Commentary from the bushes

Clash of the Titans

2010-04-05T21:21:00.000-07:00

   So, Saturday I saw a movie with my friends. Truly weird experience. Um, favorite characters: Megatron and Bubos. Megatron is the weird wood guy, who looks like the Decepticon equivalent of Tim the Enchanter. Bubos is the Owl from the original Clash of the Titans who made a short cameo. And real fast, can anybody explain wtf happened to Megatron? Medusa stared at him, he laughed, he blew up. Wha....?
   What did I think of the movie as a movie itself? It was pretty good, good visual effects, good enough acting, overall not a bad movie. What did I think compared to the original? It barely follows the original at all. I really don't like that. I liked the original (and Bubos). And watching, I could not help pointing out every difference, which hindered my enjoyment a bit...
   Um.. Final Score: 4/5

Delicious-ness, ness

2010-03-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I have been going to this restaurant for a long time, and unfortunately I have been going less often. In Marina, there is a little restaurant called Francisco's. I really hope I am spelling that correctly, and I am. This place is truly one of my favorites, of course, many fall under that category. As you walk through the door, you are always greeted by a smile. After being seated, you get chips/dip and place your order. Not long you get your food. Seriously, not long. The wait time's are much shorter than many other places I have eaten. Which makes little sense, considering the size of the portions. I always order a cheese burger, and I am always stuffed by the end. Had to split it into two meals yesterday. Anyway, though the food isn't always perfect, maybe a little under done (I like it well done, not medium, not rare) I have never left there unsatisfied. 4 1/2 stars out of 5

Elimi-fail

2010-01-28T19:59:00.000-08:00

I recently updated my iPod software, and decided I would try out this game my friend was annoying me about that required at least 3.0. The game was Eliminate, or something like that. I don't remember, and I honestly don't want to. It, was, garbage. Now, this is a little biased, because I against first person shooters for the iPod, and I do have a good reason. They are garbage. Character movement was extremely slow, the aiming is bad, and the firing never made sense. I tried playing it for more than 10 minutes, but I feared it toxic. I would honestly not recommend this game to anybody, but I don't know. Maybe you have better luck. At least, its free. Which a little over-priced, I know, but its better than $0.01.

Johnathan Coulton

2010-01-26T18:55:00.000-08:00

I decided to review something non-game related. I just happen to be listening to a dork's best friend when it comes to music. I do happen to be a dork. But in all seriousness, Johnathan Coulton is really good at what he does. Great lyrics, great chords, sounds great, all dorky. Now, what could I possibly mean by dorky? Well, my favorite works of his are "Skullcrusher Mountain," a love song sung from the perspective of an evil genius, "Code Monkey," a song about a nerd that writes codes for a company, and is in love with the girl at the front desk, and "Re: Your Brains," which is a song about a zombie talking to his human friend, trying to convince his friend to let him eat his brain. He also did the credit song for the Valve game Portal, "Still Alive," and has done a cover of Baby got Back. So go check him out, you don't like him, so what, stone me. With your internet stones. :P

Warning- Highly addictive iPhone app

2010-01-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

Now then, if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, I personally own an iPod Touch, you have probably heard of or seen the game "Doodle Jump" Best iPod app I have ever played. I am playing it between sentences whilst posting this, its is highly addictive. I'm not even that good. my high score is only like 51,000 or so. My friend's is like 125,000. But seriously, highly addictive. Its not very fun for the first 20,000 points, but after that, man does it get fun. The panels start getting more and more populated with the blue and white tiles, and certain sequences start recurring. These include the following: "God-Bird," where you jump on a few panels (usually white or orange/red) and fight a boss that follows you up, I usually just jump on him; "Two-Panel Monster," a long monster hopping on two touching panels, usually needs to be killed fast; "Jump on monsters!" where the only way to progress is to, well, "jump on monsters!" There are many other sequences, but I think you get the picture. I would highly recommend this app, it only costs a dollar.

First review of the New Year

2010-01-14T19:56:00.000-08:00

Ok, now then, first review of the New Year. I'm going to go with a game. And what better than Modern Warfare 2? When I first heard all the reviews and hype about this game, I felt it was overrated. The game just didn't seem to appeal to me. I was dead wrong. This is an amazing game. Was the best game of 2009? In my opinion, no. I feel that honor goes to Assassin's Creed II, personally. But that does not mean this is not a kick ass game. Graphics are good, guns are great, storyline is good. Multi-player is beast. Had I not fallen in love with Assassin's Creed, this would be the best game evar. But no. I give it a 10/10

An Idea

2010-01-14T19:28:00.000-08:00

Hey! I remembered to post today. Hurray for me. But enough of that... Anyway, I have made a decision to separate this into two blogs. One, will be Can thou say "boredom?" and will just about my life and such. The other will be Commentary from the bushes, which will be reviews and such of random things. So tonight, I am devoting my time to that, so i don't know if i will be able to do so. But I will have many posts for tomorrow, so come again folks.

