Holy Cuss, Another Leek

(sorry, I found the idea of posting a picture of a leek with that title really funny, so I did it)

Holy Cuss, A Leak

Getting back to camp posts some other time. They won't necessarily be back to back at all.

So, there's been a twenty one pilots leak. You can check out gingersheep's video about it here. There are other great videos about it, but I really like gingersheep and I want to support him, so I'm only sharing his video.

I don't really think that my mind has really quite grasped the concept of a new twenty one pilots album. I've been thinking about it for, like, a long long while now, but I don't think I've actually gotten my head around it.
I might have said this in the past but, I've never been around for the release of a new twenty one pilots album. I've never experienced it. I don't know what it's like to sit down with new music from my favorite artists ever and listen to it.
I was exposed to twenty one pilots through my sister (big thanks for that Hannah) back in the Vessel era, but I didn't listen to them actively. I heard songs from Self-Titled, Vessel and probably RAB too. I remember when they released their new album Hannah was super excited and forced me to listen to a few of the new songs. She was jamming out and I was sitting there. She said something about how "I don't really know the songs yet, so that's why I'm not jamming out" (which makes sense; you don't just start rocking out to a brand new song you've never heard (unless it's in a different language or something, idk. Maybe that's just my experience)). I have a couple other twenty one pilots specific memories, but I can talk about them some other time. A little after that was when I started getting into them and Hannah started moving on to other bands.
Whole point of that story being: I got into twenty one pilots right after blurryface was released. I didn't get to experience the release of blurryface as a fan.

But soon I will get to experience the release of a new album and I'm so excited. You already knew I was excited, but still. Gotta say it at least 10 times.

Writing at Camp and Apples

I'm breaking each all the stuff I wrote at camp into different posts. The title will be the topics that I wrote about. So this is the stuff I wrote at NYLT pt. 1.

Around Noon
I found this random page in a handbook they gave us, so I'm writing a blog post on it. The first day has been... interesting so far. I'm curious on how much I'll actually get out of this experience. Hopefully it'll be good. I won't talk about specifics or else it'll become way more like a journal. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.
What else did I want to talk about?
I want to play SSBU. Ness's up-air is different, which I'm excited to use. Hopefully it'll still have kill power. I'm curious on how his combos will be affected by the faster gameplay.
I've noticed that I've just been wanting to write a lot, recently. I'm so glad I have a blog to publish things onto. Hopefully I'll be able to continue to push out posts. I don't see why I wouldn't be.
Currently eating an apple. It's a blew average fruit, I believe. But that's uncut. Why do apples taste so much better when cut into slices? I don't know where they rank when they are cut, but it's certainly higher.
Later: There isn't enough space on this page to write too much more, so I'll have to find other random pages to write on.

I found another half page. I want to talk about the program and such, but I don't want to put that on my blog. I could write in my journal again. When I get back home, at least. 'Tis a good idea.
Still need to look up if 'swell' is a contraction for 'so well'. That randomly popped into my head. I'll probably look it up as I transcribe these writings into typed form.
I'm about out of space on this half-a-page. It wasn't quite half-a-page. I found some blank paper, though, so it's good.

The Other Half-.5 Things About Me; More In-Depth

Have I ever worn braces? Nope.
My front two teeth are slightly crooked, but not enough to warrant using braces. Which I'm thankful for. I do get self-conscious about my front two teeth sometimes, but whatever. It doesn't really matter.

How am I feeling right now? Pretty good, but tired.
Right now I'm feeling pretty great. Micheal is going to come over for his lunch break soon and play some Mario Kart, so that's going to be fun. Adding these commentaries on my post has been fulfilling and enjoyable.

Height: 5' 8"
Which is one inch taller than when I got my driver's (is that where the apostrophe goes?) license, so I'm still growing. Although I don't really expect to grow more; another inch max, probably.

If I could live anywhere, where would it be? This is too hard of a question to answer right now.
Welp, my previous self didn't answer the question, so I guess I have to now. I feel like the answer is just Fallon? Pretty much all my family is here, so that's the main draw. If I lived somewhere where it would be super awesome to live (Europe etc.) then I would be super far from my family and I wouldn't like that.

What did I last eat? Corn.
A bowl of Frosted Mini-wheats (off-brand, though (not sure what the off-brand is called)). Two or three bowls in-a-row, in fact. Although each one was an hour or two apart.

What did I want to be when I was younger? Artist.
Too bad I suck at it. I'm starting to add to my paint collection, though. I really do love and enjoy art.

Typical Friday night: Depends on the time of year.
And pretty much the same as every other night. They're all practically the same in reference to what I spend my time doing.

