10 hours sleep in the past 2 days, assignments galore with nothing sinking in but American Beauty and Stalin, when will it end and how much more can anyone take before going mad and becoming insane before it all comes to an end.
1 month and 20 days is all thats left :)
As some of you may know, about a month ago i went on a compulsive spending spree at Game and came home with 7 games in one go, most i've ever bought in not only 1 day but also one year :P and those titles were;
Ratchet and clack: a crack in time
Uncharted 1&2
fifa 09
M.A.G
Harry Potter and the half blood prince
WANTED: weapons of fate
some of which i've been meaning to play and others well, the price and platinum difficult got the better of me. Now here's the many problems i have.
Problem 1: Completionist.
I'm known to be a some what completionist, who would often start a game and continually play that one game till im satisfied with it being completed (often platinum trophy), and so far only 2 games have been left un-plat'ed due to the sheer difficulty and well reasoning behind it and thats Chronicles of Riddick (ridiculous trophies, incredibly hard and long, broken online= no point even starting) and motorstorm:pacific rift(very hard to master even for singleplayer), and the other games i did what it took to complete it.
Problem 2: Modern Warfare 2.
well mainly this relates to problem 1, where i have a feel to complete it as far as i can, which is online. This comes and goes often but usually the complete n00bness of online and lag spikes puts me off, but at times online will lead me into it rather than completeing another game.
Problem 3: Time.
Frankly there's not enough time to get a lot done in games as trophy requirements now lead into playing single player at least twice, or achieving ridiculous feats online that i often think people with no lives or have nothing better to do can only get not to mention you have to rely on other people to gain trophies which i thought were personal achievements, so whats the point in even caring? most notably i could say that modnation racer's has one of these trophies requiring the user to achieve 250,000 create xp online, which without a decent and original creations, not even boosting lists can help
Problem 4: Age.
No, i'm not going wrinkly, yelling at young kids and eating prunes while talking to to talkback radio, well not yet anyway :P Simply put it as i can't simply find the time to put the effort in to get platinum trophies anymore, i have effectively 10 weeks of absolute hell to push 2 terms of school work in 8 weeks while revising for external exams, 14 weeks till i get my Western Australia Certificate of Eductaion and graduate from highschool, 14 weeks till i have a month of exams, then after its planning for the next 7 years to establish what happens since school's done, and im an adult next year.
It's a real shame but i think i'm going to have to miss out on some great titles coming up and plat'ing them such as demon's souls for one, but i'll try my best to fit in gaming whenever i can. Thankfully my girllfriend doesnt mind me playing games, she encourages me to play them while she's busy doing something and can't talk :lol: It will be some time before i get back into the groove if ever, but i must say i'm still proud of my 10 babies :D
so until next time.....have fun and stay safe :)
So with first sememester exams over here are my results:
Mathematics 2C: 76% (top mark)
English 3A: 68% (4th highest)
History 3A: 72% (2nd highest)
Integrated Science 3A: 81% (3rd highest)
Biology 3A: 62% (top mark)
Philosophy & Ethics 2A :78% (top mark)
and when placed into a TER/ATAR calculator the predicted score is 89-90
Points of interest
Overall im somewhat happy with the result as i strive for a TER of around 96, which means about a 3 mark increase to every assingment this semester. Sadly though, ill be getting a C in english and will need to convince parents its not my fault (considering it is a hard course, everyone in class is geting a C and only 2 years we have done proper English). Additionally a fear i have is that this was all one off, and i don't know how i pulled it off nor does it seem possible for me to get another 2 good runs this year, im hoping it happens again, but i best be prepared for the worst and hope for the best.
