I want a ninja lawyer.

I'm going to add two new sections to my website - Gaming, where I post my reviews, impressions, and experiences with various games (most through my Games Freedom Pass) and Quizzes, where I detail quizzes I took ('cause I have no life, and I figure I need to do that to remain contemporary).

I've been meaning to post this for a while. It's the results of the personality quiz I took. I took it again, just for kicks, in the middle of my recent deep Chelsea-depression. Apparently, having a ton of stuff to study for is a great reason to be cleaning up my 'stuff' file on my dekstop; when I re-took it, Blogger was acting up, so I had to store it there for a while.

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Moderate
Schizoid:	Moderate
Schizotypal:	High
Antisocial:	Moderate
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Low
Narcissistic:	Moderate
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	High
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Moderate
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

Well, Rose and I made up. We're cool again. We're going to Austin next Friday to find a new home for her and Katie, 'cause the complex they were gonna go with is apparently out of district for ACC.

Started playing D&D a little bit this weekend. Matt and Luke are almost done with their characters, and Caleb is re-doing his. I posted some stuff on the SFFS boards, so maybe that'll get us one or two more players.

I'm removing MS Office and going with Open Office instead. Apparently, I have to close IE before I can finish the uninstall. Be back later.

And of course, I don't know if she still wants/expects a ride home, or what. She certainly hasn't said anything to me about when she works this week, so we'll see if she calls or what.

So many things to talk about...

I ended up going skating with Katie. She actually gave up a shift to go, which was weird. David totally bailed on me, and Rose... we'll get back to Rose later. So it ended up being just me and her and her cousin, Becca. I followed her to the Millenium Youth Entertainment Center. There was NO ONE there. Well, there were like 2 or 3 little kids there. We skated around for an hour and a half. Or so. She *loves* little kids. She was trying to teach one of them to skate. And we played tag with them as well. I got to show off my mad 1337 skillz. Go me. It was weird, though, being just the three of us (the little kids eventually left). She was suggesting these bizarre games. The rink had basketball court markings; she was like "Okay, so you have to go around the big circle (the jump-off circle in the middle) 10 times, and the little one 5 times, and you have to keep your skate on the circle, and if you fall, you're out." It was... odd. She tried to get me to dance once or twice. At one point, she was like, "Spell your name in the air with your butt." So I told her, "I don't dance." Becaue I don't. I can't. I've tried. I'm SO SICK of people saying things like "Just do this" or "Just do it" or whatever. I KNOW THAT, YOU STUPID PIEICES OF SHIT. I can't. Or don't. Or whatever. I brought my backpack (since we were in Austin, I wanted to go play DDR afterwards); she asked why, and I told her. At one point, she said that they were gonna with me. I said something at some point about how I'm not used to people watching me do things. Well, at least, not people I know. (I'm not really reading this anymore as I type it, so fi there's more typos than normal, that's why).

Eventually, we left and went to Le Fun. I played two games (Can't Stop Falling in Love (Speed Mix), So Deep, Look at Us Baby (by mistake), Cow Girl, one other, and Max 300 (which I still wasn't able to do, but I got further than I have before). They also played one game; they failed in the second song (and it was a MAX2 machine, which automatically passes you on the first song if you play it on light. They left after that, and I stayed and played a few more games, and some Crazy Taxi, which I really like.

I need to clear something up. I know things would never work out between us. I understood that from day one, when I first liked her. I've always understood that. I might say things contrary to that, but I'm just joking around. I'M NOT (THAT) STUPID. I hope she knows that. Apparently, they're going skating again Saturday, when more people will be there, and she invited me to come as well. But I can't, 'cause we only have like 8 cooks, and three of them can't trade with me. Oh well...

Rudy and Ricky are saying that Carrie and I have been flirting with each other, and that perhaps Katie's renewed response to me may be just in response to that. I don't know... I know if I am doing it, I'm sure not doing it on purpose. I mean, Carrie's cool and all, but it's another situation where I know she'd never be interested in me anyway. I'm beginning to realize that's a fairly universal sentiment. Whatever.

I'm in a very "Fuck the world" kinda mood.

