Monday, June 11, 2012

Game of Thrones Opening

Sheet music of an orchestral arrangment of the opening to Game of Thrones. Two violin parts, a viola, a cello, and contrabass part.
I arranged the opening of Game of Thrones for my orchestra final. It's still a work in progress but the violin and viola lines are pretty solid, as for the cello and bass... they need work.
Feel free to use it, and if anyone actually gets a quartet or orchestra to play I would love to hear. ^u^
I'm still a student so of course it's not perfect, so I'm welcome to suggestions.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ym607w3icqizgta
I basically just listened to it over and over and wrote down what I heard. I tried to make the bass part take the place of the drums, but it didn't work as well as I would have liked.

Totally off-topic to the rest of this blog. I just thought there were people like me out there who wanted sheet music of it.
Music copyright of Ramin Djawadi.
Arranged by Callie Koch.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Anime I haven't Dropped Yet (Spring 2012)

I'm watching so much anime this season I don't know how I have time to eat.


Accel World
It's good, I like the cleanliness of the animation, and the story's not bad either.


Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
Nyaha!! This series is great. I loved the first episode, the rest aren't as great but they're good enough. I'm going to be cosplaying Nyarko-san at Fanime!


Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead
I LOVED the first season of this. I'm amazed how they can have such sad, heartwarming battles while the main character's in a dress. So great.


Mouretsu Pirates
Still watching. Basically...


Poyopoyo & Recorder to Ransell
I still love these series~


Sakamichi no Apollon - Kids on the Slope
I like this series when it's about music, but sometimes when they stray and talk about religion and relationships it feels awkward.


Sankarea
I only read the first 3 chapters of the manga, but the anime is worth a shot.


SKET Dance
I makes me laugh. I'm making a Himeko cosplay for my friend for Fanime.


Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Its funny and pretty and horror. The BEST combination.


Tsuritama
I think I first heard about this when they were saying that it has the same director as Mawaru Penguindrum, which makes sense. It's f-in weird. Every time I see the guy with the turban and the duck (Tapioca) I laugh so hard!! It's good so far.


Space Brothers
OMIGOSH this has to my favorite of the season. Not ONLY is the main character voiced by Tiger, it's heartwarming and funny and awesome and I loooove it! Now go away! The new episode just came out!


Zetman
Speaking of Tiger & Bunny, the guy who designed the characters for T&B also writes this manga. So basically that's the only reason I'm watching it. I'm just waiting for it to get awesome.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Minecraft Hunger Games (livestream)

I will be hosting a round of Minecraft Hunger Games!
3:00 pm (PST) tomorrow, 4/28/2012
Come check it out!
http://www.livestream.com/mitsukit?t=256854

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Cacao-holic Diary 2

Vice Chocolates, Bar 88 + Fleur de Sel, 88% cacao
Extremely smooth and moist, on the bitter side, w/ concentrated salt in some areas, half dry, and a dry after taste.

Texture: 4.5/5
Sweetness: 3.5/5
Aftertaste: 2/5
Overall: 3.5/5


Michael Mischer Chocolates, Murray River Salt,  72% cacao, Oakland, CA, USA
On the bitter side, like most of these, but a good dispersion of salt. The squares are portion controlled, which was nice. A really nice, sweet aftertaste.

Texture: 2/5
Sweetness: 2/5
Aftertaste: 3.5/5
Overall: 3/5


Poco Dolce, Bittersweet with Sea Salt, San Fransisco, CA, USA
Fairly smooth, a tiny bit of a dry, coffee aftertaste. Salt not very well dispersed.

Texture: 3.5/5
Sweetness: 3/5
Aftertaste: 3/5
Overall: 3/5


Friday, March 9, 2012

Cacao-holic Diary 1

I love chocolate. It tops my "Best Things Ever" list. (Which btw is followed by cheese, puppies and friendship)
And as it happens, my dad's poker buddy owns a chocolate shop. Mostly exotic chocolates, but I like to stick to the classic dark chocolates.
But anyways, I decided every once in a while I would write a post about the newest haul that my dad brings back from his games.

So this time it was Blanxart Organic Black Chocolate, 72% cacao,
I was fairly disappointed at this batch, but after you've been spoiled it's hard for anything to live up to your expectations.

Blanxart-Organic Black Chocolate, 72% cacao
A dry chocolate, with medium smoothness and a bit of coffee-type aftertaste. As it hits your tongue you immediately taste the sweetness, and it slowly becomes more bitter.
Texture: .5/5
Sweetness: 1/5
Aftertaste: 1.5/5
Overall: 2/5

Lillie belle farm-Purple Haze, 75% cacao
A bit of a fruity taste on first contact, but it dies down and becomes sweeter. Oddly sweeter than the Blanxart.
Aftertaste: 2/5
Sweetness: 2.5/5
Texture: 1.5/5
Overall: 2/5

B.T. Chocolatier-Salty Dog Chocolate Bar, 70% cacao (fav of the batch)
A salty chocolate. I am thoroughly un-impressed with the quality of the salt, but the chocolate is adequate. The chocolate is very sweet and smooth, but not the choice I would have made to add salt to. The box says there's toffee bits, and I can't really taste them, but they do provide a nice crunch every once in a while.
Texture: 4/5
Sweetness: 3.5/5
Aftertaste: 2/5
Overall: 3/5



*Some notes about chocolate (for newbs)
The higher cacao percentage, the darker chocolate (more bitter). Milk chocolate is usually 30%-40%, dark chocolate is >40%. Baking chocolate is 100%.
There are many different factors of cacao beans that change their taste, location of where the beans are grown being an important one.


Sunday, February 26, 2012

100 Hours of Anime Challenge: Epic Fail

Such an epic fail. Like fail whale epic.
I watched 21.3 hours in total.
si~gh.
Well It was fun while it lasted I guess...
Anime watched
Bakemonogatari 1-12
Guilty Crown 9-18
AnoNatsu 7
Poyopoyo 7-8
SKET Dance 47-48
Bodacious Space Pirates 7-8
Recorder & Ransell 8
Persona 4 2-3
Another 6-7
Danshi (blahblah) Nichijou (...) 4-7
Mirai Nikki 19
InuxBoku SS 7
And some other stuff...

Monday, February 20, 2012

100 Hours of Anime Challenge: Day 3

Woo!
I finished Bakemonogatari AND Guilty Crown! But I still hate Guilty Crown.
Next I think I'll watch C3? Maybe Ben-to? Or maybe I'll just power through to Nisemonogatari. but I don't know how much ecchi I'll be able to handle in one day...
Hours watched: 10.8/100