http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:gwjunkie&section=today deviantART RSS for by:gwjunkie en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:54:43 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/29072285/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/29072285/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:14:19 PST more emo stuff from me. I just need to get things out. You don't have to read.

Well, I don't remember if I've mentioned that I start thinking up sort of..."conspiracies" about some of my friends. Particularly the ones that I don't hang out with or talk with much, but would like to hang out with more. But lately it seems like the conspiracies kinda...have something to them. I dunno. The people I'm talking about don't really respond to my messages or comments on Facebook, but I usually assume they're just busy, or sometimes my comments are sort of one-way, or because Facebook commenting is just silly, so I assume good faith. I've also called one of them a few times, but she never responded. I assumed she was busy with college.
Today, I went to the choir concert at my high school, because my brother was in it. Great show, by the way. I went backstage-ish after the show (nobody minds at these things) and chatted with a few people shortly. But one of them was talking about going to see the movie Avatar, which I thought was pretty cool. And he was doing a fanboy-ish "I wanna see Avatar again!" chant at another of my friends. I interjected with an "I wanna see Avatar too!" and he just sorta said "Yeah!" to me and started chattering with her. I didn't know if they were dating or planning on it or something, and I try to assume good faith, but there's always some suspicion or something hanging there in the back of my head, that I can't shake. I have to wonder if I've been more socially retarded than I thought this whole time and some people are just trying to be nice by not shooting me down. But I honestly can't tell, and I wonder more every time something like this happens.

I got my first semester college grades back. A 2.83 GPA. FFFFFF. I failed my first year seminar (the teacher was bad and assigned everything late in the year, but I should have adapted) and a stupid 0-credit "recital attendance" class (what it sounds like) that I thought shouldn't count towards my GPA but apparently does. Or maybe I'm counting credits wrong. Anyway, my mom was pretty pissed and I still have to tell my dad. This might make it difficult to get the scholarship money I've been shooting for at a new college, or even to get into the colleges in the first place (except Lakeland where I was already "provisionally accepted", go figure), and they won't be happy about that. I want an effing redo.
Well, I'm applying for enough places that hopefully I can actually get in somewhere even with that grade. I'm looking at MSOE, Marquette U, Lawrence U, Lakeland College, UW Oshkosh, and another in the Milwaukee area that I can't remember. I've visited all but Marquette and Lawrence, and I like Oshkosh most right now. Interestingly, that's where my parents both went to school. It's cheap, too, around $12,000 per year, including room and board. Lakeland is the only one cheaper, at about $9,000. It'll make paying my parents back for it all easier if I go to one of those two, and even more so if I get scholarships, but I really doubt the latter and am unsure of the former. I didn't care too much for MSOE, and I've heard Marquette is in a sketchy neighborhood, so at least MSOE is pretty much out. They're more selective anyway so it's probably not going to really matter.
The pressure my parents put on me...I know they care, but sometimes I wish they would care a little less for a while. I've gotten too used to them always being supportive and loving to the point that it annoys me, and I want them to just let me feel like I'm on my own for a bit. I'm half thinking I should have them just teach me how to take out a loan and kick myself out. Maybe I could get myself moving in the right direction then. But that's just ranting of course, I don't think I could bring myself either to ask that or to stay afloat in such a situation. I need some kind of kick in the ass, though. Maybe by some whim of fate I'll manage to get such a kick by the end of Christmas break.

Dammit, I could use a cuddle.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28757347/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28757347/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:17:53 PST
Original trailer: [link]
Races trailer: [link] (This one just came out today and I'M SO EXCITED)

More to come!

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28641155/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28641155/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:22:23 PST I'm gonna switch over to software engineering or computer science or something, in the hopes of landing a job with ArenaNet (Guild Wars) or Bungie (Halo series) or something, or working kinda freelance on gaming or software projects...I think. If I end up getting into a band, and that band ends up getting big, I'll roll with it, I guess. *sigh*
I dunno. At least this way I think I'll have an even better shot at a career than with a songwriting major. I can learn to write songs without basing my whole major around it, regardless. I'll keep writing, hopefully at a better pace than I am right now, and hopefully writing complete musical works, even to use in such software projects as I intend to make. We'll see.
S'all kinda confusing. Hope it works out.

As far as my life happenings go...I went home for Thanksgiving last Tuesday, and I'm headed back to Belmont tomorrow. (Whoops, guess that's more like later today...) I've found out that my parents are a lot more liberal than the average Republicans. It's nice to finally find that out, even if they're still under the impression that they're conservatives. S'kinda funny.
I had that new pizza from Pizza Hut, the stuffed crust pan pizza...I felt obligated, since I used to work there and will probably work there again...and I believe it made me ill. I had diarrhea the rest of the day. Good show, Pizza Hut, it's yet another gimmick AND it's the only PH product that makes me literally sick. I am disappoint.
Thanksgiving was great. Stuffed myself for the first time in a while, without feeling I had to force myself to eat so much. (Maybe it's 'cause I didn't have breakfast.) Very few people from my extended family actually showed up, though; apparently there was an issue with a shooting in Brodhead (where most of them come from), and since one of my family is a police officer he had to help out. I didn't hear why the other people couldn't, but it was kind of quiet around here.
I hung out with ~tburtonfangirl1 and watched Rocky Horror Picture Show...and I still don't know how I feel about that.
I played Assassin's Creed 2 and finished it (excellent game) and I'm in the middle of Halo 3 ODST (also excellent). I have yet to dig into Halo Wars. I went shopping for clothes with my mom, and I also bought the movie Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone while I was out. I've heard good things about it.

So yeah. An interesting and not-so-emo and yet not-so-crazy-cheerful journal post from me...madness, right? Well, let's see what happens.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28551702/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28551702/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:24 PST Gurren Lagann is so awesome. WATCH IT NOW ON HULU

I'm still not feeling great, but meh, I'm managing. GL is truly an inspirational show, haha.

Anyway, gonna be home from tonight (heading off to the airport in about an hour) until Sunday for Thanksgiving, hopefully it won't snow yet. My brother has Halo Wars and Assassin's Creed II waiting for me when I get there~! Also he's going to help me fight Dhuum or I'm gonna tell him exactly what I think about his precious Dungeons and Dragons Online...*mumbles incoherently*
SO!
Enjoy the holidays, and safe traveling, everyone!

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28459171/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28459171/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:27:33 PST At lunch, I realized that I had run out of Bruin Bucks (my school's currency that can only be used on campus things like food and school supples) and I'd used up all my allotted meals on my school meal plan for the week. I now have to pay for the rest of my meals with what (dwindling) funds I can attribute to my name.
Also, today was the first day for freshmen to register for classes. I realized that I still had a hold on my account (I couldn't pay until I [my parents] paid) and by the time the hold was off, half of my classes were full already. I'll have to go and see my advisor to edit my schedule some and edit me into places.
And now, my computer is acting up. I can't run hardly anything without it just stopping. It doesn't freeze, I can still move the mouse. But it doesn't let me click anything, and it doesn't let me open task manager, or even shut it down properly. The only way to reliably boot up and open things is through Safe Mode. I don't know what the problem is. It just suddenly started acting like this about 20 minutes ago. I'm running a virus scan to see if that's the problem, but if anyone has any kind of diagnosis, please tell me.

*sigh* Looking at the stuff up there, I don't know if I'm justified being so pissed. There are people out there who have had worse. I've even had worse than today.

I should probably just sleep. I haven't been getting enough of that, and it's always been my own fault. Maybe that can fix this, somehow.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28322813/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28322813/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:05:47 PST
So, here's the plan. I want to switch the emphasis of my commercial music major from vocal to songwriting. I feel there's probably a lot more I can do with further knowledge of songwriting than just knowing how to sing. And I'll still be singing with the change in emphasis, just with not as much...well...emphasis. And since the emphasis of the commercial music major isn't "declared" until the second semester of sophomore year, it's not a huge deal anyway.
The only issue is that I'll have to start actually working on writing songs, because they need a portfolio of sorts from me as "audition" material. The main reason I haven't had anything written has either been some musician's block that I hadn't thrown off until now, or procrastination. Probably a combination of the two, honestly. But I've been writing a few things lately, and with this motivation I might start writing more.
I've also started thinking about other directions in which I could use my musical knowledge for a career. If I learn how to write music, then not only could I write music for myself to sing and have a band to play it and be famous, but even whether or not that works out, I could write music for basically anyone who would be willing to take it. Getting noticed would be the issue in either case. And I even have another plan, which could happen at the same time as or in response to the failure of any of the above possibilities. This plan is that I could simultaneously, or during the summers, work on an online degree in video game design. Sounds crazy, right? But I've always thought that making video games would be kickass kind of fun, and making the music that would be used in those games would add a whole other personal element to it for me. I've already got a few general ideas sketched out on staff paper for 90s-style video game music, even. (Yes, 90s style. Like the video at the bottom of the article here: [link] which is a remake of the K-ON! ending theme which you can find here: [link] I'd love to compose some music like that. Now I just need to figure out how to make those crazy noises, haha.) So I've got some plans laid out. I don't know for sure where I'll go, but I'm gonna start to work harder at things I claim to care about.

