Thankfully things are normal now at my University. What happened a little while ago is just a memory now. My first day at University was really good. I went to my lectures and listened to my profs like any other student. It's a lot different from high school. Each class has like 200-500 people! I'm getting used to that quickly though. Honestly I expected to be extremely nervous about going to a University fairly far from home (but close enough that I can take a bus). I wasn't though. I don't understand why I was so calm. Normally I would be jumping all over the place in nervousness, but I was completely cool with everything even taking public buses! This is the first time since I was around 5 that I've taken a public bus. Before University started I was worried that I might take the wrong bus and end up lost. On my first day I did actually end up taking the wrong bus, but that bus got me close enough luckily. Sometimes I REALLY wish that I wasn't so bad with Geography. I don't know where stuff is. The workload at University is devastating. I did so much work today and yesterday and I'm still behind. It's only been 7 days since the start! I'm starting to lose sleep. It's making me feel really bad. Sometimes I just feel a surge of anger cause I have so much stuff to do (CALCULUS!!!) and so little time. I feel like just forgetting about everything, but I know I can't. I want to get another scholarship. I'm not sure if I've said this in a previous blog, but I got a few scholarships that have paid for almost all of my tuition. To get a second installment of this one scholarship I need to maintain an 80% average. I'm guessing that'll be hard. Anyways, generally I get home around 4 or 5 which gives me about 4 hours to do homework. I don't do it instantly because I need a little time to relax. I plan on going to bed at 10, but homework often keeps me up. You guys probably won't see me much for a while. I'm sorry, but my free time is really limited. I've hardly played video games since University started (probably 3-4 hours total). It feels weird going so long without seriously playing games. 358/2 Days is coming out soon too. I'm really looking forward to it, but I don't know if I'll have time. I already pre-ordered two copies (technically it will be my brother and sister's games), so I'll be sure to get it. Hmm...this blog post actually seemed normal. I kept thinking that I'd go crazy when I typed it and start evil laughing randomly cause I'm tired. Was it normal or am I just trying to fool myself? Well anyways, goodbye. See you...in the future.

I'm a bit upset at my University right now, well, the students at it anyways. So first of all I got a letter saying that I have to right a mandatory test a few months ago. Today was the day that the test was supposed to be on. I went to building that the letter said to come in and went to a classroom to start writing the test. Some of the questions were really hard. I was starting to get a little worried. After about 20 minutes some guy said he was finished the test. The instructors didn't believe that he could possibly finish so quickly so one of them looked at the test and said that practically everything was wrong. They gave him a new test to completely restart. After the instructors said that the test needed to be written in pen that guy stood up and kicked down a TV that was in the corner of the room then left. One of the instructors said that they were calling security and also left. This made me VERY distracted. I couldn't believe that just happened. After another little while I looked up to see the remaining instructor put shaving cream on his face. I kept wondering if it was to lighten the mood, so people wouldn't get nervous about University. Then I got totally surprised when a bunch of older students came running in the classroom screaming that the test was fake. They had us rip the tests up. That was the good part. Anything past that was a nightmare. They wanted us to scream cheers involving beer and swearing. I don't swear and I don't like beer! So I didn't do that. No way I'm giving up on who I am! The students led us outside and we were forced to watch a play they made. I can't believe that something like this would be allowed! They were swearing all over the place and it was extremely inappropriate. Next we got into groups and had to do humiliating things. Everyone in the group had to step forward, say their name and...favourite position. I was like "WHAT ON EARTH!?" in my mind. There was even this girl that was saying that people could show it to her (while still clothed). I still can't believe something like this happened. Luckily someone refused to answer that, so they switched to something SLIGHTLY more appropriate: favourite body part. Still sick messed up people!!! You don't talk about that kind of stuff with a bunch of strangers, especially not in public. It gets a little worse, but I don't want to discuss that here. In short, this gave me a REALLY, REALLY bad impression of my university. Students are crazy...

