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Status 8-14-09

As of writing this post I have approximately 24 hours before I move out to live in a dorm. Awesome. My schedule looks like its set up for a good run, the only classes that may involve some work are Calculus II and English 101. Looks like an easy ride, so far so good.

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Status 3-01-09

Nothing of importance happened. I'm updating my journal to prove that I', "still alive." School has been a killer for the past couple of months, which explains the lack of updates and such. Finding time to draw is tough, especially with half of my classes this semester being AP, but I got a couple of sketches I'm working on so I'll post them when they're done.

Quote from the stupidest person I know: "You can't do CPR on someone unless they're breathing!"

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Status 1-1-09 "New Year"

Well, another year has come and gone. Senior project is basically done and I aced the presentation. This means I will have almost to homework aside from the occasional English and regular Calculus work. I got my ACT scores back and managed to get a 28 out of 36, not bad I think. I'm pretty sure Ill be able to get into NC State University, but I wont officially know until the middle of January. Also, six more months until Graduation! w00t! In recent news, I have been mauled by the hunter that is Left 4 Dead (PC) and have never recovered. Surviving a zombie apocalypse has never been more fun!

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Status 10-13-08 "Status Update + Boredom"

The toughest part of Graduation Project, the research paper, is finally over. w00t! Less things to worry about now, so I have a lot more free time. I've been trying to learn how to work Maya, another 3d modeling program, but I cant seem to figure out the interface. I guess I'll just stick with blender3D because I have far more experience with it. Also, I seem to have gotten myself hooked on a free mmorpg called "perfect world." its actually pretty good looking and immersible for a free game and the first time I started it up I was impressed at the game's depth. Also also, Company of Heroes (by Relic, the same masterminds behind Homeworld and Dawn of War) is ridiculous. Try it out some time.

Yeah... So I was really bored today and I stumbled upon a website that supposedly tests your personality so I took one of the tests. Its surprisingly accurate in some areas while being slightly inaccurate in others.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion |||||| 22%
Stability |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Accommodation |||||||||| 34%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 43%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Mystical |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Religious |||||| 23%
Hedonism || 10%
Materialism |||||||||||| 50%
Narcissism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Humanitarian |||||| 23%
Conflictseeking |||||||||||||| 56%
Needtodominate |||||||||||||| 56%
Romantic || 10%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Anti-authority |||||||||||| 43%
Wealth |||||||||||| 50%
Dependency |||||||||| 36%
Change averse |||||||||| 36%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Individuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 63%
PeterPanComplex |||||||||||| 43%
Family drive |||| 16%
PhysicalActivity|||||||||||||||| 63%
Histrionic |||| 16%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 70%
Vanity |||||||||| 36%
Honor |||||||||||||| 56%
Thriftiness |||||||||||| 50%

"Stability results were very high which suggests you are extremely relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic."

"Orderliness results were high which suggests you are overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense too often of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun."

"Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive."

You can take the test here: [link]
Explanations of the attributes are here: [link]

What the heck, I might as well tag a couple of people with this while I'm at it, so I'll tag:



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Status 9-15-08 "Fall and Folding"
Well, I've been in school for a good 2 weeks now and its as boring and confusing as always. I've got a loaded semester as I have HN English IV, Graduation Project (Read: 10 page report), HN Calculus, and Marching Band. Engrish has been a breeze so far, The lowest grade I've gotten is an 87, and that's on a classwork grade. Senior Project is a pain, I've got 25 notecards and an outline due this Thursday (8-18-08) and I haven't started at the time of me writing this. Calculus is hard. Not only do I have to talk to a TV (we don't have an actual teacher, we do webcam sessions), I also forgot most of the basic stuff over the summer. Catching up is going to be fun...

Ever heard of Folding@Home? Hosted by Stanford University, its website is [link] . Its a distributed computing project -- "People from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved." -- that studies the folding and unfolding of proteins. Understanding this can lead to cures for cancer and diseases such as Alzheimer, so if your computer spends a lot of time idling, why not donate a few of your CPU's (or GPU's) cycles to Stanford so they can get one step closer to finding a cure for various illnesses.

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9-15-08: "Mid September Update" [link]
8-11-08: "Mid August Update" [link]
7-14-08: "Mid July Update" [link]
6-29-08: "End of June Update" [link]
6-14-08: "Father's Day Update" [link]
5-29-08: "New Journal" [link]
4-25-08: "School Update" [link]
4-15-08: "Tagged" [link]
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Status 9-15-08 "Fall and Folding"
Well, I've been in school for a good 2 weeks now and its as boring and confusing as always. I've got a loaded semester as I have HN English IV, Graduation Project (Read: 10 page report), HN Calculus, and Marching Band. Engrish has been a breeze so far, The lowest grade I've gotten is an 87, and that's on a classwork grade. Senior Project is a pain, I've got 25 notecards and an outline due this Thursday (8-18-08) and I haven't started at the time of me writing this. Calculus is hard. Not only do I have to talk to a TV (we don't have an actual teacher, we do webcam sessions), I also forgot most of the basic stuff over the summer. Catching up is going to be fun...

Ever heard of Folding@Home? Hosted by Stanford University, its website is [link] . Its a distributed computing project -- "People from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved." -- that studies the folding and unfolding of proteins. Understanding this can lead to cures for cancer and diseases such as Alzheimer, so if your computer spends a lot of time idling, why not donate a few of your CPU's (or GPU's) cycles to Stanford so they can get one step closer to finding a cure for various illnesses.

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Status 8-11-08 "Otakon and Ohio"
Great, its already the middle of August. Summer vacation is almost over and I'm due back in North Carolina at the end of this week. Though the entire vacation was fun, the highlight of it all has to be Otakon 2008 (for those of you who don't know, its a giant anime convention that takes place yearly in the Baltimore Convention Center).

Myself, my cousins, and a couple of their friends arrived in Baltimore on the 8th of August at about 6:00pm and stayed there until the 10th. For three days we wandered around the convention center, playing video games, watching anime, taking pictures of cosplayers and generally having a good time. The highlight of the trip was the "masquerade," essentially a talent show performed by the attendees. Speaking of which, the majority of the attendees cosplayed as a wide range of characters, ranging from movies to real life to anime to games. There were several awesome skits and shows, the best of which (IMO) was when a gifted flute player played several selections of music from the Legend of Zelda series. He sounded awesome and the entire audience gave him a standing ovation. Another highlight was the movie "The Girl Who Leaped Through Time," an excellent animated movie created by Bandai; the quality rivaled several Disney movies.

There were several places of interest during the con. The "Dealer's Room," was a massive hall with hundreds of different stalls, all of which were selling everything from clothing to manga to weapons. The "Artist's Alley" was another large hall where hundreds artists would sell their work and offer commission. The "HD Theater" was a large room with a massive movie-theater like screen and seats (This was the location were attendees could view movies and such). These are just a few of the places, I'm far to lazy to list all of them. The whole experience was great, it was well worth the $65 price tag for the three day experience.

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8-11-08: "Mid August Update" [link]
7-14-08: "Mid July Update" [link]
6-29-08: "End of June Update" [link]
6-14-08: "Father's Day Update" [link]
5-29-08: "New Journal" [link]
4-25-08: "School Update" [link]
4-15-08: "Tagged" [link]
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