Considering the fact i not only dwindled gaming time to almost none and increased stufy time, its looking very grim that i will be able to ever put as many hours as i did to pull out platinum trophies like killzone 2 and littlebigplanet which took a lot of time and persistance to get through. Looking at my timetable for the next 4 months, gaming is still quite low on my list, and after exams are over, it sadly looks like ill be able to pick it up as much again, with the need for work being a primary objective, uni and more importantly spending time with my girlfriend. But i guess i cant ultimately say it will gather dust at this point in time, but the outlook for long sessions at end and platinum after platinum is still up in the air.
Over the course of a few months, our (9?) month dog has done this;
This caused=
chewed up one stick of both pairs of drum sticks for Rockband/ GH
(useless and different sizes making hard it to use efficiently)
The Rubber off both analog sticks to be chewed off leaving the sticks bare and a pain to play with
(buying a new DS3 with Uncharted 2 hopefully soon)
How i met your mother season three with chew marks on the case
luckily no damage to the discs but the case annoys me
thankfully he hasnt decided to go after the God of War III media pack, since according to ebay, its worth more than my ps3 :D anyway there's a short update, ill blog soon with exam results, which should be next week. Have fun.
Not sure if this is worthy of a fail, but hey i get bored in school:P
if you haven't picked it out... [spoiler] label above barcode in comparison to the "made in china" [/spoiler]
anyways, should be blogging tomorrow for a monthly roundup :)
Well last friday, the 19th of March was my gamespot birthday, 3 years on the site (yay)
not much to celebrate but yeah
all i can say is over 3 years ive had 4 moderations (1 i didnt realise till i just checked it) mostly due to my incompetence in not realising what i was writting, but all has been well and ive been a good boy :)
i think 3 years ago i joined to get cheats for games (like who doesnt) and didnt really post till a year later, since then Gamespot has become a staple of my daily activites, since there arent really many places to be able to discuss issues and such with fellow australian's and find people who i'd be able to play along with online, since no one i know personally has a ps3 or wii or has ever put it online, plus i find reasonably skilled people to play with.
I can say the past 3 years have been great, and im looking forward to the many more to come, though i'll be still in and out often with my current workload, so i may disappear from time to time.
Thanks guys for making the site great :)
so..... tis the day of my birthday, the day i turn 17, the last birthday before i get considered to be an adult, how was it you ask?
it was great, though only got money it didnt phase me much, chicken treat were dodgy and didnt give us a chicken roll meaning we drove up there twice, and the weather is hot and soon to be humid with rains and had an english assessment which i think i flunked (way too much pressure for first task into unit 3A) and there werent any working aircon's in the school.
not much of a blog i know, but for those who are curious, take some cake just for you ;)
p.s im also level 30 :D
p.p.s next blog may be on my 3rd GS anniversary, which also happens to be on my ball night lol
till next time
:)
(skip to the underlined heading if you want to skip to my plans for this year)
Ah 2010, a time to have a fresh start and look forward to the year to come. I guess its pretty true for me being i turn 17, real exams, schoolies and the dreaded uni application at the end of the year, but to get to the bright light at the end of the tunnel, theres a long rocky road ahead, well for me especially. Being that the school im in, it would be regarded as low soco-economic with majority of kids picking up a trade after they finish school though there are still a bunch of bright kids wanting to go to university to further their goals.
Recently the West Australian had a liftout with interviews with the top TER students for 2009, and well just reading what subjects they did, and how they studied, it got me petrified. Their subjects included high end english and maths, chemistry, calculus and physics whereas to what our school provides, our maths is 2 levels down (next level higher you need to travel to another school 4 days a week to go to it), english is a level lower and the other 3 subjects are only offered through Side, which doesnt work well with those subjects since no teacher there, makes life really difficult.
But who do you blame? the education department for not giving all areas an equal chance, the minning boom up north taking alot of possible uni students, the school for having behaiour problems with students, parents for not being strict, architects for designing the school horribly....the list goes on and goes around in a circle making it impossible to fix.
