Over 800 NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) employees were fired on thursday in the latest of the government mass-layoffs. This includes the NWS (national weather service), among other agencies

I don't work at the NWS, but i still think this is a huge issue because... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED!!! And to make things worse, right on cue, it looks like a major weather event is about to unfold next week...

I already didn't know how i felt about the mass government layoffs - I know it's no good to have freeloaders sitting around getting payed to do nothing, but on the other hand, the layoffs seem quite excessive... Maybe i'm wrong but i don't believe there were really over 800 people sitting around doing nothing at NOAA...

Only 5% of noaa was fired, and i don't know how many were fired from the NWS, but this can't be good at all...

That's all, just wanted to write about something that kinda pissed me off

A large wind storm is on it's way in my region, we're expecting 50-60 mph wind gusts into tonight, but the wind isn't too terribly strong as of yet - only around 6-10 mph, but i have noticed the wind increasing...

Right now the center of low pressure (basically just the storm center) is over northern pennsylvania:

But just because the center is over PA doesn't mean nobody else is affected.

Nearly the entire east coast is being affected in some way by this storm

The NWS issued a "High Wind Warning" for my area (Warning for sustained winds of 40 mph or more OR wind gusts over 58 mph)

For my area, the weather service says winds of 20-30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph

It's not completely earth shattering but it is quite notable, i've never seen 60 mph gusts outside of a severe thunderstorm, and even then, i haven't seen ACTUAL 60 mph gusts more than 2 or 3 times in my life

I have an anemometer (measures wind speed) so we'll see how fast the winds actually get... maybe

So yeah that's basically it, just yapping about something i find interesting 😅

Happy Valentines Day

I hope you're having/had a good valentines day. I also hope you got some candy, and hugs and lots of kisses from someone that isn't your mom.

What did i make for valentines day? Nothing. But i'm sure you're used to getting nothing for valentine's day

If you're alone this valentines day, i give you a picture of happi wintin to cheer you up

Have a good night/evening

Quick Update Regarding My Music

I haven't made a new original Ultra Videogam-ey song in a while, like 1 month at this point... and that is intentional because...

• I tired lol
• I feel like i should experiment more
• Trying to get better at art because why not
• Making visualizers for some "ng exclusive" songs because i wanna post them on my youtube channel

I guess you could say i'm taking a break from the genesis style songs... but there's one song idea my brother gave me that he REEAAALLYYY wants me to finish

so yeah maybe we'll see that some time in the future

also i started this song named flowers like 2 weeks ago... it's still being worked on just... with no real intent of finishing anytime soon

So that's it basically - tldr: I will stop using fm synths as much for a while - basically all that really matters

I hope you have a good night/morning/day/evening/afternoon

i'm going to bed now

This song appeared out of nowhere... I started like yesterday and finished it today with no hick-ups (besides fl crashing like 34083459 times)

Isn't my best song but eh life doesn't want me putting my soul into music rn

This was mostly just a 9th and 11th chord experiment - i've used plenty of sevenths but i don't think i've ever used any 9th or 11ths before

Anyway see you guys later gotta go feed the dog 🔥🔥🔥

oh and almost forgot to mention - since this is a 5th chapter song, it's gonna get a "night" version. When?? Idk... eventually, but just wanted to give a small heads-up.

Did you know today is national weatherperson day? I thought it was interesting that i've been following weather for since i was in elementary school and i didn't know this existed. Another thing i found interesting is it also happens to be on 2/5/25. I don't consider myself a weatherperson but if you happen to someone who is make sure to tell them happy weatherperson day.

https://www.weather.gov/cae/NationalWeatherpersonsDay

I've had this for like 2 weeks and just never got around to posting it.

This song is a remake, and i will say it had a bit of a glow-up....

The whole idea of this song was to make it sound as empty and awkward as possible - I think it's decently empty at least

This song is actually from back in 2022, and it was one of my first songs on my other ng back in the day

I remember taking it down after it got a rating of 2.3/5 and then a year or two later deleting that whole account

I did a half-assed attempt at a remake back in January 2024 but i did it again for... no reason lol

Another thing is - I've never posted "Prairie 1" before... It does exist, just HEAVILY flawed. It's a bit of a disservice to call it music since i made it back in 2022 and still thought it was trash back in the day. So will i remaking it, short answer is no cuz i don't feel like it 😛

Long answer is I probably will someday WAAAYYY down the line. But first i gotta figure out what tf even to make of the song

I made weather icons again, they are actually kinda good this time

a few are missing but for what it is it's good i guess

Maybe if i finish all of them i'll make a background and post them in the art section

I've been wanting to buy myself supporter for a while now.... I finally got around to doing it today

I've grown a lot as a musician because of newgrounds so i guess this is my way of saying thank you

I start a lot of my songs in ultrabox, cuz i think it's easier to start a song in there than in fl studio. Many of my best songs actually started in beepbox or ultrabox and then moved to fl studio. Right now i'm working on a song named "Flowers". This song originates from a dream back in mid-2023. I did the lead and bassline, and then took a nap... I said in my head that i would finish it when i woke up, but then i proceeded to forget about it for 1 and a half years... (oops 😅)

I took a nap earlier and had a dream where i remembered it, and did part of it in ultrabox.

Anyway i added some chords and tweaked the lead melody a tiny bit but other than that it's pretty much the same as it was in 2023

Flowers

Anyway, i plan on turning this into an actual fl studio song soon, i post the "sketch" here because... that's what i did in my dream, and of course everything you do in dreams is a good idea