2009 in Melodramatic, Teenage-Angst Ridden, Catharsic Review -or- Why This/These Year(s) Sucked

Okay, so I never update this thing to begin with, but for this, the smaller the audience, the better.


'09, largely, you sucked. There were only a few moderately good little events thrown in there. Let's give a rundown of the negatives:

1. I asked this one girl (with whom I was good friends) out, and she didn't speak to me for about two and a half months. Granted, this was probably equally my fault, but still. It really just got to me largely because of two things: 1) My pathetic self-esteem coupled with my OCD causing me to think her rejecting me made me worthless, and 2) The fact that I lost her friendship for a while, or so it seemed. And that last one really got to me because I had lost one of my best friends because of something I did, something so... trivial. But that's largely gotten better, so I'll shut up.

2. My ex. Enough said.

3. This summer. This was the first summer in which I felt completely helpless. I had formed really strong friendships over the last school year, and I wasn't able to see any of them over summer, and that really bothered me. Bothered me too much, arguably. I'll let you infer from that what you will.

4. The one-year anniversary of my Grandfather's passing, and the fact that we rented his house out. Don't get me wrong, I adored the family that rented it, but it just struck me that it isn't his house anymore. It was ours, and then it was someone elses. Now it's someone else's again (and they aren't hiring me to do lawn service, which makes me sad). The hours and tears that all of us put into that house can never be understood by anyone who wasn't there.

5. This school year, in which I've really dropped the ball on just about all of my responsibilities. It makes me feel really crappy that I've become like this, but I can't seem to work up the will to change at this stage of the game. This leads into my next discussion on insecurity, the fact that all I seem to think nowadays is that I'm pissing off all of my friends and that none of them care about me anymore because I've been a jackass. I'm fairly certain that's not the case, but still.

6. New potential girlfriend, who is being exceedingly manipulative and may or may not be making up another fictitious boy purely for the effect of making me more interested in her. Or she's being very rude by talking about this "asshole" (her words, not mine) to my face all the time. It's just really annoying, and I can't ask her anything about it, because I know nothing about her, so I can't start a relationship now. Also, I'm terrified of starting another relationship after the way the last one went.



And that's about it. For this year. Now, let's talk about the positives:

1. I got a new guitar, which I promply named Gary and gave a seat of much distinction in my room.

2. I got a new amp, nicknamed "The Titan" due to it's size and incredible capacity for sound generation (it's 120 watts. Loud.).

3. I joined a band, which, despite some early setbacks and friction, has turned out to be one of the greatest things that ever happened to me.

4. I got contacts. Which means I look like far less of a nerd. I also updated my wardrobe to include sunglasses, a leather vest, blue jeans, dog tags, a leather fedora, and these wierd batter's gloves I bought at Dunham's before they went broke.

5. I got to see Bon Jovi, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock, Gaelic Storm, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra live this year.

6. I learned a lot about music theory.


Well, that's about all I can think of for positives. Now, a personal discussion of how my life has changed this decade.

Well, let's skip everything up to 2007, because frankly, I don't even care what went on before that. So. '07. That was the year it all started happening. I lost a lot of weight, got in shape, started guitar lessons, and started school. I also realized that I'm a very smart, very well-adjusted person. For the most part. It's that "starting school" thing that's the kicker. It's been a double-edged sword, but we'll get to that. 2008. HELL YEAR. My Grandpa died, the first death to really affect me. It made me want to die, frankly. It made me so sad, so down on myself that it was just overwhelming. But I got through, and I became the person I am today because of everything I went through. And then, we move to 2009, which we already discussed. I got pulled into a lot of drama this year, drama that I shouldn't have been a part of and that shoulnd't have even existed (those involved, you know who you are, and you know what you did). But above all, I can say that I've grown. I've become an adult through this. I am who I am because of what happened to me, and all of this shit has served an important purpose: to deepen my faith. I'm getting confirmed this year, and I think that it's good that I'm at the point I am now, and I can thank everything that's happened to me already.


Well, that's about all I can say and not regret it forever. I was gonna put this on Facebook, but no I don't think that's a good idea. And this is very tame, mind you. I could name names, discuss situations, but even I'm not that big of a moron to do that. Bear in mind, this isn't a cry for help. It's a hope of understanding, like I've known other people to do. This is the only way I can talk about this stuff, because any attempt at face-to-face or otherwise real-time communication quickly begins to resembe a half-assed try to elicit sympathy, and people just pull away or roll there eyes. I just want to end this with that disclaimer: I don't want sympathy or help, not directly. I want understanding, and if you understand what I'm experiencing, then yeah, you'll be sympathetic. And then, if you are, it'll be genuine, not forced or requested. And if you're not, screw you and your little dog, too.

Good thing only four people are ever going to read this.






Happy New Year!


Editor's note: This is NOT an attempt to replicate any similar posts made by anyone to whom I may be related. This is simply a carthartic excersise inspired by the afformentioned post. I just wanted to clear that up.

I'm BAAAAAAAAaaaaaack............

Well, that was just plain odd...

Well, for those of you who I plan on telling about the fact that I decided to post again, I welcome you all back to this pitiful forum of the inane goings-on of my personal life that even I find boring and not worthy of mentioning, but I figured what the hell, and this has been the longest sentence I have written in a very long time and I don't think it even has a point anymore, so I'm gonna end it now.

