Saturday, August 30, 2008

Micah The Mountain Origins: Chapter II

Micah The Mountain Origins

Chapter II



Locked away in his lavatory in the beautiful city of Salt Lake City, Micah the Mountain was locked in a dream world of confusion and mind melting bliss. Created by the funds of BYU and John Travolta's salary off of Hairspray, they made sure that the power of Xeno's celestial mustache would not come back into power.

"We must not let Micah awake!" said John Travolta with confidence, "We must feed him the crystals from Colombia which will give him the magic to enhance his brain waves and motor skill functions!"

Listening to what the interns from BYU were told, they created a special machine, called the Mulch Machine, that was able to keep Micah in a cryostasis long enough to have them think what they could do with him. The parts were simple for the machine, basically they took a couple of chapters from the Book of Mormon, diaries of Tom Cruise, and even mustache hairs from Burt Reynolds!

Inside Micah's mind was making him be fed nothing but lies and security tapes from Rotten Robbies gas store. Day by day, his mind got weaker and slowly but surely, hairs from his mustache were falling off. Just what John Travolta was planning.

Even though when all hope was lost and Micah's fate was almost sure of death, his mustache started to flicker sending messages into his brain of hope and prosperity. Xenu's mustache was indeed celestial and through that, it was showing Micah what truely exists out in the world today. All types of images were going through Micah's mind, especially ones of Mountain Babes who were in his dreams screaming, "Como Estan Micah!" and that caused him to become excited and finally become aware of his own existence.

Micah awoke, and this time, for the first time, the world was his.





Wondering off using the science of tectonic plates, Micah slivered through this way in the lavatory.
"Woah!" said Micah, "Who am I and what is this sweet lining of hair I have on my upper lip?"
Still not fully aware of the gracefulness of Xenu's mustache and the potential of getting Mountain Babes he had, Micah simply explored the area.
Moving up to the science room, Micah discovered this long piece of silver metal laying on the ground that said the words, MICAH on it.
"Hey that name sounds familiar, perhaps if I move myself onto it then I could remember what that word means." said Micah.
Using the glory of tectonic plates, Micah inched onto the platform only to instantly realize that this magical silver surfboard gave him powers beyond his imagination. Like as if he experienced millions of years in evolution, Micah grew trees out of his side which were like movable arms to him and his mustache began to glow.
"Micah." said Micah, "Ah yes, that is my name! Cooooool. Now since I have this wonderful hovercraft I wonder what I am going to do with it."
Again, not realizing what he was doing, his hovercraft started to malfunction and as he was testing it out, he accidentally destroyed the Mulch machine. Out from the security chamber, the Scientology machines were unable to stop Micah as he broke out of the complex and into the city streets destroying half of the BYU campus.



Wondering out of the John Travolta Micah Complex, the mystical mountain used his hovering platform and ventured off finally realizing the world that existed in front of him. Now understanding how to control his machine, the possibilities were endless for him.
"Wow!" said Micah with his tree hands waving high in the air, "There are so many fun things to see, I cannot believe it, Xenu was right when he chose this earth as his favorite earth because it is the only earth called Earth!"
On his travels, Micah visited the things that were implated inside his mind from the Mulch Machine such as the aurora borealis, the Great Wall of China, pyramids, the Loch Ness Monster, and even pizza!
"Oh geez! These Pyramids must be my brothers, except they don't have mustaches, and oh dear, the pizza looks like my sister, except more aerodynamic. Hmmmm..."
Having a wonderful time exploring the world, Micah was excited to go to the next destination.
"I wonder how my brother Everest is doing... I bet he must be lonely hanging out all the way up there!"

... To be continued with Chapter III



Doodles and things ! ! !

Here are some doodles which over the last weeks I have done just for the fun of it. They are represented by various books that I have read, things for fun, and ideas that I had and I just decided to put it into paper. I hope you enjoy!


The Elephant King and the Happy Girl.
I am currently working on this story about and Elephant and a cyborg. I was orginally going to share the story on Saturday night at a bonfire but due to budget cuts and delays, I couldn't tell the lovely story.


Spaceships in Outerspace.

Sunset Into the Eastern Shore Concept Cover
This is a book that I wrote about a year ago and over the last 365 days I have completed the trilogy, written a couple of spin-offs and right now I am currently using my freetime at school to edit and get it published. I drew this in Michigan and thought it would help motivate me to keep the project going: The Lavender Chronicles. (Or for the Trilogy: Awaiting the Twilight)

Coraline and Her Other Mother

(Based off the book Coraline)


Charles Wallace and the Unicorn

(Based off the book: A Swiftly Tilting Planet)

A Trek Through the Sierras

(Based off the epic backpacking trip with my best friends)

A Lake Full of Swans

(Based off the book: The Notebook)



Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Ys: Book I & II



Here is a little insight on the latest game I am playing Ys (ees): Book I & II for the TurboGrafix CD.

