Yeah. Bob DOES need to change that color. HA.

Lessee... my mom said that I may be able to skip C.I.T. and theater training, so that'd be sweet. I'd probably dress up as Zell. I've got his hair.

I've been offered moneys to make a simple Flash animation. Yay. Furthermore, I got $25 for babysitting today, and $120 is on my invoice so far for Casa Fairview. Well, I've got to quit typing so loudly since I may wake someone up (I'm at my mom's), so I'll leave by saying that I'm going to JapanTown tomorrow!

I'm pissoffified.

I extremely do want to go to that, but what the hell?! Doing it on a weekday? What's with that?!? My schedule's booked. That's the second week of counselor training, and third week of Vector theater ensemble. How COULD THEY? They should remember me and change the schedule!

Grr-bah. Well, at least the GIA will be there (probably). I won't have missed THAT much OH WTF YES I WILL ARRRRKHGGGG!!!!!!!!

Well, James wants me to post MY version of the horrible day I had yesterday, so I'll do so before reading his post.

Well, I was really BORED the whole day and my mom told me to vacuum up the leaves. My sister and I had an interesting discussion. Here's an excerpt:

Lily: Barf?
Me: Poop.

Well, when I was outside sucking up the leaves, James pooped over for his bicycle which he'd left at my house for two freakin' weeks. I dragged him by the ear to the mall (around a mile away) and took him into the Suncoast Picture Company Store, where I drooled at the lifelike FF9 figurines. Then it was off to Electronics Boutique, where I smuggled a few GBAs into my pants.

We went to the arcade, where James INSISTED he play MvC2 for THREE HOURS STRAIGHT, boasting about how good he is at it, while I humbly registered a PIN number for myself on the San Francisco Rush 2049 machine. James was so mean when I decided to go up against him in MvC2. I was so close to beating him when he pulled a DHC and then a TTHC in the air while I was gaining bars to throw a TTHC of my own and blahblahblahblahblahblahblallhb.

I bought two FF9 figurines, one of Zidane with his holster, Mage Masher, Orichalcon and the Angel Wing, and Vivi with the Mage Staff.

We walked home with James complaining about how he talks too much, and then we went home and he refused to play any musical instruments with me. The bastard.

The end!

Today, I worked more on Casa Fairview.

cutewendy wtf

Oh   my   God. I thought I was still dreaming at 7:30 this morning when my sister woke me up muttering, "you got straight A's an' a B- in French." It has happened before. I've woken up to hear "please, Jeffrey, don't stop! ¤¦¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤ó¤Ã!!!" (Japanese for "uaaaaaaanh" (download the text support f00)) one too many times, finding that I was still half asleep. But I was awake, and my sister was preaching the truth. MUTHA GOD!!! I GOT ALL A's ALMOST!!! I thought that what I've acheieved was impossible after my mediocre performance on all the finals! What the hell! W00!!! YAY!!! I know you all see me freak out and rejoice once too often, but this is the cat's ass! WHOEOEA!!! ¤¦¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤¢¤ó¤Ã!!!

Late-night corruption for 6-20/21-01:
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. YEAH, I DO. YOU'RE THINKING THAT "NAVIGATE" REARRANGED SPELLS "TE VAGINA."

We went to see Moulin Rouge today, my sister, stepmom and I, and on the way there, we were stopped by a scene on the road - a dog, bichon-frise, had been run over by a truck, and we were there to see the owner, with no expression on his face, walk out into the road and pick his dog up. Its eyes were open, but it looked dead. Sort of reminiscent of the recent local conflict about the man who threw a woman's bichon-frise into traffic. What a way to start an evening, eh?

Anyway, when we got to the theaters, my sister decided to go see the Mummy Returns instead. I liked Moulin Rouge, but it made me sort of uncomfortable near the end. It's really loud, and there's this big crying scene - ugh, that scene was a bit too long.

My sister can't take constructive criticism. Take the benefit of the doubt here and assume I'm right - she will not listen to sense. I tell her that the only reason she's insulted by me is because I'm insulted by her, and so on - it's a downward spiral. We're never in compatible moods - she's always sad when I'm happy, and vice versa.

In other news, I am astounded by the fact that I already beat Zone of the Enders. It came as a total surprise - what seemed like the beginning of the game was the end of the first of the SERIES. I've been had! I could have rented this and still had time to enjoy the Versus mode! Ah well, at least now I can say I have a PS2 collection (2 GAMES!!!)

Well, now that I have one less thing to do, I can get to working on Suteki Da Ne - like I'll finish that this year, puh.

MY WOW, THERE'S A MASSIV BUBBLE SPROUTING OUT OF THE PIZZA I'M COOKING. I'M A GENIUS!!!

Currently Thumpin' to the Mad B33tz of: Zone of the Enders - Kiss Me Sunlight
WOW. The music of Z.O.E. is amazing. This opening theme makes me like the game more every time I hear it. And the battle themes are amazing too, in that they change depending on what you're doing. Ehaahah. I'm busy now so I can't blog about much more, but I just thought I'd mention that.

Thank goodness for the internet again. I wanted to get my hands on the Shrek soundtrack (I'd kill to hear that dragon chase sequence again), but I checked it online, and it only comes with one orchestrated track. Damn the record company!

I'll probably put up a few TFHs today!

Nice day today. First, the new extended family of my mom, my sister, the Polish roomate "Aggie" (that's not how you spell it, dunno, but it's how you pronounce it), and I went to the Civic Center library (where they filmed Gattaca!!!) and borrowed some books. I got me'self Maus II and some funny book by Tom Robbins. Of course, I'll probably only finish Maus II because it's one o' dem kid's picture books.

