I'm Back!!

It's been like 3 years. But I am back to continue writing on this thing that nobody reads. Woot! So, the past three years have been good. And bad. Like a rollercoaster. But more goodness than badness. Yes.

Anyways...I graduated from High School in June 2006...So that means it has almost been three years since I have done school of any sort. I worked and got money, and went on an extremely powerful mission to Uganda. Yep. It was super good and mad awesome.

I've been back for three months now, and I have done absolutely nothing in that time that is really worthwhile. I can play a few more songs on the piano. I guess that's something. I caught up with Lost and watched all of Heroes, and I just caught up today. I've watched probably 50 movies...caught up with all of those that I have missed in the past two years.

But, I finally got a job in Logan, Utah. Full time. I'll make some good money. I got an apartment. I'll live on my own for the first time ever (mission doesn't really count). And I'll be starting school in the Fall at Utah State University (their b-ball team will be playing Marquette this week in the March Madness tourney). Sweet deal.

So um...yeah. Stay tuned for more mad awesome...or completely boring...stuff in this here doodleydooda. Nice time.

Story Ideas

I do not know how many of you have thought about this idea, but how many great stories have never been written because the person who thought them up forgot them? I mean, like somebody's walking down the road, when they see something that sparks an idea for a story. They think that it make for a great story, but their mind is busy on other things. They then forget their beautiful idea, never to write that story.


Now, think about how many people get the idea to write a story from a story? I know I do all the time. I'll read a book, and after I'm done, I want to go and write my own book, because my mind is full of ideas. So, that book that the person (let's call him Mr. Anderson) never wrote, but had an excellent idea sparked from something, will never see the light of day. That means that all of those people who would have read that book would have never thought up their own ideas, and therefore never would have written their own story.

And, now I'm gonna add one more thing in here. How many people have come up with good ideas to write books but never do because they are not good writers, or they don't have the time, or something along those lines? How many good ideas are going to waste because of this? I know I have so many ideas for books. I do want to become a novelist some time in my life, and bring these ideas to life. But, like many people in the world, it's just too hard to start off writing a novel.

So, with the books that we do have, just remember that that's like 1/10 of the great books that could be out there. What if J.K. Rowling never had the idea for Harry Potter? It's one of the greatest-selling series ever. But, if she never started writing, the generations of today would not be full of ideas.

Books are not just for reading and enjoying. They are not to just learn to find all of those literary techniques. There's a deeper meaning for books. They spark some of the greatest ideas. I bet stuff written in novels, things that were never thought to become realisitic, have become realisitic because of that book. Appreciate books. Read books. And maybe someday you will write the next great series. Look at Dan Brown. That guy makes like $150 million dollars. And all he does is write books. Read. Get ideas. Write. If you don't want to write a 500-page book, then just put your ideas down on a piece of paper. Maybe someday, those ideas will come to life and make for a most fantastic book.

Lost Experience Update #1

I got through. The line was not busy. I called a few times. I figured out some pretty valuable information. So, whenever you choose the 1st item, it will go to a recording, and say something like, "you can reach us at 544 [can't understand] 'p' 'k' 1604, Copenhagen 'D'." I tried each of the four executives of the Hanso Foundation, and a brief little recording is given for each. First is Alvar Hanso. Under his, a message cuts in, and says something along the lines of, "what have you done with Alvar Hanso. Second is Thomas Mittelwerk...who was a German accent, and said that he would not be reachable for the next 3 weeks (which is kind of stupid, because in 2 weeks, it will still say 3 weeks). Third is Hugh McIntyre-who will be gone for 2 weeks, and he talks about a Korean Offshore Project. Hmm...offshore...Korean. In the Dharma Initiative video, it's a Korean guy talking, and the Dharma Initiative is a project, and the plane crashed on an island...maybe offshore. So, maybe they're close to Korea.

Well, Fourth is Peter Thomspon, and the recording starts with a woman stating that Peter is gone, and talks about the Korea Offshore Project. Peter then butts in, and warns people to stop making threats to him or others, because it is a criminal act. And, after all four of these, it ends with "Namaste". For each of these options, a guy talks in French, or what sounds like French. Then some music plays. "Namaste" is from Hindi, and is a South Asian greeting, meaning hello or goodbye.

Some of the messages have a little ad for monster.com, where you can land your job. Maybe the Hanso Foundation is looking for some employees.