At the moment im not really sure of what i want to do at uni yet though, i'm kinda interested in doing child psychology and medicene which i can then use to become a childrens doctor, which would mean i have to net a TER of 96, which is pretty damn high and im not liking my chance. Luckily though, our school has joined UWA in a medicene and dentistry partnership which may be great for me though theres still things i need to do for it.
At the moment i have to plan on getting a St John's Ambulance first aid certificate, doing a UMAT test, an interview and i also have plans on doing a course helping out the retirement home just to increase my likelihood of getting in and completing my 20 hours community service, not to mention on the work load and study load ive got to do.
So what does it mean now?
Well i guess its all but sad news i guess, as most of you know i'm job hunting at the moment for the extra money seeing ill struggle to buy anything over the next 6 months with a ball (which i'll have a date), friends brithday, and other things which ill need alot of money for. So with a Job, and study load, i think gaming will slow down dramatically to whenever i have free time which i guess will now be rare. i'll still pick up titles though throughout the year, i have a big back-logue of things i have to get but its merely surplus for the coming years as the way things looking now, i may be moving out next year and with full time work and uni, gaming will be left out as money needs to be spent else where on more important things, but yeah thats how i've worked it out as, though it may prove different
2009 was my year of the playstation 3 and it was amazing, 2010 however wont be as such, though as long as its 10 year plan goes ahead, i have 10 years with my baby to come
so here is blog 21, kinda sounds like the new bond film coming out like i dunno soon? lol as per always ill break down my happenings over the past few weeks into chunks to make it lighter on you to read ;)
Home
as mentioned in my last blog, some of you may remember my father having multiple myeloma which is a cancer in the blood. few weeks ago his health went really bad as he had sugar hypos and weak legs during my first week of holidays so i was stuck at home all of that week till he was supposed to be admitted into hospital to start his bone marrow transplant which was last week. since then im home alone during the day which is a nice change in a way, as im more free to do what i want without being hassled all the time. His transplant hasnt started yet as he has the final and largest dose of chemo left to go, which they had to hold off as he's had blood sugar and blood pressure problems since hes been in hospital, and his heart strength is at 38% capacity which is 2% under recommendation. today he went in to get tests done to see if hes ready to go through with the chemo, and the doctors decide whether they belive he should go home for christmas to rest and get better and do the transplant in the new year. everyone is hoping he'll be home for christmas but he wants it over and done with.
in unrelated news, i got my L permit 2 weeks ago, so ill be driving soon :D hopefully i dont start thinking its burnout :lol:
School
school finished for me a few weeks ago (yay) and i also got my reports today, to everyone else they might think of it as being great, but letter grades arent of concern to me anymore, exam marks are where its all at, and heres what i got;
2B Biology: 57% 52% +5%
2B English: 64% 59% +7%
2B History:80% 69% +11%
2B Science: 68% 69% -1%
2B Maths: 74% 90% -16%
2B philosophy and ethics: 70% 72% -2%
(highlighted numbers denote last semester)
so overall i got 4 A's, a B and a C. only thing im bummed out is english as no matter what i cant get an A, and the teachers always generalise you have to do x to do better, but they dont say how and they dont help, which doesnt help me at all
Gaming
2 trophies from LittleBigPlanet plat, which one i need 4 players and the other is easy and nearly done with MW2 which i hope i will finish both by december 31st. not sure what happens after i finished them though as i dont have any more games i would like to play and im flat out broke for a long while, so maybe time for me to get a job and money?
Everything else
well 2009 is about to wrap up soon, and i have a feeling next year will be even bigger than this year as everything gets hectic as i finish up school, make plans for uni, schoolies, yaer 12 formal, a job, all these new releases coming out, turning 17......its making me anxious and nervous and scared at the same time, but im hoping it all works in my favour.
oh and also just out of curiosity for those still in school, what do you hope to be when you finish high school?
well that wraps up blog 21, and my final blog for the year will be on the last week of december with pick ups of my year, my lists for next year and goals. Until then Monkey out :D
howdy y'all
i was intending to post up a blog sunday to mark 4 months since last blog but school work needed attending too and i stayed up till 1:30am the past 2 nights, not such a good thing when you have 4 assignments over the next 3 days :P
anyway whats happeend in the past four months?
