8/31- Early blog

Hmmm what happened today..
Went to class.

Came home.

Went to Gamestop to sell some games.

Came home with Operation: Raccoon City and Soul Calibur V.

Excellent trade, I've been waiting for both of those games.

Aaron is coming over tonight, so we're gonna hang out and do bunches of stuff.

Yup.
That's my day.

-Nolan

8/30- Drunk college students are behind our house..

Hmmmm today..
Well, something interesting..

I haven't played any video games today.
I mean, none.

Not even during class!
For the most part, I've been staring at my computer with severe writer's block.
I'm learning how I write though!
Or at least how I come up with ideas.

I pick a general area that I want to write about. Right now, I'm working on a chapter focused around an apartment complex. Once I figure that out, I just have to decide what I want to happen.

See...
I think that if I ever end up.. Like.. Putting this book up for people to read, it'll most likely get a smaller following.
It's really weird.. but I want it to read like a video game.

I mean, not with experience points and all that stuff.
I mean.. It's hard to explain. I want it to have various plots going on all at once, I want to have multiple goals to be accomplished, but only if other goals have been completed.

If that makes sense.

So I'm having fun writing!

There's also a bunch of drunk college people having a party in the house behind ours.
So far, the most interesting thing I've heard so far is, "EYYYYO! LET'S TOUCH OUR D*CKS TOGETHER! WATCH THIS!"

I'm so confused.
And I kind of want to relocate that house to..
Somewhere...

Not..

Existent.

I think that's it for now.

I'm off to write, then play some Street Fighter.

Night!

-Nolan

8/29- May the odds be ever in your favor!

Ha! In case you couldn't tell from the title, I've finally caught up with the rest of the world and seen the Hunger Games.
Well, I'm watching it right now, in BLU-RAYYYYYYY!

I'm watching it with my dad, so I'm blogging on my iPod.

Not much happened today I guess.

Well, I went to class.
I came home.

I wasn't exactly in a good mood today, so I ended up just taking a drive.
That drive actually went somewhere!

I drove around a bit, then ended up going to the King Soopers by my house to try and find a rose to buy for Jessi. However, they didn't have any single ones.
So I drove to the one by her house, and bought a rose for her! I was going to drop it off, but I figured it'd be cuter if I out it in our stuffed zebra (Unicorn)'s hands and put it on her porch!
So I drove back home and picked him up, wrote a cute little note and taped it to the rose, and went I drop it on her porch without her knowing!

So I parked on the road outside her house so they wouldn't see my car, and stealthily snuck up to the porch.
As I got on the porch, I looked up.

They have a big window on their porh, right?
So I looked up, and both Jessi and her dad are standing in their living room, staring at me with the perfect example of a "dafuq?" expression.

Her dad laughs and says "Ah HAH!" and starts laughing.
I looked like a deer in the headlights apparently hahaha.

Well, she walked out kinda laughing, so I kissed her and gave her the rise anyway! Wasn't very sneaky, but I still got the rose to her!

I felt pretty good.

Went home, and... I haven't played any video games today!
Weird.

I've been working on my story, or at least some background details.
I'm actually really proud of where it a so far. To be honest, I can actually see it turning into a real book.
It will be a long time before I start that process, but I think I eventually will.

The only thing I'm missing is some people to help bounce ideas off of who are as excited about it as I am, and some people to help work on some illustrations.

Until then, I'll write little short stories to eventually compile into one story!

I'm off to do some reading then get some sleep.

Good night!

-Nolan

8/28- Obama came to CSU!

Yes, it's true!
Obama came to CSU!

And what happened?
A lot of people complained about the traffic.

That's about all that really happened.
I mean, that's all that I heard about.

Let's see..What else happened..

Not really anything.

Class, came home, sat around.. Yeah.
Right now, I'm watching Afro Samurai and finishing off my homework.

Ugh.
Afro Samurai makes me want to learn how to actually be artistic.
The art style is so awesome.

Don't you hate it when you have an image in your head, but you can't figure out how to draw it?

That's my problem.
I have so many ideas like that.
Oh well.

Oh!
I'm making good headway on my story as well.
It'll be a while before I write the whole thing, but I'm doing lots of work on the setting.
I've developed bios for the 4 main characters, I've drawn a rough map of the city, I've written a lot about some various zombie-like creatures, all (remotely) anatomically correct..

I'm proud of where I am right now.
I'll probably end up doing what I've done before, and just write a bunch of little short blips of sections in the story to see how it all flows.

I just need to find an artist to help me bring it all to life.

