Jonna's Blog

Lots of Formspring questions!

2012-02-25T01:56:00.000-05:00

I've had a lot of questions asked! Instead of doing lots of little posts, I'm compiling a bunch of answers into one big one. Here they are!

What's your favorite color

My favorite color is blue! I wear blue all the time, and I always pick blue things whenever something provides me with a choice of color.

have ever done voice work for radio or television? :D

I have not done any for TV or real radio, but I have voiced a few characters in Nerdy Show's monthly Dungeons & Doritos series. You can listen to that here:http://nerdyshow.com/dungeons-doritos/

Who are you in a relationship with?

A very charming fellow named Rob!

Are you and Austin still friends?

Yep!

What is your favorite game?

My favorite game is Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I never ever get tired of playing it.

What is your favorite movie of all time?

That's a tough one for me to answer. I love so many movies, and I have different favorites when I'm in different moods, so I don't really have an "all time favorite". I guess for now I'll say I love Scott Pilgrim vs the World!

Who would win in a rap battle, Cody or Austin?

I think they would both fail equally.

How would you make the next Sonic game?

I would make it a sidescroller, because I'm not a fan of the modern Sonic gameplay. I would give it a unique style to make it more interesting, since I feel that a lot of the more recent games have been bland and uninspired, despite using ridiculous gimmicks.

Formspring: Are u in a relationship right now?

2012-02-24T02:43:00.002-05:00

Yep! :3

Ask me anything!

Formspring: How tall are you?

2012-02-24T00:01:00.002-05:00

I am a whopping 5'2''! I stopped growing when I was about 11 or 12 years old.

Ask me anything!

PSP for sale!

2012-02-23T20:33:00.004-05:00

My friend asked me to sell his PSP bundle for him, so I figured I would mention it here in case anyone is interested. I put it on craigslist already, so I'll just copy and paste the description from that:

The bundle includes a PSP-1000 in excellent condition with a protector on the screen. It has the original box, a hard case, charger, headphones adapter, a 2GB memory stick, and two extra 3.6V batteries (3 total). It comes with a bunch of games and UMD movies.

The game list is:

Burnout Legends
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee
Lumines
Lumines II
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (not plus)
NBA Street Showdown
NFL Street 2: Unleashed
Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe (brand new and sealed)
Ridge Racer

All of the games are complete with box and manual, and the UMDs are in great condition.

Movie list:

Batman Begins
The Cave
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Hellboy
Into the Blue
Kingdom of Heaven
Silent Hill
Sin City
Steamboy

All of the movies are complete with box, except for Silent Hill and Steamboy. Silent Hill is in a plain UMD box with no cover, and Steamboy is in a paper sleeve. All of the UMDs are in great condition.

Pics (click to enlarge):

I'm asking $150 + $10 shipping for it on here, but I'm open to offers as well. If no one here is interested, then I'll put it on eBay and probably ask for more.

Any takers? If you want it, please leave a comment and I'll contact you from there!

Formspring!

2012-02-22T17:27:00.000-05:00

I decided to jump on the Formspring bandwagon, so I have one now. Ask me anything! I embedded a widget on the right, so you can either ask me questions through that, or just click through directly to the site. You can choose to enter your name or remain anonymous, so there's no reason to be shy. I'll post my answers to the questions on my blog and on Facebook.

Ask away! :)

Sellin' stuff

2012-02-20T20:44:00.000-05:00

Since I've had lots of expenses lately from moving and from setting up my online store, and because I have way too much stuff, I'm going to start selling some things on ebay. As soon as I put my listings up, I'll post them here in case anyone is interested. It will mainly be games and DVDs and stuff like that, maybe even a few t-shirts.

My store will be open very soon! There isn't much work left to do on it. I mainly just need to get a few more products ready.

My parents have been posting a bunch of baby photos of me on Facebook lately. Here's a couple of them:

Daddy and I

Mama and I

Valentine's Day cards!

