5 Months

It's been wonderful having Emily back in town. I've spent just about all of my time over at her house! :D

We saw Inception and Rocky Horror on Saturday, we've played a lot of Apples to Apples (We've tied both games. :3 ), and it's just been great having her back. I've missed her so much. She gets her wisdom teeth today. :/

I remember getting mine out. It wasn't that bad, but it was definitely not the best experience. I hope things go well. She's actually on her way to the dentist right now.
What a great way to spend our 5-month anniversary, eh?

Also, I have some news on the Nuzlocke front.
I beat Whitney without any of my Pokemon dying! :D It was a tough fight, but I managed to pull through. :3
...But then FUCK YEAH got killed by an unlucky Critical Hit on our way up to Ecruteak City. ;____;
Emily had to give me a hug, I was so sad. :'( This is my first Pokemon that's died since Sprout Tower, and the first one I've been really attached to! To make things worse, he was only a level or two away from evolving. :/

My team now is this:

Combo, the Slowpoke, level 10
Shandi, the Sandslash, level 22
Georgia, the Geodude, level 18
Togebrii, the Togepi, level 17
Isabella, the Quilava, level 19
Zippity, the Flaafy, level 17.

I also have a Metapod, Rattata, Nidoran (F), Sunkern, Sudowoodo, and the Stantler that killed FUCK YEAH in my box, too, all usable.
Well, I'm in Ecruteak City now, and I'll probably be training a bit to get my whole team as close to level 20 as possible before the gym fight. Without FUCK YEAH, this will be a hard gym. :/


-David

Highlight of the month

Emily comes home today. That's all.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥


-David

Penultimate blag post to my birthday blag post.

Hello, all.

This has been one of those weeks where SO MUCH STUFF HAS HAPPENED so I have no clue what to say here. I've forgotten most of it because I'm terribly unreliable when it comes to updating these things.

Uh, car search is still ongoing, birthday coming up (More on that in a second), and I've been playing Left 4 Dead 2 a lot. School has been school, I guess. Blah, I don't know what to talk about.

I'll talk about my birthday. This weekend is going to be awesome. I'm headed home Friday afternoon, celebrating my birthday with friends on Saturday afternoon, going out with Emily Saturday night, and hanging out with Emily Sunday morning and afternoon. It's gonna be awesome.


Also, I'm really sorry for how short and uninformative this is, I just don't have it in me to blag right now. I'm sorry, internet. I'm sorry for not blagging.


-David

How to summarise your weekend.

First and foremost, happy Zombie Jesus day, everyone. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter of stapling rabbits to crosses and throwing eggs at it (That is what people do, isn't it?)

Well, it has been a spectacular weekend. I've been driving around in a 2009 Toyota Corolla (OH GOD THE ACCELERATION AHHHH I'M GONNA DIE) because as you all know, my car is in the shop. Hurray for rental cars, I guess? I'm actually surprised they rented it to me, I thought you had to be at least 25 to do that. Maybe I'm just special.

But yeah, so I came home this weekend for ZJ Day, and I brought some other musicians from Southern Miss with me to play at my church. Their names are Nathan and Stephanie and they are pretty okay people! Stephanie plays the Horn and Nathan is a Tenor Trombone kinda guy. They stayed at my house and had to put up with my crazy family for a weekend, I am SO SORRY for them.
I do love my family, though. It's pretty obvious where I acquired my sense of humour from. I mean, we talked about how my aunt almost got into a fight with a hooker in New York. Everyone in my family has my sense of humour and it is wonderful.
There is never a dull moment at the dinner table.

So, the reason I came back was to play at my church for Zombie Jesus day (Or I guess "Easter" for all of you more conservative people). We played at the 8:00 service AND the 10:30 service today, with me and Nathan on trombone, Stephanie on horn, and some kid from Daphne on trumpet. He was actually pretty good! I was relatively impressed.
And we each got a nice $200 check after the service was over, which is a very pleasant paycheck. And Emily even came to listen to the 8:00 service. :3


Speaking of Emily, we got to spend a little bit of time together this weekend. Not as much as I'd like, but still enough to make me happy (Although, ANY amount of time with her does that).
After I finished dinner on Saturday night, she and I went up to the Premier Theatre in Malbis to go see "How to Train Your Dragon" with Nathan and Stephanie. Emily had already seen it, but she was more than happy to go and see it again, and I can see why.

It was an adorable movie! Easily one of the best movies that Dreamworks has done. I laughed, I cried (Don't judge me), and I got to see it with the most wonderful girl I know. It was a great night. :3
I'll be seeing her again tonight, right before I leave. Not for long (She has a paper to write), but I don't need long to say goodbye. Like I said, any amount of time is better than no time.

Well, I'm sitting at the Coffee Loft right now, drinkin' a Pooh Bear and blaggin' on my computer. Macey was here when I started, but she left and now I'm here with Kathy. I guess I just have interchangeable friends. :P

But that's all I really have to say! I hope your weekend was as good as mine has been. :)



-David

You must be an illusion.

So, Prom was simply amazing.

