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Go Somewhere Else!
2008-06-07 04:19:00
There is a conspiracy theory, I tell you! Outside of my lovely house in Jermyn is a common meeting place for the freaks and strange teenagers of Jermyn. I can't go a single day without hearing about twenty vulgar words shouted out down Main Street in less than five seconds. Mostly these little street gangs consist of a few guys and a girl or two. They'll just stand outside of my house, meet outside of my house for about a minute then continue walking, or choose to dribble a basketball outside of my house while talking loudly. There is nothing more annoying in the world to me than trying to study or do my homework and hear a basketball bounce for about twenty minutes outside of my window. Why don't I close my window? I shouldn't have to! This is my property and I don't want that scum on it! However, there's really no actions I can take against these deviant individuals. I can go outside, bitch at them, and get my ass kicked, but I don't find that to be a very logical situation...

WordWeb: #1 Tool for Vocabulary Nerds
2008-06-06 23:57:00
While searching the collection of freeware that a variety of blogs have collected over the past month, a program jumped out and tackled me. In this case, I enjoyed the pain that resulted from the aftermath of the spontaneous tackle. This program, known as WordWeb, is a dictionary/thesaurus which activates upon holding in the control key and right-clicking on a word in any program. Yes, any program. You no longer have to have internet access to look up a word, or copy and paste a word into some internet dictionary because you're curious on what it means. And if you have internet access? WordWeb uses both their dictionary collection as well as 'tabs' to other online dictionaries ? in case WordWeb's definition wasn't good enough. Also, there is a tab to Wikipedia. I find this program to be very helpful for my goal of learning a plethora of vocabulary terms throughout the course of this coming summer. Not only do I hope to achieve a better SAT score in the fall from my personal stu...
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Process of Writing a Novel #1
2008-06-04 03:56:00
If you're expecting some professional advice on the dedicated process of writing a novel, then hit the 'back' button and run away. If you're looking for a personal outline of the process of a young individual planning out and thinking about the creation of a fantasy novel, then you have stepped into the proper domain. Welcome to the beginning of my long journey from the beginning to end of writing a novel, and the plan I have in using this very blog as a big aid in its formation.Before I begin spilling out my inner feelings and thoughts regarding this topic, I wish to apologize for the lack of proper wording, sentence construction, etc. of this post. I'm in a writing mood, yet I'm not in a fit mental state to write too well. Finals are killing me and I'm still trying to catch up with the work I missed over the last week of school that I missed. However, there's always time to write a few things and get them out there.First, my goal: I plan to write a fantasy novel series con...
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It?s Final?Time!
2008-06-02 22:29:00
I liked how my previous blog entry allowed an open-discussion to occur based on a general question presented in the context, so I have another little question to throw out there that's picking at my curiosity. Whether you're in high school or college, you most likely had/have to take finals this year. However, I'm wondering, based on your education facility, how important the finals are. Like?hmm, I'm trying to choose proper wording here. Does your school prepare you for the finals in advance? Do the teachers/professors give you the information beforehand? Do you spend countless hours studying for a single subject or is it a cram-it-in-one-night ordeal?The finals at my good ol' school of Lakeland High start this week. Particularly, only the elective courses are holding the final exams. Our last day of school is June 16th. The late dismissal is due to the large amount of snow days that we had this year. They built my school on top of a hill on the top of a mountain ? it has been...
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Ad Cents
2008-05-18 21:26:00
How are some blogs so popular when all the author does is post an article referring to another site, a single picture with a witty caption, etc. when some blogs out there (not pointing at any in particular ?cough-) have so much heart put into them, filled with emotion and hope, and?stuff. Honestly, when I look at a blog that has a few short entries, I walk the other way. Maybe it's because I'm more of a reader/writer than "Hey, this site has no pictures! Me no gusto!" Well?I don't mind if the short entries are highly logical and present a question that makes you think about things very deeply. But honestly, posting some piece of media and that's it? It feels like just stealing somebody else's work to fill up your site with and that's that. There is nothing original about these sites, yet they have such an appeal that many users love. I guess that if you own a website, you just have to wait for the right audience to come around, and then hopefully some members will come back to...
