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Monday, June 27th, 2005
12:04 am	Ee, bad dreams! I will understand if you don't read this whole post. It's sorta long. Oh well, at least it will help me remember the dreams. Summary: N1 made me more aware of my insecurity, which made me more insecure. Woot. N2, N3, and N4 are just weird. PGSIS 2004: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! (26 June...this may be posted early on the 27th) Okay, I had four nightmares in a nap at 10:30 this morning. First let me describe the sequence: N1 begins. I wake up from N1. Phew, it was all a dream! But I have actually woken up right into N2. Oops. Then I wake up into the real world. Phew, it was REALLY all a dream! But I'm a little disoriented, so after a short celebration I fall right back asleep. N3 begins and is a continuation of N2. Then I wake up again, celebrate, fall asleep. N4 is nothing big, but hey, it was still there. Okay. N1 was odd. It wasn't 100% nightmare. I'm with the Safers (friends of mine), and they're showing me this cool text-based online RPG. The funny thing is that they actually did show me a cool text-based online RPG this morning. But the dream one was different, and it like..racked up costs without telling you. So we went to this café lounge place that was specifically for players of this game. Some kids from our school who graduated last year were there, like Brian Latimer and Jim Lazorik (don't ask me why). We all had wireless laptops and were playing this game, and when you got to a new page you printed it out and the nearest printer would print it. The thing I printed went to a printer in the ceiling and the papers fell down right into my hands. Sweet. So everyone got in line to get a drink cause it was sorta hot there, and the creators of the game were serving sodas. When I got up there, they said "Dude, you don't have a money account put in. How are you gonna pay the, like, $15 that you owe for playing and stuff?" I got scared and said sorry guys, I'll pay you as soon as I can. Just trust me. They seemed to be okay with it. Then Safers invited me to their place for a swimming party in the creek-shaped pool in their backyard (they have no pool in real life). Lots of people were at the swimming party. Then it started to get overcast and windy. Dead Kid (Greg Anderson, a friend) said "Oh, and there's the clichéed tornado. Typical." He was very calm and critical. Indeed, there was a small tornado approaching. People screamed and ducked underwater, and Safers' dad was tossed up about 50 feet and crashed down into a barn, crushing it. He got up unscathed. We all rushed into the cellar and barred the door shut with a piece of wood. I said something about what if others need to get in, and the door-barrer said screw them. I felt bad. That is, until the storm ended and they were all having fun in a big waterpark that had opened right across the street. As I walked through the waterpark, all I heard was people saying bad things about me. The interpretation for this one is rather obvious: I have been rather insecure lately...even paranoid. Long story short, I ended up accidentally stepping on a springpad and being launched, soaring above the rides (and hearing people whisper their dislike for me to each other as I passed over them) and crash landing in Safers' house. I woke up! (But shh, I'm actually in N2.) I wake up and notice that my house is trashed with grafitti. It all either says something like "Speed Lighning rules!!" or "Pay up now!" or similar things. It turns out "Speed Lightning" is the name of the group of dudes who had made that game from N1. Even my cell phone seems to have been reprogrammed so that the menu buttons say things about paying them. They also conveniently programmed their number into my phone, so I called them and bitched them out for doing wayy more than $15 in damage and that they didn't even give me a chance to pay them. Then I realised: Oops, this is a dream! I woke up. This time for real. I am on the couch (this was a nap), and I think "Phew, now it really was just a dream!" In my delirium, I fall back asleep. N3 involves travelling to Speed Lightning HQ, which happens to be next door to Safers'. I don't totally remember what happened here, but it involved some swashbuckling and I think I lost. Then I woke up again. Phew, another dream. Watch me fall asleep again! N4 was short, but I figured I'd mention it. It involved trying to drive away from my house to escape some kind of scary monster, but the car was being..extremely odd. It kept not working right. The end. Awake. Scariest hour-long-nap ever. Love, Billy Current Mood: scared Current Music: David Bowie - Hunky Dory (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 20th, 2005
