See? What did I tell you? Well yeah, over the last week (since August 24th) I haven't been asn active on this site as I regularly am, but I've done my best to go around and catch up with blogs and gaming news that I've missed. I've read a couple of fun blogs, but nothing in the gaming world seemed to have really caught my attention. Of course, I started my senior year this year, so that's something that definitely keeps my busy. Synonomous with that, working as a barista at my coffee house is a fun way to spend the time and start earning some money. I'll receive my first pay check this weekend so I'm excited. I'm just making a list of things I want to buy -- possibly a cheap video game at a discount price, I need to pay my friend back, I need to save for a laptop by the end of this year, and I need some new break pads for my car. Heh, there's a bit for me to do but oh well, it'll keep me focused to work and do my best in school. Speaking of which, here's my senior schedule:

1. AP Calculus
2. AP Government
3. AP English Literature
4. AP Physics
5. AP Biology
6. Home Release
7. Financial Literacy (Thankfully this is only a semester course -- it's incredibly basic and boring)
8. AP English Language

So far I like all of my courses. Of course, AP seems to scare some people away, but I really don't think they're difficult at all. They're just busy courses, but the material is about the same. Besides, working at a coffee shop keeps me awake too with all of the free caffeine they provide. Well I hope you're all doing well, take care!

Hey everyone. Well it's been awhile so I thought I would post again, in another overdue blog to communicate with the lovely correspondents of Gamespot. The last blog I posted wasn't exactly the happiest blog so I'm hoping, and working on making sure that this entry will be on a lighter and a much happier note. Summer is coming to an end, so here I go with my entry of a few things have been happening recently, as well as developments for the last two weeks of summer:

School: While this is a predictable and expected occurence for most people on this site, simply, school is starting soon. It's starting on the 24th so that will be the event that will end the relaxing course of this summer. While it will be the end of this summer, this year will also be the end of my high school education as I will be a senior. It's interesting to think about, but more or less really exciting. I'm looking forward to college and I'm really working at pursueing a promising eduacation for the future. I unfortunately do not know my schedule yet for this year, but I will let you know them soon. I'm expecting to be quite busy this year, but we'll see what happens. Speaking of which, I happened to actually read two novels in preparation for my AP English Literature class. I have one more that I will be reading, but the two that I have read are actually some of my favorite books that I've happened to read. They are The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and My Sister's Keeper. While the latter novel has been made into a movie, I haven't actually viewed it yet but I'm looking forward to watching it sometime. Both of these books are excellent novels that I recommnend to anyone, depending on the type of genres or if you even enjoy reading, but they came to my surprise and liking unexpectedly so I'm really happy I was able to read these stories. Both of them are actually worthy of being listed as the best books I've read, and I'm not ashamed to admit that noth of these novels have made me shed a number of tears.

Teenage Life: Other than preparation for school, I've been trying to spend my time with my friends as much as possible before school starts again. With that, I've been out and about doing normal things that a teenage (homosexual) male enjoys doing: shopping, talking at the park, night overs at friends house, and doing my best to keep my self happy. I wrote in my last entry that I am now single after a year. The pain is still present, but I'm coping with it more and more every day and just living life as much as I can. I'm considering dating other guys but I'm still on the fence about that. I'm not over my ex, and it wouldn't be appropriate to be involved with other people if he is on my mind I think, but time heals things and I think that it'll be fine eventually. I'm finally at apoint where I'm able to accept the fact that I think other guys are cute, and I can look at them without feeling as guilty about it. I think it's a good indication that I'm starting to heal from all of the heart ache. In relation to what I wrote in my last blog as well, I was lucky and fortunate enough to finally get the job I applied for! So yeah, I'm finally an employee at the coffee chain in Salt Lake City, Beans and Brews. I'm happy to be an employee and I'm starting work there this weekend. I love the environment of coffee shops so it's something I'm really looking forward to. Wish me luck!

