unripe cantaloupe

It was 7:23, and my dad had just left to pick up my cousins. An hour passed, and nobody came. Another hour passed. No one showed up. I called my dad and asked him what was going on. He said that my cousins were actually arriving at 12:00, and he was just messing around until then. So I waited. Then I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up, there were a bunch of people around me. I don’t remember what happened next, just that I went upstairs and fell asleep. Morning came, and I went downstairs to eat breakfast. I was playing some video games when all my cousins came down. It was a normal day. My grandma was complaining about me as usual. Whenever there’s another adult around, she likes to say all the things she hates about me. She does it right in front of me too. I think it’s because she thinks I can’t understand Vietnamese. I would tell her to stop complaining about me, but then all the adults would laugh at me and tell me to shut up. I’ve learned to never say what you actually think to an adult, because they’ll tell you off for it. Then, my dad arrived. He told me to stop playing and practice piano. It seems like whenever he sees me playing, he tries to find an excuse to get me to stop. After I was done with that, I sat around for a while, because I knew that if I started playing again, I’d get an earful. I was just getting back into my game when my aunt kicked my cousins and me out of the house so we could go to an arts and craft fair. That part was a lie; when we got there, it was actually just a bunch of Amish people selling things. We walked around for a bit, and the only thing they let me buy was a jar of honey. Thanks. We continued for another two hours, and the only thing we bought were wooden toys. Not even regular toys. Wooden ones. I was hot, tired, and thirsty. I complained to my aunt, and she told me to shut up. Then, ThucLam wanted to watch people blow glass. I felt sick. After an eternity, we went home. I sat around for a while until Vinh came. I played on the Switch until my dad came home to let me buy a new game. I hate buying games at Walmart because you have to get some employee to unlock all the games from behind this glass wall. I got a game and told the guy I wanted purple and green controllers. I guess he’s deaf in his left ear because he didn’t move. My dad started yelling at me for “not standing still”. Yeah. I said once again that I wanted purple and green controllers. The guy remained oblivious. It was until I nearly grabbed the controllers that he finally saw them. We headed home and I played my new game for the rest of the night. Everyone was already playing in the basement when I awoke the next morning. I headed downstairs because I knew the adults wouldn’t let me play on the Switch. The kids were doing what they usually did, which was running around and screaming as loud as they could. Khoi likes to scream especially loud, and when paired with his megaphone, it was worse. I told him to be quiet. He told me to stop being annoying, even though I hadn’t said a word since I came down. As his shrieking continued, my tolerance dwindled. I would’ve liked to tell him off, but everyone get pissed off at me when I yell at anyone younger than me. Eventually, I lost it and told Khoi to shut up. He called me a “gay baby”. I was actually pretty surprised that he used the word “gay”. I told Khoi not to call people gay. I didn’t expect him to listen to me, but it felt nice to tell him off. I asked Khoi if he knew what gay meant. Surprise surprise, he didn’t. When he left the basement, he smacked me on the back of the head and claimed it was an accident. I would’ve kicked him in the face if I had not remembered that there was a double standard. The adults once again kicked us out of the house. We visited my grandfather’s grave, and then we went to eat. Afterwards, my uncle had a brilliant idea to make us walk from the woods in my backyard to the public park which was pretty far. After about twenty minutes of us wandering around in the woods, we ended up in some neighborhood. It was going to be a long walk home. My uncle ditched us by taking an Uber, leaving us to walk alone. After a bit of walking, my dad called. He said he knew a shortcut to the house. He told me to head to the end of the road, so I start walking to the end of the road. He told me I was going the wrong way. I turned around and went the other way. He told me I was going the wrong way. I went down a different road. He told me I was going the wrong way. I had done a complete 360, and I was really confused. This continued for a while. As I had expected would soon happen, my dad got pissed off at me, yelled at me for a minute, and hung up. We were alone again. Eventually my uncle came back for us with his car, and he drove us home. As usual, I played on the Switch.  My dad had stolen my phone so my cousins could talk to my brother. When I asked Khoi if he had my phone, he lied and said he didn’t. I found my phone in the basement, where he had tried to hide it from me. I wished I could have punched him in the nose or at least yelled at him for trying to hide my phone, but all the adults would get pissed off at me if I did. My cousins had already left when I woke up. However, Khoi and his gang were still here. Their flight had been cancelled, so they were staying with us. I nearly cried. My uncle ditched Khoi and his sister so he could head back to Florida by car. After lunch, my dad saw me playing video games. He told me to get up, practice piano, and then take a shower. I did. When I got back from my shower, I saw Khoi getting his clothes and his sister standing next to him. He told her to get out of his “dumb f—— way.” I found it pretty annoying that he’s allowed to swear while I have to mutter it or I’ll get banished from the house. I was going to play the Switch on the TV when I realized I had lost my glasses. I went to the basement to look for them. Then, that brat Khoi tried to lock me in the basement, even though there was no lock. All the stuff from this weekend came crashing down, and I was about to beat Khoi up when I remembered how much the adults already hate me, and how many nights I would be locked in the basement when this was over. Furious, I went to this blog to vent. I turned on the lights so the screen wouldn’t melt my eyes. Khoi told me to “turn off the fricking lights.” I remained silent. It’s not like I’m allowed to even talk anymore. Khoi continued to take jabs at me until he fell asleep. Good.