Sorry. But, as the above run-on points out, I have decided to rekindle this blog, seeing as I haven't updated in almost a year, since Grandpa died. It's a little bit sad, both his death and the long span of time between posts. Seeing as I'm sure all of you are DYING for me to enlighten you on the idiocy of my life, I'm going to give you a run-down of the past year in two paragraphs or less, or your money back.

So, we know about Grandpa, but what I haven't said anything about is the ordeal at his house that has consumed our lives for the better part of the past year. When you want to rent a house that hasn't been redone since 1960, a little housework is usually entailed. This wasn't little. I have only one thing to say that sums up my feelings about that house: wallpaper on the ceiling. Moving on, in August of '08, I had the good fortune to attend a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in West Bend. It was amazing. They played all of my favorite songs, and closed with the most epic version of Free Bird I have ever heard. And it made me realize what I want to do with my life. Remember that guitar thing I mentioned alot in previous posts? Yeah, it's consumed my life and made me want to play it proffesionally until I die. It's gone rather well so far, but that's a story for next paragraph. Then began school. The rundown of most of it goes as follows: Depressed, Really Depressed, Moderately Happy, Happy, Depressed, Mourning, Depressed, Happy. But socially, it was amazing. I, oddly enough, made many new friends, and I thank God that I got the chance to develop my friendships with those I had before. Academically, I'm still #1 in my class. Take from that what you will. That's it for '08 (yeah, you're surprised that that was only six months, aren't you?).


Not much of consequence happened that can take up too much space in '09. The major events: I like Metal music now (weird, I know). I'm lead guitarist in a rock band with a good friend of mine on bass(I'm in 2 bands, technically, but I don't really count the other one too often). I had to deal with the death of a classmate, which still disturbs me. Then came Summerfest. Bon Jovi headlined the Opening night at the Marcus Amphitheatre. I was there. It was amazing. I was able to see everything perfectly, despite our far seats. The concert was almost two hours long, and it was a DAMN fun two hours. And that leads us to here, where I sit, listening to "The Final Countdown", typing up this random little infomercial of my life, waiting to go see Skynyrd again with Kid Rock in tow.



See? Told you it would only last two paragraphs.


Well, I've got nothing more to write, but I vow that I will not let a year pass between this and my next post. See y'all later.

End of an Era

Hello, readers. It is with a heavy heart that I write these words.

For my entire life, my grandfather was there for me, praying for me and helping me through life. He was a major force in my life. The care he gave to his sick, dying wife was an example to every member of my family. He was a very active member of our parish, always going to Mass, and talking to all of his friends.

When his health started going downhill in the past 8 or so months, I truly thought he would push through, as he had done in the past.

During the night on July 25th, 2008, my grandfather passed away, peacefully, in his sleep.

During his tenure in this life, he touched so many others, such as his neighbors or his fellow parishoners. Even though we mourn him, we must keep in mind that all of our lives, and indeed this whole world, is a better place because of him.

We miss you, Grandpa.

AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry. I don't know why I decided to do that. Just... disregard that.



Well, to be specifically honest, I have little, if anything, to write about. I am only updating because of my new year's resolution to update once a week.


Well, next week is exam week. I was freakishly paranoid about my exams for a while,but then that left.

And then the principle called an assembly because 2/3 of the freshman class is failing, and told us that they were the HARDEST TESTS YOU WILL EVER TAKE AND YOU WILL FAIL AND WE WILL TAKE YOUR GRADES AND MUTILATE THEM MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so I may have paraphrased that. The principle is not demonic. Too often.


But now I am feeling much better about them.



Well, in other happenings, I beat "Guitar Hero II" twice, AND unlocked Free Bird for my eternal playing joy.

And Morena is still obsessed.

Also, we made the mistake of getting the younger Spawn of Mickey a copy, and apparently, he's so obsessed he's beaten it a lot and is freaky good at it.



(This should probably be located above, with the stuff about the exams, but I didn't want to put it there. Deal with it)
I only have 1 class period, not counting the exam day, left of my gym class.

I am somewhat sad about this, if only because I need to take the dreaded Health Class *thunder cracks, eerie organ music, bloodcurdling scream*.

OK, so that was unnecesary I suppose, but still.

I never thought that I would miss getting up at 6:15 to go run and weight lift and play mat ball (which is suprisingly fun) at 7:30 in the freakin' morning.

But I do.




Well, that's about all that's been happening. Sorry it's boring.

(PS: I know this post would have been funnier if there were Icons, but I couldn't figure out how to put them on. New computer.)

I've Created A Monster

I bought, with $68 of my own money, a copy of Guitar Hero II on Friday. I found out how addicting it was. I made the mistake of letting Morena play it.



She won't leave.

(P.S, Morena: I don't really care, so this was more in jest. Hope ya don't mind :))

Hello, Good People!

That is, if any of you still read this.


Well, after a record-setting (for me, anyway) four months, I have decided to grace you with a quick update of my life. Here goes.

Started school. Am doing quite well. 4.000 (the best you can get there) GPA first quarter. Carying one this quarter. Got transfered from my english class to advanced english. Getting an A. Science teacher kept both of my lab reports as examples for future classes. Made lots of new friends. Got that 360 I kept talking about. Got Halo 3. Beat Halo 3. Beat it again. Close to beating it a third time. Can run a mile in 5:40.


