C.V. = Christmas Vacation

:D

I babysat for the 1st time yesterday and made 30 bucks, it was a little easier than I thought since he wasn't a spoiled brat and he knew how to go to the bathroom all by himself (he was 4).

Watching Superbad right now...and that's it. Happy holidays to everyone else!

TMT

A short story I think I might want to work on. Inspired by the game Call of Duty 4, I wanted to try to write my own war story. It'll be similar to CoD4, so expect many similar things if you've played the game and know the story. Here's the prologue:

A Corrupted Nation

Prologue

Back when I was eight years old, I always asked my uncle what it was like to fight in the Vietnam War. Whenever I did, he tried to change the subject. I tried to ask during dinner, during a holiday party, hell, even right when I woke up at eight in the morning, but my uncle remained silent about it. It made me ask my aunt the same question, which ended up getting me the answer. All she told me was that you should never want to fight in wars, or else your life will be corrupted.

Corruption. That word meant a lot to me when my aunt told me that word. It was much better to use than "really messed up" or "ruined". My friends thought it was weird and too long at the time, but I still used it over the more common words. It became such a habit of mesaying that that my life-long friends used that word too. The only problem was that at the time that our teachers in middle and high school hated that word. The reason why? We didn't know at the time.

Then came to the part in high school where you don't know what you want to be. I don't know what my friend was on or what he put in my awful school milk, but he recommended that we all join the U.S. Army. After what Aunt told me about my Polish uncle, I didn't want to be anywhere near a sign-up post, but with high school ending and with us having no job opportunities, the U.S. Army was our best bet at college and money.

We needed money badly. We never took jobs during high school, for our countless projects kept us busy, so we needed to attend something that could get us some good money and experience. After all, all those Army commercials you saw every other day said it would tell you it was the experience of a lifetime.

All five of us signed at a base in the middle of New Mexico called Fort Buchanan, named after the fifteenth American president. We took our rough training exercises daily in the blazing heat of New Mexico's desert-like weather. At one time, all five of us thought we couldn't make it through the basic training course. That caused one of us, Tyler Minsh, to quit the course. The other four, including me, continued and eventually got used to the training. The only thing that we never got used to was when the higher-ranked corporals treated us like rookies on an NFL team.

The final test happened a year ago, then came graduation for all of us. It felt good then, knowing that you passed the annoying part of being in the U.S. Army. But then something awkward happened with the four of us. We didn't want to leave. We were used to liking the Army and the people in it that helped us become more confident and strong, or "Army Strong" on those commercials. After the graduation party ended, we let our sergeant know that we wanted to remain in the U.S. Army. Every now and then we were shipped to foreign countries to do small skirmishes that involved from protecting a diplomat to striking down a rebel base. The best part was that not one of the men or woman in our squad was killed during those skirmishes.

Tonya Miranda, who had the looks of her Arab mother and the attitude of her Spanish father, is one of the two girls of the four of us. She was promoted to corporal before any of us did for her extraordinary aim with an M9 pistol, silencer or not. The drill sergeant said she could hit a target at the same range as a soldier with any machine gun with a scope, and that's pretty far. Back home in Oregon, she was a girl who you wouldn't want to tick off, for her anger and toughness make her like her father. Because of her toughness, we often were left alone by those who wanted to pick on the weak.

Gabriel Doss, an African-American who knew what to do in difficult times, is the other boy of the four of us. He came from New Orleans before he met us in the sixth grade. That was before Hurricane Katrina came and destroyed his old home completely. He was known to be a funny guy among the newcomers and an outgoing friend among the experienced ones. He was also known at Fort Buchanan as the best boxer there. He knocked out the current fort's best in four rounds and won lots of respect, even from the higher ranked staff, after that match. Back home, he was basically the same and never changed, so it wasn't surprising when those events at the fort happened.

