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Friday, Aug 29, 2008
Subject: Entry #179: Mother, I want to grow a mullet.

Current Location: Home

Currently Listening To: "The Lights" by All Left Out

Mood: Satisfied

I've brought up the fact that I've definitely noticed some changes with myself, over the past few years. As of late, however, some things have definitely happened to me, making me realize just how much older that I'm beginning to get. Instead of simply listing these things, I'm going to try and tie in some stories with them, just so that it makes things a little more interesting.

About three weeks ago, I received a phone call from one of the stores I applied to work for in the summer. I really didn't want to start working after the summer ended, but I decided to take the offer, and go for an interview, just for the heck of it. Upon the day that I got interviewed, I received the job (I'm so awesome, aren't I?). With that being said, I've been working at my local dry cleaning store for a few weeks now.

Training has been going by pretty quickly, and I even received my first paycheck last week. It was only for a little over eighty bucks, but this week, I'm expecting to make over one-hundred, since I was at the store for over thirty hours. Keep in mind that the minimum wage in Massachusetts is eight smackers.

According to my manager, I could begin working by myself next week. Just by receiving my own job and making my own money, I'm really beginning to feel a lot more mature than I previously was. I actually wouldn't mind doing something like this for a living, but obviously, I wouldn't get very far. Besides, the idea of becoming a professional wrestler is still being thrown around in my mind.

I'm already starting to drive around my neighborhood. I have yet to crash into anything yet, so that's definitely a good start. My parents are making me save up the money that I'm making at work so that I'll be able to afford both, a car, as well as gas. Once I get my own car, I'm pretty sure that I won't be sticking around my house much. As of late, I've been really getting sick of being at home.

Speaking of driving, I've basically given up on the girl that I met at driving school. Based on her Facebook comments, I've come to realize that she thinks that she's the hottest thing, since sliced bread. As for other girls that I've come across, there's a couple that I've been looking at. The first one is a sophomore, who my cousin's pretty good friends with. Not only is she attractive, but she seems to have a great personality. I'd love to hook up with her, just to see what she's like. There's also a new freshman that I've been keeping my eye on, who goes to the same taekwondo school as me. Really pretty kid, I must say. Surprisingly, she's hanging out with a lot of popular freshmen, so I don't know if I stand a real chance. Then again, when you're two years older than someone, you've got a pretty good advantage.

So, yeah, I went back to school, this past week. I believe it was on Wednesday, to be exact. All of my teachers seem to be really great so far, but obviously, some are good actors, and my opinions on them could change quickly. Unlike last year, I've got a lot of friends in nearly all of my c.lasses, so that's a big thumbs up, as well.

After hearing so many great things about the flick, I picked up Fight Club on DVD, last week. Turns out that the movie absolutely blew me away. Edward Norton's got to be one of my favorite actors right now. Anyways, I've already started reading the book, which I've heard is even better than the film.

Moving on, as the title implies, I'm considering growing a mullet. After telling my mother what I wanted to do, she looked at me like I was crazy. She seems to be alright with it for now, but I don't know how much my father will approve of it. I don't know why I want to grow one, but I'm going for it. A few years ago, I would've never thought about doing such a thing.

For POTD, I decided to go with the eight rules that Tyler Durden brings up in Fight Club. Based on my own knowledge, I don't believe that these rules mean much. However, when Project Mayhem is created, the rules drastically change. I don't know why, but these rules remind me of the ones that Napoleon creates in Animal Farm. I've seen a couple of shirts printed with Durden's rules on them. I'd pick one up, myself, but I don't think my teachers would appreciate it very much if I had stuff about fights on my clothing.

Sorry about the lack of depth in this blog post. I basically just wrote it up, because I haven't written one in quite a while. It's also come to my knowledge that there aren't many people reading my posts anymore. With that being said, I'm seriously considering about stopping this blog at my two-hundredth entry. You can all expect another blog update from me within the next couple of weeks. Until next time, farewell, friends.
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Kametsou
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Thursday, Aug 7, 2008
Subject: Entry #178: I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.

