H&R 4

Having a sleepover with Connor, Rees, (my bro was there too) was not a good way to begin this "Working Holiday" but I do want to share with you about Hunters and Runners 4, if not some of the other things we had fun playing.

To begin with, we did originally simply play CoD, Halo, and Metroid just in order to shoot and kill one another, and it was enjoyable/annoying but not really worthwhile (Multiple times either I had a killing spree, or someone else did, or no one played well at all).

HOWEVER: We eventually degraded our ferocity for violence.

It began with Connor and his SAM Turret. On a particularly one-sided game on Villa, Connor got bored with defending the house so well against me and Rees (and me and Rees had detracted to pure enjoyment and hilarity of our own death's in order to avoid anger and resentment) that he received a care package with a placeable SAM Turret inside. Now, whilst holding this turret, it completely blinds a person's view and it glows yellow. Having Lightweight and Marathon perks turned on (Runs faster, runs longer) he began to run with it. and I mean, EVERYWHERE.......
Pretty soon, the rest of us caught on to what he was doing and found it enormously funny. It became a game for him to run, us to chase (and sometimes kill, if we caught up) all over the map. and That, That was funny. We had a blast.

And it continued, with Rees and his "Radio". Rees discovered while at WMD, that by placing a Jammer down on the ground, it gives the similar appearance and sound of a radio. Connor and Rees (being sniped by me and mitchell occaisionally) then ran around, looking for places to listen to the radio, and hear the Nazi's send their overt communications, or hear the Train Station Channel, and other random hilarious sounds. I remember distincly a specific instance- I had just ran around a corner to an area that offered one very long, unbroken view. At the end of that, I found Connor and Rees, who had just set down their Radio. Taking aim, I shot Rees just after he set down the Radio. I looked over at his reaction, and it didn't change whatsoever (it was still in the child-like look of happiness and randomness and playfulness) and he commented, in a child-like way "I fawl down." Chuckling a bit, I aimed for Connor. The bullet impacted his head, flinging him down from a standing position. He said, "Oh noez, I fawl down, too." It was frickin hilarious.

Now that we were in the correct mood (where one no longer cares about the score, but to have a good time) we eventually found ourselves in the Jungle. Some happy soul found a railing blocking a small drop off. While sprinting, and then holding down B, a person can perform a leap from a running position to flat on your belly. This person found that leaping over this edge is just high enough to commit suicide off of.

And as they continued to leap, their teammate joined them in the leaping, while the other team found that during their jump it is rather fun and a challenge to attempt to kill them before they land. And so, Hunters and Runners 4 was born (chronology will be charted later in the post).

The Runners must set up a tactical insertion a couple of yards back from the railing, allowing them to respawn there quickly. They also need marathon to allow them to run long enough to reach the railing, but not lightweight as you receive no fall damage. The Hunters could technically be given any weapon, however since automatic and explosive weapons are seen as "cheap", Sniper Rifles, Ballistic Knives, and Tomahawks give the most enjoyment out of a successful kill.

Obivously, this is an Honor System, where the rules are not strictly, or unremovably set, where one person could easily violate it all with the flick of the trigger. Fortunately, being the founders of H&R 4, we were all in agreement and enjoyment, and no one purposely wished to end or quit the game.

We had a wonderful time playing- It feels...relieving to jump off a cliff. Exhilarating too, but it's more the feeling of releasing yourself from your cares and worries, and just letting yourself go.
Being a Hunter, it's a little more challenging and stressful, but because of that it's rewarding as well, getting that perfect snipe, just an instant before they hit the ground.

I assume it stunk for my parents, as it kept them up and woke my father up at 2 a.m.
I do apologize for that, but I hope you forgive me with this explanation, and my work to clean the house and care for my siblings.







So, I can now write in my three-word Journal, only this: H&R 4.
And Hopefully, everything that I have just written down will come to mind, being a successful memory cue. :)

Sometime, I'll write about H&R 1, and maybe 2 & 3 (1 was with Connor on Valhalla, 2 was Connor attempting to create memorabilia without a memory, so it failed, and 3 was me sort of attempting that same thing, though it was popular with some of mitchell's friends.)

