... oh crap I used the "U" word
but don't worry, this isn't a journal regarding my daily life that you secretly don't care about but know it's rude to say so.
JUST KIDDING
(though you probably guessed it)
this is a journal about the happenings in my life
and how it corresponds to deviantart/ my online self.
first off, I have been falling behind on my homework. this is bad.
secondly, I saw Rio on Saturday last week. fantastic movie, another great one by Blue sky. the only thing I didn't like was that, although it's a movie about samba that takes place IN Rio De Jeniero, it did not include the song "Sambe De Jeniero", which happens to be a fantastic song.
you should go see the movie.
also, I managed to fit in some drawing into my schedule, and I drew several pictures of The Man Made Of Gold... This rolls right into my next topic
I'm moving away from sonic art. not anything really new, as it's been happening since the middle of 2010, but I thought you'd like to know. I'm unlikely to do any real sonic related drawings, and you're unlikely to hear from my cast of fan characters for quite a while, if ever. I'll probably end it all with a picture of me dumping them into a volcano, if I feel like it. The Man Made Of Gold has taken over.
as well as all this, I realize now more than ever that my management and organizational skills have dropped to an all-time low. although I have been able to keep in lively on the chat, deviantart, AND applecraft, this has taken a toll on how much of my homework gets DONE. particularly math, though that may change.
The mass of the homework situation is weighing me down now, since this is my last chance to make a good impression on my current teachers AND High School teachers. I do NOT want to be looked at as an idiot. it's just a problem with COMPETENCE. I'm still the smartest person to walk on this planet, I just hate doing the work. I have no motivation other than surviving a year to improve my future, and even THAT isn't endorsed much by the teachers nowadays.
tl;dr: I hate doing my work. I'm good at it, I just hate it. teachers don't like that, for whatever crazy reason.
MOVING ON
okay, so I'm hoping you all forgot about Team Tards.
good.
I'm hoping to never mention then again. it was a spiffy idea, but the whole competence and procrastination issues I have do not mix well with important online projects.
and don't expect any requests done soon, since homework NEEDS to be my top priority (though I still HATE leaving you guys hanging).
<BEGIN RANTING ABOUT SCHOOL>I basically don't want last year to repeat itself (quote: "those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it").
last year my final grades were terrible in two different classes due to an unprecedented problem in email file transferring (curses!), and that got me two bad grades. although THIS YEAR I've narrowed it to ONE bad grade, that bad grade has ALWAYS been math, contrary to the A- I got every quarter last year.
it's partly my teacher's fault. ugh. the whole curriculum he has set up for us is just... BORING. it goes like this:
take notes on a section
do homework for that section
repeat for as many sections are in that chapter
chapter review packet
test
another review packet
repeat until end of year.
you CAN see where it gets boring, right? It's not just me?
to make matters worse, the lack of no flavor has two relatives: no friends in that class and no motivation for that class.
oh, and their evil cousin, kids think I'm bad at math because of homework habits.
the golden rule applies there, too, and because they treat me as if I'm an idiot, I actually TONE MYSELF DOWN just so that they don't think I'm showing off. (then again, I do that in science because I seriously know too much about science).
and to make matters EVEN WORSE, my little brother is in the same course as me because his stupid fifth grade teacher decided to skip sixth grade math for his entire class. and I could have skipped my entire 7th grade class if it wasn't for ONE QUESTION I missed on a test.
oh, atheist god, you must love messing with me.
where was I going with this?
oh yeah
<END RANTING ABOUT SCHOOL>so, two days ago I bought Portal 2 (with my brother's help), and I finished it about an hour and a half ago (7:30).
it was FANTASTIC. the twists, the turns, the clever levels, and the plot of it all was awesome. it explains EVERYTHING, and even adds more. my favorite part was the end. it wrapped it up.
the only parts I didn't like were the lack of moveable objects (IE: chairs seemed permanently fixed in place, you could only move objects involved in tests), and the fact that you still never get to see the portal Lab Rat (the guy who wrote THE CAKE IS A LIE, and he also set up a neat model of the turret army that was completely irrelevant until the very end).
also, the end credits song just barely matched up to Still Alive in catchiness, but it doesn't exactly stick the first time, and I must listen to it again if I want to remember the Lyrics.
oh, and here's a very cryptic spoiler for those who haven't played it yet: potato.
that is all.
... in the portal section, that is. I intend to fit as much information into this journal as possible.
to the next topic (if you've made it this far, I congratulate you! you really care, or are very bored!).
CSS and ranting about certain websites.
on the topic of CSS...
the reason you have not gotten so much journal CSS out of me is because I found new CSS freedom in
Applecraft's CSS and HTML features. I learned so much about it there, as I was free to do whatever I wanted with the site CSS-wise, as opposed to the restrictions of deviantart's journal CSS. and the HTML gives me a kick as well, since I could change the layout of the site as often as I pleased, leading from a dull, basic, blocky wall of gray to the sexy wall of gray it was for several weeks, finally emerging as the colorful, sexy eye-rape it is today.
therefore, unless I can find NOTHING to do with
Applecraft, I will barely do any journal CSS.
(this journal's getting so long I have to save my progress periodically!)
geography-wise, I haven't yet commented on Japan's predicament. they're in pretty deep here (no pun intended), and I hope they get out relatively okay.
also, it's hot in
TopekaCalifornia.
my computer literally shut itself off from overheating last night, which has never happened to it before. perhaps it's time I take it apart and clean it.
now to say something about youtube.
it would be nice for an Anti-Download option for videos, especially for ones with copyrighted material.
I need to insert a witty line her to transition to my next, unrelated topic, but I cannot think of one. MOVING ON...
I have been stalking windows 8 like a madman. I even managed to get a copy of its first milestone, and I managed to hack it to enable some of the new features.
some new features so far:
bigger buttons and titlebar text
centered titlebar text
new background
a new task manager
a primitive version of a Ribbon UI for explorer
language selection at a whim
manage your accounts with one button in the bottom right
it boots up in 10 seconds, and shuts down in 5 (best one yet)
that's what I've found so far.
also, being as manipulative as I am, I managed to convince
Rokketia's friend to smack her over the head.
... over in michigan.
this is why I love my job.
also, I may or may not make a Twitter RP account for The Man Made Of Gold.
I'm just spewing out random crap that comes to mind now, so this may or may not be fun to read.
STARS testing is happening this week in california, and it has seemed to be relatively easy for me. tomorrow I have science (EASY.), and on monday and tuesday I have math (UGH.) then I have language, then it should be done.
if you've made it this far and read the whole thing, good job.
END JOURNAL.
