On Monday, October 10, we were given the day off to do whatever made us happy. Whether it is legal or illegal, right or wrong, that was our day to do what makes us happy. That day, I was overloaded with work, so I spent that day in the computer lab working on all the assignments to this day that are still not done, which sucks, but what am I going to do. I was invited to two parties that Saturday, so I had a decision to make, have a day of happiness and no work or stay at home and finish school work. I weighed out the pros and cons, but after a while, I just said "Fuck it, I'm partying today!" So I spent all day having fun and hanging out with friends the whole day. For the first time in a long time, I was actually having fun and not worried about school or work. I had so much fun, dancing, playing games, drinking, just letting loose. After it was all said and done, I headed home around 5 or 6 in the morning, went to bed for 4 hours and started working again.
As I was working, the thought hit me, I don't think I'll be able to have another day like that again because of school and work, FFFFFUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Limitations
Limitations. A lot things can hold a person back, whether it be physical, mental, or your own stupidity. There are factors you can control and some factors that you can't control.
Back when I was in middle school, I had to change schools because my mother didn't like where I was headed by going to a public school. She had me transferred to a catholic school. This was nothing new to me because I went to one when I was doing 1st through 4th grade, but something about this new school didn't feel right. Going there, I was one of the only black kids there in the upper grades, was the poor kid there, so affording the school was taxing on my whole family, and it really didn't help that I felt real dumb and stupid while I was going there. While at public school, the work was so easy, but I was no where near ready for the type of classes that the catholic school gave me. The more the work came in,the more my mother wanted me to do better, the I was panicking.
I didn't think I would even get out of middle school. My good grades from public school turned into below average grades in catholic school. Looking back at it now, I'm actually glad I went through all the shit I did. If it wasn't for that, I don't know if I ever would have tested myself in school like I have been doing now.
Back when I was in middle school, I had to change schools because my mother didn't like where I was headed by going to a public school. She had me transferred to a catholic school. This was nothing new to me because I went to one when I was doing 1st through 4th grade, but something about this new school didn't feel right. Going there, I was one of the only black kids there in the upper grades, was the poor kid there, so affording the school was taxing on my whole family, and it really didn't help that I felt real dumb and stupid while I was going there. While at public school, the work was so easy, but I was no where near ready for the type of classes that the catholic school gave me. The more the work came in,the more my mother wanted me to do better, the I was panicking.
I didn't think I would even get out of middle school. My good grades from public school turned into below average grades in catholic school. Looking back at it now, I'm actually glad I went through all the shit I did. If it wasn't for that, I don't know if I ever would have tested myself in school like I have been doing now.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Wait! Now I'm 55. Damn, Time Travel's a Bitch
Ok, somehow I ended up in 2042 and now I'm old and pissed off at everything. Looking back at my childhood, some of those toys primary use changed a lot.
My eyesight is not like it used to be. Everything is blurry, now I need something to fix my eyesight. I saw these old handcuffs I used to play with. I think with a little tinkering, I might be able to make my sight better.
A few hours later... Eureka! I have done it, I just converted my old handcuffs into a nice pair of glasses. It's kind of weird having paperclips on my face, but hey, you gotta work with what you got around you at the time.
Oh my back, my back. I think my back went out again and oh shit it hurts. I gotta figure something out now, because this is not going to fly. I'm looking around and I'm not seeing anything really useful, but low and behold, I just found an old necklace of mine. It's kind of small, but with some modifications, I might be able to turn this old thing into a brace. Lets keep looking for stuff, after a while, I have a necklace, an old aluminum sheet, and some suspenders, with a little elbow grease and time... Ok now I'm sitting pretty, I just made a nice looking back brace.
Let me strap this on... Oh this feels so good, now I can move around and have to worry about my back locking up on me.
Now I need to find a way to unlock this stupid door because I forgot where I put the key to the attic. Looking around, I see an old toy box. I opened it and some bugs come flying out. I tear through it and find some old X-Men Wolverine claws. They look like they're about to break apart, so it'll be easy to break them now. I broke off two of the claws and lets see if I can pick the lock. After a while the lock is done, as I go to open the door, it falls off the hinges. I wasted all that time just for it to fall off, that sucks, but at least I'm out now.
My eyesight is not like it used to be. Everything is blurry, now I need something to fix my eyesight. I saw these old handcuffs I used to play with. I think with a little tinkering, I might be able to make my sight better.
A few hours later... Eureka! I have done it, I just converted my old handcuffs into a nice pair of glasses. It's kind of weird having paperclips on my face, but hey, you gotta work with what you got around you at the time.
