I say my people, you are lucky to see me here tonight. [*cheer?*]

You see, my dear friend Nikki died two days ago. Apparently, she drank some sort of poison, because it caused her stomach to give out. The resultant hemorraging killed her instantly. For two days I've basically been moping around, reading books and playing Kingdom Hearts.

* * *

Today, though, I was able to buy a stomach for Nikki. After some quick surgery, I was able to resuscitate her, and now she's back with us among the living.

How is this possible, you ask? Well, it just so happens Nikki is my computer, and today I got a new power supply for her, seeing as the original blew out (or whatever - I'm definitely ignorant about the workings of my hardware). So I've basically spent the last couple of days without a third thing to do, forcing me to redistribute my time among books and Playstation only. No Google. No dictionary.com. No working on my website. No email. No browsing random sites about snakes (self-imposed research, heh).

My god, I was in hell.

- Gio

P.S: Incidentally, I don't normally use the names of people in my posts. I did so today for effect only. I don't expect this to be repeated.

P.P.S: Yes, my computer is actually called Nikki.

Greetings my fair followers, I have returned! [*cheer*]

Well, it certainly has been a while. During that while, nothing interesting has happened, so you can be sure you didn't miss much. Today, though, as most of you know, I was slated to goto school today. It was a long-awaited return (by some), precipitated by the need for me to get some sort of business degree so a bank might actually give me a loan. As it happens, things did not go as planned.

I got my shopping done on time. My room was cleaned (but is still disorganized). My laundry has been cleaned, sorted, put away, and purged. Hell, I even woke up on time. You know what the problem was? My classes don't start until SEPTEMBER. Luckily, I found this out before I had actually left for school. I was sitting on my bed, half-dressed, and going through my class schedule so that I could find out what rooms my classes were in, and I spotted a line of scrawl under one listing: "NOTE: 70672 IS A SEPTEMBER START CLASS FROM 09/13/2004 TO 12/08/2004".

Now isn't that interesting? I dunno what possessed me to check my classes right then, but I'm very glad I did. I would have spent all day bored out of my wits and possibly even had my spirit broken. The best part is that because I registered online, I didn't even need to get the class schedule; I picked it up on a lark when I went into the school office to reactivate my account there.

I guess I can get lucky sometimes.

- Gio

At long last, I have returned to you, my people. [*cheer*]

I've known for a while that I'd have to get back into real life; I just had no idea how. Between my headshrinker and my friends, I've been inspired to come up with a solution. It has a few parts, the first of which is head back to school. Just a few hours ago I drew up a plan that (hopefully) will land me a degree in business. My next step, which perhaps can be done concurrently, is come up with a way to get financing so I can start up my business. And, since I'm going to have to be more mobile now, I'm going to have to learn to drive.

Yes, I know what you're thinking. "What sort of modern Southern Californian doesn't have a driver's license?" Yeah, well, I don't have one, so I guess the answer would be a fat, lazy shut-in. But, like I said, I'm going to have to get that license soon, just so I can get myself around without bugging people for rides or taking the bus.

See you on the road!

- Gio

Hey folks. I have returned! [*cheer*]

Well, they say misery loves company, don't they? Let me tell you that it, in fact, does. Want to hear the story? Of course y'all do!

See, this friend of mine comes home from almost a year in Russia, and he's pretty hard-up for some roleplaying. Unwilling to join either of our currently running games (he has a point; he's not going to be home for long), he gets his own game running (a Mage game - I don't much care for White Wolf, but... *shrug*) and he tries to get us (myself and two others) to go to a massive live-action role-play game.

I'm not a damn fool. There's no way in hell I'm going to a LARP, so I say no. The other two agree. They go, basically ditching me for a night. No worries, I'm used to being bored out of my skull by now. The next day (today) they all tell me how miserable it was: their characters weren't included in the game, (almost) everyone there was disgusting, everyone else's characters were overpowered... yep, they had a miserable time. I find that cheering. Chicken soupish, you could say.

I suppose some of you reading this will wonder why I despise LARPs so much that I would abandon my friends to one. Well, that's a combination of a few things, most of which are too complicated and involved for me to get into with any real detail. But, as a summary, let me say that I find Vampire LARPers to be the manifestation of the worst aspects of the goth and gamer subcultures. In other words, they are socially crippled people looking for escape into an alternative medium and take themselves way too fuckin' seriously.

I certainly dodged the bullet there, eh?

-Gio

Greetings, everyone; I hope y'all had an enjoyable Independence Day.

Well, I'm finally alone. My parents are gone on their anniversary cruise and my grandmother has gone to house-sit for my cousin and his wife. Two weeks of isolation, solitude, and privacy.

Fina-fuckin'-ly.

No more annoying computer questions that I have no answers for, no scheduled feeding times... it's a heady feeling. Of course, I do have to take care of the house, but that's not so bad. It makes me wonder: how would I do on my own?

