It's almost been two years since I started this blog, and there have definitely been
ups
and
downs.
At one time I thought about shutting down the blog for my own selfish reasons, but I deterred myself from doing so and ended up with... this. Over the years there have been significant changes to the blog, but I think that only reflects in how much the writer has changed. To me my writing style opened up and I changed the blog design numerous times. So I wanted to take the opportunity of this 400th post to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart.
Just kidding. Let's get started shall we?
TOPIC NUMBER ONE
To be the very most brutally honest with you, I wanted to do one of those Q&A things where you can learn a bit more about myself, but then I realized something.
My "fanbase" isn't big enough to do that. At best there would be one or two of you guys willing to submit any questions. Of course there are my other friends who would ask me "inappropriate" stuff that I would never put on my blog (and those friends are awesome), but hey, there's a reason why ***** is censored here.
So I decided to do the next best thing that there was to a Q&A session: STORY TIME WITH KEVIN.
The Toilet Change
If you've known me for a while, you probably know the infamous story of the toilet change.
Flash back to grade seven. I'm a social prepubescent pre-teen packing up for the end of the day. My friend (let's call him Jonathan) walks up to me with his intense swagger and says, "Hey Kevin, can you help me with something? I'm too tall for it." I stand up next to him and at best he's probably an inch or less taller me. Actually, I might have been taller.
Extremely confused, he leads me down the boys washroom (you're thinking the wrong thing) and does his business in one of the urinals. He instructs me to walk into one of the stalls and tells me to look inside the toiler.
Now, at this point, I didn't know what to expect. Maybe it was going to be some intense BL. Maybe it was going to be a turd floating in the bowl. Maybe it would be the cool ass blue toilet water as seen on iCarly. Maybe it would be... change?
Yes. The toilet was filled with coins. Quarters, a few loonies, dimes everywhere. I didn't believe it. I walk out of the stall and confront my friend with a slight grin on my face, "What is this?" Jonathan tells me that it's exactly what it is: money in a toilet. He then asked me to pick it up out of the toilet.
I abruptly declined and said that we should just bring gloves the next day. Then I realized: it was Friday. It was either now or never. After some haggling and another few friends coming along (one of whom had brought along a tablet to record) we decided to volunteer me to get the money out.
Yes grade seven Kevin was not exactly the brightest.
I happened to have a cut on my thumb at the time as well, and looking back at it, the call I made was extremely stupid. But hey, I did it. After taking a few deep breaths I mustered up the courage and dipped my hand in. I tried to gather as many coins as I could in one go, but I ended up feeling even more and more gross as I fished around the bowl.
After many hand dips and laughter, I managed to collect our loot. We had clogged up a nearby sink with paper towels and washed the coins there. Once we had finished that we walked out of the washroom and counted up exactly how much the coins amounted to.
A glorious $8.00.
Something around that.
However that's not all. I ended up splitting the money between the four of us that were present at the time. Because of the change not splitting evenly I ended up getting a few more cents (for being the one WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE MONEY OUT).
To this day, I wonder why.
I wonder WHY THE HELL I SPLIT THE MONEY.
This is my go to story when I need to get close to somebody new. It's humiliating and opens myself up. I hope that you've enjoyed the (re)telling of this story.
You Probably Know This Already, But I'm Stupid
I have new motivation to work more on the anime blog that I've been talking about lately. And while we're still in the realms of Japanese culture I may as well state the fact that I ACTUALLY FINISHED A ROUTE IN REWRITE. Rewrite is a visual novel developed by Key and it was recommended by a friend. I started it sometime in the winter and never finished. BUT TODAY, TODAY I DID SOMETHING. I FINISHED KOTORI'S ROUTE. WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE.
That's about it for any possible projects that I have going on. Then anime blog is a bit more doable (TO ALL THOSE SCIMATICS HONOUR KIDS AT ALPHA, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP) since I have the resources and friends to help me out. I have stopped work on the AMV because... I saw some other ones and decided that if I was really going to invest the time into an AMV I might as well do a really good one.
Lights Out
I feel like this was a really bad milestone post, and it is. I didn't plan it well enough and I doubt that you guys even care much that it is. But the one good thing I can take out from this is that I now know to start planning around 15ish posts beforehand. My apologies for the lack of any good stuff here.
Only 100 more posts until #500. I can be a 9 for you tonight, and I've got nice reason to be a 9. Yes, it has been a pretty standard day, but looking at my future, Skyping with friends, just completely relaxing, and writing up this post has deserved a 9. Goodnight to you.
