Well... This is going to be a pretty random update.

I noticed that just about every time I look at my blog (usually for no reason, because I know when somebody comments: Trillian does a popup saying I got mail), that at least one of the pictures on my sidebar doesn't load. I'm not sure why, because I can hit refresh and it's a different picture that won't load, and the other one that didn't before does now. I'm thinking about hosting all those pictures on my webpage like the rest of the blog, to see if that will fix it up. Besides that, it's really not a big problem. I think I'll throw in some ALT tags so even if it shows up as a broken jpg you can still know what it points to without checking the bar on the bottom... We'll see I guess. I probably won't do anything, in favor of being lazy.

My grades came in on Friday for the end of the quarter, and I definately had that D in math. Strangely though, Mom was apparently not pissed at me. While it's true that only semester grades go on transcripts (right?), so I still have time to bring that to a C+/B- or something after averaging grades, the fact of the matter is that it's not likely. So yeah, that was odd. Not that I'm upset that she's not upset, or anything. I'm not complaining...

So, there should be a LAN party comin' up here on Thursday. I'm not sure what kind of games we'll be playing, because I'm pretty sure nobody's really been playing many first person shooters recently, so we're all going to suck at that... We'll probably end up swapping files and then playing MMOs, because none of us are smart. That's what happened last time... We played like 4 hours of Counterstrike, and then the rest was spent on MMOs and the Battletech board game. I admit, the BT board game is fun, though. Dunno. Hopefully it'll be fun.

I finished downloading Great Teacher Onizuka the other day, and to my surprise when I got to episode 5, the audio tracks are messed up. I'm not sure what's up exactly, whether it's my computer being dumb or if something happened with the download, but I'm hoping it's just a fluke. I really like that show ;_; This is the first time I've gotten to see the beginning too, and it totally explains a lot. From what I'd seen before I was kinda confused as to why the Vice Principle would hate him, but it's blatently obvious now... Yeah when the LAN party rolls around on Thursday I'll see if it's just my computer or what, because I know all my friends are pretty much going to just nab my HD >.< I've got a lot of stuff on it that most of them want now... My music collection is growing pretty fast, with the advent of soulseek and me realizing I can download different albums from different people at the same time for rapid file sharing... And people who don't share piss me off >< I put in my user profile that if you don't share, you get banned... And lo & behold, people start actually downloading from me. Only, it's pretty much only people who I specifically stated I would ban. I'm just like, uh wtf? READ DAMMIT!

About a week ago, my friend brought up the idea of going climbing at the place we went to last semester as a field trip for gym. I think it'll be just five of us plus whoever else is there, and hopefully it won't be many people already there. I'm already super excited though, because last time it was a blast, and there were like 80 people there taking up every run. I'm thinking it'll be a hell of a lot more fun with just a few people that I know and am friends with than it was with 60 people I didn't know, 10 people I hated, and 10 people I was friends with there. I walked around their website the other day, and noticed that all climbing gear is super expensive too. A harness is about $70, some simple tools that are extremely important all about $15 each, running it to around $100, plus the cost of rope. And if you want a chalkbag, thats another $15... Shoes (which you don't really need, but they sure do look badass) are another $100-160. Climbing is expensive >.< Nevertheless, if I was older, already graduated college, and had a job, I'd definately buy some climbin' stuff and find someplace to climb. It's a lot of fun.

Anyways, that's about all for now...

Adion is currently listening to: VNV Nation - Fragments [5:02]

