OK, so a lot has happened since I wrote nearly 2 year ago. So the world didn't end after the hype train of Dec. 21 2012, although I bet a lot of scammy marketers made a killing off the sheeple lol.

So up until March 2013 I thought Bitcoin was a insecure method of trading since I heard about the hack that happened in 2011 where a ton of bitcoins were stolen from people. However, in Feb. 2013 or so the programmers of the bitcoin protocal improved the security and thus the rise of Bitcoin began. It was around $20/BTC in that month and by the time I decided to buy some BTC in April it was already at $134/BTC. The spike happened because of the Cyprus Bank crisis that was happening around that time. It reached a peak of $267/BTC and then crashed from there to $85/BTC the next day and then rebounded to the 150's after that. In July 2013, I then bought 5 bitcoins at $88/BTC on ********. The price slowly went up from there until the spike that happened in November when Bitcion was around $1160/BTC. I could've sold them, but I was still bullish about the price so I foolishly kept them as I watched the price crash down to $450/BTC in January, 2014. After the crash, I worked with my Dad to build a desktop PC for mining Dogecoin, which is an alternate cryptocurrency to Bitcion and has seen an upsurge in activity this month and shows no signs of slowing down in October either. Since then I've been mining Dogecoin and Litecoin (another altcoin) on a website called Multipool. From there I've been withdrawing to a trading exchange called Cryptsy where over 100 other altcoins are traded. So basically I have an awesome PC for playing videogames as well as earning some cash so its a win-win situation for me. :D

On April 24, 2014 my parents and I went on a trip from Thailand to the USA because my little sister who is about 4 years younger than me was about to graduate from a 4-year college education in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the graduation on May 6, I then went to Italy for the first time in 7 years to visit my Italian relatives on my mother's side. The first time was before I went to college in May, 2007. After Italy we came back to the USA back to the guest house we were staying in for the month. While over there tho, my grandpa passed away at 11 AM on May 29, 2014 UTC +7 at the Rajavej Hospital in Chiangmai, Thailand at the ripe old age of 93. The cause of death was that he died of Pneumonia as a result of his liver being too weak and overworked to get through the illness. When he first got it everyone thought it was just the common cold, but by day 2 it was getting worse than usual and got him into the hospital to be on the safe side. It just too bad the staff couldn't improve the health of his liver to get rid of the pneumonia. Also it was too bad I couldn't attend his funeral as a result of me being in the US, but pictures were sent to us as well as a internet stream of the funeral from an Ipad. The rest of my time traveling was spent visiting people who support us in Thailand as well as packing up USA products in 2 crates to ship off to Thailand. I also got some more of the stuff I left behind in my Grandpa's USA home the last time I went back to Thailand on May 19, 2011.

On July 26, 2014 we then got on a plane back to Thailand. The trip both to the US and back to Thailand only took 29 hours, which was alot faster in the past since we only had to land 2 times before our destination. We took was Korean Airlines as our airplane traveling company over the summer. Basically we took off first at Chiangmai, Thailand, then landed at an airport close to Seoul Korea, then flew straight to Dallas, Texas, and finally landed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Very streamlined flight if I do say so myself.

Since I've been back I've just been playing Diablo 3, League of Legends, and got into a few new games that came out free to play. Those new games are Robocraft and Wakfu. I also just turned 26 this month on Sep. 13. One year closer to the dirt nap I guess lol. I've also been getting along mostly with my parents. If I wasn't I'd probably be living with one of my other relatives right now, but there's no way I'm letting that happen so I'm putting up with them as best I can. Being with them the past 3.5 years mostly unemployed has left me depressed about my future as usual. I don't know how I'm going to get out of Thailand and back into the US as a independent adult.

I actually have Asperger's, so that would explain why I like video games so much and why I suck at intimate relationships. I can get along just fine with anyone on the surface, but try and ask me about my opinions face to face and I'll give you a generic answer. This is probably why every attempt I try to make at getting a girlfriend ends failure in that I end up avoiding them as a result of offending them a little. I can't help being a perfectionist at relationships, so whenever I make a mistake with a girl I end up just running away. This probably happens because of what happened to me in 5th grade where I spent too much time with a specific girl. I liked her, but eventually all the people talking behind my back about our relationship and their constant teasing drove me to tell to her to "stay away from me." After that, I never spoke another word to her face to face. Even today after my high school graduation and my college graduation I haven't said anything to her. That girl and all the people who teased me will probably haunt me for the rest of my life. I just can't seem to let go of what happened all those years ago and its what's caused me to become anti-social and a hermit.

Anyway, again I don't know if anyone will read this, but its been awhile since I last wrote and I just wanted people to know I'm still alive and haven't committed suicide or anything. Writing this stuff out seems to help me emotionally and feel better. Also reading other people's comments on my blog posts is good insight and feedback too. I just hope I can survive living with my parents long enough to become independent and not to get crushed by depression and kill myself. So until next post, which I don't know when I'll get motivated again to write, I'll continue indulging in my video game addiction and hope that the world doesn't nuke itself to oblivion.

