New Blog!

Hey readers! My friend from our school's writing group created a blog for her awesome writing, and I thought you guys would like to check it out. It's still new, so there's not too much yet, but I know she'll definitely update it with more. Anyways, here's the link to her blog: Tales of an Amateur Author

Portal "Movie"

So a short quick little post: I found this on my Yahoo! newsfeed and I thought I'd share it.
Basically, someone is working on an animated Portal short, and I thought that was just amazing (because it's portal!). So anyways, here's the link to the full article: Upcoming Portal Animated Film Has An Awesome Pixar Look

Source: Gameinformer.com

Water Bomb

So my brother is obsessed with origami, and he taught himself how to make a better version of the traditional water bomb. So enjoy this little video of his bomb exploding in slow motion.

The End is Where We Begin, Part 2

I apoligize for not posting about this sooner, my days got pretty busy. Anyways, last Tuesday (April 17) Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK) released their new album which you probably heard about if you've been following my rencent blog posts. It's called "The End is Where We Begin", and I got it the day after it came out. I dragged my family out to Best Buy to get it. It is honestly an awesome CD. It takes a little bit of getting used to the more rap style of some of the songs, but they're all great. My favorite songs are "The End is Where We Begin" (4), "Be Somebody" (7), "Courtesy Call" (9), "War of Change" (10), and "Fly on the Wall" (13). I really like them all though.

Anyways, that's about all I have to say. Oh, and I updated some stuff on my "Writing" page, so be sure to check it out! And there's more pics of the CD after the jump!

10 hours!!

So yesterday I logged onto my computer after a nice little weekend in Doswell, Virginia (Kings Dominion, if you're wondering) and I noticed this nice little announcement on Thousand Foot Krutch's Facebook wall.

So if that made NO sense to you whatsoever, here you go: on Tuesday, April 17 at 5PM Central time (6PM Eastern) TFK is gonna be having a live video chat. Pretty straighforward. So since I thought this was just pretty cool, I figured I would share it. I more than likely won't be able to watch it (going to see a movie with my friends!! :D), but if any readers of this blog take the time to check it out, please tell me about it!!

And while I'm here, as of right now, it'sonly 10 HOURS until the release of "The End is Where We Begin"!

Source: Thousand Foot Krutch's Facebook Wall

Pages Update!

Due to the overwhelming response to my poll (did you see my sarcasm there?), I now have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR shiny new pages for you to look at! Yay!
Yep, so I still have the Zelda stuff page (but with a few new pictures), and I added a Pokemon Stuff page, a page with links to my writing, and a page with half-decent scans straight outta my sketchbook. So I hope you enjoy these new features here, and please let me know what you think of them!

Tabs Test

So if you're reading this on like Google Reader, My Yahoo or something, then you should visit the actual site. Seriously, you'll want to.

Anyways, I've been looking at this new-ish feature on Blogger called pages. I made a new demo page (as you can possibly see above). I'm not quite sure yet if I like it, so I'll give it a few days. If I do end up liking it, I'll probably make a few more (Pokemon memorabilia, writing, etc.) so please let me know what you think either with the poll on the right or via a comment below. (The poll will close at midnight on Wedensday)

And if you need help navigating to it, I have two hopefully helpful screenshots down here showing you where to find the tabs.

Mobile Site

Desktop site

Glog & Music

Yeah, I just finished another one of my character glogs. It still needs a few more things here and there, but it's essentially done.
By the way, I think this is the most I've posten in a really, really, really long time.

Moving right along, I need something else to put in this empty space, so heres a bunch of songs that are stuck in my head right now.
Break Your Knees - Flyleaf
Something I Can Never Have - Flyleaf   [[cover]]
Just Like Me - Hawk Nelson
Whatever Reason- Disciple
More Than A Love Song - Fireflight

Yup, that's just about all I have to say right about now. I'll post something more worthwhile soon, I promise!

Titles

I am so proud of myself. I just came up with a title for one of my stories I finished recently. It's that "romancy" story I wrote in February for my writing challenge, and I finally came up with something that I like and think I might keep.
You see, I have this problem with names and titles. I mean, I even have trouble coming up with titles for these blog posts! And don't get me started on character names; those can take me weeks to decide on permanently. So I guess it's safe to say that I was pretty excited when I came up with this title and I liked it instantly.
So how it happened: I was Googling (actually I was Yahooing because Google's acting weird on my computer) tips for coming up with title ideas, and one stood out to me. Take an existing expression, and twist it around a little, make it a play on words. So one thing that came to mind later on was internet memes. The first one that I come up with: "The cake is a lie," from the original Portal video game. Yes, I'm a bit of a geek. Anyways, the point of the story I wrote was pretty straightforward: There's a guy, and he's pretending to date this girl so that this other really annoying girl leaves him alone. Complicated, and yes, very cliche. But then I was thinking "y'know the cake is a lie... cake kinda sounds like date... The date is a lie! Ohmygosh!"
Yeah, so something good came out of my geekiness

The End is Where We Begin

Yeah, so I probably should've posted something about this before, but I just keep forgetting. Anyways, Thousand Foot Krutch is releasing a new album, "The End is Where We Begin" , on April 17. And no, I cannot wait for it. I've listened to a few of the songs on YouTube, and they just sound absolutely amazing. Seriousy, I want to get this so bad.
So the reason I'm remembering this is because I read this interview from a magazine this evening, and I thought I'd share that too. So there's that, and also a few links to some songs on YouTube.

"War of Change"
"The End is Where We Begin"
"Courtesy Call"

Source: Thousand Foot Krutch's Facebook Wall