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Anyway, no more comments, no more updates, no more submissions. I quit. Again.

I'm sure someone, somewhere, just won a bet.

]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13816578/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13816578/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:10:09 PDT > Join the club. >> They've got nametags.

I'm behind in Deviations and Journals... mainly, I've completly neglected to comment on anything by ~EMOisLOOOVE since... last month, I want to say? At least a month's worth of days ago. Plus, I'm pretty backed up on journals. I could blame it on my computer being out of service, but I still should have caught up by now... instead, I'm fartin' around on the net, playing this new MMORPG Trickster that I found, watching TV, eating, and sleeping.... nothing else, really. Being an overall, lazy waste of space, really. Hell, my computer would have been back up MUCH sooner if I'd gotten together the willpower to get on it sooner. It wouldn't have even stopped working if I'd been more proactive! ....... but, then again, story of my life. Snoozin' and losin'.

Anyway, the main point of this journal is a re-attempt at a challenge I accepted a long time ago... and never did anything on. Again, BIG surprise. >> I promised its fulfuillment to a lot of people... and never got past the first one. But, here it is again, to raise its ugly mug and continue to mock me. The 100 [Sonnet] Challenge

001. Introduction
002. Love
003. Light
004. Dark
005. Seeking Solace
006. Break Away
007. Heaven
008. Innocence
009. Drive
010. Breathe Again
011. Memory
012. Insanity
013. Misfortune
014. Smile
015. Silence
016. Questioning
017. Blood
018. Rainbow
019. Gray
020. Fortitude
021. Vacation
022. Mother Nature
023. Cat
024. No Time
025. Trouble Lurking
026. Tears
027. Foreign
028. Sorrow
029. Happiness
030. Under the Rain
031. Flowers
032. Night
033. Expectations
034. Stars
035. Hold My Hand
036. Precious Treasure
037. Eyes
038. Abandoned
039. Dreams
040. Rated
041. Teamwork
042. Standing Still
043. Dying
044. Two Roads
045. Illusion
046. Family
047. Creation
048. Childhood
049. Stripes
050. Breaking the Rules
051. Sport
052. Deep in Thought
053. Keeping a Secret
054. Tower
055. Waiting
056. Danger Ahead
057. Sacrifice
058. Kick in the Head
059. No Way Out
060. Rejection
061. Fairy Tale
062. Magic
063. Do Not Disturb
064. Multitasking
065. Horror
066. Traps
067. Playing the Melody
068. Hero
069. Annoyance
070. 67%
071. Obsession
072. Mischief Managed
073. I Can't
074. Are You Challenging Me?
075. Mirror
076. Broken Pieces
077. Test
078. Drink
079. Starvation
080. Words
081. Pen and Paper
082. Can You Hear Me?
083. Heal
084. Out Cold
085. Spiral
086. Seeing Red
087. Food
088. Pain
089. Through the Fire
090. Triangle
091. Drowning
092. All That I Have
093. Give Up
094. Last Hope
095. Advertisement
096. In the Storm
097. Safety First
098. Puzzle
099. Solitude
100. Relaxation

I'm no artist, so when I accepted this challenge, I decided to do 100 Shakespearian sonnets instead. So, prepare for some hype for the first week, then about two weeks of depression and frustration, then pretending it never happened for months on end while silently suffering. ...I have to keep trying, though. I'm REEEEAAALLLLYYY sick of it, but I have to, because to stop trying it to stop living.... and I've already tried to walk that road. It isn't a splendid road, and I've heard the destination ain't so great, neither..... besides, I've got a big reason to keep trying, now... so I'll keep trying. And, most likely, failing. Again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again.......

All my love,
Aaron "Ruffles" Kaczmarek

Again.

EDIT:: !?!?!? MY COMPUTER DOESN'T COME WITH MICROSOFT WORD?!?!?! ....... >> Notepad.... you and me are about to become very close....

]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13702915/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13702915/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:34:47 PDT > I've been tagged... well, let me first explain why I was gone. My computer contracted a virus in WMV that eventually destroyed my OS, and it isn't until recently that I managed to get it fixed. Voila. Now for this thing...... -_- And I'm not doing it alone.

1. YOUR NAME:
Wixx: Alias Wixx, true name Aaron.
Ruffles: >> I hate you.... Komo.
Makani: Makani... o-o I sense issue with this... We're gonna need geneologies...
Wixx: DX I'll improvise! ONWARD!

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)
Wixx: Aarizzle, my nizzle fo shizzle. =3 And yes, I actually know what that means.
Ruffles: Komizzle? o-o Not bad.
Makani: Makizzle! Its a good thing the third letter in each of our names is a consonant.

