An update on me :D

Hey all! I know I haven't posted much, or like at all, lately. Mostly I just haven't felt like it. To those that dont know, I have been playing MapleStory a lot lately. Its a really cute game and I'm actually dating a guy I met on there. As Rachel mentioned, we got married in the game. It was all stressful and kinda really sucked. There were like 2 or 3 people there that pretty much just ruined it :'(. So I blacklisted them :p. I'm so vengeful -_-. Here's a current pic of my character:



Thats me and my panda. I got married in that except without the weapon and the gloves. So, if any of you start an account let me know :D. Its free and its fun. Dad plays too! My name on there is Ladeen and both Dad and I are in Windia. Just so you know so we can play together too if you come on.

I have a bit of a part time job helping out a friend with her pets. She's been so busy working about 12 hour days and doesn't have time to let her dogs out in between that time. I think everyone can appreciate how hard that can be. So I go to her house about noon and take care of her animals for her when she needs it. Its pretty cool and its given me money for Christmas presents. Which is always needed at this time of year.

I had more to write, but I forget what it is now. Maybe it will come to me later.

chiao

The poll has been taken

I had my osteopathic appointment today for my neck and face. I was talking to the doctor while he worked on me and of course the subject of Thanksgiving came up. He mentioned that he doesn't like turkey and I was like "Yeah, me too. Its only good sometimes." And that's when he said it: Turkeys are dumb.

I just started laughing and it still makes me chuckle now. If he had been talking about their mental capacity or something it wouldn't have been funny, turkeys are in fact stupid. But he meant turkey as the idea. Turkey as the flavor. Turkey = dumb.

Thanks for the kudos on the hand turkey! :D My mouse was dirty and not responding so well so it looks kinda really bad, but that doesn't matter. For the rest of my life I will associate hand turkeys with Leah's bachelorette party and Cassie's expression when we sent her the picture. Good times. <3

The picture explains it all

A friend emailed this to me

DOG DIARY

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!

9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!

9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!

10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!

12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!

1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!

3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!

5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!

7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!

8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with my people! My favorite thing!

11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!



CAT DIARY

Day 983 of my captivity.

My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Bastards!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies."
I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches.
The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and
seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.
For now..




Also, Rach you had no idea was gesso was until I told you. Repeatedly. It's not only used on stretch canvas. It really helps on any canvas, such as canvas panels. Not only does it protect the canvas, ie the foundation, it also helps it stretch and be more flexible to help prevent cracking as well as preserving it more from basic wear and tear. A big thing too, it allows the paint to adhere to the surface better. I didn't see what they meant by that until I tried painting on a surface with out it. It makes a huge difference!

Leah and Raf...

Only you can prevent fires! Especially if you start them in the first place

The other night I was playing a video game before going to bed. I had lit some candles, tealights to be exact, and they were burning merrily on my desk. Rarely I feel the need to constantly watch such candles since they are usually housed in some sort of plastic or metal container. Metal in this case.

During some boss fight, I hear something falling behind me and a strange sizzling noise. I jumped up and found that the plastic container of gesso that I had so carefully laid my tealights on was on fire. With a nice round hole burnt right through the lid. It totally freaked me out. I drew a picture on the computer to demonstrate:
Sorry, I know it's ugly. But, you should get the idea. Anyways, I blew on it and it went out fast enough. It was like one of those chemical burns. Rachel and I got the same effect when we were playing with fire when we were kids by lighting some perfume on fire. I then removed the top two candles from lid, which were hot SOBs and caused me to jerk back my hand and thus spread a bunch of hot red wax everywhere. That sucked.

The gesso smelt so bad. It was really disappointing too, since I had yet to even use a quarter of that container that I had got at such a good deal. I have to check the quality now, seeing as how I might have to throw it out. So, anyways, I put it in garage so that Jax and I didn't die from unknown chemical poisoning. And, of course, didn't tell either of my parents since I don't think they would let me light candles anymore in my room with this and the whole setting my computer on fire thing a while back.

It was such a freak accident caused by a freak candle. I had done this at least five times beforehand with no change to the container. And I doubt it was due to the gradual weakening of the plastic. It is still and was still before I had done it, the same thickness everywhere, at least visually. This particular candle was a freak candle. I shall draw a picture to demonstrate:

See the wick? It had ballooned out all weird and it weirded me out, so I bent the wick over so I wouldn't have to look at how ugly it was. Apparently, this caused the bottom to heat up more so than it normally would and thus burn a hole into the container. Thus, it was a freak accident because it was caused by a freak candle. The moral of the story: Don't burn freak candles.

Also, had I not been in the room, the fire in the container would have eventually melted the container holding the gesso and unleashed a gooey, firey mess all over my desk and on the floor, which would have quickly, no doubt, spread around the house.

This candle was from a box of 12 that I had gotten from the dollar store for some reason. Ironic that something that cost me about eight or nine cents could have taken away so many things that are precious to me. Made me think about that 25 dollar lamp that killed dad in that Sims game I had. So sad.

I Soo Called It...

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable.

Take the most scientific Harry Potter
Quiz ever created.

Get Sorted Now!

I got a 92 out of 100 for this.
Next came Hufflepuff at 83,
Gryffindor at 71, and
Slytherin at 62.

That was actually pretty cool. I haven't seen a more in depth test for this. You guys should take it! And we can compare.

In Response...

Apple grew up? I thought apple WAS grown up in the first one. I assumed she was his girlfriend or something in the first one. She was part of the 'Strategists.' Why would a little kid be part of that?

