Oprah, don't lie!

You know what I think about this whole "A Million Little Pieces" story and the guy lying to Oprah?

I think it is complete bullshit.

I think this is all a big sceme to sell the book better. I mean, isn't obvious? Nobody knew about his book until the guy's "secrets" were reveled. Sounds a bit tabloidish to me.

I believe that Oprah and James Frey, the author, are working in conjunction with each other. They are probably both lying. It promoted the book didn't it. A perfect case of reverse psychology! Oprah says, 'Don't buy the book.' and since I have Oprah so much, I think I just might have to buy it!

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Other news:
My webcomic's site was launched yesterday! Yipee. This comic is a really good one. Just wait until you actually see the comic. It is rather funny. It maybe a little tiny bit cutesy, buy still, very funny.

Here's the comic's site: |3each /\liens

Enjoy the alien's that are visiting planet Beach!

Ow, my back.

This weekend was rather stressful.

Not outrightly, blantantly stressful. It just gives me the impression that it was when I think back on it. Oh my, I think I have a stress indicator. It is my back. I think that when I get a little bit too stressed, my back begins to ache. Hopefully, it will cease the annoying knotting soon. I am assuming it will since school isn't stressful. Wait a second, yes it is! Damn, this sucks. Now I am going to be hurting really bad.

I am planning on attending a small group at our local library called the Teen Advisory Board this coming Thursday. It basically sounds like a community church youth group minus the God part. My friend Jackie told me about it. It seems like a cool thing to go to. You get to talk about the most recent books you've read, check out more books, and play little game thingies. I think it sounds like some fun.

I just got the first page of my new web comic run off. It is not another lazy one like one of my previous ones. It is one I am planning on getting to look nice, and take some time on. The art style isn't that of anime nor furry. It is a sort of style of its own. I am using marker, pen, and pencil to create a very multicultural picture. I'll post a link to the comic's site soon.

I am sure you are dying to know, what did I do this weekend that created this strangely subtle creeping of this back/stress pain. Well, I basically sat in the house and stared droopily out my basement door's window at the depressing, overcast weather of winter. This winter is extremely strange. The temperatures have been averaging approximately 40 degrees (PS- I don't live near the southern area of the US).

On Friday, I am creating a writing sample to send to the honors program at our school. This will be the deciding factor to tell whether or not I am accepted into honor's English at my high school. I surely hope I do. I mean, my writing skills, in my opinion, are a little bit above average for the average person that's my age. I think many would agree.

I'm not sure if you remember back a while ago when I was writing about how much I hate arrogant people. Well, I have finally come to conclude that I shouldn't have said that. I, unfortunately, am rather arrogant myself. I feel bad for having said anything. I apologize as well.

Anyways, after sitting and staring out the window, I went to sit in a smelly old gym at Purdue to watch my sister have a two hour soccer practice. It was dim in that gym. I don't like dimmness. It depressed my soul even further.

On the brighter side, I had a really good dinner both nights this weekend. Last night, I took the time to make our family some homemade pizza. It turned out really good, too! Then, for dinner tonight, we had sloppy Joes. My mom makes the best SJ's. I am jealous.

Time to get the comic site ready! Bye.

Project Hoshimi

My Algebra 2 teacher, Mrs. Lasley, told me about this really cool contest that is going on all over the US. It is called Project Hoshimi.

Project Hoshimi is a neat contest that incorporates computer programming and problem solving. Check it out here: Hoshimi Challenge.

I had a lot of fun at my aunt's Chinese dinner. It was so delicious. She made some chicken dish and a pork dish. They were both incredibly delicious.

Us cousins all entertained ourselves by adding 'in bed.' to the end of all of our fortunes from the fortune cookies. It was quite immature, but still very, very funny. Here's one I got:

"Your luck is about to drastically change *in bed*."

Haha, here's another:

"Don't rush through, stay and enjoy the scenery *in bed*."

