is important to a human being. I found the experience enjoyable, and I came out of it somewhat...happy.

I'm beginning to understand why regular joes go to the pub on Fridays. It's the social interaction that separates humankind from the rest of the animal kingdom...as far as I know, anyway... Everybody needs to have a friendly talk session, every once in a while. Personally, it's difficult for me to communicate with others, and sometimes I need to get together with a good friend or two and discuss random crap over a pint.

It's human nature to want to share one's experience with another.

So Shall It Be Written...

2011-03-11T04:16:00.003+10:00

Ok, I know I haven't written that much in this thing, but I have my reasons. Most of which stem from an inability to come up with anything to write, and worse, an inability to motivate myself to write it. The only reason I could come up with something, now, is this:

Upon opening up my twitter viewing ...thing... I noticed that my good friend had posted quite a few blog entries of his own. He had obviously been trying to write more, and it got me thinking that, maybe, I should write more, myself. It seems like a good enough way to get the creative juices going, and I always liked being a creator, rather than just a consumer.

The problem is, while this friend is already a fairly good creative writer, I am not so adept at writing things. Structure is fine - I know how to set things out. The main difficulty I have is in what to write.

Now, you're probably thinking that I'm doing a terrific job of it right now, but really that can be credited to a lot of luck on my part. Not to mention the fact that this writing is quite casual, and I'm just writing whatever comes to mind. I could not, in my wildest dreams, ever do any sort of writing for any REAL purpose - an essay, a report, etc - at least without a lot of help. Even now, I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this...

Then again, maybe I'm just setting my expectations too high. Maybe this is what people do when they write reports, and then they just clean it up for the final draft. Still, they usually write thousands of words. Even when all of this, I'm struggling with three hundred.

Pie.

(That was the three-hundredth)

I look back over that which I've written so far, this post, I see problems with things that don't make sense, and in some parts, I'm not sure I'm saying. I guess overall, I'm worrying too much. The point is to say what I feel, or whatnot, and I'm constantly worried that noone will notice. I should probably just do it. Heck, no maybes about it - I SHOULD just do it, just like I'm just doing it, now.

Perhaps one day, I can learn to get myself over this hurdle that I STILL have yet to overcome. Perhaps then, I'll have more to put in this dusty, old thing. Perhaps someone will notice, perhaps not.

Perhaps I'll learn not to care so much...

What quality do you value most in your friends?

2011-03-05T02:34:00.001+10:00

Loyalty. I like my friends to refrain from stabbing me in the back.

Ask me anything

What's the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?

2011-02-09T02:11:00.001+10:00

My mother gave birth to me, back in '85.

Ask me anything

Awesome Az

2011-01-24T20:48:00.002+10:00

Well, since this is for all things awesome...here's something awesome.

Awesome Az!

Sign of the ApocolyPS3

2010-03-04T16:23:00.003+10:00

What would you do if you owned a PS3, and all of a sudden, one day, it didn't want to let you play certain games, or sign in to the PSN? Well, recently, there has been an incident where, well, this has occurred.

Only affecting the older "fat" PS3s (as opposed to the Slim ones), a bug has been found that prevented PS3 users from not only going online, but playing some games offline, as well.

It took them some time, but Sony discovered the true source of the dreaded error (code 8001050F). Apparently, there was a problem with the internal clock functionality, concerning leap years. Sony have released a fix for the problem and, 24 hours after the problem was first reported, people's PlayStation 3 consoles finally returned to normal.

Source: Kotaku (via Ctrl-Alt-Delete)

The Not-So-Great Depression

2010-01-15T13:54:00.004+10:00

CNN Presents - We Got Dem Avatar Blues

Well, this isn't so much awesome, as it is interesting...and sad...

People watch a movie and get all emo. Are we, as a society, really that susceptible?

An End to a Lopsided Year

2009-12-30T01:38:00.002+10:00

Ok, well, it's me, again, bringing you (along with too many commas) the latest in awesome news.

...or I would if I had any...

Nothing's happening, and it looks like it's going to stay that way, for a while. Unless New Year somehow brings tidings of motivation, it looks like there will be sporadic updates, at best, and not many, if at all.

I'd like to thank anyone out there that has come to visit, and hope you've enjoyed what little I've given you. Hopefully, next year, I can bring out some new stuff (and use twitter/facebook/etc to get it out there).

Here's to you, 2009.

The Way It All Ends

2009-07-15T18:11:00.005+10:00

After 15 years, and almost 30 million units sold, EA LA have announced that the Tiberium saga will finally come to an end in Command and Conquer 4.

