So I went on an organized bike ride tonight, and I am now the proud owner of a 400cc breast implant.

Alright, I've found probably the best of all the free WoW servers. This server that I located has the following:

• ~350-450 people online consistently
• Increased xp rate, so quick leveling
• Increased gold drop rate / increased item drop rate (some things drop multiple blues)
• Portals at the entrance to each capitol city leading to every other capitol city
• Custom Gear Vendors in Ironforge and Orgrimmar that sell all gear ranging from Dungeon set 1 (Lightforge etc) to Tier 6 epics.

And yes, you can download burning crusade for free from blizzard. Just download it for the "free 10-day trial" then instead of using their servers, you just use the free server.

http://www.wowstatus.net/detail.php?server=270345

That is the link to the server info.

**** UPDATE AGAIN ****

Alright, so we found an even more awesome server. In this server you kill one thing and BOOM you're level 70.

The only trying task from there on out, is getting yourself some decent gear. But, money is pretty free flowing, so Bryan and I are cruising around on our shiny new epic flying mounts.

You guys don't know what you're missing. ;)

Just so you all know, Blizzard announced StarCraft 2 today at their event in Korea. Just go to www.blizzard.com to check it out!

"Carrier has arrived."

Date:	2007-01-20 23:45
Subject:	Innocence Has A Power Evil Cannot Imagine
Security:	Public
Mood:	anxious

So tonight Alison and I headed out to the movies to check out Pan's Labyrinth.

Wow.

That's really all I can say as a quick summary to the movie. To be more lengthy, this movie is essentially (in the words of Roger Ebert) "...a fairy tale for grown-ups." It contains the aspects of fairy tales that modern movies have neglected. Fairy tales are not all princesses and castles and happily ever after's. They do not always contain bright and cheerful scenery, or true honest friends. True fairy tales are sinister and dark, at every turn there is peril, everyone you encounter can help or hinder you, no one is to be fully trusted. And at the heart of every fairy tale, there lies a villain, so evil that the audience can even look upon with hatred and disgust.

Pan's Labyrinth captures this perfectly.

It is the story of a young girl and her pregnant mother, sent to live with her step-father at his military encampment in Spain during the clean-up operation that was conducted after the Spanish Civil War. The father is cold and uncaring to Ofelia, the young girl, as she is not truly his daughter, and pays his attention towards his unborn son. Ofelia is left to seek refuge in the only place she finds comfort, her books of fairy tales. As time draws on, we are left to follow Ofelia as the world of reality and make-believe begin to merge for her, where there is no real knowledge of where fantasy ends and real life begins.

I don't want to give any details, because I think that would be robbing this story of some value, but I highly suggest checking it out if you want a true vision of how a fairy tale should be. It is in limited release, and is thus not playing in Bellingham, I don't believe, so you may have to road trip to Vancouver, but it's worth it. If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings, or *gag* Harry Potter, you will definitely find enjoyment in this film.

A last warning however, this movie is rated R, and with good reason. It is violent, it includes swearing, and at times includes some "thriller" moments. This movie is also in Spanish, with English subtitles, however, the issue of language isn't even noticable after the first few minutes of the film.

http://www.panslabyrinth.com/

Check out the website, check out the trailer, check out the movie. ; )

Date:	2007-01-16 22:03
Subject:	The end of the world.... of Warcraft.
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	The drums of war. :D

So I picked up Burning Crusade the other day at the 12am launch. Any of you who played WoW but have thus quit may want to reconsider... The quest rewards for the first area through the Dark Portal outclassed 75% of the gear my warlock was wearing at level 60! And the sick part? The quest rewards are greens!

Long story short. I've gone from +100 spell damage to +300 in a matter of a few quests.

You know you want to play. Give in to your true feelings. ;)



PS: Most of you have no idea what I just said, but that doesn't really matter. Just know that it means good things!

OMG. We have Wii. I'm selling mine on eBay. Lollercaust fuckers. :D

/point

/lol

So, as of right now, I sit in my computer chair slowly sipping my Smirnoff Triple Black (of which I legally purchased at Safeway 20 minutes ago), enjoying the beauty of being 21 and being completely legal.

Though I can say it did take some of the danger out of it as I strolled down the alcohol aisle, facing absolutely no fear of being questioned by the store employees.

Wait... what am I saying? Regretting turning 21?! Hell no! Sucks to be all of you!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!

Bitches.

Date:	2006-05-07 22:05
Subject:	Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying or Something of the Sort
Security:	Public
Mood:	accomplished
Music:	Phantom Planet - Anthem

Well golly gee everybody! It's been one more weekend here up at dubya-dubya-ewe, and that brings us so much closer to the end I can almost taste it! =D So many things are going on now as the year is winding down, I feel almost like just putting everything on pause because I haven't had any John time!! And we all know that it's good just to get some time to yourself now and again! ; ) At any rate, it's been another weekend, there were some fun times, some sad times, and some of those times that just make you want to pull out all your hair and go run around the block or write a song!

