Random Days of October Part 1

Ok, so here's that post I kep promising you. On Tuesday, I intended to do a "day in the life" thing like Emily...and much like her, I gave up halfway through XD I ended up, however, just taking pictures until Thursday. So...there's some randomosity. Here's the first bit.

I r wake up early. SUNLIGHT BAD.


Brusha, brusha, brusha.


I is dressed noa.


Cookies, the breakfast of champions.


I was bored waiting for Nana at the clinic.


I'm a ghost, woooOOOOooOOOooo


Umm...

So, yah...I did more stuff that day, but I'll post that later. Note the van parked directly in front of the building. I HATE when people do that? What if Nana had come out right then? I wouldn't be able to drive up to her. Some people are just really inconciderate.

In other news: Both my mom and my grandmother were diagnosed with Diabetes this week. Somehow, this has become a running gag between myself and my mom. She'll pick up a cookie, scarf it, and say "You know, I shouldn't eat this cuz I has the Diabetes. And the obesites."

We generally take all bad news like this.

Story of the van and what happened at Build A Bear to happen soonish.

Sneak Peak

Because I want to write things on my pictars with photoshop, and I dunno where the disk for that is, it'll be while before I can post my stories of the passed few days.

But here, I give you preview.

The sexiest thing evar.

Whhhhyyyyy...

So we went to get the door. It was an adventure. I'll post details later, (with pictures :D), but not right now. Just know that the door is still at the junk yard and the van in now imobile.


Job interview is tomorrow. I think I can get there if I start walking now.

OHMAIGAWD!

So why the excitement? CHECKA THIS!

That's right, folks. A Dresden Files graphic novel.

I think I've died. Or maybe just asleep. No one wake me up, plzkthnx.

Picture meme?

So...I've been taking pictures today for a kind of "A day in the life of..." kind of thing. Mostly it's pictures of my bored face while I was waiting for Nana to finish at the clinic. I'll post them...umm...sometime. Maybe later today. Right now though, I'mma go hunt down some foods cuz I'm really hungry for no apparent reason.

HAHAHA

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Ah...another book done

I've finished Blood Rites and I am officially lableing this one as my favorite of the Dresden Files series. Why? Well...I can't tell you because that would spoil pretty much the entire plot so far. Just know that it's awesome. I would also like to point out the color ways in which Harry likes to cuss. Not curse, cuz ya know...with a wizard that's something else entirely. Other than general terms, he likes to use the phrase "Hell's bells" and "Stars and stones." Well, something big happened and he said this:

"Hell's holy stars and freaking stones shit bells."- Blood Rites pg.346

So special.

In other news...Sammy now has his cone off and stitches out. He's been goin nuts ever since XD I took some pics of his new found freedom, but I don't feel like uploading them right this minute, so ya'll will have to wait.

Excitement!

So guess who called this morning.

No really, guess...

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THE BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP OMGWTFBBQ!!

I have an interview a week from today at 4pm. Stuffed animals FTW.

Take THAT unemployment.

Joblessness cheesecake for me!

Umm...inside joke. Anyway, I went to the Dillard's (I don't care about hiding their name anymore XD) again for an interview. This time I made it through the application without the computer dieing on me, but I have yet to have an interview. Why? Well...I'm being schlepped off to the other departments. The lady I talked to today said that their floor manager wasn't there (even though I knew that he was, that's why I was there. Plus I could hear him from his office) and then told me that I couldn't work in Women's because I'd fail. Yes, she used the word fail. So she set me up an appointment for Wednesday with some other woman...and I just kind of nodded. I'm sure she noticed that I wasn't writing any of it down. She also told me, for all intents and purposes, that I needed to dress better or I wouldn't make it passed saying 'hello.' *looks down* These are the nicest clothes that I have. I can't get anything better for a while, at least not before 1pm on Wednesday. Soooooo...I'm going to call tomorrow and cancel the appointment...maybe tell them another, closer opportunity came up. The stress (and general shame that I felt for how I dress and live), isn't worth it. Neither is the gas- not when I'm not being paid, anyway.

Nana wants me to file for unemployment...momma has brought it up as well. I dunno how to feel about this.

Anyway...yah. I like animal crackers.

Wearing Suits vs. Stuffing Bears

Friday I went to Possible Employer's to fill out the in-store application. I ended up going alone because Nana cancelled her doctor's appointment and rescheduled for Monday. I was kind of angry because I like having everything planned out and that totally messed everything up. Plus, no one bothered to wake me up, even though I had asked. Remember what my mom says- things happen for a reason.

I went to the store and into the costomer services place. I had to wait while the nice lady went to check on the system- apparently it had gone down once that day, but luckily it was working fine now. So I sat down and went about filling it out. I go to the questionair bit and was more than half way through (95 questions, wtf?), and it CRASHED. I don't just mean the computer I was on. No. Their WHOLE SYSTEM went down, time-clocks and all. *sighs* She told me to come back on Monday- that's when the floor manager would be back anyway. Haha, and I'll be in Asheville tomorrow anyway XD

Well, I figured since I was in the mall, I'd wander about for a bit. I went to the bookstore, but they didn't have ANY of the Dresden Files. 'Cept White Knight, but I'm not that far yet. I went back downstairs and waddled about until I saw that the new Build A Bear Workshop is open :D I was excited because I've never actually been in one before. So I went in while I was on the phone with my mom, telling her about the computer problems. She told me to see if BABW was hiring, half joking. After I hung up, I asked for an application lol. They were hiring! So I filled that out, which took well over an hour from having to call everyone and their mom for references. I want you to know that the only two people that I could get a hold of have only known me for four years...the minimum for the app was 5. Friends lieing for you = priceless. I turned it in to the very-hot-and-way-out-of-my-league-and-not-my-type-but-still-friggin-hot-guy at the counter and made my way out of the mall.

After that I ploddled over to the Books-A-Mil and bought Blood Rites cuz ya know...Harry Dresden. Then I went over to the B and N because the Books-A-Mil didn't have Seeing Redd. I got my copy of that along with part of Aarin's birthday present.

Let me tell you right now, the book was AWESOME. I can't wait until the third one comes out next month- Though I'm pretty sure that's the last one. Oh! There's still the graphic novel to read (I can only order it from the author's site though T_T), and then there's the art book and they're making all of the books (and the comic) into either one movie or a trilogy, I'm not sure. God I want to see Hatter's fighting scenes, YOU HAVE NO IDEA! This is what he looks like in the comic. Isn't the artwork interesting? Go here and checkout the official site for the series. Seriously, the pictures are perdy in an odd sort of way. And there are trailers for the books XD Which I find amusing.

More updates FTW

I think my addiction to twitter has led to me continuously making updates.

Anyway...

So ya know how the door's falling off the van? Well, it's gotten considerably worse...I mean, I hear the hinge creaking with weight while I'm driveing- it's seriously about to just snap off. Well, Nana told me today that she found a replacement door at a junk yard about an hour or so away.

The door isn't the same color as our van.

Oh yah, the van is gettin' even more ghetto.

Hizzells yah.