I asked on Reddit, so hopefully I'll get 1 or 2 people to help.
Someday.

Well, I'm gonna watch some Afro Samurai and do my homework.
Adios!

-Nolan

8/27- Uhhh.. Yeeahh..

Hmmm today was less than exciting. Not much really happened.
Went to class.. Came home.. Did some job applications.. Played some Street Fighter.. Did my workout..

That's my day actually.

Well, I'm on the phone with Jessi right now. We're talking about our day and such.
Tomorrow, she's going to see Obama at CSU.
Actually, lots of people I know are going to see Obama.
Hmm. I feel like I should.

Oh well.

Hmm..
My workout routine is going well! I'm still kind of fine-tuning it right now.

Right now, my leg section of the workout isn't really really demanding.
I mean, it's basically lots of jogging in place, then really fast high steps.
Well, I do it for two or three song lengths.
One song I do it with 5 pounds on each foot, one with 4, and one with 2.5.

So it's not super-demanding and it isn't something that really kills you.

Well, my entire routine isn't super-demanding.
 Like I've said, it's more of just an exercise.

I mean, it has enough weight that it requires some effort, and it's enough to make you feel at least kind of sore afterwards.
Well, it definitely helps gain some muscle. I've noticed my arms are getting a little more toned than they were before. At least I think so.
I've already realized that I don't really.. Gain muscle mass easily.
But I don't care! I don't like bulging muscles anyway. I prefer toned.
So hopefully doing this routine enough will help.

Hmmmm..
That's all I've got for now I suppose.

See you all later!

-Nolan

P.S: Here are some videos for your amusement.

8/26- 4 months with my girl!

Today has marked 4 months with Jessi!
Best relationship I've ever had.
Also the longest.

Today was good!
About 12:30 or so, I headed over.
I picked her up, and we headed home to watch some movies!
We watched Evil Alien Conquerors, and we got started on Uptown Girls, but we got bored, so we went and got some soup at China Wok!
We got the soup (and picked up a watermelon for my dad), then went to that little lake by Timberline and had our delicious soup.
Then I dropped her off around 6:30 7-ish.

I swear.. I can spend hours on end with her, and it doesn't feel like any time has passed.
Spending the day with her is one of my favorite pasttimes.

After I dropped her off, I headed home.
I was craving Pop-Tarts.
So I went and got some!
I had 2 packets, then I was talking with Jessi and I mentioned that I was eating some Pop-Tarts, and she reminded me to work out instead of eating more!
Not in a mean way or anything.

I'm very happy that I'm working out more.
It gets me away from my computer.

I'm really happy with how my workout routine is going right now.
I'm constantly changing and adjusting it, but I like where it is.

So yeah!

I'm done for now.
Bye!

-Nolan

8/25- Workout, Gangnam Style, EXPLOSIONS.

Let's see, today..

Didn't really accomplish much, but I had a good day.

I set up my 360 in my room again, and played a bunch of Mortal Kombat.
Getting pretty good with Smoke!
I tried Freddy Krueger and.. He's... Interesting.
Zoning character, so you have to learn when to use what projectiles, when to combo, when to teleport, etc etc.
Fun though.

Hmmmm..

I have caught up with the rest of the world and seen the wonder that is Gangnam Style.

See, I don't say this often.. But the only word I can think of when I see this video is....

SWAG.

Pure, unadulterated SWAG. Look at this man.
His win is just too much for you to understand. That dance is the best dance in the world.
And the crazy humping cowboy in the elevator just makes it better.

SO MUCH WIN.

I swear, I think that no matter how bad your day is going, this song will make you feel better.
See, I just have to wait till I'm having a terrible day, then I'll watch it.

I think I'm going to try and get a group of guys together to dress up like Psy, then go Gangnam Style-ing after people in Old Town.
I want to do that.

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG.
I have it stuck in my head, and I've been watching it for a good 30 minutes.
He has great facial expressions too.

So..

Yeah.

I love this song. The win is just too much.
My eyes bleed from the level of awesome.

Uhh what else.. Right.
EXPLOSIONS.

My dad and I went and saw The Expendables 2.

..

For the first.. 15 minutes? My dad and I were just laughing from the sheer testosterone levels.
There was practically no dialogue.
BUT EXPLOSIONS AND GUNS AND SHOOTING AND DYING AND MORE EXPLOSIONS.

I think that movie has a higher body count than all the Rambo movies combined.

It was.. So awesome.
Awesome in the sense that is...
No plot. At all.

No romance.

No kissing.

No sex.

No deep conversations.

Just explosions and action sequences.

I liked it.

