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Jesse's News Archive |
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March 24, 2003 11:40 PM EST |
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Ahhh. A lot has happened since I've updated this page
last. Another semester is already half-way done, the most difficult
yet. A 5 credit Precalc Algebra/Trigonometry class is by far the most
challenging, but it's not so bad. Having two hours of it on Mondays
and Wednesdays is bad. Intro to Chemistry is interesting, although a
little difficult. I'm faring well enough so far, but we'll have to
see as it gets more complicated. I'm also taking a lab for the
chemistry, as well as an intro to Java programming class. Those are
going pretty well as well. As for me, well, I've watched a lot of
anime lately... Trigun, Love Hina, DNA^2, Video Girl Ai, Ah! My
Goddess, Rorouni Kenshin, Samurai Deeper Kyo, .Hack//Sign, Hellsing,
Akira, Ninja Scroll, the list goes on and on. Been playing some
Shogun: Total War and Homeworld: Cataclysm, as well as the usual
assortment of First Person Shooters. Tried making a Counter-Strike
map, it's somewhat difficult and I'm just not getting the feel for
it. Been on Furcadia quite a bit lately, and made a good friend on
the other side of the US because of it (Hi Melanie! -^.^-). I've also
been watching a lot of movies, mainly because of Dad's recent
physical difficulties. Ordinary People, The Graduate, Cherry 2000,
Lawrence of Arabia, The Full Monty. Lawrence
of Arabia and Ordinary
People both stick out in that list of names, and I would suggest
that almost everyone see them. For a full list of recently viewed
films (as well as my ratings of their moral lessons), check out the AFI
Viewed Films page. I've been really trying to motivate myself to
draw, but it just never really seems to flow well, so I've just ended
up with a couple more unfinished sketches. Oh well. And most
importantly, The Roman Project is
finished. Go read it and write me. Now. |
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October 23, 2002 12:02 PM EST |
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Well, I'm sure everybody has been clamoring for some
updates judging by those... 0 emails I recieved. Well, that's okay,
spirits up! Been a busy couple of weeks lately, all starting with
getting dumped. Flash a big smile and move on, that's what I'm doing.
My term paper in General Psychology was due
yesterday, and being the chronic procrastinator that I am, I waited
until the last day to actually write the thing. Was up until 2AM the
day it was due, finishing it up, snacking on dried pineapple and
walnuts, and slapping on a refrences page. It came out surprisingly
well, considering. On the lighter side, I've fallen into a bit of a
Dune kick. Went and watched the movie
and the television remake,
played on DuneMUD, and a few Dune franchise games. I'm still
debating what I'd be, Fedaykin or Sardaukar. Probably one of those
Atriedes soldiers standing next to Patrick Stewart when he yells
"Long live Duke Leto!" and then gets shot. As for the
differences between the movie and the remake, I've boiled it down
into a few simple comparisons. The movie's Sardaukar look cool. The remake's
Sardaukar look like they were dressed up for the Oscars. The
movie has killing words. The remake has Barbora Kodetová. I'll
live with the lame-looking Sardukar. |
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September 29, 2002 8:29 PM EST |
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Finally finished the
second part of the home school project, a large paper about the
"5 Good Emporers" of the Roman empire. Check
it out. Of course none of my friends decided to indulge me and
give it a read. *sigh* Can you blame them? Yes. Yes I can. In other
news... No, wait, there is no other news. Go read the damn paper and
make me feel better.
Current Songs:
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel |
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September 18, 2002 9:19 AM EST |
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Went and saw Blue Crush with Jamie on Monday. The
movie was pretty good, a bit gratuitous, but generally a good enough
movie. Then again, I wasn't really there just to see the movie. I had
a good time out with her, and since nothing disastrous happened I'm
calling it a success. I'd like to update this page soon (on the
assumption that someone reads
it) but my schedule looks to be full of either "Work" or
"Video Games". That's life for you. I installed a new 80GB
Maxtor Hard Drive into Silver ( My computer ) and nearly
screwed up the partitions on the original hard drive in the process.
Here's a hint for you: Maxtor's auto-formatting software is not only
crappy, but dangerous to your current HD. After uninstalling their
bloody EZ-BIOS I ended up having to recover my partition data from
"Sector 0" where Maxtor thankfully made some backups during
the formatting process. Good thing my Dad was there to sit next to me
and laugh, because he had scratched a HD in the same fashion years
ago and we had made fun of him relentlessly for it. I don't need his
bloody help anyways. So, in the end it all worked out, and my
parent's Kazaa crap is no longer filling up my hard drive. On
a side note, took the first bike ride of the season yesterday.
Another few times and I'll be pushing myself to the limit just like I
used to. What's the fun if you don't hurt something in the process?
