8/31/13

So I'm back at college now. Sorry I've kept you out. I was working on enjoying my last week of summer. I think I might do a week wrap-up. We unpacked all my stuff and got me all set up. I went to dinner with my grandparents. Later.

8/20/13

Today was really fun. I went to the water park with my friend mskate and her brother. Really fun. We rode the water slide, went in the lazy river, and the wave pool. It's a bit of a small park, with only one 3-part slide, a wave pool, a lazy river, and a kiddie part. It was a fun time. Later.

8/18/13

Today was good. I went to mass with my family. That was nice. Everything else was pretty lazy. I took apart a broken ear bud speaker. Got a small amount of copper. Next time we fire up the forge, we're making a copper bar. I'll have more copper by then. I also found My Name Is Earl on TBS.com and I've been watching that. I've been doing that mainly because I can't watch it on hulu without a plus subscription. I'm not paying another $8 for something I won't use much the next month. Well I shouldn't be using it because it'll be college. I also made the website for my film group. Enjoy some of my handy work. Later

8/17/13

Today was fun. I went to a grad party today. It's late in the season, I know, my brother goes up to college in a couple days so it is really late. It was still fun. The guy is very outdoorsy, and so is his family. They hired an archery guy to bring some stuff for us to do. He had a normal target, but then there was this skeet shooting like event thing. Basically nerf foam targets get launched in the air, and then we shot at them with a bow and nerf tip arrow. Of everyone I was the best. I wasn't GOOD, but I ht probably 50% of the targets, which is better than anyone else can boast. Also, a daily deals site had a deal for gamecube controllers. They're marketed as "wii compatible controllers."

Really. I got one because I needed another gamecube controller in order to have 4 controllers. Later.

8/16/13

Today was good. My dad and I fired up the forge today. We melted brass and aluminum. I now have a cool brass bar and an aluminum bar. The brass looks like gold, at least to me. Today was also the cruise of classic cars down main street. That was fun. I enjoy seeing classic cars every now and then. I'm not a big fan and I wouldn't be able to name many of the cars, but they look cool and it's fun. I even saw an old friend there. It was cool. Later.

8/15/13

Today was crazy. Things started out normal. I woke up, ate breakfast, and went to pick up the guy I drive. I went to Starbucks like normal and the tea went through me faster than normal. I watched an episode of Stoked on hulu. Great series. What I also did was do a slight overhaul of my video site. I put in a Nav Bar that's part of the template, so now I don't need to copy and paste the HTML into the post each time from my page called sandbox test. I then went through each post and deleted the Nav Bar in every post. Well after the class, we went back to my rider's house and we went to the bus stop because he'll now be taking the bus to class and I was there to make sure everything went right since I have experience with public transit. We get on the bus and ride to campus. We weren't going to get off because we thought we could just ride it round trip. We rode it to the end of the line, and then we got kicked off. Luckily it was on a major road I knew and kind of being stranded, we decided that our best course of action would be to walk the 20+ mile walk back to his house. We made it somewhere between 1 and 2 miles before another bus stop came with a bus that would get us home. While walking down the sidewalk next to this highway, with cars zipping past us and few businesses and people along the road, I had the strange feeling that I've seen this before, like in a dream. A little Deja Vu. It was cool. I beat DuckTales remastered on easy, and now I need to do medium and hard. Later.

8/14/13

Today was good. I did my driving job. It went well. I got my wart looked at, and it's gone. Yay. Great news, I downloaded DuckTales remastered and it's great. It's almost exactly like the original game. The only differences; graphics are updated and easy to see, sound is improved, there is now a story or the story is now in the game and not just in the manual (don't know, got the original used at funcoland without manual), actual voice actors from the show voice all the dialog, there's unlockables, and based on some interviews I've seen, the maps are restored to the creators originally intention (slight changes had to be made to accommodate NES limitations). Even with these changes, the original core gameplay remains the same, the maps are still quite faithful, and it's an amazing side scrolling platformer. I might review it. I had dinner with my grandparents. Later.

8/13/13

Today was good. I took my client to his destination. I got my teeth cleaned at the dentist. I went to the movies with my grandpa. We went to see planes. Good movie. I will hopefully make a review. Later.