They must have changed some of the character's names in the second one. I don't know who Cliff and Elena are, or even who Pohl is. I just looked up pictures, and couldn't even find the first two in the cast...might be the website that I looked at. Tsai wasn't in the first. I believe you're thinking of Tai Ho, whose brother was Yam Koo. They are supposed to be in there. It's weird how they changed the pictures of some of the originals so that they look completely different. Maybe they are trying to put a new spin on it? I don't know.

The last game had unity attacks too. For instance if you got all five of the blacksmiths in your party they could combine to do a powerful attack on one enemy. I played around with it a bit. I do agree with you, it really can make the game go quicker.

I'm bemused about having Viktor and Flik in the second game. Their fate in the first was something like, "Disappeared in the final battle never to be seen again." So I always assumed that they were dead...

That would be awesome if you could send me the "good ending" save file. Apparently, I was so distraught with how the game ended that I immediately deleted all files that I had of it. :'( A stupid thing to do in hindsight.

What's Poch?

Exactly, Gremio was full of love. Half of the time, I wondered if he was in love with the main character....But, I do think it's cool that they brought him back. Although, they didn't bother changing the ending where the four souls come out of the Soul Eater and protect the main character from Windy. They still have him there and also the Soul Eater didn't level down on the spells that you could do with it, as it should have if he had been brought back to life. Thus, I can only speculate that while Gremio's body lives again, he is now nothing more than a soul-less shell. Doomed to walk the Earth forever as a mere reflection of who he once was. Alas! Should such a fate really have fallen to him? Would not death had been better?

Anyways, I'm glad that you are enjoying it. I have started to play Chrono Trigger so that I can return that to you as well. You have FF IV, right? I believe that the last time you were here, or maybe the time before, you took it because you really wanted to play it and I had wanted to play Chrono Trigger since I had the sequel, Chrono Cross, and the games were boxed together. I'm really hoping that this is the case. Because otherwise I need to hunt down a copy of FF IV to give to you. I hate to think that I lost one of your games.

I saw this when I was taking the other one

You Are 74% Tortured Genius

You are smart. Brilliant in fact. And while it's a blessing, it's also a curse. Your head is filled with everything - grand ideas, insufferable worries, and a good deal of angst.

Are You a Tortured Genius?

I'm like at the other end of the spectrum....

You Are 24% Sociopath

From time to time, you may be a bit troubled and a bit too charming for your own good. It's likely that you're not a sociopath... just quite smart and a bit out of the mainstream!

Are You A Sociopath?

Leah is Awesome and I Dedicate This to Her

What with writing me and stuff. It was the orthosurgeon who said that I have TMJ. I went to the lady that he recommended and she says that I have TMJ too. But, when I asked her to explain, and I did ask at least three times, how that was connected to the pain etc, she kept giving me the same answer that didn't make any sense to me. Which of course, is why I kept asking. Eventually, I just gave up. She told me enough to figure out what the myofacial pain was due to.

*cue upbeat jingle* 'Myo' is a term that basically means 'muscle' or 'having to do with the muscles' and so forth. I believe its a Latin root. So, myofacial means muscles of the face. Just for those who didn't know. This Learning Moment is brought to you by Esther. "It's the bright one, it's the right, that's Esther."*end jingle--resume blog*

Ya know, my jaw never clicked on the left side until I went to see Dr. Sullivan. So, I wouldn't be surprised if your mouth might be all the worse for it. I hope you feel better. Pain sucks.

Yeah, I would play Suikoden 2. Does it have the same main character? Just wondering considering how they ended the first one. Man, I hope I kept that save data...'cause I am NOT playing it again. I should go look...Let me know if it kicks ass!

Signed,
The Cold Person Who Would Have Left Gremio To Die (He was a total pansy!)

LoD

So, I finally finished that game Rachel got me for Christmas so many years ago. The Legend of Dragoon. It was fairly awesome. Bad voice acting, but if you can get over that, it was pretty damn cool. Makes me want to play FF VII again and raise me some Chocobos.

It sure would be awesome if someone would send it to me to borrow....with the book. yeah.

-bai

Complete Randomness

So, the doctor thinks I have TMJ. I disagree. I'm thinking that it's more along the lines of TMD: Temporomandibular Disorder. I think it fits the symptoms better. He sent me to a TMJ specialist and I figure that she will be able to tell me if it's either of those or something else entirely.

Alice wrote me the longest email I have ever received in the history of man, earning her at least a gazillion coolness points! Unfortunately, I have not written back as of yet, but I do intend to! This lapse in time has no doubt drained away any and all of my current 'awesomeness level,' hereby leaving me as equal to a chunk of mold growing on some English person's window and a dead bird lying in the middle of the street. Maybe with a kid poking it. With a stick.

Vicodin makes me happy. Sometimes. As long as Rachel isn't continually pushing me to watch me fall over.

For whatever reason, I would like to refer to Matt as Matticus. This is in lou of the fact that I like to call things by whatever is not their name. As example, the fact that I call Jaxi "meat bag."

Thinking back. Most of my memories of Leah have to do with candy. Strange. But nice in the fact that standing in line at a checkout counter, at say Walmart or Target, can make me think of my sister that is thousands of miles away in Texas. That of course is an estimate, since I have never bothered to actually measure the distance.

I believe that I have a bunch of stuffed animals in the attic. Not the kind that you hunt and then stuff and mount on the wall, the cute ones that give to kids to chew on. Because that's what kids do. For some reason, I don't want to get rid of them. I am a pack rat.

Hmmm...I am tired. Adieu.

And Awesome Castle rose again....

For the third f-ing time. Seriously.

