Der Wille zur Macht :)

Well, it's a bit past 1:00 AM and I have work tomorrow. So that dual blog on Cowboy Bebop the Movie and the On the Bricks concert will have to wait until later.

Alright. I spent this morning checking out cars so when I went shopping I could have what I wanted already in mind. The key issue to remember is that I want to spend only $2k on the computer and ~$10k on the car, since my Bass is upwards of $5k. Anyways, I first checked out the Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep dealership where I learned that the PT Cruiser doesn't have enough headroom and that the Jeep Liberty, while accomodating head and legs, has absolutely crappy gas mileage. The Seabring didn't even come close. I then checked out the Honda dealership and found that neither the Accord nor the Civic had a deep enough trunk to accomodate my Bass (the bridge is too high for the depth that the trunk allows), I didn't attempt the Element because it is so God awfully ugly but I did try out the CRV. The 2003 was very very nice, though the folding/unfolding cup holders between the front seats was terrible, and the older CRV's (aka: those closer to my price range) were good as well, not as fun and still a bit short on the legs, but that's my problem. Then we went across the street to the Toyota dealership and checked things out. The Corolla was absolutely too small and the new Camry wasn't managing either, though the older has a larger trunk so I'll have to test it out sometime. The Toyota Matrix, while kinda short on the legs, was a good car and has a built in Subwoofer (a large built in subwoofer). The Rav4 was slightly smaller, but did manage to accomodate the Bass, even if it did get in the way moreso than in the Matrix. Dragging my bass around did get a ton of comments, the most from the Toyota people, slightly less from the Honda people, and nearly none from the Dodge people. It was annoying to say the least.

So, the total learning comes to this. I really want a new 2003 Toyota Spyder, but there's no way in hell the bass would ever fit or that I'd ever afford that for a college car. But it's so very very nice.

"The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax, of carpenters and kings. Of why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings."

Anyways, speaking of the coming of time, this is my request to all my computer literate allies, I need to decide what I want my college computer to be, so do please aid me in this. And keep in mine, I don't need any complex video editing equipment, just the basics for gameplay: So a vid card, processor, and little else needs to be very end of the line. Sound isn't a big issue for me, but it's always nice, and I'd love to finally be able to play D2 w/o Winamp being distorted.

NPR was worrying me again. On "Marketplace" they did the numbers segment and immediately began playing the song "We're in the Money" (instrumental only, but still).

Today wasn't good. Was woken at 7:13 because I had managed to sleep through my alarm (apparently someone had set the volume to near subharmonic levels). Got to the orthodontist and recieved 5 spacers in the back of my mouth which are currently driving me insane. This coupled with the fact that my allergies have decided to spring up this morning in the form of a very sore throat does not make for a good day.

Work wasn't bad though. Be thankful for the small things I guess.

My Orthodontist is beginning to worry me.

Him(Dr. Mach)- I wonder if I could put some brackets around those teeth.
Me-*Unable to speak with his hands in my mouth*
Him-Sounds like a plan *Takes hands out*
Me- Wouldn't I have to pre-med for that?
Him- Oh yeah. We'll do it next time.
Him- Actually, keeping 3 groups would be kinda hard *calls over a nurse* instead of doing the 5, 6, 7 binding, lets get some spacers in so we can bind his 5's and 6's.
Nurse-What about his 7's?
Him-They aren't large enough, plus they are 8's, not 7's.

At least I know what all that means, but it was still really odd at the time.

The Adult Swim summer stuff is really great. I'm enjoying it too much I think.

Well, I wrote 6 of the Thank You notes, I don't have an address for the other so it doesn't matter yet. I did sign up for G-Tech, made second session. But no, I didn't teach Jeff anything in Brood today. Yesterday, however, I extolled the virtues of Attack-Move and taught him the important a least 1 miner per mineral patch (he wasn't always using them all), so hopefully we'll be able to graduate to 2 vs 3 games.

I managed to watch Oh Brother Where Art Thou without developing a southern drawl, which yes, is actually an accomplishment for me. Great movie though, and anyone who hasn't seen it certainly needs to.

Anyways. Time to make some goals for the summer I guess. There are of course only a small portion of the grand scale of things, and actually only some of the smaller items, but that's nothing new.

