Sunday, April 30, 2006
A freakin' head humper!
1:57 PM

Holy shiz. I WANT THIS.
"The book was better."
11:35 AM

Ugh. I hate that phrase. Maybe I'm being a hypocrite here, 'cause I'm sure I've probably said something similar when it comes to video game movies (NEMESIS a good guy, huh?), but I hate it when people rag on a movie that's been adapted from a book, saying crap like, "That's not how it was in the book!" Especially if the book is from a looong time ago. I did some research on "The Amityville Horror" and the 2005 remake. Someone asked why Jodie's spirit in the remake was the only one present and some other logical questions about the movie's plot. But did anyone answer the question? Noooo, they just went "OMGWTF, she was supposed to be a pig!" And there were more comparisons between the book and the 1979 film and the 2005 film, eventhough the original quesiton had nothing to do with that crap.

If you rag on the movie for not being like the book, read the damn book instead.

Yeah, I'm being hyopcritical with the whole video game movie thing, but I didn't complaing about Silent Hill being different from the games, and I thought the original Mortal Kombat movie was a good adaptation of the games, but those Resident Evil movies are shiz. But, hey, I've never actually seen the Resident Evil movies, so I guess I'm not being hypocritical, because I choose not to see them.
Horror
10:48 AM

Well, I've finally got my DS games. I turned my room and my sisters' room upside down trying to find it, then later Sabrina (one of my sisters) comes into my room and hands me the DS case, saying it was under my mom's bed. WTF? What the hell would it be doing there? My theory is Susana (my other sister). Everytime I see her playing my DS, she tries to hide the fact that she's playing. So she's always hiding the DS and the games because she doesn't want to get caught playing it, and she wouldn't confess to where the games were when I inquired about it 'cause she's stupid and likes to not tell the whole story all the time. >=[ So I wasted all that time looking for that DS and my room is almost more of a mess than it was before.

I think I got my mage to level 18 in WoW.

Keith and Ariel invited me over to their house to watch The Amityville Horror. Keith stopped watching and left to go see another movie at the theater, probably 'cause he was too scared. :P The movie was kinda scary, but mostly because of "pop-up scares", which I hate with a passion. I don't think they're scary at all, just really surprising. At the end, I thought it was a crappy movie 'cause a lot of it didn't make sense or certain things weren't explained. At least in the Silent Hill movie, everything was explained, except for Pyramid Head and the odd ending.

After that, me and Ariel went to Hastings to rent the English version of Advent Children. After watching the movie and actually being able to understand WTF is going on, I realize that it's a boring movie, aside from the awesome fight scenes. And it's really confusing if you hadn't played and finished the game before watching the movie. The DVD came with a "Reminisce of Final Fantasy VII" which basically went through the whole game, showing actual in-game footage of all the conversations in the game, except the dialogue was in Japanese, so it was all subtitled. So I had Ariel watch that to kinda get what was going on.

The English voice acting in Advent Children isn't bad at all! I thought it was perfect. Seriously. Tifa and Aerith sounded a bit off, but it wasn't as horrible as most anime dubbing. And I don't know why everyone's complaining about Cid's "cowboy" accent. I think it's hilarious. Barret sounds almost exactly like how I imagined him, with a hint or Mr. T. Okay, maybe I didn't enjoy Cait Sith's Scottish accent that much, but it was bearable since he spoke very little and I'm just gonna guess that it's just Caith Sith's voice and not (Final Fantasy VII spoiler) [Reeve's] (end spoiler). Reno and Rude were perfect. Kadaj sounded like a whiney boy, but that's kinda what he is anyway, so it fit him. Loz was funny and his grunts sound exactly like his Japanese counterpart, which is what I loved about him (other than his cool hair). The lip-syncing wasn't bad at all, either. And since you didn't have to focus your eyes on the bottom of the screen, you could actually watch the movie, instead of reading it, and I caught a few thing that I didn't catch in the Japanese version. All in all, I think it was a good Japanese-to-English conversion.
Friday, April 28, 2006
i dont need no skool
10:52 PM

No school today. That means I got to sleep in. I slept from 1 AM to roughly 2 PM. It was a good sleep, too. I had a dream: a lucid dream! To all those that don't know, a "lucid dream" is a dream in which you are concious of. You know you're in a dream and you can do whatever the hell you want. It was awesome, and to say the least, it was a sexual dream. ^-^

Otherwise, today was pretty boring while awake. I got my WoW mage character to level 17. I complained some more about Wii on the GameFAQs message board. And that's all I can remember that's worth mentioning.

I've also dicovered that I've lost all my DS games plus the DS stylus. I'm sure I'm not at fault for this. I'm more than sure that my sisters are responsible for this, since they had the DS last. Honestly, they've ruined my DS. They've gotten scuffs all over the casing, scratches and smudges all over the screen, and even got one of those glittery circle things that you find on purses stuck between the touch screen and the casing. Now they've lost my games and my stylus. Damn it. It really pisses me off. All that money gone to waste. -_-

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children came out a couple of days ago. I want it. According ot Wal-Mart's website, they're selling it for around 15 dollars! And, of course, Hastings is overcharging, pricing it at 30 dollars. They don't even know the name of the movie, calling it "Final Fantasy 4." Stupid Hastings.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
No, sir. Wii don't like it.
11:38 PM

Well, folks. Nintendo's awesome Revolution has a new name: The Stupid. Actually, it's "Wii", but it's practically the same thing. I hate this name, and so do 95% of all Nintendo fans. The other 5% are fanboys. You can't deny that it's a horrible name without being a fanboy.

