Upcoming Events!?!

So my To-Do list is being knocked out left and right. It just can’t keep up with me. Love It! As a senior in college I have aspired to finish quite a few things before I graduate. Sort of like a bucket list except I do not plan on dying anytime soon. Woo. A few of the major items of the list were to visit the FBI academy. check. Run a marathon. In the works. Visit different people around the area. Mostly done. And best of all Visit the White House. Coming Up!

I have been given many amazing oppurtunities because of one of my best friends and I only have her to thank for the FBI visit to Quantico Va and now the upcoming tour of the East Wing of the White House. (Where the President Lives) She has connections and a top secret security clearance so she was able to set this up for herself and five friends. WOO! Good thing were friends right?? haha. She was even more fortunate than me and got a tour of the west wing of the white house about a month ago and yep she got to sit in the oval office. There’s nothing like me bragging about her accomplishments like I’m her mother or somehting. ha. In case you were wandering, she is only a senior in college like me. She is the girl I am running the marathon with in April.

So, we are planning for this trip and we are both super excited. We’re going to be driving down to D.C., then we will get the tour, and then of course the true nerds that we are, we want to hit up the Smithsonian. She and I previously went to the Spy Museum in D.C. If you have never been there  I highly recommend it. So fascinating.

Overall I consider myself highly blessed and lucky to be given these oppurtunities. On an even lighter note I can’t remember if I already mentioned this in a previous post but I got the results to the Naval Officer Training Program back. After waiting for four weeks when my contact said it would only take one (Apparently their computer system was down or something. Freak Out.) he called me and filled me in with my scores. Yikes. Well, it turns out that I qualified for Intelligence. You’ve got to be shitting me. That is awesome. I do realize that this is only small and minute part of the hurtle into making this a realization but I can’t help but be excited.  Because of the highly competitive nature of these programs I still have a long way to go before I find out if I actually make it. That’s okay with me, all I can do is try right?

So as of right now, everything is going A okay. I’m having a great break and I’m just trying to get some balls rolling for my future. Let me tell you how big and heavy those balls actually are. wew.

P.S. I just completed week 2 of my marathon training program and I ran six miles. That is the most I have ever run consecutively. I have forteen more weeks to go and as of right now I’m still hanging on.ha.

This May or Maynot be True?!?

Nashville Tennessee Rock & Roll Country Music Marathon

All moves point to GO. This all started my freshman year without my even knowing it. My next door neighbor in the dorms who has turned out to be my best college friend started talking about the rock and roll music marathon back then. Now, four years later I’ve taken it a step further. She is a hard core runner. In high school she was a cross country all star. Although she has been trained to run and has been running since she was little, she has never ran a marathon.

In high school I was a hard core swimmer. I did no running and didn’t particularly enjoy it. After her talking for the past four years about this marathon I took it upon myself to start looking it up. She told me they had one in Virgina Beach so I looked it up online. Unfortunately the Rock and Roll marathon at VA beach is only a half marathon. bummer. What I did find though, is that they offer the Rock & Roll music marathon across the U.S. in other major cities. After looking through the entire list, we came to the conclusion that the marathon in Nashville Tennessee was our best bet. Unlike the others this one includes country. (Wonder why? :O)

I have no real experience running and now I’m going to take on a marathon?!?!?!? This week was the first week I started training for the marathon. It won’t be run until April 25th so I have time but I have to stay strictly to the program. wow.

Progress Reports will be given for the future.

Hump Day Thursday–> Auto-Erotic MisAdventure

Fact: At least 500 Americans die each year from asphyxia in an attempt to lessen oxygen flow to the brain in order to create a better and more powerful orgasm.

Although this is very unfortunate it is very true and quite upsetting. When I interned for the Coroner this past summer I read up on and saw pictures from at least four cases pertaining to this topic. If a death occurs in this sort of fashion it is labeled an accidental death. On your death certificate it is categorized under Auto-Erotic Misadventure. (If you don’t know what this stands for it shouldn’t take long to figure out.)