That's about all that has happened in my life.




More will come. Don't worry.

A Minor Note on the Last Post...

Editor's Note: I could have just edited the last post to remove the erroneous reference, but this is funnier, and it's my blog, so there *immaturely sticks tongue out*.


Some of you may have noticed that I mentioned something about an " Invasion" movie in the first paragraph of my last post. You see, that was in reference to the 2007 remake of the 1956 movie of the almost-same name (FYI, the two phrases on the sides of "of the" are links. I accidentally changed my link color, so most of the time, it is the same color as everything else. Sometimes it isn't. It's like that.), which I saw the Friday Irish Fest started .See, the original title of the last post was "Vacation/Invasion/Civilization II Narratives", 'cause I was gonna write a synopsis, but, as stated at the close of the last paragraph, I was short on time, so I changed the title to "Vacation/Irish Fest/Civilization II Narratives", but forgot to take out the mention in the first paragraph.




My bad.

Vacation/Irish Fest/Civilization II Narratives

Well, I finally decided to update. I'm sure you're all soooo happy. (FYI, the Invasion part of my title is the movie. Not my many conquests in Civ II. The italics doesn't work in titles.)



Well, as we were driving home from Minnesota, Rockford turned around and declared that she expected good blog posts from all of us when we got home. I realize that was a week ago, but I move at my own pace.




Galena: Our first trip of the Week of Multiple Vacations. Remembering the second paragraph of my last trip post, nothing really unique happened this time. But, that is the problem with traveling to the same place biannualy So, really, I see no need for a lengthy trip synopsis. However, a few little points may help to state that a few differences did occur:


1). The "awesome pirate sword" in the last post was replaced with three different ones: (Note: These are the swords true names, so, for your aid, I will link each sword name to it's respective page on Wikipedia. This is me helping all those who don't understand the intricate world of bladed weapons.)

The first one had an S-shaped guard that looked like a falchion's, but the blade of a claymore, but vastly shorter. It may have been an arming sword.

The second one was the same as the first one, but its guard was C-shaped. They both may have both been arming swords.

The third was a roman gladius.

My dad didn't get any of them, however.

2). Seeing as it's summer, we didn't pick up either of my sisters from school.

3). Seeing as Morena and I are somewhat over the Masons, we didn't go quite as crazy this time.

4). I was listening to my iPod, playing my DS, and we may have gone by a different route, so we didn't see any Nordic Lodges.

5). Due to my bizarrely obsessive exercise regimen, I was able to ascend "The Stairs of Death" very easily.

6). It didn't take me quite as long to fall asleep after dinner this time.



Minnesota: The trip there and back was much longer, but was made more humorous by the little towns in between that had less than 900 people. When we got there late Thursday night, we discovered, in addition to the prison down the street from our hotel, that St. Paul is a town of People Who Love Fast Food And Sit-Down Restaurants WAY TOO MUCH. We were only able to find, like, two Super Americas (Yes, that is in fact what they call Speedways there. The "The convenient stores of..." rhyme in the commercial doesn't work quite as well.), and only one of them had what I needed. Then we ate and fell asleep and all those other things that prevent us from dying and all that. The next morning, I woke up with all sorts of bumps all over any part of my skin that touched the bed. And the bed was weird. And broken. In fact, my back and neck hurt the next day. It's too complicated to get into now. I was also informed by Morena that the shower curtain was moldy. Ugh. Then, after breakfast, we drove around Minneapolis, which was VASTLY more interesting than St. Paul. Also, I can now say that I have been to BOTH two-story Target stores in the US. And I got one of the new Pokemon games. Yay. Then, we did something I can't remember, because I was a bit into the game. Then, we got ready to go to the concert. After eating at a pseudo-Irish place at what was essentially a 14" board screwed to the wall, we waited for about an hour. Then we saw the concert. It was very fun. Or at least, I think it would have been if I was there, seeing as the notion that me and Dad (read: The Guy Who Drove Across 1 1/2 States To Take Us To A Josh Groban Show) actually attended said concert ruins the experience for some people *CoughMorenaCoughCough*. Then we went to sleep, woke up, ate, and left. And that was the end of it.


Well, the end of those vacations, at least.



Many other things happened since then.


First off, I finally got CivII to work. Oddly, it won't work with the disk in, but it works nonetheless. And one day, I played it constantly. And more the next day. In fact, I played it every day but Friday.

Then, on Thursday, I got glasses. Cool ones, too. It is fun being able to see.


And then on Friday, we went to Irish Fest. And sat. The whole day. But at least we got to see the "Remembering Tommy Makem" thing. Also, I was introduced to Gaelic Storm. Not them personally, but I saw them and I like their songs now. Actually, I was introduced to a lot of music during this span of time, like Free Bird, or the Bane of Morena's Existence, in Galena, and it is now My Favorite Song Ever. Then on Saturday, I had Guitar Lessons. They're fun. I think I'm getting better. Then on sunday we went to Mass at Irish Fest and ran into a bunch of people we know. then we came home, and that was that.

Well, I am actually pressed for time, so that is that. I hope Mom thinks it's good.

Get away from my Godson!

Only... two people who read my blog would understand that title, so, for the rest of you, I will explain. It's from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". That's the movie, not the book.




Speaking of the movie, synopsis for those of you who haven't seen it will follow.