And for anybody who's been reading this blog for a while: a fan favourite.
"We live only to regret, but that doesn't mean we should live in sorrow." - Kevin Zou
Thanks to everybody who's been there from me since Day 1.
Just kidding. Let's get started shall we?
TOPIC NUMBER ONE
To be the very most brutally honest with you, I wanted to do one of those Q&A things where you can learn a bit more about myself, but then I realized something.
My "fanbase" isn't big enough to do that. At best there would be one or two of you guys willing to submit any questions. Of course there are my other friends who would ask me "inappropriate" stuff that I would never put on my blog (and those friends are awesome), but hey, there's a reason why ***** is censored here.
So I decided to do the next best thing that there was to a Q&A session: STORY TIME WITH KEVIN.
The Toilet Change
If you've known me for a while, you probably know the infamous story of the toilet change.
Flash back to grade seven. I'm a social prepubescent pre-teen packing up for the end of the day. My friend (let's call him Jonathan) walks up to me with his intense swagger and says, "Hey Kevin, can you help me with something? I'm too tall for it." I stand up next to him and at best he's probably an inch or less taller me. Actually, I might have been taller.
Extremely confused, he leads me down the boys washroom (you're thinking the wrong thing) and does his business in one of the urinals. He instructs me to walk into one of the stalls and tells me to look inside the toiler.
Now, at this point, I didn't know what to expect. Maybe it was going to be some intense BL. Maybe it was going to be a turd floating in the bowl. Maybe it would be the cool ass blue toilet water as seen on iCarly. Maybe it would be... change?
Yes. The toilet was filled with coins. Quarters, a few loonies, dimes everywhere. I didn't believe it. I walk out of the stall and confront my friend with a slight grin on my face, "What is this?" Jonathan tells me that it's exactly what it is: money in a toilet. He then asked me to pick it up out of the toilet.
I abruptly declined and said that we should just bring gloves the next day. Then I realized: it was Friday. It was either now or never. After some haggling and another few friends coming along (one of whom had brought along a tablet to record) we decided to volunteer me to get the money out.
Yes grade seven Kevin was not exactly the brightest.
I happened to have a cut on my thumb at the time as well, and looking back at it, the call I made was extremely stupid. But hey, I did it. After taking a few deep breaths I mustered up the courage and dipped my hand in. I tried to gather as many coins as I could in one go, but I ended up feeling even more and more gross as I fished around the bowl.
After many hand dips and laughter, I managed to collect our loot. We had clogged up a nearby sink with paper towels and washed the coins there. Once we had finished that we walked out of the washroom and counted up exactly how much the coins amounted to.
A glorious $8.00.
Something around that.
However that's not all. I ended up splitting the money between the four of us that were present at the time. Because of the change not splitting evenly I ended up getting a few more cents (for being the one WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE MONEY OUT).
To this day, I wonder why.
I wonder WHY THE HELL I SPLIT THE MONEY.
This is my go to story when I need to get close to somebody new. It's humiliating and opens myself up. I hope that you've enjoyed the (re)telling of this story.
You Probably Know This Already, But I'm Stupid
I have new motivation to work more on the anime blog that I've been talking about lately. And while we're still in the realms of Japanese culture I may as well state the fact that I ACTUALLY FINISHED A ROUTE IN REWRITE. Rewrite is a visual novel developed by Key and it was recommended by a friend. I started it sometime in the winter and never finished. BUT TODAY, TODAY I DID SOMETHING. I FINISHED KOTORI'S ROUTE. WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE.
That's about it for any possible projects that I have going on. Then anime blog is a bit more doable (TO ALL THOSE SCIMATICS HONOUR KIDS AT ALPHA, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP) since I have the resources and friends to help me out. I have stopped work on the AMV because... I saw some other ones and decided that if I was really going to invest the time into an AMV I might as well do a really good one.
Lights Out
I feel like this was a really bad milestone post, and it is. I didn't plan it well enough and I doubt that you guys even care much that it is. But the one good thing I can take out from this is that I now know to start planning around 15ish posts beforehand. My apologies for the lack of any good stuff here.
Only 100 more posts until #500. I can be a 9 for you tonight, and I've got nice reason to be a 9. Yes, it has been a pretty standard day, but looking at my future, Skyping with friends, just completely relaxing, and writing up this post has deserved a 9. Goodnight to you.
And for anybody who's been reading this blog for a while: a fan favourite.
"We live only to regret, but that doesn't mean we should live in sorrow." - Kevin Zou
Thanks to everybody who's been there from me since Day 1.
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