Snipers Rule

I made another Photoshop picture. I was taking photos with my brother, and I found a picture I liked, so I decided to give it a bit of flare. This is what I started with:


This is what came out:


I am really proud of this one. It actually looks kinda professional. I cut myself out, outlined the body, made a background and then gave me a shadow. Very simple, but I think it looks pretty good.

I'll keep this a short post because a friend of mine (Julien) says I post too long. I can sorta understand where he's coming from, but recall, this is my blog, and this is for me.

But I can still at least try to appeal to the few readers I have. I love you guys.

It's kinda late, and I'm sorta sleepy. I'll say good night here. Night.

Hanamatsuri: Day 1

Yesterday I went to the Hanamatsuri for the first day this year. The Hanamatsuri is the Flower Festival in Japan, and they have demonstrations that are about Japanese culture and stuff. The have stuff like Kendo and Aikido and Karate. My karate dojo has been performing there for decades (not even kidding about the decades part). I'm a part of the show!

Usually it's really really fun. All my friends come and we hang out before and after the show. We always go lose some money in gambling games. We're always together in the demonstration too. But this year, not many of my friends actually showed up. I'd say about 3 of them actually came, out of many more. I was, honestly, deeply disappointed, because I was really excited to see them. But I did have some friends there, so it wasn't a total loss.

I brought my camera because Kristin sorta inspired me to take more pictures of stuff. I wanted to take photos of my friends, but there wasn't much to take photos of. We were just sorta talking and doing nothing. I let my friend take some pictures because she seemed more into it than I was. I thought she was doing a good job, until I actually saw the photos. ALL of them were blurry. A few of them that I took weren't blurry or weren't as blurry, but all of her's were blurry. I was deeply upset by this because she took all the pictures of my friends and me. My goal was to get one good photo with me in it, and all of them were crappy. I deleted most of my pictures yesterday. I didn't wanna see them anymore.

That was very disappointing for me. I saw them at the end of the day and I went to bed upset. But anyways, the point of the day was the demonstration. The demonstration had a lot of new juniors in it. Some of them were good I think, but some of them were just downright terrible. During the basic drills for the show, the boy in front of me was just guessing about his steps and acted like he was just training and not as it was a show. That really ticked me off, because I really like to have this demonstration a good one. I wouldn't want to see some short kid messing up with his techniques. I'd want to see some good people.

Most of my parts were okay. I did basics, sparring, weapons and sword. Basics were as stated above. They weren't anything special. I just did them. Sparring was okay also. I had a good partner, so I felt okay with it. Now for the weapons, there's a little bit of back story as to how I landed this part:

It was originally assigned to a black belt woman. She was sitting next to me when we were deciding roles in the demo. She was sorta making faces about how she hadn't done the weapon in years. I told her I knew how to do it, but that I had to do sword right after, so I couldn't do it. She must have been really desperate, because she offered to pay me to take her place. I said I'd think about it, and we all went downstairs to get ready. As we were about to go on, she goes and tells my sempai about it, and my sempai asks if I could do it. I said I could try, but I'd have to go on with my sword outfit. He said I could do it and I took the part. The black belt woman then nudged me and told me that she'd have $5 waiting for me after the show. I found this very funny.

I did the part, but I think I sucked at it. It's honestly hard to lift your legs up when you have a dress/very long and baggy pants on. But I'm guessing it wasn't the worst. I'm hoping it wasn't the worst. I haven't picked up those weapons in forever.

Then the sword demonstration. I was in the back. It was okay, nothing special I don't think. We were really tight on space, so I wasn't able to complete one of my cuts because we were too close. But that's all that really happened.

Bow, close curtain, run out to change, food time. I had two sno-cones. How filling.

Well that was my day. I think the second day is usually better overall, but that's me trying to be optimistic. I still have yet to get a good picture with me in it. I'm hoping today I'll get that picture, and the demonstration will be a better show. Wooo!!! HANAMATSURI

Haz a goodz weekendz peoplez!

