I'm stuck in a stuffy band room tommorow learning how to play two beats over three (ew binary subdivision over trinary) and my four different percussion parts. 8-12 and 1-5.

I'm so not ready for the next semester. :X

nah, the real London is just crammed with tourists

some of the Arcihteture's nice and I remember the museum being mostly good (although they didn't have the exhibt i specifically went there to see ¬_¬)

other than that you aren't missing too much I guess

If I can find a decent enough video game company down in Australia when I graduate college, I might just move there. If I can't find one there, I'll just settle for California.

any reason why Australia?

It's either that, the US, or England. If you ask me, the gov. isn't doing too great of a job here and I've heard about the recent issues in England (such as the debts it owes, right?). But Australia seems like a cool place, but I guess I wont know for sure until I go there.

What's wrong with Canada? Other than some places being a little too cold (though the west coast does normally stay at a beautifully moderate temperature all year round) it's awesome up here. And our bacon is heaven compared to yours. Plus our entire population as a country is smaller than the population of California, so there's plenty of room. Even if our economy is fairly tied to yours, ours is still doing a fair bit better...

Do you have a decent video game company in Canada? Most of the places, I think, are in Silicon Valley.

Well up here mostly in Vancouver (so the warmer west coast) we do have quite a variety of videogame companies, but they're nearly all focused on developing games as opposed to producing them... But can you imagine the cost of a home around there and I bet it'd be difficult to get a job when that's such a competitive profession...

I hear Vancouver has a lot of riots though, so that may be an issue for me wanting a job there.

That was just because the Canucks lost the Cup. And the rest of Canada is disappointed in them for what they did... That's the only riot that I believe has happened recently, but you have to admit the US is a lot more violent... A lot. And don't forget our amazing bacon!

I might just move to Vancouver so I can make it into the gaming industry one day.

I've been to Vancouver on holiday once...

All I seem to remember is the suspension bridge(?) and bug museum.
Was a very nice place though

in other news I have the pokemon johto journeys theme stuck in my head
(everybody wants to be a master....♬♬)

I am back from my two-weeks break. I traveled to Lebanon quite suddenly, but definitely enjoyed the vacation. It was so cold, so stormy and so snowy, which was fabulous. The New Year Eve and Christmas Eve were great, spending both in a lot of parties. I also met a cousin of mine that I haven't seen for 11 years.

Sounds like you had a nice time Spirit. My family can't afford to go anywhere for vacations unfortunately.

Hello. I was wondering... after much inspiration from PRS, I started making remixes to video game music... but I don't know how he can make it without copyright infringement. Plus, I don't know how to share it at all on the web. I wanted to let you guys hear one of my remixes from the legend of Zelda... But know that my skills are no where near as good as PRS at this point in time, as I just gotten into this business.... still, I hope you can enjoy it.... that is, if I can have these questions answered. I have no interest in selling these remixes, cause I'm not a thief.... but my Weavile is XD.

I got my class recomendations for next year. AP Calculus, AP Chemistry-Physic, AP U.S Government, AP English 11, Transitional Latin 6, Symphonic Band.

Yay!! Scary junior year! The majority of those classes are for advanced seniors so I have to work EXTRA HARD!!!

In less than a month, I'll be playing a solo at my state's Solo and Ensemble festival. The solo is Hungarian Dance No. 5 on the marimba. I play trombone normally.

I can already tell I'm gonna get at most a III (I is the best you can do, you get a medal for a I or II).

you just gotta love Eric stuart, who plays Brock & James in the animé
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrpRpvcWiYc

Having to work for rather long hours can be a bit boring.

I received my report card today, which was, surprisingly, good. I had few problems in English Language and English Literature, which made my dad upset. But luckily, my maths mark was excellent enough to cool off his temper.

Sports Day on Monday - I can't wait! I'm mostly excited for the 100m race and the long jump, which are the two things I excel in. Maybe it's time for a gold medal this year

In other news, I have been chosen as the CEO for a big, annual event called the Business Fair which our school holds. I need to appoint officers/assistants, organize the debates/buffet, manage the fair of student-made businesses and give a speech in front of the Headmaster/Head of Building/some newspaper reporters. It's going to be very busy!

wowzers

how did you get chosen?

I took my placement test in math a few days ago. I shamefully got 4th out of all her students. That puts me in calculus. I am not going to do well in calculus without precalculus.

My parents got me the new Sherlock Holmes book, Sherlock Holmes and the House of Silk, for Christmas and I just finished reading it two days ago.
Man that book Is weird.
I mean the plot is alright and the pace is certainly fast enough. The twists are gripping even though the author signposts a couple of his clues a little to obviously. He's aslo a bit too Dickensian at times (which really isn't in the Sherlock Holes style at all.) and I don't know why every Holmes Pastiche writer feels the compulsion to include Mycroft Holmes despite him only appearing in 2 of the 60 Original stories :s

but my main point is that this book is real nightmare fuel. It's incredibly dark and the nature of the actual House of Silk is probably one of the most disturbing things I've read in a book.
Certainly one of the more adult Sherlock Holmes stories anyways. Would've been nice to have known that at the start perhaps. I don't think my parents would have got it me for Christmas had they known =p

I wish My teachers would give me something cool instead of making me do standup in front of the class :/

mmm well Conan Doyle's been dead since 1930 sadly

No, It's by Anthony Horowitz who wrote a few children's mystery books and adapted a few Mystery novels for Television.
A good choice It would seem perhaps but these days anyone can write and publish a Sherlock holmes book. Conan Doyle's estate is powerless...

