Fijian Titles are boring and Super Showmatches.

            I’m not sure if I should try and describe today in great detail or maybe just describe a regular day for me. I’ll do today, it’ll be way easier to remember.

            I woke up at about 10 am today, or something along those lines, I really don’t remember. It wasn’t important, because it’s Christmas Eve so I don’t have to go to work. My dad made me some eggs after that I sat down at my computer to do my daily check of sites. Facebook, Reddit, Twitter and Team Liquid. Nothing interesting really going on and still no word on what’s happening with Polt so we move on to double checking what the challenge is for the day so I can think about it. Nothing much to think about with this one, just try to remember what you do.

            Next I talked over with my brother about what games we are going to play over the next few days in our super hardcore best of seven show match to see who`s really better at gaming… show match. I think we settled on League of Legends, Smash Brothers, Halo, Starcraft 2, Mario Kart and a Super Mario brothers speed run. That`s only six games you say? I know, the seventh match will be another speed run that will only be played if necessary due to the extensive length of the game. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. We chose Wind Waker of Ocarina of Time because neither one of us have played it in a while so it will be less about who remembers the puzzles better and who is actually better able to play the game. I feel favoured in 3 of the games and two of them I am pretty sure Sam will take me down in, the speed runs though I have no idea who is going to come out on top there. Unfortunately Sam became quite ill today so we postponed the matches because he did not feel `` at his best`` so hardcore.

The change in art style helps Wind Waker feel a little more light hearted, which I thought was a welcome change to the Zelda Franchise. Easily Top 3 Zelda game. 

            Next we opened up presents for my Sister Katy`s birthday, then I made the drive into Lethbridge to go get some things I forgot at my house there, it was my brothers Christmas gift so I felt pretty obligated to go get it. Chug down a Red Bull while I`m out and I get back just in time to start the Tollestrup Family tradition of watching the entire LOTR trilogy (Extended edition of course) I grab my comp and play a few games of League of Legends while doing this, because frankly I really don`t need to focus all my attention on the TV to know exactly what’s going on in those movies anymore.

            At about four thirty I begin making deep fried chicken wings, we`re about half way through Two Towers at this point as well. I`m not so sure why I always get charged with making the wings, it`s really not hard at all to put chicken in flour and then in a vat of super-hot oil. I like it though so I don`t complain.

            That pretty much takes us to the present point in time, still half of Return of the King to watch and eat some cake. Then off to bed to prepare for the event that is Christmas. Going to be super awesome. Somewhere along the line I`ve had 2 cokes and a Red Bull. Slightly above average day for caffeine intake. Still have to wrap a couple presents though. That`ll be great, mostly because I have no idea how to wrap things right. Like I know it isn`t even that hard, but I manage to mess it up so much! Also there is another TL-EG proleague match. Thorzain hwaiting!

Source for pic: Google

Karua Siga (Second Day)

            Likes and Dislikes

               Both of these present similar challenges, it’ll be hard to list 10 things I like cause I dislike most things, but since I dislike so many things it’ll be hard to specifically list 10 of them. Oh first world problems. We’ll go with likes first.

               First thing I like is birds. EZ son.

Second we have Sushi. This is my favorite food, its tasty, and somewhat exotic. I think Foreign would be a better word for it. Best sushi I've ever had was at Ginza, a small sushi bar in downtown Salt Lake City. Super good. If you haven’t tried Sushi yet, stop being a pansy and go eat it.

Third on the docket we have, Coca-cola. This is the best soft drink. No arguments. It’s somewhat bittersweet taste combined with a healthy amount of caffeine make it my drink of choice. Although Red Bull has been making a strong showing for itself as of late.

I like Music, almost any kind these days. It just has to be good. Like it has to be apparent that the person making it has talent. Even country, a genre I used to despise I've grown accustomed to. I can appreciate the talent of it for sure. My favorite stuff would still be lighter rock, I’m no offciando on genres or stuff so whatever Muse and Keane are my favorites right now. I also really like Rap. Macklemore and Kid Cudi have been dominating my phone lately. Gotta love Kayne, Jay-Z, Lupe, Childish Gambino though. Also Snoop Lion in the latest Epic Rap Battle of history was awesome. Somewhat sacrilegious, but funny.

Man this is going to be a long post isn't it? Fifth is Calvin and Hobbes. I could literally read these all day and never get bored.

