The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 23

It's been 2 whole weeks,oh well it's not like anyone reads it anyway!

Good

-2 to awesome video game tournaments based off of none other than Super Smash Bros.!!!!!

-Fablehaven Book 4 was just released,this is by far the best book in the series since book 1 [I should do a review of that soon]

-A really,really good camp out I just got back from (Nothing like a good ol' Capture the Flag in the Dark with flashlights as the only source of light oh and bear foot in cold sand]

-Emmza and KB stayed over for a night

-Video Games (I just got past a really hard level and I discovered some cool parts to other video games)

Bad

-Schoolwork (Projects,essays,bastards [excuse my language but that's the disturbing truth] to deal with,psychotic subs)

That's it

-Uber Psycho Tom

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 22

Wow what a day! I've just returned from a Youth Conference that lasted all day. I've been gone since 8:30 this morning and only just got in [That's about my average school day in the Cross Country season which reminds me I need to get back in shape].

Anyway I woke up at 7:30 and read TinTin for half an hour then I got dressed and went to the French Hotel for a good hot chocolate and morning snack.Soon after I walked up to church where I got a ride to the ISC for the conference.

So I arrived to find there was a huge amount of cans donated for the Food Bank we [The Ward] donated some as well (We[ as a Group] ended up being the largest donors of canned goods in one day it ended up on the 6 'o clock news) and after the quick donation I registered and the conference began with a good talk about courage and the guy was making references to David and Goliath and Gideon and the 135,000 enemies and so on.

After that I went to a workshop about balancing life.Pretty good workshop but I was mostly in it for the unicycle though he was quite funny at times. I also met a pretty nice young lady who I'll call Ginger. [I ended up hangin' out with her all day,turns out she's from Alameda and works Cross Country with Encinal which is the one of the many schools I have to race against in the fall].After the workshop was a nice little performance from a Utah-based accapella group called Noteworthy, smashing ol' themes they were I couldn't get enough of them,too bad I was sittin' next to really excited girls.Then came disgusting lunch but I got to talk to Emmza,KB,and Kandy [Candace] so it was all fine.

After lunch was 2 more good workshops.The 2nd one was about how culture affects our thinking.This guy was UC professor who goes to my church and he made reference to Little Mermaid. The whole lesson kinda of creeped me out but it was good I was sitting next Ginger again.The 3rd one i didn't pay too much atention to but when I did I liked every bit off it.

After that was testimony bearing in which lots of youth went up and bore testimonies,and now I wish I did to.Then came the most delicious dinner you could get at a Youth Conference but then Asm just left I don't know why I know she couldn't eat dinner but that really doesn't seem reason enough.After that was a closing talk by an astronaut [1 out of the LDS guys to go in space actually] I liked his talk most. I sat once again next to Ginger

After that was the dance which I had the time of my life with I didn't even go to the games for once. I danced all by my self and ocassionally went to the side for food.

Once I got tired I got a ride back and now it's been 40 minutes since I typed all this up and since I returned. That ends this

-Uber Psycho Tom

Title of No Meaning

The title up there,yeah it's completely meaningless so don't hesitate to figure out why I chose it


Well today was the first day of daylight savings time,you know what that means to us seminary goers? Huh?!? Do ya'? Do Ya?!?????

It means instead getting up at a sane hour to get to school at the sane hour of 8:30 and then being able to enjoy sunlight at 7,we get stuck with having to wake up at what we believe to be 4:00 am stuck lurking around school in the dark and then all for one measly extra afternoon hour that isn't needed.If anything it should be called Daylight Stealing Time. If you ask me they should put it back on the first April Saturday at 9:00 am so we don't have to set our clocks before we go to bed and then they should put out an initiative to take away all legislators healthcare [same for Congress on national level].Why should they get a socialized healthcare while 1/3 of Americans must suffer and the other 64% are most likely on the brink. (That's 100 million people with no healthcare and a little under 100 about to lose insurance). To top it off recall the governor so we can finally no longer be 51/50 in education spending.

