I really hate my last post, so in order to remedy it staring me in the face every time I check my blog and to update, here goes!
Recently I've taken two of the AP tests that I signed up for. There's still the last one, English, left to take. If its as easy as the last two, Biology and History, then I think I'll ace it. We were told not to discuss anything about the test (like anyone cares), so I'll just leave it at that for now.
Also, prom's looming on the horizon. Its this Saturday. I can't wait! Its gonna be great, but the music's gonna be horrible. But at least I'll have Ann and my friends there. ^_^ Actually, that reminds me of something I need to do...
I think that's all there is for now, so I'll leave it at this. Until next time!
Oh! One last thing. I recently found an extremely hilarious animation that parodies the Hansel & Gretel story. They want to take over the world. The link to it is here, if anyone wants to see it. Now I've said it all.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Sad Yet True Tale
For this post, I want to tell you all a story. It starts roughly 18 years ago, just a few more days and it will be. A boy was born to a woman and man. This boy was raised well by his father, his mother not wanting much more than to have the title that having the boy afforded her. She would leave and come back to the man, and he would accept her back every time.
Her son, no matter the situation or state of his mother, loved her very deeply. He loves her so much that to this day, I am not allowed to say anything bad about her. This boy's younger brother feels the exact same way about this woman that is a mother in title only.
There then came a time when this woman found another man other than the father of her two sons to go to. She was with this man, who neither of the boys liked, no longer than a few months at most, if memory serves. Then another came to her, this one she married.
Once the boy had had enough of his step mother, he moved in with his mother and her new husband. This was admittedly a better setup than what he had with his father and step mother, but it was not to last. Recently, his mother has found her another man. Her husband kicked her out of his home and with her, the boy. The woman's new man wants nothing to do with the boy and therefore neither does she. This means he has but one place to go: his father's house. The boy is not happy in the least with this.
Is it right for this to happen? Of course not! A mother is not someone who abandons their child when a new man doesn't want them! No, a mother should shun the man who says that about their child! But not this one...
The boy's name is Zachary Long, my cousin and brother by adoption. The younger brother is Andrew Long. Even after all that their mother has done to them, they love her unconditionally and get extremely angry when anyone, even their father or me, says anything that goes against the image of her they have in their heads... It is this that makes it all the worse. As I sit here and type this, Zac is sitting next door, shut up in a hurriedly cleaned up room that used to belong to him mourning this tragedy. He knows he'll likely not get to go back to his mother for a long time, if ever, but he's trying to do what he's done so many times before...
This situation will not end well for any side. I wrote this in hopes that you, my friends, who know Zac may understand why he's so... odd, and why I am still so close to him despite that (without me, I sometimes think he'd be in a mental ward...). So there's my two cents on this subject.
Her son, no matter the situation or state of his mother, loved her very deeply. He loves her so much that to this day, I am not allowed to say anything bad about her. This boy's younger brother feels the exact same way about this woman that is a mother in title only.
There then came a time when this woman found another man other than the father of her two sons to go to. She was with this man, who neither of the boys liked, no longer than a few months at most, if memory serves. Then another came to her, this one she married.
Once the boy had had enough of his step mother, he moved in with his mother and her new husband. This was admittedly a better setup than what he had with his father and step mother, but it was not to last. Recently, his mother has found her another man. Her husband kicked her out of his home and with her, the boy. The woman's new man wants nothing to do with the boy and therefore neither does she. This means he has but one place to go: his father's house. The boy is not happy in the least with this.
Is it right for this to happen? Of course not! A mother is not someone who abandons their child when a new man doesn't want them! No, a mother should shun the man who says that about their child! But not this one...
The boy's name is Zachary Long, my cousin and brother by adoption. The younger brother is Andrew Long. Even after all that their mother has done to them, they love her unconditionally and get extremely angry when anyone, even their father or me, says anything that goes against the image of her they have in their heads... It is this that makes it all the worse. As I sit here and type this, Zac is sitting next door, shut up in a hurriedly cleaned up room that used to belong to him mourning this tragedy. He knows he'll likely not get to go back to his mother for a long time, if ever, but he's trying to do what he's done so many times before...
This situation will not end well for any side. I wrote this in hopes that you, my friends, who know Zac may understand why he's so... odd, and why I am still so close to him despite that (without me, I sometimes think he'd be in a mental ward...). So there's my two cents on this subject.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Prom, Spark, and Programming, Oh My!
Back to my own blog at last! Well, what to talk about... Oh! I think I know!
Prom's coming up soon. May 17, if I've gotten all my details correct. And I'm rather excited. Big social event for the antisocial guy, very much anticipating it. And its all the better because I get to go to it with my wonderful girlfriend. ^_^ Now I just need to get a tuxedo (gotta look sharp, haha) and a few other things I'd like not to spoil for Ann (I know you'll read this eventually, love). So, yeah...
