Something Worth Reading...

...which this can hardly be classified as. I have nothing to say, so I'm babbling on because I promised another post. So I'll put something random here so that this isn't a complete waste of your time. It's Friday!!

~~Kami Strife~~

The Funny Things That People Come Up With

First off, I have no idea why I capitalized all the words. Or do I do that every time? I don't know.

But that's not the point of this post. I was in Computer Science today (not working, as usual), reading Yuffentines on www.fanfiction.net. (I know, I'm such a sucker for Yuffentines. Shame, SHAME!!) Anyways, I've seen it ALL. Lucrecia/Yuffie bi-atch fights, Shelke-bashing, Lucrecia-bashing, and even Tifa/Sephiroth pairings (O.o wtf?)!! I'd have to say that my favorite story (I forget what it's called) is by an author who has a similar style of writing Chaos as I do. I also like "When In Doubt: Become A Ninja". That's a good story. You should read it.

Back to the main idea here, I was reading a high school AU fic, and Vincent was sooooooooo OOC. But it was really good. Vincent's dad was funny. And then there was a oneshot with a drunk Vinnie. Now THAT was hilarious. I will forever be haunted by that image of Vincent slurring his words. Another good one is "Three Cheers for Rubber Ducks, Snowmen and Revenge". Yuffie plays all sorts of pranks on Vincent. Including freezing his snowman. I guess I should explain that, shouldn't I? Okay, Marlene convinced Vincent (and Cid) to help her build snowmen, and Yuffie explained that it's a tradition to knock them down after you build them. However, they had to eat dinner first, so Yuffie poured ice cold water all over Vincent's snowman while everyone was eating, and the water froze, turning the snowman into an iceman. After dinner, Marlene destroyed her snowman, then told Vincent it was his turn. So Vincent charged the "snow"man, only to find that running into solid blocks of ice hurts. So the side of his face is all bruised up, and he actually made a sarcastic remark to Reno about how he enjoys running into solid objects.

And then, my favorite fanfiction-Vincent quote of all time, when Yuffie was bothering him, left, and then promised to come back the next day: "There goes my sanity."

Wow, I get really involved in my Yuffentines, don't I? I'm sorry to all of you non-Yuffentine-ers who believe that this entire post was a waste of time. I'm sure the part of my brain that still relies on logic agrees with you, but that is a small minority, so too bad. I'll post something worth reading tomorrow.

~~Kami Strife~~

Surprising News

I was getting on Yahoo! to check my e-mail tonight, when I saw the featured article. Apparently, shark attacks are on the rise. And "experts" are trying to say how there are more "unprovoked" shark attacks this year than last year, and blah, blah, blah. You know what I say? BULLSHIT!!!!! If humans don't want to get attacked by sharks, they shouldn't enter the ocean in the first place!!!! It's all quite ridiculous. Shark attacks are so easily avoided, but humans are so bigoted that they think they are the highest creature on the planet, and that they can simply ignore the rules of nature. NEWS FLASH: Humans aren't as great as they think they are. The ocean in the shark's domain, and if we could just realize that we have to play by their rules, then the number of shark attacks would significantly decrease.

That being said, there are a few things that anyone can do to decrease your risk of shark attack, so, if any of you plan on going to the beach anytime soon, listen up.
1) Don't wear jewelry, watches, etc. into the water. The light can reflect off of the metal and look like fish scales to predators. (This goes for barracuda and pirahnas, as well as sharks.)
2) Don't swim at dawn or dusk, because this is often when sharks feed.
3) If there are a large amount of birds flying around one area of the surface and trying to get a meal, don't swim. Chances are that a larger predator is underneath, driving those smaller fish to the surface.
4) Don't swim with seals or sea lions. Though it may seem fun, those are two of the sharks favorite meals.
5) Don't swim when the water is really cloudy or murky. Not "I can't see ten feet that way" murky, but "I can't see my feet" murky. In those instances, sharks rely on their ability to sense movement and sense of smell, rather than their eyesight. You could be mistaken for lunch.
6) Don't horse around with your friends overdramatically or take your dog for a swim. Both of those things involve quick, jerky movements, which says to the sharks: "Wounded prey. Come eat me."
7) If you are bleeding, do NOT enter the ocean. Sharks can smell trace amounts of blood from over a mile away.
8) And, for the love of all that is sacred, if you see a shark, DON'T HARRASS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just remember, if you respect sharks, chances are they won't attack you. Not only do they dislike the taste of human flesh, they're big animals. They have to eat a lot to stay alive, so they won't go after something that will take more energy to catch than it provides (in most cases, humans). Besides, most shark attacks are cases of mistaken identity: the shark thinks that the human is a seal or turtle or fish. There is only one time a shark will purposefully eat a human, and that is if said human is dead.