9:52 pm	teh computer! My college computer has been ordered! I am quite excited. It's from Dell; I would have much preferred Alienware or something, but my dad's company gets discounts at Dell, plus a bunch of other discounts I managed to scrounge up. Processor: Intel Pentium4 630 with HyperTransfer (3 GHz 800 FSB) Memory: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM (533 MHz, 2 DIMMs) Video: nVidia GeForce 6800 PCIE x16 (256 mb) HD: 160 GB Serial ATA (7200 RPM) with DataBurst Cache plus I get to take my secondary 80 gb drive in our home computer that's basically all my stuff anyway Sound: SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit Advanced HD Audio I know, it's nothing spectacular, but I just wanted something at least better than integrated sound, and the next one up was expensive That's about all that's important for you to know and possibly be jealous of (though I admit, it's not the absolute best, but I'm still quite pleased with it). I tried hard and pulled together a crapload of discounts, including buying the monitor separately so I could use coupons, and it ended up being about $1500 (non-discount price was about $1800-1900 with monitor). Speaking of which, Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 1704FPT 17" Special thanks to Laura's dad for the coupons on that! I can't wait! Weee. Love, Billy Current Mood: excited Current Music: Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 12th, 2005
1:31 pm	Great news!!!!1!111one1 W00000t! Today is a day for great celebration. The G8 totally just agreed to call off the debt of 18 poor countries. $40 billion in debt just got AWPed. Let's keep it going, guys! Within the next year, 9 more countries should get the same total debt cancellation, and after that, 11 more potentially could if they toned down the corruption and oppression a little. This could be the beginning Africa's big break. Let's hope so! For any gov school people reading this, doesn't it take you back to the debt relief conference? Mmm, ICONS. Love, Billy Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: The Grateful Dead - American Beauty (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 9th, 2005
8:10 pm	Still downish... Today was the last day of school. I was hoping that my sadness and scaredness would fade away when school actually ended (leaving only my happiness that it's over), but they didn't. I'm still anxious (the bad kind), eager (a.k.a. the "good anxious"), excited, happy, sad, and scared all at once. Oh well...regardless of how I feel about it, as last-days-of-school go, this was a majorly kickass one. Fun in school, frisbee, pool, chilling. The bad part about today was the total shitheadedness of people like Deken Werkheiser (does anyone like that kid? seriously). One of our senior pranks was getting like 24 crabs (paid for by donations) and releasing them into the school (originally the gym, but it was locked). Well, it was actually really cool to have them in the halls because you could walk around and see crabs chillin' and walking around, and then say "Yo crab, sup?". It ruled. Unfortunately, it was ruined by assholes like Deken and his little group of people who probably hate him as much as everyone else but hang with him for some reason. You see, they have no respect for life. They threw the crabs around, smashed them on the ground, stepped on them, and kicked them. Almost all of the crabs were dead by second period. It made me sick. Love, Billy Current Mood: so many emotions at once Current Music: ABBA - The Album (22 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
9:57 pm	Death = :o( I = in the Pitt Honours Housing! w00t I wish I knew more people going to Pitt :o( Oh well, Wagner'll be close. I'm also in a sort of "I don't want high school to end" depression. I'm excited, happy, sad, and scared all at once, but right now I just happen to be a little more sad/scared than the other two. Oh well. Love, Billy Current Mood: anxious Current Music: Kraftwerk - Autobahn (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 29th, 2005
1:13 pm	Mom = >:o( Okay, scratch that. I'm extremely offended that my mom is pissed off. She keeps arguing that regardless of the upcoming funeral clouding my mind, I should have thought about my commitment the next day (a bagpipe parade). Here's the situation: when we were leaving for the funeral, they said we mmmight be sleeping over but they weren't sure. I didn't think anything of it. After I put some logic to her, my mom got whittled down to her argument being that she's angry that I didn't even think about the bagpipe parade when they told me this. She said that my mind shouldn't have been that clouded. This offended me way more than her original arguments. I even cried a little, but that was more likely because it made me think more about what had happened. It's not even that big of a commitment. I was one of many people going (so my presence alone didn't mean anything special), and I have not blown one off yet, so I think I deserved it, especially considering the circumstances. Current Mood: depressed (3 Comments |Comment on this)