Foods I won't eat: Some fish. Probably something else. Foods against the Word of Wisdom, of course.
Human. Wouldn't eat that. 'Won't' feels like a strong word to use there. I'll eat a lot of foods. I'll avoid Zucchini amongst other foods, but I'll still eat them.

Bucket list item: Buy a bag of milk (Ryan came up with this bucket list item originally, so I give him the credit)
Canada has bags of milk, which is super cool.

Item I can't live without: Water, Food. I don't think that's what this question is going for, but whatever.
I actually remember what I was originally going to put for this until I forgot and ended up putting water and food. I was going to saw my family and friends.

Movie I have watched repeatably: The Giver, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ender's Game
Aka, my favorite movies of all time. I really need to make an official list. I've had a list in my head for a while, but it keeps getting mixed around and it doesn't include The Princess Bride yet, which is a fault, so I need to write it down and fix it up and then present it to you guys soon.

Apple or Android: No preference.
Yep.

What should I be doing right now? Sleeping.
Maybe working on my last merit badge or getting more ready for the 4th of July thing, but writing this is a perfectly fine thing to be doing.

One goal this year: Finish my Eagle Scout
Two more goals this year: Figure out what college I want to go to. Finish and submit my mission papers.

Pet peeve: Uneducated people talking about something I'm passionate about
I feel like I could give a specific example of this, but meh, I don't feel like thinking about a memory of a person annoying me.

Last song I listened to: March to the Sea non-lyrical version.
Ruby by twenty one pilots

Most expensive item of clothing: Shoes, probably.
Actually, my necklace that I won for the Seneca Run.

Can't leave house without: Phone
Sad, but pretty much true. It's on me constantly.

Dream car: An expensive one so I can sell it.
Preferably a Tesla just so I can say I owned a Tesla (before I sold it, of course).

Favorite animal: Monkey
It's always been mine and Thomas's favorite animal. I'm not sure why.

Favorite book: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Scriptures don't count, in case you were wondering. I love Hero of Ages more than a normal person by quite a bit. Scadrial is my favorite world; it has my favorite magic system, my favorite characters, my favorite ending, my favorite almost everything.

Favorite color: Blue. Typically of the darker variety.
Blue is the best color, after all. It just is.

Favorite dessert: Ice Cream. Pretty sure Ice Cream is just the best food.
Yep. Ice Cream be the best. I actually think I'll go get myself some right now.

Favorite drink: Water and milk. Apple juice and Orange juice are also wonderful. When I think about it Orange juice might be my favorite? I'm not sure, milk and water are just awesome.
Water and Milk are my favorite. Orange juice, I have decided, is definitely my 3rd favorite drink, though.

Favorite food: Pizza, I guess. But that's probably not true if I think about it more.
Not Pizza, Ice Cream. I can't believe I forgot about a Ice Cream (I don't know why I'm capitalizing Ice Cream) right after the question about my favorite dessert. Ice Cream is both my favorite dessert and favorite food.

Favorite gadget: Nintendo Switch, if phones and computers don't count.
Although the 2ds is probably a close second. I've gotten a lot of play hours through that with Smash and Fire Emblem and Pokemon and Legend of Zelda Games. Still have a lot of potential gameplay hours through it, too, because I have yet to finish two Zelda games (Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D) and Fire Emblem: Fates. Plus Smash is still on there, of course.

Favorite movie: The Giver
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a close second, but The Giver was just the best. For me specifically. I'm definitely not arguing that The Giver is the best movie of all time. It's just my favorite. It has such emotional weight in it that hit me in all the right places. I love it so much.

Favorite restaurant: Don't have one.
Maybe Don Julio's? That is a really good restaurant. I should go there on my own sometime (or with a date or something).

Favorite sandwich: Spicy Italian footlong from Subway with the toppings of my choice.
Mmm, so good.

Favorite season: Fall. Autumn. I should use the word Autumn more. It's cool.
Partially because my birthday, but I also like the weather the most.

Favorite series: The Mistborn series
*insert what I said about Hero of Ages here*

Favorite snack: Cereal
Cereal is fantastic. I don't know what else to say.

Favorite sport to watch: Basketball, but tennis is pretty hype too.
I think what tips basketball over tennis is the team-aspect. People working together makes it extremely interesting instead of just one or two people doing stuff.

