I'm a Geek, But I'm Not *Too* Unathletic

my mood: sleepy
reading: Legacy by Greg Bear
listening to: the cars outside
Playing: Fire Emblem
Working on: My new web page
trying to learn: 4-ball juggle
practicing: DDRMax2 songs

So, where did I leave off? Something about talking to me. Yes. Talk is good. It is healthy, and it keeps humans sane. So please, please, please, if you see me walking around, take a moment to talk, would you? I'm only socially inept on days that have a's in them. Try to overcome that small obstacle, if you can, and spare a moment of your thought. Ramble on, if that's what you want to do. It's only fair for having to read *this*.

OK, now that I've made another desperate plea for contact with the non-gamer/geek world, its time to move onto another topic. For example, athletics. As a geek, I would normally avoid this topic like the plague. However, I recently had to run around chasing people younger (and healthier) that myself, so I figured now is as good a time as any to get this out of the way. While I do consider myself a geek, I still enjoy excercise (DDR all the way!). Geek does not mean pale, unhealthy, fear of the sun type of person. Its just a way of saying someone is deeply interested in something. You can be anything from a computer geek to a gaming geek to a music geek to even a sports geek. Its a versatile term.

That's all for now. More as I think of it. It's of to work on my site, I s'pose.

~WeeboHyren

Comics and Social Skillz

my mood: thoughtful
reading: Legacy by Greg Bear
listening to: the wind and the birds outside (I can open my window now!)
Playing: Fire Emblem
Working on: My new web page
trying to learn: 4-ball juggle
practicing: DDRMax2 songs

Ok, review of last post. Fourth paragraph: Yeah, I'm still most comfortable around people when I'm half asleep. Go figure. Fifth paragraph: See next paragraph. I guess that's it for that. Next topic!

So I didn't post on Saturday. At least it hasn't been a week since the last one (yet), right? I'm gonna try to post as much as I can, but I will guarantee that I will post at least once a week.

This blog will probably move in a couple months. Yes, I do plan that far ahead (occassionally). I plan to start a site that will focus on one of my other hobbies, and I may be moving this to it then. More on that later, when I have more of an idea of what I'm doing. Suffice to say this is important enough that I'm actually gonna pay for hosting and such. I'm gonna have my own domain name! ^_^

While I'm on the subject of cash, I might as well mention a couple of goals that I'm saving towards. Hosting (good hosting) for my new site is one of them. Another is a unicycle. They are surprisingly expensive, but also surprisingly cool. My final (major) goal is Comic-Con.

Comic-Con, for those who are curious, is a large convention in San Diego. It occurs in mid-summer, so I'd be out of school by then. Unfortunately, I am a minor, so I probably wouldn't be able to reserve a hotel room in San Diego, and I doubt I'd be able to pay for plane fare either. Comic-Con is about the biggest web and print comic convention I know of. As a result, most of the really big names in webcomics are there. Could be an excellent opportunity to get some content for my new site! Anyone who has any ideas on getting to Comic-Con (where to stay, etc.) contact me.

I need social skills. I s'pose I'm OK at messaging people, but that's as close as I get to communication (except with my other gamer and/or geek friends). I guess I just need to learn how to be more comfortable with people. I should probably try talking more IRL, but I don't have much to talk about. If anyone "out there" in the real world actually reads this, drop me a line. My AIM is hergenjohn. And if by some chance you actually see me walking around, come say Hi. I'm not geeky or boring. Except on days that end with y.

I'm probably gonna post more later tonight, but just in case I don't, farewell to all of my gentle readers.

~WeeboHyren

Spring Break 2004

my mood: confused
reading: Legacy by Greg Bear
listening to: all the strange noises that aim can make when people IM me
Playing: Fire Emblem
Working on: IPC homework (so tedious >.<;;)
trying to learn: 4-ball juggle
practicing: DDRMax2 songs

Ok, I'm gonna start this off one step at a time. Number one, let's review the last post, shall we? Paragraph one: Still true. Paragraph two: *Does* anyone have any idea how to create an intelligence agency out of a smattering of high schoolers? Paragraph three: Um, yeah, geometry. I got a 101 on a test! Not that hard though. Paragraph four: I think I'm switching my savings goal to a uni and comic-con, rather than contact juggling. Paragraph five: More on the dude ranch next paragraph.

