Yep, it's finally, and unfortunately, that time of the year again. Summer vacation is just about over. In exactly five days, my ass will be falling asleep again in the "chairs" they have at school. Every year it seems like the school year gets shorter, which is a very good thing. But it also seems like the summers get even shorter. This summer vacation was pretty decent. I didn't really do much, which isn't necessarily a bad thing during summer break. :P I kinda have a lot of ground to cover since my last blog in like... June I think. :P

As some of you may know, I'm currently having a competition with Aidan to see who can beat the most games in 2011. Since my last blog, I think I had only beaten like 7 or 8 games. But as of now, that number has more than doubled. Currently, I have beaten 18 games in 2011. The 3 Professor Layton games, Spyro 1-3, Sly 1-3, Sly Minigames, RDR: Undead Nightmare, Pokemon HeartGold, Pokemon Pearl, Pokemon Silver, Yugioh Capsule Monster Colosseum, GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Spyro: Season of Ice, and DBZ: Buu's Fury. And I believe Aidan has only beaten 17. :P But I'm not really worried about him catching up. As soon as Skyrim comes out, he'll forget all about this contest. :P

As of games I'm currently playing, there's only just a few. In both Pokemon Ruby and Black, I have quite a bit of level grinding I have to do before fighting the Elite 4. Ruby team: Swampert, Swellow, Exploud, Breloom, Banette, and Vibrava. Black team: Serperior, Unfezant, Seismitoad, Scrafty, Zebstrika, and Chandelure. I've also been trying to beat Guitar Hero II on the 360. I know it's one of the better Guitar Hero games, but it feels so outdated compared to the newer games in the series. The achievements for it suck too. :P And lastly, I'm playing through 3D Dot Game Heroes on the PS3. I was surprised at how this game plays almost exactly like a Zelda game. I'm having quite a lot of fun with this game, even though I'm not the best at it. :P

In other gaming related news, I have discovered a new favorite game series this year. ...I really shouldn't have used favorite, since probably nothing can compare to Spyro or Pokemon. :P But that series I'm talking about is Sly Cooper.

For Christmas, I got the Sly Collection. At first I thought $40 seemed to be a bit much for the game, but after playing the games, I learned that it was worth it. It took me about 4 months to beat Sly 1. From looking up guides to swearing at it's difficulty, I eventually beat the game and even got all of the trophies. It was the very first Platinum trophy I earned and was very proud of it. After this, I moved on to Sly 2, and that's when I fell in love with the Sly series. Sly 2 kept all of the platforming elements from the first game and created a more incredible storyline. Sly 3 took this storyline thing to the next level when there were 7 playable characters, each with their own unique abilities. This added much more fun into the game. The only bad thing about 3 is that the Platinum trophy is a pain in the arse to get because of the challenges in single player. Oh well. At least I got the Platinum for 1 and 2. :P

But now after playing all three games, it has made me even more excited for Sly 4. I don't know where they're going to take the plot in this game after the events that happened in 3. Apparently, time travel seems to be the theme of the game, which actually would tie into the plot a little. I am also a little nervous for this game because they're switching developers. Nearly every Sony mascot's games have declined after they switched developers, like Spyro and Crash. I have faith in this new developer because they also made the Sly Collection which turned out to be a masterpiece. They're even giving Sly a beard! How badass is that? :P

Another game I'm looking forward to is Skylanders, which is the next Spyro game. I know this game has been getting a lot of criticism, but I don't really think it deserves it. Yes, they changed Spyro's design, but that's not a big deal. Everyone goes through changes in their lives sometime. But that alone will not stop me from playing a game that I'm looking forward to. Another part of the game getting slammed is the toy idea. Basically, there's 32 toys, or characters, that you can play as in the game. The cool thing about this is that there's a portal you use to put the toys on and it brings them to life in the game. I think that's a really cool idea. The only bad thing about this is that the toys cost about $8 each, and you only get three of them with the game. It has already been said that you don't need all of them to play the game, so people complaining about the price are just wasting their time. For $70, you get the game, the portal, 3 toys, trading cards, web codes, a poster, and AA batteries. :P I think that's a pretty good deal. :P

Also, I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Sunday was my fourth year on GameSpot. :o I didn't plan anything special for a blog like I did last year, because nothing has changed much. The Catz Clan is still my main union, I'm still friends with the same people, etc. I thought it'd just be a waste of a blog to repeat what I said last year. The only new thing I could've possibly talked about is getting banned, which was not my fault. :x And I earned those 10,000 profile points fairly. :x

...And now here's the bitter part of the blog. Aside from summer break being over in five days. As I stated in my previous blog, I had written a poem for that girl I liked in Spanish. Well, I hate to finally admit it, but I struck out. I was too nervous to ask her out, for her number, get any "service", etc. I eventually paid the price for this because I found out about a month ago that she's dating someone else. I was kinda pissed because the person she was dating was someone who I was good friends with. We had a little argument about it the night I found out, but I apologized for it the next morning. But here's the thing though. I asked him if he'd tell her something and he said yes, but I haven't heard from him since July 23rd. I think that's kinda ridiculous, but whatever. I'm kinda over that, but I still think he should've said something.

Also, I have to apologize to a few people if I seem to be venting about that so much. I know it should get over it and stop talking about it altogether, but it feels good to let it out. I already got into a little dispute with someone about this, and it made me feel like a loser. So again, I apologize in advance.

So, I think I've talked about everything I needed to talk about. In case anyone cares (which you should :x), the courses I have next year are World Literature, British Literature, Accounting I, Physics, Economics, US Government, Spanish II, and Algebra II. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the lunch I wanted this year. I wanted to get A lunch, which most of friends had. I got stuck with B lunch instead. Also known as the shortest, and crappiest lunch out of the three. :x Oh well, I'll probably survive. I know where my locker is too, so I'll finally use that for the first time in high school. :P I'm a Junior this year, so I'm about half way there. :D I might post a blog next week about the dreaded return to school. If I'm not lazy, of course. :P

So yeah, that's about it. :P Bye. ^_^