2012-02-07T18:21:00.000-05:00

I posted this on Facebook, but I figured I'd post here as well for those who may not be Facebook users.

I'm sending out Valentine's day cards! They're for everyone who has donated at least $5 at any point. I'd love to send them out on more of a mass scale, but unfortunately, that would cost me a ton of money that I don't have.

If your mailing address on Paypal has changed since you sent the donation, please let me know! Send me a private message on Youtube with your full name and address so I can mail your card to the correct location.

If you don't want me to send a card for whatever reason, just let me know.

Store progress....

2012-02-05T17:45:00.000-05:00

Man, getting my online store up and ready sure is taking a long time. I've had to start over on the site building a few times now, so that definitely slowed me down a lot. I'm hoping to have it ready pretty soon, though. I'm really excited about it.

I'm really enjoying Fullmetal Alchemist so far. From what I've heard from everyone, Brotherhood is even better, so I'm definitely looking forward to watching that next. Doctor Who has been pretty entertaining so far as well, but I've only watched 3 episodes.

SO HUNGRY!

Triforce Mike's Memorial

2012-02-03T02:30:00.000-05:00

The comic shop that Triforce Mike used to work at hosted a beautiful memorial party last night to celebrate his life. Hundreds of people showed up, and many of them got on the open mic to tell their own personal stories about Mike and the impact he had on their lives. It was an amazing event, and it was wonderful to see just how many people showed up to honor him. He touched so many people's lives (and balls).

The night before, Nerdy Show recorded a memorial episode for him. It was the largest group to ever get together for one of the recordings. It was a lot of fun, but also very emotional and very raw. I definitely teared up many times during the recording. You can listen to it here, if you're interested: Nerdy Show's Triforce Mike tribute

Here's a photo of us before we started recording and getting all teary-eyed:

In other news, I moved out of my old place, finally. It took two days to get all of my stuff moved out. I have a ridiculous amount of stuff, and that needs to change. I'm going to be selling some of it off online as a fundraiser for my recent moving expenses and such.

I finished watching Arrested Development, and I loved it. I can't wait for the movie and the series reboot to come out. Now that I'm done with that, I decided to move on to Doctor Who. I have a TON to catch up on, but I think I'll enjoy it (since so many of my friends do). It's gonna take a few months to get through it all, though. I'm also watching Full Metal Alchemist now. I'm gonna watch both of the FMA series.

Triforce Mike

2012-01-30T22:35:00.003-05:00

Mike,

Although you and I weren't particularly close, I'm still gonna miss you, man. You were one of my awesome Nerdy Show co-hosts, and Nerdy Show has become like a little family to me. We've lost one of our most crucial members, and I don't know what we're going to do without you now. No one will ever be able to fill your shoes. Every episode that I recorded with you was a blast, and it truly saddens me that I'll never be able to experience that again. We're certainly going to make sure that you're never forgotten.

Despite the fact that we didn't hang out much outside of Nerdy Show events, your presence was always known throughout town. Any time something cool was going on somewhere in the city, I'd always see you there. You were the life of the party, and your infectious energy rubbed off on everyone around you. You had so much personality that it was impossible for anyone to forget you after spending even just a minute or two talking to you. You made a big impact on everyone who's ever known you, and you'll be missed terribly.

Nerdy Show won't be the same without you, Orlando won't be the same without you, the entire nerd world won't be the same without you there to express all those strong thoughts and opinions of the topics and fandoms you were so passionate about. My thoughts and prayers are with all of your friends, family and loved ones. I pray that all who know you can find solace in the incredible memories they have of you. Your amazing friends have a bunch of projects and events planned to honor your memory, and I hope you're able to see them and enjoy them from where ever you are.

The world has lost an amazing soul, and I wish I had gotten a chance to know you better. Rest in peace, Mike Pandel. We love you and miss you so very much.