So, updating more often than usual. Mostly because of an oral agreement (which are apparently legally binding in Wisconsin) I made to my mother earlier this year that I would update more often. So I am.







Well, more often than movies, we have started watching "The Twilight Zone". The old one. the new one is no fun. But still. It is very fun. Not scary, either. Presently, my favorites are "The Hitch-Hiker", " Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?, "The Obsolete Man", "The Night of the Meek" and, my absolute favorite, "To Serve Man". It's awesome. By the way, all of these are links to Wikipedia, so don't follow them if you don't want to read about them.








While I realize that I already beat it (and made way too much of a fuss about it, might I add), I am trying to re-beat both "Halo: Combat Evolved" and "Halo 2". See, the first time I beat them, it was on the "Easy" difficulty, so I am beating them on "Normal" (for those of you who understand nothing of Halo's difficult level changes, it goes Easy, Normal, Heroic, and Legendary). I have never done that before. However, I am really embarrassed that I find it kinda hard, seeing as everyone I know started on "Normal". Odd.








Well, in another oral agreement (I make a lot of those. I should stop), I promised you a synopsis of "Order of the Phoenix". Here we go.



Harry almost gets killed by a Dementor, he meets some crazy person, goes to Hogwarts, forms an army, finds Voldemort, Sirius Black gets blasted to death by his cousin, Harry gets possessed, Harry gets unpossessed, and they all live happily ever after. Until next year, when all kinds of not-nice things happen.








Well, I am sure that you are all terribly interested in this, but I have started excercising a lot recently. Like running the paths in our backyard nine times (well, walking/running), playing basketball, push-ups and sit-ups. It's actually paid off. I have lost a lot of weight. Which I am very happy about.




Well, that's about it. Good-bye.

I Am The General, And I Want Spinning!!!

Sorry. Line from Stargate that no one here would get, unless you saw the 200th episode, which I highly doubt.





Soooooo, haven't updated since that iPod thing. Weird. Although, don't blame me. My life doesn't have too much to write about, and it takes some time to figure out how to put it all together. Although, that isn't why it took me so long.





I'm just lazy.

Well, I started guitar lessons on Saturday, not that that comes as a surprise to anyone who reads this, seeing as I told everyone already. I just... kinda... suck at 'em. Oh well. Its only been two days.




Also, I finally beat "Kingdom Hearts II"! That means I have beaten all three mainstream (they made one for a cell phone, but it looks kinda pitiful) KH games! Also, I think, after I buy the Xbox, Halo, and an electric guitar, I am going to save up for a PS3, which have come down in price, just so I can play KHIII, or whatever the heck Tetsuya Nomura wants to call it



Speaking of the Xbox, I have new reason to wait for September to buy one: (okay, I can't find it anywhere, but I know that it exists) the limited edition Halo 3 Xbox!!!! That would be much more exciting to y'all if you could see it, but... tough.




And, speaking of Halo 3... They finally released some final campaign footage!!!!!! It looks awesome. I am SO MAD that I will be in school next year when it comes out. Grrrrrrrr.




Also, one last link, THEY ARE MAKING THE HALO MOVIE!!!!!! Finally. Now I just have to convince my dad to take me.



And so ends an abnormally Halo-related post. Hope y'all enjoyed it.

I HAVE AN iPOD!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

(Ok, that sounded just a bit... odd. But, I don't really care to much.)

I would like to introduce you all to my iPod given to me by Aunt Mickey for my Graduation. It now has 155 songs on it. Actually, it is silver, but Mickey also gave me this handy case. And a $15 iTunes gift card. Yay.

Well, in an effort to make this post somewhat more interesting than a picture of an iPod, I am going to mention one more topic: http://www.stargateprops.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=20022 (once again, the link is being tempermental, so I will put the heading here) Whoa, does that honestly say $995.99?!?!?!?!? In my personal oppinion, for a thousand bucks, it should come with the actor who uses it. And he should, to qoute my mother, clean your house on a regular basis.

Well, that's about all I can say. Bye.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUNGIE HAS FINALLY GRACED US WITH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3 (sorry, that didn't work quite as hoped, but it still got the link) THE RELEASE DATE FOR HALO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





(ahem. Regaining control of myself for one second here, I would like to say that this is the single most important non-religious occurence in my life, so I am crazier about this than any other time, regardless of how it seems. In fact, capslock does not come close to expressing the level of excitment I am experiencing right now. I am going to go back to being crazy now. Bye.)




YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Good-bye.




ETA: I could not find a link to a more, how shall I say, credible source than Wikipedia, so you will have to make do.

It's a Greek tragedy... Who wants that?!?

Greetings, my friends!! I know I haven't updated since Easter, but, trust me, you would run if you saw what has been happening to me recently (read: nothing has been happening). Nothing really is now, but I haven't updated in over a month, so I will endeavor. So...

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I got nothin'.

Actually, I do, just not much that you would care about.








Actually, they are. In Denver. They are the new plague rats. Seriously.





Well, we had a lovely Easter party on that Sunday (I only say that because I neglected to mention that on my last Easter post). I got weaponry. Honestly. I got these. OK, so they are made out of wood, so they don't REALLY count as weaponry, but trust me, they still hurt. A LOT. Especially when they hit you really hard in the head.







Well, my half-birthday is coming up, and I know just what I am getting: this. I only know because I had to help order it. Also, I am going to pay for it. I always liked those songs. The opening of the first song always makes me happy. I don't know why.



