Life, in general

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I’ve been considering this for a while now, and I have finally decided to do it. If you are stupid, yet somehow able to read this, I am talking about my own online GW journal. Sounds fun, hmm? I thought so, too. I wish to talk of life, in general, Luigi style. I think I shall use that as my title, as I am, at the moment, typing in Microsoft Word. I wish to use this as a reflection on the events that happen, simply because I find that reflection is important. Plus, I’m bored and I could use the typing practice.

This past week has been a good one, I must say. I didn’t have all that much homework, and what I’m doing in Trig is really easy. Stuff like sin=1/scs. More complicated than that, yes, but it is all substitution and I have a handy worksheet to look on. I took a Trig test on Friday, and I think I did well, though the teacher, being lazy, most likely won’t have them all graded until Wednesday or Thursday. Bum. I also took a History test. He graded before the class ended, so I know I got a 99. That is about the only class I know I am doing well in. The others are more mediocre. If only I could remember to turn in my homework. I also got a 95 on a binder check that was really supposed to be an 80. Student teachers rock. Or suck. My student teacher in Healthful Living left this week. She wasn’t a very good teacher, though my guess is it isn’t hard to teach HL. Common sense class, that’s all it is. That, and taking care of a plastic baby one weekend. God, I can’t wait for that.

I was forced to go to church by my parents, yet again, this week. I have got to get a job in the next year or so. Maybe then they will allow me to make my own decisions about my religion. I would think they would let me choose, anyway, but my parents don’t think very logically. Talk about a wasted hour, although this one guy did dress up as John the Baptizer, or whatever. What an idiot. Kept shouting ‘repent!’ There was also several rounds of religious smack talk between ‘John’ and the preacher. How annoying, might I add.

My back is killing me. I have a bad back, and it has decided to act up. Stupid genes. And if it isn’t my back it’s my knees. Also, I need new glasses. My vision has gotten worse recently. I think it’s 20/50 with my glasses, which makes school difficult. Good thing I sit in the front of the room in most of my classes. Except for trig, that is. I sit more in the middle, but he has two boards in the room, and it is difficult to see the one to my left. Also, the children in my trig class are a bunch of morons who get their fingers stuck in calculators (Actually happened). I insult the majority of them on a daily basis, so not many of them are fond of me. A couple agree whole-heartedly, though, so I know I am right by more than one set of eyes.

Chapters one through three are done in my story, now. After doing five I think I will go back and revise. Perhaps I will post some of the chapters in the Creative Writing forums, though I probably won’t. For whatever reason, GW gets rid of any tabs you use, so I would have to type it in block style, as I have done with this journal. That would take up too much space, since you must have one line separating each paragraph, and I have a lot of dialogue. I would have to post it in the ‘Fantasy’ sub-forums, anyway, and no one reads those. If, however, you are interested in reading the rough copies of chapters one through three, for whatever reason, e-mail me and I would be happy to send them to you. Perhaps I’ll even find someone to edit them for me.

I think that is all I will type for now. It is a lot, isn’t it? By my standards, anyway. That’s basically been my life for the last week. The semi-interesting parts, that is. I shall type more soon, I guess, though I would hope I wouldn’t have this much to say.

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Oh, and I’m out of shampoo, too.

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I'm sorry.

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I was home, and then I left. And I need to write something, so here I am, writing this. Even now, though, I am thinking about something else I am planning to write. I just have to get some of it out of my system, so this is a start. Basically, it is a quick fix until I can commit myself to something else.

I played Halo, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Tekken 5, and Super Smash Brothers: Melee in the past two days. SSBM is still the best, but I love the others.

Which is why I am buying a PS2 this weekend (finally). No Xbox, though. I am not made of money.

Typing. Typing about nothing because I don't want to get out of the habit.

Jes didn't like living with her grandparents. At all. It was just something that had to be done. After all, her dad was dead and her mom was a drunken whore. Or a sober whore. It didn't really matter, for she never stayed sober long.

Frank didn't really mind that he had no legs. Well, saying he didn't mind was a lie. He minded, but he had gotten over it. You had to, didn't you? Otherwise you couldn't really live your life.

No. It couldn't end like this. It wasn't fair. After all the effort I put into this project, it can't end like this. I was so close, and now it is gone. Why? Why is it gone. My life is gone, ripped away from me right at its most enjoyable time.

"Karl? Get ready for school!"

Tom Lambert sat at his computer, typing about nothing special. Typing about characters he threw away as soon as he invented them. In the back of his mind he had something original to write. It was original to him, anyway, which meant it would be fun to type, even if something like it had been done before.

And yet he did not type it. Why? There were so many people out there who had no inspiration, and he had it. And he kept it. Selfishly, he held on to it, refusing to put it down on paper to share with the world.

Read Small Gods and Jingo. And Ender's Game.

I saw the movie "The Incredibles" the other day. Decent, for a kids movie. Nice message, though it might be a bit over the heads of the younger viewers. "They keep finding new ways to celebrate mediocrity." Basically, it says that we praise for decent jobs, so no one strives to be great. Another line: "Everyone is special, which is another way of saying no one is." Think about that one.

I also saw "Anchorman". At first it wasn't funny, but then it got funny. "Afternoon delight". Nothing deep about this movie, really, unless you are a woman who feels the world is unfair to you. And if you are, get over it. No one cares, and things are that bad. And if it were bad enough to a point where you should complain about it, you are probably in some undeveloped country and you are not even allowed to use computers, so you won't be seeing this message.

Typing!

My brothers are making me supper. How nice. They have also been trying (and failing) to prank me, as it is April 1st. Har har. What a dumb day.

My parents are eating out. If you want to kill me, there are only two other people in the house, and the are 13 and 8. You can take 'em!

Running out of things to type about...

Four of the books in the Discworld series, which is the series containing Small Gods and Jingo, are out of print. Isn't that shocking? My friend sent me an email saying that. He was explain why I should take care of his books. After that I searched my house for Jingo, which I had misplaced.

I miss being in the POKers group. I think this might be the first time I have admitted it. I refuse to re-apply though. Why? I am stubborn. Also, I don't think I was fairly booted. SOMEONE is overly sensative about a name. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." It would also have thorns. But what if I called it trash? Whoops, doesn't matter.

And yet YOU continue to care. Why? You have no real reason. I go by whatever people call me. My friends call me Tom. One kid calls me Lambert. Some teachers call me Thomas. I know one kid who calls me Blingin'-T and another that calls me Lamabert. My cousin calls me Julius or Jule. Who cares? Not I.

But YOU care, and I struggle to understand why. I sit here, and I am thinking about it, and it isn't coming to me. That bothers me. Why would the name 'Jul**' (I want you, if you are reading this, to notice that I did not call you that, I merely said that name bothers you. Of course, you can edit my posts in here, can't you? If there is a problem, knock that word out of there, I won't care. You have my permission) be a problem? It makes no sense to me. For one thing, the name isn't that bad of a name. If your name was something like Quilquo, I might understand.

I really want to understand why it bothers you. Honest. But I don't think I can. Our views on the subject are too fundally different. It isn't as though the name is offensive, and it is the name your parents gave you. It's not as if someone is just randomly calling you Pesh, or something like that. That would just be stupid.

Stupidity comes with knowledge. I just realized that. I mean, I knew that, but for the first time I thought about it like that, and it is actually quite ironic.

I am still typing, and you are still reading.

I am going to eat. Bye, (name). And you can insert any name you choose (Not you personally, Julz. You can't edit this part. I forbid it.), even if it really doesn't matter.

Maybe I will call Julz 'Julzican'. That might be fun. And it isn't 'Jul**' (edit if needed). No rules broken.

Type.

Bye!

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You cannot forbid me to edit anything, I am the mod :tease: (do not worry, I left that part alone). And you were booted for something I told you you would be booted for. Do not tell me you have not been warned. If you are stubborn, it is up to you. Just admit that you made a mistake for once :P. And you do not even have to admit it. You can just forget about it and reapply. All up to you.

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You can edit it all you want. I just figured you wouldn't since editting wasn't needed there. If you want to hold your power over my head, fine, by all means, go ahead. It won't be the first time, and I am sure it won't be the last.

I made a mistake? I don't think so. That's like saying the American Revolution was a mistake simply because it was something that was against the rules. Sure, I did somethng you didn't like, but it was for an idea that I beleive in (the idea that names are just something you are called by, not something to be ashamed or proud of). I am stubborn. I will not reapply. I see no reason. That group obviously does not follow the same ideas as I, and if I am not even allowed to express my opinion on the matter then I see no reason to be there.

Julz, you can edit these posts all you want, but there will always be places for me to use your name. There are places you cannot reach. I don't want to use them. Really. Obviously this means something to you, and I don't want to be on your ignore list.

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Okay, the main reason for the edit was so that I did not have to post a reply. I did not change anything in your post here.
Well why should I be proud of something I did not even choose? I dislike it, and you know I do, and yet you still try to convince me otherwise. Knowing that there is no point. Be as stubborn as you want, but it only makes things worse for everyone including yourself.

Oh my, this is developing into a discussion.

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I don't understand why you dislike it. It is pointless to dislike a name, at least a name that has no offense behind it.

I don't want to convince you, Julz, despite what you may think. I want you to question your ideas about the subject at hand, and, if at all possible, understand your thinking behind disliking you name.

If this is too much of a discussion for you feel free to PM me.

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I'm pretty sure there was something that happened eariler in the week that I wanted to write about, but as of right now I have no idea what it was.

Oh, and I don't know if anyone else was reading the...debate going on here, but it was moved to PMs, so you may never know how it turned out.

...okay, I lost. But that will happen sometimes when you are going against someone like Julz.

Anyway, I just found out recently that Dictionary.com has a translator that is even better than FreeTranslation.com. 보기, 너는 안으로 한국사람을 타자를 칠 수 있는다! _ 或做你更喜歡Tradtional 中國? _ Έχουν τα ελληνικά, επίσης.
そして一見、日本語、余りに。

I have way too much free time.

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Julz's piece of paper scares me. A lot.

Julz's name also annoys me when I am making it possesive. Saying 'Julzes' is really, really annoying to me. Someone should really make up some new rules in the English language so I don't have to deal with that. I mean, they have worse rules. Of course, I guess that would be just another rule to memorize. Where was I going with this?

When was the last time I post in this? ...Wednesday? That's a few days ago, I can post and not feel like I am posting too much. Sweet.

I hate driving. A lot. Now, this is different from the average teen who loves driving because it makes them feel more 'independent.' Har. It just adds more responsibility to the life you already lead. Who wants that? And gas is so expensive these days. Besides, I don't really feel comfortable driving about in a 3000 (1.5 tons (tonnes)) pound weapon, as my driving instructor so kindly put it. I ran off the road once, nealy drifted into the middle several times, and I didn't come to a "complete" stop once. Ugh.

Anyway, I hate it. I really do. I don't care what anyone says, but I hate it.