Random fun fact: More humans are killed by flying toilet seats than by sharks every year. Yes, that is an actual statistic.

So if you're going to the beach anytime soon, have fun and be safe. If not, I hope you remember this the next time that you do go to the beach. And please don't be misinformed about sharks. They are no more hostile to humans than dogs or cats - it's just that they aren't as familiar with us. Remember that the ocean is their home, so to stay safe, we must obey their rules.

~~Kami Strife~~

Yay!!!

That vocab test in History was fairly easy. I think I got a 95. Or so.

So, I have no history homework for the rest of the week. NO LECTURES OR QUIZZES!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, no more sugar for me.

So I'm playing Dirge of Cerberus through again. It's a kickass game. I love how Vinnie's all "..." while shooting people in the beginning, but makes all sorts of remarks closer to the end. It shows character development.

Anyways, I should finish my homework. So bye!!

~~Kami Strife~~

Sorry!!

I'm sorry that I didn't post. I didn't forget this time!!! I was up in Wallis, Texas all day yesterday (from 6:00 a.m. until 9:30 p.m.), which is out in the middle of nowhere, so I had no internet access. I was flying gliders!! My aerotow has gotten much better, even though I haven't flown in almost two months. (Aerotow is when the powered plane tows the glider through the air to the proper altitude. I'm not very good at staying directly behind the tow plane...) Anyways, I didn't post, and I am very sorry.

Moving on, I'll hopefully solo in the gliders before summer!! I also took my video camera up to the glider port, so I'll get the memory card uploaded to my computer, and hopefully post some videos for you guys.

Also, I'm completely lacking in ideas for my Zerith story. I have a few outline-ish...things. Sort of. But no story so far. On the other hand, I'm continuing my other story (working title: "Untitled Yuffentine"), so all of you people that begged me for more, there's more!!! I'll print out the next 10 pages or so pretty soon.

I'm going to get a chatbox account, so that should be up and running within a day or two.

I have a huge history test today (I seem to have those a lot, don't I? It's because Ms. Burton hates us and is trying to land us in a mental institution by the age of 20 by means of insane amounts of stress), so I have to go study my ass off. (Which I don't think is physically possible, by the way.)

~~Kami Strife~~

It's Over...

I finished Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. I'm going to cry. The Final Fantasy VII saga has come to a close. (Yes, I realize that it's the second time that I've beat the game. Now be quiet.) That game brings a sense of completion (kind of like finishing the last book of the Harry Potter series) - it's happy because it's a wonderful story, but sad because you know that there is nothing more (like you'll never see those people again). Such a bittersweet moment...

If none of you have played any of the FFVII games, they are THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!! Especially Dirge, even though Cloud isn't the main character. Anyways, I hope you all have an excellent weekend. I will post again before Monday (and I won't forget this time).

I love you all.

~~Kami Strife~~

IT'S FRIDAY!!

It's Friday again, and I would be singing, if it weren't for a US History AP test over important people in the 1900 - 1920 Era. Here we come, failing grades. Ugh. But Friday is still my favorite day of the school week, because it means that tomorrow is Saturday!!! No school!!!!!!!

I'm going to go home today and completely OWN Nero and Weiss in Dirge of Cerberus. But until seventh period, I'm going to study my butt off. So I'm outta here.