Don't get me wrong. I'll still by the system, and I'm sure it'll be awesome to play. It won't be awesome to call it by its name, though. So I've decided to continue to call it the "Revolution." Another cool name is the "Nintendo Nosotros", which is like "Wii", only in Spanish.

Seriously, mostly everyone that was hyped for the Revolution hates the name and everyone that didn't want a Revolution in the first place has less of a reason to get one now. Seriously, this is shiz. Nintendo doesn't need to "consider" changing it. They just need to change it.

I even e-mailed Nintendo Of America regarding the issue. I wrote:

Wii are concerned. And by that, I mean many of Nintendos fans.

Im sure youve received plenty of e-mails about this that youve probably already generated some kind of mass response to this, but...

Wii is not a good name for the Nintendo Revolution. The bad connotations behind the word is reason enough for it to be considered not good.

You think if you guys get enough negative feedback, you could inform the higher ups in Japan (or whoever is responsible for the naming of the new console), and perhaps a name change could occur?

Or maybe this is some kind of big joke? :)

Their reply:

Hello and thank you for contacting Nintendo,

I appreciate your taking the time to share your comments regarding the name of our next home console. If you haven't yet had the opportunity, please go to the news section of our website (www.nintendo.com/newsmain) to learn our feelings about the name. Rest assured that your feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate department for further review.

Sincerely,

Nintendo of America Inc.
David Glover

I'm not sure if it was an automated response or not, but this gives me hope that there are other people complaining, too. Perhaps they'll get enough negative feedback, that they'll change the name. Unlikely, I know, but I can always hope.

Sunday, April 23, 2006
There was a HOLE here. It's gone now.
10:51 PM

Well, me and Dillon saw Silent Hill yesterday...you know, the movie. Neat movie. It's tied with Mortal Kombat as my favorite video game movie ever. It's not bad, really. I never played Silent Hill 1, so I'm not sure how closely it follows the Silent Hill story. Pyramid Head was in it, though (pictured to the right). Yeah. He was awesome. They needed more Pyramid Head. Hopefully they'll make a sequel, and base it off of Jame's story from Silent Hill 2 (the game). That would also mean more Pyramid Head!

The movie was pretty damn sick, too. And by sick, I mean disturbing. Like...gorey and stuff. Spoilers! Highlight the text to view the spoilers: [There's one part where this lady LITERALLY gets raped by barbed wire. Sick. And, of course, there's the infamous "Pyramid Head tears off the clothes and then the skin off a girl then rips her up even more.] Let's just say that at the beginning of the movie, Rose's shirt is grey, and by the end, it's red. No, she doesn't change clothes.

The monsers in the movie were awesome, too. Very Silent Hiil-esque. The patient demons from Silent Hill 2 were present, as well as the sexy nurses. There's also the "janitor", who's an original monster created just for the movie. Though the first monsters you see are probably the creepiest ones in the movie...

It was a pretty good movie. It contained "smart scares." By that, I mean not stupid scares that mainly involve really loud noises that make you jump. Scares as in you think something's going to happen, but it isn't. It's cool.

I feel like playing the Silent Hill games now...but I'm too damn scared. ^-^ Someone come over and play them with me. We'll make it a party.

As for other stuff that happened this weekend, I've been working really hard on my MySpace profile. Check it out. It looks really nifty now. I spent three days on it basically. You see, I really don't play on the computer. I friggin' work! It wasn't all that fun to mess around with MySpace's fscked up code. There was a lot of frustration in getting the music player to work, too. However, it seems that ever since I updated the looks of my MySpace, I suddenly got a lot of friend requests from some hot-looking "females." ...they're probably not really females, though. And if so, they're probably not to hot-looking.

I also played some WoW, also. It's getting really stupid 'cause I keep dying and can't complete quests.

Owwie. My finger hurts.

Oh yeah. I beat Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening: Special Edition on Friday night. Very good game. A+++ Would play again.

Seriously, I loved the game. One of the few games that I've acutally had enough fun with to force me to finish it. Most of the games I have nowadays aren't able to keep my interest for very long, which usually ends up with me never completing those games.

However, I'm not TOTALLY done with DMC3. After beating the game, I unlocked Dante's brother Vergil as a playable character (pictured to the left). So I can beat the game again as him.

I also unlocked Bloody Palace mode, which features a whopping 9999 levels. Think I can get through it? I got to level 1119 my first time through (boss fights against Vergil are pretty difficult).

Speaking of boss fights, the last fight against Vergil in the game was a bitch. I actually had to use three recovery items (two Vital Star S's and one Vital Star L). Usually I don't have to use items. I just start the boss fight over if I get damaged too much, but Vergil was such a bitch and I decided that since it was the end of the game, I might as well use my items.

Now I wanna play DMC1.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Fsck Prom.
1:05 PM

I'm not going to the prom. At least, I highly highly doubt I'll be attending such a silly event. Prom is stupid. It's just a stupid excuse to stay out late, get drunk, get high, lose virginity, or maintain sexual relations. Or even, by some weird and unlikely chance, all of those things at the same damn time. It's also a scam by the school, clothing companies, limousine services, and hair stylists to get lots of people to cough up obscene amounts of money for one fscking night. And it might even be a literal "fscking night" and that makes me want to vomit and kill everyone involved in such ghastly acts that don't result in planned procreation.

I asked two girls to the prom. One girl said maybe at first, and if she didn't go with the first or second guy she wanted to go with, she'd probably go with me. 'course she later says it's creepy to go with me 'cause I'm such a creepy and disturbing guy because I just want to have a legitimate fun evening, right? Whatever. The other girl also said maybe, but she was already planning to go with someone else, but if it didn't work out, she'd talk to me. That basically means I'm not going with her either.