Yesterday I spent a while searching for an important password for a site regarding the University I'm attending. I completely forgot the password. I couldn't remember anything about it at all! Nothing! I didn't even know if it had letters, numbers, symbols or a mixture. I was fairly sure that it was written down somewhere, so I started to search all around. I looked in my room and drawers, checking through my University documents for the password, but I couldn't find it. Luckily my dad knew that it was written down in one of his books. That was such a relief!!! That whole search ruined part of my day. I think I'm going to be more careful when I create passwords now. I don't want something like this to happen again. Okay, so University's in about 2 weeks. I've a lot of stuff that I need to do before I'm prepared. I'm feeling the stress. I've got to get a map of the school, got to understand what my time table means, got to go to the school barbecue, pay for my tuition, get school supplies and write a mandatory math entrance test. Like I said before I'm getting more and more worried. WORRIED I tell you!!! Meaning...I won't be on much again. Sorry. Well, in gaming news I beat Crisis Core. I think I like it more than the original FF7. I think Genesis is a better villain than Sephiroth. Don't kill me for saying that, but I just don't like how Sephiroth completely lost it. Genesis stayed much more sane than him. The fighting scene between Sephiroth and Genesis was simply amazing. I was hoping that Genesis would end up the victor though. Genesis has skills equal to Sephiroth, so that makes him quite an opponent. The ending of Crisis Core was sad, but I saw it coming. Zack was a great character...

For the past few days my family and I have been going out on trips and coming back pretty late. I don't usually feel like going on the Internet late at night, so I haven't been on GameSpot lately. I can't believe that it's the middle of August already! In just a little while I'll be going to university. I'm kind of worried about that. Anyways like I said before I'm in a FF mood. I still am! I beat FFVII and FFXII and now I'm playing Crisis Core. FF7 was really, really good, but it was sad especially when a person died... 1. Final Fantasy 6 1. Final Fantasy 9 3. Final Fantasy 12 4. Final Fantasy 5 5. Final Fantasy 7 6. Final Fantasy 8 7. Final Fantasy 4 8. Final Fantasy 2 9. Final Fantasy I like FF7 more than FF8, but not as much as FF5. I think FF7 is a little over-rated, but I understand why it's liked so much. Crisis Core is HARD!!! The enemies do an insane amount. I find myself curing very often because I can barely take hits. That's what I get for choosing Hard Mode. Oh yeah, one more thing. I went to see G.I. Joe (is that how you spell it?) with a couple other people in a youth group I'm in. It was a really strange movie. There wasn't much of a plot, but the action was pretty good. Update: I'm leaving on a trip in a few hours, which means I won't be on even more. I should be back in a few days. Well, goodbye everyone!

I shouldn't need to say this, but just in case I will. These are my OPINIONS. I've been in a serious Final Fantasy mood these past few weeks. Like I said in my last blog I was playing Final Fantasy XII. I'm very close to completing the game. I believe all I need to do now is to complete the Bahamut. I beat Final Fantasy VIII in a few days. I've got mixed feelings about this game. Since it's a PS1 game I'll compare it to Final Fantasy IX. First of all the graphics. Final Fantasy IX's graphics were indeed better, but not by much. For the most part I was very happy with Final Fantasy VIII's graphics. I found it pretty cool that you can move around while a cutscene is playing. Next up is the story. Final Fantasy VIII started off really good then plummeted later. The ending of the game was awful. It never warns you about the point of no return, so I couldn't go back into any town! I got over that after learning Call Shop, but then I was disappointed with the ending FMV. It didn't clear up much of the whole time compression plot. Ultimecia looks like she's just some power-crazy psycho trying to destroy the world. Her personality was poorly developed. Kuja was a great villain and I'm pretty sure Sephiroth was too. They were both well developed and their goals were clearly explained. Gameplay was good, very good. I liked that summons were made different from magic. Drawing was a really cool feature. GF's were a bit too strong though. For the majority of the first three discs I pretty much spammed Shiva, Leviathan and Alexander. Bosses died so quickly against them. I kept thinking "what is the point of physical attacks?". In the later half of the third disc and fourth disc I found some really good spells that I junctioned onto my stats making my characters really strong. I easily defeated Ultimecia like that. Although the gameplay was good it was WAY too easy. FF8 didn't give me the same challenge that FF9 gave me. FF9 had some really hard parts that I had to use serious strategy on. Most of the characters in FF8 are pointless other than Leon and Rinoa. They start off fairly important to the story then after the scene where everyone starts remembering their pasts they don't matter anymore. Leon does develop a lot throughout the story, but for a main character, he's really cold. I prefer Zidane's fun, positive attitude to Leon's "...whatever" attitude. FF9's characters were all very important (well, maybe not Quina). I wish that FF8 had better character development. Okay, that's about it. I'm playing FF7 again now after quitting many years ago. I don't remember the graphics being this bad! It's awful! It's like on the losing end of the spectrum while Chrono Cross in on the winning end. I'm not one to let bad graphics ruin a game though, so I'm continuing to play. I do like it so far, enough for it to move up my list. Previously my list looked like this: 1. Final Fantasy 6 2. Final Fantasy 9 3. Final Fantasy 12 4. Final Fantasy 5 5. Final Fantasy 4 6. Final Fantasy 2 7. Final Fantasy 8. Final Fantasy 7 Now it looks like this: 1. Final Fantasy 6 1. Final Fantasy 9 3. Final Fantasy 12 4. Final Fantasy 5 5. Final Fantasy 8 (NEW) 6. Final Fantasy 4 7. Final Fantasy 7 (UP 2) 8. Final Fantasy 2 (DOWN 1) 9. Final Fantasy (DOWN 1) I'm not so sure which is my favourite anymore, so I put FF6 and FF9 as equal. I've been hearing good things about Final Fantasy X. Some people recommended that I try it. Is it really that good? Note: Yes, I know his name isn't actually Leon!