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Let It Happen
2008-05-18 03:36:00
For some reason, I am going to write a blog. If some twists and turns didn't approach me yet, maybe this blog would have been just totally filled with my normal numerous happy faces and "omggg the play was soo fun and like I took the AP test and it went okay and yay yay things are good blah blah :D:D:D." That isn't the case, however, because life comes at you when you least expect it, and what it brings with it could be reality checks that change one's point of view.I have been busy. Verrrry busy. Thank goodness for it, though. :P I am going to be lost when life calms down. At least I have new stuff to look forward to though. I took that large scary AP Chemistry exam on Tuesday. Oh yep, I did it. It feels great to have accomplished something like that, something I stuck with, didn't quit on, studied for and worked for. It was tough, it was long, it almost made my eyes water. My teacher did a fantastic job preparing us for it though, 99% of the information I had heard ...

A Few Ramblings and Pieces of Poetry
2008-05-11 19:24:00
I love when I go to health class and hear my teacher preach to us about how we're going to die younger than the generation before us. In other words, our parents should live longer than we will. He's always blaming technology and obesity as being the factors behind our expected short life spans. However, even though I believe that obesity may be a very large factor only depending on the individual, I more or less blame stress. Technology may sometimes add to the stress as we're presented with such an overwhelming amount of data at once to deal with, but I believe that technology is a great advancement in reducing stress. That's just my opinion without conducting any research on the matter. If you're stressed out, you can easily talk to somebody online about it, jump onto a video game and get your mind distracted by that, etc. But back on-topic: stress will cause our generation to die earlier than the previous generation. The world is just heading in a direction where conflict i...
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More Confused Feelings
2008-05-04 04:50:00
I think writing a blog at this time will be the only way I can slightly calm myself down. I was going to continue taking a break from blogging because I have been so busy, enjoying the new life I have created for myself. However, getting things off my chest is the only way I can handle some situations right now. I'll start on a lighter note, saying that my busy-ness is due to being heavily involved in the school play, learning chemistry, and loving my three best friends with every ounce of energy I can muster. Today I had a great day. I came up the school around noon to paint sets, then my best friend joined me, then later we went to a new person's house from drama and enjoyed hanging out there with some other drama people. It sure feels refreshing to mesh with a new crowd with your long time pal(s) by your side. It's really strange how human we all are. When the lights go off at night, and we lay our head down on the pillow, our heart is beating throughout the night ...
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Confused Feelings
2008-04-30 01:40:00
I recently received Microsoft Office 2007 (and may I add not by legal means) and I thought that in my confused daze that I would compose a blog entry using the nifty feature provided by Word 2007 that allows me to do so. I thought I would share that bit quickly: in case anything goes wrong when this post is published. I had to obtain Office 2007 for the Excel program. We recently received laptops in school and unfortunately for my AP chemistry class; we had to make some graph expressing the relationship between absorbance and concentration for some equilibrium constant lab. Yes, fun. Not! Anyway, the laptops (even though they're totally outdated and run a cheap version of XP) contain the Office 2007 programs. I never even had any Office program that wasn't a free trial that already expired. Therefore, by looking around Youtube a bit for videos that would show me the serial number for the full product, I received my baby. I never really liked the Office 2007 programs too much initi...
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Trailer
2008-04-22 23:42:00
Ok, remember my post about my first day of fishing. Well, April 12 is long past us, but my video of the events is not. I made a movie chronicalling the events from April 12 ( where it all began) to April 20 (one day after I caught a second native brook trout!!! remember my first was a year ago). The real movie comes out April 26, but clickthe link to watch the trailer. Alos, watch in full screen for better quality. http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/t ranspower/?action=view&current=Traile r.flvLong live the native brook trout, and please comment.