I've managed to isolate myself from just about everybody fairly well. Lost touch with just about everybody from high school after graduation. Didn't replace them with anyone from college. There's Heather, but I haven't seen her in... a long time. Probably won't, either, if past trends are any indication. We still talk online... occasionally. Nothing beyond surface echoes in a long time. My fault. David and Barbara? Nope. I don't even know if I'm going to make it to Barbara's birthday party Friday. Rose? Well, I was supposed to give her a ride home from work Saturday night. She never called. Sunday night, she called, but all I heard was "Never mind", then she hung up. I'll let her explain:

mr_binky_the_jackalope: hey Rose: hola Rose: sorry about the call Rose: i'd already told it to call you and vince was like "we'll take you home" mr_binky_the_jackalope: and yesterday? Rose: i got off really early and then we took brenda (vince's 45 year old gf) to get her navel pierced mr_binky_the_jackalope: ... Rose: and you could';ve been in austin playing ddr instead of waiting up for me... and i feel bad <...> mr_binky_the_jackalope: good Rose: good? mr_binky_the_jackalope: yes, good mr_binky_the_jackalope: and i feel bad mr_binky_the_jackalope: Rose: ... and i feel bad Rose: ah Rose: yes, good that i feel bad Rose: had i known i'd get out that early and that we'd be taking brenda, i would've called you and told you to go play

This really pisses me off, for a variety of reasons.

You'll note she never apologized for not calling Saturday night. Apparenlty, I'm not worth a call. Except when a ride is needed. The same thing happened when she called Sunday - I'm not worth enough for her to even explain the short call and abrupt "Never mind?" Right. I'm glad to know I don't warrant a call or ANYTHING. It's like, why bother? I don't think I'm being petty here. And if I am, big fucking deal. I've taken her to Austin three times, and been giving her rides home from work for what, a month now? She's been my closest friend for a while now. And to go and pull this shit? One or other wouldn't have been nearly as bad, but both, back to back? And she's either lying to me, or she was thinking of me, and just didn't call. Either way... it's not good.

SO where does that leave me? Grown distant from one close friend, dissed by the other. I don't know why Katie's still tolerating me, but I doubt it will last much longer. I can still talk to Carrie, but she kind of lives in Kentucky. She did send a very nice picture of her eyes, though. Freddie and I have been talking more, but he's moving back to Houston in a month or three, and we don't really hang out often anyway.

I just feel isolated from the world righ tnow.

Two quick sidenotes: Jerry's back. And Jeff called when I was driving home from work Monday.

<phone rings>
Me: Hello?
Jeff: Hey Will, this is Jeff from Sonic...
<click as I hang up the phone on him>

He called back twice. I hit 'ignore' both times. I don't care if it's immature, juvenile, and petty. It felt GOOD, and right now, there's not a whole lot else going on. I'm very lonely and depressed right now.

We did go skating. It went... well, I s'pose. Then we went to the arcade, and they watched me play two games of DDR (I had my backpack with me, and they asked why; I told them I was going to play DDR after this, since I was in Austin anyway; later, Katie said they were gonna come watch). They played one game as well - didn't do that well. I mean, they're just starting, so they did about as expected. Until you "get it", it's a really really hard game.

Excellent analysis. You get to the heart of the story and deal with the many details very well. A thoughtful analysis, very well written. Thanks.

Man, I rock. More later... on Katie, Carrie, Carrie, Crystal, Rose, and , um, I don't know, Talim.

Girls make no sense whatsoever.

More later, but the short version: Katie called 'bout 7:30, left a message that she wanted to go skating tonight, and wondered if I'd like to go with her, but figured (correctly) that I was at work. I sent her a text message after I got off saying something like "Yeah, I was at work, but I would have loved to go. If you weren't going to visit your grandmother this weekend, I'd ask if you'd like to go then. I'm going with some friends Tuesday, if you're interested. If not, that's cool too. -Will" She just send me a message: (NOTE: THIS IS A DIRECT, UNEDITED QUOTE, AND THIS IS THE ENTIRITY OF THE MESSAGE; NOTHING HAS BEEN LEFT OUT:) "Alright".

HUH?

