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hey, folks. you've stumbled upon YET ANOTHER blog by AJ JOHNSON.
rules: don't break anything, don't steal anything, don't hack anything, and... oh yeah... don't get mad if i say or do something that you don't like.
capice?
good.
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Wearing sunglasses.
Smiling.
Clearly, this is at a Hot Pockets event.
If this is so, then why is the Giant Hot Pocket Man wearing a HOT POCKETS logo across his front?
Maybe it's so that people don't mistake him for a Giant Smiling Rectangular Prism Man Who Wears Sunglasses (And Wears Them Well).
Good call, AJ. Good, good call.
I wonder what flavor he's supposed to be.
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In other news...
WE'VE BEEN DUPED! BAMBOOZLED! WE'VE BEEN SMECKLEDORFED!
That's not even a word, and you agree with me.
THE LION KING WASN'T MEANT TO END THE WAY IT DID.
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW (YES, THE WHOLE THING) AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY I FEEL SO DANG CHEATED.
On second thought, if you somehow have lived your life without ever seeing The Lion King (how?!), please don't watch this video. It'll ruin it for you. And then when you see how it really ended (hopefully soon), you'll probably feel more cheated than I do.
If you have seen The Lion King, and you know how the movie ends, please proceed.
Otherwise, this is A.J. Johnson, signing off because she doesn't want to ruin anything for anybody.
Goodnight.
Truthfully, I would've loved to see The Lion King end this way.
I mean, Scar burning to death?
Yes, please.
And, of course it's too dark for a Disney film.
That's what makes it good--when a Disney movie breaks all facets of the Disney archetypes, it's automatically a (excuse my language) damn good movie.
One day*, I hope they'll put away the sugary teen pop, the annoying CGI, the horribly failed attempts to reach out to today's children and teenagers (they didn't get me [a child/teenager of today], so yes, they have failed mis-er-a-bly) and make something that's a little darker and edgier without looking stupid while doing it.
No, it's not easy to be or make something darker and edgier without looking stupid while doing it.
(I should talk.)
Especially when they're raking in millions of billions of dollars on this overproduced saccharine dreck they decide to call 'Disney magic'.
No, I'm not stuck on Nostalgia Island, I just know that the quality of Disney films/merchandise/television shows/anything (not Pixar films, they haven't disappointed me yet) has taken a definite nosedive.
Flames are welcome, but I won't fight you.
Now. Would anybody like seconds on the roasted lion?
LOVE,
A.J.
*In the case of Disney, that 'one day' will never, ever come. Sad, sad face.
MTV: Mindless Television.
Come on, turn off Jersey Shore and stand up because you know you agree.
This is when MTV was cool, kiddies:
Yea.
Good stuff.
Sure, Jersey Shore is about misfit young adults (oompa loompas), but at least Beavis and Butthead aren't real so we don't have to worry about the future of this planet.
Trust me, if they were real, we would have to worry.
That's all, folks.
A.J.
with a piece of broccoli?
You get this:
La-deez and gentlemanges, I present to you...
BROCCOLIMON...!!
I mean,
YANAPPU...!!
Woo to the hoo.
Love,
A.J.
original video: (click here, please.)
video edited by: yours truly, my dearest darling.
description: cells multiplying to the tune of Raymond Scott's "Melonball Bounce".
Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow.
I'm typing in small print because it's the wee hours of the morning and therefore it is acceptable to do so.
Everybody's gone to sleep, so it's kind of like I'm whispering, really.
Whisper, whisper, whisper.
You can tell I'm bored, it's written all over my face... the face that's hiding behind a pink laptop typing away in a land I call Wherever You're Not, USA.
If you can see me, then you must be bored with looking at my face all the time. Find someone else to look at before I find out who you are, you stalker!
If you can't, good. Keep reading.
Luckily, school starts soon.
I'm happy to know that I'll be back where all the books and kids and smart things are in just a matter of weeks.
No, sir, I don't have a fever.
Take the NyQuil away.
Thanks.
LOVE,
AJ JOHNSON
Mr. Colonel Sanders is having a little bit TOO much fun feeding chicken to that random lady.
And that random lady is having a little bit TOO much fun eating that chicken.
I don't understand why she has that look on her face.
I know that you know that I know that KFC is actually terrible.
Chef Boy-ar-dee is here to steal your soul.
He'll replace it with canned "ravioli".
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST FEED MEEEEEE?!?!?!?"
....And little Billy was gone forever.
AJ Johnson
Quail.
That's all.
School starts in three weeks.
Who's happy?
I'm happy.
The rest of you don't have to be.
I'll be happy for EVERYBODY!
I'm also currently sitting here marveling at how the legendary Pokémon, Victini, got its design.
A picture, because you need it and I haven't said anything about Victini before:
Fire/Psychic
#000 (Isshu Pokédex)
#??? (National Pokédex)
The new legendary pokemon Victini is based on a method of cutting apple slices to make them resemble rabbits.
What do you think I did?I'll tell you.
