Hey All,

Just woke up and decided to write my journal entry. Yeah I know it's pretty early but Jekyll does it too! So if you're going to get mad at me you shouldn't because that would be unjust.

I got a new skateboard that ironically is my old deck. I lent it to my friend and I asked if I could have it back and he said "Sure, why not?" So I got it back and now I'm skatin' again! It feels good to be back on my board.

I didn't get GT4 on the 22nd of February. I'm getting it today on the 23rd of February. I was so angry when they said they weren't selling it till the 23rd. Bah! I'm going to arrange my room again so that it's optimized for gaming pleasure. It will awesome....I wish I could have a digital camera to show you. Then again I do have one but I don't have the USB connector to put it to my computer. Sorry guys. But yeah I'm getting it today. After I get my computer I'm getting the Logitech Driving Wheel Pro (or whatever it's called...as long as it's from Logitech and has 900 degree steering).

Nothing much else happened since last entry because the game didn't come out yet...so maybe tonight I'll give you all a Gran Turismo 4 Review! I should start reviewing games again because I've played alot through rentals.

Well I must be off. I need to finish some stuff before school starts. Peace!

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

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P.S. I will find the tag for the Mavriks....I know I have it around here somewhere!

Hey all,

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. Been busy with GT4 and my cousin. It's all fun. School has been pretty demanding too but I'll keep on trying to post here as much as possible. I've just been anticipating Gran Turismo 4 more then ever lately. I can't wait! It's going to be amazing. I'm going to get my Dad's Digital Video Camera so that I can record my drifting races. It's going to be amazing. I'll host them on the internet when I get them on the computer. It's going to be awesome. I should probably start a racing clan :D...well actually I already did...and ShadeZero are in it. We're going to record our drifting races and post them on here. We'll try and start a tournament when we get started...OMG I can just see it now!

I haven't been playing much Halo 2 lately because of all the cheaters and stuff. "Stand-by and Dummy" glitching are the worst things ever. It ruined the game for me and possibly lots of other people. I can't stop saying that! I wanted this game for so long and now it's just ruined. I can't stand it! :(.

I have a new English 9 teacher and she's okay. A little bit on the nagging side but other then that everything is pretty good. I agree I can be obnoxious sometimes but I know that I'm a pretty good kid. She gaves our first assignment which is write a poem that has to include all 5 senses. It's not that hard. I'm doing mine on cars so it won't be that hard :D.

*This Just In* - ShadeZero most likely won't be able to get GT4 this week because of technical problems. Hopefully he'll be able to pick it up before the weekend.

I'm ranked 4800/120 000 people on CounterStrike for the Xbox. It's pretty cool. I consider a big accomplishment! :lol:

The Mavriks are doing pretty good globally. We're competing in Ghost Recon 2, Halo 2, CounterStrike (PC), and GT4. Our Halo 2 division has around 20 players so it's doing quite well.

Well I'll be getting off now. Thanks for reading!

Peace.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

Hey all,

I decided to keep my original title as it seems better the right "(caps)" at the end of all my entries. I'll just keep it like that.

Anyways, ShadeZero is coming over to stay till Sunday. It's going to be so cool. We always have a fun time LAN'ing and stuff like that. Hopefully we can go out and watch a movie or stuff. My Mom said that we can rent games too after I pick him up so yeah, this weekend is going to be so awesome. It's too bad we didn't know any of you GS friend's of mine...or else you would have been invited! Well if you have an Xbox Live Gamertag please join us online! Our gamertag's are :

RunAwayChickenX - Me (flip_kc79)

ShadeZeroX - Brian (ShadeZero)

So just give us a ring or voice message and we'll try and get back to you as soon as possible. Don't get offended if we don't accept friend/game requests. You must state your self before asking us to be your friend as we don't accept stranger invites.

I just got back home and I was supposed to go to my friend's house right after school but my Mom picked me up and yeah so now I'm just home and thinking of playing some games. I just finished a couple of games of CS with my friends. I'll prolly get back on.

It's getting warmer up here in the North and hopefully it will continue to be nice. I hope that by the time it's Spring I'll have my new skateboard deck...or A skateboard deck for that matter. BTW I'll be getting my old one back from my friend because he barely used it. Oh well. I'll still be getting a new one after that.

