Bleh, I'm feeling sick today. I've felt weak and disoriented all day. My throats a bit scratchy, I have a scratchy cough, and I'm cold, despite taking a hot shower and walking around in 65 degree weather. Just the fact that I'm cold makes me sure that I'm sick. I never get cold except when I'm sick. Hopefully this won't last long. My Nana is taking me out tomorrow to eat and buy manga(and RSJ's new CD, if they have it). I plan on buying Kare Kano V1 so I can have a legal copy. Plus, I want to read it during school, which I can't do since I only have it on my computer. Not sure what else I'll buy. Maybe Bleach. But ViZ is killing the translation of it. Rave Master too. I wish they'd translate and license the Full Metal Panic novels. It would be better than reading the manga.

After listening to P.O.D.'s new album, Testify again, I am convinced that it is the best P.O.D. album so far. Of course, I only have this album, along with Fundamental Elements of Southtown and Satellite, but still. It would be hard for the others to top this one. It opens up with one of my favorite songs, Roots in Stereo, which has some nice messages, mixed with rock and the crazy talking guy who sounds Jamaican. Strength of my Life and Teachers are good too. And they know how to tone it down a notch. Goodbye for Now is competing with Roots in Stereo for the position of favorite song off the album. Goodbye for Now is a nice softer song. Nice music video too.

UVERworld's new album came out as well. It was pretty good. I still say they should have waited a little bit before releasing their first full length album. It would have been better that way.

I have officially decided that my AP Bio teacher has no idea what she is talking about. She was explaining the structure of a chloroplast to us, but mixed everything up... everything she said was opposite of what the book said... She said she'd fix the test once we pointed this out. Still, she's got a major in Bio. Shouldn't she at least now this? Gah, she confused me so badly. I learned it one way, she told me it was wrong, explained it, then admited she was wrong. Very confusing... well, at least we got to watch a movie later. Thursday was a half day. Parent Teacher conferences. I had to finish 3 problems on my AP Calc test, and then I listened to music for the rest of class. Then we watched Medicine Man in AP Bio. I've seen the movie way too many times. Its like I can't take a Biology related class without watching it. I ended up sleeping through the class.

Then at lunch, I was happy 'cause I got to sit with Gui and Li-chan. I sat with both last semester 'cause we all had lunch together, but I don't have lunch with either this semster, and I rarely talk to Li-chan because she comes into school barely in time for class and we have no classes together. Of course, Kayla ended up calling me to her table, where she and her friend once again tried to convince me to go to Senior Prom. Ya know, I really I like hanging out with her and all, but she sometimes gets on my nerves. She's always talking about how I need to get out more, when I have explained to her that homework and taking care of my brother takes precedent over having a social life, and she pesters me about going to prom. I don't care for proms, and I wish she'd leave me along about it and quit telling me that I'm going to regret not going. I know dang well what I'm doing, and I'm not going to regret not going ouit and spending large amount of money on food and a penguin suit to go hang out with people in dresses and penguin suits when I can go hang out with people for free and in normal clothes. Sure, I rarely ever am able to go out, but I still do when I can, and it doesn't cost $60 plus the price of a tux... Somehow I think saving considerable amounts of money will be better.

Well, Valentine's day has come and gone, and thankfully it went quickly. Still, it wasn't without its bumps. Kayla again tried to convince me to talk to "My girl" as she calls her, despite me reminding her that I no longer am simply speculative when I say she doesn't like me. -_-;; She really bugged me when she offered to be my Valentine after I expressed the desire to completely ignore the day, and after she talked about she stayed up until 2am talking to a guy she likes. Gah, she's doing it out of pity, which I don't need. Why won't people believe me when I same that being single does not bother me for a second?

Anyways. That's all that's really happened this week. It was pretty short. Especially considering that we had a delay Monday and a substitute teacher twice in Statistics. Combine that with an early dismissal and Friday off, and you've got a short as heck week. I believe the highlight of my week was when I was forced to write the first 80 decimal places of Pi on the board in AP Stat. Then Ryan tackled me from the side and picked me up while Hayley took pictures of everything. It was rather odd. One second I'm writing on the board, the next I'm being held in the air... odd, but fun. The worst part of the week was having to miss out on WiFi and Organic pizza. I was going out with Hayley, Mikayla, and Wayne, but Mom had to work, so I couldn't. Mikayla is a vegan, so we were very selective in where we were gonna eat. We ended up choosing a cool place that serves pizza that has no animal products or animals in it. I guess its all artificially flavored stuff. Which is actually pretty good. I love eating chicken with no actual chicken in it. IT tastes about the same and works good on a bun.

Geez, I haven't updated in forever and a day... I kept telling myself to update, but I never did for some reason...

Its snowing outside now. Yay! ^_^ Blizzard coming in. We'll only get aroun 4-7 inches(probably less), but up north there could be a ton. Possibly blizzard conditions. It actually snowed back on Thursday. Enough to get us a 2 hour delay. Sadly, that meant tht Calculus and AP Bio were cut short. Sadly, there was enough time to take our Krebs Cycle quiz in AP Bio. On tuesday I was given the steps that occur during glycolysis, and by wednsday I had to have them memorized. After the glycolysis quiz I was given the Krebs Cycle stuff, and I had to have that memorized by Thursday. Bleh., I studied though. I'm kinda disasppointed though. I got a 28/30(or a 93.3333) on both of them, even though I studied for them. I forgot that CO₂ was present in two steps of the Krebs cycle, which was the -2 points. Well, I got my progress reports later that day. AP Bio is currently the course I'm doing the worst in. I have a 91. Must raise grade! I have a 93 in AP Calc2, a 95 in AP Stat, and a 100 in History of the Western World HN(easiest class ever). Yay!. Overall average is a 94.75. Quite nice.
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I Swear, I was gonna update. But it got me... Over last weekend, my Animal Crossing addiction furthered when my neighbor bought the game, and subsequently became addicted to it as well. We've been visiting each other's towns over and over. We have different fruits in our towns, so its easy to make money. He stocks up on pears from his town, then heads over to my town where he sells them for 5x the normal price(since they are considered foreign fruit). Then we both stock up on oranges in my town and head to his town, where we sell the oranges for 5x the normal price. So fun! I've caught every winter/all seasons fish so far, and I'm working on catching so bees and a cockroach. Blasted cockroach keeps moving whenever I get close to it! And I've gotten every fossil too. I have an awesome T-Rex skeleton in my room. Yay! ^_^

I music-ness, UVERworld released the PV for their single Just Melody. They're sticking with the mostly rock with some pop influences sound, and I like it that way. Some of the stuff from their first single had a bit of rap/hip hop mixed in, and while I liked it, I like this style much better. I can't wait for the rest of the album to come out! And High and Mighty Color released their single for the song Ichirin no Hana. It, of course, rocked. I still love Ichirin no Hana, and the new single comes with an instrumental version of it, along with a dance/electronic/heavy rock mix (called the Huge Hollow Mix). Then there is the song Warped Reflection which is really good too. But Ichirin no Hana is still the best. And in English music, I'm getting into Andy Hunter again. I've been listening to Radiate a lot. He's got two awesome albums out(Exodus and Life). I hope he releases a new album soon! Amazing what he can get across with so few words.

I want you, to radiate,
You're perfection permiate,
Burn in me, eradicate,
(insert words I can't understand)

Ah, so good. And P.O.D.'s new album, Testify comes out this month too! Yay! And I'm still listening to Flyleaf. Odd band, really. Christian metal? I know a few who'd condemn it. Personally, I like it. It is odd to here a girl screaming though. Not that its a bad thing. I'm just used to hearing the guys scream.

