i often compose music for everything, videos i make even stories I write.
here's music inspired by my holocaust of faeries story
https://soundcloud.com/patrick-azares-prejusa/a-holocaust-of-faerieswav
Monday, December 2, 2019
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
thankful for the pain
thankful for all those who have hurt me .... the pain has only strengthened me.
for those that left ... for showing me who was strong enough to stay
for those that left ... for showing me who was strong enough to stay
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Monday, November 18, 2019
patrick'sguide to learning how to sing again after suffering brain damage
i suffered a stroke which left me paralyzed on my left side. it gave me damage on the right side of my brain which also affected my ability to sing. which I used to do well before, now II realize that it doesn't come so easy. so these are the steps I'm taking to helpretrain my brain. to sing again.
1. listen to familiar songs often especially songs that I kused to know cold and knew I could sing well.
2. if necessary start with just listening first
3. move on to singing in your head.
4. don't beat yourself up if you try to sing and you're off key or if you continue to stumble.
5. try lip syncing first work on just mouthing te words and feeling the music. get your brain remembering how you use to do it.
6. start with one song first.. just concentrate on one song. listen to it constantly, let it play in the background, play it while you sleep.
7. hum the song and work on staying on key before moving on to actually trying to sing.
8. once you feel more comfortable and confident try singing for real along with the song,
9. once you feel successful in singing that song try these steps with other songs til you feel like you've got your vocal legs back.
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1. listen to familiar songs often especially songs that I kused to know cold and knew I could sing well.
2. if necessary start with just listening first
3. move on to singing in your head.
4. don't beat yourself up if you try to sing and you're off key or if you continue to stumble.
5. try lip syncing first work on just mouthing te words and feeling the music. get your brain remembering how you use to do it.
6. start with one song first.. just concentrate on one song. listen to it constantly, let it play in the background, play it while you sleep.
7. hum the song and work on staying on key before moving on to actually trying to sing.
8. once you feel more comfortable and confident try singing for real along with the song,
9. once you feel successful in singing that song try these steps with other songs til you feel like you've got your vocal legs back.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Texas killing fields movie review
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1389127/?ref_=fn_al_tt_0
Not a horror movie, very much your basic police drama. Based on the stretch of land on I45 between Houston and Galveston where over 50 corpses of young women have been found since 1972. The original script was written by one of the homicide detectives who worked many of those murder cases. The screenplay was too weak for such a strong cast, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, what results is a very weak movie that does no justice to the real life victims found in those fields. Many of those cases remain unsolved, instead this movie takes minor details of the real life detectives and places them in a fictionalized murder case that equals a mediocre tv movie. The stories of the killing fields deserves so much better than this mediocre throwaway. It's on Netflix in case you'd like to completely ignore it.
from what i understand the original script was written by one of the detectives that this movie was based on the then was scrapped for this piece of crap screenplay written by dean Ferrarone
Thursday, October 10, 2019
bread crumbs
nothing like recalling a few details from old conversations and then making a few phone calls to ask some strategic questions. youve become quite the mystery especially since alot of people's recollection of the past is fuzzy when it comes to you.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Next level escape chapter 3: magic box method
One of the keys to moving escape games to a public settings is by building and utilizing escape boxes. I had a company where we designed many of these escape boxes we called it magic box
Escape boxes are boxes that are locked and that contain the puzzles and tasks that the players will need to solve and you can design these boxes to fit your storyline if you're dealing with a pirate theme your boxes can look like treasure chests maybe you're running a spy game in which case you can simply utilize briefcases with combination locks in many cases you can purchase already ready made boxes or you can create them your self as long as you have a way to attach a lock to them inside each of the boxes can be a puzzle or task maybe there is a riddle or some form of puzzle box that needs to be solved in order to get the combination to the next box. Label your boxes with your company name or the name of the game that is being played i have run public scape games at conventions and public areas like restaurants coffee houses and malls in which case you'll definitely want to notify security about what you're doing so no one thinks you're just leaving suspicious packages every where. A traditional in create boxes inside of boxes i won't take a wooden box with a latch and lock it with a combination lock i will design the box in accordance to the theme of the game and whenever the box is open players will find another box inside but they must also unlock and inside that box is traditionally they will find the clue they need or the puzzle they need to solve, the reason for this is to make it a little more difficult for the general public or passer byers who may want to play from seeing exactly what is inside. I like to create garish and theatrical a spectacle looking boxes to make it clear to the general public that a game is being played and it helps when they see the brand or the logo of the game that is being played.
READ CHAPTER 2
Next level escape games Chapter 2 no more rooms
Escape games tell a story storytelling in general is a wonderful way to enhance the game traditional escape rooms usually make designers try to conjure up scenarios and stories that require the use of an isolated room by removing the room you can open up your storylines to almost anything you no longer have to just escape out of something especially since many escape rooms are moving away from escaping the room and just accomplishing a task if your mission is to find a treasure or play detective wouldn't that be better suited out in the open?
https://onespartan.blogspot.com/2019/09/next-level-escape-chapter-3-magic-box.html
https://onespartan.blogspot.com/2019/09/next-level-escape-chapter-3-magic-box.html
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Next level escape: chapter one. what is an escape room
An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit.