Another Suckish Week

Well this week sucked. It was just the first week since spring break, so it's not really a surprise for me. But it sucked more than I hoped.

School in general sucks. The first part that probably got me down was Wednesday's swim meet. I didn't feel anything at the time, but I wasn't feeling totally into it. I didn't get any fast times, it was cold, the pool and the school sucked, and I just didn't wanna be there. I hate away meets. I hate meets in general.

Friday sucked bad. We had a swim meet today. Meets usually start around 3:15ish. But today was a minimum day at the school, so everyone got out at 12:05. I was out at 12:05 too, getting ready to go to lunch. I was prepared to go to lunch with my friend. But the other sports didn't let everyone out at 12:05. Track didn't get back till almost 2, which was when I had to be back to warm-up. When they got back I was sorta upset that we didn't have enough time to go and eat a full lunch. I had 20 minutes to walk somewhere, get something to eat and then come back. Impossible. So instead we walked to a Juice It Up. Not bad I guess, but I wish the track people had come back earlier so I could have eaten something ><

The swim meet was dull. Nothing to add to it, but I did drop a few seconds off of my 100 Butterfly. As I'm walking back to my friends, I see my brother. My mom and brother came to see me. I, being the stupid one, don't go to say hi to her. So I just go straight to my friends. I'm sitting with my friends, and then my mom walks by. I say hi, and she gives me a look that just signals that she's pissed at me. It wasn't until then that I realized what I had done. I hate it when my mom is mad at me, but I hate it more when I KNOW I did something wrong. I get so stressed and guilty. That was on my mind for a while afterward. When I get stressed, I get sleepy. I started getting really sleepy. I'm still sleepy, but I have to stay awake because I want to talk to her about it and apologize.

There were a few other things that upset me a bit, but the point is that it was a crappy week. Why am I such a chicken...

The weekend will cheer me up for sure. Post later, when I'm happier.

Bye.

IT'S A TRAP

So today was the last day of spring break. Woohoo... Well how did it go?

Well, it was awesome! In the morning, I went to swimming. Instead of doing normal swim practice, we decided to do a triathlon workout: swim a mile, run 2.5 miles and do 100 push-ups. This workout was the best, because I finished in less than an hour. I was outta there in no time! Enough time to go change to get ready for...

LUNCH WITH FRIENDS. I met up with Kristin and Roger at the theaters, and then we went to In-N-Out. Then we called up our friend Julien, and we all went to my house to play some Rock Band!! We spent a good 5 hours in total just hanging out. It was pretty awesome. Great last day in my opinion.

So the big question: Was spring break worth it?

Well let's take a look at this. I spent probably a good 15-20 hours playing video games. I saw my friends a few times this week. I filmed a video. I finished homework. I talked to friends. I did a lot of stuff. I think spring break was pretty good this year. I would have like to see my friends a little bit more, but I'm satisfied with what I got. I slept, I relaxed, I chilled. Exactly what you're supposed to do when you're not at school. I give this spring break an 9 out of 10, which means it's an A-. A-'s are good to me!

I hope everyone had a good spring break. Like most of you, I do not want to go back to school. I'm already ready for summer. But, what can you do? Just about 2 more months left. I think we can survive, with a little effort maybe, but together, we will prevail!

Aww waking up at 6 is no fun! Oh woe is me... jk. FUCK, NOT ENGLISH. Ughhhhh I'm soo not ready for tomorrow.

See most of you tomorrow!

Spring Break?! WHAT?!

HOLY CRUDSICLE, TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY OF SPRING BREAK. WHERE DID THE WEEK GO?!?!

It went into playing hours upon hours of video games. I've been staying up late playing video games with friends. A few nights ago I stayed up till past 2 a.m. playing Team Fortress 2 with my friends Julien and Kristin. Unproductive, but fun. I've been playing Nazi Zombies for hours with my friend Eric. I played Left 4 Dead with all 3 of them yesterday for at least 4 hours. We died a billion times because we kept shooting each other.

