Todd

New LJ and Small Friends Cut

2009-05-07T04:43:50Z

I am moving my journal to yeerk. Just cleaning up a bunch of online stuff and have been wanting a new name forever.

I added most of you over there. If you weren't added, it's either because we don't talk or I just couldn't remember who you were lol. If I made a mistake or you want to be added, just ask! I'm not trying to be elitist; I just don't want friends who don't talk to me, haha.

Feel free to remove south0. It'll eventually be deleted, but I want to make sure I've saved everything I want to keep first.

I'm a Kansan now.

2009-04-14T04:26:43Z

I just got to Kansas yesterday. Shane and I drove a moving truck and towed my car twenty hours across the country. Shane was pretty scared of driving so I drove like 18 of the 20 hours which I didn't mind at all because it kept me from being bored. It was actually pretty fun. Huckleberry sat in the middle and was surprisingly really well behaved the entire two-day ride.

We're moving into our apartment on Friday and I start work on Monday. I talked to my new boss Connie on the phone and through my home office e-mail, and she seems really nice. She said my pay's not dropping and there's plenty of work for me here in Wichita, so I'm pretty excited.

I miss my friends a lot, but I don't miss Shane anymore. I can look across the room and there he is lol. It's so weird. I'm really excited though. I love him a lot.

The time change is also really weird. I'm an hour behind what I was so all my friends are going to bed now and it's only 11:22.

I made friends with one of Shane's friends Brandon, who gave me his number tonight. I really like his girlfriend Kristen. I haven't really had a chance to talk to anyone else, but I think I'm going to like the people here.

And he's getting me into WoW! I'm not sure if that's exciting or not. lol

Ahh, my move is so close.

2009-04-05T16:44:46Z

Huck and I went downtown to the creek with my best friend Josh and Huck's best friend Jake yesterday.

It was a lot of fun, and it made me kind of sad that I'm leaving. I know moving to Kansas is right, but at the same time I can't help but feel sad about leaving my friends and my home. Anyway, I've been making the most out of everyday and hanging out with my best friend while I can. He said he's going to come visit Shane and me in Kansas a lot, so there's not a lot to be sad about, I guess.

I called my mom and wanted to go see her the other day, but she was too busy. I'm moving. I don't get it. If I had a son who was moving, I'd want to spend as much time with him as possible. Oh well.

I haven't made a personal post in a while.

2009-04-03T19:15:52Z

A few countdowns:

8 days until I move.
6 days until I see Shane again.
3 days of work left.

I have so many emotions running through me. I'm excited, I'm sad, I'm scared... I've never lived outside of South Carolina before, so this is going to be scary no matter how excited I am. I'm really sad to leave my friends and family, but at the same time I'm really excited to never have to leave Shane again. It's going to be so nice to not have to deal with the pressures and inconveniences a long distance relationship brings. The longing, the not having... It sucks.

I have almost everything packed and I still feel like nothing's done. My buddy Josh packed my dishes for me today; let's face it: if I packed them they'd make it to Kansas broken. Today I don't feel like packing anymore. I feel like watching more Battlestar Galactica and geeking out at how similar the Cylons are to the Yeerks in Animorphs. Anyone else made that connection? The Aftran books especially made me feel that way. Yeerks are just misunderstood for the most part, wanting to live and see and better themselves. So are the Cylons. Well, some of them, but not all of the Yeerks are good either. I'm going to write a comparison up for my Boomer shrine, haha.

Moving sucks.

2009-04-01T02:58:26Z

It really bothers me that I had to get another domain, but at the same time I'm really excited about it. I had fun building it, and I can finally use PHP! Sadly, I can't get my guestbook entries unless I copy and paste them over, and a lot of them were about Sharkboy so I decided to just start it over. This means you guys have to sign it again! My friend Veronica said I'm the only one she knows of since 1999 that has a guestbook on his domain, lol.

Sorry to make you guys update your links and affiliates pages again. Speaking of which, if anyone on my friends list wants to affiliate or link exchange, let me know!

Anyway, let me know what you guys think!

My host is pissing me off.