I promptly said, "oh hell no!" out loud.
Well, not really out loud because there were adults present,
but I'll admit I was thinking "oh hell no!" when I read that.
And then I told him to tell me it wasn't true.
He told me it was.
I told him that was awful and that it was living proof that they were running out of ideas*.
I looked up a picture of Victini.
And then I looked up usagi ringo, or cut apple slices that look like rabbits.
I compared the two.
And then I blogged about it, and put a picture up for all of you, like this:
(left: Victini, right: usagi ringo)
So, they're now basing Pokémon off of... apples.
I'm laughing, but not because I think it's funny.
I'm laughing to keep myself from crying about the fact that they've started to base their Pokémon off of fruits.
What's next, a doughnut Pokémon?
I shouldn't give them any ideas.
THE END.
YONG YONG.
^^I've got to make arrangements to have this played at my funeral. YONG YONG.
LOVE,
AJ
(*Actually, the real "living proof" showing that the people who come up with Pokémon designs were running out of ideas is right here. That's right. Home. Appliances.)
(P.S.: Visit my youtube account. No, it isn't a webshow. I can't describe it. You'll just have to go there and watch, watch, watch.)
(P.P.S.: Want to smell like a funeral home? Then THIS is the body spray for you!)
(P.P.P.S.: You really thought I was kidding, didn't you?)
So, for a very long time in Black and White, we won't see any of the Pokémon from #001-#493. And then when we receive the National Dex, we'll see quite a few familiar faces. That'll make for some interesting dialogue.
(battle scene, complete with music)
Wild Pikachu appears!
Pikachu: Pika!
AJ: Hey, where have you been?
Pikachu: Hiding.
(AJ runs.)
Got away safely!
I know why they're doing this. They're doing this because it's time for the kiddies to start playing Pokémon, and they have to make it fresh and new and exciting. No, not me. I've been playing since the times of Red and Blue (although Yellow was the first Pokémon game I got), so I can't be classified as one of the "kiddies" because I know the drill and have been playing for a very long time. The kiddies are the ones who don't know what a REAL Game Boy is, the ones who don't really understand what Pokémon is and the ones who don't know how to catch a Pokémon yet and have to be taught.
That's why all route numbers are set back at 1.
That's why the Isshu region is located very far away from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh.
That's why they're introducing new methods and ideas of gameplay--to appeal to the newbies that are being handed their first handheld Nintendo.
I don't really know (or like) how I feel about this whole "new" thing right now because I know it's not for the veteran players anymore.
Even if Junichi Masuda says that it's supposed to liven up the series for everyone, I know it's really for those who haven't been exposed to Pokémon.
It's for the kids and anybody else who's just starting Pokémon.
It's a good idea.
It's good for them.
Does this mean that they'll bring back the slogan, Gotta Catch 'Em All? Because now, that just seems feasible, and a job that's easy to take on.
You've got them all hooked for a lifetime.
AJ
IN OTHER WORDS, I HAVE ALL SIXTEEN BADGES IN POKEMON HEARTGOLD VERSION.
I HAVE ALSO CAUGHT THE SNORLAX.
NO LIE.
None of you know how happy I was when I heard the "defeated Gym Leader" music.
It was the most beautiful music I'd heard in my life.
I thought I wasn't going to beat him--his lv. 60 Pidgeot was getting ready to wipe the floor with me. But no. It didn't.
My Ampharos (lv. 53) took it out with ThunderPunch.
KA-POW~!!
And I won.
What's next for me?
Taking a break from HG for a while, and working on SS, which I haven't really played so much.
I got HG first, so that's why I've played through a lot more of it.
One day, I'll have an extra-strong team capable of beating Red by the end of the game.
(which may not include my Jynx, because she doesn't grow very easily...)
Watch this video--I think you'll all see exactly HOW strong Red's team is, and HOW strong my team needs to be in order to beat him.
As you know, some of my Pokémon aren't even halfway there, so I've got a long, long, long, long way to go before I even get half as good as the trainer fighting Red in that video.
I'll get there.
:optimism:
And my viral infection is slowly but surely going away.
Those beasties are finally understanding that they need to leave me alone.
Hee hee!!
(thank you, NyQuil... Cyndaquil... Qwilfish...)
AJ Johnson
Shikijita!!!
(Looks like a female counterpart of Stantler.)
(Looks like a Normal-Type Pokémon. Another one. :grumble:)
(hoo woo is also acceptable)
(no bills higher than $20.00 accepted after 10 PM)
It could be worse.
I could have infectious mononucleosis (mono) or something.
But I don't.
So, that's good.
So, in the meanwhile, on my road to recovery, I'll still be watching trashy TV because there isn't anything else on, looking on Bulbapedia for more B/W updates, eating Top Ramen (I finally found some Roast Beef and Creamy Chicken flavored ones, EUREKA!), perusing Yahoo! Answers for stupid questions (laughter IS the best medicine, you know) and finishing bags and bags and bags of Halls Cough Drops, because my tonsils look like giant mushroom caps from Super Mario Bros., white spots and all (no eyes, though--sorry).
