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Noooo! The weather is turning good again. The snow is melting... Yoshi
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Tomorrow i go back to school thankfully i had no homework to finish over the holidays like one unfortunate freind who had history homework to finish. Anyway i had a look at my timetable and i'm fairly pleased with what i have for the first day back. 1st Period(9.05-9.55):German 2nd Period(9.55-10.45):Technology Short 15 muinit break 3rd Period(11.00-11.50):Math 4th Period (11.50-12.40) Lunch break 5th Period(1.40-2.30):I.C.T (In other words Computer technology) 6th Period(2.30-3.20):Science School ends Now there's just the 20 minuit long walk home. And as always going back to school means less chance of being on BZP which means No Blog Entrys which means chances of blog dying!.But there are pros such as meeting up with your freinds again and learning which will benefit to your leaning which will in turn decide your future career I'm sure there are more pros but those kinda depend on the kind of person you are.
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Okay, so let's get up to speed here... starting from the end of July 2006, which is close enough to the last blog entry. The first major event worth notice that occured after the last entry of last year was that I took a 3-week trip to China with my parents and my sister, who is 4. It was interesting to say the least. We definitely had a lot of fun, but it's a lot of the little things that you really notice... Funny story, I once got myself lost in the subway system whilst in China. My parents and my sister got on the subway and they're like "Is this the one that goes to blah blah blah" and I was hanging back because it LOOKED like they hadn't confirmed the destination yet, and then the doors started to close and I'm like "HOLY SHOOT" and I grab the doors, thinking they'll stop and open, like on elevators. Nope. In China, if you ain't on the subway in time, serves you right for losing a finger. No, I didn't loose one, but you know what I mean. So then my mom is shouting at me that they'll be at the very next station as the door closes and I just wait there, then the next subway comes, and I take it to the next station where I find my dad and my sister, and it turns out my mom actually went BACK to look for me, so we had to wait for her to come back, and eventually we got where we were going. Funny how that's one of the most vivid memories I have from the trip. I hike up to the Great Wall, hike up TaiShan, go to World Park and Beijing Amusement Park (where the doors also don't care if you lose a finger), visit the village where my dad's side of the family still lives, and above all of those I remember getting lost on the subway. 'Cuz it's really those little life experiences, isn't it? Like when I got a nasty mosquito bite on one of my... thingies... gland... line... amajiggers no idea the English term for it, anyway a huge red line ran up my arm and almost to my chest, it was rather freaky, and that's another thing I remember, going for the first time to a Chinese hospital. Works a lot different from American ones, I bet you could have a limb half hanging off and you'd have to wait for the person in line in front of you before you'd receive treatment. Okay, that's probably an exaggeration, but it's really different to say the least. The Great Wall was awesome, they have this new thing called the Slideway, where you get this little toboggan and there's a brake and there's a huge metal track going down the mountain and you get to slide down, controlling your own speed. It's AWESOME. I'd wait for as long as possible in one place, until I could see the person behind me, then I'd let go completely and just speed for as far as I could without hitting the person in front of me. When I could see the person in front of me I'd brake again, then wait once more, and repeat. It was awesome! So then we came back and school started. ... And you're essentially up to speed. Dang, school is BORING. oO Oh, and about llamas? Pfft, you know what four legged animal is a bajillion times better? The cat. Preview of a ginormous CG project I'm doing. What you saw is not even a sixth of the final image. It's a HUGE image. Have funs.
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I'm not sure if snow likes me or not. But today, I got to get out of school early because of snow! Yoshi
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... Seems I'm a step uncle (again). So unexpected. But it's something good in these dark days.
