A certain person

I'm going to start making a collection of quotes from a certain person (who I will not name on this blog). These are just the beginning of my collection:

1. (In response to the question "Canon in D Major is in what key?") "C Minor"

2. (Regarding people who donate their bodies to science when they die) "I can't believe someone would kill themselves for science!"

3. (Regarding time signatures in music) "OH! There are 4 beats in a measure in 4/4 time!"

Sometimes I wonder if this person does this on purpose or not.

High School reminds me of...

Hmm. High school reminds me of the school that comes after middle school. But only sometimes. Sometimes, as in my Biology class and the Geometry class I aide for, high school reminds me of 3rd grade. Some of the people in those classes are the most immature people I've ever seen. They believe that they can just walk through school and not have any consequences for anything they do.

First Injury

The first time I was injured was when I was about 3 or 4. I was jumping on my grandma's couch, being a playful little kid. One wrong step, and off I fly, face-first into the coffee table. My front two teeth, along with a few random others crumbled, and let's just say it hurt pretty bad. For a few years after that, I had fangs, which was kind of cool, I guess.

To this day, because of that, I am unable to get braces. The dentist says my teeth are too weak, and that braces could potentially break my teeth. I don't want that...

Trash

The other day, I was wondering around the house, and I stumbled upon some random computer sitting on the floor. I was a bit curious, so I asked my dad where it came from. Apparently, the computer worked perfectly, and he found it... in the trash. Yeah, the trash, as in thrown away.

It's interesting what people throw away: Computers, gaming systems, printers, TV's. All of which we've gotten for free (my dad's a garbage man) because someone disowned them for some unknown reason.

But, hey, who am I to argue with it? If someone walked up to you with some solid gold bars and said "I don't want these anymore, you can have them," wouldn't you take them?

Bad = Good

I've been going back and looking at a bunch of things that were so bad, that they were good. As in, something is so obviously, horrendously awful that you can't help but laugh at it.

I dug up the "Felix the Cat" movie the other day. No clue where it came from or when I got it. Stick it in the 'ol player, and after five minutes, I'm saying "what the crap am I watching?"

Later I started up "Spiritual Warfare" for the NES. It's a Bible-based game where you play as a member of the Lord's army, and must purify the "heathens." By "purify" they mean throw pears (a fruit of the spirit) at them and turn them into monks. The best part is that the game is a 100% clone of the original Zelda.

I could go on and on about more of these, but I'm tired... so, yeah.

Warioware: D.I.Y

Yay! The new Warioware game is coming out! Besides the obvious bonus of more microgames, you now have the ability to make your own. So many ideas, so little time. Here are some of my ideas, chime in if you can think of anything else:

1. "Remembuh him!" - Press the button on MBD's helmet in order to see his face.

2. "Where's the Princess?" - Bowser's taken the Princess somewhere on screen! Find her!

3. "Toast Toast!" - Work the toaster in order to restore electricity to the building. (Seth already made this one.)

4. "Go somewhere!" - Gwonam is showing you the map! Where do you wish to go?

5. "Escape!" - You've been trapped in the magic labyrinth of I.M. Meen!

6. "Buy!" - Buy the correct item from Morshuu! Come back when you're a little...mmm... Richer!

Finally

The time for reading plays in English class is getting closer. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm sick of reading books, I enjoy plays infinitely more. They're more involved and allow for more class discussion.

I think that's my main problem with the books we read in class. I would prefer more classroom discussions of the reading assignments, because I tend to miss certain facts or symbols or something that will appear on the next test.

BUT, now we're doing plays, and we get to talk funny and yell at people in class. Good times.

Chicken Road-Crossing

So, why did the chicken cross the road? An age old question. Was it not Adam West who once said "Watch out, Robin! There's a chicken in the road!"

Many have settled for simple reasons like "to get to the other side" or other nonsense. Now, most people don't bother to ask a chicken why they cross the road. Imagine the possible knowledge one could extract from a civil conversation with a road-crossing chicken.