2009-03-25T00:03:00Z

They are getting ads. A domain I pay for. What the crap? Apparently the space was free and the name was 25 bucks, which is a ripoff in my opinion. I just looked at it all as a packaged deal. The domain was a gift from my brother, and since I couldn't afford to renew sinspawn.net last year, I moved all my sites there. They're holding my domain, too, and to transfer it I have to pay a fee. I've had issues with this host before, but since my brother bought the domain I just dealt with them again. Never again.

I was thinking about buying sinspawn.net back again, or heck, maybe something new. It looks like I'm moving my sites again though. I'm catching up with Alex, lol.

Ugh.

2009-03-24T23:09:06Z

I have a frakkin sty. :( My eye is so swollen. It hurts hurts hurts.

I'm a nerd.

2009-03-21T03:44:03Z

I finished a new site today. It's to Boomer and Athena from Battlestar Galactica. I've gotten kind of obsessed.

This is so crazy for me because the last shrine I built debuted in October of 2007. It's March of 2009. I'm really excited. It's nice to have something new to update. And it's not to a video game character!

Battlestar Galactica

2009-03-15T01:41:59Z

So I've been watching the first season of Battlestar Galactica the past couple of days, and it's ~~freakin~~ frakkin amazing. I love Sharon/Boomer/Number Eight(s times infinity).

Shane only gave me Season 1, and it ended on a cliffhanger so now I have to wait almost an entire month to see what happens. Why, Gods? Why?

I had two cakes!

2009-03-10T23:28:16Z

My boyfriend and best friend got me one together, and my roommate Nick and my friend Raul made one for me. I blew out 47 candles this year! The last one was at a restaurant, and you can see it here. Being sang to is so awkward for me, but I love my friends, and I'd be lying if I didn't say I'd be sad if I wasn't sang to, lol. All of your comments on Facebook and LJ made me smile a lot, too, so thanks guys.

My birthday is over. Dammit! Haha. It was pretty amazing, though. I'll post more about it later, but I need to go grab dinner, and then Idol's on! I hear they're doing the hits of Michael Jackson. I wonder if he's mentoring. Either way, it's going to be a good night.

Insert a cool subject here.

2009-03-07T16:18:38Z

It's like 11:16 and I'm laying in bed with Shane. Dang, we're lazy, lol.

It's my birthday though!

Holy crap. I'm 23. Am I old? I don't feel old.

Birthdays

2009-03-04T03:35:17Z

The theme for Unprotected6 this week was birthdays. I think it's pretty ironic that mine is this Saturday.

P.S.: I'm a Power Ranger!

4 Days <3

2009-03-01T15:54:37Z

Happy Birthday Mark!

There are so many birthdays around this time. Mark's is today. Alyssa's and Drew's is Wednesday. Mine's this coming Saturday. My best friend Josh's is the following Thursday.

Still a little sick. Barely have my voice, but I'm feeling a lot better. I don't feel the medicine wearing off anymore, which is amazing, because that means I don't have to take it a lot.

Shane is going to be here in four days for the weekend of my birthday. Damn, out time apart flew by. One more break apart after this, and then we're living together. I'm pretty excited. That means if everything goes like we planned, only 27 more days until we're together forever. It really seems like nothing.

For my movie-watching friends, don't rent Pathology. It had a cool idea but was executed poorly. It's a waste of time and money.

Oh yeah. It's supposed to snow today and tomorrow. 2 to 4 inches here in South Carolina. What the hell?

BBLJ8 is finally over.

2009-02-27T21:55:18Z

Today makes the third day I've been sick with a cold. Definitely the worst cold I've had in a while, it's more annoying than anything else, but I am really just ready for it to go away.

BBLJ8 ended last night. I sent in my vote yesterday and participated in the live finale. I am so glad it's over now. It was a really tough game, even if it was fun. It just had way too much drama in it for my liking. Granted, I participated in and pushed a lot of the drama toward my last weeks there, but that was after I gave up trying to just make friends and decided to actually start playing the game.

