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She's not in the office until the 5th of August?  Okay... but I really need to send off that deposit... I just hope this doesn't mess with my chances of getting into the classes...

Yeah, I'm going to college.  Barring any unfortunate mishaps in the meantime, it's guaranteed.  Hopefully nothing happens.

Only 5 weeks left until I actually have to move into the dorm.  In the meantime, my Dad wants me to try to sell a bunch of stuff and my Mom wants me to condense all my stuff in our shed and in my room into as little boxes as possible.  So, I probably won't get to play as many video games until I move in, but that's fine.  Hopefully I will have time to actually PLAY these new games I got once I'm there, and that college classes don't give me 40 hours of homework a week.

I bought a 2,000 Wii Points card and Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS.  With the Wii Points, I bought Super Mario World on the Virtual Console (because I see no reason NOT to have that game available whenever I want to play it :3).  I have some points leftover now, though, since Nintendo decided not to release the new Strong Bad game this week, either.  When are they going to release that game?  I didn't get a chance to play a lot of FF4 last night, but that's okay, this isn't something I can play until I have a lot of time to invest into it.  Nice opening CG scene, though.

I received my super-awesome Kamen Rider Den-O Complete CD Box in the mail today!  So awesome... there's about... 119 tracks in all?  Sweet.  And it comes with that DVD disc containing the PV for "Climax Jump DEN-LINER Form".  Seems kind of a waste to only put a single movie file on a disc that has a personalized jacket, jewel case, and CD artwork, but if that's what they wanna do, I guess it's fine with me.  It's a cool PV, reguardless.  Need to get the TV-Nihon subs for it, now...

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I'm lovin' Den-O so far.  Momotaros is probably one of the funniest tokusatsu characters I've seen so far, and it's nice to see these main heroes in Kamen Rider, at least the recent ones.  They are just so quiet, shy, and just plain refreshing to see as opposed to the SuperMan-esque heroes that are ultra-confident and all that.  They remind me of actual people as opposed to cardboard cutouts.  They remind me of myself, and I totally relate to how Ryotaro and Wataru act.

I finally received LostWinds on the WiiWare channel, today.  It seems interesting.  It has a very Eastern look about it, flowing from the music to the character designs.  Kind of reminds me of computer generated updates on the art style used in Journey to the West.  I'll have to give it more time.

Wii Fit on Wednesday.  So hyped, yet am unsure as to how I'll be able to exercise in this heat.

Getting Senior pictures taken tomorrow morning.  Don't really feel like I need them, but whatever, my Mom wanted them done.  At least it gets me out of a few hours of work.  We've been doing a lot of work on the yard this past week.

GekiRanger is getting awesome.  I just watched the appearance of GekiViolet, and he has such a great backstory and henshin sequence.  I didn't know that he used Shigeki as opposed to the normal Geki that the Triangle uses.  Hopefully Ken's introduction will be equally as awesome.

Boukenger is also getting good.  I'm now getting into the BoukenSilver introduction, which will be nice.  Hopefully Eiji is an interesting character, instead of simply being a live-action doppleganger of Inuyasha.

Oh yes, another thing here...

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Simpson University called today.  Apparently, I've been accepted.  Neat-o!

Now, we just have to send in my deposit and immunization records, and then I get to start picking out my classes and discussing financial aid and whatnot.  Should be interesting to see where this takes me.

I'll be leaving in about an hour or so for Disneyland.  We're going there for, what else, but a dance competition.  But I've been told that I actually don't have to stick around for the dances, since I'm unnecessary and not in charge of anything, so I'll probably just bum around the park with Zach.  Sounds like fun to me.  We'll make sure to ride Splash Mountain and Star Tours at some point during our adventure. :3

But, this also means that I'll delay the release of the test chapter for Law/Grace until I get home.  I need just a little more time to edit it a bit, and I'd like to reread it when it's not fresh in my mind in order to hopefully gain a new perspective on my own story.  So, that'll come when I get back on... Sunday night?  Monday?  I'm not sure at the moment.  I'll be bringing my laptop with me, but I probably won't use it.

I purchased and downloaded the original Harvest Moon for the SNES on the Wii's Virtual Console, yesterday.  So many typos... but it looks like it's a fun game!  And they don't have the typical Popuri-Ann-Elli-Karen-Mary combination of wives in the original!  They have some of those already mentioned, but there are some new marriage candidates!  Awesome.

I also bought Super Metroid for the SNES on the VC, as well.  That'll be fun.

My monthly meeting for schoolwork was today.  Always nice to go to, even though I usually wait till the last minute to do my work.  We (my brother and I) were surprised that we had to take some extra tests, but we were able to get them done.  Although, I'm not sure I'm happy with the test results.  I mean, I did really well on them, and I honestly don't understand why.  This isn't false humility, because I seriously thought I didn't do well on them, and I'm kinda angry that I somehow stumbled upon the correct answers without putting much thought into them.

I mean, really, I'm a seriously lazy student.  I wait until the last few days before our work is due before I actually finish it, and I don't put that much thought into what I'm doing, and yet... I still get correct answers?  You might think I'm weird, but I'd rather FAIL HARD and actually get the motivation to work on the schoolwork the proper way, than to just take the easy way out and do things haphazardly and somehow get the answers correct.  Isn't that the difficult, yet morally and ethically correct, way to do things?

And I can't change myself, since I'm already settled into my routine and can't diverge from my set habits... v_v

And c'mon, the test results said that I was well above my grade in MATH!  I mean, COME ON!  MATH?!  If there's one thing that I believe I'm so terribly BAD at, it's definitely math!

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Wow... Baroque actually looks pretty swell.  Not that I'm much for the obviously questionable symbolism, but the art style is pretty nifty.  Looks like a winner on the Wii.

