Yes folks, as many journals here have already prophesied, people are going back to school. Summer was still too short, even though it's likely the longest I'm ever to see until I retire. Nevertheless, I wasted time and watched TV, like most people do, and I still enjoyed it. But I still have to engage in needless education.

The strange and mildly interesting thing about it is, I'm going to a nice new school, Porter Ridge High School; and you know what--I built the damn thing. No, not quite, but for service hours, I helped out at the school and sent crap around there: boxes, TVs, PCs, Monitors, compacted boxes, paint cans, desks, chairs, books, thermometers, etc. I wasted 16 hours of my life there last week, a week away from opening day, which, on this post's publishing date is two days away. It is Tuesday, and at the rate at which this school is going, I find it tough to believe that it will be ready, if even minimally, to receive students in two days. Orientation for Sophomores is tomorrow at 6, so that will be one less day of freedom.

Another annoying part about all this is that I busted my ass, got up early (I consider 09:15 early), sweat for hours, cut my fingers on sharp objects, lifted heavy objects, starved myself and basically built this school. To what end? A few thank-you's and 16 net hours towards 25 for the end of the year in service, and NO PAYMENT! I got a free burger on one day, but it sucked anyway (I wretched for a few minutes). What the hell is that?! God Damn, School Sucks.

Summer's over......school's starting. And I don't have a car or anything useful. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my dad's car crapped out from limited maintenance, so he took my mom's car to work--we have no ride. I suppose he could have taken the '89 Volvo, but we're afraid that it will take its death throes after driving 100 feet. That damned car has been rotting away since early December in the same spot, and remains to this day. Either the tires have deflated, or the piles of leaves building up and around the car gives the illusion of dead tires. The car is older than me--why the hell did my Dad buy that thing?! I'm gonna take a few pictures of that POS. It's pathetic.

Yup. I'm over 1000. I'm done here.

Ya know the little profile picture? I changed mine. I liked the Cartman one, but I like the Earth Point of Origin from SG-1. It looks cool. Oh yeah, I'm gonna review the show "Ghost Hunters". Check it out if you've got a little time to kill.

Soup Nazi?! I hate the Axis, especially the Nazis! Plus, I'm not too fond of soup, either.

....after catastrophic sytem failure. Yup, everything on the hard drive was corrupted by a virus and deleted. We lost a lot of stuff, but some things like pictures were still on flash cards strewn about the house. I'm still trying to get everything back the way it was.

Yup, my Hard Disk was corrupted by a virus, worm, bomb, trojan, or some damn thing that deleted frickin' everything. So, we rebooted and got a System Recovery Disk for the PC. This sucks, but at least everything works normally again.

Okay, once again I must complain ad infinitum about why things suck. I am getting sick, probably because I don't sleep enough (4 am to 10 is not much). Plus, my PC is once again dead, and we think that it may have a fatal virus that cannot return our old files. It may be corrupted for the last time. Not only that, but I also have a prerequisite book to read for honors 10th grade english. The book is called "Princess", and it is a sob story about how life sucks for females in the Middle East. Yes, life sucks, but this type of book does not and will never hold interest for me. This is the reason I didn't like the Passion of the Christ": seeing a guy get tortured for 2.5 hours is not entertainment. I am also not reading this book for fun.The book is not fun, and I don't care for reading it. The books that I do read involve SciFi and intense action, with interesting characters and struggle for survival in a race against time. "Timeline" was an excellent book that has all that. They should find good books to read that aren't an effort and a chore to look at for several hours. I'm half done now.....might as well finish.

Yup, this is the third time the damned thing busted. I'm using my dad's laptop on a limited basis, so comm and updates will be evidently slower. This sucks...I hate that PC.

Okay, the damn freezer will not work. It does some sort of defrost automatically every 12 hours or so. This is a huge problem, therefore we unplugged it and will call a repair guy upon our return. This sucks especially because we wanted to do a BJs run and grab a crapload of bulk frozen items, as well as empty out our original freezer/fridge.

In other news, I discovered that a new Super Smash Bros. game will be released on the Revolution. On top of game-related news, I completed a new Speed Run Record for Metroid Zero Mission. The record was attained today at 58:12 for best time, and my best 100% time is 1:35:41. I suppose this pales in comparison to other Time Attack Records, but they are personal bests. I will also be bringing my GameCube along with me for the vacation with a power inverter rigged up to the TV/VCR. I will also be bringing the DVD player since we have no means of entertainment at the lake cabin in PA. We also believe that the TV/VCR will not last long, since this is the 2nd tape its eaten up since using it, leaving us concerned (slightly) for our tapes. The last one to be eaten was Independence Day, one of my favorite movies. Oh well.

In other other news, we will be heading out for Shenandoah Valley on Friday afternoon. See ya.

Hey folks, this'll be my second journal update for one day--a new record. Simply put, I'll be on vacation in VA for a week, and possibly to PA for a little while after that. It's gonna kick ass. Hopefully the new camera we bought will arrive in time for D.C. and the vacation in general. I've been to this place before, and it was freaking sweet. It is also one of the few places with a diving board: you'd expect them to have it sued out of existence, but I'm glad they have it. I'm also going to need to lose a few pounds for the 1st-8th to improve my chances from 0% to <3%. Hey, stranger things have happened, but I'm not asking for a miracle. The only issue I have with this place is the fact that they don't allow fireworks....dammit!!! I just bought a crapload of those! And this vacation occurs over the 4th of July, which has a large effect on me, mainly since it's the constitution's and USA's birthday, and I get to handle and use explosives. God I love this country.

Anyway, I hope I won't be missed too much, but missed a little (proves my existence). Now if you'll excuse me, the TV is calling my name.