.: October 8th, 2008 :. OK, I got sick of coding thumbnail gallaries, so I am testing out how Picasa / Google albums work. The links found in the above dropdown "My family" bring you to the gallary, but I am concidering changing that up a bit. Not sure if I need to force it to open a new browser or if I should continue with the standard "Open in this window" frame. Anyway.. email me your opinions. mail at catzeyes93 dot com. Oh... and the guestbook is back up. Please sign in so that it doesnt look so bare!
Cheers! =-)
.: June 8th, 2008 :. Not much going on right now but I wanted to give a big shout out of thanks to Marden on gamernode for updating my buttons on my home page for me. You see it was kindly pointed out to me that the "webcam" button was misleading. So.. I wanted to change it to webcams but couldnt remember how I did the font and style and shade and all that. So Marden took care of it for me. THANK YOU BUDDY! Also, I had some updates to do to my voice acting resume below so I took this opportunity to add info on the Human Error mod. Check them out and support your modders!
Cheers! =-)
.: May 6th, 2008 :. So I guess it is time for an update. I guess you could consider this a rather big update cuz of how drastic it is. Anyone who knows me knows I have had long hair forEVer. As in, I have had the same hairdo since I was 16. Long with bangs. Well, I cut it. It is shorter now. Frank is not happy but I am. I will probably be trying out different versions of shoulder length hair but I highly doubt I will ever go back to waist length again. Sorry baby... it was just time to grow up.

Oh..also I got promoted at work, that is something important to report right? Well, actually, it wasnt really a "promotion" but just me being creative. You see, I wasn't really impressed with the 1% raise I got this year, so I had to be creative in how to get the raise I know I deserve. So I applied for a position within the company that pays more, is a step up in the world of business, is hard to find good candidates for, and would get me out of this training manager position that somehow I have pigeon holed myself into. Other than that, I guess there is nothing much to report. Oh, kids are fine, Frank is super happy with his new job and life is going to be a big blessing this year. THANK YOU GOD!!!! Cheers!
.: January 18th, 2008 :. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Ya know, I learned something reciently that perhaps others might find useful. You see, I update my site on a somewhat regular basis. But I do it all through FTP. Problem is, IE7 and FTP dont always mix very well. Plus, I personally like to keep a shortcut on my desktop for accessing the FTP. So here is a tip for others that would like an easy FTP shortcut on your desktop.
  • On your desktop, right click and then select "New" then select "Shortcut".
  • Where it has a text box labeled "Type the location of the item" insert this "explorer ftp://username:password@domainname.com" Click "Next"
  • The next screen says "Type a name for this shortcut" Insert the name of your shortcut "My FTP" then click "Finish"
    Bingo! and ftp shortcut!

    Cheers to ya!
    • .: November 8th, 2007 :. So there have been some changes here and there, tweeks on the site, blurbs added, pages added and such. Some are readily available in links area, others are just simply there as a holder. Such as my latest issues with my web host start logic that could otherwise be concidered comical. Not for me though, cuz I have yet to get someone from tech support that can help me. (that was me being nice by the way.) One page I did reciently that some may find interesting and fun is the TF2 Costumes page. Anyway... Not all of the pages are valuable or even facinating, but some may find them quirky, unpredictable, or interesting enough to check out once in a while. Others you find may be prizes or other cherished items. Whatever the case, you never know what you will find on the internet. In the end it is just another information highway that is nothing to be scared about. Just as long as you eat cake. =-)

    Also, in case ya'll missed it on the black mesa page, I have been doing some side voice over work for not just Black Mesa, but other projects that are out there.

    Voice Over Projects:
    Black Mesa: Source
    ----- Creators: Black Mesa Dev Team
    ----- Subject: A Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking VALVe Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life.
    ----- Role: Announcement system

    Human Error
    ----- Creator: Au-heppa
    ----- Subject: In Human Error, become part of a small Civil Protection team that is pitted against the remains of the Xenian forces, who are making a last ditch effort to escape Earth. Utilize a variety of new tools such as controllable manhacks, as well as using new vehicles such as the APC.
    ----- Role: Alien Controller

    Cthulhu Mythos: Lost in the Darkness
    ----- Creator: James Tingle Creator / Project lead
    ----- Subject: A hard-boiled detective movie in a game form. Play the role of a 1920s detective in a fictional New-England city investigating a corrupt mayor.
    ----- Role: Innocent (?) Dame

    Half Life: The Portal Storms Trailer
    ----- Creator: Jon "I sure hope I'm not known as Psyborg for the rest of my life" Phillips.
    ----- Subject: Movie adaptation of the Half Life video game universe, set shortly after the events of the original game as Portal Storms sweep the Earth.
    ----- Role: News Anchor

    Windows Sound Theme by: El
    ----- Creators: Aaron Clark
    ----- Subject: A few files put together by request of El..
    ----- Role: Windows system voice


    Support your modders by checking out the sites!