Uhhh what else...
I did my work out again tonight!

I'm feeling good about my workouts.
I feel like I'll do them for a while.

Right now I'm getting some movies together...

Today is Jessi and my 4 month anniversary!
So we're going to spend it watching movies and having soup.

I'm excited!

Night!

-Nolan

8/24- Erh.. I don't know.

Hey! It's Friday!
Yay!

Today was good.

Let's see...
I'm getting the hang of Unix, which is really cool! I love it so far.

I went to class, came home.. Hung around.

Jessi and I met for a little bit!
She was going to Meghan's house, but she had a little bit before she had to be there, so we hung out and talked a little.

I worked out again today!
I'm happy with my workout routine right now.

I plan on biking up Horsetooth Reservoir tomorrow.

That's it for now!

Bye.

-Nolan

8/23- Vrooom vroom.

Well, today was less than eventful.
I didn't work out today, because I'm achy and sore from the last 2 days, so I'm taking my time and working out every other day.

Hopefully, I'm getting a couple people to work out with on Saturday.
I'm going to try and get a weekly thing going.

Assuming people actually get back to me about it.

Oh well.

I've been playing lots of Need For Speed: Pro Street.

Mostly because I'm just too lazy to move my 360 up here to play Forza.

Although Pro Street actually is pretty fun.
The vinyl / decal editor is EXTREMELY lacking.

You can have a total of 20 vinyls and 20 decals on your car.

...... As opposed to Forza's limit of 1000 decals and 1000 vinyls.

But it's still pretty fun.
Recently, I've come to realize that (depending on the car), I actually REALLY like the more... Professional racing look, with a simple design crammed full of manufacturer / sponsor logos!

Here's one that I made!
It's only got a total of 20 decals, but I think it actually looks pretty good.

It really depends on the car for me though.

And I've also come to realize that there are a few cars that I actually LIKE the big spoilers on.

Here are a few examples.

Also, in case you couldn't tell....
I'm in love with the BMW M3 E46, and the M3 GTR.

They've quickly gotten to the top of my 'favorite cars' list. 

They just.. I don't know. They look awesome.

In my opinion.

Come to think of it, I like the big spoilers on cars that actually NEED the spoilers, not just because they feel like sticking one on their car.

So a bunch of the Le Mans cars I like.

I've come a long way from pimped-out rides that you'd see on some terrible movie about.. Street racers.

I mean, I DO like some of the more.. Street-y looking cars, but they can't be too outrageous.

Sometime I'll make a couple on Need for Speed or Forza.

One of these days.

I suppose that's all I have to say right now.

If I think of something interesting, I'll be sure to forget about it for a few days, then remember as I'm about to fall asleep, then forget, then remember, then blog about it a few days late.

Adios!

-Nolan

8/22- Classes!

Today was... Average.

I had classes, which was eh.

I had my interview at Culver's!
I don't feel like I did too well.
It was a total of maybe 6 minutes?
So I don't feel like I did too well.
Oh well.

I saw Jessi though!
We drove around and talked, laughed, and recounted lots of family history and such.
And I let her borrow my wireless keyboard and mouse, so she can hook up her laptop to the tv in her room and lay in bed and play Sims!
And watch movies.
And such.

Hmm..
My workout has been going well.
2 days in a row!
Seems pathetic, but it's actually a good start for me.
I really enjoy it.
I work out at maybe 11:30 every night, which is easy because I already ate, I did the work I needed to do, and I'm feeling bored around that time every night.
So hopefully I can keep that going.

I have a massive influx of ideas for the short story I started writing a year or more ago.
So I'm going to go and put some on paper before I forget!
Then play Street Fighter.

NERD MOMENT.
So I saw a video of someone trolling SSFIV as Zangief..
Oh. My. God.

He's ridiculous. No matter what, you either Double Lariat to anti-air or move past projectiles, or Banishing Palm to go past projectiles.
The second they get close?
WRESTLE TIME.
Grabs, grabs everywhere!
He's fun and entertaining.
I don't know really how to play him, but I understand his mechanics enough to figure out the base playstyle for him.
So I'm learning.
Because he's Zangief. He wrestles bears. FOR MOTHER RUSSIA.

HOW MANLY IS THAT.

As such, here is some pictures of our favorite bear-wrestler.

Good night!

-Nolan

8/21- Internet Fail.

Well, my laptop doesn't seem to want to cooperate with any website besides Facebook.

Even Blogger doesn't work, so I'm doing this on my iPod.

So I'll keep it short because I hate typing on this small screen!

Let's see... Today was good! Not much happened, but I like my music and world lit classes.

