Post Apocalyptic Stress Cloud.

 Man, it’s been ages since I graced my own blog with a new post. D: A lot of crap has been going on in the last cluster of weeks. Finals are here soon, and I’m completely unprepared. Not to mention having work on top of that, so I literally have no time to myself. Part of me just wants to crawl into a hole and ignore the world. There’s been just enough stresses to put me at the edge of that ledge. When I look down from this ledge I see an even worse alternative to the demons lurking behind me. Either of these options seem right now to just be this massive rut that I can’t get out of. Already, I’m incredibly stressed out about my work situation, but hey, at least I’m working right now when there are still many who aren’t. And yes, I have done little to no studying, so I’m very afraid I’m going to fail. Not to mention all the amazing relationship circumstances I’ve dug myself into. I thought I had finally gotten myself out of a shitty situation by breaking up with my boyfriend at the time, but he’s like this little child that thinks he’s helping by clinging on to me. I don’t hate the man, but I do have my limits in terms of how “okay” I am with being continually bothered every day just to “talk”. He acts so afraid of losing me, but in fact, he’s pissing me off more by being so clingy. I’m not fucking going anywhere and he needs to learn that. He also needs to learn that I don’t intend to take him back. I have my reasons. So there’s more stress as you can see.

Besides that, it seems like every time I meet someone new, I’m destined for failure. Even though I made my mind up about being done with this silly notion of “love” and “affection”, nothing has improved. Every guy I met has either been a complete fucking douche, or purer than the driven snow. So not only can this single female get a chance, but I get shut down when I do. Is it really much harder for a female than a man out there? XD I know this summer is going to drag on/be quite lame (and is going to make me wish I took Summer term classes), but I just need some time to myself, I think. I’m going to take these next three months to try and beat back those demons. Who knows, maybe something good will come out of it?

Life in Central Oregon

I’ve been meaning to get to writing one of these after living here for like, what… Three years almost? And what these three years have given me is the knowledge that Central Oregonians may be fit as hell, but they must be insane to put up with god awful winters just for the “famous” 300 day long summers here. I’m from Washington originally, so when I first moved down here, I remember all the hellish nosebleeds I got living here. For anyone that has ever lived in WA, the air is nice and moist. Here, the air is bone dry. And the summers are ungodly hot. Don’t get me wrong, I love sunshine when I see it, but not when it turns you into a walking piece of jerkey. Yes, over dramatic I know, but it’s closer to the truth than you think. Also, people float down the Deschutes on inner tubes in the hot weather. Something I’ve never heard of before, but whatever floats their boat. It’s quite the strange sight, actually. Dozens and dozens of colors of floaties bobbing a long the river. And here in Central Oregon (For the most part) people either dress like dirty hippies, or rich folk. I’ve also noticed a hilarious tradition that all men undertake when winter rolls around. Men grow massive amounts of fur all over the face. I find it particularly disgusting, but I suppose it keeps them warm. One thing I’ve noticed too, is that it almost never rains here. And when it does, that sweet, aromatic pine smell the air has, is replaced with the smell of wet hay. I loved rain in WA. I would go out for walks in it, listen to the pitter patter of it’s sweet lullaby on the rooftop, and feel it’s cold kiss on my skin. Here, it’s stinky, and gross. One thing we do have in spades down here, are independent breweries with amazing beers for everyone. Off the top of my head, we have Deschutes, Boneyard, and 7 peaks. That’s like a fraction of them. Bend loves it’s beer. One thing they don’t have though is an abundance of GOOD shows like Olympia and Seattle do. Bands here fall between hippie jam bands, and weird ass folk music. And oh my god, do not even get me started on how cold the winter is. You actually NEED traction tires, or you risk death and other bodily harm. And usually the snow gets up to 2 feet. And the cold… Sooo cold. I mean, two feet of snow is unheard of in WA. At most, we’d get a foot, and that meant it was a fucking bad storm! I guess it’s nice, if you like that kind of stuff. But, I’m still homesick for WA, and to get away from all of Oregon’s eccentric people. I’ve made a few friends, but mostly… I think many of the Oregonians here are too weird for me. XD

 

And for impact, lets looks at two comparisons between the two states.

See! Just look how pretty and green it is. :3

Oh so beautiful Oregon summers

Age of Empires Online

How is it that I find out about cool shit after it comes out? Age of Empires online was officially release on Steam a few weeks ago, but apparently it’s been out longer. WTF mayyynn? I fucking loved that game. I still have the original AoE for the PC. I practically fainted when I saw it had been released. So far there is only a few different cultures, unlike the original. I think there’s five, but I chose Egyptians as usual. The art direction HAS taken a different turn (The graphics have a bit more of a cartoony feel this time around) but I like it. I don’t know, I just think it adds to the game. The game-play style is a lot like the originals, instead you start out this time around with a “Capital City” already built, and you just play out scenarios. I don’t think there’s a free play yet, but I’ll have to keep on playing and testing. In the meantime, I suggest you guys all get it and download. it. Best part is that the game is free, which gave me the biggest nerd-gasm. So you really have nothing to lose, that is, unless you’re running an outdated OS on a shit PC. Then, I feel really sorry for you. If you don’t have Steam yet, or don’t know what it is, get that too. It’s free, and there’s actually a lot of good F2P (free-to-play) games for it.

 

What the hell, RPD?