I was allowed into bblj_reunion last night, now that the game is over, and I kind of wish I didn't go in, lol. There was so much Todd-hate, and what was the worst is a lot of it came from someone I thought was my friend. I'm not just talking about "I hope Todd gets evicted," or "Todd is a liar," but "Sometimes I wonder, though, if he realizes just how much of an ass his "oh, I'm such a nice person, I'm no better than anyone else, but now that I think about it, I am cute, funny, and have had a crappy life..." spiel makes him seem to be," and "Just look at their faces; both look as if they haven't slept in 6 years." I don't know Austin, but thanks Mark. ;) I'm not going to read the diary rooms. I'm just not, lol. I'm not hurt or sad by any of this stuff, surprisingly. And, I got some pretty amazing things out of this game:

1) Shane. We're going to be living together next month. Things can't really get much better, and despite all the drama in the game, people calling me a druggee because of bags under my eyes in some pictures, and all of the stress, Shane makes it all worth it, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I love Shane with all my heart.
2) Andrew. Andrew is my best online friend now, and someone I can vent to and share my creative ideas with. He's always there to listen, and even help out.
3) Marina, Nick D., Alyssa, Stacey, and Jenn. All good friends who I talk to pretty often.
4) Other acquaintances like Rob, Mandy, and Tina where there are possibilities of friendships.

I'm just really glad it's over.

I'm off today and staying in and resting since I'm sick. I'm seriously debating between Mega Man Anniversary Collection and Sonic Mega Collection, but either way there will be some serious Gamecube usage today.

Unprotected6

2009-02-22T01:03:35Z

Some of you guys are aware that I am apart of a Youtube channel called Unprotected6. It's basically a vlog channel ran by five friends and myself. We just finished the second week. It's pretty hilarious at times, (What can I say? My friends are funny.) and I think you guys might enjoy it. It's only going to get better, so check it out, and subscribe to the channel if you have a Youtube account! It helps support me in one of my projects, and you guys are my friends. </guilt trip> ;)

Anyway, my day to update the channel is every Tuesday, but this week I switched with my buddy Andrew because I was so tired from my trip to Kansas. I made my video today, on his normal day, and it continues the rant I started in my last Livejournal entry. I figured you guys might like it. Feel free to comment here or on the Youtube page (And rate!). I'm really interested in you guys' feedback.

And Lawren, Tina, Margie, Matt, Lori, Holly, etc! I mentioned Animorphs!

The Best Valentine's Day Weekend Ever

2009-02-18T04:15:05Z

For Aaron and others who don't like hearing about Shane, take heed of this warning: This entry has a lot of Shane in it. Skip it.

I'm going to start this off with something that might surprise you: I hate Valentine's Day. I know, I know; it's a shock. I'm a huge romantic, and Valentine's Day is THE day for romance. To me it's just an annoying retail holiday, and before this year I hadn't really had a good one. Shane made this year's Valentine's Day amazing for me, but you know what? Everyday I've spent with Shane has felt equally amazing. We just had gifts this weekend. And candles. And ...I'll spare you the rest. Of course I'll celebrate future Valentine's Days with Shane, but I think I'm still going to hold tight to my opinion, and mainly because we're good to each other no matter what day it is.

Shane got me a couple Mario Bros hats. Although you can't see it really well, I'm wearing one in the picture above. I got two more gifts I really don't feel the need to mention, and an amazing card. If I don't count Shane himself, I think the card is the best thing I got for Valentine's Day. The card was the most special, anyway, and it made me feel really loved.

I met Shane's family and friends this weekend. His dad wasn't as intimidating as I thought he'd be, but I was shy nevertheless. I didn't really know how to act around him. It was my boyfriend's dad, who wasn't really comfortable with the gay thing, and I'm the guy taking his son away to South Carolina. It was actually pretty scary, but not for long. I liked his sister a lot. I also really liked his friends, especially Sarah, Rachel, and Brandon, who were my favorites. I can have favorites, right? In all fairness, those were the three I spent the most time around.

Kansas was ...alright. I liked the feel of Wichita. It was a lot like Greenville in population and feel, if that makes sense, so I was immediately comfortable. Some people were really really nice, but I felt the difference between attitudes in the south and Kansas. Here, people go out of their way to say hey, and ask you how you're doing. There, people just seemed to walk by us. It was just different.

