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Been a whie since I last wrote here…

1st of all I’d like to apologize to anyone who ever had the idea of visiting this blog and reading the previous posts. If you did I cant even describe what pain your eyes have been through…

This blog aint seen any update for about 2 years(except the portfolio section)

2 years is a long time….and a lot of shit’s happened during that time. Now I aint one to rant endlessly but if I do please forgive one last time…

The Rant:

• Finished my 1 year army obligations. Most people would always say how they had hunderds of experiences and loads of fun while doin their time. Me? I think I’ll be more honest with myself : FUCK YOU GREEK ARMY! seriously you can take your 1.000.000.000.000 euro dusty weapons/crappy facilites/100years-old food supplies and all those good-for-nothing 60-year-old army pigs(im referring to the employed personnel) and shove them up your shitty over-stretched ASS! Whose ass you ask? Cmon people who should i be referring to, even you guys should have figured it out by now. Yes Ladies and Gents of the Greek Nation. Im referring to you! Politicians and Honorary members of the Parliament as well as the brave employees of the Greek Army. You are are a plaque that letches off the nation and that means from me and my fellow countrymen. I wont even try to amuse myself with anymore thoughts of you improving the situation. You dug the grave, we got in, we just wait for the disintegration to kick in. You might say “how the hell did this turn political?” well i suggest you go and do your time in the Greek Army too, you’ll come around soon enough.
• 1 year….thats more than enough time for the world to leave you behind. After I got out I finally realised that. And with that I also noticed the worst changes in some people I considered my friends. But the worst part is I too have changed in the process. I knew that things never stay the same but at this point I really need to stress this out even if I am still vague about it. To those of you who have changed for the worst: I do not expect you to read this and agree with it nor do I want to force my opinion on you or tell you how you should live. Remember this only: Actions come with Consequences, so when your actions dont have respect for at least your friends, dont expect to get any better treatment than what you are giving. And yes, I am no exception to that, I have done many mistakes this past year and left out a lot of people or even ignored them. I apologize for that and am always here for anyone of them to give me a piece of their mind.
• Finally for those of you who have helped me go through this 1 year: Its been almost 3 months and I still cant stress how much youve helped me. A simple thanks is not enough anymore. And to make things fair, yes the Army was mostly a waste of time in every aspect, however im still grateful for this: Chris, man Ive said it time and time again to you and its still not enough, you are 1 helluva guy. Im glad you were there at my darkest hour and kept dragging me till I got out of my stupidity. Hardest and Best 1st month of my Army time. I really hope I get to write about you again here next time with even better news for us.

P.S. To Bikos/Mary/Jim/Chris : Sky was never the limit and with you guys I always feel that way. Also if we make it you let me brag about all of you here! No, you have no choices to the matter whatsoever…

Me and Gaming

Oh god….this is gonna be a long one so bear with me.

Basically I have nothing to write here at the moment so I thought I’d write about how I started gaming.

The Early Years:

As any gamer must know the disease comes from an early age…And oh did it come to me in all its glory!!! 5 years years old was I at the time and already I knew about almost every console that had been out there! Friends of mine had already shown theirs but I didnt have anything…it was kinda humiliating actually So I became determined to get one, it didnt matter which and I pressed my parents to the point of brain meltdown!!! The result was this

yes I got a handheld but I cant say I was unhappy at the time. For those that cant see the 2nd game cause of the shine(sorry…) its a Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 1 game;)

I practically lost my sleep for 2 days! After that I became the star of the “hood”. Everyone would gather at my place to see the amazing little black box! The bad thing was the little bugger was a battery killer! 2 hours and I had to change batteries! So many money lost…

1st Console:

Moving on…Ok the gamegear was a very good handheld but in the end it was a handheld. I was still hungering for a big juicy box of steamin hardware with a TV output. Once again my father was left with no choise but to listen to my pleas. On my 7(or 8th cant really remember) year on christmas my father became my santa. When I heard the door opening and saw my father holding a big present box I nearly flipped! The contents were the following

see it and weep! A classic Super Nintendo! And a Nintendo Scope to boot! Mind you the scope was obtained much later by means that are not important right now. The cover boxes are all you get at the time. If anyone doesnt believe me I am too bored to open them right now

After this I was practically hooked on console gaming. A new world spead before my eyes! Of course at the time I was still a child so I didnt really know what to play except for the popular games like DKK/Mario/etc. Of course I had the opportunity to play some other popular series later like Metroid/Zelda and others but that was after I learnt some better english. Basically the SNES was my gaming companion for many of my early years and I consider myself lucky to have been able to play such an awesome console! At the moment it rests at its box waiting for the time when my old age will remind me of ages long past.

