Frightening! Anyway, hello there! How long's it been since I last posted? A day? A week? I forget now... hah...

  That aside, I am positively elated! Why, you ask ( Or possibly don't, sorry)? It is because I just secured the chances of me getting a PS3 for graduation to eleventh! How cool is that? I love my dad. The reason why I would want a system such as that is because a year ago or so, a game came out that I had previously heard about as looking 'kinda like Mother 3/Earthbound'; except that was the ROID version of the game, and the PS3 is not whatever that is, that's for sure. I don't even remember whether or not the ROID thing came off that well because I haven't heard a word of it since then, and every time I look it up I get steroids instead. Anyway, this is a picture of it from a while back when it was still in development:

  Look vaguely familiar to some of you?
  I'm sure a bunch of you would know what game I'm talking about if I said the name, but maybe you already know, because 'PS3' definitely narrows it down, doesn't it?

  It's... (drumroll) ... (drum).... (roll)... (Okay I'll stop)...

  ---Ni No Kuni! Hooraaaay! 

  I bet a bunch of you are slapping your knees all like, 'I KNEW it!' or something. I am in love with a classic-style JRPG; don't see that every day, do ya? (laugh)

  Anyway, as you all do not know, I have looked far and wide for good RPGs to play, and NNK is the closest I'll ever get to my ideal RPG: Good storyline, fantastic battle system, great music ( done by Joe Hisaishi, might I add.) , Studio Ghibli, Level 5 ( if any of you have played Professor Layton, you know them.), 349 page grimoire full of lore, a bestiary, old language, and spells; an entire sprawling overworld, great CG backgrounds, and MONSTER CATCHING!!! It's my dream come true!! I mean, lookit this!

  That's absolutely sensational! All that detail in one shot, and in 3D! The characters are pretty cute too ( That's also part of the reason I want the game, of course; can't forget the adorable 13-year-old boys and fairies... eheh... oh lordy I sound like a creep...)! It's also got sort of a dark undertone, from what I've seen ( animals swallowing swords and armor for stat boosts, anyone? Sorry for so many bracket comments...), so it's all pretty great.

  There's also a DS version of the game, which this is actually a remake of, but there were problems translating the double-screen wonder, so it's only in Japanese so I can't really play it.... I have tried though, using a PDF of the magic book and a ROM file, but still no dice. I like the PS3 version better anyway, despite all the beautiful drawn backgrounds in the DS version... sob...

  Can't wait to catch 'em all in Ni No Kuni this summer!

See what I did there? Civic Mirror? (laugh) Anyway, we just had a practice run of this thing. It's a program that simulates a country where everyone apparently has seven members in their fictitious family living under the same roof ( What time period is this in?)? It can either be utter chaos or a wannabe Utopia, depending on how you plan it. Like life, except you're taking care of 7 other people and crying about how only one person having all the Energy and you're all going to die. Yeah, juuuuuust like life.

  So, we're supposed to answer some questions, so here we go, questions.

  Q1. What did you learn during the practice run?


  Tough question. What did I learn...? You might want to ask a person who didn't own part of the City Hall and thus had like, all the luxuries; plus a house and an apartment. It would have been great had I not been too slow to get energy ( actually, didn't get any). I learned that some people are jerks, a la giving their friends most of everything. However, I also learned that if you point out people's mistakes in the trade section they are very likely to fix it. Weird. People also can't live without having powered houses too, apparently. You know, despite all the people who live with no energy and still survive in small shacks and stuff.


  Q2. Has it made you think about social or governement issues?


  Not really; but maybe when the actual not-practice run starts that'll change? We just don't know. All it reminded me of was my terrible anxiety when asking people for things, afraid they'll turn me down and get angry at me for even asking.

  Q3. How should good(s) be distributed?


  I'd distribute goods to the people who need them the most first, and those who already have it can just suck it I mean-- just deal with what they've got. Once the goods in question are back in, then they can have more.


  Don't be greedy.


Q4.  Do we need a government to help keep people organized?


  Hah, pretty much. Without some kind of power figure like government, worst case scenario we'd have people killing other people and/or stealing everything in sight. There'd be nothing left for A N Y B O D Y.


  Crap I just realized this is supposed to go in my Civics section. Oh well, it'll go up there as well. Double post!

Weebly wasn't even loading while I'm writing this, it's just got that circle thingy going for it; I'm actually writing this is ZenPen. Great program; so minimalist.

  So we have to write our quote-on-quote 'bestest' blog post, what that means is I have to pound noisily on the keyboard to produce some words that look good together and string them into a few paragraphs, I hope; I originally assumed all I had to do what pick my best post and post it somewhere or something. Weebly is still loading. Anyway, this time I actually have an idea of what to write about, something that is best in a way, I guess.