Gaming Related: In terms of gaming, honestly things have been rather shallow. I haven't played anything much at all, including starting Resident Evil (GCN), but I'm hoping to do that soon. With a lot of thinking, I'm actually thinking and planning on creating a compilation of games that I want on the older Game Boy platform. From the Game Boy to the Game Boy Advance, there will be many games that will have to add to the list and plan on purchasing, but I think it will be worth it in the end. How is it not worth it to not play a credible and exciting game? I'd have to purchase a Game Boy of course, but it will be fine doing that. I think I'd purchase a Game Boy Advance SP, the newer one with the brighter screen. I've owned the the past model before and I enjoyed it. I think that the Micro wouldn't do to well with the smaller screen anyway, despite the fact that they're incredibly cute. Other than that, I'm thinking of writing some reviews again. I've had a number of people who enjoyed my reviews on my past account and I enjoyed writing them, so that's something I may take up again. It has been probably two years since I've actually written a gaming review though, so we'll see how it goes. I'm hoping that my writing skills have improved since then. Of course, I really doubt that they're to the magnitude of other great reviewers on Gamespot. Either way, expression and it's nice knowing that you can be influential in someone's purchase toward a game. Well, I think that's everything I've had to say for tonight -- continue having a nice summer.

Hey everyone, I hope things are going well with all of you. From the title of this blog, I'm guessing that many of you aren't expecting this blog to be the happiest one. Well truth be told, it's been rather hard for me to look at some things in a positive light in account of some events that have taken place recently, and honestly not too much has happened to make it a lot better. Really, this just hasn't been the greatest summer that I was hoping for, and parts of me is just waiting for it to end. Any reasons why?

1. The Boyfriend: Or should I Say Ex?

Okay well obviously, this has been the biggest factor to influence me not being in exactly the greatest mood recently. My boyfriend, Tom, broke up with me a little over a week ago. Hurtfully enough, we split exactly one week before our one year anniversary, when I had a date and other exciting things planned for him and everything. There have been a couple of things that influenced his decision to break it off with me. Honestly, I'm still rather confused about some of it and I think that while he justified his reasoning for wanting to break up, I think that he should have had the stronger will to hold on tighter. There were just some trust issues that were bothering him -- particularly, how my best friend is gay and he isn't exactly comfortable with him hanging out me. Well, both of them don't like each other but I shouldn't be forced to choose between my boyfriend and my best friend. I think that Tom's trust for me should've been enough to keep the relationship together. Though honestly, I don't know where things will go from here. I saw Tom a couple of days after we broke up, and of course, it was what I expected it to be: the feelings are still there, we still shared the emotional connection that we always have, and truth be told, it pretty much felt like we were still together. I've never been together with someone as long as I have with him and I've never cared for anyone as much as I've cared for him. It's just been a rather hard situation, but I know that everything happens for a reason so I hope things get better in regards to our relationship.

2. Lack of employment, money, etc ...

Well of course, not working throughout the summer hasn't exactly been the best thing either. My family is in the middle of filing for bankruptcy at the moment, (due to some hardships that my family has went through the last money that have put my dad out of work) and not having a job to help my family with the finances isn't something that lifts my spirits. It's something that I really wish I was able to do, but I'm not. I did have an interview a couple of days ago at K-Mart, but unfortunately I wasn't what they were looking for since they decided they would've preferred an employee who would've been able to work full time during the school year. School starts for me on August 24th, so I really hope I will be able to find a job before then so I can get settle and start saving and paying for important things: My car/insurance/gas, school (which will cost a lot more this year), savings for college, a new laptop, and whatever I may need to spend money on for entertainment, including games. So it's just been rather rough lately. I haven't been able to do much that has been occupying my time except for reading, exercising, and trying to hang out with some friends when they are available. When I'm not busy however, I just find myself bored and not exactly in the best moods so it's not much to make me feel better either.

All in all, that's just a summary of what's been occuring lately and what has influenced my mood. It's somewhat unfortunate too, because I know there are SO many people throughout the world who are in worse situations than I am, but I'm still a little damp about it all. Well, I did manage to land an interview next Monday with a coffee shop here in Utah, called Beans and Brew, so I really hope that works out. I love coffee too, so that's definitely a plus. I'm going to try and spend more time with friends, and start studying and preparing for my senior year. I hope everyone is well and that I don't sound like I'm ranting or complaining much ...