Quick Update

So like...I got another call from Possible Employer asking me to set up an interview XD I was confused so I said I could do it next Saturday. Yah, I can be ruttin' retarded when I first wake up. I ended up calling back and ended up making the EXACT SAME PLAN as I did with the guy yesterday. BTW, today's call was from some woman who has like her own office and is in charge and whatnot. I dunno who the hell that guy was. Sooooo tomorrow I have to take Nana to the doctor, drop her off, then skeedattle over to the mall to fill out an app and go through my interview. I feel bad that I'll be leaving Sammy home alone T_T He still shakes if I so much as leave the room to put on pants...then of course since I have on pants, he thinks I'm leaving, so he sits on my foot and trembles.

He's such a drama puppy.

Fangirling post. LIVE WITH IT

So...I dunno if I ever actually reveiwed the Dresden Files books or not...but I should probably do something about that. I mean, I just finished book 5 XD after all.

So here ya go: These books are AMAZING. Ok, ok, I know, I've said that already- but I don't think I ever really explained why. Well, other than my undieing love for both Bob and Harry, anyway. First of all, the narration drives me into giggles. It's sort of similar to how I imagine Batman's inner voice being. Ya know, brooding and a little angsty, but full of jokes to keep him from going insane. C'mon, in this last book he started singing the theme song from Underdog while he was facing torture and death. While wearing a tux. I dunno, somehow that makes it about ten times funnier. Another reason why I ADORE these books is the plot :D I mean, yes, we get to read about awesome magic forces and generally Nevernever beasties getting their asses kicked. But it's more than that. The books are crime novels as well and definately carry that Matlock feel. And I love me some Matlock ya'll. Seriously though, the books are full of twists and turns. They aren't you're usual "OMG I HAD NO IDEA" kind either- at first you think you have it figured out, but then WHAM, something totally different happens. It isn't as strong in the first book, but it was Jim butcher's first novel (ever, I think), and he was just getting the feel for Harry as a character. I had the first one figured out, then the second and third books I got half of the plot figured. But in the fourth book...holy crap. I was totally off. I mean, don't get me wrong, I was able to see which Faerie court was behind it all way before Harry did, but I didn't know the how or why. I was totally thrown. It happened again with the fifth book. I had the buyer figured out pretty quick, but then, so did Harry. But I had a lot less than half of it figured out. And so did Harry...until the end XD He's special that way...in fact, he gets picked on by villians for being slow sometimes.

Another reason I'm in love with the series, is the description of magic. Much like Kim Harrison's books (which I need to get my hands on), the magic is much, much more than waving a stick and saying memorized words. Ok, well, there's a little of that, but he's mostly pointing his stick (blasting rod), and that's explained better. He goes into small descriptions of different forms of magic use like evocation, which he calls KABOOM magic, and thaumaturgy (sp?), which is what a lot of people think (though they aren't exactly correct) of as voodoo- there's some use of dolls and what not. He also uses summoning circles and potions. On top of this he describes how he uses his engery while trying to cast a spell or evocation. He also goes into explaining the use of words (and for those Earthsea fans out there, the use of Names), saying that they aren't preset words- mostly they are words that the wizard (or wizardess) uses for themselves (Harry likes using latin becuase it sounds cool), and sometimes they are just nonsense syllables to help them concentrate. I like this. I also love that he is able to seperate religion and magic. Kind of a "all Faiths give you Power, but not all Power comes from Faith" sort of thing. See? More reasons to love him.

Hmm..ya know...I may have said all of this before, I don't really remember XD

So in other (only very slightly) related news- Apparently Seeing Redd is already out. In fact, it's been out for a while and I didn't know lol. What's Seeing Redd you ask? Well, it's the sequal to The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor and it's another AWESOME book. I'm pretty sure you've all heard me talk about that one, so if you don't know about it, you can look it up. I still need to get my hands on the graphic novel Hatter M. as well. It's a spinoff.

Oh, and just as a side note- Christian McGrath has the prints of the covers he did for Jim Butcher for sale on his site. Click here to see an example. It's the cover from White Knight. I want all of the covers sooooooooooo badly T_T *weeps* They're $30 a piece though. *sighs* I still need a job lol.

So I think that's it for now. Oh wait! I almost forgot! I was poking about on Jim Butcher's site and found THIS. It's a short story about Harry Dresden. I'm not sure if this was written before the series or not, but my guess would be that it wasn't actualy written out until after maybe book one. Though, some of it seems like it was written, put aside, and then picked up again. I'm sure it was in his head before then, but you know how we writers can be ~_^ Anyway, it's a quick read and you don't have to be familiar with the series already to read it. If you poke around, you can also read the first few chapters of the books :D There's also this. It's just a really short snipit that will TOTALLY MAKE YOU LAUGH.

I promise.

So go check those out and leave lots of comments.

Various updates

There are lots of things for me to talk about, so I'm just going to ramble on and you can deal with it :D

So the most recent of events happened this morning. I made an appointment at the vet for Sammy cuz he has this weird...bubble...on his shoulders. So I cramed him into the van and we ploddled on over to Tnn. Some gross details later, we found out that it's just an absess...or something. The only way to get rid of it is surgery, and since he didn't eat anything this morning, now was just a good a time as any. So I left him there and made my way home, feeling weird that I left the house with a dog this morning and came back empty handed. I'm suppose to call them at 3pm to check on him...he doesn't get to come home until tomorrow though. And then he'll have to wear a cone for five days XD Yoda will laugh his ass off. Expect many pictures of the poor puppy with his cone head lol.

So this morning I actually checked my yahoo mail, and lo and behold I had an email from Kevin! I know, I was surprised too. It's been a year since I've talked to him. It wasn't actually just an email to me...it was to all of his contacts. He probably didn't even think I was still in there. It was an email asking for help with his newest site, and I offered to work in the forums. Haven't heard back though. Some part of me is hopeing that his heart skipped a beat and he coughed a little (cuz that's what happens when your heart beats irregularly), when he saw me sign up for his site. Not in a omg-I-miss-her-so-much kind of way, but a oh-crap-what-is-she-planning kind of way. I'm only a *little* bitter.

So the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival was SUPER FUN. Despite the sunlight. There was lots of dancing, and I even brought out the poi briefly. This bit is going to be mostly pictures...so yah. I'm not going to post all of them, but you can just click on them to get to my gallery.





















Other people took pictures of us too. The next two pictures have either me, or Emily (look for Pikachu :D) in the background. The last is a pic a guy snapped of us when we stopped to talk.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1352968559&size=m

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent/1359568989/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent/1359443625/in/photostream/

Interesting.

So umm...according to statcounter, most of the people who stumble onto this blog are searching for stuff about the chupacabre.

Weird. Cuz that's like...just one post about a comic I found once.

The Kidnapping

On our way back from Animazement '07, Matilda looked in her bags only to find....

dun dun dun...

SESSHOMARU WAS MISSING! We all checked our bags, but the plushie was no where to be found :/ There was only one conclusion- He had been kidnapped by the Bandits of General Badassed-ness!!

THE FIENDS!

After months of waiting for a sign, Matilda received this in the mail:



Yes...that is her plushie, blindfolded. This was their "Proof of Life" and they included a demand for some serious amounts of money.