second day of school

I didn’t know I was going to attend school today, so I was wearing a cheesy shirt that said “AWESOME”. So when my dad texted me, I simply put on a black sweatshirt in an effort to hide my terrible shirt. When my dad came home, I got on my backpack and we headed to my school. The school teaches fifth, sixth, and seventh grade. While I was present during my fifth grade year, I had missed my sixth grade year. I wish I could have stayed until winter so I could keep going to the ski club, but I couldn’t. While my fellow club members where getting their gold stars, I was sitting around doing nothing. I entered the school with my dad, and we were told to go to the office. While I was in the office, I saw Mr. Lavery, who everyone calls Mr. Monopoly since he looks like the Monopoly guy. I remember being sent to the office once. A kid had accidentally chucked a basketball at my face, and we were both sent to the office. I’m not sure why I had to tag along. The vice principal lectured us on the importance of friendship or something like that. Anyway, my dad and I went to the counselor’s office to get my schedule ready. She asked what my favorite subject was, so I said ELA. She then told me one of my fifth grade ELA teachers is now teaching seventh grade, so she sent me to her team. Nobody actually calls them teams; most of the kids call them houses, like in Harry Potter. There are three houses: Claws, Paws, and Stripes. The popular kids are usually in Claws, whereas all the outcasts are usually in Paws. Stripes just had the normal kids, and that was the house I was going to. It was my second time going to Stripes. Also, if you couldn’t already tell, our mascot is a tiger. It was the middle of fifth period, which was math for me. When I went to the math room, nobody was there, so I went down to the media center, which was where my class was. I was pretty worried since I didn’t see anyone I recognized. If you have the wrong classmates, your year is over. The class was doing some sort of activity where you get to know your classmates better by having them write a thing about themselves. Everyone was walking around talking to each other. I met some familiar faces, and then we got sent back to math class. During the first few days of school, the teachers usually don’t give us any work. The math teacher seemed to realize this, so he tried to keep us awake with his talking. He started to run out of things to say, so that’s how we ended up learning about what he likes to wear on sunny days for half an hour. After a while, he seemed to realize how stupid he sounded, so he made us watch inspirational videos for the rest of class. When class ended, we all headed to lunch. I was quickly reminded how bad school food is. We then headed to the media center. Usually, we are supposed to go to the gym for “activity time”, which is basically recess. However, there was a gym class in session, so we got kicked out to the media center. If you don’t want to go to activity time after lunch, then you can go the “game room”, which is just a place where you can play board games and do your homework. The teachers asked us to decide where to go for tomorrow.  The friends I were with couldn’t make up their minds.  Eventually we decided on the “game room”, but we were too late. The “game room” had already reached the maximum amount of people. We were kicked into “activity time”, which meets in the gym. Great. Everyone headed to their final period of the day. Mine was social studies. Surprisingly, my old ELA teacher was teaching the class. I got there first, so I picked a random seat close to the board. Little did I know, I had wandered into the girls’ territory. When the other kids came in, most of the girls sat down at the same table as me. They had probably established it as the girls’ table on the day I had not been here. Now I had no one to talk to. The teacher went over the rules, as if they hadn’t already drilled it into our heads. She told us to respect the things in the classroom. She pointed at the books and told us that she paid for this with her own money. Teachers seem to really like to say that. When the end of class was near, I asked if I had a locker yet, since I was tired of lugging my backpack around. The teacher told me my locker number, and so I left. When I asked where my locker was, my response was just, “It’s near the girls’ bathroom.” I went to the girls’ bathroom, but it wasn’t there. I left quickly because I couldn’t be seen hanging out near the girls’ bathroom. I wandered around for a bit until I found a locker with my name on it. By the time I put all my things in the locker, school had ended. I started walking out of the school since my dad said he would pick me up somewhere else. A ski club member tagged along with me for a bit until he saw his car and left. I was a bit confused on where to go because when I searched it up, it would show this random place I wasn’t even close to. I finally stumbled upon the meeting place. I checked what road it was, and it turns out my dad had given me the wrong location. So that’s how my day at school ended.

