Pi Day

Hey Gang, So I have nothing better to talk about. This weekend was fun. I kicked it off with The Return of the King movie by Peter Jackson (otherwise known as awesomesauce packed into a three hour movie). Does anyone else remember when movies were 2-3 hours long, rather than 1-2 hours long as they are today? Now people consider 2 hours a REALLY long movie. Well, 5-7 years ago, if a movie was 2 hours long, it was considered kinda short. Anyway, enough of my jabbering on. The movie is awesome. If you've never watched the whole triology, go get 'em, wake up at 8 next Saturday, and spend your day watching them (trust me; you'll need all day). My favorite is particularly the last one. The rest of my weekend wasnt really exciting. I went to Borders, as I do weekly. I had an awesome time, as usual. I then proceeded to stay up till 4:00 A.M. Sunday morning, which I regret this morning. For people that understand Halo, I got to Captain Rank 3, which was an accomplishment I guess. I'm trying to get to Luitenet Colenel so I can get a black visor to match my forest green and black armor. I got to see my grandparents yesterday, which was cool. I showed them some stuff I was working on for Engineering. I played some Lord of the Rings: The 3rd Age, which was a good time, until I reached an impossible boss fight, which you know, was kinda depressing and stuff. I didn't play Wizard101 at all. The game just seems not that fun at the moment. I also made cookies for a friend yesterday, which was a lot of fun :). So ... Pi Day ... a day for math nerds everywhere. Walk around in a cicrle today, or eat some pie, or something circular. Pie is more ceremonial, due not only to the shape, but cause the name. Pie. Pi. See what I mean? Ok, I'm gonna go now. I'll see ya guys, P.D.

I'm Turning Into Atlas!

Hey Gang,

So I've been extremely busy lately! I mean, don't get me wrong, the business is all good stuff, it's just kinda tiring, ya know? Anyway, how was your weekend? On Friday, I went to a cafe at my local Borders store and hung out with some friends. I spent Saturday cleaning my house for my mom's boyfriends's extended family. We were having them over for dinner. It was a good time; they didn't know I was a vegetarian though, so they slapped the biggest piece of chicken on my plate that they found in the pile and was all like, "DIG IN!" Haha! I was all like, "Um ... see ... I'm kinda a vegetarian ..." There was this really long awkward moment of silence, but then they all started yelling at each other for presenting me with the piece of chicken. Tehehehe, it was actually kinda funny.

During that dinner as well, there was some tortellini and chicken mixed with peppers and Alfredo sauce. I ate the tortellini, but it was kinda hard to make out whether the piece of food was chicken or tortellini, since it was covered in Alfredo sauce. Also, since I was in mid-conversation, I just kinda shoved a piece of chicken into my mouth without realizing it. I started chewing it, and thankfully, before I swallowed, I noticed it was chicken! I had to spit it out. It was bad ...

On an unrelated note to the dinner that took place on Saturday, I had a friend sleep over that night as well. We played a bit of Xbox 360 (which I hopefully will be able to play just for a tiny bit tonight), more specifically, Halo Reach (I'm almost a Captain! :D). After Reach, we watched some Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I personally got half-way through the movie, and then I fell asleep, haha! I get tired easily! My friend continued to watch the movie, until he accidentally pressed the wrong button, and the TV screen turned blue. He tried waking me up to fix the TV, but supposedly I refused to! I told him I was probably sleep talking (which I tend to do a lot), but he said my eyes were wide open and everything! So that was really weird!

On Sunday, my friend and I finished watching the Fellowship and moved on to the Two Towers (Tomorrow I'm going to post my top favorite things about the Lord of the Rings as my post; irrelevant, but entertaining :) ). I absolutely love these movies; they certainly made my childhood. We got about 2/3rds of the way into the movie when we went to Border's cafe again for a few hours. There I bought The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I've always wanted to read these books when I was younger, but they seemed too challenging, what with all the crazy pronunciations. Anyways, I started that Hobbit, and am currently on Chapter IV, where they are just leaving Rivendell (an Elfish city) to travel into the Misty Mountains. It's really good! I recommend to everyone who hasn't read it!

I've also been trying to make my life healthier such as:

-Eating less portions.

-Eating a lot more fruits and vegetables rather than junk food.

-Exercising daily (this includes a 15-25 minute run and a 20-30 minute walk).

-I've been trying to be mentally healthy by doing my homework sooner and paying attention. also reading more literary work (including my new English novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn).

I hope life's been good to everyone! Should I talk some W101? Or leave us off with a irrelevant post about what I've been doing? Eh ... I guess maybe I'll introduce a topic, and I'll make it a "What Do YOU Think?" discussion:

So recently, I asked a question that appeared on Ravenwood Radio: "What are some of your ideas to incorporate more events into the community, such as double experience weekends for PvP or Pet Derby, Special events where you could get different gifts for going, etc?" (By the way, thanks so much Stephen and Fallon for answering my question!) Stephen and Fallon came up with two really cool ideas, such as holiday events where you could get a badge for attending and completing the quests that exist during the time.

So, what would you like to see? Would you like to see double experience weekends with the PvP systems? Would you like to see double arena tickets weekends? Would you like to go to special events (where only a certain amount of people get in) where you can get a certain item that represents you attending that event? Do you want special badges or items for completing holiday tasks? Or do you have another idea for an event?

Maybe we'll make a contest out of this? Maybe I'll send a code out there and enter the commenters in a random draw for a few wizardblox codes? I dunno; we'll see!

I need to go! I'll see you guys later!

P.D.

Update On My Game Time

Hey Everyone,

Well, I realize I haven't blogged in a while. I've had a busy weekend; I went to see Big Momma 3 at the movies (hilarious, great movie :D), then I had a MAJOR cleaning day on Saturday, and yesterday not only did I visit my cousin for his birthday, BUT I also got an iPhone 4!!!!! W000000t!!! I was and still am really excited! I had to pay for it, which makes me feel even better for it. While I probably should feel kinda stupid about paying $250 for a phone that's maybe gonna last 2 years, it was a great accomplishment for me; being able to feel like I bought myself something really nice (I usually buy really nice things for other people, like when I bought my sister an $150 GPS for her 17th birthday, and how this year for her birthday I wanna get us concert tickets). And today I might have to babysit my younger step brother. BUSY WEEKENDS!

Anyway, enough about my weekend. Let me get into what I'VE been doing in Wizard101 lately. Over the course of last week, I decided to level my Life alt, Diana GoldHorn. My friend, Blaine StormMender (brother of Wolf IceHunter, the infamous Socko) is leveling up with her! She recently beat Malistare, took care of the Grotto, and is now questing in the Star District. Cool beans! Also, Mycin has been to work crafting his Celestian Observatory! I recently (recently being this morning ;D) collected all of the Fire Blossoms, Acorns, and Aethers needed for the house! W00t! It is now time to hunt for pearls; White, Black, and Gold. I actually got to make THREE of the EIGHT required Star Chalices!

Look at that awesomeness! While I realize I'm a lot farther behind than many other people (hehe, that's an understatement), this was a pretty big accomplishment for me :D. I hope to continue my progress in making the items!

Well, that's really all I have for now. I'll see you guys around!

P.D.