My grandfather just passed away. 2010 is looking to be a bleak year already.

I just...when I get some pics, I'll honor his memory here. This just fucking sucks...

My parents actually like G4 while I hate it....WTF!? It was supposed to be the other way around! At least until G4 changed with all those shows. I used to like X-play with their skits, but they practically got rid of those, with some exceptions. I want my damn Ratty, Bob and Steve Splinter Cell agents, Drunk Link, and all the others!

Hell, they even got rid of the god of sock puppets part in my favorite Kratos skit! That was my favorite part! WTF!? I gave up on G4 a LONG time ago. Unless they have reports on stuck like E3 or the Tokyo Game Show, I ain't watching. Hell, they even called Chrono Cross a disappointing sequel to Chrono Trigger. FUCK YOU! That's my favorite game of all time!

The end is coming...RUN!!!!

In other news, I wasted my time going to school since classes were cancelled, and I have to go through the Antartica that was my neighborhood because the principal hates closing the school. I pulled a muscle while trying to climb through all the snow Tom forgot to get in order to retrieve the trash cans, and nearly got hit hit by a few rushing cars. My mother also had trouble getting her car uphill from behind the house...It was funny! XD

Edit - It was Tom who had trouble...It is now twice as funny! XD

I need some sleep....

 Here's chapter 1 of Iron Maiden, the rough draft, which may be the final draft for this chapter. Enjoy! ^_^

( "Any last words before I break your legs?" )

Thoughts/opinions anyone?

Okay, against my better judgement, I decided to at least try to get another chapter of Iron Maiden in. Problem is that the whole point of Rush, Emmy, and Irina's journey is to visit locations and kinda bond. I already have the Heroic Ramparts set for last, but what other ones should I include? And where's a good place to start?

Keep in mind that this all begins during Disc 2, and those seven fighters or whatever haven't been revealed as the bad guys.

Any ideas guys and gals? 

Yeah, remember how I said this semester wasn't going to suck? Guess who was wrong!

My teacher has already got me writing up a next to impossible article on New Egypt, but I can't find too much on it. She tells me to look for certain shit or dismisses my ideas, and when I look up the topic she is talking about, it isn't on the goddamn web!

People continuously annoy me here. I'm doing the homophobia survey and asked one of the staff to help spread the survey, just to make my job easier, seeing as how I helped her with the Xbox situation. Anyway, turns out these faculty are too batshit retarded to realize that its anonymous, but they say the questions are too personal. Yeah, that's the fucking point in order to get the goddamn information I need! And for the record, I even said you don't have to put your name and I don't even know you, I don't want to know you, so just fill out the goddamn survey and help your students like you are supposed to do!

Interviewing priests and nuns also proves difficult as next to none are willing to take the damn survey except for one. I fucking hate catholic schools! Then again, what should I expect from religions that have their priests molest boys!

And the cafeteria is now charging extra for paper plates. Yeah, I quit eating there now. From now on, I'll stick to eating in the basement downstairs. There's a microwave, snack machine that is cheaper than they are (in a good sense), and I don't have to put up with a lot of people.

God, just let me graduate and get me the fuck out of here! This place is driving me nuts!

I'm all washed up, literally.

Earlier, my damn umbrella proved to be useless against the might gust and rain, and nearly broke it in two! So what am I left to do? Apparently wait several minutes before the bus finally shows up...and the rain continuously gets harder to the point where my pants are soaked. I pray I don't get sick...u_u It's like mother nature just suddenly decided to fuck me over! You'd think after trying to help alicia I'd get some good karma heading my way, right? Ugh, my body feels so heavy after that fucking downpour of water...

I decided to do my investigation on homophobia and why people fear it and reject homosexual rights. Although I do plan on interviewing a few people, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated on this topic. I may even interview a few of you is necessary. All comments will be screened and your names will be kept out of the report, so relax.

Edit- And for the record, I have nothing against yaoi/yuri. Personally, I approve of homosexuals having equal rights such as marriage since I see no problem with love. Just...don't tell me any sex stories. For guys, I will be scared for life (once looked up yaoi and becomes blind). Hell, I'd rather not hear any sex stories from anyone; extremely uncomfortable when thinking about my friends like that. And complete strangers like that...gee, what on earth do you think will happen when I am clearly not a man-whore like my father's side of the family?

I can't take all the credit for the idea. Movie Brat on fanfiction.net helped me pick the topic, so thank him by reading his fics!