They said that if Matilda didn't show up on time with the money, they would feed him to their ferocious hellhounds!!



As you can imagine, Matilda feared for her beloved Sesshomaru-sama. So...she agreed to the demands. The following is photographic evidence of the events that day.


Matlida was so heartbroken...she had to scrap to fill that bag with money...but...she just wanted Sesshy to be safe! The Bandits of Genral Badassed-ness demanded the cowboy theme. Aparently they are big into fashion as well.

Here is the associate they sent to make the trade:


You have to admit...this villian is made of teh secks.

This is how the exchange went down:


Gee, that's a funny lookin wherehouse...

And finally we have the reunion and the getaway of the Bandit of General Badassed-ness:




Apparently the villian was a little drunk with power and greed because as you can see, the Villian almost fell over during the getaway.

*sighs* At least now Sesshomaru-sama is safely in Matilda's arms.

7am WTF?

ZOMG it's early morning and I'm awake! Is this some sort of new miracle?!

Nope, I just haven't fallen asleep yet lol.

Oh and....TANJOBI DESU!!! I ish quite excited about that.

That's not why I'm awake though...it's cuz my sleep schedule is fuxors and my wisdom teeth are giving me a headache XD It's ok though...cuz I wanted cinnamon buns. So now I'm making breakfast, which caused the following conversation:

Me: *pokin about in the kitchen, makes some noise while getting tinfoil*
Mom: What the HELL are you doing?
Me: ...Makin cinnamon rolls...
Mom: Oh...well then. Ok :D

She was excited that food was being made.

So yah...I'mma eat some of those and continue working on the current Gaia Event. And if I haven't passed out by then...well...I'll finally do that picture post I keep hinting to.

Shiney

Hooray for light trails!



There's more on my flickr page.

An open letter and some silliness

Dear Spider Queen,
Please tell your minions to GTFO. I'm tired of seeing a spider every time I turn around. Seriously, this has got to stop. It's not that I can't coexist with them...I just feel threatened and will kill them on sight. But this can be avoided. Just keep your minions *inside* our walls, around the general perimiter, and under the house. There are lots of food sources out there and I won't have chest pains anymore.

See how we all win?

You're friendly neighborhood aracnophobe,
Jessie






And now I give you this:

On the job front

I was checkin out the madison county government site last night and checka-dis:

The job that I wanted back in May is open again! Since they already have my application and whatnot, I decided to waddle on up there today and make sure that it was known that I was interested. It was known :D

I'll get my answer within 2 weeks.

Ya know...this will mean that I'll be teaching the chilrens after school...omg, the furture is dark o_o

Shake it like jell-o

make the boys say "hello"

So yah, I'm in a pretty good mood today aside from the assaults attempted by my uterus. In fact, I've actually been in SUCH a good mood, that I have had moments of "I'm kind of pretty." I know, scary right? It's weird...but it's a mood that strikes me once every few months. Now if only I could exploit this and flirt with males somewhere. Hell, I would flirt at the bowling alley if need be- problem is the lack of my social activity for the passed few weeks. I mean...the only times I've gotten out of the house recently have been to buy stuff from the store for the others in the house, and the one time that I went to the book store. And even on the rare occasion that Matilda actually has money to do something, she wants to Morristown or Newport, which is fine...but boring to me. Honestly, I'd rather go to Asheville and not spend any money on anything buy food- just walk around and look at stuff. I mean...that's all I wanted to do at Bele Chere...but even my own mother, who's NEVER BEEN, wouldn't go cuz she couldn't buy anything. I didn't buy anything last year, I just looked at stuff. *sigh* Oh well, that's over now.

In other news...I've decided that today is big girl appreciation day. First I got a friend request from a group called "+plushus" on myspace. They're a female group with the believe that big women are beautiful too. There's actually a very nice blog post on there called "Fat is the new Gay." Ya'll should check it out, it's pretty good. It also explains the name of their group. After that I was checkin the LJ friend list and Jacci had posted a music video praising big women. I was happy :D

I'm gonna head off now and search for good asian restaurants (that aren't fucking buffets >_<) and do a job search. *sighs* Stupid unemployment...I'm a hair away from looking at Ingles...gods know I'm 20 times the employee that those snot nosed brats who just SIT AROUND AND TALK while you wait for them to notice you have groceries.

I have a great distaste for Ingles employees.

Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally...

Golly what a day.

Kudos to whoever can tell me what that's from.

You know what I miss? Toon Heads...and other such shows that would present us with the propaganda cartoons and original loony toons from the 1930's-1940's. They used to only air at night when the little tykes were in bed, but have since been replaced with Adult Swim. I love Adult Swim and all, but now it's nothing but repeats...all week. I wish they had given us back our beloved classic cartoons on late friday nights, instead of extending Adult Swim. Seriously, I'd rather be watching the cartoon of the little fighter plane that wants to be a jet, rather than another re-run of Inu Yasha (which is honestly better to watch on DVD, not because of the voices, I am not a purest afterall, but because it's uncut). With all of this said, they have released DVDs of pop-eye.

In addition to this, my birthday is next month.

You just think about that.

O_O

So I'm reading Day Watch and a few chapters ago, there was reference to a Ramstein music video. Now, I was all kinds of proud because I recognized the description before he said the band's name, AND it's a video that I only saw ONCE at Katya's apartment. I'm pretty sure it never aired on MTV. Well now I want to share a passage with ya'll and don't worry, it doesn't contain any spoilers.

On page 279, our narrator has just met a witch named Alita:

"For a few seconds I watched the witch from behind. Her stylish silver jacket, the kind that mountin skiers and tourists wear...was decorated with a brightly colored image: a cartoon of a girl with big eyes and her foot thrust out in a kick, with the caption 'Battle Angel Alita.'"

OMG.

And to make this even more HOLY CRAP- there's a picture of Alita hanging above my head right now :D

God, I love Lukyaneko's references.

Haha, I win!

I braved Asheville only to discover that no one was around. There was little to NO traffic, which is rare for the city. The book stores had a lot of people, but it wasn't crazy- I guess I waited long enough for the fans to thin out....there was actually a creepy silence from all the people reading ^^; And again, I sorta wished I could be part of the crowd, sitting around with friends and reading...but oh well, too late I guess.

I also saw Andrew, and then an hour later, saw Freeman! OMG! It was crazy I tell ya.

So this weekend, I'm gonna be reading Fool Moon- let's see if I can get the three books that I bought knocked out before the end of July :D That would be rather awesome. I should call Jen and see if she's read any more of the series...course, knowing her if she's into it, she's already read all the ones that are out XD She ties Jamie with reading ability. I'm only on number 2 ^^;

I'm full of taco bell...mmmm....

Part of a Group

So I kind of wish hat I was into the Harry Potter books...simply because I wish I was part of a group and I could be all excited about the new book being out. But...I can't be part of that...the books that I read don't get hype. They also don't come out regularly- except Dresden Files...and a new series about a rubenesque vampire. Sarah read Night Watch...so far I think she's the only one who's read the same book as me, aside from things read in school.