I also have an interview with Culver's tomorrow!!!!
Yayyyyy potential job!

That's all I have to say for now, cause I hate using my iPod to blog.

Night!

-Nolan

8/20- First day of classes!

Well, my first day went pretty well!
I like all my professors, which is good.
All my classes are semi-interesting and.. Fairly understandable, which is also good.

I'm glad I took the time to find out where my second class is tomorrow..
After my first class, I have 10 minutes to go to the parking garage, get in, drive down the street, go from Prospect to College, then drive north on College, take a right onto Lake Drive, then drive up and find parking next to the University Center for the Arts, then make it to my class.

It's... Interesting.
I'll most likely be a few minutes every class, so I'm going to let the professor know that so it doesn't look like I'm slacking or something.

I'm glad I found it today! It took me approximately 20 or 30 minutes to figure out how to drive there and find out where the hell my class was in the MASSIVE building with MILLIONS of rooms EVERYWHERE.
Capitals mean emphasizing!
I wonder why that is.
Weird.
I guess capitals just give the mental image of yelling or something.

But good news about that building!
My class is actually right next to the exit onto.. Some street or other. But I can generally count on parking in the same spot each day, and the entrance is right next to my class!
So that cuts a good 3 or 4 minutes off my travel time.

Hopefully I'll make it tomorrow.
I have to pick up another textbook tomorrow. Humph.

I guess we'll find out if I can make that distance in time to be semi-on time to class.

Hmmmmmm.
I suppose that's it for now.

I don't really have any ideas for a nerd section right now.
I've been customizing a couple cars on Need For Speed Pro Street, and they look pretty decent.
I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Or when I remember to..

EDIT: I'm bored.
So here's a couple pictures of what I've got so far.
Also, my cars on Forza are much more.. Interesting.
The visual editor is pretty minimal with Need For Speed, so this is the best I could make in 30 minutes or so.

I wish I could zoom in more. But it doesn't really let you.
--------------------

This one is meh. Went for simplistic.

This one is a little more detailed. I was going for.. I'm not quite sure, but I like it. 

The paint is off because the paint isn't chosen numerically, so it's all by guessing.

I think that's it for now!

Also, here's a song.

It's actually the song that I use to wake me up in the morning.

I absolutely adore this song.

Aaron showed it to me and I.. Well yeah. I love it.

Night night!

Sleep well all you peoples.

-Nolan

8/19- School tomorrow!

Today wasn't bad! Today was actually really good.

Jessi stopped by today, and we watched a bit of everything.
Nick Swardson's standup, Robot Chicken, Big Bang Theory, some Youtube videos.. Etc.
It was fun.

I really love seeing her.
It made my day! Well, it always makes my day when we hang out together.
Oh!
Also, Unicorn has gotten some piercings done! Courtesy of Jessi and her friend Echo.

I love the industrial the most. Looks pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

Hmmm what else happened..
Not much actually.

As usual!
I recently uninstalled a bunch of games on my laptop, in an attempt to discourage playing video games all the time.

Well, not completely. I still play games. Obviously.
It's one of the best ways that I can relax and actually focus on something, except for spending time with Jessi.

Nerd time!

I've made lots of progress on New Vegas! Not that it's important haha.
But it's pretty awesome. I love it.
For the first time, I'm building my character in a completely new way that I'm used to.
It's.... Interesting. It's a glass cannon.
Higher critical chance, higher accuracy, damage bonuses..
Well, when I was distributing my beginning attributes, I... Kind of for fun, I gave myself a 10 in Charisma, for the sole purpose that level 10 Charisma is called "Cult Leader". It made me laugh, so I chose that!
I have almost no health or carry weight, but I get ridiculous prices in all the stores, I can pass all the speech checks, and I can repair everything to 100! And I can forge casino chips. Bwahahaha.
I'm currently working on my Sneak skill.
Yay..

I'm also playing Bastion. Actually, I'm alt-tabbed out of Bastion right now.
It got massively good reviews in.. Everywhere.
It doesn't introduce anything new to the gaming world, but it does EVERYTHING right.
It has great RPG elements, loot, upgrades, skills.. Etc.
I really like it.

I've also been getting pretty good at Mortal Kombat, if I say so myself.
The only reason I hate the arcade mode is that the 2 final bosses are SO CHEAP.
That's one of the biggest criticisms of the game, actually. The stupid bosses make it so frustrating.
But I'm learning and inventing combos, and getting better at landing counter hits then following up with juggles and combos.
Smoke is easily my favorite character, with Mileena in a close second.
See, Smoke has a useful dodge//slide type move that is actually pretty good. It has a (relatively) low recovery animation so it's fun to use to move past projectiles and start mixups.
However, Mileena has a projectile attack that makes zoning and poking easier.