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Do you ever notice how much people are obsessed with patterns and consistency? I had my own little experience of this today. I turned on the car at 7:20 to get to school, scraped/brushed for three minutes, popped in The Craig Machine, and got moving. I arrive at school a little before 7:30 and move down to my parking place. My parking spot is the first spot next to an island about three-fourths of the way across the lot. Angel parks her giant, gray, twenty-year-old monster next to mine. Matt's black Dodge pick-up is next. Then there's the light pole, followed my Emily's little white car. (My car is a red Dodge Neon, seeing as I got to describe everyone else's.) Great, right? We always park that way; it's understood. It makes sense too. My car is probably the smallest, so it's easiest for me to maneuver around the curb and angle things right, for example. But yesterday, there was a problem. A purple sporty-looking Audi was parked in my spot. School doesn't start until 8:05, so by getting there at 7:30, I tend to be earlier than most people. (I'm not a fanatic; I have to turn on machines and cameras and stuff for the school's TV program that runs every morning before school... That's what I get for living so close to school and having my own means of winter transportation.) So, that means it's probably a teacher. They aren't even supposed to park here, though. This is the second-rate parking lot that is far away from the school entrance. They have their own parking lot with a shorter walk. This was ridiculous. Now, the major problem is that there's also a cruddy looking green hatchback parked in the spot opposite mine, so my only options are to go find another spot (and risk getting verbally assaulted by a very scarey person), park in Angel's spot, park in Matt's spot, etc., or block one of their spots (which is just as useless... it's a one-way lot, so people get cranky if they have to go around). I ended up parking in somebody's spot that I knew would be absent. But then the problem returned. I went through my same ritual this morning, and right around "Whittlin' Man," I arrived at the parking lot once more only to find the same two cars in the exact same two spots. One of them had obviously been driven, but the other was completely frosted over. This was very annoying, and I couldn’t park in a temporary spot this time. In a moment of decision, I parked in Angel's spot. She parked in Matt's, and so on until somebody was out of a spot. And that's the horrible thing. One person parking in the wrong spot ruined the entire system. Everyone has his or her unwritten claim to a certain parking place, and now somebody has gone and messed it all up. The hilarious thing is that we are so attached to each spot that we sit there, not moving for two minutes trying to figure out what to do. We're lost when our system is altered.
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Reason #24 why i dislike moving to a new house. Several Days ago i Ordered Kardas and it should have been at my house on saturday but unfortunately...I moved several weeks ago in a town not far from the village I lived in earlier.Anyway i sent a letter to both Lego Shop@Home and lego magazine telling i had moved house unfortunately they either didn't ged the letter or thought i was trying to pull a joke on them because they sent it to my all address which means when it gets there there'll be no-omne to recieve it.My Mum's been trying to intercept it and get it to our new house so now instead of getting here on saturday it'll take several more days to get here .Ah well i still got an amazon order coming in with Vezon and Fenrakk and The lava chamber gate.
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This is me letting off excitement-steam: I am an avid fan of Lord of the Rings (in case you didn't know). I'm not only a lover of the books, I'm probably clinically obessessed. I've read LoTR 5 times, the Hobbit 4 times, and the Histories of Middle Earth. I own the the books, the movies, the books on CD, action figures, collectible bookcases, calendars of all sorts, plenty of posters and bookmarks, a rare book that's designed to actually teach Sindarin (one of Tolkien's invented languages), books about the movies, Middle Earth creature, warfare, and plenty of other things. I used to play LotR with my siblings and neighbors all of the time. (And I was always either Merry or Smeagol for some