Its good to be back

2010-01-13T19:31:00.000-08:00

Whew. That was a loooooong break there. Well, not so much a break as procrastination or something similar. Anyway, I'M BACK. Stupid caps lock. Any, not only am I back to blogging, but back to school. So I find it fitting to detail my break to you. First, lets go over my grades, because that was one of the first things that happened. I had relatively good grades, and they are as follows:
English III: A-
World History II: B+
Chinese III Honors: A-
Latin II: A
AP Calculus AB: A-
Chemistry: A
Physics: A
Acceptable grades yes. Would I like them a bit higher, sure, but they are good where they are. Anyway, Onto the break. I had two weeks off, the first being the week of Christmas. But before that, I went up to Oregon. Visited my Grandma, which was fun. Came home Christmas eve, and then, Christmas!!! duh.
Now, the obvious. What did Ody get for Christmas. Well, here's the list: Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Fallout 3: Game of the Year edition, a Halo Encyclopedia, and a mountain of clothing. But it was good clothing. Def Leppard and Guns 'n' Roses t-shirts. A new jacket, a new button up shirt, a GIR sweatshirt. That is awesome. Oh, and a $50 iTunes gift card. That puppy is gone. Anyway after Christmas, nothing happened. Literally, like nothing happened. Except, I went to a museum, and that was fun. Anyway, i need to get back to homework. Hopefully, i will post again tomorrow.

Game of the Week

2009-12-06T21:10:00.000-08:00

Assassin's Creed II

Yes, many a good game have come out recently, but Assassin's Creed II appealed to me most. This is how a sequel truly should be. Its almost a completely different game from the original; its weapon system is more intricate, the movements are more fluid, the conspiracy part is much larger. This is a beautiful game, and its graphics, amazing. The ending is a real mind freak when you get to it. Overall I could recommend this to just about anybody. 10/10

-I seriously hope this game gets game of the year.

I can has readers?

2009-12-06T21:01:00.000-08:00

Hey there nobody, sorry its been awhile, kinda. I'm a little busy now, with finals, and Christmas, and the history assignment for hell, and all. But I'm back. I figured out that weird sin problem too, but that would only confuse you. So, um.. should I say anything, or move right onto the Favorites? Wait, that's right. How was all y'alls weekends? Lol, mine was good. Saturday, volunteer work for Salvation Army. I was ringing a bell for about an hour in the freezing weather of gorgeous California. Not. Its nice here. Unfortunately, no snow. Anyway, after that, I went to my friend's house and spent the night. This is the same friend who this blog is named for. Anyway, played Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, and Borderlands a bit. We also played some mind games and had some riddles; very entertaining. These are the kind that are extremely fun to annoy the hell out of your friends. If you care to learn them, email me. Haha, as if you care. Anyway, so the rest of the weekend was pretty much stress out over finals. Now then, on to the Favorites!

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2009-12-02T19:36:00.000-08:00

   Ugh. Lets see, where to begin. School. First period(its an E-day) was history, watched video projects all period, and got our review packet for the final. kinda. upon it was a secret message, which took about a week or so last year for some one to solve. I solved it in about 10 minutes. eh, pretty easy. Its the title of this post, if you feel like tackling it. Moving on, second period Chemistry. Nothing of consequence happened. Latin, same. Lunch, found my sun glasses, didn't know I lost them. 4th period, Chinese. Still have not finished the test, and I feel a lot less confident about my work now. Oh well. Next was Physics, easy. Then a math quiz, which was easy. Extra credit hurts my brain. The first problem was rather simple, differentiate X to the Xth to the Xth. it was (X^X^X)((X^X)(ln(X))^2+(X^X)(ln(X))+(X^X)/X) Lot of X's. The second one I still cannot figure out. Find the indefinite integral of (sin(X))^3. Just can't do it. Anyway. I still have the history notes to do, and I'm still worried about finals. I need a weekend badly.
   Completely different now. iPods. Everybody has iPods, I myself have an iPod touch. Recently, it was having issues with displaying album covers, so i had to restore it. OMG, 2 hours I sat waiting for it to restore. It just finished about 5 seconds ago. Now its gonna take another half hour or so to sync. I hate technology...
   I'm not much in the bloggy mood at the moment, I might later or some other time. Peace. Drink Milk