Current Song: Walk Like a Man - Four Seasons |
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September 2, 2002 11:09 PM EST |
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Well, it's official. The new site layout is up and
running, although it seems some people don't bother to scroll
down on any of the pages. Who am I, eh? The real question is
this: How do you like it? Feel free to use the email button at the
bottom of the page if you have comments. I've got 3 items in the
drawing section currently. "The 3 steps to colorization",
as I like to call it. Life has it's ups and downs, like always. I'm
taking my third semester at the local community college. This time
around it's College Algebra, General Psychology, and Spanish II. The
latter two classes are pretty fun, but math is math. It's a little
rough to be working on both those and the homeschool project, but
that's how it goes. I'd like to be writing or drawing more, but it's
getting hard to find the time. On the bright side of life, (There
always is one, sometimes you just have to go out and find it) I've
found one more reason to keep me going through these long days. She
knows that she is constantly in my thoughts, and I thank her for not
being freaked out by that notion ; ) . To you, the bringer of light
to my life, I say this. "The pellet with the poison's in the
flagon with the dragon. The vessel with the pestle has the brew that
is true." Well, this proves it. I can't be serious for more than
a few seconds. If you don't know the reference, I scold you. Go forth
and rent "The Court Jester". I bought it ;P. |
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April 20, 2002 |
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In 21 days I'l be on a plane to Brussles! Dad and I
will be leaving the 11th and coming back the 25th. I will spend my
birthday (the 20th) in Paris and Luxembourg City. My finals are the
week after next. I have aced my Spanish class so far, and I have done
quite well in algebra too. I went to Meg's house last night for a
little RPG get together with Jamie, and Joy as well. It was
interesting, altough we probably did about 10 minutes of actual
gaming over 3 hours of smart-ass remarks. . . And that's the way I
like it :). I would post pictures, but the group has proved
uncooperative in that regard from past events. The trip is really
coming together, hotels and the like, and I've still had a chance to
work on a few drawings and complete a short story (check the writing
section). With the purchase of a new memory card for our semi-new
digital camera, there will be plenty of pictures to post from
Belgium, France, and Germany! |
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December 9, 2001 |
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Wow.... I haven't even looked at this page in a while
(shudder). I'm going to update the look of my whole portion of the
site here, in hopes of making it look semi-presentable. I have been
putting more work into homeschooling, both on the web and in real
life. I had started Composition classes at the local college back in
August, and this Wednesday will be my final exam. Back in August,
Thomas, my best friend, was forced to move up to New Jersey with his
family. Although it has been difficult, I still play with him over
the internet almost every day, and we talk even more frequent than
that. We are trying to put together a dual authored story, but we
have both had some strain on our time lately. Promises had been made
by his parents back when he was in the midsts of moving up north that
he would come down to visit for Christmas break, however time and
fate have proven the falsehood of those statements. Hopefully with
his own dedication to coming back down for at least a visit, he
will eventually succeed. |
September-May 2001 |
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5/7/01
Woo-ee! It has been a long time since I've updated this thing!
I'm actually on the road right now, in Springfield, Missouri
actually. We are almost half-way through the trip, and tensions are
running high. Mom and I started here in Florida with a Grand Marquis
rental car (the van would never make it) and drove up to Tallahassee
on the first day. The second day, we drove to Mobile, Alabama, where
we met up with Dad. After that we had planned on making it to
Shreveport, but ended up two hours short in Monroe. We made it to
Dallas the next day, where we spent 4 more days. We then headed up to
Wichita Falls where we spent the night. After that it was off to
Oklahoma City, than Kansas City. We spent a whole day in Kansas City,
than proceeded here to Springfield, about 50 miles from Branson.
Hopefully we will catch a couple shows in Branson tomorrow and the
day after. In Other News: I am allowed to play video games again
(Woo! MUD time!). I've been getting into these RPG things. I have
just started DMing a Dungeons & Dragons game, while a friend of
mine is running a Vampire chronicle. Of course, we are all
homeschoolers. On that note, Mom and I took a look at the high school
I would be going to next year, if we hadn't decided to HS for another
year. All I can say is... Blech. I don't like the school, the
principle, what he stands for, the kids, the curriculum, the kids,
and the kids. When did the world go so awry? On a lighter note, my
birthday is in like 13 days. Woot! I have no clue what to do for it.
Well, there isn't much of an update, but it least I have this excuse!
Webmaster Jesse signing off-- (Crackle)(Static) |
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1/22/01
Well, welcome to a new year everybody. A lot of things have
happened in my life recently. I am no longer allowed to play video
games of any kind, as stated by my parents during dinner at the
"Olive Garden". That was a bit of a shock, and I am still
quite unhappy about it. However, there have been a few good changes.
I've made a new friend, whom I really like. We share a number of
interests and she is homeschooled as well. I've added a few things to
my website, including a page that has a few poems I've written, a
collection of interesting websites i find once a week, and a couple
of javascripts. I currently only have one, which is a count-down of
days until the next WWF PPV event. Stone Cold won the Royal Rumble.