Favorite breakfast food: Cereal?
I mean, probably. Simply because of how simple it is to make. A good piece of french toast or a good waffle do beat out cereal pretty easily taste wise, but cereal is so quick that it gives it the edge. Probably. I don't like sausage, so that eliminates a lot of breakfast food, but french toast, waffles, pancakes, and cereal are all good. (Waffles are better than pancakes, btw. The only advantage pancakes have are its ability to mass produce them. It's a lot harder to mass produce waffles.)

Lucky number: 27
This came about when Ryan chose the name "Chosen27" for our minecraft username. He made that from the fact that he was the 27th person to get his Pat. Blessing from our patriarch (fun fact: I was the 224th (another fun fact: Orin was the 223rd and Thomas was the 225th)). I didn't know that at the time and grew a liking towards the number 27 and it is now my lucky and favorite number. I still use the username "Chosen27" in most of my online games.

Favorite fictional character: Kaladin Stormblessed. Spook is a close second.
I don't know exactly why I love Spook so much, but he is so cool. I love him so much. Kaladin is Kaladin, though, so.

Half+.5 of the 67 Things About Me; More In-Depth

Aka, I'm going to go through the first 37 things and talk more in depth about each thing. I'm more awake now, so I'm now capable. I'll do the other 36 in a another blog post that'll be up tomorrow. I'm going to be using a different color for my commentary and such and hopefully it looks good.

Am I a morning or a night person? I can be both. Sometimes I stay up way later than I should, which sides with being a night person. But I can also wake up early without too much trouble and I enjoy it. So Idk.
Yep, basically want I said previously. I can be both.

Am I afraid of the dark? Not really. Used to be, though.
Most of the time (now-a-days, that is. As I said previously, I used to be scared of the dark) I find being outside in the dark super peaceful. Inside in the dark I don't necessarily care or don't care for. But being outside in the dark is peaceful. Most of the time. Sometimes it is freaky.

Am I an introvert or extrovert? Introvert.
Always have been (although I'm pretty sure I was more extroverted when I was younger. Probably still introverted overall, but more towards the extroverted side than I am now). Don't see this changing anytime soon.

Am I double jointed? In my right thumb, I think?
Meant to say my left thumb, whoops. But, yeah, it can go back and forth in a slightly strange way which may or may not be double jointed. I'm also double jointed in my left ring finger. Forgot about that one.

Right or left handed: Right
Yep.

Tidy or messy person: Messy, but not so messy that I can't be productive. I keep my messiness under control.
Ex. My backpack basically the entirety of this year. It was incredibly messy, but sort of had an organization and I never lost my stuff (maybe I shouldn't have said never, but most of the time I didn't lose my stuff). My room is also messy (although I'm slowly fixing that).

Am I on time or late to things? On time.
Depends on the importance too. But most of the time I'm there within 5 minutes of when I need to be. 

Ticklish: Probably? I definitely was in the past, but I haven't been tickled recently so it could have changed.
When we were younger, Thomas knew that I was ticklish, so for whatever reason he would tickle me, but I knew that he really didn't like germs and saliva, so I would lick my hand to keep him at bay. It was a good time.

Can I curl my tongue? Yes, in several ways.
Without needing the assistance of my mouth to keep it in shape either. I can do the typical U-shape. I can also do the U-shape, but tilted 90 degrees clockwise. I trained myself to do that working on it a lot. I can also do the w-shaped waffle one.

Can I ice skate? Poorly.
I can also roller blade poorly. I dislike both. It just feels like faster, granted also more enjoyable, walking/jogging but with the constant fear of tripping and face-planting it. I don't enjoy that fear and the mild enjoyableness of skating itself is not enough to combat it.
It's also partly why I don't like swimming. It's like walking/jogging except with the constant fear of struggling for your life. It's just not a good time.

Can I wiggle my ears? Yes.
It was pretty cool when I found this out. I then started moving them more to get better at it.

Cookies, Cake, or Donuts: Donuts then cookies then cake. Cake is overrated. I'm also in the club that cookies are overrated, but cake is most definitely overrated.
This doesn't exactly apply to the question, but cronuts are super good. But every time I eat one I feel like I would rather just have a croissant and a donut separately. So Idk.

Have I ever participated in a talent show? Not that I'm aware of
Although if I were to, I would probably just juggle. Although if I wanted to be super fancy, we get Ryan in on it and then (my family and I have thought about this in the past) I juggle 4 rubix cubes. I chuck one out to Ryan and transfer from juggling 4 to 3. Then he solves in a he chucks it back in. I throw him another unsolved one. We repeat this process until all 4 are solved. It's a really cool idea, I think. It would require a lot of practice, though. Especially to transfer from 4 to 3 to 4 etc.