Gran Turismo 4 will be coming out this 22nd of February! OMG I can't wait...it's going to be absolutely amazing. Drifting in those new cars and the fact that the game now supports LAN Play :cry: I've been waiting for that option for so long. It's finally come. The graphics are amazing and the photo mode looks absolutely astonishing. I hope that the game lives up to the hype that's been building up inside of me.

Halo 2 has lost it's "magical" grip on me now...I don't enjoy it like I used to. So many cheaters and rank up people...so many people that want to ruin the game for everyone else...AHH :cry:. Oh well at least I still have

Counter-Strike

Hopefully I can find some good games to rent tonight because it would be cool if Brian and I could rent the same games and just LAN on that too.

I am going to HAVE to start creating lyrics for my songs now...I've been procrastinating and procrastinating...I hate procrastination. I gotta get out of that habit!

School has been okay lately...not alot happening...I realized how beautiful this one girl is...but she already has a boyfriend so I guess I can't ask her out...I'm not saying that looks is everything but I do know this girl.

My Ex asked me if I wanted to hang out with her and her friends and I was like..are you joking me? She can move on like a crab from shell to shell but I'm sorry...I can't do that. I put all I could to her and she just pushed me aside. Bah.

Well I'm going to go get something to eat. See ya'll later! Peace.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

I've decided to shorten my title as to save time and space. ADAT stands for Another Day Another Time (of course ;)).

Anyways,

I cut my cheek while shaving today...it didn't hurt right away but it started to quickly after I realized it was bleeding. Other then that my day was rather bland.

I went to my drummer's house and we recorded verse one of my song. It's super cool. I think it'll be our first single when we go big...after that we'll just blossom from there. He did his drum riff and then yeah...I can't wait to listen to both of us doing our thing :D. You'll hear us on the radio one day, I promise you.

Well I'm gonna go now. See ya'll later! Peace.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

Green Day

"Castaway"

I'm on a sentimental journey
Into sight and sound
Of no return and no looking back or down
A consciences objector to the
War that's in my mind
Leaving in the lurch and I'm
Taking back what's mine

I'm on a mission
In the destination unknown
An expedition
In the desolation road
Where I'm a...

Castaway - going at it alone
Castaway - now I'm on my own
Castaway - going at it alone
Castaway - now I'm on my own
Lost and found, trouble bound
Castaway

I'm riding on the night train and
Driving stolen cars
Testing my nerves out of the blvd.
Spontaneous combustion on the
Corners of my mind
Leaving in the lurch
And I'm taking back what's mine

I'm on a mission
In the destination unknown
An expedition
In the desolation road
Where I'm a...

Castaway - going at it alone
Castaway - now I'm on my own
Castaway - going at it alone
Castaway - now I'm on my own
Lost and found, trouble bound
Castaway

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

P.S. Please read the journal entry below as that is my latest journal entry! PLEASE READ THE ENTRY BELOW. THANK YOU.

Hey all!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my friend's and family (including my GameSpot friends...don't think that I forgot about you guys!).

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Anyways,

I hope you all missed me on my absence because I'm back! Sorry I've been gone for a while...been busy with CounterStrike, Champions : Return to Arms and, HD Stafford High School. The latter is quite more challenging then the former 2. Other then that I've been either sleeping, eating or both...somehow.

My new semester has been doing me good so far. I enjoy all my classes so far and I really love english. I've aced every single spelling test and project we've had so far in that class so it's been pretty good. I should be scoring fairly high in all my classes. I might be switching out of Power Mechanics but I don't know yet. Schoolmates have been good so far and no other stress has been interrupting my studies (Thank God!) and no girl has been giving my heart a tug. I guess I'll be alone this Valentine's Day :cry:. At least I got my sweet sweet videogames.

I found out some cheaper ways to get my computer ( I decided not to get high performance right away, so this will be a good stepping stone) and I am quite satisfied with it. I'll post it in my next journal entry. It may not be the best but it'll do for a beginner PC Builder like me!

I've been really into this band Green Day lately : They did the songs Boulevard of Broken Dreams and American Idiot. Their album (American Idiot) should be on sale for $14.99 CAN. A good find I say. I also recommend looking at their older stuff. And for the punk fans, I've been looking into the band "Johnny Thunders". My friend introduced me into them and I like their stuff too.