No, they do not give me the power to get tall or strong enough to break bricks.
Sorry to burst everyone's bubbles.
Don't send flowers.
I'll live.
LOVE,
AJ
biography: My name is A.J. JOHNSON, I'm 15.5 years old and I'm the one they warned you about. You can usually find me among a humbly-sized group of friends, singing/acting onstage, in a classroom, on my 13'' MacBook Pro (with the pink cover!!), or drawing something. You can also find me on facebook, youtube, formspring and on the twitter. I live in Wherever You're Not, USA, with my grandma, grandpa, mother and great aunt. Oh yes, and I have a cat. Her name is Shadow. I don't have rhythm. I like to think that I'm really an alien from Mars who hatched out of an egg with multi-colored stars on its shell, I can laugh at my own jokes (so nobody else has to), I try to be 100% perfect 100% of the time, I'm single and I don't really care for mingling (you can get sick that way), I dream in color (true story!), I have a morbid fascination with diseases and viruses, my mood changes with the weather, I don't like pepper on my eggs, and... I tend to bump into things. That's all.
i am: tenacious, independent, a little clumsy, boisterous (when appropriate), anemic (true story), artistic, kitschy, campy, just plain strange, sweet (without being saccharine), multi-faceted, poetic, thoughtful, tomboyish, taciturn (when appropriate), smart, a little mysterious, a little bubbly, a little bit flamboyant, an avid reader, an avid writer, an avid singer, an avid actress, an avid gamer, fluffy, bouncy, chaotic, not easily pleased, easily amused, easily angered, many other things you'd have to dig deeper to find, etc.
i like (in no particular order): science, art, theatre, random words, animals, going green (I try), jazz, electroclash, folk, bossa nova, J-Pop, picopop, classical, early animated films (1919-1940), stop-motion animation, urban legends, viruses, bacteria, fungi, thanatology, eschatology, physiology, claymation, surrealism, Dadaism, pop art, doodling, Maruchan Yakisoba, Nissin Chow Mein, singing, anime, manga, classic Nickelodeon, classic Cartoon Network, classic Disney Channel, Vans, Converse, craft stores, learning new things/ideas/concepts, cupcakes, lip gloss, scented highlighters, scented markers, watercolors, cheesecakes, electronics, decomposition (esp. the black putrefaction stage), non sequitur, slant rhyme, Pokémon, graphic tees, rainbow things, when my hair is a mess, juice boxes, onomatopoeia, linguistics, semantics, Moog synthesizers, theremins, macabre, black comedy, silent films, ice-cold sodas, Girl Scout cookies, sugary cereals, retro video games (1981-1999), pink, purple, teal, mulberry, chartreuse, those iMacs with the fruity colors on the backs of them, HTML, konpeito, Pocky, Hello Panda, [adult swim], IFC, alliteration, chocolate, strawberries, pineapples, peaches, green grapes, hanging out with friends, The Maury Show, the academic part of school, mittens, gloves, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, doughnuts, miniatures, Takara Barbies, Licca-chan, Blythes, Kewpies, circuit bending (even if I don't know how), screaming, Sanrio, Charuca, Tokidoki, Morning Glory, wind-up toys, cheesy talk shows about the morally depraved, pointy things, etc.
i don't like (in no particular order): long walks on the beach, teen magazines, tabloids, things with aspartame/sucralose/cyclamate (weird, because this blog is called artificial sweetener), hearing people tell me that I snore, romance, annoying girls, pop music, R&B music (esp. old school R&B, it's like they should play that stuff in torture cells), rap/hip hop music, floral prints, intravenous drips, mall rats, not being able to fit under the bed anymore so I can tell the dust bunnies secrets, the idea that I'm too old to believe in the bogeyman (I do), not being able to order off of a kids' menu anymore, being sick, when people type LiKe DiSsS!!!111 and think they're cool while doing it, when sodas go flat, when sodas get warm, when sodas explode when you try to open them, The Olsen Twins, crying, not doing something perfectly the first time, being caught off guard, not knowing what I'm doing, those crazy dreams where you're in public and what's worse--you're naked, social events, racism, intolerance, txtspeak, 1337-sp33k, dancing, school dances, when kids make fart noises in class (you know who you are!), the Twilight series and all of its merchandise, baked goods that were in the oven for too long, overpriced items, long lines at the grocery store, people who yell at you with megaphones even though you're right in front of them, when you can't beat your friends at Pokémon, Kraft Cheese, vampire fever, Bieber fever, when people don't read expiration dates on foods, sour milk, Radio Disney, KIIS-FM, etc.
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hey joe! you wanna give it a go?
peep peep birdie
A scientific concept difficult to understand, but easy to apply.
Perfect for meats, soups, sauces, spaghetti dishes and clam dips.
meow meow.
quail quail.
he likes it, hey mikey.
for the chil'ren.
More big, big, news.
i do not enjoy viral infections or electric birdies.
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