MMORPG

It's called Maple Story.

Maple Story is my new game.

If you haven't notice my lack of recent post well, I just haven't posted for a couple days.

Maple Story has taken over my computer time. I have been playing it at every opportunity I get! It is basically sweet side-scrolling action. You are a character and you run around killing fiends. (Sorta unoriginal, huh?) But, there is a cool part! You get to choose your occupation. I have chosen to become a Magician. Ryo has chosen to become a bowsman. Cool, huh? Well, it is that easy to become a magician, bosman, theif, or warrior. You have to go through strenuous training (The Magician's being the hardest). So far, I can only do 2 spells. That is good enough for now, but eventually, I will gain more and more skill. Yeah, that's what girls look for!

So, check out Maple Story. It is a free download. Unfortunately, I doubt you will want to wait an eternity for the download so, dialup users are out (unless if you can get a friend to put the game on a disc for you). But, once you get the game, it is well worth it! So much fun awaits you at The Maple Story Website.

Captain Jack

Emergency entry (for DDR players):

Captain Jack (Francisco Gutierrez) died yesterday morning.

Rest in peace Captain.










'Bring me back to the railroad track'

~Captain Jack (1962-2005)

Quadaunt & Heisei.

Last night I went out to dinner. Of course, since food was involved, I had a great time. My dad took my sister and I to a restaurant called Heisei. It is REALLY good. There is a sushi bar, traditional floor seating, and then your regular tables to sit at. We ended up being seated at one of the tables. I have already done the sushi bar and floor sitting thing. I got the menu and started looking at the well-presented pictures of the dishes. I chose to get this huge dinner combo meal. It came with chicken liver dumplings, (I didn't know what these were until I already ate them)teriyaki chicken, potato salad, miso soup, salad, various tempera, cabbage, and this stuff that looked like deep fried bacon. I had a GREAT meal. I definitely want to go there again sometime. Not only is Heisei stylish, it is Deee---Lish---us.

After eating dinner, the waitress asked us about dessert. (d) We all decided to try green tea ice cream. It was so good! It went perfectly with the green tea of our meal. I am guessing that the green tea we were given to drink with our meal was real. Ryo is always telling me that real green tea is hard to acquire in America, and now I think I have. He tells me that they take a paste and mix it with water to get the authentic green tea. By the way the tea was, (with little leaf pieces floating around in it) I am guessing that it was the authentic stuff. I'll have to check with Ryo on that one for sure though.

After eating at Heisei, we went to my aunt's house to spend the night. It was a good time. She babysits these quadruplet and they were there too. They are in 6th grade now and they are so funny. They liked to play games a lot though. We played Clue, (I won) Spoons(x3), computer games, and pool a couple times. It was a pretty fun time.

Ryo got me into this program for Pocket PC called Advant Go. It is really cool. It feeds news to your PPC every time you sync it with your computer. It is fun to sit on the bus in the mornings, listen to music, and read the morning news. It is a good start to the day.

I hope my T-shirt comes today from Flash Flash Revolution. They sent it out three days ago first class mail. It should arrive soon.

I have to check the mail!!!!

It's an Honor

My mother went to parent/teacher conferences today. She just called and told me how it went. From what she said, it went incredibly well for me. Two of my teachers recommended me for honors classes (it's about time). My English teacher, Mrs. Brown, recommended me for honors English and my chemistry teacher, Dr. Carlson recommended me for honors physics (a little intimidating. I hope that Linda Peril listens to these requests and lets me be in at least one of these classes.

The reason I said 'it's about time' is because ever since first grade, I have been trying so hard to get into honors classes. It's all because my 5th grade teacher told me I had the potential for it. I think I may finally be getting my wish. I am flattered. As Madame G's shirt said today, 'Life is good.'

I actually did get into honors English in 8th grade. It was horrible. Not the class, but my expectations for what was supposed to happen after it. I though I was practically garunteed a spot in high school honors English. I was disappointed to find my schedule didn't have the honors English class written in recommended classes. I was so confused. I got a nice 'B' in the class and got really good scores on my ISTEP test. What happened, I am not quite sure. Amanda Barnett had the same thing happen to her. She is in my English class, so hopefully we both get into honors English. That would be swell.

Well, let's hope for the best and listen to the Initial D soundtrack!

Stuck Nightmare

It just released last night! View Stuck Nightmare now! Click below.





I hope you enjoy it. There should be more films in the same format coming out from me soon.

By the way, this movie took me a LONG time to make. Like a few months. So, cherish it. Heh heh.

Barefoot Gen

I just read this really good graphic novel.

It is a great book called 'Barefoot Gen.'