Update:

She just sent another message, saying, and again, this is a direct, complete quote:

"Alright gotta go back 2sleep k".

Perhaps I was supposed to respond to the first one? I don't really understand what she was saying. Alright... I recieved your message? Alright... I'm acknowledging your existence? Alright... I'd love to go skating with you and your friends (Hmm... David and Rose? This is gonna be interesting, to be sure).

I sure hope I didn't wake her up or something. That's why I sent a message, as opposed to a call - didn't want to wake her up or anything. The "back 2sleep" is what leads me to worry about that.

But the pause between the two, with the second one, implies that perhaps I was supposed to respond or something? I have no idea...

And a lot more to discuss. But later.

Carrie fountained today. She hasn't done any of it before - boards, drinks, or bagging. So she was having all of it thrown at her at once. I felt kind of bad for her, but not really. She's smart enough that it wasn't really a huge problem. She picked up the boards fairly quickly. I stayed off the clock for like half an hour to help her with it. Drinks are easy enough, and so are bags, if with a few odd and somewhat arbitrary rules. So she'll be fine. Kylee's been fired; Audra put in her two weeks (and has like one shift this week), and Natasha's on thin ice (she woudl have been fired, but I think Dave doesn't want to have to hire more carhops, and I think he's hiring Jessica Montana). Oh well...

I have to go to Austin tomorrow to take two Gov't tests, and do my English tonight. I'd like to get the caster rules done and online as well. We'll see...

Again on the boob-front:

Just saw "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" at 50 cent movie night at Showplace. Lindsey Lohan has a huge rack!! The four girls behind me (and Rose and I) noticed it right away, and commented about it incessently. And she's supposed to be playing a 15 year old... Wha?

Got called in today for a few hours (was supposed to be my day off); Katie and Carrie were both working, which made it quite nice. She talked to me again - quite odd. Carrie did too, a little. I have to be back in 11 1/2 hours. Argh.

Argh.

I hate Katie (Wilkinson).

I thought I was completely over her.

But:

Janelle and I went skating at the new skating rink in San Marcos. Then I went to Sonic to tell the Carhops, because I know most of them like to skate as well. Katie was there, and I told her. Later, on Easter, she first called my cell, and when she recieved no answer, stopped by Sonic to get directions to the skating rink. I told her how to get there, but told her it would probably be closed since it was Easter and all. She went, it was closed; she called me later, and we talked a little bit. I think I'm going with them next time they go skating. I was in an INCREDIBLE mood all night, from that one incident.

I went by Sonic earlier yesterday to pick up the balloon thing Jenn gave me Sunday. Carrie and Angela (their friend, I s'pose) were sitting on 18; they honked and waved at me.

Then, last night, I had to give Rose a ride to IHOP at like 9:30. I took a weird route home - 35 -> Hopkins -> Cheatham -> Aquarena -> the road between Gatti's and the music shop -> the little curvy road -> LBJ. I turned left at the weird 3 way intersection, and there was a car sitting there. Who was in it? Katie and Carrie. She called me and invited me to join them at Lucy's, where they were going because Carrie knew the band or something like that. I couldn't go, because I had to go do my two discussion board postings on the Cask of Amontillado (or whatever it's called). After I finished, I went and played DDR at Le Fun for 3 hours, and got back into town around 3:15 or so. I was in a better mood than I've been in a long time.

I finished assignment 4, and am going to get ready to take US and TX Gov tests tomorrow. I'll retest nxt week, as well as take the final tests. I need to do the last 3 assignments, two more discussion board things, and the C and B exams in English.

So I was fountaining Monday with Tracy; Allison was carhopping (there are other people working, of course, but none that figure in this story). This girl walks in and asks for an application; she gets one and leaves. Tracy makes the following comment: "She has big boobs; she's tired". I told her I didn't notice. The girl comes back in and turns in her application, then leaves again. As she's leaving, I notice that she looks a lot like Jessica Montana (but the application said Jessica , but that might still be her, as Crystal got married as well). So I'm like, "I think I know her!" Tracy: "Who?" Me: "The big-boobed girl". Allison: "What big-boobed girl?" Tracy: "The one that just came in... she's tired, 'cause she has big boobs". Then they start talking about their boobs. Tracy puts her hands on her shirt, below her boobs, and presses in to emphasize them, and is like "I have kinda big boobs." Allison does the same: "I have big boobs for my size". It was.. interesting to be in the middle of this.