Street Fighter also has been fun!
I'm learning how to do cross-ups!
It's basically when you jump over someone, but hit them before you land so that they have to switch to guarding in the other direction, which often people mess up. It really expands my offensive capabilities.
I've decided my favorite characters are most likely... Vega, Juri, and maybe Blanka.
Juri is the Jarvan IV of Street Fighter! You can play her in any way you really want. Turtle, poking, aggressive.. Etc.

Also, I got the full Touhou pack from Ian a week ago or so.
I'm very excited to play them all!
Touhou is generally the game that I play during my class breaks, and sometimes during class.
See... It's hard to make a case for myself that I occasionally play games during class.
However, depending on the subject and the way the class is organized, it can help.
I mean, it's not something I do all the time and zone out.
Touhou is a game that's simple enough to play, but put in the background.
It helps me stay awake, and it keeps me focused.
Obviously, I pay attention in class when I really need to, when the professor brings out diagrams and definitions and such. But if I have something simple to do, it helps me focus on something.
I know that sounds weird, but it's just the way my mind works.

I think that's enough nerd for the time being.

So, classes start tomorrow. I'm excited!
I get to go and do stuff. Outside the house.
Be around people. Learn! Hooray learning!

Well, I think that's all I got right now.

I'm going to go to sleep soon-ish.

See you all later!

-Nolan

Day 100: I suppose summer is over..

Sigh.
Summer is... Over.

I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about this.
Well, I suppose now that I think about it, I'm a little... Meh. About it.

Sad day.
Oh well.

Let's see...

Today, I got my textbooks and such. So... Yeah.
Books.

My books are less difficult than last semester!
It's pretty awesome.

I have 1 class with Caleb! Which is really really awesome.
I saw Brittany today while I was picking up my books, and we talked for a few minutes.
I don't have her in any of my classes, which is a little.. I don't know.

I thought I wasn't going to have any friends in my classes, which was making this scarier than it should be, given that.. I don't really.... Make friends in a big classroom setting. Well, not easily.

HOWEVER!
Caleb is in my class on MWF!
It definitely makes going to class a little less lame.

Uhhhhh what else happened..
Not much.

So I'm going to go play some games and be lazy.

Bye!

-Nolan

Day 99: On the home stretch..

Well, classes start Monday.

Summer didn't really.. Go all that fast. Well, for me it didn't.

I don't know how my summer was.
It had its ups and downs, like any period of time.

A lot of it was good though. I've been with Jessi for almost 4 months.. I'm happy about that, obviously.
It's a great feeling.
Knowing someone wants me as much as I want them.

I think my time with her is what made this summer good.
It's the thing I most looked forward to every week.

Overall, I had an okay summer, I suppose.

I wish I could write a super-detailed awesome review of my summer, but... Eh.
Not in the mood right now.
Maybe I will another time.

I'm... Well, I'm done blogging for the night.

When school starts, I'll most likely start writing more interesting blogs again.
Hopefully.

Night night.

-Nolan

Day 98: Party Time!

Hmmmm today..
Again, as usual, not much.

Hung around the house.. Lazed around..

Ya know.
Normal stuff.

I went to Geoff's though!
It's his birthday party, so I was excited to go.
It's been fun. We played lots of Halo and we made....

Politically incorrect gamer tags so the "X killed Y" messages were funny.
I'm not going to actually share any though....
It got pretty bad haha.

We played some Minecraft, Terraria, Halo, Mortal Kombat, etc.
Lots of fun games.

Soooo I think that's it right now.

I'm sleepy, so I'm gonna get some rest.
I'll talk to you all another day.

Night!

-Nolan

Day 97: Her car works!

Not much happened today.

I saw Jessi!
It was good. I went and picked her up from her friend's house, then we drove around a bit.
Up and down Horsetooth, around town a little bit.
She picked up her car from the shop...

It works!
Yay for having a working car.

That's good. I'm glad.
I felt bad that she had no car.
Especially since Meghan and I bought her zebra striped license plate covers and a zebra striped steering wheel cover!

Woot!

So yeah...

That's all that really happened today.

Although, for the first time in a while, I'm sitting and looking at a blank piece of paper with a pencil..
I feel artistic right now. But I have no idea how to channel it.
You know?

It's annoying.

Well, I think I'm good for now.

See you all later.

-Nolan

Day 96: I accomplished... Situps!