Mr. Johnny Thunders (2000)

I'll also be getting a skateboard deck with their logo on it. It'll be awesome! (picture unavailable)

Brrr! It's still been pretty cold up here in Canada..I don't recommend playing Tennis in shorts...which is what I did with my dad on the weekend! After a good 2 hours of Tennis we went to go watch the latest Will Smith movie "Hitch". I recommend that movie to anyone who has had heartbreak before or just wants a good laugh...(or both!).

Well I'm going to go start my mini English project! Thanks for reading and more on my life tomorrow at approximately 3:30pm! Peace!

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

Here is the link : http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?panel=kills&gameid=80369943&player=RunAwayChickenX

Just check how many kills I got.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

Hey all,

I started my second semester today...and it was alright. Said hi to all my friends and then we all just like filling each other in on what we all did on the week long break we had. Nothing much else happened other then meeting our new teachers and seeing what our subjects were going to be for the next 5-6 months. My current subjects are : Shop Class (This is a class where you learn about mechanics and measurements and stuff, kind of like engines and stuff), Electronics (you learn about electronic circuit boards and electricity and energy. Also about the wires and other things that you can do with a properly soldered circuit board), English (self explanatory), and Science (self explanatory).

As of right now I'm just listening to music and chilling in my room. My mom bought me 2 starbucks Caramel Frappacinos and boy are they good :D. I love them. Well...one was hers but she gave me it so I ended up with 2. Just for a quick little tip here are the demos I've played recently :

Burnout 3

Forza Motorsports

Need For Speed Underground 2

Champion : Return to Arms

I know that 2 of them are already out but I played the other 2 already and they are pretty good builds. I don't know why Forza fans are so hyped...it's GT1 on Xbox...just online. I think I still might pick myself up a copy...it was pretty good.

I was wondering...do any of you (other then ShadeZero) know what the term "Drifting" mean (in the Racing world)? If not I would like to give out a brief but informative little tid bit about it...and for the professionals out there (like me :P) find a mistake, please let me know so that I can edit it.

Drifting is a style of driving that concerns that when you turn a corner, you put the car into a controlled 90 degree slide in which the car will slide around the apex of the turn while still staying on the track. With the steering wheel in full opposite lock in the direction opposite of the way you are going, the car will stay in control while completely sideways. When drifting you must remember to use proper steering and gas pedal techniques to keep the car in control.

ShadeZero and I have been racing like that in GT3 for the longest time I can believe. Everything is taken into account when setting up your car for this style of driving. It's not necessarily a racing type of driving..but if you do decide to race on a track while drifting, it's called D1 racing. If you decide to drift on mountain tracks, then it's called Initial D. As a matter of fact, there is a show in Japan called Initial D and it is based off the lives of average guys that race on mountains while drifting...it's quite amazing to watch (especially in real life).

Well I hope you found that enjoyable and informative to read...as it is something ShadeZero and I (and I'm pretty sure MANY people out there) love to do. Someday I'll buy a car and tune it to spec so that I can race Initial D style :D.

Well anyways...nothing much really is going on...I all of a sudden have an incredible crush on CounterStrike again. Not just for Xbox, but for CounterStrike in a whole. I recommend buying it for the platform that you have. You won't regret it!

I got CS 1.6 working on my computer yesterday somehow (with some choppy framerates...15FPS) but it was still enjoyable nonetheless...and as I was playing...I realized how DIFFERENT PC gaming is to Console gaming...and how much BETTER it is...(for shooters). I was just in shock....holding my mouse in one hand...my other hand resting on the "SHIFT", "W", "A", and "D" formation. I forgot what I've been missing. So that is why I'm building my PC. :D.

Well I'm going to go finish up here and then go play some Xbox for 6 hours. See you all later! I hope you had as much fun reading this as I have had writing for you! Thanks for reading. Peace.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

AHHH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE WE LOST! :cry: McNabb had some really crappy throws IMO. Pats defense was amazing...but I still think that the Eagles still had a chance...:cry: Good game guys...good game.

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

64167317

GO EAGLES GO! PATRIOTS ARE GOING DOWN! WOOT!

Kevin

RunAwayChickenX

Mavrik Codename - 64167317