Update about Donation Stream for April 17th

The Donation stream for Joey Gaillard is this weekend on April 17th, Saturday at 8:00AM EST
**SEE PREVIOUS POST**

As such, I do have a layout for goals and what people get for donating in the stream. This is the slightly unfinished version. I recommend coming back here this week for the finished version when it comes to be.

Prices:

$0.00 : getting a shout-out to advertise this video : (VIDEO TO COME SOON)
**SHOUT-OUTS TO BE DONE AFTER EVERY HOUR!**

$2.50 : A raffle ticket For the Pokemon Giveaway!
**MORE WILL BE EXPLAINED BELOW**

$5.00 : A raffle ticket For the Pokemon Giveaway!/ A half hour game-play of Game of Choice
**CHECK BELOW FOR GAME CHOICES!**

$10.00 : A raffle ticket For the Pokemon Giveaway!/ An hour of game-play of Game Of Choice
**CHECK BELOW FOR GAME CHOICES**

$20.00 : A raffle ticket For the Pokemon Giveaway!/ A Layout for YouTube/Me singing a song for your enjoyment >>''

$25.00 : A raffle ticket For the Pokemon Giveaway!/ I will do a drawing of a Pokemon, Trainer, Rocket Member, Team Aqua, Team Magma, Team Galactica, or a scene from the Anime or Manga of your choice. I will also do Human versions of Pokemon!
**CAN BE FROM THE MANGA, ANIME**

$50.00 : 2 Raffle Tickets For the Pokemon Giveaway!/Pick any 2 of the choices below this price range/guest commentate in a future Pokemon LP video with me

$75.00 : 3 Raffle Tickets For the Pokemon Giveaway!/Pick any 2 of the choices below the $50.00 price range/

$100.00 : 5 Raffle Tickets For the Pokemon Giveaway!/Pick any 3 of the choices below this $50.00 price range/You will be in my Pokemon Fanfiction I'm producing this summer. **PM DETAILS**


Now, regarding the raffle tickets, every time you donate more than the $2.50, you will get another ticket to be placed in my awesome Legend of Zelda Hat, with the exception of the last 3 donations. Later on in the middle of the stream (TIME WILL BE FINALIZED LATER ON) I will pull out a few names from the hat of awesome and the winners will receive the Pokemon that was called out BEFORE the name was picked. So, If you have Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, or Soul Silver, you will be able to recieve these Pokemon! Here are the Rules!

RULES:

1. YOU MUST HAVE DIAMOND, PEARL, PLATINUM, HEART GOLD, or SOUL SILVER! IF YOU DO NOT, YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE RAFFLE!

2. IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR REAL NAME CALLED OUT, PLEASE PLACE YOUR NICKNAME IN THE PAYPAL DESCRIPTION!

3. You have to have Wi-fi Unlocked in the game so we can trade!

4. I will need your friend code.

5. If you DO win, You need to PM me to verify your address so I can confirm your winnings.

6. You can pick the nickname of the Pokemon before I give it to you.

The Pokemon:

The Pokemon that are going to be up for trade are below this. More might be added later when I think of some good ones. Until then, this is all I have so far:

**NOTE: YOU CAN CHOOSE 1 OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE NEXT TO THE NAME**

"Volt Tackle" Pikachu : Heart Scale or Miracle Seed
"Surf" Pikachu : Heart Scale or Mystic Water
"Fly" Pikachu : Heart Scale or Charcoal

Bulbasaur : Heart Scale or Leaf Stone
Charmander : Heart Scale or Fire Stone
Squirtle : Heart Scale or Water Stone

Torchic : Heart Scale or Sun Stone**
Mudkip : Heart Scale or Moon Stone
Treecko : Heart Scale or Thunderstone

Cyndaquil : Heart Scale or Armor Fossil
Totodile : Heart Scale or Helix Fossil
Chikorita : Heart Scale or Old Amber**

Piplup : Heart Scale or Shiny Stone
Chimchar : Heart Scale or Oval Stone
Turtwig : Heart Scale or Thunder Stone

Raikou : Heart Scale or ???
Suicune : Heart Scale or ???
Entei : Heart Scale or ???

Zapdos : Heart Scale or ???
Articuno : Heart Scale or ???
Moltres : Heart Scale or ???

** = Don't have at the moment

You can use these guys to breed and such, but the Flying and Surfing as As Is, meaning, what it is, that's how it is. Any other Pokemon, they are as is. I'm not customizing the pokemon for you. Sorry.