TV Shows

2012-01-29T23:48:00.001-05:00

My day at Universal on Wednesday was pretty fun, but like I've said in the past, I'm still really tired of those parks. We were done with both Universal and Islands of Adventure in less than three hours. I did finally ride something that I was too much of a wuss to go on before, which is the Mummy roller coaster. It actually wasn't scary at all. I'm still a huge wuss, though.

I bought a bottle of yummy pumpkin juice from the Harry Potter area. Here's a blurry photo of the bottle cap on my friend's cat's head:

I had to put it on her head about 10 times before I could get her still enough for a photo. She hates me now.

So lately, I've been catching up on TV shows that I never got around to watching before. I got my way through all 7 seasons of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia within a few weeks, and now I'm going through all of Arrested Development. Both shows are hilarious, and I've been enjoying them immensely. I'm not sure what to watch next after I'm done with Arrested Development. Any suggestions?

Gonna be moving all my stuff out of my current house in a couple days and putting it in a storage unit! I'm never home anymore, so it's been a huge waste of money to pay rent every month when I don't even use the place for anything but storage. Not anymore!

Dinner with friends

2012-01-25T11:31:00.000-05:00

Had a really nice gathering last night with one of my best friends from high school and her boyfriend. She just moved to my city like a week or two ago, so it's super awesome that I can actually hang out with her again. We ate yummy food and caught up for a few hours. It's so crazy that she ended up living here just because I introduced her to Random Encounter back in the summer. It'll be nice to have a female friend to hang out with that I actually get along with well, because it's so rare for me to ever have good female friends.

Here's a photo of us:

I'm going to Universal in like an hour!

The redone Sonic CD

2012-01-21T19:41:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine just bought me Sonic CD on Steam. This game and I have a bit of a weird history. Although I've had it since I was a little kid, I've never really given it a fair chance. It has such a different feel from the other classic Sonic games that I could never quite get into it. The levels are, in my opinion, designed rather strangely, in ways that make the game very frustrating at parts. However, despite all that, this game is very special to me for one reason.

The game's soundtrack is AMAZING. Now, I'm referring to the Japanese soundtrack. The American soundtrack is okay, and it's the one I grew up with, but as soon as I heard the Japanese soundtrack, I could never go back. Definitely one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time, and I listen to it on a regular basis.

This version of Sonic CD is redone, with a lot of new features added. Now that there's a spiffy new version of it, I think I'm ready to finally give the game a fair chance. A lot of people think of it as the greatest Sonic game of all time, and while I know my opinion won't be changing THAT drastically, who knows, I might actually be able to say that I like the game. We'll see.

I'll be streaming it soon. Stay tuned!

Awesome new keyboard

2012-01-19T01:17:00.001-05:00

So my old keyboard had been crapping out lately, and it was getting super annoying. Luckily for me, a really cool one from Logitech happened to go on sale around the same time. It's wireless and solar powered and super awesome! I love that I don't have to worry about batteries ever, and the charge hasn't even dropped below 100% yet. It's also extremely thin and pretty snazzy-looking, too! I'm in love.

Here's a pic!

If you need a new keyboard, I definitely recommend this one, especially since you can get it for so cheap right now. It's friggin' sweet! Here's the link: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/special-offers/closeout/devices/9244

And now for a ridiculous photo of one of my childhood Halloween costumes. My parents decided to dress me up as a fat girl for Halloween.

Workin' Workin'

2012-01-14T15:27:00.000-05:00

Been trying to adjust back to normal life after my awesome trip. I apparently got some icky nerd germs during MAGFest, because I've been slightly sick since I got home. Annnnd I just had to take a break from typing to sneeze 5 times in a row. :<

We recorded our MAGFest Nerdy Show episode a couple days ago, so that'll be up soon.

The store I work at is currently in the process of moving into a new location. It's in the same shopping center, but it's still going to be weird to be working in a different room after 3 years.

