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Updating seems to be harder and harder to do over the summer because it's usually the same thing over and over.
This time, however, there seems to be a flood of new things that happened within the past week. More than likely, it's going to take a lot out of me just to try to name it all, but I'll see what I can do to summarize.
I went downstate for the Fourth of July here in Illinois this past week to basically have a nice four day vacation from ICC. At this point, it was well needed, although that in itself hasn't been an issue more than the ever-present money issue that will need to be resolved shortly. I've got a few things for that to take care of Monday.
Anyways, to briefly summarize the high points: Games/Animé, DEEDEEARRRRRCADE, Fireworks, back up. Games were the usual, but I forgot to bring my PS2 memory card, I left it in the PS2 here, so the ones I wanted to show off to the best of my abilities, like Stella Deus, weren't able to be done. I did take the time to show it off when we were upstate alongside of Riviera, though, so I got the opportunity to at least briefly show off what I had. I still had some burnt animé that Michael wanted from the last time I was down there, Samurai Champloo in particular, and made sure that he got them on Travis's computer to get burnt onto discs. It's just nice that Travis has a 150GB hard drive........ENVY!
I did decide to head over to the arcade at the mall to see if I was any good with the machine there. The machine sucks, literally, but I decided to see what I could get out of it. Didn't really get much more than a B's and A's on 8s and 9s non-consecutively. I did AA some Standards consecutively but that's because that's all I really played since the response on it was horrible, as the group there also admitted. That group was the one I first met playing it in the arcade was there as well. Unexpected! One, Nick, doing Trick Oni and AAing MAX 300 Doubles without bar raping. I about had a heart attack watching. He's better on his feet than I am on the keyboard. That would be a hard day to beat overall.
Fireworks came on the Sunday instead of the Saturday and they were locally...as in the extended family gathered and they shot off fireworks in their backyard. Nothing puny either, this was the real deal. They probably smoked the entire village of Sweetwater with as much as they shot off. I did have to endure one of the loudmouth-kind-of-ex-friend-kind-of-not that was there as well, but he didn't make too much trouble other than being as pompous as usual. It's nice to know that some things don't change after three years of not seeing someone.
I went back two days later, but before that time I did read something of a letdown. That site I linked to was the Greenview, Illinois site that was created at the expense of the majority of my senior honors English class. You can take a look; my pic is still there and my project, 1818-1860, is still there...but I read in the obits that my teacher for that class died of a heart attack.
Now, considering that I wasn't really surprised given the fact that he was a hard drinker and smoker by heart, it was a shock to see on of the main if not THE main person that made sure that I could write at least somewhat decently end up on his deathbed at barely the age of 50. If it wasn't for him, I doubt very seriously I would be even this far ahead in writing a rant/blog entry/whatever about him and I'd more than likely be pressed to keep up in anything writing. That's projects, school, this, the SF/SB, the whole smack. I didn't get to go to the funeral service, since it was far south in Divernon at the time, but I do know that he was buried in Brush Creek Cemetery, which is the same place that my grandfather/mother were buried on my mother's side. I might just have to take a trip downstate some time to pay my respects to him; he honestly deserves it. Whether or not I really believe that their a god or afterlife or nothing at all, I'd rather at least pay him a 'last visit' of some sort. I wouldn't be who I am now without him, Michael as well; he was as shocked as I was.
I did get back upstate only to take an exam for child psych two hours later, have two hours of sleep and then go five hours for Chem. The exams in Chem are surprising me, though. 115/120 twice in a row; both are highest in the class, the previous one tying. It basically comes off to being simple math to me. I guess that's what happens when you have another decent teacher growing up in school and you actually pay attention in class. You actually learn something that you can somewhat apply in your life. I at least got that much out of school for what little I believe I got. Rest you do on your own, though. If that's what college has done for me so far it's at least to show a SMALL amount of initiative to do work for yourself. If I didn't, I know for a fact I'd be failing my ass off at Child Psych. B/C+ for last exams; both of which I had to work my ass off to get. I'm shooting for a B next time.
I don't really know what else to add. Riviera has turned out to be relatively decent, but each time I play it, I neglect school work, Stella, and now it seems that tRO is back in the picture, though I don't think it will stick. I tried leveling last night and it seemed as stupid as before, so I doubt I stick around for it. There's just not enough spark in the game.
Anyways, I may as well show off what I did tonight:
I figured it would be fitting to put the main battle music to that to steps. I think I hit the mark on the head; the steps seemed to kick ass for those that have played it in the short span that I've had them out. I can at least do that once a week it seems.
And that's all for now, I do believe.
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