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  1. Mooney

    So...

    By Mooney,

    School + girlfriend + laziness = no 1emu for me for a loooong time
     
    When school started up, my life got all filled with stuff do do, which I was not at all prepared for. Thus, interwebs stuff took a back seat to my new found real life. Now, what with exam week fast approaching, I still won't have much time for 1emu, but I'll try to pop in now and then. Oh, and RIP IRC... I knew it was dying for a long time now... but still... it's like losing muh bestest frind
     
    Anyway, I've just recently been accepted to one of my top choices for college for computer engineering, I've taken up the bass guitar (and death metals growlings \,,/, ), I'm working on my school's FIRST Robotics Competition team, and things are going great with my girlfriend. Just thought I'd give y'all the quick rundown of things as of late...
     
     
    NOT THAT ANYONE CARES (cry, biatch, moan, whine, etc.)
     
    Except Diso. He's ok.
     
    And Robert. You can't hate Robert.
     
    Or GameCop. Or Agozer. Or... etc.
     
    Oh, and I see I'm still the #1 victim on the FAS...
     
    fix'd - diso 
    Yep, gotta love that Diso.
  2. Mooney
    The Blackest Ov The Black tour came to The Rave here in Milwaukee last night. I knew it was gonna be a good night when I took a big bag of pocket change I'd accumulated over a year or two to the bank and discovered it was worth $24, thus paying for my ticket to the concert.
     
    First up: Winds of Plague - Generic deathcore. Move along, nothing to see here.
     
    Next was Moonspell - Pretty decent black/doom metal. Guitars and drums sounded awesome, but the vocalist could use a little work.
     
    No show: Skeletonwitch - This sucked. I was kinda looking forward to seeing a trve black metal band, but their set magically disappeared...
     
    What I came to see: Dimmu Borgir - Always a crowd pleaser, even with two substitutes (1 guitarist and the drummer). Great set, full of awesome songs. Unfortunately, even with The Rave's new 'no moshing' rule (which I don't see working... ever), a pit opened up right around be, causing me to get slightly banged up and my girlfriend to break a nail punching some dude in the face... Damn, she's awesome <3
     
    Finally: Danzig - I only stayed for one and a half songs, but I got to see Glenn Danzig freak out at a stage crew dude... During his first song, it looked like Danzig's mic cord kept getting caught or tangled on some equipment, so when the song ended a fat ol' stage crew dude ran out to try to untangle it. The next song started while he was still on stage, though, and in his effort to quickly waddle away, he unplugged Danzig's mic. After he fumbled around with the cord for a bit but failed to reconnect the mic, I saw Danzig turn toward the sound guy with his mouth clamped in a tight frown, shake his head, turn, and hurl the mic at the stage crew dude. God I hope that gets on youtube...
     
    After the show, grabbed a hot dog from a nearby stand and headed home. Great night.
  4. Mooney

    Schedule

    By Mooney,

    Pronounced "Sh-edge-ual" kthx.
     
    Sem 1
    1. N/A (This means I get to sleep for almost an hour more than everyone else. I win.)
    2. AP Physics
    3. AP Calculus
    4. N/A
    -lunch-
    5. N/A
    6. Intermediate Graphic Art/Design
    7. Journalism
    8. Ripples (School newspaper)
     
    Sem 2
    1. N/A
    2. AP Physics
    3. AP Calculus
    4. Foods I
    -lunch-
    5. Advanced Graphic Art/Design
    6. Political Theory
    7. Journalism
    8. Ripples (School newspaper)
     
    Gonna try to get Anthropology/Foods I/Strength Training in 4th and/or 5th hour, cause I'm not sure what I'd do with a 3 hour lunch period.
     
    But yeah, senior year looks like a good year for me.
  5. Mooney
    For those who don't already know about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summer_Slaughter_Tour
     
    Whitechapel = *
    Psycroptic = **
    Aborted = *
    Born of Osiris = *
    Despised Icon = *
    The Faceless = *
    Cryptopsy = ****
    Vader = *****
    Kataklysm = *****
    The Black Dahlia Murder = N/A
     
    The first six bands, all of which were deathcore or a variation thereof, sucked mad ass. Not only did their music fail to entertain or excite anyone but the emo/deathcore scene kids, but the bands themselves failed at looking metal. Only two people out of all six bands had enough hair to headbang, and most of the other band members wore either white shirts or Abercrombie crap with flip-flops.
     