Enjoy these random videos about the game, review to eventually follow.





And some game play


Retro Jon-o : DWDP Episodes 1-3

Retro Jon-o

Down With Dirty Pizza (2003)
Celebrating 5 years of clean pizza!


Episode I : The Search


Coming back from retirement after his wife, Teri, overdosed on dirty pizzas... Me and Jack Bauer found a suspect who could lead us to the base of DP (dirty pizzas.) We're glad we could stop him before he unleashed his dirtiness to the world... He said that we had to talk to the great poop to get there... Thanks to Jack and I the day is save, or so we think...

Episode II : Dirty Pizza H.Q.


Wow... thanks to Jack Bauer's skill help, we were able to destroy the Dirty Pizza H.Q. with some good old pizza! Me and T-100 destroyed the area and blew up the area clean. I ask T about the return on Dirty pizza and he said, it'll be back... I hope that isn't true because I bet someone an animal cracker on that subject and if i am wrong....
But what if it's true!! We have to get back to the Pizza H.Q.!!! And Alf!!! he's holding that suspect! WE CAN'T LET OUR FUR BALL FRIEND DIE!!!

Episode III : Eh....


I... Can't believe it... The pizza H.Q. was destroyed today... no more clean pizza... It's all dirty and gruffness... And Alf! he's in fur ball heaven with all the pizza! Since the T-100 is emo, he cried his self to sleep... What should i do...? Those gooberts took over my life... my food...? From this day forward i will be a splinter pizza who will protect all pizza from becoming dirty... then eating them... this job will be hard... but I'll encounter many of my friends and new ones along the way... Eh... DWDP for life! Yo....-gurt


Check back every week for more old episodes!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Micah The Mountain Origins : Chapter I

Micah The Mountain : Origins
Chapter I


In the beginning there was the creation of the universe and with it was the big bang. All types of colours and elements were formed at that split second in time. Along with the formation of the universe came the formation of one of the most unique creations known to man, The Celestial Mustache. Form out the elements of light, beauty, and strength, came this mustache from the clouds of explosions in the sky and with it, it was good. Knowledge of this mustache was passed down through the ages making the dream of man to one day explore the stars and find it. But one day there was a man named Xenu who possessed an evil power and lust to control the universe, and he did. One day finding the mustache, he surgically attached it to his face giving himself the ultimate power. In his Galactic Confederacy he made it a decree to have all mustaches for women and men, the women would have to take anabolic steroids to increase their testosterone, and children had ones drawn in with hand at a young age and sometimes leading to brain damage from the high content of chemicals emitted from markers. With over population and disarray amongst the stars, the universe seemed like a dark and scary place until someone decided to step up and fight against Xenu.


Scholars said that a great battle ensued and after a Douglas DC-8 crashed into Xenu's spaceship, he was destroyed. The remaining parts of his body and hairs from his ultimate mustache were scattered all across the universe to make sure that he would never regain power again. Each part was specifically put in a solar system, and for Earth's disposal was the mustache. The impact of Xenu's mustache hair being spread across the Earth caused a mass eruption of various volcanos releasing toxic gases and thetans into the atmosphere causing many species, including the dinosaurs, to become extinct paving the way for the future of the humans.


To prevent the Earth from being destroyed again, there was a drastic measure to be take place to stop the mountains from once again erupting and destroying the Earth. The keepers of peace went around to the mountains sprinkling the elements of earth, water, and spirit to keep the mountains at ease and limit the growth of their mustaches. All was going fine until there was one special mustache that wouldn't stop growing.

Over the course of a million years, one mountain began to form in a way that no one else would expect it to. Growing its own eyes, hands, mouth, and mustache, it was as if this mountain was coming alive.
At the Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles, California one night, L. Ron Hubbard came to John Travota in his sleep and told him. "Hello John, it appears the mountain from Xenu's stash keeps on growing and growing, if we don't take action, his mustache will become so big it will flood the entire earth!"
Waking up from his dream, John Travolta went out to the mountain range where the mountain was and ordered that it must be transfered in a confined space where they can observe it and do experiments.
"We shall call it project Micah, and hey, I'm John Travolta!" said John Travolta.
With the money that he made from the movie Hairspray, he managed to use those funds to transport such a large object to a top secret lavatory located in Salt Lake city. There, Micah was fast asleep, unaware of his own existence and mustache.