Vaguely related, have you heard of the "freshman 15?" Well I'm somehow resisting it. For those of you that know my eating habits, this is pretty impressive. I think all the walking around campus combined with my weight training class is doin' me good. I'm only about 5lbs heavier than when I arrived here, and I can't tell whether to attribute that to muscles from weight training (I'm seriously impressed with how strong I'm getting) or form the lethargy that hits me whenever I'm in my dorm room. Oh well.

Oh, have I mentioned I'm going to be on TV? This is exciting news, gaiz. There's some show that PBS does every year for Christmas, I don't know exactly what it is, but they're coming to Belmont to film it this year. The event is going to be called "Christmas at Belmont" and we're going to be performing in this huuuuuge church with amazing acousticsssssssss and it's really exciting for me if you can't tell, haha! It's going to be really cool. Some of this music just blows me away. Some of it is kind of average music and not very challenging but none of it is actually bad. It'sgoingtobesocoooooooolllllllllll! I'll let you guys know when and where it'll be playing as it closes in, but it's mid-late December, so no rush.

Ah, things are alright. I just need to get more sleep. I had a total of four hours last night. I prolly shouldn't even be up right now, haha. I won't be up for much longer, anyway.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28018415/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/28018415/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:57:57 PDT No lyrical submissions in almost two months. That's pretty much since I got to college. And to be honest, I've just been having trouble writing. The only things I've managed to write have been depressing rambling non-poetic self-dialogues that I really only wrote because I needed to try and lay my thoughts out on some things and because I was trying to get some more writing out of me. A warm-up, generally speaking. But it seems like I just can't go anywhere with it.

Fair warning, the rest of this is going to be something like the aforementioned rambling. Feel free to skip it, I just need to get it out of me.

My whole thinking process is screwed up right now. I'm even questioning everything I've been doing for the past two months. I'm barely making any friends, even though I'm trying hard, and as I get to understand people's body language and such (about time, and I'm probably not actually understanding it, or at least I hope I'm not) I'm finding that people I was trying to be friendly with and who I had nice conversations with seem to be deliberately looking away from me when I pass them on the way to class or wherever. I give them friendly smiles and sometimes say hi, but they lock eyes and then immediately look away.
I can't help but think it's because of my issues with people skills. I think I'm smiling, but I never got good at deliberately smiling (stupidstupidstupidstupid) so I don't know. Sometimes I'm just in a daze when I'm walking and I even miss the fact that a few of the people are in fact saying hi to me, and I don't know if that's affecting it. And these people skills, and clearly expressing what I'm feeling, especially through facial expressions rather than other motions, tie heavily into the performance aspect of my intended major. So obviously I need to figure it out, because it affects EVERYTHING. As far as the affect on my major...I'm almost seriously considering giving this major up and taking up just plain writing, or game design or some kind of computer programming. But my parents would be pissed after just spending $35,000 for one year at Belmont.
I'll probably sleep the hopeless feeling off (I even feel a little better just having put it out there) but these are all problems for me regardless how desperate and hopeless I feel about it at any given time, or at best it's a problem that I perceive a problem where one doesn't exist.
At least I'm not failing any classes so far.
But if anyone has suggestions or advice for me (besides "just get out more"; it's not turning out that simple) I'm all ears.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/27643239/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/27643239/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:24:41 PDT
Put your name in, and generate slogan after each question. Generator here! [link]

1. What do you say to yourself every morning?
Just for the taste of Alex. (>.>;; )

2. What do you want other people to say about you?
Bet you can't eat Alex. (HAHA.)

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...
We all adore an Alex. (Lolwut?)

4. How would you answer a booty call?
Did somebody say Alex? (LOL)

5. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?
You need an Alex. (XDDDDDDDDD)

6. To someone you dislike?
Cleans right around the Alex. (Whut, haha)

7. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?
The too-good-to-hurry Alex. (Whut)

8. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...
The lighter way to enjoy Alex. (pakjvw)

9. You're failing a subject, you say...
I feel like Alex tonight. (Hah. Alex doesn't fail subjects.)

10. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?
We're serious about Alex. (HAHA)

11. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...
Builds bonny Alex. (WHUT)

12. Someone told you you're a jerk, you tell them...
Go crack an Alex. (HAHAHA)

13. What are the best words to describe you?
The world's local Alex. (That's me!)

14. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...
Put an Alex in your tank. (XD)

15. Your last words before you die...
Refreshes the Alex other beers cannot reach. (whut)

16. Your message to a special someone..
From our Alex to yours. (D'AWWWWWWWW)

17. Title of this post will be..
Why have cotton when you can have Alex?

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/27384492/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/27384492/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:35:15 PDT
I've made a few friends, mainly my roommate, his girlfriend (yes, he has a girlfriend already; he came home one day on the first week with a girl and was like "hey man, this is my lady-friend", I kid you not), and a couple people I chatted with in the lobby of my dorm. Trying to work on meeting people, and to that end I've stopped playing Guild Wars for a bit. A week? A month? We'll see.

I've discovered that, of the two choirs I'm in, the one which is mandatory for four semesters for vocal music majors (and two for non-vocal music majors) is working on songs tougher than the choir that some people *coughgirlscough* have to audition for. A little saddening, especially when I hear the guy directly behind me in this choir singing an octave down. Thankfully he's quiet. But anyway, the music for both choirs (which for some reason I just twice tried to spell with a Q; it must be getting late) is nice; I haven't encountered any music so far that I would complain about practicing and performing.

I've started self-teaching some guitar. I've got Are You Gonna Be My Girl by JET down already (even if it's rough when I play it), and I'm working on Calling All Skeletons by Alkaline Trio (just slightly more challenging), one of my own pieces (coming along slowly), and whatever other songs I happen to come across that sound easy. (Once you've played guitar for a bit, I've found you come to notice when a particular song is made up of purely barre and power chords. XD)

What else...oh, the mall around here is awesome. Maybe I already said that when I visited before? But it really is. Dave and Busters' is the main reason for that; DDR right next to a bar that serves pink lemonade...*drools* But the rest of the place is cool, there's this kiosk near the food court that lets you record a song on a karaoke track and whoever is manning the kiosk at the time will burn it to a CD for you.
Along the same lines, I've been stocking up on a little manga. No, not the perverted kind, you. I'll likely have a small hoard (not to be confused with the Horde; more on that later) accumulated by my return.

I picked up a trial code for World of Warcraft...
I'm unimpressed. THAT, for $15 a month? I'll just pay my $40 once (four times over, technically...) and play as long as I want, thank you.

Uh, I think that's it. Expect updates monthly-ish, I suppose.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26837952/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26837952/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:09:25 PDT Had my first day of classes today...I completely missed my first one and ended up in a different English 101 than my own and didn't realize until I went to check my schedule again. XD So I'm currently trying to sort things out with that teacher to get things in order, but all else went just fine.
So yeah, I'll be online pretty often unless things get busy (will probably happen eventually, might take a little while).

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26762578/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26762578/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:26:14 PDT Had fun hanging out with people before I headed out I chilled with for a bit, had pizza and watched the second half of I, Robot that was on TV, then went and saw Ponyo (highly recommended!) with which was all fun.
At college, I signed in and such, went to organize my dorm (my parents unloaded all my items from the boxes before organizing any of them, which slowed it down a bit, but it got done. I'll take some pictures and post them here, maybe tomorrow.
Anyway, the internet here is incredibly slow. I have never had Guild Wars lag as much as it did while I was playing just now. And websites...it took about 10 minutes just to load the deviantART home page when I logged in. Yeesh. But I'll see if I can get an ethernet cord and a wired connection; I have a feeling the wireless router is probably the culprit of my slow loading.

That's all for now. Basically orientation all this coming week, and classes start Wednesday. It's looking exciting so far, but I probably won't be online much. If you know my cell number, call/text me sometime. If you don't, comment here and I'll send it to you.

Here's to a good college experience.

Oh! And also, I'm still doing those features. I'll keep posting until I get 20 people who want features.

If you do get featured you are expected to feature 20 more people. You don't have to feature the person who featured you, but you may.

1.
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2.
[link] [link] [link]

3.
[link] [link] [link]

4.
It could be you!

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26357253/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26357253/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:15:06 PDT
Because I was featured by =Kuromu, I am now soulbound to this duty. XP
Be one of the first 19 people to comment here and you'll be featured. I'll pick three of your works to put here.
First one is =Kuromu for to repay for the feature.

EDIT: Also, forgot to mention, if you do get featured you are expected to feature 20 more people. You don't have to feature the person who featured you, but you may.

1.
[link] [link] [link]

2.
[link] [link] [link]

3.
[link] [link] [link]

4. ?????????????????

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26001683/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/26001683/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:10:02 PDT I'm having a little trouble, though. The computer I planned to use GarageBand on to record...well, it won't work. It crashes sometimes before the login page, and if it doesn't then it freezes whenever I click something. It's an old eMac from maybe 2000-ish, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I'll have to find another computer or another program to use.