Hooray! I'm starting to do some sort of physical activity!

I've decided every night around 8 to 10, I'm going to try and do 50 situps and 50 reverse crunches, then gradually increase the number.

Today... Hmmm......

Not much happened.
Played games, watched Netflix, sat around...

Sadly, I'm not accomplishing much. I hope to change that.
I want to get back into my workout routine. I really do.
I'm just sitting and gaining weight.
Ugh.
Makes me sick. I gotta fix that.
So hopefully I will.. I want to.

I did see Jessi though! Even if it was for a short time.
She was going to visit a friend, and Ben lives near them, so I tagged along.
For the first time in a long time, I wasn't the one driving.
So that was good.

She had a pretty badass Mike Wazowski hat.

So....

I suppose that's it right now.

I feel sick.
I really need to get back into working out.
I'm having major troubles with motivation in every area of my life, and it's something I want to change.
I just have to hope I can.

Yeah... That's all I got right now.

I'm going to get some sleep soon.

-Nolan

Day 95: I accomplished... Nothing.

Yes! It's true!
I didn't accomplish anything worthwhile today.

Well, I played some Mortal Kombat for 3 hours or so.

I now know how combos work!
Well, a basic understanding.

I did one 50% combo. Well, it might have been 30%. I don't remember.

But I'm getting pretty good at it.
I know how to play Mileena and Kung Lao.
And a little Kabal.
Gotta learn Jax though.. Overpowered cyborg arms.

Uhhh..
I need to work out.
So tomorrow, I'm going to try and work out.
I'm sitting and gaining weight.
Not too much, because I hate eating.
But I'm gaining that nice little ring of chub, which I think needs to go away.
So hopefully I do that.
Maybe in the morning.
I just have to have the motivation for it.. Lame.

Oh well.

Yup.. I think that's it.

I might go sleep soon, in order to see if I can wake up and work out.
I really need to start that.

Maybe if I do it, I can keep it going throughout the school year as well.
Here's hoping.

G'night!

-Nolan

Day 94: Video Games!

Today was less than fantastic. I mean, it wasn't bad or anything. But not exciting.
The guys are over for the night, so it's fun.

That's all I got right now.

See ya!

-Nolan

Day 93: Blargh Pt. 3

Yes, I'm still sick.
It sucks.

My throat has been sore all day.
I woke up feeling... The worst physically I've felt in a long time.
Until I took some Ibuprofen, then I felt better.

So I've been taking Ibuprofen all day.
It helps.

But for some reason, I've been feeling.. I'm not sure.
"Out of it" isn't the right phrase.

But I guess..
Hmm.. More often I seem to end up "Thinking about thinking."

If that makes sense.
I start to space out and stuff.
Anyway.

Uhhh.
Jessi came over today!
It's been a while since we were at my house.
But it was fun.

She asked if we could play Mortal Kombat at my house haha.
She asked yesterday. So I said yes!

Because I picked up the new Mortal Kombat last week.
I figured... Well, my video game genre of choice right now is fighting games.
Well, and RPGs.
Either one.

But I'd never owned a Mortal Kombat game, so I decided I should!
If you play Street Fighter enough, you can start to slowly..
Hmm.
Well, I now think about fighting games in relation to Street Fighter IV.
So Mortal Kombat was a big big step.
It's...
Weird.
It's clunkier.
And they actually have a button devoted to guarding! It's so awkward for me to have to hold down Right Trigger in order to block, instead of just holding the stick away from the enemy.
Anyway.

I.. I was nice to Jessi!
The first couple games, I was.. Pulling out combos and mixups and stuff and I think it kind of made it boring for her.
So I was nice! I didn't just go and win every round.

But I'm slowly starting to pick it up again. It's a really great game!
I mean, it's slower and clunkier than Street Fighter, but I still like it.

I also picked up Jessi about.. 45 minutes ago? And we went to Perkin's and bought her a blueberry muffin, then went back to her house and sat watching Comedy Central until she started to get tired, then I left.
Her cats are slowly starting to like me!

That's actually kind of important to me.. They're adorable and important to her, so I want to be loved by them.
It's weird, but it's just something.
But they're starting to like me! Yay!

That's my day....

Now for the geek portion of the blog.

So I've been watching lots of pro matches and reading up on character strategies in Mortal Kombat.. I'm going to be better at it.

Next on my game list?
Tekken 6.
Then King of Fighters XII.
Or vice-versa.

Then I'll own a majority of the games that are featured in the EVO tournaments! Yay!
I think I mainly get on Youtube to watch pro matches in fighting games.. That's basically what Youtube is right now. And occasionally funny videos and such.

