Jump to content

The Sick, Twisted Mind of Peter


Peter

Recommended Posts

Well, here's my blog. I noticed some other people doing this and so I figured I'd do one of my own. I think for my first post I'll do a biography.

My name: Peter, obviously, but for now let's just say its Hoover Clark, in fear of people finding out my real last name.

My age: As of April 7 2012, 13 years, 9 months, 30 days.

My weight and height: As of April 7, 2012, 5 feet 8.25 inches, and 118 pounds.

Location: Northern Illinois. All I'm saying.

Political views: Conservative

Religion: Christian

Music I like: Classic Rock, Fusion Jazz, Reggae

My hobbies and interests: Well, I'm a drummer, and spend hours in my basement giving everyone a headache. When I'm not doing that, I like playing poker with my brothers, going frisbee golfing, raising my Venus Flytraps, riding my bike, sitting in the grass in the summer, basking in the sun listening to acoustic guitar music, reading books about politics and history, praying for it to snow in the winter, working on my fanfiction, wearing shorts, (because they're comfy and easy to wear, if you get the joke) going to the driving range, wearing sunglasses, following politics, going to Goodwill and buying vinyl records for my record player, taking the hobbits to Isengard, and playing Battlefield, Guitar Hero and Star Fox.

Things I'm good at: Drumming, frisbee golfing, regular golfing (in all honesty, I can't really golf, I can just hit it really far. My record is 200 yards.) Guitar Hero, pool (not the water kind, the one with a table and sticks. But, I still can't beat my dad.) Basketball, Mario Kart 64, and dizzy racing (not much of an accomplishment, really.)

Things I dislike: Cold weather with no snow, spiders, modern pop music, being outside when it's still wet from raining, mosquitoes, the reading list at my school, cigarettes, mainstream Christian music, Barack Obama, Nintendo Wii, the doctor's office\hospital, and mud.

Well, that's basically everything about me, stalkers. ;)  I guess I'll post a little something every day about something that happened that day. See you around!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 87
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Peter

    42

  • sroberson

    14

  • thunderflare

    8

  • sjrathbun812

    7

I also dislike spiders, Obama, and the reading list at your school trololo.

Seriously though, I look forward reading more.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Your last name is obviously Parker :-P

I have been considering picking up on drumming to see if enjoy it (I have a dream of getting a semi-successful band together and playing full bars, I currently play guitar for the past 8 years). Do you use acoustic or electric drums? I have been considering getting electric just so I can turn down the volume for practicing and to keep others from trying to kill me haha.

I hate cold weather too, we rarely get good snow down here in the south, just miserable wind chills. I am best in the sunlight and wearing shorts :D

Since you said you are a sort of political person, why do you dislike Obama? And which Republican candidate do you support? (BTW I am more of a independant/liberal so I am more a fan of Obama for this election. I used to be more conservative and leaned towards Republicans during the last Presedential race)

Oh, and I figured you might like this since you mentioned taking the hobbits to Isengard :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4o7J5yapdI&feature=fvst

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You did a good job for your first blog

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@sroberson, I use acoustic. I didn't really buy them anyways, I took them when my school was going to throw them away, lol. Electronic kits are upwards of $1000. If you don't want to invest the time in setting up some Styrofoam panels, then I advise getting electronic. Otherwise, acoustic all the way. Besides, if you're just starting out, the pads are really small on electronics. So, an acoustic is your best bet, financially, and makes sense at your skill level.

I don't like Obama because of his extremely weak stances on the economy, foreign policy, and his determination to control all aspects of the private sector, and eliminate the middle class. Not to mention he's not even a citizen. I'm supporting Mitt Romney for this election.

CONTINUING MY BLOG

APRIL 8, 2012

My Easter went very well. Church was awesome, because, well, my church is awesome. Back at home, I dominated in the egg hunt, scoring over 70% (an estimation) of the eggs. And, I am also in a food coma right now because of all the candy I've eaten. I stepped on the scale, and I'm 5 pounds more than I should be. Usually I'm 115. Happy Easter everyone! If you 'follow' my posts, then tell me all about your guys' Easter!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey nice thread name makes people want to read.

I agree you have to hate cold weather when there is no snow, as for the wii the gamecube is probably better overall if your looking at nintendo, unless you can play your wii game with the gamecube controller. I don't really hate spiders I just hate wasps more. I really don't care much about Obama, but I think he's better then any of the republican candidates.

Whats your favorite game system if the wii isn't, mine would be the PC at the moment.

