No ideas.

I am a blank. I have no idea what to blag about, none whatsoever. I just can't come up with anything. I am a creative person who is stuck on a creative blank. Oh well. I guess I'll just go read history.

Gamestop

Gamestop is a rather nice store to go if you want to go into a physical store for picking up a video game. They let you pre-order games that you want, and if the game is out but the don't have it in stock, they can order it for you. Sure, it sounds like amazon, but the have friendly, helpful people there and they know their stuff, plus the can help you out and give you recommendations if you ask. I find it nice to go into once in a while.

Buying new shoes

Is harder than one might think. The store that we went to, which previously had whatever we wanted plus other options and a good sales guy who would always bring out two other valid options when we ask for one thing, was using some new guy who couldn't even get the brand right. It was a less than satisfactory visit, so we ended up leaving without buying anything. I think there are few salesmen who wouldn't get in trouble for letting a customer leave without buying anything, and I think Mom said that she saw him getting lectured as we were leaving.

Rain

Rain is icky. Rain is bad. Rain is annoying. Rain is sad. It is wet. It is cold. It is windy, and, if it lasts long enough, old. Okay. No more rhymes. They have had enough time. Darn it. I give up. Haha, I didn't rhyme this time! Crap. Okay, today I feel weird. So I'm putting away my rhyming shovel, and leaving now.

Japanese

The Japanese Language is an interesting and difficult one to learn. For one thing, it has, between the two writing systems, over 70 characters that just represent sounds, all of which you need to learn. Plus, there are all of the kanji that you must learn, of which most adults know at least 600 or so. The word order is completely different, too.

Orchestra

Orchestra went as usual: I mostly played the Brandanburg 1st movement without trouble, but did really badly when trying to do the second movement. So I've been practicing it quite a bit, and I think I can almost do it up to tempo now, so that's good.

COSMOS

COSMOS is an interesting looking month-long summer camp that takes place in UC Santa Cruz. It is for all students inside of the California state school system that are in highschool, and it has a number of programs. The programs that I am interested in are mostly sciences. The way it works is that you go there, stay at the college, and take your classes. Classes require a college entry exam-like process to join, and they look at GPA, what you have done, if you meet the requirements for the class, an essay that you write explaining why you want to go to the class, and two letters of recommendation from teachers. I plan on hopefully getting in to the video game design class this year.