Chicago Trip

Original Post Date: 12/05/2010

Another busy weekend. I am working on my project in Chicago this time. My girlfriend is taking the JLPT test, and needed to be in Chicago to take it. We are staying in a hostel which is really cheap! It’s like a dorm room basically, except with young exchange kids running around. Anyway, the place is old, but being updated so it’s a mix between old and nice. We have been moving around so much, been uprooted from our apartment in Riley Towers moving to our new apartment. No where feels like home. It’s a weird icky feeling, almost like home sickness. I experienced this once before when moving from Evansville to Indianapolis freshman year of college. I am just glad I have Melanie with me, without her I would feel lost. Last night on the drive down, we listened to Dir En Grey in the car. It was interesting to have so many of her memories boil up regarding her trips to Japan and whatnot. I think it was an excellent time for its revival considering her test is today. Go Melanie go!

The upgrade to 4.0 went a lot smoother then I anticipated. There were a few spritebatch changes here and there, but all together went without a hitch. I did end up having to upgrade the XACT audio file though. I have 4 versions of Microsoft Cross Platform Audio Creation Tools floating around and it's quite irritating. I will need to remedy this situation at a later date.

Monte, this is last call for game music, please send what you have!!! I have only one week left, and I am feeling the pressure. I hope people understand that my capstone is focusing on the CODING not the graphics. I guess what happens will happen.