Sixth, The middle earth universe. Normally I would just say LOTR, but with the hobbit movie being a thing now I kinda realized that just saying LOTR doesn't really encompass everything. Tolkien is an absolute genius who created an entire world through his books. They’re timeless.

Seventh is movies. I really enjoy watching movies and I hope in the near future to learn a lot more about them so I can really appreciate them better. I also should start watching older movies. Like made pre-70’s I’m thinking. I just have a hard time getting into them when there are simply so many good movies coming out or have been made in the recent past.

Problem solving is fun for me. Not like doing countless word problems in math, but more along the lines of talking to people about their worries and helping them find solutions to their concerns. I find that (In the least sexist way possible) that girl tend to be more willing to talk about things like that so that’s mostly why I hang out with them over guys. Also girls are a hell of a lot easier on the eyes.

I guess I can use that as the ninth one as well. I like girls, no homo. They’re pretty awesome actually. I find them to be smarter, prettier, and more OK with you giving your opinion about what they should be doing about a said circumstance.  I find them significantly easier to get along with.

Lastly we have games. I really do love these. I hope that as time goes on that they’ll become a more socially accepted form of media and we won’t have to deal with idiots telling us that violent games cause tragedies. If a person commits a massacre and leaves a note quoting a famous book, absolutely no one is going to stand up and say, “We need to censor literature!” it’s just stupid. No need for rants though here.

Previously mentioned Vid, just enjoy. 

Well that wasn't too hard was it? Oh shi… I still have half of this to go. *Puts on some Skrillex.* let’s do this.

Things I do not like! Bad drivers for one! That doesn't even need an explanation.

Two: Whenever a person takes a predetermined judgement they made and refuses to allow new context to change that. You need be flexible enough that if new information is presented to you that you can change your position. I know I’m guilty of holding on to an argument that is already lost, but I am working on that.         

Third, the fact that some companies continue to push out absolutely garbage sonic the hedgehog titles rather than let the series die with what honor it has left. I know that you’re still making money (not sure how) but please oh please just stop it.

Fourth, People forgetting that I’m lactose intolerant. Come on now. Let’s be serious.

Fifth, Puns.

            Sixth, anyone that all-in’s every ladder game of StarCraft. I know pulling all your workers and just running up my ramp wins a lot of games, but it doesn't make you any better. It’s just frustrating.

            Seventh, The league of legends community. I really like playing this game, its fun, engaging and competitive. Playing with such toxic people though makes it pretty hard. If you start playing badly, the wrong thing to do is call the other team f’ing fags and tell them to kill themselves. That’s just horrible and you are part of the reason that people can’t take gaming seriously. Grow up.

            Eighth, High School mentality.

            Ninth, Fanatics. Beliefs of any sort cannot be forced upon a person. Discussion is awesome, debate is good to sometimes. Forcing ideas on a person is not good.

            Last, People who do not like Calvin and Hobbes. Don’t talk to me, or else I’ll be forced to go all fanatic on you. 

It felt a little dark at the end there so here's the most awesome picture ever to make you feel happy. 

Source for pic: Reddit

Imatai Siga. (First Day)

               OK, I’m copping out. Like hardcore. I’m doing a stupid ole’ blog challenge thingy. Why? Because I honestly think that it’ll help me actually write here consistently if I have pre-determined topics to talk about. So let’s get this going. For anyone who’s interested the link to said challenge is here. So let’s get into it.

               Basic things about me.

               Name: Jonathan James Tollestrup

               Age: Twenty

               Citizenship: Canada/USA 

               Date of Birth: October 30^th 1992

               Height: 5 feet 9 inches

               … I could go on like this for quite some time, but seriously everyone that reads this knows me already. So let’s to something a little less basic. Just in case any of you dorks forgot though…

               I’m a competitive person, I think everyone knows that. Even in a game as silly and not serious at all as Mario Kart. I’m there to win. That’s one of the big things that makes things fun for me. Having something to measure myself up against to see where I am. Winning is also fun. In case you were wondering, it’s a lot of fun.

               Stubbornness is another word I’d use to describe myself. A stubborn competitor can be one of the worst kinds of people to have around when you’re playing games of any sort. If they (me) start off poorly and are losing, you’re going to see something called tilt. This is where I get really frustrated with a game but refuse to simply quit, I keep playing until I win. The longer that takes, the more agonizing it is for everyone around me. I am working on that though, accepting losses is an important part of life. I mean, even Pro-gamers rarely boast a win rate of 60% and up, so they have to accept loss as well.