I wish there was a book store in town T_T Or at least in Newport. And I mean a big book store like a Barns and Noble or Borders...hell, even a Books-A-Million. But no...*sighs* I think I'm going to Asheville tomorrow, I want the second Dresden Files book, Day Watch, and Real Vampires Live Large.

Yah, I'm totally going to Asheville tomorrow...anyone want to join me?

X3

Ok, so Sarah is (hopefully) going with me to see the show on Sat. Yay! I get to hang out with Sarah (and won't be eaten by something in a dark alley)!!

In other news...I took pictures of slugs yesterday. See, lookit!



I'm sad though cuz there was a much bigger, and much oranger, slug that dissapeared when I left to get my camera. He was a ninja! OMG! Anyway...that's all my news for today...I guess that I'll buy my ticket online tomorrow and pick it up on Saturday...and maybe I'll go to the gas station tomorrow and beg for a job *grin*

D:

Someone go with me to the Orange Peel on Sat. Night!

Please?

Hey...

...Check out these peeps: Adire

They're sorta local (for me, anyway...like an hour away, maybe less), and the lead singer's voice = hawt AND his name is LESTER! That's just plain awesome in my opinion.

So go and listen...now.

NOW.

Neat thingie

http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture

News!

I've started slowly but surely updating a story on my LJ. So if you want to read it, friend Marlewen on livejournal and you can read it ^^ Sorry, but my paranoia of writing theives causes me to do such things in friends only posts...

Oh God...it's everywhere...

Believe it or not, I've always thought about what would happen in a case like this...usually the first thing I would do is protect my pets, but...well, I can't do anything for them now. They didn't get them. No, they don't seem to touch animals, just people. Cars speeding through the carnage are what got the dogs...don't know where the cats went- they just shot right out the door in front of me. Oh well, they'll make it. I can't say the same for momma and nana though...momma at least had the chance to run, nana on the other hand never stood a chance. I couldn't stay in the house, a trailer is much too flimsy. I grabbed my bag, threw some food in it, and ran like hell.

Big girls should NEVER have to run like that. I thought I was going to pass out but I at least made it to the river. I'm typing this up, just so something of myself will have survived and if you're reading this then that means two things. 1. Go you for living. Try to keep that up. 2. I managed to brave town long enough to use someone's wireless. More than likely at Bright Leaf. But that aside, I'll tell you where I am now.

Like I said, I made it to the river. I was thinking of hiding in one of the caves that we used to see during the bus rides to school, but I figure they're too small and too close to the road. So I kept running. Believe it or not I actually had time to work with. It seemed like a sweep really...they came in from Newport, marching through town and taking over whatever house they saw. After that they moved toward Marshall. I may not be able to see many of them, but who knows who's been infected in their house and are just waking up. I ran into some hunters comming down off of the mountain. One of their guys was hit. They said it started as a bite, but after a few hours he started throwing up...then he just...stopped. They thought he was dead, then he just jumped up and went for one of the other hunters. They shot him in the abdomin a couple of times, but it didn't stop him. They said it took a shot through the head to stop him. They offered to take me with them, but as soon as they said they were headed to Marshall, (despite what I said about the sweep headed that way), I declined. Instead I took one of their guns, some ammo, and all of the lumber from their truck. Lucky for me Cletus was currently working on his barn, so he had a bunch of 2x4s.

I used the wood and some rope left by the riverside (thank God for thrown out junk), and I made a raft. The French Broad is pretty wide and there are all of these little islands in the middle of it. The raft worked pretty well, though I had to go upstream and ride back. Thanks to the rain, the current is really strong, so I figure even if they can walk into the water, they won't be able to fight the current. So that's where I am now...sitting on an island, listening to the ocasional scream comming from town. I don't think they can find me...I refuse to make a fire, and I figure the changing scent of the river will cover my scent...so here's to hoping.

why did this happen?

Sunburn and Cloggers

I went to the Bluff Mtn. Music Festival today. It was neat and I took a video of some cloggers and one of the performing bands. I didn't really stick around for long- it was hard to stay in the shade and the sun couldn't decided if it wanted to stay behind clouds or not. I had fun, but now my head and shoulders are sunburned.

Please send a hot, muscular man to my room to pamper my sunburn. Now please.



kthnxbai

So...New vid?

There's a new video of Nessie out there. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'd link, but I'm too lazy, just google "newest video of nessie" or something and you'll find it- both CNN and MSNBC have it. Anyway, I dunno about this. I mean, I really want there to be something in that loch...in fact I'm pretty sure that there is (I think there's something living in the French Broad river too, but that's another story), but this video doesn't seem to help the matter any. Honestly, it looks like someting that could be quickly disproven...I'm pretty sure that there was a picture taken like it before and they said it could have easily been something else. Ah well.

So go check out my LJ...username Marlewen. I put a list of my stories on my lastest entry and I want people to leave a comment about which one they think I should work on. I'll post updates for it and everything. Of course, I just realized that I didn't put my mermaid story on there...which means it ISN'T on my flash drive...which means that it ISN'T on my computer anywhere. Dang. Ficton4U seems to be down for good as well, meaning I have no digital back up...crap. I'll have to re-write that one from memory >_< Maybe it's on my other flash drive. Let's hope...

So head over there and vote for a story for me to work on.

OH. MY. GOD.

Someone give me $5,000 for a '65 mustang that I saw in the Iwanna ads.

DO IT NOW!

Of morbid facinations and 'possum flingin'

Be forwarned, I'm about to talk about animal death in a non-sympathetic way.

So apparently a baby possum fell into Ozzy's pen last night and died. This is the second time something like this has happened (last time a rat drowned in his water bucket), and it upsets him greatly. He hasn't left his dog house all day. So after dinner it was deemed my job to go get the possum off of his little porch and move it...somewhere. The destination wasn't exactly discussed, just agreed that it needed to be out of Ozzy's area. So I went out, let him run about the fenced in back yard, grabbed the shovel, and made my way to the crime scene. Now at first, we thought Ozzy had killed it 'cause it had gotten in his pen from the tree above- maybe it was going after his food like the birds do. To tell the truth, I was kind of excited that he had killed something. I know, I'm weird, but I like the idea of my pets having a savage side to them; this is part of the reason why I aggravate the crap out of Yoda until he snarls at me. It's just so cute! I also think that "eat your face" dogs are the cutest ever. Ya know, doberman pinchers, rotties, bull terriers, bulldogs in general...you get the picture. Oh by the way, Aarin, what do you think the chances are that we'll run into your neighbor's dog when I come to visit? Anywho...turns out the possum hadn't been torn into...I know cuz I looked. So I guess it should fell from the tree and died when it hit the porch. Poor Ozzy, possums just fallin' out of the sky...

I approached the possum with caution....I was actually terrified that it was playing dead (that is what they do, after all) and was waiting for Ozzy to leave in order to escape. So here I was, weilding a big ass shovel, just waiting for it to pounce. I imagined it lungeing toward me, leaving me no choice but to smack it with the shovel and starting what probably isn't the first ever game of possum baseball. So after wrestling it onto the shovel (it's foot was stuck in a groove of the porch >_<), I then carried it out and stood there, trying to decide where to put it. I opted to fling it onto the embankment. That's right, fling. The poor little thing was send zinging through the air, much like the cows and ducks in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

I think I'm going to a special hell lol.

MAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!

Umm...dun ask about the title.

So I realized that I haven't posted since the graduation...so I figured I should say something. First, let me point out that I'm really not the sentimental type except in very rare occasions, and over the past two weeks I've had two moments and they didn't last longer than ten minutes. The first was during the first week home. I went to my Uncle Glen's house to see if he was done with the sales paper (I needed to clip coupons and there wasn't a single paper left in town), Terry warned me as we walked in that he might not remember me cuz he's been acting a little old-crazy lately, so I braced myself for the same conversations I used to have with Mamaw. I came in and the first thing he said to me was "Hey there little'un!" Ok, so he doesn't remember my name, but what of it! He does remember who I am and he imediately started asking me questions about school and stuffs. The next day he came to the house (he hasn't been here in YEARS) to congratulate me more on my graduation and patted me on the head. Now, you have to understand that that's pretty much the equivilant of getting recognition from my dad, and ya'll should know how important that is because I don't have one.

The other moment was at the ceremony, the best line of which happened during a speech given by a real southern woman who reminded me of Paula Deen, cept with an NC accent. She said "Now, my high school was so small that we used the same car for both driver's education and sex education." There was a tiny delay before the audience burst out in laughter. She brougth up Madison county too, and I was all "wooo!" and so were five other people in the audience...who just happened to be sitting next to my mom lol. Funny huh? But anyway...my next moment happened when they asked the parents to stand up because they're the reason we're here and what not. I got a little teary eyed because all I could think of was how my mom was able to rub my success in other relatives faces, she could now say "HEY! Look what came out of me!! I am NOT a bad mother!!" Her words, not mine lol.

This is hilarious XD

News Flash

This just in:

I suck at telling my own fortune with regular playing cards. I miss my tarot cards, which are at home at the moment.

Thank you, that is all.

*sighs*

Ok, so no more gloating for me. For the passed week I've been gloating to everyone that, despite the tree sex, I can breathe! Well...I can still breathe, however, I woke up this morning and the insides of my nose are all caked in blood.

DAMNIT >.<

This may explain my three day migrane...WHY DO MY SINUSES HAVE TO BLEEEEEEEEEEED?!?!

I like chocolate milk

I just had some dumplings, now everything tastes funny...*digs around for some gum*

Anyway...yah...lack of posting, I know. But I kinda doubt that you care that much :P

Everyone's gone home for Easter Break...well, everyone but me that is. I think there's like two people left on my hall, lol. Imani was only gone for like an hour before the "OMG I have nothing to do" delirium began. It resulted in me curling my hair and changing clothes. There was even some toenail paintin' goin on. There are pictures. However, I've already put them on Facebook and I honestly don't feel like posting them anywhere again. You aren't missing much- cept me lookin like a girl.

Umm..hmm...you know, I should work on my story some. Yah, that sounds like a plan *nodnod*

Go ask Alice

So Imani showed me this wiki entry about a novel series called "The Looking Glass Wars" that's the true story of Alice (Alyss) Liddle's trip to Wonderland. Apparently is was no fairy tale and much pain was involved. I've added these novels to my list of things I have to read...but this is the best part:

The novels have a soundtrack.

Yep, a soundtrack.

Some of the music is kind of folk-ish, but so far I really like this song: Looking Glass

Listen to it, it's great. Also, some of the lyrics sound like they were pulled straight from "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane..."Go ask Alice" for instance.

*listens and gets lost for a moment*

Super Hero Lover Quiz

I guess I like 'em hairy XD



And I did the girl one....just cuz I can.

Happy Valentines

Here I give you the best distraction from homework EVAR!

*grumble*

Mou...I hate being up early...at least it isn't 6am. So I haven't posted in like...forever and a day, I know. I'm sorry T_T *wonders for a moment who the crap she's talking to seeing as only like four people read this*

So this week has been pretty nice. There was a snow day on Thursday so the whole University was closed. I didn't have class OR work- it was great ^^ Though of course instead of getting ahead of my homework like I did last week, I decided to sit on my butt and finish watching Tactics on YouTube. It was a good series *nodnod* I also read like 250 pages of this totally awesome book For a Few Demons More. It's sooooo good....it has vampires and witches and the like which of course made me happy. The only sad thing is that it was the fifth book in a series, so now I have to find all the other ones XD Normally I wouldn't start a series with the last book, but this one is and "Advance Reader's" edition, (meaning it hasn't gone through the final editing process), that my boss brought back from the ALA conference. I love when she brings us free stuff ^^; I manged to finish the book yesterday, so that's a new record for me- 456 pages in three days, woo!

After all that reading, I watched Nana on YouTube for a while and I am now addicted to the opening song. If someone could get me the soundtrack to that series I'd owe them like...my firstborn child. Maybe I can find it on Gendou's music...

Last night I managed to get some kind of creativeness flowing and wrote two pages for what my friends and I call The Lumpy Dragon Princess story. Yah, it doesn't have a title yet, lol. Maybe I'll type it up for Jacci tonight while I continue to put off doing my Japanese paper....

Aww fudgenugets! I have a Russian Lit. paper due on Monday T_T

OMG

SNOW!!!!

<(^_^)>

Wow, I haven't updated in a while. Normally I would just copy and paste from my LJ, but I really just don't feel like it...really, I haven't updated that either XD.

So today is the last day of the first week of the semester. I have no classes today (yay Friday!) but thanks to certain office assistants *glares at Jacci* I have been forced into 8am labor. The upside, though, is that I get off work at noon, so I really only have a half day before I can crash and take a nap. That is, if I don't crash before then...my body isn't meant to be up and functional at 6am.

Aside from that...my classes are pretty neat. Japanese 204 is just the same as 203 really, cept with more focus on writing. I really like my Russian Lit. course so far...it's weird seeing my Russian prof. spend an entire class period speaking English...and this first book OMG. It's a futuristic, anti-utopian, sci-fi novel written in 1920. It's so good....and a reminder to be that there was indeed sci-fi prior to the fifties. I dunno why I keep forgetting. Anyway....I think I'm going to like my Contemporary British authors class too...just because I know and like the prof. My Lit. and Film (which is actually more like Film and Politics) doesn't seem to be nearly as fun or really interesting as the others. However, the professor seems interesting and is pretty funny, so I'll live.

Umm...oh yah, I bought the Firefly series and the core book for the RPG...now I just need a crew XD

I win

You scored as Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler is a very symbolic X-Man. He is persecuted by society because of his devilish looks, but it is his faith in God that gives him strength. He is a very gentle x-man but he does know how to fight and he enjoys fencing. Powers: Teleportation Nightcrawler 65% Storm 60% Iceman 55% Rogue 55% Jean Grey 50% Cyclops 45% Colossus 40% Emma Frost 40% Beast 35% Gambit 35% Wolverine 30% Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

Night Watch

I watched Night Watch for the second time today. It made a lot more sense the second time, lol. I know that as a movie based on a book, it really sucks...but I loved it anyway. Also, I've decided that Olga is my favorite character.

Man, Anton's going to be pickin' feathers out of places for days to come...