Wow, that was fun.

How did your weekends go?

I guess it's a little late to be asking, since next weekend starts tomorrow night.

Heh, I need to post more often.

Slaying the Chinese Dinner

Today, I am venturing to my aunt's house. She annually has a ethnic dinner at her house. This year, it is Chinese themed. Last year, it was Italien. I do not remember what she did the first year, but anyways, I am pretty excited.

I got into The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker last night. It was pretty exciting. As far as I can tell, I am basically at the game's half point. I am at this super annoying boss that is just two hands and I head. I guess I am supposed to hit the hands' eyes with my arrows twice, the head's eyes twice each, then finally throw a bomb in his mouth. I have to do this over and over until it dies. It is quite stressful, but still exciting.

I have only successfully gone through that whole cycle once, but even then, I don't think I could've done it again with the low life meter I had.

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I just watched some of the Slayers I bought last weekend in my room. Yay, I love The Slayers. I watched the three episodes on vol. 5. They are pretty funny. Amelia thinks that it would be useful if she learned Dragon Slay (the most powerful dark magic spell), but unfortunately, she is a clumsy, white magic cleric that shouldn't know block magic. Lina knows this, so she tries to break it to Amelia kindly (by making her do impossible tasks until she gives up). Amelia gets close to giving up, then by a strange chain of events, finally realizes that black magic isn't to be used recklessly.

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So, I will definately report back after the dinner. Until then, I am signing out.

BYE!

Getting by

Nothing special has been happening.

It is quite dull.

Oh yes! I forgot! I finally finished reading the Ring Trilogy. It was great, and quite different from the movies that are released in America. It is shocking that such a great story can degrade to a horrible American movie, isn't it?

Well, if you want to see a great (and rather emotional) Japanese movie, see Suicide Club!



Notice the school girls lined up in the background. Well, the intro to the movie is basically all of them laughing, giggling, ect., and then they all jump in front of a train together. Assez interessant, eh?

Je suis tres fatigue. J'adore dormir mais, dormir n'etre pas <(>.<)>.

Woah, I can actually sound like a philosopher in French! Oh lala, c'est assez chouette, oui?

I am getting very sick of sitcoms. I mean, the idea is so...
...obese. Now, thanks to my nutrition and wellness class, everything that is American seems very obese. I know, go figure.

I watched this bon exposition de TV appelé Yes, Dear. C'est assez créateur mais, c'est assez gêner.

So, I suppose I will just stop watching it all together. (Not like I won't hear my sister watch it.)

My sister makes avoiding TV impossible.

Anime on Google Video & Loop

As I was browsing for funny videos on Google Video search, I stumbled acrossed a whole section with anime episodes! So I watched some Chobits and then some Love Hina last night. It was great!

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On Friday, I went to the library to pick up a hold that I had available. Of course, this hold was the long awaited Loop book. I have since delved into this book, now over 100 pages into it. It is a great book. It is contantly provokeing my thoughts to come up with strange ideas about those complicated topics no one likes to talk about(the creation of life, ect.).

I'm sure Megan is eager to read the book, so I want to finish it and give it to her.

Speaking of Megan, this Panic! at the Disco CD is great. Thanks!

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I went to Indianapolis again yesterday. It was pretty fun, I suppose. First, we went to this strange grocery Store called Trader Joe's.

Yum, taquitos.

Time to eat. Bye.

Calculatus v 1.5

Calculatus v 1.5

I think this can be officially called a 'scientific calculator' now.

Additions- Square root, sine, cosine, tangent, arccosine, arcsine, arctangent, log, log base 10, and pi.
No bugs found.
Limitations- Only two variable equations can be performed. No Parenthesis support.

↓ Download ↓

Calaculatus

I have just now started my newest project.

It is called 'Calculatus.' It is an open-source calculator program, by me!
Just an FYI: The name is created because is is like a bunch of numbers are screaming, 'Calculate us!' I should shut up with my strange corniness.


