Monthly Archives: October 2009

 

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Halloween is the most annoying day of the year.

Annoying little tiny kids come up to your door, ring the doorbell so your dog goes berserk, and ask for free food. Then, after you reluctantly give them candy, only half of them thank you, and most of them cut through and trample your poor grass. I swear, next year, I’m going to paint my sidewalk and driveway neon pink so they know to stay off my grass.

My dad somehow convinced me to give out candy this year by using my own logic. He said something along the lines of how Halloween promotes the growth of the American economy, because without Halloween, there wouldn’t be as many candy purchases, thus slowing the economy. Then he said that I should be a part of helping the American economy by participating in Halloween. I must have been extremely sleepy at that time, because I accepted it as valid justification and gave out candy. We started out with a basket full of Tootsie Rolls; my dad was expecting a lot of Trick-or-Treaters today because it was a Saturday. I ended up giving out less than half of what we had.

In the past years, I remember people coming past 9 PM, but the last Trick-or-Treater was at around 7 PM this year. I guess that’s a good thing.

 

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I am now officially a Windows 7 user.

A special thanks to Colin Teberg for lending me his external hard drive so I didn’t have to redownload all my music and software.

 

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After I combined everything I had into a single website and named it a generic "Parkzer," people started becoming emo because the concept of "Five Minutes in My Head" was gone.

So I brought it back to help you stalk me.

Because I know you love doing that.

Anyway, I haven’t been able to update my website as much as I’ve wanted to because I’ve been busy at work preparing college applications and not sucking at school. I also have an ACT coming up (that’s a standardized exam, for everyone outside of the United States) this Saturday. I should be done with my college applications by then, and once my ACT is over, I’ll have a lot more free time to add more goodies onto my website. Until then, it’ll be pretty dormant on here.

Anyway, my entire house smells like lilacs right now because some random plant that someone gave us a few years ago is sprouting flowers now. (Was that the right verb to use? Do flowers sprout?) They don’t even look attractive, and they’re a dull white color. My dad says the smell of the flower is making him dizzy.

But apparently, if flowers bloom on this type of plant, it’s supposed to be good luck.

So that apparently makes the blood-curdling smell okay.

My mom went to the hair salon today and apparently, the hair stylist that was there also had the same type of plant that we do. Supposedly, their plant is over ten years old, and grew to be taller than my mom, but still doesn’t have any flowers. My parents think that’s a sign that we’ll become prosperous. -_-

 

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I came home from school today and felt as if I needed to play the guitar at that very moment to continue striving on this planet. So I picked up the closest acoustic guitar to where I was sitting and strummed a chord, only to realize that a few days earlier, while I was doing a live webcam show for someone, I had retuned all the strings to a whole step higher than they were supposed to be because I didn’t have a capo. So as I went through and retuned my strings, signs of my true stupidity shone through.

(1) I tried tuning my G string but ended up turning the B string peg, kept turning the wrong peg, and wondered why the pitch wasn’t changing.

(2) Regardless of what peg I was turning, I was turning it the wrong way. Instead of loosening the string to make the pitch lower, I was tightening the string.

The string broke.

I fished through my storage container to get a spare B string and found one. I was too lazy to replace all my strings, so I just pulled out my broken string and put in the new one. Then I had a revolutionary discovery.

When you look at the new B string head-on, it looks just the same as the other strings. But, if you tilt the guitar and shine light on it, THE STRING TURNS GOLD.

Refer to the photographs above as proof that I did in fact make this discovery.

 

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So my ACT is tomorrow. A bunch of my friends are taking it too. They’re all furiously cramming some last-minute studying, while I’m here … uh … watching Pokémon and eating gummy bears. On that note, I came across a mutant triplet gummy bear today.

I feel horribly unprepared and unAsian, seeing as I’m not studying and not freaking out about the test.

LOLWTF

I JUST REMEMBERED

I STILL HAVE TO PRINT OUT MY ADMISSION TICKET

BRB

… Now that that’s settled, I should probably go to sleep sometime soon. Testing starts at 8 AM, which probably means I have to get up before 7:30 AM. I still get about eight hours of sleep even if I go to sleep now, so I guess I can finish watching this episode of Pokémon first.

