Summer Resolution

So I had another genius idea, but I forgot it. Maybe it'll come back to me.

My summer is about 1/3 of the way over, but I have recently made a resolution to make the other 2/3 count.

One of the biggest things I've decided to do, is to record data in RF4. So by the time school starts again, I will have something out.

I've also decided to put more time into practicing viola and maybe start studying Algebra II. I would also like to go jogging because walking home from summer school means eating ice cream when I get home and therefore I try to avoid the pool. But that's too unrealistic, which is why I've been biking more.

Later this summer I'll be taking driving school, so cheers to a productive summer.



Dear precious readers,

     Get off your butts and create some endorphins!

Sincerely,

Pokemoon

Hole-Puncher Stapler

I keep forgetting about this, but I have a genius idea. You can probably tell what it is by the title. I first came up with in in Biology when I was hole punching my papers

So the general idea is that it looks like a regular 3 hole hole-puncher, but it's a little longer so that you have room to add the stapler at the top.



My hole puncher looks like the one above, except it's a more sensible black. And my mini stapler looks almost exactly like that one, except it's longer and probably 20 or so years older. But the shorter version is actually better for our purposes.

I'm not good at building things, but the way I visualize it, you'd take a regular hole-puncher and just extend on top around an inch or two. Maybe an inch and a half. In the extra space, you'd have to metal plating that gives the staple it's shape. And then the stapler dispenser thing would be attached to the pressing part on top, just like in a normal stapler. The only problem is that it could probably only hold 20 - 30 staples.

Height isn't an issue, I would assume, because my stapler and hole-puncher are the same height. In fact, it's kind of crazy how similar they are in height.

The pressing part would be split in two. One for the hole-puncher and the other for the stapler. Obviously, the stapler part would be drastically shorter, around the same length as the metal plate.

I guess it would be kind of awkward that the hole-puncher part slants down, while the stapler part slants up.

I think that could be fixed by either adding extra material to the back of the stapler part, or simple leaving it as is. Since the pressing part is going to be detached anyways, the bottom could be a single piece while the top is clearly two parts.

I'd add a picture of the blueprints, but they're pretty terrible and I drew it on an index card, so you guys will have to visualize it yourself. Maybe somebody could try drawing it. Except my description is pretty bad too.


Starting after 6/8/2014, 6 - 8 - 14, June 8, 2014, or however you write the date, I officially unofficially claim rights to the hole puncher stapler. I really don't mind if someone else makes it because I probably won't ever be able to create a physical version by myself, but please don't claim the idea as your own.

Mistake and Dirt Floors

I just realized, that even though I made this to be a Harvest Moon and Pokemon guide, half the things I post have no relation to either of them and there is no useful content on here.

In any case, I finally realized the middle evolution between Nincada and Ninjask doesn't exist.

Secondly, while playing RF4, I felt really rich because I fainted (again) - the fire in Rune Prana 4 gets me every time - and I still had over 1,000,000 gold. And then my mom made me clean my backpack because the school year just ended and I ended up finding my Sunshine Islands. Now, for whatever reason, I have a sudden urge to feel dirt poor - did you know that saying originated from the old days where only rich people could afford flooring, so the poor people had dirt floors? - and I am about to start playing it.

I have no idea why I told you guys that, but yeah... Time to mine!

Gaggle

Hey guys! There's this app that's recently become very popular called Gaggle. Or something like that. It's kind of like a bulletin board that you can post anonymously on. I don't have it, but everybody was talking about it at school. Anyways, it uses the wifi or something and so at school, you can only see the things that people at your school are posting.

We were talking about it in my 6th period and I heard some very valid points.

1. Your posts may be anonymous, but it's pretty simple to find out who posted something. I don't know if this'd happen in real life, but maybe if someone committed suicide and they blamed a post on Gaggle, the government could easily track down who posted it.

2. Posting nude pics of someone under 18 is child pornography. By all means, enjoy whatever you like in your room alone, or maybe in a room with your friend, or maybe with all your friends at a sleepover, or maybe even with all your friends and then some at an orgy, but don't post it somewhere for the entire school to see.

3. I forgot the rest of the points

So yeah, now I sound like some old lady preaching to her grand kids about whatever old people preach about, in this case not posting mean stuff and porn on the internet. Did I mention that? When you post stuff on the internet in general, you can easily be tracked.

Anyways, I don't really have anything else to say except for a PSA for people that want to send nude pics.

Don't put your face in it.

X and Y Page

Pokemon X and Y have been out for a while now, but I still only have 6 badges. For some reason, I've turned into a completionist and am currently obsessed with 100%ing my Pokedex. I just posted the Central Kalos Pokedex because it's the one I'm closest to finishing. Even though my Pokedex isn't that filled, I can fill in a lot of the blanks. I'm still missing a couple, like the middle evolution between Nincada and Ninjask, whom I can't remember for the life of me! I know that I could easily find the blanks by Googling them, but this Pokedex is for my own satisfaction, so I won't.

Cool and Unusual Boy Baby Names of 2010

I was trying to name a character today, so I looked up cool, but uncommon baby names. Well, actually, I was looking for a last name and ended up looking a first names just out of curiosity. The article was written in 2010, but I found very few names I liked and, because I definitely have time, I'm going to review all the ones I have an opinion on.