I understand that you are dead when this happens but also think of your family and their concern for you. They are told exactly what happened and anyone who obtains your death certificate can see the way in which you died. This is a very serious matter.

It is related to what younger children deem as “The Choking Game”. Without knowing it, children participate in high risk activities in which they lessen the oxygen to their brains and this also can result in death. For awhile it was a fad. This is very dangerous and even more serious because children don’t really understand how close to death they really come.

Preventing things like this from happening is a must. To the adults out there, shame on you. You are selfish and only thinking of your personal gain and not the misery of your families. Disgusting.

First Ski of the Season.

Finally. Hitting the slopes was a main priority this year. I absolutely could not wait to use my new ski’s because I didn’t obtain them until the end of last season and was only able to go once or twice before it got too warm. My friend and I headed up to the resort by my house really early hoping to hit the slopes as soon as they opened. When we arrived the chair lifts were not on and there were no people out and about. Major ut oh. What the heck? I was literally going to die if I didn’t get to ski, I had been looking so forward to it.

We stopped at the office and asked the ticket man what the deal was. He was very friendly and asked us why we hadn’t consulted the internet this morning. We were like O really its closed. mrrr. ha. He said no its not closed but it doesn’t open till 11. OOO. Thank god. As it happened it was only 10:15. In reality we were going to be one of the first few people on the mountain after all. Awesome. This also gave us plenty of time to do some ski shopping at the ski store in which I definitely bought a new pair of goggles. Oakley’s. yesss. They weren’t too expensive either.

After hitting the slopes. We hadn’t even made it to the top on the first run when the rain started coming. NO. As much as I hate the rain I love skiing much much more so I decided that I was willing to stand it. By the end of the day we were both soaked through and through, but it was still fun.

I can’t even explain my feelings when I get off the ski lift for the first run of the season. Nothing feels more satisfying. Although I am a girl, I still can you use this word because it explains everything. Boner. We spent the whole day with the resort practically to ourselves. It was perfect. We hit some serious slopes and did some easy trails. All and all an awesome day. My stuff is dripping downstairs in the furnace room and I’m trying to dry it out.

As I am a total ski nerd the entire time we were up on the mountain I could do nothing else but look at my ski’s and smile with pride. I heart them… literally. I love them so much, it was a great investment. Even huger boner. haha.

Because of the rain we weren’t able to capture the action shots I was hoping to get, but its okay because I plan on going many more times before break ends. Maybe next time? Overall today was A++. I LOVE SKIING.

Welcome to… THE MATRIX!

Blog Banter Numero Uno: Checkpoint Unobtained. errr.

This is my first take at blog banter with gamers. In case you didn’t know, blog banter is where a group of avid gamers come together and write articles on the same topic. A gaming community to share incites and just have some fun.

Introduction: Welcome, welcome to Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza headed by bs angel! Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers, a common topic, and a week to post articles pertaining to said topic. The results are quite entertaining and can range from deeply insightful to ROFLMAO. Any questions about Blog Banter should be directed here. Check out other Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

This months topic is: If you could ask for one thing from the gaming industry this year, what would it be and why?

Since I did not happen upon the article on Hawty McBloggy’s page until two days ago and the post is due by tomorrow morning, I had to get right on it. At work today I consulted my friend JB and asked him to help me think of a good topic. We talked all morning about video games since I am hard core Xbox 360 and he only has the Nintendo Wii.

We started off with the usual- I wish the main gaming industries would work better together yadda yadda. Since we all know that there is quite a bit of competition between the three major gaming industries (Microsoft, Nintendo Wii, and PS3). It is crappy at times when you can’t play a certain game because it is only made for that console. I wish I had enough money to go out and buy all three gaming systems but I don’t and I have very serious loyalties to my Xbox. Although I have played Uncharted, which is a game made only for PS3. I really liked it and secretly wished I would have been able to get it for the xbox. No matter. The three different systems attract their own users and without the competition we might have huge amounts of turmoil. This is something that will probably never be resolved and so I can’t possibly ask for that. In a perfect world maybe? ha.