Now, Goals are among this weekend stream. My goal for THIS stream is $300.00. So, I'm going to make this stream more interesting with THESE goals:

**WILL UPDATE SOON!**

GOALS:

If I make:

$100.00 = I will dramatically read a one shot Fanfiction for all >=3

$150.00 = U will attempt to do a fandub of a scene in a videogame

$200.00 = I will do an attempt to do a **horribly done I might add** Pokemon episode dub and RUIN IT! **then came the storm...**

$300.00 = I will announce it in the stream! **OMFG!!**

QUIZ!

Near the end of the stream and before the raffle, I'll start up a quiz for EVERYONE in the stream to participate. The quiz theme is unknown or even if there IS a theme for it, I don't know. I'll be creative about it.

How the Quiz will work:

I am going to pause the ENTIRE USTREAM CHAT! That will enable any cheating and me trying to go through the stream chat will take some time. How it's going to happen is this:

Chat will be paused, meaning that people will have to use the PM part of the stream to answer the questions. The first person who answers it (I will know by order of PM's) They win the prize, which is a RAFFLE TICKET!!! YAY!!!!

It sounds good on paper, but we shall soon see.


CALLZ:

The calls will actually be slightly tame. I wish to not have a BUNCH of people in the call this time around since no one could get a word out and people will argue. so, trying not to be mean, I am limiting my call to a few people. Those that know me on Skype or those that wish to talk to me here's the thing:

1: I do NOT like to give out my Skype. So NOT ask for it unless I give it to you.

2: Those that know me on Skype allready, It is first come, first serve. I'm not going to be picky, and I know I will feel like a jerk by saying this, but I i DO have a mind set of people being in the call, and some opening slots for the First come first serve. I don't know when I'm going to start stream calls, so please, DO NOT ASK. Love you lots guys, but please don't hate me for being anal about the call this time.

3. I personally don't like big calls anymore.


That's how it is going to be. Don't get mad or anything, but that's just my take on the calls for MY stream >>'' I think I'll make the max like..5 to 6 people. I'll keep it in mind as the stream progresses...


SHOUTOUTS:
The Following are the people who featured the video on their channel and advertized this stream to make it a success. THANKS GUYS!
**IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THIS LIST BY SATURDAY, PM ME ON YOUTUBE. I WILL UPDATE THIS ALL DAY TODAY (4/16/10)**

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Shuyink
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SearchingForRinoa
starboy35tcoos

THE GAMES YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM FOR SATURDAY:

Also Note: Most of you know that my PS2 has issues with it slowly eating up my games. I took some advice from that video and I will attempt to use it for this Stream Saturday. If all discs are not harmed by this, then AWESOME! XD

**MORE MAY BE ADDED LATER**


Wii/Wiiware:

Wii Sports
Chocobo Dungeon
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Super Paper Mario
Phantom Brave
Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble Wii Version
Phoenix Wright
Beyond Oasis
Donkey Kong Country
Kid Icarus
Pokemon Puzzle League
Pokemon Rumble Arena
Mario Brothers 3
Kirby 64: Crystal Shards
Mario Kart 64
Muscle March
Super Mario World
Metroid


XBox 360:

Enchanted Arms
Zoids Assault
Star Ocean
Eternal Sonata
Assassin's Creed
Last Remnant
Sega Tennis
FFXIII


GameCube:

Yu-Gi-Oh: Falsebound Kingdom
Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Sonic Collection (Sonic 1-Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Sonic Spinball, Sonic 3D-Blast)
Sonic Adventure 1
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Baton Kaitos
Zoids Battle Legends
Zoids vs. iii
Pokemon Coliseum
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Zelda: Wind Waker
Megaman X Collection (Megaman X - Megaman X6)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Zelda Mega Collection (Classic Zelda, Zelda II, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask)
Zelda: Master Quest
Carmen Sandiego <--borrowing from my sister


GBA: **PLAYING WITH GBA PLAYER ON GC**

Yu-Gi-Oh : GX Academy
Yu-Gi-Oh : Destiny of the Duel
Yu-Gi-Oh : Sacred Cards
Yu-Gi-Oh : Championship 2006
Pokemon Ruby
Kingdom Hearts: CoM


Nintendo 64:

Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Pokemon Yellow/Gold/Blue **With use of Pokemon Stadium**


Nintendo:

Super Mario Bros. 3
Milon's Secret Castle
Burgertime
Faxandu
Megaman 5
Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros.
Commando
Pinball
Elevator Action
Popeye
Mickey Mousecapade
Sesame Street: 1, 2, 3 **XD**
Bases Loaded
R.C. Pro A.M
Wizard and Warriors
Lolo
Stinger
Castlevania
Deadly Towers
Metroid
Wheel of Fortune
Alpha Mission
T&C Surf
Anticipation
Win, Lose, or Draw

**MORE FOR NINTENDO LATER**

Playstation:

Jet Moto
Croc
Brave Fencer Musashi
Grandia
MegaMan X4
Gundam Battle Assault 2
Digimon: Rumble Arena
Legend of Mana
Digimon: Digital Card Battle
Legend of Legaia
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete


Playstation 2:

Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of the Roses
Yu-Gi-Oh: Capsule Monsters Coliseum
Sega Collection **LOOK UP FOR GAMES**
Digimon: Rumble Arena 2
Romancing Saga
Dawn of Mana
Final Fantasy X
Genji
Shadow of the Colossus
God of War
Sly Cooper
Sly 2
Sly 3
Legend of Legaia 2
Star Ocean
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts: RECOM
Bakugan
.hack
.hack//G.U.
Mana Khemia
Final Fantasy X-2
MegaMan X7
MegaMan X8
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
Dark Cloud
Dark Cloud 2
Klonoa 2
Grandia Xtreme
Ape Escape 2




If I have any other things to iron out, I'll edit them all before the stream, so don't worry. You will all get the info you need before April 17th.

For now, I'll leave this as is, and I hope to see you all there!! Take care!!

New Last Minute Stream Happening This Weekend!

Well.....again the topic of charity comes up for what the OxyCleanStreams is handling between me and my mother, and again, she came up with another donation stream to handle. In this case, this one a bit close to home. It is a friend of my mom's that they all know. I'm going to copy and paste the large wall of text concerning this issue so, continue on:

In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made annually. A man’s risk of developing testicular cancer is roughly 1 in 250.


Joey Gaillard was originally diagnosed with testicular cancer in November 2008 at the age of 24, after feeling a hard lump on his right testicle. Immediately after being diagnosed, Joe’s first treatment was an orchiectomy (testicle removal). Since testicular cancer is a "curable" form of cancer, the removal of the testi might have been all that was needed to defeat the disease. Unfortunately, in this case, it was just the beginning of his battle. Due to the lack of general knowledge for identifying signs of TC, it was not caught in time. The cancerous cells spread to other parts of his body, rapidly causing the situation’s complexity and complications to increase.

In January 2009, he began intense chemotherapy treatments. Joe went through 5 straight days of chemotherapy at 8 hours a day. He continued to do so at a rate of one week on, two weeks off until March 2009. The chemotherapy used to treat TC is one of the most aggressive and powerful forms of treatment used today. Each week became increasingly worse, and he eventually lost his hair and about 25 pounds. Joe wasn’t completely "himself" until June 2009 when his hair began to grow back and his physical appearance started to resemble what it had been pre-treatment.

After the long 3 months of treatment, doctors were delighted to report that the tumor markers in his blood work had indicated that there was no more cancer in his body. The aggressive chemotherapy treatments had paid off! One of the United States’ top oncologists at the Palm Beach Cancer Institute was ecstatic to inform him that the chance of the cancer coming back was as little as 5%, meaning his chance of being cancer free was 95%.

Joe was ordered to receive blood work and CAT Scans every 3 months after the chemotherapy to make absolutely sure everything was still okay. After a year of negative readings for cancer, it was during January 2010 that Joe was told by his doctor in Florida that the cancer had returned, after viewing a large tumorous mass from his most recent CAT Scan. This time it was in his lymphatic system.

His doctor’s only recommendation was a surgery known as Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND). RPLND is a very high-risk surgery, due to the nerves surrounding the lymph nodes needing to be removed. Sadly, there are only two surgeons in the whole country who practice the RPLND surgery, and they are only performed about 100 times a year. Joe chose Dr. Sheinfeld from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, New York to perform the surgery in March 2010. He chose Dr. Sheinfeld over other surgeons because he performs a unique "nerve sparing" procedure which can minimize the detrimental effects of post surgical complications. The surgery was a grueling 6 hour procedure that required a 14-inch incision in Joe’s abdomen. Although the list of risks ranged from infertility to severe nerve damage, the surgery went well with no immediate complications.