Which leads me to the point of this journal. Does anyone know of a good GarageBand equivalent that works on Windows computers? Or, does anyone know enough about Macintosh computers to diagnose the problem with my eMac and find a way to fix it? Either solution would be very helpful.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/25720610/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/25720610/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:01 PDT
So, updates. I raided the Barnes and Noble at the mall a few days ago, and got 4 manga. I'll give you a quick synopsis and review at the end of this journal.
As far as my life has been going, I went to the No Doubt/Paramore concert at Summerfest last night and enjoyed it quite a bit. I thought Paramore did better musically and definitely got the audience going, but No Doubt did better in the latter respect. As to be expected, honestly, because they were the headliner. But Paramore played quite a bit of new music and said they're releasing a new album on September 29. Incidentally, one of the band members' birthday. Looking forward to that.
Just got through my endless list of deviations today. I'd been slacking on checking those. Had about 400.
Gonna be getting together with several people at Summerfest Sunday for the Veronicas and the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

...That's about it.
Oh, wait, I signed up on XBox Live recently. My gamer tag is GWENjunkie. Leave me a note if you add me so I know who the hell you are. I mostly play Halo 3 and pick up the occasional demo for games that looks cool.
So, those reviews:

Yozakura Quartet: I think this is my favorite manga right now. The story takes place in Sakurashin Town, where humans and demons live in harmony like nowhere else in the world. The mayor is a 16-year-old demon girl, Hime, whose demonic power is basically superhuman strength. She is accompanied by Kotoha, a "kotodama user" (one who can conjure things by saying them), Kyosuke, another superhuman strength kind of demon (but more powerful than her), Ao, a satori (a mind-reading demon), and Akina, a member of a family which can "tune" humans or demons (more often the latter) into the "Afterworld," and the sole human of the group. The story centers around these characters trying to keep the peace in the town, and a group is trying to invade and tune the Afterworld into the world. Or something like that. It's a little confusing right now, but I think I'll understand it as I read more of it.
Highly recommended.

Ballad of a Shinigami: For those who don't know, shinigami are gods of death (literally named). Y'know how most depictions of the grim reaper or shinigami are of the creepy black-hooded or demonic figures with scythes? Momo is (so far) the sole irregular among the shinigami, in that she wears white and isn't very intimidating at all, but chooses to give advice to those in the realm of the living and send messages from the dead to them. It's a very interesting series with an optomistic view on things. If you've seen Hideki Shoujo (Hell Girl), then this is about the opposite in views but with about the same "episode structure."
Recommended, don't know how highly yet.

Black God: The story is centered around the mototsumitama (whew, took a while to type; pronounced mow-tow-tsu-mee-tah-mah), superhuman beings that look human and are charged with the duty of keeping the balance of Earth in tune, or something like that. Again, not far enough in to understand everything, but so far basically a human has been drawn into a battle between a mototsumitama named Kuro and certain "families" of mototsumitamas. Excellent fights, a bit bloody.
Pretty highly recommended.

Alive: Okay, so this one is pretty creepy. This kid notices on the news that all over the world people have started committing suicide in massive numbers. At first everyone thinks it must be some large-scale religious or cult-based movement, but one person suggests that it is the fault of some kind of "suicide virus." As the back of the book says, "a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive."
No idea how to recommend this one yet.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/25074631/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/25074631/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:11:29 PDT Still working on those new works. Should probably get on that tonight, see what I come up with.

Went to 's party this weekend, was pretty fun. She's a fun one to spend time with. :3
Two days of school left. Woot! Soooooooo close to being done forever! Until college, heheh. But hopefully I'll enjoy that more.
Anyway, off to play Wii Fit, I've not been keeping up with that as I probably should.

Next kiriban at 6,500 views! I swear, even if you want me to draw something, even if you ask me to draw something just to humiliate me since my drawing skills suck, I'll do it! Nothing explicit though. Just...catch it, make me feel loved, please? Heheh.
Mata ne~!

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24856278/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24856278/ Thu, 21 May 2009 20:43:31 PDT
I got sick around Sunday, something nasty (but nothing life-threatening it seems), and it still hasn't worn off. I'm gonna have plenty of schoolwork to catch up on. Hopefully I'll be fine by tomorrow, but that's what I said yesterday too. This bug just won't die.
Related remotely to the above: assuming I don't fail all my classes due to missing class from sickness (haha, I doubt it) I'm done with high school two weeks from today. Wow. I'm thrilled about that, in case the text doesn't sound like it. (By the way, for those who are wondering, my graduation party is going to be in early August. I'll start up a Facebook event later on.)

I'm actually finishing things lately. Things I'd been thinking about doing for quite a while, like watching all that torrented anime. Finally. I need to clear up some of that space on my hard drive; my computer's been slowing up a bit lately, and I don't know if it's that, but it's worth it to just have that folder out of the way.
I've also been working on a few pieces of writing. Expect something up before school ends. No, actually, demand it of me. I guarantee I'll have a new piece up by the end of my school year. Hopefully two or three, but definitely one.

For those of you who don't already know about it, take a look at this game. N (short for, of course, "ninja") is an amazingly addictive game, for those able to endure copious amounts of frustration.

EDIT: KIRIBAN IS AT 6K! Catch it for a free request!

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24592829/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24592829/ Mon, 04 May 2009 21:27:04 PDT We'll see.
Remember how I said I was going to start up some anime/video game reviews?
That one I went through with.
Nothing much there yet, just letting you know it's exists now. It'll get updated eventually when I have more time to waste on such things, and I'll let you know when I do update it. Enjoy.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24547637/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24547637/ Sat, 02 May 2009 12:15:52 PDT Well, I got chorus for the musical. So I'm not going to bother with that. I'll probably look for a community production somewhere this summer. Definitely going to get more hours at work if possible, and I'm actually looking for another job too. Would be nice to get a bit more money from a summer job. Hoping to head out later today and work on that.
Blech, I've been spending too much time on the internet lately, just drifting between websites. I'm working on some kind of self-experiment to see if I can manage without for a while. So if you don't see me for a few weeks on end, don't worry about it. If you've got my number, feel free to call me sometime, I've been hellishly antisocial lately.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24384461/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24384461/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:50:01 PDT Anyway, had fun in Arizona, though it was too warm for my taste. I got a highlight in my hair as I'd wanted to, will upload a pic when I get the chance (aka when I feel like it). I got a couple manga, Black God vol 1 and Record of a Fallen Vampire vol 2, both series highly recommended, though Black God is rather bloody. For reference, if Naruto in the original Japanese (unedited) doesn't phase you, you can probably handle this. (Yeah, I know, Naruto's not that bad, but it's just a warning. I don't want any little kiddies or people of a less mature mindset getting scarred.) For a better reference, if Sweeney Todd doesn't phase you, go read it. Now.
So then, besides that...went horseback riding, and our guide's horse kept getting spooked by...rocks. So he asked me to go in front a couple times, since we were up on a cliff and he didn't want his horse backing up into us and knocking one of us off or something. That was pretty cool.
Played DDR at a nearby arcade, but it was an old version and lagged a couple times. In fact, one time the music continued while the arrows completely froze for about 5 full seconds. Disappointing, really.
I also acquired a video game for the DS called Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure. It sounds stupid, but it's pretty awesome, actually. The protagonist, Henry Hatsworth, embodies practically every stereotype of English/British people, and can eventually turn into a giant robot through an ability labeled "Tea Time." Yeah. That's right.

Well, back home, over yesterday and today I auditioned for the summer musical All Shook Up at my school. I feel fairly confident, after the callbacks today, that I'm going to get a part I don't want. The two parts I was asked to read for at the callbacks were Jim (father of a main character, has one reprise solo early in the show and is otherwise a minor speaking and chorus character) and Earl (a submissive police officer who doesn't so much as SPEAK until one of the last scenes). Don't interest me in the slightest, either of them. I know that for some people even getting a role like Jim would be heavenly, but the directors keep telling me when I sing and act that they're so impressed and I'm so good, and I get side roles anyway. Almost none of the other guys can sing the songs for the main character (Chad, the Elvis-esque character) because they say it's too high. Yet I can sing it, and I did sing it in my audition.
*sigh* I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions, but what am I supposed to think after that? I don't know.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24182460/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24182460/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:42:26 PDT
]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24065299/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24065299/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:58:53 PDT [link]

Haha, it seemed neat and good-willed. I like it.

Even if my "Listening to" reflects a sense of rage, I'm actually in quite a good mood right now. And I think I've figured out why. It may sound crazy, though.
I think boredom makes me depressed.
...
No, seriously. Y'know those kind of days where you sit at home and don't talk to anyone at all, whether sickness or laziness or whatever? I think those give me too much time to overthink stupid things.
Remember when I was sick for a full school week? It pissed me off because all I could do between bouts of exhausted sleep was switch between deviantART and Facebook, hoping someone was on, and looking for those sparse groups on Guild Wars every so often in between. (Guild Wars is not active at all during school/work hours. Geeks have lives? Go figure.)
But today was...well, in a casual sort of way, it was fun. First I had a voice lesson at my teacher's house, which was something different. I decided to use my FM transmitter with my iPod today, instead of what I usually do, switching between radio stations until I find something that won't give me a headache and switching to a CD I've heard 200 times through if they all give me a headache. I went to the freaking library, just randomly, to check out some manga, and met up with a friend I haven't seen in a while and whose name I can't remember and should have asked her for. I should have gone to A Midsummer Night's Dream at school again to round out a spontaneous day, since all I did for the rest of the day was sit on the computer playing games and waiting for potential chatters to get online.
As depressing as it may sound, like I'm trying to distract myself from the stuff on my mind, the thing is, I think it all really is just in my mind. I think up freaking conspiracies about my friends when given the chance. Most of them are based on some hard facts, but hell if I know what people are thinking, and I'm not going to drag them down asking if there's some issue unless I get really depressed or they want to know about this journal post. And at least half of my friends don't read my deviantART journals.
Sorry for the wall-o-text, I just felt like sharing.
Also note my latest reading obsession. Faye's situation may or may not have something to do with my decision to share.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24006291/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/24006291/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:56:28 PDT GOOD ONE, DA

April Fools'. I'm disappointed. Sure, the Mudkips from last year would be hard to top, but...it's like you weren't even trying this time.
Meh. No big deal. Still my favorite online community, even if you're a worse underachiever than I am.

