I Could be an Idol (Catch the Mimeball/A Mysterious Story)!

     Hello, all.  G-star here.  Sorry, I would've posted earlier, but my parents wouldn't let me on the computer until they got home from brother's baseball game and I cleaned my room, which was TWO HOURS.  (Until they got home, not until I finished.)  As an early birthday present they're giving me the old bedside dresser from the upstairs guest room.  I've been wanting one like that for a while, with drawers and such.  Currently all I have is a little folding table for my stereo, CDs, etc.  I had to clear out the area around it so we could move the dresser in.  I had a ridiculously large stack of drawings, several books I'm not reading, and two huge containers of...Pocky.  Mmm.

     Anyhoo, I've had an exciting couple days.  Yesterday in IHS Literature, we began the drama and Shakespeare unit.  We spent the entirety of the class doing improv skits and playing a game called "mimeball".  We used an imaginary "ball" that could change shape, weight, etc. and passed it around the class, gesturing when we threw or caught it.  For some reason the class took it very, very seriously, even chasing a boy down when he "took" the ball and left the room.  But either way, it was fun...

     For the skits, MC and I paired up and got this bland bit about being late.  Then the teacher handed out scenarios for us to play them in...heheh.  We received "accomplices in a murder".  MC mimed dragging a body, and throughout the script we kept glancing at it and wiggling our eyebrows.  Apparently our subject was quite obvious.

     Today we had Springfest.  You needed money to do several of the events, which the announcer person (I still don't know if he's the principal) conveniently neglected to mention.  Fortunately, I brought five dollars just in case, but I only bought a creamosa that eventually congealed into a cotton-candy-like substance, which, by the way, they were also selling.  There was an inflatable obstacle course along with a jousting ring, but my favorite part was the karaoke.  Yes, KARAOKE.

     Now, I'm not sure if you guys know this since I don't bring it up much, but I LOVE singing.  In fact, as I write this, I'm singing along to one of my favorite tunes.  So, naturally, I signed up as soon as I found out.  I wanted to sing Angels by Owl City, but as hard as they looked, the people running the thing couldn't find a karaoke.  So I ended up singing Fireflies instead, since it's more popular and had a 99% probability of having an instrumental version.  (Yes, I pulled that number out of thin air.)  And so, I sang the most well-known song by my favorite band in the school courtyard in front of probably fifty people or more.  I've done this at the talent show before, but this time I had no time to prepare and had to stand.  (I think I almost fell down once.)  While mostly I'm pretty confident in front of a crowd, I still get a little nervous, and my voice shook a bit.  But overall I'm pretty proud of it.  Smore captured the spectacle on video and I'll post it here just as soon as she emails it to me.  MC couldn't come though...because she's at a Cage the Elephant concert!!!  Apparently it was her belated birthday present (just like my hair) and she left after third period.  She's staying overnight.  Patveli and she both really like Cage the Elephant.  I don't understand it.

     I recently received a postcard announcing the Eagle Scout dubbing of one of my old classmates, Wolfy, on June 1st.  I really want to go, but it's also Patveli's birthday, so I have conflicted interests...in any case, Wolfy texted me tonight asking whether I was coming.  Now, this is where it gets complicated.  He hasn't messaged, emailed, or called me since I first gave him my number.  We have an interesting background, and I would love to discuss it, but I'm hesitant as he may read this at some point, so...maybe I'll do that on the new site.  But I'll keep you updated on Wolfy.

     Speaking of the new site, things are getting complicated there as well.  I found a bit in my blogging guide I didn't see before about keeping your blog design matching with your writing style.  Remember what I said about making it look like stereotypical popular blogs?  Well, those don't match my style at all.  It appears that I'll have to screw around with it to get it looking appropriate but professional.  But guess what!  There was an app that allowed me to connect the site to my Blogger account, therefore allowing me to have a separate page for all my old posts, including, at some point, this one.  So that solves that problem.  Now I just need to figure out how to program in the music...

     For some reason the blog music doesn't work on this computer.  I know it works because I listen to it at school, and it worked on here before, but now it doesn't...?  Oh well.  It's too late to fix it now anyway.

     My birthday's coming up in just a couple weeks (Monday after next) and my parents have been asking me what I want.  I have been denied my own laptop (I was going to label it Ramble Machine u.u,) and the Sad Kitty Hat from the Megagear store, and there's not much else I can think of.  I guess some Paramore albums would be cool...or the whole Otomen series?  Now that would be epic.  But a little hard to find.

     We-ell, it's getting a little late and I still want to play Minecraft.  I have another topic idea about some old family friends ("framily"), but they deserve their own post, so until then, this is G-star, signing off.

Quiz Attack (The Anime Marathon/Club Time)!