Whatever. FSCK PROM! I'll throw my own prom again. It's gonna r0x0r the official one's ass into the ground and pwn it some more. It'd be like a rabbit vs. a rhinocerus, my prom being the rhino, of course.

Jessica says, "Can't you just stop throwing a pity party for once?!?!1/1?1/12/312?#12" WTF? I don't throw pity parties. Sure, I get depressed and stuff, but I don't like to outwardly show it. I don't cry in public (anymore). I like comfort, yes, but not if you're not willing. That's just plain stupid.

I came up with this stupid theory that a certain girl has been using me. Actually, I didn't come up with this theory. Other people brought it up before me. I didn't acknowledge it though (except for once when I said, "I don't care if she's using me! I like it!") I used to give her rides around and stuff 'cause she didn't have a car. During this time, we seemed to have a pretty good friendship. She'd talk to me and she'd even hang out with me and stuff. She'd even play video games with me (like World of Warcraft).

Well, now she's got a car. She doesn't talk to me anymore. She leaves school early and without saying anything to me, and recently she's been ignoring me. She won't return my calls, and she doesn't even play WoW with me anymore.

Naturally, one would assume that this is because she got a car and doesn't need to use me anymore, so she doesn't need to be nice to me anymore.

Well, sir, this theory is bullshiz. She's still my friend, and I'm guessing she's only been uncomfortable about me asking her to the prom and her turning me down. The reason she wasn't returning my calls or why she was ignoring me is probably because she's afraid to confront me about the subject again (which I'd try to goad her into anyway). The WoW thing was probably just a coincidence. I thought being a Rogue was fun, though. =[

I even got her a present to apologize.

But, yeah, fsck prom. It's dumb. Everyone come to my anti-prom instead.

Monday, April 17, 2006
Prom-blems...
7:18 PM

Ugh...the prom: such a controversial topic...at least when it comes to me.

I've asked Jessica a couple of times to go with me. The first time she was like, "Maybe." Then later it was, "Nooooo, I'm going with my boyfriend!" Well, now guess what...she's not going with her boyfriend! When I discover this, I'm like, "Yes! Now's my chance!" but then I'm a little surprised to see her acting like I never asked her, being all like, "Noooo! I don't have anyone to go with now!" Hmm...it's not like I offered to go with her, right? Err, wait...

So, anyway I confronted her about that. I again offered to take her to the prom. Then she hit me...and it hurt. No, she didn't physically hit me. She said, "No offense...but it'd be creepy."

...

...

...

WTF?! "Creepy"!? How would it be creepy!? I asked her that very same thing, and she replied, "I dunno, it just would be." -_- Typical. Now she's no longer calling it "creepy" but "weird." She won't tell me why she won't go with me! C'mon, tell me...how would it be "weird" or "creepy" that I be her prom date this year?

It's not fair, y'know. She went with Zac two years ago, for crying out loud! ZAC! I'd be a much better date than Zac! But nooo, she gives him a chance but not me. Makes lots of sense, huh? If anything, going with Zac is creepy!

I honestly can't really think of a real reason why it'd be "weird" for us to go to the prom together. Sure, we used to date, but that was two years ago. She's had loads of time to get over it, and she even has another boyfriend to boot!

Wishful and fantastic thinking makes me wanna say that she's afraid to go to the prom with me because she fears that she'll fall for me again. ^-^ That wouldn't be bad, in my opinion, but... Yeah, that's probably not it.

So I've been depressed for most of today now. People are telling me to ask someone else. To be honest, I don't want to go unless I go with Jessica. That's just the way I want it. If I go, it has to be PERFECT. Otherwise, I'm not going.

On another note, I've had "Devils Never Cry" from the Devil May Cry 3 soundtrack stuck in my head all day. It's a good song...but I'm afraid if I listen to it too much, it won't be fun to listen to anymore...
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Back FROM the future...
10:56 PM

Yesterday, me and Dillon went on a journey to the future and back. How did this happen? Wal-Mart.

Yes, Dillon and I somehow walked through a time warp a little beyond the electronics section of Wal-Mart. We first noticed our presence in the future when we discovered a futuristic metallic counter. We actually weren't really aware of our time traveling at that time. We just suspected it. We discussed how if it were the future, we'd see people moving around in mobile carriers, and right at that moment, we witnessed a man riding a towering machine through the hunting section. That's when we knew it. We were in THE FUTURE! We were amazed at how different the future was. There were all these odd tools and towel-holding bars. The refrigeration units in the grocery area of future Wal-Mart were very awe-inspiring. The sleek black and sliver color scheme certainly met out expectation of future...color schemes. We also encountered a cyborg. A man who possessed some sort of super-hearing with a futuristic device clipped to his hear. And then there was the omniguy: part man, part machine, part man again. That was an impressive sight!

And as proof of our adventures in time, here is the receipt from a purchase at that date:



Do you see the date!? It was the year 76563134533045816355. Right above the bar code!

However, once we left Wal-Mart, we traveled back to the present. Man, that was kickass.

After that, I got a McFlurry at McDonald's and we went to Heath's house to watch him play Kingdom Hearts 2.

We also finished our Economics project! ...for the most part. We still need a "certificate of ownership", which Josh was supposed to do, but...he hasn't been online in a while.

