Terranigma

Oh dear, I'm falling behind in keeping this blog updated, it's not like I have nothing to share with you lot, it's just that... Hmm, this might not be the best time to run out of excuses. I have a test tomorrow which I am most certainly going to flunk. I know this, because I wasted away any... Oh wait we've already been through that. Although ironically it's a test for the very same subject my previous entry resolved around, I'm a bit more prepared, just a little bit.

What's up? You mean musically, you mean life, you mean school? Let's start of with music then, I added a little piece of code to my blog that displays my listening behavior. It might make keeping track of my musical (evolutions?) a bit easier and I don't have to clutter any other post with dozens of links you're never going to click on. On top of that, there will be no more harassment from me on msn spamming links, isn't that neat! How's life? I'll get back to it when it comes around the corner and I ever so conveniently bump into it. No, instead I decided one week ago to go retro! Yes, brace yourself for I uncovered my old dearest of all: the super Nintendo entertainment system, short version nerd, out from under my bed. Plugged it in and I let that baby roar! What have I been deceived all these years, the games that were carved in my memory as being way harder than games from nowadays has been proven to be wrong. I started off with super Mario world and before I knew it I uncovered the secret stage called star road. I decided to complete it using my persistence to uncover exits not meant to be reached yet that far into the game and soon enough I found myself in Bowser castle. Got up to him and beat him with relative ease, he appeared much more sadistic in my nightmares from days gone past.

As of now I'm trying to complete Donkey Kong Country 2 for one-hundred percent. Scary enough I'm progressing at a steady pace and soon enough that challenge will be ancient history as well. Still, it is nice to play these 'old' games as they still hold a certain charm. How's school? I'm wrapping up and boy is it no minute to soon, because honestly my motivation is tumbling; avalanche style. It must be the pretty weather that decided to pop up in this critical phase. Let's hope my damage control will be sufficient to not cause any casualties.

I wonder if anyone will recognize the title.

Recap of the past

I have a test tomorrow which I am most certainly going to flunk. I know this, because I wasted away any time given for me to study on it. Even now, my unwillingness to study has set me laid back. It's not like I do not want to pass it, what good will setting my study back going to do? I admit it's not as dramatic as it sounds, but it's definitely an interesting premise to conjure some thoughts about as to why I'm burned out. I guess it started after I got through my first year, which ran for half a year, since I'm doing the short track version of this study. As a reward for completing it you get a sheet of paper enlisting your name, an autograph from some high people and a comforting call that you're on schedule. I think by now this diploma is laying a top of my high school one; collecting quite some dust. Perhaps the comfort of having these two sheets of paper leaves me restless, but that would be too silly. As my father never stopped reminding me that, especially in the case of the high school diploma, I have accomplished nothing. I do know that this is hardly the end of the road and that I got a lot of work too do and the ever-increasing difficulty is going to be something I have to cope with. Finish my study, get a good job, increase in stature and pay-check every once in a while and thus in short become a part of society as they want you to be.

Whoever said that schools are very much alike factories wasn’t that far off. Every individual going into the cycle is sorted out and being put into place, meeting certain social standards, which mainly consists of their supposed brain capacity. Those who are good at working with their hands are guided towards more practical jobs; those who are better with their brains get sent off to a more theoretical study. This is the black & white parenthesis I will use as diverting more accurately into this matter holds no relevance to the subject at hand. It’s good that such a cycle has been implemented that guides young people into a role which they can understand. It’s like following the golden brick road, because you can’t see very clearly yet. Some will stray from this path, but those who believe it’s for their own benefit will undoubtedly follow it. Why destroy any chances of a good life in the future by sacrificing some of your time right now? This is of course without giving any thought to the random natures of our life that can end it up short. The problem lies in the fact that you are leading your life now and are experiencing emotions that are linked to your current circumstances. I can’t look in the future and know how I will feel then. Even if the wise men promise untold treasures if I will follow the path they have set out.

You wish to know with what I wasted my time on? I took the time to watch American Beauty and the weekend before I saw American History X. Both excellent movies which in some way cover the subject I’m writing about. Ironically both movies end up with one of the lead characters being shot at the very moment they figure out life. Let’s hope I’ll do better.

Tests, oh how I love thee.

In response to my friend's test result, I took the time to take the test myself. Upon seeing the results I can say that it's pretty accurate. It better damn will be with 155 questions that get more annoying along the line. It's more-so a confirmation of my own suspicions rather than a revelation on my true character.