To Be Continued...
Check Back Next Saturday For Chapter II ! ! !

Promote the Mustache... Save the world
- Micah The Mountain

Prelude to the Apocalypse: A Haiku

Prelude to the Apocalypse
A Haiku


Tales of the future
Green gas engulfs the night sky
Tears, echoes, silence...

The Dust of Nations
Awake to this quiet Earth
What has Man become?


Friday, August 22, 2008

Jon-o's Topics of the Week: Power Napping and the future!

Power Napping

The Savior of Humanity or the creation of Burph?



When many think of the word Power Napping, they tend to move towards the sport in the Winter Olympics that usually creatures like Bears or Snorlax do to increase stamina and aerodynamics. But actually, in today's world, there is a shift moving towards the increase of power napping in everyday experiences such as work, school, and driving to get that extra boost of energy you need. The terrible truth is that lack of power napping is causing a loss of over 150 Billion dollars in revenue, yes 150 Billion dollars! Holy Bagel, that's almost as more that Ryan Sheckler makes.

A power nap can make you more alert and productive but only if you do it correctly. Scientists have been studying the power nap and when to take it, how to take it, what to take before you take it, and so on. Their findings suggest that the following steps will help you get the most power out of a power nap.

The question that most people wonder is what is the difference between a cat nap and a power nap? Well simple, you have to be a cat to Cat Nap dummy! Well according to the Work Nap Front (WNF) here is what they say : While a power-nap and a catnap can be considered to be synonymous in terms of duration and effect, the vernacular usage often makes a behavioral distinction: a power-nap involves a break from activity, while a catnap is of a more leisurely nature. Thus, one may take a power-nap in the middle of a busy work day, and a catnap on the couch during a lazy afternoon. Understand?

Well now that I have sold you on power napping, here is some cons of it so I can make you feel bipolar and confused what to do. Actually, there are none because sleeping is fun.

Here are some tips you can use to how to power nap if you really have trouble going to sleep or understanding the concept.

Find a good place to nap.


Napping at work - A survey by people who were laid off from work due to excessive sleeping found that about 30% of people are allowed to sleep at work, sucks, and some employers even provide a place for employees to nap, like in the freezer to calm down the heart. If your place of employment isn't nap-friendly, you can take a power nap in your car, or simply find a new job.

Napping on the road - If you're driving, fall asleep behind the wheel. If your car has cruise control, you're in good shape because most wheels have a pillow that can be ejected upon impact so if you crash, you can rest on the comfortable cushion. Don't park on the street, there might be robbers outside. Always turn off the car and put on the emergency brake. If it's nighttime, park in a well-lit area with plenty of people around and lock all of your doors.
Turn off your mobile phone and any other potential distractions. If background noise is unavoidable and distracting, or if you suffer from seeing ghosts and homeless people, putting on headphones with relaxing music may help.

If you're sleeping during the day and find that bright light inhibits your ability to sleep, wear sunglasses or use an eye mask to simulate darkness.

Now after you have found your place, here is simply what you do to start your power nap.

1. Right before you crash, down a cup of java. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in.

2. Close your eyes and relax. Even if you only doze, you'll get what's known as effective microsleep, or momentary lapses of wakefulness.

3. Limit your nap to 15 minutes. A half hour can lead to sleep inertia, or the spinning down of the brain's prefrontal cortex, which handles functions like judgment. This gray matter can take 30 minutes to reboot.

Do you understand? Good! Now go out there and sleep on the job so you can save the world 150 billion dollars a year.

Here is a video posted by the National American People for Power Napping (NAPPN)




The Future of Jon-o's Journeys
Weekly Schedule


After working in the laboratory last night for over several hours thinking on bringing you the most effective way to help you enjoy your week, I have made a weekly list on which you can enjoy Jon-o's Journeys on a daily basis. Here is our day by day analysis below.

Sundays:
-Overall review and Quote of the Week (from real people)

Monday:
-Retro Jon-o: Down With Dirty Pizza episodes
-Virtual Console Thoughts

Tuesday:
-Adventures through time
-Artwork / commentary

Wednesday
-Weird Wednesdays!

Thursday
-Picture and Poem of the Week

Friday
-Jon-o's Topics & Music video of the week

Saturday
-Original short stories / poems

I hope you enjoy this all star line up and at random anytime during the week too, expect to see some movie, video game, or even book reviews that I might have finished at any random point.


Enjoy. See you in the future...