I'm working full force on my online store again. I'm hoping to debut it very soon!

Man, I've barely been playing any games lately. That needs to change soon.

And now for a look at one of my favorite Christmas gifts, which I've been using and enjoying immensely:

I LOVE IT.

omg MAGFest.

2012-01-10T14:56:00.002-05:00

I had such an awesome time! Although driving all the way there and back (16 hours each way!) was super tedious, it was so worth it. I had such a blast with my friends, and they hopefully gained lots of new fans from the event!

Although they had that horrible sound issue during their main performance, they were given a second chance a couple days later when they were granted a quick performance at the jam space. As sad as it is to say, the sound setup at that little jam space was FAR superior to the sound setup from the main stage. They sounded awesome, and it gave people a chance to see them shine.

The headliner of the event, the Earthbound Papas, played on the final night. The show was FANTASTIC. I got to go into the backstage area with all the bands, so I was a few feet away from Nobuo Uematsu the entire time. He's such a character! He kept doing a bunch of hilarious stuff during the show. Here's a video of one of the songs they played, from the point of view where I was standing. It's Dancing Mad, the final boss song from Final Fantasy VI. It's a really long song, and they did the ENTIRE thing! Enjoy!

Go to youtube to view at full size!

On the final day of the show, we were hanging out by the Random Encounter merch table at one point before packing up, and Uematsu suddenly walked right by! That was awesome.

I'm going to be doing a more in-depth MAGFest trip report with Nerdy Show, so I'll be posting the link to that after it's up, if you're interested.

What a weekend.

Quick MAGFest Update

2012-01-07T13:33:00.002-05:00

I've barely had any time to update, but I thought I'd make a quick one.

We arrived here on Thursday at 7 in the morning! After a 15 hour drive, it felt amazing to crash in the hotel bed for a nap. I think my sleep schedule is actually somewhat normal now, somehow.

I've been having an awesome time! I honestly haven't listened to many bands perform yet, but I've just been having a blast hanging out with my friends. The ones I did listen to were pretty good, though (I just had to endure lots of nerd stink in the crowds, yuck).

There's a dealer room that has a bunch of games and game-inspired merch. Most of the games are priced way too high, so I haven't purchased anything, but one table in particular has an incredible collection of rare consoles from Japan, most of them in box! It's amazing to see all that stuff in front of me.

Connected to the dealer room is a big arcade area, with the games all set to free-play mode. They have a ton of games that I love, but the problem is that most of the machines seem to have some sort of problem. :( Either a button doesn't work, or it keeps resetting mid-game, or it's just completely turned off. Oh well, I was able to play a few games, at least.

Random Encounter was the first band to play, and while they did an amazing job, the people working the sound board ruined everything! Their levels were off in some way the ENTIRE time, and it ruined many of their songs. It was extremely disappointing, and we've all been amazed that they've actually gained some new fans despite the sound issues. Thankfully they'll be jamming out at the jam space later today, so they'll have a second chance to show their stuff!

Uematsu's band will be playing today, so I'm super excited about that!

If any of you are actually here, I've been hanging out at the Random Encounter merch table a bunch. You can try to find me there!

Leaving for MAGFest TOMORROW!

2012-01-03T16:22:00.000-05:00

It's almost time for MAGFest!!! I've been in serious need of a vacation, so I'm getting super excited! This will be the first time I've ever taken a road trip like this with a group of friends. I'm hoping it will be a blast!

I'm riding there with the Random Encounter crew, and I'll be hanging with them the whole time. I'm getting in for free as a member of Nerdy Show, so I'm really happy about that!

It's a 4-day show, so I'll be sure to post updates about whatever exciting stuff that's going on!

Goodbye 2011!

2011-12-31T21:21:00.001-05:00

Well, 2011 has been a very interesting year for me! A whole lotta new stuff happened; New people and friends, new events, new decisions, new direction. It was certainly a year unlike any other thus far. It had its ups and downs, but for the most part, it was a good year. I'm hoping that next year will bring about some more big changes, and that my life will develop the way I want it to go!

