For the record, I would like to state that the concept of homework over the weekend is satanic. Honestly, homework in general is distasteful, but I understand the need for it. I would also advocate a longer school year or simply a longer day in exchange for no homework whatsoever. Not only does it run contrary to how work and the real world work, it creates unnecessary stress and whatnot. Certainly essay-worthy fodder, but I'll stash this for later.
Cross Country for the rest of the season is up in the air, but won't be by about 1:40 tomorrow afternoon. We'll see how it goes; honestly, I'd like to keep running at least for this season, but if I don't get an A on the Chem Exam, I don't know that I really have much choice.
The great video game crunch is beginning, just as school is starting to get hairy. I've nearly put BioShock to bed, which will be a great help, but then God of War 2 is still waiting to be finished off, and Shadow of the Colossus hasn't even been started. Throw into that that arrival of Eternal Sonata, and the beast that I dare not name, and it's going to be an interesting string of weekends. Halo 3 has gotten an interesting mix of reviews that seem to divide sharply between nearly perfect and pretty good but not great. Understandable, given the hype, and my personal feeling is that I will likely fall in line with the more "meh" group rather than the Halo 3 praise band. I may buy it, eventually, but I think for now I may sit on my hands. I really don't have the time to invest in multiplayer of any variety, and hence I haven't picked up Warhawk yet. Heavenly Sword still needs to be polished off, but considering that it's supposed to be a rather brief experience, that shouldn't be much of an issue.
I've more or less given up on Ulysses, which is sad, because I really do want to read it, however there are two factors conspiring against the endeavor. One is the total lack of time to do any free reading, which is not a surprise (a side note: I have just realized for horrendous this year will get when we finally start reading novels in Am Lit). Only chewing on 10 pages or so every week makes it very difficult to keep track of what is going on in any story, and this is especially problematic with something as convoluted as Ulysses. Additionally, there is the edition issue. Easton Press books are very nice to look at, but not necessarily the most readable. The French dashes instead of quotation marks are extremely problematic in a book of this nature, never mind simply being annoying in the first place. I may try to get a normal version, but until then, I'll shelve this guy for now.
I'm thinking a vest would look rather nice for Homecoming, so I just need to secure a date...Hmm. Part of the problem, as I mentioned in the Other Book, is that I'm not feeling entirely up to it...At least my options have more or less narrowed themselves down to a single person, but nonetheless...I wish my skies were slightly more cloudy than they are at present. Honestly, I've been feeling rather crappy in general - dissatisfied with school, friends, everything in general. A weekend to completely relax would do me wonders, but that's never going to happen until, well, Thanksgiving, at least.
- Veracity Out -
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Sam, focus!
Yeah, I'm supposed to be studying for Euro, have been "studying" for the last...Jesus, hour and a half. And by studying I mean flitting about teh internets and wasting ridiculous amounts of time. Well, I'm probably going to be up late as it is, and all I have to study for is that damn test.
In other news, I'm rather jittery, extremely energetic...Yeah, massive ADD attack, except for that whole I-don't-have-ADD thing. But that's not really that important. I've actually been feeling quite energetic all week - catching up on sleep over the weekend certainly helped. Cross Country has been going well too, and that helps. We did a rather beastly run that involved tortoises and hares, but I honestly enjoyed it - certainly more than any interval run. Which reminds me...we haven't run intervals in something ridiculous like three weeks. God, I love Cooper. Regina can still burn in hell, though.
And of course, Homecoming is only 2 1/2 weeks away, so everyone has to secure their dates RIGHT NOW. Caryn, Nate, Freddy, Maggie, Laura, and Josh don't seem particularly interested in actually going, which could prove very problematic. The bigger problem is who I'm going to ask, which I really ought to do tomorrow. No time to think up some creative, cute way to ask, considering that I haven't even decided who I want to ask...fuck. There's the safe bet that I don't know that I'm totally interested in, though it would be fun, the probably not going to happen one that I really want to pursue, and then the probably safe and fun but potentially problematic for other reasons one...Too many choices; I wish I could just ask somebody. I think Nate encapsulated it rather well, though, "You're only a junior once, go for it". And I probably will, I have a back up, if nothing else. I just...I feel like it could be a really bad idea, or it could be fine, I'm just not really sure. MaryKate's going with a freaking caveman, but at least she talks to him occasionally. Aw, hell, I'll probably go for it, and if that doesn't work out...oh well.