"Command & Conquer 4 will introduce a multitude of innovations to the to the classic fast and fluid Command & Conquer gameplay while retaining the core compulsions that fans have come to love over the series' history. Introducing new class-based gameplay, mobile bases and persistent player progression throughout all game modes, Command & Conquer 4 offers players new, innovative and compelling strategic depth."

Command & Conquer 4 will be shipping in 2010.

Most Definately Not A Thriller Night

2009-06-26T16:42:00.003+10:00

The music world was rocked, today, when none other than the pop king himself, Michael Jackson, was taken from this world, courtesy of a cardiac arrest.

The 50-year-old pop icon was pronounced dead at 2:26PM Local time, at the UCLA Medical Centre in LA.

More details can be found here.

Bender says "We're Back, Baby!" again.

2009-06-14T19:48:00.002+10:00

That's right, folks, according to a couple of sources, as of the ninth of June, 2009, Futurama is back in town!

It looks like Family Guy is not the only Fox show to get a resurrection, because Comedy Central has picked up 26 NEW episodes of Futurama, to be aired in the Fall of 2010.

What could be better?

...well, I suppose they could do the same to Firefly...

Intended Purposes

2009-06-14T17:28:00.000+10:00

Well, I went back to the beginning of this blog - ie. the very first post - to find what I had originally intended to use this blog for.

For the most part, I've put Sonic Slam news, as well as any other site news I could scrape up. However, it seems I intended this to be used to talk about stuff that related to the different aspects of the site (at least as well as the site stuff).

So, I've decided to begin anew...sort of...from now on, I'm going to use this to talk about stuff like I had wanted to. I might even throw in a rant or two.

Mm-mm, b!%@#!!

Birthdays And Delays

2009-05-02T16:54:00.003+10:00

Well, it was my birthday, yesterday - I turned 24, not that epic a number. More on that in my Myspace blog.

Sonic Slam could be better - I've been struggling with the strips - both with writing and creation, thereof - and instead of 180, it's only at 172. I'll have to step up the pace a lot if I'm to get to the big 2-0-0 by the end of June.

A Tyresome year

2009-02-13T22:57:00.003+10:00

(From coramaximus.com)

Welcome to the year 2009 (I know it's February, just bare with me, here...) This year hopes to be a good year, but alas, another may go without realised dreams of being a tyre, as well as without being any good. There's nothing slated for semester 1, and I'm not sure I'll be ready for uni, come sem 2. Job-wise, I don't think I'll ever be ready, so yeah - I'm back to this.

AV In - To start with...Transformers 2. The first was awesome, and June will tell whether the 2nd lives up to expectations or succumbs to sequel syndrome. Then there's Futurama 4/4: Into The Wild Green Yonder, which hopefully, will be better than "Bender's Game", which was ok, at best.

Nothing else comes to mind, right now...

AV Out - Sonic Slam's at 160, I upgraded the coramaximus main page, last month...that's about it, unfortunately, unless I can think of something else to put up.

...and actually get myself to do it - oh, that would be the bee's knees, alright!

...mmmm...bee's knees...

TODAYS LINKS (WHY NOT?):

I just ate a grape and I might accidentally get killed

To 150, and beyond

2008-12-08T20:29:00.003+10:00

Well, as you may or my not have (most likely not) noticed, Sonic Slam is at 150 comics...well, it was, as of early November, I updated with 5 more, yesterday. Here's 150, for your enjoyment...unless you've never read Sonic Slam before, in which case I recommend you start, here, at the crappy beginning. It gets better.

As for other things, I am planning a site 'upgrade', mainly the coramaximus main page. Hopefully, I'll be able to vitalise the site and...well, stuff will happen...

Here's to more...stuff...

The Road To 150

2008-09-29T12:21:00.004+10:00

Well, there have been a string of Sonic Slam, updates, lately, and there's almost a 100% chance that it will get to 150 by the end of the year. Actually, #150 will probably be up by the end of October. Hopefully, I'll be able to boost to 200 by Mex's 6th...or 5th, depending on whether you count the year-long hiatus or not...

...oh, and that site I mentioned is online.

GOAL 2 COMPLETE

2008-05-25T20:51:00.003+10:00

Ok, cool. With the latest comic up at this dumb site, I have finally (you know... after what...FIVE YEARS!!) gotten SonicJesus J. McSlamSauce up to 125. Go me, or something. SOMETHING!! (Ehh, whatever, nobody actually reads this, anyway...)