mellow

Nobody actually told me to write this. I did this on my own because I’m bored. I was watched a study on how people will cause pain upon their bodies if they are bored enough. This is probably one of those times. Today, I got out of bed and accidentally stepped on A Wrinkle in Time. It was the book I was reading last night. My mom had once taken me to see the film adaptation, but I thought it was boring. I had decided to give the book a chance, but if found it just as boring to read. As I brushed my teeth, I though about the events of yesterday.

 

I had woken up yesterday with books strewn across the floor. I got out of bed, and the moment Grandma realized I was awake, she told me to go to church with her. Normally, I would tell her didn’t want to go, just as I had done the last two times. Unfortunately, my dad had told me that I must go with Grandma if she told me to. I hate going to church since I didn’t know what to do there. I don’t know any of the songs or passages from the Bible, so I can’t join in with everyone else. All I do is stand there for an hour. I don’t even believe in God, so it’s awkward watching these people go to church everyday, praising something that I don’t think even exists. The whole time, there were these two girls laughing behind me. If I were in school, I would’ve given them my trademark “Stop laughing or die,” look, but because I was in church, I felt like I shouldn’t. When people are laughing near me, my social anxiety goes into overdrive and starts thinking of the worst possible scenarios. After church, I assumed that we would go straight home, but Grandma took me shopping with her. She asked me if I wanted anything, so I started looking around. There were a lot of baked sweets that I probably would’ve wanted if I were a few years younger. I couldn’t find anything I wanted, so I just pushed the cart for Grandma. We came across some flowers, and Grandma wanted to buy some. She asked me to pick ones I thought were nice. I wasn’t really a flower expert, so I started to reach for a pair on the left that I thought looked nice. But before I started to reach out my hand, Grandma told me not to pick the ones on the left because she thought they were ugly. With my self-esteem crushed, I picked a random bunch of roses. Grandma kept pestering me and asking if I wanted anything, so I got yogurt so she could be quiet. As we were about to pay for all our stuff, I saw some gift cards on a rack. My dad had gotten me a Switch a few weeks back, but he only allowed me to buy a single game. I wasn’t sure if one game would last me until Christmas, so I bought the longest game they had. The problem was that the game was single-player, so if anyone came over, I was out of luck. So, I searched the rack for some Switch money I could use to buy a multiplayer game. There were not any Switch cards. Disappointed,, I got iTunes money instead. I was considering getting fifty dollars, but I didn’t want to hurt Grandma’s wallet too badly, so I settled for twenty-five. I went home and wallowed in my boredom. I texted Vinh and asked if he wanted to play anything. There was no reply. I moped around the house for a while, and then played the single game I had on the Switch for a few hours. At night, my mom called me, and to make a long story short, she told me it was my fault she couldn’t mail me trumpet. All the problems I had on my mind piled up, so I was starting to get agitated. Suddenly, someone texted me. It was Vinh. The text said one thing: No. Annoyed, I went to bed with a book called A Wrinkle in Time.