Never has there been such a long RPG that I have played three times! And hopefully, never again. I am disappointed that playing it so much has made the game very irritating to me. They always seem to put in certain characters here and there that I hate. And by the third time around, they were no longer referred to as Krin, Hix, Tengaar, Kurumi, and such, but as this mother f*cker, that mother f*cker, and you mother f*cker...yeah, I don't like them....

Apparently, the second time I played, I had got the last two characters literally five minutes too late and then saved because, hey, I had collected all of them and I was confident that I would indeed get "the good ending." But, alas! It was not so. And I had no choice but to play again because I was sure that the ending would be worth it.

But it really wasn't :(. Barely any different...fifty hours or so wasted and not to mention the fact that the game that I had at one point enjoyed, now leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. So sad.

Farewell Awesome Castle! For I am sure that you shall not rise again...

:'(

What The Hell???!!!

I just finished playing Suikoden for the second time to see "the better ending" and it wasn't any different at all!!!! I just wasted 28 hours and an entire weekend. Gremio didn't come back at all...and a bunch of people still died. What a waste. :'(

A New Harvest Moon, and Nobody Told Me?!!

It's called Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. From the whole ten minutes I spent researching this, it turns out that in this one you have a sword to fight monsters that live in the caves. I didn't see much of the storyline. Cows, chickens, and sheep seem to be replaced with monsters with attributes close to the counterpart that they replace. The cows kinda looked like a mix between a normal HM cow and Link's wolf form in Twilight Princess. The chickens make me think of chicken-dragons....its odd.

Your monsters don't reproduce and I think they said you can have a total of 80 or 90. You capture them from the caves and I guess domesticate them. There are also other monsters that you can capture and use to fight with you when you explore the caverns and destroy the portals. This made me think of that game Leah let me borrow, Azure Dreams I think it was called. With the monsters, and the dad killing tower...yeah.

You still farm and fish and stuff. I don't know about marrying anybody in the game. I didn't really look that hard. The platform is DS, so, I'm looking to two certain people to tell me all about it. :D *cough*RachaelandMatt*cough*

Kudos to Leah for turning 25! I am throwing a party in your honor that consists of me, my fridge full of booze, and my gamecube. Par-tay!

Oh yeah

Now Presenting: Some Major Cuteness

For Rachel:

Leah and Raff:

Alice, Queen of Grammar:

For my own amusement:

This is just a sketch of some lady that I did a while back. I'm posting it since someone said something about wanting to see my paintings (maybe?) or art or I don't remember. It's interesting looking at it since it looks like there are a lot of flaws in it, but that's what that lady looked like...not that im saying it's perfect....

My face hurts :'(

It's not that I choose the hard way everytime, I just have really shitty luck. So like, when I was getting my dressings put in, I had a new lady do it. That might be why that one came out. It's all luck, I tell you.

Since I cleaned my room up a bit the other day, I was able to get to my painting stuff and I painted a bit. I really like painting. It's a lot of fun. I'm thinking that's why I enjoyed CG-ing so much before. I still enjoy it now, but it hurts my eyes to look at the computer screen too long, so this is a nice alternative.

I had to paint over most of what I've already painted. Mostly because I thought it looked really bad. I completely painted over one of my canvas panels. I have to do another coat of white over that once it dries because I figured two thinner coats would work out better than a thick one that completely covered it. I only took a few chunks out of the second one. Things that didn't look right, or things that I needed to paint behind and couldn't.

It's interesting learning the method that works for you when you're painting. I've tried reading a few books on how other artists do it, and those ways really haven't worked much for me yet. I think I'm going to wait until I've developed my own method to painting before trying to see how other people do it. That way I have something to base my work on. One things is for sure: I love oils so much more than acrylics. At least, I say that without having used the gel based ones. I've only used the watery, cheap ones and they suck in comparison....in my opinion...

Sara and I have been playing Sims a lot lately. It's the one where you can have pets. It's a lot of fun and it's been giving Sara something to do instead of watching TV all the time. That gets old really quick. She's been spending more and more time awake, which I think is good. Hopefully that new doctor will get her feeling better.

I have to take Rachel to her appointment for her foot tomorrow (well, technically later today). Since we'll be on that side of town, we're gonna eat lunch with Rachael. Yay! That's always fun. I hope I'll be able to chew and stuff ok tomorrow. My cheeks are still swollen and I keep biting the inside of the left one. It really hurts. I need to ask the dentist if there is something I can do about that because dad said that if you keep biting it, it can get a really bad infection. What more would I want, right?

Alas, I have no more wisdom!

Apparently, my mouth didn't heal correctly after my wisdom teeth were removed. 'Dry Sockets' formed in the bottom two. When healing correctly, a blood clot forms where the tooth used to be, like at the roots and under the gumline, and is supposed to stay there until the bone and other tissue of the mandible heals upwards and becomes even with the rest of the mouth. This is a mechanism that protects the nerves that were at the roots of your previous teeth as well as keeping all food and foreign material out so that it doesn't rot and lead to infection.

Basically, pretty important, right? Well, dry sockets occur when the blood clot disolves within a few days after surgery. Food gets trapped in there and it overstimulates the nerves, etc. Makes you feel really sick. I thought all that pain that I was experiencing was normal. I was just like, "Damn, getting your wisdom teeth out really sucks!" I found out yesterday that it wasn't.

To treat it, they dip small strips of gauze into a refined clove oil and basically shove it into the whole that is left from the absent tooth. It kinda really hurts. And makes you feel really sick. You get two of these dressings, both a few days apart to give the area time to absorb the medicine, etc, and then you're supposed to get a 'final' dressing that is a disposable sponge or something like that. That one stays there until the area fully heals.