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav colour and fav animal)
Aaron: Black Tiger... like the darkness of my soul. *shot* x-x Sweet death. *dismantled*
Ruffles: o-o ... Red Rat? Believe it or not, the cat likes rats... ._. Not as food.
Makani: Pink Dove..... ;-; That's too femenine sounding for me.
Wixx: >> Your favorite color is pink. Your favorite animal is a dove. << Doesn't get more manly than that.
Makani: ;-; Shut up.

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, and current street)
Wixx: Joseph Frenora... Maribel? Maribel! ... Fernando?! Fer..Fernado... POR QUUEEEE?!?!?!
Ruffles: .....
Makani: .....
Wixx: o-o Right, you need middle names...
Ruffles: >> And homes.
Wixx: ...... ;-; I win?
Ruffles&Makani:

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, last 3 letters of mum's maiden name)
Wixx: o-o I don't know my mum's maiden name. She died when I was a kid, and I've never looked much into her when I got older.... the memories... arn't very pleasent.
Ruffles: >> Shut it, emo kid, and use your step-mom's maiden name.
Wixx: T_T
Ruffles: >> Don't know that either? ... How about the name from her last marriage?
Wixx: o-o That'll work. Kacaaill.... T_T How the hell do you pronounce that?
Ruffles: Metkotor. =3 Not too shabby.
Makani: Permalac. ^^ Helluva lot better than Wixx's.
Wixx: ;-;

6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
Wixx: o-o Red Mountain Dew. =3
Ruffles: Orange Water? o-O Am I vegetarian pee?
Makani: Blue Milk.... o-o From a sad cow?

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your mums maiden name, 3rd letter of you dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, last letter of your mums middle name)
Wixx: ;-; Ho
Ruffles: ;-; Ly
Makani: ;-; Shit
Wixx: Acheote? ;-; I had to improvise for my mum's last name.
Ruffles: >> Pass.
Makani: << Ditto.
Ditto: XD DITTO! *turns into Makani*
Ruffles: >> Oh, good. Stress relief. *destroys Ditto*

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mum/dads middle name)
Wixx: >> Thomas.
Ruffles: o-o Um...
Makani: o-O Urm...
Wixx: -_- I know, I know... no middle names... I'll just pick random names for yah. *snaps*
Ruffles: Percival. DX WHAT?!
Makani: Asshole... ;-; That's not nice.

9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one your pets)
Wixx: Black Pumpkin. XD Hah! Totally suits me.
Ruffles: o-o I don't have a pet.
Wixx: =3 Think about it.
Ruffles: >> I will squeeze your head till it pops like a balloon.
Wixx: o//o Oh, my.
Ruffles: ..... O_O MROW?! @-@ *dies a lot on the inside*
Makani: Black Ria. -_^ Hello, my pet-- *torn to particles*

-_- And that's that. Now go away.

All my love,
Kacaaill Acheote

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All my love,
Aaron "Ruffles" Kaczmarek ]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13578440/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13578440/ Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:12:39 PDT by the way. )

Either way, he wishes to give love and presents to for her 20th birthday. She rocks and much love to the taggles and such. He misses ya!

And to the dear friend of his going to California, he wishes fun and joy and he'll talk to you again when he gets back online.

Either way folks, he'll get back online soone enough, he just got over a nice sickness, which means he wonm't have many more excuses for taking so long. I give it another week, hopefully. I think I've pretty much used up my cell minutes for the year. Yikes.

And as he is currently attacted to my ear, he wishes to add a quote from War and Peace. "Life sucks and everything smells like poo." Not an actual quote, but that's what he said not too long before I finally got the phone off my ear. Nyrrrrr.

Either way, our favorite writer will be back online in a few days, give him time, and throw things at him when he's back, yey!

And if you're waiting for comments, kiss your butts and beg forgiveness since this is his account and I'm not about to waste three hours of my cell phone time trying to be the middleman describing deviations to him so I can type in his comments for you. PATIENCE! RAWRG!

-Your Lady and Mistress,
Ria

Warning: Do not Lysol the bathtub and light a match. ]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13397441/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13397441/ Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:02:26 PDT
It was funny. Especially him telling me that over the phone.

Either way, his laptop is dead. Which, of course, means that he killed the internet. OH NOES! No more internet.

...... There's the news in his life. So give it time, he'll reply to all your deviations eventually.

However, there's a WHOLE lot of empty space here and it's a shame to waste this empty space. I mean...endless possibilities await me...hmmm.

