Rant #3: R-tards on the Internet

Okay, you know what really pisses me off? People who use the wrong “you’re” when writing. Call me a grammar Nazi, but it’s really annoying. I see stuff like, “your so stupid” and I think, “this coming from someone who doesn’t know simple grammar? Nice going, dumbass.”

Another thing that gets me is people who type like total noobs. Seriously, do you think we’re unimportant enough that we should have to work to read what you, the most important person on Internet, has to say? Or are you just too lazy to make your sentences coherent? I’m sitting next to this girl in study hall who types out stuff like, “omg this class taeks 4ever 2 get out, but itz ovurrr in like 5minz lolololol.” Okay, really. GET. A. LIFE. It’s people like you that make the rest of us who frequent the Internet look immature. Are you sure you’re not overcompensating for your lack of social prowess, so not only do you not have any friends in real life, you’re already ruining any chance you might have had of making friends online. Take the dick out of your ass and learn to type.

I am so depressed.

The last performance of the school play E/R was last night, and it was a fantastic show. All three nights were good, actually... But now that it's over, I'm kinda sad. For the two months leading up to it, I had a life. Now that I don't have to do that anymore, I get to go back to having no life. It pretty much sucks. I used to complain that I had to stay after school for two hours three days in a row, and now I miss it. Twisted, huh?

Here's hoping I make it into Little Shop of Horrors.

Quips and Quotes

"Life Lessons Learned From Gaming: If there's ever a virus outbreak, HEAD TO MADAGASCAR." -Zerris

"okay... you know whaaaaat? Screw this. Can't you attain your daily dose of LOLs through non-violent means? I mean, after 37 deaths, this gets pretty stupid. So screw the violence, screw this grassy platform, screw gravity, screw that... CLOUD and... SCREW. THIS. GAME. *closes door, opens door* and screw you. *closes door, opens door* and your sister. *closes door, opens door* and whatever pets you may have at the moment. *closes door, opens door* Hey, at least it's not violent, GOOD GAWD." -from :the game:

"To-do list... Number 1, steal a ROTC uniform and wear it on Fridays. Number 2, poop on the bathroom floor until they make a morning announcement about it." -Joell Bailey

"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. " -Unknown

"I bet your face is all STUPID!" -Jenna Grish

"Rule number five, you're an idiot." -from the movie Wedding Crashers

"You just won the lottery, man! Don't kick a gift horse in the nuts!" -Fuzzy, from Sam and Fuzzy

MORE TO FOLLOW

RIP Cleo 1996-2008

We had to put Cleo down today. I still can't get over it. I keep wanting her to be upstairs every time I go. I keep thinking, She can't be gone... But we couldn't have kept her alive much longer. She had this degenerative disease that was eating at her spinal cord. Her back legs were already starting to fail, and she was in constant pain. It's better that we let her go quickly and painlessly.

I'm still distraught. I've had her since I was 3. She's been around almost as long as Aidan, and nearly 3 years longer than Josh. She was as much a part of the family as any of us.

The entire house is grieving, even Maddie. She hasn't ran around as much, or played as much, since she realized Cleo was gone. We're all feeling the same way, but it's difficult to tell who was affected most. It was either me or Mom. Aidan and Josh weren't there, and Kris didn't know her as long.

Actually I think that's what made it hard for me, was being there. Seeing her in her last moments alive, so peppy, even in pain. I'm glad I did, though. Maybe it'll help me get over it faster, knowing I was one of the last things she saw.

I'm keeping her collar. Forever. That'll be my everyday reminder of my greatest companion.

RIP Cleo 1996-2008. You will be missed.

Rant #2: The Internet

You know what really pisses me off? Those stupid chain bulletins on MySpace. You know what I'm talking about, those 'repost or you'll die at 2:12 a.m. because a clown with herpes and a blue penis lives under your bed and wants to eat your soul while using your computer to crash Google and Yahoo.' They get so stupid, it might as well be something like that. And what's even more sad is that people believe that crap. How dumb do you have to be to believe something like that? I mean, my GOD, people, grow a brain! Next time, before you repost one of those stupid bulletins, check Snopes, then slap yourself upside the head for not knowing that it wasn't real in the first place.

I've been checking out Nintendoland a lot, and the forums have grown so much since I joined up. If you're a fan of Nintendo and wanna talk with other fans of Nintendo, I would advise you to sign up. Tell 'em kirbyviper93 sent ya. (nods)

Speaking of the Internet, check out some of these webcomics: Questionable Content, xkcd, Sam and Fuzzy, and Brawl in the Family. I have inspected them all and approved them for your viewing pleasure. They're all quite interesting, so check 'em out.

One last thing before I go: next time you're on Google, search "finding Chuck Norris." The results are hilarious.