 

Pokémon Episode 589: Sliding Into Seventh

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As the episode opens, Ash steps outside of the Pokémon Center with his friends, who are wishing him luck for his upcoming gym battle for his seventh badge. The next scene shows the field entirely covered in ice, and the official explaining that the rules of the four-on-four match. Over at the Pokémon School, a group of kids are playing with their Pokémon because the instructor isn’t there. An adult approaches them and tells them to stop messing around. Just outside the window, Team Rocket starts planning for their next attack.

Back the gym, the battle begins with Sneasel versus Grotile. Grotile starts with Energy Ball, but Sneasel dodges, skates toward Grotile, and uses Icy Wind. Sneasel then uses Fury Swipes, but Grotile counters with Razor Leaf to send Sneasel flying. Grotle uses Rock Climb to finish off Sneasel. Sneasel tries to retaliate with Icy Wind, but fails and faints. In the next round, Candice send out Medicham while Ash recalls Grotile and send out Staraptor. Staraptor starts out by using Quick Attack, but Medicham uses Confusion and brings it down to the ice. Staraptor uses Aerial Ace, but Medicham successfully catches Staraptor. At close range, Staraptor uses Close Combat, but Medicham counters with Fire Punch. After being separated, Staraptor strikes back with Brave Bird for a direct hit to take out Medicham. In the third round, Candice sends out Snover while Ash recalls Staraptor and starts thinking. Ash ends up sending out Gliscor and dodges Snover’s Razor Leaf. Gliscor’s first move is a super-effective Fire Fang. Snover strikes back with two Ice Beams. Gliscor gets hit by the first but dodges the second and goes in for another Fire Fang. Snover hits the incoming Gliscor with Bullet Seed, then with an Icy Wind. Gliscor faints and Snover wins this round. Ash’s final Pokémon selection is Chimchar. Snover uses Ice Beam, but Chimchar dodges and uses Flamethrower. Snover uses Icy Wind, and they both hit in the center to create steam on the field to blind Chimchar. Chimchar stands calmly to sense Snover, and uses Flamethrower immediately after sensing Snover to push it against an ice shard and seize the victory. Candice’s last Pokémon is Abomasnow. Chimchar uses Flamethrower, but Abomasnow uses Blizzard and overpowers Chimchar. Ash recalls Chimchar and sends out Staraptor to use Aerial Ace. Abomasnow uses Ice Punch on the incoming Staraptor to take it out in one hit. Grotile comes out again and uses Rock Climb, but Abomasnow intercepts Grotile with Wood Hammer and again takes it out in one hit. Ash sends out his last Pokémon, Chimchar, and is confident that he’ll win. Chimchar starts off by using Flamethrower, and Abomasnow uses Blizzard again to overpower Chimchar. Abomasnow uses Ice Shard and tries to crush Chimchar, but Chimchar manages to avoid both hits. Abomasnow uses Blizzard, Ice Shard, and Ice Punch over and over again, and Ash decides he needs a new strategy. Ash tricks Abomasnow into shattering an ice shard so Chimchar can use a chunk of ice as a skateboard. Chimchar spins circles around Abomasnow and uses Flamethrower on Abomasnow when Chimchar is behind him. Abomasnow continues to try to attack Chimchar but continues to miss. Abomasnow shows signs of exhaustion, and Chimchar finishes the match with a direct hit with Flame Wheel. Chimchar picks up the victory in the last round, and Ash wins the match. Candice gives Ash the Icicle Badge.

During the match, Team Rocket is shown going into the Pokéball storage area in the Pokémon School, digging a hole, collecting all the Pokéballs, and running off with them. The students in the Pokémon School chase after Team Rocket, but Team Rocket finds shelter in a nearby building. The students wait outside the building, but the man with the Skuntank sends his Pokémon into the shelter and gets Skuntank to stink up the building. Team Rocket is shown running out of the shelter in fear, and the students are able to recover the Pokéballs.