And then OH MY GOD TOMORROW'S MONDAY SO THAT MEANS THE NEXT DAY'S TUESDAY, OH MY FREAKING GOD, WHAT THE FUCK, HOW DID IT GO BY SO FAST?!?!

Because I didn't do anything. Does that even make sense? I don't know. But I did do a few things that kept me busy, like video games. I filmed a video, I hung out with a friend, I edited a bit, and I did homework!! Holy crapola!! But otherwise I wasted time playing video games. It was actually quite social. We used headsets (except Kristin, who needs to get one!) and we talked, and it was great to hear their voices. I do miss my friends, but I would like to see them somewhere other than school every day. That'd be great. We need to go to the beach altogether during summer. Throw a party or something. The beach is great. Friends are great.

FUCK, IT'S 10 ALREADY. THAT MEANS 2 HOURS TILL MONDAY, AND 26 HOURS TILL TUESDAY. FUCK MY LIFE, SPRING BREAK IS TOO SHORT, OH WOE IS ME!! I HATE SCHOOL, I WANT SUMMER, AND I WANNA GO TO THE BEACH NOW!! ROARRRRRRR!!!!

So tomorrow I'm going to lunch with my friends. That'll be fun. I'll tell you how my last day of spring break goes tomorrow. Peace out my peacedus, enjoy your break!!

ROARRRRRRR bye :D

Kilroy Was Here

The week is almost over. It's unfair how short spring break felt. A week simply isn't enough. I can't wait till summer now.

It's not that I hate school. Actually, I hate every single aspect of it except for seeing friends. I'd much rather do something else with my time. I like to have freedom, no homework, no projects, and all that good stuff. I can tolerate it for a while, but I'm at the point where enough is enough.

School starts back up Tuesday, and it's almost Friday already. Could I have done anything more than what I did do? Probably. But so far it's been very relaxing, very chill, I've seen a few friends, and it's been pretty good. I went swimming once so far, I started reading a book, I met up with friends, and I'm hoping to achieve more in the next few precious days of freedom. I still haven't started any homework.

Anyway, today we filmed the preliminary UNDERFIRE 3. I haven't looked at the footage yet, and I'm not going to probably till tomorrow or so. Again, I'm going to take this very slowly, editing bit by bit, redoing scenes maybe, just going to piece this film together. I want it to be a good film because I felt let down after what the last video ended up being like. I was honestly disappointed with how it ended up. I didn't feel like it was as good as it should have been. But people learn from their mistakes, and I hope I learned enough. I got some really nice angles too, so I'm eager to see those at least. Not so much of the editing.

I got a Day of Defeat achievement today. 8 kills from a single deployed machine gun in the same spot without moving, i.e. 8 kills from a mounted machine gun, and you can't move your position. I totally got everyone by surprise, and I even shot someone through the trees. But then someone came and shot me in the back. Cheap pricks. I got my achievement though, so I R happy. By the way, the title of this post is the name of the achievement.

I stopped playing Rainbow Six Vegas in hopes that I will finish it slower this way, but I know eventually it will get finished. I don't know what's wrong with me.

I bought fountain pens. I'm not sure why. I've always liked how fountain pens looked when they were used, so I decided to get some. I still haven't used the pens yet. I'm afraid to bring them to school because I consider them very nice. I had my awesome Boxy eraser lost because I forgot it in science. I was very sad, because I've had that eraser for 3 years, and it's such a good one too. So I shall not bring such valuables to school any more. School can go suck it.

Half-Life 2 still amazes me. I got to the Sandtraps level, the one right before Nova Prospekt. It's scary as hell. I hate jumping over sand with the risk of an antlion attack. I want my pheropods. I'm almost there though, just gotta get past one more thumper and a guardian, and they're mine!! ALL MINE!! I love harnessing the power of antlions. They are the absolute best weapon ever. Too bad you have to leave them eventually.

I friggin' love shotguns. The shotgun in HL2 is great in almost any situation. What kind of SPAS-12 can shoot 2 bullets at once?! NONE, EXCEPT IN THIS GAME. I'm getting wayy outta line now. I'm talking about shotguns. I'd better stop myself while I'm still close to ahead.