In the meantime, I'll pretend to study while carrying on a long online conversation with Eleana that involves repeatedly sending each other alcohol. Woo!
And holy shit, redox looks scary. I'd rather play with derivatives and find area under a curve (actually, I really do like doing that).
I'm also tempted to email Libby, considering that she appears to be online at present...but perhaps she doesn't want to hear from me, I don't really know. Ah, in my present mood I'll probably send her something if she's still online.
- Veracity Out -
why the fuck not?
In other news, I'm rather jittery, extremely energetic...Yeah, massive ADD attack, except for that whole I-don't-have-ADD thing. But that's not really that important. I've actually been feeling quite energetic all week - catching up on sleep over the weekend certainly helped. Cross Country has been going well too, and that helps. We did a rather beastly run that involved tortoises and hares, but I honestly enjoyed it - certainly more than any interval run. Which reminds me...we haven't run intervals in something ridiculous like three weeks. God, I love Cooper. Regina can still burn in hell, though.
And of course, Homecoming is only 2 1/2 weeks away, so everyone has to secure their dates RIGHT NOW. Caryn, Nate, Freddy, Maggie, Laura, and Josh don't seem particularly interested in actually going, which could prove very problematic. The bigger problem is who I'm going to ask, which I really ought to do tomorrow. No time to think up some creative, cute way to ask, considering that I haven't even decided who I want to ask...fuck. There's the safe bet that I don't know that I'm totally interested in, though it would be fun, the probably not going to happen one that I really want to pursue, and then the probably safe and fun but potentially problematic for other reasons one...Too many choices; I wish I could just ask somebody. I think Nate encapsulated it rather well, though, "You're only a junior once, go for it". And I probably will, I have a back up, if nothing else. I just...I feel like it could be a really bad idea, or it could be fine, I'm just not really sure. MaryKate's going with a freaking caveman, but at least she talks to him occasionally. Aw, hell, I'll probably go for it, and if that doesn't work out...oh well.
In the meantime, I'll pretend to study while carrying on a long online conversation with Eleana that involves repeatedly sending each other alcohol. Woo!
And holy shit, redox looks scary. I'd rather play with derivatives and find area under a curve (actually, I really do like doing that).
I'm also tempted to email Libby, considering that she appears to be online at present...but perhaps she doesn't want to hear from me, I don't really know. Ah, in my present mood I'll probably send her something if she's still online.
- Veracity Out -
why the fuck not?
Monday, September 17, 2007
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.
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.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Hey, Mrs. Potter, won't you talk to me?
Kinda an interesting day. Had Kaplan for the first time today, and of all the people who should be in the class, Kristina was. Nice to see her, though I think we're both different enough now and not forced into WCATY companionship that we may not really be awesome friends or anything. Oh well, I'm getting used to that feeling a lot this year. WCATY definitely had some retrograde actions.
On a WCATY note, I'm actually feeling much better about the whole thing, especially the...meteorological aspect of it. For some reason, I had this little mental conversation with myself and ended up saying something like "Yeah, she gall durn spoiled me rotten" and for whatever reason, that's been making me feel better. Fingers crossed, but I may be finally getting over this thing. Of course, Eleana had to go and gripe about missing WCATY on Facebook, so that may kick it off again, but for now I'm doing rather well.
I started reading Ulysses last night, and though I've only delved twenty pages or so into it, I like it, and am not feeling particularly overwhelmed, though it'll be interesting to see how much of it I actually get.
Anyway, I have a delicious idea for an essay. Especially because I'm not an authority on the topic whatsoever. That's what makes it fucking hilarious, but so will the quasi-technical diction and rather blunt ways of putting things. "If she wants to go for a walk, your primary goal should be finding a bench or somewhere else cozy to sit down in the dark". "A lull in conversation is either a cue that she's bored and you suck and talking, or she really would like you to stick your tongue as far down her throat as humanly possible. Be warned, making her puke will not go over well and she will likely not want to go out with you again. Or anyone else for that matter - word will get out". Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I present A Geek's Guide to Dating. Specifically for guys, really, but I think it ought to be hilarious if I can muster enough creative ways of phrasing very mundane things like holding her hand and things like that. Should be fucking hilarious.