I found myself at the adult graphic novel section of my local library and randomly picked up this book, read the back, then decided to check it out. I am so happy I did. I couldn't put this book down! It took me only this one day to read this 300 page graphic novel. If you are unfamiliar with graphic novels, they are these really cool books that resemble comic books. They are different from comic books in that they actually tell a story and are for the more mature audience. They usually deal with deeper things than super heroes.

Well, this graphic novel, Barefoot Gen, is one of the best I have ever read. It is a Japanese family living in Hiroshima during World War 2. The book takes you right up past the atomic bomb dropping. It is very sad. I wish that World War 2 was never started, but it was, so I must live with it.

I told Ryo how sad it was that all the people's skin was actually melting on then while they were still walking around. He said, "That's not sad, it is just a fact of life." Well, I don't know about you, but facts of life may be scarier than facts of fiction. Actually, most times for me, they are.

Well, I guess there are 4 parts to this series and I have just read the first. That explains the abrupt ending on the last page! That was a little upsetting, but all in all, the book was excellent.

I want to go watch Nausicca.

Stuck Nightmare Preview

The release is a little off, but check it out. The real release is probably next week. Heh heh.

50,000

50,000 words.

Approximately 175 pages.

That's tough, but I am going to do it!

I am going to attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. It'll be tough and fun! I am so excited to be able to say that I did it. What an accomplishment.

This website Ryo found is putting it together. They have done this for six years. You can go to this site through the logo link under the 'partners' section on the sidebar.

I went to another one of my sister's soccer games yesterday. It was worse than the first. She lost, meaning that her team placed 2nd in the tournament. Pretty good, huh? It was so freezing there last night. I did take something home with me though. I took a couple pictures. Here they are:





Cool sunset there. Both pictures were from the same sunset. Amazing!

Wow, this Initial D soundtrack is AWESOME!

Soccer Game

I went to one of the three soccer games my sister had today.

It was scary, but relaxing at the same time. I would much rather attend the soccer game than sit in the auditorium and take the PSAT.

Well, the soccer game was sort of fun because I got to listen to some cool tunes on my PDA (Dell Axim X30). I just sat with my legs tucked neatly underneath me on the grass and listened. I like my techno. I am fond of my techno.

Well, as I was peacefully sitting on the grass, I was disturbed from my day dreaming many times. Most of the time, it was because of those soccer moms. Yes, the infamous soccer moms. They would stand right behind me and scream, "GO BLUE!!!" every time their child touched the ball. It is so annoying and predictable.

The second time I was disturbed was by far the coolest. There was a soccer ball kicked out of bounds directly at me. Yes, innocent, peaceful me. Fortunately, I was trained by a computer program and had awesome Matrix moves. I dodged that ball like it was a bullet coming from the machine gun of a virus. It was cool, but a little nerve racking.

I didn't want to attend the game, but as you know, I will do anything for a good meal. My dad said he would take me to get lunch as long as I went to my sister's soccer game afterwards. I agreed and we went to Chik-Fil-A. I got a #5. A #5 is an 8-piece nugget combo with waffle fries. Oh, how I love a good Dr. Pepper to wash it all down. It was great.

Well, my day was relaxing, full of matrices, and delicious all at the same time.

Lilium R0x0rz. So do you.

The Pit & The Pendulum

Have you read Edgar Allan Poe before?

If all you've read from Poe has been the Raven, that doesn't count. To see his true work, read The Pit and The Pendulum.

It is an awesome story. It is a gruesome story, too! I just read it in English class today.

Well, this guy is thrown into a dungeon because of his religious beliefs and he is sentenced to death. He wakes up in the pitch black dungeon and gropes around for something comforting. Instead, he finds a huge pit in the middle that, if he fell into, he would definitely die. After passing out and waking up again, he finds himself tied to a plank with a huge scimitar swinging down slowly read to slice him when the time came. Fortunately, with rats' help, he got out of the bindings. Then, when you think he is safe, the walls of the dungeon start to move in on him! He is forced into the pit, then saved at the last second by General LaSalle (of all people).

You can actually read the short story here: The Pit and The Pendulum.

This is a great book and I highly recommend you read it. It is truly twisted and exciting.

White Rabbit candies r0x0rZ.

Oh yeah, I have to take the PSAT tomorrow! <(>.<)>

My Mother

I just sat down here at the computer; I started to read my mother's little Crayola Crayon Pad.

I expected to find drawings from my sister scribbled all over all the pages. Instead, I found a story that my mother has obviously started to write. It is clearly a children's story containing happiness and bright colors. That's what my mom likes, bright happiness and children.

She used to teach preschool, but now she doesn't.

She always is waving to the little children when they walk by in their little sweaters and dresses. It is almost annoying.