Advanced Big 30 Personality Test Results Sociability |||||| 17% Aggressiveness ||||||||| 24% Assertiveness ||| 3% Activity Level |||||||||||| 33% Excitement-Seeking |||||||||||||||||||||||| 77% Enthusiasm |||||||||||||||||| 51% Extroversion |||||||||||| 34% Trust |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 89% Morality |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 88% Altruism ||| 1% Cooperation |||||| 12% Modesty |||||||||||||||||||||||| 79% Sympathy ||| 1% Accommodation ||||||||||||||| 45% Confidence |||||||||||| 39% Neatness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 76% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||||||||| 68% Achievement ||||||||| 23% Self-Discipline ||||||||| 21% Cautiousness |||||||||||||||||| 52% Orderliness ||||||||||||||| 46% Anxiety ||||||||| 25% Volatility |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Depression ||||||||||||||||||||| 68% Self-Consciousness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Impulsiveness |||||||||||| 37% Vulnerability |||||||||||| 38% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||| 46% Imagination ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 91% Artistic Interests ||| 3% Introspection |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 87% Adventurousness ||| 3% Intellect |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 84% Liberalism |||||||||||| 38% Openmindedness |||||||||||||||||| 51%

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I scared my mom silly, with the first entry...

The first entry of the alien saga. Usually when I buy a movie I can force feed them into watching it, no matter how well I know whether they are going to like it or not. The setting of the movie was superb, meaning we watched it by nightfall. I chose to watch the director's cut and we got a short opening scene with the director Ridley Scott saying why he has made the director's cut and hoping we agree with this version of alien. I didn't really care about all that to be honest.

On to the actual movie! Now without summarizing the movie, I'll just portray things that struck me as interesting. The movie is very slow paced as opposed to movies of this time. I personally thought that was brilliant, because it made me feel like I wasn't watching some cheap slasher flick. The second thing was that although you know something bad is going to happen you do get some shocks throughout the movie, even though the movie is well over 25 years old it still manages to scare people, my mom for instance :D. Which is remarkable in my book, especially because it doesn't even look that fake. Sure there are times you notice the outdated effects, but the alien itself is still surreal enough to pose a frightening 'unseen' enemy. The alien itself wasn't also like the current monster movie baddies that move in, kill, fade out. Rinse and repeat till you die out of boredom.

This movie is a sure bet to watch with your friends or even better yet your girlfriend, because I swear that in no time your girlfriend will be more over you than the facehugger alien. Oi, I made an insider pun. I can't wait to see the other entries and all the bonuses on the disk, it should definitely keep me busy for quite some time.

Quatr....Quadilophilie.....Quadrogoddamnit!

I still had a discount coupon laying around being the remnant of what could be seen as a Christmas gift by the company. You know the kind of coupon that's a safe bet on birthday parties where you barely know the birthday boy/girl. It's also the most unoriginal gift and it had collected quite some dust as I really didn't need anything. Today I decided I spend it one way or another at the Free Record Shop downtown. I got in, remembered why this was such a ramshackle store in the first place and looked at the salesman behind the counter first. My tard-alarm didn't go crazy, so I suppose I was in luck this time. I quickly proceeded towards the game section, talking about safe bets. Where the hell is the GameCube section? I see Xbox and Playstation but no GameCube or...wait there it is! No wonder I missed it, the damn thing wasn't bigger than an infant has it really been going this fast downhill with Nintendo? Oh well it didn't took me long before I figured nothing good was in the titles. So, now what? Movies! Let's see, I know plenty of titles to add to my collection but which one should I pick. Seeing as categorizing isn't Free Records Shop biggest feat, I was more randomly plucking through the store. Oh darn, all the titles are under the discount coupon, at that time a thought popped up in my head. Which resulted in me buying this fantastic series which you can see in the picture quite clearly. I'll be damned if you hadn't figured it out before reading this all through though.

Anew

My last post has been several months ago, those times have past and I feel obliged to tell-tale some experiences that have been important to me. The latter parts of the second period of school were hectic with work piling up, due to my own lackluster attitude. On top of that there were several projects that needed to be finished and I had to catch up and learn my best for the exams I was faced with. Now that it's all over, I've some breathing air once more to tell about my going to Fall out Boy. A concert that with no doubt was the one I highly anticipated. Oh wait, there was one other concert, namely Thrice but that show sadly got delayed and I need to wait till May before I can speak any of it.

~Fall out Boy~

Did I have any high expectations, was I anxious, was I excited and scared it would get cancelled just like Thrice? Hell yeah, but none of the negative things happened and all of the good things came true. The show was awesome, the lead singer has the most strong and clean cut vocals I've ever heard in a band of that caliber. There was definitely not a strange difference in level between the recorded album and the live show. When they played all their good songs I was in the back soaking up the volume and the atmosphere and somewhere in the middle I went into the mosh pit. I had some fun pushing people around, heh where in the world can you still do that without having to fear for your own life? I do noticed afterwards that I was more obsessed with pushing, pulling, kicking and punching people then listening to the show. Although I can't say I really mind, after all the best parts are when you see your friends in the very same mosh pit and you can make it a shared experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for the next shows lined up, I'm all for it.

I suppose my Birthday is closing in and unlike other years I already know what I am going to ask Family & Friends. So much, that I have to chose between what I want the most. I suppose I'll ask four CD's from my parents some new ear plugs from my brother (better ones) and some movies from my friends. Heh, now all I've got to do is make sure my friends don't give me those lame presents you give when the actual birthday boy doesn't know what he wants. I'll e-mail you with a small list of things I would like to have, so don't worry it can't go wrong. I hope.