Also, on the subject of gift giving occasions, my graduation is coming up (no, mickey. We haven't changed it.). I know what I am getting for that as well, for the first reason listed about the soundtrack: I had to help order all of it. I am getting this, this, this, and this. I have a strange fascination with that show. And its spinoff, which leads to my next topic, to be taken up after the icon.











Well, thanks to Morena, I have now become (much to her chagrin) addicted to this TV Links website she showed me. It is awesome. Regrettably, I like it a bit too much for their liking, and the shows I watch are 45 minutes long, so you can see the problem when this is the only computer that works. It only has one Stargate show, though. Strange.



Well, (sorry for leaving it until the last paragraph) Imladris was Confirmed a few weeks ago. So now she is a full Catholic. Congrats.



One last link for you today: Uh-oh. I sure hope that was "heat-of-the-moment"-type stuff, cause if he leaves, we are even more dead than we were last year, and that is hard to do.


I guess we will just have to wait and see.


Well, I guess more was happening to me than I thought, but not anymore. Good-bye.

Alleluia, He is Risen!!

That's a big Twinkie.

Hello, readers. Sorry I haven't posted in, oh... 26 days, but my life isn't interesting in the least, sooo... yeah.




Well. I was able to beat Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories since last I wrote. Twice, actually. They have another story mode to beat after the first, and I was able to beat that. Yay. I have decided to use it as a substitute for this until I decide to get it. It has a song under the credits that I really like listening to, so I have to beat the game again every time I want to listen to it. Somewhat inconvenient, no?





Happy birthday to Rockford, who celebrated on Thursday. She got a pillow, a handmade book of E-Mail conversations between her and Morena, and the third season of "Wings"(two copies, actually). I think she enjoyed it.




Watched "Casino Royale" last night. It was surprisingly good. Well, except for the fact that some parts went against, like, the laws of physics (He charged through a wall. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!). The one thing I don't understand is how this is a prequel to the ten billion other movies that have been coming out since the early 1960's, but it is set in 2006. Morena yells at me whenever I bring it up, but still.




A few closong links for you today: Isn't this AWESOME?!? I wonder what it does. Although this made me rethink it, this brought some hope back (if you watch this, don't pay attention to what the thing that opens it says.).


Well, that is that. I hope you enjoy it. Good-bye

Silence fills the empty grave, now that I am gone; But my mind is not at rest, for questions linger on...

Sorry. I just love that line. To y'all who think this is a strange line (read: every single one of you who are reading this), I will explain: It is from Halo 2. That's all ya need to know.



Hello, kind and faithful readers. Did you all miss me?



Well, it would appear as if it is that time of year again: Lent. The time we restrict ourselves from favorite activities in an attempt to be closer to God. I decided to give up Wiki- and Halopedia. And LOTR-wiki. But that is a strange place, so I don't really miss it. I have, however, taken advantage of the fact that Sundays aren't Lent, so I used the two sites yesterday. I couldn't keep myself away.


Whatever.




(I would have an Icon here, but I can't figure out how. Odd.)



Well, I got a new game on saturday: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. It is the midquel of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. It is very fun. I just can't get past one part. So sad.



Also, I am almost to the point of getting that XBox I keep talking about. I am almost tempted to buy it before November.


Oh, well.



Well, that is about all I can think of to write. I bid you farewell.

*ANGELS CAN NO LONGER BREATH BECAUSE OF JOUYOUS CELEBRATION*

It is done. By beating "Halo 2", I have CONQUERED both of the currently standing legs of the "Halo" anthology.


Hooray.





It may not look it, but I am still crazy about this.

*ANGELS SINGING EVEN MORE JOYUOSLY IN BACKGROUND*

For, BEHOLD, I have defeated "Halo: Combat Evolved"! The world is finally set right!!!!!!




Sorry. Still crazy.

You usually don't see that kind of behavior in major appliances.

I love that movie.




Well, I decided to, on my day off, to grace you with a post that may interest you a little more than the last one (Yes, it was about a game, Mickey. You needn't be worried.).



Well, as you probably divined from the preceding post, I have beaten "Kingdom Hearts". It might have taken me two an a half times as long as Blockbuster allows, but, what are grace periods and renewing for? It was very fun. It froze up during the credits, though, so that sucked all the fun out of beating it, because there is a bunch of stuff to do afterwards, but WHATEVER. It was still a good feeling.



Also, I am a little closer to getting that XBox 360 I mentioned in a previous post. I will NOT, however, get it before November, seeing as no games that I will really want to play will be out yet. Oh, well.



One more paragraph, and then I promise you this will be ended: When did scientists get so paranoid? Seriously, why would you be all gung-ho "We must take action or the world will be destroyed" if the chances are 1 in 45,000 that an asteroid will hit us in 29 years? I, personally, think that they are overreacting, but I'm not a U.N official, so no one cares what I think. So WHATEVER.




Well, that is about it. Good-bye.


(Also, since the possibility of something major happening to me in the next 3 days is about the same as the possibility of the asteroid mentioned above hitting earth, happy Lent:))

*ANGELS SINGING JOYFULLY IN BACKGROUND*

And BEHOLD, I have CONQUERED the evil demon known to the general public as Kingdom Hearts, and have smote ALL(read: the majority of. I wasn't able to get all of the sidequests.) of its challenges!