An hour after my appointment, the dressing on the lower right kept trying to fall out and I kept pushing it back in. When I was eating two hours after that, it was coming out even more. I was pushing it back in between each mouthful of food, but then I realized that I was probalbly just putting little pieces of food down into the wound, which would then rot and stuff. So, I took it out. Now I only have medicine on one side...unless that came out too. I don't see it anywhere. Dunno.

I gotta go back on Tuesday and they'll tell me what's up. Worst part about this: They say that you have to irrigate the area after all meals and before bed anywhere from several weeks to several months until the wound heals. Fuck.

Exactly!

Deathstick? WTF? To be honest, my brain didn't even allow me to comprehend that that was part of the story until you said something. That makes me wonder what else I so easily glanced over in her books. The weird thing is, that you can make that so much cooler by just rearranging the words: Stick of Death vs Death Stick. Hmm...so sad that it's so lame....

I ain't got no title!

Leah wants to join? I didn't see that! Yeah Leah, I understand what you're saying. And I wasn't trying to shoot down her storyline, she just sucks at naming things. But, it's for kids so I doubt any of them care. Dad's started to reread all the books again. He said that he forgot most of what happened in the others and doesn't want to just start in the seventh one. All I did was reread five and six beforehand, because I had already read the others at least twice.

Dude, if I was a cartoon right now, this is what I would look like:
Except maybe without sticking my finger up my nose thing going on. Or whatever he is doing... That's pretty bad since I normally look like this:

In dog form, of course...oh well. I've started playing Zelda again. For the fifth or sixth time. Not the gamecube one, the game boy one. The old school one, ya know? I love that game. Last night, I found two heart pieces that I've never found before! Kick ass. Yeah, I was all proud of myself.

It's weird to think that class is going to be over in a few days. Mostly because we haven't done anything. I'm so used to those classes that you spend hours upon hours of work just to prepare for one class. At least I'm done though. I got a postcard in the mail the other day saying that my diplomas are ready to be picked up. Which reminds me, I'm supposed to stop by Millennium to get my High School Diploma too. I hope I don't forget.

Dad and Mom are talking about moving again. This time, the destination of choice is Washington. I think it would be cool to live there, but I honestly dont' think that it's going to pan out. The two of them and Sara have been looking up all kinds of stuff about the area for about three hours now. I mentions that whole google earth thing, so they've started using it to look into people's backyards and stuff. It's kinda funny.

I have to start going down to the hospital to get a job. Do you guys think that I should go down with a a resume and like work references and stuff? I never really had to do this before, so I'm not entirely sure what the best route would be. I've only ever had one job, and that was given to me without them even reading my application.

"Why do you want to work at the Wildflower Bread Company?"
"I like money. I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top my fridge. I want to add more to that jar. That's where you come in."

"List any other qualities that would qualify you for this job."
"I like food. I eat a lot."

Yeah, you can really tell that I took that seriously. I didn't care if I got that job or not. Hints and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Meh, I've had worse

So, I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday. Yeah it hurts, but I've been in worse pain before. I think the worst thing is how bulbously ugly my face has become. The lower right section of my face is swollen up the most. The upper right hurts the most. The upper left doesn't hurt too bad, but I don't know if they tied the stiches together so well there. So there's this really long string hanging out and pratically choking me all the time. Nasty. Oh well, I hope I heal soon.

I finished reading the last Harry Potter book like Monday or Tuesday night. The only thing that I'm gonna say is that J.K. Rowling really sucks at naming things. Seriously. Kinda like how in book five and the whole "Dumbledore's Army" thing. C'mon, how lame is that? An eight year old could have come up with a better name than that. Like Kick Ass Army of Death. That'd be so cool. I'd joind up, just so that I could say that I was in it.

-Esther, Official KAAD Member

Why would anyone want to hear about my weekend?

I bought a dress to go to a party that my best friend from high school was having. We went to Black Angus and had steak. Or at least, I had steak. I really didn't bother to see what the other twenty or so people ordered. We sat at the same table we had eaten at before prom. It was a lot of fun. By the way, does anyone know what prom stands for? Promenade? Promiscuous? Some other word begining with 'prom?'

After that I went to my friend Megan's house. Her parents were out of town and she invited me over. Basically we just hung out with her sister. It was cool. On Sunday Megan took me to the church she goes to. Later, for lunch, we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory and then to the history area of downtown. We had a tour of the Rosen house. Its this old house that was built in the late 1800s I think. So, it's old for the area. That was cool. Then I went home. See, nothing anyone would want to hear about. Yeah....well.....'bye.

Milo and Otis =s Japanese?!

Yeah. Crazy! I never really noticed it when I was a kid, but it is. And if you think about it, it does make sense that it would be. I love that movie. I watched last night before I went to bed. Its so cute and funny. Yeah, it was awesome.

I've been reallllllyyyyy bored lately. The class Rach and I are taking is incredibly dull. I kinda hate going to it. Then I haven't really been in the mood to do anything around the house besides playing video games. Which can get really boring after a while.

I had stuff to say in here, but I don't remember what it was.

Leah, I got everything together to send out to you, but mom and dad said that they wanted to send along the SCA clothes too. The problem? They are in the shed outside and they haven't gotten them out yet since its been so hot out. So, kinda waiting on them. I can make you a copy of my The Academy Is... cd if you want. I think its their newest one, but I'm not really sure. I got it at the concert. Do you have the new Fall Out Boy cd? Infinity on High? I can make you a copy if you don't.

Uuugggghhhh. My mind is a blank....

The Academy Is... - The Phrase That Pays

Let me introduce you, if you haven't already met :)

If anything, you can look twenty years into your future Leah. That should be when it comes to Texas right? :p

It's game time! Are you ready for it?