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An "Immature" Rant
2008-04-22 22:45:00
It wouldn't be appropriate to have an organized rant start at any place, so I'm just going to search my mind and vent while I progress through this entry. The point of this entry is rather personal. I don't intend for the opposite faction to whom this is directed to to read it, however I need to get some hair off of my chest and what better place to do that than my good ol' blog. Some topics covered here may explain for my absence from the blog (which will hopefully change come summer). And here we go...I'm being labeled as a very untrustworthy person lately. In all regard, I would like to reflect back that this is an untrue statement. I did an action in the past that caused some havoc, but doesn't the million honest things I ever did dominate that puny little one. I think so. However, it seems that I have a history of running my mouth off, breaking trusts, etc. First of all, normally whatever goes in one of my ears stays within my memory, never to be released by means of voca...
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What to do...
2008-04-11 23:19:00
Hey everyone, its me. I have had the urge to post for some time, so here goes... Well, today is April 11th, which means tomorrow is a big day for me and all anglers in NEPA. The 12th day of April is the first day of trout season. Well, this year I have no one to take me, but that;s not gonna stop me. I have been planning for weeks to go to a spot to fish. In this spot (which will remain secret) I have caught chubs, and one native brook trout. As an experienced angler I can tell if they are native (wild) trout or stocked. But challenge me as you must, I will provide pictures and some information. Wild brookies have disticnt orange bellies, white tipped fins, and olive green speckles. Stocked ones have no distinct belly color, usually dark blue though, with darker green-blue dots. Here is the type I caught and am going for http://flyfisher.com/DSCN0567f.jpg and here is a stocked one http://www.classiccastoutfitters.com/imag es/13_inch_male_brookie11.jpg. Apprecoate for your own sake. I...

Haphazard
2008-04-06 01:09:00
Hello friends. :) I haven't wrote up a blog in a little while so I figured I would since I have some great free time this weekend. I just signed off World of Warcraft since I figured I played it for a little while and after this blog am going to go do something else. Like dig up worms, seriously. I was asked to go do that today..so.. xD Kay, anyway. I've been sick this past week with a bugger of a cold. It was the worst the three days of school testing, and improved dramatically like the day they were over. Which was sort of unfortunate, but what can ya do. I've been going to Drama a lot to work on the play. I really love every aspect of being in the Drama Club [go us!]. Despite the really emotional days there tends to be at Drama, that unpredictable aspect of it all makes it even more exciting. Since the play got changed from what it was originally going to be, I've been able to be in more and more scenes. It makes me feel so excited because I know otherwise I would ...

/Life.Of.Foote -- Guitar Hero Day
2008-04-04 01:36:00
/Life .of.Foote Click to Play What is there to say? A pretty long movie of Roman, Matt, and me at Roman's house to play a bit of Guitar Hero . A bit more stuff happens, but why should I explain it when the movie is right in front of you.
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Brain Mush
2008-04-03 21:14:00
I realized one thing this past week. There's nothing better in the world than a few standardized tests now and then. Let me please add first that they're only good if they really don't matter to my future whatsoever. I mean, it's a little challenge you get to make sure you're on your toes (and may I add it's amazing how sometimes things you thought you forgot come back to you) and you don't have a lot of classes during the course of your day which means very little homework or studying. Plus, there's a good probability that the margin of the classes you will have won't do much or anything at all. Well, that's how it rolls at Lakeland at least.This week we were hit with the mathematics and reading part of the PSSA test that every teenager in the state of Pennsylvania dreads. I, however, like the PSSA for two reasons. In terms of the actual test, it provides a difficulty level of testing that's in between some random easy standardized test like the Terra Nova and some insan...
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I'm Sick,oh and i'm not feeling well either
2008-03-28 19:19:00
okay well wednesday around noon i had a really bad headache, when i woke up thursday it felt like i was hit by a trolly. my body was sore, i blacked out, couldnt really swallow and had just no will power to do anything or eat anything. 20 hours of hibernation later its friday and my headaches gone, i have a small apetite, but my throat really hurts. i went to the doctor's and she told me to open my mouth to see my throat. as soon as i did shes like Yikes! this is a woman who deals with sick people all the time and im a yikes, so then i had to get blood work done. it was my first time and it was sooo scary. i get to find out whats wrong with me at 3 30 though! soo yeah to my fellow buddyfoote writers, thats why i havent been in school and probably wont be on monday
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Album Reviews.
