Above the Clouds

Flying high today, and I can't wait until tomorrow. I found a picture on the web that pretty much describes how i feel.

I don't know who took it, but its a beautiful picture... (If I sound like I'm not myself, its because I've never felt this good in my life).

Recent Computer Endeavors

So yesterday Alex (with a little of my help) took over my laptop, from his house. Remote assistance is cool. We ended up fighting over control of the mouse a couple of times, because I wanted to use the AIM thing, to tell him stuff about the computer that he probably already knew, it was quite funny.

In other news prom is tonight, so everyone who is going, have fun.

My life currently

So yeah, hows life? Mine's good, really good. So awhile back I said that I was very happy, but I didn't give a reason why. Well, Karolyn suggested that I just come out and say what's been making me so happy. There has been a mutual decision that I respond to Karolyn's comment. So here it is Sylvia and I have been dating since the beginning of Spring break. I have never been so happy in my entire life, and I hope that she is too.

^__^

Some pictures from guitar practice...

Hi everyone. I had Tyler over today, and we practiced guitar for quite some time. In the process we took some pictures, here are some of them.


(this is me)
(Tyler)

(Lola and Laila, strong family resemblance no?)

OK, so now that all of the introductions are complete...

(A totally random picture that was taken by accident)

(Tyler took this one, pretty awesome, I mean seriously who can hold a guitar and take a picture of it at the same time?)

(Some trick playing, only the privileged few get to see me play behind my head, in person. It's rather difficult, but challenges are fun. "Sweet Child O' Mine" is one of the few songs I can actually use this trick for.)

(The next Steve Vai... If you have ever seen Steve Vai play, you'll get that. If not look him up. Tyler's the man.)

(In addition to being the man, he was also very tired. XD
Too much caffeine, I assume... see the empty Mt. Dew can... well that was already there, but oh well you get the point.)

Tremolo picking... one of the coolest guitar techniques ever

OK, so tremolo picking is playing one note (one string), over and over again as fast as possible. Its really difficult, but I have been practicing it and have gotten to be able to do it consistently, well sort of. Some days I can do it other days I can't, much like artificial harmonics. Anyway, it sounds sweet, and I think I'm going to incorporate the technique into my own guitar playing style as much as possible.

I am developing a guitar playing style (as mentioned above), and it is still quite basic. But here's some of what it includes: fast power chords, tremolo picking, clean (on the amp, when I can effectively use it), some slides and of course really fast finger/pick tapping (I don't really know if that is the technical term for it). A few of you have heard that last technique, and it is by far my favorite to use spontaneously.

RANDOM STUFF!!!

So I'm gonna talk about random stuff now, so don't think I've gone insane, I've just had a good day. Hmm... first topic... has anyone ever had a computer that keeps losing memory for no apparent reason. My laptop seems to be losing hard drive space rapidly for no apparent cause. As far as I can tell it hasn't gotten any new programs or other files, so its rather puzzling... could be FireFox.

Next, it has been suggested that I talk about cheese. Cheese is cool!!! I like almost every kind of cheese. American is my favorite. What is your favorite kind of cheese? Melted or cold?

I now have AIM so if anyone wants my screen name thing, contact me via email or phone or whatever.

So my brother doesn't like taking vitamins in the morning, so he hides them around the house. He got caught today... It was kind of funny. Besides my brother, who hides vitamins?

I guess Tyler's coming over tomorrow or sometime. I have yet to finalize the details, but it should be interesting.

Sylvia is singing at a wedding (sorry I didn't mention this sooner).

The weather here is awesome! Not freezing any more, because freezing+Storm=bad. It actually feels kind of like Spring now. I hope it stays like this, and perhaps gets warmer. Not a cloud in the sky right now.

And finally and most importantly it is the weekend!

This has been a series of random thoughts from Storm.

Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Awesome song by Metallica...
Listen to it.

Yesterday

Hi everyone! Yesterday was awesome, and so was today despite having an awful headache and perhaps having done some terrible damage to my shoulder. It was Matt's party yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. We watched Sahara, well most of us did, I personally was nearly out cold from an excessive intake of caffeine. I drank a mountain dew, a mountain dew livewire, and most of a mountain dew AMP. A lot of mountain dew I know. Well, long story short, too much caffeine sucked out my energy and I was nearly asleep on the couch for most of the party.

Tyler said that the AMP stuff takes some getting used to, but I think that I'm not even gonna try.

Francisco break-danced, and surprisingly didn't break anything (just kidding Ocsicnarf, or Francisco whichever you like). If you can't tell, I'm in an excessively good mood today.

See ya!

WINDOWS 2000!!!

I got Windows 2000 on my desktop today, mostly because the 98 version just wasn't working right. I am truly extending my gratitude to Alex, because he is completely responsible for this development. Because of this, he is the hero of the day today!

*salutes Alex* (only people who know Alex will get that...)