We were also called homos a few times, so that didn't make me like the people in Kansas a whole lot. I guess I could run into that anywhere. What I don't get is that it wasn't really warranted. We weren't groping anywhere. On one occasion, we were just holding hands. Another we were hugging, and the last time was at the airport where we were hugging and kissing. We also got a few "What the hell?" and "Go to hell," looks by people driving by us in cars while we were on the road. We were never in the middle of the aisle blocking people anywhere. We weren't doing it to show off our homosexuality, either. We just were living our lives. I guess what I don't get is it doesn't really affect them. Why do they care?

It doesn't bother Shane like it does me, but I've always been one to care about what people think. It's a downfall of mine. It's not that they make me ashamed to be gay, either. It just makes me sad that they care about it so much. Why does me being gay have to bother them so much?

0 Days Left!

2009-02-12T17:39:35Z

I'll be on my way to Kansas soon. I'm surprisingly not psyched out at all about flying anymore. I just can't wait to see Shane.

See you guys Monday!

4 Days

2009-02-08T16:17:12Z

I will try to work on that Video Meme again today, so if you guys have anymore questions, shoot them at me. I can't promise I'll finish, but I'll try.

I'm going to Kansas on Thursday to see my boyfriend. It's so crazy how fast 32 days flew by. (Okay, technically there are still four left...) I'm really excited but at the same time, I'm really really nervous. Not about Shane, of course. I'm just scared of flying. I've been on an airplane twice in my life. Once to get to Germany and once to get back to the states. It was nonstop the entire way. This is hardly as bad, but so many what-if's keep popping in my head. What if I miss my connector? What if my flight is canceled? I only get five days with him. What if we crash?

I think I'm going to just keep looking ahead to what's at the other side. My smiling boyfriend. Kisses. You guys have no idea how bad I want to kiss Shane right now. Flying is just an obstacle I have to pass to get to that.

I finished the fourth case in Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney last night. Shane told me to save the last case in that game for after I've finished Trials and Tribulations because it doesn't advance the story, and because aspects of that case are in the Apollo Justice game. It makes sense to me. I'm starting Justice for All today. God that game was so much fun. I've not rushed through a game like that in months, but I couldn't put it down. I loved Edgeworth. He's battling Tidus right now.

Video Meme Responses

2009-02-02T00:11:57Z

Here are my responses to the questions asked to me in this post.

Mandy, I didn't get your question until after I had already made this video, so I'll answer yours in a second video. Since I am making a second video, if you guys have more questions for me, feel free to go ahead and ask, and I'll feature it in the next video.

Video Meme

2009-01-31T19:43:34Z

You know, I've always wanted to create a meme. I do them all the time. Why not start one? Making a video last night was a lot of fun, and I want more practice. I don't really want to tag anyone because not everyone has the software/hardware or is comfortable enough to make a video, so if you want to do this, have at it. Otherwise, please participate in mine!

Ask me a question. Ask me anything. I'll give you an honest answer in a video response.

Depending on how many of these I get, I may make a video for each question, answer several questions in one video, or even all the questions in one video. Everybody's questions will be answered, though, so ask away. Also, you can ask more than one question, but don't get carried away and leave me a survey to answer, lol.

A blog vid, kinda.

2009-01-31T04:51:39Z

So I made a test run for an internet show I was asked to be apart of. It's nothing special, and others aren't really making theirs public (We haven't started yet.), but I talked about some things that I feel express who I am, and I figured you guys might like it.

I know I have bags under my eyes. I'm tired, and they run heavily in my family. Get over it. lol

Twitter

2009-01-30T05:39:51Z

So I kind of caved into peer pressure and signed up for a Twitter. There's no telling how often I'll update it, but add me if you have one!

http://twitter.com/dragonzord

How well do you know me?

2009-01-24T03:09:33Z

Everybody go here and take a quiz on me.

I thought it'd be funny to see how much you guys pay attention to my Livejournal posts. Every single answer can be gathered from my LJ.

Don't be scared, either. If you fail it I won't think any different of you. This is just fun.