I need to read the book, like really bad. I also looked up other books by the author on Wikipedia. Apparently he has a Cyberpunk series that I didn't know about before, sometimes called the Labrynth series because of the first book.

I wanna read it too *pouts* Actually, I really just wanna read everything by this guy, but unfortunately, I can only get the Night Watch series for now. But that's cool...at least there will be something prevented me from killing myself with books.

Rofflese GALORE

Why post about the absolutely wonderful hoard that I received, when I can give you this piece of gold?

*me sitting on the couch, eating corn-beef hash, and watching tv*

*News channel* "blahblahblah, more at 11...and a parasite that turns women into sex-kittens!"

*corn-beef hash on the floor* O..O

So I googled it...and OMG IT'S TRUE! See http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/parasite-makes-sex-kittens/2006/12/26/1166895290934.html.

For those who don't feel like clicking, it basically says that there's this worm thing that causes women to be more out-going and whorish while it causes men to be stupid (literally...their IQ drops), and make poor choices/big risks. And apparently 40% of the pop. is infected.

Yah.

Smiles for the win!

My day:

- Got to sleep in

- Only worked two hours

- earned 6 bucks from Imani

- turned in my craptastic paper

- Went to Sushi Republic (formerly Sushi 101) with Imani

- Ate Green Tea ice cream

- Got smiles from the cute sushi chef

I gained +30 exp

Meme

Avatar: wtf?

Avatar: ending credits

Imani: I can't believe that shit.

*jitters*

NEW AVATAR TONIGHT, WOO!!

*bounces*

Carnage!

This is what was left of our turkey. It doesn't seem that we ate much (just half), but doesn't it just look destroyed?

hehe

HOLY CORNBREAD ON A STICK!

Ok, so the other day I was being obsessive and watching game play movies of the games that I'm getting in December...while doing that I saw an add for this thing called Flyff. It means Fly For Fun. Dunno why though...So anyway, I downloaded it cuz it was free and I figured "Eh, what the hell..."

After like an hour of downloading and then another eternity of patch loading and finally getting the game to start...







OMG SO FUN! It's like Guild Wars...but SOOOOO much cuter! *squeels uncontrollably* I suggest you check it out.

Also, cell phone service at home = teh win

A meme full o' trivia...sort of

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play IN A BLOG ENTRY, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1. Hey little sister what have you done?
2. Go Baby Power Now!
3. You ain't nothin but a hooker, sellin your fuckin soul.
4. They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears
5. *scream* Here she comes again, she's feeling like she's already won
6. Why'd you go and break what's already broken
7. I was his, from the moment we first met
8. Tooku hanareteru hodo ni chikaku ni kanjiteru
9. It's funny how a man only thinks about the *beep*
10. No no no no, don't phunk with my heart

11. Oooo...Well I wanted you, I wanted no one else, I thought it through, I got you to myself
12. Here's the thing we started out friends, it was cool, but it was all pretend
13. Sometimes I fell I've got to run away, I've got to get away (name the version of this one ^^)
14. Put me on the table, make me say your name, if I can't remember, then give me all your pain
15. Cut the engine when I'm all revved up, pull the rug beneath my feet
16. Ok, ok, we just about to get it all hot n' sweaty in this...
17. All that I'm living for, all that I'm dying for
18. Too sugiru koino michi shirube
19. Don't break me, don't break me down
20. Gosen MAIRU (MILES) hashitte Iki wo kirashite

21. I try to hide myself, give this to someone else
22. A-a-ah! Say, yes they know that you fought yourself another time
23. Sagasou yume no KAKERA hiroiatsume
24. Yeah, It's officially the biggest midget in the game. I dunno.
25. I must have dreamed a thousand dreams (bonus if you guess the version I have)
26. No attornies to please my case no opiates to send me into outta space
27. Four, tres, two, uno...Listen up ya'll, Cuz this is it The beat that I'm bangin' is de-li-cious
28. One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all
29. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
30. Ma-a-a-mae....ангели и димони кружыли на дамой

OMGLIKEYAY

Only TWO WEEKS AND SIX DAYS until I can afford to get my Nintendo DS Lite and two games! *dances*

Jacci and I are going with Jen on the 3rd to get them (together, cuz we're dorks), and then we're off to Olive Garden. Hopefully, Imani will join us ^^.

I dunno which two games to get though...the four possibilities are:

Final Fantasy III (I want to be one of the kewl kidZ)

Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin

Super Princess Peach

Super Mario Brothers

Chances are, I won't get Super Mario Brothers, because Jacci may get it and if so, I'll just borrow it from her. So really I'm being torn between the first three, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, specially from those of you who play lots o' games.

Wow

Tonight I walked the entire campus in less than 30minutes and did 20 situps (though there were some breaks inbetween cuz I was watching SouthPark and only doing situps during commercial breaks)!! So excitement for me!

Also, I think a man can be sexy while wearing braces headgear.

Discuss.

RenFair was RenTastic!

So yah...spent all day yesterday at RenFair with Jacci, Imani, Jen, and Jen's husband Nathan. It was fun and I actually had money to buy stuff this year! WOOT! Not to mention all the belly dancing that I got to see! It was like heritage day for me XD

Here are some pictars (NO CUT FOR J00 CUZ I FEELS LIKE IT)

Right now I only have pics of what I bought because I didn't actually take my camera with me...it can't hold a battery charge hardly at all anymore:


A hair twister with a dragon on it...it's shiney *stares*


A blurry Bartleby, my Woodbaby dragon laying on the bookshelf.


A not so blurry Bartleby dancing on my desk ^^


I finally bought a Thor's hammer...go me!

So there you have it...pictars of stuff you don't have ^^

Hallween '06

So my dorm had a pumpkin carving contest. We didn't win, but we got to share in the first prize: a pumpkin pie ^^

Here are some phone-quality pictures of the night.




Our pumpkin who I've named Wonky.

Scary Times Approach

I just applied to graduate.

omg.

Umm..

Japanese ghost stories and demons do not equal green stripes and red and white polka dots.

Because...

I just felt like sharing.

Yay for poorely written Japanese stories!

So I had to write a journal entry for my Japanese class. So, instead of the usual journal about my daily life, my fall break, or even pets, I wrote a story about a turtle and a mountain. Yah, I was that bored. I actually managed to write it in one night, which is pretty good for me. Though I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of grammar mistakes. I'm going to post it here...so if you can read Japanese, feel free to read it ^^; I'll post the English version after I get around to actually writing it XD

かめさんと山(やま)さん

むかしむかし、かめがなまえはかめさんいました。貝(かい)からはきれいなけどあたまがわるいでした。一日(ついたち)、川(かわ)にいって、水(みず)のみました。うおをみました。かめさんが、「どこでいきますか。」とききました。うおが、「私(わたし)たちは月(つき)のところにいきます。」といいました。かめさんが、「そうですか。どうしてにいきますか。」とききました。うおが、「月(つき)のパーティです！」といいました。かめさんはおどろきでした。うおが、「かめさん、私(わたし)たちといきましょ。」とききました。かめさんが、「おもしろいです。月(つき)のパーティは川(かわ)でありますか。」とききました。うおが、はいといいました。かめさんはかなしいです。「私(わたし)はおよぎません。」といいました。うおが、「そうですか。」といって、パーティにいきました。