So, you can go to the Calculatus page here: www.calculatus.blogspot.com, and download it there! <(^.^)>

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I am getting sick of this new school schedule. It is always a releif to come home and learn more about computer programming. Then, I usually find myself watching publicans Crisis (only 2 more episodes left!).

So, I am eager to get the Calculatus page set up.
BYE

Surface Area Program

I just finished writing a program in C++ that will tell you the surface area of either a circle, triangle, or rectangle/square.

Here is the source code that was used, I don't care what you do with it (I guess this makes it open source <(*.*)> [The indention is probably way off after copying it into here.]):

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//
// The 'Area Finder' is a program that will find the area
// of a circle, rectangle or triangle.
//
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])
{
// Circle, triangle, or rectangle


char choice;
cout << "Please choose:\nPress (c) to find the area of a circle.\nPress (r) to find the area of a rectangle.\nPress (t) to find the area of a triangle.\n>>";
cin >> choice;

if (choice == 'c' || choice == 'C')
{
//Area of circle
//Ask for radius, gather
double circleRadius;
cout<<"You have chosen the area of a circle.\n";
cout<<"Please input the length of the:\nRadius>>";
cin >> circleRadius;

//Calculate circle's area
double circleSubArea;
circleSubArea = circleRadius * circleRadius;

double circleArea;
circleArea = circleSubArea * 3.14159265;

//Output circle area answer
cout<<"The circle's area is: ";
cout<< circleArea << endl;

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
if (choice == 't' || choice == 'T')
{
//Area of triangle
//Ask for base and height, gather
double triangleBase;
cout <<"You have chosen the area of a triangle\n";
cout <<"Please enter the:\nBase>>";
cin >> triangleBase;
double triangleHeight;
cout <<"Height>>";
cin >> triangleHeight;

//Calculate area of triangle
double triangleSubArea;
triangleSubArea = 0.5 * triangleBase;

double triangleArea;
triangleArea = triangleHeight * triangleSubArea;

//Output triangle area answer
cout <<"The area of the triangle is: ";
cout << triangleArea << endl;

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
if (choice == 'r' || choice == 'R')
{
//Area of rectangle
//Ask for base and height, gather
double rectangleBase;
cout <<"You have chosen the area of a rectangle\n";
cout <<"Please enter the:\nBase>>";
cin >> rectangleBase;
double rectangleHeight;
cout <<"Height>>";
cin >> rectangleHeight;

//Calculate area of rectangle
double rectangleArea;
rectangleArea = rectangleBase * rectangleHeight;

//Output rectangle area answer
cout <<"The area of the rectangle is: ";
cout << rectangleArea << endl;

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
else
{
cout <<"Invalid input.\nPlease make a new selection";

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

// wait until user is ready before terminating program
// to allow the user to see the program results
system("PAUSE");
return 0;

}

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You can either compile and run the program yourself, or if you don't know how or are too lazy to do that, you can always just download the .exe here: Surface Area Finder.

Enjoy <(^_^)>

First C++ Program

I went to Borders late last night. I finally had a golden opportunity to use my Christmas money. My mom couldn't complain either, I mean, it's books!

So, I looked around for a bit. I looked in the manga section, and picked up Chobits Vol. 3-6. Since I had my 30% coupon, it wouldn't be such a big dent in my piggy bank. I passed my mom and sister, and they said it was about time to leave, but I had one more thing to check up on first, computer books. I went straight there, and looked through them, quickly. I scanned and saw C# programming books. I though, "Hmmm, I had to return the C# programming book to the library, so I don't have such a good resource for programming anymore." I checked the price. $25. "That's a good price, I wonder..." My eyes scanned to the next section of programming books, it was C++. "I've been wanting to learn C++, maybe I should get this instead." So, I put the C# book back and pick up the C++ book, still only $25.