I haven't posted in a while (sorry about that), so I'll just recap a few things really quick:

I've been working extensively on getting my online store set up, which is the main reason why I've kind of disappeared for a while. I have several products made and ready to go, and the main thing left to do is finish getting my store website up and running! That will be happening very soon.

Christmas was awesome! I spent it with my family, and I got some pretty sweet loot. Mainly gift cards, games, clothes, and various items I'd been wanting. We recorded a crazy Christmas special with Nerdy Show, and you can listen to that here. If you've never listened to Nerdy Show before, this is a very entertaining way to start!

I saw The Adventures of Tintin a few days ago, and it was awesome! I liked the cartoon as a kid, so this movie was especially enjoyable. The animation is amazing. Go see it!

I'll make a more detailed post about this soon, but I'll be going to MAGFest!

Lately I've been working on getting as many of the Steam holiday achievements as possible. I've been getting a whole lot of coal, but that's okay. It's been fun.

I guess that's a good enough recap for now. I'll post other stuff if it crosses my mind.

I'm spending New Year's Eve with some friends. It should be a fun evening. What are you all doing? Or if you read this later, what did you do?

Tell me about what you're looking forward to in the coming year!

Want an iPad from me?!

2011-11-25T16:38:00.000-05:00

I already posted this on Facebook, but I'll mention it here as well for those who don't use Facebook.

So, any of you want a free iPad from me?! Help me win one so I can give it to one of you! My company is doing a little contest for us Play N Trade employees, where the person who gets the most referrals to this page will win an iPad! If I win the iPad, I'm gonna give it away in a little contest for you awesome people!

Here's what you do: first, click the image at the bottom of this post. Then, click either the "Enter to Win" link at the top, or the "Fill out your wishlist today!" link at the bottom. Complete the form and submit it, and that's it! You'll be entered to win a bunch of cool stuff from Play N Trade, plus the iPad from me if I win!

Make it happen, guys! This is totally for you!

Black Friday ended up being not so bad at all. It sucked getting there so early, especially since I barely got any sleep, but the work shift wasn't tedious or anything. It was pretty busy, but not even close to as busy as last year. I had an energy drink to help me get through the day, and I'm feeling pretty crappy now. Oh well!

Black Friday, ugh

2011-11-25T00:42:00.000-05:00

Well, it's currently past 12 AM, the morning of Black Friday. I really need to be asleep right now, since I have to be at work at 7:30 AM, but I'm not tired at all. Really dreading the day. :\

I just need to keep reminding myself that this will be the last time I'll ever work Black Friday at a retail store!

I've still been working on getting my online store set up, and getting products made for it. It will be ready soon!

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. I had two dinners, one with family and one with friends, and they were both delicious.

Daily Skyrim Party! New poll

2011-11-19T16:58:00.000-05:00

Lately, I've been going to my friend's house almost every day for Skyrim parties. Though I'm the only one here not actually playing the game (I'm usually playing League of Legends or working on stuff instead), everyone else has been. It's like a lan party for a single player game, which is a pretty silly concept, but it's been a lot of fun. We made delicious snacks last night, so it finally felt like a real party!

I made my awesome spam musubi, which is nori, rice, and a slice of turkey spam in the middle with teriyaki sauce and furikake seasoning on it. It's super delicious!

Sooooo good.

So, I decided to get rid of my chat room, since no one ever used it. If there's ever demand for another one in the future, I may make a new one. For now, though, I decided to replace that space with a little list of the games I'm currently playing. I'll continue to update and change that list as I finish and start new games.