Oh my back, my back. I think my back went out again and oh shit it hurts. I gotta figure something out now, because this is not going to fly. I'm looking around and I'm not seeing anything really useful, but low and behold, I just found an old necklace of mine. It's kind of small, but with some modifications, I might be able to turn this old thing into a brace. Lets keep looking for stuff, after a while, I have a necklace, an old aluminum sheet, and some suspenders, with a little elbow grease and time... Ok now I'm sitting pretty, I just made a nice looking back brace.
Let me strap this on... Oh this feels so good, now I can move around and have to worry about my back locking up on me.
Now I need to find a way to unlock this stupid door because I forgot where I put the key to the attic. Looking around, I see an old toy box. I opened it and some bugs come flying out. I tear through it and find some old X-Men Wolverine claws. They look like they're about to break apart, so it'll be easy to break them now. I broke off two of the claws and lets see if I can pick the lock. After a while the lock is done, as I go to open the door, it falls off the hinges. I wasted all that time just for it to fall off, that sucks, but at least I'm out now.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
5 All Over Again
Being five years old again was a hard thing to try to reconnect with. The only things I really remember from my youth were:
1. Cartoons - Mostly X - Men, the good X - Men cartoon and old Hanna Barbera Cartoons
2. Playing games in school - Tag, cops 'n' robbers, Duck Duck Goose. Kid Shit.
3. Playing Arcade Games - X - Men arcade game. Based off this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2q5SYPbwFk
4. Art time in class - Usually ended up with more on me than on paper.
All I really did was play games and people that remembered back then said that I was a bad ass kid that always tried to hurt people. The said I use to throw cans at people for no reason and once I chased my uncle around the house with a knife or a pair of scissors. Another story was that I poured a whole bottle of cologne on a tv and messed it up permanently.
I made things that related to me back then which were:
1. A necklace of paperclips - back then we always used to chain them together to see how long we could make it before we got bored and took a nap.
2. Handcuffs - These symbolized being caught and having to stay still when playing tag and other games.
3. Claws - this reminded me of the old X - Men Cartoon and always having to be stuck using Wolverine in the Arcade game. Stupid Wolverine.
1. Cartoons - Mostly X - Men, the good X - Men cartoon and old Hanna Barbera Cartoons
2. Playing games in school - Tag, cops 'n' robbers, Duck Duck Goose. Kid Shit.
3. Playing Arcade Games - X - Men arcade game. Based off this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2q5SYPbwFk
4. Art time in class - Usually ended up with more on me than on paper.
All I really did was play games and people that remembered back then said that I was a bad ass kid that always tried to hurt people. The said I use to throw cans at people for no reason and once I chased my uncle around the house with a knife or a pair of scissors. Another story was that I poured a whole bottle of cologne on a tv and messed it up permanently.
I made things that related to me back then which were:
1. A necklace of paperclips - back then we always used to chain them together to see how long we could make it before we got bored and took a nap.
2. Handcuffs - These symbolized being caught and having to stay still when playing tag and other games.
3. Claws - this reminded me of the old X - Men Cartoon and always having to be stuck using Wolverine in the Arcade game. Stupid Wolverine.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Class Memories - Sound
The main point of this project was to see if you could make some with with all of your senses, except vision. This was hard because we had to be able to visualize something without seeing it. After this project I learned that sound plays a gigantic part in anything you do really. Without sound, there really is not any feeling or emotion put into a project. Sound gives your mind cues on how you are suppose to feel during certain event. Sound can trigger a memory or thought as much as seeing something can.
Without sound, we might as well be stuck in the stone ages.
Without sound, we might as well be stuck in the stone ages.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
I Can't See Clearly Now!!
When I work on assignments for school or for something else, I usually play music in my background to keep my mind at ease and focused, but today, my music actually started to paint a picture while I was working. All the songs I that I listened to today painted a picture of what happened to me and my friends when I was a kid.
"It was a good day" by Ice Cube was the first song that fired up on my computer. Listening to the lyrics of the song, it brought back up memories of getting up and going through the day wondering if something bad was going to happen to me or any of my friends. Usually wake up and go hang out with friends and do stuff that we shouldn't do, but we did anyway. We'd play ball for a long time, go shoot dice or play cards or something. Usually around night they would go to clubs or parties. I was always hesitant about going because shit always seems to happen when stupid people are drunk or high and the police would always show up. One time I went with them, a fight broke out between a couple of dudes and escalated into a guy getting jumped out in the streets. He got hit over the head with a bottle and he was knocked out after that. Then somebody stomped his head and then the police storm over. As soon as everybody heard sirens, Everybody got out of dodge as quickly as they could. We all thought that nothing bad would happen to us, but the more I hung out with them, the more I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Just listening to music, I was filled with memories that were good and bad during my childhood.
