Ammunition > Heroics

So I kept thinking of things I was going to post about but forgetting them really quickly afterward. Fortunately, I just remembered most (possibly all) of it and put down a quick note so I don't forget again... They aren't terribly exciting topics, but whatever.
I was actually going to talk about some of this in the last post, but I forgot what it was, as I've been saying.

First off, I forgot to mention that on Wednesday I went to the dentist again.
Some time last week I discovered that I had a gaping hole in my tooth. It was a huge, abysmal chasm that looked into complete blackness. And there were creepy, glowing eyes inside it, and if you listened just right, you could hear a sinister wheezing coming from it...
...Actually, all of that was hyperbole, but it was still very large... Nice and round, too.
Anyway, my point is that is was way too large for it to have been a cavity that had grown to that size without me realizing it. So I was pretty sure I had just lost a filling (I had).
So I went in on Wednesday and got it fixed. I didn't need any anesthetic, and it didn't take very long.
...Hooray for boring stories! Here's another one for ya':
Also on Wednesday, our youth group went bowling. I'm not good at anything even remotely athletic, so I used the heaviest ball I could find and bowled with my left hand (I'm right-handed, by the way, in case you were not aware). I actually didn't do too shabbily. But don't ask me to recall a score, because I can't.
My point is that I wouldn't have done a lot better if I hadn't made things difficult for myself.
We also had cookies.
And we drew skulls.
On the way back, we had an interesting discussion about the cliched "proverb":
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
Matt (W.) mentioned a variation I had heard before (actually, I think this is what started the whole thing), "When life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it."
Then I repeated Calvin (as in "...and Hobbes") 's thoughts on the matter: "I say, when life gives you lemons, wing 'em right back and add a few of your own!"
Then Will said he didn't like lemons or something, and Seth said they were good because they are citrus fruits and thus help prevent scurvy. So I said "When life gives you lemons, eat them, or you'll get scurvy!"
So I thought more about these lemonisms, but I haven't thought of any really good ones yet. If you come up with any more, post them or whatever. Distortions of other popular cliche/proverbs are good, too.

...As a random interjection, people are getting sick at my house lately. I feel pretty bad today. But I will not get the sickness! Nnneeeevveeerr!

Oh, and yesterday, I made a ton of progress on !°μ1.53, and it felt awesome. I am seriously considering not showing anything else (aside from occasional images a handful of people may have seen) until I release a beta version. And that beta version is going to have a ton of content, let me tell you... No, really. You don't have to let me; I kinda just did.
I am also seriously considering entering it in the student showcase division at IGF next year. The game and I seem to both fit all of the qualifications (or at least the qualifications for this year; they may change a bit, I don't know).


Meanwhile, I've decided it's my mission to wreck your life.
I think I'm pretty good at it.
I'm such a terrible person.
...But seriously, I'm going to start adding something to most posts: A random distraction, usually a game (but sometimes a goofy website or something), that will probably waste at least one of your afternoons. But it's fun. So unless you had something better to do, it's not really wasted. Right?
Today I'm showing you Warning Forever. It's a scrolling shooter, and it's insanely fun. You should look into it even if you're not into that sort of game.
You fight one large spacecraft over and over. Each time it adapts, and gets stronger. If you destroy one portion of the ship quickly, it will be reinforced more the next time. If it kills you with a certain weapon, it will have more of that weapon the next time you fight it.
You get a certain amount of time, and you gain some back every time you destroy the ship, but you lose some every time your ship gets destroyed.
There's a a sort of halfway point (somewhere around stage 10; usually I get it at 11 or 12) where it assigns the boss a new name depending on the general shape of the ship. Every time you get to that point, it saves a replay. It's fun trying to get it into all the different shapes... I think I've gotten five or so now.
Now, just to warn you, it's pretty difficult to stop playing this game. So I don't recommend picking it up if you only have a few minutes to spend.
So, yes, it's kind of dangerous if you don't have any self-control. =P

I think I'm going to put a link to this game and the other ones I mentioned earlier in the sidebar over there. I'll also add links to some random cool websites and such.
I'll do that when I'm finished here... which is now.

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