               I speak three languages, one quite well and two pretty terribly. I speak Sarcasm extraordinarily well, but English and Fijian are pretty tough for me. Still I feel pretty comfortable saying that I have a larger vocabulary than 70% of the people I interact with. Right now it doesn't show so much because I've been stumbling over my words an absolute tonne lately. It’s mildly frustrating, but I just laugh at myself, because if you don’t know how to make fun of/laugh at silly things you do, you are going to be one sad panda.

               Looks wise I've always considered myself average to slightly above average looking, and I’m going to keep thinking that of myself until I’m like really old, so like 26 or something. Seriously though, thinking this about myself is super smart, it gives me enough confidence to be like, “Well I’m not BAD looking.” But keeps me from ever feeling overconfident about myself. Balance, perfect balance.

                              So far we have a competitive, stubborn, sarcastic and completely 100% average looking person. That all describes me pretty decently I suppose, but the one word I really think sums up my personality is reactive. I react to situations, I rarely initiate things, and unless I’m around a crowd I feel very very comfortable with. Generally though I find that reacting to things is the best way for me to go about stuff, I’ve always felt more comfortable with wingin things rather than taking time to carefully prepare a set plan for things. I just think I think well when I’m reacting. Take this blog challenge thing for instance, it gives me a topic, I react and write about it, EZ PZ.

               That about does it for me. Pretty good for Day 1. 

Proleague and dissapointment

               I honestly didn`t plan on talking a whole lot about Pro Gaming on this blog, but in the last couple of days two HUGE things have happened that I simply must mention.

The Tyrant Cometh!

               First off we have Lee Jae Dong a.k.a JaeDong (Super creative name I know) is moving over to team Evil Geniuses for the next year. Now Progamer contracts typically only last one year at max so this is pretty long. More impotantly it`s JAEDONG! This guy is an absolute legend from Brood War, the game that elevated E-sports to the same level as traditional sports in Korea.  Words simply cannot describe how excited I am to watch JaeDong come out to all sorts of events under the EG banner. This means that he’ll likely be attending at least MLG’s. so awesome! I mean come on, JaeDong is in my opinion the scariest and best player to ever play Starcraft that never received the title of Bonjwa. (To clarify, Bonjwa is a term given to certain Starcraft players who reign over the scene for an extended period of time. Kinda like a dynasty for a regular sports franchise.)

               The signifiganly larger piece of news that comes out is the teaming up of the two largest Non-Korean based Starcraft teams to play in the biggest and most prestegious league in all of starcraft, and maybe E-Sports. SK Planet Proleague. Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid. Pure Nerdgasm. The best part? Looking at the line-up, they could win it. The team is pretty strong on its own, but it has the inherit advantage of all the other teams playing in it having only played SC2 for a few months. This could be so incredible. It’s actually on right now so I’m gonna go watch it and then we’ll talk about what happens after.

               ….What. What just happened? First match of Proleague, EGTL facing off against KT roster and loses 4-0. KT roster who’s only notable player on the roster right now is Flash. Who is a big deal cause he’s the best player to ever play the first starcraft, and he’s playing SC2 really good as well. I actually expected him to win his match, but other than that I thought It’d be a stomp in the other way with EGTL coming out like 4-1. Wow. That is just embarassing. This could be a long year for these teams. On the plus side the four of the best players on the teams roster didn’t play tonight, three were out of the country and one was reserved for the sixth match, which wasn’t played because it was over before then. It’s a good thing they just hired a coach, cause man oh man are they going to need one if they want this to work. I really wanted to watch HuK play man…

  I just wanna watch this Canadian Nerd play some games

Sources for pics: Myeg.net (Jaedong) MLG (HuK)

I Don't Know Twilight and Why People are Stupid.

               Ok, so I debated a bit back and forth about whether I was going to write anything about this, and then someone involved with this did something I think to be so ridiculously stupid that I can no longer hold back. Just to preface or whatever. I also don’t apologize if I offend anyone because the one I’m likely to be meanest to put it on the internet and therefore I don’t feel bad in the slightest talking about it. If you put it up for the whole world to see then don’t be mad when they bloody well do.

