Pushing Forward

Just got out of one hell of a week, managed to actually catch up on sleep this weekend in spite of having to get up at 5:30 or something ridiculous like that on Saturday to get to Mt. Horeb on time for the cross country race. The race itself was atrocious, as far as I'm concerned, but both my coaches and I have recognized that it's because I'm trying to run dHat's race rather than my own. I'm aiming for amending that tomorrow and actually being well rested ought to help as well.

Our coaches saw fit to castigate us about certain aspects of the race on Saturday, some of which was merited, and other portions of which were not. Put simply, they were rather heavy handed in dealing out blame, but tended to be moderate across the board in spite of the lack of accuracy. We know what we need to do, though the coaches certainly don't realize that this team simply lacks the requisite talent to perform on a high level.

I actually had a quite nice day today, though I'm not entirely certain why. The grade report was rather good - did moderately well on an AP Chem quiz and exceedingly well on an AP Euro test and DBQ - 48/45 and 25/25 respectively. Beyond that, I think that I just had more energy than I normally do and was in a good mood as a result. The Homecoming push has finally gotten rolling, which I suppose makes sense considering the dance is only three weeks off. So, people will start plotting this week, doing some serious asking next week, and then Homecoming week itself will be rather demure as every waits for the dance itself. Rather odd to think that I'll be able to attend three major dances this year rather than just two. I suppose I've been considering my prospects, though I don't know that I'm going to act on them until late this week or early next week. No need to get too antsy. Well, perhaps. Decker already got screwed, which really sucks considering all of the effort that he put into his plan for asking. I just feel bad that he was finally going to ask someone only to be stymied. I'll have to make certain not to fall into a similar situation, though I think that my confidence is such that I'd be able to ask other people should I run into a brick wall initially, especially if it's just an issue of that person going with someone else rather than blatant rejection.

Interesting fodder for thought. In other news, I've started work on my agonizingly satiric "Gamer's Guide for Dating", which I think is perfectly hilarious if not functionally particularly useful. I suppose if you were a total social shutin and moderately retarded besides, there might be some merit in it, but most of the advice would likely just offend anyone who actually needed to follow it. Doubtless I come off as an ass, but that's why it's something that will just sit on my laptop and never see the light of day, unless I find some expedient way of thrusting it forth into the public sphere.

My parents took pity on my being-crushed-by-school-ness and decided that video games would be a good salve. Now if I had the time to play them...perhaps. I suppose it's a good thing that the first was Heavenly Sword, and the other was Oblivion, which I already have. The fact that, apparently, the Best Buy employee being questioned about suitable game ideas was surprised that I already had BioShock is depressing in the extreme. The game is a out of the park homerun and has a very good chance of running away with GOTY, though Call of Duty 4 will likely give it a run for its money. I refuse to acknowledge the possibility of Halo 3 garnerning the title, though it is certainly a possibility, though honestly I don't think that it will happen. Anyway, Heavenly Sword is delightful visually - on par with Gears, honestly - and the combat is decent. Better than Kingdom Hearts, but perhaps not on quite the same level as God of War. The game just feels very shallow, lacks puzzles of nearly any variety, and some of the cutscenes are genuinely fruity. I believe the evil king fellow offered 100 gold pieces and a bag of Doritos as a reward to his soldiers for killing me. The action-comedy mix worked well in Kill Bill because it didn't make sense at all and yet did, here it's just asinine. I didn't pay for it, though, so it's not that it matters much. I'll certainly pick up Eternal Sonata at some point this week. Whether I succomb and buy Halo 3 remains to be seen; probably not on launch day, considering how many other games I have still waiting on my plate and my relative disinterest in the series.

AP Chem awaits.

- Veracity Out -
"I hope you had the time of your life", really. Moving on is the hardest part, but I'm getting there, day by day. I wish there would be some cloud cover, and yet I don't know that it would help.