2010 in Review

Looking back, 2010 was rough. Lots of disasters happened, like the Haiti earthquake, the Gulf Oil Spill, and the Iceland volcano eruption. The Winter Olympics and the World Cup also happened this year, and so did the vuvuzuelas. It was a good year for the Jersey Shore cast, and a bad year for Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, and Tiger Woods. EA drove its customers crazy, yet managed to deliver two expansion packs loved by the fanbase. Toy Story 3, Harry Potter, and Inception were box office hits. And lots of people collected animal bracelets.
What do you remember from 2010?

TV Show King 2

A while back, I complained about the lack of good games for the Nintendo Wii. Mike suggested getting some Wii Ware games, like TV Show King. After researching it, I found out there was a sequel for it and decided to get that later. When my brother bought me 2000 Wii Points for Christmas, I decided to get it. Surprisingly, it was great.
The game has a lot of different elements from game shows, like the wheel (Wheel of Fortune), suitcases (Deal or No Deal). It also has a traditional question/answer format, like almost every other game show imaginable which has categories from general knowledge to sports, to science, and to literature.
The questions are good, and eclectic (I never thought I’d use that word in my blog). There are some easy questions, but there are some hard ones, too. It depends on what you know, though. If you keep up with movies and TV shows and stuff, those categories (probably) will be a breeze for you. There’s also a math section, which has pretty easy questions. If you’re a sports fanatic, then you’re in luck for those parts. Anyway, the questions are mixed. Unless you’re experts in all those areas, you probably won’t get all the questions right, which is good, because being in the lead all the time isn’t always fun. You could also make your own questions.
The wheel could change the entire game. That goes both ways, though. Most of the time, it will result to yelling at the game in a way similar to Mario Kart cursing, or cheering.
The graphics are pretty good, especially for a Wii game. There are lots of colors, and the Miis are well drawn, too.
Overall, this is a fun game. The only thing is that I couldn’t play on Wi-fi, but I’m not sure if it’s a technical problem, or if nobody else was playing at the time. It’s a fun party game, and it’s only for 800 Wii Points.

Happy New Year’s!!!

Happy New Year, everyone. I know it still isn’t midnight, but in most of the world, it’s already 2011. I think it became 2011 an hour ago in Syria, where my parents are from. Like Snooki, I’ll be spending my New Year’s in New Jersey; unlike her, I’m staying at home.

I don’t have any resolutions so far, though the typical ‘Go online less’ ‘Get better grades’ and ‘Make new friends’ stuff are good back-up resolutions.

I hope all of you have a great 2011, and remember, don’t drink and drive!

The Late Night Dilemma

Last week, I saw a Sims 3: Late Night game for $29.99 on the Target website, and a couple of other stores. However, I don’t like ordering stuff online, and I didn’t feel like going to a store to buy it at the moment, so I just thought  “Hey, why not get it next week? I mean, after Christmas specials will make it more or less the same price, right?”

Turns out I was wrong.

Now, most places, it’s $39.99.

I don’t want to buy it now, because the price might drop in a couple of weeks. Also, it’s an EA game we’re talking about. I’m not going to be so willing to give them money. On the other hand, this week might be the only time I could ‘really’ play (as in, for more than just half an hour or so), because midterms are coming up. Plus, I got some money for Christmas, so I could use that.

To those of you who have Late Night, when do you think I should get it? Now, or in a couple of weeks? Would you say it’s worth $40, or should I wait until it gets less expensive?

Finished my Homework!

I’d say this is a new record. Usually, I’d finish by Thursday or something. But then again, the blizzard which has kept me at home cancelled my plans of going to the mall.

Christmas Eve was good. Christmas Day was a little boring, but still good.

And in other news, we’re almost done with the Timberson Legacy!

Apparently, ABC Family has updated their schedule. A ‘new’ show, Still Standing, is on, as well as My Wife and Kids, That ‘70s Show, and 8 Simple Rules. I wish they’d get Boy Meets World or even Sister, Sister on. It sucks how ABC Family is either the channel which satisfies my craving for stuff from the ‘90s (Hey, they sometimes show ‘90s movies and shows), or the channel which has one too many teen dramas (Pretty Little Liars, The Secret Life of an American Teenager, and others). Yes, I haven’t seen those shows, so I don’t have a right to judge them, but if it’s called ABC Family, why do all their shows appeal to teen girls?

I have to stop making personal life updates. They’re always so short.

I know they’re just pixels, but….

