11/30/07 I'm not here

I'm going to be at the library ASAP. Both books that I got on hold will be there and I WANT TO READ THEM. Anyway, nice day today. Two people in seminary; I really don't need to tell you who, do I? Anyway, I'm gone. -waves and jumps onto bike-

11/29/07 Why is it still in transit...

I must wait for my chain reaction book reading of doom... WHY??? So yes, I plan on reading Digital Fortress (I don't know much about it, but Hip-O seemed to like it.), The Bourne series, and then possibly Looking for Alaska. That one I know NOTHING about except that it was written by John Green (see brotherhood 2.0). So yeah... Preferably in the next month. I can't do that though because Digital Fortress is still in transit.

M posted a few comments recently, which I shall now try to respond to. (I'm forgetful.)


Happy dance song: Yes, it was certainly a very good song.

Age differences: I don't know, I could be a very young looking adopted person...

Possible reasons for refraining the books: One question, are said scenes violent, or just a more detailed idea of what Marie's and Jason's relationship? If it's the first, I'll live with it (No offense, mom.), if it's the second, I've always been good at knowing how far to skip ahead to get back to the actual story. If it's not one of those... I have no idea. Anyway, I doubt think I'll mind a few differences here and there. After all, if they were the same, why bother reading it? (I would still read it even if it was just the script for the movie...)

I think that's everything on the comment front.
The sock wars last night was extremely fun, despite the total disregard for honesty and following the rules. (I expect there'll be some mention of that later... Next priesthood lesson, maybe.)

I feel tired again. I gotta go do something besides staring at the same sentence over and over again. (This was the first post I had to do some editing on before I posted it..) When you're asleep. You tend to forget you already talked about things... Bye...

11/28/07 Now I feel old...

Well, that time of year is coming around again. Another year of life, and a rather exciting one, now that I think of it. Maybe not as exciting as last year's temple celebration, but with a family divorce and announcement of remarriage, it's definitely in the running for memorable years. I suppose it's natural to have events like this, but all the same, I sincerely doubt it's the typical subject of LDS family discussion...

Yeah, I hope I put the lights on right. I'm not sure of the best angle for them on the handlebars... Anyway, I guess some tests will answer that.

Well, I'm glad you guys got home safely. ^^ (Here referring to team Vancouver.) Quite a wonderful visit, if only a little... unusual, due to some announcements...

So, as always, I forget what I plan on saying and result to randomness.

As some of you may have noticed, I decided to date my posts to make them easier to keep track of. -nods- I know they have publishing dates, but these are more visible. Anyway, I'd better be attending to my duties. Christmas break isn't for another few weeks and I've got books I want to read! Bye!

11/27.2/07 Just a little modification...

11/27/07 Libraries, departures, and bike outfitting.

Well, about three hours ago I started working on attaching the awesome bike lights that the Rosers gave me to my bike. Thank you again!

So yeah, I think my bike is outfitted with all the needed gear for a good bike trip. Or missionary preparation...

After that was done, I wanted to take it somewhere! So I thought, I've been needing to get a replacement library card... Perfect! So I got one and sent in requests for Bourne Identity and Digital Fortress, two of the many books I've been meaning to read.

I'm still kind of getting used to the quiet... With two less dogs and not many plans for family get-togethers, life is reaching a sharp contrast. One thing I will say, though, I am definitely looking forward to getting my sleep pattens back in order. So tired...

Sorry, mom, I'm eating all your pie... I didn't mean to... It was just there, the foil partly open so you could see it and everything... I'm sorry! -top half of body falls on keyboard- w98444444444444444


Ahem! Yeah, sorry... (Why do my brothers like ramen so much??? They're making me hungry...)

Hubert doesn't much care for-


=---O_.------#o -squeak-

Oh... Thanks, Hedgy.

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Hubert and Hedge were out on a walk... Anyway. Hubert isn't a big fan of blogging.

#o

Hedgy couldn't disagree more...

I gotta run, again. Bye!

The visit is over?

A very short week, indeed... Well, D&T left on Saturday, the canine tennis player is being picked up today, and team Vancouver is heading out some time tomorrow... It'll be very quiet soon. I've never fully grasped quiet. How can a lack of something be so noticeable? How can silence make so much of a difference when it is nothing? I do not understand it.

Project Pastfinder went alright, I suppose. It was okay. Could be better, but it wasn't a complete disaster.

Monopoly... There is still hope... -looks at clock- Let's see, if people get talking after dinner, there'll be a hard time trying to bring it up... A small question towards the beginning might work, though. Just get a string of conversation going that way... It might work.