Speaking of fanfiction, it's really hard to get back into the groove of things. It's frustrating me like hell! I'm never going to be able to win this tournament at this rate, and I still can't find a teacher. Still, my two betas are doing a good job helping me so far.

Edit- I think I am finally getting my groove back a little, sort of.

I'm out.

 One of my dear sisters, alicia_hime, deleted her own LJ. Why? Because apparently after posting a video, she was insulted, flagged, and made fun of by several fucking losers on youtube.

Now I am only going to say this once, so you guys, and any assholes out there reading this, better listen:

NO ONE

FUCKS

WITH MY

SISTERS!

Granted, I technically have no sisters by blood, but the women on my friends list are like sisters to me, and I would do anything for them. We help one another, and while they simply could have tossed me aside, they keep me close, unlike many other friends I thought I knew.

Trust me, I know for a fact they can handle themselves and beat the utter shit out of you. But hey, that doesn't mean I am going to let them hog all the fun of taking you down. Online douchbags, I'm pretty sure I can find some hackers in my university to destroy your precious laptop. And offline...you better pray to God you never meet me, ever.

And this is just for shit that is legal, but morally wrong. Illegal shit, I'll hunt you down to the ends of the Earth! 

Due to me being an anti-social person, and a lacker in the ideas department, and also lacking proper transportation, what kind of report should I do? 

Remember, the topic apparently has to be illegal and harmful to others, and caused by someone, like underage drinking or, apparently, chasing down rapists. Naturally, I want something that won't get me shot!

 Okay, I am well aware of my luck with this shit; Monopoly at McDonalds is the perfect example, but this time I have a secret weapon: friends on the web!

So does anyone have the following numbers:

29 (most important/easiest; I can win a Wii)

1, 2, 4, 6, (250,000 dollars; also most important)

26, 27, (1000 dollars)

22, and 23.  (5,000 dollars)

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU AREN'T PLAYING!!!!! If it's a mega jackpot of 250, 000, I only need half (college loans) and the rest is yours! If it's anything else, I'll owe you big time!

In order to find these numbers, all you have to do is ask about the game and make a purchase. I got rite-aid all the time, but I always have a theory that they spread all the numbers throughout the USA, rather than stuff them in a single store. If you need numbers I have extras of, I'll be glad to give them to ya!

Thanks guys! ^_^ Now back to writing and praying to God eshtar isn't too busy for the rest of the tournament., as well as not getting stuck with Clement Rage or Angel-Lucifel as an opponent.

 Well, if I hadn't said it before, I shall say it yet again. I woke up early, thanks to my parents (naturally) and instinctively, I pick up my phone and check my email. The judgement to decide my fate was in there...

And I won! The victory was SO worth the past few months! Special thanks goes out to all my fans, eshtar herself, and of course my betas lourdes23  and PresheatheKitsune!

Time to celebrate! Raidou and Haru live for another fight!

 No seriously, I am not whining or being sarcastic this time around! The classes are practically going to get me A's this semester! True, religion puts me to sleep, and philosophy isn't my strong suit due to not speaking that much, but my other two courses are practically the same and a sinch for a writer like me! ^_^ I have a good feeling about this semester!

Now if only Matt hadn't f-ing quit! >_<

And it sucked, of course. Classes weren't bad, considering I just had the catholic one and it only put me to sleep, but the main problem is the cost of books. Still, not as bad as nursing, but I am still short on cash, which doesn't make sense! Damn school is friggin' robbing me more and more since I have to eat my lunches there without risking being late and losing attendance points for my other classes.

Aliunde has officially begun! ^_^ Bad news is that my beloved fan, the Transfigurator, won't be joining me since his computer is damaged. And alicia_hime may have to pick a new character because FFXIII isn't in America yet. Still, all she has to do is just pick someone else and wait 2 months till she can regain control of Serah. Good news is that with enough activity, she can pick another character along with Serah.

Transfigurator, I wish you luck in your quest to find an affordable PC. My stories get lonely without your reviews! ;-;

But perhaps the worst news is that my buddy Matt all of a sudden quits the job at our university! He's the one Gary always keeps under his thumb, practically the expert and the one of the few experts in videos and such, and gee, guess who has to take up his slack?

Yep: me, the one guy who is cursed around technology! Why can't he get George to do this shit!? Sure, I am getting some extra money, but the fact is when I screw up, which I will, my head is going to sink into my body as I am being yelled at! T-T

Surprisingly, my boss is taking it pretty hard. I told him the truth about his damn attitude, and he actually agrees with me! O_o I pray we can get Matt back, though I doubt it seeing as how he always talked about quitting and everything falling apart when he left. I hate it when he is right.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare torturous methods to inflict upon my former co-worker for sticking me with this in the first place!