 

Flash forward to today. I woke up, already irritated. I remembered that I had to go to piano practice tomorrow, which was something I was forced to do. As soon as my dad noticed that I was awake, he made me go eat breakfast and then practice basketball. I don’t even know why I practice basketball anymore, since I left my team a while ago. I hate practicing basketball because the ball always lands in the grass when I miss. The grass is wet, which makes the ball wet, and that makes it hard to play. The grass also gets my shoes wet, soaking my socks in the process. The sun always blinds me when I try to shoot from the front of the hoop, so I can only shoot from the sides. Shooting from the side is hard, so I usually miss, and then the ball lands in the grass. When I go inside, Grandma usually forces me to eat an apple, some grapes, and a banana. I’m pretty sure I have a mild allergy to apple skin since my lips and throat seems to swell and get tight when I eat them, but Grandma doesn’t believe me. Nobody really does since they all think I’m lying to get out of eating apples.  The swelling only happens occasionally, so I’m sure it doesn’t matter. After lunch, my dad took me to go get registered to my school. I had missed orientation, so I was worried that I might have to miss the first day of school. The reason I was so late was because Khang couldn’t make up his mind on which state he wanted to stay in. At least, that’s what my dad says. What I actually think is that Khang made up his mind a long time ago, but didn’t have the guts to tell dad he wanted to leave. Anyway, I had thought I would go to my school to get registered, and I could set up my locker there. That’s not what happened. Instead, my dad had to go the the school board and register me there. We got turned away at the door because he didn’t have an appointment. Dad went into one of his lectures and started saying how this wasn’t his fault and how he was new to this stuff. I’m fine with all his talking, but I wish he wouldn’t do it in public. After we got kicked out of the school board building, we went to buy a new trumpet. My old trumpet had a dent and one of the latches on the case were missing. I got a new one that was pretty much the same except the case was black and didn’t have a missing latch. After that, we went to buy a lock for my locker. On the way there, dad went on a rant about how he was losing employment at the store. I was planning on asking for another Switch game today, but after hearing that, I decided it was best if I didn’t. He then went on another lecture about some stuff which I forgot. His lectures are pretty easy to get through; I just have to say yes or no when he asks a question, regardless of what I actually think. We went into the store, bought a lock, and left. On the way back home, he scheduled an appointment. I overheard them talking on the phone, and heard that the appointment was going to be on Wednesday, the day school starts. So I was going to miss school. I was forced to practice my trumpet and piano. My trumpet playing sounded horrible since I hadn’t played for the whole summer. After I was done with my chores, I sat around the living room, my boredom eating away at me. I tried to entertain myself with the Switch, but I was so bad at the game I gave up after half an hour. I then got on my phone and played some random games. That lasted about ten minutes. I walked around the house for a while with nothing to do. There was a lot of stuff I had to worry about, mostly school related. I just wanted all my problems to go away, and I wanted something to do. However, both of these things I can’t really do anything about. So, I turned to my blog to entertain myself and complain about my issues. I’m still bored, and my problems are still there. Dad and his friends started blasting karaoke. I’ve been writing this blog for an hour. I guess I’ll just sit around until I have to go to bed.

Scholastic Books

Eight-year-old me was pretty stupid. It was time for the book fair, and probably brought only ten dollars. If you’ve ever been to a book fair, you know that the cat posters that all your classmates want costs twenty dollars. So with my pitiful amount of money, I walked to the corner alone and checked out all the normal books. Back then, I thought I was an extreme gamer, so I bought a cheat code book. Cheat codes are like cheating, but it’s not cheating. When I got home and opened the book, I realized something was very wrong. The cheat codes they had were for old consoles, like the PS3, the Wii, and the DS. Just DS, not the 3D version. Apparently some moron  decided to sell an outdated book. Not that I blame them. It seems they saw “game” on the cover of the book, and thought it would be hip with the kids. It wasn’t. I did have a Wii, but the games in the book weren’t the same as the games I had. And half of the book wasn’t even cheats. It was stuff like “Beat Super Mario Galaxy once to unlock Luigi.” That’s not a cheat. Why won’t the book let me cheat? Because it sucks. 2/10 would not recommend.