I feel very tired. Between my loss of adrenalin and my recent turn in sleep pattern, I may very well be only half there most of the time. Of course, I do most of my best thinking when I'm half asleep. It gets the over-structured concious (No wise cracks.) out of the way. One of my socks is blue...

Hmm... -looks at Jason Bourne art- I think I'd like to mess with the colors a bit... Just for fun.

My knife found a nice home today. A little block of wood, just right for embedding into.

I think that's it. If it isn't, I'm sure someone else will have said it. -face falls on keyboard-

GGJooooooddbyaeeee

Hedgy: -gets out translator, shows it to screen- "Goodbye"

-looks at titles of posts- Fitting...

Between the name of the blog and and titles therein, you can understand that my thoughts of being crazy aren't far off the mark.

Anyway... Happy Turkey Day! Sort of...

Family visiting, staying up until 3:00 A.M., what could be better?

By the way, thank you Rosers! My B-day is on Saturday, but they couldn't be here then, so we opened their awesome gifts last night. Japanese Book of Mormon and a set of bike lights! Isn't it just made of Awesome!?! (I here that in Japan, people bike a lot. Awesomeness...) Yeah, it's kind of funny, Mom said she got me a Nihon BoM, too. -nods- Those things are great... Hard to read at the moment, but great. ^^ The bike lights are good, too. And bright. O.O

Uh, I forget what I plan to say, but I really like when relatives visit, especially siblings. So, sort of going off of this, I am thankful for:
- Siblings (near and far)
- Turkeys that you can eat- That's it! Thanksgiving! Just a sec, I'll get to it.
- Reports that are finally out of the way -sighs with relief-
- Dragons that are made of awesome
- Dogs that don't cry (Tuffy, there is NOTHING UNDER THE DRESSER. WHY ARE YOU WANTING ME TO LOOK AT IT EVERY FIVE SECONDS???) Yeah, Tuffy is good. A little obsessive about something I apparently can't see. (And she won't even tell me what it is...)

So, Turkeys. It was late. We ate around 6:30ish. Normal dinner time if you don't take into consideration that it's Thanksgiving... Still, we played phase ten, learned a few card tricks, heard stories, visited with dad's fiance. (The phrase just makes me shudder. It doesn't feel right...)

It was gooood.

Hedgy, can you look under the dresser?
#o|_
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Anything? Okay, fine. I'll look. I got to run. Bye!

Really though, it's good!

Who would have guessed that a clorox commercial would be so captivating... I like the music and must play it constantly...

I also must eat strawberries....

Double ego-boost coming up...
So Ri, L, and I are sitting in seminary someday, (I think it was yesterday) and Bro. Bishop said that he was in a meeting with the other bishops in the stake and was talking to our bishop, bishop of the happy ward, and was talking to him about seminary. You know, how only people from the stake center are active and not so many people from his actual class. And in this, he referred to us as the Three Nephites. Moreover, Bishop Y knew who he was talking about! Understood, how many people came to the happy ward who are seminary aged and used to be from the Red Brick Building? All the same, I do a happy dance. -does happy dance-

For the 1/13454791 of you that watched some of Brotherhood 2.0, specifically a certain date that I can't remember, I think my happy dance is more arm oriented...

I better go. There is work to be done and a mere day to do it... (Talk about stress!) Really, I suppose some of it is less important, but the rest of it is on the higher region of my Little-Black-Dog-From-OZ list...

Thankfulness is goooood!
-That there are /not/ hidden cameras by the computer...
-Diversity of foods, currently chocolate things
-Doggos! (We gonna have three here today!)
-The Early Morn's! (Top of the day, all downhill from there. [But it's uphill when it's time for bed. ^^])
-Tennis balls? (For those of you who know the Tuffy, you know why there's a '?'. Energeticness is good, but it really wears out your arm after the one hundred thirty-second time. I decided to keep a tally this visit...)

Today in seminary we all went to Micky D's. (As Brother Bishop called it.) It was nice, we all talked. Saw the new renovations they made to it. The lights... They are different... All in all, pretty fun. (Could do with more people, though. There was only Brother Bishop, L, and I there...)

Okay, so that about wraps it up. See ya everybody!

Old?

So, I'm just starting to grow hair and you're saying you're old? Now, if I was beginning to /lose/ hair, then that might make more sense, but...

Anyway, you're not old. I just mature quickly. Just kidding.

So uh, I'm getting towards the end of my algebra thingy so I'll have to talk to brother/mr. Stall and see about changing the class soon. Currently I'm on the annoying exam where you have to get 100% or you redo it. Not entirely difficult. Just annoying... -shakes head-

Thanksgiving is coming up, soon in light of that I've been thinking about getting the old thankful list back up. (Is there something on blogger where I can have it to the side?)