     Hello, all.   G-star here.  The business classroom smells like grilled cheese sandwiches.....and it's right before lunch.  Cruel.
     I think Basketball has quickly become my favorite class.  I get to play a sport I actually enjoy, the teacher seems to like me, and one of my best friends is in the class.  I've also found out that there really is such a thing as a 'good' sweat.  The only problem I have is that it's first period....
     I found out from MC about a part of Death Note (an anime I've mentioned before but never finished) where Light loses his memory.  Now, something like this immediately catches my attention because of the implications; there's plenty of room for comedy and goading by other characters about things the amnesiac can't remember.  So now that I've been dragged over brambles back into the show, MC has decided that we're going to have a Death Note marathon over the weekend.  I agreed to this, but only if we could watch the anime I've been watching, Meganebu!  Apparently it's only 12 episodes long (....T-T) and is ridiculously unpopular on animelist.com, but I've always liked obscure manga and anime and this one is right down my alley, even it's not for MC.  It has no real plot, which is what annoys MC the most (just like Lucky Star), but it's my one condition and she'll abide by it.  I'm also going to model for her, since she got an old-timey camera in Arizona (that's where she was all spring break).  We did something similar in middle school with her phone camera and the nearby bike path, and they actually turned out pretty well.  This should be fun.
     We discussed all this last night while Skyping.  We had intended to get some co-op Geography homework done, but when we finished that we immediately became distracted.  I opened quizilla.teennick.com out of boredom (I surf quizzes there when I have nothing else to do on the internet) and read the title of the newest one, "What Jellybelly Flavor Are You?"  MC gasped and ordered me to do the quiz for her.  (She was cleaning her room while we talked and so couldn't access the internet.)  We did this by me reading her the question and then the answers, or, if the list was extensive enough, just let her name one (we did this for color questions).  She ended up getting this odd cherry drink flavor, and I got peach.  While mine suited me fairly well, hers said she was "delicious."
     Mmmmm.  One Miss Cappuccino, please, hold the ketchup.
     After this we continued on to several other quizzes, including (but not limited to) a Disney Villain and a superpower (more like elemental power, though) quiz.  For the villain one MC got the Evil Queen from Snow White (hehe)...and I got Gaston.
     WHA?
     It continuously described me as "narcissistic" and "proud", before ending the result with "congratulations, jerk."  Okay, the jerk was only implied, but still.  I'm not narcissistic!  Okay, maybe just a little, but aren't all bloggers?  I mean, we spend our hours talking about ourselves.  But what else could we write about without extensive research?  Sandwiches?  Video games?  (Admittedly, that is one of my main topics, so I don't talk about myself all the time...)  For the superpower quiz MC got water.  It suits her quite well, I must say.  I, on the other hand, got....DARKNESS.
     Usually quiz writers put a picture in each result to jazz things up a little.  The one for darkness was a little girl in a chair holding a skull.  Um....
     Apparently, if I were a boy, I'd be the coolest guy around, but since I'm a girl I'm constantly being crushed on.  Yeah, yeah, sure....I wish.
     The Chemistry Club had planned an awesome event for today's meeting: the ULTIMATE cola fountain.  They poured five gallons of cheap cola into one of those plastic water cooler containers with a long pipe attached.  A nail near the base would keep the 99 Mentos from falling into the soda until we could reach a safe distance and pull it out with a (long) string.  We did all this in the science courtyard, and there are full-length windows along the two bordering hallways.  A huge crowd gathered in those two hallways, and several people were recording.  Everyone in the courtyard backed away and another member of the club counted down before pulling the string....
     ....and nothing happened.
     The two main members fiddled with it, shaking it, hitting the Mentos off the bottom, shaking the tube to make sure none of them were stuck, even putting salt in it to start the reaction, but still nothing happened.  Everyone slowly trailed off and eventually I had to leave for class.  But it would've been cool....probably....
     Minecraft Club was canceled by the chaperone, AKA my Physics teacher, AKA the Chem Club advisor.  Apparently he didn't get enough sleep last night.  He's nice, but he incessantly ditches club.  We all look forward to it, too, and he doesn't tell us until we're all waiting in front of the computer lab without a ride home.  It's frustrating.
      There is a good side, though.  I got to meet up Bibbidy, who apparently decided to go the meeting that day.  After finding out there was no club today we went to the library.  The librarian recently got in a few new manga series, including Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle~<3  I recommended it to her and finally got Vol. 1 of Ororon.  Looking forward to reading it.
     I had this whole rant about Pokemon Mega-Evolutions prepared, but I think I'll save that for later.  I enjoyed posting once a day, but writing a big, decent one is probably better.  I'll continue posting the daily Mini-Rambles, though, for entertainment purposes.  Until Monday, this is G-star, signing off!

Patterson Parallels (The Almost Minecraft Club/Practice Makes Perfectionist)?