Although Dr. Sheinfeld cannot guarantee, he hopes that this is the last we will see of this horrible, life-altering cancer. Joe’s full recovery time is 6 to 12 months, though he will not be able to drive for the first 4 weeks. Soon after those 4 weeks, he plans on going back to work, starting out slow, to continue receiving his medical benefits. Unfortunately, his RPLND surgery costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and Joe’s insurance only covers a percentage of the total costs. Joe is left responsible to pay the remainder of his exorbitant hospitalization costs which could exceed $45,000, along with his regular, monthly cost-of-living bills.

Joe will continue to have follow-ups with his doctor in Florida, undergoing constant tests. If Joe’s latest surgery does not prevent his cancer from returning, he will need further chemotherapy treatments.

Realizing that the economy is not at its best, we are asking for any donation possible. The donation will help us raise the money needed to try to offset some of Joey’s medical bills. We would like to thank you in advance for your generous donations to assist a young man in dire need.




So basically, I'm asking donations to help with donations for their medical bills and such. If you WANT to help, you can do the thing you guys do best. SPREAD IT OVER THE INTERWEBZ!!! I would like this to be a successful donation stream like my JDRF stream back in October. The stream will be held HOPEFULLY this weekend once I set up a few things and set up a schedule and goals as per usual. I would appreciate it lots! More info on this later!!!

Monday Being an Awesome Day?! WTF?!

Today was a VERY awesome day today for a few reasons.

1) For some unholy reason, I was hyper. I was very freaked out when I was actually realizing that I was wide awake at work today. It made the day go by faster and awesome-er XD I was so happy!

2) My mom was VERY happy! It doesn't sound like an important thing, but TRUST ME!! When your boss at work is your own mother, you BETTER make sure she is happy! Otherwise, your day is HELL! It's like homeschool, only....not >>''

3) AFTER 9 MONTHS I FINALLY FOUND THE BOOK I WAS LOOKING FOR!! For those of you who don't know, I am a yaoi fan, and I've been hooked on the novel of "Only The Ring Finger Knows" and it is a great read. I read the first 3 volumes like..4 times >>. When I heard of the 4th volume, I died and I was in heaven. However, getting it was another story. Not one of my bookstores carried the book in stock at all. For months I had a hard time locating it online too due to the book supposedly being in high demand. However, as luck would have it, I E-mailed the company that published the book and they gave me the link to where to purchase it today after sending the E-mail about a month ago after talking with JuneManga on YT about how to get the item. I purchased it just now and I'm excited about reading it.

Man, with that book being purchased, my day has been complete. I have never been so happy before. It's just the little things in life that make you happiest the most. Being energetic on a Monday, and just being happy as well as those around you. It's an awesome feeling to feel great and seeing others feeling just as great!

Random Thought: I'm thinking about reviewing some manga on my blog as far as what I own and such. It should be interesting. We will soon see though....we will soon see.

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK EVERYONE!

Feeling Better, Other Random Things

Currently Listening: Something Missing from Bayonetta (Thank you Vicious!!)


Well, After talking with a few people, I feel a bit better. Not as depressed as before. I just have a hint of it, but it isn't effecting me as much as before. I apologize for my actions. It is just, I think too hard on things, making me feel worse than before.

Well, this week has been interesting really. I have been feeling slightly bummed from all of the snow my area has been gettin'. We are expecting more snow too. Dear lord...

I have also got my presents from my two awesome friends Ed and Dan. I got them awesome gifts too and I thank them for being awesome and sticking around with me and my horrible ways. They are angels for putting up with me.

I'm kinda upset about me not working on my Japanese like I want to. I haven't worked on it for about a month or two due to just being real busy and being preoocupied with everything else.

I'm also working on a few layouts for Dan and someone else for Youtube layouts and I have to sing Never Gonna Give You Up (when my sister and them leave apparently. I can't seem to get anytime to do it), and finish working on a fanfiction for someone for the Donation stream thing. I'm also just about finished with working on a drawing for someone and I'm going to work on the one for Dan. It will be interesting and I hope I don't ruin them at all. It will make me cry. T.T

I'm just busy anymore, and I'm just procrastinating. I need to start making deadlines. That way, I WILL finish them at a certain time. -_-'' I'm such a freak when it comes to it. XD

I've been playing a few other games while I've been in bed this weekend as well as my stream. I've also grinded a bit in Grandia for my LP, and it should be promising. I'm just a grinding whore. XD

To anyone who reads this, I wish you all well and I will try to update this weekly. I realize that writing how I feel here tends to keep my emotions in check and slightly sane. So I apologize in advance if things are emoism things/depressing things. It's just that, this is what this is mainly for to begin with.