• Ahmet- I actually know a guy named Ahmed, and he's kind of... I don't know, he just rubs me the wrong way. So I can't say I'm too fond of the name
• Azaiah- It sounds like Izaya which obviously reminds me of Orihara Izaya. Automatic pass
• Balthazar- Someone likes Shakespeare.
• Barnabas- You are just asking for your child to be nicknamed Barnacles.
• Bay- Has a serene connotation. I like it.
• Birch- Reminds me of the professor. I don't really hate it, but it's not particularly great.
• Calix- I'm pretty sure there's a part of a flower that sounds pretty similar.
• Clancy- sorry, but that's kind of girly. Maybe not girly per say, but rather... dainty?
• Cotton- I'd name my daughter that. Clancy was iffy, but this one is full on spring and sunshine.
• Godfrey- When I was in kindergarten, our teacher read a book with a gofer named Godfrey in it. I don't even remember what it was about, but Godfrey will ALWAYS be a gofer to me.
• Griffith- Not a bad name. Sometimes I get a hairy connotation, but it's usually just the good old heroic griffin.
• Grover- Satyr. Or lives in a garbage can. I know it's actually Oscar, but I always got them mixed up.
• Hamish- Is that a language?
• Homer- Fat yellow guy who strangles his kid or fat yellow guy that wrote a giant poem. I know the author probably isn't fat or yellow, but I watched the show before learning about the book.
• Hopper- I think it's an adorable name. But it'd be weird if his personality didn't match.
• Humphrey- I don't know. Whales? Humpback whales? Humping? I really don't have that dirty of a mind. I promise.
• Kermit- Frogs. That's all that comes to mind.
• Kit- I REALLY like this name. It's kind of girly, but it reminds me of foxes, which is part of the reason I like it. If you've ever read the Petra Kronos books, then you might know a character named Kit. You guys probably hate him, but he's one of my favorite characters.If you haven't read the books, then you should, and I'm sorry for spoiling part of it!
• Knute- Lute would be okay, but it reminds me of another word. Perhaps I ought to reassess just how dirty my mind is. I have gotten older...
• Ludovic- It has a European ring to it. Though I wouldn't use it myself, I'll acknowledge anybody who does.
• North- Similar connotation to Bay, but a little icier. I know I'm weird, but they both make me think a pale blue. Whereas Bay is a misty / gray blue, North is an icy / white blue. Again, I wouldn't use it, but I'll acknowledge the coolness to anybody who does. Haha. That was entirely unintentional
• Odysseus- A little too heroic for my taste.
• Ogden- reminds me of oden. The dish, not name, if it is one.
• Osborne- reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne.
• Oswald- I didn't like it when I read it 20 minutes ago, but I kind of like it now. (Partially because I remembered the Pandora Hearts character.) 
• Percival- Again, like Clancy, it just has a feminine ring to it.
• Phelan- something sounds wrong, I just can't quite place my finger on it...
• Piers- It reminds me of Dudley's friend. But other than that, I like it.
• Pike- fish. I think it's a real fish, but I can't be sure. In RF4, you can make sashimi with it at cooking lvl 1.
• Placido- I'm pretty sure he was some philosopher or whatnot.Oh, you know what, he's an opera singer my dad really like. (The philosopher part is what I originally thought, but I make so many typos, I really hate using the backspace for anything other than typos...)
• Romulus- I think he's some sort of mythological figure or something, not sure, but it sounds pretty cool.
• Roth- I knew a guy named Patrick Roth. I don't hate him, but he did take my 600 g bakugan in exchange for something or another, throw lead at me (what a waste), hit me with a ruler, pull my hair, and attempt to drown me at the public swimming pool. It was just friendly stuff, but still.
• Rufus- sounds like doofus. I don't think that's a curse. I know there might be some people out there who disagree
• Socrates- Placido was an opera singer, but Socrates is most definitely a philosopher. I think it just puts too much pressure on the kid. He probably thinks you want him to be a genius.
• Tobiah- Sounds like a combination of Tobias and Uriah. I liked both of them, but I think the combination is kind of weird.Better than Urbias.
• Vaughn- I think it sounds too Wild Western-y.
• Waldo- I can't stop thinking of Where's Waldo.
• Washington- too official
• Zebulon- Is this after Zebulon Pike? What do you know; Pike. If you don't know who Zebulon Pike is, he was some kind of explorer. I had to do a research project on him in... 4th grade? But the books my teacher gave us didn't have any info on him and I got to switch. But the name's pretty cool.

This turned out to be pretty long. After writing all this, i realize my reasons for liking and disliking names is pretty biased. Basically, if I like characters I know with same name, I like the name. If not, i don't really like the name. Except for Kit. I think part of the reason I like Kit from Petra Kronos is because his name is Kit. I want to say more, but I can't spoil it for those who haven't read them yet.

All in all, my favorite name is Kit, hands down.

My least favorite name would be... I guess Placido. Whereas my dad and I aren't really close, I neither hate him or Placido. I do however, hate his singing. I really do.

2 main points

1. Don't name your kid Placido. I automatically hate him. Not really, but no need to sweat the details.

2. Read the Petra Kronos books. In fact, I think I'm going to reread them. 

Good night!

Page Views

Today, I finally realized that single page view I get every once in a while is just me before I log on...
I hope that by the time your grandchildren are born, I will have at least attempted to finish my guide.

On a brighter note, Rune Factory 4 is coming out on October 1 in both the Eshop and stores!