I could get used to this concept of "outside." It's almost as fun as the internet! We were off to the mall where I forsook the name of Pants Day (April 26) and bought myself 5 pairs of shorts. But... "they're comfortable and easy to wear!" We went to eat in the food court, where I met up with three of my friends, Omid, Jeff and Arthur. I decided to hang out with them for a bit, and we decided to watch Shrek, which I have seen already, again. That is such a great movie. I'm glad I saw it again - it's just as good the second time.

I stopped off at the Suncoast movie store, where I browsed the anime titles, and after all decided to buy the PS2 game "Zone of the Enders." It's that one with the demo of MGS2 heh. I finished up this writing assignment for this class I have to help me with the upcoming SAT II's, and trekked to my dad's.

I haven't played ZotE yet (hehe almost as good of an acronym as "Zelda:tOoT"), but after I'm done with this sentence, I'll get right to it!

My mom argues that way. Ugh.

I'm at my mom's now, and a foreign exchange student has come to live at our house. She's 19 and from Poland. Mom's doing this, I believe, to get money while she's "laid off." So I sleep on the futon in the family room. Meh.
Er, still - download Trillian. The best program ever.

Holy mother of Jeffrey! My new best friend Steve has introduced me to Trillian, a program that allows you to connect to AIM, ICQ, Y!, MSN, and IRC, ALL IN THE SAME PROGRAM, using the SAME INTERFACE. What's more, it doesn't eat up resources... ah... I can't believe this is true. There must be some catch. Well, anyway, I'll see ya on any of the above! Heh!

Yeah, this isn't funny, but it's true. In Katakana on the back of a bottle of sake, it's got serving suggestions, and one is "onzeroku." Heh. The sushi restaurants here are damn good. Try the dragon roll if any of you ever visit your local sushi restaurant. You'll love it, but they won't be as good as the ones they serve here. Daimn.

Well then. I've got the Reply feature back up. And now, thanks to my trusty ol' bud Phil Ulrich, I can tell how many replies there are to each post. Whoopee. I only fear that Port5, the PHP server, goes a bit slow at times, slowing down the Swamp. Eh.

Well, I saw Atlantis today. I liked it more than the rest of my family, but that's not saying much. The visuals were stylish and splendid, with cel-shaded animation and the like, and the group of characters was funny and diverse, but the plot was sorta dull. Nothing I haven't seen before. I do like the fact that it's not a "fairy-tale" - more historical fiction than anything else. All right, that's pushing it. But a DISNEY MOVIE actually mentions dates, times and places. Pretty neat.

Then I went out to sushi. I was really shy for some reason, because even though I said I was learning Japanese, I couldn't understand anything the chefs were saying. I did say "sunimasen" though. Hehehe.

When we were arguing about where and when to see Atlantis, my parents made fun of my sister while she was in a bad mood (deadly combo) and so she ran into her room and slammed the door. I felt sorry for her, though, because she was as confused as they, so I yelled at my stepmom, calling her "stupid" and telling her to "shut up" just like they told Lily. They were just joking, though, and I was imitating them, but it made my stepmom cry. It was the second time I'd ever actually yelled at anyone in my life. It's really effective, but the guilt is enormous. (I wonder how my mom can stand it.)

Well, it's been 9 days since the end of school, and summer vacations going pretty much as I've planned. I'm going back to my mom's tomorrow, so I don't expect to do much besides being told to do stuff. Eh. Bye bye then. Ah hell, when I'm bored, I'll probably blog more tonight.

SUPER MEGA FAMILY-SIZED KING GOOD HAPPY MEGA SUPER MEGA UPDATE MEGA!!!

I've almost completely revamped the Swamp. Of course everyone's seen the change in title bar and button locations, but here's new stuff I've done:

• Moved MSTs, NECDs, FAQs, Fanfics, Pictures, Contests, Lists, Songs, and Misc. Stuff to the Old Stuff section.
  
• Moved new Reviews and FAQs to the Content page, where new gaming humor type content will go from now on.
  
• Created the Features page, that has exclusive Swamp stuff. When I get an okay from Serpent, I'll put his MvC compilation video up there as well.
  
• Moved the Reviews page to the new server, as well as all of the reviews.

And to think - this all took only 6 hours!

I just got the urge to rant, so here's an incomplete, incoherent, and small rant about "freedom."

Ever since the days of the Bible, freedom has been looked upon as a thing to treasure and cherish. Everyone wants to be free. Moses set the Israeli people free. The slaves of America were set free. Wars have been fought for freedom, and won.

But Moses' people spent 40 years in the desert afterwards, with their newfound freedom, trying to find their way. Some even wanted to go back to Egypt, where they were better kept and fed. Why? Because this freedom that Moses had provided left the people with no guidance, and no reason to live.

According to Janis Joplin, "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." If so, that means you care not about family, friends, possessions, social value, reproduction means, or even SURVIVAL means. Biologically speaking, no one is free. We're all obligated to survive, and ultimately, reproduce. What we do to customize and personalize this bondage is ART. For example, art can be painting, acting, music, design, or something as simple as putting a picture up in one's office. (This is explained in more detail in Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics.)

Of course, art has its obligations and limitations as well. In a "free" world where art still existed, people would almost instantly fall back into bondage with the demands of people around them.

In conclusion, real "freedom" can never be achieved. Actually, there is one way: death!

I don't think I ever mentioned this.

COMING SOON TO A SWAMP NEAR YOU: The FEATURES page. The place where you can get lots of STUFF that we've DONE. And now, an ascii face that is of Font Size 7:

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