The death of a legend.
Oh God, why? 
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It's September again, and that means education. 
Here are the cIasses that I'm taking:
- Study of Evil in Literature
- Advanced Calculus
- Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (apparently the hardest course my school has to offer, but also one of the most interesting IMO)
- U.S. Government/Business and Finance
- Epidemiology
- Advanced Psychology
Well I got to say, I do think that these courses will be interesting. Very interesting indeed.
As an aside, the crazy relatives have left! 
Are you series? No, can't say that I am.
No this blog post isn't about the legendary "are you series" thread (but it did inspire the title 
). Rather, it's about humor and the growing criticism of said humor.
See, I consider myself a pretty funny guy. My sense of humor is one of the things I pride most about myself. Obviously, it's kind of hard to let my sense of humor come through on an internet forum (believe me, I'm much better in real life). But I try.
Lately though, I've been attempting to post primarily in light-hearted, whimsical threads. And even when the subject matter at hand is kind of serious, I still take every opportunity to make something humorous out of it. Don't get me wrong though - I'm still very serious about things that I'm passionate about, and well, I didn't get into the GUFU by cracking jokes.
Unfortunately, I've found that people aren't quite as accepting of whimsy as I hoped. In one day, I was flamed several times regarding posts that I'm clearly just joking around in. In SW I joke around and poke fun at all the systems and more often than not, I'm labelled as a fanboy.
Thus I've come to the painful conclusion that some people just take this site too seriously. Lighten up folks - you'll love life a lot more. At the end of the day, we all signed up for these forums to have some fun discussing videogames, right? And if heated arguments and pointless bickering is your idea of "fun", well, best of luck in life. 
Family Reunion
Apoligies everyone.... I haven't been able to get on much these last couple of days. And whenever I did post, it was completely random.
The reason for all this was the recent arrival of some relatives from Missouri (um...yay?) and I have to be a good host. I'll be honest with you - these people are about as exciting as a loaf of bread. I'm not exactly great at small talk.... but they bring it to new extremes of badness. That's why I'll be making an effort in avoiding chit-chat with them as much as possible.
I don't even know how long they'll be here, it could be anywhere between a week to a month or two (I'll probably go insane by then). So for as long as they're here, I'll be scurrying about tending to their every whim, while they enjoy the shiny new HDTV. From time to time I'll be giving them tours around the city.
Other than this, nothing new in my life. I'm loving the Olympics and think that Gamespot Wide is wholly unnecessary.
Giant Bomb - 24 hours later
So Giant Bomb has officially launched for over a day now. Let's look at how it's been doing since then. I've made an account yesterday morning, and chalked up 107 posts throughout the day. That said, that number is much higher than my average post-per-day count here at GS.
First, the positives. I'd gamble that more than three quarters of the community comes from Gamespot - so that means lots of friendly and familiar faces to make the transition smooth and enjoyable. In addition, meeting new people is always good, and I've found a lot of these users pretty charming; I've had a lot of fun, interesting discussions, and luls. 
I also appreciate the sense of freedom due to the lax moderation. I don't swear often, but I like having the ability to do so if I wanted to. As for the non-forum parts of GB, I find the Wiki-styIe contributions addicting and the Bombcast is great. I'm not head over heels in love with Jeff and the rest of the editors like some folks, but I do like them.
However, Giant Bomb is not perfect - not even close. First off, the forums are kind of a mess right now. The main forum page is cluttered with topics from about a hundred different boards - and there are only two *main* boards that have the same kind of content really. The place is also lawless. Yes, lax moderation is a bad thing as much as it is a good thing. For every two topics, there's one topic devoted entirely to spam. People like to spam their way to the "top poster" list and racist/homophobic/flaming topics are sure to come. And in less than a day, GB had it's first pr0n suicide..... and a disgusting one at that. 
How the TC isn't banned yet is beyond me. When I went to sleep that night, his two-hour-old thread was still on the front page and getting posts. C'mon guys....
In my first few hours, technical difficulties and long page loads were present, but the site just launched so I'll let them slide for now. It's not as bad today. GB's forums lack some basic forum features ATM (smilies, sigs) that I hope we get soon. I'll also miss some of Gamespot's more advanced features (unions, emblems) but hey, maybe I'll be surprised.
Anyway, I think the positives outweigh the negatives. My username is MoldOnHold, so throw me a friend request if you're using the site too. 
I'm not leaving GS at all, I'll just be juggling the two sites.
One last thing:
Smileys rock.
