So many random things to write about, so little time.

First, the reason I only have a little time is because it's 3:20 in the morning and I have to get up around 7 tomorrow. I'm going on a trip to Six Flags Darien Lake! So at least I'm waking up for something worth the effort. I'm leaving for 3 days.. so I figured I'd write a quick journal entry in here because right before logging off I realized how neglectful I am to this thing. I will miss the 4S while I'm gone but it's not like I'll really miss anything in particular.. no offense to my good ol' forum buddies but we need to get that forum kickin' again! I miss the good days of venturing into the forum late at night to find that there were several different interesting things to talk about and share.

My solution: get to work. I'm starting an art section sometime before this weekend hits. Maybe that will somehow get things moving again. I was hoping we'd be able to start a story/poetry/writing section as well. A great 4SMod once described rabid Silent Hill fans perfectly by saying: "people who frequent an internet forum primarily concerned with sex, demons, and mental instability." I think he hit it on the head with that one, (thank-you Sarchasm for the quote) and I haven't seen much of any of that lately! Lol, I assume most people wouldn't find that a bad thing. But I'll be damned if I have to sit there and watch the 4S forum fall into the desperate pick-me-up topics that so many other forums fall prey to. Topics such as "If Maria and Eileen got into a cat-fight, who would win?" or "Who's the hottest SH chara?!!" ..and so forth.

Anyways.. I've been replaying the first Silent Hill for the past few days, and I'm as drawn in as the first time I played it. I haven't played it for so long! It's truly terrifying. My goal this summer is to replay all 4 SH's and record every mention or hint of Pyramid Head/Valtiel. They're two of the most amazing characters out there in my opinon, and I've heard many rumours stating that they're mentioned several times throughout all of the games. I want to see all of these things for myself. Yes.. I realize after this paragraph that I am a complete nerd.. but hey, I think it's going to be fun. Lol

Well.. that's it for now. It's thanks to Silent Hill that I'm almost dreading this trip to an amusment park tomorrow. Not only that, but I'm staying there for three days.. and night time will consist of sleeping at a campsite. How wonderful. At least I'll be a source of entertainment to all of the children there.. I don't think it's often they get to see someone more terrified of the merry-go-round then of the roller coasters, or anything else for that matter. And if anyone wearing a bunny costume even comes close to me.. I'm beating them to death with a stick.

It's been a while since I've been able to just sit down and write a few journal entries.. that's why I can't wait for summer vacation. Ohhh Yeeeaah.. free time to sit on my ass and play games.

I haven't been able to stop at school, handing in project after project.. and I graduated on Monday!! I'm really happy.. but I wish they hadn't of made the graduation 2 weeks before school ended. I mean.. after you graduate.. who wants to continue going to school right?

Also.. my friend and I have decided to start writing a manga/comic together.. if it works out the thing will be pretty good.. but now I've got two stories going and that's a lot of drawing on my part. I'm still working on the character sketches for my first one (Which is a Silent Hill/Resident Evil-esque psychological thriller.. so if I can finally get it started over the summer I'll post it in the 4S or something), but I'm pretty excited about it, and I've kept with it for almost half a year now.. coming up with all of the places and characters, and events and whatnot, so I'm pretty confident I can continue with this one. I'm also pretty excited about this one with my friend, so we'll see how it all turns out.

And of course, there always has to be something about videogames (I'd die if I didn't play something for over a week) so the newest obsession has been Resident Evil Outbreak File #2. I know it's gotten some pretty bad reviews, but I really like it. Sure it could be better.. but I'm all for characters (My Silent Hill-ish story has about 12-13) so I like the fact that there are many different characters to pick from. I also like the communication between them, and the gameplay itself is quite good. A little hard, but that's the good part, it's not too easy to beat. The only two places I've been able to get through so far were the Zoo and the Subway, and both had only about 45% completion each. The worst part of the game in my opinion is the infection speed. As soon as you start the game your character is already infected, and even if you use hemostat's or anti-virus' it only stops it for a minute or two, then the infection starts up again. I think they should have made it so that, the infection starts only when your character has gotten bitten or something, and then if an anti-virus is used it should stop completely until your character has been bitten again or sprayed or spored at or something, lol.

Anyways.. I'll be able to write a lot more once summer starts in a week.. and I can't wait to get my stories started. If I do start writing the psychological thriller.. I wonder if anyone will actually read it if I post it? I at least want to start up an art section in the union.. maybe that will motivate me to put the story up as well.

Wow.. I beat Resident Evil 4 tonight!! (Spoilers.. do I have to mark this in my own journal?)

It was unbelievable! I haven't played a game that good for a loong time.. And my finishing time was 31 Hours!! I've never been able to do that on a Resident Evil game.. and I ALWAYS play my games to their fullest. I never rush, and I'm always sure to get and do everything possible.. which I definately accomplished in this game. It's 4:00 am so I'm feeling quite tired and a little too full of myself lol, but it was great. And I finished it without pressing "Continue" once, which was my favourite part. If I died, I would start back from a previous save, just so I didn't have to see a "Number of Times Killed: 187" ranking at the end, lol.

And at the finale, even though they throw you into a jet ski and make you speed your way out of there with explosions ahead and a huge wave behind, my pure adrenaline made sure I made it out without hitting anything, lol. I didn't want to fight Saddler again! I had killed him too cool-like to fight him again, LOL. I was able to use two different rocket launchers just so I could yell out "THIS IS FOR LUIS!!" and "THIS IS FOR MIKE!!" while blowing the helloutta the freak that killed both of them on me.. it was great!

Anyways, when it was done I couldn't help but feel like I wanted more.. so I was over-joyed when I saw the two new additions to the start-up screen, "Assignment Ada" and "The Mercenaries". Now, I really don't like Ada, so why would I wanna play a whole side-game with her, right? One word. WESKER. My absolute favourite RE person ever. As soon as I started her mission up, I almost died when she put her walkie-talkie to her ear and I heard a sexy english accent on the other line, lol. Now I have the motivation to play through her entire game and see what else of him comes up. The Mercenaries is fun on it's own, but with unlockable characters, I'm glad it's there to keep me occupied for a while.

I realize now how long I've been waiting for a game this good to come out, RE4 was an amazing breakthrough that definately deserves a lot of notice.. I'm going to miss it, lol. (Well, at least until I replay it in a month, lol)