Blah Blah #1: Make It Rain & Music Theory

Hey y'all! I highly doubt anyone's reading this, but still, hey y'all anyway! This post is going to be dedicated to briefly talking/rambling about stuff that's going on with me.

I'm trying to figure out a way to earn some more money! *cha-ching cash register noise* Actually, I'm trying to figure out how to get the confidence to put myself out there with an idea that could earn me some more money. I guess there's a difference, right? A lot of note-taking, reading, brainstorming, and re-note-taking has been occurring.

I don't want to spend too much time researching/brainstorming, since I have a tendency to just... not go any further than that. But it's also a good idea to sort of have an idea of where I do/do not want to go, right?

So I'm doing that, and also I got a PS Vita. Whoo! I bought it solely for one particular game, I am not even going to lie. I can't wait!

Also... I've been learning a lot about music theory! Thank you, internet, for your wealth of knowledge and resources. Specifically, I'm trying to learn a particular song, "Tifa's Theme." I want to not just learn to play, but understand how the song works note/structure-wise, if that makes any sense.

That's it for now!
-Leah

Log of Excitement! AMV, Refuse to Choose

Here's what I'm excited about/interested in today:

1. The Titanium AMV I'm working on. I've made a rough outline for what scenes I want depending on the verse/chorus/etc.
2. Reading "Refuse to Choose" by Barbara Sher.

Learn about the Log of Excitement.

Log of Excitement! AMV

Today I'm excited about/interested in:

1. The AMV that I talked about in this post earlier.

Log of Excitement! Weaving

Today I'm excited about:

1. How to weave. (Resources found: The Weaving Loom blog, Craftsy)

(Read about the start of the Log of Excitement here)

Log of Excitement! Vintage music, jewelry, crochet

Today the ideas/possibilities that excite me are:

1. How to buy/date vintage sheet music/instruments.
2. Hand-stamping metal jewelry. (Inspiration: The Lovely Raindrop)
3. Crocheting a bag with a mix of plain/variegated-colored yarn.

(Read about the start of the Log of Excitement here)

Log of Excitement! Voice Synthesizers, AMVs, Piano

Starting today I'll be keeping a Log of Excitement. (Even the font is excited!) This is to track my many and varied interests that may come and go over time. It's not for any particular reason except my own curiosity (for now, anyway!). I just want to see which interests stay, which ones fade, how long they stick around, and if they ever come back.

The very loose goal is to help me learn something about myself and how I work as a person. The only hard-and-fast rule of this is that the things in the log must be things I'm actually excited about on a personal level when I add them. Fun things only! No work, only play!

I can edit the list at any time throughout the day, but it's preferred that I don't delete things, only add or change details slightly.

Also, no, of course the name isn't a reference to a Neopets mini-game. Really.

Today's Excitement:

1. Finding out how the UTAU software works and what can be done with it. DONE.
2. Planning out an AMV that I may or may not make, that may or may not be centered around Okita Souji from Hakuoki with "Titanium" as the song.
3. DONE/ADDED: Researched methods behind composing songs (offshoot of looking into UTAU).
4. DONE/ADDED: Arranged a short add-on section for an anime theme song piano arrangement I found previously (Fukai Mori by Do As Infinity, featured in Inuyasha).