The Most Way-Past-Cool Birthday

It’s Sonic the Hedgehog’s birthday today! Wooooot! :D

Holy flip I don’t even know where to begin! How do I describe the world’s most famous hedgehog in just one blog post? That’s asking a lot! Well, here goes...

Sonic the Hedgehog started out as a video game character in 1991. He began his adventures in the famous Green Hill Zone, racing across crumbling bridges and spin-dashing his way through Dr. Robotnik’s robot minions with superb ease. If he didn’t start moving within five seconds, he would look at the player and tap his foot impatiently. In one game he actually jumps off of the edge after the first three minutes just because he’s so bored!

Sonic’s popularity grew quickly. It wasn’t long before he had his own TV shows, with Jaleel White giving him a voice for the first time. Sonic SatAM, Adventures of Sonic, Sonic Underground...all three shows aired on TV in the 1990s while his games grew in complexity and introduced an ongoing storyline.

At the turn of the century, Sonic met his match, Shadow the Hedgehog (whose spotlight is the post right before this one! Check it out!), in the game Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. The famous Sonic Heroes came along after that, and in 2003 Sonic was the star of another TV show: Sonic X, which introduced Jason Griffith as the replacement for Jaleel White.

While Sonic battled Eggman and the evil Metarex in the show, he rescued princesses, made new friends, and traveled across worlds in the games. Sonic Generations gave the Blue Blur a blast to the past at the same time that Roger Craig Smith introduced himself as the newest voice for our favorite hedgehog. Sonic also made his very first big-screen appearance in the movie “Wreck-It Ralph” in 2012. (I still go all fangirl when he has his cameo. XD)

And let’s not forget the comics! The comics are really the only storyline I follow avidly, since they are much more exciting than the games or the TV shows. What’s happening in the comics right now? Sonic and his friends were still suffering from the effects of the first Genesis Wave (that took place two years ago our time, on his 20^th birthday) when the second one hit in May of this year. This time the Wave reached across two worlds, and Sonic met the Blue Bomber – Mega Man! The crossover event is an epic battle against the evil Drs. Eggman and Wily, as well as a tribute to the fans with the appearance of nearly every popular character from both sides. (For me, it was Shadow...though he spent most of his time as a Roboticized Master...*sigh*) Anyway, with any luck our heroes will come out victorious and set things right! Maybe when the Genesis Wave fades this time, Sally will be normal again...I hope...

So there you have it! The world’s most way-past-cool hedgehog is celebrating 22 years of awesomeness today! How will I celebrate this time? By watching the TV shows and movies, reading the comics, and playing the games, of course!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SONIC! :D

The Ultimate Birthday (+ a Sonic Story for the non-Mobians)

That’s right! It’s Shadow the Hedgehog’s birthday today!! Woooot!! :D

For those of you who don’t know, Shadow the Hedgehog is Sonic’s shady look-alike. He was first introduced in the game Sonic Adventure 2 Battle in 2001. His story is as follows:

50 years ago on the Space Colony ARK, Eggman’s grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik, worked to create the ultimate creature. The result was Shadow. Shadow and the professor’s daughter, Maria, were very close friends. One day the government learned of Robotnik’s research and sent soldiers to shut down the ARK. In the scuffle that ensued, Shadow attempted to escape with Maria but was separated from her forever when the soldiers that had chased them shot and killed her. Shadow was sent to the planet below and stayed there in suspended animation.

He was reawakened by Eggman 50 years later and sent to steal the seven Chaos Emeralds. The military mistook Shadow for Sonic and thus our favorite blue hedgehog was labeled a criminal. While Eggman intended to use the Emeralds to conquer the planet, Shadow’s mind was filled with nothing but images of Maria and thoughts of revenge. Soon the Emeralds had been collected and the Space Colony ARK was sent on a collision course with the planet. However, before tragedy could strike, Shadow realized that Maria had wanted him to help people and be friends with them. This recollection motivated him to switch sides and join forces with Sonic to rescue the planet from total destruction just in time. He vanished after this, so Sonic and the others believed he was dead.