Finally, Bleach is back. After taking a who-knows-how-long break, it back with episode 63. Very funny episode. The Soul Society arc is wrapped up, so no more real seriousness. Ichigo wants to spar with Ikkaku now that they are both healed, but flees in terror when Zaraki comes lookin' for a fight. Uryuu knits everyone new clothes, and Orihime gets the nutty idea that he has a crush on Rukia(nope, its you he likes Orihime). Rukia goes missing, so Orihime and Ichigo go on a mad chase for her, which includes busting in on Renji and Byakuya who are trying to have a civil conversation(which turns into an insult match between Ichigo and Renji). They finally find her with Ganjuu and his sister Kuuaku, who is forcing Ganjuu to do push ups, since he was pretty much useless in the battle. Rukia finally gets up the courage to apollogize for being forced to kill their brother, but Kuuaku forgives her because she had no other choice. Then Rukia appologizes again, and Kuuaku yells at her because she keeps appologizing. Rukia appologizes again... and Kuuaku hits her hard... So now, the filler arc starts. I'm worried. Renji is in the physical world, and he ain't supposed to be there until the filler arc ends. Also, I coulda sworn I saw Yachiru on Ichigo's shoulder. O_o;; While I love Yachiru, she ain't supposed to be here either. Gosh, I hope they have a good explination for all of this...

Also, thanks to the awesome Thrawn-sempai(I have decided that I shall call him Thrawn-sempai), I have been informed of two more Ah! Megami-sama episodes which I must download. Yay! Now I don't have to wait until Spring for AMG. Though I still must wait for Tsubasa, which kicks back in April.

And come to think of it, school is back! I got my report card. 90 in AP English, 90 in AP Chem, 95 in AP Calc, and 97 in E-Commerce. I got the second highest grade on my E-Commerce exam. The only one to beat me got one point higher than me. I got a whopping 71 on the exam! We were the only two to pass it. ^_^ It got curved, majorly though. So with a curve, I got a 99. And I woulda gotten higher in AP Calc, but I messed up stupidly on the easy stuff first quarter and only got a 92. Then second wuarter, which was the new, hard stuff, I got a 99... and Shannon still beat me. Dang, she got a 100 both quarters!! That's much better than I can do... I've said it once, and I'll say it again. There is something attractive about a girl who can kick my butt in every academic field...

Now I have AP Bio, with a teacher who looks like she could still be in high school(we're her first AP Bio class), AP Calc Semester 2(Integration) with Mr. Creel again(he so rocks), AP Stat with Mrs. Hendrix(who relates everthing to when she worked at RJR Tobacco). And finally, the awesome McMartin for History of the Western World. Or as McMartin put it, "There is no AP History of the Western World class. So for you brave souls, or should I say idiots, who took honors, you will be happy to know that this will be taught like an AP course". I love McMartin. He's the best. He's a Civil Liberterian from Canada who used to play hockey. He's tough, loves to hunt and eat "Tasty Animals" and still calls his mom "Momma". Oh, and he loves the second ammendment. And he doesn't like vegitarians. "Any vegitarians here? 'Cause I don't want to offend anyone when I bring in a big fat juicy chicken leg in a plastic bag and knaw on it throughout class". At least he didn't want to offend them. And he plays guitar too. His guitar case has lotsa stickers on it too, like one that says "Thou Shalt Not Go Vegitarian" and another that says "Will Hunt For Food". We all get along with him really well. We all joke around with him like friends. We exchange insults and such.

McMartin: I'd play guitar for you, but I don't want to hurt your ears this early in the year.
Heather: We'll be fine as long as you don't sing

Girl: McMartin, you're crazy...
McMartin: Me? I'm crazy? Look who's leaving their cat with me for the weekend? Did you know that if you duck tape a cat's whiskers back, it won't be able to walk? And if you cut off its whiskers, you essentially prevent it from ever walking again.

I love him. He's so cool. Oh, and he speaks French too.

McMartin: As you can see, I like hockey. *points to a thing hanging from the ceiling*
Me: Does the CH stand for Chicago?
McMartin: No, it means Canadian (insert French for Hockey here).
Me: Oh. Well, it had a C and an H, so I thought Chicago.
McMatin: >_< (insert french speak here)
Me: Um... I caught the word pronounce...
Carly: He was calling you various names in French.
Me: Oh..
McMartin: ^_^ You know French Carly? *Carly nods* Sweet! (insert more French speak here)
Class: ...
McMartin: ^_^ Oh, I just said that since Carly knows French, we can talk bad about you and share juicy secrets behind y'alls backs and taunt you with them.

Ah, I look forward to his class everyday. A few rules though. You must learn McMartin's language. "Perch up" means sit down. "Harvest" means he's gonna take your work or wants you to turn it in. "Juicy, meaty" means detailed. "Punch up" means highlight or underline. Also, the word cold is forbidden in his class. "My room is not cold. Its comfortable" He's from Canada. He loves it dark and cold in his room. The lights are like never on.

Currently, I'm feeling rather accomplished. I have turned in my college application to UNCW. I'll here back from them in April. All of my teachers have told me I'll have no trouble getting in. I hope. Its doesn't matter how much support I get. When I'm talking about school, I'm pessimestic about my progress. I'm always worried that I won't do good enough, even though I always do. So despite my teachers' words of encouragement, I'm still worried as heck. I have some people to compare to though. Reid and another girl managed to make early application(I missed it, so I took my time, making sure that everything was just right. Especially my essay). Me and Reid are about even in grades, and he got in. And I'm higher than the other girl, and she got in too. Luckily, me and Reid are stuck together. We're both in for the long haul. 8 years for our Doctorate. Odd... my official title will be Dr. Wah, I don't want to be called Dr.!! But people will call me that to bug me. So anyways, me and Reid are gonna try to room together. We've been becoming better friends lately, since we are going to the same college. We're also the only aspiring Doctorates, so he's the only one I know who will be there for eight years with me. Everyone else is doing a 4 year program.

Well, I think that wraps up this update. Now for more Animal Crossing. Even though I keep thinking I've forgotten to do something on this post...

Wah Wah Wah Wah Wah! I forgot to make a New Year's post! Heck, I forgot it was New Year's!

Lesse... what was good about this year... Well, maybe it would help if I could remember what happened this year. Yeah, that would help.
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Ah, 'Tis Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ. 'Tis a good day today. ^_^ *hugs the day*

Despite what mom says, Christmas is good this year. I didn't get as much as usual, but who the heck cares? I told her she didn't have to get me anything, 'cause paying bills is a bit more important, but she still got us stuff. I keep reassuring her that gifts ain't everything, 'cause Christmas ain't about gift givin'. But hey, she's a mom, and I'll probably be the same when/if I become a parent. So anyways.

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Wow... this Hurricane season just keeps getting worse. Well, at least the current system won't affect us. We are currently on Tropical Storm(most likely soon to be Hurricane) Epsilon. Now, for those of you who don't know the Greek alphabet, that means we are now on the 5th letter of the Greek Alphabet. The previous ones were Alpha(a weak tropical storm that hit in the Carribean), Beta(major Hurricane that hit Central America), Gamma(was supposed to hit Florida, but died out), Delta(formed in the middle of the Atlantic, and hit Africa). Dang. The previous record was 21 in the Atlantic, and 24 in the Pacific. We're up to 26. That's high. I still want a Tropical Storm/Hurricane Pi though. :P Pie! I mean... Pi!

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Well, mom wants the computer, so I'd better wrap things up. I'll end things with the last part of the new Relient K song, In Like the Lion(Always Winter). I love it. ^_^

When it always Winter, but never Christmas,
Sometimes it feels like You're not with us.
But deep inside our hearts we know,
That You are here and we will not loose hope.

Oh one last note HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU PENGUIN YOU!!! Happy 18th birthday Pen. ^__^

I've been, as you've read in previous journals, kinda confused lately. There's the whole, "I like this girl who doesn't even notice me" type deal. So yeah, I had no idea what to do. I could just try to forget about her, or just let myself continue to like her and hope that maybe, just maybe, that slim chance of her noticing me happens. So, when I'm confused, what do I do? Pray of course! I prayed that God would help me through this, and that He would help me figure out what to do. Well, I prayed, and prayed, and about a week or so later(depeneds on how you look at the situation), I think I have found the answer. Technically, the events that led to this started aobut 4 days after I prayed, but yeah, you see what I'm saying. So anyways, on a Monday, we're sittin' in AP Chemistry class, with all of our work done, and about 15 minutes of class left. Everything always happens in Chemistry. Once again, its like a manga. Me and Kayla are talkin' about how our Senior years have gone by. She's loved her's. She's got a semi-boyfriend(they're going out together, yes, but not officially. Kinda like they are friends who have decided not to date anyone until they figure out how they feel about each other). She's got a job, she goes out with friends on a regular basis, she's passing her classes, ect. So she asks how mine has gone.