2008-03-25 23:57:00
I was browsing through my computer today when I decided I want to bring back my song review section, but for the moment I have a better idea. I?m going to make an album review section. With that being said I am going to give the first of what I hope is a long segment. Let me know of any albums you want reviewed!Artist: My Chemical Romance Album : The Black ParadeI first heard of this band when I was in 8th grade, which was like 4 years ago. I liked them at the time but then I have this bad habit of not liking a band the more successful they get. So I started to get kind of tired of there dark punk sound. Then "The Black Parade" came out and I bought it. I so badly wanted to hate it I really did. Instead I found one of the best albums I ever heard. It is an album following the death of a man.The album opens with a decent track entitled "The End". By the end of the song you notice this is a different band from the past 3 albums. Ray Toro and Frank Iero?s guitars are spot on. However, it...
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Parade Politics
2008-03-22 01:38:00
Hey hey, hey there. :) I guess it is about time I type up an entry. For the most part, school, chemistry, and being a part of the play occupy most of my time which leaves me with little "blog-time." However I'm on my little Spring/Easter Break now so I have no legal excuse. I like being busy like I've been, because I know if I wasn't I'd have TOO much time on my hands, but I don't know. xD Well I mainly want to focus this entry around my time at the St. Patrick's Day parade last weekend, which was a blaast!It was last Saturday, and pretty much was all day. There was an extra big hype because Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hilary Clinton, was scheduled to attend. I think her being there was a big deal in the area. I was extra excited because I figured even more people would be there, and I may have said this before, but I extremely love big crowds at big fun events, like the parade. I think it adds more excitement to my experience, haha. :D I got up early and wen...
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The Encore
2008-03-17 21:57:00
if my day is a concert, this is the encore. when i thought it couldnt be worse, i took my dog out for it to do its buisness and those 2 dogs FUCKING MAULED IT! i had to chase them off screaming my brains out. i brought the dog in and now shes bleeding, shes an 18 pound terrier, those were 200 pound dogs. we called the police but NO ONE WAS THERE! if i wrote a poem or song about this day it would be called "A Slander, a Mauling, and a Bottle of Jones" im drinking some jones soda to calm me down. fufu berry flavored... mmmm.... happy ending Kyle XY season finale tonight. i need some opinions, should i miss school tomorrow on the basis that today was so bad?

someone call the ambulence
2008-03-17 20:08:00
Come one Come all, i just had the worst day of my life. it is hard to explain without first exlaining the parties involved. there is me, i am running for class vice president but am not taking it too seriously. there is Kid-S, he isnt taking it seriously even tho he is running, but his friends are. there is Kid-M, Kid-L, and Kid-J. Kid-J basically says what happens and M and L just follow along mindlessly really.the really sad thing is that in elementry school i was M's friends and i stuck up for him when kids made fun of his stutter, sure i could have called him a retard and a hillbilly because he kinda kissed his cousin, but i never did. L has never liked me, it doesnt hurt that me and L liked a girl at the same time and she picked me and is still with me. J i kind of feel bad for, because i know a little bit about his family, he lived with his gramma, got kicked out, lived with his mom, got kicked out, i think now he lives with his dad until he gets kicked out and most of the ti...
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/Life.Of.Foote -- Saturday Adventures
2008-03-16 02:17:00
/Life .of.Foote Click To PlayFor the past few Saturday s, my friends Darrin and Craig as well as myself went out to a variety of places to spend our morning hours. However, this Saturday I decided to take my camera along for the ride to record some invaluable moments. However, Craig did most of the recording as he's the most interesting and random cameraman that I know of personally. This Saturday, we decided to return to one of our previously visited locales -- a well-known restaurant in Wilkes-Barre known as 'The Crackerbarrel'. This selected video only highlights our drive to and from the restaurant, with some interesting conversations and sights. With the exception of shaky camera syndrome, curses, and filming others without legal consent, as well as possible 'boring' moments to you individuals out there who only watch things that are worth their time, this video was a very good production of what it's like to live our lives. And honestl...
