Scout Camp

      I have a had a mix of things preventing me from being able to post things recently.  To begin with, Driver's Ed and the fact that I decided to do Foot Ball for the heck of it (which means I've been exercising, and I've ended up really sore (especially my legs!)).  Driver's Ed was in the morning, starting at 8:30 A.M., while the school's workout room was open at 6:30 A.M.  Needless to say, I haven't really had much time.  And then, on Monday, I had camp out with my Scout troop.  It was fun, besides the arguing.  Oh, and different.  I'm used to not many people liking me, it's just how it has been for years.  However, everyone, I kid you not, likes me in out troop.  Apparently, when I wasn't around, people would ask where I was (I was informed of this by my younger brother).  The last night we were there, we all saw a storm coming.  And, between one and two hours later, it hit us.  I woke up around 12-12:30 A.M. due to the storm, when the others were either awake or being woken up.  The tent was shaking, some rain was getting in, and later, one of the polls holding our tent up bent the wrong direction.  I had to hold that up so it didn't collapse on us, and waited for it to fix itself instead of forcing it up.  I also decided something to, if someone was scared out of the five of us, to keep them calm.  I started to sing hymns.  Everyone else that knew the ones I sang, sang with me.  Two hours later, when it was a bit more calm, the senior patrol leader went into the motor home (which, unless we had to, we weren't allowed inside), and asked the scout master if we could sleep in there due to the storm.  According to our senior patrol leader, we had quite a bit of water inside our tent.  I checked that in the morning, and I'm not saying I think he was lying, but there was little water in the tent.  Mainly just a few spots, but you could tell by my stuff that there was a lot of rain.  My wallet was wet, inside and out, and everything in it, and my scriptures were as well, but thank goodness they can still be read.  It affected the Old testament, I haven't checked the New testament, but not the Book of Mormon or anything past it.

      Since that is already a large paragraph, I'm going to continue Driver's Ed here.  That was in total a twelve day class.  We took tests every day, but that's because we had twelve days to take nineteen tests, including the handbook test.  I passed all of them my first try (unless you count the first one where he didn't realize there were seventeen questions, so people only answered 15 (he was using a thing where you had a remote and you pushed the button with answer you choose, and it showed that you had selected an answer (but not which one), and just about everyone failed (you need an 80% or higher), and every one knew something was off (I knew something was off before we finished, because I had pressed the button to go further, and saw sixteen and seventeen)) We all retook the test, and just about everyone passed.)

      Other things that have happened are that I finally used the warranty on my 3DS, since my R button stopped working.  It works just fine now, which will be very useful for all the things I will do.  Mainly, I think I will get back to Petit Computer and do some more programming.

And the searching begins...

      Thank you to those who supported me, I really appreciated it.  I went and confronted my boss, and apparently I was mainly needed for Sunday's.  So, I am looking for work, and do not have a job.  I have applied to Pizza Hut (production/what ever is needed) and the hospital (dietary aid).  I do not know if I will be getting a job as of yet.

      I've began to exercise!  Since I have decided to go out for football, and since we're doing eight-man, so I shouldn't get crushed and should be able to perform well.  I also am still doing golf, and the last tournament (and only) that I went to I and the other person I was with got a...80, 86?  (we got the same score)  Either way, that is a terrible score.  I was happy that someone did worse than I did...and only one person did.  I found golf to be fun, and I am getting better at it.  I am by no means good at it, I'm just doing a little better each time.

      As for other stuff, I have been reading the Wheel of Time.  For any who love reading, especially the fantasy genre,  I HIGHLY recommend this book series.  It is long, and will probably take several months, but it is still good.  And the detail kind of seems like he goes into the veins on the leaf of a tree.  It is just very detailed, but it is worth it to me.

Schools out!

      Schools out!  I finally have more time to do this!  Now, I wasn't able to update because of fluctuating grades.  I ended with A's, B's, C's, and nearly D's (I'm not sure what my final grades were, but before the Bio final, I had a C-).  However, my finals made sure I that I didn't get any D's or F's.  Results:  Two hours of time for big electronics (unless I'm playing with my parents (and my step-dad is freakin awesome)), unless I some how got all A's and B's.  That didn't happen though, because I got a C+ on a final where the grade was already a C, C+.

      I always wake up early in the morning.  I wake up everyday, unless I'm really tired, at 6 A.M.  This works for me, as I usually play early in the morning because the computer will be busy the rest of the time.  However, I am planning to play Dark Souls with my older brother.  We're actually both pretty good at the game, and when we started, apparently we picked the worst possible class to start out with, since it has the worst stats.  However, it does start out with some good armor.  The issue is probably that it starts out at level five.