Easter here was good we colored eggs, then went to see my grandparents and had a big dinner while we were there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@thunderflare: Have you studied Mitt Romney? The way I see it, government is like running a business, and Romney has that experience, running a VERY successful business. What has Obama done akin to that... a community organizer?

I like the XBOX 360, but my favorite throwback console is a tie between the Nintendo 64, because of all its classic games (Diddy Kong Racing, MarioKart, FZero X, Super Smash Brothers, and, of course StarFox 64) and the Sega Dreamcast, because my brothers and I had one as a kid. I'm glad you had a good Easter, by the way.

CONTINUING MY BLOG

APRIL 9, 2012

Well, today I hung out with my friend. We went to Goodwill and found some vinyl albums, among them Neil Diamond, some random hair metal band called Prodigal (they don't have much hair though, but we played it on my vinyl player, and they sounded like hair metal) and the Soviet Army Marching Band. Yay. I'm a Communist for listening to that, my brother says. I found out that my friend is also saving up for a SNES, so I figured I'd get him a SNES game for his upcoming birthday. What do you guys think I should get him? He already has Yoshi's Island and Super Mario World. I also brought home his GameBoy Micro that we picked up at said Goodwill to find something to charge it with, because they had nothing. My DS Lite Charger would work if only it was about half a centimeter longer... any ideas? Additionally, my dad and I have been cleaning a bunch of dirt, lint, gunk, and other residue out of our dryer for about an hour now. LOL.

So, my questions for you, the audience, are?

  • What SNES game should I get for my friend? Some ideas are; F-Zero, Zelda A Link to the Past, Kirby SuperStar, Donkey Kong Country, Starfox, EarthBound, Super Metroid, Mega Man.
  • Is there any kind of charger (cell phone, portable game system, etc.) that I could use for a GameBoy Micro, or would I have to buy a GameBoy Micro specific charger? (No big deal, I mean, its like $4.00, right?)

That's all for today. I'll post some more stuff tomorrow. Look forward to all your responses!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@Peter: We need to be careful about political stuff like this, because someone is always going to walk away mad. Here are the republican candidates that I have actually liked they are Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman.

I think starfox is the best, but I haven't played any of the other SNES games you mentioned, so this might not help.

I do have to say though the nintendo 64 is my favorite when you look at the older systems, and the funny thing is the nintendo 64 and gamecube have outlasted my first wii and they still work perfectly. They certainly don't make things like they use too, wouldn't you agree.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

SNES games? Hmm...

There's an excellent port of T2: The Arcade Game on SNES

Super Castlevania 4 is one of my favs on the system

Contra 3: The Alien Wars

Shadowrun (one of the most unique RPGs I've ever played)

Chrono Trigger

It's insanely rare, but Ninja Gaiden Trilogy if you can get a hold of it.

And that's about all I can think of at the moment.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@sroberson, I use acoustic. I didn't really buy them anyways, I took them when my school was going to throw them away, lol. Electronic kits are upwards of $1000. If you don't want to invest the time in setting up some Styrofoam panels, then I advise getting electronic. Otherwise, acoustic all the way. Besides, if you're just starting out, the pads are really small on electronics. So, an acoustic is your best bet, financially, and makes sense at your skill level.

I don't like Obama because of his extremely weak stances on the economy, foreign policy, and his determination to control all aspects of the private sector, and eliminate the middle class. Not to mention he's not even a citizen. I'm supporting Mitt Romney for this election.

Hey, free is always the best! Do the styrofoam pads work pretty well? I just worry that doing something like that would ruin the actual tone of the drums while playing with them with the padding and I am all for getting the best sound possible out of instruments. My skill set for drums would be, none, but I am known to blow strange amounts of money on things so electric drums might still be my best option.

EDIT: I decided to remove the political remarks I made in the original post. After re-reading I feared it might be a bit too extreme and didn't want to risk upsetting people on accident.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, you can also look into getting heavy duty insulation and surrounding your drum kit with that. Some of my friends have had luck with that. I didn't mean padding of the drum itself, I'm against that personally. I think that my advice would be to go to your local Guitar Center and just look around in the drum section.