reason.) Okay, so what's the point? There is one other thing that I am intensely into - tabletop strategy battle games, sepcially Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings. The models are metal, plastic, or a combination, and stand from about an inch to 10 inches in height. And they are awesome. For Christmas, I received another Kataphrakt, another mounted Knight of Dol Amroth, another Haradrim Raider, Khamul, Suladin, three dwarf warriors, a large Mordor Troll Cheiftan, and Radagast the Brown. Great stuff, really. I can't satisfy myself by collecting just one army; I have to collect tons. I have armies for Harad, Rhun, Mordor, Isenguard, Khazad-Dum, Moria, Gondor, Imladris, and Rohan. Over Christmas Break, I spent about 12 hours pitting a 286-model evil force against a 169-model good force (the good guys still had a better cumlative points value, though). These are 2,000-point forces; the normal is 500 points. So yeah, it was insane. The good side ended up winning pretty handidly. The Kataphrakts were destroyed by the dwarves and Boromir did a superb job warding off the Mordor Troll until he could get some wizard help. Theoden amazingly survived a trample by a Mumak (this is insane, by the way) and his Rohirrim wre able to flank the Uruk-Hai. Gondor drove a wedge between Mordor and Moria, and the Orcs had to shift a large part of the army toward their right flank since the Esterlings were annihalated by the dwarves (go Gimli!). Radagast was a great addition for the good side, de-horsing Suladin, Khamul, and the other Ringwraith and transfixing the Mordor Troll long enough for Boromir to get a hit in. Good stuff, right there. And although I lost three good heroes in one fell trample by the Mumak, the great beast also took about a few of Harad's infantry, so in the end it didn't ruin the day. The class of the field, though, was Imrahil. He took out Gothmog waaaay too early, smoked a Cave Troll, and even had time to help Aragorn take down the Mumak (finally!). And that is why I am a complete geek. Anyway, great news came today: The newest supplement preview (for The Ruin of Arnor) is up and I got to see some sweet new characters. Arnor was the old north kingdom of Numenor/Gondor. Elenedil was the original ruler, followed by Isildur (briefly). Aragorn is of that line. (Hence him being the heir of Isildur and rightful heir to the throne of Gondor.) This supplement focuses on the fall of Arnor to the armies of the Witch King of Angmar (the head Ringwraith). This isn't in the actual Lord of the Rings, but this battle game spreads to Tolkien's other works (even appendicies), too. So, I'm stoked, and I know what I'm saving my money for (yes, Bionicle sets are a back-burner purchase). And if you made it this far, you might be a little frightened. (Antics are now over.)
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Off to Dallas until Sunday, kiddies. Dallas Winter Conference, sponsored by Campus Crusade, here I come! (Catch all you hepcats on the flipside. Word.)
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I don't think there's anything else I can say.
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Happy new year everyone. The Driver came over at my place today and we had some old school Burnout fun. Ya know, blasting each other apart with our wrecks. Also, we found a little glitch. Driver boy here crashed right before the finish line on White Mountain like he always does and I blasted right past him. ...We both came in second. There were a lot of times where we almost laughed our heads off. You guys should try it some time. xD ----- Sent some people my new years wishes. Got a reply from Seraphim, which was pretty schweet. Still no word from my sweetheart. Can't blame her, since she had 5 tv appearances yesterday. I had a pretty calm new year's eve myself. Posting a bit on BZP, watching some clips and listened to a concert by the Eagles on tv. Stuff like that. 't Was a great concert by the way. Seems I'll buy it on DVD. ----- I think I'll share some music videos soon, possibly as soon as tomorrow. So keep your eye on the content block to the right. Cool recently discovered artists and bands: - Project Divinity - Rachel Luttrell - Celestial Aeon Project - Jesse Harlin - Hyun Jin Wherever you go, my heart will follow you...
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He also likes Doritos, and chocolate... Haven't tried beer yet xD. Oh and err... Happy New Year! 'n' stuff.