Rant #1: Life

Our basement flooded last night. It's really annoying, cuz the rug in the downstairs foyer is still soaked. I wish it would dry up faster, cuz I've nearly slipped and hit my head several times now.

My parents are gone for the week, and my grandma's here to take care of us. Not like I mind having her here, but I'm fifteen now. You'd think that would be old enough to take care of the house for a few days. Of course, they may just be having her over as a precautionary measure; maybe they think I'll sneak Jenna over or something.

Speaking of Jenna, things with us are better than ever. She was over today, and I didn't want her to leave. We've been talking about... different things, and... well, let's just say there's a lot to consider, and a lot I can't say.

Emily and I are back to talking like we used to. She seems to have finally found the right guy for her, and I'm glad for that. She needed someone like that after being hurt for so long.

Life is pretty good right now, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

New iPod!!

I finally got my iPod! It's an 8-GB black iPod Nano. It cost me nearly 250 bucks, including the $30 replacement warranty. It's really cool, though, so it was worth it.

I was worried I wouldn't be able to use it, since my computer's fried, but my mom let me put all the music on her computer, so that's what I'm doing now.

But on the non-technological side, my friendships with Alysha and Emily seem to be getting stronger, whereas my relationship with Jenna may be in danger. It's not like I'd rather have the situation reversed, but I don't want things to go awry with Jenna. Oh well, hopefully we can work this out.

So yeah, that's it for now. More to come later.

School? I'm not ready yet...

I don't want to go back to school.

I realize that I've been in school for 4 days now, but I'm still not so sure I should be in school. It doesn't feel like school yet. I guess it takes a while to fall into the pattern. Hopefully by mid-September I'll be feeling like I'm supposed to be there.


So, Jenna's got mono, I don't know how, but she's supposed to be infected with it for about 6 months. Major bummage.

Emily's got herself a boyfriend, and they seem really happy together. I'm glad she's found someone that can make her happy.

I'm making new friends, talking more with old ones, and seeming to get more popular.

Oh yeah, this school year's gonna be great.

Holy. Crap.

I desperately need something to do this summer. I'm going mad with boredom.

So far my summer has consisted of going through webcomic archives, hanging out with my girlfriend, and playing video games. But now, entering July, I'm starting to get more desperate for entertainment. The other day, I got into a small argument with one of my friends over Neopets. That's the first sign that something is wrong. Add to that the fact that I'm constantly logged on to three websites at once, none of which have an update when I check every two seconds, and that the video games I play are those that I have owned for a while and mastered, and you've basically got your midsummer boredom equation.

Guess I should get started on that summer reading project.

17th Century porn, earthquakes, and Stickpigs, oh my!

These were the things that made up my trip to Chicago today.

We started our trip with the aquarium. We got to see a Caribbean reef exhibit, and there was an injured sea turtle. It got hit with a boat propeller and it gashed her shell almost to her spine. The incident affected her buoyancy, and her back end floated while the rest of her swam. In the same tank were several rays, one of which was very little, and kept following the diver that was in the tank around. It reminded me of Maddie, all "Ooh, what do you have? I want some! Hey, what's that over there? Wow, you got something good, can I have some? HEY, let's go attack that fish!"

Next up was the Field Museum. There was an exhibit on mythical creatures, which Aidan and Josh COMPLETELY ate up. Then we went into the ancient Egyptian part, which was pretty cool. Then we got to the natural disasters exhibit. It showed all kinds of stuff, like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, twisters, volcanic eruptions... there was a seismograph that picked stuff up from 8 feet away. It was so cool! We were stomping around the room, and we watched the line on the screen just JUMP.

Then, at the art museum, I started to ponder a question first posed in Calvin and Hobbes: If this is supposed to be great art, why does it all look like a bunch of naked people? That's when I thought, what if this is all just 17th century porn? Historians (and my mom) say that these artists claimed the human body was a work of art, but how do WE know that? We're basing our "facts" on what historians think they know. How do we know that this wasn't just an early way of selling porn?

Finally, on the train ride home, we got to discussing how much I'd eaten that afternoon. I had some mozzarella sticks, a big piece of garlic cheese bread, 4 and a half pieces of pizza, and a Cinnabon. That's more than anyone else had. My mom called me a pig, but that's impossible, seeing as I'm skinny as a rail. I'm a pig, but I'm a stick figure. Hence, the term "Stickpig": someone who eats a lot, but never seems to gain weight.

Yeah, that pretty much sums up my whole trip today.

Hooray, sibling rivalry!

So today Josh(my 9-year-old brother) ran into the house from outside, crying and claiming that Aidan(my 12-year-old) hit him on the head with a tennis racket. Mom went outside and asked if it happened. Aidan admitted that he did, but tried to justify his actions by saying that Josh had called him names. Mom then went back inside and grilled Josh, who also admitted that he had done so, but tried to justify his actions by giving something else Aidan had done to him. Mom eventually stopped listening to their excuses and grounded them both for the day.