Ok, next step, where I've been this whole time. I spent most of the last week at a dude ranch in Bandera, Texas. I was hoping to use a phone line to get my fix, but they had one phone line on the entire ranch (at least that's all I saw). There were some pretty cool activities. For example, I know how to crack a bullwhip now. Also, I appear to be a natural at tomahawk throwing, as my first two times trying it, the tomahawk hit the target and stuck. I'm either a natural or lucky.

On Sunday, I hiked the Bataan Memorial Death March. It's a normal marathon, except in the desert in New Mexico. Unfortunately, I was sick, so it did not go well. I did get a time of 7 hrs. 54 minutes, despite walking. However, after resting about ten minutes on the grass by the finish line, I tried to get up and nearly fainted. Not pleasant, not pleasant at all. On the plus side, I got a free t-shirt for participating, and a shiny-thingy for finishing. Yes, I am nearly that easy to please.

I suppose I'd best start some sort of new topic instead of reusing old ones. Let's see, the one thing that sticks in my mind at the moment (that I'd care to relate) is a rather out of chacracter comment (so to speak) that I made recently. One of my friends had recently updated his profile, and told me to read it. One of the sentences in it was something along the lines of "I'm not focused on girls right now. At this age, relationships with girls tend to lead to premarital sex." In response, being tired as all heck (actually the time when I'm most truthful. Ask me anything when I'm awake, and if I trust you I'll most likely tell the truth. Ask me anything when I'm really fscking tired, and I'll definitely tell the truth unless it's a really deep seated secret.) I said "no they don't. I just want someone to cuddle with damnit! j/k". Of course, since I was really tired, I was not "j/k" so to speak. And that is that.

Now I reach the end of my post. Please take a look at my friend Dom's comic, Angels. I will update every Saturday, god willing. I will also update before then if anything worth updating about happens.

As Richard Bach said, "Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." Therefore, I leave you now with this.

Farewell

~TheWeeboHyren

Crushes, Juggling, etc.

Reading/Listening to/Playing/Practicing : Some stuff by Greg Bear/my processor fan/Fire Emblem/ 4 ball juggling





I'm gonna dispel the question once and for all. A few of my friends have asked me who I have a crush on, so I might as well settle it once and for all, online, in the public eye. (Hmmm.... doesn't sound so good anymore...) I used to have a crush on someone (will not be named, so don't ask (unless you live far , far from El Paso). Then, more recently, someone else (ditto). However, now, no one. Yes you heard right, so stop asking, please. I'll tell you when I know. Of course, on the other side, IM me about it anyway. At the least, it'll keep me from being bored.

On the same general topic, wouldn't it be great if they're was some sort of nifty electronic matchmaker? Not one of those stupid dating services, but something that would be on someones person at most times (a cell phone?) and would have a list of people who the person is interested in. Nothing happens unless two people have each other marked, in which case they're both notified. Unfortunately, there isn't, so I'll just have to rely on creating my own school wide intelligence system. Or something. Seriously, if you know any gossip, opinions or such related to me, tell me! Or am I being a bit egocentric?

Still on the same topic, I'm going to approach it at a tangent. Juggling is great fun, and I usually have spare time in geometry. So, I juggle in geometry. Since juggling is interesting to watch (or so I'm told. I'm busy just keeping the fscking balls in the air.), there are generally a large number of people glancing up from there work every once in a while. Of course, there are also others who get caught up in the pattern and stare for half a minute or so. It's the stares that get me. With the males, I jsut chlk it up to the juggling (or at least I hope thats the reason). However, for me, in my overly analyzing mind, the female stares are much more ambiguous. Are they gazing at me out of purely platonic interest in the juggling? Or what? Anyways, now that I've bored you with these tales, on to a new topic.


Ah yes, to keep up with mith my previous post, cosplay was a no go. I don't have the creativity or time to make the stuff, nor the nerve to use it. Now, I am looking into contact juggling and uncicyclng. Unfortunately, it will be a long while before I can afford a uni. So, please IM me if you have any info on either of them. Especially if you can tell me where to find a book on contact juggling.

That's about it for this post. I will try to update as often as I can from now on, daily if possible. However, that will have to start after this coming week (Spring break). My parents are hauling us off on a trip to a dude ranch outside of San Antonio. I will make every effort to at the least use a phone line or something to get on AIM and post on here, but no gaurantees. Have a great day/night/supernatural twilight! ^_^

~TheWeeboHyren