Me: Same as usual. I do school, go home, do homework, sit and wait for somethin' to happen.
Her: That's no good! This is your senior year, and you only have one of those. You should be having fun with your friends or something!
Me: Ain't happenin'. They're all either too busy, or I'm takin' care of my brother.
Her: You really need to get a life(she said that in a polite way). I don't want ya to have a bad senior year.
Me: Its been fine.
Her: You should date someone!
Me: That would require mutual consent from two people. I ain't offerin' out no consent as of now, and now girl in their right mind would consider dating me.
Her: So, does that mean you like a girl?
Me: *blushes and turns away* I never said that.
Her: You do!
Me: *starts walking off* No I didn't. *is trying to hide his red face*
Her: I knew it!
Me: *runs into desk* I never said that!
Her: You just ran into a desk! You're thinking about her.
Me: *under his breath*Why am I such an idiot?
Her: What'ja say?
Me: I said why am I such an idiot.
Other people in the class at different times: He likes someone!? *guys say go me, girls say how cute. That sorta thing*

Anyways, I was pestered for the rest of the class about who it was. Mainly by Kayla, who really wants me to have fun this year. Finally, class ended, and she continued to ask me. Kayla's slick. She trapped me. She knew I wouldn't say anything in front of my brother, who was coming, so to shut her up, I wrote the name of the girl on my calculator and showed it to her(she promptly squealed and said "how cute").

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You know what...
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Writing that name on the calculator and showing it to her was probably the best decision I made all year.

Before I go any further, its time for Manga Moment of the Week: Omake Style. Both the nexte vent and the manga moment occured on Tuesday, and they kinda go together, so I'll do manga moment first(I may start doing manga moment of the week every week, since more than one manga like moment happens each week).

So why Omake style? Ever read a manga Omake? Ya know, and extra chapter with little to do with the story? Yeah, that's this. Kinda like a story within a story. Me, Gui, and Austin were sent to deliver some plants to the Greenhouse teacher, because they had bugs in the plants. A simple task became a dangerous mission filled with Orcs, Kings, Honor, and Elves...

So we were asked to go deliver the plant. Austin plays Dark Age of Camelot and World of Warcraft all the time. I guess he kinda mixed those two together with reality. XD He talked in a very Scottish accent throughout this, by the way. This will be in play form, 'cause I have to practice writing plays for English class. And obviously, the dialouge is not completely original. I can't remember the exact words. Only the idea. ^^;;
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So anyways, we returned, and I Kayla is reminded of my "Fair Maiden". So is everyone else. Kayla asks if she can tell the class who I like, and I muttered yeah(A decision that I am happy with now, even though I wasn't at the time). I then proceed to lay my head on the desk and put a book over it. I began to think my decision was correct when I recieved a ton of advice from experts(including Chadbourne, a married man) on what I should do, and lotsa encouragement. It made me feel kinda good, because with all that, it was hard for me to call myself pathetic or an idiot. So since then, I've been trying to work up the courage to talk to her again. The people of AP Chem class said that this is my last year of school, so I have nothing to loose. If I tell her I like her, then she can either reject me or not. But if I say nothing, she can only reject me. So now, I have renewed confidence, and I'm feeling less pathetic. w00t for less pathetic-ness! I feel much better now.

Oh, I got my progress reports! Well, no English one yet. I have a 93 in AP Chem, and 97 in AP Calc, and 100 in E-Commerce, and who knows in English. I'm happy now. ^_^ And I must prove my E-commerce teacher wrong. She expects (from previous testers) that none of use will score an A on the final exam. I will get that A!!! She says maybe one person out of 5 classes can get a minimum A. The majority get in the 65-75 range. Of course, oddly enough, the to be considered proficient, you must score above a 60(oddly enough, that's you can be failling and proficient at the same time. ^^;;)

Well, with all this happy stuff, there just has to be something bad. I may be moving. I'll still be in the school district, but I've lived here since 6 weeks after I was born(when I wa born, the house wasn't done being built yet). Blast! Work is slow for mom. Ya know, I know how it could pick up. My grandparents have numerous connections. If they would set up a deal, Mom could be set. She cleans buildings. If my grandparents could make a deal where she cleaned for one business, we'd be fine! Well, they refuses. Apparently, mom is too lazy... that's why she has a job, ya know? Now, my Aunt, Torri, who refuses to take care of my cousin and forces her to stay at my grandparents house, isn't lazy. Torri is a hard worker. That's why she refuses to take care of my cousin. So if they can do anything to help her, my grandparents will. And my older cousin is in college. They're paying for his tuition, rent, grocery, and bills, 'cause he doesn't want a job. Why? He prefers to sleep until 2 in the afternoon. Its not like his brain is set like that. No, he chooses to do that. But no, he ain't lazy. He should concentrate on going to school 3 days a week. He should play his video games. Mom works her butt off when she can. I am essentially my brother's dad. I help with his homework before I do mine. Its no longer uncommon for me to work on homework from the time I get home until I go to bed. But we're all lazy. We actually work. I do stuff for mom for free, unlike, for instance, other relatives such as cousins who wouldn't do a load of laundry, or go get something at the store, or watch a sibiling, unless they got paid. Nope, we're lazy. Gosh, this is weird. Well, I'll be praying that we can get through this, so if y'all can, could' ya heplp me out? I've only got until the end of May-Start of June before I move to Wilmington. If I move, I'll have no one to hang out with at home. My neighbor Phillip is the only one who can hang out with me, because he's my neighbor. All of my other friends are too busy many times(not anything bad to them. They're working hard with school and stuff). So by the time we move, which would be around April or so, I would have just enough time to maybe make friends with my neighbors before I'd move again. Great...

Well, at least I have happier things going on. And I have friends online and at school. And most importantly, I have God. I'll be able to get through this, I believe.

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Wah, almost forgot some things! I said I'd put the survey type thing up!

1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. Do you have a crush on me?
5. Would you kiss me?
6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
7. Describe me in one word.
8. What was your first impression?
9. Do you still think that way about me now?
10. What reminds you of me?
11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
12. How well do you know me?
13. When's the last time you saw me?
14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
15. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?

Oh, and I went to the mall last Saturday. I actually had money! Sadly, no Kare Kano. Also, no Bleach or Rave Master. I musta come on an off day. So I bought Megatokyo. ^_^ Its a online webcomic that was popular enough to be published. So good, it is! Piro is awesome. He's a shy Otaku stuck with Largo, a paranoid gamer who can't tell the difference between reality and video games.

KJ has a new album out now! Yay! He recently released a bonus disc with the re-release of his latest album, "Behind the Musik". The bonus track has 5 songs on it. I love two songs, and like 3. Here's a quick run down of the bonus track.

01. Napoleon Dynamite: The worst track on there still makes me laugh. Of course, if I'd paid more attention to the movie with the same title, this song might make more sense to me. But still, some of the nutty stuff makes me laugh. "I used to have hair like Napolean Dynamite. I used to watch A-Team, like everynight." Sorta on par with "Mullet Pride" off of Collaborations.

02. Washed Up: Second best track on there. A brief history of KJ will explain this better. Back when he released Collaborations, KJ had a song called Dear Slim, which was a song/message to Eminem. TRL(some music video thing on MTV) played the video for it, but cut it off after the first verse. This made it seem like a diss on Eminem(which it was not). They then said that KJ was just trying to use Eminem to get famous(like he needs that wacko...). Well, back in April, KJ appeared on VH1's 40 Least Hip Hop moments. KJ wrote this song in response. I'll post a little of the lyrics. Its done in a very humerous/sarcastic way.

"On April 30th, 2005, VH1 decided to put KJ-52 in the 40 Least Hip Hop Moments.
VH1... Thanks for the free publicity!

Chorus

Get up, hold up. Its over man, I'm washed up.
Get up, stand up. Its over now, I'm givin' up.
Get up, hold up. Its over man, I'm washed up.
Get up, stand up. Its over now, I'm givin' up.