BUT HE TOTALLY WASN’T!! Shadow lives on today!! Eggman rescued him (unbeknownst to Sonic) and locked him away until he was awakened a second time by Rouge in the game Sonic Heroes. Today he works to ensure that the G.U.N. of today is nothing like the G.U.N. that ruined his life. He and Sonic are friendly rivals.

I LOVE SHADOW!! He is actually 50% of the reason I got hooked on Sonic in the first place (the other 50% is Sonic himself). Shadow has been my favorite character from Day One and he will always stay that way. He’s just so awesome!! His lines are epic!! His voice is amazing!! The list goes on and on and on!! :D

To celebrate this awesome character’s birthday, I have already watched the two-hour Shadow Saga in the Sonic X series. I honestly didn’t remember most of it so it was like watching it for the first time all over again! And it was still amazing! I completely forgot Shadow’s first line, so when it came up I was like “EEEK!!” :D (Sorry. I’m such a fangirl. Hahaha XD) I also teared up a little bit near the end when Shadow was remembering Maria’s last words and such...why does his past have to be so sad?! Haha

I have plans to celebrate the rest of today by playing as Shadow in my collection of Sonic video games and etc., as well as reading his stories in the comics. He is just so epic!!

Well, I’m off to party! Remember: SHADOW IS THE ULTIMATE!! <3

Summer Vacation & The Nerd Diaries

Holy flip I haven't updated this blog for a long time! A whole month, almost.

Well, I did it...I passed my junior year of high school with straight A's! I am so proud of that. I worked so hard to keep my grades where they were. I'm also looking forward to next year (though I totally don't mind summer vacation right now, haha). I have two choir classes as a senior since I made the school's girls choir (Treblemakers), I get to have a class with my favorite English teacher, and I'm the only one in my Spanish II class who advanced to Spanish III. Not because of grades, but because of desire. I know several people who could have advanced. They just didn't want to put in the effort outside of the required two years.

Right now, though, I am enjoying my time off. I got a lot of reading and writing done in my first week, and that made me really happy. I love reading and writing - I just didn't have the time for it at the close of my junior year. I know my readers on Wattpad are happy with me since I've posted two new chapters of my Sonic fanfic in as many weeks. It's growing in popularity, too - right now Book 1 is at nearly 7,000 reads and Book 2 is sitting at just over 1,000. I have almost 100 followers. I am going to be entering an official Gaming Fanfiction contest on Movellas, using Sonic (of course). I think I have the basic idea down, but I'm not certain quite yet. In addition to my fanfiction, I plan on getting back to my novel soon and starting on the third draft. Hopefully everything will turn out well.

This week I'm doing more of that, but I'm also planning on finding a job so that I can save up for Costa Rica next year. Right now the only places I know of that are hiring are K-Mart and the movie theater, but I'm sure there are more places than that available. Maybe. We'll see. :)

Also, as a proud Sonic fan, I have started watching Sonic X again for the first time in nearly three years. Sonic X is the show that got me started on Sonic way back in 2008 after I accidentally discovered him on YouTube. Now that I'm older and know much more about Sonic in general, I understand a lot more about what's going on in the series. I find myself going, "OH! I get it now..." a lot. Haha.

Sonic's birthday is coming up, too! June 23! I plan to celebrate by watching at least one episode from every series and then watching the movie, as well as reading a few Sonic comics and whatnot. <3 Also, Shadow's birthday is on June 19, which means I'll be watching the Shadow Saga in Sonic X at that time. Four episodes focused on the black hedgehog, his past, and his decision to fight for good! YES! :D

I'm such a nerd. C:

That's all I can really think of for now...I'm just so glad it's finally summer vacation. I usually hate not being in school, but after a hard year like that I'll make an exception. I'll be bored by the end of this month. Haha. Stay way-past-cool! :D