Well, aside from yesterday, not much is going on... Apparently theres an LP schedualed for soon after break begins (on Thursday at 1 ish PM when we get out of school ^_^. Half days are great). And I need to get my ACEN money in. I'm just confused... I know my mom & dad are both pretty mad at me right now 'cause I did bad in calculus, and I haven't done my scholarship junk that I told them I'd do last week and never did... I blame it on school. My stupid teachers think that the end of the quarter means its time to cram as much useless and forgettable information into your head as they can possibly attempt to do. So I've been doing my homework, supplimented by occasional breaks of World of Warcraft (which was on NPR in a slightly biased review... The guy seems to have only played a few MMO's >.> Past that, all the info is dead on though) . I'm betting its the occasional breaks of WoW that makes them angry, but I'm definately not one to be able to go from hard and boring, to super ultra boring and somewhat hard. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I have to write an essay with the topic relating to asking the founders of the constitution to clarify something they wrote, and why its important today. Not only do I not care about dead people that won't influence me anymore (especially with our current president... what with his blatently obvious abuse of power and his ignorance for the soul of what America really stands for: Freedom. We free others by imprisoning them? That's not how it's supposed to work...), but I don't really think there is much left to really clarify. It is what it is, and if you don't understand it, reread it and hope it makes more sense that time. Analize, discuss. Repeat as necessary. Don't make kids write essays about this junk. As much as I know about politics, I don't know much, and I don't care to know more than I already know. I've already seen too much. Our government sucks. If I had a choice, I'd burn all the law books, and start over again. Possibly imprison most of our current House & Senate, because most of them don't know what they're arguing for or against. Especially state legislature...

Whatever, now to download more of The Pillows. Because they rawk.

Adion is currently listening to: The Pillows - Frontiers [2:55]

My heart just exploded... He came back. He came back!

HE CAME BACK!!

Well, if you would be so kind as to take a look to the left side of the page here, you'll notice I did some new work on the sidebar. Threw up a few new links to some comics, forgot about Mondo Mecho again (and it would totally ruin my pattern anyway. They don't have a link picture thing that is 88x31), and I even put up some pictures for websites that I don't even visit anymore. Like acRO's homepage. I went there and noticed really fast that they had pictures on the left side so I grabbed one & called it good to go. So yeah, I think it's looking spiffy. I'm tempted to make some icons for them so my webpage is better, but then I think about it, remember that that takes time & effort, and then think about just rereading the comic instead. >.> Yeah so any of the webpages that don't have nice picture links either don't have picture links that I could find, or had picture links that were 200x40 instead of 88x31. Uh... Yeah. Going to bed now...

Adion is currently listening to: The Pillows - Carnival [3:49]

Yeah so I got invited to prom. Totally unexpected too, not to mention the fact that the girl invited me not me inviting her, which is, naturally, the traditional way. But times are changing and to hell with tradition. Anyway, she's really nice and stuff. We already found a little group thing of people we're going to go with... Tomorrow we're gonna go to Quizno's with all the other couples in the group and talk about how this is going to work out and that sort of thing. Apparently this is highly coordinated and strangely complex. Never been to a dance, I wouldn't know. So thats all the exciting news...

I found another webcomic yesterday. I'm not really quite sure why I'm looking around and finding all these webcomics either... They're just sort of coming to me. Maybe it's because my World of Warcraft is broken. I canceled next month's subscription, because I'm running low on money if I wan't to do all the stuff I'm planning on... Prom, ACEN, & now I'm going climbing at the same place I went last semester for gym with a bunch of my friends in two weeks today. I wish WoW was just like... 12.99 or something... Not to mention apparently there is tax on it. Totally didn't know that, I was under the impression that online purchases were tax free unless the headquarters were in your state. So that means that either Blizzard has an HQ here in Illinois or that they changed laws to better annoy people like me with no income. Yeah totally lost my train of thought here... I was typing out stuff, and then I got a phone call from the girl who invited me to prom... Yeah ok well I just finished reinstalling World of Warcraft, because I hope that will fix my problems. If not, I'm trying to see if older video card drivers will fix it, because I think when I updated them it started being broken...

Oh, back on track from wayyy before when I brought up webcomics... It's called The Seraph Inn and it's drawn spectacularly, I don't think I've ever seen a comic so well drawn before. And there's a lot of updates too, the last one is page 275 as of today, I think this is a new page today too. I plan on putting all these new webcomic's on my side bar here soon... When I get around to it.