the lion king

The Lion King came out in 1994, and was based off the plot of Hamlet. The 2019 remake is what I just watched. The remake begins with something. I wouldn’t know because I missed it due to our lateness. Anyway, when I entered, the iconic song was playing, and the scene with the monkey raising Simba was nearly ending. After that scene, we cut to a mouse scampering about the rocks and grass. In the 1994 version, Scar is introduced by abruptly catching the mouse, surprising the audience. In the remake, Scar is introduced with him talking, and then catching the mouse. I think the original introduces Scar better since you see how desperate he is for food first. Then, bird dude whose name I don’t know comes in. He scolds Scar for not being present at Simba’s ceremony. In response, Scar tries to eat bird dude. That’s when Mufasa arrives. He prevents Scar from eating the bird dude. We get a nice exposition on how Mufasa became king instead of Scar, how Scar and Mufasa are brothers, and that Simba will be the next king. Next, we see Simba. I’d like to mention that they gave Simba the most annoying voice ever. In the original, Simba had a voice of a ten-year-old; pretty deep, but still childlike. In the remake, Simba sounds like he’s five years old; it sounds way too high. There are also moments when he tries to sound like a gangster. I don’t know whose idea that was. Back to where I was, Simba is trying to wake up his father, Mufasa. After he does, Mufasa shows him all the land Simba will own when he is king. Mufasa also warns him not to go the darkness beyond the pridelands. After that, Mufasa sets off to fight some hyenas, and the bird dude takes Simba to the other cubs. There, he encounters Scar. Scar “accidently” lets Simba know about the elephant graveyard, the darkness he was not allowed to go to. Simba immediately goes to Nala(?), his best friend. Together, they set off toward the graveyard. Unfortunately for them, the bird dude follows. Simba then breaks into a song about what it will be like when he’s king. I was kind of hoping they would remove the songs since the realistic CGI didn’t exactly mix with the up-beat and colorful songs. The song was sort of hard to watch. Another thing I disliked was that in the original, we got to see the bird dude get abused by all the animals during the song. In the remake, they toned it down a lot. After escaping from the bird dude during the song, Simba and Nala make it to the elephant graveyard. In the original, it was night when they arrived, but in the remake, it was day, which made the scene a lot less scary. Simba and Nala then get jumped by hyenas. The bird dude arrives just in time to distract the hyenas. There’s a huge chase scene, which was way more exciting in the original, since there were giant cliffs of bones and green fire holes. The remake had to take those out since it was going for a more realistic tone. Simba and Nala are suddenly cornered by the hyenas. Simba attempts to roar at them to scare them off, but it’s extremely weak. Then we hear a louder roar; it’s Mufasa’s. After Mufasa saves them, he and Simba have a short talk about stars or something. Scar enters in the next scene. We learn that he was trying to kill Simba by sending him to the graveyard. So, Scar hatches a plan with the hyenas to kill both Mufasa and Simba so he can become king. The next day, Scar leads Simba to a gorge so he can practice his roar. After a few tries, Simba manages it, and at the same time, a herd of animals stampedes in. Simba mistakenly thinks that his roar caused the stampede. In actuality, it was Scar and the hyenas that lead the animals to the gorge. Scar tells Mufasa and the bird dude what is going on, and they rush over. The bird dude finds Simba hanging onto a tree, and tells Mufasa where he is. Mufasa then jumps into the gorge and saves Simba. Mufasa climbs to the top of the gorge, only to have Scar knock him back in. After the stampede, Simba goes back into the gorge and finds his dead father. Scar arrives and tricks Simba into thinking he killed his father. Then, Scar orders the hyenas to kill Simba. Simba narrowly escapes. Simba runs as far as he can, and then collapses. That’s where Timone(?) and the hog finds him. Timone and the hog decide to take Simba in. Then, they sing the iconic song “Hakuna Matata”(?). The song was pretty cringy in the remake. Timone teaches Simba their lifestyle, and that’s where Simba lives until he’s an adult. Meanwhile, Scar and the hyenas have hunted all the prey in the kingdom. Nala leaves the kingdom to seek help. Simba and Nala finally encounter, but when Nala wants Simba to come back, he refuses. Annoyed, Simba stalks off and encounters the monkey from the first scene. The monkey shows Simba a ghost Mufasa. Ghost Mufasa tells Simba to go back, which he does. Everyone, including Timone and the warthog, goes back to the kingdom to take down Scar. Timone and the warthog distract the hyenas so Simba and Nala can enter. In the original, the warthog put on a costume and started dancing, which was funnier than what happened in the remake. Simba and Scar have a pretty intense fight, which results in the hyenas betraying Scar and eating him. So it’s a happy ending, I guess. The End.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that one kid from philosophy class

