I forgot how great Bullet For My Valentine is. I listened to them back in middle school then I stopped until now. I listened to "Hearts Burst Into Fire" and instantly added them to my Spotify. Dave (future roommate, will get to that later) gave me their entire discography for my iTunes along with all of Mastodon's so I can finally check them out too. Nick is a happy camper at the moment. Rock on! \m/ >.< \m/
I told Kris that he is about 8 trophies away from his Burnout Paradise platinum trophy. He already has 67 trophies of the 98 available, now he just needs 8 certain ones to get his FIRST platinum. His response? He said he didn't want to bother. WHAT?! Aneudys and I are offering to help you with these trophies and you say you don't want to bother? I refuse to accept that as an answer, Mr. Bartol. It's like you don't want a platinum. Do you not like platinums? You must not like puppies either, is that right? He's getting his platinum whether he wants to or not. I'm gonna help him get it.
Please take 30 seconds to watch this. This is how I feel right now. I'm the white stick figure, the black stick figure represents Finals week.
See how he won in the end? Yeah, I won the battle with finals. FINALS ARE OVER and I'm back home! Those poor finals never had a chance... Very glad to be out of Keene. I'm sure after 3 weeks of being home, I'll be ready to go back since I'll miss everyone and everything, but for now I'm very happy I'm home.
I played the PS3 game Journey. It took about 2 hours to beat. I fell in love with it! Journey is all about an anonymous mute hooded character. The entire game is played without any text, dialog, or names. The only thing you know is that you need to get to the top of the mountain with the shining top. The great thing about this game is the multiplayer where you can be playing and another random anonymous hooded character will hop in and go on this journey without you. You can "chirp" and make sounds by pressing the circle button to communicate with the other player but the real bonding aspect is how you both go on this journey together.
There was one part where I was with this one other player for about a half hour and as we were playing I got hit by an enemy pushing me back what felt like 300 feet in the game while the other player made it ahead safe. I chirped for him, I tried going ahead to catch up with him, but he was no where to be found. I had lost the player I was playing with for over a half hour and I was surprisingly upset that he abandoned me and just left be behind. I was taken back by the emotional effect that that one event left with me. I was so engrossed in the game and making the journey with this anonymous player, I grew some sort of attachment to him, even though I didn't speak to him, know him, or know anything about him. This all happened for a brief moment, but for that brief moment, I felt kind of lost.
That's the thing about Journey. It isn't necessarily a game. It's not a puzzle game, not an action game, it is more of an experience. You need to invest yourself into the scenery (because it is a gorgeous game, absolutely stunning visuals) and the music which is absolutely phenomenal. The ending was ruined for me because the intense music and the "magic" of the ending was cut off by loud rap music being played in the room, but I was still able to enjoy it by focusing on watching and playing. I can't recommend Journey enough. I feel like even though it's only a 2 hour game, it's worth the $15 easily.
My now ex-roommate Jason and I were talking about how he chews tobacco. We figured out that over the past 5 years he's spent over $3,000 on just chewing tobacco. He could have bought a motorcycle with that money if he didn't dip. I told him that I couldn't make fun of his because I waste my money on video games. I looked in my drawer and pulled out 6 games that I've bought but never touched. Figuring it out, lets say each game was $60 when I bought them, I had spent over $300 on just the games in my hand that I have never touched. Never played once. I even bought Jak and Daxter HD Collection a few weeks ago and I've only played 1 out of the 3 games. I started the 2nd but I've barely touched it. I've vowed to not buy any more games for a LONG time. I still want to platinum InFamous 2, play all 5 God of Wars, play all of the Assassin's Creed games, all the Sly Cooper Games, all the Jak games, etc. Bottom line, there is no need for me to waste any more money until at least September - November when Black Ops II and Borderlands 2 come out. And don't even get me started on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale... I'll save that for another post. I've talked enough about games for one post.
So don't ask me why, but I've been watching a lot of old WWE videos on YouTube. I watched it religiously and I thought it was the most badass thing ever...then I turned 13. I watched it in 6th grade and I found one clip recently of The Rock making a surprise appearence and he starts insulting people in typical WWE fashion. The biggest thing I noticed was that as that one clip turned into me watching more and more, all of the episodes I used to watch, I notice every fake detail now that I didn't before. I believed that WWE was real and all the drama that came with it was too. I love catching when the wrestlers make a mistake in their moves or stumbling upon their words. I'm noticing the fake interviews look faker now and
I hate "Live, Laugh, Love." That is one of the lamest "deep" quotes I've ever heard. It's so over-used. Same with "Living Young, Wild and Free" it just gives a bunch of high school and college girls an excuse to feel like they're saying something meaningful in their Facebook statuses. You might as well just post a status saying "Over-used quote" and people will like it. I think people take it way too seriously by making it a life-style choice and you live for that quote. Kind of like YOLO where college where if someone is planning on doing something stupid like getting shit-faced or taking a street sign out of the ground, they use YOLO as an excuse. Same goes for these. I feel like they are just excuses for people to do whatever they want.
I have one simple goal for this summer. Not to get a job, not to spend time with my friends, those are going to happen anyway. My one goal, my one project for the summer, is to make a deadmau5 head for myself. I wanted to make one this Halloween but I didn't have the money or the time to make it. This summer, however, I'll make it, bring it to school, and use it on Halloween. It shall be epic. There shall be pictures. Hell, I might even do a few vlogs throughout the process.
Speaking of vlogs, I feel like vlogging would be fun. I have a few on my YouTube channel now but I feel like I have enough to talk about where I could possibly make a few videos? My only thoughts are the same ones I had when I started the blog: Who would pay attention? Who would care? Would I just be doing this so no one could see it? I also find it awkward to talk to myself into a computer. It is something I am potentially interested in but I still need to decide what I would do and if it would be worth it.
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