12:32 pm	Death = :o( Heston Husler, a fellow student from governor's school, died on Monday in a car crash. He was an awesome guy, and we weren't that close, but we still talked sometimes. I found out on Tuesday. That's why I was a little out of it in school on Wednesday, for anyone who thought maybe I was just sleepy or something. I went to the funeral on Friday (a dual one for both Heston and the girl in the car with him), which was beautiful. Even perfect. It was still terribly sad, but it had funny stories and some laughter. It was happy as funerals go. There were about 20 gov school people there, and there had been 5 or 6 more at the viewing the day before. At the burial site, Heston's parents talked to us govies and told us how much it meant to them for us to come. They spoke of how much Heston had talked about gov school after coming home, and how much he had loved it, and the mom gave us a little speech about how she was confident in us to lead the world as the next generation. It was touching and so sad at the same time. Afterward, about 10 of us stayed at Caitlin's house. She lived quite close to Heston and was also quite close to him as a friend, so she was the most hurt by this. She had even just had lunch with him the day before it happened. We stayed the night and had a great time that Heston would have been proud of. We also ate a 2 pound bag of carrots and left 15 messages on Mark Mummert's phone. Anyway, right now I'm still a little down, but going to the funeral and the sleepover put good closure on it. I'm glad I went. My mom was pissed about the slightly-unplanned sleepover, and I don't know whether to be sorry or offended. I mean, jeez, it's a bloody funeral. I didn't think you were allowed to be angry at someone who was just at a funeral. Love, Billy Current Mood: a little down Current Music: The Byrds - Lay Down your Weary Tune (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
8:02 pm	The Assault on St. Peter's Basilica Here is how I will take over the Vatican. Shown below is St. Peter's Square with my battle plans drawn in. Like it? Love, Billy Current Mood: ambitious Current Music: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 8th, 2005
9:53 pm	Vote 5 for pr0m! Prom was teh r0xx0r (sorry, K. F.). And my record collection is now alphabetised. Anyone who has a few spare nice prom pics: please let me know. I didn't have a camera. Sarah, I hope you had an awesome time too! Love, Billy Current Mood: winding down Current Music: Simon and Garfunkel - Blues Run the Game (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
2:59 pm	This is the story of Peter and the Wolf... I came across something very interesting yesterday: A Progrock Peter and the Wolf. I grew up listening to a wonderful recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (the classical one) narrated by your friend and mine, David Bowie. I've always loved it. So, I was overjoyed when I saw "Peter and the Wolf" narrated by Viv Stanshall. Yes, VIV STANSHALL! darkicicle, rejoice! Then I wondered what it was doing categorised under "Rock"... Then I noticed that it included people like Bill Bruford, Brian Eno, Cozy Powell, and Phil Collins (as a drummer). So, I read the back, and it described it as a "Rock version". It's very awesome, slick, and funky. and it's apparently pretty hard to find. Check out what Progarchives has to say. And seriously...IT'S PETER AND THE WOLF! (I already posted this on progrock, and I figured my more personal friends deserve to know about it too. If you really want, I can send it to you, since it's damn hard to find.) Love, Billy Current Mood: In the disgusting words of McDonald's, "im lovin it" Current Music: Curved Air - Air Conditioning (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
7:29 pm	You're vs. Your Correct me if I'm wrong, but this should not be so. http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=your&word2=you%27re I would imagine a far different proportion if they were all being used correctly. I posted this on grammarpolice, but I wanted to put it here too. I hope you're as outraged as I am. Or..I hope your as outraged as I am. Love, Billy Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: CCR - Cosmo's Factory (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 21st, 2005
11:10 pm	Congress sucks I'm so glad that Republicans still believe in the principle on wihch they were founded: generally keeping out of the lives of individuals and only taking action when necessary for the welfare of the nation in general. I'm also very pleased with Congress' commitment to upholding their Constitution. They'd never do something like pass a bill to reverse a JUDICIAL decision. Good game, guys. Goooood game. Love, Billy Current Mood: pissed off Current Music: The Beatles - Yer Blues (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 13th, 2005
9:32 pm	el relief-o Update on last post: Mr. Tremer was on B2 in the Morning Call today!! Great news! This is the back of my neck. |. | Hmm...what's that dot? Let's zoom in. Check out the hair, yo! |;;'";'";;| | o | It's a little not-visible-but-somewhat-palpable lump that scared the hell out of me, especially when coupled with my recent worse-than-usual neck pains. Eeeeeek! Fortunately, your hero and mine (Dr. Fugazotto!!) came in to save the day with his attractive young female interning med-student. It's just some weirdo lymph gland that swelled up and never went back down. The relief was intense. Yes, even more intense than listerine, liquid-ice mint things, and altoids combined. Surprisingly, the neck pain isn't even a bone thing. It's that blasted Trapesius muscle. Stupid muscle. Still, not having neck cancer rocks. Love, Billy Current Mood: relieved Current Music: The Doors - Backdoor Man (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 12th, 2005
