We're Still Awesome

I haven't been very good at updating this recently, so remember, we're still awesome.

Updates because you peoples have been asking for them.

This past week my dad and I were in Annie. It was great fun, even though I was horribly sick through most of it. I realized about a day before the show started that I probably should have told you guys about it sooner through this blog. Oops.

Aunt Reba asked about Valentines day. There isn't anything to say. Schedules conflicted resulting in a completely ordinary day.

Tristan, my new nephew, is super cute and I don't think its possible to ever hold him enough.

Um... anything else? I don't know, my life isn't all that exciting if you just watch it. If you were me you would never be bored, but if you were watching me you would be bored out of your mind. I wouldn't make a good movie, but I might make a good book.

Speaking of books, I haven't written anything since Annie started. I think I'll solve that now.

LaTerry's Awesome Tips on How to Survive the Internet 2!

Man, I haven't updated in forever. I can explain in one simple word: Laaaaaaaaaaaaaazy~

Anyway, on to business.

Tips #2: Fun Times! :D

If you ever find yourself board on the internet, something is wrong. Boredom is a serious issue among all people, and I'm doing my best to fight it in all forms. Internet boredom is easily chased away with pitchforks fortunatly. Here are a list of sites that have a +2 effectiveness on boredom.

youtube
Honestly, if you don't know what youtube is, talk to your retailer and move out from under that rock. You can find just about anything on youtube as long as it doesn't break the rules. If something even remotely interests you, search it on youtube. If you think something is awesome, search it on youtube. Youtube can provide hours of entertainment as long as you know what you are looking for.

Mousehunt
I just heard a groan from Jacob. Just skip ahead Jacob, just skip ahead.
Mousehunt is an addictive game on facebook that has forced me to live my life in 15 minute segments. The Kingdom of Gnawnia has been overrun with mice, and the King needs you to help. You start out with a simple trap and can only catch simple mice, such as a white mouse or a brown mouse. Each mice earns you a gold and point reward. As you gain more and more gold and points you can get better mouse traps, like the 500 pound crusher or the Deathbot, and with these better traps you can catch stronger mice, like the Granite mouse or the Zombie mouse. You catch mice by sounding the Hunters Horn every 15 minutes, which is why my life is split into 15 minute segments. The developers are always updating and making the game better for all. Many also suspent that that they are insane because of some of the video's they release, but that just makes it better. They have events all the time, usually on holidays, where they release special mice and do giveaways. I won 50 canadian dollars by playing mousehunt. Seriously.
Go.
Play.
Mousehunt.

homestarrunner.com
If you ever need to laugh, go here. A million laughs, a million laughs.

iminlikewithyou.com
This is a fun little site that lets you play games that totally aren't copyright infringment. You can play Tetris, I mean Blockles, Bomberma- Monkey Balloon, and Draw My Thing (which is suprisingly original). So ya, if you want to play some mind numming little games, this is the place for you.

There are tons of other sites that are dedicated to removing boredom, you just have to search. As always, the internet can be a dangerous place, so be careful. If I find/remember any more sites that should go here, I'll put them here.

On a side note, Valentines Day is on Saturday, and its the first time I actually care X_X

Awesome Picture

What, were you expecting more tips to survive the internet again? Sorry, we interupt these tips to bring you an awesome picture.

I was browsing the internet and I found this.

I laughed for about half an hour. Now that may be because I was really, really, tired, but even so, I felt it worthy to be posted.

LaTerry's Awesome Tips on How to Survive the Internet

The Internet can be a dangerous and confusing place. Without the proper know how, you may end up buying land on the moon, or having your identity stolen, or worse, you may find yourself bored. The Internet has infinite potential to keep you entertained and occupy your time, but it can also be a place of horrible unpleasantness. So, to keep you safe from being bored or unhappy, I offer you these tips on how to survive the Internet.

Lesson 1: Keeping yourself safe.

There are a bunch of idiots in the world. It seems that they multiply on the Internet. It boggles my mind why people go out of their way to create viruses whose sole purpose is to kill someone else's computer. Yet, they exist, and they probably think that they are pretty funny. Then there are people who don't have lives and so feel the need to steal someone else's life. And then there are people who really want you to visit their site, and so they bombard you with pop-ups. If you don't have the proper software, the Internet can be incredibly dangerous. Therefore, you need to protect your computer with antivirus, anti-spyware, and pop-up blockers. This can be a pain, but just think about how miserable you would be without it.

So that's important, but that's not all you need to do. There are other ways people can steal your identity. There are sites called Phisher sites. They will phish for you. Say you get an email from a website that you have subscribed to or joined or something. That email says to click the link and log in. This can be a trap. The mail could have been sent by a phisher, and when you click the link, you go to what looks like the site, but its really a clever ruse. You would then put your info into the site, but its not the site, and you didn't just log in. Someone just stole your user name and password. You have been phished. If you get an email from a site that says click this link to go to our site, it would be safer to go to the sites main page and log in there.

You email address is very important. Be careful where you give it out. But don't be paranoid either. If a site asks for it, look at their private policy if you are concerned. In fact, that goes for any website that is asking about your information. Read their private policy if you feel concered about why they are asking stuff about you. If they don't have a private policy, then you probably shouldn't trust them. Also, chain letters are a primary target for people to get email addresses. If you look at those, you can find hundreds of addresses after its been passed on a bit. So, don't send chain letters. Honestly, they are some of the most pointless things on the Internet, and that is saying a lot. If you feel that you must, there is a way to send an email and not pass on any email addresses. Instead of putting the email addresses of the people your sending it to in the TO: line, but them in the BCC: line. BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. You could send an email to hundreds of people, and they would never know. Spam companies can do nothing with an empty TO: line.