Well, this same mother wants on the computer now, so this will be cut short.

MSNBC is Dirty.

Yeah, so I was working on my homework assignment and I was looking up a good news topic to write about and here are some of the weird headlines I came acrossed on MSNBC.com:

> Live dogs as shark bait? No, it’s not a hoax ---Sounds yummy, huh?

> Smurfs bombed in new UNICEF ad ---How could they? Smurfs smurfin' rock!

> McConaughey is money, but does he have 'It'? ---Are they questioning him being male?

> Vikings allegedly had sex party on boats ---No comment

> Drink Me, I'm 'Fun' ---Heh heh, it is definately an innuendo.

> More bones of hobbit-sized humans discovered ---Yay! Go Hobbits!

> Gator-guzzling python comes to messy end ---You can never trust those snakes, even if you are a gator.

> Naked came the burglary suspect ---They tried to make the title sound all 'children bookish.' Haha, that won't work.

> What would a bird flu quarantine look like? ---Large and scary.

Well, now we know MSNBC is creative are you?

I assure you, I didn't read any of the articles I featured here. The real meanings of the news titles are unknown to me. These are in fact real headlines.

Poem- She- Weird

I was bored.
I don't knw why people like this mediocre poem.
But, since they do, I am going to put it here to see if you (readers=1)like it too:

She looked up at me with a stare
sitting at the table she glared

to the higher me.

I felt spoiled and a fool
She was the higher one

She was higher.

The depressed soul with eyes
was higher than me.

Intelligence glared up at me with sadness.

Yeah, my mom even liked it. Haha.

Impromptu Speech & Annoying English Habits

Today, I was nervous.

I was nervous for one (1) reason only.

Today was the day for our class to give impromptu speeches.

'Oh no, I didn't do anything to prepare! Oh yeah, I couldn't have done anything to prepare!' ran though my head over and over. I felt the nervous twitch creeping up my neck. Bow! My neck twitched! Wait...
...my neck doesn't twitch.

So, I went up there. I was the first to volunteer. The craven side of me had been defeated this once. I was the first one up there. (The real reason is that I really had to pee. Bad. So, I wanted to do my speech then go to the restroom.)

In speech class, the speeches work like this:
You draw three notecards from a big bin containing note cards with nouns, quotes, or current events on them. Luckily, I didn't draw a quote. Luckily, I didn't draw a current event either. I had a full hand of nouns. H--------

So, I had a choice to make. All I remember is that through the agony of an about-to-burst bladder, I picked 'summer' as my topic. Summer, what can I talk about with that? I only had one and a half minutes to prepare my cards. I wrote down a good main point, 'Places people go on summer vacation.' Good, I can talk about that for a long time, but I need at least one more main point.

I have it! My second main point ended up being a weak one indeed, but it worked. I talked about how some people get seasonal disorder because the beloved summer had come and pass. Yum, summer is delicious. The lemonade, the swimming pools, no school; just pure delight.

Well, I gave my speech, met the two minute time requirement, and dashed off. I dashed to where ---? That's right the restroom.

Now that I finished that story, I can get off subject a little.

My English teacher is starting to get on my nerves. She is a great teacher and all except, she has a major flaw. Well, to me it is a flaw but to others, it could be considered a strength. Here's what she does, (I did it above as a transition) 'I went to school and got a lot of -----.' Then she swings her hands around so we will fill in the blank. And of course, the whole class says, 'homework!'

She does this all the time, probably 10-20 times per hour. I understand why she does it. She is trying to keep our attention, but she does it for the stupidest stuff. Today, she said, 'And then the character ----- (motioned for response... No response) went ----- (motioned for response... One girl says 'home.' [thankfully])

See what I mean. It's pointless and annoying.

Well, I think I am going to go sketch now.

Or something...

Sketch

Here are my best sketches:









Pretty good, huh?

Draw Skillz

I had something weird happen to me the night before last while I was sleeping

When I woke up, I posted here (twice) then I went downstairs, took my shower, got out, then started to draw in my sketch book. I drew two pictures and after the first one was completed, I looked down at it and I was stunned at how good it looked. I drew my second one and again, I looked down at the completed piece of work and WOW! This one was even better. How strange.

Later that night (last night) I drew another picture. I was so shocked after this one that I ran upstairs to show my mother the finished picture. She said, "Did you draw that just now?"

I replied, "Of course."

"Wow Ryan, that's amazing. What's your trick?" (I think that she thinks I trace them)

I then explained to her how I didn't trace the pictures and I think she believes I didn't trace them now.

I love drawing now that I can do it well.

Hopefully I'll get some of these pictures up for you to see.

