BEHOLD......THE ARCTOPUS!!!!

...that would be the name of a really cool crazy insane technical instrumental metal band. Now I can listen to some form of metal without worrying about offending people with the screaming normal metal comes with.

...and I recently pulled a couple Slipknot songs out of the depths of the abyss of my computer where I placed those songs and completely forgot about them until now. I know it's kinda paradoxical for me to listen to a band that had in the past displayed anti-Christian icons in their music (i.e. the goat, 666) but I like their intensity and crazy insane moshing, and since to edit their songs is to literally gut the song I just listen to the clean songs, of which there aren't that many. Well, they've improved their content since Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses (their only non-parental advisory album).................yeah. Someday when I have time and energy I'll blog the reason why I like metal music and classical music at the same time (probably on my other blog)......

...well, I gotta go into downtown L.A. pretty soon, so adios.

CP

WAHOOOHOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....sorry, I had an AMP overdrive this morning and I'm still wired.

......what did I come here for anyway? dang it. Well, I'm too hyped up to type anyway.


CP

Once there was a man who misplaced his keys, but then he realized he put them in a very obvious place.

..............and the title has absolutely nothing to do with what I have to say for tonight.

................so we had our first basketball game of the season and I did official book and we lost 59-34. Yeah.

......................and ol' Rush Limbaugh is the joy of my evening when everything is finished for me. I get pumped up and want to talk conservative and bash on liberals but I get too lazy by the time I get here.

..................................and Saturday I have SAT's. Yeesh.


.............................................and I still need to complete my college application form to USC. Dang it.

What was mentioned in the title is what happened to me when I got out of the bus after returning from our game. I searched for about 5 minutes in the bus only to discover that my keys were in my backpack's outer pocket. Then, to celebrate, I went to Taco Bell and bought junk. Mmmmm. Good stuff.

....and I'm pretty sure that I have an extreme case of senioritis right now. I just want to graduate and start working on my computer engineering and music degrees. But, right now I have to go study for a psychology test.

.........oh yeah, it's been two days in a row now that in calculus I worked on a problem for about 30 minutes and then I run out of time and I worked on the whiteboard and it had to be erased before we went to our next class (lunch....my favorite) We are working on optimization which is super complicated....I get it all but it takes forever to solve. As do most calculus problems.

...Oh shoot, 10:00, better go if I want a decent night's sleep.....then again, I could just drink a Monster in the morning.

Well, to whoever the heck is reading this, good night, sleep tight and make sure you wash your hands for at least 30 seconds............................................................

...---... (that's morse code for S.O.S. ......no idea why I did that)

.............................................................................................................................darrgh

CP

Blogging has taken a new course

....for me that is. I'm going to be alot more politically oriented in my posts, so look on my other blog.

Thank you to those who read the blogs.

A big curse on those who don't.

CP

[edit on Dec. 12, 2007] Whoa, geez, I have no idea what I was thinking but I am nowhere near as political as I thought I would be.

...well, football's over

...we lost to Big Bear 21-7, and my football career is forever over. I actually cried a bit not out of the fact we lost but how I realized that I've improved over the past five years physically, mentally and spiritually because of being part of RHP's football program, and when it just ended like that it hit me hard. Well, now me Taylor and Kevinz are going to sit around and get fat being team managers for basketball...actually, Kevinz is practicing for baseball season so I don't think he's going to get fat. Actually, he kinda has gotten fat since he injured his knee and couldn't practice so for the last 2 weeks of football he sat on a chair out on the sidelines and watched us practice. But it's sort of a good thing football's over because I swore off energy drinks for the season and I got a Full Throttle on Saturday to help me drive home from Torrance to Wrightwood(I had a full day that day; first, I played at a master class at Colburn which lasted from 3-6 and then I took my dad and sister down to Torrance to see my piano teacher in concert, and then we dropped my sister off at grandma's because she and mom were performing in church down here the next day and me and dad headed for the hills to take care of the group at Mt. Kare/home.) and it was the first one I've had since July. I also just bought a 4-pack of Monster to help me through every other morning. I'm watching my consumption , though; I am NOT going to turn into an energy drink addict like Andreas (who had liver problems because he drank so much) and Sam Heersema (who drank one every morning two years ago; he graduated back then and I have no idea what his habits are now, but yeah) Thanksgiving is this weekend and there's no school on Wednesday to the end of the week, thank goodness. Well...........................can't think of anything else. C'est la vie.

CP

GAS PRICES?!?!

....it wasn't that long ago that I decided to go get some gas since the needle on my gas gauge was dropping dangerously close to E. So, I pull into the gas station and nearly blow an artery when I saw the gas prices ($3.35 compared to last weeks $3.13), but I decided to get some gas anyway ($20 for a measly 6.025 gallons). I sure hope this doesn't affect my low income.

....uh, yeah

I didn't post for the past two weeks and boy am I out of date. Well, to make a long story short...

2 weeks ago: Won against Flintridge (uhh....what was the score again? it was like 31-14 or somtin...)

Last week: Won against Chadwick (41-14)

...and for playoffs we're playing Big Bear, and they are a good team and it is probable we are going to get knocked out in the first round of playoffs. Dang it.

...and I've been on track doing what I'm supposed to be doing (i.e. homework) but now I am off track yet again and I need to be more productive....yeah.

...btw, I gave my blog a makeover. Whaddaya think? (no one knows, because they don't read this, so no one cares...oh well)

CP

BUCKSHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....I forgot to post Monday. Well, we whopped Webb 41-3 last week (they managed to get a field goal in.....darn it) and I got 2 tackles and an assist and played all 4 quarters. This week we're playing Flintridge and they are a very decent team so I probably won't get as much PT this week, or next week, or any at all during playoffs....we'll see.

...oh yeah, team dinner's tonight. Gotta do something productive until then. C'est la vie.

CP

WE WON AGAIN/40TH POST/RED SOX MADE IT TO THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN!!!!!!

BONUS! We won 37-0 against Viewpoint (and I got a tackle!) and this is the 40th post in my blog, and th Red Sox came back and are going to the world series! I feel so happy. We're playing Webb this Saturday and that's probably going to be a blowout. Well, look for next week's update.

......WHAT?!?!?!?!?!!!!

...that was my reaction when I got in my truck after school and saw that the gas needle was tilting very dangerously near to "E" and the little gas light was on. So, I went to the gas station and that was my reaction again when I saw the prices ($3.03 per gallon) And I allow myself 20 bucks a week for gas, and last week it got me 7 gallons and this week I got about 6.25. And the truck I drive is a Dodge 2500 V10. Gas mileage isn't that bad; I average about 16 miles a gallon, which is way above average for a V10. And I've been saving up for a Zune, but I guess that's going to have to wait until I get a more steady source of income. Or when I'm up at home more so I can wash more dishes for camp and get more money that way.

....and I just remembered that I have team dinner tonight, a psychology project to finish, a literature paper to write, 2 hours of piano to practice and the Red Sox game is on tonight. I sure hope they don't get knocked out, or I may get the afore mentioned reaction again.

WE WON!!!!!

We played Pasadena Poly and we we walloped them 44-17. And I got to play alot in 3 of the 4 quarters. Now I remember what it feels like to be alive again.

...well, look for next week's update (to anyone reading this, which there probably isn't)

...we lost again

....and I didn't play either. Now we're 0-4 and boy am I in the dumps. We start league this week, and I sure hope we at least finish the season strong and get into playoffs.

