Long Time Back

So, I sincerely apologize to my reader (or lack thereof) for being so AMAZINGLY behind on this blog thing. Guess there's no better day than my first day off of Finals, right? And it's my b-day, to boot!
In light of the season, I decided it was time for Hitsugaya to make an appearance. Sadly no snow is falling here in Lincoln, as much as I wish it would.
Well, anyways, I've got the day off now to sit around campus, work on some things, get ready to head home, all while waiting for my girl to get done with her tests tonight. French Final at 6 = Fail. So glad my German class didn't do something silly like that. I've still got to finish packing for the break, go sell back my books (cash! oh dear lord I haven't seen money go BACK into my account for so long!), get some Christmas shopping and making out of the way, all before we run back to good ol' Papio tonight. That still leaves me plenty of free time, so expect me to post a few times today, if all goes well. Hopefully I'll get back on track with this soon. That would be awesome.

Damn... I feel like there's more I should say, but I'm kinda in a mental-block state right now.

Oh, and for those who were keeping up with it, finished Assassin's Creed II just like two weeks ago. Wow, and I expected to NOT be surprised. Mind blown. Go, all of you, buy it now!

Aaaaaanyways... Hope to be back here periodically today. Tchau!

A Little Late, But Nothing Less

Alright, well to my few, if any semi-dedicated followers, I apologize for being away for so long. Yeah, I said "Post something every day," but those damn papers got away from me. And my Ruthen also happily devours my life. Also Assassin's Creed. But the latter two are definitely worth my time, effort and passion. I may regret saying that in the future, but I hope that day is far from now.
Anyways. Yeah, that Calc thing. Once I got some little pointers, that baby came together like a charm. So stoked to see that awesome grade! The Theatre final? ....Well, I blame that on the artistic-ness of the assignment; I had big plans, but not the time or the concentration to see it through. It got done, rest assured, but... oh it just needs more work! Writing is such a passion, and I feel like I should be devoting serious ammounts of my life to it, even though it's just a simple class assignment! Oh, the woes of the artist!
On a more positive note, I'm finally on the down-hill stretch. Thanksgiving break is within reach, I'm somehow sqeezing my way into classes for next semester I'll actually enjoy, and today I got to do some easy volunteering with the Young Democrats. Win.
So, now that the weekend's here and the school week is but two short days, I have time to rest, think, and create! Achievements will be awarded, time will be spent celebrating my two-month aniversary with my girl (I know, it doesn't seem like much, but when that's your standing record, well... It sure feels like something!), and I will have time to write, to design! That's right, folks, I'm goin' in!
My first big task is to get some real work done on my Nerdcore flow. The next Rhyme Torrents compillation will be made in the next few months, and all entries are due by sometime in the first week of January. This is perfect! I get a reason to write my poetry, express my Nerd Culture, and lay it all over a beat my friends and co-horts around the country and the globe can put in there heads! There's no competition, no limits since it's just a .rar file of anything original that's submitted. I'm in the clear! I just need to find someone who'll help mix the beat... and rediscover the flow I had earlier in the week. Damn, lol, it'll be a trial, but BOY will it feel good!

Okay... Okay.... It's gotta end here tonight. I got it started, I got back to it... but something just now washed over me... and I have no energy left but to lay down by its side... I'll come back to finish tomorrow... I promise. I just... need to rest.

Fulfilling the Creed

Okay, I was right when I said yesterday that this new game was going to eat my life. Two, maybe three hours in, and I still haven't even gotten out of the kid-Ezio prologue chapters. All the extras I got with the Master Assassin's Edition are TOTALLY sexy, including the nearly 9-inch tall statuette. Bitchin'.

But I've also got this Calc project and other homework, so that's what I'm really concentrated on now. Just trying to at least make one post per day, so just here to that end. Unfortunately I'm not in any great or insightful mood, so no quote or song for now. Just jammin while I get all this crap done. Praying I have time to get a few more missions and maybe another Achievement or two in tonight. Don't really see that happening, though, but a man can dream, right?