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Just wanted to wish every a happy new year. My resolution is to look at my goals accomplished, and the mistakes that I have made, and make something of them in this upcoming year. -Omi
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^Or something like that.^ I've recently decided to remove the option for the people of BZP to email me, the reason being is that someone apparently finds great pleasure passing out my address to spammers. If you for some unearthly reason believe that you require my email address- PM me. Here are some prime examples: Ooh look it's Dorothy and Nancy Drew too! typical spam I don't even have a Paypal account How's a noob get that much money? I don't even know what this means. I don't even know what this means(part2) I don't even know what this means(part3) I don't even know what this means(part4) Grr, spam. :wakeup2:
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Do you know what I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone, ' What I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone' What I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone.' -Jars of Clay "Work"
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Oklahoma State - 34 Alabama - 31 Once again proving the superiority of Oklahoma football over 'Bama ball. Hoover be danged. Also, because I feel like it: You may be Sooner born and Sooner bred, But we live longer, cause you're sooner dead. <<DV>>
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Now that I have described the books, I have little left to describe. We watched Walt Disney's Christmas Day Parade, ate lots of unhealthy food, and TOV and I drooled over our new PS2 Games. He got Lego Star Wars II, I got Bionicle Heroes. Unfortunately, our system is not working properly and the only PS repair shop in our area is backed up for weeks. There be warfare when the PS2 returns, says I. 12/26: I read Inferno and a started reading Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. My parents went out after-Christmas shopping; and when they returned, Mom triumphantly held a copy of Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest! That night, we watched the movie. I enjoyed it, but I was surprised when Davy Jones played the organ with his tentacles. He must have at least a dozen of them, And I'm sure that Disney got their hands on the MIDI-Motion and Animusic software. Animusic contains music videos of CGI instruments. By using the special programs, the instruments anticipate their next note. Animating the tentacles forcibly is daunting by conparison. You can learn more about Animusic here. 12/27: Did some homework and watched extras from Pirates 2, until I got bored. Then I went to bed. TODAY: Seeing as the day has just started, I don't have much to say, except for a special challenge for all the parody writers...
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I had a whole weekend of celebrating, so I'll summarize. 12/23: Christmas party at my Mom's side of the family. This small branch of kin (2 each of Aunts and Uncles, several cousins -including Nancy and Tater Tot- and a few others) met at an Aunt and Uncle's house. I spent most of my time with the hosts' daughter, who is also the only one that is not yet a legal adult. Then there was a gift exchange. I mostly received clothes -my least favorite gifts, as I'm never sure if they will fit- but I liked Nancy's gift. She made a basket of hot cocoa and herbal tea, and two mugs with the Rainbow emblem that said: (Gali Nuva Girl's real name) ~ Worthy Advisor Sunshine Assembly 2006 I had the misfortune of hearing Nancy talk to my mom about Rainbow while I waited to use the bathroom. All I could think was, "Whomever is inside, hurry! Lest I sing Mai Ya Hi in front of Nancy!" for the last thing necessary at a celebration was anger and politics. When we got home, I tried on my new clothes to learned that only one shirt fit. Good news, it is a very nice shirt, and we have gift receipts. 12/24: We finished wrapping presents and cleaned the house a little. 12/25: After waiting several hours, we opened our gifts. For your pleasure, I received all the Bionicle books that I didn't own yet. I'm horrible at writing and then posting reviews about anything, so I'll make some notes here. Bionicle Collector's Sticker Book The intention was to use the book to keep track of what one does and does not have. That is not how I will use the book. You simply put the color sticker on its corresponding spot on the black-and-white page. Instead, I will wait until I finally have time to make a scrapbook of Bionicle stuff, and use the stickers there. They are of good quality, and many are like the ones found in the Encyclopedia, small squares. Some are large, depicting very famous images. I am disappointed that the sticker that claims to be depicting Takanuva actually had Tahu. Meanwhile, my heart skipped a beat when it saw a pull-page picture of Takanuva. Pictures of the Seventh toa are is short supply; this one, from Takua-Takanuva transformation scene in MoL, is excellent reference for creating artwork. The text is a mere list of basic facts, compared to today's