- Veracity Out -
goodnight
On a WCATY note, I'm actually feeling much better about the whole thing, especially the...meteorological aspect of it. For some reason, I had this little mental conversation with myself and ended up saying something like "Yeah, she gall durn spoiled me rotten" and for whatever reason, that's been making me feel better. Fingers crossed, but I may be finally getting over this thing. Of course, Eleana had to go and gripe about missing WCATY on Facebook, so that may kick it off again, but for now I'm doing rather well.
I started reading Ulysses last night, and though I've only delved twenty pages or so into it, I like it, and am not feeling particularly overwhelmed, though it'll be interesting to see how much of it I actually get.
Anyway, I have a delicious idea for an essay. Especially because I'm not an authority on the topic whatsoever. That's what makes it fucking hilarious, but so will the quasi-technical diction and rather blunt ways of putting things. "If she wants to go for a walk, your primary goal should be finding a bench or somewhere else cozy to sit down in the dark". "A lull in conversation is either a cue that she's bored and you suck and talking, or she really would like you to stick your tongue as far down her throat as humanly possible. Be warned, making her puke will not go over well and she will likely not want to go out with you again. Or anyone else for that matter - word will get out". Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I present A Geek's Guide to Dating. Specifically for guys, really, but I think it ought to be hilarious if I can muster enough creative ways of phrasing very mundane things like holding her hand and things like that. Should be fucking hilarious.
- Veracity Out -
goodnight
Saturday, September 08, 2007
I's rather annoyed at myself.
So basically I was supposed to spend today getting all of the work done that I had for this weekend, but basically all I've achieved is doing most of my chemistry quiz. I still need to prep that lab for Monday, and get working on editing my Joy Luck essay. It's basically done, I just want to work on sentence efficiency and things like that - basically tightening the whole thing up and making it all perfect-like. That and I have to finish reading Death of a Salesman, which I just remembered. Lots of fun stuff to be doing.
Had another mini-relapse, though nowhere near as bad as it was last weekend. The fact that I didn't go and dig out the old WCATY yearbooks certainly helped...I think it was looking at pictures of everyone and realizing that I'm probably never going to see many of those people again in my entire life that was so singularly depressing. It would certainly be nice to hear from some people occasionally, but for the most part I haven't been doing much to keep up with others, either. Oh well. The vigil continues, as I expected it to. I'd really like to get something eventually, but if there needs to be some downtime for a while, I can certainly understand that. What with school starting and all, everyone's probably getting just as busy as I am.
Speaking of which...Calc is going well; rocked the test and whatnot, so as long as homework grades don't weigh to much, I shouldn't have much trouble. Granted, we haven't learned anything new yet, so there could always be some problems from that sector, but I'm not really worried about it. Minor hiccups in Chem, but I think I'll be able to take care of that as long as I'm careful enough when doing lab reports and what not. Just gotta make sure that everything is in order instead of making retarded math mistakes like I did on both the last lab report and the quiz. Am Lit is officially a breeze...the whole writing well thing that she's trying to teach us is essentially what I've known and been doing since, or somewhere about the middle of freshmen year. Granted, I don't always apply it when I ought to, which is part of the reason for going back and cleaning up the Joy Luck essay. Euro seems to be going well; I eviscerated our first Sherman, and the test seemed rather easy, though they're supposed to get a little harder. Physics, is, of course, a joke. Basically, nothing's going to be a bear this year, I've just gotta stay on top of everything and make sure that I don't royally fuck up.
I'm nearly done with the initial layer of my Korlinosk map, but I'm probably going to go back and color code everything, which I think should help reading it considerably, not that anyone other than me is ever going to read it. Nonetheless, it's pretty and therefore I like it.
