What's up? Today, let’s talk about overhauls. This has occurred in games and buildings. To explain further more about this overhaul, In September 2021, we started off with a website filled with white and yellow backgrounds. When we published articles, they would always have a white background.

That was about to change in March 2022, for my articles at least. I added background photos to my articles starting from washing machines and elevators to Meggy, Desti, and Whisk. Then I created my elevator/building website. I also did the same thing with the whole background picture thing. Weeks later, I overhauled it with comment sections, a QR code, and FAQ pages. Ms. Sarah was impressed by the overhaul, so she allowed me to overhaul this website too. The QR code came before the overhaul.

I added the QR codes on both websites so readers and viewers’ friends could check it out too. I only did my articles because not everyone wants a modification to their articles, so I have to respect that!

We also do interviews with our peers now! The Q&A’s are in the form of transcripts. Here is an example of a transcript down below:

Reporter: Why do you use chainsaws as weaponry?

Taki: I find chainsaws cool and messy.

-DIFFERENT PERSON-

Reporter: Why do you smoke so much?

Garcello: It helps calm the nerves.

The font and background colors were modified as well. I modified the white, light gray, and yellow background colors to red, blue, and light blue. I also added a Google Slide which is a tour of our website. I also added a FAQ page which is based on previous articles written by us. This goes to show you that websites can be renovated, too! I am now returning to story-genre articles just for Spring Break 2022.

See you with more story-genre articles!

WARNING: IF YOU SEE A GUN, CALL THE POLICE. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING THAT WENT ON IN THE ACTUAL GAME. IF YOU SUFFER FROM SHOOTING TRAUMA WHICH MADE YOU CARRY A GUN AROUND, TALK TO A PSYCHOLOGIST.

Have you ever gone to school on the day where a shooting was going on? Was it a school close to a dangerous neighborhood? If you have never had any experiences as dastardly as those, let me introduce you to Pico’s school!

One school day, Pico was learning about the importance of apples and bananas. Until his classmate Cassandra was getting sick of this s__t and started shooting/killing everybody except for Pico. It was up to Pico to save the day! Pico had to grab a fire extinguisher and go to the janitor’s closet to grab a gun, where he met a guy named cyclops. Outside the closet, Cassandra and another boy named Alucard were shooting outside. Alucard’s attack is throwing actual dead kids at Pico. Alucard’s defense is equipping a shield to protect himself from Pico’s Bullets. You gotta distract Alucard to finish him off. As a reward, he gives Pico the school key. Eventually. Pico meets Hanzou, who has a scary-looking knife and night vision goggles. Defeating/Killing Hanzou will reward you with his goggles. All four enemies/opponents are part of the goth club. Pico then met Nene who wanted him to end her life because she feels humiliated every time. You can either choose to end her, or spare her.

Eventually, Cassandra has had enough this time, and turns into an alien, which she has the ability to do when needed. Eventually, she was eliminated by Pico. The next few days, a new teacher came in to replace the previous deceased teacher and new students came in to replace the dead ones. Those new students were part of the Ghettobots. This will lead to another event.

Next, we have Darnell, another friend of Pico, who irresponsibly plays with fire. He burned down buildings and witnessed a plane crash.

Pico makes a reappearance in Friday Night Funkin’ in Week 3 in the original game where he battles the Boyfriend and Girlfriend. The songs are named “Pico”, “Philly”, and “Blammed”. Pico holds a gun in his hand as he sits idle and sings. The battle takes place above the Newgrounds office building. At this point, Pico was schizophrenic throughout all the school events that happened. Pico was hired by the girlfriend’s father/Daddy Dearest to excruciate the Boyfriend, until Pico saw a familiar face. As jokingly confirmed by one of the creators Pico and the Boyfriend well, used to be boyfriends!

Pico did not shoot the Boyfriend and instead, he rap battled him. The voice effect used for Pico is a robot effect that is used on Kinemaster. On April 1st, 2021, an “AU” version of Pico’s school was released. Basically, everything is different. No shootings, the previous teacher gets to live for a few more decades, and the Boyfriend is in the game.

I hope you liked this thing I wrote, I will return back to staff/student interviews on Tuesday.

