My Summer.

I can't study.

I can't focus on computer science anymore.

Arrays, Queues, Binary Trees, Algorithms, abstract data types.

No more for now.

I don't know what to do.

So i'm just going to write.

And I guess you're going to read it huh.

I need to do a lot this summer, besides take a stupid calc class and get a job.

I need to get a custom domain name for It's Just a Game.

I need to transplant my spider plant, Peter Parker into a bigger pot again.

I want to make a papercraft Boba Fett helmet.

I need to do lots of stuff with my hon bun.

I want to bike or walk downtown often to write and just relax.

I need to get in shape.

I need to read.

I have a lot of books I need to read right now.

• Currently reading The Power of Now. 
• Cryptnomicon by Neal Stephenson
• Anatham by Neal Stephenson
• Second part of Stephen King's The Dark Tower graphic novel
• All of the free comic books I got on free comic book day.
• perhaps some of my roommate's comic books

I need to get LA Noir.

I need to play the shit out of it. 

I need to beat Metal Gear Solid 3. (I agreed that I'd beat my roommate's favorite game if he beat mine.(Mass Effect)).

I need to beat Gears of War 2 co op with my hon bun. 

I need to keep It's Just a Game interesting. 

I should probably finish up my Fem Shep playthrough of Mass Effect 2. 

I want to have a lot of Nerf sword fights in my fraternity house. 

From the sounds of this I have a lot ahead of me this summer. 

Maybe I'll keep you readers updated on it. 

Anyways, I guess this post is wrapping up. I just needed an outlet of my loss of focus. 

Stupid finals. 

Ciao

Why I love Twitter.

It all started over a year ago.

Someone in my fraternity decided to set up a twitter account for our chapter in the hopes of keeping everyone better updated on what was going on.

So I signed up for twitter and started following.

Our chapter's twitter account was short lived, but I stuck with Twitter.

I wasn't sure what to expect from it, and I didn't even touch it over the whole summer. But once the summer was over I found myself getting sucked back in to Twitter.

I started following some of my friends, and I found some interesting people on twitter.

I think it all took off when I started following Felicia Day. She posted a Tweet that brought me here.

I really got into this blog. It really inspired me. And from reading that blog, I found more blogs I really like. Such as Zen Habits, one of my favorites.

So now I had been sucked into the world of blogging because of one little tweet. That's how I got inspired to start writing It's Just a Game. I'm sure you've heard of it.

Twitter also gives me lots of insider info because I follow a lot of game developers.

I can keep my German in shape with Twitter because I follow a lot of people from Germany.

And I've gotten some free stuff because of Twitter.

I got free lightsabers from my Xbox Avatar because Lucas Arts tweeted some codes. I got the Super Meat Boy soundtrack for free because one of the team members posted codes for free downloads.

So Twitter has done me good. It's helping me connect with others similar to me, it's opened me up to the wonderful world of blogging, and it's helping me get my blog out there. It's Just a Game, not this one. ;) 

Animal Language

I just watched The Aristocats last night.

Great movie. Thomas O'Malley is one smooth cat.

But it got me thinking. In most movies that have talking animals, the humans can't understand the animals right?

Ok.

But

All of the animals can understand each other.

Humans can only understand humans, but any animal can communicate with any other animal? Poppycock.

You'd think that animals would follow the same pattern, cats can only talk to cats, mice can only talk to mice, frogs can only talk to frogs, and so on.

Anywho... Thats just what I was thinking about last night. 

Smell the Music.

The Arts have a pretty big hold on two of our senses: hearing and sight.

There is an unending amount of music and auditory experiences you can find anywhere from orchestra pits to the Zune Marketplace. Music can speak to your moods, let you drift away, or compel you to run and ram into a huge crowd of people doing the same. Music does a lot for people.

The sense of sight is equally explored. Everything from fine art, to sculpture, to movies, to youtube videos, to graffiti, to tattoos, its all an art form that uses our sense of sight.

But the sense of smell is more or less untapped.

I have heard that the sense of smell is one of the most powerful senses we have. Smells can trigger memories.

So why aren't there forms of art revolving around the sense of smell?

Think of a song made up of scents.

What would that be like?

The smell would gradually change, making you feel different things, think of different things.

Right now scents and fragrances are marketed in ways to make your house or room smell better, but not as a form of art.

Do you think the sense of smell will ever have a roll in art? Whether on its own or coupled with hearing or sight?

This is just something I've thought about. And now you're thinking about it. 

My Terrible Jokes

So sometimes my brain will just associate words in odd ways and it'll form a really lame joke in my head. Ask my roommate. He hears a lot of my on the fly terrible puns. Its fun watching him cringe when I say them.

But these are some of the bad jokes I've made up. At least the one's I can still remember.


Q: What is a snake's favorite part of band class?

A:The Scales!!!! Click here


Q: What is Eddie van Halen's favorite vegetable?

A: Rockoli! \m/>.<\m/


Q: What is the average cup size in Canada?

A: Eh. :\


Q: What did Dr. Solus prescribe Commander Shepard when he needed to fight dark energy wielding enemies?

A: Antibiotics! Doh!

(If you're into video games check out this site! http://www.itsjustagame.net/ )


Q: What did the scientific baker come up with?

A: A piepothesis!

Q: What is a pirate's least favorite color?

A: Maroon!


Well, thats all I can think of for now. Hope you don't have a mark on your forehead from facepalming.

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