And in more awesome news: Blaze has gotten his spark back. No more "auto pilot syndrome" as I've come to call it. My homework shall be done and there's not gonna be anymore of this slacking that has become a regular thing with me. No, not anymore. I'm back, and this time I have backup! And there was talk of if I fizzled out again there would be something about a certain girl and oil to light me back up... but I dunno.
Yeah, that's about it. Nothing else that I can think of. Except I'm attempting to learn how to program in C++ so I can make a game for my PSP. That would rock if I could pull it off, which I might actually be able to do. I do have my friends helping me. But if anyone wants to offer their aid in making or teaching me some vital part that I don't know how to do, don't hesitate to contact me. I need all the help I can get... So until next time, see ya!
Prom's coming up soon. May 17, if I've gotten all my details correct. And I'm rather excited. Big social event for the antisocial guy, very much anticipating it. And its all the better because I get to go to it with my wonderful girlfriend. ^_^ Now I just need to get a tuxedo (gotta look sharp, haha) and a few other things I'd like not to spoil for Ann (I know you'll read this eventually, love). So, yeah...
And in more awesome news: Blaze has gotten his spark back. No more "auto pilot syndrome" as I've come to call it. My homework shall be done and there's not gonna be anymore of this slacking that has become a regular thing with me. No, not anymore. I'm back, and this time I have backup! And there was talk of if I fizzled out again there would be something about a certain girl and oil to light me back up... but I dunno.
Yeah, that's about it. Nothing else that I can think of. Except I'm attempting to learn how to program in C++ so I can make a game for my PSP. That would rock if I could pull it off, which I might actually be able to do. I do have my friends helping me. But if anyone wants to offer their aid in making or teaching me some vital part that I don't know how to do, don't hesitate to contact me. I need all the help I can get... So until next time, see ya!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Random Update
Today was the first day of the new semester. As such, I think its about time to bring in another blog post, hopefully one that will break the string of depressed and/or philosophical ones that have been present on my and my friends' blogs for quite a while now.
First up (after the boring and completely useless homeroom) was Biology 2's second half, now in first period from the third period slot it was in last semester. Both my friends were in there as was my girlfriend, which was to be expected. I did get a couple of surprises in that class though. The IB (that's the program we're in at school) has been canceled and Ms. B (the teacher) is pregnant. I was more surprised by the latter, I knew the IB was too good to last for long.
Second period was Pre-calculus. That is going to be a very boring class, although I could be sorely mistaken. Only time will tell, I guess. Oh, and the crew was there too.
Third period was US History. We have this new guy in there as a sort of assistant to Mr. Noblitt, a student teacher I think was what he called him. Anyway, that was new (although he was there for the last bit of last semester). The only person missing in there was Reggie, but he was in Computer Apps 2 (lucky bum!).
Fourth period was Art 2. I was all alone in there, Ann in Chemistry (with a very wacky teacher, I might add), David in Criminal Justice, and Reggie in US History with Ms. Yancey (very old and boring teacher). But its going to be an easy class; most of it is over drawing and sketching (my favourite part of art).
Ok, that's about it. I.... got nothing. Oh! For those of you who understand/care/whatever, I have now made it into the coolest part of World of Warcraft: Outland! ^_^ I'm gonna go play now that I'm out of stuff to say.
First up (after the boring and completely useless homeroom) was Biology 2's second half, now in first period from the third period slot it was in last semester. Both my friends were in there as was my girlfriend, which was to be expected. I did get a couple of surprises in that class though. The IB (that's the program we're in at school) has been canceled and Ms. B (the teacher) is pregnant. I was more surprised by the latter, I knew the IB was too good to last for long.
Second period was Pre-calculus. That is going to be a very boring class, although I could be sorely mistaken. Only time will tell, I guess. Oh, and the crew was there too.
Third period was US History. We have this new guy in there as a sort of assistant to Mr. Noblitt, a student teacher I think was what he called him. Anyway, that was new (although he was there for the last bit of last semester). The only person missing in there was Reggie, but he was in Computer Apps 2 (lucky bum!).
Fourth period was Art 2. I was all alone in there, Ann in Chemistry (with a very wacky teacher, I might add), David in Criminal Justice, and Reggie in US History with Ms. Yancey (very old and boring teacher). But its going to be an easy class; most of it is over drawing and sketching (my favourite part of art).
Ok, that's about it. I.... got nothing. Oh! For those of you who understand/care/whatever, I have now made it into the coolest part of World of Warcraft: Outland! ^_^ I'm gonna go play now that I'm out of stuff to say.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Problems, meh...
Its been a few weeks since I posted last, so I guess I had best do it while I'm thinking about it.
