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So, I'm way too late in posting this (again), but my 26th birthday was last Sunday!!

Wow... I'm 26. I remember when it felt like it would be a LOOONG time until I was 13. Now I've waited that long twice!

What I got for my birthday:

- Piranha Plant amiibo!
- Three books I read years ago and wanted to reread: Caps For Sale, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and How to Eat Fried Worms! (Well, I thought I read them all years ago, but I'm reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing right now and everything is so unfamiliar to the point that I think I may not have actually read it years ago, I just remembered thinking the title is funny-sounding. So maybe I'm reading it for the first time now! Would you look at that!)
- They didn't come in until the 18th, but Nintendo Labo VR Goggles!!!! I've been wanting those ever since I knew about the new VR mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! :D

(note to self: put in the previous/next buttons later)

http://www.museumofconceptualart.com/accomplished/index.html

(This marks 10 years after when I did this when I turned 16, the first time I ever posted this for my birthday. Wow... I've known about this website for over ten years. And it's still around, even! Good for them!)

At age 26:

American anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote her famous dissertation, Coming of Age in Samoa, which claimed that in some societies adolescence is not a particularly difficult time.

Albert Einstein published five major research papers in a German physics journal, fundamentally changing man's view of the universe and leading to such inventions as television and the atomic bomb.

Benjamin Franklin published the first edition of Poor Richard's Almanac, which was to play a large role in molding the diverse American character.

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Chereshkova became the first woman to travel in space.

College dropout Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing the economies of the United States and Britain.

Antoine Joseph Sax invented the brass saxophone.

"Johnny Appleseed" brought apple seeds to the Ohio Valley.

Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Italy.

Gon Yangling memorized more than 15,000 telephone numbers in Harbin, China.

Orion Krynen of Denver, CO reached this age without much incident.

British ethologist Jane Goodall set up camp in the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve on Lake Tanganyika and began studying the lives of chimpanzees.

Ken Kesey published his first novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Thomas Pynchon published V., for which he won the William Faulkner First Novel Award.

Kirsteene Luhrmann of Melburne, Victoria quit smoking.

Stephen Breen from Dublin, Ireland found this site.

Darren Blackburn became the first and only athlete of the Principality of Sealand, despite being somewhat lacking in athletic ability.

Syd Jesus co-founded the dUdU Art Collective in Oakland, California and turned an entire warehouse space into a conceptual art piece entitled "The $5000 Gallery."

Matthew Royer took a dog for a walk every day of the year in Minnesota, with a coldest daytime high of 0 degrees F. The average walk time was 30 minutes.

Derrick Pallas was horrified to realize he was losing his hair, just like Dad.

Jan Birkeland from Norway managed to get to work without hitting a single red light.

Katherine Blauvelt in a skirt was deemed "all grown-up" by her boyfriend.

Kristen finally was able to get her fingernails to grow without chipping and peeling because she started taking a multi-vitamin on a daily basis.

Tom Pemberton rode a bicycle with lit fireworks strapped to it into a pool while wearing a banana costume.

SJ Yee resigned from a giant multinational corporation to found a personal development site for the book smart.

Angie Olson got so drunk on her 26th birthday, her friends were able to dress her up as a clown.

matt1993 discovered the two mysterious lost episodes of Super Mario Maker Crash Course.

...

Okay, okay, that last one's not on the list. But it SHOULD be! I have a story behind that. Stay tuned for when I write a full post about it!

I've been trying to cut down on the "express everything I want to say by editing Garfield or other comics and/or making stuff with my sprites" thing that I did on LJ a lot in 2012-2013 or so, but I just HAD to make THIS one:


(Original Garfield strip: June 19, 2003)

Hmm... Seeing those three versions of myself in one room like that really makes it stand out that the modern sprite version of myself has a skin tone noticeably darker than my real skin tone. Oh well.

I meant to take this quiz on my birthday, but I ended up forgetting to for 30 days :(



For some reason the text of the result isn't part of the "post to LJ" code anymore so:

(EDIT: I had the result down here, but then decided to try to put it where it's supposed to be.)

Before my previous two entries, I also took several online quizzes I hadn't taken before, but saved all the results to a file on my computer hoping to post them later.

Since posting them all right now would be a bit much, I'll just post three of them today:

( Oops, forgot to LJ-cut these at first )


Can't think of a clever repost button caption right now

By now you no doubt have heard the news about Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president. :(

I intended to write a tribute to him as soon as I had heard the news (a very short tribute, of course, because I'm still not a very good writer), but I ended up putting it off until the 14th, which was my birthday, and every time I want to post about something sad and something fun at the same time, I'm faced with the decision of: Do I try and write one entry about both topics, with some sort of "On a happier note..." transition? Do I post two entries in one day? Do I just pick one and post about it?

ALL of those options have either always worked out badly for me in the past or have never been tried because I KNEW they'd work out badly, hence why I ended up not even posting at all on the 14th. I was considering waiting until the 18th to post about my birthday anyway since that's when my birthday party was, but I still ended up procrastinating so long that by the 18th I was in the same scenario: ready to post about my birthday party, but I still hadn't posted about Iwata, and still didn't know how I should go about writing about either topic.