Just to make sure I don't forget, I'm thankful for:
- The human senses, namely sight at the moment
- The little dust bunnies that make you feel good when you're sweeping (You feel like you're accomplishing so much...)
- The awesome religion we have the honor of being a part of
- Dogs and other fluffy animals
- Ways of communications that don't include grunting or beating things with clubs

That should be good for now. I'll have to save some for later if I'm going to be doing this everyday...

Well, I'd better be going. I've got an annoying test to finish and an equally annoying report. See ya!

Wow... Like, way wow...

HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU? Okay, get this. This post comes in several parts:

He did WHAT?
Manhood-ish
Secret project
Waist of time
Strange obsessions...

Alrighty, to start off, everyone here knows that my parents got divorced a while back, right? (I figure you do, seeing as I don't know anyone who reads this who isn't a close relative...) Yesterday my dad took each of the boys to the dog park to talk. In this conversation, he said that he was seeing someone and that last Tuesday (it was Tuesday, right?) he asked her to marry him. Crazy stuff! So yeah, this should definitely be interesting.

Also, yesterday I started shaving! It feels so smooth... It'll take a good deal of getting used to, but I love the Japanese razor the Rosers gave the boys for christmas some years back. They are awesome and small. XD And they're easy to clean. ^^

I can't tell you everything, (not that you guys don't know it) but BJAB saw the first success of the Christmas '07 project! It tastes so good...

This one happened a few days ago, and probably only makes sense to Dancing D (nicknames...)
because I'm pretty sure he's the only one besides me who plays this. You see, I cataloged all of the Warlord cities and organized them into groups of four. (The good army sets) Also, I made the perfect army. Eight Heros, one who had been to every single ruin on the map, and all of them visiting the four temples. Scary, no? But it does not end there. They have support staff. Namely and eight pack of dragons and a couple navys. Lord Bane never saw it coming... -evil grin-

Okay, this one requires some knowledge of TV commercials. For any of you you have seen the Clorox commercials with the mermaid/pirate, you know what I'm talking about! The music is wonderful... So I ran a search online and found a youtube video which combined the two! This later came in handy so I could convert it into and audio thing (when I say 'I', I mean me looking over Sharp Shutter's shoulder) A little tweaking in iTunes and I made it looping! XD Here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kec_LR6yh6I

Wonderful song...

So... Good enough to post out of pattern? Definitely too good to wait for Monday.

See ya, everybody!

Arg.

All I feel like saying at the moment is that Towel boy is beginning to get on my nerves. Here he spent TWELVE hours straight on the computer yesterday, and then another SEVEN (The usual. He's on all morning while I'm doing school work, then gets off at noon-ish when I blog and do Algebra) today, and yet he still complains about me annoying him about getting off. He knows darn well that eleven and onward is the time I WILL kick him off. I have work, he's playing. Does he care??? No. -shakes head- No.

#o -growls-

_________
|..Towel..| ¬O{
|________|

I'm not happy with him. At all.

-gets strawberry yogurt-

-gets another strawberry yogurt-

I think he thinks I don't deserve to be able to kick him off.

I love you, mom! We have yogurt again. Life is tolerable.... Seminary+Strawberries= 100% Awesome. -nods-

-looks up- Hmm, it's only a towel...

-Hubert's fish shoots holes through towel-

I wonder if Sharp Shutter can turn off the internet... Individually, that is. Only some sites, only some people. (TB; Neopets, possibly Gmail)

I gotta go, I'm half an hour late. -eats more yogurt-

PS:

About brotherhood 2.0, some of them can be avoided. You know, like when they warn you about it. Like today. So yeah. It's good. Most of the time.

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ARRRRRRRRRG!!!! -smashes head through piece of paper- So much cheaper than computers...

Anyway, the computer is mean. One power outage and it thinks it's not worth trying. WORK!!!! I found the power strip thing and reset it, so it sort of works now.

To the main subject of the post.

Brotherhood 2.0! I've mentioned it before, (I think...) but I just wanted to say it again. It is good. The reason for this currently is a song that one of the Nerdfighters/Secret siblings/Awsome people made. Link below....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HZzhmJxJg5Q

Yeah, it's one of those things that makes you want to do something energetic. (In case you're wondering about what the heck I'm talking about, you can find out by going to brotherhood2.com. It's funny.)

So yeah, that's about it. Um... bye! -plays song again, along with some of Hank's songs-

No seminary???

