Eh...status update?

Peh. I'm busy translating a song for my next post, but I can't hear what the singer is singing at one point (I have this problem with any song, but unlike most songs in English, I can't find any lyrics whatsoever online for the song, so I have no idea what he's singing) So now I've got to wait until my mom is finally not busy to show it to her so I can finish. Might take a while though :(

Also, I've found that instead of putting up random super short posts here about my day that are completely irrelevant to anything (which in all truths is what this blog is all about really) I'm going to be putting up random stuff as status updates on Google+. Including the smaller things that I woudn't put here anyways.

Also, I'm very slowly seeing if I can actually find someone to talk to...still working on that, but it's better than what I was doing a month ago *laughs* I'm still trying to see what communities there are that I'd be interested in, but at least I'm looking :) Though I have to say...the chain share things where they say you have to repost/share/whatever or else this and that will happen is really annoying. But the funny things and other things that make me smile more than make up for it :)

My sister

Ah, had my computer taken away temporarily yesterday. My older sister (really, it is sometimes very hard to believe that she's the older one) was throwing a tantrum and having a bad attitude, saying that our mom never punishes me or our brother whenever we don't do our chores. She does actually, but my sister seems to be blind (and not just because her eyesight is really bad because she refuses to wear her glasses...which don't even work for her anymore because her eyesight has deteriorated further) to that fact.

And now that our dad's home, he and my mom had a talk with her. For once it was a talk and not a yell session, so I don't really know what they said. But she's in a lot of trouble.

I'm actually really worried about my sister. Angry, yes, but worried too.

See, the last time we went to the doctors to get a checkup, we were both told that we were really underweight. We needed to eat more (that's a high metabolism for you) or we'd end up in the hospital. This was quite some time ago, but since then I'm pretty sure I've picked up at least a little weight (but I have no idea really, since I have no idea how I much I weigh now or did then)

I am a Warrior

So, I've actually gotten around to actually listening to Demi Lovato's new album. I mean, I've actually listened to the songs already, but more like I just heard them without listening, if that makes any sense.

But I was listening to the songs earlier. And I like some of them a lot. I think that they sound pretty impressive voice-wise, especially comparing to her previous album.

And there are three songs that really hit me: Nightingale, Two Pieces, and Warrior. The others I don't really care so much about (though Something That We're Not reminds me of Magic from One Direction...) but I really like those three songs. In this post I'll go on a bit about Warrior, and my story of why I think I'm a warrior.

Need help with names

M'kay, I've got a question, You know the fractal on the background of this blog? (The one that kinda looks like a flower) And the one with the name of the blog on it? (The swirly blue thingy)

If you had to give them names, what would you name them? Because I want to upload them to Deviantart (by the way, the blue fractal is only a part of the full picture...it's the very center part of the swirly thing, not necessarily the picture though) and suck completely with coming up with names.

Also, I've figured out how to share stuff from Deviantart from my Google+ account, so whenever I upload a new fractal there I'll share it. I really don't know how to use Google+ or Facebook...and I'm getting kinda concerned because I kinda want to learn when I never did before...

So anyways, if anyone could help me come up with names, that'd be awesome. Because that's the main reason why I've only got 9/100 (currently) fractals uploaded to my Deviantart.

New bed

Wha! New bed! It dominates nearly half of my room, but I like it :)

We painted that last wall, then took some time to get the futon out of my little sibling's room (my younger brother refused to dismantle the frame thingy) moved my old bed in there, and then moved the queen sized bed into my room.

And even though I'm still waiting on the blanket (it's in the wash because the blanket that was on here needs to be thrown out, and the one I'll be using was in a closet for I don't know how long and smells like the closet...which smells like the kind of tea that I can't stand drinking) it's still pretty cool. Now I can lie down and stretch and barely be able to get my fingers and toes over the edge like I used to be able to do before I had growth spurts :) And considering that half the time I end up sleeping with my head about a quarter of the way down the bed instead of against the wall, that's pretty nice.

Paint

My room is even more cluttered with the stuff from my parents' room, because they've moved more out of the way so that they can paint the walls.

Finally, after nearly ten years (this summer woud've made ten) we're getting rid of that awful teal color. Normally I like teal, it being one of my more favorite colors, but this one looks pretty bad. And it's flat paint, whereas the rest of the house that we've painted over since moving here is semi-gloss paint.