I went down to SC this weekend, and it was a better trip than usual. I fell asleep with my my radio on (my CD player doubles as a radio) listening to Friday Night 80's, which is one of my favorite things to listen to. And then when I got there my grandparents' had there pool open, so I got to go swimming. Fun stuff.

I'm trying to think if anything else has happened in the last few days. I don't think there has really been all that interesting. I lead a boring life. But I enjoy boredom, in the sense that it means that I don't have to be nervous or thinking on my feet.

Wow, two closed threads in the last few days. Julz rules this place with an iron fist. And she is not afraid to shake her iron fingers when someone misbehaves. I don't know that she would do anything else, but I am not going to be the one to find out...

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Julz informs me that she enjoys her iron fist. Interesting.

I pulled an all-nighter last night. Why? Partially because I could, partially because it was fun, but mostly because it is the last time I will be able to see my friend for a while. He's heading off for the rest of the summer, and I probably won't see him until next school year. Or maybe a few days right before school starts. Or maybe sometime in the middle of summer, which is when he wants to come back for a few days.

Either way, I felt that an all-nighter was justified.

Now, some of you might be asking at this point, "What did you do last night?"

And even if you aren't asking, I am going to tell you, so you can either suck it up or stop reading. Pick one. Personally, I don't care.

We didn't really do much at all. In fact, we spent the majority of the night playing X-men: Legends (There, Julz. That's a video game, but you should know at least something about the subject (she has complained that my journal entries have involved too many titles of things she doesn't know about (mostly the books, I think))). I don't know how many of you have played that game, but it really is fun, especially when you have more than one player (and we had three!). The glitches are really funny, too. Those of you who have played it know what I am talking about. There's nothing funnier than watching your friend's character die from falling through the floor (which happened twice last night).

Last night we went to make pop-corn (which I think has a hypen in it) sometime after 12AM. I couldn't see a thing, but my friend wanted me to come, so I did. The way there went fine, but on the way back I smacked into the corner of something. Something that hurt. And, seeing as how it was late at night and we were all hyped up on soda, it was really hard not to wake someone up laughing.

I probably played X-men: Legends for 12 hours straight, if not more.

Needless to say, I was tired when I got home. So tired that I slept for an hour. Now, maybe some of you can go two days without sleeping at all, but that's not the type of person I am. The only reason I am able to type for this long is because I did sleep some when I got home.

And I got more sleep after that. After I slept for an hour I ate a bowl of cereal and then went back to sleep from 10 until 1:30. So I got about four to five hours in. Not as much as I like, but it's better than nothing, so I'll take it.

I'm going to have to go on a LOA next week. I'm not sure the exact days I will be gone, but it starts on the 2nd and end sometime between the 8th and the 10th. As you can tell, I don't have all the details about what is going on. Not because they aren't available, but because I don't care enough to get them.

If you find yourself with any kind of free time, I wouldn't mind having a few more readers on the story I am writing now. Here's the link (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434700) in case you can't find Creative Writing, which I know you all can.

A new rule, huh? Interesting idea, I suppose. I find myself wondering if it will work or not. I think it has a chance of working, although this might turn into a place of conversations vs. blogs. I mean, look at what Julz & I did a little while back. And that was just with her editting the post.

Although I am sure that Julz just enjoys editting my posts. All part of showing off her modly powers. ;)

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Yes, I certainly do ;).

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Har, har, Julz. I didn't see that one coming at all!

Yes, that was sarcasm.

She's just a big show-off. You get used to it. You just have to let some people have their egos. You learn to live on, letting them feel as if they have gotten the best of you. They live in their own reality, reallym where they are more important than they actually are.

Julz, you know I love you.



:hug:



I am, of course, doing my best to avoid looking like her bitch, as the Julz Clone Club (or someone in it, rather (I forget who, though)) so kindly put it. I'm pretty sure I am failing. Oh well. You can't blame a guy for trying.

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I do not consider you my bitch, if that means anything to you :tease:.]

I shall now proceed to tell the world that I have gotten my hands, eyes, and brain on the book Mort, which is the next in the series I find myself reading. It's a wonderful book about death. Heh. Also love, I think, though I haven't really gotten to that part yet.

I wish I had more to post about, but I don't.

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This is fun :D.

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I do not consider you my bitch, if that means anything to you.
That's good news.

At least she had the heart to throw the hug smilie in there. It makes it all better.

Oh, right, I think I might have some normal stuff to write about. I should get to that. I'll start with this:

The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Mort

I finished Mort some time yesterday. That's right, another book finished in less than 24 hours. I just can't put these things down. I can't help it! They're like crack! Besides, reading is good for you. It keeps the mind sharp, espeically during the summer.

Next on the list: Sourcery

Haha, an entry with titles. In your face, Julz!

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I certainly did not expect that :rolleyes: :tease:]

(Psst, Julz, if you want me to change my sig I can. I noticed that you said something about it in another thread)

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It is alright, keep it if you wish :P.]

Although I never eat Ramen (some kind of noodle thing), I can already say that, after cooking them once, I did a better job than GinOlga. That's right. I had to fix some for my brother the other day. I didn't have half the trouble of the hybrid.

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If you want trouble, you can ask me for some tips. They are guaranteed to work :D.]

I lost my cell phone, which I normally wouldn't care about, since I never use it, but my parents said I couldn't use the normal phone until I found it. I don't even think I was the last person to use it. It's okay, though, since my brother is being punished, too, and I don't talk on the phone all that much.

That might be it. Oh, no, wait! I forgot to do my song of the week! I know you all care so much. Let me go find some online lyrics real quick-like.

Roll to Me
By Del Amitri

Look around your world pretty baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy the wrong situation
The right time to roll to me

Roll to me

Look into your heart pretty baby
Is it aching with some nameless need
Is there something wrong and you can't put your finger on it
Right then roll to me

And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there

So don't try to deny it pretty baby
You've been down so long you can hardly see
When the engine's stalled and it won't stop raining
It's the right time to roll to me

Roll to me
Roll to me

And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there

So look around your world pretty baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy the wrong situation
The right time to roll to me

The right time to roll to me
The right time to roll to me
Ooh
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That's a song from the 90s, I think, but I still love it.

CLICK THIS LINK (Julz, don't worry about it, this doesn't apply to you)!! (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434700)

(Oh yeah, and after you click it, read what is on the other side)

I'm putting that link in there, assuming that Julz isn't the only one who reads this. I could be wrong.

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I clicked it anyway :P.

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As promised yesterday, here I am :D.

I had some sarcastic things to say about the stuff Julz editted into my entry, but I decided that it was probably pointless and I just marked it down as another lost argument with her. It wasn't the first time, and it won't be the last.

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From what I know, you have an edit button to add in any details or comments in here now :D.]

[Edit by Tome~
Hey, you are right, I can edit now. You know, I could get rid of all your editing now! Not that I would, of course. It adds far too much personality, if you will, to my posts.]

I finished up my driving just now. Well, okay, I have driven enough to get my permit. Which I probably won't get for another two weeks. And that is if I pass the test they give you.

In SC, to get a permit, you have to take a 25 question test.

In the NC, you have to take a 200 question test. If you fail that you take a week of classes, after which you take a 100 question test. After that, you do about six hours (or more, maybe, I can't count) of driving with an instructor. Then you take a 25 question test. Oh yeah, and then you have to identify street signs. Woo!

I am now down to the 25 question test part, which has to be done at the DMV rather than through the school. Meh.

Hey, if Julz is Klown's split bitch, and I am Julz's bitch...oh, just a thought.

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Just as ready, willing and able :chuckle:?]

As for my LOA, the actual time for when I will be gone has been shoved into my CT. That is the actual time I will be gone. I might be able to post some on the night of the 9th, but I doubt it. I guess we will have to see.

In case I didn't tell you why I would be gone, I am taking the yearly family vacation down to the beach. It's a six hour car ride trapped (heh, I wrote 'trapt' at first) with my siblings. If all goes well, I will be able to ignore them by either playing video games or listening to my CD player.

Speaking of Trapt, which I was, they have a new album coming out. I'm not sure when, but I think it's more towards the end of the year. I am having a hard time waiting. For those of you who don't know, which is probably everyone but Julz, Trapt is my favorite band. I fell in love with their last CD, which was (and still is, for that matter) self-titled. The song "Echo" is just pure genius. Anywho, if I find out anything more about this new CD I shall let you know, mostly because I enjoy writing about it (it makes me feel all excited inside).

Julz, are we allowed to post links outside of GW in a blog?

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Kind of, I think... Within limits. Within common sense so that it does not look like blatant advertising.]

I bought three new books today, still in the Discworld series. I got Sourcery, of course, but I also picked up Wyrd Sisters and Guards! Guards!. I had to skip over Pyramids. My book store didn't have it. I have good news, though, and it has nothing to do with car isurance (Julz won't get that). My bookstore (or the bookstore I go to, rather, it isn't really mine) will order books for you. So It's not like I have left the book out forever. Plus, it is its own storyline, and a minor one at that, from what I understand. Besides, it's not like it's the first time I read them out of order. Small Gods was my first book, and Jingo was my second.

There is, of course, a negative side to these new books. My mom took two of them and has said that I must save them to read at the beach. I am sure that I will be glad she did this once we get there, but that means I have one book for the rest of the week. And since the books only take me a day to finish, well, let's just say I wasn't happy about that. Oh well, the one I get to read is the one I have wanted to read the most out of the three (Sourcery).

No one but Julz clicked my link. :(

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They might have clicked it and just not replied because they were put off by the large volumes of text :P.]

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Large amounts of text would scare away the majority of of GW. That might just be it.]

Wow, that was a whole lot of writing about nothing. I just can't stop once I get started! Once you pop the fun don't stop. What horrid grammar. Remind me to write a letter to Pringles.

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I told you I would edit :D.

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Post a new post, damn it! I do not see any updates when you edit, and keep thinking that you did not edit... If that makes sense.

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Okay, Julz, here is my next post. Happy?

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If you were to guess... :P]

First of all, let me get this out of the way:

The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Mort
Sourcery

I finished the book at midnight last night. I want to say it took me longer this time, but in reality I just went to a friend's house for a couple of days. It was fun, and we did things.

The book, however, was just as good as all the others, and one of my favorites so far in a series that has a lot of books and more being planned. It's another Rincewind book, which is my favorite story line (which might actually be one word, I am not sure) so far, though almost everyone tells me that the Watch books are the best. I've read a Watch book (and, no it has nothing to do with watches. It's about the police system in one of the cities known as the Night Watch), but it was one I read out of order, so I won't judge yet. I'm reading the first one after Wyrd Sisters, so I'll get to see if they are the best.

The carpets are getting cleaned at my house right now. Not all the carpets, but enough for the cleaner people to stay for 2+ hours, which is how long it has been since they got here. It's kind of annoying, because I can't get to the kitchen right now, and I am, like always, slightly hungry. Whatever. It has to be done every now and then; I guess my mom wants clean carpets for when her friends come over while we are at the beach.

I guess that needs explaining a little bit. Every year, while we take our weeklong trip to Atlantic beach, my parents' friends come to our house and spend a week. We like this, because it means that someone gets to watch the house and we have someone to feed our three cats. I am sure they like it, too, once they get used to the new people.