...and I have officially determined that I'm probably not going to blog regularly until after football season when my head doesn't hurt. I guess I'll be doing this weekly until then.........

c'est la vie (I haven't said that for awhile....)

CP

Random Ramblings of A Madman

....did the title catch your attention? If it did, I fooled you. These are the random ramblings of a sane man. And without further ado......

Last week was science camp. My dad taught the seniors (us) survival and Mr. Orrick taught the juniors astronomy (thankfully that class is over for me...we had to memorize like a zillion things last year for that). The week went by really fast, and Mr. Loomis gave us good devotions (see my other blog for details...coming soon [I hope]). And we didn't have a game this week, but we're back on this week and we're playing Maranatha Friday night, and both their 1st and 2nd string QB's are badly injured so now they have a sophomore QB with practically no arm and our defense is very effective at stopping runs, so we're pretty much going to shut down their offense. Which means I have a better chance at playing time.

....other than that, I got a bluetooth for my cell phone!! It makes things alot easier when I'm driving around.

...and Demon Hunter's new album is coming out next month and I can't wait for it!!!! I heard one song on their myspace (Fade Away) and it's so much different than The Triptych but it is FRICKIN awesome!! The album's called Storm the Gates of Hell.

.......oh heck

So, today was the inaugural. I didn't like the ceremony (which took a frickin' 3 hours because it also involved a 3 course lunch and 4 people giving speeches), but afterward me, Vinny and two freshmen went in Will's "stagwag" and bought a bunch of junk food at Albertsons' then went to Jaylenn's house to watch the Cowboys-Bears game. All together at his house was me, Vinny, Will, the two freshmen, A.J., Carlos and Jaylenn. We played Madden on Jaylenn's PS3 during halftime. So after it was over Will took us all home and here I am typing this nonsense. Yeah.

....and we lost again last Friday. But this time I got to play and actually made a stop on a punt fake in the backfield. I felt so much better than last week.

Well, signing off.

why don't people leave comments?!?!

I am asking all you out there: LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only got one, and that was some ad in a foreign language. So, for those of you out there who see this, leave a comment and let me know who you are. It would be nice to interact with someone else who has a blog....................

.....ughhhh (again)

....well, life is somewhat better now that Mr. Loomis put me in on special teams....in the line-up magazine under my profile it says that I will be a backup offensive lineman and will no doubt contribute on special teams...that doubt is gone now, but before today I wasn't on any special teams. I wasn't even a kickoff scrub.

...and calculus is getting easier, ish. In addition to ridiculously long functions we have learned about limits and continuity. I have no doubt in the future I will enjoy this course....along with physics. God's called me to do engineering, so I know that I will enjoy what he wants me to do. Which reminds me, I should think about what kind of engineering I need to do......civil? mechanical? computer? Whatever it is, it will show itself.

....say, I made another blog site called A Long Time Ago There Were No Idiots. In a sense, it is a prequel to Very Soon There Will Be Doom. Because currently there are idiots, there will be doom very soon. It's all in the Bible, mind you. (By the way, the idiots would be people like Marilyn Manson, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, etc etc etc ad nauseam) so click here and enjoy. I think it will end up being a political/theological/philosophical blog, something that has a meaning instead of this were I just think random thoughts and type.

ugghhh.......

...life isn't going really well right now. We lost 0-14 to Brentwood last Friday and I just stood on the sidelines and watched.....a whole week of hard practice for nothing, and I watch everyone else fall apart out on the field, and I begged for the coaches to let me in but for some strange abstract reason they put me off. It's my senior year, last season of football and I don't want to remember it as the year that I stood on the sideline and watch things go wrong. If we're going to lose, I want to be out there with my brothers.

...on top of that, none of the girls considered me for the inaugural. Normally I would care less, but it just added on top of everything. Ah well, probably have more fun going by myself anyway.

Despite all this, I know God is in control and things will eventually go better.

update....

....well, here I am, off track for the first time this year. Woohoo.

......so double sessions ended pretty strong, and the first week of school wasn't so bad. However, we lost our first football game friday night to bakersfield christian (those guys were HUGE!!!!! their biggest lineman was 6'6", 290 lbs. That's 100 lbs. more than me!! I actually rushed over him and literally just bounced right off of him) Despite the fact we lost I still got to play a couple defensive rounds (and got a tackle!!). The score was 24-7, but maxpreps.com predicted we would lose 49-6 (what the heck? do they think we can't score a PAT? or we score two field goals? or three safeties? whatev)

...so, since it's a leap year girls have to ask guys to the academy presidential inaugural. The girls could have started asking yesterday, and so far, I'm still not asked....but I can care less. Some of the girls got creative in their asking by slipping little notes or puzzles and the guy has to figure out who wants to ask hime (like Connie G. bought Ben a whole pile of candy and he had to arrange labeled candies in order to find out who wants to go to the inaugural with him.....I think it's cowardly, I'd rather have them ask me face to face)

.....and I got my own cell phone!!!! It's a razor or RAZR or however the heck you spell it. Thing is, I have to pay my dad 10 bucks a month for service. I'm not telling you stalkers out there (wait, who the heck would stalk me?.........no one, obviously.....but I'm still not publishing my cell phone number)

Calculus was pretty ridiculous today; we started off with functions and in my previous experience functions were pretty easy. But it got super complicated (like I had to solve a function with F(g(h(F(g(x)))...and that took a long time) And that's not even calculus, it's really advanced algebra.

...say, I was just reminded of a nightmare I had last night. So, it goes like this: We're at school, chilling, when Mr. Carson comes up to us with this brochure about a Cohesion Camp in downtown L.A. So, since Mr. Lee is going with the Marines to Iraq (in real life...this just crossed over into my dream) and there's no one to whip us into shape we decide to head out there. When we get there it's like a square bleak concrete building with no windows. So we get inside and it turns out the "instructor" is a neo-Nazi running a secret torture extermination camp to slowly ebb away the population. So, we got tortured alot through physical exercise. And then comes the worst part: they needed to check our current health status by a rectal probe. Then I just said, "Screw this, I'm getting outta here" and started running for the exit. I had to like jump over barbed wire fences (indoors? dreams sure are strange...), avoid gunfire from machine gun towers and eventually made it out. Just as I was getting out, another group was heading in to "exercise". I yelled a warning ("DON'T DO IT!!!! THE GUY'S A NAZI!!!!!) and ran off for fear of WWII style Germans chasing after me. And then my dream went off into a completely different storyline. I hate when it does that.......

finally, a day of rest......

.....so today was church and.....SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...nothing much else happening. As I Lay Dying's new album is awesome, by the way.

...and here's a video the local newspaper put on their website about us (rio hondo prep) (you can see me a couple of times....I'm #55) I don't know how long it'll stay up for, but...yeah

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/preps/

NO PRACTICE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...so today in practice we decided to skip special teams because Mr. Loomis (special teams coach) didn't show up and thankfully Mr. Lee (lineman coach, lieutenant in the Marines as well) wasn't there to condition us until our limbs fell off so Mr. Carson (defensive coach) had us do the pursuit drill (everyone lines up on defense then swarms the receiver who gets the pass) 40 times and then after it was all over Mr. Drain (head coach) announced that there' NO PRACTICE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!! That makes two single session days in a row. (last night we had a bbq) Well, I have nothing to do today except type this, do laundry and such.....my parents are going to Texas for a few days so I'm a free man. Oh yeah, As I Lay Dying's An Ocean Between Us came out yesterday. I think I'll go get that and see how that compares up to Shadows are Security.....

