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I don't even know why I'm writing this. Rainbow Road, in pretty much any of its forms, is one of the most awesome race tracks ever, even if it's only from Mario Kart. The music, the setting, the danger, the speed, the spectacle; it's all there. There is absolutely nothing like cruising about the cosmos on a narrow, multi-colored ribbon that twists this way and that, even if only in a video game. Whoever came up with the idea certainly had an original one, that's for sure. Still waiting for Nintendo to feature them all in one GP on the same game... Racing on Rainbow Road for real would probably be pretty close to the top of my "things-I-could-do-if-I-could-do-anything" list. 'Twould be absolutely amazing, especially on a bike. [/totalgeek]
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The valley was always covered in fog. <3 EW loves fog. ~EW~
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Now that I have my own laptop (and, by extension, any-time access to the Internet), I think I'm going to pick my blog back up again. I suppose the best place to start would be with the laptop itself. Yesterday around four-thirty, I headed over to Best Buy with my mom and sister. We were initially going to buy me a wireless mouse. It was an early Christmas gift from my dad. Normally he would have waited until I had something to use it with, but the mouse I wanted, usually $50, was on Black Friday sale for just $25. Once we'd picked up the mouse, I decided to browse Best Buy's selection of laptops to aid in my continuing search. We found an available associate (no small task, as most Black Friday sales for Best Buy lasted through Saturday), and he guided us through our best options. After much browsing, we located a very intriguing laptop. After some discussion, I discovered that this intriguing laptop would be mine within the half-hour! So, you may be wondering about the laptop itself. Here's a quick run-down of the major specs: Manufactured by HP15.6-inch screenAMD dual-core processor6GB RAM320 GB memoryIntegrated webcam and microphoneHowever, by far the best aspect of this laptop was its price: just $600, a full $100 less than our set maximum. Since then, I've hardly come off it, exploring all of its features (as well as those of Windows 7). After using it for nearly a day now, my least favorite aspect of this laptop is the keyboard. Since it includes a number pad, the entire main section of the keyboard is shifted about two inches to the left. I'm used to the keyboard being centered with the screen; with this laptop, I have to either shift the laptop to the right or reach over to the left when I type. I suppose it's just something I'll have to get used to. The only other two disappointments from my dream laptop are that it's not plain black (it sports the crop circle design present on many recent HP laptops) and its lack of the software that allows you to log in with your face using the webcam, which unfortunately is only available in Toshiba laptops. All of these things, however, I will eventually grow accustomed to. Tomorrow begins the three weeks of school between fall and winter break. A friend of mine will be granting me the incredible gift of allowing me to install his copy of the Adobe CS4 Master Collection on my laptop. (For the unknowledgeable, this includes Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, and much, much more). That about wraps up the last day or so. I shall do my best to keep my blog up-to-date on my doings. Until then, however, farewell, and don't forget to search for grammatical errors!
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Why does Photobucket randomly resize uploads? What kinda garbage is that? How am I supposed to upload wallpapers or anything else big?
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If you'll recall, it was similar circumstances that about a year ago caused the Generic Quest authors to fictionalize Maj as a corrupt defense contractor led by an evil disembodied Martian.
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Are all the images from Brickshelf and Maj gone, or is it just me? ~IceToa~
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Yes. Yes it does. So Thanksgiving was good. My freak uncle came over and he was... well, himself. But overall, it was good. And I'm suddenly devoted to learning Intersection Blues No. 2 by Steve Howe, whose summer home, incidentally, is in the middle of nowhere around a half hour from where I live. =O And now... I need to get registered for next semester. I just talked to a friend who's just starting Linberty dual enrollment... financial deadline is tomorrow. D'oh!
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And happy Thanksgiving!
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So you may all give thanks to me today. ~EW~
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I didn't save a bunch money on car insurance. No! Why? Oh, were you expecting a serious entry about another subject? How shallow do you think I am. ©1984-2009 Toaraga EAM
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Maj > every other image site on the internet. Easy direct links, fast uploading. No spam, no fluff. 'Course, no uploading, either. So anyway, I also dedicate this blog entry to this edit. Back in the day, I actually made a topic for that. No joke. o_o
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My friend Jared from my French class showed me this really weird site during lunch yesterday, called cleverbot.com. (As far as I know, there are no forum's attatched to the site; correct me if I'm wrong.) Apparently, you can have a conversation with an AI, which spits back some rather entertaining results. (We had some fun with "FALCON PAWNCH" and Pokemon. ) Oh, and I'm currently addicted to the song "Russian Roulette" by Rihanna. I need an excuse to write a songfic to it someday. (P.S. I've FINALLY made some progress on my BZProvince wrap-up fic. As soon as I can, I'll type it up.)