So, Nothing really stands out. Except when I called again. I picked the first option, which was the general information. The music is different. Then, the normal lady begins to talk, but in the middle of it, she is cut out, and Persephone comes on the line, saying not to believe their lies. She says to go online and use a password. It's really hard to understand her, and I have yet to figure out what the password is. It sounds like "Breaking stone", but I tried it and it didn't work. I also tried "Breakingstone". Nothing. Now, I'm trying to get this message to play back, and it's tough, cause the line is busy a lot, and whenever I do get through, it just plays the normal message. I have only gotten Persephone's message to play twice. So, more updates will come when I figure out more information.

Lost...and The Hanso Foundation

So, I'm really into Lost, and last night, during a commercial, a commercial came on. This commercial gave a phone number, which is 1-877-HANSORG, or 1-877-426-7674. I tried it last night, but nothing worked. So, this morning, real early, I called it, and I got through. It gave options, the first being to learn about the foundation. The other 4 had to deal with people who work for Hanso Foundation.

And, for those of you who do not know, this is something called an ARG, an alternate-reality game. There have been a couple of large ones, the first being "The Beast", for A.I., the movie. The second was "The Haunted Apiary", mostly at the website www.ilovebees.com, for Halo 2. Now, ABC is having their go at an ARG.

So, I listened to the first option, and was given a website, www.thehansofoundation.org. From the looks of it, it seems like a foundation to better humanity, with hospitals, education, medicine, and stuff like that. Well, when surfing through this website, you will notice a few "quirks". Signing up for the newsletter, some crazy music starts playing, and the writing looks like it is being erased. Handwritten words appear on the screen, stating that whoever is writing is somebody named Persephone. This person then tells you for the password. Well, I don't know the password, but she does tell you that it can be found using the phone number given on the commercial advertisement. So, I'm kind of stuck, because I'm trying the phone number now, and it's always busy. So, maybe sometime I'll get through, and find out the password, and see what else happens to pop up.

The end of Spring Break

So, now, Spring Break 2006 is just about over. I hope you all enjoyed it. I sure could have enjoyed it a little more. Lots of work...lots of sitting around my house doing nothing. Why do I do that? I've got a car outside. I could go anywhere I want to. Maybe I should have gone out and done something fun with friends I don't get to see a lot. But I didn't. Maybe I should have done some studying, because my IB tests are coming up in a couple of weeks. I feel like I won't get my IB diploma...test scores too low, and I guess I have given up. But I've got like a week to study for six tests.

1) Math
2) German
3) Economics
4) Biology
5) English
6) History

Yeah. I should be studying for every one of those classes. But, I haven't. I just wish that these tests were over. Cause I'm not really looking foward to taking these tests. I think it comes close to 16+ hours of testing. It's gonna be a painful month. But, then it's gonna be over, and I'm gonna "chill" until graduation.

So, the end of Spring Breaks marks the beginning of the last push of my grade school career. This comes down to the final days of me being a kid, and closing in on me joining the real world.

Enjoy the rest of spring break, and keep up in school. Don't fall now. You're on the last stretch of the race, and strive for the top. You can do it.

t3h Recent Happenings in my Life

Well, two weeks since my last post. That's because I HAVE NO LIFE!! It's only two weeks until I have no life for 3 weeks. I will be eating, sleeping, breathing, living IB testing. My life will be pure garbage, but once they're done...I will be done with school, for the most part. Movies in half my classes, simple homework in the other classes. No worries. I'm even thinking about skipping every once in a while, like every Friday.

Well, anyways, these last few days, I have been at youth conference with my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was mad sweet. Thursday, we got there in t3h evening, and we had a dance, and it was pretty cool. That night, I watched Fun With Dick and Jane. It was a pretty funny movie. So, Friday, service project in the morning at various nursing homes. I helped do a little bit of landscaping, and it was sweet fun. We then had a little devotional thingy, where we went around to various rooms at the Palmyra Stake Center. Each room dealt with a different point in Jesus Christ's life, and it was really cool. So, Saturday, we had an Amazing Race, and I was chosen as the leader of my group, and there were six groups in all. We named ourselves "Waffa", or however it's spelled, which, I think means "beautiful people". But anyways, half my group did not want to "race", and walked and enjoyed the swings and stuff. Well, we went out of order, after I burned the envelope with the order on it (which shows my leadership skills), and so we were DQ'd. But, we did beat the team we faced off in dodgeball, and we would have beat any team, cause our team was amazing.

So, after that, we had a testimony meeting, where people go up and say their thoughts and what they believe about the church and the gospel and Jesus Christ, and stuff. Then, we had another dance, and it was mad sweet. We rocked that house, Cameron and me. But, we never did find those girls who rode in the van with us up to the Palmyra Stake Center on Friday. We never got their names, and we didn't really remember what they look like. We only knew that they would respond to the singing of Sesame Street songs, cause that's what we sang on the way there.

