The Insane Jester's Happy Hour (2007-11-02)

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[September]

2007-10-01 – INSTANT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES NOW, ASK ME HOW
I was able to do some work on the layout for ImpureCreation.com. As nice it would be, making ImpureCMS open source and usable on websites that aren’t my own is probably beyond my skill level as far as PHP goes. On the other hand, I might be able to make money off of this, if I can charge for custom-tailoring CMS interfaces to webmasters’ specific needs. I’M SORRY, I CAN’T SEE YOU RIGHT NOW; I HAVE HUGE DOLLAR SIGNS IN MY EYES. More cashmoney making opportunities present themselves when I factor in my HTML SKILLZ, in that I could be commissioned to design website layouts or slice PSDs.
THE INTERNET IS MY PERSONAL BANKING MACHINE.

2007-10-02 – AKA THE FAT KID WHO SITS IN THE CORNER
The Burger Trials have begun. I am currently narrowing down the possible cast members of one of my stories. Then I’ll be able to write it, thus making space in my brain for proper spelling techniques. Slippery time and sleep deprivation aside, everything seems to be going along just fine. With any luck, I’ll be able to make an animation for the Socom Squad Revival Day (10-17).

2007-10-03 – BURGER MADNESS MONTH
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to start writing my story, because it seems that a cast revision is necessary for every single scenario I think up. Again I find myself going into further detail on the fifth game of my game series, but this time I’m scripting the cutscenes. Regarding the progress reports that are to be sent out on the 9th, I believe that US History will be my worst grade, followed by Health. September seems to have whizzed by, or maybe it just seems that way because I didn’t do anything especially meaningful during that month. Regarding October 17th, I’ve thought of doing either an Aqua Teen Hunger Force or Space Ghost CTC parody for my submission. Hopefully it will turn out as good as I expect, unlike most of my previous works.

2007-10-04 – TRANSCONTINENTAL RAMPAGE! NEXT STOP: BENSON, AZ
I animated a brief intro for October 17th last night. My animation will follow. Today is my dad’s birthday. I’ll see if I can make him an e-card later. Hopefully I’ll be able to abstain from games today so that I may do some work on the game series and the story.

2007-10-05 – THE PLAYSTATION UNDERGROUND WAS THE PLACE TO BE BACK THEN
Thanks to the powers of emulation, I can relive all of the great classics that infested my childhood. I’m currently going after my Nintendo 64 and PS1 favorites, and after that I’ll probably search for some good NES games, seeing as I haven’t gotten anything for that system since dgemu.com crashed a while ago. I’ve thrown together a spam animation for October 17th, mainly because I couldn’t think of anything serious to make. I’ve also began to plot scenarios for my story, and hopefully I’ll start on the game cutscene scripts as well. ImpureCMS is another story, though. That’ll take me forever to code and implement. Perhaps I should consider putting a temporary site up.

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2007-10-09 – ALL HAIL THE THREE-STARRED BANNER
I was able to get Crash Bandicoot 2, Spyro 1 and 2, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, and Intellivision Classics emulated over the weekend. Thanks to not being surrounded by people who DON’T KNOW THE MEANING OF INSIDE VOICES, I was able to get some work done on the ImpureCMS project by plotting the bulk of it down on paper. Things have been pretty uneventful as of late. For some reason, my daily journals are sounding more and more repetitive to me. In addition to not getting any sleep, I believe someone may have spiked the Barrilitos Tangerine soda I drank this morning, as I feel more braindead than usual for a Monday Tuesday.

2007-10-10 – Can this entire project be deleted?
It seems that nobody, not even me, is taking the Product project seriously. Quite a sad state of affairs, considering it is the first test grade of the second six weeks. As much as I’d like to have something to turn in, I’m as much of a conformist as anybody else; why should I have a presentation when nobody else does? Troubled times for troubled minds, I suppose. I’m in the midst of serving 3 D-Halls for the one I missed on 10/1 for FACIAL HAIR OMG, and I’ve noticed that it’s considerably more enjoyable and productive than trying to think in the NONSTOPCHATATERIA downstairs. MY GENERATION IS ONE OF MOUTHS THAT NEVER STOP MOVING. On top of that, Spyro 3 doesn’t work due to a hacker adding a BIOS-crashing intro to the rom file. WAY TO GO, IGNORAMUS. INTROS BELONG ON THE COMMODORE 64. KEEP THEM THERE.