Now to just do something about #4 (since 3's already done, as you know... you don't? OMG, that's weird!). That site is a sort of joint project with a friend of mine, so it's not going to be so easy to put up. Collaboration is required, since it's the new sensation, these days. Newgrounds told me so, and it never lies unless I blam something, which I do, but that's not the point...

GOAL 1 COMPLETE

2008-05-12T02:34:00.003+10:00

Well, I've finally brought back Sonic Slam, with a new comic you can read here, thus complying with goal number 1. I've also done #3 (have a look). Not sure if I'll be able to keep up a schedule, but here's hoping.

I'm not dead yet!

Okay, So I've Failed, Once Again...

2008-05-07T16:21:00.002+10:00

Well, it seems as though I was unable to follow through with my promises. No comics up (I'm sorry), and I'm not sure If I'll update, ever again. A Tex-Mex mix of busyness and lack of motivation, as well as some other things......no, just the first two; has left me with little chance to do anything with the site. It's time to set some goals.

1) Sonic Slam will return by the end of the month - at least one comic

2) Sonic Slam will reach 125 by the...whatever birthday

3) The Mex site will be updated with the next comic. It will look slightly nicer.

4) There will be a new part of the site by the middle of the year (i.e before July)

I'm going to set myself to theses tasks, and even if I have to force myself to be motivated (or get someone to nag), I will do them

THEY SHALL BE DONE!

Finally, the Coz has come back to his blog!

2008-02-28T18:24:00.002+10:00

Well, I haven't posted anything in well over a year. Ever since I put Sonic Slam on hiatus, I haven't had anything to write about, site-wise. If you want an everyday blog, check my Myspace one (I'll have a link to it on the right by the time anyone reads this...).

Well, good news - there's a more-than-50% chance that Sonic Slam will return. Since I'm a little pressed for ideas, it'll probably be a once-a-week thing, again, for a while.

Hey - it's better than nothing, right?

...right...?

Getting back on track...again

2006-10-08T18:14:00.000+10:00

Well, the last month has been rough. I had a ton of hosting problems, and I fell behind on my comic duties. I've only now been able to start catching up, and I'm still a little behind. Once I can get myself on schedule, I can think about other things I should do with the site and such.

An Other Stuff!

2006-09-12T03:58:00.000+10:00

Well, I've been a little busy over the last few days, handling the hosting of a couple of wikis. I agreed to take the Space Tree Wiki (for Ed Atlin's Space Tree) and the GEOweasel Wiki (for Niko Anesti's GEOweasel) , and setting them up and whatnot has taken a considerable amount of time - so much so that I have missed two strips of Sonic Slam. I'll just have to make up for them.

...Oh, and happy 9/11 or whatever...

And we're there!

2006-09-03T17:44:00.000+10:00

Yes, as of the 1st, Sonic Slam has reached episode 100. Big celebrations, etc. Sonic Slam 101 will be up on Monday with a whole new look. The site may soon experience changes, but I haven't decided fully on those.

In other news, new content is under construction for the fanfiction section in the Coramaximus Dungeon. Stay tuned for that.

...I really need some more stuff to put here...

Nearing 100

2006-08-25T19:26:00.000+10:00

Well, it's the end of the second last week before the 1-0-0 Friday. Let's see what I've done:
I've kept to schedule, rearranged my links, added an affiliate, worked on the new content to go in the fanfiction section, added this blog to the coramaximus.com mainpage...that's about it.

COUNTDOWN!

2006-08-19T17:30:00.001+10:00

Ok, so week three of the SSS (Sonic Slam Schedule) is over. I think I'm good enough to guarantee a M-W-F update frequency. This well mean that Episode 100 will come out on the 1st of September (A Friday), and a good time will be had by all. 94 was put up, yesterday, so there's 6 left of the first 100, after which, there will be some changes to the comic layout, itself.

Gotta catch 'em all...up.

2006-08-08T16:48:00.000+10:00

Well, the past week has been pretty good. Last Monday, I updated with six (that's right, 6!) Sonic Slam strips, catching up the five I had neglected, with another one for Monday. Since then, I've been able to keep up with the standard M-W-F schedule, and am currently up to episode 89.

I feel pretty good about that.

The Longest Week

2006-07-25T22:03:00.000+10:00

Well, ok, so it's a bit later than I said it would be. I'm just now starting to get my head together (I hope). New Sonic Slam, and I may have some new content for my Fanfiction Section.