Even Mickey may cry...
1:20 AM

Saturday, April 15, 2006
"Psychic powers..."
10:33 AM

Whoa. That was awesome. I woke up this morning, and opened up Winamp. I imagined a certain song playing in my head, and when I loaded up a random playlist, that was the song that played! That song, by the way, was "Scarlet Battle Soul" from the Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Soundtrack.
Friday, April 14, 2006
btw
2:44 PM

My mommy's home, and she brought me a bunch of Yan Yans and crawfish. It's like heaven, really. I'd take pics, but someone has my camera. I hope she isn't taking pictures of pizza.
Wednesday, Thursday "Eventful Days"
2:23 PM

Actually, I already talked about Wednesday, so I'll just talk about Thursday. Lessee...

It was the day of the Economics field trip to "The Mint" or whatever they call that place with the money. I didn't go because I didn't pay the required 20 bucks for the trip. People complained that we shouldn't have to pay to go to a place that's free to tour or whatever. That's fair enough, however, that though did not cross my mind at all when I decided not to go. I just didn't pay the money 'cause I didn't want to ask my dad for money ('cause he was the only parental at home for a while). So I stayed at school.

Not much actually happened at school. Jessica and Kara replaced Josh and Nick at our lunch table. It was cool, and all. Kara says that we should all sit together more often, but I'm not sure how we can accomodate that. We'll figure something out. Also, apparently Jessica watches porn because she told us about some weird "Pizza man porn" that I wanted to know more about. She was reluctant to provide me with details, probably embarassed or something. That same day, I found a LUELink that pointed me towards the "Pizza man porn" site. Man...it's friggin' disgusting, and this is coming from a pervert! I can't believe Jessica knows about that stuff. That's just..gross. HOW does she know about that, anyway? The thought was bugging me all day yesterday.

But enough of the pizza porn. After school, I decided to embrace Kara with a hug. Doing such, however, caused my necklace to become "locked" with her backpack. It was an "XD" situation. It was the kinda event that you'd expect in some kind of manga or something, 'cept I didn't get the crap beat out of me like Keitaro would. Oh, I loved it. :P

Later, around 7 PM, I was to meet Josh and Dillon at Hastings to work on our "Econoville" (start a business) project. God...too many damn people hang out at Hastings. People that Josh and Dillon knew (but I didn't) kept showing up and interrupting the project proceedings. Why the hell do people hang at Hastings? They go there to get a drink and sit in chairs. WTF? I remember the good ol' days when people would go to Hastings to RENT MOVIES (and games). I guess times are changing. -_- Also, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9." ...Hastings still doesn't have Negima, Volume 6! I NEED THAT BOOK, damn it! Either everyone else in the world needs that book and Hastings only keeps one copy of it at a time, or they haven't restocked it because they don't like me (they already piss me off with their pricing of video games and hatred for Nintendo). Maybe they're trying to force me to use that "special order" system. Meh, whatever.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
*cue heart-felt guitar phrase*
9:46 PM




I love Love Hina.

For some odd reason, I started reading Love Hina again, and now I'm downloading the anime...for the third time. I always seem to download it, then delete it later. I should just save it this time, but whatever. I've left my computer on for three days and it's still not done yet.

I seem to like the anime a bit better now. The animation is actually pretty good, though I don't particularly like the art (which is barely similar to the manga's, IMO), and later on, the girls' boobs get bigger and bouncier, which I don't particularly enjoy, either. It's just...weird..and distracting. I hate Keitaro's outfit, too.

But, yeah, it's still cool.

The thing about these episodes I'm downloading is that it's dual audio. That means I can choose between English and Japanese voices. Let me tell you, I'm far from those "Japanese purists" or those who can't stand dubs, but the English voice acting in Love Hina SUCKS BIG TIME. Kitsune's a Texan and Su's an Indian... WTF?

Y'know, despite finishing the manga story a long time ago, I still don't have volumes 2 or 9. I have volumes 1, 3-8, and 10-14, though. I still don't know what happens in those volumes. I'd hate to spend more money on manga, though (especially wasting all that money on Kare Kano).

Ugh...Kare Kano. That started out like such a wonderful series, but then it all went to hell when Yukino ended up sleeping with that guy. ****, sex ruins everything. If I want sex in my manga, I'll read hentai, damn it. It's no longer enjoyable when the main character isn't a virgin anymore. I guess it's just a pet peeve of mind.

I'd like to link to a Wikipedia article of "hentai" for you guys that don't know what it is, but it seems that somehow, an example image has been posted in the article, and I don't think you wanna see that.
Even the devil may cry
8:23 PM


I've started playing Devil May Cry 3 again. Yaaah, it's lots of fun. I didn't know the game had such length. The game is really fun, and thanks to the difficult adjustment of the game (originally, the game was more difficult for the American audience, sit they switched the Japanese "hard" mode to the American "normal" mode), I'm hardly frustrated at all when I die. The bosses aren't cheap, either. They actually require legitimate strategy. It's all cool, plus, yeah. The game is really really fun. The storyline ain't too shabby, either.

In other news, today was some "Texas Scholar" event. I'm not sure exactly what to call it, but first there was "entertainment" (a sing and dance group known as "Encore"), a luncheon, some ceremony type thing, and a speaker. It wasn't all fun and games. It was actually kinda boring, but I got to go home around 2:00, so it was okay.