  A few weeks ago, I created a character (hint, he's in my Weebly arts section and has lots of blue); that character was going to be used in a right-now-nameless story in which he is the main character. So, I finished the first chapter yesterday, and sent it to a friend of mine who said she'd like to look at it. She said it was great and that I should write more, something I hope was not just her being nice. Anyway, I want to continue it because I so rarely do that with stories I write ( coughstoryintheenglishsectioncough), and I'm actually really into this character, whom I spent a LOT of time on; perhaps one of my favourites. I even made a google presentation because another friend wanted me to give her an overview of what this character was like ( and to make me elaborate on him)! Both my friends are very good with motivation as the latter friend got me to write the story in the first place with setting goals, and the former with cheering me on. Okay. What a large paragraph. 

  However, let me just tell you this right now: coming up with characters is HARD; You can spend days or even weeks either not coming up with anything or at the very least coming up with very little. I had already finalizing a lot of his looks, and I was superbly stuck before asking my friend for help on personality and special features ( The same friend who told me to make the PowerPoint which helped me out with that; thanks!). Darn characteristics; for some people it's easy, and for some, not so much. Ask for help if you're stuck on something, okay, kids?

  Anyway, I need to stop writing as the time's almost up; yay. 

Okay so I actually have no idea what to write but whatever (laugh).

  I am eating cookies in class; screw the rules ( I've been eating in class for the entire semester so far because Mrs. Wood doesn't get mad at me for it.) And now I'm attempting to peel a giant orange. Crazy.

  Apples just weren't good enough today ( that would be funnier if I could actually say that to your faces.). Except I'd rather choke on apple slices than orange ones.

  Anyway, yesterday, I watched the movie this beautiful island is from with my father: 

Laputa: Castle In The Sky, one of my absolute favourite movies. Nothing beats the great idea of a giant island in the sky, with over a hundred years of ancient Laputan history! Oh, how I wish it were real... This movie is one of the greater parts of my early childhood, watching it with parents, cousins, friends... starting up my love of all things related to the sky and flying (along with Kiki's Delivery Service, another great one!). Anyway, my dad liked it too, it seems.

  Last night, I became very interested in the supposed 'Laputan Language' on the monument in this shot:

Look at that! Don't the etchings look like they would make for really neat of a language? So, it inspired me to write up my own characters ( sorta, it's still like Skyward Sword Hylian; different characters for the same English alphabet.), 'cause I couldn't even find a fan-made script for Laputan! It was really fun to make my own, though! Now I just need to memorize it! 

  Orange juice is squirting outta my mouth on accident now, so it's time I stopped. Bye!

Also, I hate oranges. Don't ask why I'd eat them if I hate them.

... Ugh... me and my... terrible titles for entries...

  Anyway, what did you guys do for your Easter break? I went to my grandparent's apartment ( more like small house), got stuck climbing on a rocky fence-thing (I forget the word for it now), and complained. Heck, I'm complaining now! What do YOU think these posts are for??

  We also had an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, in which both my dad and I miscounted everything. Perfect. My dad and I watched a movie and then he fell asleep and I cried during the opening. Hey, Castle In The Sky is an emotional movie for me!

  Then for April Fool's, I pretended to be this handsome guy all over the internet:

So yesterday, I asked my mom to play on her ipad as I was sitting with her on the family room couch.

  And as I went through her already downloaded app I asked her if I could download one I had seen before that I thought was really cute: LINE Play. She said yes, and we got it ( It's FREE, get it.).

  I really enjoy it so far. If you have it, my name on it is Baron. I don't have our iPad with me right now so I can't find my friend code.

It is space you can many breads, know?

  So, it's a big day: My brother and dad's birthdays. Yes, my dad and brother were born almost the same date. Brother's might have been later, but we still merged them; it's easier that way. Anyway, dad and mom are going out to an antique shop in the middle of nowhere today, so I hope they have fun with that.

  I gave dad some birthday hugs. Remember to give your father/mother/fathers/mothers hugs too! 

Yes, I mean you. You know, the one reading this entry lookin' 'round like " Who do they mean?"! Did you know you have Demodex Folliculorum and Demodex Brevis? Well, now you do. But before you panic thinking it's some terminal disease or some crap like that, I must explain it to you.


  They are commonly known as eyelash mites and everyone has them, and everyone will have them. You probably have some right now! Also, they're harmless and cleanse your eyelids and stuff, so they're actually pretty good for you. The only time they're ever bad is when there's an infestation goin' on.

Tee ee dee tee ayy ell kay.

  That's me attempting to sound out TED Talk with spelling. Terrible, huh?

  Anyway, we just watched a TED called 'Coding a better Government' by Jessica Pahika ( I actually can't see her last name well from all the way across this room! Go figure.). For the first few minutes it was about apps , then government, then the bureaucracy... and hands. One thing I can think of is that I would've never have guessed someone somewhere would make an app on fire hydrants; I certainly wouldn't have thought of that. Anyway it was more about changing bureaucracy, and as a guy in this class literally just said, " Government cannot be great if the people aren't involved." So there ARE reasons not to just listen to music!

  Aaaanyway, I guess I agree with what she said about some apps that were conceived in a couple of days going completely viral, as sometimes it happens with other things too. Of course, usually it has to be entertaining to become that popular, that is. Can't have no mundane apps!