Anywho. I had detention today. I was late last week Tuesday to Government class, because at lunch (immediately before, and directly across the school from Gov) I was writing music, and while I usually get there with 30 seconds or so to spare, I spent about 45 completing a musical idea on paper.
So I got to the detention room, and there was a line to get in. Naughty kids at this school of mine. I sat down for a half hour, re-read a little manga, did what homework I could do without a computer, and left. And y'know, the entire time, there were kids in detention who were sitting at the available computers playing games, and the teacher said nothing.
Lol. Way to keep the kids in line, KM. Show 'em who's boss.

Oh, I think I'll be creating a list of the anime/manga/games I own and my ratings of each of them, just for fun and to waste time I don't have. I'll make another journal for such a purpose later today, probably.

Guess that's it. Later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23972114/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23972114/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:37:39 PDT
Post with responses.

Would you...?

[] Push me against a wall and kiss me?
[] Come To My House To Do Nothing But Chill?
[] Slap Me?
[] Slap me if i asked you to?
[] Kiss Me?
[] Let Me Kiss You?
[] Watch A Movie With Me?
[] Take Me Out To Dinner?
[] Take A Shower With Me?
[] Take Me Home For The Night?
[] Let Me Sleep In Your Bed?
[] Take Me Anywhere With You
[] Repost This For Me To Answer Your Questions?
[] Let Me Make You Breakfast?
[] Make me breakfast?
[] Tickle Me?
[] Sleep with me?
[] Let Me Tickle You?
[] Stick Up For Me Uf I Was Being Put Down?
[] Instant Message Me?
[] Greet Me In Public?
[] Hang Out With Me?
[] Hold my waist from behind while we are out?
[] Bring Me Around Your Friends?
[] Fall in love with me
[] Like me
[] Love me

Do You...

[] Miss Me?
[] Think I'm Sexy?
[] Think I'm Cute?
[] Think I'm Hot?
[] Think I'm Ok?
[] Think I'm Ugly?
[] Want To Kiss Me?
[] Want To Cuddle With Me?
[] Want To Date Me?

Am I...

[] Smart?
[] Funny?
[] Cool?
[] Lovable?
[] Adorable?
[] Great To Be With?
[] Attractive?
[] Mean?
[] Ugly?
[] Gorgeous?

Have You Ever...

[] Thought About Hooking Up With Me?
[] Found Yourself Wanting To Kiss Me Non Stop?
[] Wished I Were There?
[] Had A Crush On Me?
[] Wanted My Number?
[] Had A Dream About Me?
[] Been Distracted By Me?

Are You...

[] Happy You Know Me?
[] Thinking About Me?
[] my friend?

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23837535/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23837535/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:16:17 PDT

ANIME/MANGA NERD
[x] You watch anime.
[x] You read manga.
[x] You buy/collect anime DVDs or manga volumes.
[x] You own some other form of anime/manga merchandise.
[x] You have referred to an anime character as 'hot' before. (I believe so)
[x] You have cosplayed.
[x] You have done so in public.
[x] You have been to an anime/manga convention. (twice)
[ ] You have created/joined a fanclub for an anime/manga character.
[ ] You have created/joined a hateclub for an anime/manga character.
[/] You have squealed when you found out somebody had the same name as an anime character you knew. (inner squeal)
[ ] You enjoy drawing anime. (I can't draw >.>;; )
[x] People you know, know you as the 'anime' person.
[x] You know that it is pronouced 'mawnguh' and not 'manga' like it is spelled.

Anime/manga nerd = 10.5/14

ART NERD
[x] You like art.
[x] You actually consider yourself an artist. (Writers are artists too. Also, I do photography.)
[ ] When using art supplies, the brand of them matters to you.
[ ] You have a favorite brand.
[ ] You have asked for art supplies as a Christmas/birthday gift before.
[ ] You give people your drawings as gifts.
[ ] People actually ask for your drawings.
[ ] You are/were known as 'the art person' at your school.
[ ] Instead of just 'brown' or ' pink', you'd be specific; it's 'sienna brown' or 'blush pink'. (color blind >.<
[ ] You have taken an art class outside of school.
[ ] You have considered a career as an artist.
[ ] Your school papers are always covered in doodles.
[ ] You have a favorite artist.
[x] Your drawings have been framed. (just one, from like 5th grade)
[ ] You carry a sketchbook with you everywhere you go.

Art nerd = 1/15

MUSICAL NERD
[x] You play a musical instrument.
[x] You play more than one instrument.
[x] You actually really enjoy playing your instrument.
[ ] You've given your instrument a name. (no, but I give my computers names, so that's not a bad idea)
[x] You've participated in an extracurricular activity for your instrument.
[x] You are known by what you play. (to some)
[x] You listen to classical music. (occasionally)
[ ] You have a favorite composer.
[ ] All of your friends are from your band/orchestra class.
[x] You write music.
[x] You've had discussions with your friends about music; your favorite composers/instruments/musical time periods/key/etc... (not classically, except in Music Theory class)
[x] You have considered a professional career with your instrument. (that's what I'm going to college for)
[x] You are never nervous playing for other people. (rarely)

Musical nerd = 10/13

VIDEO GAME NERD
[x] You play video games.
[x] You own more than 4 different video game systems.
[x] You've had debates over which system is the greatest. (some)
[/] You play video games every day. (almost)
[x] You have played a video game for over 10 hours.
[x] You have songs from your favorite video games on Cds. (DDR FTW)
[x] You love to talk about video games.
[x] You memorize the dates for when a new game is being released. (for really good ones, yes)
[x] People know you as the 'gamer' person. (some)
[x] You spend more time on video games than you do hanging out with friends. (eheheheh, yes)
[x] Your gaming system is in your room. (my laptop is sometimes in my room, so is my DS)
[x] You have preferences when it comes to what company your game came from. (I'm forming them quickly lately)
[ ] You've had debates over which company is the best.
[/] You keep playing a game until you beat it. (usually)
[/]It makes you angry when you found out somebody looked up cheat codes on the internet to beat their game. (To beat a game, yes. To screw around in an uber-sandbox game, who cares.)

Video game nerd = 12.5/15

COMPUTER NERD
[x] You use the computer every day. (definitely)
[x] You have an account/username on some sort of social website. (several, some of which I don't even remember)
[x] You go into random internet chatrooms. (occasionally)
[x] You spend at least 2 hours a day on the computer. (oh, definitely)
[x] You use computer faces. (sometimes >.> )
[x] It is hard to go a day without using the computer. (YES)
[x] You spend time in online forums. (yeah)
[ ] In the forum/chatroom you use, you are known there by everyone else. (rarely, ex... ]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23726660/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23726660/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:12:53 PDT Oh gawd, my cats look like they're making out. Lol.
*cough cough kuh-hack cough* Blegh...so yeah, I'm sick. I'm coughing very consistently and have a stomachache (which intensifies muchly when I cough) and my whole body feels weak and painful. We're calling it "choir trip sickness" since pretty much half the people on the trip are sick now. I just feel like laying down and listening to music and sleeping, but no, I have work to do. I have an AP Lang paper that's due today at 3:00. I think. It's definitely due today though. I have to finish that. I also have a few U.S. Government worksheets to do.
Gaaaaaaah, this choir trip messed me up.
I did get some cool stuff at the Mall of America, though. 5 manga and a Chinese-looking silk shirt that's extremely comfortable. For the time I was at school today I was wearing it and I got some funny looks, which lightened my mood.
I'll update more later, but I have to get my paper done.

Paper's done, update time.

First day, we had a clinic with Anton Armostrong. Uneventful otherwise. Stayed at a hotel in Steven's Point.
Second day, we headed to a hotel in Northfield, Minnesota. We had some clinic beforehand, but I forget with whom. The teachers had said they weren't going to give out the room keys until the entire group was there. Interestingly enough, the rest of my group was headed to their room by the time I'd just gotten into the building. Haha. And my group was made up of 6 people, which made me assume we'd have two or three beds available. Makes sense, right? But we just had one bed and a pull-out couch. We stole a couch from the lobby to compensate, which I slept on the rest of the trip.
Third day we had a clinic with someone else, I forget who. We listened to the St. Olaf choir, though, and they made us look like amateurs. Well, we are, it's a high school choir, but still.
Fourth day we went to the Mall of America for the entire day. I bought the aforementioned manga and shirt, plus a bag from Hot Topic for $1. Apparently the proceeds from that fund went to some kind of Hot Topic music foundation. Of course I'll support that.
Went home the fifth day, which was when I started feeling sick. So yeah.