School starts in 10 days and I can't wait to get started in physics and calculus. Literature with Mr. Horton is going to be awesome, too.

....well, I might post again tonight, so until then, c'est la vie

CP

DESTROY THE RUNNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A really awesome band, the best metal band I have heard in all my life, in my opinion. Too bad they have only one album out so far, though.



..and my evening session starts in about 45 minutes. Better go make my time productive......

wash your hands

CP

Double sessions started....

....and it isn't that bad so far. We're not in full equipment by Thursday so I won't be feeling sore all the time for a few more precious days......

...say, I haven't updated for a while. Well, it's almost time for school to start and I'm busy with football double sessions and prepping for next year's piano session (I'm planning on learning Beethoven's Appasionata sonata; it's going to be REALLY tough...)
so until school starts and I get off track doing homework I probably won't post on a daily basis for awhile.

..looking back on this blog, I'd say it was a success.

...I wish people would leave comments, though.......

CP

.........word

I just love that title..........

Well, I worked in Upland today and helped put up the beginnings of a fence and that pretty much took all day and I came home to realize I forgot to take my creatine supplement.....ah well, I can miss a day.

...since the Hawaii vids are not up on the RHP website I will put a video up of Trevor acting in his alter ego Jimmy the Retard. Four words: Dangerous shorebreak; downright hilarious.



wash your hands....

CP

AAUUUGGGHH!!!!! IT'S AUGUST 1ST!!!! NOOOO!!!!!

....apologies for my outrage in the title, which pretty much has absolutely nothing to do with what I have to say.

All right, past couple of days was track in the evening. Tuesday all day before the track I went with Mike Carrol and worked with American Craftsmen; alot of Kare leaders work there, so I got to work with them (Mr. Wideman, Mr. Dave Carson, Mr. Key, and Mr. Jim Davis). It was fun; we did a demolition on a chimney in West L.A. Then I took a shower and I was so dirty I left a layer of dirt on the bottom of the shower I had to clean out.

Today I worked out in the morning and hung out at Chaz's all day and we started making a stop-motion music video. It has just me in it with a guitar trying to match the fret board fingering to the music (I have no idea how to play guitar except by ear---I have perfect pitch) and about halfway through I set down the guitar and do random things and then eventually get eaten by the blankets on the bed when I lay down on the bed. And there's still about 45 seconds of the music that still needs stop motion.

Well, 19 days until double sessions, I can hardly wait....hahaha, get it, can hardly wait, hahaha.... if that joke flew over your head, go check your IQ, it's probably less than that of a monkey.

Well, I'd really appreciate it if you fiends who are reading this would take the time to make yourselves known here and I would feel a little more motivated to write more nonsense. Like I've posted a comment on someone's blog and left my blog address and they haven't even read my blog yet. How do I know? Check the bottom of my blog. But don't steal my idea and put it on your blog. Just kidding, I don't care.

Well, tomorrow I am working with Mike again so I have to get up at 5 in the morning again and head over to the worksite early.....ah, well.

.....I really wish someone would leave comments...especially the person I commented on. I wonder if the big liberal advisory thing on the top of my blog scares people off. Actually, I do that intentionally because I don't want liberals defiling my blog with their pansy opinions.

Well, wash your hands and mock Hillary Clinton sometime.

CP

P.S. 30 seconds minimum, dang it!

much ado about nothing III

Okay, so today was the first day of the week. Sort of. Technically Sunday is, but I consider Monday to be the first day of the week because it feels like it. I don't really care what the calender says; Sunday is on a weekend. It's God's day of rest, so it should be the last day of the week. After all, it is the last day of creation, isn't it? Wait, I bet some liberal proposed a bill making Sunday the first day of the week instead of the last, thus beginning the anti-religion movement we are facing today! I just made a brilliant discovery!!!!

........................(ribbit, ribbit) Ok, not really, it's just a stupid random thought that just popped into my head. Sort of like the Infamous Squirrel of Doom, who met his demise trying to get peanut butter out of a squirrel trap. Therefore, my alter ego is gone. Well, not alter ego. My pen name. Ok, I'll speak in literal terms instead of metaphorical. I thought it was stupid, so I chucked it out the window. Darn it, there I go with metaphors again!!!.............

Alright, back to Monday (a.k.a. today). This morning was an orientation thing for the H.S. who are running Kare Youth League's Track event (it's been a tradition since the 30's or something like that and this is the first one I've been to.....I'm not usually down here in the summer) After that, the Varsity lifted weights and ran. After that I drove home and took.......creatine!! Don't worry, it's not illegal. Creatine is actually in your system, it's just if you have more of it it helps build your muscles bigger faster. Then, I caught up on practicing, went to Wal-Mart to run a few errands and came here. I got a map that tracks all of my guests, so, I know you've been here and I don't have to depend on comments to know if some people visit.

.....oh yeah, I just remembered my Windows vs. Mac project. It's scratched. I developed a huge bias against Apple, so the neutral part is gone. (unless if someone out there would like to see something bag on Apple........just go to youtube and look up "smash my ipod". I am officially too busy/lazy to make anything.)

All right. So, if you read this blog, I know you've been here, so post a comment unless if you're a liberal. I don't want to hear your whiny diatribes against global warming and that Bush lied and kids died (kids that are going to be terrorist, might I add [remember the incident where we supplied Israel with missiles and they used those missiles to bomb Lebanon? If you don't, read the news more]) and all that cr... uh, nonesense.

Until next time, wash your hands. 30 seconds MINIMUM, not maximum.

CP

I am back in So Cal

Well, I've been back 5 days and wow, does everything feel different. I'm going to be a senior, it's going to be my last year in football and in a year I will be starting my actual adulthood. I am anticipating finishing this year because recently I have received God's calling; He wants me to be an engineer (which kind, I don't know; I would like to do computer engineering, but that's what I like, I don't know if that's what God wants me to do) and to help our church with my musical talent. Which means that I will double major in Music and Engineering. What college will I go to? Right now I'm aiming for USC (So Cal, not South Carolina; I've done a Google search for tuition costs and saw it was only 7,000 bucks and I rejoiced but it was Southern Carolina. So, I went to the actual USC website and my heart sank as I saw that tuition costs were 15,000 bucks. Add on the other costs, and it's $30,000 a year. That's like buying a new car every year. Well, God will provide if He wants me to go there), but I may end up going to a junior college like PCC or Cal Poly Pomona.

Say, I was actually on a spiritual level on this blog. That's a rarity.....alright, back to business!

So, H.P. and the deathly hallows came out and I am not in the least bit interested. Why? Because ol' Harry stinks. Literally. He's a pansy, I tell you. Every book he gets beat up in one way or another and gets saved by his com padres from that one dude whose name starts with a V...I forget what it is but I can care less. The whole witchcraft thing doesn't really bother me that much, but the fact that the series was recently ridiculously successful bothers me. If anything is ridiculously successful, it bothers me. (..except for some things like tom clancy, lord of the rings, and halo)

I took my sister to go see Ratatouille and I thought it was pretty good. I really want to see Transformers and my bones are rattling like crazy in anticipation for the Bourne Ultimatum. Which reminds me, I still need to watch the Bourne Supremacy....