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Poem: "The Mountainside Grave"
2008-03-11 22:59:00
About two weeks ago, the student teacher for our Advanced English III class asked us to write a poem that somewhat mimicked the dialect of the poems of 17th century England and would include literary devices such as apostrophe, simile, metaphor, paradox, symbol, etc. My production, with the aid of my friend Matt (this was a group poem project), was the poem titled "The Mountainside Grave ". The poem was successful. Not only did it earn us 100's, but she entered it into a small contest in which one of her AP English classes voted for the best poem. Two poems tied -- ours and one other; however we won with the best effort made toward our project. The reward: five bonus points on our recent test. On the side, I created a self-analysis of the poem (which wasn't required), which I will include below with the poem itself. I hope you enjoy the poem and understand its meaning. Enjoy!?The Mountainside Grave?Alas hear my final dying words Frozen in time amongst mine rocky graveCavern trekk...
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Eragoin's Journal #1: Whelpling, GSI Meeting, and Raiding 101.14
2008-03-09 03:53:00
'ello mon! It be Eragoin here, reportin' to ya from ma headquarters in Da Broken Isles. Honestly, the whole troll accent thing doesn't cut the cheese for me. Sure, we may talk that way, but us trolls need to push past that barrier and write like some noble human living in the rich quarters of Stormwind -- wherever that may be. I hate getting mail from my buddy trolls and I can't understand a thing they say because it's written with the worst grammar. C'mon guys! Didn't you learn anything in the Orgrimmar Academy? I guess Mrs. Blackeye didn't cast hellfire on you enough.I'm here today to tell of an epic tale that involves yours truly. Okay, maybe it wasn't epic, but it sure was to me anyway. I guess that's all that matters. Ah, don't bite my stylus! Oops, I have a tendency to write down whatever I say aloud, so please don't mind that remark. I don't have an eraser on me. My new pet is sort of irritating me. All I hear are flapping wings reverberating throughout my ears ...
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Suddenly I'm Not So Young
2008-03-08 03:57:00
Wow I want to write really bad suddenly. :P Um, I have a lot on my mind but I probably won't let myself share it all here. Thankfully I am in a little better mood than I was earlier today. -sigh- Anyway, I have been very busy. Busy is good, I guess. I realized again this evening how much I like organization and having a set plan of things to do and stuff to accomplish, on a list sort of, and it feels good to work towards crossing things off that "list." School and activities outside of it have really be occupying my time. I am shocked I have come to some sort of stage now where I am more so one of those people that have a list of "stuff" going on. :P For one, I am now a member on the school committee for an AFG program. They meet once a month. They as in other teachers, the principal, and a few other important people like a lawyer and a college professor. [That's all I can really remember.] I had fun my first time and was warmly welcomed. The meeting sort of focused on...
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WoW Ramblings: Big Weapons n' Dragon Farming
2008-03-02 06:32:00
Right before I logged off of World of Warcraft tonight, a thought came to my mind. On my way to Valormok in Azshara and while still in Orgrimmar, I saw somebody put up an epic item in the trade channel and said after it, "pre-TBC ftw!" I figured that the item was most likely a level 60 epic then with that concluding statement, and confirmed my hypothesis upon examining the item stats. The epic was [Anathema], the shadow staff rewarded from the priest epic quest widely sought after pre-TBC. However, not until I tried the staff on me did I finally realize something. Why were all the main epic weapons before The Burning Crusades monstrously huge? Not that I ever owned an epic weapon from The Burning Crusade expansion, but just from walking around and spotting a large variety of 70's in major cities, I never exactly saw a gigantic weapon. Just a week or two ago, I remember looking at pictures of warrior/paladin two-handed swords that were probably the length of their body. And of cours...