Normally there is a host who guides you through the game. This is the Game Master. He or She will give you the rules. Maybe some helpful hints. And they may start you off with a riddle or a clue. In this game, let’s say we tell you something like “Find The White Rabbit.”
As soon as you enter the room you see alot of oddites, curious things, possible clues. Here you see question marks in picture frames lining the walls. Some big, some small. There’s a table with wine bottles. You see book cases, a safe, 2 safes, 3 safes actually.
You see the clock in the corner. It’s ready to countdown from 60 minutes.
You have that much time to find all the clues, solve all the riddles, and escape the room.
We tell you: You have 60 minutes. Search the room. “Find The White Rabbit.”
Your time starts now.
You and your team scatter. You immediately look everything over. Look through things, through books, under tables. You notice locks. Alot of them. If you’re good at this you should be calling things out as you see them. I see several question marks on the wall. 3 number combination lock safes. I see a cabinet with a ley pad lock, 1 4 digit combo lock in the corner, here’s a treasure chest that has a key lock, etc.
You observe everything, what’s locked and not locked, what can be opened, what you see. You search with your eyes and your hands. Feel across the top of door frames, check behind picture frames, count things, how many picture frames are there, how many bottles are on the table, is there anything inside the bottles that you can see?
You check the dresser in the corner. You open each drawer. All of them empty. Except the bottom one. Inside you find it. It’s a card with a white rabbit on it. On the back of it you see two sets of numbers. One’s a 4 digit, the other is a 3 digit.
Check the room for locks. You try the 4 digits on all the visible 4 digit locks. None of them work. But the 3 digit numbers do work.
They open a lock on a wooden box in the corner that one of your teammates has found. Inside is a deck of cards. You count the cards in the deck.
Step 1: Pay Attention.
Listen to what the Game Master is telling you. If there is a Game Master. Listen to the rules. Pay attention to any first clues they may tell you. We put you in this room to play the game and we want you to get started right.
We’ll normally give you a starting point or a clue. We may say something like. “Look for the white rabbit.”
Step 2: Search Thoroughly and Collect Data
Check sides, tops, underneath, in between cracks. If there are picture frames or books on shelves that can be moved, look them over, look behind them, look through them. As your searching make note of the specifics. What is locked? What isn’t? How is it locked? Do you see cabinets with key locks. Means you may need to find keys. Do you see combination locks? Do they use words, numbers, symbols? If you find a 4 digit combination lock then you’re on the lookout for 4 numbers somewhere in the room or numbers that may be revealed to you in a puzzle.
Step 3: Communicate Out loud
Report to your team outloud. I found a 4 digit combination lock! I see key locks! I see a 5 letter combination lock! This puts it out to your team what to look for as they are also searching and collecting data. You say 4 digit combo lock, that may click at that moment or later in the game with someone else when they find 4 numbers somewhere or solve it from a puzzle. If it looks like a clue, or something out of the ordinary, say it outloud.
PRO TIP: DON’T WASTE TIME
We see it all the time. Instead of looking and solving, some folks like to pick one lock and just try combinations. They burn time hoping they’ll get lucky trying to open a lock. And you might get lucky and open a lock that way. But it may not help you. It might actually hinder you. Understand that an escape room tells a story. We put elements in place that follow a specific path. You solve one puzzle that leads you to the next and the next and so on. If you happen to open a lock out of turn it may reveal a puzzle or clue that won’t make sense because you skipped a few steps in the game. It confuses things and makes you frustrated because now you have this new info you don’t know what to do with and you end up wasting time.
Also, it is a game, but we’re also trying to take you on a journey. Take you on a fun ride. I remember designing this really awesome puzzle that everyone really enjoyed solving. One team skipped right over it because they got lucky opening a lock. They jump the game, wasted time doing so, and totally missed that awesome puzzle. They missed out on the fun. They also lost.
Step 4: STAY ORGANIZED
You wanna search thoroughly. You wanna tear the room apart searching. But organization helps. If you’re tearing through a bookcase full of books. Keep those books organized, making a stack as you search through them. You find papers, place them in order, and someplace accessible. Don’t throw a bunch of books on them. You start making a mess, next thing you know you totally lose those papers you may need to reference for a puzzle later in the game. You can easily lose a clue or forget about something because it gets lost somewhere.
NEXT CHAPTER 2
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Who is she?
Non muggle
Non nomag
Drift compatible
Fellow sense offender
House Atreides or harkonen
Non vogon
Brown coat
Loyal to the rebellion/resistance
Non nomag
Drift compatible
Fellow sense offender
House Atreides or harkonen
Non vogon
Brown coat
Loyal to the rebellion/resistance
Friday, August 9, 2019
Red wood one
this of course has not been the easiest journey for me but it wasn't supposed to be, i have definitely been brought to a place to see things in a new perspective and consider ideas and perspectives i would not have otherwise been willing to accept i know this journey is not done with me yet but once it is i hope to be a better person a stronger person not just someone who's rehabilitation but someone who has improved beyond what they were before one of the things that i understand truly now is to not use my skills and talent to hide behind guarding myself from my pain and to deal with my emotional pain head on.if main must be used as fuel then so be it but it's always best to choose more positive and efficient types of fuel from my creativity and passion.Monday, August 5, 2019
the next level of escape room play
https://onespartan.blogspot.com/2019/09/next-level-escape-gaes-chapter-2-no.html
Sunday, August 4, 2019
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