Hey everybody won'tcha look at me now?
I'm on VH1 they got me on the countdown!
Got a phone call, 's How I found out.
I'm on TV, uh, who's the man now?
40 Worst Moments of Hip Hop, now check this,
Ya boy KJ-52 came in at number 26
But really man, I think I just got gipped
I should be in the top ten, ahead of Will Smith!
But thanks VH1 for puttin' me on that list,
Everyone knows Dear Slim is really just a diss
Yo I'm grateful to God, its so obvious
That's not Hip Hop, uh... I guess.
I should rap about, shootin' and killin'
Lootin' and stealin'
Bein' a villan, maybe drug dealin'.
That way I could probably sell like 12 million!
I mean, who cares about doin' somethin' for the children?

Chorus

Yeah, that's right they called me KJ Fifty Two,
I rhyme about Jesus(what a bad thing to do!)
On top of that I'm white!(I'm such a lucky dude!)
Sorry VH1, if I broke the hip hop rules!

Yep, that's one awesome song. It goes on, but yeah, I don't feel like typing it all up.

03. Take Cover(featuring Trevor from TFK): Best song on the CD. TFK and KJ in one song? Yup! It follows the same path of Are You Real(with Kutless). Its got rock music(TFK style) with KJ and Trevor rapping. It makes for a nice song, with lotsa praise too.

04. Plain White Rapper in a Minivan: Plain funny. Simple as that. Using a cow bell as an instrument, dedicating it to soccer moms, this song captures the hilarity that is KJ.

05. Piece of Junk Car: See track 04. Captures the hilarity of KJ, this time featuring his cars. A beat up bug, a minivan, not exactly the style cars of a rich guy. ^_^

Anyways, onto other things. I finished all of my Kare Kano. Now I have to buy the rest. Bleh. I'm still broke. Still dang it, still. Well, I'll survive. I'm worried about Bleach(the anime). They threw in some Yuri implications in the anime that never existed in the manga. *sigh* This is what happens when you don't give the manga-ka control over the story line. *shakes head* At least the manga is still good, with the exception of it being a little confusing right now. That, and Kubo has made it obvious that he's obsessed with Spanish and Spanish culture. The amount of Spanish in it is unreal. Hollows and Shinigami have Spanish names, there's refrences to Spanish culture, even lines completely in Spanish! Well, I guess it's time ready my Spanish skills. I'm learning some Kanji, but now we have a Spanish Kanji mix. Crazy-ness.

Ya know, once skillet mentioned that my Chem class sounded like a manga, I began to realize it too... Crazy antics in a class that's supposed to be full of smart, mature people. Pfft. We're all dang smart, but we don't show it. Thursday and Friday, we established that our local rock star, who isn't really a rock star but is in a band, is a cheerleader. Austin, or as we have to call him, Rod Stuart, has found his calling. Cheerleading. The enemy of stereotypes, Kayla(according to stereotypes, blonde cheerleaders are supposed to be dumb as rocks. She ain't.), did some cheers at the end of class. Scary thing. It took the cheerleading squad at my school about a month to learn about 10 cheers. After seeing her do a cheer twice, Au... er, Rod, managed to successfully copy and duplicated the cheer completely. O_O He learned half of the cheers in a period of about twenty minutes. It took the squad about half a month or so... That was kinda scary. And Kayla and I found ourselves in a rather awkward situation. One girl was out that day, one guy was asleep in class, and the other four guys decided to go to the bathroom all at the same time(that ended in a broken toilet that flooded the bathroom). So we couldn't really have class with one forth of the class able to participate(the sleeping guy was in no mood to participate). So Kayla out of the blue decides she wants to draw my face. I agreed, because there was nothing better to do. So I ended up sitting still staring straight at her trying to stay still while she drew me. So when the guys walked back in, it looked like we were staring at each other dreamily. I told them(without looking away from Kayla) to stop what they were thinking before they said it. ^^;; Ah, such fun times. Mishaps and a cheerleading rock star. I love my class. ^_^

I continue to struggle with my romantical problem(or whatever the heck you wanna call it). I was successful today in becoming blissfully ignorant of my problems(for which I thank God), so today was much less angsty or whatever than the past week or two. I plan on doing lotsa work tomorrow and finally getting around to applying to college, so maybe that will keep her off my mind. Bleh. I once again hate this all. I like her a lot, yet I don't want to think about her. My mind always moves to the impossible. Actually having a conversation with her. Geez, that makes me feel pathetic. Feeling like having an actual conversation with her is impossible. Oh well. I suppose it doesn't help that it seems like EVERYONE around me is being successful in a relationship. Li-chan seems quite happy with Diego(they aren't together, but I expect that to change the day he get back from the Middle East), my brother has a girlfriend, another friend is making progress with this girl he likes(she's showing interest in him), Kayla was very hyper because she went on he first real date since her boyfriend and her broke up last year, another guy I hang around with might as well be engaged to his girlfriend(gosh, they act like their married...), ect. Bleh.

On a more happier note, Happy Veteran's day! But I'm really about an hour late. Its 12:54 here. Veteran's Day ended 54 minutes ago.

Someone go ahead and slap me... seriously. If this is a dream, wake me up already. Don't torture me.

So why am I so happy? Yeah, this may seem like a very insignifigant thing, but it has me SO DANG HAPPY that I'm still happy, three days after. To quote my best guy friend, I am high off the ecstacy of love. I have no idea where he got that from, but oh well! So yeah, anyways. I REALLY like this girl, as some know, and I actually was able to form enough words to talk to her!!! Yay! *jumps for joy* Man, I need to stop jumping for joy... I'm doing it at odd times. Like in AP Chem. I got strange looks. Anyways, she cut her hair short. I know somewhere, skillet is happy, just because another girl has short hair. Anyways, I decided to point out that I noticed it, and that it looked nice('cause it really did look nice* And it felt like an anime. Ya know, you wanna say something, but your mouth refuses to cooperate? Yeah, that happened. It was a minute before the bell rang, and I was saying Dang it over and over in my head, 'cause I wanted to say it, and I couldn't. Then right as the bell rang, I called her, and I felt my face turn red. But I had gotten her name out, so there was no going back. I asked her if she had cut her hair, and she said yes. I told her that it looked really nice. She smiled at me and said thanks, and I felt like I had melted... yeah, that's about right. I mean, she SMILED at me. Gosh, that felt so good! I STILL feel happy and flustered, and it happened 3 days ago! Gosh, all I gotta do is remember that smile, which is like a photograph in my head, and I go all happy, and feel the urge to watch something romantic. Gosh, that's so nutty!!! But it feels so good! Like I floatin' or somethin'. Ah, gosh, amazin' how a simple smile can make me go crazy. *sigh* Gosh, I feel addicted to that smile now. I This feeling is super freaky, ya know? I'm not used to any of this. I feel blessed and all, but can't help but feel like I'm in super unfamiliar territroy. Yeah, that sounds good.

On a side note, I got a question. Me and my friends debated something, which we really shouldn't have debated, seeing how we were debating the inner workings of the female mind(not something you should realy do...). Here was the question at hand. I direct this to any female who reads this. If your boyfriend/husband told you he was high of the ecstacy of your love, would you be flattered, freaked out, or a combination? I thought girls would be freaked, but my friend said that girls can be suckers for romantic stuff, but said that he truthfully would never say it. So females, what are your opinions? Girls seem divided on that subject, based on the few girls that I've asked.

On another side note, I like Bleach even more now. Kubo's played the love triangle card, placing Rukia, Renji, and Ichigo in one spot. Of course, he threw in others, who are making Bleach super funny, but the whole RukiaxRenjixIchigo triangle is something I like. Action is good and all, but lately, it seems to be going away from action(for now) and going comedy/romance type, sorta. Oh, and angst. Rukia is way too angsty sometimes. There seems to be lotsa angst lately...

Anyways. Yeah, a few days ago was not fun. Long story short, I tried to enforce mom's rules(I was in charge after all), and ended up beaten and grounded.