Which reminds me, my cat got scared when the carpet-cleaning people came. I found that kind of funny. Cats are funny when they are around people they don’t know.

I have just been informed that I am going to another friend’s house today, but first we are going to see War of the Worlds, the new movie. I am hoping that it will be good, since I really enjoyed the book. I can already tell it is radically different from the book, though, since the book takes place in the 1800s, or something. Also, it took place in England. They made a good move not making the movie take place there.

*Waits for Julz to edit in how great England is*

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You did not have to wait long :D.

England is great.]

I bought the game Kirby: Canvas Curse. I am happy to say that the DS finally has another good game, and this is probably the most challenging Kirby game I have ever played. The DS controls work well, and I am glad to see that someone knows how to make a good game for a system with so much potential.

Also, I can’t wait for Advanced Wars to come out for the DS. That sounds like it is going to be quite awesome, if I do say so myself (and I do).

Well, as far as I know that is about it for today. Thanks for reading.

Oh, and if anyone feels that a blog comment thread is needed for this, just send me a PM and I will get it made. Julz, you can just edit stuff in, so I don’t think I’ll need one if it’s just for you. Not that you wouldn’t be worth the thread, or anything. :D

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But making the thread would make the replying easier :D. No need to check for new edits.]

Oh, and one last thing. I found a site that had a clip of Trapt's first single off their new CD. I might post that, unless Julz thinks that would be bending/breaking the rules?

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I am afraid that would be bending it a bit too much... You can PM me the link though :D.]

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I am happy to say that War of the Worlds went above and beyond my greatest expectation. Everyone on the entire planet needs to see it.

There were two things that bothered me about the movie, though. The first one was the little girl. Now, it wasn't that she was a bad actress. No, she was great. But I just didn't like the character. I mean, this is an actual line in the movie from her:

"You should get Tivo, it's great. Tim got it for my room. I can watch all my shows after homework."

And the mom character annoyed me, too. I mean, the woman opened the man's refridgerator (or however you spell it, I'm in a hurry), picks up a jug of milk that is almost empty. Now, this thing has enough milk in it for at least one more bowl of cereal. And she says, "You're out of milk." WTF? No, he's not, he's just running low. What a bitch.

And at the end the everything worked out perfectly for the man. I mean, well, I don't want to give anything away, not that Julz will ever see it, but let's just say that things turn out pretty well for someone who's planet was invaded my martians. I didn't really mind this, though, since he had to go through so much to get to it. I would have like it better had it not been so great, though.

But the part that really got me was the way the humans reacted to the emergancy. There was panic, and people were only thinking of themselves, and they were putting others in danger, and everything. Scary stuff. I had a joke to make about every part of the movie except for that. It was a very dark scene, and scarier than any horror I have ever seen, mostly because it would probably happen.

War of the Worlds gets a 5/5 in my book. Now go watch it.

It's too bad about the Trapt thing, but that is why I asked first :D. Julz has me trained perfectly, I am afraid. And I'll PM you the site. I don't think it uses flash, but you aren't allowed to be mad at me if I'm wrong. Also, I might have deleted the email that I got with the link, so I might not be able to find it.

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I could not know whether it used flash or not, I was typing posts elsewhere while it was loading and by the time I finished it was almost loaded... And thanks :D!]

Going to the main Trapt site I found the whole song (WRONG), but it does use flash, so I don't think you want that link. I'm looking to see if they have a link to the other thing from there, though.

Okay, I found it. I don't think it uses flash, but if you get into trouble don't be afraid to bail! I'm sending the PM right after I finish writing the rest of this, which won't take too long, so get ready to get it. Also, it's only a 30 second clip, not the whole song, which you could hear if you flash wasn't a problem (Nope, you couldn't). Blah.

Julz, if you want a blog reply thread then you have to tell me you want it, not that it would be easier. So, right here, do you want it? I expect a yes/no answer.

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Yes. Happy :P?]

Also, I have nothing against England. I've never been there, I have no reason to hold a grudge. It's understandable that I should prefer the movie to take place in America, though, because otherwise I would have to put up with a bunch of annoying accents. Okay, so I am sure the Brits feel the same way, but they didn't make the movie, did they?

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I love British accents :tease:.]

That reminds me. The move was radically different from the book, expect in the ending. The martians were defeated the same way in both the book and the movie. I won't say any more than that, though.

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*Tries to remember the ending in the book*

Damn, I read it too long ago... Oh well.]

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Not split yet. Interesting.

EDIT: IT IS PROBABLY SPLIT NOW. IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK OR NOT. WHY AM I TYPING IN ALL CAPS?

Well, here's some news:

Today I was punched in the face by my best friend (he was angry, I was angry, we both apologized, blah...), another friend called saying her boyfriend broke up with her after 21 months (he was totally unclassy about it, too), and my dad's grill doesn't work.

Also, I have two tests tomorrow. Today is not the best day ever, as I am sure you have probably managed to figure out by now. If not...damn.

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I don't know if anyone on GW watched the South Carolina game last night, but damn, that was a heartbreaker. Marching all the way down the field, converty on fourth down three times in one drive (one being a 4th & 10 situation), and then still finishing down by seven because you can't finish it off with a touchdown. We had it, too, but someone (I don't watch enoguh to know the play names) just dropped the ball in the endzone (not Rice at the very end, but a few plays earlier).

The good news? It looks like we're finally coming together as a team. I mean, Auburn was ranked #2 in the nation and we were damn close to tying them (of course, it doesn't help that we didn't touch the ball for the third quarter. Our defense was on the field for 15 minutes). So we can beat Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee St. at least before the year is over, which would give us six wins. I don't know how good Arkansas is this year, but I say we have a chance against them. Maybe we'll beat Tennessee again, too. I'm not seeing a Florida win, and we can't beat Clemson when they suck, so how are we supposed to do it when they're good? But it should be a good enough season for us.

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Just a quick post, because I really need to make one.

I have Friday off from school. That being said, I have two tests on Thursday, and something in CET that could probably be considered a test, too. Something about patricianing and formating a hard drive...I think. I'm not hardcore into computers, so I'm a tad bit lost in that class. Half the people in there know how to do everything we're learning. I'm not one of them. :D

Anyway, Thursday is going to be Hell, Friday is going to be awesome. Which is funny, since Friday is the 13th. But I've always thought Thursday the 12th was far worse.

I'm making a band. Well, right now it's a sort of half-joke, but I'd like to do it. It would be ska, or at least similar to ska. I don't know if we'd be following all the ska "rules," but I don't think I care, either. We came up with a name last night: Ready, Set, Band Name. Yeah, I know, I know, it's great. I'll see you all at the show, I'm sure.

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Anyway, uh, we have a new comic/card/manga/all around geek shop up here (relatively new, anyway). Plan 9 Comics. I'm happy. Warehouse Comics & Things (Better know as "The Comicbook Warehouse") has been closed for quite some time, seeing as the owner was using half his house for everything he was selling. The new store didn't have enough room in their store to buy all his stuff, but I think they plan to buy it as they need it. It's a shame--the owner was awesome. Warehouse Comics is where I played Pokemon back in the day. :D

I tell you this because my friend is taking some of his comics/cards today to see if any of them are worth anything. I wish my mom had kept her old Avenger comics. Anyway, I'm tagging along for the hell of it, though I'm sure we'll end up there for quite some time. My friends a bigger loser than I am when it comes to comics and card games. Personally, I've never owned a comic, but with this new store that might just change. Who can say?

Later, world. Oh, someone join the eLympics Books team. We can't have an actual team until someone does, and that's the team I want to be on the most (well, unless Mixed Media makes a team). Someone, please, join.

Later! For real this time!

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Hey, everyone! Does anyone read this? Yes? No? Well, if you do, help me out.

I'm sure you've all heard of this "eLympics" thing GW is doing. I'm pretty excited about it, if only because it means I get to join a usergroup again. I, however, have a small problem.

I wanted to join the Books eLympics team. Well, I guess no one else did, because I'm the only one to enlist so far. So I'm asking you to join. If you don't have a team and you enjoy reading at all, c'mon and join! Link in my sig!

This is really a last-ditch effort before I start looking for another team. If you are looking for a team, or know someone who is, send them my way! Please? Either way, thanks for your time.

As for my life, nothing is happening. Oh, I'm getting my geek on and going to the comic book store again today. :D They have free snow cones today, so I'm pretty excited (it's a Grand Opening thing).

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This is going to get slightly graphic (not really), so if the idea of even reading about someone naked offends you, turn away now.

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Turned? No? Great! Someone is still reading!

The other day I was getting in the shower. I also had to take a leak. Now, the water was warm, but it wasn't hot. You know what I'm talking about. When it feels cold simply because it isn't steaming.

Well, I turned up the heat. Here's the great part. The hot water started to come out right as I started to urinate. I'm telling you, that instant was probably one of the happiest moments of my life. I mean, it felt good. The slight sting of the hot water (ah) mixed with the relief from emptying my bladder (ahhh) was heavenly.

Anyway...real news when I get my report card! And by "real news" I of course mean "that crap I usually post about." I'll see you there.

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I really would like to be posting in this more, but I've been so busy lately I just don't have the time.

NaNoWriMo has officially begun! Can I write a 50,000 word novel is just 30 days? Stay tuned to find out!

I totally have 5,000 words already! 1/10 of the work, baby!

I'll probably post the novel on GW once I'm finished. Stay tuned! If you don't, I might lose my only reader!

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NaNoWriMo Update:

I have nearly 24,000 words so far, which means I am almost half way finished. I may or may not hit 25,000 tonight, depending on if I can actually force myself to do some writing. I also have an English paper due, so who can say?

The PS3 comes out on November 17th, for those of you who live in a cave. I plan to spend the night before in front of the local Wal-Mart, which I am sure I've mentioned before. Still, the event is so, so close right now. I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait.

I have a mock trial meeting tomorrow. I am the secretary/treasurer, so I'm pretty damn important. I am the awesome, more or less.

POSTITIZE ME, CAP'N!

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I have my first PS3 game. Now all I need is a PS3.

Will I be getting one Friday? I hope. I'm going to try about as hard as I can. I plan to wait outside the store. I might not be posting on GW again until Friday night. Maybe even later.

I got Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, by the way. I love the X-Men Legends games, so I am hoping the game will be a lot of fun.

I'll will post if I have a PS3 or not as soon as I remember. Wish me luck!

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Yeah, well, I didn't get a PS3. By the time school let out today the line at Wal-Mart was already full (we only had thirteen units in the entire city), so I just came home and drank a Yoohoo. Mmm...Yoohoo.

It'll be at least a couple weeks before I can get one now, and more than likely it'll take about a month. :(

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Thanksgiving!

Yeah, later this afternoon I'll be heading out of town for the yearly trip to see my family for Thanksgiving. There's a chance I'll be seeing every single person I am directly related to. Well, okay, I might miss one first cousin, and I have no idea what happened to that one uncle, but you get the point.