Goal: Learn HTML and various graphic artistry tools to the extent that I can add animations to the Blog. Learn to rip Sprites so I have a basis for said animations (since I can only find really really good Megaman stuff and not anything for Valkyrie Profile. I guess I'll have to harass AlienInfection and Dr.Lucent for stuff (15 points each for anyone who knows who either is. Jeff is not allowed to answer on the AI topic, which might give it away, but oh well). The end result being that I'd love to have a Valkyrie Profile hero and Zero dancing in opposite corners of my Blog. On a related note, since I technically only own my PS and a SNES, I need to spend some hard earned cash purchasing some older RPGs (Valkyrie Profile being among them).

Goal: Get a better car. Currently I'm open to suggestions. The major issue is I have to fit and my bass has to fit as well. So I'm open to any suggestions. I'm sure you'll figure out how to get in contact with me without my aid.

I've finally reached the point of having three seperate folders for my webcomics. 1 is the commonly updated and the creme de la creme; 2 is the good comics, if a bit slow; 3 is all the finished, the extraordinarily slow, or those that I don't even know why I still have on my list. Kinda a frightening thing.

To do List:

*Finish writing thank you notes (only 7 left to go)
*Choose my day for G-Tech Orientation.
*Stop merely playing Brood Wars with Jeff and start actually trying to improve his mistakes. I'm actually starting to micro, kinda scary. I still play with a zerg mentality 24-7 though. If my troops die it's just less supply I need.

Perhaps sleeping from 9:00 PM to 11:00 AM is a bit excessive, but 14 hours is a good compensation for not sleeping the night before (even if there was a 4 hour nap during the next day as well).

Today was devoted to mass D&D which went over just about as well as could normally be expected. Nothing of great note to post. Oh well.

Alright, Jiaz covered all the important stuff, just replace his time playing in the Casino with a game of Spades where Kyle and I triumphed over Tim and Edmund. The question is indeed "Was Project Graduation worth it?" and my answer is a resounding, "Meh". Yeah, I'd most likely do it again, but there weren't any singularily fantastic moments the entire night. The whole thing fluxuated between too many people and too few. I could have done Magic or Mao or Spades anytime of day anywhere else and what little I did see of the Casino falls into the same category of activity. I didn't attempt the obstance course or the bull and don't feel bad for either. Obstacles courses tend to enjoy areas of clearance much lower than Colin is tall, and this one was no exception. It was certainly good seeing all those people who are going off to the far reaches of the United States next year and that alone is probably the main reason why I would do it again. It was enjoyable jousting, earning some beads from Jeff the hard way, and exploiting my dress socks for some very very smooth and slick dancing on the gym floor.

I don't know why Mardi Gras was the theme, nor even why the event had a theme, but most of the decorations were simply annoying and ugly. The DJ did absolutely suck, but I've begun to think that of most any DJ these days, I guess I don't like most of today's "popular" music.

In general though, there simply wasn't enough reminiscing and that was mostly what I expected.

In summation, no I'm not miffed that I didn't win a door prize, no it doesn't matter that we were originally promised that everyone would win one, and yeah, I guess I might do it again. I wouldn't do the same things, but yeah, I'd do it again.

Since I arrived late (a bit past 9:30) to Graduation, I didn't get to rehearse on stage so I had my Bass with me until we got on stage. So, to occupy my attentions I started playing a G major arpeggio followed by a descending run: (G up to B up to D up to G then descending from the high G as F E D C and then starting over. It sounded pretty good).

Anyways, Stony River was vastly unimpressive. I had Unsweet Tea which was Luisanne (not a brand that I'm favoring). I should have realized the mistake when upon my ordering went something like this:
Server: What would you like?
Me: Unsweet Tea
Server: Right, Sweet Tea
Me: UNSweet Tea.

Repeat this process replacing me with David, because it happened like with him immediately beyond me. But I still had the tea and was incredibly unimpressed. I added lemon to help it and instead got cold lemon flavored substance with an awful aftertaste.

I ordered a steak which comes with their seasoning meant to "enhance the flavor and tenderize the meat without being spicy." After the server walked away to allow us time to think David immediately asked aloud how a seasoning could tenderize meat whereas I pondered how you could have no spicy seasoning (it seems to defeat the point of the seasoning). Apparently it was a lie though, and as near as I can tell ever chef there was a reject for an Emmeril teaching school. Which Emmeril kicks it up a notch, these people made the notch the level of the food. The fries tasted like seasoning with an odd texture (because herbs usually don't have the texture of french fries) and the steak was definately reduced in greatness by the over flavoring brought on by the seasoning. Overall I'd much rather go to Hops and save the cash and enjoy my house brewed Root Beer and better food.