On The Changing Templates

Just foolin around for the first few days here. So if things seem to change every five minutes... They probably are. :D

Right now it's on the "WoW: Unbroken" style I found. I just freaking love this picture (even if it is kind of a Fable rip-off...), so I'll stick with it until I find something that fits more.

Perhaps a good StarCraft background... or something totally different. Ideas welcomed as always!

:EDIT: Okay, so I found this super-sweet one with Captain Hitsugaya, all wrapped up for winter and catching a snowflake. PERFECT for today... Except that all this text shit covers up the snowflake. /sadfac
I'm debating changing to it, anyways, but I have it saved just in case.

Sheesh, just had the thought: Who cares, Ben? Well... Whatever, okay? I'm just writing to write, and maybe somebody'll pick up and go "I know EXACTLY how you feel!"
Then again... Maybe I'm just crazy. lol

First Day Thoughts

Alrighty, well... I guess here I am, world!

I was told that I should start chronicling my thoughts via blog recently. I mean, I am gonna try to do something with a Creative Writing major, so might as well get my thoughts down somewhere, right? Yeah, that's the plan at least.

So here you will find personal insight, reflections on life, reviews of pop culture, music and other media recommendations and just about anything else I can fit in here. I just want to get my ideas down somewhere and have a place to discuss. I guess FaceBook and those things are a little too open to the world for my kind of commentary. :/ Just dump that all here, right?

Well, at the moment I'm working on a Calculus project (obviously due within the week), pondering a scene for my final project in Theatre (rough draft also due within the week), trying to fight through the bureaucracy we call college... and just basically trying to fight off my boredom until Assassin's Creed 2 tomorrow! Yeah, total nerd-dom, but hopefully it'll give me something to fill my free time with for a while. Besides homework. And writing. And designing my game. And my girlfriend.

Shit.

Anyways, here's the major story and thought for today. I'm currently wrestling with my second semester class list here at UNL. Oh boy, it's fun when every class you want to take is full. English degree, I'll see you... in the next five years, gods willing. I finally headed down to my advisor to attempt to plead my way into the already full class rosters. No luck there, but at least I got to talk to her without having to set up a real appointment (late lunches ftw! Glad I got mine out so early!). So I still can't break into ENGL 200, which I NEED for my major, or ENGL 230A (SHAKESPEARE! A requirement, but it can be filled in other ways... I guess....), but I got a bit more view on what else I should take. Uggh for Cultural and Gender Studies courses... I SO do NOT want to take a Women's Lit or African-American Poetry course... But I guess I have to. Oh dear, who knows how it'll end up, I guess.
But this isn't what was so amazing. As we were discussing my class list, Mrs. Jarvis (my adviser) kept talking about how she hoped the snow would hold off. I agreed, though I didn't let her know that it was mostly only so I could turn in paperwork today, pick up AC2 tomorrow, and then ol' Freya can do whatever she likes with the Northern Winds. Snow me in so hard I can't even make it down the stairs to my Honors classes, for all I care!
Well, I walked out, Matisyahu blaring in my ears, thinking little happy nothings about my music and the conversation I just had, and not 5 seconds later... it starts to snow. Not heavy, not even hard enough that you could see the crystals, but just a cold, slightly solid rain. It was beautiful! I laughed so hard! At the wonder, at the beauty, at the irony of it all! And as the cool rain hit my face... I felt pure, I felt at peace. Like Mother Nature was crying for me, just hoping with all her might that I could feel at home once more.
And I did.
Now here I am, back in my dorm, nice and toasty warm, working on homework and just about to make myself the last of my Smores Pop-Tarts. Life is good now, and whether that changes in a few minutes, a few days, a few months... I don't care! I am happy in my moment, and I will keep it.

Song to ponder: Rob Thomas "Someday"
Quote to meditate upon: "An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us."
Yes, of course, the Communist Nerd quotes from "V for Vendetta." So sue me for unoriginality. :P