Night people. Enjoy your last few days of spring break.

Plans for the Week

It's spring break, and, for the most part, I'm gonna kick back and enjoy the sweet life of no school.

But I'm planning something on Thursday. Thursday, we're filming UNDERFIRE 3.

I know it's kinda weird making a sequel right after the previous video, but I'm gonna approach this one a bit differently. I'm not gonna edit this video very fast, I'm gonna see if we need to redo scenes for once, I'm gonna make sure everything looks the best before I get into the deep deep editing. I've got most of it thought out, but the longer we wait, the more I'm gonna forget, and the worse the video is going to be, I think. We'll redo the scenes we don't think are very good anyway, so it should be cool.

Otherwise I'm just doing nothing and stuff. Playing video games for hours and talking to friends for hours. Oh, and also wasting time. Spring break is the best.

Let's make it worth it.

The Relay Meet

Relays are races that rely on a team to pull through to first place.

Today was the big city relay meet. We went against 4 other schools in hopes of getting near close to at least 3rd. I was in 3 races.

My first race was the first boy's race, so I went up first. The 4x100 IM relay. All you had to do was swim an IM (Individual Medley) with 3 other people. Well our first guy disqualified us because he did a flip turn, even though it's illegal in IMs. At that point our team knew that we weren't going to win anyway, but we tried really hard still. I dropped 2 seconds off my time!!

Then I had the 6x50 Freestyle relay. I went first. I'm thinking that I did OK, but I could have done better. But it's okay, my teammates ended up going slower. The guy after me totally dropped our team behind the others by a whole half lap. We knew then that we weren't gonna win that one either. We ended up getting 6th out of 10, and I got the 2nd fastest time in my team.

The last relay was the 4x50 Backstroke relay. I went first again! I was the fastest person in my relay again! I'm so proud! Just kidding, seriously I don't care. Well our team did OK, but we got 6th.

It was a cold day. Good thing the water was pretty warm! It was amazing, that pool. It was like the perfect temperature. I could swim in that pool all day, I swear. It was overcast all day, so when I got out of the water, I scrambled for my thick towel.

Ryan, Eric and I went exploring when our events were done because we didn't really want to watch the swimming. We explored the park that was near the school while devouring a huge bag of Doritos. The park, which was once my favorite, was basically a wreck now. The giant slide that was always there was being torn down. The slide was blocked, and the awesome ladder that you climb to get to the top was ripped off and thrown on the ground. I cried inside. And then the main park was just a disaster. There were parts that were torn down, that were just useless, and there was graffiti. I remember there were 2 seesaws, swings, monkey bars, EVERYTHING. And now it's all gone, seriously, things are actually boarded up and stuff. There was even a giant picture of a penis on the wall, saying to always use a condom. 'Twas a terrifying sight.... I'll never look at that place the same again.

So it was a long day, I'm glad it's over, because it wasn't my favorite. Last week was the absolute best, and this week, I just want it to end. One more day before spring break yo!

I'll have to be sure to do everything that's on that list of mine. ;D

Bye peoplez!

What?

Today's April Fool's Day.

Not much fooling happened today. I only saw a few jokes, and they weren't major pranks either. Ryan told Henry he dropped his pocket and Henry fell for it. I cracked up to that one.

Then at swimming, my coach told us that we had to do 4 sets of 6 100's of butterfly. That's over 100 laps of butterfly. It took me a while to realize that it was a joke, and then everyone was laughing. It was funny. I can't believe I sorta fell for it.

That's all that happened today. Pretty uneventful for a Wednesday in my opinion.

Anyway this is a picture of one of the NERF shotguns I bought Saturday:

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I was thinking of doing this to it this spring break:

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I'm thinking that I really wanna :D It looks just like the Force-A-Nature!! (That's a Team Fortress reference by the way). But it's part my brother's too, so I need his input also. But if he lets me... Does anyone own a hacksaw that I can borrow?

:D