Gaming Disappointments

I've pretty much abandoned this poor blog. I bet it feels lonely cause I haven't paid it any mind. I guess I just ran out of things to say. Hmm.. I guess I can complain about my PS3 games.

Well, I finished DMC4 and Heavenly Sword weeks ago. Those games are too short!! They have awesome graphics and good stories but it all ends too soon. Heavenly Sword has a really great story and characters that keep you wanting to play.

Not only do you get to play as the main heroine, Nariko; but you also get to play as her friend, Kai and use arrows to snipe enemies. PS3's siaxas controls suck, so I just turned that function off and used the joystick. As Nariko it's beyond fun ripping through tons of enemies like they were nothing and blowing up cannons with rockets. But I was expecting to have at least 2 more stages to do when the game suddenly ended. And ***spoiler alert*** the ending isn't very happy either.

I hope they make a sequel though and make it longer cause the game play is just so addicting. Maybe I'll play it over on "Hell Mode" next.

Hmm..

Well, I've been too busy to post much in here lately. Classes are going well, even if some are a pain. My biggest concern right now is that web design class is... boring. Everything we're learning so far are things I've learned years ago. It's good that I can help everyone else when they're struggling with code, but I find myself daydreaming or counting the minutes until class is over. This isn't a complaint against the teacher, but the subject. I know it already! The html coding that I don't know most likely won't be taught since this is just a intro class and since I'm going Hardware and not Software, then I won't be learning any new coding that I don't already know. Well.. maybe I will. I can only hope.

Anyhow... Student loan refunds are awesome. I paid some bills for mom, bought my sis a iPod and splurged on a Ps3 for me. I almost want to run around and show it to everyone, but then I might get mugged. I didn't go crazy with the games though, I just got two; Devil May Cry 4 and Heavenly Sword. Target had some nice rebates so I saved about $20 off the games and $20 off the iPod which paid for my Ps3 one year damage insurance.

I still have some green left over and I want to put it somewhere where I can gain interest for saving it. After all, I have to pay all of this back eventually. Life would be easier if free money really did exist ;)

A miracle!?

Okay, so just as soon as I was complaining about electronics, then I finally get it! It's starting to make enough sense for me to actually do the problems on the board! Weird, sometimes, how my mind works. It's still not easy and I know it's only gonna get harder, but at least I have enough leg in to possibly pass my first test.

It still gives me migraines though so I still don't like the class :P

Electronics -- The new migraine maker

Well, it turns out that I really enjoy C++ and it's not as horrible as people forewarned. It's actually pretty simple. I know it'll get harder as time passes, but I'm sure I'm ready for it.

The class that's bothering me the most is electronics! I can get and understand what a atom is and it's parts, but all the other terms associated with it are making my head hurt. When I'm reading through the book it's not computing in my brain. It's like reading another language with only a full understanding of 2 or 3 important words. I think I broke my brain yesterday when I read chapter 1 for homework.

Waahh!

Okay, so yesterday was one of those bad days. When I got home from school, I learned that my little brother (he's 15) had gotten knocked out by some other kid in his school. He had a huge lump on his left temple and said he couldn't remember what happened. The school said some kid hit him and he fell down some stairs and hit his head on a radiator and blacked out for a few minutes. The school nurse said he appeared to be ok, but to take him to the hospital if things got worse.

I didn't really think much of it as he's always getting into fights and getting hurt being stupid or picking on the wrong kids. But as the day went on he drove us all nuts by asking the same questions over and over like "Who hit me?" and "How did I get home?" and when we answered him, 5 minutes later he'd ask the same question over again. At first we thought he was faking it because he tends to fake being sick or hurt all of the time and is a well known liar. But then it seemed to get worse as he ran around the house asking where his Yu-gi-Oh trading cards were and looking for them in the same places over and over. We decided to take him to the hospital.

While mom tried to get him to stop searching for cards and get dressed, I walked to the store to get some money from the ATM so we'd have enough cab fare back home... and a car almost hit me! Scariest thing I've been through in a long while. It was my light and I was walking across the street when a car came to turn the corner and before I could move out of the street, the thing just sped at me. I tried to run, but the car was coming too fast. All I could do was step back and hold out my hands to try and brace myself. I was sure I was dead. But the car stopped in time and only hit my hand a little. The guy asked me if I was okay, said "sorry" real quick, and sped away. I was half in a daze and shocked I was still alive. But I continued on to the store, got the cash, and very, extra carefully walked back home.

We got to the hospital around 9pm and got checked out quickly since little bro is a kid and could go to pediatrics. We waited in a room for a while and I played my DS to keep from being bored. Around 10 a nurse came and turned on the tv so we watched that for a while until it was time for brother to get s CAT scan. The scan only took like 10-15 minutes and they we waited for the results. It was around 12 midnight when they came and told us that it appeared to just be a mild concussion. He'll be fine and just needs to take a few days off from school. They prescribed him tylenol and then we waited for a cab to go home. We got home about 1am and I didn't sleep until 3am (so it's not my fault if I fall asleep in class today!).

I'm glad everything's okay but that day was just a really crappy one. Crossing the street is a lot scarier for me now, but at least I'm alive and my little brother will be back to being a jerk in no time :)


p.s.
My life did not flash before my eyes. I got gyped!

The Marvelous Land Of Oz

Since watching and writing about "The O.Z." for my journal assignment for Basic Comp., I've been totally re-obsessed with The Wizard of Oz and all of it's incarnations. I've recently watched "The Return to Oz" and now I'm reading L. Frank Baum's original books on a site I found online: www.literature.org.

I've been in love with the story since seeing the musical staring Judy Garland when I was a little kid. I have the musical on dvd and watched it 1,000 times before putting it away and never really watching it again for some years. But then the Sci-Fi channel played "The O.Z." and I loved it (even if the ending sucked) which lead me to look it up online and, through the power of wiki, looked at all the other stories and histories of Oz. I then remembered "The Return to Oz" which I also saw when I was a little kid and bugged my sister to buy it on dvd.

So, now I'm all obsessed with the stories again and I think I like the original books the most. I've read "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" which was about the famous Dorothy's trip and now I'm reading the "Marvelous Land of Oz" which is about boy named Tip and Jackpimpkin Head.

I guess I'll always just be a big geek in one way or another. Anime, video games, computers, a love of musicals, and a obsession with the Wizard of Oz. Stay back; I have so much geekiness, it might just rub off on you!

A New Year, A New Start

Okay, so it's 2008 and a new year for new beginnings.. Right. This year feels just like the last to me. But, I will try to make a effort at getting things going better this year. I don't know what the year has to do with it though; I was trying to get my life going better forever now, so 2008 doesn't make a difference. I guess I'm just not feeling all too positive today *shrug* If I can find myself a part time job, then I'll make a extra effort to be more positive! Until then, I'll continue to be who I am.

I am, however, looking forward to learning some new stuff this year. The new classes seem interesting, except C++ which just seems hard. But I'll muddle through like I did last semester. I'm sure I'll get lots learned again and it'll be worth it.