    Finally, Cryptopsy came on and the fun began. As the band was warming up for a song, the vocalist split the room in two, effectively clearing the floor, which led to one of the largest and most brutal Wall of Deaths I have ever seen, which in turn became a huge circle pit. During Vader, I headbanged till my neck hurt, then lept into the pit for some good ol' fashioned moshing. The only disappointing thing was that there were too many deathcore/emo faggots in the crowd, so Vader didn't get the kind of response the other bands did. By the time Kataklysm came on, I was sore all over, but I couldn't help but headbang faster and mosh harder. The level of energy in the room was unbelievable. Definitely the best show I've ever seen. Highlight of Kataklysm's set: the vocalist brought his terrified 5 or 6 year old son on stage for the crowd to scream and shout at. My friends and I left before The Black Dahlia Murder came on to go get some food, but we didn't meet any band members like we did after seeing Children of Bodom.
     
    It also turned out that they were filming this show for the Summer Slaughter 2008 DVD, which is scheduled to be released on August 19th next summer. I might be in it, so everyone needs to buy it.
     
    All in all, I'd say the concert was worth the ticket price, but it would've been just as good, if not better, wihtout the first 6 bands. Luckily, Kataklysm will be coming back with Dying Fetus, so I'll get to witness their raw power without any deathcore crap. Can't flocking wait.
  6. Mooney

    Stuffs For Sale

    By Mooney,

    LAST UPDATED: Friday, July 31, 2009
     
    Yet another "for sale" blog entry... I need to put my eBay account to use...
     
    Computer Parts
    - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (Socket AM2) = $150 (NEW, still in box!)
     
    Gaming
    - Nintendo Wifi USB Connector = $25
    - PSP Parts (Available: Any part from a stock PSP except the mobo) = Make an offer!
     
    Misc
    - Creative Zen 16GB portable media/mp3 player = $150
    - Kingston K-PEX 100 portable media/mp3 player (2GB flash storage + 2GB Mini SD card) = $90
    - Aluratek Bluetooth USB Adapter = $15
     
    Shipping costs will be added on.
     
    I'll update this entry whenever something is sold/I have something new to add, so check back regularly! (There's even a link in my sig for your convenience)
     
    LOOK A CONTENT BLOCK -->
  9. Mooney

    Hey.

    By Mooney,

    I need to post more...
     
    BUT THERE'S THIS GIRL AND I WANT TO ASK HER OUT AND I FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES A SOCIAL LIFE AND FINALS ARE COMING UP AND I NEED TO DO WELL ON THEM AND I'M FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING IN SHAPE AND BLAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH.
     
     
    Know what I mean?
     
     
    Good.
     
     
    See ya 'round.
  11. Mooney

    Comp upgrades

    By Mooney,

    My PC has undergone quite a few updates since I built it around a year ago that I haven't blog'd, so I just thought I'd post 'em here.
    400W PSU -> 600W PSU (WITH BLUE flockING NEON!!! Also: modular)
    2GB PC2-6400 RAM -> 4GB PC2-6400 RAM
    1 x 250GB HD -> 2 x 250GB HD (New HD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s 7200RPM)
    PowerColor Radeon X1600 PRO -> MSI RX2600XT Diamond Plus (512MB 128bit GDDR4)
    Netgear Wireless b/g PCI adapter -> Linksys Wireless-G PCI adapter with Speedbooster
     
    Next upgrade I'm looking at:
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ -> AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
    and maybe another MSI RX2600XT Diamond Plus.
  12. Mooney

    Lua

    By Mooney,

    So I've taken it upon myself to learn Lua, a "lightweight yet powerful" programming language. Thought it would be a good idea because:
    1. It looked easy
    2. It has been ported to the PSP and the DS
    3. It can be used in conjunction with C++, of which I know a (very, very) little bit
    4. ????????
    So yeah. Reading some tutorials for Lua on the PSP. Hopefully I'll be churning out my own games 'n' apps within a few months. We'll see.
  13. Mooney

    Birthday Plans

    By Mooney,

    Got mah 17th b-day coming up on April 10th. Big plans. BIG plans. Sorta.
     
    First, on Sunday April 6th, I'm going to see Behemoth (currently one of my favorite bands) and Dimmu Borgir play at The Rave with some friends (tickets are b-day presents from the parental units). One of the opening bands, Burial Ritual, is a local band I've seen before, so I know for sure there'll be lots of brutal music to be heard and hopefully pits up the wazoo. Good times are guaranteed, as well as a sore neck.
     
    Then, Thursday April 10th is my b-day. There will be cake. Actually pie, because cake frosting makes me vomit. Or maybe it'll be a giant cookie... But I'll also get to decide what/where to eat for dinner, which means we'll either be getting Greek food or Chinese. Or maybe Indian... They don't call me "Mr. Decisive" for nothing, you know.
     