Do you like school? Sometimes. I enjoy the social aspect. I enjoy learning. But boy does it suck a lot of the time.
For some reason I put this question in second person. Weird. But, yeah, school and I have a love-hate relationship. Often it's a specific class or two that I hate, but the others I enjoy.

Do I believe in ghosts? Only the holy one.
But I also suppose there's things like the veil becoming thin and seeing spirits and such, but I wouldn't consider them ghosts.

Do I bite my nails? No.
Never have.

Do I consider myself a good cook? I'm good enough to be content with my cooking ability.
I change my mind. I do want to become better and obtain more cooking knowledge. Culinary Arts would be my next choice of elective after Video Production and Spanish.

Do I enjoy dancing? Depends on the scenario, but overall, yes. I am an introvert, so if it's too social of a situation, dancing would probably make me uncomfortable. But even then, I sometimes enjoy dancing.
I do really enjoy dancing when I'm alone or with a couple people I feel 100 percent comfortable with (most often mi familia). When an awesome song comes on and I just get really into it. It's definitely fun.

Do I enjoy DIY crafts? I've never really tried them, but I feel like I would.
Although I do feel like I would get frustrated with them easily or would want them to be too perfect. So maybe I wouldn't like them.

Do I forgive easily: Yes.
I've always been good at this and I'm glad I am. I can remember a couple times when Ryan was being his teenager self (aka, he was a jerk sometimes when he was a teenager (he agrees with this fact, so it's fine that I say it)) and afterwards he was the coolest guy and came up to me to personally apologize for his actions. (Honestly, shout out to Ryan for being humble and awesome enough to do that on several occasions.) I remember being slightly confused on how to respond because I felt like he didn't necessarily need to apologize. I had already forgiven him in my heart and so it didn't matter. At least that's what I remember. I could be off; memories are that way.

Nickname: Alex. P-razz. Theodore. Zander. Al (Joseph called me this sometimes). Probably a couple others I'm missing.
Smart guy is another one. I think Theodore is my favorite one. I don't know why, but I really like my middle name.

Allergies: None
I am allergic to a certain type of medicine. Giant rashes across my body. It was interesting.

Phobias: I feel like I have some, but I don't have time right now to think about it super hard.
I'm kind of afraid of the ocean. I used to be afraid of heights (and am sometimes still), but my friend Lindsay helped me overcome a large part of that when my friend group went zip-lining.

Pets: I have none, but I love pets and will probably get them in the future.
Having a domestic pet fox sounds awesome. I feel like it would be a mixture of having a cat and a dog. Not as clingy as a dog and not as skittish as a cat. It would be great.

Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister.
They're all incredible and I'm so blessed to be in such an awesome family.

Dogs or Cats: I love both, but if forced to choose, I would pick cats. Although I think I'm slightly allergic to them. Semi-itchy throat. Some cats don't make this happen, but others do.
Ex. Smokey (Smokey is the cat's name (Milana's family's cat))

Mac or PC: Probably PC, although I don't have much data.
When I reread the statement I read daata and not dayta. Interesting. (The way I pronounce it often changes)

Beach or Mountains: Mountains? Idk.
I like both. No real preference.

Bath or Shower: Shower
Definitely shower. Baths take far to long and get cold and they're semi-uncomfortable.

Languages? I can understand basic spanish, although I can't speak it.
I can read and speak English. Forgot to mention that.

Do I still watch cartoons? Not often, but yes. If anime counts then when I have time, yes.
Granted, my anime watching has decreased significantly over the past 6 months or so.

Do I play any sports? Tennis. Did Track and Field for one year.
I'm absolute trash at basketball. The only thing I'm good at in basketball is running. I'm kind of convinced I should never touch the ball if I'm ever playing.
I'm pretty good at tennis, though. I'm about average in Track and Field. And when I saw Track and Field, I really just mean Track since I never did any field events.

Does my name have a special meaning? Not that I'm aware of.
"Defender of men", apparently. My parents just chose it because they both like it. Although my mom did just comment that if the name meant something dumb then they probably wouldn't have gone with it.

Have I been to a concert? Nope.
But I would really really love to go to a twenty one pilots concert in the future. That's probably super obvious, though.

Do I enjoy camping? Yep.
After the week long camping trip I can report that I still do enjoy camping.

Have I skipped class? Around finals week when we're doing nothing important, I have, yes. I was excused by my parents, but I still think it counts as skipping.
So nothing illegal, is the main point there. But, yeah, ex. we were only working on our projects in AP Physics and I figured I would be more productive at home, so I just asked my mom if I could leave and be excused and she said sure.