And, I'm sure they weren't too bad. :-)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

There is quite literally a plethora of SNES games to choose from if you're still looking. I'd recommend;

-Super Chase HQ

-StarFox

-Contra 3: The Alien Wars

-Cybernator

-Super Castlevania 4

-Super Mario World

-Harvest Moon

-Kirby Super Star

-Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

-Super Metroid

And for the GameBoy micro, I find that it is always a good idea to go with the official charger. Don't take the chances of a third-party one shorting out and burning something down. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

There is quite literally a plethora of SNES games to choose from if you're still looking. I'd recommend;

-Super Chase HQ

-StarFox

-Contra 3: The Alien Wars

-Cybernator

-Super Castlevania 4

-Super Mario World

-Harvest Moon

-Kirby Super Star

-Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

-Super Metroid

And for the GameBoy micro, I find that it is always a good idea to go with the official charger. Don't take the chances of a third-party one shorting out and burning something down. :-)

@crazyfooinc He really likes Zelda, so I think I'll get him that. Thanks for the suggestion! By the way, I was looking at copies of the game for sale online, and a lot of them are $30 and up, and I really don't have that kind of money. Do you know a way that I can get a hold of one somewhat cheaply? ($10-$20)

@thunderflare There's a lot more inflammatory things I could say about Obama, and someone WOULD walk away mad. I'd say I'm towing the line very well here. But, everyone has their own opinion, and I can respect that to a degree. ;)

CONTINUING MY BLOG

APRIL 10, 2012

My first day of school back from Easter, and we get homework shoved so far down our throats I think I'll barf. Luckily, one of our teachers had a baby over the weekend and they had to hastily hire a sub just to cover the class, so I get two study halls for the rest of the week. Whoopee! Anyways, I got annoyed by a kid in some of my classes all day today, because I told him to shut up when he was making this noise by my locker in the hallways:

And, so, he followed me around saying, "Hey Peter!" relentlessly, wanting me to 'apologize'. And I mean RELENTLESSLY. If he's that immature, he doesn't deserve one. On a more positive note, I scored a 94 on a large math project. And, Rick Santorum dropped out today! That means he won't split the vote anymore, and Romney will win the nomination in a landslide, which means, hopefully no more Obama! Life is good.

Anyways, y'all tell me about your first day back to school! I'll look forward to hearing it!

-Peter

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@crazyfooinc He really likes Zelda, so I think I'll get him that. Thanks for the suggestion! By the way, I was looking at copies of the game for sale online, and a lot of them are $30 and up, and I really don't have that kind of money. Do you know a way that I can get a hold of one somewhat cheaply? ($10-$20)

Usually, once you browse long enough, Ebay provides some great deals. You have to look for awhile though. If not onilne, try in person; there are quite a few flea markets, thrift/pawn shops, and possibly even dedicated retro-gaming stores around, and I'm sure you'll find something here and there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alright, sweet. I never thought of EBay. Thanks a ton! :biggrin:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alright, sweet. I never thought of EBay. Thanks a ton! :biggrin:

No problem. The reason why I prefer Ebay when buying used items, over Amazon mainly, is because there are usually quite a few detailed images and pictures on Ebay, versus just text-descriptions elsewhere. Like I said, getting good deals usually takes a little bit of time, but most things are reasonably priced there. ^_^

As a matter of fact, I just spied A Link to the Past on SNES, used for $20. Many of the other games on my suggestion list, like Cybernator for example, are quite cheaper than their 1st party counterparts.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, you can also look into getting heavy duty insulation and surrounding your drum kit with that. Some of my friends have had luck with that. I didn't mean padding of the drum itself, I'm against that personally. I think that my advice would be to go to your local Guitar Center and just look around in the drum section.

And, I'm sure they weren't too bad. :-)

Aaah I thought you were talking about padding on the drum heads itself. My bad, I have seen some sort of technique like that but it involved putting this gel pads on the heads of the drums to try and dampen the sound a bit. I have considered trying to install insulation around the room, but the thought of stapling up padding all over the walls sounds like a bad idea for now lol. I have been to Guitar Center to check out the selection they have and kind of put my mind to getting one...but then I have some sales rep sit down on one and start going nuts on it and it intimidates me. I just want to sit down at one, hear the different tones, see if I like it, and be done with it - but they want to show how awesome they are and how much of a noob I can be haha.

Ehhh...they were a bit bad. I wanted to be safer than sorry. I tend to get a bit dramatic when talking about politics and religion. Did you see Rick Santorum dropped out of the race? I figured he might have hung in there longer (which is what I was hoping since it would have split Republican voters up more), but I suppose this allows Republicans to focus on Romney vs. Obama now. I'm personally kind of afraid of Romney and the special interests that support him - I support a more proactive approach towards bringing the ultra elite back to earth (Buffett Tax). Also, and for reasons I really don't understand, every time I say "The forces of evil," I get a picture of that guy at a speech....I really don't know why haha

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, people working at Guitar Center do that.. heh. Anyways, just start out with a modest drum kit, it doesn't even have to be more than $200. I reccomend getting Zildjian ZBT cymbals. If you buy drums online, they don't come with drum heads and cymbals, just keep that in mind.