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Snowflake Drama
2008-02-23 01:03:00
I think I stole Steve's blog motivation today because I suddenly have a burst of blog writing energy! :P As I look over my shoulder, out into the large field all I see is white. [Haha..I lie. It is night now so I just see black. Wow..major opposite.] But when it was daytime, all I saw was a fuzzy white blanket, honestly. That is because we got this delicious snow storm today. As of ten minutes ago, we have eight inches in my backyard. Before we measured it I took a guess of eight inches and booyah I was so right! :D Nice guess huh? School was cancelled so I spent my day doing random activities.I am going out to rent Hairspray tomorrow. Being the devoted Zac Efron fan I now am, I am really anxious to see him in that film. When it came out in theatres around the time of HSM 2 I was not interested in it at all, but because I am now what better weekend to check it out? You can probably expect my next blog entry to be a mini-review of it. :) Ever since I've become a Drama T...
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Lunar Eclipse 2008
2008-02-21 04:42:00
Click to Play My little video on the lunar eclipse that took place on February 20, 2008 between 9-10+ PM. It was a chilly night outside, so please don't mind my shaky hand. I don't really have much of a steady hand in the first place. Also, I say 'solar eclipse' at the start of the video. Don't kill me for that either. I'm very well aware that no sun is involved -- I'm just used to saying and thinking about solar eclipses more than lunar ones.Enjoy and have a good one.
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Chem Weekend
2008-02-19 00:33:00
Moles. Ions. Gases. Volume. The joys of AP chemistry. :) I think I've spent so much time on chemistry assignments since my 11th grade year of school started that I am more than just friends with chemistry, it is like family. And then, once I complete the current assignments, wherever I go, whoever I talk to... I am asked questions about the chem on how to do this and if this sounds right and man oh man. I really doubt if I've gone a whole day without talking about chemistry since September...hmm...maybe Christmas break? =P The reason this blog is going to end up so chemistry-focused is because this four-day President's holiday weekend from school pretty much centered around the two big chemistry assignments we were given that are due tomorrow, the day we return to class. One involved a take home test covering material from the last three chapters we did. The other task was to type up my formal lab report on a lab we did to find the molar volume of hydrogen gas. With a...
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Friendships Always End
2008-02-15 23:39:00
There is a phrase out there somewhere in the universe that goes along the lines of the following: "Good friendships never end". If you were to ask me my opinion on that quote a few months ago, I would respond that it was somewhat true, and that good bonds with others can only be broken by death (however, in spiritual terms, the bond would still exist in the afterlife). Nowadays, I look at that quote and laugh in some mad, manic way. Of course good friendships can end. It happens everyday in the world that we live in. Wouldn't divorce be a good example? What friendship is greater than the love between two individuals? Isn't it strange then how it can so easily be broken? If I were to speak in chemistry terms here for a second, most friendships are dipole-dipole forces -- strong but weak. They're fragile. Add enough energy and they can be broken and change over to some other phase. However, some friendships are hydrogen bonding. They're a special type of dipole-dipole force that e...
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#500
2008-02-13 16:20:00
With today being a snow day, I figured that I would post a blog as I have been inactive for a pretty lengthy time. However, upon logging into Blogger, I noticed that this post would be post number five-hundred. The big 5-0-0. It gives me the goosebumps in a way just thinking that BFBv.2 already has 500 posts! It could've had a lot more if, for example, every blog author posted once or twice a week, but sadly that does not happen. Actually, I think Chase disappeared from the face of the planet. He better bring me back some artifacts from Mars then, whenever he comes comes back to Earth. But I understand that motivation is a hard thing to come by, especially when it comes to writing. And blogging is mostly pure black-and-white text unless one has pictures or multimedia to throw into the mix. I would love to make a few posts that are just videos, but I'm really not an interesting guy to just sit in the camera and talk. Mostly because I get distracted or I forgot where I was going wit...