      With school, out, I am going to work on finding a job.  I think the place that Zach (who is my older brother) works at has essentially hired me, though I don't remember being hired.  However, it seems as though I am to work on Sunday.  I'm still working on how to tell her (the lady who is the boss) that I will not work on Sunday. If someone will help me touch this up, that would be wonderful.

      This is what I have:  *using a polite tone* Hey, (insert name), I noticed that I am scheduled to work on Sunday.  I won't work on Sunday because to me, Sunday is a family day, and a day of rest.

      Any ideas on how to make that sound nicer?  I've put it together as nicely as I could think of so far.

An Overdue Update

      Well an update on things is definately WAY over due.  To begin, I feel very creeped out.  There's a girl in homeroom, who, even if I choose to name I couldn't because I don't know her name, that's creeping me out.  I'm at the point of listening to the conversations she has with her friend.  Now, why is she creeping me out?  I don't think I imagined this, but I saw her hold up a post-it note, that, I swear, said, "I've been watching you" and it had hearts on the note...As I said, I'm creeped out.  You know how when someone creeps you out you tend to keep a look out?  I tend to keep aware of my surroundings, and if someone passes me that is either a friend or on my radar, I will look at them just to make sure it's them.  And then her friend said something to the effect that I like (insert name of person creeping me out).  Me and Athena figure she's just messing with me (but it's still creepy).

      At school, I had an idea come to my head.  I shared the Book of Mormon with a teacher of mine.  She found it interesting, but she didn't want to lose my copy, so she returned it (and may get herself one).  Yes, I do carry a Book of Mormon around with me, it was for comfort, but now I just carry it around willing to share with anyone who wants to learn.

      Prom.  Prom is coming up, but I'm not going.  Now, before you say anything, I have a reason: I don't feel as if I have a reason to go.  That, and it is also too late to sign up now.  My friends know I'm not going, but they are going.  I would feel out of place without someone to go with (It would be nice to have someone I like go with me (which I don't have someone I like)).

      Summer is nearly here!  (my break starts towards the end of may)  That means I'll be able to see Lil Miss Epic (my step-sister who inspired me to do this)!  For me, all of my friends that I would hang out with a lot, I consider my best friends.  I consider her to be one of my best friends, because I know that she'll talk to me if I just need someone to talk to, and I hope she knows that I will do the same for her.  Sometimes, you just need someone to vent to.  And sometimes, it doesn't matter if they don't actually give help, it just helps that you got it out to someone.  That's what I do sometimes.

      Now I got friends on my mind.  I will share how I met my best friend Connor.  He is a very nice guy, I would say nicer than I am.  We met at church, and being in the same age group, we were in the same class for primary.  I think we were 10 or 11 back then.  We met because we were messing around.  I put my foot under the leg of his chair, and he squished it.  This repeated for awhile, but we became friends.  Then, we found out that we might as well have lived right next to each other.  This created the best friendship I have ever had.  The one thing I ever regret was not spending more time with him before I moved.  I knew what I had, but I never really realized it until I moved.  I miss him everyday.  He is one of the coolest people you could ever meet.  Even if you didn't like him (which a lot of people didn't and it made no sense at all), he'd still be nice to you.  I just realized that I learned the kind of person I wanted to be from him.  And maybe him from me.  I hope that you read this Connor, You are my best friend, and you will always be that.

      Let's see...what's next on the list...Oh!  Youtube wasn't working out for me.  So, after my older brother found Twitch, and seeing that it is live broadcasting (so I don't have to take forever to upload videos), I've decided to use Twitch.  I'm RawObliteration, and currently...the pc we have is blue-screening when I do that, so what you may see me doing is playing Quake II.  That shouldn't cause it to blue screen.  Shouldn't.  When we get it fixed, I'll be adding a lot of other games to this list.  Beginning with Civilization V.

      Last week felt like a long week.  I had a lot of homework, so I haven't been able to get on, and I also didn't have enough time to post anything.  I try to put in some time to blog but I don't always get it.  Lets see...next thing on my list...Oh yeah, that's right:  Since I can't really upload video's from this computer (too many people use the computer) I decided to, after my older brother found it, look at twitch.tv.  Since I get to do live recording, it is something that will work for me.  I'm currently doing Civilization V, and I am RawObliteration.  I tested it just yesterday and it worked out perfectly.  I think.  I'll need to check out my video to see how good the quality was and if I need to up the frames per second.

      You know how they say time flies when you're having fun?  I have a good example.  I was playing with my uncle in Civilization V, and what felt like maybe fifteen minutes was actually four hours.  I was awake until two in the morning.