    Finally, Saturday April 12th is my b-day party. There's a LAN gaming center near me where about 7~10 friends and I will go to play some games and eat some pizza. Being the only PC gamer in the group, I will most likely pwn, as I have in years past. Birthday bonus.
     
    So yeah. Just have to get through a few more days of school and the good times shall roll.
  14. Mooney

    Unbanned.

    By Mooney,

    Strange thing, though. Since I've been out of the habit of visiting 1emu, the appeal of the forum has become all but dead to me. Not sure what will come of this. I'll still be active on IRC, though. Stop in and say hi.
  15. Mooney

    Banned.

    By Mooney,

    I won't be on here for a while. I've been banned from having internet access until the 25th. See you all then. Maybe.
  16. Mooney

    Plans

    By Mooney,

    Going to see Marilyn Manson on February 7th with one friend and our dads, both of them over 45, none of them metal listeners. I should bring a video camera to get their reactions to Manson's music.
     
    Oh, and winter break starts tomorrow.
  17. Mooney

    Crash

    By Mooney,

    On the way up to my friend's cabin for our four day weekend I had my first experience of being in a car crash.
     
    We were traveling down the highway at about 60 mph in silence brought on by the gloomy weather. The three of us in the back seat (the suv we were in had two seats in the front, three in back, and a storage area behind the seats) were either asleep or very close to it. Unfortunately, so was the driver. He dozed off, causing the car to drift across the left lane and off the side of the road. We bounced down the slope which was covered in tall wet grass, which made it impossible to steer or brake, and slammed into a tree at about 50 mph. When we hit the tree, an unsecured firewood log came flying forward from the storage area behind me and hit me in the back of the head.
     
    All five people were able to get out of the car quickly, probably because of the adrenaline rush the crash had given us. It wasn't until a minute later that I touched the back of my head and saw blood on my hand. After that I just kinda sat on the ground with my head in my hands, trying to focus on breathing slowly. Pretty soon two police cars, a firetruck, and three ambulances showed up and we were all strapped down to hard plastic stretchers with braces on our heads and necks. Since I was also complaining about a bruise the seatbelt had given me, the medics also cut my shirt open to look at my chest. So there I was, laying down on a hard plastic board with a wound on my head and chest and a wide open shirt in 45 F weather (They also removed my jacket to check my shoulders for injuries).
     
    The ride in the ambulance was ok, except that the part of my head that got hit by the log was starting to hurt from pressing so hard on the stretcher. Once we got to the hospital, I was left on my hard stretcher and placed on a bed. My legs were getting numb from being strapped down, my head hurt from the pressure being put on my wound, and I was annoyed out of my mind since the nurse turned on MTV and left the room. After about 20 minutes, the doctor came into the room, rolled me off of my stretcher, looked at my head for all of 10 seconds, told my parents (over the phone) that I didn't have a concussion, and left the room. After another 15 minutes, a nurse came in, buzzed off a small section of hair around my wound, and placed a drop of medical glue on it.
     
    After that I was given a shirt to replace the one they cut and told to join my friends in the waiting room. The kid who had been sitting in the passenger seat was ok except for a sprained wrist from hitting his arm on the gear shifter and a stiff arm from where they gave him an IV. The kid who had been sitting behind the driver (next to the door on the left side of the car) just had seatbelt burn and a bruise across the left side of his chest. His shirt had also gotten ripped, so he had scrubs on just like me. The girl who had been sitting in the middle seat in the back had a small bruise on her chin from where the soda bottle she was holding had hit her, and her pants had split up the back. The driver ended up on crutches with a sprained ankle and a hurt wrist. My injuries were a few minor cuts on the back of my head, a bruise across the bottom of my stomach, another one across the left side of my chest, a bump on my left shin, and sore muscles in my chest. The car was totaled, with massive damage to the entire front end.
     
    Since everyone was ok, we were able to continue the trip and camp out for two days. It was just as fun as the last two times I've been there, only with much more soreness involved. The night of the crash, we even snuck into a cattle farm and played with some cows.
     
    The four of us were able to laugh the whole thing off, but the driver seemed pretty broken up. His insurance is going to cover everything, and no one is badly hurt, but he is going to have a hard time forgiving himself for falling asleep at the wheel with four teenagers in the car.
  19. Mooney

    Life sucks

    By Mooney,

    Yeah. Going through a bit of a depression right now. Hate myself, hate my friends. I'll probably get over it soon, but right now I feel like my soul has been crushed.
  20. Mooney

    School's a-comin'...

