The Birth of a Hero

(Edguy - Out of Control)

I hope you guys got a good look at the last post in my blog because it has now and forevermore been removed from the internet. Forevermore? Who am I, Blind Guardian? Hansi Kursch? Speaking of whom, he is singing on this Edguy song right now.

Anyway, for the past few weeks my life has been in complete shambles. I can't sleep, I don't eat, I never shower; everything is just terrible. It all started when my parents were killed in that terrible accident. Oh god, I can't even talk about it. Just hold me.

(Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places)

On a happier note, I have been working a lot these days and I've been pocketing quite the tidy wad of cash. I've made nearly three million dollars so far this summer, and things can only get beter from here. Especially considering the state of my affairs (as mentioned in the previous paragraphle).

My little album I've been writing has been coming along great. I've finished all but one track on the album, making for a total of 37 minutes of extreme hard-hitting heavy melodic poser metal. I mean power metal, not poser metal. Don't ever call me that again or you'll find yourself en route to the horse-pital. So be sure to ask me about this album, Empyrean, next time you see me and I will probably ignore you or skirt the question entirely.

(Danny Elfman - Augustus Gloop)

I've gotten to the movies TWICE so far this summer. Scratch that, THRICE. But I've only seen two movies. Star Wars and War of the Worlds. Basically, I only see movies with the word "war" in the title these days. It's some psychological problem I have developed within the last few weeks. I went to a couple of different doctors and they can't really pinpoint the problem, but they assume it has something to do with my failure to reconcile with my parents before their untimely death. Oh god, here I go again. This is just too difficult to write about.

(Evergrey - The Great Deceiver)

One of these days, though, I will have to let all my feelings out. Perhaps I will veil them in the dialogue and actions in my upcoming movie that I will be writing at school as soon as I get back. I still don't have a name for it but it involves the following things: zombies, time travel, shotguns, katanas, guitars, love, betrayal, Bravo Johnson and Dimitri Malone. So you'll have to be sure to check that out when it's finished. If you have any suggestions for names for this movie (be it only from the thin body of information I have provided you), be sure to post these suggestion in your feedback or metion them to me in other places. Just as with my album, however, I will most likely ignore you or skirt the issue. It's just too difficult for me to talk about these things with people.

(Thunderstone - Another Time)

There will be no goodbyes this time.

I am Becoming More and More Like my Alter-egos Every Day

Welcome to another month of fame, fortune, and all around debauchery. If you are just joining us, you're watching Adam Fiske the "Ultimate" Human.

(Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name)

That song reminds me of Bravo Johnson. It's mainly because Bon Jovi and Bravo Johnson both have the same initials (BJ, if you couldn't figure it out on your own). And that allows me to segue into the next part of my journal entry rather easily. It seems that I have had a brilliant idea the other day wherein I have realized how to meld the characters and various stories I have created into one epic saga. Now, you might be thinking to yourself "How in the world was that a nice easy segue!?" Let me tell you. One of these characters is none other than Bravo Johnson! Other characters include Dimitri Malone, Dr. Elliot Eldritch, Eddie Johnson, Jack, and one more main character whom I haven't come up with a name for yet, but she is a female assassin. Now, you might be thinking to yourself "Why did he just start of this sentence in the exact same way as that other one?!" Let me tell you. It's called parallelism, buddy. I am not going to explain to you how all of these characters work in the grand scheme of the story; I am not even going to tell you the main outline of the story. All I am going to mention are two words: zombie epic.

(Symphony X - Absence of Light)

If you hadn't already noticed by now, I haven't written anything since I have been out of school. This is why the above paragraph may not have been as concise and straightforeward as I had wished it to be. In fact, you may have absolutely no idea what I was even talking about up there, in that hallowed jumble of thoughts as words. Do you know why I haven't written anything since school? Let me tell you. I have been busy. I bet most of you actually guessed that. I have been working, reading, composing, etc. I have been working at the golf course from 6-2 everyday followed by working at my grandmother's house for another hour or so. Usually after such a day, I have been coming home, relaxing for about an hour and then eating dinner. After dinner I relax some more while reading chapters from the book "How To Make a Good Script Great," and writing various pieces for my concept album "Empyrean."

(Kataklysm - The Resurrected)

Now, I know most of my readers do not care much about my TabIt exploits, but I feel like telling you about this album of mine anyway. The name is Empyrean, if you hadn't already noticed above. The concept behind it is this movie idea I came up with sometime around sixth grade. Some of you may have even read parts of this movie. It involves a young man who was given special powers at his birth by his father. Then he goes on a raucus cross-galaxy adventure to save the universe from evil! Along the way he runs into all sorts of obstacles such as bounty hunters (with such creative names as Spoce Eschewitt, Psykoon, and Ravne), mountain guardians called Neoke, and the evil lord of the universe Master Norlock who also turns out to be... HIS FATHER!! I wonder where I came up with such an interesting and unique idea for a movie back in sixth grade. Maybe we will never know.

