User blog:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 048

So... yeah I haven't done this in a while. This is Progress Bar.

(June 30, 2014)

Watching the World Cup
You knew I would talk about this. After all that happened so far, this is shaping up to be a kicker for the World Cup Top 5. Spain, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ivory Coast, England, Portugal, Croatia, Chile, Mexico, and others are now gone from the competition, as the last match of the Round of 16 is approaching: Belgium will try their hand against the United States.

And that doesn't sound promising. Belgium and the US may be the same strength in gameplay, sure, but the US hasn't beaten Belgium in a long time. Plus, this Round of 16, all the CONCACAF teams are dropping like flies. Mexico lost to the Netherlands (Ochoa, I knew you were going to disappoint me the moment you conceded that goal to Croatia), and I pretty much called Costa Rica vs Greece. (Wait, Costa Rica won? ... Why wasn't I told of that before we started the blog? ... Yes, you counted. Rather, you used to count. Now I have to hire a new informer. Leave. Now.) Okay, so Costa Rica made it to the quarters. At least that's their limit, right?

But the USA... I'm not too sure. Not only are they dealing with a historically tough team for the USA to beat, but the US struggled against Germany and Portugal while Belgium defeated all the others in its group stage. Algeria survived until extra time in the Round of 16 before game over, and that was against Germany. Imagine what Belgium could be capable of. Then again, the match will come close, so we'll have to wait and see...

TDPI Episode Reviews Coming Soon
June 7 is within sight, so the US version of Pahkitew Island is not too far off. So to celebrate, starting next week (probably Wednesday, but days could change), I'll release a review of the episode whenever I can. I did something like this for some episodes of All-Stars, but hopefully I can do it for all episodes this time. Plus, seeing the Italian version (considering Italy got it first) alongside the English US version, I'll look for some key differences (and for Episode 1 at least, I'll check how it matches the storyboard that was leaked last October.

There is one problem, though: Considering a new episode would show every day, there is no guarantee I can finish all reviews within the two weeks that the episodes get released. There may be a lag point measurable in days, considering I have much to do these days, so maybe I could release a few reviews one day and not be able to the next. So, who knows? But rest assured, I will try.

(Interesting Fact: Did you know that the animated show Winx Club was an Italian release? Which means, it wasn't originally in English.)

Recent Day Trip
Last Saturday, my family drove to Yosemite, about three hours away, with some of my parents' friends. We surprisingly didn't get to do much, considering we were there all day, but we did stop by Yosemite Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in the world. I even climbed to its base, a considerable feat when you have to make your way over rocks made smooth by the river's current.

As I said, not much happened beside that, but it was a...

Oh yeah, I forgot.

Need To Learn a New Language
We met a bunch of tourists at Yosemite, and a good amount of them spoke different languages, with half of these foreign tourists speaking East Asian languages. To tell you the truth, people speaking different languages make me outright insecure.

Remember Fallout Porterville-Zandaam? I mentioned that friend I knew from the Netherlands (who we don't really meet anymore, due to time constraints). Anyways, one time, I played Civilization IV with him and one of his friends, and one time during that game, he spoke Dutch with his friend. And guess what? Five minutes later, scores of soldiers from other empires wiped out most if my empire, and I only had one last city to guard. Afterwards, they regarded their game as a failure (we three were a co-op), and told me that the two bribed the other empires to (nearly) wipe me off the map, due to me being "terrible" at the game. (Now, I can admit I may be bad at this game, considering it was a while since I last played, but I can't say I'm outright terrible.)

Okay, getting back to the subject at hand. I need to learn a new language, preferably Japanese (because hey, I'd like to watch raw anime someday), but I still need to find out how I can get to it. There are no Japanese classes in Porterville, if you were aware (and you most certainly were not), so I'm cut short. I'll need to find a way somehow... and maybe I can...

(Another fact: Did you know that the name "Yosemite" descends from a Miwok term describing killers? Well, isn't that charming?)

Anything else?
Well, I guess it'a bout time to warp this up. Stay tuned for my 2nd anniversary blog coming next week.

Germany. Portugal. Ghana. The US just slid through that mess. (Talk | Blogs | Contributions) 06:18, July 1, 2014 (UTC)