2007-10-11 – IN SOVIET RUSSIA, GUNS DO KILL PEOPLE
I have become obsessed with the aesthetics of flags, and have taken to drawing several fake flags for the Socom Squad and other, not-so-related groups. I’ve decided to put up a temporary site up on impurecreation.com that can be used to track development of ImpureCMS. The site itself will use a custom-coded CMS, but will upload and display the full text of files in one directory opposed to using the titles list multi-category and articles system I have thought of for ImpureCMS. However, if and when ImpureCMS is complete, it will be pretty awesome to use, considering it is custom-tailored to my style and use of a website. Its compatibility might also extend to any php-enabled website if I do it right.

2007-10-12 – WHY IS THIS EPISODE IN COLOR?!
Last night, I completed a slideshow displaying the fake, but amusing, territorial acquisitions of the Socom Squad. I also put in a brief segment at the end about the ongoing Socom Civil War. I continue to revise my story cast and game series as new ideas flow in. Like last weekend, nothing will get done in the following two days due to nostalgic playing of Playstation games, but I’ll probably make some effort to transfer my game series and story ideas to text files. ALL I DO ARE PATTERNS, THE PATTERNS THAT REPEAT.

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2007-10-15 – THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON [REDACTED]. IT’S KIND OF DISGUSTING.
I now have a trilogy of games that don’t work with my emulator: Crash Bandicoot 1, Croc 2, and Spyro 3. As predicted, nothing got done this weekend, minor story cast revisions aside. I played Scrabble last night with Jeremiah and Pegi. Jeremiah had some pretty good words this time around, but Pegi caught up to him in the end. I still have yet to start on the ImpureCMS project.

2007-10-16 – REVOLUTIONARY
It was raining pretty hard yesterday. Aside from getting wet, I found it to be pretty awesome. That’s the hardest and the longest it’s rained since I moved here.
Our regular bus driver has returned, so things should continue as normal as far as the bus schedule and route go. I went to Wal-Mart last night to stock up on foodstuffs for lunch, and I found deli sandwiches by Oscar Mayer that just happen to be fourteen cents cheaper than their Lunchables brand. I don’t know what it is about Pizza Lunchables that I like or why I still buy them, but the taste has stuck with me all these years.

2007-10-17 – SCREAMIN’ SOVIET SODA IS THE NEW COKE
While the Deli Creations sandwiches are quite good, I’ve noticed a pattern: Oscar Mayer is terrible at common sense packaging. Instead of having the bread and ingredients side-by-side, why not lay the bread on top? Today is Squidvival day, which will hopefully be a success, unlike Socom Squad Ten Feet Under Day, which I believe was six months ago today. I will submit [SS] Back Again on my Newgrounds account after I get home later today. Hopefully my unblammed movie streak, which is 30 or so movies strong, will continue.

2007-10-18 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IT’S NOT FRIDAY?!
I got started on Impure Creation’s Terms of Service page. Most of the rest of the website will be done entirely in HTML and PHP. Squidvival day, much like most of the Squad’s previous holidays, was a complete and utter flop that only two people submitted movies for (NewfoundlandSocom and myself). We have watched Freedom Writers in English 3. It was quite a good movie.

2007-10-19 – RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO TYPE HERE
The Socom Squad is starting to get boring. Nobody is joining, and our existing members are the most unproductive animators on the face of the earth, myself included. Nobody is able to comprehend working together to accomplish something, and as a result, less than 10 collabs have ever been produced by the Squad. I’m considering starting a rival group to spark activity, or perhaps I should just shut the Squad down for good. Time has all the correct answers, but he’s being a goody-two-shoes and not giving them to me.

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2007-10-22 – AND WE RETURN TO THE MONOTONY.
I wrote quite a lovely fabrication about school and it being boring during first period today. I was able to beat the easy modes of Spyro 2 and Croc 1. Both of these games have a hard mode, which signifies to me that game developers like to reward players who squeeze every ounce of playability out of the game as possible. As predicted, nothing was done this weekend, aside from major goofing off and some reminiscing about the Glock Group. It was quite a nice animation group, so it’s unfortunate that it became infested with drama and died.