I feel miserable. The people around me are worse off, but I'm only feeling bad because I can't help them. David's girlfriend broke up with him recently and his aunt died even more recently. Zac's got his usual issues (very long story. If you really want to know, get a drink and snack and sit in a comfy chair, it'll take a while). Ann's dealing with bad grades, a class she hates with every fiber of her being, and some other issues.
As much as I would love to get them back together and see him happy about that, David's single now. His aunt died two days before Christmas (not a damper on the fun at all, is it?). He seems to be doing ok, but for anyone who has read his blog or saw him for a while after that stuff happened, he's definitely been hit hard. He firmly denies this, of course (yes, I know you're gonna read this. That's why I'm saying it!)
Zac's issues are his own. Like I said, it would take a long time to tell all about it. Just know that he's never gotten over them and likely never will.
Ann's been going through a lot of stuff. I know about this stuff. She doesn't really want help, which makes me feel bad that she won't let me help, but I let it go. She, like me (not on purpose, I can say with complete honesty), is having some problems with grades. While I'm barely passing, she's doing better, but its still not something she likes (I don't like mine any better, but I guess I'm just more mellow or something o_O). The class she doesn't want is Spanish 5, something that I'll have to take next year (I didn't take it this year, but I have to before I graduate). Well, she's not doing so hot in that (I likely won't either, because I don't get Spanish any better than she does). And on top of all that, she's got some issues at home.
So I feel like crap because I don't like my friends not being at the top of their game, but there's not much I can do. Until they get better/over/etc their respective problems, I'm gonna be in my own personal hell. Time to end this post before it never stops.
Until next time
- Blaze
I feel miserable. The people around me are worse off, but I'm only feeling bad because I can't help them. David's girlfriend broke up with him recently and his aunt died even more recently. Zac's got his usual issues (very long story. If you really want to know, get a drink and snack and sit in a comfy chair, it'll take a while). Ann's dealing with bad grades, a class she hates with every fiber of her being, and some other issues.
As much as I would love to get them back together and see him happy about that, David's single now. His aunt died two days before Christmas (not a damper on the fun at all, is it?). He seems to be doing ok, but for anyone who has read his blog or saw him for a while after that stuff happened, he's definitely been hit hard. He firmly denies this, of course (yes, I know you're gonna read this. That's why I'm saying it!)
Zac's issues are his own. Like I said, it would take a long time to tell all about it. Just know that he's never gotten over them and likely never will.
Ann's been going through a lot of stuff. I know about this stuff. She doesn't really want help, which makes me feel bad that she won't let me help, but I let it go. She, like me (not on purpose, I can say with complete honesty), is having some problems with grades. While I'm barely passing, she's doing better, but its still not something she likes (I don't like mine any better, but I guess I'm just more mellow or something o_O). The class she doesn't want is Spanish 5, something that I'll have to take next year (I didn't take it this year, but I have to before I graduate). Well, she's not doing so hot in that (I likely won't either, because I don't get Spanish any better than she does). And on top of all that, she's got some issues at home.
So I feel like crap because I don't like my friends not being at the top of their game, but there's not much I can do. Until they get better/over/etc their respective problems, I'm gonna be in my own personal hell. Time to end this post before it never stops.
Until next time
- Blaze
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas!
Today was Christmas Day. While never a big holiday for my family (we get together, eat a meal, and go home), its still Christmas. I got two games I had my eye on for a while, a Bluetooth headset for my phone (I honestly have no idea why they got that for me, I really didn't want it), a hooded sweatshirt, money (mostly in the form of gift cards to various stores), and the stuffed bear (polar bear, what other kind?) with a gift card (that I have already used to get 4 books I've been on the lookout for) from Ann (the best part was the bear, though. Mom and all my grandmothers have wanted to keep it for themselves. I fought them off valiantly to keep her gift to me safe. Oh, and the dog just wants to eat it, I had to fight her off more than the others. Don't worry, the bear's safe now where neither the dog nor Mom can get it). So, yeah, today's almost over and I've run out of things to say on that subject.
Until next time,
Blaze
Until next time,
Blaze
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Christmastime!
It seems to be the trend to do this, so I guess I'll follow along :P
If you guys want me to get you anything for Christmas, put it (or a general idea at least) on here so I can get it for you. I'll attempt to get you whatever it is you want (within reason, of course. I don't have enough money for something like a Playstation or Wii for all 3 of you guys, y'know?) Ok, thanks in advance!
For the rest of you, Merry Christmas! Sorry, I just can't go all willy-nilly and get presents for everyone..
If you guys want me to get you anything for Christmas, put it (or a general idea at least) on here so I can get it for you. I'll attempt to get you whatever it is you want (within reason, of course. I don't have enough money for something like a Playstation or Wii for all 3 of you guys, y'know?) Ok, thanks in advance!
For the rest of you, Merry Christmas! Sorry, I just can't go all willy-nilly and get presents for everyone..
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