Project 86 came out with a new album which was ok for the most part. They've gone somewhat softer than their previous albums. And they got a new drummer. And Andrew Schwab (vocalist) shaved his head and grew a beard and now I can barely recognize him; he looks somewhat like Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter. The music video for Evil: A Chorus of Resistance is cool (foodfight!!):



....and, yeah.

By the way, here's a link to some vids from the trip (under 2007 Trip, obviously....I dunno when they'll put the vids of Hawaii on. I'll let you guess which guy I am)

http://rhprep.org/streamingvideos.htm

Enjoy..........and post comments, for a dead rattlesnake's sake (my dad killed one the other day)

CP

I am at the airport

Well, our trip is just about over and we're at the airport in Honolulu waiting for our 9:00 (a.m.) flight and I got Starbucks (shocking for me, I usually don't support the evil empire) and I saw an Internet cafe station and decided to post something. I have plenty of time right now so I'll give whoever reads this a recap of our trip.


.....ok, first day (June 20) our tire on the bus blows out about 150 miles from our destination on our way from Arcadia, CA to Cedar City, Utah (don't know the 2 letter thingy for that..), so we stayed at a Budget Motel in St. George while the tire got fixed. Next day we traveled the remaining distance to Cedar City. We worked out and lifted weights and such then the next day we headed for Salt Lake City, where we stayed at Camp Williams, an National Guard barracks where we had somewhat of a boot camp with the sergeants there and repelled off of a tower (it's like bouncing down after a rock climb except alot more fun). The next day we did the Leadership Reaction Course which was ridiculously hard (some courses involved crossing a body of water with 50 lbs of ammunition using boards that didn't reach over a broken bridge, and we can't drop in the water). Well, after that we went to Yellowstone for a couple days then headed through Idaho to Seattle, Washington for the UW Football Camp. I was in with the linemen and I felt about 10 times smaller because alot of the other linemen were HUGE (the biggest one was 6'8", 275 lbs.; I'm 6'1" and a measly 190 lbs.) After a couple days of camp we headed down through Oregon and back into California, and after a couple days in Eureka (I found it!) and Oakland we flew out to Kauai, Hawaii! First couple of days were very fun; the first morning we salvaged coconuts for breakfast (along with Lucky Charms and Cookie Crisp....) We did many fun activites (as I posted in Maui...) We visited the islands of Kauai, Maui and now we're in Oahu.

....dargh, my Starbucks ran out. That's the last time I'm paying five bucks for a measly frap.

Well, I am going to be back in So Cal in a couple hours and I am very pumped. Start my senior year, kick some butt in football, and...........................word.

I'll try to post things over the summer; there won't be much going on besides double sessions in August.

CP

I'M IN MAUI!!!!!!

....yeah, I'm out in Hawaii and I've got 2 min. to post this real quick. So, we've snorkled, hiked, surfed, etc etc etc and I'm going to be back home in about 9 days. Well, aloha (that also means goodbye).

CP

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/20th POST!!!!!!

Yay, today was the last day of school! No more school for 3 months! Monday, it's off to Yellowstone! Then Washington! Then 'Frisco! Then Oakland! Then Hawaii! Can't wait to actually go and get a decent tan.

I probably won't update my blog from now until I get back. If I find an internet cafe or somtin, I'll try to post somtin.


Oh yeah, discovered another band! As I Lay Dying. Enjoy.



CP

..........word

Well, I finally got the chance to get to my blog, and I have alot of things to say...sort of. So, the circus was this past weekend, and all day Friday I worked at the nachos and cotton candy booths. Making cotton candy was fun for the first 20 minutes but it gets repetitive. Saturday I "troubleshooted" (helped out booths that had people missing, worked there until people got there) for a while then Mr. Kirby wanted me to come play some easy stuff on the synthesizer for a couple of the circus shows; like play the ta-da's (C major chord in both hands) before every act and three chords after every act (C, D, E octaves in left hand, e minor triad in left hand, progresses up a whole step (e minor to f# major to g# major)) James is starting to take over Mr. Clevenger's job doing the drums, and Mr. Kirby wants me to do the shows next year. I still need to learn a couple other easy things to do the entire show, but it's going to be easy.

Say, I'm going to be leaving in 6 days. Our varsity football team is taking a trip up the west coast for three weeks and then we're going to spend two in Hawaii (yeeeeah). And school is over tomorrow. Geez, I hope summer doesn't go by too fast. Well, it probably won't during double sessions.

Well, 2008 is coming up and that means a new president, and that means alot of people are in the running. All I have to say is............



...and vote Republican. Liberals/Dem.s are so open minded their brains fall out.

Today was the last of Mr. Loomis's devotion times of the school year (they're called clubmeetings in KYL; every team in KYL, whether they're D's/Royal Friends (kindergarten boys/girls) or high school, meets for a devotional time called clubmeeting.) and he gave us a pretty vivid message. It had to do with your sins finding you out, whether it be in this life or on judgment day. He gave us a vivid metaphor of God having a ridiculously huge projector with a huge imax screen and every one of your sinful scenes being replayed for everyone to see. Scary, eh? I think about that metaphor while I'm doing everything.

Oh yeah, I saw the new pirates of the carrb. yesterday and I must say that it was not all that excellent but it was ok. I had to pee really bad 2/3's of the way through the movie, and the same thing happened to me during dead man's chest last year. Maybe p.o.c. has a curse on my bladder?.....well, maybe my almost-bursting bladder had an affect on my judgment.

Two movies I can't wait for to come out: The Bourne Ultimatum and Halo (yes, there is a movie under production based on the video game, Peter Jackson is directing it, and it is coming out in 2009...kind of a long time to wait)

Speaking of my bladder bursting, I need to go relieve myself right now.

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All right, I'm back.

Seniors are graduating, and that means I'm going to be a senior next year, and that means no more fibs from Logan and Joe.....fibs stands for Fill in the Blanks; Joe writes a story with a bunch of blanks and Logan fills them in. Much more hilarious and more entertaining than mad libs. Here are a few in memory of the many times we had a laugh during literature lectures (courtesy from James' blog: jmc17.wordpress.com)

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I Really Don't Feel Like Slapping Together 3 BLT's with Your Mom

Narrator: There was a kid who burned aluminum drumsticks and, unfortunately, was caught and sent to the principal’s office where his mom, Danielle Desire, was called and brought to the school. This is what went down.

Principal: I’m sorry Mrs. Danielle Desire, for having to call you in during your work hours, but your son is busted, he has caused a little bit of hassle.
Mother: Well, what did he do, Miss Liar? You Liar!
Principal: Well, he threw drumsticks into gasoline buckets, and then with two seconds left on the clock, he lit the bucks suddenly, and I cursed with my cousin,Frank.
Little Boy: That’s a lie! I didn’t light it, Samson did, I just wanted some attention before I went home.
Mother: Is this your excuse for burning buildings? Your a strip of carpet.
Principal: Yes, he definately did this.
Little Boy: Mother, why don’t you believe me? Why do you believe this lying hunk of cheese who calls herself a principal!?! She’s full of dirt and sometimes mud, plus, she doesn’t even care about my well-being.
Principal: HAHA, did you really think that you would get away with tweaking the rules, and do you know that I’m really a disco dancer in my night life, looking for a good fortune.
Mother: What!?! So you are really a 48 year-old hippie. No wonder my son is so full of joy. It’s your fault, you impure heart.
Principal: Yes, it is true, I often date your buff husband. Sometimes I get away with it, other times I get arrested.
Mother: I’m taking my son away from this unconstitutional government building you guys call a school.
Little Boy: See mom, I told you I wasn’t lying. This Principal is like an old lady collapsing in the tub.