I went out with mom yesterday to go get her prescriptions. I mostly went so I could go to GameStop and see if I could get another game to play. I've been playing my Zelda game over again. So far, I figured out how to do everything there is to do in the game. I'm thinking I'm going to send it along with the care package to Leah. Did you want to play it? It's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It's a good game. Let me know :)

So I ended up getting four games. A bit more than the one I planned on, but eh...

The first one I played was Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. I'm already half way through it and I don't really get the point of it. Maybe if I finish it...

I also got Sims Pets 2. That one is cool. I made a Sim version of me, Saddie, and Jaxi. They keep pissing all over my house! That's so nasty! Jaxi keeps digging up my lawn too! Then you have to go fill in the holes and each one takes like hour and a half to do. Hour and a half game time, in case you didn't get that. It's funny to watch Saddie though. They have this catnip mouse that you can give them that she loves getting high off of. When she plays with it she gets bunch of tiny stars that circle around her head and she acts all crazy. It's great.

I haven't played the other two yet: Sonic Heroes (I thought it would be a fun little blast from the past) and Spyro something - I don't remember the full name of the title. I got it to see what all the hype about Spyro is. I've never really played one before. I'm planning on playing these when my head and eyes stop hurting from looking at the screen so much. Does that give you any clue as to how long I've been playing? :p

So, have any of you guys played any of these? 'Cause this post is all for games!

I was killer thirsty

So last Friday Cassie and I went to go see Fall Out Boy in concert. It was kick ass! We met up early at the Wildflower and ate some lunch. Then we kinda sat around a lot waiting for time to pass. We got ice cream and we went to the Walmart near Cricket Pavilion. I was going to buy some food or whatever while we were there to see if I could sneak it in, but I ended up not. Cassie made the good point that they look through all your stuff since the security has been raised everywhere. How disappointing. I love sneaking food into places. Kinda like that time I snuck an ice cream pie into the movie theater. Damn that was good pie....

Anyway, we got to the concert about 5:30. It was supposed to start at 6:00. There was some band playing at the entrance, but there were so many people around that we didn't bother to go see who. Probably just some local band. They had some Hondas that were painted all cool like the Fall Out Boy cd. They had clocks and stuff all over them. Apparently they were part of a drawing of sorts. There was this place that where you could sign up to win one, but I didn't bother. I probably should have. I love Hondas. But then again, it would just be more likely that someone would steal it since it was all customized and stuff.

People were freakin' everywhere. And Cass and I don't usually do well around so many people. They all get in your space and stuff. Or they get right in front of you and then stop to have a five minute conversation where there is no possible way to go around them. So you end up just standing there looking dumbly at them. At least that's what I do. The line for the shirts and stuff was waaayyyy tooo long for us to get into them, so, we went ahead and found our seats. Its really stupid how many people you have to show your ticket to just to go sit down. I must have taken it out like fifty times.

The seats weren't bad. We were right at the aisle so we didn't have to climb over anyone. I love that! Thanks Alice! Good choice. After awhile the first 'band' came out. It's weird but, it was a rapper. Why have a rapper at a rock concert?! His name was Paul Wall - I don't know if I spelled that right. I couldn't understand anything he was rapping about. Not that I cared. Apparently he is famous for selling grills. Not the kind you fry hamburgers on, the kind you put in your mouth. You could actually get one for like thirty bucks while you were there. Why anyone would want to, I don't know. Cassie and I spent most of the time laughing at this white guy who took off his shirt and was getting all into the music. Mean? Yes. But we couldn't help it.

Since we were so enthralled with Paul's performance, we got up in search of something to drink. Cassie was crazy hot since there is no AC and they didn't bother to turn on the fans yet. The heat didn't really bother me. Seeing as how I'm a desert rat and all. A 12 oz bottle of water was $4.00. Shit! Of course they don't let you bring in anything and the drinking fountains are all nasty looking so you really have no choice. We both got one and then went back to our seats.

The next band was Cobra Starship. Cassie said they sucked, but I was digging it. We got up again in search of food. Found pizza. $6.00. Whatever. Went back to our seats to eat. At this point the people who bought seats next to us had shown up. After I finished eating I got up and sat somewhere else. I couldn't stand being so close to so many people (our area had really filled up) in the heat. Cassie stayed there.

When the next band, The Academy Is..., came on I watched from the 300 section. By the time +44 came on, so many people had come that I couldn't see the stage anymore so I moved. I stood behind the 200 section seats. Man, that spot was prime. But then some bitch came up and started yelling at me that I had to go find my seat. Did I mention she was a bitch? I don't see what the big deal was. I wasn't in the way of anybody. Being the passive person I am when it comes to strangers, I just walked away and went back to my seat. Damn. I have no balls. At least it wasn't so hot there anymore since they turned the fans on so, it wasn't so bad.

Apparently Fall Out Boy was recording their first dvd concert that night. That's so cool that they chose Phoenix to do that. I would have thought that they would have picked somewhere else. You know, somewhere better. So, they had all kinds of pyrotechnics and fireworks. It was cool. At one point, two of the band members, Pete and Joe, we out into the crowd for one of the songs they played. They went right where I was standing earlier before I was told to move! That bitch! So, I missed out. :'(

After they finished playing Cass and I rushed over to buy some shirts. That's the best time to go since everyone either already bought their's or they are still standing around at there seats for some reason or another. I got mine really quick. I'm good at weaseling in between people. The thing that I discovered last concert is that there really are no lines at this point. Everyone just jumps in when they can. Cass got lost in the crowd of people since everyone sorta pushes everyone else around. I took her money and then went back in to get her her shirt. She doesn't like to push her way through.