Have you won something? Yes.
Math competitions, Seneca Run, Races back in elementary school, Smash 4 high school tournament (did I ever report on winning that? If I haven't, I should. It was a good time), various other things.

Single Day's Break (on accident)

Welp, accidentally took a day's break, but that's fine, I can just post twice today.

I'm so glad that our NAT type is good now. Splatoon 2 is tons of fun. I kind of regret pitching in for the new singleplayer because I never really find the urge to play it. I'd rather just play online. But I'm sure I'll get around to it and enjoy it.

Thomas recently got a laptop he's planning on using for college. He's planning on doing some gaming too, of course. The plan is to get Don't Starve Together, which is on sale right now and you get two copies when you purchase it. I'm kind of excited. I've always been intrigued by that game ever since I saw Etho play it originally.

Finally went back to Breath of the Wild and finished up finding the remaining memories and then decided to beat the boss again. The ending was nice. I did have to look online to find where the remaining memories were, but that's fine; I'm not a stranger to using online resources to semi-spoil games (ex. I use a lot of online resources to play Stardew Valley. Looking up the best crops, when things happen, what happens when things happen etc.) I am planning on replaying the game at some point. The world is so vast that I'm probably going to run into a lot more stuff that I haven't seen before. Plus it's been so long since I played it last that I probably forgot a lot of things and a large majority of the experience will be fresh.

Wrote Lots of Stuff at NYLT, but not Posting it yet

I finally typed up all the stuff that I wrote while at camp, but I'm planning on splitting it into different posts and fixing it up before posting any of it, so that'll take more time. I'm tired of that project now, though, so that's why I'm moving on to this post, whatever it may turn out to be.

Eric is up at Scout Camp for the next 5 weeks, which means a lot less board game playing to go around. Still need to finish Pandemic Legacy: Season 2. We've been doing super well, but I'm still kind of worried that we won't be able to do that one thing you need to do near the end (using vague terms on purpose to make a spoiler-free environment). 

Currently rocking out to different remixes of Mii Channel Theme music because why the heck not; it's good stuff.

A few things from NYLT:

"Yeet!" ~Everyone except Joanna

"Shalom, my froiend." ~Gabe  (not sure how to spell the way he said 'friend')

"Don't T-pose next to the lake while singing the Halo theme or else you'll fall in." ~Xavier (he speaks from experience)

*insert beat of Salvation Army into your heads progressively getting louder while someone who actually knows the lyrics starts singing them*

*insert basically the entirety of Bohemian Rhapsody into your heads*

Ok, ok, ok, ok

It's not going to happen, but if it does I'll flippidy the flip out. I just had the thought of twenty one pilots coming back during the middle of this week and then I get back home and learn that they did and I would be so happy. Too bad the chances of that are so slim. Today might be the day I'm coming back home (referring to the 'today' of the day that this goes up)? I'm not sure. It might be tomorrow (referring to the 24th of June).

Packing?

I'm semi-burnt out on ideas tonight and I'm tired, so I guess I'm going to write about what I have to pack? I mean, I have ideas for the future on what to write, but I'm not going to write them tonight. I need semi-interesting pack-filler blog posts. So, yeah. Talking about packing, I guess.

Most of the stuff I have to pack is the tiny things. Flashlight, Sunscreen, Pens/Pencils, Hat, Water bottle etc. That's probably why I continue to procrastinate packing them. I feel like I could just rush getting them all together. I should probably do that.

Talking about packing was less interesting than I thought it would be. And I didn't have very high expectations. I'm sure I could make it interesting somehow? Probably? Not right now, though.

Yep.

Wanting to do all the Things (Pt 1?)

There are so many things I want to do. Like, the Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn rulebook is sitting right next to me and it really makes me want to get back into the competitive scene, or at least play games online with decks of my creation. To deck build again. To join the community again. All the things. It would be awesome. There are so many new cards out that I haven't tried out at all. It would just take a lot of time. Everything takes a lot of time.
I want to watch anime and play board games and play video games and read books and write books and get another job and so many other things that I'm just going to stop listing them.
It's wonderful, but also horrible on how much stuff I want to do. It's definitely better than having no stuff I want to do; that's for sure.

I also want to sleep, so I think I'm going to go do that now. I have no idea if I'm actually ending with this or if I'll come back and write more. I'll probably write more. If there's more stuff beneath this paragraph, that means I wrote more. If there's not and this is the final sentence, that means I didn't.

There is definitely more on this topic to talk about. A large off-branch that deals with it, as well. I'll make those separate posts some other time.

Job, Eagle, Gamecube Controller Adapter

I hate making titles for these blog posts. You probably already knew that. They feel so bland. I need to find a cleverer way to make them.