(Kiuas - And the North Star Cried)

Speaking of Kiuas, this band has recently become one of my favorite bands ever. They are like a mix of power metal, folk metal, and black metal. But how can such a mix of metals sound like anything good? It works perfectly. I reccommend this CD to anyone who can get their greedy little hands on it. Kiuas - The Spirit of Ukko.

I don't really have much else to ramble on about here, so I think that this will be it for this month's installation of my various adventures across the snow. Until next month, keep on looking handsome and getting medals.

The End of the Road

Well, here it is, Kiddo. The sophomore year is over. Just think, two more years and then I am introduced to real life. Seems scary, huh? Psh... that's what you think. Keep that shit to yourself.

(Beastie Boys - I Don't Know)

Here I sit, alone in my dorm. My roommate Dave has already moved out for the summer; he left sometime this evening at about eight. Since then, I have packed all of my stuff sans my computer, because my computer is my only connection to you people right now. I made myself an OfficeBase(tm) for this last night at WPI. It's pretty neat, Tim is right. For those of you who don't know the power of the OfficeBase(tm), it is the magical area that is created when you make yourself a desk that sticks out from the wall, so people can sit on the other side of it and you can give them job interviews. It's like you're a boss; it gives you the feeling of ultimate power, really.

(John Williams - Anakin vs. Obi-wan)

So, I've gotten all my classes and projects squared away for next year. First term I will be taking Social Psychology along with Foundations of Embedded Computer Systems. Yes, that's right, I am taking NO computer science courses first term. However, you would be quick to notice that I did not list three classes, the normal number of classes one takes during a term here at WPI. I am doing my Sufficiency first term. And do you know what I get to do for it? I get to write a fuckin' screenplay. Suck on that, all you sucker MC wannabes! That's right, while most people have to write 20-50 page papers about why John Donne wanted God to rape him or why some guy from Rhode Island really liked jams, I get to write a 120 page screenplay about anything (most likely zombies and dragons).

(Opeth - Hope Leaves)

Do you guys even want to know what I am doing for my other three terms? After that last paragraph, you are probably shaking your boots right off your feet to find out what other awesome stuff I am doing next year. Well, I am also doing my IQP, which involves PLAYING FUCKING DOOM 3. Take that to your bank and cash it! That is going to take up the other three terms, so I'll only be taking two other classes each of those terms, also. Second term my classes include Database Systems and Digital Sound Design. The glory about this term is that MTRF I have a single one hour class at 4 in the afternoon, and on Wednesday I have one 3 hour class at one o'clock. Third term I am taking Molecularity and Foundations of Computer Science. There is no glory within third term, it's usually the worst. Final term finds me taking Database Systems II and Cognitave Psychology. Then the year is over.

(Sentenced - The Luxury of a Grave)

Well, blast, work begins soon at the golf course. Hopefully I'll have more to do than just work this summer, though. I have to read some books to prepare for writing my screenplay. I want to see a bunch of movies also (Star Wars III, Willy Wonka, Doom). Speaking of movies, I recently saw Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it was awesome. I would definately not mind paying another ten dollars to see it again at the theaters. I also recently saw Kung Fu Hustle, which I must say was a bit of a letdown. This summer also holds some great concerts such as Rhapsody/Manowar and Edguy/Hammerfall, so that will be fun.

(Elliot Smith - Say Yes)

If you are still reading after all of that boring shit, I applaud you. You are such a darling. I have a giant bottle of soda sitting here on my desk that hasn't been opened, and I don't plan on opening it anytime soon. By that, I mean I don't plan on opening it until I get home. These WPI provided chairs are really uncomfortable. Hey, if you want to see something totally cool, check this out: this. Reading through all of this redundant stuff may have been worth it afterall, if only to see that awesome photograph. I bet you all can't wait to see me once I get home from school. On a rather depressing note to end this entry, I suffered a random anxiety attack just the other day. It was very strange; probably one of the worst feelings I've ever had. It was the first one I have ever had, and hopefully the last, because I am too existential for that kind of stuff. Seriously. Sportacus is the coolest person ever.

Cottages and Saunas

So, I got bored and decided I would make a new post for all of my regular subscribers out there in the world of worlds. Actually, I'm not really bored, I am actually really tired, and I was lying there in bed about to fall asleep when I though to myself: "Hey, why don't you make a post in your blog?" I didn't know what I was going to post at that particular moment, and I didn't really know what I was going to post up until the point I started typing this little entry. Even so, I straightened my back and set my fingers upon the keys and just started a-typin'. And what you are reading is what I started to type.

I don't really have any pressing issues on my mind; I don't think I really ever do. Maybe it's because I don't really seem to care about anything. Maybe other people just tend to make a larger deal out of things than I do. I don't really know. Carlton calls me an existentialist. According to dictionary.com an existentialist is "a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable." I don't really know if that describes how I feel, but it partially does. I just don't really care what happens as long as I do what makes me happy. Obviously, to be happy I will need to have a good job, but also one that I enjoy. I am not totally sure lately if I am going to enjoy being a software engineer, but only time will tell. I really seem to find writing things much more enjoyable. Scratch that, I really seem to like creating a story much more enjoyable. The writing is sort of a chore to tell the story. I guess I'm just lazy. You be the judge.