Wow, how is it already nearly a third the way through September? Shit, that means homecoming is approaching much more quickly than I really anticipated...Speech! Speech! On a Mr. Regina note, we pretty much all skipped practice today and I fully expect heads to roll for it. I was going to run today, but...well, I didn't, what a surprise!
- Veracity Out -
"if you're the Queen of California, then..."
Had another mini-relapse, though nowhere near as bad as it was last weekend. The fact that I didn't go and dig out the old WCATY yearbooks certainly helped...I think it was looking at pictures of everyone and realizing that I'm probably never going to see many of those people again in my entire life that was so singularly depressing. It would certainly be nice to hear from some people occasionally, but for the most part I haven't been doing much to keep up with others, either. Oh well. The vigil continues, as I expected it to. I'd really like to get something eventually, but if there needs to be some downtime for a while, I can certainly understand that. What with school starting and all, everyone's probably getting just as busy as I am.
Speaking of which...Calc is going well; rocked the test and whatnot, so as long as homework grades don't weigh to much, I shouldn't have much trouble. Granted, we haven't learned anything new yet, so there could always be some problems from that sector, but I'm not really worried about it. Minor hiccups in Chem, but I think I'll be able to take care of that as long as I'm careful enough when doing lab reports and what not. Just gotta make sure that everything is in order instead of making retarded math mistakes like I did on both the last lab report and the quiz. Am Lit is officially a breeze...the whole writing well thing that she's trying to teach us is essentially what I've known and been doing since, or somewhere about the middle of freshmen year. Granted, I don't always apply it when I ought to, which is part of the reason for going back and cleaning up the Joy Luck essay. Euro seems to be going well; I eviscerated our first Sherman, and the test seemed rather easy, though they're supposed to get a little harder. Physics, is, of course, a joke. Basically, nothing's going to be a bear this year, I've just gotta stay on top of everything and make sure that I don't royally fuck up.
I'm nearly done with the initial layer of my Korlinosk map, but I'm probably going to go back and color code everything, which I think should help reading it considerably, not that anyone other than me is ever going to read it. Nonetheless, it's pretty and therefore I like it.
Wow, how is it already nearly a third the way through September? Shit, that means homecoming is approaching much more quickly than I really anticipated...Speech! Speech! On a Mr. Regina note, we pretty much all skipped practice today and I fully expect heads to roll for it. I was going to run today, but...well, I didn't, what a surprise!
- Veracity Out -
"if you're the Queen of California, then..."
Monday, September 03, 2007
Pretty Fucking Pleased With Myself
Well, I got what I wanted, yep. Good fucking job for me. I wanted a resurgence in post-WCATY mopey-ness, and by hell I managed to stir some up. Sit around, look at old yearbooks, yep, good job retard. Dammit, I hate myself. Especially because I know that it's entirely ridiculous. Yes, WCATY was a blast, but there are plenty of cool people at Edgewood too that provide a similar level of fun. It'd help if I were better friends with Katherine, Sarah, Mary Kate, etc., but really, there's not that much difference between all of the different groups from Edgewood and WCATY as long as you ignore the jocks/preppy kids. Which I can. Of course, there's really only one person from WCATY that I really, truly miss. At least I'm honest enough that it's really the intellectual part of that that I'm longing for rather than all of the extracurriculars. So I'm not a total bastard. It's just...God, I thought I was over this, and then all of a sudden I'm not; by the way, that last sentence was only about 50% true. I...I just wish I could be more realistic about all of this, I wish that I could just let go, but I can't. Of course I'm not going out of my way to make things better for myself, but I can't help it...I thought I had laid this whole thing to rest, but I was quite obviously wrong.
- Veracity Out -
release me
- Veracity Out -
release me
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Would You Kindly
Decent race, time was right around where I expected it to be. Felt really good on the first mile and easily ran it in under 6 minutes, but after that I lost a lot of steam, especially going up the opening hill for the second time. A good starting point, I'm satisfied with it. dHat sucked major wang and I sorta wish I'd had enough gas in the tank to catch him and beat him, but he's probably not going to be pulling ahead much by Thursday, so I can just take another stab at the whole beating him thing then.