I'm currently on a "as-needed" basis for my job, so I really need to find another one. I don't really care about amount of pay, just hours. I mean, it won't actually be that difficult to find a job. I just kind of have to do it. But I'm going of to the camp thing this week (well, I suppose I'm going to schedule this post, so I'm actually already at it), so I'm not currently looking. And I probably won't look for another week after that. I really want to focus on finishing Personal Management (which should only take a day or so) and finding/doing some paper work for a Eagle Scout Project.

Go Nathaniel!! Yes, he procrastinated a whole bunch, just like Thomas did, but it looks like he'll get his Eagle. His birthday is on the 26th of this month, I believe? I should know people's birthdays better.
I don't want to do it all at the last moment; I would really like to get it out before the summer's over. That's the goal. And it's easily obtainable if I put in a little work. Which is what I plan to do.


Off-topic: The gamecube controller adapter came in today (6/16/18)! It works great. I wish the cord was a little longer, but whatever. We now have 4 great controllers to use on the Switch, which means awesome games of Mario Kart. Plus two more if we use two of the more beat up gamecube controllers. The wavebirds, if still functional, will be nice since they're wireless. We'll still need two more controllers in the future if we ever want to play a full 8-player Smash on Smash Ultimate. But maybe Smash Ultimate will be 3DS compatible? Then we could just use our 2DS and 3DS as the other two controllers. That would be nice.

Dash Dancing, more wavedashing, and Posting Schedule

There is dash dancing, which I forgot to mention. It's weaker than its melee counter part, which is good. I'm liking the melee mechanics in the game, but they aren't so strong that they'll dominate the game. At least that's my impression.

And, allegedly, there actually is wavedashing, but it's just super sloppy and slow.

I still have the majority of my packing to do. I should do that. I also want to make some more posts to schedule. Maybe while I'm away I'll just have a post every other day instead of every day. We'll see how inspired I am to write stuff. But I'm really enjoying writing these each day, so I'm going to continue to do so. Hopefully you guys are enjoying them too.

More Smash and other things and titles continue to be hard to come up with

Turns out there is not wavedashing, I was incorrect. Although there is wavelanding, which is interesting. It apparently has tons of lag, though, so it isn't very useful. I could see it having less lag in the final version of the game, however. Idk, I just feel like it won't have tons of lag like it does right now.
Bayo might not be as OP as we thought. Apparently there was a couple bugs with her that allowed her to jump four times, which is crazy. Plus the ladder combo we saw was with a low ceiling against a large opponent (Ridley) and was played by someone who plays melee, not a lot of Smash 4, meaning he doesn't know how to effectively DI against Bayo. But still, I really hope Bayo isn't so good as she was in Smash 4.

Smash Ultimate looks more and more awesome the more I watch it. ZeRo (the best Smash 4 player ever) says it's, like, super crazy good. Almost strictly more fun than Smash 4. I want to play it. I want to be competitive. I'm planning on going on my mission a couple-few months after it releases, which means I'll only have a short time with it, but it's going to be great.

Mario Kart continues to be awesome. And addictive. It continues to beat my expectations. I was holding off on it because we didn't have a good enough NAT type to play online, but there is so much content without online anyway. But when we get through most of that, it will be nice to face people online.

Currently waiting for halftime in the Overwatch League game to get over. ESports is pretty great.

In a sudden turn of events I'm going on a week leadership trip thingy, which I'm kind of excited for. It'll be a good experience. I don't know what that will mean about my daily blog posts. Maybe I'll schedule some; I'm not sure.

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

I'm mildly disappointed in Nintendo's direct. They showed Smash, some Fire Emblem, and that's basically it.

But holy guacamole does Smash look awesome. All the characters. I'll get to play as Pichu. That's kind of crazy. And Young Link. And Snake. And Ridley? Ridley still looks super weird in the game to me, but I'll get used to it.
The gameplay in sped up a little compared to Smash 4, which I think is awesome. There is wavedashing, but it's not as strong as it was in Melee, which I think is great.
The more you dodge, the more and more vulnerable you'll be, which I think is a great way to make spam rolling not as effective.
Bayonetta still looks OP, which is no bueno. But I have faith they'll nerf her before the release.
The entire art aesthetic and the graphic design and the intuitiveness is freaking amazing.
I want the game now. It releases, sadly, later than most people thought (it's releasing in December compared to September/October being what most people thought). But you can expect me to have that day set aside to play Smash.