Another movie review: The Girl Next Door

Score; 7 Final Fantasies.

It was pertty good, overall. Humorous concept, nice plot; the ending was happy, which annoys me. They had a long segment in the introduction focusing on many of the things I hated or ignored in high school, and that annoyed me. It did have a great cast of characters. Although the ending was fairly predictable, it did have enough twists to keep me guessing on how they were going to achieve it. I did want to smack the main character (can't remember his name) for how he acted immediately after he realized she was a porn star, but that happens in just about every movie I've seen in this genre.

Overall, pretty good.

Yep

They do, in fact, suck. I'd look for somewhere else to host it, but it's not a big enough deal - nobody reads this anyway (with the possible exceptions of David and Barbara), so...

I think I need to re-do that CD. I realized "The Thong Song" has to be on there (long story). Details later. I have to work 11:30 - 11:30 tomorrow (12 hours, not 0), so that'll be fun.

Testing, testing...

I'm trying to figure out the formatting options here. As far as I can tell, they suck, but I'm generally pretty unreliable.

Odds & Ends

Secret and Mana vs Chrono Trigger is the current matchup on Gamefaqs. I feel much better now. For the record, CT has a significant margin on SoM. (I voted CT).

San Marcos has a skating rink!! It's out on Hunter and Centerpoint. It's kinda small... and family owned (and that is reflected in the general experience). Janelle and I went last night. It was okay... decent music, games, arcade (they had PIU, which was kinda funny. People would start to play, and have NO idea what was going on; then the song would finally start, and they'd fail, and they'd try to get their money back, because they only got to play for that short amount of time.) I played it as well; pulled a muscle in my right leg fairly early on. Skated on it anyway. There were mainly little kids and high school girls there. I can still skate backwards (Chelsea's family taught me how to... *sigh*) I told all the carhops about it. Last night, when I got home, my leg hurt, but not too much. This morning, though... OUCH.

Had to work 10 - 5. Crystal Todd showed up, holding a baby (Possibly hers, but not sure - it was definitely (at least) half black), and applied for a job. I'm not going to block it (definitely not going to put in a word or anything, but), just to see what happens. I doubt she'll get hired; even if she does, I doubt she'll last very long. She is shady/trifflin' incarnate. But on the very off chance she does get hired, and doesn't get fired or quit within two minutes, it'd be weird

Mindy workds at Old navy now (as does Jamie, oddly enough).

I keep listening to El Shaddai on repeat.

Okay, I've finished it.

Here goes:

1. El Shaddai
   Chelsea sang this song at the 6^th grade talent show type thing. I remember I couldn't really look straight at her, because I knew everyone knew how I felt about her and I was afraid that they'd talk more, or give her a harder time, if I did so.
   
   
2. Lemon Tree
   Chelsea sang this one at the 8^th grade talent show. She sat in a chair, and played an acoustic guitar, as well as sang. I sat next to her before the show, and David had put the cologne on me a little too strong (well that, and my immense body heat didn't help)... This was near the end of the year, though, and I don't remember who I was with - I think I was with Barbara at the time. It still counts, though. I think we took a group picture, including me, Barbara, David, Becca, Chelsea, and a few others. I used to have a copy of it, but it went in the great purge (it was in with Barbara's stuff, and I only kept Chelsea's.)
   
   
3. California Sun
   We played this song in band, and later, when we all went to Fiesta Texas during the 8^th grade band trip, this song was playing as we waited in line for the ride where you all sit in the really, really big inner tube and go down the river. Barbara, Shayna, Josh and me all sang along with it, since we're all band nerds.
   
   
4. Autumn Goodbye
   This is the only song that doesn't directly apply to a memory I have. However, I always thought of Barbara when I heard it - the lyrics are a fair fit.
   