Now that I've gone through some sort of philosophical rant about who-knows-what, I will tell you that I am doing fine in my classes. Physics IV isn't proving to be as hard as the last one was, however I just have to make sure I learn the material this time around. I always seem to either get stupid around the time of an exam, or maybe I just don't remember as many things as the other students because I took the other physics classes last year, and most of them took them this year. I get great grades on the homeworks, so I know the material. Software Engineering seems to be going rather smoothly, all As on the homeworks so far, and the midterm seemed to go okay. The same with Human-Computer Interaction, there is no doubt I will be getting an A in that course.

Damn, I come up with all these great stories that I want to see turned into movies, video games, or graphic novels. How do I do it? How do I get them made? I am almost positive that other people will find these things interesting. I create such awesome storylines and such awesome characters. If you read my zombie story (see the previous post) you might have caught the briefest glipse into one of the stories. "Brief," I tell you.

Lately, I have gotten a few new CDs that maybe some of my readers may enjoy hearing about. The first CD I will tell you about is the latest CD from the Brazillian metal band Angra, "Temple of Shadows." This CD has solidified Angra as one of my all-time favorite bands. Previously, I only had their album "Rebirth", which was absolutely amazing. This album took the next step. I recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys bands such as Blind Gaurdian or Symphony X. Another album I recently acquired is Sentenced's latest and last effort "The Funeral Album." Once again, this album is nothing short of amazing. Sentenced are definitely going out on a high note. If you liked "The Cold White Light," this album is sure to please. I have also recently discovered the thrill and brilliance of folk metal. If you want to find out what I am talking about, check out the bands Finntroll and Korpiklaani. I reccomend the latter over the first, mainly because their latest CD "Voice of Wilderness" is one of the most fun CDs I have heard since Edguy's "Hellfire Club" (also check out Edguy if you haven't already). Other CDs that have made their way into my possession as of late include Macabre's "Murder Metal" and "Minstrels," Mercenary's "11 Dreams," Finntroll's "Nattfodd" and "Visor om Slutet," Korpiklaani's "Spirit of the Forest," Hammerfall's "Crimson Thunder" and "Chapter V," Freedom Call's "Stairway to Fairyland," Sonata Arctica's "Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night," Trivium's "Ascendancy," Edguy's "Mandrake," and even the soundtrack to Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. You can hear songs from all of the albums if you simply tune into my radio show, The Incinerator, Tuesdays from 7-10 pm.

Before we get too far off the topic of Edguy, it would appear as though Edguy and Hammerfall are going to be doing a North American tour! Also, Rhapsody and Manowar are touring this summer also. They will be at the Palladium here in Worcester on June 18. The Edguy tour is in August, so hopefully they will be hitting up Massachusetts then.

Also, this summer is looking decent for some movies. Star Wars: Episode III, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I will definitely--no--defiantly be seeing. Oh, and Doom! I can't forget that one! Other promising movies include War of the Worlds and that's about it. Although, it's not looking as good as it previously did. Also, I can't stand Dakota Fanning.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed reading through my half-hour's worth of ramblings. I took you from nothing to infinity, and beyond. You seemed to have lucked out; this time I actually made some sense! Whadaya know. Well, until we meet again, adventurers. I will leave you with these parting words which I read on a website: "Vin Diesel is the only person to ever achive a negative ping."

PS. Sometimes I need a girlfriend.

You Might be Adam Fiske if...
You like:

Metal, movies, steak, music, Sonata Artica, writing stories, video games, Doom, Deus Ex, Star Wars, hilarity, subtle wit, suspense and drama, intrigue and action, adventure and romance, life and death, Blind Guardian, The Third Man, The Infinity Complex, getting feedback about Rock and Roll, The Incinerator (Tuesdays 7-10), writing music, zombies, Sequoia, Symphony X, Dead Alive, Evil Dead 2, Jeff Goldblum, Plot Device: The Man, The Myth, The Legend, computer science, looking good, looking good by wearing hats, being dashing, And Forever After, Bruce Campbell, complete badassery, water, steak, All That Remains, Edguy, Independence Day, movies that plain out rock, movies that make you think, watching movies that are absolutely fucking horrible, flannel, having more style than Jamaica's got mangos, The Beastie Boys, The Skull Tomb Boys, The Gravity Gang, The Gravity Gang Guardian, Edguy, Angra, Shadows Fall, Evil Dead, chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool and all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, DNC, quantum physics, thinking all too much, general levity, coming in three flavors like neopolitan ice cream, Bravo Johnson, Dimitri Malone, etc.

If you like upwards of about eight of those things, you might be my perfect match! How about that? Also, the three worst movies I have ever seen are the following: Dark Star, The Matrix Revolutions, Corpses are Forever