かめさんは中(なか)の森(もり)までよる行(い)って、石(いし)にすわりました。こえが、「おい！小(ちい)さいの石(いし)さん、あなたは足(あし)にすわります！」といいました。かめさんが、「私(わたし)は石(いし)じゃありません。かめです。だれがですか。」といいました。こえが、「私(わたし)は山(やま)です。」といいました。山(やま)さんはたかくて、ひるいでした。山(やま)さんが、「何(なに)をこっちでしますか。」とききました。かめが、「私(わたし)は月(つき)のパーティにいきません。」といいました。山(やま)さんが、「すみません。私(わたし)も月(つき)のパーティにいきません。」といいました。かめさんが、「そうね。パーティをしましょ！」といいました。山(やま)さんが、「かんがえすてきです！」といいました。そよる、山(やま)さんとかめさんはパーティをして、ケイーキとアイスクリムとクキをたべました。もおちゃをのみました。

Photo Dump

I just posted 4 new pics taken the other day on a trip to the river with my mom.

Here's the best of them:

It's that time again

So I have to register for next semester's classes on the 24th of this month. Yah I know, that's so soon O..O So I went ahead and checked to see what I still needed to fullfill...just two 300lvl classes and one has to be a writing intensive. So I already have it planned out, yay!

This is my possible schedule for next semester:

Monday: RUS 314- Major Movements in Russian Lit. WI From 2:00pm-3:15pm

Tuesday: JNS 204 WI 11:00am-12:15pm
ENG 329 Literature and Film 2:00pm-3:15pm
ENG 348 Contemporary British Authors WI 3:30pm-4:45pm

Wednesday: Same as Monday

Thursday: Same as Tuesday

Friday: NOTHING!!

So yah...I must be insane takeing three Writing Intensive classes. Oh well, should be fun none-the-less.

Wee fun?

So I'm chillin in the Super Lab..yah, I know...I have a laptop, I shouldn't be here. But hey, I didn't feel like carrying it around on my back all day and I have a little break from work, so why not? Normally this time would be spent waiting for my nutrition class to start, but we don't have class today- instead there will be an online midterm that I'm going to take when I get back to the room later.

Everyone should be proud of me! I actually got up ON TIME and didn't take my usual nap...mainly because "Night Stalker" was on SciFi. Who would want to miss that? Me, that's who! So after that went off, I put on my shoes and left the room EARLY to waddle over to the EUC. I went up to the Student Org. offices (first time I've been there since I quit the now non-existant WPSA), and dropped off my submition for the Coraddi. I'm a little sad for them because now I know why Kris was so happy to hear that I was turning something in- there were only two other disks in the box T_T Man, that's sad. There is a slim hope that I may actually win one of the three cash prizes! Though I doubt it will happen...I'm at least 80% confident, however, that my pics will in fact be used. That's satifying in its own right.

This reminds me...I need to stop by and grab a copy of the last issue...I haven't looked at it yet.

*yawns* dangit, now I'm sleepy again. Perhaps I should go grab a small bite to eat from the EUC...though really, I've already had a double cheeseburger and a big thingie full of pineapple and strawberries. I shouldn't be hungry...and yet...I wonder if there are still doughnuts...

Ganbarimasu!

Ok, so sitting next to me I have a CD with five photos that I'm going to drop off at the office for the Coraddi. Wish me luck as I've never submitted my craptastic photos for anything before. So...yah...wee!

REJOICE!!

So I checked my mail...and my free post-its are here! *dances* I now have a crap load of samples like the "Super Sticky" notes, some photo paper (that's sticky), some sticky flash cards....and some of the lil' flags.

WOOOO!

You know....I think I may have an office supply fetish...

So tonight's episode of Avatar was creepier than usual...

Sooooo creepy.

Nazi Germany
So apparently Ba Sing Se is actually Nazi Germany. No seriously. They're hypnotizeing the people into believing that there is not War going on. They say it's to keep the city in a state of calm...but really, I don't think that's all...I mean...I don't think the king even *knows* that there is a war. And then there's all the emphasis on "culture." Yah...it totally sounds like these people may be guilty of genocide. For instance...they have the poor people living in the walled off bits of the city, far from the sight of the actual city of Ba Sing Se...afterall, these peolpe are actually refugees from other nations, not Earth Kingdom residents. Hmm...gee...this sounds a LOT like the ghettos used by Hitler to keep the Jews seperate from everyone else. How much you want to bet that Long Fang is going to slowly weed them out of existance? The walls enclosing them just seem to get closer and closer until they're all crushed to death, perhaps. I also wonder if maybe they see Toph's Kingdom as seperate from their culture...kind of like Eastern and Western Germany. Because really, she isn't getting any real special treatment with her family seal.

The King
Anyone else notice how you coudln't get a really good look at the king? We think that he may have actually been a fake because there is no actual King...or a decoy because no one knows that the king is actually a child. Or, the most popular...he's the king, but they keep him hypnotized and under their control, because he is, afteral he is a "god to the people." It seems a lot like the Queen (or maybe it was the Dutchess, I can't remember right now) in Trinity Blood.

The Bear
There has got to be more significance with the fact the bear is merely a bear. I know, I know, maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but really, nothing in this show is what it seems on the surface. Why would this ONE animal be the ONLY animal in the series to NOT be a hybrid? I mean really, even the characters, who until recently, never pointed out that every animal was a combo, thought that this was weird. And the bear itself seems...special. Like...in a "rides the short bus" kind of way, lol. All of our theories on him are kinda up in the air at the moment.

Blades of Blue Flame
So...it seems that perhaps there was blue flame comming off of Zuko's swords during his fight with Jet. We're not sure, because it could have been wind. I'm going to need to see this part a few more times. However, if it WAS blue flame...does this mean he's getting stronger? Maybe tapping into a new part of himself that will help fight against Azula?

Ok, I think I covered the most important things...

Pictures for you all

Been a while since I last posted, I know. Things have been kind of busy lately with class, work, plans for RenFair, and hanging out with people. The air has cooled down considerably and it's starting to smell like Fall. You have no idea how happy this makes me!

I also managed to snag some pics. They're in black and white for a change ^^;







That last one is a bit blurry...I need to go back and try to take pics when I'm not in a hurry to get to class XD

Tears Are Wasted in the Rain

I just went running through sprinklers at 12:30am with Imani.

OMG GREAT!

Fantasies

Today was pretty good until work time. I wasn't late waking up and I had a pretty good breakfast. Then I went to Japanese and was spazzing a bit over our upcomming test (mainly because I'll have to study extra hard on top of writing a paper for English). Then Nutrition went well because, though I don't pay a lick of attention in class, or do the readings, I still felt very confident in my answers. Then I went to the library and spent my extra free 45 minutes reading. It seems as though right after I finished reading and went through the aggravation of my eyes not wanting to focus, my mood bottomed out.

