First Post! (Introduction)

Well hey. This Blog/Journal was once used for something not so happy ... but that doesn't mean I can't still put it to use. So I shall blog!
Let's see. As a first blog, let's summarize me and my life.

I am in love. I am madly, deeply in love with a 15 year old girl named Jessica. She lives about 5 hours away from me, driving, and it costs in the vicinity of $150 to see her for a weekend, but it's so worth it. I have yet to meet her ... but we've been dating for a grand total of 22 days (Okay, so maybe I had to look up the anniversary date, but I did write it down! =P), and ... it's fantastic. She makes me so happy, she is ... everything, to me. But enough about her, though she's a huge part of my life (and thus my blogs) at this point. Let's move on, shall we?

(Nerdiness at it's finest)
I am a nerd. Hardcore. Nerdfighter, I play Dungeons & Dragons, I code (VBScript, C++, C#, Java, HTML, you name it, I can code it) ... often. I love mathematics and physics. Our D&D group randomly breaks into random mathematics/physics sessions sometimes; once, we calculated a formula to find the terminal velocity of a person, and determined exactly how long it would take to fall 500 feet. Another time, we made a formula to determine how far along the horizon a person could see when they're X feet above the ground, on Earth. We like math. And physics.

(Awesome Friends =P)
I have few friends ... but they're all *amazingly* good friends. I'd say I have five real 'friends' in real life, all of which I've known for quite a few years, all of which play D&D with me on weekends. We're all really good friends ... it's actually really really awesome. I love my friends (in a platonic way).

I am 18. I am going to start my second year at college in the Fall, assuming I can get a proper loan for it. Up until now, my parents have funded my schooling, but I had to drop a course last semester, so they've started a new policy such that I have to pay for my classes, but if I get a B or above, they will refund all my costs for them. I'm currently at a community college (Forsyth Tech, for those that care), due to costs and retardation. I failed Latin while I was in High School, and it was too late to retake it, and apparently universities will not accept you unless you have two years of a language (or two semesters, in college). Of course, this actually turned out to be a nice decision. A semester at Forsyth Tech is rarely more than $1000, and after two years, I'll have an associate's degree. Not only will this help me get jobs, but once I have the degree, colleges in my state are *required* to accept me, assuming I meet the minimum GPA requirement (2.2 at the school I want to go to). So after four years, I'll have a full Bachelor's degree, with my first two years costing less than a single semester at Appalachian State (where I hope to go). Right now, I'm majoring in Mathematics, but once I transfer to Appalachian, I change my major to Computer Science (maybe a minor in Mathematics, Physics, or Psychology).

(Myself and my pimp hat)
Jeez, that one was long. Okay, so I'm awesome. :D. I'm actually cocky, and proud of myself, proud of who I've become over the years. I'm proud of my knowledge, my mad skillz =P, the fact that I found the best girl in the world, and just in general, proud of myself. I try to be confident but not cocky, most of the time, and I think it helps that I try xD. I use smileys a lot when I type, and I always type perfectly if possible.

I love soda. I drink 2L bottles of Vault regularly, and any soda I can get my hands on. It never makes me jittery or hyper, but I love the taste.

On that unrelated note, I hate drinking, drugs, and smoking. I have never actually tried them, and I never plan to. Drinking and drugs purely disgust me; if I see someone drunk, I tend to never think of them the same again - and the same for stoned. As for smoking (cigarettes), I think it's almost as stupid as doing drugs, costs a ton, and is disgusting in the end anyway. I'd rather live my life with a clean, unaltered mind, thanks.

I'm naive. I will admit this. I like to believe in the innate ability of things to simply WORK. Our government, for example. It's been in place for many years, and it seems to be working. I have faith in the fact that it WILL work out in the end, because people more intelligent than myself have made sure of that. Same for most things similar to that. Also, I'm a firm believer in fate, karma, destiny, whatever you call it. I tend to live a charmed life, so I tend to be optimistic about outcomes of things. I believe that in the end, everything will work out for the best for me, and in general, for everyone that isn't a total douchebag. Also, I hate religion; I can tolerate it, and I don't hate those who practice a religion (except those who do it hypocritically), but I dislike the idea of trying to understand something incomprehensible, and I think it's far too convenient. I might blog more about this later when I have no topics.

I love music. Power Metal is my favorite (Symphony X being my favorite band, Krypteria, Beautiful Sin, etc.), though I'll listen to any non-screamo metal (including Static-X), Industrial (NiN, Collide, Jakalope), Speed Metal (Dragonforce, Kamelot, Dark Moor), Symphonic/Operatic Metal (Epica, Apocalyptica, Nightwish, Elis), Gothic Metal (Evanescence), stuff like Linkin Park, Rammstein, Dream Theatre, Within Temptation, Thousand Foot Krutch, Marilyn Manson, Three Days' Grace, Nickelback, Rob Zombie, Papa Roach, Three Doors Down, Angra, Xandria ... I love music. I get most of my music from http://pandora.com , and if you've never been there, go. Now. You type in the name of your favorite band or song, and it finds songs with similar qualities and plays them. You'll find TONS of new bands with awesome songs. You can rate the songs, so if you like it, it will play more like it, or if you don't, it will play less like it.

I game. I play Warcraft III (though less often) as D.Mentia@azeroth, and I run a bot constantly (D.Maria@Azeroth) Which you can easily get in touch with. I also run Clan_IoD@Azeroth as another bot, but that's on another compy, so I won't check it much. I like to play DotA, and I'm pretty damn good, if I may say so. Not tournament-style, I just play pubbies for fun, but I tend to do pretty nicely. I also play Garry's Mod, sparingly, but if you can drag me in, that's cool. I use WireMod extensively (and mostly suck at the physics aspect, due to all the shitty constraints), especially expressions. I make some kewl stuff :D. I also play almost any Steam game (DMentia, feel free to add me), so yeah.

(Very broken Rock Band Drumset)
I want to drum. I don't currently know how to play an instrument, and that's sad. Plus, I rock at Rock Band drums (I can get multipliers for most of the Don't Fear The Reaper solo =P, and beat every song on expert, five starring all but ... Fallout Boy, Iron Maiden, The Who, and... I think that's it), which are practically a real drumset, right? I just want a drumset to learn to play, and for that, I need a job.

I need a job! xD. Hopefully that will change as I write this blog. Right now, I'm helping a friend with a small computer repair business, but it's bad pay and not steady, so I need a real job. I need around $150 a week to see Jessica on weekends, and I need to save up at least $500 for a beginner drumset. Plus my computer could use an upgrade... =P (see the picture). I'd like to get a job as a waiter, just because it pays very well, though a REAL computer repair job would be much better (or if I could magically get a software-related job without experience/proper education, that would kick ass).






I do some photoediting, sometimes, and I try to write (but I'm lazy as hell). Check my deviantart for updates at dmentia.deviantart.com



Alright. That's just about everything I can think of about myself. I'll add some pictures of myself and other things here and call it a night, and I'll start writing day-by-day blogs (not necessarily daily) about my day-to-day happenings, maybe.