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I can now officially remove in-line skates from my wishlist! I haven't had a pair of these things in about a decade. I'M SO EXCITED! «TN»
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Ever have those days when you can't help but feel excessively sorry for yourself? I hate my job. I hate my boss. I hate that my money is getting tighter all the time. I hate that I can't get a different job. I hate that I can't figure out what I'm going to go to college for. I hate that I really don't know the first thing about going to college. I have friends who are sick. I have family that's being nothing but a bunch of-- *sharp inhale* I hate working on Sundays. I hate when I feel like I'm nothing but a joke to some people. I hate people that act so stupid it stupefies me. I hate seeing something wrong and being powerless to help. I hate feeling guilty about things I shouldn't. I hate being older than seven. I hate politics. I hate trying to break bad habits. I hate hating people. I hate rambling on for hours and feeling like a moron when I realize it.... But I don't hate you guys. When I feel like the whole rest of the world is against me, you guys here seem to think that I'm all-so-great and it's one of the few things that keeps me going. God bless you all. «TN»
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WE STOPPED AT CARIBOU COFFEE ON THE WAY HOME FROM CHURCH THIS MORNING. I GOT A BERRY WHITE MOCHA FULL-CAF. I SANG ALONG TO THE BEE GEES ON THE WAY HOME. I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH FREAKIN' ENERGY. I WROTE YOU ALL A STORY. Once upon a time there were these dudes/dudettes who were, like, referred to as the "blog staff" and one of them was Nuju Metru, but he was all, like, "Seeya later, peeps. I'mma go work somewhere else now." So, like, DeeVee, Valenti, Ta-Metru Defender, Bfahome, Shine, Nukaya, and Kohaku were, like, "Dude, now we need a replacement. Who should we get?" So, like, they started shuffling through ideas and they said, "Hey, how about this Takuma Nuva freak?" So then they were, like, "Sure, why not? What's the worst that could happen?" So they're like, "Dude, wanna be a blog assistant?" and Takuma Nuva was like "Cool." But then Takuma got all caffeinated and started running around everywhere shouting Bee Gees lyrics as loud as he could while dancing in circles and going "brlbrlblrblrlbrlblrblrlbrlblrlbrlrlbrl!!!!" and annoying the heck out of everybody so that they staff was, like, "Oh great, we really messed up this time." But that was okay because this isn't really how it all happened anyways so it doesn't really matter. THAT WAS A GREAT STORY. THE BLOGS ARE NOW DIAMONDS. I'M ON A KIKANALO. *crash* «TN»
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Oh. My. Allah. I--I can't believe it. A reason to actually like Justin Beiber. I just......wow. «TN»
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HOOOOLY SONUVA BURNAK! 41 degrees in a Minnesota February!? Sounds to me like it's time for a pool party! ... Uh, anyone have a pool to loan? «TN»
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Who'd have thought that Minnesota would warm up enough in January to drive home from work at night with the windows down? «TN»
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Traditionally, this is the time of year when I make a blog entry that is so obscure that few people actually figure out what I'm getting at (here's lookin' at you, Turakii). Well, not this year folks. This year is different. Today I am twenty and one. Since this particular birthday is such a big deal, there's gonna be some demands made and met by me and you guys respectively. First of, I'd like to thank the other 93 people who have joined the True Fans of Bionicle Club. I was expecting a very few people to sign up actually and-- What's that? You haven't joined? Well get your butt over there and do it, bub! After that, advertise it to the world! Make entries in your blogs! Put it in your signature! Tweet the heck out of it! Key the url into your best friend's car door! C'mon, people, we've only got two days left to hit 100 by the end of the year! Now that that's outta the way, everybody who has Team Fortress 2 is required to idle until they get a hat drop! If they don't get a hat drop, they must idle until they have enough weapon drops to craft a hat! Then they must give that hat to me! C'mon, people! You wouldn't want the birthday boy to go HATLESS, would you!? And another thing! Xaeraz spent hard-earned money (I hope) to get me a Christmas present this year! In return, I wrote him a fantastic comedy which nobody else read! SHAME ON YOU ALL. Before you do anything else, go read it now! Well, things are finally looking up! You people are finally starting to look like men! But there is still one thing left we must do. After all, I am 21 today and you know what that means! YOU! Yeah, I'm pointing at you! GET ME A GATORADE! «TN»
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Since absolutely NOBODY wants to reply to my last entry anyways... This morning we were talking about musical instruments and I was like, "I want an ocarina for my birthday." Then my younger sister was like, "What's an ocarina?" and we're like, "It's a kind of wind instrument," and my older sister is like, "Like Peter Pan plays!" and we're all like, "No, that's a pan flute, ya weirdo!" and my mom was like, "What's a pan flute look like again?" So we start describing it to her and then she's like, "Oh yeah, it's like a series of tubes...." I lol'ed. (There, I posted funny stuff. Now go reply to my last entry! :angry: :angry:) «TN»
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Why is it that people will believe me when I tell them that the fine ladies around have told me I'm: CharmingSweetCaringFunnySmartReliableBut then when I tell them I've never even come close to having a date, let alone a girlfriend, they look at me like I'm the biggest liar on earth? «TN»