Jessica was supposed to call me to play WoW today, but I guess she forgot about it. Oh well.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Welcome Back "Crappy Life and Depression"!
8:50 PM

Actually, no. I don't wanna be like this again, but nooo, my dad refuses to stay out of my life now. He's trying to hide it behind the fact that my mom is ill, but just because she's ill doesn't mean I need my computer and TV removed from my room. If he wants to solve problems, he should try and avoid obstacles (like pisssing me off all the time) instead of making a lot of new ones. Seriously, he told me that he wants to take my TV and computer out of my room because I'm up past midnight and I don't wake up earlier than 7:30 AM. WTF? WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO BE DOING PRIOR TO 7:30 AM!? He and my sisters are already up by then, but I have another hour until school starts for me. I have NOTHING to do that early in the morning other than take a shower and get dressed, which usually leaves me an extra 30 minutes of doing...well...NOTHING. My computer and TV have nothing to do with this crap. He must think all I do is play on this thing, but I think I work more than play. Would you call spending 3 hours messing with style sheets in order to create good-looking site layout playing? How about 6 hours of transcoding videos. This crap takes time and I'm not exactly having the time of my life doing it, but I'm learning, damn it. I haven't touched a computer game in almost a week! Oh, I pity those who understand so little. Computer = work.

Also, there's other crap that he goes on about, stuff that I can't even remember now, because it's stupid. He tells me to clean my room. Hmm, I'm guessing that it's pretty obvious that he hasn't even looked in my room, considering I cleaned it last weekend. He's acting like I haven't tried to take responsibility for things, basically ignoring the last weekend where I was alone and the house is still standing. And he says I need to take initiative, and do things myself, and offer help to people because I shouldn't receive help if I don't give. What if I don't want help? He keeps telling me to not cook, because he has no confidence in me, and he tells me to mooch off of other people instead. WTF? That's like the complete opposite of what he's telling me.

Yeah, my dad is really pissing me off. It seems like he's taking advantage of my mother's illness to be a jerk again.

I know my mom is in the hospital, and I know that she's going to need help, but I don't want her to become one of those stupid bed-ridden parents who don't do anything anymore. I understand that she'll be less active, but I'm not suddenly going to take over ALL her chores and make her sit in bed doing nothing all day. I don't think she wants that, either. I don't think she wants to be reminded of her illness. I'm not saying this because I'm laying, I'm saying this because I actually think about what she might want. If I were in her shoes, I wouldn't want to feel helpless. My dad seems like he's totally ignoring my mom's feeling, saying stuff like, "She's says she can do this, but let's not let her."

Whatever. I'm pissed off again, 'cause my dad is bitching at me for taking naps during the day...when I was younger, he'd bitch at me for not taking naps. WTF, make up your damn mind!
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Nerds Make Better Lovers
5:54 PM

...according to Cristina Millano, and I agree.
IT'S THE END OF THE INTERNETS! Part 2
5:31 PM

And it seems I'm one of the few survivors in Paris, Texas. No one on my MSN/AIM contact lists is talking to me. The only conclusion is that they didn't make it out of the Internet's collapse alive. They will be sorely missed and a memorial shall be erected for them an the tragic of events of today.
IT'S THE END OF THE INTERNETS!
5:24 PM

Wikipedia is down! We're all gonna die! The most useful source of information (though not always accurate) is gooone! Why couldn't it have been some more-deserving site, like MySpace? I'm a sad panda now...
Recovery of Catholicism
4:18 PM

Well, I went to church yesterday. Interesting experience. Enjoyable? Not so much.

A lot has changed since I last went. First, we've got a new pastor guy, an Irish man. I'm afraid to say that I don't recall his name. Anyway, since he came along, there have been a few changes to mass procedure. I don't know if it was because it was Saturday mass or because the original organ guy was gone, but to replace him that night was some lady who was clearly not as talented as the original organ player (organist?). The songs didn't sound as lively, and she seemed pause and really stupid times or not hold notes out long enough or hold them too long. It just didn't feel right. Also, we no longer hold hands as we say the Lord's Prayer. I dunno what's up with that. I kinda miss it. Communion is a bit different to, because the altar servers hold this paddle thing below you as you take it. I don't get it, but whatever. At the end of mass, the priest says some weird stuff instead of simply "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" when it comes to do the sign of the cross. It's all crazy.

As for my actual experience there, it was okay. I didn't really WANT to be there, and my back hurt when standing for a long period of time (the gospel reading was one of those really long ones where certain people are assigned to certain speaking parts, which I made me miss Father Alphonse, by the way, because he was really awesome when he did his part as Christ). Also, there was this lady sitting next to me with three kids, one of them a baby, who kept crying. While I wasn't particularly annoyed by this, I did feel bad for the lady.

I also realized that for outsiders, mass can be a scary thing. With some of the chanting and stuff we do (it's not really chanting, just speaking long phrases in a monotonous tone).

Ugh, now I have to go pick up my sisters. When I FINALLY get around to doing something productive, it gets interrupted. Life is so unfair.
Red Steel
12:11 PM





Originally uploaded by el moco.
This is Red Steel. The screenshots are actually photos taken of the latest Game Informer (courtesy of Endangered Gamer). This game is the first revealed Nintendo Revolution game. It looks pretty damn awesome.

GameFAQs poster GameDesignerSage provided quite a bit of information on the game. Here's some of the more notable things:
- Game development started shortly after E3 2005. Ubisoft saw and demoed the controller before E3 2005.

- The first third of the game will be all about being "brutal by necessity".

- As you start out you will be less precise and probably favor more devastating weapons (machine guns). As you progress and become more precise, smaller guns will be more preferred. "The overall goal...is to use five bullets to kill five enemies".

- By defeating high ranking leaders who command others and sparing their lives, you will be rewarded. He will offer you respect and help (guns, help, new weapons, alternate paths, etc).

- Specific motions with the controller will trigger combos (in the final game). Tracing an X in the air, for instance, will unleash a devastating attack.