    Catcha later! Cheers!
    Victoria

    .: June 14th, 2007 :. Sersoft is now my new bestest friend in the whole wide world! I put out an SOS to some folks on some forums saying I needed a new flash banner, and I quote "Sersoft delivers!" I know I was rather a pain to the guys, but it was somethign that was really bugging me. Thanks again Sersoft. I really appreciate it!
    .: May 1st, 2007 :. I just noticed that my news has not been updated recently so I thought I would drop in. To my utter joy, I recently was accepted as a voice actor for the Half Life 2 Mod called “Black Mesa”. You may have seen a bit of information under my “Valve” dropdown box up above, but what is not truly apparent is how much of a fan I am of this project. A bunch of genius kids got together and decided to remake the original Half Life game in the new Source engine originally built for the Half Life 2 game. While there is no official word from Valve about what this excellent team is doing, after winning a few awards around the internet Valve has offered a “nod” of approval our way. My involvement comes in the form that I have officially been assigned the voice of the Black Mesa Transit System voice as well as the Hazard Course voice. Since its inception back when Black Mesa was part of Leak Free a couple of years ago, I have been patiently awaiting the moment I could submit an application. (Go to Black Mesa in the valve dropdown and you will hear my application voiceover) So for me to wind up becoming a part of the team… well… it is just so awesome I can’t describe it. Till next time... Victoria
    .: January 18th, 2007 :. GEEWIZZ it is cold here! Wow... record breaking snow and windchills that rival good ol' ChiCAgo! Anyway... I gave up on the multi color thing cuz it was just too much work. I also found out that my calendar is not going to work for too much longer, so it may get wiped from my page. I am still debating the value of having it, but hey.. how else do you see what you want on your site if you dont put it up there and see what becomes of it. :::shrug::: So right now I am going to be working on my mom's website Cordially Invited by Elizabeth cuz the gal that set it up was a noob. I am green as far as html but even *I* know that site was pretty basic. Anyway.. so I dont anticipate doing to much around here for now. Then again, if I see something cool someplace else, I might impliment it. So do you like the transition to the site? Hate it? Love it? Leave a note for me! Catcha round!
    .: October 16th, 2006 :. Saw a webcam on Brian's website and thought to myself, "Ya know... I bet I could do that!" I may have done it wrong, and some of the links might get old and need a refresh once in a while, but so far it looks like it is working rather nice! Notice the new button "WebCams" to the left. Click and take a look at the webcams that are set up around the state. One of them (19th and Blake) is set up RIGHT outside my work door. So I bet if I stood there for like 5 minutes, I could get a pic in waiving to my family! LOL!

    Also, my next project is setting up different color schemes for the site. That way you can click what button colors you want. It is stupid, I know. But I wanna do it. Cheers!
    .: October 6th, 2006 :. So you made it. You found me. As you can see by looking around, I have made a couple of changes. I may have liked my old site with all the cute pictures and awesome colored background, but quite honestly I was getting tired of the "old school" site and decided to update it. It has been years since I last did an update, so I was due for one.

    Also, as you can see the hosting has changed. For many years I had a free website set up with Anglefire but as you may know, that freebee site meant we had to put up with banners at the top. I also had to use a redirect capability to get people to actually find the site without having to type in a humongus url (You may remember http://pop.to/catz) which also caused additional banners/pop ups. (grrr!)

    Well, as a result of attempting to make some files downloadable on my site, Angelfire slapped my hand and said it wasn't allowed. It got me thinking... just because I was with Angelfire for a good portion of 10 years doesn't mean they are the only free hosting sites out there. So when I started to grumble here and there, a good friend by the name of "Flakk" over at [DAD] clan told me about Clans.net which offers free site hosting.

    I thought I hit the jackpot! That is until I found out they had some limitations as well. 1. ZERO support 2. Can't play music on the site (I MUST have my "Love on a real train" music!) 3. No download capability. Well crap... that was the main reason why I left Angelfire! Anyway, the short of it is, I found I didn't care for them either, so I finally caved and actually PAID for my hosting.

    I have to say I am extreamly happy with the service I have been getting from Start Logic and I anticipate I will be a customer for a long time. Great tech support, great features, and all the bandwidth I could ever hope for.

    So again, I am glad you were able to find me and I thank you for coming. I still have lots of updates to make but feel free to poke around, drop me an email or sign my guestbook while I work on getting the pages up and running with updates.

    By the way, from what I hear there are a couple of things on my site that Fire Fox doesn't like. However, I happen to have become rather attached to my kewl dropdown menus, flashy image and navigation. So for those of you that use Firefox and you are having a hard time... for the time being... tough cookies. Either switch over to IE, update your plugins or perhaps visit another time. I will eventually get an "anti-flash" site up, but quite honestly it is at the bottom of my list of things to do right now.

    CHEERS! Victoria