So then we left. On your way out you had to throw away any leftover food or drink that you didn't finish. That sucks since you already spent so much for it. Luckily, we didn't have any leftover. Cass was hungry again by that time so we went to TGIF. I was so damn thirsty that I ordered two waters and a smoothie. I think I drank like five or six glasses. It's a little surprising how thirsty you get from being outside in the heat for that long. Overall, the concert was cool, but I think I will try to avoid going to Cricket Pavillion again. I didn't like it...

Cake...

Why is everyone bringing up cake?! You guys make me think of this:

Robot Chicken -- The Sack

This is great

For those of you who don't know...

Hey. Update on Rachel incase you couldn't get ahold of her. The first day wasn't as bad for her as the second. A lot of the drugs they gave her lasted at least a few hours after she got home. I think she got a little sleep in her own bed and was probably very happy about that.

The second day (yesterday), was a whole hell of a lot worse. I felt really bad for her. Apparently they casted her foot up wrong so that if she bent her knee, it would press down really hard on her sutures. Also, it was continually pinching the top of her foot. They wrapped it much too tight around the pinkie. She spent hours laying on the floor and crying. Poor thing.

Today we went down to the doctor's office and they removed the cast. Dude, that suture is ugly!! I took a picture of it. It's just the taste of the family, ya know? You could see where her cast was on previously because she had a light bruise all around her toes. It was weird because it was all straight across and everything. Anyway, they put on a new one and she's doing a lot better now. Last I saw she went to sleep and I'm not sure if she got up yet or not.

So, that's the update!

And to summerize:

Heh, no, she didn't call back. Apparently mom deleted it on accident without her ever hearing it. Then yesterday we got a call from the collection agency. I don't even know what is going on, and I plan on staying out of it.

I've done a whole lot of nothing lately. Ever since I threw out my back I haven't gone to the gym. I've been really tired lately too, so that doesn't help. I did go to Goodwill the other day and got a bunch of clothes. They were having a 50% off sale on everything and my friend Shannonn wanted me to go with her. That was fun, 'cept now I have no money :'(.

It's so boring around the house. Whenever I get bored and there's nothing really to do, I cook. So far I've made plain waffles, cinnamon waffles, cinnamon rolls and cinnamon raisen bagels. If I cook anything else, it will not have cinnamon in it!

Rachel had her bone taken out today. I'm sure it hurts. She told me a bit about it and then went to bed. Hopefully she will be able to sleep more now with the aid of the pain pills. They always made me a little sleepy.

I kept Jaxi in her kennel constantly for the first two days, but she was getting all sad and depressed and anytime I let her out to go to the bathroom she would climb all over me like she was trying to apologize for whatever she did wrong that she was being punished for. So, I just let her out in my room. I know Jaxi, she only trys to coherse others to play with her if they are in the living room. In our room: all she does is sleep. That seems to be working out better. She smells really bad though. I want to give her a bath, but I have to wait until she doesn't need to be kenneled anymore. The vet didn't say anything about icing them, I will probably try that next if the kenneling doesn't work. Thanks for the idea Leah!

I'm sleepy. I should go to bed. G'night.

I wish I was clever...

I made waffles for breakfast today. I didn't care for them, but dad said they were good. Whether or not he said that to make me not feel bad about them I don't know, but I would like to try a different recipe. So, while I was eating my waffles, we got a call. From a lawyer. For Sara. He said that if she doesn't call him today then he will call the police. That's kinda scary. I told this to dad and asked if I should go wake her up since all she does is sleep constantly, but he told me not to worry about it. It's her problem. I still feel bad about it though, but maybe this is what she needs to get going...

Rach and I were supposed to start school yesterday but they canceled the damn class. That sucks so much. I know things kind of work out better this way, but still, I just wanted to finish everything up and be done with it.

So, the word on Jaxi: it's not her hips that are popping out, but her kneecaps. They slide out of the socket and make it impossible for her to bend her leg. The vet recommended kenneling her for ten to fourteen days to help immoblize it and give her legs a chance to heal and recover from the inflammation. If that doesn't work, the only other thing they can do is surgery. About $5,000 for both legs. Needless to say, we don't have that kind of money. Poor dog. She's in her kennel now looking all sad and pathetic 'cause she doesn't understand why she is in there. Hopefully she will get better.

I'm in a creative mood. I haven't completely decided what I want to do. Either paint: oil, room, or on the computer (cg), or I can draw...Well, whichever. I'm off!

My "Wild" Weekend

So, I threw my back out again. Needless to say, it was, and still is, incredibly painful to do anything. Thus I spent the better part of two days laying on the floor or whatnot. I really don't like laying down that much. Most of that time was spent watching tv. How boring! I hate watching that much tv. But, I did get to see some movies that I've been wanting to watch for a long time.

First, there was The Joy Luck Club. I've only ever seen the last twenty minutes of it before and I've heard talk for the longest time that it was such a great movie. I liked it. It was interesting. I think though, that the book would be better. I know I say that about everything, but it would be especially true in this case. The background stories would be more in depth I think. There's always more information in books than in movies. So, I might read it. Strange though, whenever I think about anyone who would read that book, I can only think of hoards of middle aged women....hmm....