So yeah, there are three of the four walls painted. The last wall will be painted tomorrow, because that's when they move the bed to my room (and if I think my room is crowded now, I just have to wait until then) And, it's getting too dark to paint now.

My thoughts so far on Metroid: Other M

There are times when I hate going along with my mom when she goes shopping during the week. Most of the time I just walk around trying to keep an eye on my younger siblings and have no fun with it, where I could be at home doing something I enjoy better.

But there are also times when it's worth it. Take the other day, for example. We went shopping to this store where everything is $5 and under, and I found Metroid: Other M on sale. I've played Metroid Prime Hunters for the DS, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii (not sure if those are the real names, but I haven't played them in probably more than a year by now) and I liked them. Actually, I think I still need to finish 3...

Anyways, I like them. They're a nice challenge for me when I play them. So when we found out about Other M when it came out I have no idea when, me and my older brother wanted to get it.

Of course, we also earned no money back then, so it never happened. So I'm really glad that I picked the game up at the store. Especially at that price. (Now if they could only get the Kingdom Hearts series there...still need to get Birth by Sleep especially...)

Yes, the game is a bit confusing, and the controls are annoying. Having to hold the remote sideways to move and fire basic shots, then switching to pointing the remote at the sensor bar to fire missles and other more accurate shots (and scanning things) but not being able to move, and finally holding the remote up straight and holding A to restore health or missiles is very annoying. For some people it would be very hard to adjust to those controls. For me, it's annoying, but managable. Mostly because I just attack everything in sight first and only switch to pointing to the screen when I absolutely have to, but still.

I haven't gotten very far, due to only playing for a few hours total between today and whichever other day it was that I played the game. And I've missed out on a few details because I didn't put subtitles on and my younger siblings are extremely noisy (that, and the voices are sometimes really hard to hear over the other noises coming from the game) but I know enough for now, I think. It would probably help to play the other games. Which I might do eventually.

But yeah, I'll be playing the game more whenever it's quiet again and no one else is watching anything. It might be annoying with the controls, but I still like it. I might not have much of a clue what exactly is going on, but I don't really care either. The only way how I'm going to fix that is by learning the stories of the other games.

Trying to define the word 'lazy'

So, me and someone else were sort of talking about laziness. A friend actually, I suppose, but we don't really know each other. And laziness was brought up, and we tend to look at things and debate a bit about it and look at it from different perspectives, so it's had me wondering for a while.

What exactly is laziness? I know that I generally see it defined as someone who is unwilling to do something. (Also 'teenagers' by some, but...actually, if you take a look at it, I think teenagers sometimes do more work than adults. Not always, but sometimes. Of course, I also have my own definitions of 'work', so my judging may be off somewhat)

Taken from the Merriam Webster dictionary website, the definition for lazy is:

1: a: disinclined to activity or exertion : not energetic or vigorous

    b: encouraging inactivity or indolence < a lazy summer day >

2: moving slowly : Sluggish

3: droopy, lax < a rabbit with lazy ears >

4: placed on its side < lazy E livestock brand >

5: not rigorous or strict < lazy scholarship >

...But, I see it a bit differently. Keep reading if you want to see why.

Family ramblings

I'm finally getting around to reading the third book in the Delirium series...Barely got anywhere so far (thank you, highly distracting family, for distracting me and making me do more work than I wanted to) but it's already very interesting.

Also, my room feels smaller. I had to clean it the other day (I picked up all my clothes; I finally got a chance to use the washing machine again...my sister is bad at doing laundry) both because I could, and because on Sunday at the very latest I'm getting a bed upgrade. My mom and dad are getting their queen sized bed upgraded to a king sized bed, and since I'm the one stuck with the oldest mattress, I get their queen sized one. 'Course, I don't have it yet, since my dad still needs to sleep on it over the weekend, but unless the new bed comes in before Sunday, I'll get it then because that's when he leaves for work again.

My room will feel tiny. It already feels smaller because my mom was washing the carpets and had to move all the furniture out, and since my room is the nearest available room, I got a lot of stuff shoved in here (there is the room that my littlest siblings share, which is actually a double room, but it's already got enought junk in it, and the other two brothers share a room, so there's not enough place in their room. And my sister's room is downstairs) Now it's annoying to try and get to the curtains, so I guess that I won't be opening them for the next few days. Ah well. I think that I should enjoy the space that I still have though, because that new bed is going to dominate my room. I'm no expert on measurements, but I'm guessing that it'll take up over half of my room.