What is right and wrong? For example, people would say it is bad to steal. But that is just because everyone agrees on it. What if you were in a society where stealing was accepted? Would you still say stealing is bad? Good and evil are simple concepts created by society, just as popularity is simply from civilization. Good and bad is subjective. One person says stealing is bad, the other says it is okay. So who is truly right? Neither, because the matter is subjective. All people are conformed to believe that so-and-so is wrong. You are shown that you will be punished for it. You cannot have a free thought of what good and bad is. It is not very different than a world without freedom. What’s insanity? It is when a person is not right in the mind. But how is a person wrong in what they think? They are marked insane because their ideals and ideas do not much the rest of humanity’s. People believe that they are free to do whatever they want. That’s incorrect. Do you want to explore the world? You’ll have to work to get the money. Want to just relax for your whole life? Society restricts you from doing so. You live, you work, you die. What’s the point of life? Everything is just waiting around for the inevitable end. You could have fun while you wait, but the ending stays the same. And when you die? Nothing. The world will move on. A world that stays exactly the same, except you don’t exist. Everyone is forgotten, no matter how great they were. Humans are so meaningless. An “intelligent” species, that was able to thrive over the rest. What about the other creatures, the ones we haven’t discovered? We won’t discover them; they are the one who will discover us. Even then, people choose to ignore our flaws. How could you blame them? Ignorance is bliss, after all. They do not want to acknowledge their fate. But who am I to judge? I’m human too, after all. I criticize, but I do nothing to change it. I can’t change it. In a world with seven billion people, one voice will not prevail. One person can’t do everything. It’s not like in a movie. Movies are not, and never will be realistic. That’s because if it were realistic, it would be boring. People’s lives are boring. Movies are an escape to see a new and interesting world. A better version of what they experience. Humanity. So pathetic, they have to create a whole new fake world just to feel better about themselves.

 

 

James, I asked you for a pencil.

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It’s been a month since I returned to Ohio. In that time, the Thucs have arrived. Khang had left to go to Japan, so I was the oldest kid in the house. The two Thucs arrived late at night, so in the morning, I found two hooligans walking down he stairs as I ate breakfast. The older one, TL, is the typical ten-year-old with the personality of a rotten cupcake. She attempts to be the cute whiny girl you see in your Sunday cartoons. She fails on the cute part, but really does succeed on the whiny part. The younger one, TQ, is the slightly less annoying version of TL. The two are practically the same, except one of them is taller. I ignored them for the time being, since I didn’t have much in common with either of them. My younger brother, Bien, was the one who usually socialized with the two. If you didn’t know, Bien is a furry. Frankly, I think the three of them should grow up, because they act really childishly. I really dislike kids. Kids three and under can act like brats, but they don’t really know any better. The seven to nine kids, however, act like brats on purpose. I’m pretty sure even I was that annoying when I was seven. One day, after Khang had returned from Japan, we were told we had to go to Stacy’s graduation party. I had no interest in seeing a random person’s graduation party, but I still had to go. When I got there, I just lied under a table and played on my phone. Then, I had to go play basketball with everyone. I had to play against this annoying girl who kept calling me “Number Ten”. She was one of the girls who tried to hard to be cool, just like all the other girls at the party. After the match I went back under the table. Dad had said we’d only be there for a few hours, but apparently he meant until midnight.  At some point, I got into an argument with this nine-year-old who said the Minecraft sucks because it was old. I hope that kid gets what’s coming to him someday. Afterwards, I went back to moping under the table. We were about to head home, but TQ the meathead lost the charger, which resulted in the ban of our electronics. I don’t see how any of it was caused by me, but I’m not allowed to complain. After the ban, things went back to normal. TQ and TL are always trying to hide what they’re doing on their iPads, so I usually try to catch them off guard. I’m really curious as to what they’re doing, but they get really protective. I assumed TL is watching some embarrassing show while TQ is playing some childish game. When I try to watch what Bien is doing, he starts screeching and hitting me, as if I’m commiting some horrible crime. TQ always back home up, and I don’t want to fight some angry grade schoolers. I had been playing on the PS4 lately since there isn’t much to play on my phone. There are some games on the PS4 I want, but Khang would never let me buy them. It won’t matter soon, anyway. There’s also some mobile games I want, but I’ve already used all my iTunes money, and I’m going to have to wait for another holiday to come until I can ask for more. I just play stupid mobile games to pass time now. I don’t really have anything to do everyday, so I just wake up, get on my phone, and wait until I have to go to sleep. There’s nothing else to write about, since nothing happens. My life is really uneventful, but I prefer it that way. So, just to get more words in, I’ll write about some random story. Sometimes, I walk behind a person, but they walk slower than me. However, they only walk a tiny bit slower than me. So, to pass them, I have to run past the person to avoid walking near them for too long. The end.