Nothing really momentus to say about Graduation except that anyone who drove in the far right lane and then merged deserves to be shot. It took me 40 minutes to get to Mount Pisgah because I was driving lawfully, and upon getting here I proceeded to scratch the truck next to me with my front fender, so I got to walk into the church behind a family I didn't know, the father of which was quite angry at me (his damn truck was too far right).

Anyways. Anyone want to tell me the odds that I'd end up walking out next to Dunn (who apparently had issues crossing the stage, but I'll openly admit that I wasn't watching. Sitting at the extreme right relative to the stage really hindered my view of any but those about to cross.

Ok, time for the random congradulations: Kudos to everyone who sang, especially the soloists (Chloe, Laura, Kate, and Joe) and to everyone who gave speeches, mostly Royal and Edmund though. Points to Charlene for losing her hat and to Alex Liss for not understanding when I tried to convince her to straiten out her honor cords (I thought I did a fairly good wordless demonstration).

Glad to know that all the Orchestra people were told to be Alpha for practice, all sat on the Alpha side of Graduation, and then they put our diplomas in Omegazone, way to go school!

Alright. Apparently crossing my fingers really didn't help. I did manage to play several hands of spades though. Why did we have to read everyone's name? Was there a practical application to that action? Anyways, in case you haven't noticed this is yesterday's overdue blog. I got kinda busy and naver managed to get to a computer. So, after Grad practice I went with D'Oraz to turn his AP Calc practice book into Bolt and on the way back got accosted by both Duncan and Burke for still being at school (wow, I never realized it was such a crime to hang around), so I lied that I was on my way home and went over to the Orchestra room where I played random music with Keith and Fu until it was time for rehearsal. So, I went to the Band room, got my copy of the slide show from the concert (which I have not yet had time to look at), said my final orchestra good byes to all the people I'm really going to miss: Louise, Christine, Christina, Christine, Yichen, Sonica, and played my way through a quarter of a hour of Pomp and Circumstance. ((Damn, time for photos, I'll have to finish this...crap...looks like tomorrow cause I think photos will lead into dinner into Project Graduation...okay, until I return this'll have to be unfinished. So much to say, so little time today)). Yay! Another few moments of spare time! Okay. So after Orch finished for the Seniors (cause we didn't have to play the Rondeau (The Masterpiece Theater Song)) I talked with John fora bit and decided that invading his house sounded like a good way to spend the rest of my day. So I called home and David reminded me that I needed to get an application for him and I remembered that I needed to pickup my paycheck. So, I went over to the UPS Store and found Joe packing 3 printers, 2 computers (sans monitors), a scanner, and a few other miscellaneous electronic components. I proptly joined in (I'd say I rolled up my sleeves, but wearing my Black Fila T-Shirt I didn't have long enouh sleeves to roll at all) and after a good half an hour of work managed to get out of the store (and net an hour worth of pay). I got out to my car to find it claiming 2 missed calls so I checked it out and discovered that my mother wanted me to drop the graduation tickets at home so she could take them to my grandparents so they wouldn't have to rally to my house. So, I detoured from my intended path and took a turn into my neighborhood, immediately getting caught behind the Elementary School Bus. Which sucked because we have lots of little kids and it was the last day of school so the air was filled with pre-adolescent attempts at singing songs no one knew the lyrics to and the bus's ponderous pace was slowed by all the parents and children saying goodbye to the driver. So, after traveling 80 ft in the course of 5 minutes, I handed the tickets to my mother and turned around and headed for John's. I gave him a call to warn him I was on my way and began to regret not going home to change out of a black shirt and jeans. I got to Compton's and we started hurling his Aerobie back and forth (that's the hollow frisbee thing, if you didn't know). Then, after Royal's older sister arrived to see Katie Compton (John's elder sister who is also back from college), John and I went inside and watched some Black Adder (British Comedy is rather predictable these days). After about 4 episodes of that Compton and I beat Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and then I went home, had some dinner, and went out to escape the incoming of David's friends.