Now to expand. My brother was playing around with a ball instead of doing homework like mom said. So I took the ball(not forcefully or anything). I promised to give it back when he did his homework. He then proceeded to demand that I give him the ball. I told him I couldn't, because he had to do homework first. What's that lead to? I'm then slammed into walls and desks and chairs, then thrown on my bed, where my hands is beaten constantly into a wall, fingernails are dung into my wrist(and right on the veins too...). Then I'm hit, slapped, kicked in the legs, shins, and places where guys should NOT be kicked. (insert more attacks on me). Eventually, I end up with marks on my neck, a very sore hand, an even sorer wrist(which is just now feeling better), a hand with indentions on it from where he stood on my hand and stomped on it, a slightly bruised arm, messed up hair(that's not really important though). Oh, and I was grounded. Apparently I smirked at one point. So I guess in my family, smirking is just as bad as beating up a sibling... yeah. Strangely enough, I never smirked. I hate smirking for some reason. It feels so weird... either way, I wasn't doing much that night anyways. Grounded or not, I still worked until about 10 on homework.

Last part. Weird, yet cool, yet weird dream. Its weird enough that I remembered it. Anyways, I dreamt that I was walking through a city. It was really shady lookin' place, and really cloudy. Everyone seemed to be running into me, Some seemed to be going out of their way to run into me. Then some guys started to bully me because, apparently, I was a Christian. I just kinda ignored them, 'cause I didn't care what they said, and went back to reading my Bible(somewho I had a Bible here, but didn't before...). They then sent some demon thingy after me. O_o;; Freaky. It kinda looked like a gargoyl, but fleshy instead of stone. So I did what anyone with half a brain would do. I ran from a very scary lookin' thing that want to kill me. This shoulda been where I woke up. I feel, and couldn't get up. Yet I didn't wake up. Instead, this happened. Warning, this part is utterly freaky, and insane, yet at the same time, utterly awesome and cool. Thrawn and Dirk-kun dropped from who knows where, dressed in Matrix-like clothes, wielding swords. O_O;; I must admit, Thawn and Dirk-kun looked super cool with swords, wearing solid black clothes with a trench coat thingy and a backwards black hat. They fought off the demon, but didn't kill it. They left that to the two other people, dressed in similar attire. Who? Why skillet and May-chan... yeah, freaky, yet cool. skillet was shooting at it from a rooftop with a sniper rifle and a handgun(I assume that part was in my dream because of skillet's avatar), and May-chan shooting at it too(I never saw her face though). Strange as heck, for sure. Funny though. Oh, and for some reason, I knew if was Thrawn, yet skillet kept calling him Chad... I bet that came from this guy at school who talked to me. Yeah, so they kill the demon, and then I remember, like magic(strange how you can suddenly remember things in dreams) that I live in a world that's weird. I was saying that the world was nutty, filled with Christian haters, and a low number of Christians, and that the reason everyone was running into me on purpose was because they knew I ws Christian. Anyways, after my magical memory recover, the four told me that they fought off demons to protect Christians, even though they were hated. Then I woke up.

Yeah, crazy dream. Somehow, I doubt that the world will be filled with Christian haters, and that Christians will suddenly be almost extinct... Yeah. But still, I think the deeper meaning was that my mind was reassuring me that no matter what, no matter how few Christians there are, and no matter how much people hate me for it, I will always be a Christian. Now THAT is cool. Anyways, weird dream.

Final side note. Switchfoot's new album is out!!! I love it! Much better than there past albums. And their song, "Happy is a Yuppie Word" has given me a new awesome quote. Happy is a Yuppie word. Yep, good phrase. The origin comes from an friend of Switchfoot, who said that happy and unhappy are yuppie words. Its blessed or unblessed. Yeah, good quote.

More anime! I finished watching Full Metal Panic TSR. I was really anticipating this one, because it finally begins to follow the novels. And they stayed good on the novels. A little different, but nothing major. And of course, comedy is scattered still. Sousuke finds a mysterious car in the parking lot, so he dismantles it, thinking its a carbomb. Its just the teacher's new car. I'm looking forward to the next episode. Kawaii SousukexKaname moment, where she gives him a haircut. Strange, considering in the same episode, Sousuke will attack a guy who tries to give him a haircut. But he trusts Kaname. And then, either on that episode or the next, I will begin to dislike Tessa. And Sousuke will smash his laptop to bits. ^_^

And Bleach 44 came out. I've been waiting for this episode. The conclusion of the Uryuu-Mayuri fight. Poor Ishida. He has to face one of the cruelest guys ever. The guy sickens me. He cuts through his own daughter just to get Ishida! But, it leads to a possible shippy moment between Ishida and Mayuri's daughter, Nemu. I may have to transition from the typical IshidaxInoue pair to the atypical IshidaxNemu. That would be hard to pull off. I mean, Ishida's already got a bad dad, and if he married Nemu, he'd want to kill his father-in-law. After all, his father-in-law would be the conspirator behind the death of Ishida's favorite family member. There would be much angst, but it would bring Nemu and Ishida closer together.

And no new Bleach chapter. No!!! They must press on! Anytime now, Tatsuki is going to bust on the scene! Then the IchigoxTatsuki moments can come!! Yay! I love that couple!

And school in two days!!! Yay! Half days the first two days. I went to open house, and all my teachers rock. I've got Chadbourne again, Creel again, Mrs. Adkins again, and Mrs. Overton. Chadbourne is awesome, and Mr. Creel is like a human calculator. My neighbor only has two classes. He's happy. Everyday is a half day for him!!! And because of the half day schedule, he is only in school for 20 minutes on Tuesday. He said he loves it. He's got an easy schedule. Weights, and English, which is his best academic. He hates it, but he says its the only academic he does good in it.

And speaking of him, its his 18 birthday now. Happy Birthday, Phillip!!! Look out for the road ragin' lunatics!

And on a side note, my goals for the summer are done. I burnt Phillip over 1000 songs(1150 to be exact), and I burnt over 1200 songs total(1367 to be exact). Yay! Summer is complete!

Oh yeah, I'm still ticked at mom.

I think I'm about the maddest I've EVER been in my ENTIRE life right now! I'm a Christian, and one who is VERY against ANY form of sexually explicit material. ANY FORM!!!! I hate it!! Its so freakin' disgusting that it ain't funny!!! And my mom has the nerve to accuse me of LOOKING at it!!! What the heck!? Do a good 14 years of condemning all that freakin' junk and making it known that I despise it mean nothing to her!? I've been the good kid for 17 years. I always got good grades, I didn't lie, I was known as the so-innocent-he's-dumb kid, I've expressed my Christian views as much as possible, and condemned all this bad junk!! And she has the freakin' nerve to accuse me of looking at it!! Gah!!! I'm so freakin' ticked off right now! She told me not to talk to her, and that she didn't know if she could trust me on the computer. I felt like I could start yelling at her, which I never do!!! Gah!!! *punches a wall* Who does she take me for, some run-of-the-mill sicko hentai guy? I mean, seriously, its like she doesn't know me! Gah! So ticked, I am! Darn it, I feel so mad! And another thing! She found a simple pop-up in a browser that I don't even use! I despise Internet Explorer! I never use it! And she found a bad pop-up in there, and blamed it on me!!! She didn't even think to blame my girl-crazy brother! No, she's gotta blame me, the member of anti-hentai and other bad junk clubs! The one who condemns it! The freakin' good kid! Not once did she even mention the most likely person! What, has she gotten tired of me being the good kid? Has she gone back to the point of where she doesn't want me to be myself again?! Darn it!!!! Darn it!!!! All she has to do is ask ANY of my friends. If she told them I looked at bad stuff, they'd burst out laughing and call her a liar! My mom should know me better! I guess my friends, the longest I've known for 6 and a half years(Li-chan), know me better than mom, who has known me for 17 years, and raised me! Gah! This ticks me off so badly!!!! Gah!

Okay, I should calm down. I'm lucky. She has to work all day tomorrow. So I won't have to deal with her for long tomorrow. Thank you!!!! That'll give me time to cool down. But I'll still be mad at her. She doesn't know just how much it offends me that she'd even just speculate that I'd do such a horribly disgusting thing. Nor does she know how mad it makes me. Accusing me of that vile act also is accusing me of being a hypocrite. If I campaign against something, I don't endorse it. I don't do things I campaign against. Mom's an idiot if she thinks that, and she hasn't gotten to know me over the past 17 years.

-Later-

Okay, I feel a little better know, and I can talk about some other stuff.

