Well today is my birthday. Usually I don't do anything special, but since I turned 18 today I was planning on going out with some of my friends. Unfortunately I felt like crap when I woke up, so that spoiled my plans. As far as presents go, I got a 32" HDTV. For the size of my room it's pretty big and certainly an upgrade over my previous 23" HDTV. Also, my old TV didn't have 1080p resolution but this new one does. I also got Assassin's Creed II so I'll be playing that this week. That's about it for my 18th birthday. Not very exciting, I know. I just had to get sick today, didn't I? Oh well, I'm happy with my new TV and I ate some delicious cake, so today was still alright. Take care everyone.

Hey everyone. This is just a quick blog mainly about how I've started my senior year of high school. Of course they screwed up my schedule so I had to move a few things around. But I'm happy with it now; it looks like this:

1st period: Web Design
2nd period: AP English
3rd period: AP Government
4th period: Spanish 3
5th period: Teacher's Assistant (for my Spanish teacher from last year)
6th period: None (I have modified schedule)

Apparently AP Government is a fairly simple course (damn you Gamespot!) most people say the teacher is great and the majority of his students pass the AP test. On top of that, he doesn't give out too much homework, which is a plus. AP English will be my toughest course but I've never had trouble with that subject, so it shouldn't be too bad. The rest of my courses are extremely easy and I get out an hour early because of my modified schedule, so I'll finally have some time to relax during my senior year.

We had senior sunrise last Friday. I got up at 5:00 AM and went with some friends. At the first sign of the sun people were running to the parking lot so they could go get breakfast. My friends and I were the first ones to IHOP; we ended up being the only ones eating for the first hour. We were finished with our food way before anyone else was even served.

Besides school, I haven't really been playing any games lately, just FFIV for the DS here and there. But I will be purchasing Batman Arkham Asylum next week. Also, I pre-ordered the Beatles Remastered Box Set (comes out September 9th, same day as the Rock Band game I believe). It comes with all 13 of their studio albums with improved audio (the current Beatles CDs aren't very good when it comes to the audio quality, and I'm a bit of a music nut, so that's important to me). It costs quite a bit, $180, but seeing as the Beatles are my favorite band, it's well worth it for me. Oh, and I saw District 9 last week. Here's my take on it: GO SEE IT, IT'S GREAT!

Well, until next time, take care.

Hey everyone. Well, I got back from Hawaii last week and I had a blast.

First off I'd never been on a plane before, so that was interesting. By interesting I mean boring and uncomfortable. But the take off and landing was kinda cool I suppose. We landed in Oahu after a 5 hour plane ride and then took another short one to Maui.

We stayed in this really nice house that we rented from some people. Right outside of the house was a beach, so we walked down there a lot. Other activities included parasailing, snorkling, and going to a luau. A lot of time was spent swimming at the beach which is always fun. The weather there was good - it was very windy at times but mostly warm.

I went golfing when I was there, and during the first 9 holes there was some INSANE rain and wind, easily the worst conditions I've ever played it. Just made it more fun in my opinion.

I would have posted pics sooners but either my camera or computer is having some problems, because I'm not able to upload all of the pictures I took. This means that I can only show you a few pics that turned out okay, and they're not that interesting. Sorry about that, hopefully I can figure something out. Well, until my next blog. Take care.

Pic 1 - Big Beach, where we spent a lot of time
Pic 2 - Big Beach again
Pic 3 - The view from right outside the house
Pic 4 - Pic of the house, with my shadow clearly visible
Pic 5 - Inside of the house
Pic 6 - Inside of the house
Pic 7 - Me in Hawaii!
Pic 8 - Since one pic of Anthony obviously isn't enough, another one of me.