I saw Santorum was dropping out. About time! Did you hear when he almost called Obama the N-word? I think that was enough in itself to finish him. But, really, with these candidates, Romney would be the best one. Paul has Libertarian tendencies, Gingrich is more of a radical Conservative, and Obama has a Socialistic side to him. But, to see that Romney is the best overall, just look as far as the stimulus bill and ObamaCare. The stimulus didn't do anything, ObamaCare isn't Constitutional, and the welfare system is a mess. On the topic of Romney supporting the rich, why should you tax them out of their minds just for being successful, like Obama is doing? I agree, there should be a higher tax, but not to the point where a lower paying job is more profitable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On the topic of Romney supporting the rich, why should you tax them out of their minds just for being successful, like Obama is doing? I agree, there should be a higher tax, but not to the point where a lower paying job is more profitable.

[Your post/sentiments would fit quite nicely in the Pub/Politics and Religion thread.]

I don't think that many approve of overtaxing the rich, what I do believe should be done is tax them proportionately to their income. Why should they be any different than the rest of the citizens in the United States?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah. The problem with what Obama is doing is he wants to take from the rich and redistribute it to poor\jobless people. That's an aspect of socialism, and this is a capitalistic society we live in today.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I heard about that incident with Santorum almost slipping up and saying that! I doubt that's what broke the camel's back with him though...he seemed like a bit of a religious nut - too extreme for most people. I actually really liked Paul. He at least supplied answers for the problems with the country (albeit some where rather dramatic or strange). I haven't really heard solutions coming from any of the Republican candidates, or really even much from Obama either. Unless I have missed some important moments in speeches, all I hear from the candidates and Obama is how "Well they screwed up such and such! And I will fix it! Somehow.."

On the stimulus not doing anything comment...I think that might be up for debate. I mean, while I could easily say "well the economy is getting better!" But I know very well that's a weak argument at best. I think it has been shown that spending and stimulus money had to happen to keep the country from falling into deeper debt. Details are evading me at the moment, but I think I read an article that said another point in history we had a recession with Europe - We spent our way out of the recession and Europe didn't. Europe suffered badly. Its hard to tell what the effects are of incumbent Presidents as far as the economy goes because I get the feeling that the effects of their time in the office aren't quite felt until the end of their 4 year term or after.

On the welfare ObamaCare issue. Yeah, I haven't kept up with the news lately as far as what was the fate of the government mandated health insurance. Was that ever figured out? I agree that it is possibly unconstitutional, but it doesn't exactly suggest it is a bad thing. Something has to happen with health care, whether its socialized medicine or drug companies being more strongly monitored by watchdog organizations - prices have to come down somehow. Don't get me wrong, I hate the idea of giving handouts to people who abuse it. I wish I had an answer on how to resolve the problem of them being drains on society, but redistributing wealth to help those is very much necessary to help the country grow overall. If people aren't producing for the country, then they are taking from the country - and helping those who have a bit of a hard time once in a while keeps them from being a worse drain on society than need be (example: a mother who needs help paying for food for their child for a while so they can get by is a lot better option than a mother who needs help paying for food, doesn't get it and resorts to crime or other extreme measures to feed their child and in turn raises a child very much likely to repeat the same process and possibly end up in jail where the situation gets even worse).

I don't think the rich are being taxed heavily quite yet. The Buffett Tax that Obama proposes would bring the effective tax rate of millionaires to 30% (unless they donate to charity. This is a pretty important loophole considering what would happen if millionaires had no incentive to donate. I just wish they had stipulations on the targets for donations, such as not being able to donate gobs of money to religious organizations), the average tax rate of most Americans if I understand correctly. To me that sounds relatively fair, especially since I don't think the "trickle down" economy really works these days (I get the feeling that greed just breeds more greed and they start to horde money, keeping it out of the private sector and out of lower and middle class pockets - but with that thought in mind, I sure am glad Huckabee wasn't voted President in the last race with his idea of tax reform). I don't believe a more socialistic society is a bad thing, its just counter intuitive to basic humanity. I always argue one point when discussing taking away from the rich, "How much money do you need to live an excessive and comfortable life? At what point, can you say that you make enough money per year that you can live in excess and not worry?" Capping at that unknown level sounds a lot better than giving hundreds of millions of dollars to people, some of which are only interested in trying to generate more money for themselves by lobbying the government into say, lower taxes on themselves.