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~EW~
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I stayed up last night watching a program on that channel 'bout Jack the Ripper, and the possibility he had gone to America. I only saw about 20 minutes of it (I'm watching the rest of it this afternoon), but it was very intruiguing, even if I did have hard time getting to sleep afterward. :wakeup2: Oh, and they're playing a new version of the "I Love The World" song, featuring Optimus Prime. It's already stuck my head. >.< *resists urge to start singing*
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Sadly, I've finally decided I just can't do NaNoWriMo this year. I feel bad, since I'm the one that got a lot of people hyped about it and now I have to back down—still, I think it's for the best. I've been really sick throughout my junior year, and all through my senior because of some chronic stuff and other illnesses I have yet to solve. At first when I was struggling this month, I wanted to press on and prove to myself I could do it. Writing isn't that hard, right? Still, I've been constantly in bed, barely able to do anything. I've pretty much cut out everything except the important things like school; that's all I can handle now. Not to mention, it's been a very rough year from grim life hassles. I plan on finishing my story, no doubt about that, I love it way to much too completely quit. Maybe sometime I'll feel well enough to have my own little NaNo, and there is always next year. You all keep it up, though! I think NaNoWriMo is the best way to kick that low-esteem and procrastination out the window. You can do it guys! I'm off to go buy myself some groceries and maybe nab something during Happy Hour at Sonic. Ciao! (random note: BZPers who commissioned me, I'm getting back to them—particularly BCii and RepicheepXXII. You guys are at the top of the list, and I'm working hard on finishing those this upcoming week.)
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-The music you like. -The clothes you wear. -The girls you crush on. -The people you hang out with. -The hobbies that should be respectable but aren't. -The place you live. -The money you have. -The religion you put your faith in. -Even just the kind of animals you like to keep as pets. Please tell me I'm not the only one who's noticed this?
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What a waste of a great car. I mean, if anything, the guy should've been enjoying the ability to drive the car, not using his cell phone. Just goes to show that having a fast or precise car doesn't always make someone a good driver. Honestly, the thing that scares me the most about this is that people like this are on the road every day--if anything, this speaks volumes about the dangers of using a cell-phone while driving. Next time you're having a bad day, just be glad you aren't this guy.
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Monday had a very fun evening. 8D The Macadamian blog fad was surely one of the most fun times I've had on this site. I remember I opened up B6's blog entry and read where he called it a fad, and I was like "Waaht?" Then I looked at the blog homepage and saw entry after entry titled "Macadamia Nuts" or similarly-themed, and I suddenly realized what I'd done. One of the best moments evar. xP Tuesday was uneventful. Wednesday was, of course, Veteran's Day here in the USA, and as a Boy Scout, I was at the parade for the event here in my local metropolis (hah!). The parade itself was fine, and we did not get rained on until afterward. We had a chilidog lunch before doing the Annual Scouting for Food drive. I am thankful I brought my waterproof Philmont had, or else I'd have gotten really, really wet. However, my feet got soaked anyway. Apparently, my Sketchers are not waterproof in the slightest. Makes me sad. Thursday was my Boy Scout meeting, of which I am in charge of now (SPL!). It was about flag ceremonies and a sudden thing about uniforms. Personally, we could have done without the uniform part, since the lady who did it is an ex-military lieutenant and all and wants everybody proper and tossed out such random facts that even I, who am usually very much in the know, had my head spinning. She wants everybody to wear everything possible on the uniform, too, and I find that ridiculous. I was also pulled over on my way back home. No, I wasn't speeding, but my right-side headlight suddenly gave out inexplicably, and, well, they caught me. And that brings us to today. A normal Friday. I'm doing laundry right now and we have a banquet to go to at 6:30, but otherwise meh. Though my dad had a sudden drop in blood pressure and is going to see the doc in an hour. (Oh, and it's International To Write Love On Her Arms Day (TWLOHA) and Friday the 13th, so you can butcher people with loving passion. <3 And yes, I wrote 'love' on my arm. =P ) So yeah. ~EW~
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Just a heap of random updates because I haven't said anything here in a while: -I highly suggest that you check these two blog entries out. They address a few things that I think BZPers have been ignoring as of late. I'd write something like those two highly intelligible members have, but I'd just be repeating them and therefore wasting my time. -It's that BBCC time again, in which most members seem to disregard a few guidelines. I'd specifically point you to this one. -So, nine days into NaNo, and I haven't written anything yet. Sort of depressing, as I have a bunch of ideas and this one story that I've been meaning to get down for ages, but haven't had the time to yet. Curse you, block of the writer. Not really asking for encouragement, just making this fact publicly available so that I'll be motivated to write after everyone sees I've done nothing. -I haven't been very active in the forums lately for a variety of reasons. I'd like to participate much more, but I'm just too busy with a bunch of different things that are of a higher priority and require my attention. -Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 realeases tomorrow, and I couldn't care less. -I can't wait for the results of the third part of the Short Stories Autumn Olympics, even though I'm very doubtful I did well. -Discussing Formula One is like discussing politics--if some people don't see it the way you do, they'll always be on the other side of the fence and there's nothing you can do about it. -Island of Doom has taken somewhat of a backseat to other projects as of late. The release date may end up being switched to sometime early next year rather than within the coming weeks. -On a somewhat lighter note, I've been abnoramlly hooked on Mario games lately. I'm finally coming close to finishing Super Mario Galaxy some two or three years past its release, and if I'm playing any game it all, it's usually either that or Mario Kart. Ah, Nintendo... you've done it again. And that's all. How's everybody been going?
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A question for the readers if you could get either Wolverine's claws or advanced healing which would you pick? Me personally, I'd go for the healing because I know someones gonna pick the claws and I'm gonna be ready for when they start accidentally stabbing everything. *Yami*