Second Post, First Real Post

2009-12-01T21:55:00.000-08:00

   Now then, for the first real post. Since many of the posts will reference my classes, lets start there. First of, i want to point out that I had the option of free periods, and I took none, for some unknown reason. If you ever get the option for a free, take it. This is definitely not fun. Anyway, onto the classes: Wait. Actually, I need to also explain. My school goes by cycles, so the time periods for the classes change, so A day I may have math first, then B day math fifth, it goes by seven day cycles, 6 periods a day. Every day drops one class, which is awesome. Now, onto the classes:

A Day Schedule:
Latin II
   Hands up, how many people expected math? Can't believe everything you read. This schedule, however, is 100% honest. Anyway, so Latin. I could have dropped Latin, but I chose not. Why? Simple, Latin is simple. And I have one of the funnest teachers. I will never complain about Latin. Ever. And will usually post a few "proverbs" up as we get daily proverbs.

Chinese III Honors
   I believe in torture. In its purest form, it is known as a Chinese test. I will complain about pretty much every Chinese test I ever get. In fact, I had one today. Three pages. Not too hard, I only think I messed up on two phrases. But I would like to point one thing out; I have not completed the first page yet. It is a three page essay to translate. Into Chinese. Its so easy to translate from Chinese, but the other way is hard. Unbelievably hard. I will most likely finish it Thursday. Thats a three-day test. I fear the final....

Chemistry
   Ah, chemistry. One of my favorite classes. Again, no complaints. I will only comment that my grades a very good and that the demos and labs are extremely fun. Because this is now third period, right before lunch, it means I will not have Chemistry tomorrow =( .

AP Calculus AB
   I am a math nerd. I am a sophomore, in a class many seniors never reach. Anyway, shouldn't be many complaints here, maybe when I'm confused about homework....

English III
   The reason I am writing this whole thing in the first place. A rather enjoyable class, no complaints here, unless I have an essay. I HATE essays. Anyway, currently doing Sonnets, and I will be presenting a sonnet on Thursday. It will also be my Poem of the week, so if you want to know what it is, just wait a bit.

World History II
   The only complaints are tests, and my year-long essay project. Which I need ten pages of hand written notes due monday for. Yay... its about the Fall of the Third Reich. Anyway, this maybe one of the funnest classes I have ever had. The last three years or so of History have been amazing, I actually learned. The teachers have been great, very entertaining.

Physics
   I actually don't have Physics on A days. OMG, easiest class evar. The teacher is either not to smart on the topic, or not very confident, because he gives some of the worst lectures. The only complaint I would have is memorization of the different kinds of physics he wants us to know, but I finally memorized it. Mechanical, Thermo and Statistical, Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Mechanical, Partical Physic, and Relativity. Simple Now.

Anyway, those are my classes, and I have finals soon, yay. I feel this is enough for tonight, Good night, and I'll blog again soon. Drink Milk.

First Post, First Thoughts

2009-12-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

   So... blogging. Yay... I never really understood blogs. I always figured, "Who in the world is going to care about what you are writing?" Now, I am kinda hypocritical, aren't I. Oh well, its for a grade. And come summer time, I might just enjoy this. Lol. Anyway, this will mostly just be a random blog of me reflecting on what's happened recently, or possibly reviewing games and movies or such. Every weekend, I plan to have a couple posts that are all just "Favorites of the Week." Movies, poems, songs, games, you name it.
   As I said before, I don't really get these "blog" things of which you speak, and will continue to believe that there are only two people out there reading this. If you feel the need to let me know you are reading my blog, you can email me, its most likely somewhere on here, if not, its just omniseraphi126@gmail.com. Yes spell check, I know that's not a word. Shut up. Anyway, I will read emails, but if your just flaming me, please, shut up. Include in the title either Commentary, Bushes, or Blog, or it will easily be deleted without notice.
   Anyway, hello. I would like to point out I take no credit for the name of this blog. There is a chance I was the first person to yell it out, but this title was decided upon by the entirety of my history class for a completely unrelated matter. Funny story I won't tell you about later.
   So, yeah. That's pretty much all I have to say for this first post. Stay in school, drink milk, eat your vegetables, fight trolls, and live a good life.