*Crosses fingers hoping that graduation practice won't suck*

Actually, that's all I really had to post, did close to nothing today. But then again, how's that a change from the norm?

Not having to go to school is fun. I woke up at about 9:30. Actually got up an hour later. Showered and then crawled Infoc for anything fun to read. Didn't find much, though I've resolved I need to get either "Benthis" or "Miranda" into the RPG Forum (yes, those are names of my invented story characters who don't have a story yet). Anyways, after David came home I ate lunch and went to work at about 2:00 PM. I was at 4554 which is the former corperate store setup across the street from the main store (the one that was setup specifically cause the main store as an MBE was doing so well). It's a rather unique place since it has 6 stations where people can enter their own info, a conveyor belt, 3 shipping stations. It's a pure self-service shipping center and good at it. The packing area seems rather lacking on supplies, but that only matters if you want to send something fragile (speaking of which, I was playing soccer with boxes while loading the UPS trailer, it was fun). At the store are the two UPS employees (well, there are 4 but only 2 today) Frank and Chris. They all have jobs until next Friday and all have been paid as such. Frank is probably 40-50 ish, a short Black man, and funny. He wears an apron which contains perhaps everything you could possibly need to pack something (usually multiples of item, and oftentimes the phone too, though he fails to realize this until the third ring). Chris is younger, likely 25-30ish and slightly taller (though both are shorter than me). Chris is more serious, but today was really really slow and under the "watchful" (umm...right) eye of Bill so more serious wasn't really saying much. My day was spent enjoying their antics, learning how to do things on their systems, and changing prices over to the UPS Store level as opposed to the UPS Store level (yeah, that's the whole truth and not a typo). I was using a Stylus double ended for awhile in the process of changing price settings on the computer, it was kinda scary. That went on until 7:20 ish when we had the store closed down and were finially deciding how we needed to change things. The place is much larger than it looks form the outside, but very inefficient with most of that space. The "gate" for locking the store is a series of $5k glass panels depicting the globe with the words UPS in the center, it was disconcerting to say the least.

Today's French lession shall be idiomatic expressions involving the verb Avoir, but first we'll have to learn to conjugate Avoir in the present, here goes:
j'ai / tu as / il a / nous avons / vous avez / ils ont

Just for the record, Avoir means "to have."

All of these go Subject + Appropriate Avoir form + Situation Word (you'll see)
Faim (Hunger), Soif (Thirst), Tort (Wrong), Raison (Right), Sommeil (Sleepy).

So, I'm hungry is "J'ai faim". They are wrong is "Ils ont tort". You get the idea.

Apparently Katie has joined the ranks of the Christine-ists. How sad.

Current Song: Final Fantasy X - Symphonic Suite.

X-2 Time, since hopefully Netscape will stop it with those stupid illegal operations and random crashes so I can actually get the post finished this time. This might be a little detailed in a roundabout way because I don't want to spoil anything, but I do want to cover some issues, and I have way too much knowledge about X-Men as a comic that it'll all come through.

I saw X-2 at roughly 5 previews past 10:05. Finding Nemo and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen both look like they'll be worth watching. Now whether or not they'll be worth paying to see in theaters is another story, though if Pixar is true to course the short before Finding Nemo should be worth my $6.50. Anyways. The theatre contained Kyle, David, Nick, Steve Trantor, Nick and Steve's friend whose name I don't recall offhand, myself, and a whopping six other people. It was really really empty, I like my movies like that.

Anyways, the quality of the movie was good, fantastic special effects. I didn't like the way Kurt Wagner looked, but that cannot be helped, because beyond his actual appearance (the face wasn't right) he was exactly the personality he should have been, a bit more combatative, but that's not suprising, and German is such a fun language.

Pyro is developped very well, which I believe is the general idea. But he isn't developped enough to justify his actions either. David doesn't think the Brotherhood is going to appear, but I think the stage is pretty much set, but that could just be me.

The pace moves fast enough, though all the damn kids are once again faces in the crowd without using powers save for one of them, who was much younger than he should be, but that's a different matter. Some of the concepts are rather contrived, but you've got to get things done somehow. The foreshadowing is nice, is blatent to someone with any knowledge of the storyline of X-Men. There are some fun little issues thrown in for fans, Beast for example. But the violence is too bloodless given what actually occurs. Tons of fatalities and not much actual blood to show for it. Point blank grenades would make a mess.