On the positive side, my nervousness for the tournament has decreased upon finding out about him and the cost of these f-ing books!

Okay, we all know judgement day is about a week away, but the question is: What in the deuce is my back-up plan?

We all know avatar spared me, but left Haru cut in pieces while Raidou lost an arm. Problem is, in the event the judges crown him the winner, and according to my nightmare, they will, I need a back-up plan. My current plan heavily involved Haru in it, so without him, it's useless.

So that is why if I lose, I'll continue, but with a storyline I will not like and prefer not to use: Dark Summoner Raidou.

For those that do not know, a dark summoner is basically a rogue devil summoner, using the power of darkness and evil to their advantage, so Beelzebub and Helel will most certainly approve, while Metatron would scold Raidou for his actions.

How will this happen? Well, personally I was going to have Naoya bring it out by bringing out a lot of good points about the dark qualities about good and Yatagarasu, easily convincing Raidou to the dark side. BUT, like I said, I hate doing this since Raidou is my favorite character and suddenly turning him evilish just seems far to cruel of a fate. That's why I hope I win, so I DON'T have to do this. I mean I already planned for to go dark in one of my stories, but this just seems wrong.

Any alternatives would be nice. Read avatarjk137's fight if you need more ideas. Extrablade, I am looking at you and your SMT fanbase for some kind of support!

If I come up with more ideas, I'll let you all know, BUT, it will be friends-only, since I only trust them with this info. And don't just add me because you want to see that info; I will immediately take you off. Got it?

I have good news, bad news, and pissed off news (which is just bad news).

Good news:

Eshtar is back and alive! She scared me half to death when she didn't text me back! Turns out she was just busy with her debate team.

Bad news:

She has until Saturday to come up with her own story for our fight, or she automatically loses, and everything will ride with my battle against avatar. It's not fair, but avatar ain't listening. I pray that I win so he loses Travis f-ing Touchdown! But if I lose, Haru will be massacred and Raidou will be left without an arm. Losing to Travis of all people will REALLY PISS ME THE FUCK OFF! He's practically taunting me into going after him for revenge should I lose! Oh he better pray I don't find a teacher, because if my skills improve, he is FUCKING DEAD! 

You know what's funny? I had an extremely bad feeling about this fight when avatar first announced it and Eshtar didn't respond. If I never entered, she would have automatically lost. I just need to make sure this sacrifice of my vacation and the time of my betas is worth it!

Whenever I think about it though, I practically devour anything in sight and am still hungry. I seriously need to work out more!

More Bad News:

I never told you guys what really happened when my aunt and grandmother took me out for lunch for my b-day. Well, my aunt tells me about my father, and already my blood boils to inferno levels. Anyway, she tells me to at least try and make up with my dad, saying something about ending this line of hatred that has been going on since he hated his own father. I say, FUCK NO!

I wasted 18 years of my life (have not seen him in 2) bending backwards at his every whim and keeping his filthy fucking secrets like cheating on his girlfriends, like Janette (Janette, if you are reading this, know it is Rafael Falu I speak of, my asshole for a father!). I regret all of that, and I am ashamed I ever listened to him. All he has done is cause me nothing but pain, and if he thinks I will forgive him, he has another thing coming.

You know, I almost considered forgiving him, but now that I am reminded, my answer is still no. I can never forgive him. I may be a nice guy, but I have limits, and he and every other fucker out there broke them, turning me into this bitter bastard!

*takes deep breath* Personally, I'd rather think about my father than this tournament. I'd rather be pissed than worried anyway.

Eshtar, if you are reading, sorry you had to see this. As a matter of fact, I apologize to everyone. I just seriously need to vent, and this is the only place to do so without breaking anything.

I need to relax and forget everything. A good massage would be heaven right now!

 I posted part 3 of my fight last night. Here it is:

www.fanfiction.net/s/5089862/7/

I just saw avatar's part 1 of his fight, and his prose is flashy as always, meaning that some of the judges may now pick him simply because of that. And gee, who's the one judge I know for a fact that will vote against me? Angel-Lucifel. Still, he messed up on the whole canon issue with this tournament, but since none of the judges play Devil Summoner, nor would they read my story (I think), they won't care. Me and Eshtar better not lose because of stupid bull**** reasons like those. And let's not forget about length. Last time I checked, fights need a story behind them, and I couldn't just randomly pit all three guys against one another for no apparent reason!