 

analyzing my favorite anime

In 1990, Japanese mangaka, ウィリアム・スタイグ (William Steig) wrote a manga called シュレック (Shrek). The manga went mainly unnoticed, until now. In 2001, an anime adaptation was made. Finally, Shurekku-kun would star in his own film. Shurekku-kun is widely appreciated in Japanese culture. In the American translation, he is known as Shrek, so for the sake of the blog, I’ll call him that. 

 

Shrek begins with Shrek-kun enjoying his daily activities. Shrek-kun’s character design was very well chosen. His green color represents his jealousy and pride, and his beige clothes represents him hiding his true personality. スマッシュ口 (Smash Mouth) composed the anime opening. It is a very well known anime opening known as オールスター (All Star). With a very smooth transition, we see the villagers preparing to strike down Shrek-kun. As the villagers get closer and closer to Shrek-kun, he eats his warm meal. When the villagers finally come, Shrek-kun gets up to confront them. Using his special move, Shrek-kun is able to scare away the villagers. Notice that Shrek-kun does not kill them; this is subtle foreshadowing of Shrek-kun’s true nature. 

 

 

In the next scene, we see Donkey-san being ready to be sold with the other fantasy creatures. This is an allegory for when the Indians were kicked out by the Americans. Donkey-san, being one of the smarter characters in the anime, calculates the exact angle of where some fairy dust will fall. He uses the fairy dust to fly and get away. Unfortunately, he gets chased down by several guards. That’s when Donkey-san runs into Shrek-kun. Donkey-san is not afraid of Shrek-kun, showing is brave personality. Using his power, Shrek-kun uses his power to scare away the guards. Shrek-kun does not like Donkey-san, due to his abrasive nature. However, feeling indebted to Shrek-kun, Donkey-san sticks around with him. Begrudgingly, Shrek-kun decides to let Donkey-san stay with him. That night, Shrek hears some noise. It is the other storybook characters, seeking refuge in Shrek-kun’s home. Taken aback, Shrek-kun storms into his front yard and yells his infamous line:

 

あなたは私の沼で何をしていますか? 
(What are you doing in my swamp?)



Desperate to reclaim his home, Donkey-kun and he set off to confront Lord Farquaad, the man who set the creatures to his home. Meanwhile, Farquadd is attempting to become prince. He is told that he must marry a princess to become one. After looking at his options, he chooses Fiona-chan. Farquaad decides to test his men and see which one will retrieve the princess for him. That is the same moment when Shrek-kun and Donkey-san arrive. Noticing them, Farquaad orders his men to kill the two. In this beautifully crafted fight scene, we are able to witness Shrek-kun’s brute strength and Donkey-san’s cunning traps. After defeating Farquad’s men, Farquaad decides to strike a deal with Shrek-kun. Shrek-kun will retrieve the princess, and then he will get his swamp back. Shrek-kun and Donkey-san set off. It is a perilous journey, but they arrive at the castle in which the princess is kept.

 

 

 

 

 

We will continue out analyzing of シュレック next week. Stay tuned.

why Garfield Kart is the greatest game of all time

Through many generations, games of helped shape humanity. Like grapes. After grapes appeared in the game Yoshi’s Wooly World, they appeared in Earth as well. However, no other video game was as influential as Garfield Kart.

 

 

After mangaka ジムデイビス (Jim Davis) graduated from college, he wanted to do something special. So he turned to making manga (Japanese comics). After much hard work, he created a masterpiece manga called ガーフィールド (Garfield). Needless to say, Garfield was a massive success. I could write pages and pages on why Garfield is one of the greatest mangas of all time, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about. 