2007-10-23 – Absent

2007-10-24 – THE REST OF THIS DAY WILL GO LIKE WE REHEARSED
I had an orthodontist appointment yesterday, and he told me that I’m almost done with the braces; just some minor overbite correction with rubber bands remains. I also must debate whether or not to have my wisdom teeth removed due to INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS THAT WILL GIVE ME PROBLEMS LATER ON IN LIFE. It seems that with the decline of the Socom Squad, my real life is moving forward. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BUT NOT BY ME. My dad plans to take his broker’s test soon. He’ll be able to visit us on December 21st. I’ve started playing World of Warcraft again so that I may have something to do at home.

2007-10-25 – THEY DON’T CALL ME "COMRADE GENERAL" FOR NOTHING
The Red Ribbon Week propaganda is great. Personally, I’ve never considered using drugs or alcohol due to the risks involved. Yesterday’s evacuation was hilarious due to it being the end of school by the time the all-clear was given. I am considering making a flash named Last SStand to the audio of the Brood War intro cinematic. IS IT FRIDAY YET? I forgot to bring pictures and audio via USB device for my presentation. I can’t remember stuff for beans.

2007-10-26 – PEP RALLIES ARE THE ULTIMATE EAR DAMAGE
NOW IT’S FRIDAY BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT’S TUESDAY. I cannot stand pep rallies and I was previously unaware I am able to wait out the train wrecks in the Nonstopchatateria. IT’S ABOUT YOU TOGETHER, SO PLEASE LEAVE ME OUT OF IT. I haven’t had school spirit since the Olive Ocelots (class of 2002) back in Orange County, CA. I looked up all of the US’s state flags on Wikipedia for absolutely no reason last night. As per usual, nothing will get done this weekend beyond me leveling my new WoW characters.

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2007-10-29 – IN SOVIET RUSSIA, MONOTONY RETURNS TO YOU!
As was foretold, I did nothing but play games this weekend. 7th period on Friday was pretty hilarious due to the conversation I had with a certain few female-types which got out of control and may or may not result in rumors that are actually the complete opposite of what I’m actually like. SO FAR SO GOOD. I was awake well past 4:30 AM last night trying to get to sleep. Unlike some other members of my family, sleep never comes easily to me.

2007-10-30 – IS IT NOVEMBER YET?!
The Socom Squad forums got a new layout last night. I am unsure about the direction the group is going in; part of it wants to stay alive, and the other is already dead. I suppose the group is just having another bout of unproductivity, as it has in the past. Whether or not it will pull through, however, is another matter. If it doesn’t, I could always spearhead some other groups.

2007-10-31 – POWDER KEG LHS
It’s only the second six weeks, and we’re already off to a bad start. This morning was crazy. There were no fewer than five fights in and outside of the cafeteria. One started in front of me; I don’t know the pretext or what sparked it, but a girl whirled around and nailed some guy in the shoulder. The crowd jumped up and I was too concerned with relocating myself so I am unaware what happened next.

2007-11-01 – DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
In honor of those who have passed on, our 4th period Spanish class will be holding a pre-lunch celebration today. Starr, my aunt’s friendly Yorkshire Poodle, had to be put down at the end of August lest her condition continue to deteriorate. The house feels so much emptier without her around. For quite a while, we kept hearing walking across the floor, barking at the door, and eating from a nonexistent dish, but that has stopped. SHE REMAINS WITH US, EVEN IN DEATH. HOW LOYAL IS THAT?

2007-11-02 – FOLGERS AIR FRESHENERS WOULD SELL LIKE CRAZY
I have decided to tackle the creation of a Warcraft 3 campaign which I will name Lamented Land. It details the story of an elven archer who feels a great evil lurking over the land despite the relative peace elsewhere. The object editor for WC3 is pretty self-explanatory, but the triggers and cinematic controls don’t make as much sense. Yesterday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration was fun, but I was the only student that stayed during lunch. Among the dishes brought in was a Tres Leche cake, which was quite good.

[November]

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