"It was a good day" by Ice Cube was the first song that fired up on my computer. Listening to the lyrics of the song, it brought back up memories of getting up and going through the day wondering if something bad was going to happen to me or any of my friends. Usually wake up and go hang out with friends and do stuff that we shouldn't do, but we did anyway. We'd play ball for a long time, go shoot dice or play cards or something. Usually around night they would go to clubs or parties. I was always hesitant about going because shit always seems to happen when stupid people are drunk or high and the police would always show up. One time I went with them, a fight broke out between a couple of dudes and escalated into a guy getting jumped out in the streets. He got hit over the head with a bottle and he was knocked out after that. Then somebody stomped his head and then the police storm over. As soon as everybody heard sirens, Everybody got out of dodge as quickly as they could. We all thought that nothing bad would happen to us, but the more I hung out with them, the more I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Just listening to music, I was filled with memories that were good and bad during my childhood.
Friday, September 2, 2011
SURPRISE!!!!!
When I saw what we had to do for this blog entry, it took me a while to figure what would be a good thing that's surprising. As I was hanging out with friends a couple of days ago, we played some money matches in a game called Marvel vs. Capcom 3. As I was playing and watching others play, things were going great as I had his team down to one person left against my team of three. He tried to pick and pop me until he gained his five bars for his bullshit, but I was able to get the opening I needed, but it was too late. My last hit gave him the fifth bar that lead to my destruction. My money life changed before my eyes.
This girl right here:
How can girl go from being such a nice caring person, to this:
She starts flying around throwing fireballs and shit all over the place. One character dies, I prep myself for my next guy coming in, but before I knew what hit me, flaming birds got me before I could block and now I'm bouncing all over the screen until my second guy is dead. They start to lay down traps and I'm sitting here looking confused about what's gonna happen next, my guy comes in, she teleports behind me as the traps go off, all I think is that I'm fucked.
My face changed so many ways, so quickly.
I went from:
To this:
To finally this as I realized that I just lost $50 bucks:
As I'm sitting there afterwards seeing my buddy run through everybody, matches ending with my buddy and Phoenix giving everybody a look like
I went home later to rest, but I started to look at matches of pro players playing and literally if Dark Phoenix comes out to play, you know you're fucked after that.
Here are some examples of that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5AUmFqDY
This is game already goes from a two - player game to a one - player game if you're playing somebody who actually knows what they are doing. I've seen people who literally made it that if they touch you once, you might as well put the controller down cause it's a wrap for you trying to come back.
There are so many examples of her ruining peoples' days, but we still come back and fight the psychotic bitch to this day. People have made ways to instantly kill her as soon as she turns, but those ways are so specific, you might as well just to kill her before she has her five bars.
This game is so full of surprises, it's sickening sometimes. I've had it where I'll dominate somebody and then it all goes awry and vice versa. That's why I love it, I've never seen such a big swing in matches like I see in MVC3 and the crowds love it.
This girl right here:
How can girl go from being such a nice caring person, to this:
She starts flying around throwing fireballs and shit all over the place. One character dies, I prep myself for my next guy coming in, but before I knew what hit me, flaming birds got me before I could block and now I'm bouncing all over the screen until my second guy is dead. They start to lay down traps and I'm sitting here looking confused about what's gonna happen next, my guy comes in, she teleports behind me as the traps go off, all I think is that I'm fucked.
My face changed so many ways, so quickly.
I went from:
To this:
To finally this as I realized that I just lost $50 bucks:
As I'm sitting there afterwards seeing my buddy run through everybody, matches ending with my buddy and Phoenix giving everybody a look like
I went home later to rest, but I started to look at matches of pro players playing and literally if Dark Phoenix comes out to play, you know you're fucked after that.
Here are some examples of that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5AUmFqDY
This is game already goes from a two - player game to a one - player game if you're playing somebody who actually knows what they are doing. I've seen people who literally made it that if they touch you once, you might as well put the controller down cause it's a wrap for you trying to come back.
There are so many examples of her ruining peoples' days, but we still come back and fight the psychotic bitch to this day. People have made ways to instantly kill her as soon as she turns, but those ways are so specific, you might as well just to kill her before she has her five bars.
This game is so full of surprises, it's sickening sometimes. I've had it where I'll dominate somebody and then it all goes awry and vice versa. That's why I love it, I've never seen such a big swing in matches like I see in MVC3 and the crowds love it.
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