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