So last night, I was walking home from my boyfriends house. And then I happen to notice a bright light behind me, so I turn around and guess what I fucking see. A cop car. Really? Cop gets out of his car, and at this point I’m like, “Oh god, not again. He must think I’m a minor” (Mind you, this seems to happen a lot). He asks, chuckling, “So what are you doing?”, to which I reply, “Oh, just walking back to my apartment.” He asks me how old I am, and I tell him 20. He says, “Why aren’t you driving?” and I tell him I just have a learner’s permit. Obviously he doesn’t believe me about my age, because he asks for my ID. He checks it with the station via walkie talkie, then makes some statement, “Just making sure you weren’t a 16 year old run away or you were okay or something.” He also asks me where I was coming from, and I tell him my boyfriend’s house. He asks why my boyfriend didn’t drive me, and I say he isn’t driving right now. Police man says, “Oh good grief.” As if Zech was just some Redmond piece of trash of a boyfriend. Then he says,”Do you want a ride home?” I say, “No, it’s okay, I can walk.” He replies, “I’m not doing anything, I can take you home.” And puts the peer pressure vibe on, so in essence, I don’t feel like I have a choice. He calls back into the station, only words that I pull out of it are that he says he’s providing a courtesy transport. He asks me to take off his bag, remarking that he’s a very paranoid man, and that he’s going to have to pat me down. He makes me set my bag on the trunk, and I do the arms out, legs spread thing (Like I said, it’s happened before, I’m very familiar with the procedure), then he tells me to put my hands behind my back instead. WTF. He proceeds to pat me down, ass first, with what I think are his finger (Hopefully the back side, or else I have a complaint to file with the RPD). He pats my back down, checks my hoodie, my front pockets. Upon checking my front pockets, he feels that I have a phone in my left one, and notices keys in my right. He jerks the keys out of my pocket himself and checks them and makes me hold them.

He then pats my legs down doing this two-handing motion I like to aptly describe as the “Single Jerk-Off” motion, and then… Pats my ass down again (I guess to be sure that I somehow didn’t magically poof weapons or drugs in there. Hahah). Then he asks me if I’m wearing another coat under my first hoodie, to which I reply yes. He asks me to unzip my coat, and he pats me down underneath it. Then he puts my bag in the trunk, I put keys back in my pocket and he lets me in the car. He gets in, asks me where I live, types it into GPS (Which I don’t get because he’s a police officer for my city. I assumed he’s new). We had a conversation on the way home. I told him how my boyfriend was an Iraq vet, and they didn’t let him transport his car over from where he was stationed. I go on to talk about college, and work. Find out he went to COCC to and had a degree in engineering. He told me he had a lot of respect for me in terms of where I had to work (I’m not going to say where. Hahah). And encouraged me to keep at my schooling. We got home and he was like, “Have a good night, just wanted to make sure nothing bad happened to you. Thank your boyfriend for his service…” With this sarcastic ass tone, to which I chuckle, thinking he’s being a smart ass and trying to call out my boyfriend as a prick. And then he realizes how he said it, back peddles and says, “…In the army, I mean.” And I told him to have a good night, he left, I unlocked my apartment, got in and laughed my ass off. I do have a thing for policemen, and he was cute, but that is no excuse for that crap. XD

Mass Effect Letdown?

So while Mass Effect was listed as “One of the most anticipated games of the year”, I’ve seen nothing but gripes about it’s ending. Which also makes me kind of glad I didn’t apparently “Waste the money”. I hear the endings break the hearts of true fans. And even people are fishing to rationalize the ending. With this “Indoctrination Theory”, and assumptions that Shepard is dreaming. Let me sum up why it’s such a letdown. Two words. EA Games. Why do I elicit such hate towards them. Let this meme show why. XD

I haven’t played it yet. However, I heard the main campaign was still pretty solid. So those of you who have gotten to play it, please, let me know what you think, and if I should break down and actually buy it.

PETA are you serious?

So whilst perusing memebase, I come across a meme about a certain article. So, as a little background info, Super Mario 3 is coming out for the 3DS system, which is all well and fine. I loved that game as a kid. But, then… As in all things fun and family friendly… PETA has to come bumbling along and ruin everything like the drunk chick at a party. -_-”

PETA slams Tanooki Mario. Seriously?

Yeah, the basic gist? If you’ve ever played Super Mario 3, Tanooki Mario is a raccoon suit that Mario dons after grabbing a leaf power up. A FLIPPING LEAF FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!!! It’s not like Mario actually hunts a raccoon and wears its pelt or anything. And why did they rag on the raccoon only? Mario dons a frogsuit as well. What, PETA? You okay with him hypothetically wearing the skin of a frog? D: I swear, sometimes I wonder what our world is coming to in terms of intellect. And what image are they using in their campaigns (again, just for emphasis..)?

Okay, PETA? I hope you know the only reason I’m trembling over this is from laughter… Not from the “Sad sad abuse of the poor poor raccoons!!!”. With all this being said, I conclude with only this:

So I have stumbled across the most amazing talent ever. :D

So looking at YouTube for covers from the Zelda games, I found one of the most talented one man guitarist “bands” ever.

 

http://artificialfear.bandcamp.com/album/loz-metal

 

The guy has the MOST amazing Legend of Zelda metal covers. Considering that he is a solo artist as well. These would literally make the games more amazing if Nintendo decided to substitute these into their respective games. I know because of copyrights, he couldn’t technically charge for downloads, however, I have not yet figured out how to download them from his site yet. -_-” If you don’t mind/like metal, I suggest you take a listen. I have now found myself a new artist to obsess over for the time being. XD