The Next Gen:

Now comes the next gen era. Unfortunately this is the start of a thorny road for me as my gaming soul was searching for the newest trends at the time but my wallet was not in agreement…That era lasted for oh so long. I practically went to the point of spending most of my time at others places just to see a glimpse of what the new consoles were like. PSX was the craze at the time but I was lucky enough to have friends who had all the different consoles of that time so I cant really complain. This is kind of a blank era about consoles for me so my only choise was to turn to the other side. The PC games. Warcraft 2/Starcraft/Age of Empires/Quake/Monkey Island/etc. Some of the gratest games I’ve ever played were in the PC so I had no choise but to give my respects to it.

Me and RPGs:

The year is 1999 winter. 2000 is on its way and after 5 years without any real gamepad goodness I finally got my own PSX!(Thanks again father! ) This year I turned 13 and I already had some serious english training so when I finally got it I made a step forward, I leaped into the world of

RPG’s(Role Playing Adventure)

It was another turing point for me. The 1st rpg I played was of course Final Fantasy 7….I aint gonna bother on that since we all know the awesomeness of this game After that I started exploring more of the genre and discovered another new world though it. Games like Legend of Dragoon/FF8,9/Tales of Eternia/etc. were only a small portion of the games I played. I even got into the western RPGs on the PC with games such as Gothic/Diablo and others! I was a truly happy person! I’ll finish this paragraph with the best RPG I’ve ever played:

Grandia

Back to the Old:

“Ok…there’s Final Fantasy 7,8 and 9…but what about the previous FF’s?”

That same question is what triggered my return to ye olde games through an exciting and new at the time method called “Emulation”. I wont explain the method, google it As soon as I got my emulators through friends who had plenty of “stuff” to give I made yet again another discovery…I discovered the roots of all my favorite RPGs and the primitive formula that make them. Gems like FF3-6/Chrono Trigger/Terranigma/Shining Force/etc. filled my brain with retro goodness. Once again the PC earned my full respect as well as the old companies for publishing such great games that served as the foundations of what we’re playing today. I salute you…

Times of Turmoil:

…And so we come to today. A 20 year old bastard that still plays childish little games

The money problem still remains so the best means of getting by on this hobby(leaving out the PC/gutar/music hobbies ) is to borrow the consoles from friends who dont really play anymore, simple as that XD At this point I have already played almost every new console out there and can say that PS2 wins by far and only because of its vast cast of RPGs/anime games. And since I havent had anything mine for a long time I decided to buy something out of “my own money” *gasp*!!!

Mmmm, me loves his DS! Delicious touch-screen action and Castlevania:Portrait of Doom! Also black=kewl

And that about wraps it up! I dont know what the future holds in store for me, life is unpredictable, you dont need me telling you that. One thing that is for certain: Gaming has become a part of me, whether I like it or not, kind of like “no turning back”. I dont regret it though, this is a part of me and I’ve learnt to at least accept it. And boy am I diggin it!!!

Why the funky title?!

Well…if I think about it, I really dont have any reason to put a title such as “Colors of my Heart: Boundless World”…Recently my life aint going so well…actually I’d have to say its very close to the term “the pits”.

Its summer around here and its so hot I could cook on the pavement(whereas I’m getting cooked myself). I’ve also regained all the pounds I had lost during my “college” year. I’m still having problems with the matter of postponing my “army years due to studies” and if I havent solved it by the end of August I will officialy be considered a “traitor” to my country! yay…There’s also the wait for my exams results which will take about a month. I’m still living with my parents…yes, considering I’m 19 that IS bad! And last but not least: I still havent found a frikkin’ job! Been searching about 3weeks now and still havent found anything. All my friends got one which they found from other friends/relatives who pulled some strings to get them. And from basic math we know that no job = no money = no honey…

In other unrelated news: I’m single!^^

Most of you reading this about now should be “STFU emo fag! Go cry in the corner!” and stuff…So I’ll answer like this: “why thank you good sirs! I’m feeling fine too!”. I mean it! I really dont feel down or anything like that. Even as I’m here writing this I’m waiting calls from all the arrangements I’ve made for jobs/notifications for the army thingie/friends who might help me, etc. The solution to being like this is simple. You have to understand a few things in life.

“All of the happy times we’ll have will only cover 20%(or shorter) of our lives” –> that’s what I’ve concluded after doing some observation on people and myself.

The 1st thing I thought after coming to this conclusion was: “Well if this is the way it is then I’ll make that 20% something I’ll remember for the rest of life!”. And since I;ve got about another good 50-60 years I’ve got plenty of time to raise it step-by-step. Also its good plannign ahead and all, but most of the times one ought to be ready for anything that might happen.

This is my way off showing my “colors” in this “Boundless World”

The Message That Never Got Through

-Connection established-

“Hello world. Am I getting through to you?”

“I’m-bzzzt- and I do -bzzzt- what has become of m-bzzzt-…I’m losing-bzzzt-”

-Connection is unstable-

“The error-bzzzt-…the beautyfull error-bzzzt-of my life-”

-Connection lost-