And our NAT type randomly jumped up to a B, which is awesome because now we can play Splatoon 2 online. Plus Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online, which I bought today (it's super great, btw). And Smash online, when the time comes.
I also bought a gamecube adapter that works with the Switch (it'll be arriving on Saturday (I bought this online. I bought Mario Kart in a store)), which means we'll get to play with nice gamecube controllers. And we'll finally have a full set of controllers (before we were surviving off the two Joycon and one wired controller).

Quick Review of Reality Talent Shows

(Referring to shows such as America's Got Talent, American Idol, The Voice etc.)

I don't like them. They're somewhere between hate and dislike. Yep.

(although World of Dance (which I've never seen) looks decently interesting. It might not suck)

E3 Hype

Super Smash Bros on the Nintendo Switch is being shown off for the first time today in a couple hours. I am so hyped. I decided not to go into work today (we can go into work whenever we won't; there is no schedule (aka, I'm not skipping my shift or anything)) just so I can watch Nintendo's direct thingy live. We've been waiting so long for this and I am pumped. Today would be one of the greatest days ever if twenty one pilots randomly decided to end their hiatus. That would be cool. It's not going to happen, though.

I'll definitely make sure to report on my thoughts about Nintendo's direct afterwards. Either later today or tomorrow.

Ain't Been Posting Much

I haven't been-- urgh, this is weird, with the formatting not being the formatting I'm used to with my own blog-- a nice large Verdana. Look at that x-height! So this is, I'm not used to the default font here. It's fine though, we're all fine everybody's fine.

But I haven't been posting much anywhere lately, mostly for paranoia reasons regarding my computer crashing, and--

oh hi I'm Eric, this is a guest post. I suppose I should say that first off. Alex has been posting every day these past few, and I've been posting once every, what, few weeks? So it looks like our places have swapped; with Alex trying today to list every twenty one pilots song from memory, instead of blogging, he's asked me to post for him, and so I thought I'd take the opportunity to ~explain~ I guess, because what else would I post as a guest post on somebody else's blog when I'm barely posting on my own?

There was a Youth thing with President Nelson a week ago where they advised a challenge, which many took, to give up social media for 7 consecutive days, but even if I were a youth I wouldn't have had a problem with that. My problem is the opposite. My challenge is, or (if I were challenged as a challenge) would be, I should post on social media for seven consecutive days.

THE SEVEN PLACES I SHOULD POST BUT DON'T

• I've got three blogs:
• dielikeadisneyvillain.blogspot.com
• thingsthatdontevencomebackaround.blogspot.com
• pretzelizemecapn.wordpress.com
• Two instagram accounts
• @e.c.perazzo
• theprancingprinter
• like a facebook presence I gueeesss
• oh yeah that YouTube channel

The YouTube thing, well that's fun and complicated and hey I could post on my own blog 'bout that today about it, because I should post there today, and cycle on through on a seven-day, thing...

But we're leaving for scout camp on Saturday thereabouts, and I'm going to be without social media till we get back when that's over (not that I'm not used to that.) So I'm going to get as far as, my art IG account, before having to stop the cycle again. Not get to the YouTube thing, which is fine, and complicated.

Even if I post right when we get back, it would still have been longer between when I posted last and if I post now, than when I post now and when I post next. So.

WHY I'M NOT POSTING AND WHY MAYBE I SHOULD

~For some reason~ it's taken for granted that artists should "get their name out there" or whatever? And so the implication is that others' vice in using social media would be an artist's virtue. I'm like waaay bad at social media, and that'd be great if I'd been... actually, being bad at social media/publicizing is a bad thing no matter your occupation. I'm bad at advertising myself, outside of the social media thing; I've never been very good at even pricing my own work.

Also, like I made the promise to start making more visual art, so I could post it on my blog, and I haven't been doing that? Bad of me, bad of me. Although now that I've got a bedroom to myself again and can move my art supplies back in, it'll be easier to start making more arts. Although although, the reason I said to make those arts for my blog was so I could cross-post with Instagram, and this seven-day thing goes against that. Just, make a plan and stick to it?

WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON INSTEAD

Mostly writing projects. I know I always say I'm getting close with this one or that one, but really we may actually see the creation of these within my lifetime. I'm close enough now to start worrying about production costs. Which. Why must everything be so expensive?