guidebook. However, I respect its words, for it reflects how we as fans saw the Bionicle world in 2003. If you're a second generation fan -meaning that you started while we learned of Metru Nui and its Toa- I will tell you what it was like: really, really, REALLY, small. The Toa Nuva were the Toa and the greatest heroes, as we had yet to learn of other Toa; the Turaga were no more than wise leaders that knew everything; and Matoran... sometimes they were innocent residents, other times comic relief, and in still other times emotionally the same as humans. Dark Hunter Guide Greg sleeps in his hammock while the leader of the Dark Hunters, the Shadowed One, describes more than 35 Dark Hunters. While I did feel boredom while reading, there were some interesting backgrounds of some of the characters, which leads me to... Bionicle Legends #4: Legacy of Evil As the Piraka descend the stairs to the Mask of Life, Zaktan recalls how he and the others met, joined the Dark Hunters, and eventually set out to Voya Nui. When Greg said that we'd learn how Zaktan knew so much, I was not expecting the dramatic and well-written scene that was in the book. Besides Zaktan's increased knowledge, we learn how the Toa/Dark Hunter war began, and watch Nidiki's betrayal from a different perspective. We see the birth (if you can call it that) of Vezon; apparently, he's been on Voya Nui for less time than I had imagined. But soon Hakkan is attacked by the first guardian of the Ignika... Bionicle Legends #5: Inferno One book. One battle. it has all come down to this. The comics that depict the events of this book are expanded; the action that Greg describes so well are abundant. The guards include every Lego set of that title -Umbra, the Protodax, and Vezon and Fenrrahk- but also tests of the heart. A mysterious omnipresent voice describes the challanges. The Piraka were lucky; they skipped those challenges, with plenty of time before the Toa Inika arrived. After the battle at the bridge (where Kongu needed to think before he acted), the Inika decide to get dirty. On the surface, Axonn and Brutaka fight, and Garan and co. complete their search for the Toa Nuva. then we're tossed back underground to watch the Toa Inika fight Vezon. Victory doesn't last long; the Piraka were waiting for the Inika to have the mask, then fought the Toa. The Ignika must have gone into defense mode, for now the Toa Inika must re-retrieve the mask. The way it happened made me sick. By far, the next scene was a dream come true. the first dream scene was when the Matoran returned to Metru Nui. After learning of Mata Nui's condition, I felt empty again. Then, a website let it slip that there'd be new Toa; ever since, I daydreamed of the Toa Nuva and the Toa Inika meeting. At that very moment of Inferno, when the Inika learned that their mission was not yet complete, the Toa Nuva stood before them on the beach. was the scene short? Yes. Yet I enjoyed every moment, for the waiting had finally come to an end. By the end of the book, you'll pity Brutaka, see the unexpected return of two charcters, finally figure out what the riddle from January meant, and wish that February first would come soon. I'll leave that there for now. come back with more about Christmas.
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My step-sister got a kitten. I got a new camera. They go together well.
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I wanted to say something. I forgot. Bugger. Oh well. Wait, I remember. Still haven't heard anything from BoA, but I'm a patient man. Too patient perhaps. Got some Christmas wishes etc. from Shin (HeavensDust), Kessier (Seraphim) and Saki Kaskas (Captain Ginger) though. The ownage... ----- Eh, think I'll take some pictures tomorrow of me and my wakizashi. I hope they'll turn out nice. Might as well take some pics of my music collection while I'm at it. Nice addition for the CD Collection topic in COT. ----- Christmas was pretty nice. Ate a lot and slept a lot. There were no presents this year though, since there was a lack of money on both sides. It was still nice though. I have almost everything and everyone I need right now... 'cept for BoA of course. Our christmas tree is pretty....cute to look at. I guess. Could be because of the inclusion of this Christmas card. And it seems we have new traditional Christmas movies in the Netherlands, namely the Lord of the Rings movies. Got to see Return of the King today. Awesome movie, although some parts seemed to be a bit too slow for my taste. Maybe it was because I had to....ya know....go. Oh well, 't was still cool. ----- Seems I have some plans for 2007. 1.) AutoRAI 2007. One of the biggest car shows, if not the biggest, in the Netherlands. Going there with IXI/The Driver. 2.) Fields of Rock. 2-3 days of rock and metal in some park somewhere in the Netherlands. Don't know the line up yet. Going there with a friend I know from work. Big metalhead. 3.) Transformers. Yeah, the trailer of this new movie got me excited. Going there with IXI/The Driver. Can't wait. And the following pics are great in full size... -/-\- Want you, hold me tight and never leave my side. Just looking to my eyes, Snow White, come on...