Sorry. I am a little crazy right now.

Hello, readers.


I am in an abnormally angry mood right now, and I decided to blog as something to do while I am out of the living room. Don't read it if you actually like to be interested in the least.


Ok, my life is presently so boring, I can't think of anything to write about, aside from the fact that I rented a new video game.


I, as you garnered, rented Kingdom Hearts on my dad's birthday. I have also almost beaten it. wooot.


It is surprisingly fun for being set entirely in Disney movie worlds. huh. Who'da thought.


Well, that is about it. Good-bye

In Memoriam

EDITOR'S NOTE: I know I used this title before, but it serves a versatile purpose.



Well, my friends, the world of horse racing, and maybe even the world in general, just got a little darker. I just can't believe it. He fought so fiercely, but I guess he couldn't any longer. The world will miss him, and will always remember him.



Good-bye.

Move, children!! Vamanos!!!

I actually kind of liked that movie. It was ubercreepy, but I digress. I will tell those readers of mine who did not watch with us what it means. Later.


Well, I decided to update a bit more frequently now, but I still have very little to say. It will be incredibly boring. Just thought I would throw that out there.



Well, for our weekend scary movie, we decided not to stay in the 1950's and instead ventured into 2002, and watched "Signs". WORST DECISION EVER. One of the best movies I have seen in a while, but REALLY bad idea. It did give me hte title for this and many proceeding posts, though. Also, on Friday, we watched "The 27Th Day". I will give you a brief synopsis.



"The 27Th Day": Alien abducts 5 people. Says he needs the earth, but he needs it without humans. He gives each of them box containing 3 capsules a piece. He gives them 27 days to decide what to do. If they decide to use the capsules, they will kill all of humanity. If not, the alien's race dies. They spend the 27 days trying to figure out what to do. Eventually, one of them figures out that the capsules can be changed. He does so, and they kill everyone on earth that is an enemy to world peace. They give the alien race Antarctica to live on.


That was actually a pretty good movie. It was well done. Signs was, too, but I almost died of fright during it. It was AWESOME, though.



Although nothing is as awesome as the Halo Wars trailer. Honestly, I just watch this thing and wallow in the fact that it isn't out yet and that I can't play it. Sad. Some of you who actually watch the trailer (I wouldn't recommend it to either Rockford or Mickey, unless they like watching aliens kill marines. I don't know) may note that I don't have an Xbox 360, but I plan to soon.



Actually, scratch what I said about the Halo Wars trailer being the most awesome thing ever: this is. I am so sad that it isn't coming out until November. Oh, well. I can still get it for my birthday. Also, I don't know if Rockford and/or Mickey would like this.


Speaking of birthdays, The Younger Spawn of Mickey had his birthday on Friday. I know that he doesn't read this blog, but his mom does, so wish him a happy birthday for me. Also, Renaissanceman has his on Tuesday. Happy BDay, dad.


Well, that is it for this installment. See ya later.

In That Dream of His... I Betcha He Wasn't Dead.

I love that movie. It is awesome.



Hello, faithful readers. I know that every last one of you all some of you have expresses some annoyance at the fact that I haven't updated since 2006. Ok, so 21 days, but technically, it was last year. The reason for this exceedingly long hiatus is this: MY LIFE IS THE MOST BORING THING EVER. EVER. Honestly, I think a guy in jail has more to write about. I promise to update more often, though, even if I don't have anything to write about.

Well, in incredibly unhappy happenings, I had to start school. 2 weeks ago, but still. I also had exams this week. VERY BORING. At least I am learning the stuff. I could not know anything, but I think that I am relatively smart. I don't like writing and I am not to good at spelling, but I know what this is and stuff like that. Well, then. On to more interesting subjects than my intelligence.


(huh. I wanted to post an icon here, but they won't let me. I don't like them anymore. I think I will boycott them. Except for the not using their stuff part.)


Well, Ander (I presume you haven't moved past the olden days of commenting on blogs for this newfangled "Facebook" nonsense. (WOW that sounded weird.)), you should be happy to know that me and Rennaissanceman went over to the local conservatory of music and inquired about guitar lessons (I decided to take after my father and use my grasp of relatively good vocabulary in my blogging. I don't like it.). I believe I will be starting soon. Now all I need is an electric guitar. My mom has allowed me the use of hers in the interim, but I would prefer an electric one. Sounds cooler.


Also, "American Idol" started. WOOT. I had forgotten how cruel they are. Huh.


Also, I would like to formally beg on bended knee request the assistance of Imlasris and her tight connection with St. Anthony. I have lost an heirloom of sorts. My father somehow procured a Spanish conquistador saber, and gave it to me a few years ago. I can't find it. I, personaly, wonder HOW one CAN, in fact, LOSE a four-foot-long saber. I would like to get it back. So please, dear Imladris, assist me.



Well, this can't be bode well. I didn't actually think she would run. Shows what I know.


Also, Pokemon.com FINALLY released something of great importance. At least to me. I know I probably shouldn't be this interested, but whatever. They finally came out with this code thing that allows you to get a special mission that allows you to transfer an ultra-rare pokemon into the two new games coming out in April. Wahoo. You can only imagine the joy I feel in my heart right now.