73 Things About Me

Am I a morning or a night person? I can be both. Sometimes I stay up way later than I should, which sides with being a night person. But I can also wake up early without too much trouble and I enjoy it. So Idk.
Am I afraid of the dark? Not really. Used to be, though.
Am I an introvert or extrovert? Introvert.
Am I double jointed? In my right thumb, I think?
Right or left handed: Right
Tidy or messy person: Messy, but not so messy that I can't be productive. I keep my messiness under control.
Am I on time or late to things? On time.
Ticklish: Probably? I definitely was in the past, but I haven't been tickled recently so it could have changed.
Can I curl my tongue? Yes, in several ways.
Can I ice skate? Poorly.
Can I wiggle my ears? Yes.
Cookies, Cake, or Donuts: Donuts then cookies then cake. Cake is overrated. I'm also in the club that cookies are overrated, but cake is most definitely overrated.
Have I ever participated in a talent show? Not that I'm aware of
Do you like school? Sometimes. I enjoy the social aspect. I enjoy learning. But boy does it suck a lot of the time.
Do I believe in ghosts? Only the holy one.
Do I bite my nails? No.
Do I consider myself a good cook? I'm good enough to be content with my cooking ability.
Do I enjoy dancing? Depends on the scenario, but overall, yes. I am an introvert, so if it's too social of a situation, dancing would probably make me uncomfortable. But even then, I sometimes enjoy dancing.
Do I enjoy DIY crafts? I've never really tried them, but I feel like I would.
Do I forgive easily: Yes.
Nickname: Alex. P-razz. Theodore. Zander. Al (Joseph called me this sometimes). Probably a couple others I'm missing.
Allergies: None
Phobias: I feel like I have some, but I don't have time right now to think about it super hard.
Pets: I have none, but I love pets and will probably get them in the future.
Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister.
Dogs or Cats: I love both, but if forced to choose, I would pick cats. Although I think I'm slightly allergic to them. Semi-itchy throat. Some cats don't make this happen, but others do.
Mac or PC: Probably PC, although I don't have much data.
Beach or Mountains: Mountains? Idk.
Bath or Shower: Shower
Languages? I can understand basic spanish, although I can't speak it.
Do I still watch cartoons? Not often, but yes. If anime counts then when I have time, yes.
Do I play any sports? Tennis. Did Track and Field for one year.
Does my name have a special meaning? Not that I'm aware of.
Have I been to a concert? Nope.
Do I enjoy camping? Yep.
Have I skipped class? Around finals week when we're doing nothing important, I have, yes. I was excused by my parents, but I still think it counts as skipping.
Have you won something? Yes.
Have I ever worn braces? Nope.
How am I feeling right now? Pretty good, but tired.
Height: 5' 8"
If I could live anywhere, where would it be? This is too hard of a question to answer right now.
What did I last eat? Corn.
What did I want to be when I was younger? Artist.
Typical Friday night: Depends on the time of year.
Foods I won't eat: Some fish. Probably something else. Foods against the Word of Wisdom, of course.
Bucket list item: Buy a bag of milk (Ryan came up with this bucket list item originally, so I give him the credit)
Item I can't live without: Water, Food. I don't think that's what this question is going for, but whatever.
Movie I have watched repeatably: The Giver, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ender's Game
Apple or Android: No preference.
What should I be doing right now? Sleeping.
One goal this year: Finish my Eagle Scout
Pet peeve: Uneducated people talking about something I'm passionate about
Last song I listened to: March to the Sea non-lyrical version.
Most expensive item of clothing: Shoes, probably.
Can't leave house without: Phone
Dream car: An expensive one so I can sell it.
Favorite animal: Monkey
Favorite book: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite color: Blue. Typically of the darker variety.
Favorite dessert: Ice Cream. Pretty sure Ice Cream is just the best food.
Favorite drink: Water and milk. Apple juice and Orange juice are also wonderful. When I think about it Orange juice might be my favorite? I'm not sure, milk and water are just awesome.
Favorite food: Pizza, I guess. But that's probably not true if I think about it more.
Favorite gadget: Nintendo Switch, if phones and computers don't count.
Favorite movie: The Giver
Favorite restaurant: Don't have one.
Favorite sandwich: Spicy Italian footlong from Subway with the toppings of my choice
Favorite season: Fall. Autumn. I should use the word Autumn more. It's cool.
Favorite series: The Mistborn series
Favorite snack: Cereal
Favorite sport to watch: Basketball, but tennis is pretty hype too.
Favorite breakfast food: Cereal?
Lucky number: 27
Favorite fictional character: Kaladin Stormblessed. Spook is a close second.

Yesterday's Bout of Games Quick Summary

"They murdered him."

(relates back to our games of Murder in the Dark and our game of Liebrary (the game's name is intentionally spelt incorrectly in order to have the pun of 'lie' (the game is about lying about books)))

Quick Review of Sitcoms

I don't care for them. Yep.