Bah, indeed. I got that script from http://javascript.internet.com
which has a number of scripts to cut and paste into your own pages. I
could have easily pulled out the info on the guy who had made the
version that tells you how soon till January 1, 2003, but hey, he did
a good job. If you just look at it, the javascripts arn't that hard
to figure out, so it wasn't very difficult to make it into a PPV countdown. |
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9/25/00
"Hi Everybody!" Audiance: "Hi Webmaster
Jesse!" "Well you little buckaroos, as you can see it's
been a while since my last update on my page! Do you know why?"
Audiance "No, Webmaster Jesse, why?" "Well, because I
was on another trip! Yes that's right, a three week long excursion!
By the end, we were all ready to rip each other apart. I was this
close (--) to giving my biological father (ooo. he must be upset to
call him that) a good eye-rake. Probably would have gotten a medal
for it too." {Laugh Track Plays} "Any-hoo, I still have to
write the trip report, but I should have an active link to a page
placholder in by the end of today. Also, you should see a new poem by
that time too. You know, if anyone is looking at this page, i would
really appreciate it if you E-mailed me. Even with just a 'Hi Jesse,
I saw your page.' Just let me know someone has actually seen it. BTW,
my egg escaped it's shell! |
April-August 2000 |
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8/19/00
Well, I've had the privilage of once again falling in love
with one of the best games of all time. EarthBound for the Super NES.
This game rocks! My first egg is getting close to hatching, as it
seems excited to get out. Once out, I'll cataloge it's statistics.
You know, height, weight, batting average, etc. I'm thinking of
writing a new story although I havn't decided on a plot yet. I
finished my phone, and it works fine, except for a little noise on
the line. For once, my parents can tell the difference between the
ringing of our two lines, thanks to the unique ring of the phone that
Jess built. (I just re-read "The house that Biff Built",
one of my fovrite Seaseme Street books from when I was real young). I
mean, I can hear the difference, bah, it's probably part of being
old. ;) |
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8/10/00
Quickly, everyone to the fallout shelters! Belive it or not, I
actually updated my selection of the month, and you know what that
means! No, locusts won't eat your fields, nor will a 100 story
tidal-wave destroy your city. It means that there is another page
update! Yes, one thing is never updated, there will always be at
least 2 updates. Hmm..... Now that I think about it, this news
selection is an update. Well, I guess I don't have to do anything
else! I love loopholes. Actually, if you haven't noticed, my writing
page has been changed, but the picture page is still in the works. We
are having to dig through UK pictures to uncover any of my friends. I
got a gold medal on my Moby Dick project, and I am quite proud of it.
Check out the homeschool medal tracking page
here. I've had the privilege of playing Perfect Dark at one of my
friend's house and I must say, it is capital "A" Awesome.
I'm also currently working on a build-it-yourself phone, which has
fun and frustrating points to it. Another little kit I've tried was
this frog dissection kit where you make a fake frog out of plastic
and this gel "skin" that you make (looks kinda like green
jell-o) and then cut it up and look at the skeleton and organs that
you put in there in the first place(hmm...). This, unlike the phone
and some other electronic kits, was just plain frustrating and had
not a single fun component. Ack. |
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7/30/00
It's upgrade time! Over the next few days, Jesse.htm will be
upgraded from v.5b (yes, this was all one big beta test ;]) to v1.0.
That's right, I will no longer deny any existence of this page. You
should be seeing a few big changes, like better backgrounds, total
reconstruction of a few pages (like the SotM Archives) and better
sorting and showing of information. Meaning I'm following our family
motto: Tables, tables, tables! Actually, this should help make my
site look better by making it easier to read and understand. The
picture page for my friends is still being worked on, along with a
Halloween and Easter-egg page for the main site. |
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7/25/00
My parents are making me do web pages as homeschool
assignments, but due to the fact that this is my page, and that I
don't want to show off web pages I was forced to make as part of my
own page, they will usually be linked off the homeschooling page. A
Selection of the Month history page has been added. I have also
decided that a picture page of my friends would be a welcome
addition, and so it is currently in the works. |
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7/8/00
My dad has been taking up the computer, thus restricting my
time for updating. He has been working on a lot of his pages, mainly
the travel and president pages. they have really improved. I'm
looking for more data to put on my site when I can actually use the
computer. If you have any ideas, send them to me using the E-mail
button on the bottom of my page. The mutiny story has been put on
hold, for I have to use my time on a project about the book "Moby
Dick". It was originally going to be a three-scene diorama, but
that didn't work out, so I am now working on illustrating the last
moments of the Pequod. I hope this one works out better. Look for my
site being updated some this next week, when I actually get to work
on the computer without interruptions. Created favorite things list
and favorite literary works page. |
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6/6/00
I got my new glasses today! For once, I can actually see across
my room. Average school work. Currently working on a new piece of
fiction about a mutiny on a starship. I hope it turns out well.
(Note: As you can probably see, the Screen Shot of the Day has been
removed. This is do to my unpredictable schedule.) |
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