Well, it doesn't mean there won't be people getting up early. It's kinda nice, really. I got a head start on the day, which is good, because I need to go to the library later. Apparently there's some thing about reports not writing themselves. Too bad... Anyway, I've got two weeks now, (With visiting relatives...) so I better get a move on. It's only four pages, though. I had a seven page history of Wilford Woodruff, so maybe this won't be so bad. (Although that one wasn't the greatest.) Maybe I'll start drafting ideas today and start compiling them around Thursday. Lots of reading... Anyway, I gotta dash. There are a few things to look up and I still need to do Algebra.

Before I go, though, I'd better post.

Um, so L called yesterday and informed me that there wasn't going to be any seminary today. Bro. Bishop is having surgery. @.@ It didn't sound too serious, but it's still a little scary. It's odd, though. I think he'll be back for seminary tomorrow... I guess he was never one to stay in the hospital long. -shrugs-

Um, there are things I need to remember, but I don't...

Oh well, I have to run. Bye!

Camp outs, random things, and a non day off

Alrighty, Friday and Saturday were the camp out days.

Timeline
Friday
5ish Everybody met at Bro. Fs
5-? Everybody hung out
? Dinner
More hanging out
8ish Campfire
9-11 Movie time! (Transformers - More on this later)
11:00-1:30 Foosball, card games, and random sleep deprived activities (most people were asleep)
1:45 Scripture reading (I didn't even know I was rereading what we had read the night before...)
Sleep!

Saturday
6:30 Wake up and pretend to be asleep while packing up inside the tent.
8ish Show face around the time we were getting ready for breakfast
Breakfast
Planning meeting
More hanging out
Lunch
Hanging out again (Trampoline dodgeball in the rain... Good.)
Departure

So we had a good time. I'll probably bring this up again later, but now I have to go. Veteran's Day is good, but I must fulfill my duties... Bye!

PS: Hedge is fine, he had some cheerios earlier.
#o -squeaks-

#o -munches on wires-

-lights go out- Great...





Not that one, the other one....





Yes, that one- NO! NOT THAT ONE! -ZAP!-






Why am I lying on the floor?


I think this is the right one. Don't touch it.
-lights start flickering-

Um... I think the power's back on... -pulls Hedgy away from circuit-

So how are you guys doing? -looks up at flickering light, kicks it-

-lights go out again- Uh... Hedge, can you fix this.

#o >=

-lights turn on- Hmm, pliers... Why didn't I think of that...

Okay, so it's all better now. Um, I can't really stay long. I've got some things that need taking care of. Mainly my dismal life. But there's a youth temple trip, so it should be fine. I like doing baptisms for the dead. It should be nice.

I might stop here. I always forget what I was going to say... So uh, I go...

-racks brain for ideas-

Too many things to think about... It makes my head hurt.

I sort of like the idea of doing some random creative writing about Thomas Edison and his impact on global warming. I think it'd be a fun thing to try. But first, I think I'll do the everyday research report about him. Weak, I know, but it'd give me a chance to get some better details about him. So yeah, I may very well be doing two reports this month. (and just like that, my head hurts again)

Arg.

Hmm, the Renaissance era seems to be a pretty nice time to live in. (except for the fact that the gospel was completely removed from the earth) I mean, things were coming out of the dark ages and they still had castles. What could be better? Plumbing, cars, electricity, buildings taller than mountains, dams, food-o-plenty, entertainment in more forms than you can count (admittedly, over half are immoral, but the rest are good), medicine, hygiene products, nuclear weapons (maybe not the best icon of our day), terrorism (also not the greatest), and who knows what else. So yeah, life is one of those things that rocks and stinks no matter what happens. The Millennium! That's when I want to live! (I think I have some repenting to do before then... Sorry, Andrew, I could help it, but there would be no fun in that.)

-glances at the clock- It's 1:00?!?!?!?!? Hubert, could you take over, I gotta go.

Hubert: I'm on lunch.

Me: Thanks, Hubert.

Hubert: -sighs- Hey, Hedge, say something to the people.

#o -squeaks, then goes over to keyboard-

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-finds translator-

I no find glue for you. Is too pink. Needs salt for monument. Pretzels!

Hubert: º-º I think the translator's broken.

Change in style...

Well, last night I totally wiped out the computer layout and modified what everything looks like. It's kinda nice... Everything is silver, now. Less blue. I even added a little picture of that Bourne thing. (it needs a name...) It seems happy over there in the corner. Very nice. Yeah, I've also been getting ready for the campout this weekend. Mostly trivial things like matching up awesome things. I've decided on leaving the water pack and sticking with the canteen. First field test! I figured out that you take it out of the case, not off of the belt... So much easier. So that'll be nice. I'm bringing the satchel. (it's only going to be in the Bro. F's backyard, so I don't think it's in much danger) Also, camo will be going. Standard set there. Probably not the uniform. -looks at belt- I wonder what else I could put on here...