It had nothing to do with the subject of the book (Memoirs of a Geisha), or anything else it seemed. After chatting with Karen and Timothy, I made my way to the back office. I was greated by an excited (but not *happy*) Jacci who wanted me to clock in so she could rant. After the gernal hustle and bustle of first getting to work, I settled down to work on Blue Sheets (our way of checking attendence) and then my mood dropped again. This time it was different though, instead of just kinda mopey, my head felt really heavy and I really, really wanted to cry.

This all seemed to be for no reason. It wasn't until dinner that a thought occured to me: Fairy Tales aren't real.

Ok, yes...this sounds realy really dumb...but it's what popped into my head. I realized that I've been virtually drowning myself lately in stories about knights and princes (and the occasional chairman), who rescue a Princess from whatever. Even in The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. Granted she's forced into a few years of sexual slavery, it's all in her best interest as a world leader (it's an interesting concept), and she *is* rescued in many ways, both from the curse and from herself.

My head has been full of this kind of stuff (aside from the sexual slavery thing) since I was little, which is normal for little girls. But I've never seemed to have accepted the fact that these things can't happen in real life. I will never have a prince or knight save me from anything. I'll have to do that myself. I will never have a strong man sweep me up into his arms and carry me for any distance. I'd be lucky if he could even let me lean on him with a sprained ankel.

And thinking thus, my mood has not improved. I'm going to log off the internets (all of them), and work on my English homeworks.

Ano~

So like...I think I'm single now...

Expect voice mails from me soon, cuz I'm getting a new phone tomorrow, and due to several complications, I'll have a new phone number.

Yah.

Oh and his reason for not calling on my birthday....he hadn't even noticed that it was pased.

He totally and absolutely forgot that my birthday was even in August.

Arise Araius

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*rubs her eyes*

So I shouldn't be allowed to wander in the Book Store when I have time before class. Why? Because I buy things. Somehow I've managed to have time to read lately...but the only "pleasure" reading I have is smut. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, however I'm not comfy reading that before class starts. So I managed to pick up a copy of Memoirs of a Geisha. It seems pretty good so far. I may have some extra time this weekend to read (yay for doing homework ahead of time!), afterall, I haven't felt like leaving the room much lately. Not in an emo kind of way...but the week makes me sleepy...so I like to relax. I also have a goal to read more non-fantasy stuffs this year...I dunno...I feel that I should. Also, I need to master reading more than one book at a time...I always wanted to be one of those people who could do that.

*yawns* Hmm...seems there was more that I had to say...but...I don't remember what it was now XD Maybe I'll remember and update later.

already tired of crap T_T

Weekends just aren't long enough T_T Even though I had had enough sleep, I managed to pass out around 11 last night and came really close to sleeping in my clothes. I have no idea why I was so sleepy, but I can kind of feel it taking over now.

This week has been kind of heavy. Take that however you want. Personally, I feel it in both a physical and mental way at the moment. It was the first week of class, and as usual, I can already tell which classes I'm going to enjoy the most. I think my Anthropology class is at the top of the list. I mean come on, Dr. Davis had a fake shrunken head (carved from a horses tail segment) stuck on her finger, making it dance for the class.

Yah. That was a good day XD

My Japanese class is also pretty interesting...I've missed Takagi-sensei's stories over the summer. Plus I have the class with Jacci, and that always makes things interesting ^^

Work. Well. Work is ever changing and frustrating. As usual. I need to make myself more usefull in the office, otherwise Jacci may have to kick my ass. And trust me, no one wants this.

Relationship wise...I have no idea where I am right now. I haven't heard from Kevin...he seems to be working nonstop- a good excuse...but really...it doesn't bode well for after graduation.

In better news...I completed Kingdom Hearts II! My gawd it was an awesome game! I also managed to complete it (and the first one) without ever fighting Sephiroth. Yah. I have no idea how that came to be. My next task will be FFVII. Keep this in mind, as my birthday is a week from Tuesday. Also, thanks to KH, I've fallen in love with Hikaru Utada's music XD Amazon has the cd that I want HERE. Though I like the single for Passion as well...really...that's the song that I want most XD

Also, now that I don't have anything to give me my KH fix...I may start reading the manga. Yes, I'm a sad person, I know, lol.

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Sorry, I've been kind of absent lately. Thanks to a shopping trip with Matilda, I've aquired a copy of Kingdom Hearts II. So yah...I'm up to like...15 hours or something....so addicting XD So far, my favorite part is Atlantica because you get to hear "Part of Your World" and, as most of you probably don't know, that's like...one of my favorite-est Disney songs EVA! Partially because the Little Mermaid was the first movie that I saw in theaters.

Ursula scared me so much! *hides*

Anyways...yah...that has consumed my life for the moment. Other than that, though, I've been thinking about school starting and getting a general financial plan in my head.

Today, however, was full of nastyness. Other than being thrown in the car with Nana (she's driving me crazy >.<), I was given the oh-so-fun task of cleaning the fridge. OMG....THERE WAS LIQUIFIED LETTUCE! I kid you not...sooooo nastey *shudders*

I don't even want to think about having to wash dishes at this point...it's looking worse than the fridge in that sink XP

*yawn*

So the other day, my boss called. She asked me to be hostess on Saturday and Sunday night...WOOT! Yay for eight bucks an hour!

Now...I just have to hope that my paycheck goes through...I made the mistake of not cashing it and then depositing it...instead I just deposited the check.

Never before have I needed to worry about whether or not my employer had enough money to give me my effing paycheck.

I give it one more day to show up in my account before I go bugging him about it >..>

Plug

Ok, so today you will just have to deal with adverstising.

I'd have to say, even though being a waitress is not my preferred employment...I really like it at Bright Leaf. It's kinda insane...which is totally fine with me XD I write this, however, to tell you all that they food there is AWESOME and the rooms are beautiful.

You should check it out here. Though, the menu isn't actually correct, we don't do a lot of what's on there. Someone should update that XD

GO LOOKIT!

New things!

This is my new laptop!



The pic is crappy...but oh well, there will probably be more.

Who wants to name it!?!

Savvy

So yesterday I went with Matilda after work to see Pirates of the Carribian 2: Dead Man's Chest.

OMG best movie EVER! I melt over Johnny Depp every time. And I really want his hat XD But then, I guess that's the Pirate in me.

I will refrain from any "Pirate *in* me" jokes.

I also want a sound clip of him saying "Savvy" Dunno what I'd use it for...but I'd find something XD

I also took pics of myself and Matilda:



That's just one...you can find the rest on my flickr page.

Man...I'm so tired. Work is kicking my ass big time. I miss my desk work...and really, it's not that long until I get to return to it. That's both a happy, yet depressing thought XD School is getting so close now...

Mou...

Dangit...work is kicking my ass. I only had two tables, whereas the other other waitresses had like five or six. The reason for this? Well, whenever it was my turn to meet and greet, I'd go get the poeple, give them their menues...and at seeing that we do NOT sell hamburgers or cheeseburgers, then decide to leave. And of course by this time, someone else has come in and the other waitresses have taken them.

Dude...it so looks like I'm a lazy whore on my paperwork.

Maybe I'll do better tonight...yah, I have to go back for another shift tonight. Same thing tomorrow too, cept I have to be there at 9am >.< Weee for some sort of income!

Boo for hurty feet and feeling like a lazy whore!