Oh yeah, speaking of the Wii, I did end up buying a Wii Points Card.  2000 points, to be exact.  And yes, I did indeed purchase Pokemon Snap on the Virtual Console, and I just unlocked the Volcano level.  It's about as fun and entertaining as I remember it, although I'll probably finish it fairly quickly.

I apparently can't go to the book store, anymore.  As soon as I walk into the appropriate section, I waste so much time just looking at the various titles, picking up books in my hands, examining them, memorizing the names of the authors and titles, etc... and then I find out that I don't have any money to buy them.  I'm certain that as soon as I get any cash whatsoever for Christmas, I'll be buying books.  I need to add more to my theology shelf...

Oh yeah, and a new book arrived on my doorstep, today.  It's thick as a phone book (768 pages, to be precise), and it has a ton of information on pretty much every major religion in the world.  Neat.

I've been watching more of -ef- a tale of memories, lately.  And it's actually a pretty decent show.  I can't wait to see where it takes us, as I'm only on episode 9 and it's going to finish off at 12 or 13 episodes in three or so weeks.  I gotta say, though... if there is a single anime on earth that reminds me of Kingdom Hearts in both artistic style and musical choice, it's definitely this show.  I mean, just watch the opening theme.

I'm still getting close to finishing Rune Factory.  I'm still on the second-to-last dungeon, but I'm getting stronger and stronger, and my crops are almost finished up with their growing, since the door to the second half of the dungeon requires you to grow five crops near the door to proceed.  I just wish it was a bit easier to finish these dungeons up, but eh, what can you do?

And... there's not much else to talk about.  I'm sending away for college information tomorrow (and let me tell you, I'm going to sign up to get information from well over fifteen colleges, at the least), so I'll be happy with that.  Definitely trying to go for Cal Baptist, since employers are actually predominantly looking for workers from Christian colleges these days, due to the fact that they believe they'll be getting workers with more honesty and integrity than graduates from secular universities.  Plus, that's where Gabe went, and he's one of the smartest guys I've ever known, so why not?  In addition to that, they have an arcade right there on campus, with a bunch of arcade cabinets with games that I'll probably be familiar with, so that's a definite benefit.

But eh, what can you do?  I had schoolwork to finish, a guild thread to write announcing my hiatus, and stuff to take care of.  I should be more diligent, yes, but I'm really, really lazy. xD

I'm sure there might be some guild members who saw my post, and to them, I must ask: do any of you have an account on LiveJournal?  I have no problem with adding anybody who asks of me to my friendslist, just so you know.  I'm totally down for commenting on journal entries and having brief (or in-depth, if you prefer) discussion and conversations!

I'm getting close to finishing Rune Factory pretty soon, here.  I'm in the second-to-last cave, I have pretty decent levels in order to fight the final boss, I think, and as soon as the last cave is finished, I'll be able to marry Mist, and only then will I consider the game finished (as I already have about 500,000 Gold and don't have very many things I can do after marriage, short of having the baby, and even then, that doesn't further the story at all).

I honestly can't wait until Christmas.  Who wouldn't love that day?  Hopefully we won't have any problems with anything, as we kinda have had in the last few years...

I'm thinking of trading in a few DS games in order to buy a Wii Points Card, so that I can purchase a few Virtual Console games.  I was initially thinking of buying Pokemon Snap, but I don't really know... it'd be a short game, with not that much Wii support, and with hardly any Pokemon from the last ten years.  On the other hand, it was still a fun game, but I'm not sure if it's worth the $10.00 I'd have to pay.  Maybe I'll just go with something that's a given, like Super Mario Bros. 3.

John Piper is one of the best speakers I've heard in terms of sheer emotion within the last few years. :3

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I'm trying to finish off as much as I can of Rune Factory before Christmas vacation starts, so I can move on to other games and not have to spend hours on a single week in the game.  I started Luminous Arc even though I wasn't finished with the previously mentioned game, and it's okay, but kinda difficult.  I also have to play Hoshigami Remix and Phantom Hourglass... x_x;

I gotta start applying for colleges and financial aid and scholarships and all that, soon.  Pastor Miles bought me a college magazine, which kinda surprised me because I completely forgot that I talked to him about colleges and theology and the like.  He's such a nice guy. :3

I also have to retake the SAT sometime this year or next.  I received a fairly decent score the first time around last year (1640), but my parents believe it'd be in my best interests to try for a higher score now that I understand a few more things (like Geometry stuff).  I'm okay with it, but I have to find out when I need to sign up for it...

I'm going to try to purchase Pokemon Snap for the Virtual Console sometime this week.  I could probably trade in a game or two at GameStop when we go out of town for our monthly meeting, and I could buy a 1000 Wii Points Card then.  I'm really looking forward to replaying that game. n_n

I might be getting a PSP for Christmas.  Ever since the Xbox 360 debacle and the fact that we're certainly not going to be getting one anytime soon, my parents have been kinda skirting the issue and not giving me a direct answer about the PSP.  That'll be cool.  I just don't know how I'm going to purchase Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku for it, or whether I should at all (text adventure + only Japanese text = not understandable at all).  But it'll be fun to play games like Jeanne d'Arc, Parappa the Rappa, MegaMan: Powered Up, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, etc.

I'm going to clean off my shelf in the room and put all of my theology-based books on a single shelf.  I'll call it the "Shelf of Theology".  Yes, that's totally clever, and completely awesome.  Maybe I'll take pictures of it.

My face still hurts from my accident, yesterday... x_x

Yes!  There are going to be Melee stages in the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl! :D 

YES!!  Pokemon Snap is going to be released on the Virtual Console!!  And it will have online capabilities!! <333

Awesome... can we please have updated stages in Snap, though?  I'd totally love to take pictures of more Pokemon, Nintendo.