I spent a good 5 or 6 hours this afternoon playing BioShock. I thought that I was already nearing the end of it, and then all of a sudden there's a boatload of additional things to do. A delicious surprise, really, though I ought to have seen it coming, I just didn't, being so engrossed in the game and whatnot. I'm moderately terrified by the prospect of playing through it again, but it'll be enjoyable. I wish that the two story lines would diverge sooner, but apparently only the ending is any different. If things split when you confront Ryan, then it would truly be a delicious experience, but the twist was delightful nonetheless. Of course I was caught off guard by it, but not entirely. There were enough allusions to Atlas by Ryan and others that I knew there had to be something more to him, I just didn't know exactly what it was. Fun, nonetheless.
Between BioShock and trolling through various Wikipedia articles, I'm feeling rather philosophical, and I think I might spend some time hammering out all of the bases that I want to cover with LiZ ed.2 before I forget all of them. It's turning into a depressingly large project, but I suppose that's to be expected. I still have no idea when I'm going to get around to writing it, but it could be a long time. The Warzone Project is officially dead, by the way. Not enough juice, nor planning, something that I'll have to keep in mind for LiZ.
I'm rather disappointed with myself. I'm slipping back into my Edgewood shell much more rapidly than I thought I would, but I guess that just hammers home the point: either you adapt, or you don't have any friends, and I'm a little too outgoing to be contented with the latter situation. Basically, I desperately need to finish that WCATY-Edgewood essay now before every last shred of my mopey emo-ness wears off. But it's not like I'm back to sophomore year entirely. My preppy tolerance has gone down, or at least I think it has. My dating standards have certainly risen, but that's really not a good thing for me. Very bad, actually; I might have to do something about that.
I have quite a bit of work that I need to do over the next two days, but I'll live. First I must finish BioShock, crank out those LiZ thoughts, and perhaps even play some Halo. For some reason I have a hankering to go back and revisit it, for whatever reason. I don't know why, but I'm terrified that I might actually end up buying Halo 3 after all.
- Veracity Out -
"hey, mrs. potter, won't you talk to me?"
I spent a good 5 or 6 hours this afternoon playing BioShock. I thought that I was already nearing the end of it, and then all of a sudden there's a boatload of additional things to do. A delicious surprise, really, though I ought to have seen it coming, I just didn't, being so engrossed in the game and whatnot. I'm moderately terrified by the prospect of playing through it again, but it'll be enjoyable. I wish that the two story lines would diverge sooner, but apparently only the ending is any different. If things split when you confront Ryan, then it would truly be a delicious experience, but the twist was delightful nonetheless. Of course I was caught off guard by it, but not entirely. There were enough allusions to Atlas by Ryan and others that I knew there had to be something more to him, I just didn't know exactly what it was. Fun, nonetheless.
Between BioShock and trolling through various Wikipedia articles, I'm feeling rather philosophical, and I think I might spend some time hammering out all of the bases that I want to cover with LiZ ed.2 before I forget all of them. It's turning into a depressingly large project, but I suppose that's to be expected. I still have no idea when I'm going to get around to writing it, but it could be a long time. The Warzone Project is officially dead, by the way. Not enough juice, nor planning, something that I'll have to keep in mind for LiZ.
I'm rather disappointed with myself. I'm slipping back into my Edgewood shell much more rapidly than I thought I would, but I guess that just hammers home the point: either you adapt, or you don't have any friends, and I'm a little too outgoing to be contented with the latter situation. Basically, I desperately need to finish that WCATY-Edgewood essay now before every last shred of my mopey emo-ness wears off. But it's not like I'm back to sophomore year entirely. My preppy tolerance has gone down, or at least I think it has. My dating standards have certainly risen, but that's really not a good thing for me. Very bad, actually; I might have to do something about that.
I have quite a bit of work that I need to do over the next two days, but I'll live. First I must finish BioShock, crank out those LiZ thoughts, and perhaps even play some Halo. For some reason I have a hankering to go back and revisit it, for whatever reason. I don't know why, but I'm terrified that I might actually end up buying Halo 3 after all.
- Veracity Out -
"hey, mrs. potter, won't you talk to me?"
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