Keep reading for the rest of the post if you're interested. If you're not, then don't bother. Either way, it's your choice.

Ramblings about the Discworld series

I finished reading a book earlier called Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. It's the fifth published book of the Discworld series, but according to the suggested reading order chart I'm following, it's only the third I've read. Confusing thing, the suggested reading order, but still very helpful.

Now, this is a very funny series. The Discworld itself is quite literally a disc, where it really is possible to fall off the edge. The disc is held upon the backs of four huge elephants, which stand on the back of an even bigger turtle that swims through space.

Magic exists here, mainly in use by wizards, who are all (I think) male. If there's a female wizard, then I don't know about her. I think that one of the books said that this is because the wizards turn away the females because they'd probably be embarrasingly good at it. Oh, and a slightly random note, but the wizards are not allowed to get married and have kids, on the account of the eighth son of a wizard becoming a sourcerer, and wizards barely get along with other wizards, let alone a sourcerer.

Now, I'm not very far into the series, since there's a lot of books in it, but I really like it. The main character of the branch of the series I'm reading now is called Rincewind. He is an utter failure of a wizard, having only ever been able to manage to cast one spell. It says in the books something along the lines of him being doubtful of reaching level zero of wizardry, which everyone is born with. (Because in this series, wizards are ranked by levels, and you get promoted by wearing the pointy shoes of whoever was unfortunate enough to stand in your way. Assassinations are so common in this series that it's actually considered a normal cause of death for wizards) He's a coward, and runs away from everything. Quite literally. But because of this, he is still alive. He's actually quite funny like that, managing to escape Death's grasp quite a few times.

Oh, Death is real here, in the way of a grim reaper with a skull face carrying a scythe. He's funny to me :) And though I haven't gotten to it yet, there is another branch of the series that deals with Death. Actually his granddaughter (he has an adopted daughter, which is the girl's mother, not blood related) who somehow inherited powers from him.

I found this series when me and my mom were looking through Netflix a while ago and came across a movie called the Hogfather. We watched half of the movie (one of two parts) and I liked it so much, even though we have yet to watch the other half. Then we found the Colour of Magic movie, and I figured that they were related almost immediately, and when I looked it up, I found that it was actually a series of books, so I checked the book out from my library and I am loving it. One day when I have enough money that I don't mind buying a few books, I'll start building up this series. I know that I'll read this over and over :)

There's not much else I can say on the Discworld series. I mean, there is, but chances are that the more I read the more my opinions will change, and in the end it'll all be irrelevant anyways. All I'll say then, I suppose, is that I love this series. Oh, and a piece of luggage made from sapient pearwood is very useful, if not extremely dangerous. I want one :)

Weekend

So it's the start of another weekend. While I'm sure that a lot of you will be enjoying that fact, I couldn't really care either way.

What with homeschooling, everything feels like a permanent summer vacation, and the only reason I can ever tell weekends apart from weekdays is because my dad comes home from work.

I love seeing my dad come home. Even though most of the time I sit in my room and he in his, it's still nice. But that's about the only enjoyable part for me that sets it apart from the regular weekdays.

'Course, my mood for this weekend is also dampened because one of my siblings *cougholdersisterprobablycough* took some of my mom's cookies, and as a result we don't get our usual Friday/Saturday Subway sandwiches. Or at least it doesn't seem like it this week. And neither do we get cookies or chocolates or anything, even if we buy it with our own money. And I've only got one snack size Milky Way left.

Though actually, I'm used to it. It might also be because we've had a nice warm week with sun and everything where I could actually pull out the pair of shorts I have (we're trying to find more that I like that's not overly expensive, but so far no luck) and wear them, and today suddenly I'm back in my jeans and a sweater when we were going out. I don't mind changes in weather if they're gradual, but if they're sudden like that it really annoys me.

Now I wish it would just rain and get done with. Because instead of being unnaturally bright (to me, who likes living in a dark room with the curtains pulled shut, regular bright to everyone else) it's actually pretty dark from the clouds. But it might take a few days before the rain decides to come down. I'm just hoping it'll come sooner rather than later.