5:03 pm	This post is mainly for SoLehiers Today at a bagpipe gig, I was unexpectedly drawn into the Donegal's Square (a nice Celtic store in Bethlehem) Sexy Legs in a Kilt contest. Whom did I run into? Was he a fellow contestant? Yes, he was. Right now, if you go to Southern Lehigh, you're probably like "HOLY CRAP!" If not, take another look. It's Mr. Tremer!!!! He's the gifted/psychology/sociology/awesome teacher at our school, for those of you losers who don't go to it. It was so cool. I didn't win (nor did Mr. Tremer), but my bagpipe band leader was asked several times how old I was by pretty girls who seemed to be in their early twenties. w00t! But seriously, Mr. Tremer! He was sooo cool. He was two in front of me. The guy between us (though in this photo, he's in front of Mr. Tremer) was very cool, and he and I kept laughing about how much it sucked to follow Mr. Tremer in line, because he kept doing really awesome, sexy things for the judges. Love, Billy Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Focus - Hamburger Concerto (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
9:52 pm	"They say you can't judge a book by its cover...I guess the same goes for safety-man." I hate it when people say "I don't appreciate..." to express contempt for something, and when people say "half past" or "quarter to" without the hour. I love it when Hector calls Gus "Safety-man" in Recess, especially when he's doing the generic Western narration at the end of the dodgeball episode. How bout you guys? Love, Billy Current Mood: peaceful Current Music: Allusa Fallax - Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 7th, 2005
10:25 pm	Ich bin Herr Tod! Today, I guessed someone's name. I had never interacted with this person. She just definitely looked like an Amber. I also learned about the current of the first energy level of a hydrogen atom in a Bohr model. It sucks. I'm going to take a poll: What would you do if I sang out a tune? Please answer in comments, and I will try not to sing out of key. And now for something completely different: The top 10 reasons to buy a car from your own mother: 10. Fish 9. Fish 8. Fish 7. Fshhhhh 6. Fish 5. Fish 4. Fish 3. Fish 2. Fish 1. The Larch Number One: The Larch. Number One: The Larch. Number Two: The Larch. This post sucked. :o( Love, Billy Current Mood: calm Current Music: Tibet - Tibet (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 4th, 2005
9:36 pm	Strange Brew, Kill What's Inside of You I saw this on a friend's LJ, and I tried to respond but LJ was being stupid and it STILL won't let me! :o( 1. Think of a word that describes me. 2. Do a google image search for that word. 3. Post the first result (or you can lie if you find one that's really just perfect) here. Don't tell me the word right off; I'll try and guess, just for fun! Current Mood: peaceful Current Music: Cream - Disraeli Gears (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
9:56 pm	Red Bull gives you...a terrible taste in your mouth http://2xy.org/features/terrorism.html (special thanks to fictional_rain) This pwnz j00 almost as much as this: http://www.stanford.edu/~scodary/tkam.htm (which I think I've already shown most of you). Love, Billy Current Mood: amused Current Music: Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 27th, 2005
10:12 pm	My attendance owns you Coolest battle scene ever: The Flight of the Valkyries part of Apocalypse Now! Creepiest freaking battle scene ever: The Du Long Bridge part of Apocalypse Now! I think the Brood War intro is suppose to be, in a few ways, a knockoff of the Du Long Bridge part. If you hadn't guessed, Apocalype Now! was on AMC tonight. Love, Billy Current Mood: peaceful Current Music: Apocalypse Now! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
1:20 pm	My attendance owns you Thursday, 17 February 2005: Senior Skip Day. I was told there was 10% attendance, and I was not one of them. Friday - Monday: Presidents' Day Holiday. Monday I feel ill. Tuesday: Pretty damn sick. Stayed home. Wednesday: Still sick. Stayed home. Twilight Zone marathon! Score! Thursday, 24 February 2005: After a full week of not being in school, I make my triumphant return, to many cries of "Billy, you're alive!" and such. What luck: snow, early dismissal at eleven. Friday: The snow continued overnight. Snow day. Q-Mart! Saturday - Sunday: Uhm...it's a weekend. Philadelphia on Saturday. Dalí exhibit was sold out (Wtf?? It's a museum!). I just read the forecast. Future Monday (Tomorrow): 4-6 inches of snow, beginning at nine in the morning. Pre-emptive snowday? Early dismissal? Nothing? We'll see. Whatever happens, it's been one hell of a school-less week and a half. 10 days. 3 hours of school. 1 snowed out blood drive :o( Love, Billy Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Focus - Hamburger Concerto (8 Comments |Comment on this)