Take care everyone!

Maybe I'm Not That Great of a Friend..

Well, I've been feeling rather depressed with myself this month of February. I feel rather, upset with myself and how I handled a few things and how I've treated people and such. I feel like I've been a horrible friend/person and it is driving me up the wall. I feel like, I'm just another one of those selfish people that does things just because they tell me to, or I do it to make me look better. I feel like I've been just one of those people that just take things for granted.

I don't understand this feeling, but it is aching me all over. I also feel like a joke to others too. It kinda hurts inside at times. I mean, I try to be funny, and sometimes it works, but when I'm not trying to be funny, everyone laughs. Am I really that stupid? Am I that clueless with people around me? It just feels hopeless. Being one big joke to people kind of aches me. I just think that, that is all they see in me. Just one big joke and push over. It annoys the HELL out of me. I'm tired of it and I can't take it. I don't understand it at all. I just hate yelling at others and trying to be the mean person, even though I allready felt like that to begin with. It sucks. Maybe I let them because I feel like I deserve it as some payment for my evil ways from the past. I don't really know. Maybe I've been in the wrong about everything.

I'm just tired with how I am, but no matter how hard I try to change it, I just can't. Change is something I'm having a hard time with. It sucks for me to even think about changing. I don't want to change. But, I do. It's so confusing! I hate it so much...

Maybe I am doing something wrong. I mean, I lost so many friends in my time more than the friends I have. I can count the friends I have on one finger. My allies lost, I can't. I think I am the one that is in the wrong.

Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut anymore, and not speak how I feel. That is usually the cause of me losing my friends. The sad thing is that, I really don't know what it is I say at times that makes them so upset. It hurt that I am THAT much of an idiot to not realize what hurts my friends or not..

I guess what I am trying to tell myself in this blog is that, I'm not a great friend. I suck at it, and everytime I try, it just gets worse. Maybe it is best that I don't have friends, and go back to how I was before; a loner. That way, I won't hurt anyone but myself, and everyone will be happy again. Maybe just go off somewhere, and not let anyone know. I'm sure that they will be happy while I'm not around.

I know it isn't the best thing to do, but I can't help but to think it. I'm not at all that great. i can't make people smile, I can't do anything well when it comes to talent, and I just hurt the people around me. I'm tired of it, and it is hurting me knowing the fact I hurt so many in my life. It sickens me all to Hell....

I try to be there for them, and tell them how I feel, but it just backfires and I don't think too much at all before I act. I'm new to the whole "Speaking Your Mind" thing, and frankly, I hate it. I don't ever want to speak my mind to others. This blog is the only thing that I can speak my mind with. It is the only thing I know that I can say things without having to backfire about my emotions and such.

I think I'm over with speaking my mind with others. I feel that not only does it make me look a fucking idiot, but a helpless dependant person. I don't want to be like that. I really don't.

I need to learn to help myself....or I won't get anywhere in life. I plan on not being with anyone, so it should be easier to just keep things as is....

I don't even know what I'm typing in here anymore...just a bunch of jibberish I'm sure. I'll just end it here and call it a night for this. Good Night.

Layout is a Renew and Some Random Things.

As you can see, I redid the layout for this and I chose this template because I felt like it. It looks pretty cool and I enjoy it's look. I'm not big on warm colors for webpages, but this is fine.

Well, 2010 has been a bit interesting so far. A few things happened here and there. I got a few cool games, my PC's fan died, and I was hosting a donation stream. Oh, and I worked, worked, and worked.

My PC is still in the shop and it is a sad thing. My Yu-Gi-Oh month was cancelled rather early due to it. Even when I recieved my Dazzle for my MAC, I can't record anything due to the sound crackling and hurting ones ears. I can't even fix that editing to the sound. ><" It isn't cool, man!

I've also been watching since the middle of January is Detective Conan/Cased Closed. I'm so addicted to it. I actually like the dubbed version to the anime. Jerry Jewell pulled off a nice Kudo. Besides, I like his voice. It's wierd to say that, but I really enjoy listening to him talk. I like all the voice actors in it too. It is also easier for me to follow the anime dubbed. I realize that I understand it a bit better by listening to it, rather than reading it. Sad, but true you lovely weeaboo's reading this. ^_~ Not all anime is perfect in sub format. Look at YuYu Hakusho, Comic Party, and a few others. So, TAKE THAT!!