 

…Aren’t these dresses a little short to be called ‘Holiday dresses’?

No, I’m not talking about wholesomeness. At the end of December, I’m pretty sure most people would be bundled up in coats, scarves, and hats, not in sleeveless dresses. These pretty much go against all rules of winter wear.

But I still like them.

Merry Christmas (Eve)!

I probably won’t get to go online later today because my family’s coming over, so I’ll say it now. Merry Christmas to all the blog readers! Have a great Holiday!

Before tonight, though, I’m not sure what I’ll do. Maybe help prepare around the house.

And since this post looks like it needs a picture, here’s a banner I made in GIMP!

Life's a Game and it's not Fair...

Wow. I'm using the Blogger website to write a post for once. No, there's nothing wrong with Windows Live Writer. I'm typing on my desktop which is somewhat old, so I can't risk downloading anything unneeded.

Today, I didn't have a lot of homework to do, so I decided to stay after. There's an annual hallway decorating contest (How Martha Stewart/ Nate Berkus) at my school by grade, and the winning class get money for the prom, so I wanted to help.

It was a disaster.
My grade had a meeting (Which I couldn't go to, because of personal errands), and decided on a theme. The theme was a famous board game, yet nobody knew how to decorate with it (Name of the board game left out for anonymity reasons). Not much people showed up, and there were even less stuff brought in. The class president, SRB, and the VP-lackey were just complaining how nobody else brought stuff in, and how there was such a low attendance rate (They didn't bring stuff, either). However, the teacher who was advising our class called them out for it, saying (More or less):

Okay, being in the student government does not mean that you could boss others around all the time. You shouldn't have just expected everyone else to bring stuff in. You guys should have brought some stuff, too. If you only brought yourselves, what were you expecting?

Oh yeah, and neither SRB or VP knew anything about the game (Which is famous, like 'The Game of Life' level), so the decorations were facepalm-worthy. I told them 'Have you ever even played the game?', and the teacher agreed with me (Not sure how you could agree to a question, but it makes sense in context).

And by the end, the decorations were shoddy.

Oh well. There will be other times to fund-raise. And we could just not reelect these people next year. Or impeach. If that's possible for student government.

And tomorrow's the start of my Christmas/Holiday Break.

And congratulations to David Schwimmer, who's going to become a dad in a couple of months. Good luck.

This week was Stressful

I could fully explain why, but that would be stupid for anonymous stuff, and it would be time consuming. Plus, I don’t think anyone would really want to hear about my selfish teen complaints, when there are people dying everywhere and stuff.

The short version: My APUSH teacher got mad at us again, and gave us busy work. I stayed up till 11:30 doing it. Then I couldn’t sleep, because I was nervous for that class (And because I had tea and some Chips Ahoy which probably gave me caffeine) until 1: 10, maybe?

Then a Photo project which I stayed after school for, a lot, got graded, and I got… a B-. On the rubric, he told me what I had to fix. He couldn’t just say that in person, when I still could’ve fix it? .-.

My Biology teacher' forgot we have other classes to study for and gave us a hard quiz.

My English teacher made sure my brother and I can’t work together on a project, and had to give a BS reason for why we didn’t work together, instead of just “You two might cheat/ Codependence is bad” or something.

Most of the week, I was waiting for the weekend just so I could sleep eight hours.

Oh well, it’s almost Christmas.

Thanks, Ilovethesims7!

Thanks for the hair!

Miley’s Wild Ride

Yesterday, a video got released of Miley Cyrus using a bong. And it showed her having hallucinations of her ex-boyfriend, Liam something.

And this just happened a couple of days after she turned 18.

Miley, listen up: You shouldn’t do stuff like that. Not because ‘It’s bad for you’ (Which is still a valid reason), not because ‘Little kids look up to you’ (Also valid), but because that was probably the stupidest career move you could have done.

Remember Lindsay Lohan? You know, the girl who worked for the Mouse House a couple years before you? Yeah, take a good look at her and her career. That might be you in a couple of years.

Disney (Or any kid company) won’t hire you for anything anymore because of all of this, and no serious film company will hire you because nobody wants to work with a train wreck. Just look at LiLo!

And what did her father say about this?

Sorry guys. I had no idea. Just saw this stuff for the first time myself. Im so sad. There is much beyond my control right now.

I’d let this slide, but she’s taken it too far now. I didn’t think much of her Teen Choice Award Performance, or any other ‘Provocative Wardrobe’ stuff, but this time she was doing something worse than wearing skimpy clothing.