First I'll head to Lancaster to see my grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins/other random people at the house. Then on Thursday we'll head to Charleston, where I'll see my other grandparents/cousin/aunt/uncle. This is where I'll spend my Thanksgiving, eating turkey and watching football. There may also be some reading/DS playnig involved, but I can't say that I care.

I've sort of stalled on my NaNoWriMo novel. I went two or three days without writing anything. I hope to have chapter seven finished before I leave. I'll have three chapters to go after that, and about a week to do it, since I won't be able to work on any of it after today until Sunday at the earliest. I'm going to cut it close! NaNoWriMo is fun! I have like 34,000 words or something. I'm not sure on the exact number.

Still no PS3. No one I know really well has a Wii, either, so I have yet to play any next gen stuff. This is starting to bother me a bit, to be honest. I WANT GAMES!

:(

:D

Later, people.

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Oh, wow, I never updated this to say I managed to complete my novel in time. Well, I did. There's a link in my sig, for anyone interested.

Today is the first snow day of the school year, which means I get to sit at home all day and do nothing. I love every single minute of it, too! I haven't played any video games yet, but I have managed to sleep in, eat pancakes, listen to music, and mess around on the computer. It is a good day already!

So, yeah, that's the story. I do some sledding down my driveway, but we don't really have any snow. It's not a cool kind of snow where everything is covered and it looks really cool. No, there are just so many bad spots on the roads that we got out of school.

Whatever works, right?

Geez, it took forever to get a snow day this year. We were overdue. Good thing this one came on a Friday, because we'd be going to school, otherwise.

What else can I talk about?

Exams are coming up soon. We have next week, and then exam week. Well, I'll mostly have mid-terms. I only have two exams--CET and Physics (H). Of course, I also have a Physics EOC (End of Course Exam) field test, in addition to the exam the teacher is giving. How awesome!

We have a VOCATS in CET. Also, next week I have to take a computer apart and put it back together for a test grade. You either get a 100% or a 0%, but you can try more than once. We've done this before, and the last couple of times I've had no trouble, so I just have to make sure the pressure of a test grade get to me (which might just happen).

Um. What else?

I still have no PS3, though I played one at the Gamestop the other day. Amazing! I want one more than ever now, but it looks like my fears are coming true--I won't have one until after Christmas. How lame. Maybe they'll have units in Lancaster, which is where I spend my Christmas each year.

I still hope I'll get a Wii for Christmas. I wasn't hoping it would be my first next-gen console, but it is looking like that might just be the case.

I heard a rumor that Streetlight Manifesto was supposed to have a new album out in January, but I think it was wrong. Still, it should be out sometime next year, which excites me a lot. I love Streetlight Manifesto.

A couple of other bands I like have new stuff coming out, though. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have one coming that I know of. Oh, and I think maybe Big D and The Kids Table. That should be pretty good, too. I still don't have Reel Big Fish's live album, but I hope to get it for Christmas, too. Who can say? If not, I'll buy it, anyway. I will have it! It has the best version of S.R. ever, played in nine different styles of music.

That was a big paragraph about music, wasn't it? Hmm.

I think that'll do for now. Later, folks!

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You know, I have recently discovered two things that make my life a little bit better every day. I say 'recently.' It's probably been within the last two or three weeks.

The first is the show Scrubs. I don't know why I never sat down and watched this show before. It's probably the best thing on tv right now. The first thing it has going for it is no laugh track. In addition to that, it's got a perfect blend of comedy and real life emotion. It's not like any other show I know of, really.

And it has sarcasm! I love me some sarcasm!

The second thing is the band known as Bomb the Music Industry! This is a completely...strange style of music they play. If you haven't heard them, you should. I think they call themselves ska, but I don't know if that's really the right place to put them. Not that I dislike ska, or anything. I love the stuff. But...well, they are different. Go find a song and play it.

I don't actually have anything else to talk about right now. Um. Bye now.

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Christmas me!

It is very difficult for me to believe it is really Christmas Eve. For one thing, the weather is all wrong. I was actually hot yesterday. Sure, this is Lancaster, SC, but that's still not right in December. I would blame global warming, but Denver offers a somewhat strong case against it. I think it is just a bad year for my area. Only one snow day.

Maybe some this week, though. But I'm out of school anyway, so I don't actually care.

Well, tonight I shall open one gift, as is the norm around here. Everything else will be opened tomorrow morning, which is a long standing tradition. This year my grandfather will not be passing out the gifts, though. He has back problems, and he can't do it this year. My father shall be doing it. The baton has been passed, as they say. It's sort of emotional, in a way.

I'm a writer. I think about things like this.

I actually think of myself as a writer. That makes me happy. Words mean a lot to me, and to apply that word to myself without thinking makes me...I don't know the word to descrive how I feel, actually (ironically enough). I think I might be proud. I don't know.

Reach for the Star is starting to be closed to finished, by the way. This is something I've been writing for a long, long time.

I want to start something else right now. I want to write about a war in a fantasy setting (magic and whatnot). I want to tell about the war from four differeny points of view. Not the same events all the time. I don't even want the characters to interact with each other most of the time. I'm thinking a prisoner of war, a soldier, a mercenary, and a priest (healer). I'm not really sure where I'll go with the plot yet, but I've written a little bit about the prisoner (a prologue four years before everything else).

I wish people actually cared about my writing. Meh. Watch Creative Writing for anything and everything I write. If not, you can check out my homepage (I think that's the website I filled out under my profile) for a lot of my writing. Nothing is posted anywhere yet, but be on the lookout.

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Christmas had come and gone. I got a lot of stuff, including three new DS games, two new books, and a new LCD television. I don't want to go into any details right now, mostly because I already did that in the Corpus Vile thread. I could copy and paste, but it's too late for that now! (...)

I leave for Memphis, Tenn. tomorrow. I can't wait for the Liberty Bowl! South Carolina is going to own up on Houston...I seriously hope. We better. Go Gamecocks! Woo!

Later! Merry Christmas, GW!

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The subject of today's blog is "damage control."

I was sick today. I've only been moving around from the couch in the last hour. It was not a happy day for me. And now I am behind in my school work.

Why waste time making a blog about it? Well...that's a damn good question.

I'm already caught up on my math. I could, in theory, do all the homework for this next week, if I had the desire. We get the assignments ahead of time, thank whatever gods may or may not exist. That being said, I still have a hell of a lot to get done tomorrow morning.

There's a Spanish quiz. There's a AP US history quiz on stuff I haven't read because my book is in my locker. That should be fun. I've got half a mind to just take a zero and call it even. What else? Whatever Spanish homework we had today. My AVID class started a new project today. I still have a paper for Peace and War to write (not sure when that's due). I'm sure we had some assignment in English, too, and I'll probably have to read my poem tomorrow since I wasn't there to do it today. Frip. On top of all that, I missed two club meetings today.

It was not a good day to be sick.

If I knew any of my makeup work, I'd be doing it. I've got nothing but time right now (and a slightly queezy stomach, of course). This is going to be a long week.

Oh, hey, how 'bout some good news? I haven't posted since Christmas, so some of you might not know I've got a PS3. I've already beat Marvel: Ultimate Alliance on Normal mode. Blah. I already need a new game, and I have no money right now. That's a lie. I have, like, $-20 because I still owe my mom money I borrowed to get my friend a Christmas gift.

I'm so weak. I feel kinda dizzy. That's always good.

Being sick is such a waste. You get more sleep, but it never feels like it.

Later.

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Today was not a snow day. It could have been, but it wasn't. I spent the entire day in school, doing work I had little interest in doing (especially Spanish). So...yeah.

It has been a mild winter for Boone, NC. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I want snow days spent sledding down my driveway (which, as is implied, a slope of some sort). I want to drink hot chocolate while my frozen fingers thaw from holding the mug. I want to throw snowballs at my brothers until we're all tired and/or someone has been hit in the eye.

I want to experience winter!

And yet, I am not. Today was lame. Maybe, maybe, maybe Sunday will be our first "big" storm, but, somehow, I manage to have my doubts. Maybe it is because we haven't had a big storm in, like, two years (at least). Maybe it's because the last "big" storm came down as rain. Maybe it's because I'm jaded and have no hope left.

Either way...yeah, there's nothing going on in my life right now. Well, a friend of mine did let me in on a bit of info about some girl trouble he's having right now. I'm totally not the guy to come to with girl trouble. I'm have negative experience to go on. The only thing I can promise is that I won't tell anyone. But, yeah, that's the most eventful...uh...event in my recent past. Oh well. No news is good news?

Later, loyal readers (btw, do you exist?).

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Okay...journal entry.

Today we got out of school. This does typically happen, as you might expect, but today it happened several hours earlier due to snow...that didn't stick to the ground at all. Oh well. Whatever works. :D

I just got word from my dad that we're supposed to be getting a little upgrade for the internet in the next...half hour or so? Something like that, anyway. The computer is going a bit slow right this second, but my computer blows and has five different people using it every day, so sometimes it does that. I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to this stuff, so, yeah, I don't really know.

What else is going on?

I took a Spanish test today. It was...an experience. Honestly, I probably did...okayish. Maybe I got an A. Maybe. It was all review stuff from Spanish I, which I had last year, so...yeah, I had to learn everything again. Still, I probably did okay.

I took a US History test the other day. I think I probably failed it. :(

I need to get my act together in school. These last couple of weaks have been...weak. I'm going to do better. I have to. I need to keep my GPA up--it's just about the only thing I have going for me, at this point.

I'm thinking of going into teaching for a career. Despite how I might act at times, I really do like helping people, and I'm academically strong. I'll probably major in English, because I enjoy it the most, even though it's the only academic class I won't be taking an AP course next year, unless I just start owning up in English real soon. Honors it is. :D

So far, my schedule for next year looks like this: AP Statistics, AP European History, AP Physics (counts as two classes), English 404 (H), & Computer Applications II. I still need two more classes. There is one class I think I want to take called Introduction to Teaching, but I have to find out what that's about before I decide on the last open space. Things could get interesting.

I want to take AVID 12th, but I don't know if it will fit. Um. We'll have to see what Intro to Teaching is about.

Being a teacher, I've decided that the best choice for college is probably Appalachain State University. Conveniently enough, this is right down the street from the high school I attend. Maybe people my age want to get out of Boone as soon as possible, but I can't say that I have that problem. I love the climate here, and this is my home, so...I don't mind going to school here, and App is a good school, especially for teaching.

That's the plan for my future right now. I'm kind of scared. Oh well.

If it snows enough I won't have to go to school tomorrow. I'm not counting on it. Meh.

I beat God of War the other day, and I was going through Kingdom Hearts, but my brother saved over my data, so now I have to start over. I wasn't very far in the game, but this is still rather annoying. It's an RPG, and I probably won't level up as much because I'll know what I'm doing...maybe.

Oh well. We'll see. I'm not too upset. It's just a game.

So many bands have albums coming out this year. Big D and the Kids Table, Ted Leo and the Pharmicists, Streetlight Manifesto...I think there's more, but I can't name them.