Narrator: And so it was, that Mrs. Desire enrolled her son at SFCWLADOF (School for Children who Light Aluminum Drumsticks on Fire), and he became a quality candlestick maker. THE END

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Being Unable to Talk is Like Kissing Blind Kids in the Rain; So Sue Me!!!

Narrator: Here, in the land of Colbulkhan, Yestermiy; and in such strange events, Boy has fallen deepily in love with Girl. But Father has denied Boy passage to the gate of Girl’s heart, and Boy must find a way for the two to be together. If not, then he will surely die of the disease known widely as scoldiferrus tulaecunis cylundiperae, or more widely known as weak tongue skin.

Boy walks into the tablina of the casa.

Boy: (overwhelmingly serious) Hey, little lady, do you wanna start a fire?
Girl: (hoping Boy is being facetious) Well, maybe, but I really wanna bathe in blood with your GI Joe toys.
Boy: Well, if you give me a chance to breathe, then maybe we can do something funner.
Girl: Well, my father will be coming soon, so hurry up and think of inspirational quotes!

Father bursts through the doors of the casa, outraged and palled.

Father: (emphatically) Just what are you guys talking about!?! Tangled wires!?!
Boy: (unnerved) I’m sorry Mr. Emo, I was just trying to win you daughter’s heart, and see if she is a woman that is simply amazing.
Father: Get out your Bible, if you have one, and duel me for your evil wordly sins,which you have committed!!!
Girl: (stupified) No Dad, Don’t!!! You know you’ve never fought without your oxygen tank!!!
Father: You sould never ever ever pass by the point of my blazing sword.
Boy: Nay! For I have a Pokemon named Pearl Necklace Creator, and it shall battle you in this duel!
Girl: YOUR MY BABY, BABY!!!!!
Narrator: So they battled until black clouds filled the sky. Boy’s Pokemon, Henry, barely won, and killed Girl’s father without remorse. Boy finally won Girl’s heart and soul, and they lived happily; but then tragically, under seemily eccentric events, they had no kids. Also, with great travesty, and almost utter dumbstruckedness, Boy was diagnosed with forementioned disease scoldiferrus tulaecunis cylundiperae. Intravenous deployed was the vaccination, and under great happiness, he was healed; but they still brought forth no offspring.

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last one......see the rest on james' blog

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I Don’t Know How to Escape My Fears, Unless I Practice with My Mystical Mom

Football Player: Coach, I’m having a problem with my inner motivation!!! Will it be okay if I take off practice to date?

Coach: Absolutely not Sammy Snorlax!!! If you take her out, then my egocentric spastic lover will come and wail on you.

Football Player: Well, my wife, Mrs. Malfunction, needs to study Jewish Holidays because she’s the cheerleading captain of backflips for the team.

Coach: I don’t care of she was the principal of Hogwarts, I’m not letting you put her before my glorious team.

Football Player: Please Mr. Omar Octavious, she’s going to be here any minute now and she’ll be so estatic if you just key your new car!

Coach: Listen you non-alcoholic beverage, I’ve already made up my mind; I’m not letting you ruin my life for love!!!

Football Player: Hah! Do you think I’m a key to success not worthy of any off-season playtime!?! Here comes my beautiful Bible babe; she will surely change your mind.

Just then the Cheerleader enters the conversation

Cheerleader: Hey, tedious temptation, I’m so pumped up about being the woman who flips for this team. My husband has been telling me that you are the best breakfast cereal namer.

Coach: Well, I don’t know about that. But I have to say, you are the most selfish superbowl destoyer that I’ve ever seen.

Football Player: Hey, I just remembered, she is my only wife.

Cheerleader: Ya, what kinda balogna BS is that?

Coach: I’m sorry, I don’t know what got into me.

Football Player: When I was younger I was a woman!!!

Cheerleader: Can’t you see how much he loves me you womanless hater of unique love? That counts for a lottle lovin’ in his spare time.

Coach: I see you guys have a very deep love bond. So I will grant you one wish.

Football Player: My wife would like to make that wish. She’ll probably wish for kids. You are really a Genie?

Cheerleader: No Way!!! He’s fake. I want to flip off our local librarian.

Narrarator: So she got what she wanted and became a flippin’ Pharisee for the XFL.

THE END
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wait, i lied, this last one (for sure) we got busted for during literature and this brings back memories that make my sides ache from laughing so much. The first part we purposely dissed the teacher, and she also hates math.

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Do You Wanna be a Human Soccer Ball Weaver that doesn’t get Fed?

“Look towards the sky, magical dreamcatcher, for you will see a wood pile lookin’ like a man. Do you also wanna go to a super nice land of freedom?” asked the nice boy.
Then the girl answered, “Shakespeare stinks. That sounds great, for as great as that sounds, I believe in doing calculus; kiss me, so I will have to make up a fake boyfriend, Okay!?!”
“You know I have cluster, right?”
He thinks to himself this: I don’t wanna be friends. Why do girls always pump fake their love to us, and then they yell obscene words like, I love life and believe lies.
Why is it that teachers say this: “This book was tasty, wasn’t it?”
AHHHHHHH!!!!! Forgetting to put your names on a final exam makes professors scream “Light Fixures!!!” and then they’ll give you five for fighting.
“Do you see the golden lover boy on the horizon? If you do, then that means you are the only one who fights slaves that can’t get black eyes. If you can take two punches in the face by a big, buff, black guy, then that means that your name is Alfred the Invisible Angel, and you can do any math problem when the sun is not looking.”
Boyfriends that say they can’t understand you, usually only love magical video games with a girl name Genice. Don’t go to Hollister or Pac-Sun because the ladies working there will critique your essay with no mercy, and make you cry when you are in the changing room. Also, don’t fall into tempation with a girl named “El Diablo” for she will surely burn you favorite book, and never let you breath, and she will steal all of your food. Let me set the scene you big scab. My mom, that goofs around with Charles and Kaz, kisses my right tricep, usually tells me that I’m not going to pass the AP. Please, listen to this knowledge that has been dropped. THE END.

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Ah, dinner's calling me! Right after I pushed ctrl-v, too.

Wash your hands. 30 seconds minimum.

CP

It's Like A Slideshow, Only Crazier!!

Yeah, The Chariot actually came out with a somewhat of a music video! It's pretty crazy and the lyrics are pretty deep.



Lyrics!: You can't stop the race. People moving in place.
Running a crooked path from place to place to place. Paved in gold.
The chords from which we hang, weaken everyday.
They beg for strength, but they are blessed by our blade.
Questions on our minds. Buildings on the rise. Diamonds, instead of our eyes and corporate fights. O'busy, busy, bees walking to and from, what if we close our eyes? What if we can't wake up? I hope you all rest in peace. I hope you find what your looking for. But if that is all that you got, well, there's got to be more. They lay carpet that's made of red and we walk paths made of gold but we are blind just past the nose in this tree covered earth. Yes, that is right. Can we disappear from all we got? We are scattered on God's grace but we are a drip, we are a flash, we are a mist, we are a speck, but we got time.