I'm currently working on some art projects. My favorite Bleach couple, Ichigo Kurosaki and Tatsuki Arisawa, has a very low fan following. So there is little to no IchigoxTatsuki fanart, pictures or wallpapers. So I'm making my own. I'm taking scans from the manga, putting them together, coloring them, and adding in background. I personally think the two make a perfect couple. Both can be a little hot headed, but both are really caring. Both are tough, and Ichigo needs a tough woman. He can't live with a girl who might yelp just because he ran into her. Nah, he needs Tatsuki. In fact, Tatsuki was the only person he ever lost a judo match to.

I'm also working on a HitsugayaxMomo wallpaper. Just because I love the two together. Hitsugaya is so cool when he gets all protective over Hinamori. Though he can go a little far some times. He threatened to kill Gin if he made Hinamori spill a single drop of blood. And he was serious. I think if Gin would've accidentally given her a papercut, he would have killed him...

And I've finally finished watching Full Metal Panic TSR. I got the edited version of episode two done, but the quality wasn't that good. So I went back, cleaned it up a bit, and improved the aspect ratio. The files are very good quality, are .avi files, encoded with XivD Mpeg-4, and are actually half the size of the original versions. And the series is good too. Just violent. But still, there are some funny Sousuke Chidori moments. Not romantic, just funny. Though if they stick to the novels, I may indeed officially dislike the SousukexTessa pairing. If they stick to the novel, then soon, you may know why. I will say this. Jealousy and power do NOT mix. Nor does cowardice.

And I finished watching King of Bandits Jing OVA, Jing in 7th Heaven. It was pretty good. A bit confusing though. I'd think Jing was out of the dream world, and he wouldn't be. So know, I have to watch the series. Strange, the order I watch stuff in. I watch stuff out of order. I watched the sequel before the anime, with Jing. And when I bought the Gatekeepers DVDs, the first DVD I bought was number two, and number 3 was the last one. The order was something like this. : #2, #3, #1, #5, #7, #8, #6, #4. It got a little confusing.

Me: Hey, who's she? She wasn't there before!

Me: Hey wait a sec, he's bad! How come he's being nice! Wait... this is an earlier DVD...

I'm going to try to upload my edited Second Raid episode to the internet. I know some people who didn't like ick scenes, so I'm giving them the edited copy. I'm gonna try to upload it to yousendit.com. It'll be up for like 7 days or 25 downloads. And I don't think 25 people will download it, so that's no problem.

And school starts a week from today. A week from today, my life will have order. A week from today, I begin working my butt off. I will have E-Commerce(fancy way of saying "Website Designing"), followed by AP Chemistry, with the awesome teacher Mr. Chadbourne, Differential Statistics Functions and Analyctic Geometry(super fancy way of saying AP Calculus part 1), and English 12 AP(aka. AP English Literature). I'll spend about $300 in test next year, assuming I get AP Biology(which they don't have a teacher for yet). AP courses cost about $40 a piece, and I will have 5. Then there's the $40 SAT, which I will take 2-3 times. Minimum, I'll spend $240, and maximum, $320. Thankfully, I have rich grandparents who offered to pay for anything school related, since Mom can't afford it.

I need to update more... I know I'll update more once I get back into school. Then I'll have somethin' to write about. Yeah.

Anyways, I've finished watching Full Metal Panic Fumoffu. It was hilarious! Sousuke is a nut. But he should be more friendly to Kaname. *nods* I was leaning more towards SousukexTessa, but after the events of the Novel Owaru Day by Day, which is what The Second Raid is based off of, I have leaned away from that towards SouskexKaname. I was kinda upset with Tessa. I'll just say her jealousy of SousukexKaname sorta caused her to make a bad decision. But then by the end, I was back confused again, 'cause of the last part between Sousuke and Kaname. Wah, confusing! It looks like Full Metal Panic won't end after The Second Raid. Unless they go away from the novel. Well, the already have with The Second Raid. That icky ick scene in episode 2 never happened in the novel. Why the heck would they add that? Nutty people...

Speaking of The Second Raid, episode 4 comes out tomorrow. I'm still reading reviews for it. So far, episode two is all that has ick in it. 1 and 3 were spotless, with the exception of more graphich violence. Ex: The slitting of a throat... But that doesn't bother me like ick. So if it stays clean, I may just skip episode 2. If it doesn't stray too far from the novel, it'll be fine. But I'm worried, 'cause its already strayed so far.

After that, I moved onto Tsubasa Chronicle episode 17. I've been wondering, "How are they gonna fit this all into 26 episodes?" Well, that's been revealed. It will end at 26 episodes. I figure they can squeeze in Oto Country and the next one. But then what about Piffle World, which is like the biggest crossover yet(All CLAMP Anime from Cardcaptor Sakura to X/1999 the Movie)? Turns out, after this 26 episodes finish up, they'll make Season two, and then Season 3. So it won't be finished until 2007. Hm... maybe that means they won't license it soon, and I can keep getting fansubs!

I'm also waiting for Bleach episode 43. Things are starting to speed up. I figured that Ishida's fight with Mayuri would last about two episodes. At this rate, it will end in two episodes, Ichigo will continue his BanKai training, and Hinamori, Renji, and Kira will escape from jail, bring about the beginning of the end of this arc. The SS Arc is long, so I divide it into smaller arcs. It would now be entering the last episode of the 2nd or 3rd arc. Then things get interesting with the Conspiracy part, where everyone's heads begin to spin when the truth of everything is revealed, and the three Conspirators are revealed. I easily suspected Gin Ichimaru as one, because he's seemed to be bad from the start. I just never thought the other two would be in on it. 'Specially the 3rd guy.

And then there's Yotsuba to. It simply rocks. Funny as heck! I love it. *nods* I have the Trytrytry(thanks to skillet for that'en), and I have chapters 19-26. Its licensed, so that was the only part that the translator left up. She'll be taking it down soon, I believe. So I'll have to buy the rest. But its worth buying. Its by the creator of Azumanga Daioh, so ya know its funny. And everyone reminds me of everyone in Azumanga. Yotsuba looks so much like Chiyo-chan, though she acts like Tomo. And Ena looks a lot like Osaka. But if you haven't checked it out yet, you should!

Wow, its been a while since I updates. Nothing really good has happened, so I haven't had much to write about. But I finally have some noteworthy stuffs to write about.

Today, I went to a baseball game. I hate baseball. It was hot. A heat index of 108. I hate the heat. So why in the heck did I sit through a game I hate, in the heat I hate? Simple. The post game show. Now what on earth would be so good that I would sit out in the heat for who knows how long struggling to keep awake? Simple. Her. *holds up a CD* I went to my first concert. Now, just who is this her?

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REBECCA ST. JAMES!!!!!

*faints* That was the most awesome-est concert ever!!!!!!!! It was so cool! She sang "God" and "Blessed be Your Name", and then there was an interlude, where who the heck knows how many people gave their lives to Christ. I lost count after 50. That was super-cool too! And then she performed some more. It was soooooo cool!!! I even got a poster of her! *holds it up* And Sting was there too. He's awesome. He gave a big ol' speech about how when he was the famous WWF wrestler, he made a bunch of bad choices, and then he gave his life to Christ and all was well. I almost cried at one point 'cause it was so touching. I got his autograph. I would'a gotten RSJ's, but we had to leave. ;__; Nooo!!!!

Anyways, that's all the good news for now. I think I'll just start updating even if I have nothing to write about...

3:10 PM: Well isn't this fun. I'm now in a tornado warning for another hour or so. Doplar indicated tornado is located about 10 miles away, heading to where I'm at now. Joy. Its raining extremely heavy right now, and the wind is really bad. I'm expecting the power to go out pretty soon now. The rain is picking up as I speak, the wind is going up fast, the thunder is getting louder, and the lightning is getting worse. So yay. I can't see outside at all, but I feel like being stupid, and I'm not in a basement right now.

3:15 PM: I'm tracking the storm as we speak, and the rain just picked up. Power is going out all around us. To give you an idea of the rainfall, we're getting rain at a rate of 3 inches per hour.

3:19 PM: Dang it, the power just went out. Until I say so, I'm typing this with the power out. I'm really bored right now, So I'll just type this in notepad(which I'm doing now). The rain is starting to change directions. That's never good. The trees across the street look like they could fall at anytime.

