Daily Happenings of Stu/Ulaaran

My “Adventure” in Sacremento

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of posts by me, but it was because I had to go all the way to Sacramento to sit in a hotel all day and watch my little bro. This was not my choice and I was not compensated for it at all except for the delicious food that I had there. So on Monday I went down there with my mom and bro and didn’t do much but go for a quick swim in the pool because we got there at like 8:30. The hotel was actually very nice, considering the only reason we were there was because my mom didn’t have to pay for it because she had agreed to read grants for the state. The only reason I had to go was because my brother went. He dragged me all the way there for three nights so that on one day he could go to the Lego Store and buy one Lego. So the entire point of me being there was so he could spend one hour looking around in a store. I was there for FOUR DAYS so my brother could be in a store for an HOUR. THAT IS RETARDED.

However it wasn’t all bad because the room we were at did have wifi. So with the internet I was able to play Guild Wars for over 10 hours all together. This is a game that you play when you don’t have the money for WOW by the way. Also a little bit of news… I got my first sunburn of the summer! That is the official start of summer in my opinion. So I was able to spend some time outside swimming in a very nice pool and the weather was perfect. If it weren’t for the fact that I had internet and a pool, the last four days would have been very very boring.

Besides the internet and the pool, there were some other good parts of Sacramento. The place we were staying at happened to be very close to the river which had a pretty cool bike path next to it. The path was in this huge area called Discovery Park that was absolutely beautiful. However there was one part about this park and a lot of Sacramento that scared me and made me laugh. THERE ARE TROLLS IN THE PARK. I’m not kidding. These are the kind of people you would see in horror movies chasing people. And the problem is there aren’t enough people in the park to make you feel safe from being attacked by these people. Lucky for me I was on a bike and with people so I wasn’t too worried. As well as the trolls there were a lot of what I thought were gang members hanging in the park. They seemed alright but I wouldn’t want to have these guys walking behind me if you know what I’m saying.

The absolute best part about staying in a hotel is going out to eat for everything. All the food was absolutely amazing but my dad would not be happy about the level of calories. The first night I was there I went to the Cheese Cake Factory where I had a a huge cheeseburger with grilled onions and then a huge piece of carrot cake. The next day, I had French toast for breakfast, Jamba Juice for lunch, and a huge burrito from Chevy’s for dinner. And did I mention I was getting all of this for free? Well yeah, I was. So the day after that I had a bacon and egg sandwich, then a Subway sandwhich, then probably the best Chinese food I have ever had. There was spicy orange chicken, chicken chow mein, and one of my favorites, pork fried rice. It was absolutely the best. And finally today I had French toast again and a lot of junk food for lunch. Then right after I got home today I went to my favorite restaurant, The Russian River Brewery in downtown Santa Rosa. This place has the best pizza ever and right after that I had a double espresso from Starbucks. So in all besides having to watch my bro all week and not getting paid, the week was pretty good. I’l try to keep posting stuff as it comes up but until then see you everyone.

Oh one last thing, this is a very good song but weird video from one of my favorite bands.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Wow. This is not a wow as in “Wow! What an amazing movie.” This is more of a wow this was really just a standard movie. So I went to see Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time today. It was a fairly basic action/adventure movie that was based on a videogame. Movies based on videogames have usually not done very well, and I didn’t expect much from this movie since it was made by Disney. I hate DISNEY MOVIES! I mean what the fuck is wrong with kids these days. How could anybody like anything made by Disney anymore? I mean seriously?

Anyway the story follows Prince Dastin, who many will know from the games, as he goes on an adventure to save the world. Big surprise. Along the way he meets Tamina, or as I like to call her Princess Bitch, who continually tries to mess up Dastin’s plans. By the way, when looking for the bad guy look for the one guy is is different from everyone else. That’s the only hint I’ll give you. So it’s your pretty basic story so I’m not giving it any bonus points there. It was especially bad because you could completely predict what would be happening at the end. Some of the special effects were good at times but terribly fake at others. A big problem I had was the way the script was written. I know it was supposed to be like an ancient world but a lot of times the characters would speak in overly formal ways when it wasn’t necessary. And one last thing is that this movie didn’t relate to ANY of the games that it was supposed to be based on.

So for my rating of it, using Spill.com’s rating system, I would give it either a low Full Price or a Matinée. It was an okay movie for kids 11-13 but for most others it was just a basic movie. And also make sure to check out Spill.com’s other movie reviews and OneyNG’s youtube channel from the links below.

http://spill.com/

The Rookie

Hey everybody this is Stu and I’m finally an author on Frantic Gorilla. I was one of the guys doing the podcasts on this site which never really  took off, however we will be trying to bring them back. It was also mentioned by Nick that I am the one going to the private school next year. Not really sure what to think about that so I guess its just a new adventure out here in the jungle. Just thought I would mention this…..SCHOOL IS OUT!!! I know Nick has said this already but I could not wait to get out. It kinda sucks that this was my last year at a school with my friends but hopefully next year the teachers and work at school will be better.

So for the kick off to my summer, Nick, some of my other friends and I went to Applebee’s for lunch. This is part of Nick’s and my plan to hang out with our friends more this summer since we have had trouble doing that in the past. So the day after that my family and I drove all the way from Santa Rosa to Carmel (which is near Monterey) just to go to a graduation party. The party was for the son of my mom’s best friend. It was pretty cool to see them but I didn’t know many people there and it sucked when they started dancing because I am not a dancer at all. I don’t know if its because I’m self-conscious about looking like an idiot but whatever. Then the next day I drove back home and played videogames. And finally tomorrow I am going to hang out with Nick and we are going to go see a movie. So far those are my only plans for the summer and I look forward to posting more.