What's even better is that I'm hearing him protest this while I type. ^^ It's fun. I can type whatever I want and there's nothing he can do about it, isn't it great? MUAHAHAHAHAHA! Ultimate powaaaaaaaaaah! (until he gets gets back and edits it all away) You hear that SecondSwipe? You can't distract me with your evil powers and such!

COMMENCE THE DANCING! SEND IN THE HALF NAKED MEN! AND DISCO BALL! *dance* MACHO MAN! SING WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Body...wanna feel my body?
Body...such a thrill my body
Body...wanna touch my body?
Body...it's too much my body
Check it out my body, body.
Don't you doubt my body, body.
talkin' bout my body, body,
check it out my body

Every man wants to be a macho macho man
to have the kind of body, always in demand
Jogging in the mornings, go man go
works out in the health spa, muscles glow
You can best believe that, he's a macho man
ready to get down with, anyone he can

Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man (macho man)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! Ow....

Macho, macho man
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man (yeah, yeah)
I've got to be a macho!

Body, its so hot, my body,
Body, love to pop my body,
Body, love to please my body,
Body, don't you tease my body,
Body, you'll adore my body,
Body, come explore my body,
Body, made by God, my body,
Body, it's so good, my body

You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk
his western shirts and leather, always look so boss
Funky with his body, he's a king
call him Mister Eagle, dig his chains
You can best believe that, he's a macho man
likes to be the leader, he never dresses grand

Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! (all right)

Macho, macho man (yeah, yeah)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! All Right!

Ugh! Macho..baby!
Body, body, body wanna feel my body,
Body, body, body gonna thrill my body,
Body, body, body don'tcha stop my body,
Body, body, body it's so hot my body,

Every man ought to be a macho macho man,
To live a life of freedom, machos make a stand,
Have their own life style and ideals,
Possess the strength and confidence, life's a steal,
You can best believe that he's a macho man
He's a special person in anybody's land.

Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man (macho man)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! (dig the hair on my chest)

Macho, macho man (see my big thick mustache)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! (Dig broad shoulders)

Macho, macho man (dig my muscles!)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho!

Macho, macho man
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! HEY!


;-; This is sad actually...all this unlimited potential, and all I can do is bring in a horde of half naked men and sing Macho man?

*sigh* SecondSwipe is distracting the hell outta me on the phone and I apparently can't type and think evilly while ignoring evil people on the phone.

He'll be back when he gets off his bum and fixes his computer, and also take the sage advice of his future wife when she bashes his head in and screams 'USE A DAMN TABLE, not your lap.'

Sounds like a good idea really...

;-; This is Ria, signing off. You winn, Wixx. You win...

-Your Lady and Mistress,
SecondSwipe

Ria: HE WEARS A THONG! ;-; A THONG I TELL YOU! A THONG! HE'S SECRETLY A WOMAN!
Wixx: >> There are men in shiny white suits wanting to see you.
Ria: ;-; But....I wasted all this potential...
Wixx: They have cookies.
Ria: WHEEEEEEEEEEEE! *taken away*
~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13298036/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13298036/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:13:59 PDT
XD

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-_- I have no life, alright? I've done nearly nothing these past two weeks. Well, there was my date with Ria, which was AMAZING ((^^ I hadn't seen her in, like FOREVER XD)) except for the fact that she got pulled over for a speeding ticket and was late home. -_- Sorry. But, otherwise, that was good. ^^

Mainly, I've been staying home and playing video games, although I have been job hunting. Wal-mart is the only place that has given any indication of interest in me, and I've been in for an interview.... which was essentially a confirmation of the information I entered... and they said they'd call me back for a second interview... Which they have yet to do. XP I'm gonna call them soon... hopefully I have an opportunity here.

Onword to what has absconded with mostof my life, video gaming! Most of my time has been invested into a free internet RPG entitled RuneScape. XD I'll post my character details at the bottom, but know I have been hard at work, and been enjoying myself. A certain deviant has been a great amount of help to me, to whom I owe most of my money and equipment, but she shall remain nameless for her and her character's sake. Granted, there have been a few confrontations... >> Marpee freshest in mind, but I've forgiven his tresspass.... but it's been a ball regardless. XD