Current Location: Home

Currently Listening To: "Handlebars" by The Flobots

Mood: Okay

For those of you who are familiar with the British rock band, Oasis, you'll know that I ripped my blog title right from a lyric of their song called, "Wonderwall". As much as I like the Beatles and many of their songs, "Wonderwall" is easily my favorite song of all-time. Not only is the beat to the song amazing, but the lyrics are something that I can relate to.

Before I go into further detail about these song lyrics, I want to tell you all that I have received a huge promotion, regarding a popular wrestling website. As of about two weeks ago, I have become the WWE pay-per-view reviewer of TheCoolKidsTable.net. After receiving this position, I came to the decision to end my wrestling simulation diary on a forum that I've been posting on for a while now. Anyways, I posted my first review for WWE's most recent episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, last Sunday, so please check it out on the main website.

If you're interested in seeing what I look like, hop onto TheCoolKidsTable.net, and click on "Contact The Cool Kids". My name is Anthony Perillo. This is a pretty recent picture of me, so you guys can get a pretty good idea of what I look like right now. Did you expect me to look like that? Tell me what you think. LOL.

As usual, over summer vacation, my school assigns summer reading. I have already read two books, which were The Crucible and The Red Badge of Courage. Right now, I'm on my final book, which is Their Eyes Were Watching God. I'm about half-way through my final book, so I hope to finish it by the end of the weekend.

Moving on, last week, one of my taekwondo teachers brought up the idea of having me working for the school again. Due to the fact that hardly any of the stores I applied to got back to me, I gladly accepted the job. I am currently working there from 4:00PM to 8:30PM on Wednedsay. This will continue, until the winter.

Since I seem to be in the mood for talking about taekwondo, I will be finally testing for my black belt next Friday. I have been training for this test for nearly five years now, and am confident that I will be able to do well on it. There's a lot of pressure on my back, but I know that if I remain calm and stay focused, then I will do just fine. Wish me luck, guys.

Going back to the whole Oasis song, last week, I finished up all of my driver's education c.lasses. When I first enrolled in the c.lass I thought that things were going to be horrible and boring. Little did I know that the c.lasses would be some of the best things I've done all summer. Boy, does that sound pathetic.

The teacher of the driving school c.lass was pretty laid-back. She would swear constantly (which everyone got a laugh out of), smoke once every hour, and have us watch movies the entire time. She was a pretty nice woman, and every one got along with her well. Most of the kids in the c.lass were also pretty cool, as well. I knew one of the guys from taekwondo, and hung out with him on our lunch breaks and whatnot. I haven't seen that kid for nearly a year now, and boy, does he act different outside of taekwondo c.lass. Don't think of that as bad thing, I guess.

By this point, I'm guessing that you guys are wondering how "Wonderwall" has to do with some stupid driver's education c.lasses, right? Well, here's how it ties in. On the second day of driving school, a new girl joined in our c.lasses. When I first saw her, I couldn't believe how beautiful she was. Now, I've seen a lot of hot girls in my lifetime, but this chick took the cake for the best-looking.

Over the next few days, I also began to realize that she had a great personality. I would occasionally talk with her, but I'd see her chatting with the other guys a little more. That's when I realized that she probably liked the others more than me. Whether it was based on looks, or just overall personality, I wasn't sure. I'm pretty quiet in public, so maybe she didn't feel comfortable talking with me. While she talked with the other guys a little more than she did with me, "I don't believe that anybody [felt] the way I [did] about her". Get it now? Pretty lame, I know.

When driving school was all over, all of us added eachother on Facebook, so that we could keep in touch with one another. I know for a fact that I'm great at talking to people online, so I figured that I'd have a distinct advantage if I spoke with her through the internet. After not signing onto her AIM screen name for several days, I decided to send her a comment on Facebook. Basically, all I wrote was "Hey, how've you been"?

I waited about two days for response, and after seeing that she had replied to other's comments and not mine, I deleted the comment I sent to her. Right now, I'm a little heart-broken, but I'm pretty sure that this girl never had any interest in me at all. In a few weeks, if I ever see her on AIM, I may send her an instant message, and we'll see what goes on from there.