I have a new poll, and it's a very important one for me. Since I'm currently in the process of creating an online store, I want to know what types of products you folks would be most interested in buying. I plan to make everything that's in the poll list, but it would be very helpful to know what appeals to you the most. I plan to have my store up and running very soon, and I'm continually working on products for it. My store will have an emphasis on gaming-related items and apparel, but I'll be making other types of things as well. Please leave a comment if there's anything I didn't mention in the poll that you'd like to see for sale!

Super late PC specs!

2011-11-18T19:44:00.002-05:00

I know you guys have been asking me about my PC specs for like a month now. Sorry for the delay! I kept forgetting because I'm derpy. These are my parts, complete with handy dandy links:

Case: Antec 300 Illusion
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: i5-2500k
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Video card: GeForce GTX 570 Classified
Power supply: OCZ 750W
HDD #1 (SSD): Crucial M4 128GB
HDD#2: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB

I absolutely love my computer. So far, I haven't had a single issue with it. Getting it all together was a breeze, and it runs beautifully. Since I have Windows on my solid state drive, it boots up and shuts down in seconds! I also install my games and most used programs on that drive, so they run with the shortest load times possible. All games so far have been running effortlessly at max settings. Okay, I'll stop bragging now.

I plan to hold a little contest very soon. Keep an eye out for that!

JetBlue News

2011-11-16T20:04:00.001-05:00

For those of you who keep up with my Facebook posts, I mentioned that my JetBlue interview had gone very well. It was quite a fun experience (despite having to fly all the way to New York), and the recruiters were all very nice. I felt confident that I did a great job and gave it my all. However, even though I know I did my best, I still didn't allow myself to get my hopes up too much for the job, in order to protect myself from being hurt if it didn't work out. That ended up being for the best, because I just got the email yesterday that I was not chosen. The email basically said "You are super awesome and super qualified, but we picked someone else". It kinda made it seem like I'm too good for them or something, haha. I was excited about the idea of being a flight attendant, but I'm really not upset or anything. My mom seems to be way more upset than I am! I only feel sad for the JetBlue passengers who won't get to experience the joy of having me serve them snacks and drinks and such. It's truly a tragedy! :P

Since that job fell through, I plan to put my full effort into starting an online store. I plan to sell charms, t-shirts, art prints, and other fun stuff, both video game-related and not. If there's anything you guys would like to see on a charm or shirt or poster, feel free to mention it and I might make it!

To anyone who watches my Steam activity, you probably think I've been playing tons of Skyrim. Well, that's been my boyfriend playing it, not me. He doesn't have a Steam account, so I bought the game on my account for him to play it. I'll probably play it eventually after he's all done with it. I still need to finish Arkham Asylum, myself.

I went to a Random Encounter and Protomen show last night. It was a blast, as usual. Tons of my friends were there, and it was awesome hanging with them all. Random Encounter keeps getting better every time I see them, and this was probably my favorite Protomen performance I've seen yet. Since the crowds for the Protomen always pump their fists throughout the entire show, I decided to bring my boxing nun puppet to poke fun at their fist pumping. Here's a photo of me with her:

Derp.

Flight Attendant Interview!

2011-10-21T20:36:00.000-04:00

Man, work is so dead right now that I'm updating my blog to pass the time. Speaking of which, here's my current work situation:

I have a face-to-face interview with JetBlue on November 3rd! I have to fly all the way to New York for it (on my own dime), so I really hope I get the job! (Also, I'm missing a concert I really wanted to go to because of it! :<) Since I'll have to travel for the interview, I decided to quit my new job that I just got. I only trained for two days, and I didn't want to waste their time and money by continuing training there when I'll probably be getting a new job soon. They said I can come back if I want to in the future, though, so that's awesome. For the time being, I'm going to continue working at Play N Trade until I get the flight attendant job. If I get it, I'll be starting in January!

I finally got to play a little bit of Arkham Asylum on my PC. It looks gorgeous! I am in love with that machine.

I went to a ska show last night, and I got knocked down flat on my butt since I was dancing right next to the mosh pit. It was pretty funny.