Just some things to keep in mind. I may or may not add more to this lesson, but for now, that's all. The next lesson will be less serious and more fun :)

Katethegreat19 is Awesome!

Whilst browsing youtube, I found some wonderful videos by the user katethegreat19.



That song is called Rose of May. Katethegreat did all the instruments and all the vocals. The song was originally a song from Final Fantasy 9 and didn't have any lyrics, so she wrote and sang the lyrics for this video. The song is about the character Beatrix from Final Fantasy 9 and describes the character very well.



Again, she did everything for this song except write the original melody, which is again from Final Fantasy 9. This song is called The Place I'll Return Someday. Isn't is beautiful.



This song is called You're Not Alone (you may remember me blogging about this song before.) It is another song from Final Fantasy 9.



This song is Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy 7. Its was already a beautiful sad song (as you may remember) but heavens did katethegreat19 make it so much better!

She has a lot of other songs, I suggest you check out her youtube page or her blogger page, or both (click on her name up at the top of the post).

So, in the unlikey case that katethegreat19 ever looks at my this blog post: You're awesome katethegreat19! You're awesome!

...Oh, and Happy New Year :D

Christmas was Awesome :D

I had an awesome Christmas :D I hope that you did as well. Here is a summation:

On Christmas Eve the family that had already gathered sat in the Christmas room (for so it is called) and my dad read the Christmas story from the bible and we discussed the origin of Christmas. We then proceeded to open one present. That night I opened Final Fantasy 3 DS. Final Fantasy 3 DS marked the end of an era. Once it was released, all Final Fantasies had finally reached American soil. 'Tis a great game.

Instead of opening our presents Christmas morning, we decided to wait for the entire family to be present. That last to arrive was Alisha and Emma, understandably. Whilst waiting for them, I was content to be with my nephews. I grabbed up my nephew Asher and held him for a bit. After a while he seemed to want to walk around on his own, and so I let him down, which is when I caught sight of his shirt. It had the words only child crossed out and under them it said Big Brother. O_o Yep, Josh and Amber shall increase the size of their family soon.

Once everyone arrived, we attacked the Christmas room after the young ones couldn't stand to wait any longer. There was happiness all around as gifts were opened, especially from Emma. She got a High School Musical *shudders* cheerleader outfit and couldn't wait to put it on. I myself was very pleased with my gifts. I got four books. The Compound, Brisingr, Water for Elephants, and the fourth Leven Thumps book. Interestingly, I don't yet have the third book, so I ordered it online using the money I got from my grandfather. I also received Final Fantasy 4 DS (completely remade in 3D with voice acting and everything) and a missionary journal from Josh, which had an entry for Dec 25. Very heart warming it was. For most of the day we devoured the food stuffs that we had laid out on the tables and played Rock Band.

We had a very white Christmas. I don't think there has ever been this much snow on the ground since I moved to here. The Geo was completely covered with snow. About a half hour before midnight, Sarah had to go to the hospital because it seemed that she was having contractions. She didn't have the baby, much to her delight. Having a baby on Christmas wasn't what she wanted.

Although Christmas was over, that Saturday, I got another (late) present. My friend Kari came over and brought a movie called A Sound of Thunder for me. I have yet to watch it, but I shall soon. We then went to go see Bedtime Stories, which is hilarious, and then went to Wal*Mart to meet her friend. I held her purse the whole time we were there, trying my best to look the part of a gay guy :P It wasn't until we were leaving that it paid off as we passed some guy who made the comment, "Nice purse." We busted out laughing.

I had a great and awesome Christmas, and I hope you did too. I hope also that you remember what it is that Christmas is all about. Not the presents (though, admittedly, it does occupy a lot of my focus around this time of year), not the food, its not even about spending time with family (as much as sappy TV shows like to say). Those are all just bonus features that we all like to enjoy. The true reason is to celebrate the birth of Christ. Remember this well.

Awesome Song

I was browsing YouTube and I found a song that I really liked. At first I thought that the song was kinda "meh" but after listening to it for a bit, it grew on me. The part that changed my opinion of it was the singing. The song is from a game called Persona 3 (which I've never played unfortunatly).

And in an unrelated note, go here.

This Star Wars A Cappella is Awesome!

We all know that Star Wars is awesome, and this video just reinforces that fact.



In case you are wondering, the guy in the video didn't sing that, the group Moosebutter did, who happen to be from Utah.

Oh, and since nobody seems to know that it exists yet, here is a link to my other blog: http://laterrythewriter.blogspot.com/

I Want You To Be Awesome

So, a few of my friends from my old school made a video for a Western Family contest and are now in the top five. If they win, my old high school Drama Department gets $1000. This is a cause near and dear to my heart. My Drama Department is super amazing and run by a great guy. They also get no funding from the school board. If they get the thousand bucks they could go to a lot more meets and compete a lot more and get a lot better and amazing. Also, my little brother is in the Drama Department and it would give him a world of happy if they won.

So, go to www.mywesternfamily.com and vote for "Brand Wars." If you do, you'll earn at least +2 awesome points.