For some reason, there are girls like me a lot, but there are also quite a few that couldn't care a darn about me. Maybe I'm a little too young to be thinking about all these possibilities in future relationships, but whatever. We'll see what happens with this driving school girl, I guess. At first, I thought I had a 50% chance at going out with her, but now, I'd definitely say that it's trimmed down to about 20%. Gee, does that make me feel bad. LOL.

Today's POTD is an image of the character, Maxxor, from the 4Kids TV series, Chaotic. If you've seen this show before, you may notice that the animation s.tyle for Maxxor is quite different than you've normally seen him appear. That's because the artists for Chaotic have decided to change their original flash animation look to a much more cooler, 2-D s.tyle One of the main reasons that I haven't watched Chaotic as much as I'd like to is due to the fact that the animation bothers me so much. With this new s.tyle, I may actually start watching the series again. Is there a possibility that it could even make it into my Top-Ten Favorite Shows list? I don't see why not. Ever since Blue Dragon has been taken off air, I haven't really enjoyed watching the series on Toonami Jetstream. I'll be sure to update you guys on my decision at a later time.

I don't know why, but I felt a little off when I was writing this blog today. If I made any unusual grammar errors, I'm truly sorry. I guess that's all for now, my friends. Thanks for reading, as usual.
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Sunday, Jul 20, 2008
Subject: Entry #177: My long history with Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Current Location: Home

Currently Listening To: "Leave the Memories Alone" by Fuel

Mood: Irritated

Instead of going on about how I've been feeling, as of late, I'm going to dedicate this entire blog to one of my favorite animated series of all-time, Avatar: The Last Airbender. I have a very long line of history with this series, and would be more than glad to tell you all some of it.

The first time I ever heard about Avatar was on TV Tome. One day, I was really bored, and looked into the section, "Upcoming Series". After clicking on the section, I skimmed through all of the new series coming. I wanted to check out the new animated series, so I headed down to the "Nickelodeon" divider, and that's when I saw the text, "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

I quickly read through the show synopsis. I remember it being rather small in length, and not being all that interested in it. However, when I saw the promotional video for it air at my aunt's house in New York, I knew that this series was going to be for me.

From that moment in time on, I tried to get my hands on the guide before the show became popular to the public. On February 21st, 2005, I watched the pilot episode, "The Boy in the Iceberg", in awe. At the same time, my good TV Tome friend, Jake (Jamminjake), had also finished watching the pilot episode. Just like myself, he enjoyed the pilot episode a lot.

Days later, Jake and I met up on AIM, and we both expressed our interest in becoming Editor of the guide. Since the Editor of the guide wasn't doing much, Jake and I came up with a plan to get him removed. Within a week, Jake became the new Editor of the guide, and I became the Co-Editor.

Despite our different opinions on making a format for the guide, Jake and I continued to successfully work on it until TV Tome's demise in 2005. Before TV Tome officially shut down, I created a forum called "The Un-Official Avatar: The Last Airbender Proboard". I know for a fact that this was the first Avatar forum ever created. Not only was the forum incredibly successful (more than five-hundred members), but I also made some great friends there. Special shout-outs to Arashi, Avatarfan001, and GIZ. The board closed down in early-2007, due to lack of activity, and was replaced with the late "Entertainment Galore" (which also recently shut down).

Anyways, for a short period of time, I was the sole Editor of the guide at TV.com. After getting thousands of submissions weekly, I made the hard decision to retire from the guide, thus handing it back down to my good friend, Jake. Shortly after giving him complete power over the guide, he quit TV.com for nearly a year, after being unhappy with the amount of glitches in the system.

Shortly after retiring from the guide, I'm pretty sure that Jake stopped watching the series. However, I didn't. Avatar: The Last Airbender remainded one of my favorite animated series, and I used to watch the new episodes, as soon as they aired on Nick. Just last year, my dedication to the series also sparked my sister's interest in it. She's not a fan of any of the shows I watch, so this was truly surprising to me.

As many of you may know, last night, the final episodes of Avatar aired, being compiled into a movie called Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle. As expected by many, the movie was phenominal on so many levels. I still can't believe that the series is actually over now.

Without a doubt, Avatar: The Last Airbender will always hold a special place in my heart. I will never forget Aang, his friends, and all their wild adventures together. Rest in peace, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Good-bye, for now.
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