Phew, haven't been on for a little while due to a couple reasons. First, I went to see Ice Age 3 and Night at the Museum 2 with my family. They were both really good and funny movies. I think I like Ice Age 3 a little better, but Night at the Museum 2 was still pretty good. The originals were, in my opinion, better, but still... My cousin in New York sent me Final Fantasy XII a few days ago. I've been hearing that any Final Fantasy past X isn't good, but I beg to differ. FF12 is amazing! The cutscenes look great and the voices fit well. Gameplay is different from other RPGs, but it's Square Enix, always something new. Now that I've played it I think I'll list the FFs I liked in order: 1. Final Fantasy 6 2. Final Fantasy 9 3. Final Fantasy 12 4. Final Fantasy 5 5. Final Fantasy 4 6. Final Fantasy 2 7. Final Fantasy 8. Final Fantasy 7 I haven't played 3, 8, 10 or 11. I'm fairly sure that someone reading this is surprised that I put Final Fantasy 7 last. I never fully complete that game because I lost interest in it. The biggest reason why I haven't been on is because I spent a few nights with my cousins (different from the cousin that sent me FF12). It was agonizing!!! The oldest cousin is just a little younger than me, but she is so annoying! She kept on saying extremely inappropriate things when there were kids around. I can't stand it when someone does that. Kids are so innocent, they don't need to know about that kind of stuff! She was also extremely racist. Another thing I can't stand. She only hangs out with people of her race. She even dared to call me a loser...and like 20 other people. I've never seen anyone so conceited. During the night she came in the room I was sleeping in and snuck up on me then sprayed me with air freshener while I was trying to sleep. Ugh, the next night she threw toilet paper at me when I was in bed...I felt like grabbing a big pie and throwing it at her! She kept calling me gay too just because I wouldn't watch a video of a woman doing inappropriate stuff. That REALLY ticked me off. Just because I don't like see women make a fool of themselves does not mean anything. I think there's something wrong with her. Her sisters think she needs help... I don't get it though. She used to be so nice. We used to be extremely close, well until she moved away. Now I can barely stand being in the same room as her. I'm afraid of change. She's changed so much. I don't like who she's becoming. I still care about her, but I don't want to worry about her anymore. I just don't know what to do. I could just flat out ignore her whenever I see her, I could be a jerk back or...I could get revenge. That wouldn't be me though. I'm not a revenge kind of person. Anyone have suggestions on how to deal with an annoying, obnoxious thing?

I don't have that much time to post since I'm going to be going out soon, but Happy Canada Day to everyone in Canada and everywhere else if you like Canada!:) I don't exactly know where I'm going, but I think my parents said it was some park. They're making my brother, sister and I go...

My brother got a game yesterday, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. I've got to admit, it's really fun. It's sort of like the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series except you can only control one character, but that one character is highly customizable. My brother made his Chocobo into a Knight and I made mine into a White Mage. I'm glad he got it cause now I've finally got something to do!

Well, gotta go! Once again Happy Canada Day (142 years)!

Interview

The above link contains some spoilers.

During the interview Nomura said that Dissidia was originally supposed to be Disney characters fighting, but they ended up not using that idea because it didn't seem good. I'm glad that they chose to shift towards Final Fantasy because I agree, having Disney characters fighting is not the best of ideas. Organization XIII I think could have worked, but there wouldn't have been much of a story to it. If they didn't change to Final Fantasy then maybe 358/2 Days wouldn't exist...