Uhhhh, what else what else..
Well, the split second I get the money, I'm pre-ordering Resident Evil 6.

No idea how I'm going to make money.. My job search isn't going very well.

I really, really, REALLY want RE6. I mean really.

I've been playing through all the other Resident Evil games that I could get my hands on.
I'm so so excited for it.

I also re-installed Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops on my PSP.
I'm playing that right now, actually.

It's a fun game.
Though I think I'm going to play some New Vegas before bed.

I'd set up Mortal Kombat, but it's in my basement.. And I'm too lazy to set it up in my room.
So yeah.

I'm off to be sneaky.

Sweet dreams!

-Nolan

PS: Here is a silly picture. Look at the silly picture. Laugh at the silly picture.

Day 92: Blargh Pt. 2

Well, I spent the day in my room.
Sick..
Feeling nasty.

Not much happened.

Got much better at modding Fallout.
I'm getting pretty good.

Eventually I'll actually start making things from scratch to put in.

Let's see...

Yeah.
That was my day.

I went and picked up Jessi about an hour ago or so.
We just drove around and talked for a bit.

That's my day!

See you all.

-Nolan

Day 91: Blargh

Blarrrggghhhhhhhh.

That's me being sick.

I'm quite sick.

I feel like shit, actually.
It sucks.

Although I'm not feeling as bad as Jessi is.. She's a couple days ahead of me in terms of this.. Random flu or something.
So she's going through it worse.

But I gotta say, I still feel disgusting.
Meh.

Let's see...
Today..............

Slept. Stayed in my room, feeling crappy.

Went and saw The Avengers with my dad!
Good movie.
I loved it.

Uhhh..

Yeah.
Now I'm sitting at home drinking a gallon of orange juice.

....

Alright, fake orange juice.
But it still has a vitamin or two.
Healthy!

I'll just keep thinking that.

Alright.
I'm done for now.

See you all later.
-Nolan

Day 90: Not much!

As usual, not much happened today.

Pretty boring.

But I did get to see Jessi!
We went and picked up cat food and some juice.
She's.. Sick.
Sadly.

We went by to drop off some medicine to her sister, so I got to see her as well.

I.. I might be sick.
Hanging out with and kissing my girlfriend, who's sick..
Briefly seeing her sister and her boy, who are sick.

I might end up being sick.

Well, I got to see her, so it's worth it!

It was good!

Caleb and Aaron came over for the night.
Been playing lots of super fun mods on New Vegas.
Well, mods I've been making. Fun guns and such.

So.. Yeah.

Today was pretty good.

-Nolan

Day 89: I have officially seen True Blood!

The title is correct!

Today, not much happened.
Played a lot of New Vegas..
I'm learning how to mod it.

And because I want a house in the game, and the houses never are what I like, I'm making my OWN house.

......

With blackjack.

And hookers.

..................

Forget the blackjack.

But anyway.

I'm also going to make some guns.. For the fun of it.
Very entertaining ones.

ANYWAY.

I hung around the house all day.

Jessi texted me later in the evening that she was bored and cleaning her house..
So I showed up, intending to clean with her!
But instead, she finished off the dishes.

Then we hung out in the kitchen, petting the cats, and watching True Blood.
She has adorable cats...
But I don't think they like me yet.

Hopefully they will soon.

So.. We watched True Blood.
And I really really liked it!

It's really good.
I might watch some.. Sometime.
She did a fantastic job of catching me up on 3 seasons within one episode.

Yay!

So..

I'm off to.. Keep modding.

Adios!

-Nolan

Day 88: Not much!

Not much happened today.

Well, a bunch of the guys came over, so we're playing video games and such.

Yup..

Night!

-Nolan

Day 87: Fallout: New Vegas! Lazy!

Welllllll not much happened.
Surprise surprise.

Uh.. Hung around the house...
Went to Dan's house for some food at around 6:30 or so.
Had food, went to Brayden's.

Hung out, played games, watched TV.
That's... Really it.

I headed home about.. 30 minutes ago?
So obviously I'm at home.

Yup.
That's my day.

Tomorrow.... Today, should be really fun though!
Having a bunch of guys over for gaming.

Woot woot.

Fact: The word "woot" originated in Dungeons And Dragons.
It's a combination of "wow" and "loot".

Fact of the day.

-Nolan

Day 86: Hair dye!

Well!

I've got...

Maybe...

1 hour of sleep?
All day?

Day and a half?

Hmm.
I could write a very very long blog about last evening / night.
I really could!