While Asm was at the prom I hung out with Leffler and had a bit of a Nerf war [Nerfs are soooo underrated] followed by vegging out and then a hilariously bad movie but overall not bad enough to be good. The movie was R rated but keep in mind it was an 80's movie so the standards were completely different [something Asm fails to realize,so judgmental R rating isn't bad,vulgarity and language is].

For once I was not antagonised quite suprisingly it's almost scary how great the day went. To top it off that girl returned but I bet that was completely surreal [It it wasn't she was gone for 2 whole months,if not who knows if she'll return].

Alas it is looking to be late I must get some shoulday' after tomorrows shower morning

Hey y'all

Camp Pillow wanted to say hi

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. Check out my other "side blog" it is,.......http://madmonkey64.blogspot.com/ may this please go to the site when you click it

*BUMPER STICKER OF THE DAY If we quit voting,will they go away?

*This might ver be a repeat I'll go read my earlier ones some other time

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 21

Well I've finally made my 75th post but to talk about

Ok I've finished Magic Knight Rayearth[easily the best manga I've encountered] and I keeping thinking how glad I am that Earth is ruled the way it is instead of how Cephiro is,I know I wouldn't want to live in a world where one person will controls it all.Ok that's all for spoilers

I'm 2/5 the way to getting the laptop of my dreams and I'll have enough by about mid-July with breaks and such plus that lousy 10% tithing.I can't wait til' I can get a laptop and I really hope they still have the one I'm looking for by that time and I really hope that the laptop won't be a dissapointment.

But the best part admist all this is that I really don't have much else to talk about,becuase this weekend has been uneventful which is GREAT after all the hard work and tiringness of a regular school day and al those many other things.

I think I'm gonna take a walk now then play some Battalion Wars and who knows what

See y'all later

-Uber Psycho Tom

P.S. My Camp Pillow says hi

Wow it's almost March,already???

Sometimes I wish I was still 5.Back when I was 5 everything was simple.

Teddy Bears took care of everything

$10 bought the world

Christmas was actually a long wait,not quick like a cat on haunches

Easy homework

My point is I'm still in January and it's almost March.I've gotten behind on my Rayearth which I now feel like explaining however since this not, I repeat not my side blog where I'm in critique mode I shall nutshell it all out,so...far because I have fallen behind on my Rayearth. So far it looks like 3 girls from Tokyo (different schools though) go on a field trip to Tokyo Tower.Everything seems normal except the trio hear a voice in which leads to the floor collapsing and they end up in another world.The world of Cephiro where all is conrolled by will power but the ruler balances Cephiro with her will power becuase this ruler has the strongest will to protect it and the pillar gets kidnapped and of course that leads to the Magic Knights being summoned (who are of course the 3 girls).I'll give no more becuase the rest is meant for my review.

At last Dark Serenity is done so I no longer have to deal with fanfic related kickoffs and I can finally hear more about Stones of Destiny [I really hope that's a working title becuase it sounds to generic now I currently don't know a better name of course I'm kinda' tired] which left off in the middle of a conversation. Chris Heimerdinger left off with 20 peoples lives at stake[yes 20 main characters,that's ridiculous],Lemony Snicket didn't give the answer we wanted to hear,instead he gave us an answer that we mostly had to decipher ourselves,Colville went on a 10 year hiatus but this,........?!? Really it's incredible and not in a good way

Goals for weekend

1.Look back at New Year's Resolutions and see how I've done
2.Get another review and personal post in
3.Back to work on my Icelandic
4.Get homework out of the way
5.More sleeping and eating [DUH!]

The Monkey World Weekend Edition: Issue 20

Well this is the 20th weekend I'm put up a post since June 27th last year when I started the whole thing.

It's been almost a month since the newspaper changed it's look from unique and gorgeous to looking like USA Today[and yes I have seen the USA Today look].Nearly a month sinec finals were over and a week since that college tour. Wow time sure flies by even when you're bored by mediocrity. Ok fine it's not all boring some of it's frustrating [like why my brain takes a freeze ray and pulls the trigger on himself during an Algebra test or why I'm stuck dealing with Joel{not going past that}],some of it is great [like getting home or reading Magic Knight Rayearth or Calvin and Hobbes at the library].