Oh, I got accepted to Belmont University's School of Music. So that's awesome. Just have to keep my grades up for the school year. Urgh, that'll be fun.
Guess that's it. Later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23650258/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23650258/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:40:31 PDT That's all. >.>;;

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23460225/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23460225/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:26:26 PST :3 Pocky, an SOS-Brigade pin, a Lucky Star keychain, and a Legend of Zelda keychain. Also bought two volumes of Train+Train (dunno how you say it in irl-speak).
Besides Brawl, they also had Rock Band 2, which I played a couple times, and DDR, which I really played only once or twice (the pads slid around a lot).
As far as the cosplay goes, I ended up going solo. ~sapphirebutterfly69 said her costume wasn't done right somehow, and I guess I'll take her word for it; she'd know better than I would. In the words of my friends, "Pix or it didn't happen," so you'll be seeing pix of my costume eventually.
All in all, entertaining. And now, I need sleep. My eyes hurt. =_=

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23312103/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23312103/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:52:16 PST It was so beautiful I almost cried.
I can die happy now. ='D
That is all.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23214385/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23214385/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:14:57 PST Cool.
Of course, they have a lot of other good movies, too. I just watched Once, and it's one of my favorite movies of all time now. They did say "fuck" quite a bit, though. XD

On the topic of Anime Milwaukee, I'm definitely going now, and even cosplaying. Wait, did I mention that already? *checks* Nope, guess not. I've just told people in real life, I guess. Anyway, the plan is I'm going as Syaoran from Tsubasa, and is going as Sakura from the same (both shown in this picture). Should be pretty cool. I'm currently still working on the cape (since I don't have sewing supplies I'm working at 's house ) but the rest I should be able to salvage from department stores or something.

Oh, I was struck by sudden musical inspiration last night, which kept me up until like 1:30am. But I think it's worth it. Expect results soon.

But now, to finish my homework. And by finish, I mean get started on.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23102776/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23102776/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:31:00 PST I guess we'll see.

Oh, as far as ACen goes, I'm not going anymore. Just too expensive and too inconvenient, being stuck right in the middle of AP exams. Plus several of the people I was planning on going with are dropping out, so it wouldn't be as much fun. I do love these events, but I like people around to share them with, y'know? It's still fun without other people, I guess, but...well, anyway, I won't be headed to ACen, so that's that.
Instead, I'll be headed to Anime Milwaukee. It's much cheaper and within daily driving distance. (As in, I can drive there and back on the same day and come back the next and it'll still be worth the trip. Chicago, not so much.) It's supposed to be smaller, too, and I thought that while ACen was fun, I'd like to see what the smaller, more personal conventions are like.
I guess we'll see about that, too.
Anyway, I've gotta run. I've been too busy on my last few birthdays. So, later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23003185/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/23003185/ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:50:10 PST [link]
That is all.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22945589/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22945589/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:33:14 PST So I think my audition went well.
Plus I got two awesome shirts from the Hot Topic at the mall where I was, and a "newsboy" hat at the Gap store at the same mall, on Friday. I played about an hour and a half of DDR at that mall (Dave and Busters <3 MOST AMAZING ARCADE CHAIN EVER), then downed two pink lemonades, then went shopping for the above items plus some jeans (I've been running low, I have many pairs that are too small for me) a guitar strap that had "POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS" printed on it. XD
So yeah, good times.
Back to school tomorrow. Blech.
Oh, that reminds me, I'm going to be dropping AP Chemistry in the interest of keeping my GPA up. I'm not gonna be a chemist anyway. Or an engineer of that sort, for that matter.
I have way too much stuff to catch up on to worry about learning things I'll never use. Most of it anime and video games. XD Though I guess by that logic school is effectively useless to me except for Choir and Music Theory.
Blah, none of that, I'm in way too good a mood.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22880652/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22880652/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:03:58 PST BBL. Have fun at school, suckers.

On an off note, to those that go to my school in particular, I was planning on hosting an anti-TWIRP party, since the music (and general atmosphere) at the school dances has sucked lately. Any takers? I can about 90% guarantee there'll be a dance floor of some kind. I'll be asking people to bring their own music and all so we get some variety, but I've got plenty of stuff to play without that kind of help.
Let me know if you're interested. I'd like to make sure there's some interest before I start preparations.

[edit] So, the internet connection on my computer is being really stupid on this hotel's network. I tried ten times to load the deviantART home page and got ten network timeouts. It might've been because I had Azureus (a bittorrent program) running; I don't know how the network filters bandwidth or anything. Anyway, I'm on my mom's computer right now, but I probably won't ask to use her computer much if I can help it. So don't expect to see me online much.
Oh, but it turns out I'm getting back late Saturday night, contrary to what I thought. So I might update on Sunday but probably later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22831160/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22831160/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:35:49 PST My current ideas are as follows:

-Kira Yamato as seen in Gundam SEED Destiny [link]
-Itsuki Koizumi from Haruhi Suzumiya [link] (not very recognizable without the entire Haruhi group, and the group I planned on doing this with has been MIA for some time now)
-Travis Touchdown from the video game No More Heroes [link] [link] (but probably not, I just like the beam katana XD;; )
-Joshua from the video game The World Ends With You [link] (besides the color my hair matches, just need some dye, and the costume itself looks pretty simple)
-Mugen from Samurai Champloo [link] (probably not, just another option)
-Link from the video game Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [link] (probably not, again)
-Oki from the video game Okami [link] (hard to find a good picture)
-Syaoran from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles [link] (on the right; suggested by ~sapphirebutterfly69)

Besides that, I don't have any ideas. If you feel like giving me suggestions, then the guidelines are:
-No crossdressing
-Human/humanoid characters only, unless you can REALLY convince me otherwise
-Nothing that would require a lack of shirt or pants
-Different hair colors are acceptable, but wigs are almost positively out of the question
-Any anime or video game source will do, unless it's adult-ish (ecchi, hentai, etc)

So if you've got any ideas, feel free to post them. I might update the guidelines or list from time to time and list it as a major Journal update, so feel free to ignore it if you don't care or something. Thanks to anyone who helps, though.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22797985/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22797985/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:08:12 PST I've downloaded 10 complete anime series (unlicensed, two of which are still working on downloading) and 4 anime movies (also unlicensed), and I bought 3 movies from Blockbuster that I haven't seen before, and I and I'm partway through FFII for the SNES with 3 other games I need to play for it, and I've got a game left to finish on the Wii (No More Heroes).
This doesn't mean I'm going to quit social interaction for the duration of time until I've muddled through this stack of stuff; what social life I have will always trump video games and anime and such.
Pretty much just wanted a new journal post. I'unno.
Later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22701891/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22701891/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:11:46 PST And uhm, it's pretty expensive.
One night in a room at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare (right where the convention is being hosted) for 1-4 people is $145, at the Embassy Suites Chicago O'Hare is $169 (yikes), and at the DoubleTree Chicago O'Hare is $149. A two-night stay for four people, then, would be half of those: $77.50, $89.50, and $79.50, respectively. This is turning out to be quite expensive, so if we can find groups of four to stick together, I think that would be best.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22679240/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22679240/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:35:53 PST [link]

Or, if that link doesn't work, click the one below and enter the Seller ID 2wa5425:
[link]

Kthxbai.

[edit] Nix that, looks like the pizzas aren't available online. But there's a bunch of cool stuff on there, so go take a look if you've got the time.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22532283/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22532283/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:43:58 PST So uhm...did I mention something called Idol Mainia before?
Well, I entered it. As it sounds, it's an American Idol copycat competition. For the first round I sang "I'm A Believer". At the end of the show, they said I didn't make it to the second round. But one of the judges was a perverted guy, and from what I've heard he got kicked off. And I got called a few days ago by the host of the show, and he said I was still in the competition. Claimed they'd counted my scorecard wrong and I was actually tied or something. I suspect it may have been because that judge was kicked off, though; he really didn't seem to like me. (His first comment on my performance was that he didn't like my clothes.)
So anyway, the next round is this Friday (the 16th) at 7pm. I'll be singing "Learn To Fly" by Foo Fighters. The final round is the day after, also at 7pm. If you guys want to come I can get you the address.
Oh, also, I got accepted to Marquette. If anyone knows anything at all about their music program, let me know. 'Cause that'd be the only reason I'd go there.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22402070/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22402070/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:22:39 PST Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the first definition it gives you.


1.) Your name?
Alex:
1. A universally well-recognized unisexual name.

Often derived used as a shortened name for names like (but not limited to): Alexandra, Alexander, Alexandria, Alexa, Alexandra the Queen, Alexander the Great, AlexAlexAlex.
"Hi! My name is Alexander the Great, but you can call me Alex"

(And now the second definition, because it is funny)

2. noun. Someone that is of extreme greatness. Often considered as a god in some religions. Also means cool.
Girl: yeah he is sooo Alex

(lolz, but not really)


2.) Your age?
17:
1. The right age to start having sex, according to Chef on South Park
Chef: "The right time to start having sex is 17."
Sheila: "So you mean 17 as long as you're in love?"
Chef: "Nope, just 17."
Gerald: "But what if you're not ready at 17?"
Chef: "17, you're ready."