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I'll be gone until next Tuesday sometime. I'll have my laptop with me, but there's no guarantee I'll ever have a connection. Either way, this means there will be no TakumaCast this Friday. See ya on the other side. «TN»
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What do you guys think of me as a........."person"? Obviously it is limited given the fact that I'm just another site member and we don't know each other in person. Go ahead. Let me have it. I can take it. *braces self* EDIT: Okay, actually, to tell the truth, I'm looking for places to improve. So if there's anything that's so obvious you guys even notice it, maybe just let me know, k? «TN»
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Well, bright and blurry-eyed tomorrow morning I leave for a fishing trip I've been waiting for for well more than a decade. Just gonna be me, daddy-o, two uncles, and one of my grandfathers. I've been on so many "family vacations" that I'm looking for to one that's "just the guys". So look out, Muskies! The big TN is a-comin' to town! Or Walleye. I can settle for that too. Heck, even a Northern Pike will suffice. I mean, a Perch shouldn't be too hard to come by. At the very least, if I can at least get a Sunny I'll have caught something. ... PLEASE, LORD! PLEASE LET ME CATCH AT LEAST ONE FISH FOR ONCE! I'M PRAYING FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION HERE!!! ... *cough* Um..... see all y'all next Tuesday. «TN»
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New Car Radio Makes For A Happy Takuma Nuva
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
So a few days ago I finally decided to ditch the tape deck and add an aftermarket stereo to my car. I haven't had a great chance to try it out yet, but so far I love it. So now I am tasked with burning any music I possess which isn't on a CD yet.... to a CD. Most of this consists of video game music. So far I've done the Metroid Prime Triolgy soundtrack as well as The Orange Box. Next up, I'm thinking I get going on Rayman 2. I'm also considering purchasing the soundtracks for Madballs in... Babo: Invasion (for which there is a free Steam weekend right now, just throwing that out) and Mass Effect 2. They both have some pretty wicked tunes. After that, I'm not sure which to work on next. In other news, I'm still itching to buy me a portable music player of some type. It was between the Zune HD and the iPod Touch, but then the iPod Nano worked it's way into the mix. A couple days later it becomes VERY appealing because it's about half the price of the other two (great, seeing as I just dropped some serious dough on the stereo) and because the latest version can record audio. This means I'd have a portable recorder for previously mentioned project I'd like to try. Aaaand finally, on a totally unrelated note, this is a quick shout of "Hey, Swert's cool!" because... well... he's cool. Helped me out with something yesterday and pointed me in the direction of something almost as awesome as he is (shameless sucking-up). So... that's all for today. «TN» -
Ah, it's been busy lately. Gettin' ready for my "vacation" to end. For those of you uninformed, lemme bring you up to speed. Shortly before Christmas (like 3 days) my job got all burned up. They're calling it "spontaneous combustion". For all you morons public-schoolers vocabularly-impaired out there that translates to "greasy towels in the dryer". So they PLWOED THE PLACE OVER and began rebuilding. Ever since, I've been spending the past few months doing anything and everything to take advantage of this paid vacation KEEP FROM GOING INSANE(er) FROM BOREDOM. This mostly consists of replaying every video game I have so as to avoid spending money on more. So far, I've gone exactly 60 days since my last video game purchase. This means I also fulfilled my new year's resolution a while ago. I've also kept busy lately helping some friends-in-need with their greenhouse. They're adding a new section and are behind on their transplanting. I'm just glad you can't smell the farm animals in there. xP Anyways, this new Culver's is gonna be, like, the most advanced of all Culver's. We're talking the TV in the dining room like some places got, all the latest equipment, some stuff we're doing had to be run past franchising because it's never been done before. Heck, I'm just excited we're getting drive-thru headsets that ain't got stupid CORDS on them anymore. Also, my cousin/best friend in the whole wide world/inspiration for the TNToran Ackua got a job there! YAYZ. Re-opening May 3rd and I am stoked. Can't wait to see the crew again! Even the big cheese himself, Craig Culver, will be there! I'm gonna miss all the free money though... «TN»
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It's Minnesota, only April 1st, there hasn't been snow for almost the whole month, and it's freakin' t-shirt weather at 70 degrees out. ... I think the Big Man Upstairs is trollin' me. «TN»
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I've had this laptop only a little over a year and a half and already something's wrong. The video card must be shot or something because everything is grayscale. Absofreakin'loutly everything. You'd think I could expect a little more from a laptop that cost me close to fifteen-hundred. Stupid 1 year warranty... «TN»
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B) YEAH MAN! B) «TN»
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So, for this year's YAG we're going to be doing a talent show fundraiser thingy. As of the moment it looks like they're gonna have me telling jokes between acts. So if you know any good jokes that don't require a person to be internet-savvy or a gamer geek/nerd to understand, then how about contributing to the cause and sending them my way? I'll take all I can get! B) Also, please note that they don't have to be one-liners. A good mix would be welcome. «Takuma Nuva»
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So This Is What It's Like To Do College Homework...