Coramaximus: Returner

2006-07-10T02:53:00.000+10:00

Don't ask me where I got the title from, because I won't tell you.

...and I'll poke you until your eyes bleed out your butt...

...it takes quite a lot of poking...

Anyway, I'm back from that so-called vacation and, well, productivity has been...well, nil...which is about the average. I might get the next comics out this week sometime, then I'll see about resuming the schedule (if there ever was one) around next weekend.

Until then...

Party Time!

2006-06-29T02:45:00.000+10:00

Ok, so last weekends was late, but at least I've updated two (I'm still to update the third). Also, the 26th (three days after Sonic's 15th, yes...) was Mex's Birthday. That's right - the site's been around for over three years, now, in some way or another. I felt like celebrating.

...there, I've celebrated...

Alright, that's it!

2006-06-23T00:43:00.001+10:00

You know what? I've had it. I just can't seem to get myself to do a comic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Don't ask me, why. Oddly enough, though, when I have to do a bunch of comics by a certain day (usually Sunday), I end up getting them done on time.

So here's the deal - I compromise: I do the whole three comics a week deal I'm trying, but instead of actually on three days of the week, I do it on one day (probably Sunday). So, sorry to say, I'll only update once a week. Plus side is that I update with 3 comics, rather than just 1.

I think that's reasonably fair...

An unintended fiver

2006-06-10T20:29:00.000+10:00

So, yeah, I haven't been very up-to-date, have I? As such, I shall be self-forced into putting out five comics, tomorrow. I've been fairly busy and/or it's been another rough week. Hey, it's not like that many people read the things.

...it's not like anyone actually reads this thing...

Rewrite Requiem

2006-06-08T16:07:00.000+10:00

Well, this hasn't been a good week or so for Sonic Slam. This is mostly due to the fact that I felt I had to rewrite the next episode.

According to the latest schedule, I'll have four up, tomorrow.

Rescheduling schedules

2006-06-02T00:27:00.000+10:00

Ok, so this isn't working out too well. Even with the schedule I just put myself on, I'm currently way behind.

This hasn't been a good week for me, what with the rough nights and video games. I just don't have the skill to find time for everything.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get to a M-W-F schedule, so I'll have 2 up tomorrow to make up for this week. If I make good on this "promise" I can still get to 78 before the 26th. If the M-W-F schedule goes smoothly, I'll consider going up to the 5-a-weeki, again.

However, I'll be putting a lot of thought into it before deciding, which will take a while...

Sonic Slump

2006-05-29T00:28:00.000+10:00

Well, this has been a terrible week. I'm supposed to have had 5 Sonic Slam eps up, this week, yet I've only had one.

...I'm switching to a M-W-F schedule...

Five - in - one

2006-05-21T16:41:00.000+10:00

As I stated previously, I was a little late in getting the Sonic Slam episodes done. I ended up doing all five, yesterday. That's right, five. In one day. Eps 62-66 are now up, so have a look at those.

I'm still thinking about doing the same, this week (the five-week, not the five-day), hopefully (with a little script writing) I can get 25 in five weeks. That definately beats the previous record of 50 in one and a haf years - making an average of 25 in 39 weeks. So yeah, I feel pretty good, now that I've improved comic turnout, even if I had to make 5-a-week three times, now.

Of course, with a preferred schedule of 1 a week, I'm supposed to have 156 by the time the Mex Mix "turns 3" in June, so yeah, I'm way behind that. Hopefully, I can get 78 by then, so then I can reach an average of one every fortnight.

For me, a guy without organisation, that's not too bad...

5-day delay

2006-05-19T23:36:00.000+10:00

Ok, so I'm a little behind getting those comics done. I'm going to see if I can do them and have them up over the weekend. Perhaps a five-strip day on Sunday, or something...

Sonic Slam Delayed...again...

2006-05-17T16:53:00.000+10:00

Well, I said I'd be doing another 5-strip week this week. So far, I'm 2-3 strips behind. It hasn't been too good a week for me, nor will these strips be easy to make. If worst comes to worst, I'll probably have to make them and post them up all at once, either Friday or Saturday...possibly Sunday...

Another place for me to put some words

2006-05-14T22:41:00.000+10:00

Yeah, I decided to make a blog for my site that isn't myspace. Basically, I'll talk about that and a few things it and it's sub-sites relate to, such as web-toons, -comics, anime, sprite comics, games, etc. Yeah, you might find this boring, but I'd like to see some comments about it. That way I know people have actually seen the site, and I'm not wasting money.