So yesterday was the High School Talent Show.Fun??? Exciting????? No,not really.Nightmare yes!
First the line was too long,then the people were talking about stuff I'd rather not repeat,the tickets cost $28[I didn't know I'd need my ID] and once we got in the people were of course too loud and obnoxious [to be expected] but the music was so loud and bland not even earplugs would tone it down heck I don't even think noise killing earmuffs would tone it down.Luckily Asm's act was among the first. The first act was singing [pretty good but not brilliant],the next act was Asm's.Her poem was brave and quite deep but I think she's trying to send us all on a guilt trip if we offend her or even try to help.The next act was was another song [which was much better,but it got to loud].After that was a poem (I really liked but it sounded familiar and according to Asm it was not memorized) then there was a dance act which had the stupidest background music and felt fake.The final act I paid any attention toa light show which was by far the most impressive [of course there's no way a poem or song can compete with a light show].In the middle of the next act which extremely obnoxious and loud,I left and stayed outside until it was finally over.

I'll explain more about Magic Knight Rayearth later

Holy Crap, Only 2 years left!

Lets see last I'm I posted,it was a day before Barack Obama became president.

Since then I've

-Gotten past my finals
-Narrowly passed all my classes
-Done the Exit Exam
-Done a lot of make up work
-Gotten assigned 2 projects
-Taken a tour of 2 colleges
-Decided on the colleges that I want most and my major
-Gone hog wild with Battalion Wars
-Tried to catch up on my blogging


Well the results weren't pretty with the finals,I think I ended up with D's on a few of them.My notes weren't helpful but on a few of them I got A's I think I got a complete 100 on one them.Thankfully I managed to pass all my classes so unless something goes terribly wrong a the end of the year I won't be taking any classes again like I feared. About a week after that,all the sophomores at Berkeley High had to take the Exit Exam

Why it's called such I do not know. For one if you fail it you have like 55 times to try it over,for two if you do pass your stuck at High School for 2 years.Finally if you fail it you're either brain dead,not trying,or something is seriously wrong,Sahara if you are reading this I'll say you could pass it.The exam is 8th grade in Math and 6th in English.

On Monday I got assigned a memoir like project where I have to interview a relative about their experiences and stuff,then the next day I got assigned to research a nation colonized by a European power and how it all went and put it on a poster.

Yesterday,my class left school in order to tour 2 campuses [Cal State East Bay and St. Mary's College].I for one preferred St. Mary's College.Cal State looked like BYU in almost every way,except it didn't have the homely feel,it was atop a hill so the insignia was nowhere to found[by insignia I mean BYU's Y,CAL's C,University of Utah's U,Stanford's S,etc.] and the builidings where too close andit seemed a bit more for graduates over undergraduates. The tour guide didn't give too much info on the life or atmosphere either. Finally we all had lunch at the dining area[the best part of this tour by far,but nowhere near the quality of BYU cafeteria food]. I know I'm not thinking of applying here. After a really good meal the gang pakced up and headed off to St. Mary's College which is about 10 miles from Gandma's house and 8 from mine so though it's close it's not dangerously close. The tour guide this time went deep into the heart and spirit of the college.Apparently they have a system where ou have 2 semesters one whole month off and a January part. The architecture was unique,the chapel looked like a run-of-the-mill Roman church and overall this campus and the how it all was set-up was inviting


Currently my line-up looks something like

5.St. Mary's College
4.U.C. Davis
3.University of Illinois at Chicago
2.Oberlin College
1.BYU

I'm currently thinking of making Economics my major

I'm thinking about all this because one the tour,and 2,.................... HOLY CRAP ONLY 2 YEARS LEFT!!!!!

After all this I've basically gone hog wild with Battalion Wars on the GameCube and I've finally made a post you somehow read all the way through

-Uber Psycho Tom