Metallica Ride The Lightning

Ok, so this is awesome. It is a slide show of some of the coolest lightning pictures ever taken. Again, there is a bit of langauge, but this is overall one of my favorite metal songs. Credit for the video goes to "electro" and credit for the pictures goes to whoever took them.

By the way, this song is one of the few songs that I HAVE to learn on guitar, so wish me luck.

Victory over the Computer!!!

I am officially wireless, unless you count the power cable sometimes. I worked on setting up the router for hours (go ahead and laugh all you want Alex, just because I'm terrible with computers). The trick, was turning off the modem, turning it back on, and finally wait a few minutes to let it identify the router. Its working so far, so keep your fingers crossed for me...

Hero of the Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone, Francisco is the hero of the day. That quote from his blog, was one that I used against my dad when he was being lazy and said that he couldn't walk as fast as my brother because he was old. So I asked him if he learned anything from that movie at all.

Master of Puppets (music that describes me)

What does next year have in store for me?
>Hide Your Heart by KISS (that isn't good...)

What does your love life look like?
>Sacred Heart by Dio

What do I say when life gets hard?
>For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica (wow, I sound depressed right now don't I?)

What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
>We Rock by Dio (???)

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
>Thunderstruck by ACDC (is that even possible?)

What do you want to do for your career?
>Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica (so far of the ones that made any sense, this is by far the most ominous)

Your favorite saying?
>All Hells Breakin Loose by KISS (I suppose that kind of makes some sense... ha ha ha)

Favorite place?
>Hangar 18 by Megadeth (I have a dim future...)

What do you think of your parents?
>Seek and Destroy by Metallica (well, we do fight a lot, but we have never really destroyed eachother...)

Where would you go on a first date?
>Strange Highways by Dio (weird first date...)

Drug of choice?
>Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden

Describe yourself.
>Trapped Under Ice by Metallica (true, but perhaps even more frightening that the Fight Fire with Fire thing)

What is the thing I like doing most?
>Enter Sandman by Metallica (is that a valid answer?)

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
>We Rock by Dio (again ???)

How will I die?
>Nothing Else Matters by Metallica (huh? now that's what I call irony)

The song that will be played at your funeral?
>Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden

The song you'll put as the subject.
>Master of Puppets by Metallica (and I thought the one before last was ironic)

The song that describes my friendships?
>Straight through the Heart by Dio

The song that describes my future marriage.
>For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica (man my future sounds awful right about now)

The song that describes my future children?
>Eye of the Beholder by Metallica (hmm.......)

The song that describes what this summer will be like?
>Forever by KISS (finally a positive song...)

The song that describes what people think of me?
>Tears are Falling by KISS (that's not good)

The song that describes how I will do in school?
>Looks that Kill by Motley Crue (that's gotta be a joke ha ha ha)

The song that describes how nice of a career I'll have?
>Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) by Motley Crue

The song that describes my personality?
>Nothing Else Matters by Metallica (even more ironic than before, considering that it's my favorite song)

OK, I was right to be afraid of the results of this test.

Sorry for following the crowd on this, but it looked (and was) interesting/fun/hilarious.

Song from last year...

So, last year for English class, we were required to pick a song that has described our year. I picked "The Unforgiven" by Metallica. It's a rather depressing song, but that's nothing, Dalton picked "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" as his song.

Oh, and Alex has requested that I update my blog so he can make fun of me. So don't listen to anything he says.

A Test

You paid attention during 91% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

Do you deserve your high school diploma?
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I guess I did pretty good, considering that I'm only a sophomore.

Most Awesome Day Ever

Today was the greatest day ever. And quite honestly, I can't remember if I have ever been this happy before. I don't feel like I'm on my own anymore. Its only Thursday, but I'm considering it to be the end of the week, because school's over.

Overall, this was the perfect week, and I give it 5 out of 5 stars (I would say at least 7 out of 5, but then Alex would have another foolish comment that I have made, to use against me (the lake cold)).

This week so far

Hi everyone, this week has been awesome so far. Hopefully tomorrow will be too. In all honesty, I haven't been this happy (go ahead and laugh Alex) in a long time. Things just seem to be going well, very well. Well, I'll talk to you all later.

ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More totally awesome pictures by Alex

Here's some more pictures by Alex, if you didn't believe me the last time that I said that he was "The Man."

But seriously, he is an awesome photographer.


(I thought that this was one of the coolest pictures that I had seen in a while)



(Look slightly familiar?)

Oh, and since I remember, anonymous generally means Alex.

Ha Ha Ha

Rush YYZ

YYZ by Rush, live. They are awesome, and this song ranks as one of the coolest instrumentals ever. Since this is live, it's even more impressive.

Photos by Alex

In a joint effort Alex and I are now adding pictures to my blog from time to time. Currently I have nothing interesting, so these were all taken by Alex.

Flood pictures (I wish I was there...)

(that reminds me of the movie "Independence Day")

Is Alex not "The Man"?

Hopefully I will get some of my own pictures to put on here soon...