Then, genius mangaka Jim Davis decided to make his own Garfield anime. If you do not know what an anime is, it is basically a Chinese cartoon. Just like the original manga, the Garfield anime was a financial success. Millions flocked to see the magic of the Garfield manga. Frank Welker was lucky enough to voice the one and only Garfield himself.

 

 

If you are an anime fan just like myself, you would know that every anime needs an anime game. Thus, Garfield Kart was created. Garfield Kart stunned audiences with beautiful graphics, riveting game play, and a variety of the original anime cast to use. Many state that Garfield Kart is an unimaginative lackluster game. Their opinion is invalid, and you should avoid these people as if your life depended on it. My favorite character to play as is Garfield, the man (cat) himself. Simple Garfield Kart fans may not realize, but Garfield is a very complex character. His obsession with lasagna represents greed in today’s modern society. His lazy personality represents the many people of society. Garfield’s controversially abusive owner represents the corrupt politicians of the world. The orange fur on Garfield’s back symbolizes the fiery pits of hell. As you can see, Garfield is much more than meets the eye. The deep characters in Garfield Kart is what made it so great. Garfield Kart is very much a character-driven game, and you’ll find yourself very attached to the characters. With all that said, I must say that Garfield Kart is a must-have for any gamer. It is an 11/10 game, and a personal favorite. In conclusion, Garfield Kart is the best game I have ever played. It is absolutely perfect, stunning, and breathtaking.

history of video games

So once upon a time, there was some dude named うんち (which means savior in Japanese). He burned down villages for fun. He had so much fun that he thought, “Hey, this should be a game!” うんちwas then sentenced to death by the villagers. However, うんち’s words lived on. Except, they didn’t, because nobody cared.

 

 

Several centuries later, a man named Lechuga (which means holy in Spanish) threw a rock at someone. This was to become the dice. Lechuga was a true mastermind, an unappreciated pioneer. He was also banished by the townsfolk, but that is besides the point. Many children saw Lechuga, and decided to copy him. The dice was so boring, however, that they called it the bored game. The only problem is, the children were so stupid they named it a board game.

 

 

Fast forward to when Jesus was born. Games had developed to things like tag and CTF. When Jesus arrived, he was the children playing a new game called fortnite. Disgusted, Jesus left the Earth, vowing to never return.

 

 

Now this is where the fun begins. 山内房次郎 founded 任天堂,  which created iconic character マリ. 山内房次郎 then went on to create many more characters, such as リンク, ピクミン, and others I’m too lazy to find. 山内房次郎 then created many consoles, such as N64, GameBoy, GameCube, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Ultra, GameBoy MegaUltra, Gameboy sUpeR dUpEr meGa eDitIon. That’s when 山内房次郎 released the Nintendo 3DS (you can probably guess what game company I’m talking about now). This is where the greatest game of all time was released. 

 

 

In 2013, November 13, the greatest game of all time was released. Artefacts Studios made and developed my favorite game of all time. Of course, I’m talking about Garfield Kart, available on the Nintendo 3DS. Garfield Kart is a masterpiece, from its rich graphics to its riveting game play. The game is well worth your time. The financial success of Garfield Kart spawned numerous copies, such as Mario Kart, but it is a shameless ripoff of the one and only Garfield Kart. 山内房次郎 also released Super Mario Galaxy, but people longed for a sequel to the brilliant Garfield Kart. 

 

 

Club Penguin was an amazing game (though not at Garfield Kart’s level) and became famous for the activities you could do in-game. Despite all of this, in March 2017, Club Penguin died in a hole, in a very deep hole, where Disney laughed at its dead body. Yes, this actually happened.

 

 

Minecraft is a beloved game by all. 2013 was one of the best years for Minecraft (but Garfield Kart was more popular). Then, Minecraft got thrown into the same pit as Club Penguin, and people danced on its grave.

 

 

Then a nightmare came. Since Jesus had been gone for so long, the evil game had decided to come back from centuries ago. fortnite. We are in the dark age of video games now, with things like EA and fortnite. There is only one thing that can save us from this terrible time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garfield Kart 2.