8/12/13

Today was good. I started my "chauffeur" job today. I'm getting paid to drive a family friend to and from summer school for a week. Yay money. I hung out at a starbucks while he was in class and enjoyed their free wi-fi. Now I'm no mooch, I bought a hot tea from them, and it cost me like $4.50, good thing I had a gift card. I also got a cookie later, and it cost $2, for 1 cookie. But WiFi. I formed a new conspiracy today, Starbucks keeps their stores cold so people buy more hot coffee and hot tea. It was cold in there. After that, things went normal. I also wrote a short metaphorical story about the console wars. Enjoy. Later.

8/11/13

Today I basically played nothing but The Last of Us, and it was great. Sure my head hurt like crazy after 6 hours, but it sure was fun for such an amazing game. Wow my tolerance has really gone down. Anyways. I did help my neighbor take down the tents from the rib off yesterday, but that didn't take to long. Now I'm going to get back to my game. Later.

8/10/13

Today was super fun. Today was the annual rib off competition and it was super fun. It's a full weekend affair, but it's mostly a Saturday thing. It starts out with a catholic mass, and it counts for our weekly need. After mass, it's the parade of grills. Everyone who's competing roll their grills from their driveway/backyard to the host driveway. We also decorate the grills some. We put our college flags on it. After the parade of grills, it was time for lunch. I played Last of Us until it was time to put the ribs on the grill. That's an amazing game. When we put the ribs on the grill, well that was fun. We did our trash talking and showing off. Next thing we knew it was 5:30 and time to select our rib to be judged. I got my 1 of everyone's rib and that pretty much filled me up. I really liked the Mayor's ribs. They had a nice citrus taste, and I love citrus. This was a fun year, because the one guy who's been doing it since the beginning for 15 years and never won, won this year. It's always been a running gag that this one guy hasn't won. We have a T-shirt that the winner signs and the year(s) he won next to it. He had his name on the shirt, but as a joke and "..........." next to his name. It was a fun celebration. Probably the only time everyone was celebrating the win instead of the winner rightfully gloating and everyone else yelling "rigged!" Really fun time. After the celebrating, I went back to playing last of us. Amazing game. Later.

8/9/13

Today was great. First I saw my grandparents today, the ones that I don't see every week. On the way to see them, we stopped at an outlet mall. We got gold fish and the like from the peprige farm store. I got a new pair of crocks from the crocks outlet. I needed a new pair since mine held together by dental floss and have the sole almost completely worn out. One really fun thing was going to the "Coach for Men" store and just look around. My mom and I were greeted by a VERY flamboyant man. No really, he had a fauxhawk, FABULOUS clothes, strutted, and rested his hand on his hip. We looked around at the stuff and just made fun of how expensive things were. $400 merse, $90 belt, $100 wallet, $40 set of golf tees, etc. We met my grandparents at a German restaurant that they love and is halfway between us. It's good. It was really fun seeing them again. The accordion player played the super mario theme. I'll upload the video at some point soon. Really cool. After visiting with my grandparents, we had a surprise visit from my aunt, uncle, and cousin, the nerdy one that's really fun. We visited, told stories, played some video games, and watched 2 episodes of the simpsons. Great time. Later.

8/7/13

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. I've just been forgetting. Today OK. I hung out with ZeldaMaster93 and that was fun. I went to a memorial for a family friend, and that was not fun. It sucks when someone you've known forever dies. Later.

8/3/13

Today was fine. My dad and I went to pick up my new futon mattress at Wal-Mart pick up. It was funny because when it first came out, we were second before we had to sign off on it. We looked at it and it didn't look right. It had a picture on it that looked like a trampoline or, as I called it, a baby cage. We asked the lady if it was a futon mattress and she said, "woops, that's a pool." Now I admit that a personal pool in my dorm room would be really cool, especially during the super hot early weeks, but I don't think that would go over well with res life. Also, I can't fall asleep in a pool and live to tell the tale like I can with a futon. Rest of the day was pretty lazy. I went to a grad party of a family friend and I listened to his grandpa with the early stages of Alzheimer's ramble on and it was kind of interesting to hear what his stories were, even though he didn't finish before starting another story. Later.

8/2/13

Today was good. I slept in 1.5-2 hours longer than normal and I felt I slept some of the day away. Don't like doing that. I played Super Mario 3D Land and I beat the normal campaign, wow that feels weird saying for a mario game. Anyways, I beat that and thought "I'm going to be miffed if I payed $40 for 8 relatively easy worlds, but then, well, I'll just leave it at there's plenty left to do after and it gets much more challenging in a good way. I went to Wal-Mart with my Dad and brother and I looked at the video games and DVD/Blu-Ray section. After playing my 3DS for a couple hours strait, my eyes started hurting/not wanting to work. Later.