I wonder what sort of shows Charlotte will have this summer? Hmm. I want to see a ska concert, partially because I've never been to one, but mostly because ska is amazing.

I know Big D and the Kids Table are going to be at Warped Tour, which I might go to, should a couple other ska bands join. I'll have to see what's going on.

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ALERT THE MEDIA! This mild failure of a winter has finally produced another snow day. That makes big ol' number three! Woo!

I'm home today. I'm fairly excited about that. I have an essay and a research project proposal due today...tomorrw. Actually, I guess the essay is actually due the 31st. It's optional. It's for a contest to win some scholarship stuff.

I wish I had some more stuff to talk about.

Oh, I played through God of War on my PS3, and now I'm playing Kingdom Hearts. Both games have suffered graphically from being on the PS3. I don't actually understand why this happens, but it does. Meh.

God of War was amazing. I loved it.

Kingdom Hearts is good, too. I'm loving it, too. It's about time I had another RPG to play! I really do love that genre. Oh, and it helps that it's not turn-based, even though I love those games, too.

The next game I wish to borrow from a friend is Kingdom Hearts II, but after that I really want to play Tales of the Abyss. Blockbuster didn't have it last time I was over there, which was kind of depressing, honestly. I've been wanting to play that game forever. Tales of Symphonia was amazing.

I'm really enjoying my Counting Crows CD, Films About Ghosts. Very poetic writing, good music, wonderful vocals. Depressing lyrics, but I'm not one to hate something just because it isn't happy. The depressing stuff is often better, even if some would call it 'emo.' The amazing lyrics make it okay. It's not like "I CUT MYSELF BECAUSE LIFE SO HARD BECAUSE SHE LEFT ME <SCREAM NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND>."

:D

My brother likes teh emo. I can't stand the stuff.

The other day I was invited into an IM chat with a bunch of people from a message board I never post at. Mostly people were like "WHO ARE YOU!" and I was like "YOU INVITED ME!"

It was kind of stupid at certain points. Most of the people were putting saffron in their milk. That's for rich folk. The only things I ever put in my milk are cookies.

Eventually I left because it turned into three girls talking about boys, or throwing stars, or something.

I'm not really sure why I told you that story. Sorry. I guess it was more interesting in my head. No...actually not so much. Again, sorry about that. I'm going to go put eardrops in my brother's ear and then play some Kingdom Hearts. LATER!

Edit- Oh yes. About my schedule for next year.

Intro to Teaching involves going to a local elementary/middle school early in the morning (7:45). I normally get into town about that time, but I'd have to get their earlier if I want to get through all the traffic. Also, I would have to have my driver's license, but I should have that no problem.

If I take the class, and I am leaning in that direction, I won't be able to take AVID 12th. The only way I could take it would be to drop down into a lower math class (from AP to honors), but that pretty much defeats the actual purpose of AVID itself, so I can't see that being a valid move.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I want to take the class, but I can't. Also, I've got to find one other block class to take. Meh. Maybe I'll do an advanced lab. This involves helping some science teacher grade papers. I'm not really sure what's so advanced about it.

Okay...for real...LATER!

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We could get snow tonight/tomorrow. No, it's not been a real difficult week. We've already had one day off, not to mention an hour delay. I honestly don't care. I'll take every single snow day I can get. It only happens once a year, and after this winter passes I only get one chance (it has to be extremely bad weather to cancel college classes).

That reminds. I think I'm going to go to the local university, that being ASU. Have I said that? I don't know. I think about it a lot.

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Yes, that's right, folks! Two entries in two days! WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?

Anyway, it did snow, but, just like the rest of this winter, it was a disappointment. We got out of school today, but we'll go tomorrow because it didn't stay as long and everything is melting...again.

I did some of the most hardcore sledding today, though. For those of you who don't sled when there is snow on the ground, shame on you. On one side of my driveway there is a drop-off into the woods. On the other side, a cement half-pipe used for draining water. About half-way down the sledable (word?) part of the driveway, a 45 degree turn. After the turn, one side is a drop-off into the woods (opposite side), and the other is a ditch full of rocks.

I love my road. :D

I had some of the most fun I've had in a while. I raced my two brothers, one being 15 and the other 10. At one point, the jerked my sled aside and I ended up facing the wrong direction. I definately beat them both going down backwards (they fell off half-way to the curve (no snow below 'cause of lame melting)).

You should have seen me celebrating that one. I shouted for about two minutes straight. Best moment in sledding ever, for me at least.

I didn't get as much speed as when my driveway was completely iced over, but my arm didn't come close to breaking, either, though I did scrape one of my arms up a bit. My ten-year-old brother was crying by the time we went in.

I play for keeps!

I am reminded of the great character Ricky Bobby because he, too, beat someone going backwards. :D

I'm serious, that was probably the greatest thing ever. Tome ftw, as far as I'm concerned.

So, yeah, the band I'm in is starting to come together. We've picked out five songs we hope to learn. I shall now list them because I am bored.

-Dear Sergio - Catch 22
-Keasbey Nights - Catch 22
-A Moment of Silence - Streetlight Manifesto
-We're Gunna Take On The World - Mustard Plug
-Trendy - Reel Big Fish

We aren't learning them in that order, or anything. That's the order I remembered them in. We're a ska band, if you haven't figured it out. I'm not sure if we've decided on a name yet, but I think we were leaning towards "The Supernothings," based on the Catch 22 song.

We might practice on Wednesday, I think. WE ARE GONNA ROCK! Well, except for me. I suck. I haven't played trombone in, like, five years. Oh well. At least we found a drummer.

While the sledding was amazing today, the snow is melting away, which is annoyingly typical of this winter season. Worst winter ever!

Later folks! I've got to go do more of nothing. :D

[Majin]

Streetlight Manifesto does the first two songs as well, but that's of course due to like 3 of the members being part of Catch 22.

[Tome]

I've got the Streetlight Manifesto version of Keasbey Nights (the CD), too. I like it better than the original Catch 22, too (SM's Day In Day Out is far better with the new lyrics). I just say they are by Catch 22 because we have trombones/trumpet, not the saxes, so it's more like that version...although we are playing the SM version of Dear Sergio, I think, with the extra verse in the middle (and the slightly changed version).

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution also has a version of Dear Sergio, by the way. HOW'S THAT FOR TRIVIA! HUH?!

Anyway, I did actually have a smallish type blog planned for today. I'm not just replying to Majin's comments, though it has been quite a while since I've had to do that with a blog.

Editing is back. That's cool.

I can't help but wonder how this "reply in the actual thread" thing is going to work. I doubt it is something I'll have to deal with much (Though I'd love to chat without anyone actually reading this thing). I had a reply thread a while ago. Julz used to post in it. She left and it died.

I'm not surprised. I'm kind of boring.

So...yeah, we'll see how this new system works. I'm curious. I don't know if it's better/worse. I don't have an opinion on the matter.

Anyway, for my smallish blog thing.

First of all, I have to say that Questionable Content, the webcomic, was rather funny today. I don't know if anyone here is a fan of the comic, but today's comic involved thinking up the worst thing to say during sex. The current champ? "Happy Birthday, Grandma!"

Anyway...

My band has a practice planned Wednesday, for sure. We aren't called the Supernothings. I forget what we are called. The Ambassadors...or the Abassador Kwan...or something. I don't really care.

I have to find out where the drummer's house is. I'm pretty sure he lives fairly close to me, though.

I'll probably be posting quite a bit about how the band things comes along, so if you like ska or, hell, small bands that will suck and won't go anywhere, stay tuned!

I got my pie shirt from Red vs. Blue today. It's kind of the best shirt ever. It has a picture of a piece of pie, and it says 'pie.' My friend (lead singer/guitariest of band) went halfs with me on the combo, so he gets the cake shirt (similar to the pie shirt, only with cake).

Maybe I shall take a picture of myself in said shirt. Would you like to see a picture of me? I'm rather dorky looking (mostly because I am a dork). I don't post pictures of myself often, if only because there is absolutely no reason to. I'm serious, though. I look like the kind of guy you would expect to see on GW. My glasses are even broken and taped together right now (although, thankfully, not in the middle).

I need to get those fixed. It pisses me off, dealing with them like this. Maybe I wouldn't be mad if this wasn't the third time that damn part needs replacing. I don't what it is, but I either put strain on that one part or someone didn't make it very well...or both.

Blah blah blah, eh?

I'll probably forget about planned picture the moment I leave this blog, but it was a thought.

I just updated Reach for the Star for the second time in two days. There is a link in my sig. Everyone should go read the damn thing. I'm going to finish it fairly soon, I think. It's coming towards the end.

That'll do for now, I think. Later!

Edit- I don't like it that my posts must be validated. I shall now lodge a formal complaint.

[Tome]

I lodged my complaint. :D

I had two tests today--one in English and one in Algebra II. I feel I did well on both of them, but you can never really tell, can you? I have two more tests on Friday--one in Spanish and the other in AP US History. These two will both be much more difficult.

I have band practice tomorrow. We're The Ambassadors, by the way. I doubt we'll get much done. The other trombonist will have to teach me how to play the part and my brother has to learn the bass, so I can't imagine much will get done. The other members know the first all ready (Keasbey Nights).

My friend even made a myspace for the band. Anyone interested can follow this link:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=155105330&MyToken=d62d43c9-017e-4db2-ba89-41144ba3946d

(Last time I checked, links in blogs were okay, but that was a long time ago)

Thursday is my birthday. It doesn't seem like a big deal this year. I have no plans at all and I doubt I'll get any real gifts at all. I asked for money because, well, I need it. Badly. I asked for a Wii, too, but that's not going happen any time soon.

That's right. The rest of my week is band practice, birthday, two tests. I'm not sure if I should be excited or worried.

But I will be turning 17, and you know what that means! I will legally be able to donate blood! Woo! I probably will next chance I get. Giving blood doesn't take much time and it is a good way to help. It's just...a good thing to do, I guess.

Well, that's how I honestly feel. I know some don't agree, but it doesn't cost me a thing and normally you get a cookie. I like cookies. :D

Uh...what else can I bored you with?

I beat Kingdom Hearts. I want to play Chain of Memories. I also started FFX today, but I hardly played it at all. It looks good, though, and my friend loves it. It's his favorite in the series (and he's played VII).

I also have Star Ocean: Till the End of Time from my friend (this "friend" is known as "dragon_king" on these forums). I'll play that...eventually. I love having all these PS2 games to play. :D I fell like I missed them the first time through.

I'm in RPG heaven!

That'll do for tonight, I suppose. VALIDATE MY POST!

Edit- Nevermind. I guess my complaint worked. It's nice to know people listen. Last time I had something to complain about I was more or less ignored. I like to see the staff actually caring.

[Majin]

It was a mistake, I just had to point it out to an admin ;)

[Tome]

Four test week is over. Thank whatever gods you might believe in.

I can rest easy...for about a week, probably. Maybe less. Who can say? I don't have any grades yet...no, that's a lie. I made a 92% on my English test. Not bad. I had hoped for an A, but it was enough to bring my average up to about 86%, which is just enough for a B.

