Outpost of the World

This has been on my mind for a while, but is anyone else totally annoyed that Capcom hasn't released a single piece of information regarding Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney 5? (Besides the fact that they are indeed making one?) They're really pushing for Gyakuten Kenji to be a success, but given the choice between a spin-off game and an entry to the main series...? I want the addition to the main story! XD Sorry, Mr. Edgeworth! I choose Prosecutor Gavin! XD It's been way over a year since Apollo Justice was released in Japan, so what's with the hold up? What's wrong with working on two games at once, right? Oh well. XD I just hope they tell us what they have planned before GK comes out... I guess the release date has been pushed all the way back to the end of May--for Japan! Noooo! XD



So. As I mentioned in my most recent post, my first week of school ended yesterday, and looking back, it was actually pretty good. Here's what my schedule looks like for this semester:

Monday

GER 1106 - Elementary German - 9:05 AM - 9:55 AM
ECON 2006 - Principles of Macro-Economics - 10:10 PM - 11:00 AM
CS 1054 - Introduction to Programming in Java - 12:20 PM - 1:10 PM
ACIS 2115 - Principles of Accounting - 1:25 PM - 2:15 PM

Tuesday

Nothing! :D

Wednesday

((See Monday))

Thursday

CS 1054 LAB - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Friday

((See Monday, minus the CS lecture.))

And like last semester, Math is taken online and never actually meets. I take my tests on Tuesday/Wednesday.

I have to say... I love my programming class. I actually enjoy going to it, and the lab this past Thursday was really fun. It was mostly just getting acclimated to the software and learning the basics--edit, compile/debug, execute--but it was still really interesting. The TA thought I had a real knack for it as someone walking in as a beginner, so that was encouraging.

I was also pleasantly surprised with how German worked out this semester. I really liked my teacher from 1105, but there was a rumor going around that she wouldn't be teaching the 9 AM class this spring, which was the only time I could fit in the class. But! When I got my syllabus the day before classes began, I found out that she was my teacher, which made me super-duper happy! XD Yay! Once again, I have avoided a cruel fate with Manfred von Karma as my instructor. XD

Let's see... Accounting is interesting. Everyone keeps saying that it's really difficult for an introductory class, but I'm trying not to let that get to me. My teacher--and I'm so sorry that I keep throwing in all these Ace Attorney references--reminds me of Apollo, except taller and minus the hair-antennae. I might have a crush on him. I had to go up to his desk to turn in a form and floated back to me seat because he said "thank you very much" and smiled at me. XD

And finally, Macro. I can't get a good read on this class yet because we really haven't had any assignments outside of attending the lectures. My professor looks like he took a wrong turn on the way to Wall Street and accidentally ended up at Virginia Tech instead. The way he dresses, carries himself, talks... Very impressive, and a nice guy from what I can tell. He definitely knows his stuff, unlike my Micro professor who was... unconventional, we'll say. XD

Oh, and math is math. I don't care to talk about it. XD



On a more personal note... Andy and I are back together! YAY! XD ♥ Back in August, we mutually decided to end things since we were both headed off to different schools in completely different parts of Virginia. I guess we never really got over each other though... So, long story short, we talked, and agreed to try out a long distance relationship for a while. Again: YAY! XD



Anyways, that's all I really have to say for now. I hope you guys are doing well! :D

Love,

Popo



PS: I'm so jealous of people who actually have musical talent. XD Castlevania and Apollo Justice.

Turn up the volume and watch I this. I promise you that it's not a RickRoll, as fun as that would be. XD



Happy Saturday, everyone! I'm so glad it's the weekend; I thought it would never arrive! :D

It's hard to believe, but as of today, I officially have less than a month of high school left! Graduation is on June 16th, and even though seniors are done with school on the 10th, it won't feel official until I've walked the stage and snagged my diploma. It's going to be such a long ceremony though... XD The class of 2008 at HHS has about 500 students walking so it's going to take forever. Nooooo! XD



Good news! Lori and I are top ten regional finalists for a $5,000 scholarship! We had to write and illustrate an original, 20+ page children's book with a storyline pertaining to the importance of tolerance and diversity. I think we had a pretty good entry, though I had a huge knot form in my stomach when I noticed we sent in our pages with a handful of tiny spelling errors.

The whole process was an ordeal that I'll never forget. XD We had only found out about the contest a month before it was due, and we were forced to work on it during prime robotics competition time, so it was hard to actually sit down and work. As expected, we waited until the last day to start getting down to business, and ended up working from about noon Friday to 2am Saturday. NON-STOP. XD We wanted to murder our characters about six hours in, and by the time we zipped up the story and emailed it to the judges, I think we were about ready to murder each other. XD The worst part is that a few weeks later, Lori sent me a link to the submission page, where I discovered that shortly after we had turned our entry in, the contest had been extended by another week or two. ARGH! XD

That said, I hope we win. Heads will roll if we don't get something because both of us are scarred for life by that experience. XD



I'm not really sure how I should recap yesterday's events because it was all just so strange. I got off to a bad start in the morning because I overslept and ended up missing a test -- something very unusual for me -- and I suppose it messed up my sense of time for the rest of the day because after that I felt like the clock was speeding up, then slowing down, then stopping, then blasting forward again. It was uncomfortable, to say the least, and the situation wasn't helped by the fact that I was awfully nervous about the afternoon.

I was invited out to eat with some friends after school, except that, you know, there was someone invited to come along who I've had a bit of a crush on [COUGH XD] and I'm pretty sure I was acting like some sort of bashful idiot the entire time because I couldn't think of anything to say, and Lori made me nervous the day before when she said that the feelings were requited by the young man in question (('Not even sure if that's true. ^^; )), and I felt like something was expected of me, though I don't know what. You know that expression there's an elephant in the room? It felt like that, or at least, Lori's intentional double-date atmosphere made it feel like that. XD I had a chance to redeem myself later at a Brawl party but I was so put off that I failed miserably. My heartfelt apologies to all those involved. Social Retardation = 1. Popo = 0 XD



I feel like mentioning that the weather today is beautiful. It's breezy and warm and cloudless, which is nice because it's rained incessantly for about two weeks now. I went out this morning to get a tan but was chased inside by an angry bumble bee. XD



Love,

Popo 
 


PS: Superbus, if you're out there reading this... What do you know about wayward Ctrl keys? TT__TT 

PPS: I'm still working on that meme from my last post. I haven't forgotten anyone! XD