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
I'm sitting here working on a 3-4 page report I have to do for that single college class I'm taking (Career Exploration). My strategy? Several slices of toast with peanut butter, a mug of hot cocoa, and lots of Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Queen, Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Journey, and more. Looks like it's going to be an interesting night. :wakeup2: EDIT: Yeah, it worked until about 1 AM. Then I just couldn't stay awake. xP «TN» -
So, here's a quick update one what's goin' down on the homefront. I am NOT on an unpaid vacation! Turned out that they had payroll insurance so I'm still getting paid money despite the fact that I'm not even working. However, don't think I sit around all day getting fat being lazy. I've recently started taking a "Career Exploration" class that will last a few months. I'm also doing some work on weekend nights bussing either in a restaurant/bar or a ballroom/bar. Altogether, it's definitely helping line my pockets for the distant, expensive future (college/housing/failingtogetmarriedhaha). I'm also sitting here trying to tell myself that Left 4 Dead is a disgusting game that I shouldn't ever get no matter how great any possible Steam sale would be. I'm not sure this is a fight I can win. On the comedic front, I'm really trying to get back into my writing, but with the amount of writing this Career Exploration course is going to demand, I'm worried about burning out my writing between it all. I also grabbed Dark Void when it came out and look forward to doing a review on it simply because sooo many reviews you find are far too harsh on the game and miss a good number of important points (both good and bad). So, that's that. «TN»
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Life sucks. We all know it. Some of us get used to it and move on with our lives. Some of us let it drag us down; damper us. They convince themselves that, no matter what they do, life will never be worth living. The usual response to something like this is "Count your blessings." We've heard it all before. Problem is that people who have gone that far have blinded themselves to the point that they can't recognize half the time. The few times they do they become defiant, denying the blessing exists or countering it with snide remarks and blowing it off like an annoying piece of lint. These people are not opposed to "friends" however. Their definition of "friend" however seems to differ greatly from the rest of the world. They define a "friend" as someone who will listen to that person complain about anything and everything they want to without just walking away and shaking their head. Yes, sometimes we all need "a shoulder to cry on", but friendship is a two-way street and one person can't do all the supporting of the other person forever. There'll come a time where the person needs to learn how to get back up and stand on their own feet. Otherwise it's just a matter of time before they're left crippled and alone because they were too lazy to get back up and now their "friends" have been exhausted. What if we all came to the conclusion that life is the worst thing to happen to us? Well for one thing we'd all be too busy with our individual pity parties to be a lending hand to anyone else. Why is it that everyone else can go on happy with their life that has everything going fine while your life is a dump? Well I got news for you. Most of the time their lives are no better than yours. They just choose to suck it up and keep moving, because happiness is worth fighting for. Anything that isn't worth working for isn't worth having. Now, I could go on for hours about all the things my family, friends, and I have been through just to prove that I walk the walk, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter what happens. What matters is how you react. And who cares about "the odds". Odds are just an excuse to give up without trying. Tell me, what are the odds of anyone walking away from this BZPower give away with a mask? Well guess what, bub. Already since this thing just started 11 people have already "beaten the odds". 11 people who could have easily said, "It's not worth it, the odds are too great". In conclusion, life isn't going to be a "bowl of cherries" and it was never meant to be. The only difference between you and me is that one of us chose to get out there and take control and the other decided to let it control us. You need help? I'll give you help. But I'm not doing all the work for you myself. That's not how "helping" works. LIfe ain't' always beautiful, Sometimes it's just plain hard. Life can knock you down, It can break your heart. Life ain't always beautiful, You think you're on your way. It's just a dead end road, At the end of the day. But the struggles make you stronger, And the changes make you wise, And happiness has it's own way, Of taking it's sweet time. No, life ain't always beautiful, Tears will fall sometimes. Life ain't always beautiful, But it's a beautiful ride. «TN»
