Hello, Gamespot. It's been a while.

I've been enjoying life with friends and family...well, I use the term "enjoying" loosely (definitely spelled that wrong, but I don't feel like checking dictionary.com), but overall it's been a good experience. High school's over...for good. Somehow I survived four AP courses my senior year, among other things. Going to college in a few months.

So yeah...I'm not going to get intoa big, deep "what I've learned from life so far" thing. That would be lame. >_< But I did feel like revisiting for a bit just to say that I'm still alive (I'm going to have that Portal song stuck in my head now), and doing quite well. Let's see what happens next.

GameFreak

Okay, so...some stuff's happened since my last post.

I'm not going into everything, but junior year really caught up with me...the work, the activities, the life...oh, the life part really took me off guard. I love it. I'm stressed and relaxed all at once. I have a million things on my mind with short releases in between to collect myself, and others. I've been really getting to know people.

I started thinking again about why I started coming here. I think it's because it was a place I could escape. But hey, now I don't have to! It's weird, though...as I continued to come here, it turned into the community many of you still know. I kind of detached myself from my school life and...well, I lived here.

And I'm not saying that it's wrong to come here. For me, it was theraputic. I'm just saying that now, it's not for me. Where I've been for the past few months...with people I'm around every day, people who do care...that's for me.

So, there's that. I've basically just met people an accomplished some different things. I guess that's an understatement.

GameFreak

Got a lot to catch up on...but I probably won't type everything. Let us begin.

1) "Free Bird" is harder on Expert mode. (It's my last song before I beat Guitar Hero II. )

2) Winter Formal is a great time, even though I can't dance.
2a) There's nothing like listening to reggae in the car with friends.
2b) It's not that hard to keep that fact that you have someone else's car keys a secret.
2c) People get freaked out when they see someone beat "Miserlou" on Expert. (I felt kind of show-offy, but I couldn't help myself. )

3) Windows Movie Maker doesn't work on my computer for some reason. Maybe it's God's way of telling me I shouldn't pursue directing.

4) If you take a sharp metal object and strike it against a brick wall, sparks appear.
4a) Sparks are pretty.

5) Dramatic one-liners can make people cry. (I had no idea, but it happened. )

6) Beating Half Life 2: Episode 1 without using bullets is tedious unless your gravity gun is super-charged.

7) I'm the only person on Earth who doesn't know the words to "Bohemian Rhapsody."

By the way, thanks to those who have been voting for me in the OTcars. It's much appreciated. As a matter of fact...thanks to those who haven't been voting for me, too, for making OT...OT.

GameFreak

I haven't written a blog yet this year. I'll keep it short, full of information, and hopefully entertaining. Here are some things I've learned this year.

1) Two weeks and six rehearsals isn't nearly enough time to put together a one-act play.

2) "Free Bird" is hard to play on Hard mode.

3) "Service Engine Soon" really means "Service Engine Now."

4) Unless our school is baracaded by twelve and a half feet of snow, we're still going to have c|asses.

5) The only hard thing about Halo 3 on Heroic mode is those freaking jackal snipers.

6) Second semester will go by faster than any individual day of it.

7) If you ask for an opportunity and get one, you better live up to your part of the bargain.

8 ) Movies are a great alternative to therapy.

9) Khakis are way more comfortable than jeans.

I think that's everything.

GameFreak

I got to hard mode on Guitar Hero II. I know I've only had it for less than a week...and I know it's hard anyway...but I'm having a real tough time getting use to that orange button. I'm glad the game developers put it in, but jeez, if it isn't that trickiest thing to figure out...

I kind of got into Forza. I don't know what it is...I don't know a thing about cars, but it's still really fun. I got used to the whole "realism" thing. I kind of like it now...my brother crashes a lot, though. He keeps ruining my nice cars.

I beat Halo 3. On Easy. Now I'm onto Normal, which is going nicely. I've retrieved a few skulls...with the help of Gamespot. Let's be honest...some of them are a little too elusive for...well, for my unflinching impatience.

I got Streetlight Manifesto's new CD yesterday. I'm quite impressed...they're so catchy. ^_^ Normally, I would hesitate to buy something so soon after Christmas, but I used a gift card that I got for Christmas, so it's okay.

I watched Superbad last night...and loved it. Either the guy who played McLovin' is really like that in real life, or he's the greatest actor alive...he was brilliant either way.

Short blog...my dad's got 1200 songs being copied to iTunes, and it's taking forever...he started an hour ago and only 250 are done. I don't want to slow it down anymore, so...

GameFreak