And, that's all I'll put down about that joyous adventure. And that wraps up youth conferences for me, and I'm sad that I am not going to be a part of that most amazing conference.

I'm back!

So, I got on the net today...and I decided to finally try to resurrect my blog from t3h grave. Maybe people will read this. Maybe people won't. Maybe I should not tell anybody about me restarting here, and see how long it takes for someone to realize that I am doing so. Or maybe not. But anyways. Yesterday was April 1st, as you all know, and that means April Fool's Day. As an avid gamer, I know what to expect from the various gaming sites that I visit almost daily. I know this is the time of the year that these gaming nerds will put out false content, maybe new releases, or fake cheat codes. Maybe a new ESRB rating. Well, there's some great ones I saw this year, and I am here to share them with all of you guys. So first, gamespot came up with a few good ones. First, there was the new ESRB rating, pictured here:

So, I'm sure you guys can read what that says, so I won't write it. But, this rating is given to games that are just pure garbage. Like "20 to life", and other crappy games. Next, a little article on the Nintendo Revolution. Analysts predict that this system will be the top seller by 2010. Ha. If any of you are gamers, you know that this is the falsest information. Nintendo hans't been the top seller since like the SNES. And with monsters like Sony's PS3 and the Microsoft's t3h Box that Rox, there's no way Nintendo can compete at their level.

And, finally, I feel this is a large April Fool's joke. I tell you a little secret-I even believed it. The announcement of World of Starcraft, supposedly the new MMORPG that Blizzard is releasing by the end of this year. It's the #1 game on gamespot at the moment, but when you click on the link, it takes you to the PC page on gamespot. Complete fake. But, I was inclined to search more about this supposed new game. I went to the Blizzard website, and there was not one word mentioned about a "World of Starcraft". Pity. Sounded like a fun game, even though I was not one of the 6 million+ gamers who got involved with World of Warcraft, which I might add, is larger than the population of Ireland.

As for me, I was never pranked this year by anyone I know, I think. I never pranked anybody, just because I didn't want to think of something hilarious to do. But, I gotta say, last year's April Fool's did get me. bungie.net announced for Halo 2 that if you did various things in multiplayer gaming, the commentator with the big booming voice would say things. I tried it for about 3 hours that night until I realized that it was April 1st, and I did feel like a fool. But, one of the greatest jokes in gaming was the release of a cheat code for DOA Beach Volleyball. If you don't know what this game is, it is a bunch of girls with bikinis on and large...well, you get the picture. But these cheat codes were to remove the bikinis. That one got a lot of people. It never worked. I never had the game, and I never tried these cheats.

So, that will wrap up my comeback blogpost. Hope this time I can get more readers. Maybe if I post this everywhere I am on the internet, people will read. And leave comments. I enjoy them. It gives me something to.

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20 of December. 5 days until Christmas, 11 days until the new year, well 12 or so. Something like that. I did my TOK presentation today, on one of the best and greatest films ever made, The Matrix. I love it, and it's great to understand the very thoughtfulness that the movie has, and also the cool action tidbits.

3 more days of school before the break. I've got lots to do, and I'm putting it off until the very very end. Essays, assignments, tests to study for, christmas shopping. It'll get done. I hope.

But, after Christmas, and after the LOTR marathon, I am not looking foward to the holiday break. Cause I have a 4000 word essay to begin, not just write up, but to actually start. I have done no work other than brainstorming. Yeah, it's gonna take a while, and not be fun at all. But after that, my stress levels may go from way up in the sky to normal. And that would be sweet.

There were some kids talking about speaking to the Sophomores about IB and why they should do it, like advertisers or whatnot. They didn't pick me to do it. And I bet I know why. Cause I despise the IB program. I would go in there and tell every single one that the only reason to do it is if they do not want a life for the next two years, stress that will make them want to kill, and classes you don't want to take. I would tell them flat out, "DO NOT DO IT!! IT'S THE WORST THING I'VE EVER DONE!" And other than if, that's IF, I get my diploma, which there is probably a 99% chance of me not getting it, then it may come sorta close to have been worth it. I did it not because I wanted to get credit for college, or get accepted for college. I did it because it looked like a challenge, and I love doing challenges. And I wanted to be one of the first at CA to get the diploma. Well, actually 20 or so have already gotten it. So, I'll be one of the first 50. And that's it. Goodbye.