My words with Illiana: ceased.
My arrogance was masked by my "duty" to stand up for my home boy Omar. It ain't be like dat. His family is all he's got, knowwhatimsayin'?
Every family has it's hardships and blessings. Each family is unique in those respects, and those be damned who try to discern right from wrong within a family outside of his/her own.
ceased.
I got a new phone *beams*. It's got a slide-out qwerty keypad in it, assuming the owner of the phone uses text messages emphatically, occasionally, and prolifically? Anyways, it's bigger, newer and louder than the old phone, so CHEERS!
The number is still 573-999-PIBB. So don't freak out or even ask me if it's different because i just told you.
I'm buckling down on schoolwork as hard as I can, which is weird because i'm the one pushing myself right now instead of somebody else saying "YOU HAVE GOT TO STUDY THIS BEFORE THIS DATE AND COVER THIS MATERIAL AND READ THIS AND GO TO CLASS AND THEN BE ON TIME AND BRING THIS BOOK TO BLAHBLAHBLAH" so yeah, it's time to beef up the GPA.
The diving meet this weekend was ROUGH. I dove like shit, i felt like shit, but at least i didn't LOOK like shit! Our new team warmups are so soft and smooth and comfortable that i wore them all weekend around my apartment (which has somehow resumed it's "victimized" look) with shark. I've got to return Psychonauts and Darkwatch soon unless i want to be charged with the full price. I can't say enough about Psychonauts: it's an amazing game. Darkwatch is just a good shooter, but the controls really REALLY deterred me from even WANTING to continue playing. The vampire skills weren't as outrageously advantageous as I had hoped, and some of the graphics hit my eye with the subtlety of a line-drive foul ball. Psychonauts really really really gets it right. Darkwatch gets a poop award for C minus-dom.
That's all I can really say about video games for now, and for a while... because I really can't spend my time playing too many games. Even Advance Wars 2, which I have been punching through day by day, has not accumulated much playtime. School is on the front 3 burners, while games are on the heatlamp in the corner (diving is on the little burner in the back, boiling fanatically). This is sad for me, because I love video game culture and everything about it.... or.... i love everything about video games and video game culture surrounding it.... and games.... and the webcomics.... and the message boards.... and kitty ears.
Finally, i'mma get down to the people that matter. My family.
My parents came to the meet this weekend, and my uncle Jim was there too, which was cool because he hasn't seen me dive since high school HAHA! But just having them there and waving to them and hearing them cheer me on even though my legs were dead, my back was tightening like fishing wire, my neck pounding on my skull like a subtle firecracker and my shit of a foot about to explode... it's nice to know that they enjoy seeing you try your hardest, and will be there to congratulate you even if you don't get 2nd place.
Hooray feel good
hooray Monday
hooray anticipation of Friday's meet (not... my body needs rest)
hooray learning about sunspots, greek pots, oral traditions, and dionysian festivals
hooray October and it's solemn cracking and decaying
hoo - ray Samurai 7 dvd #2 on the 18th! SHINY DAN, WEEL: ASSEMBLE!