      We have two really cool missionaries!  They come over the first Saturday of the month for dinner (my mom signed up for it).  They both love video games, one more towards first person shooters, the other, after asking questions, seems to like the same games I do.  For me, that's mostly real-time/turn-based strategy games.  He also likes Magic the Gathering, and I love that card game.

      In school...too much drama.  I tend to have friends who have absolutely nothing to do with drama, which means I don't have many friends, and I'm also picky with the people I have as friends, which also goes with not having many friends.  The upside: they are all quality friends.  They all hold (except one) have the same standards as I do, so I can have a lot of fun with them.  Three I only get to talk to (one of them being the one not holding my standards), but the other one I play with when I can.  Being in different time zones doesn't help, but it doesn't interfere with fun.

      If anything interesting comes up, I'll be sure to let you guys know!  *begins using sir voice*  Have splendid day today!

Me and Confrontation...

      I have been busy the last week, and have not had much time to do this (I prefer to blog when it is more private).

      What is one thing you really don't like to do that isn't fun, but necessary?  One of mine is confronting people, unless it is family or really close friends.  Today, I will be doing just that: confronting a friend.  The reason is that I can't be friends with them anymore, because the language the person uses doesn't help my mood.  Swearing.  Swearing is a big annoyance to me, and that is the reason.  So today will not be the best of days.

      I also have been sort of busy and not recording for my youtube account, because 1.  I need it to be quiet and 2.  Family is more important to me, and my younger brother has been waking up the same time as me so I've been spending time with him.  To me, that is more important than some silly video.  Even if he drives me crazy.

So...

      First off, a question:  Do any of you passively or actively use only part of what you know so that you don't seem as bright, so people will say more (seeing as people may leak more of what they mean if they don't think you'll figure it out)?  I'm pretty sure I do that passively.  Why do I ask this?  Well...I have reason to believe that I may have been lied to.  Part of a conversation I had a school (unfortunately, I only remember what the one person said because, well...you'll see, it'll just be the one person, and no, I didn't do anything to influence it, she said it on her own accord (she also brought up the topic herself)) was after Athena (who still manages to be my friend (and I only consider her a friend just by a single thread)) might as well have said, and this close to word for word, that she doesn't have feelings for me anymore.  As I said, I may, or you know what?  I might as well just say did, lie to me.  Good thing I had done some thinking that day.  Thinking on the kind of person I want to be with me, and I had increased my standards.

      I added this not to try making Athena out to be a liar, but just to show what has been going on in my life.  I figure that you need to find out someone for yourself.

      In other news, I've been programming a game for sometime now on Petit Computer (a DSI/3DS app).  It's a dungeon game (I used the sample game and went from there).  originally, there was just weapons, items, and monsters.  Now, there are four different classes, stats, armor, new weapons, spells, another floor, and a level up system.  I'm currently working on making the stats actually affect game play, such as making Strength go into your total damage and forcing locks open, Intelligence to increase magic potency and chance of magically opening a lock, Dexterity a chance to critically hit your opponent, dodge, and lock pick chests.  I've found that programming is a really fun thing to do, because not only do you get to test out your game, but it's like trying to solve a puzzle.

      I'm actually using the game as a test for another project I have yet to work on.  Also, I've been working on making videos of games I've been playing.  I've been trying to do this for awhile, before I started this blog.  So for all those who would like to watch my face be ripped off in Dark Souls (not literally, you die a LOT in that game), or would like to watch...whatever I decide to put it up, I am TheDarkLordFluffy42.  I doubt that many care, but I can't do minecraft, because it dramatically slows down the FPS, and just doesn't work.  Here is my current list of games I may record (assuming they work):  Dark Souls, Starcraft II, Ace of Spades, DOTA 2, Sanctum 1 and 2, Terraria, Quake II with both Mission packs, Quake IV, Unreal Tournament, UT3.  I am doing this purely for fun.  If you'd like to see a specific one, let me know.

     Depending on the game, I may cut out parts so its not dull and boring.  For example, when I'm building my economy for Starcraft II.  In the case of a game like Unreal Tournament, you will watch me be blown to bits, my head could be shot off, and other painful deaths.  Ace of Spades is just as fun, but not so bloody.

      Whichever game I pick, it will be for the month, and I'll try to have them ready.  I will be recording on Saturdays and try to post them some time before the next Saturday.

Update:  More like, I'm not sure if she did or not.

With Trivial things out of the way...

      I don't know how many people actually liked the last one, but if you didn't I can see why.  I just needed to get that out of my mind.