I have been playing some games too. I got Phantom Brave and I played a bit of it. It is just like Playstation version, but it could have a twist. Who knows. I also purchased COUGHCOUGHBAKUGANCOUGHCOUGH. The Wiiware had a few intersting games I wanted to try/have recently that I noticed. I had the Wii Points and so I got the Phoienx Wright game as well as the Bubble Bobble game. The Bubble Bobble game for the WiiWare is a bit....challenging. It's very sensitive for you making bubbles near and around the walls. It's unforgiving, but I managed to beat the game on NORMAL! I'm afraid to see the harder onces. >>''

The donation stream for the NAA that went on this past weekend was successful. We didn't read our goal of $500.00 like we wanted, but, we got close. But, we had a blast! We played games, created new memes, humilated ourselves and got embarrased when our parents came into play....ESPECIALLY mine. -_-'' What's worse is that it is on recording too on YT. ><"

Besides the computer issues and the Nor'Easter snow storms that we've been having, I'm VERY excited about this new year.

THe games coming out are actually interesting me to the point of RESERVING them, or wanting to reserve them. I all ready reserved Pokemon HeartGold and Lunar: Silver Star Harmony. I've been waiting for these games, even though I can't play the Lunar one. I had to get rid of my PSP due to the battery dying. I got trade credit for all the PSP items and got Star Ocean for the Xbox360 and Eternal Sonata for the 360.

It's been an interesting year so far, and I hope that it all goes well this year!! WE NEED A GOOD YEAR, DAMNIT!!

Learning Japanese, Setbacks.

Well, for the past two weeks, I have been teaching myself Japanese again. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with it. I remembered about 95% of the Hiragana and about 75 to 80% of the Katakana. I think after that, I should learn some vocabulary and THEN move to the sentence structure and particles and whatnot. I didn't realize about how hard making sentences were until I attempted to a while back.

I purchased the Japanese Learning game for the DS a LONG while back, and it is helping me out SOOOO much. The lessons are nice and the games actually DO improve on your vocab, brush strokes, and memorization. So far I have learned to count in japanese, even though it is a biiit hard to memorize with 11 and on.., colors, a few vocab words, Hiragana, Katakana, and simple basic sentence structures. I stopped after Chapter 29 (which I call the beginning of chapter 2), and I have been playing the games to relearn the vocab and the Hiragana and Katakana. It just stinks that I lost one of my books I used for studying syllables and it had nice reference sheets at the end. I have a Kanji book (which I look through and learn a Kanji symbol here and there) and a Hiragana/Katakana book. They are helpful, but I love that one book the most. It is actually on Amazon for under 10 dollars. If I can't find it, and I have the money in a few months, I might repurchase it. It is a great book.

I made flash cards a while back, and I found a set based on the months...and man are they semi hard. But I also found a few good sites to look up AS WELL as Youtube channels to aide me JUUUST a bit on memorization and such. It is an interesting thing, learning a language. I know it is easier to learn at a young age, and be being 25 and all, but I'm sure that I can handle it with time. I do get frustrated at times, but it pays off when I am actually starting to memorize these things. It makes me a happy panda.

I have been working on a few things lately, drawings and videos and such as well, but alas, I cannot record audio until I get a new headset. It is strange that it doesn't work. Like, it was fine the night before it broke. I hung it up as per usual, and now poof! I realized it broke when I "recorded" a part of Grandia like...5 times. The commentary wasn't too grand and such. But then I had a decent recording, but I noticed that there weren't any sound waves on the finished recording. I plugged it into my MAC and seen if it was broke and not the PC being stupid again, but it is indeed broken -_-'' Weird how things happen when you CAN do things, but it comes back to bite ya in the butt.

I also seemed to have erased things I shouldn't have when I was attempting to clean out my computer all last week due to it not recording right with the Dazzle, and the computer crashed and met the blue screen of death QUIIITE a few times. I scanned it, defragged it, and I deleted things I don't use too much anymore. Well, it still acted up. I'm not understanding what is going on, but I'm not liking it. This computer is about...a year and a couple months old, so it shouldn't be an issue. I've been taking good care of it too.

But I guess things happen. I don't know what will happen in the future, but I hope the best for this new year since this year as been Hell...utter Hell...