(and the second, because it is also funny)

2. When you have more responsibility than at 16, but without all the fun of 18.
"How old are you?"
"17."
"Dude, that sucks..."

(rather true, sometimes)


3.) One of your friends?
Tor:
1. Pile of hot naked ladies.
I wish I was in a tor right now.

(good God...)



4.) What should you be doing?
Homework:
1. Homework: (Noun) a punishment given to students by evil teachers after the students have already put in 7 hours of hard labor.
(Regardless of the fact that some of these students have 4 more hours coming afterward...)

5.) Favorite color?
Black: (*cringes for racial jokes*)
(this is all under the first definition)

1.Darkness, a dark colour, the colour of this text is black.
2.A race - The black race can range from African American to Polynesian.

1. "I own a black car."
2. "A black person stole my car."
(knew it.)

6.) Birthplace?
Waukesha:
1. Waukesha is town in south-eastern Wisconsin, The only good it can come is if you have a means of transportation, this honestly could possibly be the most boring town on earth. If you ever have the chance to avoid it, I beg of you to avoid it, it will consume your soul!
waukesha, the sha, is a more common nickname we use.
(that one wasn't funny. huh.)

7.) Month of your birth?
February:
1. February is the best month of the year. Its still nice and cold and snowy, but you know that spring is just around the corner if you're tired of all the bad weather. February is also the most unique month. 28 days long,(unless its every four years on a 'leap' year)
Valentines day is also in February. (the fourteenth)It's a fun holiday named after St. Valentine, and it's for cute happy couples. Many single or unhappy peope celebrate the anti Valentines day, ie. Singles awareness day.

People born in February are without a doubt the Cutest, Smartest, and Funniest set of people. If you are born after the 20th, you are also a PICES. This is the best Zodiac sign.
"Kristy is so cute! Shes nice too! How did she get so purfect and talented?"
"She was born in February"
"OF COURSE! THAT MUST BE IT"

"Eight days till march!"
"No. Nine days till march."
"*shakes head* Silly- this year is a leap year!"
"ahhhhhhh"
(ehh, I dunno about that)


8.) Last person you talked to?
Adrienne:
1. a person who is often considered crazy,they are usually walking around with a confused smile on their face
"Look at that wondering kid, that certainly is an adrienne."
(Considered crazy, perhaps, but not actually >.>;; And I don't remember any smiles of the confused variety.)


9.) One of your nicknames?
Arekkusu:
(no definition. >.>;; )

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22287869/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22287869/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:15:39 PST
[edit] Back. With manga and a new video game.
I still wonder why we /drive/ there. Takes 7 freaking hours. There isn't that much to do around there either. Had work for 4 hours afterward, so I'm feeling somewhat tired. Not sleepy, just a little irritable, I guess. I just feel like...doing something. Not a chance at this hour, of course.
But whatever. Happy New Year and all. I spent mine playing video games in a secluded area (the rest of the house was filled with drunken old people, even my mom said it like that) until we heard the people outside cheer and noticed the clock said 12am. Stayed up for a little longer, then went to bed because we were going to get up around 9 to head back. (Otherwise I wouldn't have made it back in time for work.)
So yeah, nothing exciting going on.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22188623/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22188623/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:08:55 PST Happy Wintersday, deviants! (For those who don't play, Wintersday is the Guild Wars equivalent of Christmas/New Years.)
I hope everyone's enjoyed the gifts they got ^^ I'm enjoying mine much, even though I got less than usual. (But I wish it was even less >.>;; I feel guilty that my parents spend this much money on me, especially when half the stuff I don't even use that much...)
Gift from family/Santa (or, if you prefer, casualties to my parents' budget) include:
-Assorted candies and treats
-A Super Nintendo + a game pack that has Tetris and Dr. Mario (will have to look for more games on Amazon/eBay later
-Halo 2 (been wanting to catch up since I haven't played the first two, will have to borrow the first from my brother before I start)
-A pocketwatch (it looks like the cheap $10 kind from Walmart that I was planning to get anyway, and I like it. ^^)
-"Baka^ni" and "Ninj4" t-shirts from the Megatokyo online store

and the one I feel most guilty about getting
-An electric guitar! *_* SO COOL
I DEFINITELY NEED TO LEARN NOW
IT SOUNDS SO COOL HOOKED UP TO MY AMP

*ahem*

Well, yeah. Anyway, besides that, went to the candlelight service at my church last night, was rather calming. Oh, for those who don't know (probably most of you), my family's tradition is opening family gifts (any gifts that our parents weren't going to give us themselves or as Santa) on Christmas Eve. It used to be that we only opened one gift of our choice on Christmas Eve, but somehow we kind of slipped past that or something, I guess.

I guess for non-Christmas related updates now? My teeth don't hurt that much anymore. They're still fairly sensitive, and I can't open my mouth all the way yet without it hurting, but I can eat meat again, at least. >;3

ACen stuff
I'm now giving up on organizing the group. I don't want to handle everyone's money to begin with, but it was necessary to get a group discount. Now that we don't have enough people for said discount (about a week before the current ticket price expires), it seems like a bother for me to handle the money anyway, so I'm just going to disband the group. I'll still try and help organize hotel stuff if everyone wants, of course, but nothing to do with tickets. You're on your own. 'Kay? 'Kay.

Alright then, that's about it. Mata ne~

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22074612/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/22074612/ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:33:16 PST Well, I was planning on going on a choir trip today at school (at least until the appointment), but seeing as we had a snow day, obviously that didn't work out. Glad I already took the Stats test I would have missed today either way. I feel like I did well enough, too, but I have a feeling that I shouldn't feel that way, or something like that. Same for the Chem test the day before. Guess we'll see.

EDIT: Kiriban is 4k, I guess. Catch it and I'll write something, or take some sort of photo, or draw a stick figure comic, or whatever. Just make sure you've got some kind of idea for me to work with. I haven't have a whole lot of inspiration lately (though I am working on a couple of things), so it'd be a good help to get a request.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21936661/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21936661/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:37:24 PST
The musical was pretty awesome. The first night my microphone pack fell and took the rest of the mic with it, which scared me a little at the time, but it's not really a big deal. I'm pretty sure I was still the only audible tenor. >.>;;

Oh, I guess I may not have ever mentioned on dA, but last May or so I started taking dance lessons at the Fred Astaire studio (right across Hwy 18 from KMHS). I've been taking them since, and my teachers (yes, I have more than one teacher) have recommended that I start working on competition stuff. So tomorrow I'm dancing with one of my teachers at some sort of party at the studio (just a performance type thing, not a competition) to the song All I Want For Christmas Is You as sung by My Chemical Romance. Should be fun. Then after that I'll be practicing choreography the other teacher thought up to go along with Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard. The performance for that (which I think might be a competition, actually, I don't remember) will be sometime in the summer. That one seems like it'll be more fun, but only because I've got months to practice and I'll be able to give my input on the choreography as it stands to change it to make it "my own".

School continues as usual, kind of boring and tedious. I actually like most of the classes I'm taking this year, though. Choir is always a plus, Music Theory is fun, Intro Comp Prog was a class I took for ease (and which is quickly proving said ease), AP Lang makes me think a lot in ways I like to think, and so does AP Stat. (Mr. Willems explained it this way: "In AP Stat, I'm going to teach you to LIE.") So I guess the only tedious and boring part is AP Chem. But it's definitely tedious and boring.

Hmm, what else...I guess that's it. I'll make another journal later if anything significant happens.

EDIT: Oh yeah, on Tuesday I went to a meeting about getting my wisdom teeth out. That's happening Dec. 19. (The start of winter break.)

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21789905/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21789905/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:25:10 PST Anyway, I'd better get some sleep or I certainly won't get better. Bye.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21507951/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21507951/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:24:49 PST Well...nothing profane. Etc etc.
(For those who wonder what nonsense I'm typing about now: *Santas-Secret-Elf)

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21427843/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21427843/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:26:34 PST

You're a 90s kid if:

You remember watching:
-Doug (Didn't like that show much)
-Ren & Stimpy (Don't remember much)
-Pinky and the Brain (YES.)
-AAAAAAAH Real Monsters! (Vaguely.)
-Rockos modern Life. (YES.)
-Animaniacs (AHAHAHAHA YES.)
-Gargoyles (Sounds familiar.)

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" (Haha, yes.)

You just cant resist finishing this . . . "in west Philadelphia born and raised . . ." (Eh?)

You remember:
-Step by Step (Nope)
-Family Matters (Only know the title.)
-Dinosaurs (Haha, yeah.)
-Boy Meets World (Uhm, only know the title.)

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. (SUPER MARIO CARTOONS FTW)

You remember reading "Goosebumps" (I remember hearing about it, not reading it though)

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence . . . not
(Not. Lol, but yes.)