    By Mooney,

    I have mixed feelings about school starting up again. Mostly good ones, though, which surprises me. Since I pretty much spent the summer being a slug, I'm looking forward to having something to do during the day. Also, my friends were doing a whole lot of traveling, so I didn't see them very often. It'll be cool to see some of them again, after briefly chatting at class registration. Oh man... registration... a pain in a few ways.
     
    First, a few days (read: two) before registration, I received a letter from my school stating that they would now be offering a Chinese language course. Since I absolutely hated the French teacher, I decided it was necessary to my sanity to get into that class. Of course, the guidance counselor for my group (last names P - Z) was out until the day of registration, meaning other kids would be able to get in before me. So I wait until the day of registration. She's still not in. So, I decide to register for my other classes, just to get that out of the way. I walk seven blocks to the school, wait in line for 30 minutes, and realize I'm one check short. So, I walk home, grab the other check, and head back. Now I wait 20 minutes in line to get my picture taken for my student ID. I walk home again (up to 28 blocks walked now). A few minutes later, a friend's mom calls to tell me that the guidance counselor just got in, and a line is forming. I rush back over to the school (in a car this time) and wait in line for another 20 minutes only to have the counselor tell me I can't get into Chinese because the classes I already picked cause schedule problems. So, I walk halfway home, all depressed because I'm going to have to go through another year of hell with the French teacher. Then, after talking with my parents, I decide to talk to my counselor again. I walk back (35 blocks walked total) and stand in line for 15 minutes (85 min. spent in lines total). Then, after reworking almost my entire schedule, I end up taking Chinese, an art class, and a study hall. I would have been elated, but I just spent 2 hours doing something that should have taken 45 minutes or less.
     
    Second, during the first wait in line, a certain girl walked past. I will not describe what she was wearing (because that would be creepy and disrespectful), but I will say that it emphasized her amazing figure without being revealing or shameful. It was probably the most sexy and beautiful thing I have ever seen. Same girl I've written about before. A good friend, but nothing more... although I'm not sure if she's still with her boyfriend... But seeing her smiling and laughing again, after a whole summer of trying to convince myself I could never have her... oh man, that hurt.
     
    So school will be starting on September 4. I'm looking forward to a few classes, but I'm sure that won't last long. Once school's been in for a week or two, I'll probably be right back into the ol' "I hate school/whens summer?" mode.
     
    If you've read everything this far, message me to get a free cookie.
  21. Mooney

    Well, damn

    By Mooney,

    After going through 2 crappy soldering irons, I attempted to install a PSP-Devolution modchip into my PSP in order to revive it. Guess what. I flocked it up. Royally.
    Without realizing it, I melted a few parts on the PSP's mobo. So yeah. WHO WANTS TO BUY SOME PSP PARTS?
     
    Look at my content blocks over yonder ->
  22. Mooney
    Big plans, busy busy busy...
     
    Tomorrow (Thursday), I'm going to be heading over to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota for a cousin's wedding. I'll be coming back on Saturday (I think), but then I'm leaving again for a software/hardware engineering camp on Sunday. I will be there till next Friday. Try not to miss me too much.
     
    Oh yeah, I updated those content block thingies. Now one of them has stuff for sale/stuff I want to buy. Check them out. Over there -->
  23. Mooney

    Driving

    By Mooney,

    About a week ago I took a test at Driver's Ed to get my permit. A few days ago I went to get my permit. And today... I drove.
     
    At first I was just driving around in an empty parking lot, doing things like going forward, reverse, speeding up, braking, turning, and parking. Then I went into a residential area, where only one person passed me, and I didn't cause any collisions. I did not hit any other cars, I did not hit any pedestrians, I did not cause any accidents, and I only went up on the curb once. I am quite proud of myself.
     
    So yeah, woot and all that.
  24. Mooney

    Girl troubles

    By Mooney,

    Girls are the most tricksy and mysterious beings on the planet. I swaer, if I could reproduce asexually, I would never have to deal with another devious female...
     
    So there's this girl I like. She recently hooked up with another guy. He's a year older than we are. She's in my math class. We usually are in the same group when doing math exercises. She smiles at me a lot, and laughs at all of my jokes. Today, while working in a group on a math worksheet, she reached over to my paper and started writing an answer down for me with her hand resting on mine. I had the strongest urge to just lean forward and plant a big wet one on her lips. I did not. From what I've seen, she's not really that physical with any other guy but her boyfriend. I'm so confused...
     
    If any guy ever fully understands women, I will give him all of my money and valuable possessions to teach me how.
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