-SEPTEMBER 2019-

The birds were chirping. The sun was shining. The rain was falling. The crickets were chirping, the repaving of the parking lot at Corlear Gardens had come to an end, and various other electric gates were filmed. Sometime in September 2019, I came back from high school one day, I saw a crane arm inside the middle parking area of Corlear Gardens. After they were done, Superintendent Pedro closed the middle parking area gate. I didn’t know what was going on until later that night. Later that night, I was outside the playground area with my grandmother.

-WHAT IS GOING ON?-

I looked at the parking lot lampposts and saw one of them looked different. Was it a new lamppost? I was so curious I wanted to check it out the next morning. And so I did with my mother. We went for a walk, I filmed some electric gates, and we passed through the balcony apartments facing south at Corlear Gardens. From there, I saw the new lamppost. I took a picture of it.

Afterward, electric gate A was about to be in use by a resident coming out, so I filmed the gate and then went back home. Several days later, this happened again. Another lamppost was getting replaced in the middle parking area!

I also found out that the electric gates at Corlear Gardens and Tibbett Towers, (The ones close to the garbage) are opened and closed when taking out the trash is involved. As a result, I get to see the inside of the electric gate operator at Tibbett Towers.

-OCTOBER 2019-

As this went on, the basement inside Tibbett Towers buildings A and B were getting repainted. They were repainted a different shade of grey. The new elevator outer doors, however, still remain purple. The building was also getting new floor and elevator icons. Back at Corlear Gardens, the concrete when you enter/exit the lobby has been redecorated. A few risks were involved as the process went on, such as:

• The small gate leading to the grass is inaccessible

• The door to the lobby entrance is inaccessible

In October 2019, More of the lampposts in the middle and right parking areas were getting replaced. As a result, I just stayed outside for (almost) the entire time until they were done and the electric gates were closed. The final lampposts to be replaced were in the left parking area. The old lampposts were bright, but the new lampposts were even brighter! I also learned about how a photocell really works… One of the electric gates at Nathan Hale Gardens was silenced from squeaking. This occurred for a while. However, the other electric gate wasn’t it kept opening, and closing. For that, they had to disable it for a while… At Corlear Gardens, the electric gate in the left portion had a faulty drive belt causing it to pause while closing.

-CORLEAR GARDENS IN NOVEMBER 2019-

The area of the newly renovated lobby next to the elevators officially has a chandelier above it! Doesn’t it look pretty? For me to witness this, we went to visit my grandma’s friend on 7B that day.

-CORLEAR GARDENS, TIBBETT TOWERS, AND NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN DECEMBER 2019-

The Christmas decorations on the balconies at Nathan Hale Gardens have blissful visuals! Some have animated colors, some have Christmas lights, and some are overall splendid! Tibbett Towers and Corlear Gardens were no different. Speaking of those two buildings, the lobby at Corlear Gardens has replaced the old exterior lighting above the entrance doors with new ones! They also put a rug that has the initials of the building name “CG.” Those initials were put on the lobby entrance doors as well. They also reused the same Christmas tree that was always there during my time living there. Inside Tibbett Towers, they have finally put up a Christmas tree! Last year, there was no Christmas tree because of the renovation process. Talk about ending a decade in style!

-JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2020, THE MONTH OF CHAOS BUILDUP.-

Before knowing what would happen later in 2020, to kick the new decade off, I filmed an elevator and the electric gates at Tibbett Towers and Corlear Gardens. I also had to go to my grandma’s for something. I also visited my grandma’s friend a majority of times in January. A custom sign on the electric gate at Waldo Gardens was also lazily removed. As a result, the gate bangs a lot more than usual.

-ENDING FEBRUARY 2020-

The final week of February 2020. It was stressful. My school bus broke down. I arrived at class late because of the replacement buses. From Monday to Wednesday, I arrived home late. On Tuesday, I missed out on the closing of electric gates at Tibbett Towers and Corlear Gardens after they took out the trash. The first time I would know about this was in September 2019. Back to Leap Year 2020. After watching Meggy’s Destiny, my day was about to get a whole lot better, because we were going to my uncle’s house, you know what that means! I was able to film the elevators! They put up new braille text plates saying “Elevator” when I got there.