   
5. Fly
   When Mary and I first started going out, we talked on the phone a few times. I remember one time when we were carrying in groceries and she called; I talked with her for a while. She talked about this song a lot, so I listened to it. Of course, this was before I started listening to the radio, and this was one of the events that helped me make that shift.
   
   
6. How Do I Live Without You?
   Even though we only went out for like two weeks, and only went on one date, Mary decided that this was "our" song. Fair enough...
   
   
7. Feel the Sun
   One of the tirst times I heard this song was while Terri and I were talking on the phone after the library incident. I talked to her about the lyrics, and it stuck. Consequently, this song always makes me think of her.
   
   
8. That's the Way It Is
   Terri *loved* this song. I like it too.
   
   
9. Genie in a Bottle
   Mindy and I went on a number of dates to the Skating Rink. This song was popular at the time. One of our first physical moments was during this song; during the "You've gotta rub me the right way" lyric, I snuck up behind her (during free skate, mind you) and rubbed my hands down her sides. She was shocked, but she loved it.
   
   
10. Lucky
    Mindy loved this song.
    
    
11. Never Had a Dream Come True
    If I had to pick a song that was "our" song, I would have to say it was this one. In fact, one time, while I was giving Mindy a ride home while we were broken up, she seemed offended that I still listened to this song.
    
    
12. I Wanna Be With You
    Another song we both liked; this song was responsible for our getting back together one time. We went to a movie "as friends"; this was right after my CDs had been stolen, so the only one I had for the moment was the one that was in the player when it happened. It was an "I Love You" collection; we talked most of the ride there, so we didn't have the CD player on or anything. We got into a little argument at one pont, so we turned on the CD player. I had forgotten which CD was in it; as the first notes started up, I laughed - it was something of an ironic situation. But we both started singing, and by the time we got to the theater, she was in my arms, and after we parked, we kissed.
    
    
13. Holler
    I gave Mindy Forever for her birthday one year (she eventually gave it back). This was the first song on that CD.
    
    
14. Baby Look at Us
    This was one of three songs (this and the next two) that have basically the exact same description: Mindy and I both loved to sing it, and it seemed to fit. You can replace "Mindy" with "Suzie" and the sentence still applies.
    
    
15. I Love You (Donna Lewis version)
    
16. Heaven (Radio Mix)
    
    
17. Eyes Like Yours
    Jessica (at Sonic) really likes Shakira, and one time, while I was hanging out at her house, this song came on - but in Spanish. We never hooked up, of course.
    
    
18. Elephant Love Song Medley
    Suzie and I sang this as a duet the second day we were going out.
    
    
19. If You Steal My Sunshine
    Suzie *loves* this song, and we had a lot of fun singing it on the way to Galveston.
    
    
20. Another Dumb Blonde
    Suzie's favorite song. She asked to borrow a CD with it on it after we broke up so she could practice for a karaoke contest. She never called back, though, so I couldn't give it to her. Rudy and co from work think this was a ploy for her to get me near her again, possibly to hook back up or something (I wouldn't have). Of course, this is the same group that thought that when Heather got naked, she wanted me to peak (whereas Rose, and I agree with this viewpoint, feels that it was just a massive demonstration of trust).
    

Man, as I was downloading Lemon Tree, I previewed it to make sure it was the right version - there's another song of the same name by Fool's Garden that's completely different - I got it to play in Kazaa. I cried.

Oh my dear goodness.

I just realized...

Janice gave me a copy of the 8^th grade talent show; David and I performed "Since You've Been Gone" by Weird Al.

On that tape... is Chelsea singing "Lemon Tree."

I mean, I don't think I could watch it... but still.

Oddness.

So, Katie knew I liked her. Then, I gather, she also knew I did get over her at one point.

So we both worked last night, and I made a comment about having a nice conversation with someone on the boards, then switched with her so I could take that order out. On the way back in, I made a little comment about her having cute eyes. She said something about me having a crush on her [that girl].