Well, the answer to that has been a long time coming, mainly because I've had to deal with my bipolarity. It was decided by all involved (back when it first happened) that had best move back home from college so I could have a support network. The college itself also helped that along by kicking me out (no worries, I earned it). Unfortunately my mental state has been erratic since then, and I've basically lived what other people would call an idyllic life: food, rest, and video games.

Jealous, are you? Well let me tell ya: it sucks. Sure it's sort of great at first, but it wears down the spirit (cuts down on the dating pool, too) eventually. Imagine accomplishing nothing all day. Imagine intense feelings of boredom burning through your skull. However, there is a solution!

Yes folks, I have decided to start my own business. To protect my idea, I won't go into much detail, but let's just say it has to do with RPGs, one of my primary interests.

This just might turn my life around.

- Gio

Greetings, all! [*cheer*]

First, I am glad to welcome you to my third journal entry. I find it kind of odd as it now starting to seem rather routine. But, as I must at least attempt to keep my ever-growing audience, I will strive to make each entry as interesting (or at least eclectic) as the last!

Today something rather odd occured: I left my house. Yes folks, this is indeed a rarity, a shining diamond amidst the morass of a dreary existence. This brief excursion was to a local video game store to purchase (of all things) a video game. Behind the counter was a young lady who I was sure I had seen before. It gnawed on me for a bit, and when I went to the register to buy the game, I told her that she looked familiar.

Almost immediately she gave me the look that says, "Oh boy, another nutcase." I pressed the issue, however, as I wasn't just spewing out a lame pickup line. She told me what high school she had gone to, but despite being the same as mine, she had graduated in 2002, 4 years after me. Then she mentioned she had a sister. Aha! That's what it was: this girl is the sister of a girl I had a crush on in high school. As I said, this was an odd event.

We talked for a bit after this and, after we left, a friend of mine (who was with me the whole time) sarcastically said, "Gee, could she have flirted with you any more?" I was stunned. Flirt with me? Hell no! If you've read my quite-handily-posted bio, I am actually rather unattractive. In my opinion, at least.

At any rate, I suppose the moral of this story is that even reclusive people like me can run into people they know (or at least their relatives). In small towns, anyway.

Hm, I wonder if she has a boyfriend...

- Gio

I'm back folks! [*cheer*]

I see all none of you have returned! This is certainly quite a surprise; I joyfully welcome you to this, my second entry EVER.

Last night, as I went to sleep, I suddenly realized that I can't say certain things here. After all, all this is is a variety of public speaking... Anybody could googlestalk me and this, uh, blog would pop up. As such, people who actually know me might read this, and I could get in trouble. Oh, you want an example? OK, then...

Let's start with something already known... My friend's cousin is gorgeous. Sure she has her flaws, like being a vegetarian, a liberal, and currently dating this Army guy. Oh yeah, her brother (who I thought was a cool guy) killed their mother. Wonderful, isn't it? Makes you wonder if it's in the genes... If it is, then she's not really the sort of girl I should date (assuming I had a shot) because I'm already bearing some genes for instability. Like what? Like ADD, bipolar depression... that sort of thing.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't mind vegetarians and liberals. Usually. But they're not really something I would want in a girl I'm dating. Why? Well, think about it a second. What is dating for? It's to check people out before you marry them (or whatever else, depending on what the laws are where you are and your persuasion).

I guess I should explain what I would be looking for, then.

1) Looks. Looks are the number one thing because, honestly, you want your life partner to look good. Of course, if I applied this standard to myself, I'd most likely die a bachelor. Yes, I am a hypocrite. But at least I'm honest.

2) Personality. Personality is number two because, as the saying goes, looks are only skin deep. However, included in personality are things like politics, humor, habits... that sort of thing. To use the given example, if the girl I'm dating is a vegetarian and a liberal but can live with me eating meat and being conservative, I would call that a matching personality.

3) Genes. The last "test" is genotype. It's not normally that important, but it can contain some deal-breakers. I can't really give examples as it's the sort of thing that you know when you see.

Right. Now you know, and knowing is 2/4 the battle!

- Gio

Well, here I am. [*cheer*]

Yes, I know how excited all of you are. ["OMG! It's the Giomancer!" *swoon*] Well, let me assure you that this quasi-blog will quite possibly be the place to be in the future! Unfortunately, my loyal readers (all none of you), this won't be for a while, so we'll all just have to suffer in obscurity until everyone realizes just how cool we are.

I suppose some of you are wondering exactly what I will do here. To be honest, I'm not too sure. I am sure, however, that it will be both highly entertaining (to me) and well thought-out. Hopefully.

No doubt some of you who have just arrived will want to know who I am. To answer that, I can say that I'm a 23-year-old guy. I'm the kind of guy that girls come to to complain about other guys. Which, of course, doesn't help me any. I guess it's because I'm so nice and helpful - I couldn't possibly be a good boyfriend. Which, of course, is a major complaint I have... but more on that later. And before you start commenting, yes things were like this before I was fat. Now that I'm fat, most women avoid me altogether. Bastards.

Yeah, I'm not bitter or anything.

- Gio