Jin Morica, a Chinese and kind one, was the other girl of the four of us. She was born in the country while her parents were new immigrants there. I knew her the longest, for she was my neighbor until I was about nine or ten, yet we still attended the same schools for the remainder of the years. She acted like a tomboy most of the time, especially how she hated wearing too much makeup. When we had more freedom in the fort, she was at the shooting range longer than the three of us combined. She used a variety of weapons from M9 pistols to M21 sniper rifles. She believed that training so much would "end up saving our asses someday".

Me? I was named Kevin Krovynski, after my Polish dad before he died. I didn't change or mature too much over the years since I heard that changing into someone different can often be a bad thing. I'm only mature when I need to be, well, most of the time. I think because of that is why I never had a girlfriend in my life. You'd think I would, being in the U.S. Army and all, but I guess it isn't like that all the time. I lived in Portland, Oregon, all throughout my life. I only left the state once before heading to New Mexico, and that was when I went north enough to Washington in my beat up 1980s Ford because I was bored. I always wanted to travel to California and Nevada sometime in my life, but sadly, I flew over one of those states in the commercial flight plane. I wished we landed halfway in one of those states and had the time to walk around the state, but nope, we flew the whole way there.

While I did those missions in foreign countries, I always wondered what Uncle would think and say if he was there with me. I know he fought in the Vietnam War, but the worst I've heard about that war was just strong words. The veterans always say "you can never imagine the experience". The worst I can think of war is imagining movies like Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, but the Vietnam veterans say it isn't the same in their case. I've never seen anyone die yet in any of those missions, dangerous or extreme, so I guess I'm no real soldier yet, none of the four of us. We were thinking when that would happen and how it would actually feel like, but after what'll happen in a certain place at a certain time, none of our lives would be the same.

It was a normal Sunday in Fort Buchanan. We were waiting for the NFL games to start in the morning while watching the news to see if anything else negative happened in the world, like another local murder and/or natural disaster, you know, because the world is so awful and painful these days. Okay, enough sarcasm. I was right about the negative news, but this was something you didn't see everyday. It got the attention of everyone in the fort, including the Colonel Jeff "Fearless" Anthony, and every television in the fort was on. A massive coup in Germany took place and all leaders, including Prime Minister Roudolf, were executed on live television. The speaker gave a speech on how Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler were the best things to happen in our time and blames all Allied countries for the loss of it. The entire speech was translated to the language where the news was sent to:

At the end of the horrible speech, he shot every tied-up democratic leader of Germany with a classic World War II Luger as a tradition to Nazi Germany back from the 1930s and 40s. The shooting itself was censored by every news station and the end of the speech continued with more armed Nazi-Loyalists marching behind the speaker with sunglasses that covered his eyes completely:

And with that speech, we knew how the U.S. government would react to that threat. Within the next few minutes, our base commander gave the orders to ship out all available troops fully-trained to the nearest airport and prepare to be shipped into any of the countries surrounding Germany.

(Please let me know if I make a certain mistake or need improvement on something. Thanks for reading!)

TMT

Since it's my birthday today (turned 15, woo-hoo!), I wanted to go see The Mist in theaters. I knew Stephen King made some crazy s*** before and expected that in this one, but man, not only did crazy s*** happen (like in all other fantasy/horror films), but the most unexpected ending.

The ending is something you would NEVER expect. It was the greatest twist I've ever seen in ANYTHING, but that wasn't a good thing. My step-dad said that the critiques thought the ending was great, but I guess they meant that it was great because it was unexpected, and like I said before, the ending is definitely unexpected.

Here are the main pros and cons I thought of this:

PROS:

+ The humor in such situations. Sure, they'll probably never happen in real life in that same situation, but hell, it's still funny. There isn't too much humor, but you're not supposed to in a horror/mystery, and they did a good job on that limit.

+ The imagination of Stephen King is like a mix of George Lucas and Tom Clancy. What I mean is that you have creatures that look like some of the creatures from Star Wars and mix it with situations that might happen in a Tom Clancy book, minus the military action. Especially with the ending, this'll make you remember that Stephen King made this book.

CONS:

- Some acting is so-so at times. Not everyone's good at acting, I know that, but some of the scenes that involved people yelling since they were scared completely was sometimes funny instead of scary and suspenseful.