What we wanted to target was all three of the gaming systems as a whole. This is quite a vast area in my opinion and it is hard to find a topic on something for all of them. JB and I went back and forth and I asked him a few questions about the gaming industry. He does happen to be an avid gamer and he said that he would like just a little more convenience during game play. He stated that he comes back from class during the day and while he is eating a quick lunch he would love to play a few minutes of one of his favorite games but he knew that he would not have time to make it to the next checkpoint so he ends up letting his $400 system sit there and he goes on the internet and pulls up a flash game like pong. When I thought about it, I realized how many times I’ve been in a similar situation. I wasn’t aware before but I do decide if I’m going to play a game or not based on the fact that there might not be enough time to make it to the next checkpoint.

This obviously does not apply to all games such as Guitar Hero and things like that where you only play one song and then you are done. An example would be Gears of War. If you are in the middle of a battle with the Locusts and trust me if you’ve never played it, these battles get insane and lengthy depending on the degree of hardness, and you need to get out the door you can’t just stop where you are at and save the game. Normally the only time to obtain the next checkpoint is after all the Locusts have been demolished. Sometimes I’m so close to winning the battle but I just don’t have that extra few minutes to come to victory. Whether it be work or wherever I just can’t get it done before I head out. So Shitty.

If it could be done, saving the game on the spot is a must have. That way you can come back from the real world and pick up in your imaginary world exactly where you left off. Especially when you took all that time to get the guns you love and because you had to leave you come back to life the next time with the crappy ones yet again.

Another problem is if you want to go back to something that was previously played you are only able to start at the checkpoints that the game has designated. A big example of this is in Gears of War( I’m using this game for the examples because I just recently was playing it) is the part when you are at the house and you have to go to the top and man the spotlight so that Dom can make it through to the light switch to turn on the lights. This is in Act 2 when the Kryll keep attacking you. After Dom turns on the lights you must move the spot light back to an abandoned car and when you go down to the street you will be able to obtain a Cog Tag that is there. I was unaware of this the first time I played and after I had obtained 29 of 30 Cog Tags and figured out which one I was missing I tried to go back and realized that I couldn’t start at that scene. The closest I could get was at the beginning of that segment before darkness falls and the Kryll even come out. Do you know how far back this is? That’s practically at the beginning. Bugger! I don’t want to have to play that entire part again.

With a movie like option in which you can fast forward through game play to the part you want to be in would be excellent.

I feel that the gaming industry has been doing a heck of a job. They have been making games that I enjoy and am satisfied with. I love Gears of War. I just think that checkpoints should be out and immediate game play should be in. No more I have to get this far to save the game. Just simply save and pick up exactly where you left off. Same guns, same ammo. Brilliant.

OTHER LINKS:

WHAT I WANT IN 2009

The “Roxanne” Edition

Dear Gaming Industry

If the Industry Gave us all presents this Christmas

Demands for the Industry

Santa Don’t Bring Me Toys I Have To Share

All I Want For Christmas Is…

My Wish for the Year

Crossing Over

Loading Requests

LISTEN BITCH!!!

One Wish

Dear Video Game Industry

More games like Portal and Braid

Imagine

Dear Video Game Industry 2

Another Wish for 2009

Hump Day Thursday—> Sexcapades

Admit it. You people have crazy sex in crazy places. Whether you are trying to join the mile hide club or just can’t make it home and an open field seems welcoming, almost everyone has been caught in a sticky public situation. haha. Spilling your guts on the crazy things that happened or keeping them secret because they are just too embarrassing, public places are a playground with the sexually frustrated adventurists, who are just too bored of their own beds.