      I am doing much better now, other than my grades which I am working on getting back up.  The reason, My grades are related directly to my time on the computer and consoles (unless that tv is used little).  All A's: I get 3 hours and an extra privilege (I have yet to reach that).  All A's and B's:  3 hours.  Any C's: 2 hours.  One D: 1 hour.  2 or more D's or an F.  Zero.  I have one D+ which should be fixed by today.

      But I guess that is trivial too.  Being a guy, I don't feel as if there is much that goes on worth noting in my life, but I guess there are some.  My two brother's, my step-dad, and I watched how to play SSBB like a man, and it was hilarious.  It actually made the whole game a lot more fun.  Except rule 12: No Marth.  I don't like that rule.  He's my best character, and no, I am not unstoppable with him.  Though I'm pretty good one-on-one with him now, after watching a video on how to play him.
      We us Final Destination as the map with 3-5 minutes, and then it's a 4 player free-for-all.  It is chaos.  And hilarious when you try to kill a falling person and kill yourself in the process.  Which is why it is more fun.  The difference is, we aren't playing to win.  We're playing to be manly (and I use the least manly character according to whoever made the video T.T (The sandbag, a bob-omb, and a toad were higher than he was!))  But still, it was fun.

      Last night, the temperature dropped to about 4 degrees Fahrenheit.  Now, our house has a bad time trying to keep heat inside.  As a result, although the upper portion of the house is usually warm, the basement is cold.  Although it is really nice in the summer.  Then the downstairs if for if you want it to be cooler.  This ties into it, but I have a hard time trying to sleep upstairs, because of the sounds and the lights.  But I have enough covers on my bed (two quilts) so I was just fine.  But still, 4 degrees!

      Again, I apologize if The last one was more annoying than anything, but I needed it off my mind.  It actually is off my mind for most to all of the day now.

...I can now focus on what is important.

Oww. Right in feelings.

      That last was long over due.  The last bit of information on it was from the fourth, but I have not had time to finish it.  From there to now, things have gotten worse...

      Athena was being annoyed with people constantly obsessing with our relationship (note that we live in a small town, and there isn't much to do here.).  I decided to try and stop it, and being the nice guy I am, I thought of something that would work for most people: ask them nicely to stop.  I got this idea when I asked a few guys in choir to, and they stopped.  It soon appeared that she wasn't annoyed, and, seeing that I wasn't hearing it with her around, and it didn't bother me (I learned how to stop listening to people if I need to, but it didn't bother me at all), so I figured everything was fine...and then, there was yesterday.

      First off, I need to start with the day before yesterday.  On that day, I was told by my sister, who was  told by her friend (and the reason I dismissed it) that Athena didn't like me any more, something like that.  That didn't prove to be true.  However, yesterday felt like I was shot with an arrow.  Athena comes up to me before school start and, without her reasoning just yet (it comes later) tells me that she needs to break up with me.  *Arrow pierces heart*  By the time that home room came, which is after second hour, she comes in because she had something to work on for English class.  My teacher needed to be more strict,  so the day before, she told us that we were to be quiet until the last five minutes out of twenty.  So I told her when she tried talking to me, said whatever, and then talked to her in the last five minutes, and got the reasoning for having to break up with me.  (these are not listed in most to least important)  1.  The students continuing to obsess over our relationship was driving her crazy,  2.  She also had other guys she liked and said it wouldn't be fair to me (understandable, and I forgot to mention that she also said she wasn't going to be dating until college) 3.  She didn't want the relationship ruined by High school.  It made the pain the less.  But only for a little while.  We're both still friends.

New Years Eve and the Snowball dance.

On New Years Eve, my step-dad, my older brother, my younger brother, and I played Magic the Gathering.  The younger left after the first game, which I believe my older brother won.  For something epic, I went 2 vs. 1 (me being the one) against a deck destroyer and a red deck (generally associated with spells that deal damage to target creature or player) using a deck that kills you with poison, which is faster then dealing damage.  I only barely won that one.  But if you don't know/like the game, then it was pretty boring.  We didn't do very much for New Years Eve.

On Saturday, however, there was the Snowball dance.  I went with Athena, and we had a lot of fun.  Except when some remixes came up that had a LOT of bass.  That gave me a headache.  Twice.

When we arrived at the dance, we were one of the first one's there, so we went and sat down at a table.  Once more people started coming, we noticed one thing:  almost everyone that was there was in choir, amounting to about 40-50 some people.  There were some who weren't, but almost everyone was.  We voted for the king and queen of the dance, and the guy I voted for was chosen, but not the girl (I don't think I could have voted for myself, and Athena wasn't on there so I picked someone else I knew).  In all, it was a lot of fun.