No school tommorrow ^_^ It's gonna be great. That means I'll have plenty of time to fix up WoW if it's broken, and to download Great Teacher Onizuka, which is a totally sweet show. I love the themes, and it appears that the only way I'll get them is with Audacity's handy function of recording everything that my computer throws to my headphones. Maybe when I get a job I'll buy all this stuff that I've downloaded. A nice job that doesn't involve saving all the money from for college (aka not soon ;_;). I wish I had a lot of money though, these guys could probably use the support. Anyway, I'm going to patch WoW & see if it works. Cya ^^

Adion is currently listening to: Opeth - Deliverance [13:35]

Fucking christ...

Stupid blog. You can't get the anger I'm feeling right now through text. I didn't write this down the other day, but I reformatted my C:\ the other day so I could reinstall Windows, it was being stupid. Anyway, I forgot a folder. A really really really really important folder. My FUCKING DOCUMENTS FOLDER!!

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alsklhka As I was saying... that folder had all of the conversations I have ever saved in it. A lot of them were really really important to me. A few I have posted. A few I have sent to Jordan. Most are now forever gone. Lucky me, if Jordan were to come back he has some of the really important ones to me. If he reads this he knows what I'm talking about. yeah. so no i'm super pissed that I could have forgotten such an important folder. and the worst part is that i got the folder inside it, I remembered that. i got two folders that were in it actually. my pictures for all my backgrounds & some actual pictures, and my misc folder that has nothing important in there but my short story. the finished one that i wrote for writing fiction and poetry last year. all my conversations are gone now though... i suppose its a good thing that jordan was curious a while ago as to what all the conversations i had on my hd were. i sent him a bunch, but i still am pretty certain that i didnt send some of the others because i didnt want him to know i was still holding on to them. yeah and i know it seems childish to some of the people who will eventually end up reading this, but think of it this way: you might remember as a kid having a favorite blanket... like linus in the peanuts comic. only not as gay. anyway, you might remember your parents taking that blanket away from you. that feeling of anger right there, is what i have now. only multiplied, because those are one of a kinds....

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oh my god. i just completely freaked out for nothing. the folder's right there, just named differently.... i did back it up. i thought i did... gah...

Adion is currently regaining his breath.

Well I forgot to mention this last post because I was too busy being stressed out (still haven't done those scholarship essays >.<), but I figured I'd update my list of webcomics with a few new additions. It appears I never mentioned Star Crossed Destiny, which is a very good comic, updated about once a week. It's a bit lacking on a plot so far, but the art is good and the artist says that a plot has already been worked out and that this somehow all plays into it. I'll leave that to her. Next up is Mondo Mecho, a comic that I keep making into Mondo Mecha by accident whenever I read it. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I've actually explained this one before in some other update, but its about these two girls who live on Mars sometime in the future. They both don't have jobs and it's a story of how they find them and get on with their life, and right now it's getting to the good part where the name of the comic makes sense. Also well drawn, you should check it out. Next, is Misfile, drawn by Chris Hazelton, if you've seen any of his work before. This is probably the best comic I've read in a long time. I wish it was in book form, because the plot is great, and it involves a pot smoking angel. Where could you go wrong? Art is drawn well, albeit all in black in white. Yeah so thats a good comic too. I plan on linking all these on my link banner to the left sometime sooner or later, depending if I remember I said I would or not. Cya all later >.>

Adion is currently not listening to music.