I sped to put back all but one of the Chobits books. I kept vol. 3. I went to the check out. Right before handing the cashier the coupon I had, I noticed that it said "30% off one book." Heh heh, good thing I put back those Chobits, and I got something that will earn me more of a discount, eh?

So, I get home and start into my C++ book. I read, read, read. I soon come to a section where it says to type what is written in the box into the source code editor. So, I copy down exactly what the book says to. This copying was rather good, I got to see and remember the elements of a basic C++ program. Since I don't quite consider copying actually writing your own, this program didn't count. After countless errors, and rude forum folk, I got this program to run. FINALLY!

Now, since I wanted to create my own program that was 100% original, I started thinking through common math formulas. The Pythagorean Theorem popped into my head, so I decided that I would write a program that would solve for side 'c' of the Pythagorean Theorem. I did the 'a' squared and 'b' squared parts of the coding quickly, without errors. Soon, it was time for the square root. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten to any part in my book yet that discusses how to square root with C++ coding, so I searched the net, and soon found what I was looking for.

Now, I have my completed 'Pythagorean Theorem' program! Feel free to use it, distribute it, whatever, I don't care. But, if you can somehow find a way to scam people, and sell it, please give me some of your funds.. heh heh.

Here is the program: Pythagorean Theorem.

Enjoy <(^_^)>

Bubblegum Crisis

I am sitting here in my mom's office, with my headphones on, listening to Bubblegum Crisis music on my MP3 player. It is almost relaxing. The only problem is that I am having an extremely difficult time trying to type on this slanted keyboard. My hands start to move and I type one letter over. My mom's coworker has this adjusted so that it is tilted forward and to the left! What is up with that?

Anyways, while my aunt is helping my mom with some minor computer issues, I am here on the other computer typing this, since I am obviously unwanted around the other. I believe I am really on my mom's nerves. She would much rather get help from my aunt than I. Oh, well.

I hit the jackpot today! I went to the local campus used CD/DVD store called Von's, and I found a huge bookcase filled with a bunch of old anime VHS tapes for only a dollar each! Fortunately, I brought my money along with me, so I purchased almost the full Bubble gum Crisis series, with the exception of tape 2 and tape 4. Other than that, the whole thing is there, only costing me a total of $9! Pretty lucky, eh?

I still haven't lost my obsession with the Eden song. I think I am going to switch my MP3 player to that song now...
...okay, I did. So, this day seemed to drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. I thought I would never see the light of day. I only have two classes the whole day with windows, quite depressing, eh? The worst part is, every time I am in my health class, I feel as if I am living in a yellow, grainy old film. I film that would never get its fame, because it is way too depressing for anyone in their sane minds to like.

Maybe, this is quite an exaggeration, actually, it really is, but not too much of one. Fortunately, my friend, Megan, is with me through the horribleness of health, and on through the majority of my day. It actually ROCKS that I get to have so many classes with Megan plus lunch. How nice.

Megan and I had a good time on the bus today listening to hilarious System of a Down songs. We love to listen to them and laugh out loud. It is quite entertaining. Then she brought that 'let's do it like they do on the discovery channel' song!! I haven't heard that forever!

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I want to see Hostile. I have high hopes for it. Maybe I will view it tomorrow.

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I ate dinner a bit ago. Everyone I was with was largely craving pizza, so I find myself at a 50 year old pizza place eating delicious, but greasy pizza. No regrets, yet.

I hope to have a good weekend that is lived up to its fullest. But, when do I not?

Internet Forum

I made an internet forum yesterday, and we have already gotten approximately 100 posts, but that's only with 5 users posting. If we get more people there, we could get around 300 posts on there very quickly. So, if you are interested, come check out the forum (http://dessart.myfreeforum.org).

So, anyways, I have been checking up on my cd a lot. It says that it's in Kansas City, MO. So, I guess that means it probably won't be here today.

Yeah, so check out the forum. If you forget the address, you can always refer back to this entry or look at the link on the main dessart in the desert page.

