User blog:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 007

Okay, I decided to make a mid-week Progress Bar in order to get things done.

Lindsay's Laboratory
I finally finished a fan-fic on this wiki, and to emphasize, it was on the same day I started, and on my birthday, too. I didn't really get any readers on its first day, but I guess that's expected. I want to push this as a Featured Story. Should I?

Review of Gideon's LAL Ending
Let me explain, since I actually read Life After Lies. Apparently, Gigi wrote a story that she never got the time to finish, but did encourage people to write their own ending. Gideon wrote his ending and Gigi would attach it to her work (giving credit to Gideon, since she didn't want to keep the credit, even by Gideon's request) at an earlier date than this month, but that didn't get to happen, so good ol' Gid posted it on a blog of his this month. Gigi would later approve it as the official ending of LAL and announce she would leave the wiki on Gid's blog. I would offer to review Gid's ending on Progress Bar, but yesterday I decided to make a separate Progress Bar for later this week to do so. If you haven't read this story, I suggest you defect to the next segment of Progress bar by clicking here.

I may be rusty on what I remember from LAL, but I can tell you that the ending did fill in some gaps properly. Heather's not risking to see Noah made a lot of sense, and keeping on with her concern for him was a nice touch. Also, it showed that she did change through the experience, and used that experience later on. The only thing I didn't understand yet was why she chose the undercover name she did, but I guess there's a reason. I'd rate this ending 98/100, which, honestly, is justified. It may deserve 100/100, but it could take me a re-reading. Congrats, Gideon. You made her proud.

Song Lyrics
Okay, as promised (kind of). I don't know the song that accompanies this yet, or what the genre should be (although it might be a rap, by how it goes). Here goes...


 * It's the best of times, it's the worst of times;
 * If saying this is a crime, I deserve to do time;
 * Pretty much sums up the modern day;
 * You can have a decent life, but lose some extra pay;
 * You can take a classic and make the thing of the year;
 * And few would remember when it first appeared;
 * Those in poverty, they don't want to care;
 * After all, who sells their food for an MP3 player?
 * While I'm at it, I should say I'm an addict;
 * With all the devices of today; the iPod is a classic;
 * The Xbox is a miracle, HDTV's empirical;
 * And fiber-optic Internet really ramps up my spiritual;
 * But these days, most teens care about;
 * Making viral videos, and wearing them all out;
 * When in the future, they realize they have to face;
 * The perils of peak oil, climate change, and the Chinese race.


 * I should have to say;
 * I should be afraid;
 * Because if I don't pay;
 * I don't get to stay;
 * But there's a world out there to see;
 * A world out there to know;
 * And if you don't like what you see;
 * Either change it or go home.


 * It's 5 o'clock; that means it's time for the remix;
 * And it's time for the wake-up call, cause, boy, you must be dreamin';
 * I agree with you that the tech is all right;
 * But let's be blunt, today, people's budgets are tight;
 * Gas prices are rising, and it's hard to keep up;
 * And if you don't pay the bills, you get your power cut;
 * I say, people are living the American illusion;
 * Which was fine for a few decades, but now it smells putrid;
 * I don't want to diss America, but you have to admit;
 * Who'd want to live in the Land of the Twelve-Digit Deficit?
 * Not to mention a ten-trillion-dollar debt;
 * Making people wonder, what did we forget?
 * These days, I can tell, most people believe;
 * They can save all their money and manage to succeed;
 * But they should had taken risk; that's how capitalism works;
 * But not even that works; the rich turned it into a curse.


 * I should have to say;
 * I should be afraid;
 * Because if I don't pay;
 * I don't get to stay;
 * But there's a world out there to see;
 * A world out there to know;
 * And if you don't like what you see;
 * Either change it or go home.


 * What happened to the First World? It used to be great;
 * But over the last few centuries, we made mistakes;
 * We believed in cheap labor and short-term gain;
 * And all the long-term info had slipped out of our brain;
 * Remember the 70s? America rationed gas;
 * Remember the 70s? Earth Day came at last;
 * The Kyoto Treaty is meant to fix the Ozone Layer;
 * But if that doesn't work, then say your prayers;
 * We're close to the deadline, and we're again borrowing time;
 * Will we reach the stars, or at the very least, survive?
 * Or will we fail to exist, like the Romans of old;
 * Because human evil managed to get a clever little foothold?
 * And now the other countries use anything to get what the First World had;
 * And it's making things worse, and that is sad;
 * Fossil fuels are drugs, and it's time to quit;
 * It's time for self-sustenance; no time to sit.


 * I should have to say;
 * I should be afraid;
 * Because if I don't pay;
 * I don't get to stay;
 * But there's a world out there to see;
 * A world out there to know;
 * And if you don't like what you see;
 * Either change it or go home.


 * Cause there's a world out there to see;
 * A world out there to know;
 * And if you don't like what you see;
 * Either change it or go home.

Note: The end of the third verse might have rhymed better if Romney was elected President. Comments aside, I don't know about this. This is the first set of lyrics I ever wrote up, but I had ideas for other songs in the past. Comment what you think of this, and if you decide that it matches up with a current song's score, let me know.

Anything else?
Oh. A new signature. Enjoy.

I've always loved JER. (Talk | Blogs | Contributions) 04:19, April 18, 2013 (UTC)