Basically this song is about looking beyond earthly things and to God.
....oh yeah, I forgot to mention that this is a Christian band. Surprised?

CP

much ado about nothing II

Okay, so, I just got back from helping setting up Kare 53rd (or somtin like that) annual circus at the Rose Bowl (yes, THE rose bowl in pasadena) which will kick off tomorrow, and I am tired. I helped set up yesterday, and I have to help tomorrow at 9. And on top of that I need to brush up on the cadenza in Grieg's concerto. It is really freaking hard, I'll eventually upload a pic of the score so you people out there can see how hard it is (let me say for now that there are so many notes on the page you can barely see the white of the paper. an exaggeration, but not too much of one) Whoa, dinner's calling already and I barely just got here. Well, I have to practice 3 hrs. tonight anyway so can't bother to waste any time.

And, don't forget to wash your hands. 30 seconds minimum.

CP

I am a very happy man right now

....because literature is OVER!!!!!!! Farewell to stupid essay prompts!!
...tomorrow's gov. final but I only need to know some vocab.; since the AP is over there's really no point in having class anymore but Mr. Davis insists on us learning economics. Well, we got a small book teaching us how to make money and we read like two pages of it and that was it. So....................................word. Football season is coming around very soon and I can't wait to knock some heads in. I'll actually start this year!!!!!! I'll take this time to reminisce the time I got a tackle in our game against maranatha last year....well, this pic is before the play, but whatever, who gives a blade of fake turf (that's what we played on! maranatha has a nice field)



Yeah, that's me actually playing and not standing on the sidelines! Most memorable game last year for me. (36-0, we beat them the year before that 50-0, and they actually are a good team, we just hate them alot so we hit them out of their cleats) I am still ticked off from losing in the first round of playoffs....but we're gonna kick some tail this year. Biggest linemen we'll ever have.

Well, have to go finish up the cadenza in the Grieg concerto, I'm playing it this Saturday at the Pasadena Library, so gotta go do 3 hours of practicing. Well, if anyone out there cares, look for my post tomorrow.

Oh yeah, I started my Windows vs. Apple animation and finished the opening credits. It's going to take awhile to do so I probably won't finish it until I get back from Hawaii. Expect it to be out by Sept.
.....if I don't forget about it

CP

Once again, I forgot to update

...and here I am, in all my not-so-blazing glory. Last entry was pretty weak, but I had to do SAT's the next day and my brain was fried from studying too much...as a matter of fact, it's still too fried. Actually, it's like an overdone steak that looks like a piece of charcoal. Why, you ask, is your brain like this after the SAT was 4 days ago? Well, I'm really outta date because I have finals this week. I just had a chemistry final today, and I have to write four essays for a literature final tomorrow, then on Thu. I have a Government final. Next Monday and Tuesday I don't have to worry because Mon. just a review day for the final on Tuesday and the review day for the period I have is computer animation and we don't have a final for that class so we're gonna PARTY!!! woohoo. But on Wednsday, I have a precalculus final, which I'm probably going to ace, because I like math; I can't wait to take calculus and physics next year.

Oh man, I have to prepare for my essays tomorrow. I'd give you people out there (if there is anyone out there....hello?????? If you stopped by please leave a comment....) a recap of my SAT but it's not worth mentioning. So, c'est la vie, adios, goodbye, do svidanja, whatever language you speak I don't care so go take a dump or so help me. Oh yeah, c'est la vie means "that's life", not goodbye, but I'm still using it because it sounds cool. The proper term would be "au revoir" but who gives a toilet seat.

CP

AH!!!!! IT'S JUNE FIRST!!!!!!

youuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuu....................
can't think of anything to type

Windows vs. Apple

Yeah, this recently just popped into my mind. Which is better: Apple or Windows? Windows OS's dominate 90% of the internet while Apple's iPod is ridiculously popular. Windows is easy to use, but not labeled "user-friendly" like iMac. PC's have left and right click buttons and a scroll wheel; Macs have the function key and a one button mouse. Windows supports games; Mac supports very....VERY.....few. You can run Windows on Mac, or Mac on Windows. Zune shares wirelessly while iPod does not. Bill Gates is alot more richer than Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs isn't as nerdy as Bill Gates is. Macs are more expensive than PC's. PC's are sold alot more than Macs are. Alot of old people use Macs; young people like windows. Windows has a tendency to be considered nerdy; Apple has a tendency to be considered cool. The Apple commercial says it's better than Microsoft. And yet Microsoft is clearly alot more successful than Apple. Well, I am sort of neutral on the issue (I hate ipod, like their computers; like Windows, but sometimes acts retarded) but I prefer Microsoft over Apple. It's fun to look around on Mac computers because they're alot different, but they'll never beat windows as a traditional os. Oh yeah, Apple is coming out with the touch pad iPhone. Oh, that reminds me, I don't like how Apple puts the "i" before everything. You know, iPod. iMac. iPhone. i. i. Me. It's all about me. See what I mean? That's why I don't like Apple as much as Windows. Oh yeah, I brought this to your attention (if you're reading this) because I discovered a really hilarious vid:



I'm going to make a documentary on this, so watch for updates on it.
C'est la vie, happy hunting, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. (copy and paste is a wonderful thing)

CP

Life, The Universe and Windows Vista

Speaking of Vista, I discovered today that I didn't have enough space on my primary hard drive to upgrade to vista, which the bleeping upgrade advisor shoula told me. So, gotta clean up all the extra programs and crud in my primary hard drive. You know what's retarded? My secondary hard drive is bigger than my primary (hard drive 1: 96.9 GB, Hard Drive 2: 111 GB).

I just discovered 2 cool metal bands: Becoming the Archetype and Shadow's Fall, of which the latter has a song on Guitar Hero 2 (The Light That Blinds)


Oh, I just realized I haven't updated my blog since Thursday...That's quite a long time. Well, about work camp. Friday we went up in the tour bus (YES!!! A.C. GALORE!!) except the soph. girls who decided to mutually exclude themselves from the group and went up in a van...eh, their loss. So, while I worked my butt off working on Grieg's concerto everyone else played wiffle and volley ball. (I know there's not a space in between volly and ball, but who really gives a sentimental dead squirrel?) After 1.5 hours we left for Phelan and I ate at BK and got ripped by not getting game pieces I was entitled to. Me, Silas and Jeff protested, but they turned us away rather coldly. Well, after we went back, I practiced some more then got bored and broke out Band of Bros. for everyone to watch...but only me, Vinny and Greg watched the whole time (some people watched but their attention span was limited to 2 minutes due to the presence of the opposite sex) Then, the next day we worked. Me, Greg, Alex, Jeff and RHLA-er Kyle fixed erosion issues under the deck for 3 hours and that really got me stir crazy. After that and lunch we worked on the bank out on the meadow and did fire clearance up at upper camp and then all the jobs were done and everyone left and I died a little inside. Just kidding, I laid down (more like flopped down, landed on, fell on, nearly missed, etc.) on my couch and laid there feeling my whole body ached then practiced for 3 hours. Sunday was uneventful besides that my mom wanted to go cherry picking at a local ranch but when we went it turned out that it was closed. I managed to catch up to my listening to metal (Living Sacrifice-Concieved in Fire). Monday I had a 3 hour lesson and went to Chaz's, had a triple burger, two Mtn Dews (those kept me up all night), alot of chips, and other junk food. We played Axis and Allies while watching Band of Bros. and afterward played guitar hero. Then I went home and tried to get mechwarrior2 running on my computer, but I bitterly failed. Today was ditch day but I didn't want to go even though I qualified for it. I actually HATE Magic Mountain because of the relentless torrents of modern culture (i.e. freaks, lots of couples making out in the middle of the walkway/line/plain sight/where everyone can see them/etc etc etc.) Well, dinner's calling for me, so until next time, WASH YOUR HANDS. 30 seconds minimum.