Of course the movie still lacks several characters, but that's really a whole different world of a complaint. So, it's time for the lightning round:

1)What character, linked in Storm's past and just above Magneto in the mutant database is missing?

2)What character, who is, to quote Mutant Genesis the "resident psionic japanese-by-the-way-of-britain ninja warrior" also needs to make at least a child appearance?

3)Who is the all too Asian mutant in the last scene? Hint: The earrings are a dead giveaway.

4)Two characters aren't wearing enough green, one is rogue, the other is foreshadowing, who?

That'll do it for now, I need to go pickup David in a bit, then eat some Lunch, and then go to earn some cash

Or David will take the bus home so he doesn't get rained on...oh well.

5)What doesn't Cyclops do, it might be at the end of the credits, for once I didn't stay for them? Hint: The answer is not something, although that is quite true.

Blogger is being very bad so we'll have to discuss X-2 later. *Looks at his copy of X-Men Mutant Genesis* <---Great comic book.

Since it seems to be the thing to do...I'm in.

last cigarette: Haven't touched the stuff yet
last kiss: Haven't felt the need to
last good cry: Last time I had tears was Fantasia 2000, couldn't tell you why though. Dunno.
last library book checked out: Umm... Running with the Demon
last movie seen: X-2
last book read: I think I read all of Murder in the Cathedral
last cuss word uttered: Fscking, in reference to X-2, in a good way.
last beverage consumed: A Caffine-free Coke
last food consumed: Microwaved Calzone (Pepperoni and 4 cheeses)
last crush: Beck was the last crush, but I'm past silly things like crushes now.
last phone call: Kyle so he could drag me to see a movie.
last tv show watched: Ummm...Hey! Trigun's on!
last time showered: This Morning.
last shoes worn: Slippers preceeded by Sandals preceeded by my Addidas sneakers.
last cd played: I guess it was Jesus Christ Superstar: Disc One.
last item bought: Mine and David's Movie Tickets, I don't buy stuff often, last thing I bought before that was dinner at Prom, just to give you an idea of how rare my purchasing is.
last downloaded: Tsuneo Imahori - People Everyday (yes, that's a Trigun song)
last annoyance: Work, people at work, and my low pay-scale considering the opportunity costs.
last disappointment: Still disappointed in Judas's actions.
last soda drunk: Same as my last beverage.
last thing written: Infoceptor post.
last key used: Start up my van.
last word spoken: See my last cuss.
last sleep: Last Night
last im: Well, I had messages from Jeff and Cindy when I go back from away, haven't talekd since then.
last sexual fantasy: Sexual Fantasy? I write fantasies and there's no sex in them.
last weird encounter: Depends on how you define weird. Ran into Nick and Steve at X-2.
last ice cream eaten: I don't recall. I'd presume it was some Black Jack Cherry at least a month ago.
last time amused: X-2. Cause David and I know too much about it.
last time wanting to die: Wanting to die? See last disappointment.
last time in love: My secret, but my last crush says most of it.
last time hugged: I think Becca ambushed me a week ago, but I don't really count that.
last time scolded: Bad grades in Calc.
last time resentful: ...Don't care.
last chair sat in: Computer rolling chair. I ought to pull the other over, I like it more.
last lipstick used: Anti-Prom Junior year. You'd have to ask Lulu if she remembers.
last underwear worn: Current, your generic stuff.
last bra worn: Anti-Prom again I belive, though I could be wrong.
last shirt worn: My 2001 Savannah Sinfonia shirt, currently not wearing one though.
last time dancing: Prom
last poster looked at: Umm...Whichever poster is on the first on the way out of the left wing of Regal.
last show attended: Yes and ASO, which was a good while ago.
last webpage visited: I have Jeff's Blog (where I stole this), my Blog, and Infoc open. Take your pick.

