What the hell happened over the past 20 years? Kanye ing West? Seriously? This guy makes the most generic tunes ever, formulaic as hell, and claims he's the "voice of a generation". No thanks.

I've recently (meaning for the past year, and then some) been quite very much enjoying Jethro Tull, possibly one of my favorite bands of all time, and am completely stoked to see Ian Anderson live on the 14th (maybe 15th too if the show goes well). That was my segue into other music my dad tried introducing to me when I was younger, such as Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Simon/Garfunkel, etc. It's been a nice change from my death metal, but I find it odd that the vast majority of people I've asked have no idea who Jethro Tull are, or Neil Young for that matter. It's utterly surprising. Two of the most amazing artists ever, nobody knows who. I was even more surprised to find that about half of my friends have never heard of Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan. Seriously?

Maybe...

She and I, in a little toy shop, bought two bags of balloons with the money I got.

There's this girl. Her mom has been my mom's best friend since the prehistoric ages (love you mom, but let's be honest here: 55 years of friendship is ancient to me). The catch is, I love her. Not "ooo you're hot, let's hit it up" or "yea I guess I kinda have a crush on you". No, this is real love. Something you would only feel for a child of yours, or maybe a very close siblilng. Just not so... creepy, since she's neither my child nor my sibling. What I'm trying to say is, it's strong. I guess I might be too young to really know 100 percent, but I'm pretty damn close to sure that this is love. Either way, it's her 18th birthday on Saturday and I was sent down to where she lives by my mom for 4 days. We went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and rode almost everything (only missed 3 rides), went to the beach, and then kinda lounged around. On that third day, she had to leave me...

What makes good music? I'll tell you what makes good music.

It not sucking.

Which sadly, I've noticed a lot lately. What is it about popular music that makes it suck so ing much? MGMT must be THE MOST OVERRATED SHIT EVER. Two dudes who shit out random sequences of electronic notes, and then all these highschool girls go wet for their music video "OMG IT SUCH GUD SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Newsflash: you're a moron! Same with all of these other indie-rock bands and shit. What the is "indie rock"? Independent rock? Apparently not, because whenever I dare to mention a metal band as "indie" I get swarms of dick in my face and people saying "OMG LOL U R NOOB DAT R NOT INDIE LOLOLLLL" I'm tired of all these boobsicles prancing around with Animal Collective or MGMT or other "indie" shit like Brighteyes thinking they're so cool because they're indie. So ing indie that they're surrounded by 15 of their...

I wrote a blog last night, or two nights ago, I don't even remember, which was intended to be taken kind of lightly. Only one person seemed to get a sense that this was in the least bit so over the top that it was humorous. You people are idiots.

But why I'm really posting this is because I ing hate oatmeal. Sure, it's good, but people who make the packets suck. I buy a box from Costco, and the packets are just the right size that if you make one packet of oatmeal, it's not enough, but if you make two, it's too much. What the ? Every person who I know who has bought this oatmeal has the same problem. I want a packet of Mixed Berry Oatmeal dammit, not 3/2! What are you supposed to say if you have guests? "Fancy half a pack of oatmeal? Or would you like just enough so it will fill a bowl?" I hate Costco. What's even worse about oatmeal is that right as I'm digging to the bottom of the bowl (second pack), I realize that there are strings of some gooey shit which...

I feel like a bit of a rant.

College apps ing suck. I'm a ing retard. With Down's. And FAS. I had a ing extra week to work on it because of snow and school canceling, but guess what I did: absolute dick until the day before they were due. I heard people bitching "waaah I only had 4 weeks to work on them that was such little time". Guess what I did? Stayed up ing 48 hours and finished those piece of shit. I've got to say, I'm quite impressed with what I wrote. Not half bad. Hopefully my #1 thinks the same. I'm still ing stupid for waiting that long to do it. Now my sleep schedule is all ed. I've honestly become nocturnal. I go to bed at 9AM, wake up at 5PM. School is gonna suck this week.