- The crazy/religious girl. Yes, I'm a Christian. Yes, I believe in God. But I hated how this character was one of those who believed in Old Testament times, and I mean with sacrifice and all. You'll know what I mean if you see it. I didn't like this character at all, and when a CERTAIN scene came up, I was applauding with like 5 others in the theaters thinking "shedeserved THAT!"

EXTRA:

You might want to look up Wikipedia to understand the plot after you see it. You might miss what the total plot is. It's kind of like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Call of Duty 4; you need more accurate and written/typed info to understand it more.

Overall, I'd give The Mist a 3.5 out of 5.

(This review was my own version of mrblacksmoviereviews on YouTube. He does reviews that are always accurate, in my opinion, and he rates every one of them, minus the non-movies like the God-awful Bratz movie...)

TMT

If you have a PS3, Xbobx360, a good PC, or I think a Wii, you MUST get Call of Duty 4. Every reviewer and person I know that has that says it's a must have, and I'm saying that PLUS I believe that it's going to win Game of the Year, better than Bioshock, Halo 3, and any other good game this year. I just got this awesome game yesterday and I'm addicted to it.

For those who have the PS3, if you want, you can add me as your friend. The name is "DaMentalTeen" and I'll often play it online.

Here's what I love about this game the most:

1. The complete change in the plot. CoD 1, 2, and 3 were based off World War II, making the plot limited and having to be accurate with the battles and everything. In this one, Modern Warfare is the title for CoD 4 and the plot's unlimited. Weapons are accurate, the plot reminds you of a Tom Clancy book, and the action is just as good as CoD 2's action (CoD 3 was made by another company, so things were different).

2. How real everything is. From the little paper flying after an explosion to the explosion itself after an RPG hits something, the graphics are incredible. What amazes me is how real it looks at times without the actual game's quality being lower.

3. Drama and story is important in a game where you actually have a plot, and this has it. I won't say since it's a spoiler, but in 1 part, it'll be completely like Black Hawk Down mixed with today's War on Terrorism (FYI: the plot has nothing to do with today's affairs). From beginning to end, your heart will be pounding at many times, especially in the very 1st mission in a big supply boat. When the boat's sinking, the camera tilts and you feel like you're actually there, having a time limit before you fall off the ledge and die.

4. If you're complaining about games not being challenging lately, shut up, get the game, and play it on Veteran. They intimidate you with saying "You will not survive" on it, but they mean it. I had trouble on the 3rd level only on Hardened mode, and I can't imagine the final level on Veteran (I beat the game on Normal mode only, and I still had a helluva time, dying almost every level). The AI for the computers are freaking smart, even on Normal. They tell you to check your corners, but you don't think they mean it since it's a game, but on the 1st level, I turn around to face the right way, and BAM! I get shot from behind from a guy hiding in a corner with his pistol, and this is on Normal.

5. The shooting. Online, singe-player, heart-pounding shooting. You have several types of assault rifles with scopes or grenade launchers, sub-machine guns that fire faster than you can say "holy crap!", heavy machine guns that fire 200 rounds per magazine, shotguns that remind you of Scarface, sniper rifles that require you to hold your breath to aim straight, grenades that tear your eyes out, flash grenades that white-out the screen, RPG's that are effective, and so much more.

6. How it reminds you of so much things, but it's been upgraded better. I was reminded of Socom, Rainbow Six, Scarface, Black Hawk Down, the original Call of Duty's gameplay, Battlefield 2, 24, and so on.

Sorry for the long post, but I hope this is enough for you guys to get this epic, rad, and awesome game, if you can get it that is. My rating for this game: 100/100

TMT

Ok, according to DongBuFeng.net, we haven't gotten an episode over 3.22 million views, making the average # of viewers lower than from seasons 1 and 2. With things like this happening, more seasons and an expanded universe to Avatar hopes are going down the tube. Also, their isn't much merchandise and toys to buy that are Avatar related. So, this is what I think we should do to help support the show and hope that it'll continue after this. If not, another excellent show won't continue and expand its popularity and imagination.