About 50 feet down the road from my house, there is a chicken house. The chicken-residents of the house often cross the road in the morning. I set out to investigate the reason behind this migration.

I stopped one of the chickens on the other side of the road and asked it why it crossed the road.


Something about Ian Tomlinson, trees, and bungee jumping... I didn't really understand it.

New AP system

I have to say I'm a bit confused over the new AP/IB system at school. From what I've been told, you can take an AP course, but opting out of the exam (which is stated as being optional, mind you) will negate the fact that you are taking an AP course. So my understanding is that AP is the new IB, and since Comprehensive has merged with Accelerated, my only options for classes are IB or Comp. There's no middle ground? What if I find IB a bit too challenging, but find that Accelerated doesn't challenge me enough? What exactly am I supposed to do in that situation?

Resting among old video games

I've been reminded quite a bit lately that, quite frankly, next-generation video games are all vastly inferior to older generations. It seems that gone are the days of "let's make a game that fun," replaced with "lets make a game that looks pretty and has lots of guns." Not to say there aren't old games that are bad, and also that there aren't new games that are good, but let's make a comparison here:

The Electronics Entertainment Expo is where most of the most popular games are revealed. If you look at the Expo a few years ago, it was laden with new and original titles that people were excited about. Now some of the games revealed more recently go something like this: "Modern Warfare 2", "Assassin's Creed 2", "Bioshock 2", "Fallout 3", "Resident Evil 5", and so on. Seeing a pattern here?

It seems that nowadays, people are afraid of trying something new, and are content with simply playing polished versions of games that they have already played.

Sonic 4

About time Sega does something right. After failures galore, they are following the example of Megaman 9 and making a new Sonic the Hedgehog game in the style of the original. No more Adventure Fields, no more horrible voice acting. Just 2-dimensional platforming at its finest.

BUT, I'm not getting my hopes up too high yet. If anyone on Earth can mess up something like this, it's Sonic Team. All we can really do is pray and wait for more info to be released...

Classic Video Games = REALLY difficult

I've been playing a lot of classic video games, and have re-discovered some of the most difficult moments in all of gaming. I don't blame you if you have no idea what any of these are.

1. "Joust" - The Pterodactyl: The "Unbeatable?" pterodactyl in Joust needed to be hit at a perfect 0 degree angle while his mouth was open to defeat him. One of the most annoying things was having to beat multiple pterodactyls to continue on.

2. "Sinistar" - The Void Wave: If the rest of "Sinistar" wasn't hard enough, try taking away 99% of the planetoids and letting the player wander space endlessly searching for them while the workers still have no problem building Sinistar.

3. "Defender" - The end of the world: Say you're playing "Defender", and all the Earthlings get abducted. Now you're in trouble. The planet will explode sending you into space where dozens of enemies wait for you to meet your demise. Have fun.

4. "King's Quest 5" - Cat and Mouse: You better stop that cat from eating the mouse at the beginning of the game. If you don't, it won't be there 30 minutes later to save you from your death, and you'll have to start the whole game over.

5. "Grandia" - Evil Gaia: A boss battle that's your 4 party members versus one person? Easy, right? Until he spawns infinite hordes of tentacles to bring you to your doom.

6. "Gauntlet" - The later waves: Being outnumbered 100 to 1 is discouraging. Tack on the fact that food and potions are scarce and someone always accidentally shoots the food, and you're ready for a fun time.

7. "Robotron" - The entire game: Nowadays game devs are too focused on being "noob friendly" rather than making games that actually involve some amount of skill. This doesn't mean all games should be like "Robotron." This is quite possibly one of the hardest games ever made, with enemies on all sides, mazes of obstacles, and other perils awaiting your soft, squishy flesh.

Simple Warnings...

1. Remember, don't shoot food.
2. Save keys to open doors.
3. Avoid Death
4. Save Potions for later use.
5. Punish those who shoot the food.

+10 points if you know what I'm talking about...