- You track down the gang leaders and try to turn them to your side. If you don't, they will join Tokai's (the main villian) gang.

- You have to prove you are worthy to them by battling them and sparing their lives. You will need as many of them with you as possible to face Tokai. Without their help, you'll have a rough time when you finally face him.

- The two triggers on the front of the analog unit activate ducking and jumping. The analog stick controls movement, and the revmote controls aiming. No rails.

- Most console FPS games limit their enemies to horizontal planes to prevent player frustration, but targets on a verticle plane are just as easy to hit with the Revolution controller.

- While you can quickly shoot enemies anywhere on screen, Red Steel never feels in a light-gun game - this is a true FPS, one that feels like it has drawn from the best of both the PC and console shooter worlds.

- AI characters will care for themselves. They will go for cover, attack you while you're reloading. They focus on risk management. "They won't walk around a table to get to you. They will simply jump over the table". [Sounds a lot like the aweseome A.I. in F.E.A.R.]

- Split screen multiplayer [no mention of online play]

Click here for more details.

The game sounds really awesome (and looks great to boot). A lot of anti-Nintendo folk are going on about "I thought graphics didn't matter" when all the Nintendo fans got all excited due to the screenshots. They seem to totally forget that these are the first screenshots of a Revolution game to be revealed. That's a good enough explanation for all the hype. Plus, the gameplay sounds like it'll be very interesting. I'm just hoping the animation will be good ('cause I'm an animation whore). Take Oblivion for example. It looked great according to screenshots, but in motion it looks like crap.

I'm looking ever-so-forward to E3.

Friday, April 07, 2006
Home alone
10:44 PM

I'm home alone this weekend. Fun fun fun.

Actually, I'm really bored. I'm sleepy now. I'm going to sleep soon.

My mommy called me today. She sounds well. Coolness.

I'm apparently going to church tomorrow, at 5:30 PM. I asked Jess to go with me, but she's going out of town tomorrow. Wahhh. That makes me sad. I really wanted to go with her...or someone. I don't wanna go by myself.

Someone remind me to feed the fish tomorrow morning.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
A "talk"
10:22 PM

Ugh. My dad just gave me another talk, this one much worse than last time. He was asking about me being late today. He got really mad at me, and when the school called to inform him of my absence first period, he somehow mistook it for a message that said I would be kicked out of school if I didn't bring a note. I tried to explain the whole "excused" and "unexcused" absence thing, but he said "You're only excuse is you're stupid." -_-

So now he's basically threatening to take away my computer again. If he gets involved in my life like this again, I might go back into that whole "depression" state. My computer has nothing to do with this!

He gave some silly speech about how our lives need to change, particularly mine. He went on about how I haven't washed the dishes since he asked us to, and got mad at me for not doing it last night. That's not fair! His terms were this: "If you're the last person to eat and place your dishes in the sink, wash the dishes." Last night, he was the last person to eat. He went on about how I need to take "initiative" and I need to change now. He obviously understands that we need to change, but he doesn't comprehend the subject of "transition." He's given us only two days to change our ways. Two days to overwrite 18 years of lifestyle. You can't expect this crap instantly! And no one's taught me how to cook rice yet or use the washing machine! I keep asking, but no one's taking the "initiative" and teaching me the essential skills in life.

I'm going to church Saturday at 5:30 PM. I just need to remind myself that. My dad had the audacity to tell me to "go back to God." I never left God! I just never went to church! And he even told me that I need to go to church and pray for my mother. I pray for her every night in my bed! I don't need to be at church to do that!

But yeah, the talk was overall stupid and stuff I already knew, or stuff I didn't want to know.

I'm really sad about my mom being in the hospital. I am perfectly willing to change due to her illness, and to help her out and stuff, but not this way. Not with people allowing me to change at my own pace or misunderstanding the reasoning behind my actions...and not with people threatening to remove my computer from my room.
One of those "eventful" days...
9:00 PM

Gah. I woke up this morning...at 9 AM... School starts at 8:30. Pretty bad, huh? Actually, I woke up at 6 AM, but hit the snooze button on my alarm clock. Either the alarm clock didn't go off again, or it did and I didn't hear it, so it turned itself off. Usually when this happens, my mom wakes me up, but since she's in the hospital, that didn't happen. My dad and my sisters just left me sleeping in my bed. BAH.

So I showed up at school at the end of first period. Mr. Grissom asked me why I wasn't at rehearsal, and I tried to explain it to him, but he said, "I don't need to know the details." Meh, whatever.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm failing Calculus more now. There were 7 questions, and I answered 3, though I'm sure they're all wrong. I attempted a lot of them. I just don't know how to integrate! The first semester I was doing okay, getting high C's to low B's. The second semester, it got way worse: 70's (nothing higher) to, well, 20. There's obviously some distinct difference between the first and second semester considering the huge drop in grades. I think I know the reason. The first semester, we usually copied notes down from Mrs. Waldrum's lesson. This semester, she simply gives up copies of the notes she made herself. Sure, this helps my laziness, but it doesn't help me learn. I think because I had to write the notes earlier, the stuff stayed in my head and I did reasonably well in the class. Now that we no longer have to write the notes, all I'm doing is copying down problems. So, yeah. There you go. Maybe I should start rewriting the notes she gives us.

We (the band) were excused from school early today due to UIL contest in Mt. Pleasant (unfortunately, this was AFTER the Calculus test). We got out around 11:30, during lunch. Me, Natalie, Keith, and Ariel went to Capizzi's. That was my second time there. It was a really nice time there, at least for me. I think I did too much talking, though. So I eventually promised that I wouldn't talk. Bad timing on my part. Some interesting conversation came up during my vow of silence, and there were many things that I wanted to say, but couldn't. Eventually I got fed up and started talking anyway, but by then, I was less energetic and eager to socialize. Meh. I ate yummy food. I had a "Baked Ziti" or something on Natalie's recommendation.