~~Kami Strife~~

TAKS is a waste of my life

We spent the last three days in Engish working on a TAKS packet. Without a doubt, the curriculum in Texas is being dumbed down so students can be taught how to take the test. It's ridiculous. Okay, enough complaining.

My Yuffentine story is on hiatus. Sorry, Yuffentine fans. But I have a serious case of writer's block. To keep myself occupied during class, I'm writing out a novelization of Dirge of Cerberus. Not very original, I know. I'm sorry. However, I did start a Zerith story last night. Here's a little sneak preview:

"The rain was cold, falling to the ground in sheets. A lone man lay on the ground, a pool of blood slowly spreading around his body and mixing with the rain. He knew that he wouldn’t have much longer to live, and his one regret was that he’d never see her smiling face again."

There you go. I hope you liked it. Of course, I'll do the entire story in flashback. Any ideas are always greatly appreciated; shoot me an e-mail at xxdaughterofspardaxx@yahoo.com. I've had a character for a Devil May Cry story in my head for a while now, as well, but I'm lacking ideas for a DMC story. Plus, I'd like to finish my other two before I take on a third. (And I haven't played DMC4 yet. Shame on me. It got excellent reviews, though. Unfortunately, you only get to be Dante for about half of the game. *sob*)

Well, I'm out of here, because my battery is almost dead.

~~Kami Strife~~

I Didn't Forget About You Guys!!

Okay, I did forget to make another post over the three-day weekend. I'm sorry. You can all shun me, if you like.

On a happier note, the Apollo storyboard is coming along very nicely. I hope to have the pilot episode done soon. For all of you that don't know what Apollo is, it's a Flash anime that I'm co-writing. For more information, head over to http://vivablacksheep.blogspot.com/.

Anyways, I'm probably quitting track, because my father and I have been getting into quite a few arguments over it (even more so than usual). Unfortunately, it ended in a huge fight yesterday while on our 4.5 mile run. He even directed the "f" word at me. Hmm. So, I decided that track isn't worth fighting over, so I'm done.

Side note: I was at mass on Sunday (I'm Catholic and I go to church every Sunday), and some lady was doing the second reading from the Bible, and it was something about bringing immortality to life. And the lady said, "...bringing immorality to life." It was pretty funny!! It's because I go to a progressive church. Lol.

Well, class is about to end, so I'm outta here.

~~Kami Strife~~

TGIF!!!

It's finally Friday, free again

I've got my motor running for a wild weekend...

That's a good song...

Anyways, I'm sooooooooo excited that it's Friday!!! (Even though it's 9 o'clock at night.) Yesterday felt so much like a Friday (being Valentine's Day and all) that I woke up this morning and was like, "Why am I waking up at 6:00 on a Saturday??". Haha. I don't know why, but we did very little in school today. And listened to Even Flow by Pearl Jam is US History AP. Just because.

I'm babysitting right now. HOLD IT!!!! I'm not blogging while babysitting!!!!! I promise, I'm not THAT irresponsible. I put the kids to bed 40 minutes ago, and their parents told me that I could do whatever I wanted until they get home at 10:30. So yeah.

I finally got my Yuffentine (which I STILL don't have a title for) typed up, all 21 pages of it. I had three new people read it, and they all like it!! I'm so happy. There is nothing an author appreciates more than compliments on one of her (or his) stories. (That random tidbit of information may come in handy someday. You never know.) I also started another Yuffentine today. This one is only three handwritten pages so far, but I have some pretty good ideas for it.

And, although I love my readers (yes, you all should feel quite special), I'm off to Youtube to entertain myself for the next hour or so. I hope you have a wonderful three day weekend, which I will hopefully post during. Good night.

~~Kami Strife~~

Happy Singles' Awareness Day

Happy Singles' Awareness - er, I mean Valentine's Day to all of my readers!!! Today is the most depressing day of the year for half of the high school population. For me, it's an excuse to bring my friends chocolate and not do any schoolwork.

I really miss those elementary school days when we would decorate those paper bags and then bring little cheap valentines for everyone in our class, and we would run around putting all of them in our classmates's bags. And then, once you were fininshed, you went back to your desk to see your bag filled with candy and stuff. *Sigh* Sometimes, I wish that I could go back to elementary school.