The Three Word Journal

How many times have I revamped my goals and lists and things? I'd rather not try and count it...






To begin with, let me just say that you are extremely lucky that I didn't start writing in here an hour ago. It would've been an angry, sad, mopey, depressed, confused, and weireded out person writing, not me...well, still me but...



It sucks.

When something bothers you and you are unable to locate what exactly that is. An elusive cloud, it's like trying to slice through a ghost with a sword. You make some kind of whoosh, and it appears to be been cut clean through, yet, within seconds, the ghost's body returns, as it advances ever nearer.







So. The Three Word Journal.

I really like it ^^ It's by a man by the name of Randal A. Wright (I really like his name xD) who is a social genius. He really understands how we (I) tick, and what I can do to make my ticking either stronger, more consistent, or both. I just finished with the part where you need to list your strengths and weaknesses. I felt rather relieved to get it down, I had just as many strengths as I did weaknesses (around 50 each) and now begins the process of working on them...


I've been enjoying this journal so much because I have already been doing everything that this guys suggests, however, he knows how to organize it and actually accomplish it (for instance, he actually used the phrase "mental, spiritual, physical, and social" which I have been using to understand myself for years now.)



But, because I still haven't done my homework, and it's 10:30, I gotta go to bed. (i'm technically following my schedule! :D)

Just Do It

For some reason it's taken me a good deal of effort to finally do all my homework and write in my blog, after such a bad week of all gaming, no working.

No really xD

But seriously, while I was in it, I had no idea how to get out, and even now, I'm not sure how I did get out.

I suppose I just said i would do it. Just Do It.

But it can't be so simple.

Because of the Special Conference during my gaming period, I came up with plenty of reasons to have gotten out and done something, but as soon as I got home, I just gamed anyways.

"Accept the fact that you will always be in debt. However, Never Forget."

This is an example of one of those phrases I came up with. It's important to understand it entirely, not just portions. No matter how hard I work I could never finish all of my homework, or I could never pay off the debt that I owe to people such as my parents, or Jesus Christ.

However, I must continue to push forward, with a head held high, walking in the strait and narrow path.

(Note: Financial and Biological Ideaoliges that it is necessary to always be in debt. Consider what happens if I complete all my homework. What would I then do? Probably Game, or watch TV, or something else less important. Therefore always having homework to do will keep me doing homework [something good] so...it should work.)



But that's only really coming into effect now, after school today. And there wasn't even any big revealing moment, no gongs and cymbals crashing. Just a small and light determination as I was leaving school, "I'm going to do my homework today."




....is it really so simple? it's almost not fair.....




I was also considering the similarites and differences between actions that benefit from short bursts verses continuous work. Monster Hunter Tri, for example, benefits from short bursts, because since it takes a decently long amount of time to log on, find a group, and start hunting. However, once you have found a group, you go from quest to quest to quest like *snap**snap**snap*.

But other things, like hygiene, are better continuously: No matter for how long you may brush your teeth on saturday, it will never be as effective in a week compared to brushing a little bit each day.

But it's those "middle ground" items that I can't fully understand how to determine.
Like reading the scriptures for example.
Of course it's important to read each day. Discover some good ideas, verses, guides, etc. However, equally effective, is to spend a couple of hours on a sunday, reading.
In contrast, when you read for that long (not assuming you're just straight reading it, which you[I] would fall asleep quickly to) you're not just reading a verse.
You now have time to Analyze, Compare, Review, Ponder, Understand, and Apply, all those really important concepts.

Of course, that isn't the greatest example since I should be reading those a few minutes each day, and maybe an hour or two on sunday, at least. (a few minutes a week would be an improvement, outside of seminary reading)






So, I suppose it remains; that all those intricate ideaologies, doctrines, and such, all continue to crumble under the simple (Because they're less friction in fewer parts :D Physics!).



Just Do it.

But maybe...






Just Want To Do It.