Tonight, she was carhopping; Shannon was fountaining, and I was cooking. They were all making bags (we were closed), and talking and having a good time. I told someone we were closed, and made a flippant joke about her liking me or something. Katie responded (I wasn't originally talking to her; she jumped in) about how I shouldn't get my hopes up or something. She again commented on the girl I had a "crush" on yesterday. I rebuked that, noting that I just said she had cute eyes. Keep in mind this conversation is being carried on in typical Sonic style - we're yelling back and forth between the kitchen and the lobby. At this point, Shannon jumps in and says something to the effect of "Someone's jealous..." It was a weird comment. Ricky later said something about her being upset 'cause I'm over her. I don't know... as far as I knew, we were just friends (if that - am I really friends with anyone at work?), and that was that. I'd be suprised ot find out anything else was true. I mean, I am over her. Of course, me being me, I wouldn't really pass up the chance to go out with her, if it ever arose. But I'm not working in any way, shape, or form to make that oppurtunity arise. I don't really have anyone I'm going after at the moment... I sorta like Katie (Fink) - she's *SO* cute, very sweet, I *love* her voice, and the light complexion/red hair/freckles thing totally works for me. But there's all the normal problems - I don't think she'd go out with me, blah blah blah, and the new ones = I'm just too lonely, too heartbroken, too tired, and too isolated to do anything about it. So not really. It was like 3 years between Mindy and Suzie, and I wouldn't be suprised if it was at least that long between Suzie and my next relationship. Anyway...

Ricky says they're gonna start moving me towards Assistant manager. Coolness.

I'm going to do a CD of songs that remind me of ex-girlfriends. So far:

• El Shaddai
  
• Lemon Tree
  
• Never Had a Dream Come True
  
• Elephant Love Song Medley
  
• Another Dumb Blonde
  
• Fly
  
• How Do I Live Without You
  
• Heaven
  
• Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
  
• I Love You
  
• Baby Look at Us
  

Yeah, some of them seem a little clich?, but there's good reason behind them. Once I have the track list completed, I'll post it, along with the reasoning behind them.

That's 2005, by the way.

Thursday, May 19^th.

That's the release date for Episode III.

Apparently, they've all been released in May.

I hope this one doesn't suck, but I think it will.

John Woo (Paycheck, Face/Off, Mission: Impossible, Broken Arrow, Bulletproof Monk) optioned the rights for a Metroid Movie. That's awesome. That gives us, among others:

Metroid
Soul Caliber
Ender's Game
X3
Prince of Persia

as very anticipated movies that are either only now possible, or very far off.

This is bullshit.

1 - Super Mario Bros. 3 16 - Metal Gear 8 - Metroid 9 - Pac-Man 5 - Phantasy Star 12 - Contra Contra 4 - Final Fantasy 13 - Pitfall Final Fantasy 6 - Donkey Kong 11 - Duck Hunt 3 - The Legend of Zelda 14 - Adventure 7 - Pong 10 - River City Ransom 2 - Tetris 15 - Galaga

These are 16 of the entries in Gamefaq's "Best. Game. Ever." contest. But they're all old!! I mean, yeah, these are games that helped define genres and what-not... but seriously.... Duck Hunt? Pong? No. Just no. There're 3 more brackets, each with 16 more entries, so I'll reserve complete judgment until then. This might be the "old game" bracket. I hope so.

Oh, second movie review of the season: Hellboy.

9 Final Fantasies

Whoa.... When did Jessica Simpson grow a chest?

Hellboy is really good.

Katie, Rose, and I were supposed to go see it Saturday day, but that didn't pan out. So... I was really bored and restless this evening, and Caleb was up for it, so we went for it (and he beat me 7-6, 7-6 at Air Hockey). I'd be all up for seeing it again... 'specially if Katie came.

So, here's my updated comic book movie adaptation guide, including a few other movies ot help establish points of reference:

--Great--

The Princess Bride
LOTR: All 3
X-Men 2
Hellboy

--Pretty Good--

X-Men
Spider-Man
The Matrix

--Eh--

Daredevil
Underworld

--Oh Come On, You're Not Even Trying--

Episode II
Episode I
The Matrix: Revolutions
The Matrx: Reloaded
The Hulk

Argh. Mom is really pissing me off. She keeps opening my mail.

Oh, first movie review of the season: Walking Tall

Short Version: 7 Final Fantasies.