We took a charter bus to Mt. Pleasant for some reason. It's only a 45-minute ride. Man, it's hard to sleep on those buses. I didn't have much to do. I only had my PSP to entertain me. Because I was in such a hurry to get to school this morning, I didn't have time to bring my DS or digital audio player. I really had nothing to do, because I was getting kind of bored of Me and My Katamari.

So fast forward to band contest. We did pretty well, I suppose. Straight 1's. I guess that's a good thing.

I ate at Burger King. Not much cool stuff happened there.

And now I'm at home, typing this stuff.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Calculus complications
10:12 PM

Crap. I just remembered that there's a Calculus test tomorrow. Currently, I'm failing that class with a 20. I hate integrals with a passion. I just don't friggin' get them! And that's ALL we're doing this semester, apparently. Like this week, we've been doing "Trigonometric Substitution." I understand that perfectly! ...until it comes to integrating them. That's when I get lost.

It's not that I'm lazy. No. I really do try to figure this stuff out! I am trying to learn! You should see my notes. I try to take notes that make sense. I try to organize them and make them easy to follow...but the lessons just go by so fast! Everyone else gets the stuff, but I don't! When Mrs. Waldrum is working on a problem on the board, she's explaining while I'm just writing. I'm not learning, I'm writing. Everyone goes so fast that I don't have time to actually comprehend the meaning behind the numbers and symbols. By the time I'm done writing everything down, it's all a mess on the paper that doesn't make sense, and the words of explanation make even less sense!

I don't know what I'm going to do...

I remember the good old Math days, when I didn't do my homework because of lazines. Now I don't do my homework because I don't know how!!

This is one of those situations when I'd like to have a nice, pretty, single female tutor who falls in love with me (like Narusegawa...'cept she's mean and not in love with me).
Breaking in with the dead
8:50 PM

Since I bought a new keyboard yesterday, I decided to break it in today with some Typing of the Dead. Here's a video of my initial playthrough:



As you can see, my skills are rusty, and this keyboard is taking some getting used to. Plus, c'mon... "Opthalmologist"!? That's not even fair!
Tip: Tips are lame
8:38 PM

I was discussing this earlier in Calculus class, but I first thought about it a couple of days ago when I was trying to figure out how much one should tip the pizza delivery guy. I did some research online and came to the conclusion that "Tips are dumb."

I read from a blog comment post somewhere (sorry, forgot the URL) that "I shouldn't be responsible for paying the salary of an establishment's employees." I totally agree. I think it's the company's job to pay their employees, not mine. Tips are stupid. I shouldn't have to pay more than the menu price! Sales tax is already stretching the "unseen fees" thing, but tips are the last straw, because I have to actually figure out how much to tip. At least the tax is on the bill. Figuring out how much to tip people just gives me more work to do. If I'm tipping based on quality of service, then I shouldn't tip at all since they force me to figure out a tip. They should do that for me as well.

That goes on to say "I'd rather they include the tip in the advertised price." That's fine with me. At least then I would be more informed of the financial outcome of the whole situation. Like say I go for a 20 dollar meal at some restaurant. I have 25 dollars. I have to spend all 25 dollars on a 20 dollar meal thanks to tipping and tax. WTF? That's BS.

If people "rely on tips" to make a decent wage, then they should find another job that doesn't inconvenience me. >=[

It's also stupid how Domino's charges a delivery fee AND you're expected to tip the pizza guy. I understand that the delivery guy has to pay for his own gas, but that's also stupid, because he shouldn't have to. It's stupid to pay to work (taxes are dumb, too, but those are required, while tipping is "optional" for most people, since it's not a "written rule").
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
My suicide...
11:48 PM

In case you missed 'em, here are my April Fool's suicides:





Sadness
10:32 PM

My mother is in the hospital..in Dallas. She's having surgery tomorrow. The problem has something to do with fluid in the lungs. This all sucks. My dad talked to me and my sister's earlier tonight. He said that she "won't be the same" when she gets back. By that, she means she'll be weaker and less active. This also means I can't piss her off, which used to happen often (not intentionally, of course). So I'm afraid I might do something wrong.

This weekend, me and my family are going to visit her in Dallas. I'm kinda scared. My dad said she might not recognize us because of the medication she's on. This all really scary stuff. I seriously pray to God that my mother is alright.

On other, and less depressing notes, we had a band concert tonight. It was pretty good, I guess. I'm still not sure how to put on a tuxedo, though. I had hell with the bow tie, and I had no idea to put the vest on, so I just left it off. And I had trouble with my hair, too. I had no idea it was that long! And it curls up and stuff. I guess I SHOULD get a haircut soon. Other than that, I thought I looked spiffy.

I also bought a new keyboard today (both me and my sister's keyboard were all messed up, like the spacebar, h, b, n, and apostrophe keys did not work!). It doesn't really match my computer. I've got a silver computer case, a black monitor, a dark blue Dell mouse, and a white keyboard. It's like a "Frankenstein" system. Also, this keyboard is a bit squishier than I'm used to, so it'll take some getting used to.

Hey, look at that. A whole entry where I didn't link to Wikipedia! Wait, nevermind.
Moving again...
10:23 PM

It seems the whole "MySpace" thing wasn't working out. FEWER people were actually visiting and commenting because most couldn't be arsed to create a MySpace account (and I don't blame them), so let's try a new blog.