Well, it's been a while since I posted so I decided to. I've gotten pretty far in FMA, I'm episode 27, and I only stopped because I think my dad'll be getting home and I'm screwed. I promised him on Saturday that I'd do all the scholarship by today, but I only barely started on one of the essays... I finished one that didn't need an essay, because that was simple, but these other two are not fun. One asks "Interpretations of the Constitution often conflict. If you could go back in time and ask the Framers just one question to clarify meaning, what would it be, and why is the answer important today?" I have that one started a bit, but I have no idea what the hell I'd ask them. Sure, there are a lot of issues dealing with the Constitution, like first amendment rights with the PATRIOT act... And the right to know what you're being punished for... I can't wait another 3 years to get this guy out. Anyway, off of politics, the next one asks "Explain why you are interested in studying abroad. If you know where you would like to study, describe where and explain why." The problem is, I'm not sure if I want to study abroad, so I don't even know where to get started. I can go pretty much around the world to all the cool countries out there if I wanted to, but I don't really know where I'd really go. I can go to Great Britain, Germany, or even Japan, but I don't even know if I'd want to go to any of them. I'm not interested in Germany, and they haven't really been a major force in the field of Engineering I'm interested in. Japan and Great Britain are both major competitors, but naturally to go to Japan would probably require me to have a general idea of the language besides whats in Animes. I've picked up some from anime, but seriously, that won't help me. That and I'll forget it. There is the argument that if you don't have a lifeline to fall back on, you learn the language of the place you're in rather quickly... But I don't know what I'd do until then... And how am I supposed to take lessons on Engineering, a tough topic as it is, when I can't even understand what the professor is trying to tell me? Finally, Britain would be a pretty cool place to go, but it really isn't that much different from the US besides that it's super old fashioned. And I'm not really sure I'd have a good time there either, because all the schools there are pretty hardcore too. I'd spend all my time indoors studying (if I could just learn how to study...) instead of out and about looking at all the sweet scenery and castles. Especially the castles.

Anyway, the point comes down to me not being sure if I want to study abroad or not, and if I don't go study abroad then why should I even waste my time and do this essay... But I know I should because I can still get 500$ a semester (which is taken back if I don't study abroad...), and any money helps. Also, I still don't have a job. I went over to a Menards that just opened (still technically isn't open) and applied, but they haven't called back so I don't think they're going to hire me. A friend of mine did the same thing and he already got a response & was hired, so I had him give a good word for me >.> But I don't think they really need the people right now, he mentioned something about them being swamped with applications...

Also, I'm doing really bad in math still. Theres a quiz on Wednesday, and it's essentially my last hope this quarter, because it ends on Friday, and we won't be here Thursday, and there are no other assignments of value enough to bring my grade up. As it is, I can only hope for a C. Things are not looking up...

Jordan's still not talking to me. I'm not sure if it's still about the same thing anymore either, because I'm sure we both know that it was a trivial incident that started this. Maybe he just doesn't want to be the one to say I'm sorry. I guess I can understand that, thats most of the reason I haven't said anything either. I am really tempted to just be like, gomenesai and give him the gold that he doesn't really deserve but might as well have. I'm not sure how much longer I can afford to play WoW as it is now. I need to get a job soon, or I won't be able to go anywhere. Also, I need to turn in a housing application for UIUC sometime soon too. Preferably yesterday. Or any other day in the past really. College is going to cost about $22k, and I'm expected to come up with about 12 of that, and as it is I have about... $1500 in scholarships if I win everything. I need wayyy more. I'm just such a bad kid I don't look around and find stuff. Or really search down a job. I'm sure if I really wanted one super bad I could have gotten one by now. Argh. I need to get back to work on Calculus...

Adion is currently listening to: Barstool Prophets - Friend of Mine [3:36]

Well, I finished watching Trigun yesterday. Sucks. I don't like the series at all >< It was way too wishy washy, the end was bad and I'm 90% certain that things happened that would not be possible... Like creation of bullets from nowhere... If anybody else has seen it, you might remember the final battle and where they get their guns pointed at each others heads at point blank, where they both unload each others guns, how they only put in one bullet. Yet, Vash's gun strangely has two loaded (unless I was just too spaced out 'cause the series had bored me to death). Also, somehow a headshot turned into a chest shot... I'm not impressed. On the other side of things I started watching Full Metal Alchemist the other day (I think Wednesday) and it's pretty good. The artwork is well done, the characters have personalities, and there is a plotline to it that doesn't suck. Not even going to compare that to Trigun... It's all my opinion anyway.

When I woke up this morning I wished my computer was on, because I had a dream that Jordan was talking to me again... I wanted to post about it then because I was afraid I'd forget it, but I guess it worked out, because I'm writing about it now. I don't remember what we were talking about, only that it was via AIM (or Trillian... considering we both use that now). Miss you <3 ;_;

Adion is currently listening to: Lacuna Coil - Angel's Punishment [3:56]