Also (and I promise this will be the last paragraph), I served my first Mass on Sunday the 14th. I was really freaked out that I would forget something. I figured that my fears were unfounded and that the other server sould help. Well, my fears WERE founded on the fact that there WAS no other server there. I almost DIED. Thank goodness that some wonderful kid came up at the last minute and helped. Crisis averted.



Well, that is about it for me. I hope you enjoy this little update on my life. Good-bye.




ETA: The links may not look like links, but if something doesn't seem to make sense, just move the cursor around and you will probably find a link.

Were you molested by apes?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That is funny. only two of my readers will understand that.


Well, seeing as I have far more time on my hands than any person should be allowed, I am gracing you with a post.


Well, I (for risk of being killed by one of my siblings who shall remain nameless, the rest of this paragraph will be in Japanese) まだ学校の週を過しなさい! 私はいままで決して私の生命にあまり幸せ!! でなかった! 私達は壮大な国に住んでいる、そうですね? 私はアメリカを愛する。You might not be able to read this, but I know what it says, so all y'all can ask me if you want to know.

Also, TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON ON SCI-FI!!!!!!!!!! SO HAPPY!!!!! Wow. That was insane, even for me. I also cannot believe I seriously considered saying OMG.


Also, I neglected to mention this on the other posts this year, but Imladris, Renaissanceman and myself (and, most recently, albeit for a short time, Morena) watch cheesy, 1950's science-fiction/horror movies each weekend night. It is very fun, unless we choose a really bad one, like "Beast of Yucca Flats"(I AGREED, NOT CHOSE!!!!!). That was a bad one. But the last couple of nights (since we are all off of school) we have watched two incredibly hilarious ones, namely "Tarzan's Revenge" and "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla AKA The Boys from Brooklyn". I will now grace you with a breif synopsis of both:


"Tarzan's Revenge": Okay, first off, like Imladris observed, the name and pronunciation of Tarzan must be, like, copyrighted, cuz they kept saying Tarz-un. Also, they did not call the girl Jane. Rather, Elanor. Also, this movie gave me the title for this post. Sorry this wasn't much of a synopsis.


"The Boys from Brooklyn": Two guys crash land on an island with (supposedly) only one white man, despite the fact that they all were. One gets turned into a gorilla by Bela. One guy wakes up and it turns out it is all an act. Okay, this movie was so DEAD BORING I fell asleep halfway through. The acting was also terrible. When two guys use their real names for the names of their characters, that is a red flag up right there. Also, they were joking about knowing Bela Lugosi's character from "Dracula". Another red flag. Also, when one of the actors sounds like a donkey (honestly. He was BRAYING.) when he laughs, ANOTHER red flag. And the coup de grace (I think that is how that is spelled. I don't know.): When a MAN wears a shirt in a girlier fashion than my sisters (I didn't mean that as an insult to anyone, but seriously, it was tied up leaving his midriff exposed. *shudders*) , just run. RUN. I am sorry, but no. NO. JUST RUN.


Well, one last link today: (okay, so I can't find a link Iwaitedtoolongsorry, so I will just talk about it) They executed Saddam. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Okay, so I can't think of anything not gruesome to say about it.

And that's the end.

Of course he lives in a pineapple, you silly!

I always love the Spongebob lines.



Well, it appears that I broke my promise of posting on Christmas day. I appologize. I got kind of carried away on Christmas. I know I shouldn't have, but I did.


Speaking of Christmas, did you all have a good one? I did. That could quite possibly be because of this, this,
this (although it isn't the same color. Mine's black), this, this (albeit a copy from my sister's place of employment. It was a family gift.), this, this, a book about the Masons, a cutlass (a real one, mind you, not the plastic variety), a Brewers stocking ornament, two packs of Pokemon cards, a deck of playing cards, a slinky (jr.), a Jack Sparrow ornament, and a couple of Target gift cards. Wow.


But I do find myself worrying that I don't fully grasp the nature of Christmas, or just don't pay attention to it. I try my hardest to be a good Catholic, but I sometimes lose sight of the holines and sacredness of these sorts of things. That's why I was going to post on Christmas, but I didn't, because I lost sight of its true meaning. I appologize.


Also, I decided that I am going to go along with that "Post 'Merry Christmas' in different languages" thing. You might not like it, but it's my blog, so I don't care. Stand back and be amazed by my powers of linguistics.


Chinese-simp: 圣诞快乐
Chinese-trad: 聖誕快樂
Dutch: Vrolijke Kerstmis
French: Joyeux Noël
German: Frohe Weihnachten
Greek: Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Italian: Natale allegro
Japanese: メリークリスマス
Korean: 즐거운 성탄
Portugese: Christmas Alegre
Russian (Run, Morena. Run!!!): Веселое Рождество
Spanish: Feliz Navidad

Ok, so I used a translator site and copied-and-pasted, but same dif.

But all these words, in all thes different tongues, mean only one thing: no matter what language you speak, have a merry and blessed Christmas season.

Good night.

I sang 3 encores. That's when you sing more because people WANT you to.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love that line.




I think this is the second most frequent posting I ever did. Once, back when I started this blog, I updated 3 times in one day (no, I didn't steal that from you, Ander). I am glad I have gotten back to updating.



Well, Renaissanceman, Imladris, and I just returned from a fruitful Christmas shopping excursion (Yes, Christmas shopping, Morena). So now Morena won't have a reason to kill me. Hooray.