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Merry day-after-Christmas! I've had merrier, but this one was fruitful – or perhaps I just got more things I actually like than usual... My favorites being: BrutakaVezon and FenrakkUmbraDeep Sea Treasure HunterStriking VenomVelika from Alsru!Eldestgift cards to Toys R Us, Target, and Barnes & NobleOnce and Over the Hills and Far Away by NightwishDead Man's ChestThe Witches' Datebook, which should be much fun to read through...Metaphysical tickets to go see Riverdance and Wicked!! Yaaay!And some other things I was less interested in. So far I've built Brutaka, Umbra, and the Deep Sea Treasure Hunter, begun to read Eldest, and decided I want to use one of the TRU gift cards on Ehlek at least. I would like to proclaim that Brutaka is awesome and very tall and the best use for Umbra is spare parts. Also that the Aquaraiders are excellent (judged also by the Lobster Strike, which I got last week as a belated birthday present). Great sets in both pieces and construction... Finally (although first chronologically), BCii gave me an early Christmas present in the form of an awesome MOC of me! It's really great. Go check it out. On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... – ToM
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Merry Christmas everyone and to all a good night! I was kind of mad BZP was down for awhile, sure I spent time with my family, but by 10 and playing with all my pressies I was like...Dude I am bored. O_O Well, it wasn't so bad, I got to play with my.... NEW MINI AMPLIFIER! (Best present) NEW ART SUPPLIES! RANDOM JUNK! CHOCOLATE! ....But one of the bestest, and I was almost in tears... (No seriously) Was a Kopaka Nuva that my sister got! I am sure you all think I have millions of him, actually, I have the Kopaka Olda and Nuva, but some brothers lost most of the pieces. >> And I was so sad that I would never be able to get another. But I was so happy! I got a Kopaka Nuva! ...My brothers got Piraka...And I was stuck with smelly bath stuff. …. I want more mashed taters. ;_;
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May your day be happy, joyful, et al, and may Christ's birth, and the meaning behind it, bring you peace. <<DV>>
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This year is coming to an end. School's over and I'm smack in the middle of christmas. Well, not at the moment. Because all I want now is to go to bed... and it's just over 8 in the evening. And that does not have something to do with school, since I skipped the last two days. What? Not like we're always doing something interesting the last few days of the year. Just the standard 'let's organize something fun for the kids!' whatchamacallit. So now the time has come for me to chill, and to get bored to heck! I just know these two weeks of freedom will be lacking any sort of fun. But I think I'm going off topic here... Not that this entry has a topic... Err... Ah yes. The problem with me having a blog, and especially right now, is that there is absolutely nothing happening over here. So I have nothing to blog about, other than the compulsory Boundless entries and Brickshelf finds. Not that I really mind, I mean, it's not like anyone actually reads this. But that's cool with me, atleast I don't get spammed *Exocough*. Hmm... I keep thinking I forgot something. But my cerebral cortex is too tired to remember. I guess that comes with a full day of Counterstrike : Source. Expect minor blog block updates: Got permission to start my own-although-borrowed Music block. 'Long awaited' buttons will get here... I think. And some Boundless stuff.
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A. Looks like I'm toast, I'm third fourth in the polls. Oh well, I think I did fairly well for my first BBC. B. Tomorrow Today is the last day of school for me. C. I'll probably be on much less the week after Christmas as I'll be at my cousin's house doing who knows what. D. Be sure to check out my custom wallpapers here. E. Happy Holidays to all.