Bye!

EDEN

Eden by To Destination is a great song. I like to listen to it. I am actually listening to it now...
...it ended.

Now, Eversnow (a DDR song) is playing.

So what are you listening to?

I just went to this kid's forum and his arrogant attitude really got on my nerves. It was quite bothersome to go there and read his words that say, "Most of the better players can AA or AAA songs on their first try, and I am no exception."

This is bothersome to me. Is it to you? I'm sure it is. Arrogance is something that really gets to me. I hope I'm not arrogant, because when you are, you usually don't realize it. If I am, I apologize.

I read a ton of Chobits last night. I started up on the first volume and I couldn't put it down! So, I read the second volume as well, and I am eagerly awaiting the aquiring of the third! I can't wait!

Amanda says that she is working on a webcomic. Heh, I can't wait for this one. It should be rather interesting. I wish she would let Ryo design the webpage for her so it isn't so crystal ball filled, as is her current site. I suppose I could design it, but I am trying really hard right now to not be hypocritical about before.
I am eagerly awaiting the results from the Stepmix contest. The site says, "All entries must be submitted by January 22nd 2006. Winners will be announced on the web site approximately one week after the deadline."

This means that by February, I shall know if I placed or not! Even if I don't place, I will be very happy. My song is listed on their site then forever and will be included in the Stepmania Complete CD Rom! Hehehe, how exciting. Then, people will have my song on modded gaming consoles all over the world! Okay, maybe that's a bit too far, but, it's possible right?

Now I am starting to understand why people always have the word 'rant' in their blog titles, since that is what I am doing right now. If anyone is actually interested enough to read this, it would be rather shocking.

I watched one of the LUM movies last night. It was the second one, Beautiful Dreamer. Unfortunately, my sister got bored with it, so I shut it off and watched Fooly Cooly on [Adult Swim].

Maybe I should send an Email to [Adult Swim] telling them that I appriciate their anion block. It seems like they need someone to tell them that. They obviously like it, but they are under the impression that no viewers like it. That is clearly untrue though. I think I'll email them now. But first, I will compose the email right here on this blog:

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Dear [Adult Swim]

I love the anime block and I watch it whenever I get the chance. My favorite show used to be Paranoia Agent, but since that isn't on anymore, I find myself watching Samurai Champloo and FLCL.

I just thought you guys should know that some people really do appreciate your anime block.

~dessart

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Good? Well, you probably shouldn't answer that, because by the time you read this post, I will have already sent the email. Heh.

If I get a response, I will most definitely post it here. Haha. That would be somethin' wouldn't it?

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EDIT: Email sent!

Nobody Knows

I just finished watching the movie titled 'Nobody Knows.' It is a long and fairly good movie. I have seen better ones, but this one isn't the worst. It is just: okay.
Pretty much, you watch these motherless kids try to get by with almost no money for the allotted amount of time. It is rather sad, actually.

Last night, I made another Stepmix for the Stepmania Stepmix contest. It is to another Jankenpopp song. This song is titled V i p. If you want to download the Stepmix I made, get it here: V i p. I worked hard trying to prepare a background animation, but it just wasn't working out. For some reason, the 'p' would always get really funky and unreadable. So, I just did a unanimated background for the Stepmix.

I made a new logo for my Stepmix page! Here it is:



Rather awesome, eh?

I found a series of new filters that I wanted to try out, and the logo is displaying one of them. Heh.

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I found myself reading some random freshman girl's blog yesterday, and something really irked me: Every single one of her posts was just a bland anthology of her day with 'lol' tagged onto the end of every sentence. This is no exageration either. In one post, she said 'LOL' three times in two short paragraphs! Total insanity. Plus, she always called things that were stupid: gay. Why? Maybe she has a hating for some group of people and finds the best way to express it using their classification instead of 'stupid?'

Well, dinner is ready. My sister tells me. Goodbye!