People listen to shitty music. Some dickhead in my class was all happy because of some Jonas Brothers shit. What the ? Since when do people get happy because of some asshat brothers playing Disney shit? For 's sake, you're 18, you're not...

So I talked to that girl several times, and yeah she's cute, yeah she has a relatively good sense of how to look nice, and yeah she might notice me as a possible interest. But I've got to say " that shit". I just can't see myself talking to her on a regular basis. Sure I would still do whatever I'd do with her, but it's just not for me. Now I'm back to Square Zero. Got nobody to even think of in the middle of class. Thing with me is, I'm not looking for random play or some fun every once in a while. I just don't work like that. I feel kind of ashamed to say this, but it's been a dream of mine since 8th grade to have a girlfriend so I could go to her house during winter break, and we could both go out on a snowy night and just play in the snow. Allow me to use the same phrase twice in a paragraph: that shit. It ain't happening, and I've come to realize that's 100% true. Not a single girl in any of my classes. off highschool. I ing hate you.

I've noticed a lot of blog posts with regards to girls and how to get them, or how they want to get a girlfriend but can't talk to girls, etc. I've also noticed that my friends at school have been perking up a bit more and our talk has shifted focus from sports, games, cars, and music to the single topic of girls. I think it's some biological thing, kind of the human mating season.

Anyways, I don't want to discuss that. I'm going to reiterate what previous bloggers have said, i.e. that I want a girl. This being my senior year in highschool and never having a girlfriend, I decided to say "it" and I'm going to get a prom date. So I started talking to some girls. I don't find it difficult, or easy. It's just something to do. I've been blessed with relatively good looks, but I find that it's a lot easier to talk to people if you dress up. I've been wearing a white dress shirt tucked into my jeans with a black tie, black leather belt, and my black leather steel-toe...

Broken consoles are no fun. Working emulators are.

I've been an avid fan of the N64 emulator Project64, 'cause it's just... awesome. Last Thanksgiving when my friends came over, we all played 007 Goldeneye, Mario Party, and SSB. Last weekend I checked back on emulator sites for the first time in, whoo, maybe 3 years. My god they've improved. The PS2 emulator is absolutely stunning. It plays many games, with development going full-steam-ahead. Even the GameCube emulator is great, and even plays Wii games (except for dual-layer DVD games which for some reason aren't compatible). Even the ugly little Xbox emulator has been picked up again. I just can't wait for Thanksgiving to come by so that we can play some Tekken and SSB Melee. It'll be a nice change from giant polygons.

The one thing that sticks out to me the most is that the GameCube emulator opened its doors to GoogleCode, making it OS so that anybody can provide coding on it, and daily builds are released...

What a ing joke. My first thought: "Wait a second, when did Oblivion get new skins?" This game is basically Oblivion all over again. It even starts in the same ing manner. You check some shit out, then escape from the place, and you exit a gate to the outside world where you can also change everything you edited in the beginning. Sounds really damned familiar.

Granted, I haven't played Fallout 1 or 2, but my friends have always raved about how great those games were. I am severely disappointed to find out that the days of true RPGs are gone in exchange for a pseudo-RPG remake.

For shame, Bethesda, for shame.

I know I've been a bit sour about iPods in previous times, but I admit that I've been so because I've always been jealous of those who have them. I mean, they're SO FUCKIGN AWESOME! I finally got a chance to try out an iPod Touch, and boy oh boy I wish I had one.

First off, the games are AMAZING! My personal favorite is "How high?" This game involves a ing high building to drop iPods off of. And you see how high it can fall before it breaks. Then, after you're done, you go downstairs and pick up the parts and see how many of them you can shove up your ass. It's actually a lot more fun than dealing with iTunes and other piece of shit programs. The kids love this one: How many iPods does it take to smash my balls open? You take an iPod and chuck it at my balls and see how many hits I can take. Oh wait, I can take an infinite amount, because not even my balls are as shitty as an iPod.

All seriousness aside, who the would buy an iPod? It's a piece...