And on that subject, I am still planning the post on Christmas, and I can reveal more to you today. It will be religious, but I will probably just write down stuff from the Infancy Narratives of either Matthew's or Luke's gospels. I dunno.



Also, we are (hopefully) going to see "The Nativity Story" later today. Aside from the fact that the 16-year-old pregnant New Zealander is playing Mary, it looks pretty good. It depends on how my mom feels.


Still on Xmas break *angel still singing and dancing merrily in background*. It is AWESOME. I hope to have a level in Halo beat sometime before I go back.

Well, that is about it. メリークリスマス (I decided I still have some time before Christmas for my plan :)) (PS: That's "Merry Christmas" in Japanese:))

Xmas Break

Well, readers, starting at 11.35 this morning, I am officially OFF OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!! *angels singing and dancing merrily in background*!!!!!!! Yeah!! For the next 2 weeks, I don't even have to LOOK at another addition problem!!! I am free to play video games, troll Wikipedia for useless Japanese information that may or may not be credible, read, play video games, troll Wikipedia for useless Japanese information that may or may not be credible, read, etc...


I love america.

Also, as you may notice, I switched to blogger beta and switched a bunch of stuff around on my blog. I considered changing titles, but I have stuck with this one since April, and it hasn't failed me yet, so I am sticking with it.


Well, that is all. Feliz Navidad (I was considering signing off some blog posts with "Merry Christmas" in different lanquages, but it is a little late for that).

Katana Pics

Here are the promised pictures of my katana... Enjoy...








Those are the only pictures I have. I hope those of you who haven't seen it enjoy them.

Dude, put that thing away!! There are, like, CHILDREN here!!!!!

I always liked Spongebob quotes. They will never get old.


Well, I am really only posting to maintain a promise I made to Ander that I would post at least once a week. I really wanted to post pictures of my katana, but I haven't been able to get anyone to help, and I can't do it, seeing as I don't have a camera phone (hint, hint, Rockford. Christmas is right around the corner:)).


On that note, Merry Christmas to all my faithful readers. I am very happy about it. I do, however, try not to forget it's true meaning, and, on that note, I will post on Christmas day, but it won't be what you are used to. I won't tell you anything else yet, however.


I also know one of the things I am getting. You may remember the "Awesome Pirate Sword" mentioned in the previous post. My dad got it for me (thank you, BTW). I am looking forward to playing (carefully) with it...

Also (and I don't understand this, either), I have a serous craving for candy canes. The reason this is strange is I HATE MINT. It reminds me of toothpaste. Yuk. I had to eat one just to satisfy my bizzare craving, but I took all the plastic off, so now, one I eat it, my hands become sticky messes. Icky.

Also, I never realized that Gerunds and Infinitives could make one want to hurt oneself. THEY ARE DEADLY BORING. So are noun clauses. But fortunately, I am done with them for the rest of the year. Yahoo.

Also something that makes one want to hurt oneself: Germany. Honestly. I had to do a report on it and I am not good at reports. I wrote down EVERY FREAKIN' PIECE OF HISTORY. Honestly, when Nazism is the most interesting part of your history, you have problems. BIG. NASTY. BORING. PROBLEMS.


And that is the end of this post. I am sure you are all glad. It was a very strange one, really.

Galena Post #2

Hello, Faithful readers (all 1.5 of you). I have decided to fascinate you once again with riveting tales from our trip to Galena, Ill.

While not many things happened that differed from our last trip, some things happened that did not happen last time. .................................................................................................................................................... Okay, so I can't think of any firsthand, but they exist.

the days went just as they always do. But, just to aide you, the following is a diagram of what happened:


Friday: Packed. Picked up Morena and Imladris from their respective educational facilities. Began trip. Forgot to take bet on when Morena would ask for food. Traveled for 4-5 hours. Reached Galena. Checked into hotel. Walked around and visited shops. Returned to hotel. Went to dinner. Returned to hotel. Drove around. Went to sleep (although it took me a while, beause of the four Mountain Dews I had with dinner).


Saturday: Slept in. Morena, Imladris, and Rockford went to get coffee. Stayed in room with Rennaisanceman. Watched "Ghostbusters" on Comedy Central. Went to breakfast. Walked around for a few hours. Visited Honest John's Trading Post (my favorite place, due to the weaponry). Found awesome pirate sword. Did not get awesome Pirate sword. Decided on LEGO sets instead. Went to Wal-Mart. Returned to hotel. Played with lego sets. Went to Mass. Drove around. Ascended The Stairs of Death. Felt like dying due to presumed athsma attack. Saw creepy silhouette in window of funeral home. Returned to hotel. Had dinner. Went to sleep (did not take as long as night before, due to the miraculous find of... Caffeine free Mountain Dew!!!).



Sunday: Went to breakfast. Returned to hotel. Repacked. Loaded up hotel cart. Checked out. Drove around. Went to park. Almost threw up from spinning on carousel thing. Went to Visitor's Center. Drove a bit more. Bade tearful good-bye to city of Galena. Drove for 4-5 hours. Arrived home. Unpacked. Ate dinner. Went to sleep.


And so ends what was probably the longest narrative of a three-day trip you ever read. Hope you enjoyed it.


ETA: The link to my other blog post will be blank, but just click and drag, and the words will appear. I had to do a school assignment once, , but I had to copy-and-past onto Word, but the font wouldn't work, so I had to change it. And now I can't change it back. Sorry.