12:08 EET
Half-asleep at the
office again.
My
limbs will probably come apart from all this
stretching, and the constant
yawning will most likely get me
lockjaw. The
traditional Friday
euphoria is quite low today because of my
weariness. Again I managed to miss many hours of much needed
sleep by thinking
"Oh, it's not that late yet" all night. Thankfully we don't have
strict hours here at work, or I'd be in a big
trouble.
The
bosses celebrated the company making a nice
profit by buying themselves
Nokia 7110 GSMs. I myself think
WAP is just another overhyped piece of useless
crap, so I'm not
jealous or anything. Still, I would
appreciate some sort of
bonus too. Maybe when this company grows past
Oracle..
:)
The
Assembly 2000 began
yesterday, but I have no intent of visiting the giant
Quake-fest. I used to be in the
demo scene back in the
Amiga days, and it really hurts me to see the scene die and be replaced by
kiddies leeching
pr0n and playing
Counter Strike. But since there really is no scene to talk of anymore, it would be
stupid to say those kids shouldn't be allowed in.
This whole thing makes me wonder, though.. The
Finnish media always makes a big deal of
talent scouts finding new
experts for their companies.
What, experts in Quake?
I myself learned a great deal about
music in the scene days, but what skills do you get from
deathmatch? Except maybe
improved reflexes?
I know, it's just supposed to be
fun. So why won't they
shut up about the whole
creativity part and call it what it is: A huge bunch of people downloading
warez and playing.
The demo scene does still exist, though. But the
hardcore sceners don't seem to do much other than get
drunk and
stoned (
not that there's anything wrong with that) and the few
products presented at the
competitions simply
suck ass. I remember when quality
demos were released
every day, not aiming at big
$$$ from a demo party. Not all of them were good - some were
downright terrible - but at least people were
productive! Oh well... Like they said in
Northern Exposure,
things become extinct.
Whoops, this entry turned into a
rant-like thing. Why did I even bother getting all worked up about such an issue? I could probably use a
joint.