     Hello, all.  G-star here, reporting from my school's Almost Minecraft club.  I say 'almost' because, for the last month, Minecraft has not been working on any of the lab computers.  The only reason we haven't changed our name to the general computer club is because, if we did that, we would end up with a bunch of programmers and who knows what else.  It's better knowing that all the people here actually enjoy the game.
     Anyway, one of my friends here (technically, my only friend here) has been teaching me an interesting roleplay game ...that I still don't quite understand.  It has to do with vampires.
     He's the guy who was in my snow day pictures; the blonde named Leroy (or at least nicknamed as such).
     I've been reading two different series lately: James Patterson's Maximum Ride (comic book version; what?  It's great) and his Witch and Wizard.  (Unfortunately, book two is not currently in the library.  It's depressing.  I really like Byron.)  I've discovered some interesting relationships between the two series.  You know the New Order, AKA the center of the entire Witch and Wizard series?  Well, it's actually mentioned near the end of the Maximum Ride series; when the Flock is just about to be 'retired' at the school, one of the scientist explains their entire evil plot, and specifically says "we will bring about a new order".  It's not capitalized, but it's definitely implied that the School actually brings about the government takeover of the N.O.  I find this interesting.
     ...Honestly, I have absolutely nothing else to say.
     Well, I guess I am working a picture for the comic.  It's turning out reeeeaaally well~ It's Zane in the midst of his transformation...I suppose this will only make sense once I finish the comic and/or explain the plot.  Speaking of which, over the weekend I plan to work on that a bit more.  I'm still on the first page, though, and haven't touched it for a month....
      ....
      I think all this side picture practice, however, is increasing my skill.  My feet and hands look a lot better now, not to mention my shading and legs. <3  It's always good to practice.  It's almost living up to my dreams of artful perfection...  I'll post the picture just as soon as I'm done inking it, and while I'm at it I may as well scan that angel picture I've been talking about for months but never put up.  Sorry, guys.
     Well, that really is all I have to say, so I should just stop talking before this gets boring.  Until next time, this is G-star, signing off.

Mini-Ramble: No Getting Around the Name; It's That Short (Say Hello To Roo).

     Hello, all.  Yes, I know I had promised to post one of the past few days, and I fully intended to, but unfortunately I was inconvenienced both of those days; Thursday I had my brother's school's Christmas program, which I had forgotten about, and yesterday I had to go Christmas shopping.
     Speaking of which, I still need to buy a couple more presents, because even though I've finished off my immediate family, I have too many friends to buy something for all of them without either running out of money, feeling guilty about not getting someone something, or possibly both.  So I'm just going to focus on MC, Patveli, and Stulte (the third member of our "private, unofficial club"), even though I have a couple other people who got me small things whom I'm going to feel extremely guilty about not getting anything.  What can I say?  Oh, I know.  I HATE SHOPPING.  Especially for presents.
     Now then, I had some small things I wanted to talk about.  Firstly, I've heard a lot of studies about how people are more stressed around the holiday season than any other time of year, and I definitely agree.  Last night the rest of my family was freaking out because of an incident involving salsa, some presents, and a $50 poetry book.  I won't go further into detail, but my mom was spazzing, my brother was crying, and my dad was yelling.  Meanwhile, I was standing in the kitchen, feeding the cat, cool as a cucumber.  If I had thought about what was going on a little more, I would've broken down as well, but I tried not to think about it because I am an opposer of stress.  I hate stress because it makes my life harder, so I simply avoid it when possible.
     Now on to another topic.  At the aforementioned Christmas program I saw my friend Roo (yes, that's a nickname) for the first time in...um...I guess two months?  He's the only one of my middle school classmates whom I still keep up with, and while I DO keep up with him, I haven't Skyped him for a while.  He has a backstory, but I won't go into detail right now.  Anyway, he's the one who introduced me to Minecraft.  It was good to see him again face-to-face.
     I had more to talk about, but I'm half-asleep and can't remember any of it, so it'll have to wait...oh!  That's right.  I'm signing up for the school talent show with Patveli.  We're going to do a song, with me singing and him doing bass/guitar.  Of course, our choices are limited because it needs to be a song I can sing, with a bass line he can record and loop, and a cool-sounding guitar bit.  All of this needs to be decided by the end of winter break.  This will be difficult.
     Until Wednesday, when I hopefully remember more of the stuff I had to say, this is G-star, signing off.

Let it Snow...and Snow...and...MAKE IT STOP (Creepers and Pikachus/Addictive Yet Useless)!!!