Here's what to do:

1. Buy the DVDs. Money is VERY important for business, even with cartoon shows, so buying DVDs is a great way to help them. More DVDs bought shows the studio that many people watch the show and like it.

2. Buy the Merchandise. Action figures, Avatar-special magazines, and LEGOS is what I'm thinking in this category. Like I said in #1, money is a big way to show how popular a show is. Hey, this is why Spongebob Squarepants continues to be on TV for 23 hours and 59 minutes; people always buy its stuff!

3. Watch it on TV over the internet at all times (especially for those who live in the USA). Ratings are also very important. If this show's popular on YouTube to both fans and spammers (God I hate them), then it should be quite as popular on TV. Hey, if we got 4.4 million views before, we can definitely get more if EVERYBODY watches it. Watching it on the internet doesn't help the show at all. I still watched The Avatar and the Fire Lord on TV even though I saw it on Veoh from a guy in the UK, because I knew every rating + counts!

Here's what NOT to do:

1. Watch it on the internet and never on TV. This is what seriously lowers and hurts ratings. If Spongebob went through this phase, it would've stopped after season 3 like originally planned.

2. Complain that Nick sucks and not do any of #'s 1-3 on the previous list. This is like what I dislike. Many of us complain that Nick sucks about what's going on right now, but it's because not enough ratings and money is made. That's business. But if people DO do #'s 1-3 on the previous list and things STILL continue like this, then I have no problem with people complaining, since I'll be one of them, lol.

Any more things I should add will be thanked by me. I don't know if this should be posted on the forums or something like is already posted, so I'll just keep it on my blog.

Spread the word of how to help Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Aang!!

TMT

Seriously, WTF?! I manage (easily) to find The Beach from Avatar: The Last Airbender, but the comments are filled with spam (no surprise) and haters. Why is YouTube filled with people with no lives AT ALL and need to spam with hatred for something they've never seen before or drunk webcam girls decide to try and spread their "popularity" by saying their drunk on a comment section for a Nick show?!

It's good to know that A:tLA is popular on YouTube as well, but seriously, if you actually don't like the show, why bother commenting at all? I'm not a fan of Bleach (since I've never seen it, don't hate!), but you don't see me typing "this sucks" on the comment section.

Also, some spammers are even Viacom loyalists. Again, if you don't like the show, don't even mess with it. I don't go around the entire site trying to find episodes of anything and flag them and hoping YouTube will give me a pony for helping them finding copyrighted things. It really bugs the crap outta me. And this is just from 1 episode. :(

So, in other words, don't say anything if you don't have anything good to say.

TMT

Ok, for those who are fans of Naruto: The Abridged Series and Yu Yu Hakusho: The Abridged Series and haven't discovered it yet, but the guys behind both (MasakoXtreme [formely just MasakoX], vegeta3986, and Lanipator) series with help from ITouchedYusuke are gonna be making the...

Dragon Ball Z: The Abridged Movies

For those wondering how I found out, watch this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TT88Exld_Kc

And for those wondering if LittleKuribohof the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series and GanXingba of the Avatar: The Abridged Series have any involvment also, sadly, the answer is no. If you haven't seen any Abridged series at all, they're all over YouTube and DailyMotion and you can just search "abridged *enter title here*" and you will find it. This is gonna be awesome! Or in the words of Kiba and Neji (from NTAS), "excellent!"

TMT

Sorry I've been gone for awhile, but high school can be a drag as well as making a new FanFic. For those interested, it's called The GAang and the Fire Nation School on FanFiction.net and it's what I think would've happened if The Headband on Avatar: The Last Airbender had a different ending.

I think the main reason why I stopped coming here more often was because of many spoilers being posted and shown. There was that time where someone posted tons of spoilers for The Headband and I thought were lies, but ended up being true, and it made the episode predictable for me. And since I know the plot to The Painted Lady thanks to the YTV preview and description, I think I'm gonna continue staying away fora bit. Remember though, I'm not always gone, :D

Well, I don't know what else to say...uh...hi? Bye? Wazzup? Adios? Ah whatever, cya!