No test seemed particularly difficult, which might just mean I'll be surprised tomorrow. And by "tomorrow" I mean "on Monday." Ugh.

Next week looks...eventful. There's a research project to work on! Meh. I have to do well, though.

My birthday went well. I think I'll be able to buy a Wii fairly soon if I can find one. I don't know when I'll actually get one, but I'll have enough, and that's something. I got money, is what that means.

I also got Snakes on a Plane. I'm pretty excited about that.

Oh, and I got Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I forget his name. The book is great so far.

I'm bored and I'm too tired to remember all the things I was going to type about. I give up.

Edit- I am also now sick. I win.

[Tome]

I am not in school today because of said sickness, which is total BS. I excpected to sleep the damn thing off. Needless to say, that didn't work.

It's something with my head...like a headache, only far worse. Moving my head hurts quite a bit, and walkng is very difficult. It's kind of like a dizzy feeling, I suppose. At times it gets so bad I feel like I'm about to throw up!

I really didn't want to miss school today. I hate having to make up all that work. Two of my classes are starting new units today and of course something new is being covered in Algebra II. Ugh.

At least it isn't a stomach virus. I can eat food! Not that I'm real hungry, or anything. I am feeling slightly better now. I took some advil around 6:30 then went back to sleep, getting up around 11:15.

Now I'm on the computer and my head is only hurting a bit. If it had been hurting this little when it was time to go to school I wouldn't have stayed home. Oh well. Thems the breaks.

MAKE UP WORK TOMORROW!

Ugh. And I even did all my homework last night, despite having that whole head problem.

Oh, and I also have a cough.

[Tome]

I'm still sick, damn it. I went to school yesterday despite the cough that continued to follow me around (it still does). My throat is about to die.

I would not have gone today. I feel worse. A lot worse. However, it was a snow day, so I get to stay home without missing any more work...hopefully. If things don't start to look up soon I may ask my mom to take me to the doctor, or something.

I'm taking all sorts of medicine right now. None of it seems to be helping a whole lot. I'm about tired of this, honestly. Psychologically it is starting to take a toll on me. When I woke up this morning I started kicking things because my head was hurting again.

It's not a normal headache. Those usually go away.

I could deal with the cough. My throat was being torn apart, but at least I could think straight.

I'm going to post this. I'm not sure I'm feeling well enough to write much more.

[Mankind.]

Sucks dude. Try benelyn for the cough, For the headache try a cold flannel or some ice and for the throat try swallowing a small ice cube every so often or ice loolies they should ease the pian and deaden it for a while. Otherwise i don't know what to suggest. Hope you get better soon.

[Tome]

Well, I got a comment, but the user was banned, which makes me a bit upset. But not much.

Nothing much to report. I have a band practice tomorrow. I'm still not any good, but I think I'm getting slightly better. I need to get my spit valve fixed.

That reminds me--I broke my watch today. This is depressing.

Um...yeah, I have two tests Thursday, but on Friday I get to go eat at Dos Amigos, a Mexican restaurant, as a field trip. I think it is stupid, but I'm not going to miss out on this.

Mi gustaria numero dos, por favor!

That's about it. Maybe something will actually happen sometime! STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!

[Tome]

Okay, I have figured out why more people don't donate blood, and it doesn't have to do with the needles. I don't mind needles. It has to do with the fact that I entered the school gym at 12:30 pm and did not leave until 4:30 pm. Yes.

I waited in line. You sat in these chairs and would, on occasion, move forward. Hell, twice I moved backwards, but in general you move towards your destination. This took quite a long time. Any non-student (i.e, adult) who walked in went to the front of the line, and that slowed things down.

I waited forever. I watched as adults went. I watched as the bus riders went. I watched as those with jobs went. Then, finally, I was called back to answer questions such as "Have you ever, even once, had sexual content with another man?" and "Have you ever, in receiving sex, paid someone?"

But you know what made me feel really cool? I mean, hell, it was just a regular boost to the self esteem. I could look at any question that started with "Have you ever had sexual contact with" and just hit 'No.'

So, yeah, my temperature was taken, my blood pressure taken and my finger pricked for...iron, or something. Finally, I get the stuff I need to have a pint of my blood taken out of me. Woo! Well, then I got to go to the second area and wait for a chair to open.

I waited and waited some more and, sometime after four, I was called into a chair. And, of course, I was a slow bleeder.

This shouldn't actually surprise anyone. When you sit still for the better part of nearly four hours your blood tends to slow down a bit. The tube in my arm had to be adjusted several times while I sat still. Oh, I got to open and close my hand. That was exciting!

I felt fine afterward, honestly. My arm was a bit sore and I was a tad cold, but I didn't feel like I would have any trouble walking, which I didn't. I was told that right after I left I was quite pale (even by my standards), but other than that I was fine. I wasn't even hungry, though I ate and drank a bunch.

In the end, I suppose it was worth it. I mean, I don't mind going through this crap in order to save lives. I know it's something that is important, and so I don't really have a problem with it. I think I was just a tad unlucky (though two other guys who came in with me left only five minutes before I did, so at least I wasn't the only one). Maybe next time will be better.

Yes, I plan to donate again, despite everything. Like I said, it is a good cause.

In other news, my ska band has decided to expand a bit. We're going to get another trumpet and hopefully two saxes. We also have a new bassist. If all goes according to plan, that's ten members (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, two trombones, two trumpets, and two saxes (tenor and alto, we hope)). We're the best band ever.

If we can't get two different types of sax we are going to find a keyboard player. Ideally, someone playing sax and keyboard would be great.

Either way, the band is growing, and I love being a part of it. I can't wait to see where this takes us. Now we can actually play Streetlight Manifesto b/c we have more horns! Hooray woodwinds!

[Tome]

No new band members yet, but we are working on it. Oh, we've changed our initial song list, too. Here's what we're going to learn, at least right off the bat.

Keasbey Nights (Streetlight Manifesto)
A Moment of Silence (Streetlight Manifesto)
The Elements of Transition/Avoiding the Swerve (Edna's Goldfish)
Have The Time (The Slackers)
Little Pain Inside (Buck-O-Nine)

That's what I remember, anyway. The first two are the same, because we almost know those songs. Well, the others do. I don't. :D

I worked about seven or eight hours at a basketball tournament this weekend, so I've probably got about $50 worth of cash coming my way in the next week or two. This could be the thing I need to boost me into Wii range if I can limit my spending a bit. I was hoping to work the entire weekend and make more, but they didn't need me for the whole time. Still, I'll be happy to take whatever I can get.

I've got a history project to finish this weekend. I'm not looking forward to that. I won't give any details, as it is rather boring.

I have a Spanish test on Tuesday. I'm rather worried, as I don't understand most of the grammar stuff and I know about none of the vocabulary.

I had an English test Thursday. I think it was Thursday. No, maybe it was Wednesday. Anyway, I made a 90%. I got all the multiple choice, matching and true/false right, but I had ten points taken of the essay/short answer section for "not having enough detail." I'm pretty sure the teacher was just pissed that I knew all the information without taking any notes, honestly. She's been a bit...angry lately. She's really one of the stupidest teachers I've ever had. Sometimes she knows what she is talking about, but there are times when she's just stupid, especially when dealing with people. She expects everything to go her way and almost takes it personally when it doesn't. She can get away with it because she is a teacher, I suppose. She gets upset when students don't take notes, though, even though she claims not to.

Three people in the class actually took notes. It was rather funny.

I beat FFX, in case I forgot to mention that before, and now I'm played FFX-2. So far, the game hasn't been as good. I really want to see where the story goes, though. I like the idea of a Final Fantasy with an arching story (if only through two games).

Eventually, I've got to play the two sequels to Kingdom Hearts, the GBA game included. And I still have Star Ocean: Till the End of Time to play. I also want to get my hands on a copy of Tales of the Abyss.

Blah blah blah. I'm done.

[Tome]

DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!

Um. Hey?

I have an AVID field trip on Tuesday, which would be a great thing if I didn't also have two tests that day. This is seriously getting on my nerves.

The store I went to today did not have corks for spit vavles. This made me sad. I have to buy some online, which means paying $5 shipping for something that costs $.99. LAME! It'll be nice to have my damn trombone working again, though.

I paid $15 today. Why? Because a friend of mine agreed to ride a unicycle around in the school while playing my trombone. Because other people saw him doing it, it was worth every damn penny. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Mock trial is really kicking my ass right now...but not as much as AP US History. I have one test left on this grading period, and I need something halfway decent. I have a lot of reading to do this weekend.

No school for my on Friday, which is great.

Oh, and tomorrow I finally get to see "300." I hear it is the most bad-ass movie in a long time. I am so ready to see it.

The next week is going to be crazier than this one, and that's not good. Two tests that I have to make up the day before and the day after. On top of that, I'm going to miss a mock trial meeting, possibly a band practice, and I have to deal with all the normal crap.

Tuesday will be nice, though. Most of the day on a bus, playing DS against a few people, listening to my iPod the entire time. I'm ready for it. I'll bring my good headphones and stuffwhat. Heh. "Stuffwhat."

I'm going to stop now. I need more sleep...and food!

[Tome]

I just got some pretty exciting news. Apparently, the guitarist of the The Ambassadors (the name is, at this point, subject to change) might have booked a gig. I never actually thought I'd be saying that, but apparently we did.

It's a place in town ("town" being Boone) called Black Cat. I think it is a Mexican place. Anyway, a couple of other bands will be playing there. Some random cover band formed for that one show, Pinstripe Mafia (a local punk band) and The Ambassadors.

The bad news is that my trombone still isn't working. Finding a waterkey cork is more difficult than I had known. I don't know what size I need! If anyone reading this knows the size of a trombone's waterkey (spit valve) cork, please, contact me via PM. Please, I'm begging you. I NEED YOU! ANSWER THE CALL! AN ARMY OF ONE!

What?

That's about all the news I have right now. Still, I'm sure the ska scene of Boone is quite happy. No, that really isn't very big, but I'm excited.

[Tome]

Ska news!

First of all, the band has changed from The Ambassadors to Paying With Nickels. Why? This story:

A high school student walks up to pay for his lunch using just nickels. The lunch lady counts them and tells the boy, "You are fifteen cents short. You can't buy lunch."

The boy quickly responds, "Bitch, I am lunch."

The lunch lady recounts, find that the boy has correct change, and let's him be on his way.

Honestly, we were thinking of calling ourselves Bitch, I Am Lunch (BIAL), but we want to play at school events, so we don't think that'll work.

Oh, and today we had a trumpeter (sp?). Well, he didn't know anything, and one of our drummer/vocalists (we have two that switch around on occasion) taught him the basics of the songs (that's right. He also plays trumpet). But, for the first time, we heard the songs with trumpet and trombone.

My trombone is not fixed yet. The parts should be on the way, if the intarweb doesn't screw me over.

Oh, and I doubt that we'll have a sax player. I still really want one, but things aren't looking good. Our main potential declined our invitation.