I swear, this kind of thing wouldn't happen if they both tried to get along. It's barely 3 weeks into summer vacation and they're already starting to hurt each other.

People are friggin' crazy.

Yeah, that's right. People are out of their minds. And it's completely awesome.

I just got back from Kelly's party, and man, those things are SO much fun. Barely 15 minutes into the party, Nick had already destroyed something. He gets so much air on the trampoline, and he took out part of the net around it. That was at about 4:40. The party officially started at 4:30. Yeah, that was fast.

Then, when we got in the pool, we had a fight with those little foam balls that you absorb water with then peg at people. It hurts after a while. And of course, no party is complete without Ryan Hodges and co. performing their little story involving a man who beats his wife, goes to work, has his car explode and dies, all the while splashing the patrons who are listening to the story.

Aaron and I went to go get Emily, so she could enjoy herself too. Apparently, Aaron's car is named Penelope, and they pronounce it like "peen-uh-lope" for short. I heard "penislope" when he said it, and so now, that is what Aaron's car is called. He got honked at, too, because his front left turn signal doesn't work, and he pulled in front of someone. Then we did a loop around the block, because Aaron's retarded and forgot where Emily lived.

Then when we got back, we got a game of Polish Golf going. It was Jenna and me (Team Jesusbitch) vs. Tim and Ryan (Team Awesome) vs. Aaron and Nick (Team Blueballs). I'll leave out the details and say that, despite much bad aim and bouncing of golf balls on the driveway, Team Jesusbitch won. I celebrated by catching lightning bugs and chasing Jenna around with them.

After that was a bit of freestyle volleyball, in which there are no real rules, only what's in and what's out. After the opening of presents, we were treated to a reenactment of Grease in Kelly's garage, followed by people lighting logs and calling them torches. And of course, no party is complete unless you can get 10+ people singing Bohemian Rhapsody, which, naturally, we did.

I spent the remaining half hour laying around with Jenna. That was the best part, in my opinion. There's nothing better than sitting on the trampoline watching fireworks, and looking at the stars with her head on my chest. I wish I could've stayed longer.

But yeah, going back to my original statement, this is what happens when you get a bunch of teenagers together. Madness. Nowhere near Sparta.

Ahh, the good old days...

I'm feeling nostalgic today, so I guess I'll just rant.

Who remembers Nickelodeon before they started showing Spongebob? Hey Arnold, Doug, CatDog, The Amanda Show, Invader Zim, Slime Time Live... Whatever happened to these shows? And then Cartoon Network; who remembers those old shows? Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Ed Edd 'n' Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog... This stuff made up my childhood.

And it seems like the older we get, the dumber cartoons get. I was watching a little bit of Cartoon Network the other day with my little brother, and I saw a commercial for Chowder. My first thought was Wow, that's stupid. I think it was my second and third thoughts, too. Yet my little bro couldn't get enough of it, and I just didn't understand why. Maybe that's how our parents felt when they were watching some of this stuff with us.

I miss those days. When we had nothing to worry about, nothing to do, no stress, no complications, just fun for the sake of fun. It seems like we've forgotten those days, those habits. Why can't we just take a step back from the world and relive our youth?

Maybe we should try that. If anyone needs me, I'll be outside, riding my bike down the street and letting go of the world.

Wewt, first blog in over two months.

So the other day, one of my friends asked me, "Hey, are you still dating that one girl? Jenna?" I was like, "Yeah, why?" and he replied, "Just wondering." That got me thinking, What do you mean still dating her?

Seriously, why DO people ask that? Have long lasting relationships among teens become so rare nowadays that other teens will pay close attention to those that do last a while? Have we become so desperate among our own relationships that we watch the successful ones for tips? Or are we simply so nosy that we have to know what's going on with others ALL THE TIME?

Maybe I'll never know. But it irks me that people ask.

Finger Eleven, "I'll Keep Your Memory Vague"

This won't break your heart
But I just think it could
Cause I haven't tried as hard as I should
To separate you from everything I do
But I would never want to come between us two

I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me

Now I'm thinking back
To what I said before
I hope your heart won't have to hurt anymore
Cause it's really not that sad from here
Because the moments I can feel you near
They keep you close to me my dear
And if they ever become too clear...

I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me

Now you've gone away
Don't worry it's ok
That you're gone away
Further than yesterday
But you'll never leave these scenes
My mind replays

I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me

Where in the world have you gone now?



Remember these lyrics. Yes, you know who you are.

Guess what?