Taking a look at some of the "worst" characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

So, currently taking a small break from playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl with my sister. Yes, the one who loves complaining and gets frustrated with almost every game she plays (she wanted to throw Spyro away earlier, but our mom called her)

It's not very often that we get to spend some time together where we're actually agreeing on something and we're not pissed off at each other for whatever reason. So it's a nice change.

'Course, that's mostly because I set it to teams so I can't kill her ;)

No, seriously, I love the game. I'm at the very least decent with any character I play, but I'm not bad at any of them.

My best characters would be Peach, Zelda, Samus (especially Zero Suit Samus, she is awesome), Olimar (yes, I said Olimar), Ice Climbers, and Pit.

Funny thing, all the characters are great, and at the same time awful. You just need to learn how to play with them.

I used Peach because I fell in love with the frying pan/golf club/tennis racket attack in Super Smash Bros. for the Gamecube, as well as her ability to float around for a short while. That, and she's a girl. Enough said there, I should think.

Zelda, also because she's a girl, but also because using her B attack (whatever it's called, I have no idea for the names) saved me several times because of someone firing a super-charged Samus beam thingy at me. It was awesome when it backfired on them and they were shocked :) And changing into Sheik was cool as well.

And Samus, again, girl. Samus with her armor on is a pretty decent character, so long as you know how to use her, but I love Zero Suit Samus way better. I've won so many games using her.

Olimar I used because everyone who played the game with me complained about how he sucked. I tried him, found that he's actually pretty good, and now he's one of the top characters I like playing as. And his final smash move...awesome.

Ice Climbers I've always loved, even in the Gamecube game. I know that none of the other people I know don't like them because without the girl you're completely useless, but I still like them. For starters because there's two of them, and they can both pick up an item and throw/use it, and if the boy is asleep and the girl isn't, you can still control her a bit. Yeah, their final smash move sucks a bit, but it got Toon Link when we had to unlock him.

Pit. I love this guy mostly because he's an angel. Or has wings and looks like one at the very least. And because I like changing his color to black and making him look like a dark angel...anyways, he's pretty great. I think mostly because his B+up move (again, don't know the name) is probably the best one I've seen yet, if used correctly.

Eh, was going to stop here, but I'll talk some more about some other characters. Continue reading for the others :)

Haircut

So, I finally managed to get my mom to cut off all the split ends and dry hair. Now, instead of having my hair touch my butt when it's loose, it comes to the middle of my back where my bra strap is.

It. Is. Short.

Some people might say differently, but I've been growing my hair since I was maybe 5. Definitely before I was in first grade, because by then it was already at my hips, and my hair takes a long time to grow.

So yeah, having about half a foot of hair hacked off is really something different. It feels weird, and it's probably going to take me a week to actually get used to it being so short, but I'm glad. Now my hair is healthy again, and I can grow it out properly now.

It was funny, actually. My mom was cutting hair outside (easier cleanup) so when I walked inside when I was done, my older brother was standing in the kitchen. He pointed at me and yelled "Short!" And it's funny. Because he's my older brother and does as good a job of managing to make me laugh as RageQuit does. I almost can't wait to see my dad's reaction when he gets home over the weekend :)

Randomness

Ever felt like everything annoyed you for no reason, and then you'd feel better, and then be annoyed again?

Because that basically sums up the past few days for me. I haven't been able to concentrate very well on anything. I keep waking up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason, after taking hours just to fall asleep. Everything annoys me. And I don't know why.

Usually I do get times like this. They happen randomly and always vary in how long they last, and so far the best I've figured is that I just need to sit with it. It goes away after a while, at least.

And as a random note: I have bad acne. I hate it more because it hurts and itches and not because I don't think I'm beautiful. And for years now, since I've first really gotten it, it's always been bad, and my sister has been teasing me about it, because she didn't have to sit with it herself. But now mine seems to be clearing up very slowly, but still at some rate, and she's been getting it worse. Before a pimple or two was considered a breakout for her, and now she's getting a lot more. So I'm laughing at her so much more often now, and I just can't wait until she really breaks out.

'Course, it's actually my younger brother that has it worst right now. I know that I stopped washing my face, but it looks like my skin is sensitive enough that I'm allergic to everything I've used so far. But they have no excuses! (Well, my sister is allergic to one specific brand that gave her a rash years ago, but we don't buy that, and the other stuff she uses is fine because she has used it before) They don't wash their faces, and it just gets worse. More laughing as payback for me, but still. They'll learn eventually ;)