-MARCH 2020, THE FINAL MONTH OF OPEN SCHOOLS-

Friday the 13th was the LAST, LAST, LAST DAY OF SCHOOL being open without any mask policies. Monday the 16th was the official day when all schools were closed down. All buildings were aware of such changes occurring. As a result, they manifested their interior with mask notices. They would even be strict enough to forbid entry inside unless they wear a mask. Specifically Waldo Gardens and Corlear Gardens. Waldo Gardens because that building is mostly full of old people and Corlear Gardens because their elevators are too small for social distancing. As another result, this would also stop me from visiting my grandma at Nathan Hale Gardens.

-TIBBETT TOWERS IN APRIL 2020-

Below the elevator outer doors in the lobby and basement was a social distancing poster on the floor. There are also hand sanitizer dispensers next to the notices and inside the laundry room. Inside the basement, they put all their notices inside a picture frame now. Inside the lobby, there would be some glass on the doorman’s desk to stay the required amount of feet away from each other. This occurred in buildings A and B. I wanted to see if other buildings did the same thing, but it would be a risk because of what was going on in the world. During the months of April and May, people were clapping for doctors and nurses worldwide. The first time I encountered this was while I was inside our apartment. I eventually joined in the craze.

-NATHAN HALE GARDENS AND TIBBETT TOWERS IN MAY 2020-

The building is doing fine. The building is doing just fine. Despite the fact, the intercom ringing noise is silent for some reason. I went to visit my grandma to celebrate her birthday. It went alright. I also attempted to make some noise for the doctors and nurses that are helping out with this Covid craze. Tibbett Towers also got small fencing installed where you are about to enter the dentist’s office. The month of May was about to end on a good note, but it didn't. An officer named Derek Chauvin was kneeling on the neck of George Floyd. People were begging him to cut it out, but he refused to listen. Flours eventually died a painful death. As a result, violent outbursts from the community took action! Crime was everywhere, gunshots were heard, and stores were robbed, as another result, a nightly curfew took action. As yet another result, Hal Monitor and Meggy as a police officer on SMG4 became controversial due to the outbursts. For that, Hal Monitor made rare appearances in the summer of 2020.

-TIBBETT TOWERS IN JUNE 2020-

Inside the lobby at building B, circular social distancing posters were put on the floor. There was also a newsletter saying about what will happen to the property later on this year;

• Repaving the parking lot

• Boiler room conversion

• Landscaping (completed)

Because of the repaving that will occur, I sprung into action and took many pictures of the parking areas with the old asphalt. I also took many videos of the electric gates.

-TIBBETT TOWERS AND WALDO GARDENS IN JULY 2020-

I went to film the electric gate at Waldo Gardens. Something that caught my attention was it had a different look. The body of the gate was the same. The poles were painted black and yellow! I was really interested in how they did it! A week later, I returned to the gate to film it! When it was going to be activated, I thought it was going to sound like a new gate. However, it didn’t. It still sounds the same. At Tibbett Towers, July was the final month of the old asphalt in the lower parking area. I stayed home for a bunch of days just to film (part of) the repaving. When they paused for the day, I took many panorama photos from my balcony. They even replaced the sewer drains!

-TIBBETT TOWERS, CORLEAR GARDENS, AND WALDO GARDENS IN AUGUST 2020-

The birds were chirping, the flowers were blooming, however, the parking area wasn’t quiet. Excavators, skid steers, and steam rollers were being used. Eventually, the workers finished work on the lower parking area and graduated to the upper parking area. I also saw the inside of the gate operator at Corlear Gardens for the first time. Despite the alarm being loud as usual, the experience was blissful! About a half-hour later, I was about to experience the same thing at Tibbett Towers. Two days later at Corlear Gardens, it was time to take out the trash again. However, when a resident was leaving the parking area, the gate opened, and stopped. The remote didn’t work. As a result, Pedro was called. When he pressed the “Open” button on the gate operator, the gate was moving without the sound of the alarm. One day after that, a new black bumper was out on the electric gate at Waldo Gardens. I stuck around for some time. One day after that, the repaving at Tibbett Towers was finished. As a result, I got to see the inside of the upper electric gate operator. That operator has less wiring than in the lower one. The lower one has a jumbled mess of wiring!

