My First All-Nighter!

Yesterday sets the record for the latest I've stayed up doing homework: I was up till 2:30 doing my Euro paper, which I hadn't started and only done the most minimal of research for. Needless to say, today at school I was little more than a walking zombie. Today I look to continue this trend by writing an essay about fairy tale references in Great Expectations, which I still have to finish.

And of course, there was the three-hour, two-episode premeire of "Heroes" on Monday, and it was AWESOME!! It definitely lived up to my expectations, and I can't wait to see some superpower fights later in the season. There were only two things I didn't like: Nathan Petrelli's whole deeply religious mood after recovering from gunshot wounds seems abrupt and inconsistent with his character; also, the Niki-look alike, Tracy Strauss, wears creepy amounts of make-up and, although she has an awesome power, she seems like an excuse for Ali Larter to stay on the show. Still, I can't wait for the rest of Season 3!

Prepare for Obamafication

Geez, do I have a lot to talk about today. First and foremost, ONLY SIX MORE DAYS UNTIL HEROES SEASON 3 PREMIERE!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell that I'm excited? I posted another preview vid at the bottom (probably the last before the premeire) and here's a promo pic of Matt Parkman to go along with HRG and Peter.

Second of all, if anyone was wondering why I left early yesterday and doesn't already know, it was 'cause I had a ridiculously high blood glucose reading. But no worries, I'm all better now.

Third, while I was at home yesterday I walked over to Borders to get my blood sugar down (yes, that's right, I was at Borders while you were wasting away in AP Euro or LTTV or what-have-you), and I saw some pretty awesome books. One was called "72 Things Younger than John McCain", including penicillin, duct tape, Israel, and Scrabble. It was pretty funny. Between that and the "George W. Bush Countdown Till He's Out of Office Postcards" was a book called "Obamafying the English Language", which basically took existing words and made them a portmanteau with Obama's name to give it a new, Barack-related definition. Among my personal favorites were "Obombre" (a Spanish-speaking Obama supporter) and "Obamrade" (someone who follows the teachings of both Obama and Karl Marx).

Until next time!

Wake Me Up When September Ends

So, two weeks in and AP Euro is already starting to overwhelm me with work. I had an essay due on Wednesday, I have to defend some points I made in that essay on Tuesday, and I have a test on Monday that includes forty multiple choice q's and, you guessed it, another essay.

However, even in this darkness, there is some light. I got an awesome new Season 3 Heroes pic for my header. I can't wait until the three-hour season premiere in sixteen days!

Also, my Geo hw has been pretty easy so far, and the Brave New World movie trailer I'm making in English is pretty awesome.

I got Mario Kart Wii for my birthday, and it's awesome! Although I expected the Wii Wheel to be cumbersome, it's easy to use and a lot of fun!

Sweet 16!!

Today is my sixteenth birthday!! I am no longer fifteen years old, and a few years ago I would've been able to get my Driver's License soon! However, laws have changed, and I now have to wait at least nine months after getting my learner's permit to get my license, which means that the earliest time I could get my license would be February.
The first two days of school have been okay. My teachers seem nice enough (I especially like my Journalistic Writing teacher, Mr. Scales), although since I had such stellar teachers last year I'm afraid that this year won't compare. Mr. Schaefer is nice, but his class will be as nothing compared to my Algebra class last year with Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Wesley is pretty cool but I still like Maffey better, and while Mr. Cronfel was a little weird at times, Ms. Drogos (AP Euro teacher) downright scares me.
Also, I like eighth lunch because I have a lot of friends in it, but I caught myself singing "Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog in French today ("I'm goin hungry...").
Also, I am already knee-deep in AP Euro homework, and I am positive that it will be very hard. Luckily, my teacher said that we won't have any homework over Winter or Spring Breaks, which is pretty awesome.
In addition, I got a White Ninja birthday card from Boots, and it was a mixture of random and funny.

Good News!

I finally finished summer reading, with only two days to go!! w00t!!
Other than that, I don't really have anything else to say, other than the fact that my birthday is in three days (ugh, it's a school day), and I'm half-excited, half-depressed to be starting school again. At least I have lunch with a lot of people this year, unlike last year.

Off to GenCon Tomorrow!

Yes, the title of this post pretty much says it all. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning for GenCon, an annual gaming convention that takes place in Indianapolis that I go to every year. I always have tons of fun, but I will be gone until Monday, at the earliest.
More random Geek news! In my incessant wanderings on Wikipedia, I discovered a few tracks for Guitar Hero World Tour, the upcoming Guitar Hero that looks like a Rock Band rip-off with better songs. Drums and vocals will be included this time, as will the ability to create your own songs! Versions will come out for the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii! It comes out in October, and I can't wait. Here are some songs that will be in the game (not all of them; the game is said to contain at least 85 tracks!):

"Are You Gonna Go My Way"-Lenny Kravitz
"Beat It"-Michael Jackson
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"-Smashing Pumpkins
"B.Y.O.B."-System of a Down
"Crazy Train"-Ozzy Osbourne (it's about time!)
"Dammit"-Blink 182
"Everlong"-Foo Fighters
"Eye of the Tiger"-Survivor
"Feel the Pain"-Dinosaur Jr.
"Hollywood Nights"-Bob Seger
"Hot for Teacher"-Van Halen
"Hotel California"-The Eagles
"In the End"-Linkin Park
"The Joker"-Steve Miller Band
"Lazy Eye"-Silversun Pickups
"Light my Fire"-The Doors
"Love Me Two Times"-The Doors
"Low"-Flo Rida feat. T-Pain (wtf??????)
"Misery Business"-Paramore
"Mr. Crowley"-Ozzy Osbourne (I love this song)
"Never Too Late"-The Answer
"Obstacle 1"-Interpol
"One-Armed Scissor"-At the Drive-In
"Purple Haze"-Jimi Hendrix
"Rebel Yell"-Billy Idol
"Santeria"-Sublime
"Stillborn"-Black Label Society
"Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast"-Airbourne
"Trapped Under Ice"-Metallica
"Weapon of Choice"-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"What I've Done"-Linkin Park
"The Wind Cries Mary"-Jimi Hendrix

Sounds awesome!

It's Been A While...

...since I've posted, I know. It's just that I was in Camp Mack for a week, and then went with my family on vacation in Michigan this past week, shortly after returning from Mack. Although both trips were tons of fun (in Mack, I got a chance to go tubing, and in Michigan, I swam in the Great Lake while being battered with seven-foot tall waves), they have prevented me from blogging all that much. As if that weren't enough, I'm leaving Thursday morning for GenCon Indianapolis, which is where I'll be until next Sunday.
However, I did take the opportunity during Michigan to read a lot of Brave New World; I now only have 60 pages left, although I still have to do that crazy essay and letter. It's an interesting, thought-provoking book, although a little weird.
Some interesting nerd news:
Guillermo del Toro, director of the Hellboy movies and Pan's Labryinth, is taking the directorial reigns of the Lord of the Rings film franchise, and will be directing two movies set in the Tolkienverse: a movie adaptation of The Hobbit, set for release in 2011, and an unnamed movie that will center on events that occur in between The Hobbit and LOTR. Sounds awesome!