Home Life
well some of you may remember as i tweeted this ages ago, but anyway, my dad found out he has multiple myeloma, which is a sort of rare blood cancer (i think it was 1 in 100,000 or something?). He found it in the early stages thankfully so treatment was an option and he's been through chemo the past few months, unforunately he'll be in hospital for anywhere up to a month while he has bone marrow transplant, which they have planned to start end november/early december which will mean;
a)i'm home alone for 2 weeks till sister finishes school term
b)he may not be home for christmas, making it much difficult to get food and stuff
c)going to have to find ways to get out and about while mums at work during the summer holidays
Hopefully he'll come out ok, as i don't really want to take so much responsibility over my family so young. oh and the most remarkable thing is that he only found out because his shoulder has been playing up. a few years ago he just lost mobility in his arm and physio and treatments didnt work and surgery was the only option but he declined and wanted to wait it out. Blood tests and scans on his shoulder revealed the abnormal protein levels and they found the cancer at really early stages, so one problem help found a bigger problem.
School Life
getting more on my nerves now, teachers are getting picky on marks and just throwing assignments at us, which leaves me little time to RnR. still need to work on writing though as exams are about 4 weeks away and i need to be able to copy what i did last time as i managed to write 13 pages in 3 hours (personal record) and im having writers block at the moment with introductions and conclusions. it seems like everyone is also growing tired of school as 70% of people havent even started assignments when they are due in, and one of my mates who was sorta smart decided to take a few weeks off for no reason, and this is all in the TEE c.lass out of a year size of about 60, 20 are at TEE level and out of those 20, about 5-6 i would expect be capable enough to move onto uni. still kinda scary thinking that this time next year school life is pretty much at its end and we go our seperate ways, which is good and bad in a way.
Gaming Life
since last update i think ive plated 3? games fallout 3, burnout paradise and trine, currently working on littlebigplanet plat, which is getting harder to do as not many people on the online community are that nice and willing to help, but ill get that plat eventually. Modern Warfare 2 next month and hoping to get it on release, but only standard edition (dont have the money to get prestige or hardened). this will be my first ps3 game i payed for thats been more than $40 :lol:
after that im thinking ill be getting 2 or 3 more games for the year but not sure what to get yet, but it needs to be able to keep me occupied for at least 3 months, so im thinking of getting fifa 10 and maybe tekken 6? or maybe even GoW pack.
Everything else that doesn't fit in
Social life is really going good as im getting out more, but relying on cheap places and not buying much to survive :P but one of the major issues im currently facing is the need of getting a job. Friends want me to get a job, parents want me to get a job and i need money but dont want a job. its really hard to decide as im slack and dont know if ill be able to cope with school and work. im more of a do it over time and at own pace and not rush everything kinda guy, and if i had a job it would be no rest work work work, chores, homework then games. but the benefit is i have money to spend. plus on top of that my friend wanted us to go to melbourne and go on a cruise to tassie for schoolies which is a great idea as i dont like the idea of going to packed areas, where you'll find nothing but idiots, drunk idiots, drugs and.....yeah you get the point, bad thing is though might need anywhere up to $2000 for the 1-2 weeks which ill only be able to get if i have a job :lol:
But yeah its something i'm going to need to sort out soon. question to anyone reading this, is it beneficial to get a job for year 12 or wait out another year before getting one to focus more on school work and whats the base pay average for a 17 year old?
Next update might be around end of exams so next month :D
Oh and i just remembered, at monday 12am i start gaming hiatus which goes though till november 27th to give time for study and exams. also i may/may not post as frequent but may be just lurking, but i'll go on the ps3 occasionally to monitor my levels on LBP to make sure they get all the hearts i need for the trophy
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