CP

much ado about nothing

That's a Shakespeare play, but that basically describes my intentions right now until CSI starts at 9:00. Right now it's 8:23, so I have some time to work with. Oh yeah, whenever I post something, it says the time when I started typing at, not when I click the Publish Post button. Speaking of which, next to that button is a save now button which has a little dialog pointing at it that says it autosaves drafts for me. How nice, considering I never save drafts because I always like to take these blogs at a long stretch.

It's been a long time since I decided to come and update my blog. Well, actually, I only missed a day...but it still felt like a long time. The weeks keep on going by faster and faster and before I know it the end of school will hit me like a brick wall. So will the trip. And coming back from the trip. And double sessions. And the first day of school. And the first football game. And inaugural (in which the girls have to ask the guys....I feel my skin starting to crawl already). And the last football game (which will hopefully be a championship victory). And basketball season. And volleyball. And graduation. And college. And a job. And marriage (20% chance of that happening, I'd say). And family. And grandkids. And retirement. And death. Yeah, all of those things will hit me so hard and fast that I won't have time to grab some tapioca. Sheesh, am I thinking rather morbidly today.

Where was I?.... Oh yeah, updating my blog. I finally got to what I wanted to do after typing a rather long reflective paragraph. Tomorrow we're going to L.A. Courthouse for "Law Day" which they announced just today, of which we need to wear nice clothes, and I stand there in shock as to why I haven't heard this before and everyone treats me like a retard just freshly thrown out of the insane asylum because they got the announcement last week and didn't bother to tell me. I know for sure that I paid attention to all announcements for the past 3 weeks, but how this one got by me I haven't got a clue. Luckily, I have my "Kare Wear" (as Mrs. Orsburn christened it) down here, but both pairs of my dress shoes are at home. Er, my home up in the mountains. It's so frustrating living at two locations so far away from each other. So, I'll just wear my old beat-up K-Swiss tennies and see if anyone notices. If I get a demerit, I'll be down at 11 and will actually have to work on a Saturday (the first time that I'll ever get in merit trouble in my entire carrer at RHP). If I don't get a demerit, I'll heave a sigh of relief. Oh yeah, I'm actually going home tomorrow. Work camp's this Saturday, and we're going to have fun stuff Friday. We're actually going out to eat either in Wrightwood (Grizzly Bear Cafe!!!! Oh, do I hope) or out in Phelan (or Phe-Lahn, as Mr. Loomis pronounced it). I'm hoping that we'll be able to break out my Band of Brothers DVD's and watch a couple episodes...like Bastogne, Day of Days or Crossroads. (by the way, this is a really good series. Thing is, it has a LOT of swearing and has a graphic sex scene towards the end of the series (stir crazy guys on leave, you know, that's going to happen))

I recently discovered Battletech. Well, not discovered it, I knew of it ever since I starting playing MechWarrior 2 when I was six (really awesome game, but has cheesy graphics but it's all part of the fun) because MechWarrior games are based on the Battletech universe. What I mean is that I've discovered Battletech as a tabletop game. You can either print out little cheesy 2d paper figures of mechs or buy metal models you can paint, and you battle on a pad with a bunch of hexagons on it (for gameplay; if you knew the rules of the game, you'd know why). If you're interested, see classicbattletech.com. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that there are different variants of the game and I'm starting off with classic. If you want to know more, just don't be lazy and google Battletech.

Uh oh, 8:50, CSI starts in 10 minutes......wait, since it was the season finale last week, does that mean there's going to be reruns until the season kickoff? (Is there a season kickoff? I almost never watch TV, so I don't know these things) Last weeks episode was a cliffhanger, so I do hope that they don't show a rerun. If they do, I may be mad. Or that gives me a reason to come back here and write some more gibberish...... Say, I'm going to go check if it's a rerun right now. Thank goodness for the channel guide.

Darrgh, it's a rerun. I changed my mind about posting gibberish anyway, because it's probably an episode I haven't seen before.

Didn't work

..but nevertheless, I don't really care. I'm getting WindowBlinds anyway, and that's somewhat as good (when it comes to display; I still won't be able to play halo 2....if I get it)

Second Failure

It failed. Again. Now for one more try...and if it doesn't go, I'm perfectly happy with XP.

...for now.

Say, my blog's getting kinda large, I feel like I've accomplished something.

After many hours of waiting....

....it failed to upgrade. I am really angry right now, because I double checked with the upgrade advisor thingy from microsoft, downloaded 72 upates, and such and it took me like an hour and a half to finally be able to upgrade, and then it takes several hours for the upgrading process to complete. So, I am going to try it two more times...if they don't work the next two consecutive times, I'm just going to stick with XP.

By the way, it's a nice morning out there......

Installing Vista.......

I'm installing Windows Vista on my computer right now. It's gonna take awhile to upgrade....

I'll post screenshots when its done

I lost my wallet yesterday and it got found today but that's not what this post is about

Today, we went to Rhythm and Hues and it was awesome. I saw Evan Almighty, Alvin and the Chipmunks, a remake of the Incredible Hulk, and The Golden Compass all under production; I actually saw the animators set the keyframes and stuff! So when I see it in the theaters (or on my TV screen) I can say, "Hey, I saw the guy work on this scene!" (I already can say that for Superman Returns, Garfield 2 and TFATF Tokyo Drift because I took the same tour last year)

Oh yeah, I'm going to get Windows Vista. For free. A "friend" hooked me up. Woohoo. Thing is, I have to get rid of a couple of programs that aren't compatible with it, but they're ones that I had no idea existed on my computer anyway.

The CSI Season Finale is on tonight!!! WATCH IT!!!!!

I was bored after awhile so I came back here and posted...

I was going to practice but I had to do homework and I got off track and returned here after posting my ecstasy at finding a new band. Sooooo.....

I'm reading a really awesome book called The Stand by Stephen King. I'm also simultaneously watching the 1994 film series based on the book, but I'm reading the book first then seeing how Hollywood interprets it. You think that this would ruin my interpretation of the characters, but I started reading this book last year and got about 1/2way and then my mom returned it to the library. And so, about last week I was at the library (for the 12th time in my life; the norwood library, to be exact; I've been to other libraries plenty of times) and I started over at the beginning skipping the parts that I remember. Which reminds me, if you plan to read this book, please wait until you're mature enough to handle excessive swearing and such, because Stephen King's favorite word is that infamous four letter verb meaning something we shouldn't do outside of marriage. And he puts alot of that stuff in there, too. Which is why I like the movie better than the book in terms of content because there's only 2% of the swearing and sex compared to the book. I recommend this book, but I put up a warning flag. And some of the stuff in this book is creepy enough to keep you awake all night or inspire a few vivid nightmares (I've had a couple). After all, it is a horror novel. When I finish it, I'll let you know....if there's anyone out there. Hello? Anybody out there? Hellooooo?? (knocking on the inside of your monitor screen)

I just remembered I don't have to do my homework today, because tomorrow the 3d animation class is going to the Rhythm and Hues studio all day!! I wonder what they're working on...