Speaking of her, I am beginning to wonder where the hell is she with her fight. Judgement has already started and she's going to have points taken off at this rate!

And I found a new RP community after dystopian_flux didn't work out. It's right here:

community.livejournal.com/community_promo/10187210.html

Later. I'm tired as hell...If either Darksiders or Bayonetta are in, I'll get them and chill out for the rest of the week. If not, I'll just be doing random shit.

Edit- Got Bayonetta, but not Darksiders. Oh well. Not nearly as bad when I dealt with the retarded busdriver earlier this morning. What an a******!

 Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for my glorius fight! Root and cheer for Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th!

Part 1:  www.fanfiction.net/s/5089862/5/A_Winner_is_Two_Raidou_Kuzunoha

Part 2: www.fanfiction.net/s/5089862/6/A_Winner_is_Two_Raidou_Kuzunoha

Special thanks goes tolourdes23 and PreseatheKitsune for betaing for me!

Now read, review, and give me a hell of a HELL YEAH for me and eshtar!

 First, happy New Year to all my friends and fans out there!

Second, I decided to go over part 3, seeing as how I have to wait for my betas and am kinda stumped on the ideas for my other fics. Hopefully I can make some adjustments to make the fight much more satisfying. And when they give me the edited stuff, I may have to edit those bits and pieces, but it's not like I have anything better to do.

Found a new RP called dystopian_flux . Apparently it has something to do with the Apocolypse or whatever and zombies, but you can only enter 1 character at a time, totaling a number of five at max. The best news is that it has no limits from characters from different universes! I'm already trying to apply as Hei from Darker Than Black, but still need to watch season 2. I wish they made the dub version...I hate reading subs...

My New Years resolution? Lighten up. Seriously, I flipped out on my own mother when she was messing with me when I mistook it as more whining. Ugh!

 I...AM...DONE! And the final word count for part 3 is...

over 13,000!

...Wait a minute! 13,000 three times in a row!? I have a very bad feeling. But if anyone is keeping score, the fic comes to a grand total of 40,000 words or more, or possibly less. I dunno. My head and back hurt too much to care!

I better win, or at least make the judges suffer. Heh heh...*falls to ground* Oww....

Now my fate lies with the betas, and odds are I may have to add a few things to make the fight more exciting since I rush it. Last time i ever write a story this long, and if I do lose, avatar's ending better allow me to do SOMETHING with my character to at least make the fic seem a little more interesting. If I lose to Travis Touchdown, I will have shamed all SMT fans. Thank God I am not part of some elitist community though.

Dinner and relaxation, here I come! ^_^

 And for once, it isn't by me! Rather, it's the same story that my good friend the Transfigurator wrote! Here it is:

www.fanfiction.net/s/5613007/1/Demifiends_Christmas

Personally beta read by yours truly, so we hope you enjoy!

 Just had to say it, at least for this year. I knew Christmas' were going to be less fun once I grew up, but now my folks won't stop fighting, my grandparents are in horrible condition, and my writing muse has fallen ill alongside me. Tom is of course being the fucking Grinch, STILL refuses to apologize to me or admit that I was right, and dinner was basically leftovers from the Popeye's Chicken I risked my life for from several f****** retarded last-minute shoppers! Who the f*** shops on Christmas Eve!? If you do, you are basically asking to get killed, shot, stabbed, mugged, etc. If only they had just went food shopping, because we basically have NOTHING good anymore.

Financially, this has to be the worst Christmas. Emotionally, 2nd worst. I can never forget my 18th Christmas, where my father was just a flatout asshole that year.

Edit- My parents fighting has increased to a level I thought unimaginable. So this Christmas is OFFICIALLY the worst. Holidays are meant to bring families closer together, not tear them apart. Guardian Angels? Well where the hell are they now!? This is fucking annoying! >_<

Hope everyone is having a better one. At least my friend, the Transfigurator, managed to cheer me up with a Naoki x Chiaki fic. I swear, we are the only two who actually like writing about them and can see the potential. It's almost the same thing with Rush x Emmy, or Raidou x Nagi.

Later, and happy holidays! And since I am probably going to forget, and really don't know much about time zones (my teachers suck and my dad made me confused when I was actually right about them), I would like to wish eshtar a happy birthday! For your gift, you'll see victory upon our battle with avatar!

I'm outta here. Back to the grind and force myself to write!