I want to write a mystery novel at some point in my life. That's an aim of mine. Not a big one, but there's always such a great feeling at the end of the book when all the pieces finally fall in place and everything finally makes sense.
Such a good feeling ^^

Who has a 3day weekend?!

I salute Martin Luther King Jr. 'Tis a shame his life was cut short.

I do love this pokemon article
http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/928/928023p1.html

I accidentally a two minute login

I was on the chat earlier using the 3DS's web browser. Very useful if my computer is doing something that prevents me from doing anything else on it.

Hmm...

You know how effort can make sites look better?

I just redone the tables and added CSS for the tables and data, and things are looking much neater.

Next up, collaspable boxes.

In an effort to increase my weight, I started eating like a I have never eaten before. I can't say that I am seeing changes, but I hope to see ones soon. Does anyone know when would your body start showing a weight increase?

It'll be nice having tomorrow off. Means I get to be lazy for another day.

I am off right now. There is sports day today, and since I am sick, I didn't go.

I had to leave school because I couldn't walk. I got hit in hockey and I landed on my knee.

ouch. That's a drag

You might say. I took the ice to the knee. Oh forgot to mention after I got hit those dirty players shot a puck at my head. Luckily I was wearing a helmet.

Good thing something didnt happen to you that i heard on the news latly about a hocky player from school got hurt (I think someone shoot him or something cant remeber) but hes alive he just got attacked for no reason i guess.

Okay, I came to realize that I really have to start revising for my IGCSE for May. The thing is... I don't want to. Whenever I want to start, I postpone it. This is getting troublesome.

Might go and get a X-ray on my leg later tonight. I heard from my science teacher I might have messed up a lateral something. Oh boy...

Not sure what that is, but I can already tell that's not a good thing.

I've been pretty bored lately... Someone wanna cheer me up? lol

I just noticed I have a 89.98% in English. That's kind of annoying, considering the English department doesn't round up. :/

I got an 89.99% in precalculus once, but of course that got rounded up.

I probably am the heaviest member here. Just like how Turtwig is so heavy. XD

Today, I was assigned as the Chief Business Officer for the Business Fair my school is holding on February, 28th. Yay for extra work?

(Back to weights)
I am 230lbs. at 6 foot, 2 inches. Do I care? Slightly. Do I care enough to do something about it? Nope.

My life is too crazy

I have a meeting literally every lunchtime. In fact I had 2 today. My life schedule is cram-packed full.... either way it keeps me busy I guess

that and I've somehow been dragged into the Oxford Debating competition second round even though our team gets utterly destroyed every time. Sigh. I'm too nice sometimes

Ahh Wrestling Season<3 My favorite

My friend dislocated his shoulder while wrestling. His arm is now in sling for awhile.

Ahh Ik someone who has had that quad. But anyways, wrestling has always been my sport although i'm not as near buff. I'm only 100 pounds and 5''! Looking forward for a great year though!

Oh boy... fell on my knee AGAIN, now this time I got a huge bruze and it's really swollen.

No.

I've never broken a bone. I don't think I'd be able to imagine what the pain is like.

I also have never broken a bone before, I can imagine that's it's really painful and/or annoying.

So whats this SOPA thing? Is it bad right,cause there no way im changing my username to something else cause of this SOPA thing. They can bit me.

If SOPA actually did pass, my username would need to be changed regardless, as it is the name of a Pokemon. I didn't give any thought as to what name I would change it to, but I probably shouldn't be worried about the bill, I really doubt it's going to be passed.

This SOPA thing is more disturbing than anything else. Such thing would destroy the main pillars of the internet.

it won't happen

too many large businesses with too much power are against it. Doesn't mean it's been a problem has has cost too much money and time already though.

Ugh...Just thinking of it passing is really scary. I'd probably have to change my name to Solardinosaur.

I don't think it's going to be passed. Even if it does, places like Google and Yahoo have the money to fight it, and fight it hard. It is pretty scary, though, thinking about what would happen if it does get passed...

Politics can be taken to another area in the forum, just not here in the general chat.

I got my messenger bag from Club Nintendo today in the mail. Smaller than I was expecting, but it's still pretty cool.

the only thing I ever got for free from club nintendo was the super mario galaxy soundtrack platinum edition for 4850 points
most likely worth it and I never even played SMG

how much was the bag?

It was 550 coins. It's a nice bag too, so anyone who says otherwise at my school can go back to their world of non-Nintendo.

I would have more Club Nintendo coins, but I might have thrown out my 3DS club nintendo code. :/

I just bought Mario Kart 7 a few days ago.

Sometimes I wish there were more people here. I usually find no one to talk to in the chat thread.

My amigos and I decided to create a secret society at school today ^^
codenames, a secret sign, hidden agenda and everything =D

What an odd thing to start. Exactly what is the purpose of this?