1 MINUTE AGO: Doing this survey
1 HOUR AGO: Physics
1 DAY AGO: Threatening Kyle with "Concussion"
1 WEEK AGO: At this time on AP week? Either sleeping or posting.
1 YEAR AGO: Sleeping
I HURT: Currently? My wrists could use some advil.
I FEAR: Letting Judas make decisions again.
I HOPE: I get to smile more
I FEEL: Oddly discontent.
I HIDE: Everything. Nothing is more fun.
I DRIVE: '89 Minivan until work coughs up enough cash for me to get something nicer.
I MISS: See "I HOPE" and "I FEEL"
I LEARNED: The truth about Beck.
I THINK: That I need to focus more often.

current clothes: Khaki Jeans, white socks, and a pair of black slippers.
current mood: See "I FEEL"
current music: Tesla - Song and Emotion (though too soft for me to hear cause I'm ignoring Winamp) now Therion - Invocation of Naamah.
current taste: I didn't drink enough water today.
current annoyance: This chair is itchy and I'm thirsty.
current smell: Thanks to allergies there isn't one.
current thing i should be doing: There isn't one, save for maybe sleeping.
current desktop picture: Random Biohazard logo David put on here from Digital Paradox.
current refreshment: Ought to get some water, but I'll likely have chocolate milk before sleeping.

PERSONAL STUFF
Name: Colin William Webster
Nicknames: There was a whole post on it, check it out yourself.
Address: Alpharetta, Ga
College Plans: G Tech: Some form of engineering.
Birthday: 10/12/84
Birthplace: Atlanta
Siblings: David and Ian
Parents: Clive and Valerie
Pets: 2 cats and a dwindling number of fish.
Hair Color: Dark dark brown.
Eye Color: Varies with my surrondings (that's fun to say), hazel by default I think.
Height: 6'4" roughly when I try.
Piercings: None yet, though I have thought about it.
Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Right and while I love to work my left hand to write as well, my handwriting is bad enough with my good hand.
What's your most comfortable piece of clothing?: Jeans, my slippers, and the black Fila shirt seem to work best. Though tux pants with an open dress shirt and my rockports is fun too.
Goal in Life: At present, to figure out my goal.

SOCIAL LIFE
Where can you usually be found?: Wandering used to be my answer. H117 when not in class, else at home or in class.
Who would you be with?: Usually solitary
What's your idea of a dream date?: I'm a romantic who's trying to deal with realities.
Are you timely or always late?: Often late, but I try very hard not to be.
Whats your biggest turn off in the opposite sex?: Someone who can't appreciate music.

FAVORITES
Color: I don't do favorite colors
Book: Hitchhiker's
Food: Whatever tastes good.
Restaurant: At present, Hops.
TV show: i try and avoid TV. I've seen most of the good stuff it bothers showing.
Movie: Fight Club cause I haven't seen it recently.
Song: Rhapsody- Soul Miner's Daughter and REM - Nightswimming
Sport: I don't play any. Most are fun to watch.
Holiday: Columbus Day cause it's my birthday and underapprectiated.
Month: September, when Fall gets into swing.
Season: See above
Flower: I'm not good with flowers.
Vacation: The beach. You can meet neat people there and watch them get bowled over by waves chest high on me.
School Subject: I really like doing French when I'm actually doing French
Radio Station: NPR after Midnight.
Soda: Hops' Root Beer, Barq's Red Cream Soda, any Ginger Ale, and IBC's Cherry Limeaide.

Today was well, we'll do this the quick way:
Morning/1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/Lunch/6th/7th/Work/Dinner/Now

Turned in a good student form to lower insurance costs (reading this D'Oraz?), got the library to show I had no fines (since I've never checked out a book I'd better not)/played spades/TGC +21/Played Liar's Poker/Played Fool and got Lakly's to sign my yearbook, sang to Ian/Got Scher's signature in my yearbook, forgot to pickup my good student form, watched marching bands/Talked about kitchen impliments/Watched Kathrine and Dan continue a nearly neverending game of war from last period which Dan won, played Hearts/Hah! I didn't have 7th period/Worked, blah. Decided that I would work tomorrow.

And Now Kyle's decided I'm going to go watch X-2 in less than 30 mins.

Today's basic French lesson is the greeting.

Salut (Informal Greeting), Bonjour (More formal Hello)
Ca va? (How are things or How is it going)
Ca va bien (Things are going well)
Ca va mal (Things are going poorly)
Ca va comme ci comme ca (Things are going so-so)
Oui, ca va (Things are going (similar to so-so, neither a good nor bad))

Je m'applle (I call myself) ____________ (Name here)

Tomorrow we'll see about some basic verbs.