***As usual, I will add this last bit to my potentially polarizing comments...I respect all opposing opinions here and I do not intend to start a flame war...I love you guys too much :-)***

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@sroberson On the topic of the stimulus, that might be true, but the reason the economy is so bad is because of inflation, failing small business because of too much GOVERNMENT REGULATION, and debt. LOTS of debt, which we need to get out of. I don't know how economics work exactly, but Mitt Romney has run a very successful business, and I'm sure at one time or another, he's had to solve a debt problem.

As for welfare, you should read the story of Dr. Benjamin Carson. You'll find that his mother didn't recieve any welfare while he was a child, and through perseverance and hard work, today he is one of the top neurosurgeons in the country. Those are the kind of people that founded America, and it's how everyone living here should live like.

On the topic of ObamaCare, it's one of the "Ten Commandments", so called by myself, of socialism. Socialism involves taking from the well off and giving to the less well off. But, when that government can't pay for all those programs and projects, what happens? Europe is highly socialistic, and now they are in a huge debt crisis because of how their governments operated. And what happens when everyone buys government health insurance? Health insurance companies in the private sector go OUT OF BUSINESS. That's horrible economy.

CONTINUING MY BLOG

APRIL 12, 2012

So, at school today we did a 1 hour running activity as a fundraiser. I ran 36 laps around the parking lot, which, if my Science teacher and I calculated it correctly, equals 7.5 miles, making me 3rd in the seventh grade. To be honest, I didn't even know I could run like that! I probably won't get any awards or recognition because of some of the new 'everyone is a winner' policies implemented in my school. But, I think that was our last time doing that, because a bunch of the obese kids got together and are making the administration change the fundraiser to a lemonade stand or something retarded that doesn't involve exercise. I thought it was pretty fun. Those kids are acting just like the Occupy Wall Street people. They claim that, "We shouldn't have to do this because we're the majority!" Well, they let you walk if you want to, idiots. LOL

I've also got standardized testing next week as well. And tests in my normal classes. I'd hate to complain, "I'm under so much stress!". So, I won't. I'll just grit my teeth and get through with that s**t.

Additionally, I found ten dollars in my yard today. I am ecstatic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wait, you're 13? Whoa. I thought you were way older, lol. Some kids talk like idiots even though they're 13 ><

Neat blog.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

(ya i hte kds tht tlk this way wen their my age XD ROFL LMAO) LOL. I`d say I`m pretty mature for my age. I`ve been raised well. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@Falco

Ya know, for a 13 year old, you seriously are pretty aware of the state of the nation :P . I applaud you.

I'm not sure if business experience translates into success for a nation. I had the thought that Trump would have been good for the nation (before he started getting weird anyways) due to his business enterprise but i'm not sure the budgeting of a nation is exactly the same as a company...but the experience in making tough calls on cuts probably helps. I just wish Republican candidates could get it in their head that taxes need to be raised (to some degree or another) to make money more liquid and so it can flow through the private sector instead of being horded by the citizens during a time of economic uncertainty.

I guess our feelings on welfare are a bit different because of where we live. I see a lot of people being raised in unfortunate situations and homes where kid's parents abuse the system and they in turn abuse it. Its a mess. Something has to be done to reign in welfare, but I surely don't have the answer for how best to do it. Cutting it might cause more problems and overpopulate the disastrous prison system the US has (and by disastrous, I mean embarrassingly huge waste of money and example of corruption).

I originally was against ObamaCare (and still not sure what to think of it sometimes) mostly because it seemed insane to me that they would increase the spending the government incurs during a time of colossal debt. I also disliked the idea that it was largely unpopular among citizens and was split down the party lines as far as votes goes. After thinking on it, and seeing some possibly extremely left sided documentaries, I began to think public health care would actually help the economy since people wouldn't be going broke and would be able to continue buying houses and holding their jobs without being displaced.

It's all really complicated. I like to find the little things that there could be easier answers for and find how that might effect other aspects of society (I am under the belief proactive efforts to try and raise health standards in the country and more effective criminal justice system would turn many problems of the country around). One thing is for sure though, I award you with internet points for sticking with your guns and making some pretty good arguments. You are a scholar :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites


×
×
  • Create New...