-CORLEAR GARDENS IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND DECEMBER 2020-

There was some concert going on in the residential playground. I didn’t know what was going on, but I was vaguely interested. There was opera, there was other music, and all the residents were sitting down! One month later, the motor bearing gear was to be replaced on electric gate C. I got to see the inside of the electric gate operator again. The same thing happened at Tibbett Towers (minus the gear replacement) one half-hour later. An illegal Halloween party happened on the 31st. Talk about an exciting spooky month! September was also the first time Loud Lamborghinis were roaring around my neighborhood. This still continues to this day.

I check on the elevators as I visit my grandma’s friend on 7B. The left side elevator has five notices regarding Covid! Visiting my grandma’s friend that day was how I knew about the elevators not being big enough for social distancing. I also saw new ceiling lighting on the apartment floors. I’m now annoyed I didn’t find out about this sooner.

-KICKING OFF 2021!-

I start the year off with the electric gate on Waldo Avenue. The same one I filmed once in August 2019. It was about time to return to that old friend. A day later, I visited my grandma’s friend on 7B again in Corlear Gardens. The spotlight was mostly focused on the right-side elevator.

-NATHAN HALE GARDENS, WALDO GARDENS, AND TIBBETT TOWERS IN FEBRUARY 2021-

I was visiting my grandma. I saw that the right side elevator looked dark. I was questioned. Instead of riding that, I took the left-side elevator instead because I didn’t have time. After my visit with Grandma, I took the right-side elevator down. When the door opened up, it had brand new padding inside! I wanted to check out the left-side elevator in the other lobby. That mission would take a while to accomplish… Back in Tibbett Towers, Superintendent Tudor was ready to close the upper electric gate. I made it in time to film the inside of the gate operator. Inside the residential laundry room at building B, two new LG washers have been installed, replacing two of the Wascomat crossover washers that were there. The new washers consist of a “Superwash” option, which extends the cycle. At Waldo Gardens, the electric gate was to get new objects that hold it up. As a result, it had to be closed and locked. The swing gate was being used the most.

-TIBBETT TOWERS IN MARCH 2021-

Despite it being 4 years of me filming elevators, something else happened. The upper electric gate was squeaking so loud that a specific part fell down. I was surprised at what happened when I checked out what was going on after I recorded the gate. The result was unexpected.

-CORLEAR GARDENS AND NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN APRIL 2021-

Electric gate C at Corlear Gardens was getting new chains. As a result, I filmed the inside of the gate operator for almost an hour. Weeks later, I filmed the elevators at Corlear Gardens and the left side elevator in the left side lobby of Nathan Hale Gardens for a remote class submission that never happened. I filmed it after the due date because my mother thinks being worried about getting soaked is more important than helping her son with a class submission. The whole reason why I wanted to do this is because 1, the door operator and sensor on both elevators at Corlear Gardens were changed. 2, there is obviously new padding on the specific elevator I mentioned earlier at Nathan Hale Gardens.

• (Corlear Gardens)Supervisor: my grandma. When we arrived at floor 21 on both elevators, I saw it was no longer dark.

• (Nathan Hale Gardens)Supervisor: My uncle. I went to the left side lobby at Nathan Hale Gardens to accomplish my mission of riding, filming, and checking out the left side elevator with the new padding. When I went in, I saw that many more things happened inside the elevator. The ceiling lighting was changed, just like on the left side elevator in the right side lobby. Something else also happened. The laundry room machines were getting replaced.

-NATHAN HALE GARDENS LAUNDRY ROOM LORE-

From what I know, there used to be Speed Queen Dryers, (just like at Corlear Gardens) Speed Queen Washers, and one Wascomat 6th gen 20lb compass control washer. I have a video I did in April 2017 consisting of a tour of the room with the old machines there.

-CORLEAR GARDENS, NATHAN HALE GARDENS, AND TIBBETT TOWERS IN MAY 2021-

I went inside the building with my grandma to visit her friend on 7B. Inside the basement and elevators was a notice regarding another upcoming concert at Corlear Gardens happening next week. This occurred while my mother flew away. I was excited about the concert. One week later, I was ready to film the concert. I was unsure if I should be inside the building as I do this because I don’t live there anymore. One of the residents that still remembers me invited me to the playground. I accepted the invitation. I was also with my uncle because my grandma had diarrhea. I recorded the whole concert. There were singers, pianos, and cellos, However, there was no percussion. The only percussion that occurred during the performance came from the electric gates, basement entrance door, and loud music from the cars. I was hyped after the whole event that I just had to share the concert with my remote teacher and psychologist. One night Inside Tibbett Towers (my current home), I came across a video of GARCELLO. The gameplay video was blissful and depressing. Oh, and there are yellow X's next to the sewer drains in the lower parking area.

-NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN JUNE 2021-

After my visit with grandma was over, I decided to ride the elevators in both lobbies as usual, and while I was waiting for the other elevator on the right side lobby, I decided to do a video showcase of the laundry room with the new machines to see what they look like. Inside the laundry room is all Speed Queen products now. The Wascomat Washer was replaced with a Speed Queen washer, and the other Speed Queen washers and dryers were replaced with other models.

-TIBBETT TOWERS, WALDO GARDENS, AND NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN JULY 2021-

July was the final month of the Girbau dryers, Wascomat Washers, and LG washers being used and overall inside the laundry rooms. This event took place inside building A. The Wascomat washers were no more, however, we got Girbau washers instead. I wasn’t sure how we would be able to function with them until I saw them in action when the event took place inside building B. Additional wash options on the Girbau washers consist of;

• Extra Wash

• Extra Rinse

• Extra Spin (The washer remains at full speed for a longer time)

Unlike the Speed Queen, LG, Maytag, and Wascomat washers which speed up thrice, the Girbau washers that were provided to us only speed up once. That "once" is during the last 6 minutes. The laundry room interior was also modified.

When the Girbau washers speed up, they have the same RPM at full speed. “Superwash'' is a regular wash option on the Girbau washers. Meanwhile at Nathan Hale Gardens, One of the electric gates was heavily adjusted to behave smoother as they moved. I also went inside Waldo Gardens to visit a relative. I was excited to finally film the elevators in there. When the elevator's door opened, the elevators were not what they seemed on the inside. On the outside, there was a window on the elevator door. On the inside, there was no window. There were posters on the lobby entrance doors. There was also a camera above them. A doorbell alarm goes off when the camera sees something.

-TIBBETT TOWERS AND NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN AUGUST 2021-

Two days after summer school ended at the time my visit with my grandma was over, I decided to film the new Speed Queen dryers inside the laundry room for a few seconds after exiting the elevator at the lobby/basement. As I looked through the video, I put one dryer off the camera. When I put it back on the camera, the drum was turning around in a different direction. I was surprised. I was about to witness this at Tibbett Towers days later.

Monday was the final full day of the current Girbau dryers at Tibbett Towers. When I woke up on Tuesday morning, I saw a bunch of dryers sitting in the lower parking area. I rushed outside to see what was happening. Wasn’t it obvious? They were replacing the dryers there! It was a manifestation of dryers. (No. Manifestation isn’t the best way to put it.) It was an APOCALYPSE of dryers inside the parking area! This vaguely interested me. I was filming and photographing the new and old dryers just sitting out there.

The new dryers were eventually installed. The new dryers were also a different model from Girbau. I decided to share the dryer apocalypse with my remote teacher. I got to see one dryer in action after one resident finished washing their clothes in a washer. I also saw how the dryer drum just randomly stopped and turned in the other direction. This occurred at Nathan Hale Gardens, too. That has truly overexcited me. Especially on day two of the new dryers. That was paradise. A sunset paradise.

After seeing(filming) all 6 washing machines in use, the real fun began with the dryers being in use for almost 2 hours. Earlier that specific day was the beginning of another repaving that occurred inside the building’s lower parking area due to drain problems as confirmed by the Superintendent, who's name was Tudor.

Dryer installations were rushed beforehand. Also, instead of an excavator like last year, there was a cold milling machine this time. Skid steers, steam rollers, and the asphalt paving machine were reused for this. Inside the upper parking lot, they just seal-coated everything. Despite all this, I had a blast when I got to see the inside of both gate operators at Tibbett Towers during the whole weekend when the seal coating and final details occurred! On Sunday, I was sweating like never before!!! I literally demanded to take a shower that day. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT! After a chaotic summer, I visited my grandma every Sunday to relax, chill, shower, and all that. When I left, I would film the dryers at her building and mine because they function and sound exactly the same.

This was truly a summer after remote school to remember! I guess you could call it a 1999 bizarre summer! I will be back with part 9 eventually...