It's Disheartening To See How Pervasive Racism Is--and How Political It Can Be. We're All Human, And

It's disheartening to see how pervasive racism is--and how political it can be. We're all human, and we all deserve to be treated as such. No race or nationality is superior to another. There are no "lesser races" of people. I don't currently have any ideas about how to end racism, but we can at least work together to minimize it.

Here's to a better future.

Some of y’all really think racism in America looks like this:

When it really looks like this

I'm angry.

I didn't get to share my work today. We only got through two presentations because my professor went on rambles after each one. And we're going in a very specific order based on the textbook, so I'm dead last.

I was up until 3:30 a.m. working on this thing. I legit wanted to punch something.

I'm supposed to go on Monday now, but I doubt that's happening if my professor decides to talk for such a long time again. I'm thinking I'll get to go on Wednesday at best. So you know what?

I'm just going to give you guys the slides now. If I can't present my work to my actual class, I can at least share it with fellow turtle fans.

Go wild. Just be sure to give credit if you decide to share/cite/etc. it for anything; otherwise, no major rules/restrictions. Have fun.

I'm analyzing Donnie using five different theories of personality in my psychology class tomorrow--and I get to present my work. Wish me luck.

No one is safe from the turtles. All shall fall victim to my obsessions one way or another, even complete strangers. In Donnie's own brilliant words, evil laugh.

Maybe I'll share the slides afterward if I can figure out how.

No YouTuber will ever top the phrase "A powerful rat named Charles Entertainment Cheese."

A Small Mystery

So, there's this Friday Night Funkin' Heathers mod that blew up a while ago, and someone made a Doki Doki Literature Club-themed cover of the Candy Store remix. Here it is if you're curious (but be sure to check out the original, too!).

What's so mysterious about this? To me, it's the vocal samples. I really, really think Vocaloids were used here, but aside from Sayori, I'm not confident about which ones they could be. Here are my best guesses:

Monika: Megurine Luka. Her clips seem to fall in the mezzo soprano range, and Luka was the first Vocaloid in that range who came to mind. I also considered MEIKO, but the clips used here don't have MEIKO's distinct, metallic, somewhat nasal tone.

Sayori: Hatsune Miku. Again, this is the only one I'm really sure of. Her clips have a lot of the same qualities as Miku's voice (i.e., vowel pronunciations and emphasis).

Natsuki: Kagamine Rin or Otomachi Una. Natsuki and Yuri only sing during the final chorus, and they don't have solos; it's difficult to know which clips go to which character. I will be assuming that the higher ones go to Natsuki. In this case, Natsuki's clips are even higher-pitched than Sayori's. Rin and Una are two of the most popular Vocaloids who fit the bill, though there are several more out there.

Yuri: GUMI. It's basically impossible to tell since the lowest clips really blend in during that final chorus, but I'm just going to throw this guess out there. GUMI's my favorite, anyway.

Anyone with sharper hearing or better knowledge of the video, do you have unique insight into this? Were other synths used that I hadn't considered (UTAU, Cevio, SynthV, etc.)? Are these non-vocal synths, rendering me completely off-base? I'm dying to know!!

I got to do my presentation today!

I think it went well. :)

I also had the idea to draw Donnie reacting to my slideshow, so here.

Gio: So, what'd you think? :D

Donnie: ...See, I'm not sure whether to be honored that you chose me or offended that you gave Freud any ounce of credibility.

Hey there! 'Murican here. I'm looking forward to seeing the results. :)

Also, I looked it up, and it looks like BosWash is a nickname for the general Boston-to-D.C. area. I've never heard it before coming across this poll, but it seems to be a fairly common term, to the point of having its own Wikipedia article.

So yeah. TIL

Also, I'll be here on the sidelines cheering for the Great Lakes, but if we don't win, I get it. I mean, Ohio's here (but even then, Ohio has Cedar Point, so...).