I spent most of Saturday morning filling out insurance forms and running errands. Blah, that's never any fun. I picked up Emily's corsage up in Daphne, burned a CD, and vacuumed my mum's car (because my car was too trashy to take to the dance after the accident).

Around four o'clock, I hopped in the shower and started getting ready. Mum and dad were ridiculous about pictures, blah, and I left the house at around 5:15.
Got to Chelsea's house right at 5:30 and met up with everyone else there. MORE PICTURES WOOOOOOO.
Also, Emily was simply gorgeous. I don't know what I did to deserve someone as amazing as she is.











After a shit-ton of pictures at Chelsea's house, we went to the Yacht Club so we could take MORE PICTURES before we ate dinner. I swear, I'm going to punch every camera I see for the next week. I'm SICK OF GETTING MY PICTURE TAKEN.
Anyway, after what seemed like forever, we went inside and were seated.






For some reason, the Yacht Club was overcrowded and understaffed, so the service was slow. But the company and conversation were delightful, and we had a blast. The food was also very good. And not too expensive, either! :D
Anyway, after we ate, Chelsea and Mason left so they could go to the Senior Callouts, while Maring, Thomas, Emily and I went for a nice walk. And then we went to Mr. Gene's Beans downtown.
So many people were complimenting the girls' dresses, it got annoying pretty quick. For me an Thomas, at least, I'm sure they loved the attention, haha.

Anyway, around 9:00, we went to the Civic Centre and DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY AWWWW YEAH.
I'm not going to go into too much detail about the dance itself, mostly out of laziness and somewhat due to my terrible memory.
I will share one anecdote, though:

Mason and I went up to the DJ and requested Bohemian Rhapsody. I mean, that's the best song ever, everyone loves it. Well, the DJ said no, because apparently it's not a "crowd pleaser" (which is bullshit) and that he had to play music that everyone would like. Mason and I grumbled and walked away.
So, the next song comes on and guess what? Everyone leaves the dance floor.
What was that about pleasing the crowd, Mr. DJ?


Anyway, we ended up leaving the dance a bit early, around 11:30. We all went back to Chelsea's house again, and we all cuddled up in their living room and watched That 70's Show. As weird as this sounds, cuddling with Emily and talking with everyone was probably my favourite part of the whole evening. <3
And then we all ate an amazing midnight breakfast (courtesy of Chelsea's parents) consisting of cheese grits, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, biscuits, fruit, and probably even more stuff. It was delicious! And then everyone changed out of their fancy clothes and returned to the living room for an encore of earlier.
Around 1:00, people started leaving, and Emily and I were fairly quick to follow. I took her home and walked her to the door and all that jazz, and then started heading home. But then I realised I still had her camera and purse, so I had to go back and give those to her. :P
I got home at around 1:30 and went to bed a 2:00.


When I woke up today, I was still pretty smiley from the night before. :)
I went to church and caught up with Kathy and Bobby. After church, Kathy and I picked up some Pizza Rolls and went over to Macey's house to have a MIYAZAKI MOVIE MARATHON. We watched Ponyo and Howl's Moving Castle. It was a great way to spend the afternoon. :)

I went home around 5:30, packed, ate dinner, ran some last minute errands, and then ended up leaving about 7:30. I stopped by Emily's house for a bit, to see her before I went back to school, and then got some gas and some coffee for the long drive back to school.
And here I am. :)


There are plenty of things coming up, but that's for another blag post. I'm done for now. Goodnight.


-David

We're falling right into the dénouement...

Ugh, yesterday was terrible.

Class was fine, I guess. Theory was Theory, and I just played Pokemon in Anthropology.
And I WOULD have been able to leave school and head home around 11:00 in the morning, but noooooo I had to go to a required Master Class at 3:45. So I had to kill time for four hours. I couldn't practice, either, because all the practice rooms were occupied by Horn students. Blech.

And then, when I finally got on the road at 5:30, I got rear-ended in Mobile. My trunk is fucked up now, which is JUST what I needed. Some idiot sixteen year old girl was too busy staring at her boyfriend to realise that there was a red light. And of course, it took a good hour before the police actually showed up. I didn't get home until after eight, ughhh.

So I've spent most of the morning dealing with insurance stuff. Blech.


But at least the rest of last night was pretty fun! After a quick dinner at home, I went to Chis's house and played COD MW2 with Chis and Cleveland until about 2 in the morning. It was a pretty lulzy experience. :)


Oh, and now it's time for your Heart Gold Update!
I'm in Blackthorne City, but I haven't challenged the gym yet. I've been training and messing around with the Pokeathelon a lot, so eh.
But my team:
Lvl 41 Feraligatr
Lvl 40 Espeon
Lvl 40 Scizor
Lvl 38 Pupitar
Lvl 37 Dunsparce

And then some HM slaves that I occasionally swap in and out of my team. Oh, but I've come in first in every event in the Pokeathelon (Except Pennant Grab, fuck that one) and I've won every category a few times. It's a pretty addicting minigame, much better than contests. I really hope they expand upon it and include it in other games.