3:22 PM: Power still out, tree about to go down, and rain going heavier and heavier and heavier. Rain is slamming against the house, its really loud outside. The rain just got even harder, if that's possible. In case you don't know, this is all being caused by the remnants of tropical storm Cindy. I've still got about 35 minutes left before the worst is over, assuming that they don't extend it.

3:25 PM: The rain has dropped off slowly, but its still hard. The wind has died down a little, and the lightning is less frequent. That means that the worst is yet to come. Before the power went out, I checked the storm. There are three parts of it. The leading edge is what just went through. The comes the calm eye-like portion. Here, lightning may pick up, but the other things will go down. I don't know when, but sometime, the worst part, the back edge, will kick in. The wind will probably come in from a different way, the rain will pick back up, there may be hail, but the lightning will die down. And this thunder, which has been going on constantly non-stop for the past 15 minutes may have some breaks in it. In the mean time, I'm getting wierd look because I'm singing the tracks from UVERworld's new CD in the middle of a bad storm.

3:30 PM: Okay, the dang suspense is killin' me. I would have though it would have picked up by now. The power's out, so I'm still using notepad to type, but because its out, I can't see where the storm is. So I can't tell if the storm has weakened or not. Hopefully it has, but I don't know. Everything is still the same, with the exception of higher lightning and thunder frequency.

3:35 PM: Oh, wait, yeah, there's the back end starting to come in. The rain is just as heavy as it was back at the 3:25 entry. I expect that so far we have gotten two inches of rain. The wind is picking up some more, but its still no where near like it was.

3:40 PM: Back lead is now in full swing. Extremely heavy rain, high high winds, and general unpleasantry. Also, much thunder and lightning. I would have though that would have gone away by now. But there's still extremely heavy thunder.

3:50 PM: The back edge is finally leaving, and unless they have extended the warning, we are no longer in a Tornado Warning. Yay!! Its still raining hard enough to where I can't see, but the wind has died down and the thunder and lightning are about non-existant. All I have to do now is worry about flooding. But the bad thing is, this is just one storm. We've got another one coming!!! Yay!!!! /sarcasm.

4:45 PM: The power's back on. My battery ran out a bit ago, but its back now. We're still getting hammered by rain. It looks like it could rain for a long time. We didn't get much damage, with the exception of trees down. So with the exception of rain, this is now over. Yay!

Dang it, court again tomorrow. And dang it, I gotta testify against my dad again! AH!!! I can't stand court. And even though dad's a jerk and he does so much that I know is extremely wrong, its still hard to put him behind bars. 'Specially 'cause this time he could go behind for a year. So yeah, tomorrow will be rough. I may be in court for up to 6 hours. I have to be in by 9, with a lunch break a 12. Then it'll go on longer. Dang it!!! So I've been praying that God will be with me and help to stay awake and sane. And give me strength. 'Cause I'll need it. I don't care how bad Dad is, its hard thinking that I could be putting him away for a year. Dang. Not east.

On a happier note, UVERworld's Single finally came out. Its called D-Technolife. My favorite song on there is ai ta Kokoro. Mixed-up is nice too. And it had some cool scans in the cover. I'm listening to it right now. But I'm still awaiting The Art of Break, TFK's new CD. Its awesome. I love the song The Art of Breaking.

I got my schedule for next year. And my Guidance Counsuler is very proud of me. I'm taking lotsa hard courses. My schedule is.

1st Semester:

E-Commerce
AP Literature and Composition
AP Chemistry
Differential Statistics and Analytic Geometry Honors

2nd Semester:

AP Calculus
AP Biology
AP Statistics
History of the Western World Honors

That's a packed schedule. I have five college level courses. But if I take a seperate AP exam for the AP classes, I don't have to take them in college. I want to go to University of North Carolina Wilmington, and they let you opt out of classes. I'm majoring in Biology/Marine Biology, and it only requires one English. So if I do well on the English exam, I'll never have to take English in college. I'll also be able to skip most of my maths, and all of my basic sciences. I'll be able to get my PhD one year early. Yay! Only about 7 years of college!

Well, short entry, but that's all I got to write. Nothin' much is goin' on. See y'all 'round.

YES!!!

Thousand Foot Krutch's official website has finally set an official release date for their new album, The Art of Breaking. It was supposed to come out in May, but it was delayed. Now the CD is completely done, and ready for pre-order. I found a track listing at Book Christian. It looks like it will follow Phenomenon in that it will have some nice rock songs, but slow down a bit for some worship songs. I think that the last two songs on the list, "Make Me a Believer" and "Breathe You In" will be more worship. I can't wait for it to come out. The official release date is July 19th, 2005. I'm so happy!!!

Another album that I want to get is UVERworld's first single, D-Technolife. It has two versions of the song D-Technolife, plus Mixed-Up(good song) and anothe one that I can't read. I think its in kanji that got messed up. They're a Japanese band, and they sound really cool. Their song D-Technolife is the song used for the opening of season two of Bleach.

Speaking of Bleach, Lunar finally fansubbed the Bleach OVA: Memories in the Rain. Its a different version episodes 8 and 9, and the new version is way better than the old. The animation is up, and they changed it a little. Its really sad. Ichigo's mom died six years before the series started(he was about nine or so), and ever since then, he's always blamed himself. He finally finds out what really happened to his mother. He and Rukia's character seem to grow more, and grow closer. I really like the poem that Inoue thinks about when it starts raining. The story takes place on the sixth aniversery of Ichigo's mom's death, so Ichigo and his family skip school to visit his mom's grave. That's when Inoue finds out about her death. When it starts raining, she thinks about how much Ichigo must miss her mom, and she remembers a poem. I don't remember it exactly, but its something like, "If I were the rain, which binds the Earth and the Sky, two things seperate eternally, could I bind two hearts together?" Overall, I gave the OVA a definite 5 out of 5.

Update time! We came home from the hopsital early because everything went well. They cleaned out his leg, but discovered that they will eventually(anywhere from a year to 10 years) have to do some form of heart surgery because of a minor lekage in the aeorta. Fortunatly, its not too severe. They say that he may be out of the hospital by Sunday, which is good. If that's the case, then I won't be going back to Raleigh. But if I do, I hae Internet access. I can connect to the Duke Medical Center wireless LAN. And the hotel is so close to the hospital that I can connect there too. And then there's the Raleigh-wide system. I was checking my mail while going to the road. It was cool. But after this entry, I'm goin' to bed. I got like 5 hours of sleep. Probably less. I went to bed at midnight, got up at 3 to leave for Raleigh, slept 'til about four, arrived at 4:30, and had a fifteen minute nap. Total of 4 hours 15 minutes. Normally I get like 8 to 10 hours. Yet no matter what, I'm still sleepy! Gah!

Everything with my friend is settle. No way in heck am I dating his cousin. I told one of my friends about it, and he said that I did the right thing. I knew this of course, but its always nice to be reassured. Well, I'm constantly reassured by my favorite cooking utensil(not that there's much competition...) skillet. But hey, the more reassurance, the better.

Also, I got bored and took a Bleach quiz. Results!





What Bleach Character Are You?


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You may not no this, but I am intelligent... just only in academics. Apparently, all my brain power goes to academics, and leaves everything else in the dark. But that's okay. I like how I am. And I can be stubborn, but only when it comes to beliefs. I will not change them even if you stick a gun to my head. That's stubborn, though in my opinion, a good stubborn. And besides, I like Ishida. My second favorite Bleach character would be Inoue, but I'm kinda biased there. Her voice actor is the same person who does Osaka, who is like my favorite of all anime. And a cool thing is, my two favorite Bleach characters are shipped together! I think they'll end up together. Inoue seems to be the only one who can dive into Ishida and reveal his true self. Though its possible either could be with someone else. The Bleach love tree is complex. Here's a quick run down of it.

Ichigo(lead male) can be paired off generally with Rukia(lead female) or Inoue. But then Inoue is also paired a lot with Ishida, who is then sometimes paired with Nemu. Then Rukia can also be paired with Renji. Renji, however, can also be paired with Hinamori, who can be paired with Hitsugaya, who can be paired with Matsumoto, who can then be paired with Gin. Wah, to many combinations! My favorite couple isn't one of the main ones though. I like IchigoxTatsuki. But that's rare pairing. Tatsuki is usually paired with Sado/Chad(Ichigo calls him Chad, everyone else calls him Sado). I like Rukia with Renji, Ishida with Inoue, Matsumoto with Gin, and Hitsugaya with Hinamoria. There's a lot of shippy-ness going on in it! Wah! And I left out some couples.