The game I'm recently getting hooked on is a game I rented from Blockbuster entitled Drakengard. It is SOOO awesome! You're a sword/mace/staff/pole-arm/axe/hammer swingin', vengeful hearted noble who fights against your hated enemy, the Empire. In the course of the game, you make a pact with a dragon, and by sacrificing your ability to talk, you save eachothers lives as your lives become inexorably bound. XD And you get to ride the dragon and incinerate your foes from the sky. =3 Yey fire. XD I love the game mechanics for the weaponry. As you go through the story, by completing different goals or searching obscure locations, you gain new weaponry. These weapons grow stronger by reaching certain kill limits, and their magical abilities become more powerful. XD Also, the story branches off, as by meeting certain requirements in certain missions and by having certain things, you can follow different story pathes to get different endings! However, this game is not for the meek, for its storyline and action is very dark and tormented. As I hear it, it is IMPOSSIBLE to achieve a good ending unless you collect every weapon in the game, and your dragon evolves to its strongest level ((^^ Yes, that weapon grows stronger, too. XD)) I would not recommend it to small children, but I recommend it very highly to everyone else. XD Even your grandma.

On the DevART front, I'm not doing too hot. I just got my mojo back tonight, which is why I'm able to write this journal, thereafter which I'm going to work on my story. However, my depression has made me unable to comment on a new and good friend, *EMOisLOOOVE. ;-; Forgive me, I'll comment on them as soon as possible. I also have some journals to comment on, which I will get to in time.

Now in recent news, considering that today is Monday, I'll be turning 18 tomorrow! XD >> Honestly, not that excited. I mean, It's not like I'm dreading it or anything, I'm just feeling.... meh. Whatever. I'm 18. Well, it does open a few more things for me, but its not all that big a deal. Woohoo. Time passes. Let's celebrate. As you can tell, birthdays arn't a big thing for me. ^^ Still, it'll be good to be able to stop Ria from calling me a minor and tauntng me. >> Frikkin old person. XD

Annnnnnnnnd that's about it. See, nothing huge. Well, I'llbe working on my story soon, so, with all hope, t... ]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13208139/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13208139/ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:43:35 PDT
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But... a little rich for my blood. I just listened to some very educated sounding people discuss Eliot and then suggest against one of their friends using the word 'the' in his poem, opting for either 'a' or 'one'. This... this is too much for me. -_- I'm feeling very meek and stupid. I have no idea who Eliot is... er, was! Whatever. >> I'm just not well read... at all. And I don't really know how to fix it. I mean, obviously I should read more, but what? Maybe its my age and education... I JUST graduated High School... Then again, I turn around and look at ~Eowynian, and I realize I could be much better... *sighs* I'm just feeling kinda down.

So, life.

My girl just returned from vacation, and we were planning on going out this evening, (Considering its 3:00 on Saturday morning) but we've been thwarted... again. -_- Is it the gods who seem to have something against some quality time between Ria and I, or is it Ria's family? I swear, 3/4ths of our plans are thwarted by her mother, 1/4th of which have no clear reason! ;-; I'm going insane. I haven't even TALKED to Ria since Saturday until today. I last saw her that same Saturday. Is it too much to ask to be able to see my girlfriend on a weekly basis? Maybe even more frequently? Gah.... depression and desperation do not mix well.

Well, one bright spot is that I'm job hunting... if you can consider that a bright spot. Well, money is nice. It just hasn't been going well. I searched an entire outlet mall without finding a sinle job! I've got three promising ventures... Wal-Mart, Denny's, and a family restaurant similar to CrackerBarrel. I forget the name. Only Denny's has called me back for an interview, but it was rescheduled twice... they haven't told me when the newly scheduled time is........ so I don't even know if there is one. This is just sad.... I found my first job easy, because Ria was already working there. But I don't know anyone in this new area of town I've moved to... and it's not as easy.

So, there's my update. I plan on doing one every Saturday or Sunday, so be sure to look out for them. This next one will have my take of the results of the contest, since they'll be out by then. Til then...

Much Love,
Aaron Kaczmarek

]]> ~SecondSwipe http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13056873/ http://SecondSwipe.deviantart.com/journal/13056873/ Tue, 22 May 2007 21:42:38 PDT
However, I promised I would return to DeviantArt after I was out of school and had more free time to devote here. Well, I'm a High School Graduate now, and I've got plenty of time on my hands.

Many of my friends have DeviantArt accounts, and I proised so much to them and their art... promises I never fulfilled. I still feel pangs of guilt about these seething lies... and I hope to make good on them now. Initially, I'll be catching up on all the work I've missed from my friends, though I'll bypass any sort of commenting. But I will begin to comment on all of their works, and make my presence known here, including regular submissions and journal updates.

It is my hope that this swing will strike to the heart, and make the blade of my writing felt.

This journal christens a fresh attempt.

A new start.

A Second Swipe.

May my aim be true...

With Love,
Aaron Kaczmarek

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