About Me:

My name is Alan and I'm a gamer. I can beat almost any game in no time, and I'll pwn anyone in a head-to-head challenge, just ask Carlo! I also have mad programming skillz and a pet alien named Zwert.

Favorite Quote:

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will
- Mahatma Gandhi

Favorite Food:

Pizza

Interests:

Video games, sci-fi, coding

January 26, 2010

SETI!

My SETI equipment came in!!! Now I can finally start working on getting Zwert home! I guess I should explain how SETI works, huh? Well, SETI stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.

Basically, a group of people said “Hey, if we look for signals coming from outer space…maybe we’ll find signals coming from outer space!” I know it doesn’t sound like much of a plan, but it’s all we’ve got!

I just set up my antenna on the roof of the school, downloaded my SETI software, and I’m ready to start scanning the stars! Zwert seems pretty excited about the idea. He keeps wagging his…tail? Foot? I’m not sure what that is on Zwert, but he’s wagging it happily!

Wish me luck!

posted by Alan

January 12, 2010

New Year

First off, let me say a big “Thanks!” to Dana for her awesome gift! I’ve never even seen gloves like this before! So cool!

What a great New Year’s Eve! I stayed up late with my family and totally pigged out on Chinese food. It’s sort of a tradition around my house. There’s no better way to start the New Year than overstuffed with crab rangoon and egg rolls.

Alright, now I need to get started on getting Zwert back to his home world. Looks like another year of adventure!

posted by Alan

December 21, 2009

Wrapping Help!

Dana’s been telling me for months how much she wants an Elephant’s Foot plant for her room. So I got her one, but without looking at it first. Imagine my surprise when it came in all…creepy and covered in spines! I really wish I had thought this through, because now I have to figure out how to wrap it!

What do you guys think? Should I just stick a bow to one of its thorns and call it a day? I know she’ll love it, but half the fun of getting a present is tearing into the paper! I think I’ll go ask Captain Wits if he has any gift bags at his store.

posted by Alan

December 8, 2009

Zwert Alert

Zwert’s been acting weird lately. And I’m talking weird for an alien, so you know it’s pretty bad. For example, he usually spends most of the day curled up on a beanbag with his bowl of Alien Chow. Lately, though, he’s been lying in front of the window with this sad look on his face.

Maybe the holidays are getting him down. Do you think he misses his family? Maybe I’ll ask him when I go back to my room. Poor little guy.

posted by Alan

november 18 2009

That’s Better

Dana and I made up. I decided that waiting for her to calm down was a dumb idea. I mean, I didn’t want to apologize for what I said. I just wanted to apologize for the way I said it. The funny thing is, as soon as I opened my door to go and talk to her, there she was at my door! She had come looking for me to talk about it too!

We had a good long talk over some hot chocolate in the cafeteria. I’m glad I didn’t wait to work things out. At least this way we can spend more time together before Thanksgiving.

posted by Alan

november 10 2009

Well...that stunk

Dana and I had our first fight, and it was a bad one. It started like this. Dana really ripped into Erika in her blog and I didn’t think that was cool. I mean, yeah, she messed up, but we all do dumb things some times, right? Erika already feels bad enough, and yelling isn’t going to help the situation at all.

I think the real reason she’s mad is because I brought up the phishing attack. She was saying that Erika should feel bad because she created all this extra work for us. I said “Yeah, and it was a blast for the Academy when the Phisherman tricked you!”

I shouldn’t have said that, I know. But it’s true! I don’t know what to do. I think I’ll lay low for awhile until she calms down.

posted by Alan

October 22 2009

Angry, but Impressed

Just got back from Officer Ward’s emergency meeting. I can’t believe Erika did all that! Still, I’m really impressed she came forward and admitted everything. I don’t know what I would’ve done in her situation. Officer Ward, Jax, and Sparky said they have a plan to capture Captain Jack Plunder but they wouldn’t share any details yet. I guess we’ll find out soon enough!

posted by Alan