Just thought to write something to let people know I'm still alive. So since my last update I graduated from college with a 4-year Bachelor's Science degree with a major in Digital Media Arts: Cinematography on Saturday May 6, 2011 from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I flew back to my hometown Chiang Mai, Thailand on May 19, 2011 after spending a few weeks packing up my stuff and figuring out what to store in my Grandpa's USA home in Joplin, Missouri.

Since coming back to Thailand I've been unemployed for half the time I've been here. I've done some photo and book archiving and got paid some for doing it, but that's about it for work. My dad is pretty much taking care of all my expenses as well as raising money to pay off my college debt so its not all bad leeaching off my parents. While I know that its frowned upon to take advantage of my parents like this I don't care. Its the easiest way for me to survive and continue endulging myself in my gaming addiction including watching endless anime, movies, and cartoons and reading countless news articles about how bad the economy is getting.

Now Christmas is around the corner and I've gotten my sister who's still in college to bring some items I've ordered online to her location to bring over here to Thailand since there's no tariff tax on electronics using this method. I ordered three Nintentdo 3DS games:

1. Final Fantasy: Theatrhythm
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS
3. Resident Evil: Revelations

I'm also getting a Supercard DSTwo which will allow me to play my digital DS games on there as well as playing a bunch of games from other systems too. Its a pretty awesome flash cart that anyone with a 3DS should get. Just make sure you have a regular DS to use in order to update it so that you can play it on the 3DS. That's what I'm going to have to do, but its no problem since I already have a DS.

In any case, I've been depressed about my future and what I'm good at that could make me a good living, but I've been living here safely since I got here so it isn't so bad. I don't have to worry about anything since I can depend on parents to take of whatever. I know I can't stay like this forever, but until a better option or some amazing opportunity comes around I'll be living with my parents until then. Now I would like to say I'm "living in my parent's basement" but I'm living on the same floor as them in a nice air conditioned room so it isn't all that accurate lol. ^^ I'm actually waiting to see what happans after Dec 21, 2012 as well as Jan. 1, 2013 for the the fiscal cliff. I'm dreading that food and gasoline prices will get 3x or 4x more expensive after those dates because then that would mean that I'm even more stuck living with my parents. On the other hand though I wouldn't have to worry about survival since I have everything I need so I can take comfort in that in case the world economy crashes. The only thing I look forward to nowadays is the advancing technology of video games. Seems like every couple years video games just seem to get more and more amazing. :)

Well, I don't know if anyone will ever read this, but to anyone who skipped down here I felt I needed to write something after a long period of inactivity. Can't believe its been six years since i joined this site. Time sure flies when playing games. That's it for this entry for now. Don't know when I'll find the motivation to write another one like this, but it'll probably be around the hyped up Dec 21, 2012 end-of-the-world date as I reflect on how people are behaving as this date draws near. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Well I just thought to post another blog post since it's been a year just to let my gamer friends know that I'm still alive. Anyway, Been watching all the press conferences for E3 2010 and today is almost the end of Day 1 of E3. Yesterday was the Pre-day for E3, but Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft did their press conferences and there was an episode of Tonight on the Spot. Lots of cool announcements for games have been happening and E3 and never looked busier on the streams. I'm here in Joplin, MO at the moment living with 3 of my cousins and I've been here since Friday May 7, 2010 and I'll be here till July 15 or maybe until August 26 when I have to go back to my Senior year at college. That's all for now.

I finished my semester at college on May 7 and my classes this semester were such a drag. My Dad then picked me up the next day at 8 AM from my college and then delivered all 6 of my 40 pound tubs to a friends house to store for the next 104 days until I come back. We had to drive about 11 hours to San Angelo to visit my brother for the weekend. We then continued to drive around to two other places before we started our long 31 hour plane ride to Thailand.

I arrived here in Thailand only 15.5 hours ago here and I am so relieved to not have to worry about packing. I will be staying for the next 89 days until August 19 before I return to the USA. But that doesn't mean I don't have internet. Yay!

But yea, now I can FINALLY relax a little. I've mostly recovered from jet lag and I'm excited that E3 is going back to its roots. Some of the games they're showing are amazing! I'm probably so impressed because I really havn't played all that many games on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3. One of these days I'm going catch up in the video game arena by getting a high-end PC with the highest specs as well as a PS3 and Nintendo Wii. That's all for now.

I'm just a 18 year old guy who loves to play games as much as possible and try not to waste time while playing them too. Ever since I was 4, I've been into video games for many years. I have the NES, Atari, PS1, N64, PS2 (my younger sister's actually), Gameboy Original, Gameboy SP, and a Nintendo DS system dating back to the 80's. I am also a fan of the Zelda, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy games. You will know me as DS Expert on Gamespot. See ya round'. ;)