When everything was settled by:
-rock paper scissors or
-bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or
-ms. mary mack
(Only the first two. But yeah. XP)

when kick ball was a daily activity. (Hell yeah. That or four-square.)

when we used to obey our parents (Lol. Good times.)

You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time on a tape. (Uhm, no? I just listened to the radio. Bought CDs at some point or another.)

You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
(Hellz yeah, the original Sega Sonic games were awesome. But then, EVERYTHING on the SNES was epic amazingness. I need to get an SNES now. >.>;; )

You remember The Original Game Boy. (Mine had a Pikachu on it! I need one now...)

You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny. (LOL, was I the only one who tried to make a funny rigged video and failed miserably?)

You remember watching:
-The Magic School Bus (YES.)
-Wishbone (HELL YES.)
-Reading Rainbow (YEAH.)
-and Ghostwriter on PBS (Uhm...nope.)

You remember when Yo-Yos were cool. (I had one that retracted automatically. Springs or some newfangled technology at the time.)
You remember those Where's Waldo books. (I found him on every page. D= He didn't hide well.)
You remember eating Warheads and Splashers Gum (Never really had Warheads, never heard of Splashers.)

You remember watching:
-the 1st Batman (at some point)
-Aladdin (Dangit, now I want to again. )
-Ninja Turtles (Vaguely, like one episode that came on after the early-morning Mario cartoons.)
-ghost busters (Don't remember it well, but yes.)


You remember Ring Pops. (OMG YES.)

If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!" (Eh, kinda.)

You remember boom boxes .vs. cd players. (Lol, not really. )

Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them. (Those I got into in the early 2000s though.)

You played and/or collected "Pogs" (Lol wtf?)

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere. (I had a Hey You Pikachu, does that count? (It's still sitting around my house somewhere XD))

one word. . . . . . . .trolls. (Oh gawd, just remembered that as I was preparing to type something about trolls and flamers. NO. NEVER. AGAIN.)

Windows 95 was the best. (Pfft. 98 was where it was at.)

You watched the original cartoons of
-Rugrats (Of course!)
-Wild Thornberry's (Heheh, sometimes.)
-Power Rangers (Hellz yeah, watched that into middle school. XD;; )
-Rocket Power. (YES.)

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. (Who what brand now?)

You collected those Beanie Babies. (Uh, yup.)

Carebears (Never liked those much.)

Lambchop's song never ended. (Who's Lambchop? Wait, wasn't that the name of Doug's dog or something?)

Silver dollars, which were cool to have. (Yeah, I have one.)

Everyone watched the WB. (WB as in Warner Brothers channel? Yeah.)

If you even know what an original walkman is. (Yuhuh. Never had one though. CD player was my first popular media "update.")

You know the Macarena by heart. (No, never really got into that.)

"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said (Heh, kind of. May have done that a few times.)

You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace. (Painful memories.)

You remember playing on merry g... ]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21183106/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21183106/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:01:10 PDT [link] Plz.
---------------------------

Eh, not feeling that great today. Worked until 9:30 last night, left me pretty tired and a little loopy today. Three day week of school though, so that's nice. Will be headed off to Lawrence on Thursday and Friday (the 30th and 31st), not sure if I'll have internet, but I'll try to get on if I can.
For those who wanted cookies or cookie dough, too late, handed in the form today. >.>
Posting this from my school computer. Pretty cool, the tech people haven't caught on. Or they just don't care, maybe. I'unno.
Meh...that's about it.
...
I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?...

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21100888/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/21100888/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:41 PDT [link]
Plz

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HALP PLZ!
My choir is fund-raising for a trip we'll be taking next spring. We're currently selling cookie dough! Anyone who lives around me, let me know and I'll take orders. ^^ (Eventually; I need to know that people are interested)

Also, the fund-raising guy gave us a link to a site where we could sell what appear to be other various knick-knacks.
Anyone interested in said knick-knacks, please go here: [link]

So yeah, that's about all.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20992442/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20992442/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:37:08 PDT
Anyway...Yeah, not much new. The musical is coming along, despite half the cast not showing up for rehearsals. It's the same half that doesn't show up, too. So I guess we'll see how it goes. I do hope it turns out well, it's an awesome musical.
Oh, right, for those who don't know: "the musical" refers to The Christmas Schooner, and the performances are December 5 and 6. KMers and others in the area, please come see, it's going to be epic cool.

Well, let's see, what else...oh, right, for those of you who are going to ACen, sign up and get into the group. The group name is "KMHS Japanese Club." Seriously, guys, it takes 5 minutes. Get it done with and I'll not bother you about it again. Honestly, the only reason I'm asking you to sign up as a group is because it'll save you money. Also, if you plan to stay in a hotel with the rest of us, it'll help a lot to know who's coming so I can figure out the room organizations.
On that topic, lemme just restate the (approximate) costs that would be applicable to the trip:

Convention access - $45 per person if registered by Jan 1 '09 (Less if we have 10+ people)
Hotel - estimating about $135 per room per night like it was last year (may be slightly lower or higher), and assuming we'll put 4 people to a room, and stay Fri-Sun, it's about $67.50 a person. If people need/want sleeping bags or something, I have two, and I'm sure other people have some if necessary. But we can deal with that later.
Anything else - this includes meals, anything you'll want to buy at the convention, etc. Last year I brought around $200 and I could have easily spent more if I'd had it with me. Plan accordingly and spend wisely.

I guess that's all for that. I can't think of anything else to discuss, so see you all later.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20586807/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20586807/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:06:52 PDT I panicked a bit too much.
Well, maybe not for the time when I wrote it, seeing as yesterday, my parents had planned to see my college essay and send in all my app stuff today.
However, my sister kind of saved me from it yesterday, though I do pity her for it. The thing is, she went to gymnastics and fell from some high place or something and broke her leg. Her tibia, to be exact. For those not familiar with the technical name, that's in front below her knee. Anyway, it caused us to skip church today and (I hope) has stalled my parents from caring about college stuff until a few days from now, when I can possibly have a fake whipped up. I'm letting ideas roll around in my head for the moment as I finish up my homework for the weekend.
I wish I didn't have work tonight. Work is screwing up my eating schedule...When I work from 4-8 or 5-9, I have to either manage without eating from lunch until after work, or adapt to a sort of 4-meal-a-day schedule, both of which make it difficult to sleep for a while once I eat after work. Makes me feel kind of sick the next day, too. Oh well, I don't work until Thursday after this, so I'll just manage.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20414057/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20414057/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:23:36 PDT By the way, the book I'm reading (Polite Lies by Kyoko Mori) is a REALLY good book. Anyone looking to fill a non-fiction void in their English clas requirements or just looking for a good read on comparing Japanese culture to Midwest culture, have at it.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20377146/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20377146/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:43:24 PDT I was tagged by:

The RULES:
1-POST THESE RULES IN YOUR JOURNAL
2-EACH TAGGED PERSON MUST POST 8 FACTS ABOUT THEM SELVES IN THEIR JOURNAL.
3-AT THE END, YOU MUST TAG 8 PEOPLE AND POST THEIR ICONS IN YOUR SAME JOURNAL.
4-GO TO THEIR PAGE AND SEND THEM A MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAGGED.
6- NO TAG-BACKS.

8 FACTS ABOUT ME:
1- I'm otaku
2- I want to dye my hair white
3- My parents care too much about how I look
4- I've always been different and don't intend to change that simply to conform
5- I'm pretty lazy
6- I'm actually keeping up with homework this year
7- I can't think of anything else to put here
8- The above statement is a lie, I just don't feel like finishing this fairly. XP

Mkay, I tag:
EV-RY-ONE. That's at least 8 people, right?

And now, off to work, 'ta~

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20283920/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20283920/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:46:42 PDT
]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20215537/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20215537/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:33 PDT AMAZING GAME, BUY IT NOW. And be sure to buy Assassin's Creed 2: Assassinate Harder when it comes out! (It was scheduled for 2008, that's all I know. )
Anyway, found this quiz in a link from =PsycoArsonistArtist's journal, and it's surprisingly accurate for me. >.> Enjoy reading it as I head off to get my new glasses, and possibly expect pics promptly upon my return. >;3

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:



You have low extroversion.

You are quiet and reserved in most social situations.

A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you.

You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people.



Conscientiousness:



You have medium conscientiousness.

You're generally good at balancing work and play.

When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.

But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.



Agreeableness:



You have high agreeableness.

You are easy to get along with, and you value harmony highly.

Helpful and generous, you are willing to compromise with almost anyone.

You give people the benefit of the doubt and don't mind giving someone a second chance.



Neuroticism:



You have low neuroticism.

You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.

Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.

Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.



Openness to experience:



Your openness to new experiences is medium.

You are generally broad minded when it come to new things.

But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it.