I watched Masterpiece Theatre too. This installment was called "The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton." Overall, a bit dull and I'm glad that it didn't have more parts to it. I don't really get how the title fits the story. Don't get me wrong, it does apply, but it seems that they could have found something else that fit it a bit better. The story was about a young, educated woman that married a man that published magazines and the like. Of course, they were madly in love, but the husband gave his wife syphillis. He got it from a prostitute that he was either sleeping with before he got married, or cheating on his wife with, they didn't really specify. And if they did, I was too tired to notice. Anyways, since she had syphillis, her first three children died and it was all sad and whatnot. She managed to have two more kids before she passed away, but they really didn't focus much on them. So, she died at 28 from the STD. The reason that she is so famous is because she wrote a book. I forget what it was called, but the main point of it was to be a guide to running the home. I'm guessing that it still is a popular book in England based on how they presented everything, but I don't know for sure. I sure I could research it and find out, but let's face it, that's just not happening.

I also watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It left me with only one resounding thought, "Why the hell is that a classic?" It was boring, and nothing special from any other romance movie. I really don't understand its appeal...My loss I guess.

After such a weekend, I'm trying to get used to sitting up more now. Jaxi has an appointment with the vet tomorrow to get her hips checked out. I need to make an appointment to get mine checked out too :). School starts tomorrow as well. Considering the pain I'm in, tomorrow is not cracking up to be such a great day.

Yay for hobby lobby!

So I finished buying everything that I need to begin painting. How cool is that? Yeah, I know, pretty darn.

I even got some things that I didn't need, but will probably use. Apparently at Hobby Lobby everything just cost as much as the sticker price. They don't even scan anything in; they just type in the prices. So, if you were really dishonest and stuff you could just scrape off the real price and switch it with a cheaper price. They wouldn't even know. Crazy.

I think some people might be doing this already. When I was comparing prices, some items cost more than others even though they were the same thing. I got a 32 oz thing of gesso for five bucks, and the 16oz cost seven something. I didn't change the prices, I swear! But yeah, it doesn't really make sense.

I'm happy with what I bought though. I got a tabletop easel for six bucks, which was cool. You had to assemble it, but it didn't come with instructions so I just kinda guessed. I think I set it up right...O_O???

I've already started priming one of the canvas panels that I bought from Wal-mart. Gesso smells like Elmer's glue. Which makes sense, I think it's made from animal glue or something like that. Good thing Leah isn't here--she might try to eat it :p

I swam for half an hour today at the gym. Damn that's hard work! I would swim across and then wait at the other side just to catch my breath so I could swim back. Good times though. I've been working out for at least an hour everytime I go. I'm going to weigh myself on Saturday to see if I've lost any weight. I hope so. Working out so much kinda sucks. Mostly 'cause I get bored. Mostly.

By the way Rachel, yes Masterpiece Theatre did have a good ending. Or I should say "Bleak House" had a good ending. Definitely had the touch of Dickens. I love how he ends his stuff. I don't know how to explain it, but its just always so cool. They started another series. I forget what it is about, but I'm looking forward to watching it this Saturday.

Yeah, I can't really think of anything else to write...I'm kinda sleepy. I'm just wasting time until Sara finishes in the bathroom so I can get ready for bed. Oh, she's out. G'night.

A bit of a waste of a day

So, I've begun to work out longer at the gym. I've been averaging 70 minutes of cardio each time. But then again, that's really not saying much since I've only done this twice now. I will attempt to prevail though! I wonder why I always feel fatter the day after I go to the gym...Anyone know?

We went to Stanley's graduation party tonight. It was funny listening to all the stories they told. Mike's old neighbor was there and he was regailing us with tales of living across the street from them. Very amusing.

I know I didn't mention it before, but I had a mole removed from the back of my neck last Monday. After she cut it off, I was all like "Can I see it?" One word: Ew. That's why Rachel made a comment that I should have taken a picture of it and posted it. It was really nasty looking though, so I wouldn't want to terrorize your dreams with it. It still hurts too. The place where it was; not the mole. They sent it away to the lab to see if it was cancerous. I really doubt it though. If it is, then I have to go back in and they would cut a big chunk of the back of my neck out to try and get rid of it. I'm thinking that they also might remove a lymph node to check and see if it metastisized, but I'm not sure on that though. I think that's what they do, but I don't know.

I'm bored...

The last installment of Masterpiece Theatre is on tonight. Rock on! I hope I can stay up late enough to finish watching it--I'm really tired.

Welcome to My World

Man I'm tired. I'm always tired. Always will be tired. That's life. :'(

So, I decided against waiting to finish my room up before I posted pictures of my room. Mostly because I'm lazy. Mostly...

Ok, these are of my closet. I haven't completely finished them yet. I going to do something similar with the back of my door. Except the darker blue box will be in the middle and the symbols will be my name in Japanese. I knew a Japanese girl who wrote it out for me. The handles of the closet doors will also have symbols on them. All of which came from the fabric on my papasan chair. I was trying to incorporate it more into the room. I pretty much F-ed up all of the ones on the right door, but the ones on the left came out good. Jaxi was kind enough to include herself into these pictures. Thank you Jaxi...

I even went ahead and painted the light switch. The power outlets are also in silver but I didn't put the faux finish on them. I didn't want to shock myself O_O

That's dollar store art right there! Yes, awesomeness...

The light fixtures are from IKEA. That place is fun to go to isn't it? that big square is painted on the wall too. That area seemed really empty and I wanted to mimic the doors a bit.

I'd like to point out the other dollar store art in the upper right corner. Also, please take the time to enjoy the kick ass flamingo neon light, which I probably should have turned on before I took the picture. And yes, that is a pineapple hanging from my bed. It holds my needles!

And that's the last bit. Those are clean clothes that I need to fold and put away. These pictures make my room look a lot dirtier than it actually is. The floor is completely clean, except for the stuff in front of my door that is going to Goodwill.