Anyways, I had my graduation yesterday and it was great! It was a little tiresome since it was long, but overall I had a good time talking with friends and saying goodbye. I don't think that the reality of leaving high school truly stuck me until yesterday. I feel a little sad now. I've been friends with some people since kindergarten and the other lower grades. I probably won't see the majority of people again. Can't believe I'm saying this, but I already miss them. My best friends and I are still going to communicate with each other, so that'll be good.

I'm happy to say that I did quite well this year.

Computer Science - 97
Math (Functions) - 83
Chemistry - 80
English - 75
Calculus - 80
Physics - 93
Computer Engineering - 99

Grrrrr...ENGLISHHHHHHHHHHH!!! English looks so bad there doesn't it? It's the only thing that stopped me from getting straight As! I can't believe I actually got an A in Calculus. I don't even know how that's possible considering I left about a quarter of the exam blank!

I got a few awards like one for getting above 80 average. I was supposed to get an award for getting the highest mark in Computer Engineering, but it was accidentally given to the wrong guy. Lol! I've got it now though.

I'm wondering something right now as I type this. Why am I blogging so much all of a sudden? I guess summer boredomness has come early.

Told you it would be a while until my next blog post. It's been a little over two months. So much has happened lately that I don't exactly know where to start. I guess I'll start with school.

Since it was our final year of high school a few of my best friends and I decided to hang out. One of my friends couldn't make it though since he had a brain problem that was active at that time. It would have been better with him, but we still had fun. We decided to go bowling. It was fun, but we were all so awful! I've never seen so many gutter balls in a single game. After that we walked to one of my friend's house. On the way there we encountered an insane person that creeped me out. We were just walking and she says that she can see us and to stay away from her. Creepy. At my friend's house we played Super Smash Bros. Melee! The matches were so intense because they were pretty even. When two characters remained it would take forever for someone to lose because they both dodged practically everything. I won a good number of matches, but not with my main (Bowser) surprisingly. I guess I'm not good with him in Melee.

I finished exams last week, but I won't get my report card for a while. I felt like I did well on my Physics and Computer Engineering exams. English I don't really know. Calculus was just plain bad. It chewed me up, spit me on the ground then body slammed me into the Earth! Okay, not that bad, but still pretty bad. I guess I won't be getting straight As this year...

My graduation will be this Thursday. I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be the last time I'm going to see a lot of people. In a way it's kind of sad since I've known a good number of people since elementary school, but I'll still try to communicate with my close friends. Maybe we'll go bowling again sometime and get more gutter balls.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days was released last month in Japan. Unfortunately I've spoiled a great deal of the plot by going on the forums and watching videos on YouTube. Now I'm barely going on YouTube for anything to avoid spoiling more. I'm seriously impressed with the way gameplay looks and how the story will develop the series. The story sound like it will be extremely sad from what I know. The entire game seems so serious. Being a game about Organization XIII there's little room for any random distractions. Xion is a wonderful new addition to the series. What she is surprised me. My theories about her were off, but I wasn't completely in the wrong direction. I'm really glad that my brother and sister both have a DS. We'll probably end up getting two copies of the game to play multiplayer. I'm also interested in getting Dissidia this August. I've played the Japanese version and I think that it is really good. Some of the voices (Kuja) for the English version do sound kind of weird though.

Now that school is over I should be able to be much more active. Maybe not daily cause I'll be busying enjoying the summer, but I'll be around more. Oh, one more thing, at my school we could make an optional graduation quote. Guess what I put in mine? The hint is that it is probably the most noted quote in Kingdom Hearts.

[spoiler] Got it memorized? [/spoiler]

Wow, this was one long post, well for me anyways. Well, that's about all I want to say...or type. Thanks for reading, or skimming.

Wow, I can't believe I've been here for three years. Time really does fly. I'm pretty sure most people have rarely seen me on in the past few months. It's going to be like that for some time. This is my last year of high school and I need to get high marks especially in English. I'm not doing very well in English this year. I've gone from a 90 last year to around 75 this semester. Yep, that big of a difference. The worst part is I've tried for most things we've had to do. I blame my teacher this year!

I've been accepted into University and I'm really happy about it, so I don't want anything to ruin my chances of getting in. I know I'm probably worrying too much, but I just really want to get in. Anyways, it'll probably be another while until I make another blog post, so farewell for now!