I need to get to work. (short, huh?)

I'll try to write more later. /Try/, no promises. It may have to wait until tomorrow. Ja Mata!

-shakes clock viciously-

Even with fall back I'm STILL late... Curse you clocks! Curse you! I've got Algebra I need to do. Then Japanese, a four page research report due the twenty-sixth, chores, packing for this weekend's camping trip, calling people about scouts, preparations for Tuffy to visit, and who knows how much else... Now, understandably, not all of that has to be done today, but darn well most of it does... I've been falling into idleness. I need to listen to Bourne music and stay focussed. -thinks about making to do list which could be hung from a nail in my head- Scary thought...



So really quickly in the negative half an hour that I have to finish this by, I'll go over what happened Friday and all that. Friday was take your army to work day at the asylum (not the hidden one). So yeah, the boys went with mom to work, had fun, did good stuff, ate lunch, went ice skating, didn't do Japanese like he was supposed to- STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! -hits head repeatedly-

GOOD TIMES. Really though, it was nice. (except for not doing Japanese...)

That's about it. DOn't tell me about typos, I'm not even bothering with checking this timem. I'm late, okay? When I'm late, I try to type faster than I should and I miss things. Now, church was good, as usual (big surprise) and I learned some of the workings of the new ward. Good stuff, we have a flag, here. /also, I learned that I'll be having Sis. M teaching sunday school next week. (they're kicking me out of the class. Apparently I'm too old for them and the only reason I was thhere was because I didn't have a teacher yet. Confound these distractions!!!!!

I gotta go. Like half an hour ago. I'm late. So I'm going... Bye.

-jaw drops-

Well thank you for making my last post look stupid... Comment explosion... Um, I might not get to say anything about today... Oh yeah, happy halloween-ish. I've always thought that was stupid. Number one, who said halloween is a happy holiday? Shouldn't it be "Have a dreary halloween?" Second, I just find that the moral codes for halloween and the world in general are dropping like rocks.

So yeah, comments... Um, Hubert, could you help me out here?

Hubert: -reads through comments-

Me: Alternating?

Hubert: Sure.
(From Woot! Paper...)
About the grammar:
-Yeah, I'm quite good with an eraser, aren't I? I went to Bro. Bishop's LESSON.

Me: (From MIA)
First of all, no one gets in here when I'm gone, okay? Maybe Hedgy will have to take care of that. He seems to know how to keep an eye on things. -gives hedgy a slug-
About the monkeys:
-Second, I must admit the identification for the monkeys was a stroke of genius for me. The mute one was a little tricky, though...

Hubert: (From -yawns-)
About faces and projects:
-The Mindweaver project is a level 2 security file. (Meaning it's hardly confidential. Kept from most, but openly displayed to those who look.) The Mindweaver project is a simple method of keeping creativity at its height. Basically, a series of short stories with the purpose of getting used to the idea of plots and writing. It's a training platform.
-The faces, I think, are a bit of a joke. o_O/o.O = Simple question marks put into internet smiley sort of form. º-º = Odd little stare. O.O/O_O/@_@/@.@ etc. = Surprise. ^^ = Happy. You get the idea. They're faces. ...With eyes the size of my head...

Me: (From Here...Kitty)
About 'Mites and cats:
-The Mechimites are part of an experimental weapons project, level 4 security department. I'd rather not say more. (Not for the average guy on the street...)
-Yes, after R&T's party, Joe found a cat. This being halloween season (may the very holiday wither to dust), we thought we should get it off the streets. Now we're looking for its owner.
-By the way. Thank you very much for spotting that leson thing... -checks to make sure spell checker works-

Hubert: (From ...No one has commented...)
About ice, work, staff, lesions, and hedgehogs:
-Yes, the ice should be fun, but I know nothing about it.
-He, he, he. All I've got is message running and the occasional odd job here and there.
-Aw, why thank you. I've got fans. Of course, my fans also seem to like crazed primates, so I don't know what to think...
-No, I don't think he would do that... Just erased chalkboards.
-Sorry, I've already got him on hold. That and it'd be a bit of a walk for him. He's no Sonic, I'm afraid.

Me: So there you have it. A half hour later and I'm finally done. Thanks, Hubert.

Hubert: Don't mention it. -leaves-

Back to me again: Alright, I gotta go. Hedgy found something in the wiring again...