               Love Triangles are just silly. Like regular ones that just occur because one girl (usually) attracts the attention of two boys who are somehow connected to each other like being friends, roommates, co-workers, or involved with an unending grudge match between mythical creatures if Twilight is to be believed. (That’s the initial connection between Jacob and Edward right? Doesn’t matter, anything to do with Twilight is irrelevant and silly.) Anyways, the point I was trying to get at, normal love triangles are silly, but tolerable. Entertaining mostly due to the fact that not all the parties involved really get what’s going on there. It’s fun to be on the outside and kind of laugh at the make bets between friends or whatever. It’s also ok because normally what happens is that one guy typically starts to just become the favourite. Normally you see one guy just simply pull ahead so to speak and the other guy backs down before it becomes too messy. This is normal. I think, don’t really know, just writing off the top of my head and that’s what seems reasonable.

               Now I’m saying this to emphasise how utterly ridiculous the love triangle I am currently observing is. I’ll start by saying what I think is “Standard” or normal about this (As far as love triangles go) First it is the ole’ two guys after one girl sort of thing. Lastly in my opinion it is already apparent who the better choice is, the whole favourite thing has already played out. That’s where the normal stuff ends.  

               What’s ridiculous about all this?

 One: Twilight references were immediately made therefore it is silly.

 Two: Obvious reasons for trust to be an issue make everything irrelevant. If basic trust cannot be established then it’s simply impossible to establish a healthy relationship. Also if trust is still there despite solid evidence that it shouldn’t then a person is in unreasonable denial and shouldn’t be considered reasonably able to make any sort of smart decision.  This can go either way and it does.

Three: Equal opportunity employment, sort of. When a girl realizes she has to make a decision between two guys this is what she should do. She first needs to ask herself if she has already made the decision in her mind and if she has then just go with that. If she hasn’t made a decision then she needs to give both guys reasonable opportunity to present their cases as to why they should be the one chosen. The most common reason for this to not happen is when one of the guys is the best friend. If you are the best friend and you know that something like this is happening be a good sport and let the other guy have his chance too. It seems stupid, but do you really want the girl if you have to deal with the constant thought that you only got her because you had an unequal opportunity? Maybe you would’ve got her anyway, but you’ll never know and that thought will stay with you as long as that girl is in your life.

               Ok before I go on I have to say this, I’m watching LOTR right now because the Hobbit is like 2.5 weeks away and I’m starting up the massive hype train for this event and if you look at Liv Tyler’s eyes at 1:08:00 and on in Fellowship of the Ring, you’ll notice that her eyes are like super dilated. Like the pupils are massive.

               Fourth: As I stated at the beginning, the reason I feel ok with writing this is because it was put up on the internet. As I always say, “If you’re going to do something stupid, don’t put it on the internet.” It still blows my freaking mind that this made it all the way to Facebook. Then again maybe not. Maybe people are caught up in all the drama and are actually enjoying all the attention it brings to them and are milking it. Maybe this is leading to the inevitable major emotional trauma for one guy. Maybe I think that’s just uncool. Maybe I think this whole situation is actually pants on head retarded. Maybe.

               To sum everything up, I am currently observing a love triangle that has grown incredibly old to me very quickly, because the reasoning and decision making of the people involved is equal to JYP’s Protoss versus Terran. For all of those who aren’t familiar with pro StarCraft that’s terrible. JYP used to have a 10% win rate in the match up. 10% as a paid pro. Unacceptable. The decision making with this love triangle is equally disappointing. I think the whole thing just needs to end. Frankly I don’t really think anyone should end up with anyone either, they’ve all acted like such idiots towards each other that none of them should want the other, but they do and in the end two people are going to be very happy and one person is going to be pissed off, and it’s prob gonna be the guy I’m rooting for. It’s all just plain silly. 

This is what I think about this now. Have fun destroying each other emotionally.

                    Last minute edit: I don't actually have any real negative feelings towards any of the people involved, I like them all as individuals, but recent decisions have been terrible in my opinion and this is my way of avoiding the situation of me blowing up in all of their faces about it and letting them sort this out for themselves the way it aught to be.

Source for pic: The Escapist

Peeps and Poor Flow

I got something I want to talk about but first a couple of things, remember that girl that rejected me on a date? We’re still friends, and I’m gonna give myself the credit on this one because after a solid week of zero contact I decided to be the one who “Re-breaks” the ice. Literally only took one text saying, “what’s up?” to set things straight there. This is a good thing. I mean, it would have sucked if I had in one swift move made it a weird awkward experience just to go see two of my best friends because their roommate was that girl who just wanted to be friends. Mostly because it would mean that I have no more maturity then the average high schooler and that is just not ok. It’s also good because I get to keep Kinna as a friend. (The girl who rejected me.)