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Once again I've waited until all the hype died down to post my entry regarding Christmas as such whatnot. I was going to do like last year and include all kinds of pictures, I even had my camera with me, but when it came down to it there just wasn't enough to merit it. Okay, so, December 25th. My cousin and I did our gift exchange right after midnight Mass. He gave me the Rob Thomas CD "Cradlesong" and I'm loving it. Definitely some good surfs on this CD. *pauses to sneeze violently* Sorry, where was I? Ah yes. So after we got back home I took a chug of Coca Cola (every since Culver's burned I've had a chance to drink REAL Cola instead of that Pepsi crud we sell) and went straight to bed. At that point it was probably about 3:00. Also, roads were inconceivably slippery. I'm surprised my dad didn't turn around and go home because of it. Finally woke up around, what was it, 10:00? While waiting for the last few people of the family to wake up I went downstairs, booted up the laptop, and played some TF2. As much as I miss the days when I'd wake up at 6:30/7:00 and be so excited I couldn't let the presents out of my sight until the parents got up, I'm glad I'm past that. In our (meaning me and my 6 siblings) stockings was the usual handful of Hershey kisses/mini Resses PB cups and an umbrella. My mom knew my sisters would like them, but was on the fence about me. She said "Well, I just figured that if you ever happened to have a girl riding in your car (like that'll ever happen ) it might be nice to have one." Honestly, I kinda like the idea of having an umbrella regardless. Okay, so on to the unwrapables. I got a nice purple shirt/tie and a laptop bag. I'm happy because finding a bag big enough for my laptop is quite a feat. Aside from those, I got the usual tree ornament and $50 spending bill-paying money from my grandparents. The following Sunday was the annual family Christmas party on which there would normally be even more gifts. However there wasn't this year due to ... family complications. I did get a couple things though from aunts/uncles. I got two Target gift cards totaling $35 (those'll probably just get used on practical stuff when I should ever need one and/or if a good music CD *coughcryoshellcough* ever gets released) and some cologne I doubt I'll ever get around to using seeing as I haven't used even half of the stuff I got on my sixteenth birthday. In my line of work, cologne doesn't really go well. Trust me, Stetson and onions, not a good mix. Moving on, as the intelligent among you who managed to decipher my delightfully obscure blog entry well know, December 30th was my 20th birthday. Allow me to say it was a very typical birthday for me. For about a month and a half I was planning on having a party. Not a big one, mind you, but something fun at least. I bought snacks, soda, pizza, and even some carrots if anyone got a strange craving for something healthy. I baked a very non-generic cake (it used a boxed cake mix, but wasn't a boxed cake per se) and instead of ice cream a special sherbet dessert recipe I love. The house was cleaned, the air-hockey table wiped down and readied, fresh batteries in the Bot-It!, two decks of cards ready for a riveting game of spoons, and all kinds of other stuff. When all was said and done I had two cousins come over and a couple chicks I used to work with showed up for about an hour before they left for Lifetime Fitness. My sister had also had something flare up and was taken to the hospital. My parents where there with her as well as two of my sisters. For half the day my three youngest siblings were crabby. Like I said, a typical birthday for me. We just ended up all sitting on a couch playing 6-person rotation on Brawl from about 16:30 on, which wasn't SO bad I guess. Gifts came down to $50 spending gas money from my grandparents and a Nunchuck from my cousin as a late Christmas present. New Years Eve was a blast. I worked. Bussed tables first in a restaurant and then a ballroom/concert from 17:00 to 2:30 and it was another hour by the time I drove home and got to bed. Did not like having to get up for church at 8:30 that morning, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. TL;DR? Wahoo. Hope it turns out better next year. Happy 2010, peoples. <End Track>
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Can you believe it? <End Track>
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Guess who just got some unexpected-unpaid vacation time? <End Track>