It's a very interesting night.
Very, very interesting.

As Cooper said, "Well now you have a cool story to tell at parties."

It's actually pretty awesome.
But I'm not telling you, internet!
HAH.

What now.

If I want to tell you personally, I will.
It's not bad at all.
Just crazy.

Today.. Hmmmmmm..
Not much happened.


Got about 30 minutes of sleep last night...
I was up till 7 in the morning. Then, I was up 'till 10.
Then I slept for 30 minutes!

Then I went to Jessi's.


Jessi woke up around 12 or so, and told me to come over!
She recently dyed her hair, but the red really got messed up when she took a shower.
So we decided to re-dye it!

So we went down to Sally's and picked up some developer and some bright bright red dye, then went back to dye it.

It was my first time dying hair!
And I did better than her friend.
I'm pretty proud about that.
She dyed it in a very new way, and it actually looks really good!
When she first mentioned what she was doing, I... Didn't know how I felt about it.
But after seeing it after the first attempt, then helping her re-dye it.. I love it!
I really do.
It's a bright scarlet. Crimson.

It looks amazing!

So..
Here it is!

Good, eh?
I like it.

She's the only person I think could ever pull it off.
And she takes a small layer of the red and puts it over on the black side, so it looks really really cool.

Our faces are pretty awesome.

After that, Cooper stopped by and.. Well, he's shipping off to boot for 3 months tomorrow.

It'll probably hit me later that I saw him for the last time today.
Well, not forever. But for... 3 months.
Oh well.

I'll write him letters and such.

Let's see....
Not much else happened.

Oh!
I'm selling Crysis 2 for.. $25 or so?
And I spent $10 of that on Steam today...

Fallout: New Vegas: Ultimate Edition.
10 bucks!

Winning!

So I'm gonna play that now.

Adios!

-Nolan

Day 85: .... I'm bored.

Well......

I'm pretty bored today.
In case that wasn't obvious.

Not much happened................
All day.

I've had cars on my mind all day.
Allllllllll day.

So.. I'm just hanging out and daydreaming about the cars I want, and if I had the money to start working on my car.

I picked these up today!

3 more for my collection.

I think the Skyline is my favorite.
Well, I know it is.

Uh..

Yeah.
That's all that's happened today.

Tomorrow, at sometime, I'm hanging with Cooper.
He leaves for bootcamp on Sunday...
So it'll be the last time I'll see him for a while.

It's... Weird.
I'll miss him.

Hmph.

Well, I'm extremely bored.
I'm watching a bunch of racing movies..
It makes me excited to have a job one of these days, and start working on my car.

Adios amigos!

-Nolan

Day 84: Big pizza! And various errands!

Today was a pretty good day.

Woke up... Lazy time!

Then Jessi called me up and we decided to go to Pizza Casbah!
So we went to her house, and hung out a bit until Meghan came over.
Then we all headed out to pizza!

The pizza was good.
Then, I locked my keys in the car.
I tried to lockpick my way in with a small piece of metal I found.
I got all the pins lifted, but I had no solid wire to hold up the pins to actually open the door.
My mom dropped off the key, and we headed out!

We picked up some presents that Jessi was buying for Sebbie!
They're adorable.

Then we picked up some hair dye!
So at the moment, Jessi is dying her hair!
I'm excited to see it when it's done.

Well..
I'm blogging now, because I'm not in the mood to do anything later.

So I'll most likely go to sleep really early tonight.

Yup..

Bye!

-Nolan

Day 83: Good day!

Today was good!

Not much happened.. Well, not too much.

I sat around at home for a bit. Did nothing..
Then Jessi called me, and we went for a drive!
Not really anywhere specific, but it was a good drive.
It rained a lot.

A lot a lot.
But it made for some pretty pictures and backdrops!
I think we just have to get her a very nice camera so she can get started on taking some super high-quality pictures and such!
So.. Yeah.
We actually see lots of pretty places and gorgeous views...

I hope we can one day take some really really high quality photos somewhere.

After I dropped her off, I went home.
I went to Caleb's after it!

We hung out a bit, then went to see the Amazing Spiderman movie!

Jessi was right....
It's pretty amazing.
I loved it.

They did it RIGHT.
They did Spiderman correctly!
It made me happy!

Jessi was very very right.
It was epic.. Now I want to see it again.

Also, when we walked out of the theatre, Aaron pointed out that a new Resident Evil movie is coming out..
I may or may not have squealed.

I'm quite excited for that!

It's gonna be amazing.

Well, now we're sitting around.
So... Yeah.

See you!

-Nolan