I'm sitting here eating a chocolate bar. It's quite delicious. After two miles of sprinting, I'm going to run another four miles. And then another two miles. And I'm going to keep running until I can't take another step. And then I'll do 150 sit-ups. And 50 push-ups. I'll keep going until I can't move. And then I'll go to bed, and get up and go to school tomorrow unbelievably sore. Yes, that sounds good.

My Valentine's Day isn't completely sucky, though. Because I have Cloud!! (I know that he isn't real, but non-real men are so much better!!) My best friends, Aurora and Cresenne, get me cards from Cloud every year. And I get them cards from Kyo and Kureno Sohma, respectively. So, I have my Cloud Strife. YAY!!!! He's soooooooo smexy. Okay, I'm done with my Cloud fawning now.

I hope that all of you single people have a wonderful Singles' Awareness Day, and that all of you couples have a wonderful Valentine's Day.

~~Kami Strife~~

Track is evil

I have (officially) joined the track team, and, after the first practice, come to a decision. IT IS MASOCHISTIC!!! I don't dislike running. I mean, I run at least four miles, at least four days a week (usually five). So I am a runner. However, when preparing for distance races, one should build up their endurance. This is usually done by running distances far greater than required in the race (for instance, in preparation for a two-mile race, one could run four miles a day). However, for a LONG DISTANCE runner, having them sprint eight quarter miles will NOT prep them for long endurance runs!!!! Okay, my rant is over. I'm sorry. Maybe it's just because I detest sprinting. Ahem.

Moving on, that stupid Karel robot can pick up his own frikkin' beepers. (Although I did finally get the program working.)

For all you video gamers out there, this is important: FINAL FANTASY VII: CRISIS CORE COMES OUT ON MARCH 25!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, I'm too obsessed with FF7. But that doesn't change the fact that Cloud is bad***. If you can't at least admit that he's cool, you obviously don't know who he is. Or you have no soul.

Speaking of souls, I think that my friend David has had his mind taken over by Ron Paul. We had a history quiz today, and he didn't know one of the answers, so he put "Ron Paul". And he brings in all this Ron Paul campaign stuff. It's kinda creepy.

And, now that I think about it, I have a history chapter to read and tons of Algebra make-up work to do, because I was sick Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. But, of course, I love my readers so much that I post before I do my homework.

~~Kami Strife~~

Why I Detest Java

My mother took my younger brother to the barn, so he could have a horseback riding lesson. I stayed home to work on "homework". If you ask her, I'm currently doing my Computer Science homework. Which, obviously, I am not. I was, but, after two hours of trying to program this stupid Karel robot to run around in a straight line, I was suddenly seized by an urge to bash my head against a granite counter. NOTE TO READERS: DON'T TRY THAT AT HOME. It's painful.

Anyway, here's the document given to me by my teacher:

Requirement: Modify your MyRobot class to have a harvestBeepers method. Use your new method to harvest a field of beepers.

The signature for your new method is:
public void harvestBeepers()

Precondition: The robot is located so that it can move straight down the line of beepers. The line of beepers must be continuous.

Postcondition: The robot has picked all the beepers in the line of beepers, is located where the last beeper was, and is facing in the direction it traveled while picking the beepers.

This method must use a loop of your choice. If the robot is not at the location of the first beeper, then it moves forward to the first beeper and then harvests the line of beepers. This method does not know how many beepers are in the line of beepers. It will therefore have to use the public boolean nextToABeeper() method to detect the presence of a beeper and the end of the line.

I was kind of like, "Mr. Andreas, wtf are you talking about?" But I can't curse at the teacher, soooooooooooo I just nodded without really listening to what he was saying. Maybe that's why I'm so lost...

On the other hand, the school "Winter Dance" was last night. It was...interesting. But I had fun, so who really cares.

~~Kami Strife~~

Welcome

I won't pretend to be an expert blogger or anything.  I have no freaking clue what I'm doing.  But that's okay.  So...here's my first post *cheers and applause*