TMT

SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT!!!

The episode was a great one! The action was a bit on the low side, but what did ya expect from a premiere like that? In the action, my favorite was the serpent re-inacting an old black and white horror film with the giant squid. And the ending was sad, since his glider is now gone, but it looked cool how it just burned. Major points in this episode:

1. The invaders plan to invade using a small squad of the best fighters on the Day of Black Sun instead of the Earth King's army.

2. The Earth King is away with Bosco traveling the world.

3. Aang is probably still a bit weak since he showed weakness in this episode multiple times.

4. Aang's glider is gone, as well as the GAang teaming up with the warriors the whole way and will instead meet up with them on the day.

5. OZAI'S FACE IS REVEALED!!!

6. Azula read Zuko's mind and knew he was lying. It seems that she gave him all the credit to give him his honor, but since she knew Zuko was lying, she knows it'll be his downfall again.

7. Toph's metalbending is much better than it was in 220. She can now bend metal like it was earth now.

8. We see Yue after she being absent since 120, the season 1 finale.

9. Aang is selfish for most of the episode since he feels like he failed to help the world again, though Katara thought it was stupid.

10. Katara didn't get along with her dad this episode since she thought of him as selfish like Aang, yet she knew that wasn't it (kinda confusing, I know).

For next episode based on commercial...

1. The mystery man (or known as the Combustion Man to some) is revealed to be some kind of bounty hunter signed by Zuko to track down the Avatar.

2. The GAang try to fit into a Fire Nation town and school. Reminds me a bit of Naruto, only without the crazy looks and hairdoes.

3. Aang doesn't do a good job, lol.

Feel free to donate this info to the Notes, etc. to the episode info "The Awakening" and the upcoming "The Headband" since I don't care for leveling up much. Hopefully this helped summarize it to those who DID see it but had a bad memory of the episode.

TMT, writer of The Outcast

Sorry for the copyright infringement from eveyone else doing this, but hell, it's the new "playing video games" nowadays huh? Anyway, here's mine, which BTW, the name is Jacob......WAZZUP?!!

J - Makes people laugh (Not sure about this one...)

A - Gorgeous (*BEEP* WRONG!!! Frikin' Fire Nation "volcanoes" keep growing on my forehead! Ok, I meant pimples, ugh, no matter how hard I clean it every day with those things specializing in cleaning!)

C - Really easy to fall in love with (Refer to the letter "A", doubt this one 99.99%.)

O - Has one of the best personalities ever (If it means by "unique", then yes, since that's everyone in the world.)

B - Loves people (In a friendly way! I'm not on of those outgoing dudes always saying, "Hey babe, wanna go out?" to every girl I see, believe me, I'm opposite of outgoing A.K.A. I'm shy!)

In total...it says in a way that I'm a playboy or I'm a dream BF, but I doubt this in many ways. But hell, it was fun.

For those who want to do this to and fight "Big Brother" by copying it as well (Fight the machine!) and also might as well copy this list as well to help spread the CI! WOO-HOO!!!

A: Gorgeous
B: Loves people.
C: Really easy to fall in love with.
D: Is great in bed.
E: Freakin' beautiful eyes.
F: People wild and crazy adore you.
G: Never let people tell you what to do.
H: Easy to fall in love with.
I: Loves to laugh.
J: Makes people laugh.
K: Really silly.
L: Best Smile.
M: Makes dating fun.
N: Can kick ur ass.
O: Has one of the best personalities ever.
P: Popular with all types of people.
Q: A hypocrite.
R: Good bf/gf.
S: Lives life for fun.
T: Great kisser.
U: Gets blamed for everything.
V: Not judgmental.
W: Very broad minded.
X: Never let people tell you what to do.
Y: Loved by everyone.
Z: Lives life for fun.

Spread the Copyright Infringement (CI)!!

TMT, writer of The Outcast