Speaking of Bleach, I'm starting to wonder if it'll end soon. The SS Arch just ended, and now a new one seems to be coming. I guess I shoulda seen this. Ichigo never beat Grand Fisher(person who killed his mother), and now it would seem as though Grand Fisher has returned. And now we got a new guy, Haruka, who seems to be a Shinigami. I personally think they shoulda extended the SS arch and ended it. But I have to give Tite Kubo(the manga-ka) credit. He planned ahead. The new bad(or good) guy, Haruka, first appears in the story in chapter 183. But strangely enough, he appears on the chapter 1 title page! Wah!

Today, is the 20th of June, which means my SAT scores are in! Too bad I didn't do the best on Earth... I only got a 1210, based on the original score scale, or a 1720, based on the new scale. Either one is good for me... But it was only my first time on the new test, so I guess its not too bad. Next time I take it, I'll know what to expect, and do better. I found this cool little scale thing. It tells how you did, based on other famous people, such as George Bush and Bill Gates. It also gives you good colleges to check out. Here's my scale.

Your SAT Score of 1210 Means:

You Scored Higher Than Howard Stern You Scored Higher Than George W. Bush You Scored Lower Than Al Gore You Scored Lower Than David Duchovny You Scored Lower Than Natalie Portman You Scored Lower Than Bill Gates

Your IQ is most likely in the 120-130 range

Equivalent ACT score: 27

Schools that Fit Your SAT Score: The George Washington University University of California-San Diego Villanova University The University of Texas at Austin Penn State - University Park

I may or may not be online a few days this week. Grandpa goes in for surgery early Wednsday morning, so me, my bro, and my mom will be leaving for Raleigh early Wednesday. We'll spend the night there, then come home Friday. Then Saturday, will go back to Raliegh, spend the night there, and come home Sunday. But I may be able to come online, because more and more Hotels are offering free wireless internet. But if I get online, it'll only be in the mornings or at night. So please pray for him, please. This is his fifth surgery on his leg in a year. If all goes well, after recovery, he will be able to walk again. Last time, it didn't go good, and we got stuck in a life or death situation. That was bad.

Sleepy... I've been staying up later and later at night, and getting up at the same time. I went to bed at like two o'clock last night and was up by nine. I woulda been to sleep earlier, but some things came up. That leads me to a topic of my journal today.

A while back, I was plauged by evil bad people who didn't like me or my family. Quick backstory, Dad's a drug user/dealer who left us about a year and a half ago, and everyone thinks he's an angel who does no wrong, even though they know the bad stuff he does. So after he left, we began to have people pop up in the middle of the night and do stuff to the house. A tall skinny dude who I know as Shad, a friend of my dad's, messed with us a lot. He cut our screen door, egged our cars, and in the middle of the night, would try to get in our house. He wasn't trying really to break in. Only scare us. Eventually, the cops caught him, and gave him a warning not to mess with us. Then dad started to do these things. Then they stopped, and I could sleep at night without evil people annoying me. Now, we're getting calls from some african american. He's saying that he's killed our dogs(who weren't even outside when he called...) and cussing us out. Then he decided to call again, and again, and again, doing the same stuff. Luckily, last night he called at 1 in the morning and forgot to block his number, so I found out what it was, and did a reverse search to find out where he lived, and who he is. He's a friend of dad... coincidence? Heck no. So we're gonna call him and figure out why he's calling us. Doubt it'll work, but might as well try.

Finally, my prayers have been answered, proving once again that those who remain faithful in the Lord will be rewarded. I've been praying a lot that mom would find a good job. She's been unemployed for a while now. Mom was beginning to doubt that things would work out, but I'm different. I was never one to doubt the Lord. And now, mom has a decent job, and possibly, an even more decent job. She starts one job in two weeks, and she's also waiting for her test results. If she passes her test, she'll have a job at the post office, which has the hours she wants, and good pay. Plus good benefits. So I'm happy.

In about a week and a half or so, my grandpa is going in for sugery. He went in a bit back, but he still hasn't healed yet. So he goes over to Duke Hospital for more surgery on his leg. I'm praying that everything goes well. So is everyone else.

Oh, I got an awesome new t-shirt! It shows a guy from the knees down. The knees on his jeans are worn out with holes. The shirt says, "Pray Hard. In God We Trust". I love it. I'm wearing it to school the first day we go back. But that won't be for a while. School don't start 'til the 25th of August. I'll be a senior.

Speakin' of that, my dreaded senior pics are comin' up. DANGIT! I don't wanna dress up. *grumbles* And the pictures are so dang expensive! I'm dreading them. But when I get them back, I'll probably post them here or on the board.

More good news! It turns out, RSJ is having a concert in Winston Salem! That's like 20 minutes from here! That'll be easier to go to than going all the way to Myrtle Beach. So I'm gonna ask if I can go to it.

Finally, I'm back! School is out, and I have my grades back. Three B's and an A. THe A is in Spanish class.

Speaking of Spanish class, I'm officially one of the greatest spanish speaking students in school history. Because of this, I may be going to Costa Rica over the summer with Mrs. Piedra and the other top three spanish students. Yay! I'd like to go there, though it'll be hot beyond belief... But it'll be fun. But also, I have to ride a plane, and I'm way afraid of heights. And I've never spoke spanish for longer than two hours. It'll definitely be different. But fun.

I have a brand new laptop now! The old one kept messing up on me. Ick. So finally, I got a new one. It has a larger hardrive, at 60 gigs, and 1.5gHz proccesor, Pentium 4, Dvd/CD player/burner, and integrated wireless LAN. Its awesome! Its also a little lighter than my old one, and much more stylish. Plus it has 4 USB 2.0 instead of only 2. It's awesome! I have most of my critical stuff back on it. I just need to get mIRC back up so I can visit the TinT Chatroom. Hopefully its active.

I have more anime, yay! Bleach episode 34 was released! Yay! And Tsubasa Chronicle 8 and 9 were released while I was gone. I'm getting both right now. I love the end theme. So much Sakura/Syaoran shippy-ness!!!

I've asked my grandmother, and she says we can go to the beach and go to the RSJ concert! Yay! She and my grandpa have a beach house down in Surfside beach, which is in walking distance of Myrtle Beach, where the concert is being held. It might take us 15 minutes to get to the collesium where its being held. Yay!!!!!!!!! And I have RSJ's "Wait For Me: The Best of RSJ" cd. Its so cool! My favorite songs are...

• Pray
  
• God
  
• Go and Sin No More
  
• Reborn
  
• Expressions of Your Love
  

skillet, you were right. I love this artist! And I got my grandmother liking her too.

Oh, I got someone else interested in Azumanga!!!! On the last day of school, me and my Chinese friend Gui were watching Azumanga. He said he loved it. We were both laughing out loud. Luckily, the only people in at the time were me and Gui, along with Li-chan(who was watching InuYasha with her headphones on) and Dee, who had his headphones on.

I also took the SATs on Saturday. It was pretty easy. 'Specially the essay. We had 25 minutes to write an essay. I got about two pages. I had to write small, 'cause I was runnin' outta room. And the math was real easy too. THe only hard part was the grammer. I barely use proper grammer, and here I had to correct incorrect sentances. No!!! I can't do that! So I'm not sure about that part. Luckily, there wasn't much grammer.

Now for the class action lawsuit. My old laptop was a HP(Hewlet Packard). Now, people are filing a lawsuit against HP because HP failed to give the correct System Backup disks, and failed to place critical programs on their Windows XP models(hm... those programs are related to the mother board operation...). So I was reimbursed for all finances that involved those parts, because the lawsuit affected all HP sold after September 1st, 2001(I bought mine December 2nd, 2002). Unfortunately, my reimbursiment was zip, because I kept getting free warenty expansions. ^^;; Oh well, I don't have to deal with that anymore because my new laptop is a Gateway.

EDIT

Just found this. Anyone who says that John Kerry is way smarter than Bush is dead wrong. Both of their Yale records were released. Check it out