The American Overclocked Otaku

Meh…Yeah, school’s been wearing me down. With a speech due tomorrow I need to study like it was going out of style for, and a TON of undone work in an online class due (Note to self: never take an online course again! Stick with regular, or hybrid!), I’ll be unlikely to post on a regular basis until sometime in mid-May. But I did, however, manage to go to my first Magic: the Gathering Prerelease. For the record, next time I go to any major Magic event? I kinda want to either go solo, or with the company of a beautiful woman. =B Woo. But I left with a record of 3-1 and 6 booster packs of prizes. Pair that with the things I got in trade, and the experience as a whole, and I’m feeling pretty confident for when Future Sight comes out. Nevermind that it currently confuses me and I don’t see very many useful constructed decks spewing from it, but I suppose we’ll see.. =)

In the meantime, I’m…Just going to wear myself out with all the work I need to do. And then I need to save up quite a bit of the moolah for Otakon. And then maybe for another big Magic: the Gathering event. =( Why does it seem like I can never do everything that I want? Srsly, I have dozens of books that I can’t read until the semester’s over. I have no money because it’s all getting dumped into bills and gas; and when I do save money, it gets dumped into college books! I mean…Seriously! Dubya-tee-eff!? I can’t get any new anime until I make more money or find some sort of solution to this, and the same goes for video games. The only way I can play at all is by going over to my cousin’s- who I don’t see often because either I’m working and/or at school or he’s working- and he’s going into the Air Force, soon. I’m not about to get all weepy because he’s going- I think that the Military will do a great deal of good for him- it kind of sucks. I don’t have much in the way of friends that I see on a regular basis beyond Goose, and while it’s something that’s bound to change, I’ve never been much of a party person. I just feel out of place when I’m around a large number of people; almost crowded in a way, uncomfortable, and it feels as if anything that comes out of my mouth isn’t interesting at all- and really, beyond video games what else about my life is interesting right now? Magic: the Gathering? Very few of my friends play Magic. Anime? Blake likes anime, but trying to say that I like it to some others would make them think of DBZ or Sailor Moon (Which I liked in, say, elementary school). Reading? Reading is always more of a solitary thing; I could tell most people, “Hey, you should really read James Clavell’s Shogun; I’ve read it again and again and I’m still not tired of it.” But how many would actually take that advice to heart? I know I’m not an idiot, even though I feel like one from time to time.

Eh, maybe I’m being dramatic, again. It sort of figures that every time I type in this blog I end up complaining over something or another. I enjoyed the prerelease, even though my nerves were frayed by the company kept- however nice it was. I’m getting a student loan soon, so issues with books and payments won’t be as critical- but I need to fix up these scores. If I can manage that, then I’ll be a happy Tom. =) Until then, a bientot!