Nonetheless, I want her to get her act together.

The Weather Outside is Frightful…

…But in Sims, it’s so delightful.

Recently, All About Style has contributed some warm winter wear for teen girls.

What have people said about it?

While I haven’t actually downloaded them or whatever, I agree with both Anons.

Teen clothes is completely pretty rare (After male clothes of any kind that isn’t underwear), so I’ll probably get it sometime later this weekend.

And Anon #2 has a point. Though if All About Style wanted to replicate realistic winter teen clothes, they’d be better off with sweatshirts, sweatpants, and Uggs. And Northfaces wouldn’t be so bad, either. Just saying.

Elective Rant

Yes, I know it’s not that smart for me to discuss school choice stuff online for anonymous reasons; plus, I’m not going to make this decision until late February-ish, but I feel like this is the only place I could vent and get feedback.

I’m in Photo I this year. It’s a semester course. There are 6 Photo classes in the school at the moment (With budget cuts, that might change but whatever). The last three are independent study classes. As in, everything happens during studies, after school, or other free time.

The other day, I was thinking about whether I should continue Photo and was confused.

The class is fun, and I might want to continue photography outside of high school. Plus, I want to learn how to take better pictures and stuff.

On the other hand, it’s a time consuming, annoying class. Most of the time, I’m taking (and retaking pictures), developing and redeveloping, and the teacher gives me vague advice. A lot.

And plus, there’s only so much classes that I could take. Next semester, I’m taking Computers in Art (Which is pretty much just Photoshop), and Computer Science I (Which is like computer programming stuff). Next year, I’m (probably) taking Math SAT Prep, Computer Science 2 Honors, and… that leaves me a semester class. Yeah, sure, I’ll have plenty of space in Senior year to take those electives, but I don’t want to be in classes filled with lowerclassmen. Plus, there’s also another class which I’m interested in, so I want to take that, too.

So, any ideas? Am I just looking too much into this?

It’s the Holiday Season…

…And it’s time for some holiday-related, short rants!

Do Disney and Nickelodeon do holiday related specials, anymore? I know that there’s a Big Time Rush special premiering tonight (Which, they completely spoiled in the commercials for it), and on Disney, the Sonny with a Chance holiday special’s on again, as well as another special, but I forgot what it was. Could the fact that they’re competing be anymore blatant?

And I know that seems like a lot of holiday specials, but:

• Hannah Montana hasn’t had any Christmas specials. At all. Especially weird, seeing as the Cyrus family is pretty religious? The closest they’ve had is “Killing me Softly with his Height”, which wasn’t really Christmas themed. It was just about Miley dating a guy who works as an elf at the mall. And she was prejudiced because he was short. They also had “'It’s the End of Jake as We Know it”, which was just about Hannah filming a Christmas special while breaking up with Jake. You’d think they’d have an episode relating to the holiday.
• Wizards of Waverly Place hasn’t had any specials, either. I guess since Disney’s using the “They’re magic! And Christmas doesn’t like magic!” excuse.
• Jonas, the short-lived show featuring the JoBros, didn’t have any specials, and the Jonases are religious, too.
• The network also hasn’t really made any ‘Holiday movies’ like they used to, and they don’t show much, either. And The Ultimate Christmas Present is being shown at 2 PM on a Monday afternoon. And that night, what are they showing? 16 Wishes. One of the worse Disney TV movies.

And at the moment, HM and WoWP are probably the network’s most popular shows. So, why haven’t they done much for the holidays? Disney do you think the holidays are ‘lame’? If you haven’t noticed, ABC Family’s doing the 25 Days of Christmas!

Last Friday, I watched TV’s Funniest Holiday Moments: A Paley Center for Media Center. I didn’t know most of the stuff, but I still laughed at some- specifically the Murphy Brown turkey fiasco, the All in the Family Christmas carolers, and the Seinfeld Christmas card. Friends was on twice, which was awesome, because that show typically gets forgotten about for these types of stuff. It also was number one! So here’s to Friends!

I want to do something Christmas related in The Sims 3, but I don’t know what.

Zynga games everywhere (on Facebook) are having holiday deals for stuff, including Christmas/Hanukkah/Winter decorations (Both cash and free!) and they also have gift cards. The gift cards are pretty blatant, but whatever.

I want to watch Home Alone some time this month. It’s my favorite Christmas movie. Large, semi-dysfunctional family from the ‘90’s during Christmas? Count me in!