I was just asked to be the new interviewer for The1WizBlog, by no less than Wizky himself. So check it out! It's a very helpful blog, with news as to what is going on at Kongregate, game reviews and staff/user interviews. (watch especially close for that last one.) As soon as the next interview is out, you can be sure my name will be attached. =D

XKCD = Inspiration

So it turns out that XKCD is WONDERFUL inspiration for short stories. Here's my latest based on this one:

It's 4 o'clock in the morning. I'm sitting alone in the subway station, waiting for my train to arrive, my journal sitting in my lap. Man, this train always takes FOREVER, I think to myself. I slowly open my journal and take out a pen, preparing to write. At that moment, the train pulls into the station, and I close the journal. Looking inside, I see only a few other passengers on the train. I silently take my seat and watch as the train moves on to the next station. There is only a single person at this station as well. A shy redheaded girl, who seems to ride this train as frequently as I do. As she slowly takes her seat across from me, I open my journal, pen in hand.

Dear Journal, I write, it's 4 in the morning once again, and I'm on the train. She's sitting across from me again, and once more, I find myself speechless around her. I want to talk to her more than anything. But...I don't know, she seems so SHY. Almost as if a mere conversation would freak her out more than the apocalypse. But still, I want to say something to her, introduce myself, anything. She's the cutest girl I've ever seen, and her shyness is just unbelievably adorable. And it's so weird: whenever I'm not around her, I think of all these great conversation starters. But there's just something about her that snatches the words from my mind. God, I think I love this girl, and I know nothing about her.

I look up from my journal briefly, and look at her, only to find that she's looking at me as well. I blush, and close my journal, looking away.

Man, I Wish I Were Emo Right Now

As of last night, I am a complete and utter ASSHOLE.

I've liked Girl A for a while now, and she likes me back. She decided she didn't want to date until the summer, though, which was fine with me. I still had to work things out with Girl B, anyway, and I never DID talk to her about it. But Girl B is not the problem. Girl C recently broke up with her boyfriend, and I've kinda liked her too. The other night, she finally admitted that she liked me (which wasn't a surprise, I was just waiting to see when she'd say it), and now we've been talking more and more. But now I'm starting to cut Girl A out of my life entirely. I'm doing to her what I never wanted to do to her, what's been done to her so many times before: I've chosen another girl over her, and I didn't even mean to. And Girl A blames herself for this! Maybe that's the hardest part. Knowing that I screwed this up, and she's beating herself up about it.

Girl C (You should know who you are), if you're reading this, please know that I really do like you, however mixed up I am right now.

Girl A (You also know who you are), if you're reading this, please know that it isn't your fault. I was the one who screwed it up for us, with my own impatience. Believe it or not, this isn't the first time it's happened.... But I digress. I was the one who screwed it up for us, and I'd give anything in the world just to take back what I did to you... And I hope beyond hope that this isn't beyond repair. I wouldn't blame you at all if you didn't want to give us a chance anymore. I hope that you do, but I understand if you don't. I'm not worth all of this aggravation. I CAN'T be an Edward. If I were a real Edward, I wouldn't be deserting you like this. I can't believe you're taking this so graciously, and I think that hurts more than anything else right now. Scream at me, hit me, say you'll never talk to me again, do SOMETHING. This silent acceptance is what's hitting me hardest, because you're too good to me, and I don't deserve it.

And now that all you strangers are done reading this, we now return to our regularly scheduled sarcastic/cynical persona.

My apologies for making you read all that.

The Nonoba Conflict

I suppose most, if not all, of you who frequent the Kongregate Off-Topic forum have heard about the (not so) recent spam war between Nonoba and Kongregate. Supposedly, Nonoba "stole" Kong's ideas, i.e. the achievement system and the chat system. Recently, another thread has popped up, claiming that some of the games on Nonoba are stolen.

Regarding the first part, and this has been stated by many before, there are many flash sites out there, does that mean they all stole from the very first one? The layouts for them are all basically the same, and as was pointed out in Nonoba's apology thread, they all have the same purpose. So why not leave them be? We have no proof that all of their ideas are stolen from us, and almost NO site is 100% original anymore. The spam was completely unnecessary, and both sides acted immaturely. However, both sides also apologized, so no harm done.

And as for the stolen games thing, it would seem that some of them are stolen, specifically the ones from sam_steps. I agree that some of those games are not his, and he appears not to have given credit to the original creators. This seems like very compelling evidence against him, but I'm not entirely sure, as much as I'd like to say that he stole those games. If it turns out that he did, it shouldn't ruin the whole site's reputation. If he does indeed have permission to display the game, he should credit the creator.

So, in closing, leave Nonoba alone. There's no proof that they're stealing from us.

I know I'm a bit late on the conflict, but I just started the blog the other day, cut me some slack. =P