Today I saw a poster for a local Battle of the Bands. I'm pretty excited. It isn't until May, so we have time to get our stuff together. We have to make a demo and a short bio (not sure about that second one), though.

The other big ska news in Boone (lol oxymoron lol)? A rival ska band! No, it isn't my side project (THAT BAND WILL STILL FORM!). From what I hear, a bunch of emo kids (of all things) have formed some kind of ska band. Normally, I wouldn't really care, but it seems they picked up some amazing sax player (the members of the band don't really like him, so we didn't ask him to join) and, with his help, they could be better than us.

Not that we'll let that happen, but you get the idea. SKA RIVALRY IN BOONE! Heh.

Tomorrow marks test number three for this week alone (in case you are slow, the ska news is over). Three tests in one week. Ugh. I'm so tired. Oh well. I've also got a quiz. Tomorrow's test is in Spanish, for all those wondering. I am not happy.

BLAH!

[Tome]

Okay, I'm going to do a blog. Mostly, I'm bored.

Paying With Nickels is officially signed up to play at the April 20th Open Mic Night. However, we are the only band on the list so far, which means that the actual event might not happen. :( I have hopes otherwise (obviously), but we shall see.

My trombone is fixed, and I can play through A Moment of Silence (pretty much the easiest song we'll learn) as well as anyone else (better, really). You see, our band is having some troubles.

First, our lead singer quit. Well, sort of lead singer. He also played drums for Gainesville Rock City (which no one can play yet). We have a new singer (probably). He's on the forums (well, not these days). dragon_king. Yep. We'll see if it works out.

However, we couldn't play anything at our last practice. Keasbey Nights still sounded...okay, I guess, though no one was singing. A Moment of Silence fell through after the trombone solo (our trumpet player does not know how to play the part that goes with the chorus yet, so it doesn't sound right), and Gainesville Rock City just flat-out sucked.

We're practicing three times next week, and then we have our Spring Break. The whole band won't be here, but we're going to see what we can get done, anyway. We need some work, but what we know doesn't sound too bad. Like I said, it depends on how things with the new singer work out.

There's no real other news in my life. I've got a Spanish test tomorrow. :( I DON'T WANNA STUDY!

[Tome]

Oh man. The band played yesterday.

I'm not going to lie--our first song sucked. I mean, it sucked hard. I think we performed the second song well, but a lot of people did't like it because it was a slower song (though a lot of the bands were playing slower songs). Still, the last song was awesome.

Any moderate fan of ska music has heard the song Keasbey Nights, and we kicked the crap out of it. It was amazing. We had about seven or eight people just up on stage and skank with us. And for the final three times through the chorus (pretty much the end of the song), everone was shouting out the lyrics (so, about a dozen or so). It was amazing. I wasn't sure if I was going to stay with the band, as I'm not that good, but after last night I know I'm going to stay.

We're never playing So Let's Go Nowhere again. It was awful. By May 18th, the date of Battle of the Bands, we want to know three more songs (9mm and a Three Piece Suit (Streetlight Manifesto version), We're All Dudes (Less Than Jake), and 1234 1234 (Also Streetlight).

The school dodgeball tournament is a week from today (Saturday). My group of friends has two teams going--The Justice Squad and the Injustice Squad. Today we held a two and a half hour practice to get both teams fresh. I had a blast. Dodgeball is so sweet.

I doubt we'll do very well, but who can say? We do have a couple of amazing players. I swear, one guy took out an entire team by himself (Four left, I believe) in a span of about eight seconds. It was hardcore. Catch, throw/hit, catch, throw/hit. :D

Mock Trial is in a few weeks. It's two days before I'm taking the SAT.

I was going to write more, but I don't feel up to it.

[Tome]

I hope this link is okay. It's about me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBgmyTCB48&eurl=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=95938109

That would be my ska band. I'm the trombone player in the glasses always messing up. :D The sound quality isn't too good, but you get the idea. We had a blast. Look how red my face is. :D We didn't have a second mic for gang vocals, so I was yelling the whole time I wasn't trying to play the song.

Anyway, that was us at Open Mic.

[Majin]

Ouchies. Hope it goes better next time :)

[Tome]

Well, the big story today is not about the band, which has been the theme of just about every blog entry lately. No, today's main event is a dodgeball tournament.

Today is the day the Justice Squad re-enters the court and plays a few rounds of everyone's favorite semi-sport. Last year, the team placed fifth (out of nine). My goal this year is to finish in the top half. Nine teams are playing again. Today, at six o'clock pm, we'll see how good we really are(n't).

Next week is going to be crazy hectic. I'm taking the SAT for the first time a week from today. I'm not really worried about it. It's a standardized test. I'm usually good at those. Besides, it's only my future at stake, right?

Before that, though, I have Mock Trial (the actual trial, not just the event). This is on Thursday. This means I will have to spend the next week putting things together at the last minute (like last year!). I should have done this earlier, but it's far too late to worry about that now!

There's also a children's fair I might volunteer at after the SAT. Sure, I'll probably be beat, but I could probably spend some time helping the kids. How hard can it be?

That doesn't mean good things aren't happening next week! Tuesday is May Day Play Day. Despite how very stupid that name is, the event is actually pretty fun. Food, games, live music (I think?). I have to bring some cookies, or something. It was fun last year. We won't be in class. :D

And let's not forget that Spiderman 3 comes out on Friday! My plan is to see it sometime Saturday (unless I'm at that children's thing all day...I've got to send that woman an email). Anyway, I'm really excited about the movie.

I've not bought the tickets yet (I'll do that this week, probably), but on July 21st I get to see Against All Authority, Streetlight Manifesto, Less Than Jake, and Reel Big Fish in concert! I've got the okay from the parents, my friend and I have an adult to drive us around (a rule my mom has). This is seriously the most exciting thing about the summer! It'll be my first ska concert. I'm hoping it'll be a good one.

My friend is coming up in July. She moved a couple years ago, but she comes up during the summer when she can. July 13th through the 22nd. We might head out to Carowinds, or something. Other than that, we'll hang out, see some movies, eat some food. I've not seen her since last year, so I'm really looking forward to that week. She's bringing her boyfriend up, which means I have to meet a new person (gasp!), but I'll get over it.

I bought Pokemon Pearl the other day. I felt so cool telling the Wal Mart man the game I wanted. What can I say about it? It's pokemon. It's fun, and better than Sapphire so far (like that's hard). I'm having fun with it, and so are my friends (we're all cool).

I think there's probably more going on, but I can't remember it. This week is going to be rather crowded. I'll probably update again tonight to tell how well the games went.

[Tome]

I would have updated about the dodgeball tournament, but I didn't make it home last night.

We placed second place. The tournament was double elimination, and we won the winner's bracket. Then we lost twice in a row to the final team because of some BS calls (well, that wasn't the only thing, but that seemed to make a big difference). I don't really care. Second place! That's amazing! We were fifth last year! Improvement!

We could have won. I'm only a tad upset because we lost by some bad calls. I don't mind losing when it's fair, but this was just disappointing.

Well, there's next year. We're losing a player, but he shouldn't be difficult to replace. The Justice Squad shall return once more!

[Tome]

Today is Saturday, and I've been awake since 5:45. This makes me sad.

I take the SAT for the first time today. I'm not too stressed over it (I actually got some sleep last night, which never happens when important things are happening). I do think it'll be kind of hard, but I believe I'll be able to do fairly well. If not...well, I plan on taking it again in the Fall, anyway.

I also get to see Spider-Man 3 today! This is probably going to be the highlight of my day. I've heard some mixed reviews about the movie, but I'm sure I'll love it. I'm a geek, after all!

My last day of school is May 29th, so the year is starting to wind down a bit. I still have exams to look forward to. In fact, on Friday I take my first AP exam. I don't really know how well I'm going to do. I'm quite worried about it.

The band hasn't practiced in a while. Our drummer had a head injury this past Wednesday, so we couldn't really do anything. This week will be promising, though. We're still trying to find a lead singer, which is causing us no end of trouble, but we'll see.

[Tome]

Yesterday was so busy.

I started with an AP US History exam. Yes, exam. That is not something I'm interested in doing ever again (I'll have four AP exams next year!).

After I managed to get through school, I played some baseball with a few friends. We had about 12 people out there. I wish we could get enough for two teams. We had to stop playing with the field was struck by lightening, though. My friend was holding a metal bat.

Yeah. That was fun.

Then we got ice cream!

Afterwards, I hung out with my friends for a couple of hours, which was great fun. Then I saw Spider-Man 3 again. It was good...again.

Wow. It doesn't really sound that busy, but I was doing stuff all the time.

[Vermillion]

Hope that you get some good marks on the exam.

I wouldn't want to have been your friend with the bat though.

[Tome]

Well, Paying With Nickels played at Battle of the Bands yesterday, and we placed 3rd. However, only four bands competed. In all fairness, the band that played first won, the band that played second finished second, and we played third.

We beat the Christian rock band. That's what really matters. :D

I also scored some little league baseball games yesterday. I should have about $24 coming my way for doing so. I'm practically rich. Now I can afford to pay my friend back for that concert ticket he bought me.

I also played some baseball myself. I wish our group of friends had about six more people so we could play nine v. nine. That would be awesome. However, we keep being stuck with about six v. six, or seven v. seven. It's lame. Still, we've had fun, and we'll probably play again.

Afterwards, I went and saw my school's rendition of the musical The Music Man. I've never really been a huge fan of musicals (I love regular plays, though), but this was great. Some of it was goofy, some of it was corny, but all of it was worth the $10 ticket.

All in all, yesterday was a great day filled with a whole lot of fun. I needed to have some fun, and I did, and I'm so damn happy about it.

Exams start this week. Thursday. I'm actually really happy about this, as this means I don't have to go to regular class. Perhaps this is sad, but I really do detest Spanish class. I'm pretty sure I failed our last test. I don't actually care. Some people are taking the test Monday, which means that I can sit around and do nothing. That's going to be great.

My Junior year is coming to a close (finally). They say it's the hardest year of high school, and now I know that's the truth. I've had a hard time this year. My grades have slipped slightly (though I've had an AP and one more honors class than usual, so I think it'll about balance out).

I simply cannot wait for the summer. I've got a lot going on this summer, and on top of that my parents want me to get a job (I wouldn't mind it, honestly).

I think I'm going to see Pirates on Friday and, if not, then definately on Saturday. I'm really hoping it'll bring an end to the trilogy in a positive manner. I'm expecting it to be awesome, but I was thinking the same of Spider-Man 3, and it was a little bit a letdown. Oh well.

[Tome]

I got my SAT scores this morning. 1420 on the traditional, 2050 overall. Not bad. I'm quite happy with it. I plan on taking it again sometime this fall, but, if I don't do better, I think I'll be just fine with what I've got.

Today is the first day of exams, which means I have four days of school left. I'm so excited about my Junior year finally being over. It's been tough. I knew it would be, but I really wasn't ready for it. I think I pulled out okay, though. Today, I have to give a two minute speech that I haven't written and take my English final. I don't think it'll be too bad.