     Hello, all.  G-star here.  Sorry I didn't post earlier; I was playing Wii with my little brother, and though I had this nagging feeling there was something I needed to do on the computer, I couldn't pin it down.  I'm sorry for forgetting all you amazing readers out there. u.u  I forgot it was Wednesday mainly because I depend on school to keep me up-to-date on what day it is.  Why dodn't I have school, you ask?  That would be because the local roads have been blocked with ice and snow since Friday.  Yes, it is normally my city's duty to clear the roads with their ginormous street-sweepers, but although they cleared out the intersection leading to several stores and a couple schools, for some reason they (the ever-present, all-powerful "they") decided that the long street that leads down to my house, with over a hundred homes on it altogether, didn't deserve sweeping.  This, of course, basically nullified the purpose of clearing the big intersection of ice and snow, as no one could get to it to visit stores.  Being unable to leave the house has driven my mom to the brink of insanity.
     Of course, all this snow has its good sides, too.  On Friday it was too powdery to build anything with, so MC and I just walked around the neighborhood.  We found some icicles hanging off a car, and I broke one off and licked it...yes, I understand the health hazards of licking something you broke off a car, but it looked clean and I was thirsty.  (I was also kind of hoping it might stick to my tongue, but nothing happened.)  The next day we just stayed inside reading and playing video games (that's when MC and Ducis came over) and Sunday my family went outside and had a huge snowball fight, made an unsuccessful snowman,  tried to make the dog drag us around on a sled (which, unfortunately, didn't work), and made Dad drag us around on a sled (which, unfortunately for Dad, did work).  (I mentioned this in a comment after posting on Sunday.)
     Since "they" never cleared out the neighborhood and the snow is taking forever to melt, I haven't had school all week.  I'm not sure if I'll have it tomorrow; my extremely indecisive school says they're going to wait until tomorrow to make anything official.
     Most people would take full advantage of all this, but I'm personally kind of hoping that we'll have school tomorrow.  Why?  Well, remember that Gaming Club tournament I mentioned before?  It was supposed to have started yesterday and go on until, at least I think, the beginning of January (taking into account the two-week Christmas break), but since we missed the first day of the tournament and maybe the second day as well, I'm not sure what will happen.  Also, (and I don't think I've mentioned this before, and even though it's not relevant, I don't care because it's interesting,) the prize for the winner of the tournament is a quarter of the total profits from sign-ups (it costs $2 to sign up), while the other 3/4 will be going to new games, controllers, and overall equipment for the club.
     This is unrelated, but this entry has been slow going thanks to a website I just discovered called My Candy Love.  Well, I say 'just discovered', but I've actually been seeing ads for it for months now and only today decided to check it out.  So far it's interesting, but I can't go very many places...  Well, looks like Ken wants to go on a date with me.
     This really is an odd game.  Yet so addicting....  (Mostly because one of the characters looks like Tamaki Suoh. <-<)
     Speaking of computer simulation, MC has gotten me addicted to one called "Little Alchemist".  You're provided with four elements and have to combine them in all sorts of ways to create new ones.  It was fun at first, but now that I have a ton, it's sort of a pain to find two elements that might do something.  That wasn't really important, I just felt like I needed to make this entry longer.
      It's strange; when I first started blogging, every post was short, and I was fine with it.  But now that I've had so much to talk about (sort of) and they've been getting longer, I feel an obligation to make every post just as long, regardless of whether I actually have something to talk about.  Interesting.  Hopefully, at some point, I'll actually have a need instead of an urge because of my interesting social life.  (Yeah, like THAT'LL ever happen.  Why do you think I spend my time playing dating sims and roleplaying?)
     I just remembered something.  My little brother recently downloaded the Minecraft mod "Pixelmon", and I felt an immediate pull.  We're both Pokeheads and, though we only have two of the actual games (counting the Wii Battle Stadium game), collect the cards with wild abandon.  He with his ridiculously strong EX and Stage 3 cards; I with my strategic cards possessing only attack effects.  Oddly enough, I always beat him.  (I wonder why that is?  -v-)  Anyway, he went the "honest way" with his Pixelmon game, starting from scratch in Survival, cheats off, with nothing but a starter, living in Pokemon Centers and desperately scrounging for Apricorns, and guessing when it came to crafting Pokeballs.  While I, ever the logical one, started in Creative with cheats on and took the "reasonable way"; providing myself with a home, the essentials (crafting table, furnace, chests) and Pokemon Center supplies (as I was unable to find one, no matter how far I flew), and catching one Pokemon over level one with a Master Ball.  After that, though, I went Survival, actually bothering to LOOK UP Pokeball crafting recipes as I played.  And what was the result?  My brother still only has his starter (as he was unable to make any Pokeballs), no home, and is desperately trying to get along with no cheat abilities.  I, on the other hand, have a full team (and then some), plenty of self-crafted Dusk Balls and Level Balls, and manage to heal my Pokemon between battles.  Let's take a second and think about which one was the better idea.
     Now then, I need to go level up my recently acquired Miltank and track down an Abra that's been giving me the slip.  Until Saturday, this is G-star, signing off.