And then, as you can tell, I ended up procrastinating even further because I feel like there's a huge hole in my journal now there's three consecutive entries that I'm posting way too late. At this point, I think the only way I might be able to make myself not feel this way is if I ask you to pretend that this entry doesn't exist but the three below do and were posted on the dates listed. (note: this probably doesn't matter at all, but I don't know whether or not the repost buttons will work correctly...)


( 3 entries that I should've posted instead of this one, and 10-17 days earlier )

I just worked on the rough draft of my research paper for 4 or 5 hours. Guess what I managed to finish? Editing the outline. About half of the introduction. A tiny bit of one body paragraph. And that's all I have to show for myself. And I only have 2 more days to work on it.

"Research Paper of the Apocalypse" is an understatement now. So is "Research Paper of the Apocalypse of the Apocalypse". In fact, even...

10 print "Research Paper"
20 print " of the Apocalypse"
30 goto 20
40 end

...is an understatement, because at this rate, I'll be done by Thursday. No, not the Thursday it's due on - the one after that. Which is also two days after the Day of Frozen Pets (it gets tedious to say "the 666th day after my first 666 dream" over and over).

Speaking of the Day of Frozen Pets, today I realized that that's 100 days before my birthday. Scary...

Anyways, don't expect to see me for a LOOOOOOONG time. :(

Your reposted entry will be due in 4000 B.C. NO late papers!

Apparently there's something evil about the word "fnirt", since this was my 666th comment.

EDIT IN 2018: Okay, the link is broken so I should explain: someone posted a comment that said "*fnirt*", and I hadn't seen that before so I asked "Fnirt?" and my asking that was my 666th comment.

*fnirt*

( If you were a robot, what would you say when short-circuiting? )

Mine:

Self, forgetfulness is newish MissingNo. apocalypses a have.

What's YOUR short-circuit phrase?

Well, due to some hole in the fabric of space and time, I passed the essay portion of the COMPASS. Hole in the fabric of space and time, you and I are gonna get along just fine!

Also, since I just now found out about this survey:

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Matt Aaron
Birthday:	July 14, 1993
Birthplace:	Fort Worth
Current Location:	Fort Worth
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Brown
Height:	5'10" last time I checked.
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	I don't really remember, but I think I am part German.
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Athletic Works
Your Weakness:	Essays
Your Fears:	Essays
Your Perfect Pizza:	Pepperoni. Only kind of pizza I like.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Not to say anything that I wind up regretting later in life
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	I don't really know what my MOST overused phrase is, but the only phrases I overuse are backwards music-related phrases.
Thoughts First Waking Up:	ANOTHER school day?!
Your Best Physical Feature:	The mustache I've been having to shave and will eventually let grow
Your Bedtime:	10:30 PM
Your Most Missed Memory:	Every summer I ever had
Pepsi or Coke:	Water
MacDonalds or Burger King:	MacDonalds. Except I spell it "McDonalds". Does that make me weird?
Single or Group Dates:	I've only been on single dates
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Water
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Can I use a lifeline?
Do you Smoke:	Definitely no. I'm only 15 anyway.
Do you Swear:	Holy whole hand dealer no, but I use backwards music-related substitutes a whole cattle-notin' lot.
Do you Sing:	Sometimes, but not often
Do you Shower Daily:	Not daily. About 5 days a week.
Have you Been in Love:	*sigh* Yes.
Do you want to go to College:	Yes
Do you want to get Married:	Very yes
Do you belive in yourself:	No, I don't "be live" in myself
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No
Do you think you are Attractive:	I'd be more attractive if I could keep my mustache.
Are you a Health Freak:	No, but I have freaky health.
Do you get along with your Parents:	Sometimes.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	No, they remind me of the power going out, which reminds me of my computer not working, which reminds me of TORTURE!!!
Do you play an Instrument:	I used to play the piano, but I'm out of practice.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	No, I'm only 15.
In the past month have you Smoked:	No, I'm only 15.
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	No, I'm-- Why do I even bother?
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	No, not in the past month.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	No, I rarely go to malls.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No, I don't eat the boxes.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	Ew no.
In the past month have you been on Stage:	I help out with Face to Face concerts, so technically yeah, sort of.
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	Why would I go skinny dipping in the winter? I don't skinny dip anyway.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	No, why would I?
Ever been Drunk:	No
Ever been called a Tease:	I don't know what that would mean, so no.
Ever been Beaten up:	Yes, in second grade. And maybe other grades around that time, I don't remember.
Ever Shoplifted:	Nah.
How do you want to Die:	I want to die while listening to backwards music.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	A computer or a math.
What country would you most like to Visit:	I dunno. Probably England or Ireland.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:
Favourite Hair Color:
Short or Long Hair:
Height:
Weight:
Best Clothing Style:
Number of Drugs I have taken:
Number of CDs I own:
Number of Piercings:
Number of Tattoos:
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	10⁵⁷
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

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