               If only The girl who rejected me wasn't a pain to write, then I could use it as a permanent reference to her and it would be funny, maybe. Acronym? TGWRM. No still looks weird and doesn't flow off the tongue. Guess I’ll just keep using names. Boring. Also I realize that in my last post I purposely didn't use her name, but I didn’t really say anything that bad about her so whatever.

               Next up there’s Scott. Scott is the boyfriend to one of my best friends. Scott didn't get a very good start with me due to the fact that his younger brother and I did not get along in High School. I severely dislike his brother because he screwed over a friend of mine. Not really relevant why I dislike him though. We’re here to talk about Scott, so I wasn't a fan at first. Then I actually got the chance to talk to him a bit. He’s a cool dude, very smart and uses logic and reason. I’m sold, I know it really doesn't matter all that much whether or not I approve of him and such, but I have this feeling of obligation to the two Lybbert girls in my life to insure that the men that the marry are the absolute best the world has to offer them. I owe them that much. So it’s important to me that Scott is awesome. Yeah, words and things.

               You know what? This is enough to justify being its own post! Awesome, I’ll just write the thing I wanted to and put it up tomorrow and then I’ll feel slightly less terrible about being so inconsistent about writing these! Whoo!

              

 After a 5 min scouring of Facebook picture, this is the most normal one I could find with either Samara or Lysa. Kinda Sad. But Awesome.

Updates and Rants!

Life update! Not a whole lot going on right now except for one thing, and that’s all I really want to talk about right now, I just need to vent it out of my system before I do something regrettable. Hopefully I don’t do that right here, but here goes.

I like a girl. Hold on, I have to change my music right now, Metallica is just not helping me stay objective here and I need that right now. Where was I? Oh right a girl. I like this girl, and for the sake of time I’m not going to go about and describe her. I asked this girl on a date, mostly because we’ve hung out a fair amount I thought that things were going well. She said she had to check with her roommate about some plans but would get back to me, that is fine.

Fast forward several hours and I receive a text message from her with two purposes. One was to
“make sure we’re on the same page with our friendship” If anyone doesn’t immediately get this, it means I was being friend zoned. Second was to tell me that she would not be able to make a date, shocker! So I asked a girl on a date for the first time in years and it blew up in my face. Big deal. I decided to take a risk in my life by doing something I didn’t know for sure would work out and it didn’t, that is the way things go right? I’m just going to vent for a bit about what I think about all this.

What on earth makes a girl think that dating causes so much drama and awkwardness? If you have two rational and intelligent people both of those things are so easily avoidable that it seems silly that so many girls use this as a main point for why they should not date a guy but rather, “Just be friends” It’s seriously bogus. I mean, I’m not going to lie, 2 of my best friends are an ex-girlfriend and someone I asked out but got rejected. You know how awkward things are between us with regards to talking about dating and whatnot? Not at all. Why? Because despite the fact that I was in high school, I and all parties involved acted like bloody adults about it. Maybe that’s what I’m missing here. Getting past these high school ideologies requires a major shift in the ways that people perceive and understand their world. Maybe not everyone makes that transition as fast as I would think.

               That would make sense generally. In this specific case though I can confirm that this individual displayed maturity far beyond a high school mentality. So where does that leave us? Maybe the maturity I saw was but a brief glimpse, when in reality the mind was still rooted in high school. This is the most likely reasoning. Another is fear. Fear of several things, an obvious one being the fear of what CAN happen when you trust another person and emotionally invest in them. Another fear is that if you spend your time on one person you might miss “The One.” This is just so bad though. I mean don’t people remember that general authorities of the church have said straight up that there is no such thing as a “Soul Mate”? Yes they have. Fear of what others might think of your relationship and how that could affect all of your other relationships. Fear of finding out the person you’re investing in could turn out to not be what you thought they were. Lastly there is the fear of losing that person as a friend if the relationship goes south, but as I stated before, intelligent, level headed people can avoid this one so easily that its silly to even mention it, however it is my belief that this one is the one that plays the biggest factor in most girls minds. It’s probably why if I name all my best friends the overwhelming majority are girls. (Dillon being the only guy to make that list if you’re wondering, also if you are reading this, you are also on that list. Hope that makes your day.)

               Ok, I feel better now. Thanks for reading and whatnot.

               Closing thought. Sometimes I wish things were simpler like in Calvin and Hobbes, those two had each other and they didn’t need anything or anyone else. At the same time though, I like all the confusion and chaos that engulfs my life now, makes things interesting. 

Still... This would be nice

Source for Pic: Google