Oh, and...

Coming up with 19 things is tough.

2009-01-20T21:46:59Z

I stayed home from work sick today. :( Shane actually woke me up this morning because I didn't hear my alarm. I rolled over, sat up, and then realized I was calling in today. I hate being sick. I know my boss is probably tired of me being sick, because I'm sick all the time, but I can't help that I catch everything! Maybe I need to start taking a multivitamin. My boyfriend is sick, my roommate is sick, and all of my friends are sick. I really think this one was unavoidable.

Anyway, icysnowdrop tagged me to do this meme.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 19 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. ~~At the end, choose 19 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.~~ I'll tag like eight.

1. I want to be on a reality TV show one day. I don't think I'd make it very far, put I'm pretty sure I could get cast if I applied for one. I'm going to do it...

2. I'm 22 years old and yet I still geek out over Power Rangers. My ringtone is the original theme for MMPR and my text message tone is the sound the communicators make when Zordon pages the rangers. Whenever I get a text, I pick up the phone and go, "Yes Zordon, come in!" I've always wanted to be the Green Ranger, but I bet I'd end up being chosen as the yellow one or something. Shane says I'd be the Yellow Ranger because my phone looks like a morpher and it's yellow. It's green!

3. I used to come home from school everyday and watch Spider-Man and ...Sailor Moon.

4. I am amazing at Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus (I made a 5 on the AP Calculus test), but I suck at simple math. Measurements, fractions, and percentages (for tipping), go to Hell.

5. I am incredibly ditzy. Not stupid, though. Shane and I were driving through this creepy stretch of road, and I said something like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could happen in a place like this," and he said "But baby, this is South Carolina," to which I added, "Okay, South Carolina Texas Chainsaw Massacre." I say stuff like that all the time. :/

6. I brush my teeth easily more than two times a day. I brush them in the morning after my shower, at night before bed, and right before I leave my house during the day if I've eaten something since I've been home. At least I'll never have bad breath.

7. Facebook confuses me. It takes me five minutes to find where to upload a picture without making a new album. I kid you not. Add me if you guys want to, though! My name is Todd Whittaker.

8.I wear a size 10 shoe.

9. I love the horror genre, but I am a wimp. I got scared during Silent Hill 2 and had to put the game down. I cover my eyes and ears during scary movies. Also, I'm reading I Am Legend right now, and I can only read a couple of chapters at a time before it becomes too much. lol

10. My AIM screen name is huckhasfleas. My dog doesn't really have fleas, though. Anymore.

11. My favorite icecream is Mint Chocolate Chip. I can't find it green anywhere, though! Breyers makes it white. What the hell? It's still good.

12. I beat the first Super Mario Bros for the first time a couple months ago. Level 8-3 always made me run out of lives. Then I found out about the 3-1 glitch and had 99 lives, so it was easy.

13. I make more money as a vendor than I ever did as a Department Manager at Wal-Mart or a Shift Manager at Hardee's, but I miss those jobs because they made me feel important.

14. I can't decide if I want to be a teacher or a social worker.

15. I really liked Brooke White on American Idol last year. She should have sang California Dreaming at some point, though.

16. I failed my driving performance test twice before I got my license.

17. When I play Mario Kart, I'm almost always Yoshi. I hate Yoshi in every other game though. He is terrible in Super Smash Bros.

18. My DS is my new favorite video game system.

19. I miss zexenshad. :( 23 more days...

Tagging zexenshad, aeryberry, karenjeane, omg_its_rob, alessonincrime, cmer, trileaderroses, auraesque, paranoiaebw, and fauxappletree. I'm too lazy to tag more, so if you want to do this, go ahead and blame it on me. =P

Blah.

2009-01-16T23:49:18Z

I updated this at sharkboyorg, but I wanted to mention it here too. I finally got around to giving my domain a new layout. It makes me want to play more Mario.

I am still missing Shane.

I still owe five of you guys pictures. I haven't forgotten.

I put down Final Fantasy IV for a while and started Mario 64. I have 2 stars! Yeah, I know, it's not a great feat. Koopa the Quick intimidated me, though.