You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

This one stolen from ~tburtonfangirl1:

[x] You are a generally nice person.
[x] You have your own room.
[x] You own a cell phone.
[x] You have an iPod/ mp3 player.
[x] Your parents are still married.
[ ] You have more than 2 best friends.
[ ] There is a swimming pool in your backyard.
T 0 T A L: 5

[x] You dress how you want to. (im limited)
[ ] You hang out with friends more than once a week.
[x] There is a computer/laptop in your room. (when I want it to be)
[ ] You have never been beaten up.
[ ] You never cry more than twice a month.
[x] You are allowed to listen to the music you want to. (my parents don't know the music I listen to)
[x] Your room is big enough for you. (far too big, but has no door)
[x] People don't use you for something you have. (not that I know of)
[x] You have been to a concert. (Santana and TH!!!)
T 0 T A L: 11

[x] You don't have a myspace.
[x] Your parents let you have a myspace. (they don't know )
[ ] You get allowance.
[ ] You collect something normal.
[x] You look forward to going to school/college. (college, I'll get away from my family)
[ ] You don't wish you were someone else.
[ ] You play a sport.
[x] You do something after school/college.
T 0 T A L: 15

[ ] You own a car.
[ ] You usually don't fight with your parents. (too often, about the stupidest things, like my hair)
[x] You are happy with your appearance. (happy enough)
[ ] You aren't self-conscious at all.
[x] You have never got a failing grade in your life. (not as a final grade)
[x] You have friends. (of course)
T 0 T A L: 18

[ ] You know what is going on in the world. (not really)
[x] You care about so many people.
[/] You are happy with your life. (Only half because my family limits me so much)
[x] You know more than one language. (Spanish, pretty well)
[x] You have a screen name. (several)
[x] You own a pet.
[x] You know the words to more than 5 songs.
[ ] You don't have any enemies.
[x] You have a boyfriend/girlfriend. X3
T O T A L: 24.5

Now count your numbers and multiply by three. 73.5
Then title this journal "My life is ___% Happy".

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20144902/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20144902/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:02:30 PDT So uhm, yeah. Tabula Rasa is surpassing Guild Wars as my favorite game, I think mostly because I've essentially achieved every major accomplishment in GW, and you can jump in TR. Yes, jumping is important to me in video games. Unless it's a straight-forward fighting game, in which case I can deal without it. Anyway, now that I have a reliable source of income, I might be able to pay monthly to play TR, which is pretty cool. Maybe my parents will even let me get a credit card. (Doubt it, but you never know.)
Well uhm...yeah. Tabula Rasa is having a free play period until the end of August, so to anyone who's interested in seeing what's getting my attention: [link]
P.S. Richard Garriott is the main creator of Tabula Rasa and got his name put on the game, as you may notice on the site. That's the only relevance he really has to this journal. XD;;

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20002201/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/20002201/ Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:25:08 PDT Pizza Hut is an awesome place to work. I've made I don't remember how many pizzas, but the work is satisfying and it's getting me out of the habit of being lazy, as I've mentioned. My first paycheck ought to be coming up next Tuesday, so we'll have to see about that. 14 hours of work should mean a decent amount of money.
I went to a Tokio Hotel concert with two days ago, and it was a pretty awesome day. We were pretty much shopping for the majority of the day, which was fun even though I only bought a shirt the whole time. Cool shirt though. Overall, the concert was good, though Tokio Hotel has some ways to go with their live performing skill, and Bill kind of skipped out on some high notes. They probably had some shows to do a short time before this one, but still.
Well, that's about it. I seem to be getting better at these smaller and farther-between updates.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19777217/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19777217/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:41:22 PDT Me: "Can I go meet Adrienne at school when she gets back?"
Dad: "11 is too late for you to be out. Plus it would mess up our schedule."
Me: "How would that mess up your schedule?"
Dad: "Alex, stop arguing with us. It's just not necessary."
Kind of funny.
And yet it becomes less amusing because it means I can't see Adrienne until the next day...I'm sorry, I know I said I'd get there right away, but I can't...I suppose one day isn't torture or anything, but...oh well...

I've got the lyrics to Hanging By A Moment by Lifehouse stuck in my head lately.
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

So uhm...yeah. Job orientation tomorrow, my eye doctor appointment (for my broken glasses, I don't think I mentioned that on here) was pushed back because of something concerning the insurance my parents have, and that's pretty much it. I'unno, I feel like some things are suddenly falling apart just as some of them are finally coming together, but it might just be my parents pissing me off lately. Just not in a great mood.

Oh, also, it seems as if I'm 59 pageviews away from 3k. Catch the kiriban, get a request. But PLEASE be specific about the request; give me some topic to write on or a particular (and possible) picture you'd like to see.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19686262/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19686262/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:59 PDT .> and I miss Adrienne...
Well, anyway, I have a job now. I'm gonna be a cook at Pizza Hut. XD
So uhm...yeah, that's pretty much it.

]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19499141/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19499141/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:55:48 PDT
Stolen from

1) How old do you wish you were?
I'unno...21, maybe? I wish I could just have the freedom of age 21 at age 17...

2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?:
Was in my 5th grade classroom when I heard about it

3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?:
Shrug and try a different one

4) Do you consider yourself kind?
Sometimes

5) If you HAD to get a tattoo, where would it be?:
My shoulder, I guess

6) If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
Japanese, definitely

7) Do you know your neighbours?:
A few of them, not that well though

8) What do you consider a holiday?:
A day I get off school

9) Do you follow your horoscope?:
Nah

10) Would you move for the person you loved?:
Perhaps, I mean I wouldn't be able to at this age, but I'd certainly try

11) Are you touchy feely?:
Not really

12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
With magnets, yes; with anything else, depends.

13) Dream job?
Rock star

14) Favorite channel(S)?:
Cutting Edge On Demand (1180 on Time Warner)...has a lot of anime to watch

15) Favorite place to go on weekends?:
I'unno, someplace where I can hang out with friends, whether that's online or actually hanging out in real life, though I prefer hanging out in real life...

16) Showers or Baths?:
Showers

17) Do you paint your nails?:
Nope.

18) Do you trust people easily?:
Sometimes.

19) What are your phobias?:
Losing my hearing or hurting the people I care about

20) Do you want kids?:
Hell no.

21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?:
Thought about it once, but no.

22) Where would you rather be right now?:
Hmm, cuddling with Adrienne...either that or at least hanging out with her or my friends

23) Heavy or light sleeper?:
You can't wake me up with noise very easily, but you can with a very slight amount of light.

24) Are you paranoid?:
Not often.

25) Are you impatient?:
Rarely.

26) Who can you relate to?:
People who've had similar experiences to me, and even some who've gone through more.

27) How do you feel about interracial couples?:
I'm not racist. Love is a colorless element. (kudos to anyone who knew that was a reference to Pokemon cards)

28) Have you been burned by love?:
Not that I can remember

29) What's your main ring tone on your cell?:
Either one of the Katamari Damacy songs or "Girlfriend" in Japanese

30) What were you doing after midnight last night?:
Sleeping

31) What did the last text on your mobile phone say?:
Something weird, it was a mis-send, and it was around 4 years ago.

32) Whose bed did you sleep in last night?:
Mine... >.>;;

33) What color shirt are you wearing?:
White

35) Name three things you have on you at all times:
Clothes, glasses, and the bracelet Adrienne gave me :3

36) What color are your bed sheets?:
I'unno, I'm color blind, and it's somewhere in the brown or green area.

37) How much cash do you have on you right now?:
$6 and change

38) What is your favorite part of the chicken?:
I'unno

39) What's your favorite town/city?:
Uhm...I'unno

40) I can't wait till:
College

41) Who got you to join myspace?:
Myspace is a fail site, Facebook I picked up myself

42) What did you have for dinner last night?:
Steak

43) How tall are you barefoot?:
5'11" or so

44) Have you ever smoked heroin?:
Uh, no

45) Do you own a gun?:
Nuh uh

46) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?:
Milk or V8

47) What is your favourite weapon to lure in the opposite sex?:
Fishing rod

48) Do you have A.D.D.?:
Not usua--ooh, shiny!

49) What time did you wake up today?:
9:20 or so

50) Current worry?
My sister and her friend will drive me insane

51) Current hate?:
I'unno

52) Favorite place to be?
With Adrienne, wherever she is :3

53) Where would you like to travel?:
Japan

54) Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
27 years old

55) What songs do you sing in the... ]]> ~gwjunkie http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19361649/ http://gwjunkie.deviantart.com/journal/19361649/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:33:37 PDT
So...yeah. You people I watch have sure been busy. 257 deviations, 120 messages? And 110 of the messages are journals? Gawd. I'unno if I'll ever get around to reading that many journals...so if any of you have any that you think deserve a substantial amount of my attention, please say so and I'll look...otherwise I'll just look at the ones that seem important from the title and delete the rest...sorry, I just don't want to read that much...
Anyway, as for camp...I took an AP Music Theory class...I got an A+ for the class...I got a 5 on the mock AP exam (which is the highest score you can get on an AP exam)...so yeah, I feel pretty freaking satisfied with that. And I made a lot of freaking awesome friends, and bought a lot of cool shirts on State Street...t'was an amazing trip overall. It was getting old by the last week though, so I'm glad it ended when it did. Any longer would have been overkill, methinks.
Anyway, I already beat both of the games I brought to camp. The World Ends With You is the most amazing DS game I've played. And I totally changed my mind about Joshua; he's amazing. He reminded me a bit of Kaworu (or Kowaru or however it's spelled) from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Anyway, I guess I'll update a bit more later, I need to check up on other online things such as Megatokyo and Applegeeks and xkcd. Later all.

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