Tomorrow I take the Spanish final. That's what I'm really worried about.

[Tome]

Exam Day One Report!

Yesterday, I completely blew a speech I didn't really want to give. The only reason I spoke at all was because anything is better than a zero. Still, things went bad and I ran out of things to say halfway through.

I hate public speaking.

Afterwards, though, I definately made a 100% on my English final. Woo! I made an A in the class, which I am quite happy with. The extra quality point of honors this year should balance out the B I'm making in Peace and War.

Today's exam is Spanish. If I could get an A in Spanish, I would extremely happy. However, the chances of this are quite slim, so...how about that B?

Some friends and I are going to see the new Pirates movie today. I hear she's not too great, but...well, I'll judge for myself. I hate to think the last in the series might be lame, but it looks like this might be the case.

[Vermillion]

Hope your exams go well for ya. I hope that pirates three is good aswell.

[Tome]

I am done with school! Finally, my Junior year is over! They say it's the hardest year in high school, and now I know why! Geez!

My exams went about as well as I hoped for (from what I know). My final grade in Algebra II was about 91.75%, which is not an A, but I was close! Not that it counts, or anything, but I'm happy with it.

My schedule for next year isn't complete. I have to go in to the school tomorrow morning in order to figure out what the hell is wrong with the thing. I'm probably going to get stuck with classes I don't really want to take. I can't see myself getting all my first choices, at this point. Ugh.

I may do some more work tonight (I score little league baseball games on occasion). There are games at 5:30 and 7:00. I wouldn't mind the extra cash (it comes out to about $24 for a little over three hours of work). I don't know if I'll be able to get out there or not. I am awaiting a call from my mother. More games on Saturday, though, which I should get to do. That's probably going to be $36 on Saturday. It'd be nice to get the $24 for today, too. We'll see.

So...my Wii is broken. I was playing it with a couple friends the other day, and it just sort of cut off in the middle of a bowling match. It no longer works. I'm bummed. On top of this, there's no Wii to replace it with in the town of Boone. A bit of a bummer, but I've been playing more Playstation, anyway.

I've finally pushed a little farther into Final Fantasy X-2. It's still...okayish, for a game. I'm not a huge fan of real time RPG games like FF (the system is strange. It should be closer to the Tales system), but I liked the characters in X, so I'm giving the thing a chance. At this point in the game, though, I'm having a hard time taking it seriously, but my friend assures me that things get better once you get into it. I believe him, because X was that way for me.

I've also been playing the crap out of Pokemon Pearl, just finding different things to raise and use. I love this game.

Anyway, I've got to go grab a shower. There's a chance I'll be working tonight, and I don't want to smell bad when I sit in a booth and run a scoreboard...wait...

[Tome]

Okay, so I just heard some news from a friend that I'm really excited about. And...well, most people on this site probably won't agree, but whatever.

New Matchbox Twenty album.

This is some great news for me. I've been playing the old stuff for years. I'm so ready for this new one. Rob Thomas doesn't work well by himself (though I did like Fallin' to Pieces and Now Comes the Night). I have high hopes for this album.

There's about five other albums I'm looking forward to over the next year. Streetlight Manifesto, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, Reel Big Fish, Bomb the Music Industry!, and Buck-O-Nine all have albums coming out this year. This means it'll be a huge year for ska (and a good year for me!).

My band, Paying With Nickels, has almost recorded a song (just needs tweaking). I really like her. I think she's pretty good (of course, the quality is low, but what can you do? You should see our equipment).

I'm still going to that ska concert in July. I'm really excited about that.

I'm tired. Uh...I think I'm done with this blog. If you haven't clicked the links in my sig, do so now! GO GO GO! HURRY!

[Tome]

So...my ceiling started leaking directly over my computer monitor about three or four days ago. I don't know if you realize this, but water is actually bad for computer parts. Huh.

So, it the past half week or so, that part of our ceiling got torn apart and a family friend fixed said leak, but not before the floor was thoroughly soaked. My monitor made it out alive after we put some towels on top of it. However, we had to move the entire desk for the work to be done.

I wish my digital camera wasn't trash so I could show you the set up I'm working with right now. I've got the whole computer desk backed into a corner (more or less), with cords stretching out to the original outlet. I'm actually sitting on my mother's chest. It pretty much rocks.

Now, if you aren't bored yet, you can read about my personal life:

Two of my friends started dating today (well...they went on their first date today. The feminine half of the relationship just got back from vacation today, and the masculine half leaves for week tomorrow). I'm quite happy for my friends, but I am slightly worried. You see, about six months ago, my friend of the female persuasion was dating another friend of mine. Now, these two guys...get along, but they aren't great friends. I wonder what's going to go down.

I know there's the guy code, or whatever, but these two guys aren't great friends, anyway, and it has been six months (which means the break has been longer than the two actually dated). I think it's okay for this guy to date this girl, but the other guy is still pretty much crazy about her, so I don't think he's going to see things the way I do.

Ugh. As long as friends don't expect me to choose sides, I suppose.

Well, that's what passes as interesting in my life.

I scrached my leg up pretty bad diving for a couple of frisbees yesterday. My leg was bleeding sort of bad, but that didn't stop me from playing (oh, and it didn't stop me from eating at the local Mexican place...or bowling).

Ah, bowling. I played a really good half game of bowling. After that, I lost it and just completely sucked, which was somewhat depressing. If I had sucked the whole time, I wouldn't have been upset, but I started off well. Oh well. I hadn't been bowling in years. It was fun. I wish we'd had time for more than one game. We're going to go again sometime.

My mouse just died. That's odd. And, thirty seconds after writing that, I find out that my brother unplugged it. Curse this difficult set up!

I'm bored, and I'm pretty sure I just ran out of things to type. SIG LINKS GO!

[Duh'venger]

I'm actually sitting on my mother's chest. It pretty much rocks.I couldn't help noticing this ambiguous passage. That part could probably use a re-write. :D

Sorry to hear about your computer woes. There's a big hole in my ceiling right over my computer. The leak that caused it was fixed ages ago, but the damaged ceiling inside was never fixed. I have come home and found bits of debris on my mouse pad. One of these days the whole works is going to drop on my head!

[Tome]

Oh wow. My apologies for that sentence. Chest as in, a place in which you may store things; ex. A hope chest.

Anyway, I think I'll write me up a short entry. I don't have but a few minutes, but let's see what I can do! GO GO GO!

I've been in a bit of a writer's block lately. I call it summer. Each year, my ability to write anything decent seems to leave me. I work better in the cold weather. I've written some stuff, but not nearly as much poetry as I have been.

This could also be because I have been focusing on ska songs, but I am finding out that I can't really write those. My lyrics are "too emo," my friend has said. I guess I'm not real happy right now, is the problem. However, I'm not upset or anything. I'm...

I'm ranting about my emotions in my blog. Wow.

Well, there goes my time. MORE TO COME!

[Vermillion]

Well i hope that you get out of your writers block, it's a real pain in the ass when you want to write and can't think. Post some of your songs lyrics. I'd like to read some of them.

[Tome]

Blog blog blog. I haven't written one in a while. Let's get right into it, shall we?

I've seen Transformers. I thank my lucky stars every night that the movie was amazing, and not a destroyer of my childhood. I was worried for a minute there. I've seen it twice since its release, and I'd see it again if I got the chance.

I also saw the new Harry Potter movie. Also good. It wins for not sucking as much as the fifth book (although, you'd have to try to suck that much). I might end up seeing that one again, too.

The band has a song recorded. That's right. Paying With Nickels recorded a song. Granted, the quality is about as low as possible, and she still has kinks to work out, but we've got something. I want the band to re-record it to work out some timing issues (and fix a couple lines). We'll see.

myspace.com/payingwithnickels

No, it's not very good, but you can check it out if you like.

I go to a concert on the 21st! I'm so excited. The time is ticking slowly. A lot of my friends are out of town right now, and I'm bored.

I rented Warioware for the Wii. It's not bad, but I think it could have been better. Still, I'm having some fun with her. A good rental but, like the original, I'm not interested in owning the thing.

Speaking of Nintendo, Super Smash Bros: Brawl is being released on December 3rd. With any luck, I'll be able to find a copy before the start of the new year, but I'm not holding my breath on that one. It should be awesome.

Mario Kart of the Wii! With online! That'll be fkn fantastic! I can't wait to start playing people! I saw a lot of DS tracks moved to the Wii version, so I wonder what all it'll have. It comes packaged with a steering wheel. That's...odd, but whatever.

Nintendo's conference at E3 made me a bit sad, though. The "big" finisher was WiiFit. That fails. That fails hard. Come on, Nintendo! Why not save the Wii Mario Kart for the end? That would have been a crowd pleaser!

Ugh.

Galaxy is looking like it might be fun. We'll see.

That's it for now, I guess. Not much is going on. The summer is just slowly slipping by.

[Tome]

I was going to go to a ska show with a friend tomorrow, but his grandma is in the hospital and just about to die, so we've had to call off those plans. I'm sort of upset about missing the show, but not so much as to be upset with said friend at all. These things suck, and happen, and cannot be avoided.

So...I'll be here tomorrow, when I thought I'd be in Richmond, VA, watching some ska bands tear up some stage or another. Oh well. Life rolls on.

[Tome]

Nothing since July 20th? How depressing.

I can't say much has happened. I've spent my days playing ultimate frisbee, hanging out with friends, and sleeping. Ah, the days of summer! How glorious!

Oh, that reminds me. I go back to school tomorrow. If this seems a bit soon to some of you, that's because it is. Mountain schools like us start early because of the snow threat. It's always been like that, but it still sucks, even after all these years.

Anyway, I've got eight classes all year this year, which is more than I've ever had at one time in my high school career. We also have some new grading scale that's going to make getting good grades a bit more difficult. I don't know how well I'll do this year, but I've got some pretty solid foundation built. My GPA is resting somewhere around 4.175.

I failed my driver's license test. I...was an idiot. It's probably best that I'm not street legal yet. I'll try again on Tuesday. I'm not overly concerned.

I think maybe I was going to type more, but now it is time to eat me some grilled chicken.

[Tome]

Er...I got my driver's license yesterday. I meant to type something up here, but I never got the chance. I was on my computer for all of an hour yesterday.

School started back. Expect a full explanation/reflection about my senior year schedule fairly soon. Maybe even tonight, I don't know...

[Tome]

No full explanation of school. For the first time of my life, I pretty much hate the entire school day. I don't want to talk about it. I'm not happy at all during the day.

Ugh. I don't have time for this. More coming? More coming.

[Tome]

Sometime, early yesterday morning, my little brother (age 15) stole my car and drove away. He left a note saying not to worry. He said he'd be okay. He didn't say he'd be back.

I miss him. Already, I miss him. I decided I couldn't go to school today on the grounds that crying in my classes would make it difficult to focus. I don't know why I'm so torn up. I mean...he is my brother. He's not quite two years younger than me. As kids, we were really close.

I guess I'm upset because he was my first friend, and the one I've had the longest, and now he's gone. And