Speaking of which, we use Maya 7.0 PLE (personal learning edition; you know, the kind that puts that freaking annoying watermark over shaded/textured pictures?) and I succeeded in making a really cool animation of the solar system. After that, I tried making a BMW Z with NURBS modeling but that was too hard, so now I'm doing polygon modeling with a Nissan 350Z and that's easier...somewhat. It's a little discouraging to look at the next row of computers and see Vinny working on his high detailed Jeep model or Silas making his PS3 model. Well, 3D modeling isn't my gift, but I can make some really cool textures (hence, the solar system animation)

Well, there's only like 3 weeks of school left, and I need to sell $200 dollars worth of Circus tickets, my SAT is on June 2nd, and I have to finish learning the Grieg concerto (1st movement). Then after that, Hawaii and then summer and then double sessions and then...oh man, it's gonna be my senior year already? What the freak, where's my childhood? I want it back!!! Well, no use whining. Say, next year's inaugural, the girls have to ask the guys...well, I know I'll be going single despite the fact that there are more girls than guys. (are there? it seems like it...hold on...2..3...12....uh...lost track...ah well, who cares) Or that I might be asked out by Frankenstein's bride or Godzilla or something worse. Oh man, it's 6:00, gotta start practicing. I've run out of things to write...er, type..about anyway, so c'est la vie, adios, whatever language you speak, I don't really give a care.

Project 86!!!!

I just recently discovered this awesome band, and here's one of their music videos...The Spy Hunter



Here's lyrics if you want 'em (from azlyrics.com):

One last disguise

Pawns standing in awe of the game
Of the stage
You've worked so hard at building an empire
Of secret rooms to display yourself
And add to your wealth
The sting of.
Oh, it stings
When I saw it all come crashing
I witnessed the sound of a million voices
Screaming for a public hanging

So hide yourself, hide, hide yourself for now. [2x]

We caught you plotting murder
And now the Tide is Turning
We'll light our souls, heal our bones
Upon your empire burning [2x]

When the world is a target for humanity's market
And all of it's sold for a dime
I've seen the towers of gods
And the power of men
In disguises of the worst kind
I am the words on the page
I am the death among life today
I am the voice of one among the silent
Who's tired of burning among the flames

So hide yourself, hide, hide yourself for now. [2x]

We caught you plotting murder
And now the Tide is Turning
We'll light our souls, heal our bones
Upon your empire burning [2x]

I do not need anymore truthless heroes [3x]
We don't need no truthless heroes

So hide yourself, hide, hide yourself for now. [2x]

We caught you plotting murder
And now the Tide is Turning
We'll light our souls, heal our bones
Upon your empire burning [2x]

I need truth

Halo 2 is coming out for PC.....

....and I am really excited. Thing is, it costs about 50 bucks and I have to save up for my trip to Hawaii. And it requires Windows Vista, so add on about another 200 bucks. Ah well. Such is life.

Second Post

Yay, I remembered that I have this blog. So far it's not a failure.

....or is it?

I have 7 minutes to work with here, I really need to go prepare for a performance in L.A. tomorrow and another in Pasadena.

So, today was another bleak day, besides the fact that it's Friday and I don't have to worry about any homework. I looked at my bank savings account today and I got charged $3 every month, and they call it a service fee. I almost punched my computer's screen in.

Actually, I almost did it again because it did something really stupid. Too much to describe in a short amount of time. I wasted 40 seconds and now I only have 3 min. to work with.

..wait, it took me 4 min. to write this little? Wow, am I slow.

Oh geez, I just remembered Sunday is Mother's day.......gotta do somtin

Well, I've got not that much time left, so I'll babble on a bit.

What floats in water? Well, bread, apples and very small rocks do. Cider, great gravy cherries, mud....oh shoot, outta time, gotta go. (by the way, the floating in water thingy is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

First Post

I got a blog for the eightieth time, and I am going to be dedicated to this one.

For sure.

However, in the event that I become too busy or uninterested in this, this may turn into yet another miserable failure. Of course, no one out there would really care, but pish posh, ding doing, whatever the freak people think out there. (Of course, there are endless ways of how people think out there, and those are just a few simple, if not retarded, thoughts).

Wait, are you actually reading this? Is there someone out there actually reading this? Does someone care? Either way I don't really care because I like writing down nonsense every once in a while and don't give a doohickey about who reads it. Of course, I'll probably be the only one to read this, but some unlucky soul may just blunder by this blog and suffer a series of heart attacks, strokes, diarrhea, vomiting, rash, etc. etc. etc. and also suffer side effects of bloodshot eyes, elephantiasis....eh, you get the idea.

In the event that I told you this blog existed, I have no idea why I told you besides the fact that all this nonsense may mean something to someone. But, like I said, I don't give a doohickey about who reads this because I'm getting my rocks off just typing a bunch of nonsense.

About my username. I have no idea why I even chose that username, I was thinking of doom and destruction and all of the sudden a grey tree squirrel appeared out of nowhere with a machine gun and shot everything to kingdom come, and there was peace. Thinking that was somewhat significant, I made it my username.

And my password.....oh wait, can't tell you that. You'd start hacking up loogies the size of watermelons if I told you. Oh, and I can't compromise my security, either. So I'm saving both of us some trouble.

I am actually multitasking right now. While typing this, I am also watching Ladder 49 on TV. I'm not really paying any attention.....Wait! CSI is on tonight!!! Gotta remember that.........

I don't like school, you know that? I took an AP exam on Monday and my cerebellum still hurts. (Does that part of the brain have anything to do with thinking? Who cares, anyway? Nonsense is the key here, remember this) It was a U.S. Gov. and Politics exam. I think I got through multiple choice, and I managed to fake my way through the essays (I only knew 1.5 of the subjects.....I wish I paid attention to Mr. Davis ramblings on and on about federalism now), but I'm pretty sure I got at least a 2 or 3.

Some people took the literature AP today, and boy do I not feel sorry for them. They chose to do it, so they suffer. I'll take it next year, but Mrs. Horton says that Mr Horton doesn't give you stuff for the AP. Oh, what the hey, I'll manage.

Spiderman 3 is the most overrated opening movie ever. Personally, I thought the storyline was pathetic. The Sandman accidentally killing Uncle Ben? I don't remember that happening in the comics. Venom didn't come along till the end of the movie, and Brock was a really lame, shrimpy tabloid photog. In the comics, he was a photog at the D.B. and despised P.P. alot, but he was a macho benchpresser. I'd upload an image, but I'm too lazy. Venom looked cool, but he dies after being in the movie for 15 minutes and that is really lame.

Well, I'm tired out from writing nonsense. Actually, I'm not, I can go on for ages, but I have things to do, places to go, and a piano concerto to learn. (grieg's, to be exact, great piece, very difficult. I'm actually only learning the first movement currently.)

Until next time, don't forget to wash your hands. 30 seconds minimum.