This one time, when I was watching Maury they had 16 years on there that won’t stop having sexual intercouse with random boys. [I don't know how much of this is beliveable and we all know how ridiculous shows like Maury are] but the girl on the show admitted to even doing it in the McDonald’s Bathroom. OMG. She should be quarantined and not allowed to be the presence of others for at least a month. Can you imagine the bacteria that festers in the McDonald’s bathroom. I’m gagging right now just thinking of it. GROSS. If anyone has had sex in the bathroom of a fast food restaurant just stay out of civilization for at least 2 weeks, take a bath in oxyclean since the commercials certify that that cleans absolutely everything, and for God’s sakes stay away from me. To this day after watching Maury I have completely steered clear of all fast food bathrooms unless its a super emergency.

Moving on we will tackle the old back yard quickie. You know, something about getting grass in your ass that you just don’t like to deal with. Unless your in the heat of the moment where you just don’t care. On a side note I heard that doing it on a trampoline is super fun. You get extra bounce with your thrusts. This is all through the grape vine mind you.

Also, we have the whole do it in your car thing which I can’t really figure out and I find to be very dangerous. I would never want to be compromised in such a position and I would be way to embarrassed if other cars passing me should see. I can understand the little things like oral but really going all the way on the highway. Just a bad idea.

Finally, the worst place to have a sexcapade is at your place of work. First of all because that probably means that you are getting it on with somebody at the office which is a very big NO NO and second of all because getting it on with somebody at the office is a huge NO NO. This either means that are you are sleeping around and you are both single, or you are sleeping around and one or both of you are married or in a relationship. Bad idea.

Wherever your sexcapde may be I’m interested in learning about some of the craziest places you have Gone… All… The… WAY. So let me know about your sexcapades and make this post worthwhile. Also to get you started here is a poll. Exercise your vote. One more interesting thought, check out Glamour.

People Who Buy Poop.

True Dat. I don’t garden but I know a lot of respectable people that do including my grandma and now that I think about it this way I laugh a lot for some reason. hahaha.

Gears of War 2- Those Damn Tickers

Talk about an annoying bug. This is a ticker. The locusts use them as ticking time bombs and they strap bombs onto their backs and let them lose on you, hence the name. How innovative. I finally was able to spend about four hours playing the new gears of war this past Saturday when I was trapped at my friends house because of snow and ice. Can’t say that that was a bad trade. Starting off the game, we did a halo sort of thing being placed inside of a huge complex and working out way out as locusts poured in from all angles.

Once outside we boarded an Assult Derrick [How'd they come up with this name], and headed into battle toward the mines. Don’t you just love how all of the locusts strong holds are underground? A pain in the ass I’d have to say. When you are on the Assult Derrick of course you have to fight other hijacked Assult Derricks because the locusts are smart ones and then the Brumacks come in. This is when i felt like I was watching lord of the rings all over again. There were all kinds of locusts gathering on the ground and the Brumacks are attacking you [like the the trunked elephants from LOTR] and then we passed through a desolate land that reminded me of where they had been manufacturing orcs. Even with the similarity still a hell of a game play. Love it. In case you haven’t seen a Brumack here is a picture.

 

Now does this guy look easy to kill? Yeah right.

Once we exit the Assult Derricks and begin our destruction on foot we encounter the tickers. Now these guys can be brought down with one shot of any gun, even the pistol. Easily. That’s what makes them so annoying because they are so easy till kill they send them in the masses. And you have to keep a close eye out because they can’t get to close sine they do have bombs strapped to their backs. This means that if you are sniping and the tickers come towards you and you don’t see them because you have your scope on they will  blow up when they reach you. Ass wipes.

They also make this creepy fhit fhit fhit fhit fhit sound when they are scurrying towards you. Like crabs. But like all of the other annoying locusts you must put up with them and plunder in your quest to save civilization. All in a day’s job I guess.

“Eat shit and Die”