Let's see, so Friday I got out of class and decided just to take it easy, it's been a stressful week and I just felt like taking some time to unwind. Alison and I decided that since it'd been a difficult week, we'd go out and treat ourselves to a nice relaxing dinner date out at Stanello's down in Fairhaven. For any of you who haven't eaten there, boy, that food sure is good! We engaged in quite deep but oh-so-fun conversation as we snacked away on our delectable collection of mozerlla sticks, caesar salads, and copious amounts of coke (no rum this time all you alcoholics! =D )!! That night we headed back to the room and watched some DVD's of Dane Cook that I had in my room since we couldn't decide on what movie we wanted to watch! It was hilarious regardless and we laughed and laughed! Ah.. good times!

Saturday I was lazy, I didn't roll out of bed til nearly 3 in the afternoon! And I hadn't even had anything to drink the night before!! ; ) I felt as though I had taken a coma. After finally getting to my senses, and taking a shower, (both of which were quite difficult after coming out of my hibernation) Bryan, Alison, and I decided to go out and get some food to eat. We drove down to Haggen and Bryan ordered some Pad Thai from Busara, not gonna lie, I was a little jealous! ; ) Alison and I decided that we were feeling some processed meat a little more than noodles so we picked up a couple corn dogs from the Haggen deli. I don't care what anybody thinks, corn dogs are just plain good! =D We headed back to Busara after about 15 min since the lady had told Bryan his food would be done in 20. We get there, and what do you know, it was done! That wily counter-help! Done quicker than we had expected! We hopped back in my car and headed back to campus. I got a spot on the wall again! Hooray! That night, Alison and I headed to Denny's to grab some dessert. I had a delicious piece of cheesecake and she nearly overdosed on chocolate from her hot fudge brownie a la mode! Yum! We headed back to campus once the void in our guts had been filled with some good old fashioned diner quality dessert and plopped down on the couch to watch what was on TV. We managed to catch an old Alfred Hitchcock movie called "Shadow of a Doubt." Gosh I was really on the edge of my seat the whole time!! Up until the ending when, well, I'm not going to spoil it for all you who haven't seen it out there! =D

So today I got up around 1pm and took a shower. Alison and I decided to go grab a late lunch / early dinner in the form of breakfast at, you guessed it you sleuth you, Denny's!! I had an original grandslam consisting of an oh-so-scrumptious assortment of pancakes, sausages, eggs and bacon oh my!! Alison opted for the french toast slam, which is just the same except you have to swap the pancakes for french toast. We then drove down to Blvd Park and sat on some rocks and listened to this crazy guitar guy play his guitar and sing his own strange songs, not very well might I add. Kinda made me wish I had brought my guitar down to the park and we could've had a duel like in "Deliverance"! =D We headed back to the dorm and got set up to watch Desperate Housewives and then head to bed.

So here I sit typing out my story to all of you out there in cyberspace willing to listen to my crazy life! Gosh, I've got a lot on my plate this week! I'm going to be one busy little worker ant this week as I tunnel my way through the piles and piles of work I've got!! I'm off, don't have too much fun out there you crazy kids! And have a relaxing week before mother's day!!

Date:	2006-05-04 03:29
Subject:	O, sir, content you.
Security:	Public
Mood:	apathetic

O, sir, content you.
I follow him to serve my turn upon him.
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot truly be followed. You shall mark
Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave
That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,
Wears out his time, much like his master's ass,
For naught but provender; and when he's old--cashiered.
Whip me such honest knaves! Others there are
Who, trimmed in forms and visages of duty,
Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves
And, throwing but shows of service on their lords,
Do well thrive by them; and when they have lined their coats,
Do themselves homage. These fellows have some soul,
And such a one do I profess myself. For, sir,
It is as sure as you are Roderigo,
Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago.
In following him, I follow but myself.
Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,
But seeming so, for my peculiar end;
For when my outward action doth demonstrate
The native act and figure of my heart
In complement extern, 'tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at. I am not what I am.

Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.
From this time forth I never will speak a word.

Date:	2006-04-12 03:28
Subject:	Risky Business
Security:	Public
Mood:	mischievous

Operation: 'Mitsu 7-Zero' is now in effect. Please stand by.

Date:	2006-02-13 13:30
Subject:	For Super Happy Fun Time, Click Link Below
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=kKGxaol4qws&eurl=&iurl=ht

Hit the play button on the bottom bar.
You may have to refresh the page a few times to get it to work, the video is kinda tempermental.

Date:	2006-01-17 03:29
Subject:	Another Story
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	Nothing! It's 3am!

So here's another piece of writing for you all to enjoy... Essentially this is a thriller/suspense piece, and it is, like always, very unfinished.

( The Looking Glass )

So that's that.

Date:	2005-11-14 03:41
Subject:	Garbage Men and Psychos
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	Nothing at all

Here's a screenplay I wrote a while back, it's unfinished. So if you've any complaints, too bad?

( Garbage Men and Psychos )

Date:	2005-10-26 01:47
Subject:	What you say?!
Security:	Public
Mood:	tense

Vin Diesel raped me 9 times.

Might give more infor tomorrow.