Sousuke Sagara

I got a sketch book the other day. I have been having a lot of fun with it. Guess what! I have a picture that I sketched with it scanned for you to see! Here it is:



Another thing happened on Thursday. I went to the local library (I sound like Reading Rainbow now) and got Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. I was so excited and then I got home. This was one of the most disappointing anime series ever!

If you ever get this, I highly recommend that you watch it in Japanese. I usually check out both voice casts to see which I like best. The English voice cast on this anime is absolutely horrible! They all have southern accents that make the characters sound like complete hicks. Arugha.

Well, At least I got to see it. Maybe I shouldn't get excited about anime I haven't seen anymore.


The Slayers slay very well.

Oh I wish...

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner.
That is what I'd truly like to be.
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner,
Every one would be in love with me.

I saw the Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile in the parking lot of this craft supply store a few days ago. Very weird, huh? If you don't know what the Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile is, here is a picture that I didn't take (I didn't have a camera on me at the time):



It was truly a strange experience.

I Can Sing a Song For You & Me

I can sing a song for you and me.

Yes, the We Love Katamari sound track is completely unbelievable!

The Everlasting Love song is dashing through my head, then wait! Baby Universe is tuning in now! Here comes Bluffing Damacy. Amazing!

Wow, these are songs you truly want stuck in your head. They are those catchy tunes with great instrumentals and vocals. Amazing!

I like this sound track so much that I put the game on the everlasting tutorial level and choose what ever song I feel like listening to and KA-Blam! I have the music playing. I usually turn the TV off when I do this to save precious power. Man, those are some JacKed uP BiLls!

Well, not like I have to worry about paying the bills.

Ahhh, Mother is calling me and getting angry. 'Dinner's on the table.'

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi?!?!

What is this?

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Abenobashi mahô shôtengai) you say?

Wow, that title sounds awesome. I want to know more!

Well, this is exactly what I was thinking. Since I was so curious about this strage titled anime, I researched it.

Well, the story for this movie is simple. There are two families that own businesses at a shopping arcade. When the shopping arcade is threatened of being shut down, things turn very weird. The family is thrown into strange worlds ment to be parodies to video games or other anime. They must find their way back home.

Will they make it?

Sounds interesting, huh?

Well, I made a cool logo for my DDR Club site in the news section. Here it is:

Au Revoir.
I want to know more about Les Miserables.

Cheetos & An Interview

Wow, third month...
amazing...
...but not as amazing as the brilliant Ryo.

The reason I am sitting here posting at quater after instead of sitting at school filling my brain with information is because school was released early.

I am eating Cheetos right now. The only vitamin that Cheetos have is Vitamin E. The funniest part of this wrapper is, they don't want to give away their colorings...
They only put that there are artificial colors including yellow 6...
...what losers. 'But I have spent my whole life trying to come up with a product colored as disgustingly as these Cheetos!'

' = " = quotation marks (for Ryo's children friends' sake)

Yes, I got interviewed by the school newspaper today about DDR club. Just to be mean, let me tell you. The school newspaper absolutely, positively Sux0rz.

Well, goodday mate.

My Wife, Lisley

This always happens to me, I type a really long post then right when I near the end of it, I loose it in one way or another. So, here is what I remember from the post I just wrote:

Je suis tres stupid! (I am very stupid)

I haven't posted for a while, this is now going to be explained...

Yeah, I didn't post because I was gone all weekend and didn't really have access to the Internet. Well, maybe the excuse wasn't that bad, after all, it's true.

So, my friend Lisley (pronounced Lesley) is moving tomorrow <(>.<)> I think I am going to go cry now...


...Okay, I am back.

Yeah, so I will never see my wife again.

That is an inside joke that needs some explaining. So, one day a couple weeks ago at lunch, I was watching for Lisley to come to the table and I didn't see her coming. When she arrived, I said, "Lisley, I was waiting for you to come down the isle but I didn't see you!"
As you can imagine, this escaladed into some strange joke about us getting married so, we are now unofficially 'Husband & Wife.' EEEEEE!

I had a good weekend though. Do you want to know what I did yesterday instead of typing here? I'm sure you do...

..I went to the local creek with my aunt and her friend to go kayaking. I had a blast. It was about a 3 hour trip that I just did not want to end. I was so happy I went. It was the first time I ever went kayaking. STOP IT DOG!

The day before, on Saturday, it was my cousins birthday. This cousin is responsible for most of my likes and dislikes. She got me into anime, DDR, and Katamari Damacy. But, I got here into Neopets many aeons ago. Fortunately, I have gotten out of the Neopets thing. Hehehe. NO!!!! I am sounding like the dog from Duck Hunt.

Speaking of dogs, my dog is scratching the door/tearing it up, so I must dash to let her out. Goodbye.

Good Doggie.