So there it is, in all its glory. And now to leave you with a picture that rivals those of Leah's:

To Reiterate:

Thanks Leah! I will never forget "Dancing Mud Man with Sombreo." I actually admired it quite a bit when you were out. That picture rocks. I will put up pics of my room when I'm done painting it. It's almost finished. I went through part of my room today and found the stuff I wanted to send you. Hopefully I will be able to ship it out to you soon. I still need to check to see if it will be cheaper to send you the tent through mail or through the airport...

As a side note about your paintings, did you ever find out where they came from...umm, besides Japan. I did a ppt presentation on the ukiyo-e that I could send you. I feel all knowlegable about them now. *puffs with pride*

Anyways, I found out today when I was at my chiro appt that if you need to lose weight that you should be doing 60-90 mins of exercise everyday or most days. That is so discouraging! I never get anywhere close to that. I guess that now I'm going to have to double up on the time I spend at the gym (I say this while eating a bowl of chocolate ice cream :\).

I also stopped by Wal-mart today and bought some oil paints. I know, ritzy right? But they were cheap (I think). I also went online to read about oil painting technique and stuff, it's soo interesting! Seriously. I can't wait to get started! I never thought that painting would be so complicated. I started a list on some of the stuff that I'll need so that I can buy it bit by bit. That way the cost doesn't seem too overwhelming. I already have some canvas panels that I bought a few weeks ago. I think I really just need some OMS and gesso...mostly 'cause I don't like the smell of turpintine...yeah I'm pretty sure that I spelt that wrong. I still have some research to do on it though. I read 'til I didn't want to read anymore for the day. There's still a bunch that I kinda don't understand and I don't want to slather paint all over something and then find out that I've just wasted everything that went into it. It would be easier to take a class and have people explain everything to you, but I don't feel like it.

Jaxi's birthday is next Saturday. I'm going to give her a stuffed crab that I bought for a dollar. She'll love it.

Dude, I've been all into Starcraft lately. I finished the Terran champaign without cheating!!! How cool is that? I've never been able to do that before. I feel so accomplished. Good job me. *pats self on back*

So, yeah. I just realized that I wrote about a bunch of stuff that nobody would care to read. Oh well, I feel the title of my blog explains everything. Hope y'all are doing well.

:D Smiles for you :D

The Day of Mothers!

Last night I went to grandma's house. Not Robins. Cassavant. That was interesting. Apparently that side of the family went on another cruise. They had pictures and stuff. It looked cool. Mom was really into hanging out with them. Makes sense. They are on her level and she loves them.

This morning mom keeps yelling at me. Not sure why. I just keep giving her a look and then tell her that she "needs to calm down." She already took one of her happy pills today, so it was wierd. I walk out there and she throws a little fit about something and yells at me till I leave and then the next time I go out she apologizes profusely until I leave. She's usually not so flightly...I don't know.

We're going to the gym for Mother's Day. I know, big fun right? It will be cool to see the gym that everyone else in the family goes to. Mom got me and Rachel passes for the day. Then we are supposed to come home and eat and then play a game.

Man, I have been so tired lately. I could sleep forever. Seriously.

Oh yeah, so I stayed up to watch Masterpiece Theatre last night. That kicked so much ass! I thought it was the last part, but it wasn't. So now I get a whole 'nother Saturday of it. Yay!

Damn I'm a nerd...

I have returned!

Ok, so, somehow I ruined the time setting on here. Oh well, its not that important anyway.

Update on my life (for those who care):
I finished this semester on Wednesday. I'm so glad to be done with it all, but at the same time, I feel like I have nothing to do now. I would like to mention that I got straight A's. Thank you, thank you, I am proud. They were all high A's too. Surprising. I found out the other day that I was reimbursed for my summer course. That's another 200 bucks back into my account. I want to buy a camera with it. I gotta go research prices and stuff though. Is that enough to buy a good one?

I'm thinking of trying my hand at painting. With oil paints. I think it might be cool and I'd like to have another hobby. The humanities courses I took have really got me interested in art and stuff. I think that I'm going to minor in art history, unless of course, it's too hard with my pre-med classes.

Two weeks until I'm back in school. I want to clean my room in that time and finish painting it. Have you seen it yet Leah? I don't remember. With the blue faux finish? I still need to complete my door and finish the symbols on the closet. I don't think that it will take too much time. Probably a few hours.

So, once my room is clean, I gotta hit those video games! Leah says there is an alternate ending for Suikoden that I missed out on. I'm going to use a walkthrough the next time so I get everything. Yeah, that will be awesome.

I've started buying stuff for when I move out. I have some awesome stone dinnerware. It cost 90 dollars, but I think it was worth it. I also have some cups and a cheap knife set. I have a goal that a year from now I'll be living in Tuscon. Let's see how that works out.

I'm going to start applying at the hospitals around here soon. I know a few people that work at different ones that might be able to help me. I took anatomy and physiology with them. One thing I learned from this: Apparently to be a nurse, you must be nice in person and catty in groups. Interesting. You must also hold contempt for doctors. After all, those bastards know nothing right? And since you just scored a whopping 70% on your latest test on the kidneys, respiratory system, and digective tract, I should rely more on your opinion.

Sorry, but some of them are such morons. Not that that irritates me, it just bothers me that these people think that they should be given everything because they deserve it for some reason. I have no sympathy for them. If you are going into a career where someone's life depends on you, you should know your stuff! And bitching and complaining doesn't mean you know something.

Anyways, I'm sure there's more I could write, but I'll do it later. I gotta get moving.

I'm excited, masterpiece theatre is on tonight. Yay!

And so it begins...

Hey everyone,
I said I would get to it eventually, and eventually finally came. I'm gonna go look around...