I spent forever trying to get the layout right (almost two or three days worth), so please don't let my work go to waste. Visit and comment. :P

Oh, by the way, those who visited my MySpace, APRIL FOOLS! I'm not dead.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
I try so hard...
12:01 AM

Jessica just told me I was being mean to her.

WTF? That couldn't be further from the truth. I try my hardest NOT to be mean to her, but she's mean to me all the fucking time. But I can't tell her that she's being mean, or that'll mean I'm being mean, and that'll make her angry. -_-

I was so worried about making her mad, that everytime I made a sarcastic statement, I typed in parenthesis "(I'm kidding. I'm not really mad.)" I even explained to her that my famouse ">=[" face is just a joke.

And, of course, she doesn't remember these things, or she probably never even paid attenttion the statements in the first place, 'cause I use them again in a recent conversation, and she accuses me of bitching.

10/8/2006
12:10:14 PM
Alfredo
Jessica
You'll spend money on Hello Kitty underwear, but not a webcam. >=[
10/8/2006
12:10:24 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
i don't want or need a webycam
10/8/2006
12:11:38 PM
Alfredo
Jessica
You don't need Hello Kitty underwear.
10/8/2006
12:11:56 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
uh huh they're comfy
10/8/2006
12:12:03 PM
Alfredo
Jessica
Bah, whatever.
10/8/2006
12:14:13 PM
Alfredo
Jessica
I'm gonna go play Battlefield. BBL.
10/8/2006
12:14:35 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
whaat
10/8/2006
12:14:40 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
you were gonna ready my paper
10/8/2006
12:17:37 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
i swear your so mean most of the time

I used the ">=[" face, so I was OBVIOUSLY joking about the whole thing. Then I give her ample time to talk to me (2 minutes) before leaving to play Battlefield. Now she gets all mad at me, but I don't know, 'cause i'm busy loading up Battlefield. She had 2 minutes to say "Wait" or something like that. But you know what's really fucked up? SHE DOES THIS TO ME ALL THE TIME. I'm talking to her, then out of nowhere she says, "I'm gonna go play WoW" then signs off or switches to busy immediately afterwards. -_-

She acts like I said I was gonna read her paper instead.

10/8/2006
12:06:47 PM
Jessica
Alfredo
you wann read what i got so far?
10/8/2006
12:07:38 PM
Alfredo
Jessica
Maybe later.

I specifically said I might read it later. I think it's more mean that she expects me to stop what I'm doing and read her paper. Normally, I'd do that, just to appease her, but I wanted to do my own thing. Oh, that was a bad idea, right? Living my own life? Pshh.

Then I explain to her that I wasn't trying to be mean. I say stuff like there was not any negative feeling in my heart towards her when I said those things, which is true. But she doesn't seem responsive to my pleading. She's obviously not listening. That's really rude, you know? Some one's pouring their heart out to you, but they don't give a shit.

Alfredo said:
And you just signed off again.

Jessica says (12:57 PM):
yeah cos this weird dude was talkin to me

Alfredo says (12:57 PM):
Oh...I thought you were mad at me.

Jessica says (12:57 PM):
no

Alfredo says (12:57 PM):
So you signed off.

Alfredo says (12:58 PM):
See, it's things like that!

Jessica says (12:58 PM):
yup

Alfredo says (12:58 PM):
...

And she doesn't even apologize. And I can't tell her that because she'll get mad at me again. Jessica is so unfair! ...yet I can't tell her that either! This is so frustrating...and I can't make it right 'cause I care so much about Jessica's "happiness." Lame. Lame. Lame.

And I have to hide this blog entry so she doesn't read it. I want to type it out to let other people know what I'm feeling.

I remember that there was once a time when I could be honest with Jessica. I guess that time is long gone.
About Me, J.R. "The Awesome" Dizon
12:00 AM

Well, most people call me "J.R." and everyone should call me "Awesome." My real name happens to be "Alfredo" which is just as awesome as "J.R", but I primarily use my shorter name to make it easier for my friends (followers) to refer to me.

I was born January 21st, 1988. So do some calculations and you can figure out how old I am now. Actually, I'm 18 as of this post (ignore the date of this entry).

I was born in the town of Paris, Texas. That's a small town in northeast Texas. In fact, I still live there. It's a silly place. There's nothing to do here. No mall or anything like that. We've got Walmart and Hastings...that's about it. Duuumb. There's not much else to talk about here.

I've just graduated from Paris High School. I'll be attending the local junior college (Paris Junior College) come this fall. Yeahhhhh...

I'm hoping to major in graphic design in college. See that logo thing at the top? I made it. :P I actually made the whole layout for this site. Okay, maybe it's not so impressive to the normal Interweb surfer, but, as I said before, I live in Paris, Texas, so most of my aquaintances are easily impressed. :P

If you were to define me as a type of person, I'd say I'd be a geek. ^-^ I'm into technology and stuff, though I'm really not sure how it all works. I just think it's cool. So maybe I'm a poser? I dunno.

I'm also an avid gamer, and a big Nintendo fan. I currently own an SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance SP, Nintendo DS (and a DS Lite), and a Gamecube, in addition to a Playstation, Playstation 2, and gaming-capable PC.

As for anime and stuff...ehh, not such a big fan. Anime is cool (especially hentai :P), but there are few animes that I watch consistently. The exception would be Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli movies. Those are awesome. I've also been a fan of Love Hina and Negima. I can tolerate some manga.

Be sure to check back here from time to time. I'll uncover more of my mysteriously personality in the future! :D I'll even add pictures.
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