Date:	2005-08-19 20:14
Subject:	Extraordinarily Ordinary
Security:	Public
Mood:	okay
Music:	I can't listen and write, it gets in the way.

I wrote this in about 25 minutes today. Why? Bored and I had an idea, thus I ran with it. So if you would like to read it, go ahead. You can be a private screening, so to speak. And if you don't want to read it, then don't click the link. It's not rocket science.

( Extraordinarily Ordinary )

Now, bear in mind, this is only in the first stages. I really don't know what lies in store for the future of this piece, nor do I really frankly care if things aren't perfect. It's less than a first draft. Adieu.

Date:	2005-08-18 19:30
Subject:	Green Day - September 26th
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	Mom yelling about dinner being ready.

I'm giving in. Realizing how much money I've been making, and realize that a $50 concert ticket really isn't that bad to get the opporunity to view such an awesome live band, I've decided that I'm giving in. I'm going to the Green Day concert on September 26th. Will my parents know I'm going? Absolutely not. Going to a concert your first real week of school is not conducive to the learning environment, thus they disapprove. If anybody would like to go along, and not make me be the odd man out (which I am more than happy to be, it is Green Day) then let me know.

They have just now begun selling more GA (General Admission aka Pit) tickets online, so I'm hoping they've decided to cram more people in the dome than they are allowed to. Which I am very glad about, risk of a fire hazard always makes you enjoy a concert so much more. It's that whole adrenaline-rush-life-on-the-line sort of thing.

Tickets are $45 on ticketmaster.com + $8.60 for a convenience charge. I plan to drive to the Tacoma Dome to see if I can get them cheaper there. But personally, I think this is a concert worth going to. And I rarely go to concerts. So take that as a sign.

Date:	2005-07-18 09:24
Subject:	Life's a Beach
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin' Down

I'll be at the beach til Thursday. Family vacations, yeeha. So if anyone wonders why I have not been wasting my life away on the internet the next four days, well, that's why.

Date:	2005-06-20 13:37
Subject:	Those Damned Teenagers
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper
Music:	My SHUFFLEd playlist

Well, I bid all of you adieu, for as of today, I am no longer qualified to be referred to as one of "those damned teenagers." Yes, that is right, indeed I have reached my 20's, which is rather unsettling, because I'm really beginning to feel old. I have begun to notice this when I make pop culture references from "not long ago" and it turns out in reality, they truly are quite a while ago. I'll make a slight list of the pop culture references that make me feel really old, and how long ago they actually occurred.... This way possibly you all can feel a bit older as well. But not quite, because I am 20 and therefore, superior.

John's Feel-Old List of Ten Things

1. Super Nintendo - Released in 1991... SNES is 14 years old.
2. Power Rangers - First aired in 1994... Power Rangers is 11 years old.
3. Extreme Scream at the Puyallup Fair - The Extreme Scream was added to the Fair in 1999... Six years ago.
4. Mountain Dew Slam Can - The birth of "widemouth" popcans... 1996... 9 years ago.
5. "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" - The Taco Bell dog first barked that in 1997... 8 years ago.
6. Pokémon (Gameboy) - Released in the fall of 1998... Seven years ago.
7. Pogs - I was first taken in by Pogs in 2nd grade, 1993. 12 years ago.
8. The OJ Simpson Trail - 1995, 10 years old.
9. Titanic - Hit theaters in 1997... 8 years ago.
And Finally...
10. Goldeneye 007 - Released in 1996... That means Goldeneye is nearly a decade old...

Well, I hope you all have experienced a little bit of nostalgia... I know just writing this made me feel older. I'd really never stopped to think of all the thinks that have really happened in pop-culture through my life, but it was a refreshing reminder. It was nice to have a television as a child... : D

And for Tim, here's my Shuffled playlist, done on my iPod with the shuffle button... Just for kicks:
1.) Circle of Life - Elton John
2.) Rock Show - Paul McCartney and Wings
3.) Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - The White Stripes
4.) Samwise the Brave - Lord of the Rings
5.) Money Bought - Nickleback
6.) In a Different Light - The Bangles
7.) Coquette - Paul McCartney
8.) Same Direction - Hoobastank
9.) That's All - Rod Stewart
10.) Jesus Nitelite - Eve 6
11.) Mairead - The Von Bondies
12.) Broken Home - Papa Roach
13.) The Young and the Hopeless - Good Charlotte
14.) Bitch - Stephen Lynch
15.) Why I don't Believe in God - Everclear
16.) Circles - Incubus
17.) Sugar & Spice - The Searchers
18.) Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
19.) Perfect Situation - Weezer
20.) Heart Attack - Sum 41
21.) Jukebox Breakdown - Saves The Day
22.) No One Said it Would Be Easy - Sheryl Crow
23.) Rain City - Turin Brakes
24.) Mind Games - John Lennon
25.) Homecoming - Green Day

Phew... Green Day barely made it on there... Alright, I hope this has pacified everyone for a while. It's not everyday that I make an LJ post, so enjoy. Now I'm going to go lounge around and cope with sun burns. Adios all you young whipper-snappers!