Well, tonight is Prom. I've been looking forward to this for the past month, and I am so excited. Like, you don't even know. I find it funny that in High School, I couldn't care any less about Prom (I didn't even go senior year) but now it's like the highlight of my month. Funny how that works. :P
I picked up a gorgeous corsage for Emily this morning. I think it'll look great with her dress and I'm sure she'll like it too. :3

I'm not quite sure on the details beforehand, but I know we'll be having dinner at the Yacht Club at 6:30. And then we're going to the dance after that, so woo. I'm really out of the loop with all the planning, haha. Oh well. It'll still be a blast.
And my mum's letting me drive her Civic, because my car is a piece of crap (Even worse now). I need to vacuum it soon, after I finish this blag post and after I finish filling out this INSURANCE PAPERWORK GAH.


Well, I'm fairly certain that's all for now. I hope all of you have a great weekend! I'll post some pictures tomorrow, methinks. :)


-David

I return victorious!

So, I am back at school now.

It's so nice to be back in my crappy dorm room instead of in nice hotels and with host families. Haha.
Actually, I just care about INTERNET and NOT SPENDING HALF OF MY DAY IN A CAR.

But here, let me sum up the highlights of the past few days:

Heart Gold: I've just beat Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower. I haven't been playing too much, really- Tackitt is much farther than I am. But my team is still higher-leveled. I find that amusing.

My team is Feraligatr (Nicknamed "Pan"), Dunsparce, Scizor, Espeon, Farfetch'd, Red Gyarados (HM Slave). Pretty badass.


Eastern Trombone Workshop: Well, it was pretty okay as a whole. I spent most of my time with Tackitt, playing Pokemon. xD
There were some amazing trombonists there, though. I am STILL in awe of some of them. It was great.

Our performance was a disaster, unfortunately. Basically everything that could have gone wrong did. Oh well, what's done is done. I had fun on the trip and I enjoyed my time at the ETW. Isn't that the point?


Oh man, I have so many stories to tell. I don't think I can tell them all. D:
Let's see... We left Adam Johnson on the Army Base, my bookbag got ran over, my slide fell off on stage, Eddie "pulled a Byron," I mooned Eddie on the drive back, Andrew has the bladder of a twelve-year old girl, terrorists, Adam is a whiny little bitch... uh... I'm sure there's more, but I'm a bit tired. It's been a long day.


I got back and read the letters that Emily mailed me while I was away. It really made me glad to be back, and I feel so lucky that someone as amazing as her actually likes me. :3
This weekend is Prom, and I am looking forward to it more that pretty much anything else. This week needs to hurry up. <3


Anyway, I think that's it. Excuse me, I'm gonna go pass out.

Saturday

Tonight was a good night.

<3

My love is like a red red rose...

I love this song, but this is by far the best version of it I've heard.



Such a gorgeous song. <3


-David

Sigh.

So, I'm single.

I really don't want to talk about it, but I figured that this is a pretty big thing and that you guys should know. So there it is.

Two months and twenty three days.


-David

This is what happens when I try too hard:

You Complete Me.

I didn't make this, but I love it nonetheless.

Oh, Leliana...<3

As you know, almost all of my free time has been dedicated to playing Dragon Age. It's a great game, easily my favourite made by Bioware. The amount of work that the makers put into creating the world and its characters is simply astounding- more effort than I've seen in most novels I've read. But of all the characters, one stands out as a clear favourite: Leliana.





Leliana is a bard from Orlais that becomes a member of the church to atone for her past. However, she has a vision from the Maker that tells her that she needs to go with the Playable Character and help him stop the Blight. So she leaves the chantry and follows along.
She's one of the more complex characters, and quickly become one of my favourite characters not only in the game, but out of all the fictional characters I like.
As she's also one of the romance options in the game, I decided to pursue her as my male Mage, named Polaris.

Romancing characters in a video game isn't anything new, really. Lots of games have done it before, and certainly every Bioware game I've played has had the option. But it is interesting, though, how the developers make the "romance." Most games, it's a pretty mindless thing, with the end result being a kiss or a short scene; nothing special. This game stands out, though. At the end of the game, I decided to sacrifice my character to save Ferelden. As my character dealt the killing blow the Archdemon, Leliana and my other companions just watched as I died.
In the epilogue, there is a funeral for my character, and Leliana is crying. And then, after the clip scene, it explains what becomes of Ferelden and all of my followers. What happens to Leliana?

"Leliana remained in the royal court for a time, mourning. She poured her heart into a ballad that would eventually become known throughout Thedas. But after one performance, Leliana quietly vanished. Some say that the Maker came to her in a vision again that night. Smiling, tears in her eyes, she told a maid that she would see her love again at last."

;__;

It was sad! D:
I dunno what the point of this post is, other than to say that this game did a spectacular job with making me empathise with the characters, and that Leliana is pretty much the best fictional woman ever.

<3



(I was planning on making this post about four or five times longer, really fleshing out her character and comparing aspects of this to other games and various novels I've read that have had the same effect. But.... It's early, and I'm tired. Maybe if I can remember later. For now, you get this.)


-David