Been a while, hasn't it?
Dec. 4th, 2006 | 07:20 pm
mood: 
tired
Real life took over (no matter how much I begged and cried and pleaded for it not to) so I haven't been around in a while. I haven't even read any fanfiction in a couple of months I've had so much other stuff going on!
Let's see how breifly I can sum it up...classes (no need for elbaoration there), work stress (got shifted into a new position again, we changed computer systems and the new one is horrible, and the girl I work with in the records room just put in her two weeks notice Thursday and then didn't come back), Holidays, my mother's and cousin's birthdays (We did another murder mystery party...fun, but TONS of work putting it together! I should post pictures, because I was the town drunk and my mother was dressed as the dance hall girl, ROFL), trying to find a doctor, a wedding in Montgomery for one of my cousins, and Christmas shopping.
Miraculously, I did just get a Christmas one-shot posted, though! Some of you might be happy to know that it is the finished version of my 'Inuyasha chases a cat' plot. If you have the time, please read it because I would like to know if it is as amusing as 'I' think it is (After all, I am far too easily amused sometimes) by people whose opinions I can trust, LOL...
Hope you guys enjoy the story, and hopefully I should be around more often for a while since I only have one more final and then FREEDOM, at least for a while...
Let's see how breifly I can sum it up...classes (no need for elbaoration there), work stress (got shifted into a new position again, we changed computer systems and the new one is horrible, and the girl I work with in the records room just put in her two weeks notice Thursday and then didn't come back), Holidays, my mother's and cousin's birthdays (We did another murder mystery party...fun, but TONS of work putting it together! I should post pictures, because I was the town drunk and my mother was dressed as the dance hall girl, ROFL), trying to find a doctor, a wedding in Montgomery for one of my cousins, and Christmas shopping.
Miraculously, I did just get a Christmas one-shot posted, though! Some of you might be happy to know that it is the finished version of my 'Inuyasha chases a cat' plot. If you have the time, please read it because I would like to know if it is as amusing as 'I' think it is (After all, I am far too easily amused sometimes) by people whose opinions I can trust, LOL...
Hope you guys enjoy the story, and hopefully I should be around more often for a while since I only have one more final and then FREEDOM, at least for a while...
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Rightstuf.com love...
Sep. 26th, 2006 | 09:51 pm
mood: 
pleased
Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE rightstuf?
They have a huge sale going on right now...10 Geneon DVD's for $50 or 25 Geneon DVD's for $100 with free shipping. It took some work (Geneon isn't exactly my favorite), but I found 25 DVD's that I wanted, and promptly had a heart attack at the subtotal before the discount was applied. Almost $800 worth of DVD's...5 entire series! Or almost...one DVD was missing, but I went and purchased that from someone else.
If you have the money, certainly something to look into. I think it's going on until the end of the month.
~*~
In other news, finally wrote more of my one-shot that I've been working on for...what, a year or two now? Pathetic...but it is suddenly coming along so nicely that it's as if my writer's block never was. So I guess ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
patchcat will soon get to see the results of my mocking poor little Inuyasha's doggie heritage.
*insert evil laughter here*
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Soooo tired...
Sep. 21st, 2006 | 09:25 pm
mood: relieved
Had a very busy day today, but I won't bore you with most of the details...
First, I went to work, stayed there until about 2:15.
Went to Dean's funeral, tried really hard not to be silly and cry (that's what I hate about Funerals, I get teary-eyed if I see someone else crying or being emotional in the least), also tried hard not to spend the entire time giving someone there dirty looks (that's another story entirely), almost laughed when the preacher became the first person I've ever heard get my cousin's first name right (Her first name is Sherah, a very unusual name and no one ever gets it right), and her middle name wrong (her middle name is very common), and cringed quite often at my Grandmother's gossiping. I was very thankful when it was time to leave.
Grabbed some food and went home to eat, before running off to my Western Civ. class. Spent the entire 2+ hours sweating bullets because the darn teacher waited until the end of class to hand us our first tests back.
I was VERY happy with the results. I got a 97, which was far better than I was expecting with the essay portion. He only took one point off the essay. I am NOT complaining, LOL...it did give me a chance to see how he grades them, so I won't be nearly so nervous next time.
Also handed in my other paper, so I guess I'll see how I do on that next week.
Also got my grade for my first American Government test. I thought I just missed getting an A, but apparently there were mistakes on the test, so when the computer automatically graded me (it's an on-line class) two of my answers were counted as wrong, though they were really correct. So I came out with a 94, which also made me VERY happy. I have strong hopes of holding onto my A's in both classes.
Now I can breath and start looking at those story ideas I've been given. More are always welcome!
First, I went to work, stayed there until about 2:15.
Went to Dean's funeral, tried really hard not to be silly and cry (that's what I hate about Funerals, I get teary-eyed if I see someone else crying or being emotional in the least), also tried hard not to spend the entire time giving someone there dirty looks (that's another story entirely), almost laughed when the preacher became the first person I've ever heard get my cousin's first name right (Her first name is Sherah, a very unusual name and no one ever gets it right), and her middle name wrong (her middle name is very common), and cringed quite often at my Grandmother's gossiping. I was very thankful when it was time to leave.
Grabbed some food and went home to eat, before running off to my Western Civ. class. Spent the entire 2+ hours sweating bullets because the darn teacher waited until the end of class to hand us our first tests back.
I was VERY happy with the results. I got a 97, which was far better than I was expecting with the essay portion. He only took one point off the essay. I am NOT complaining, LOL...it did give me a chance to see how he grades them, so I won't be nearly so nervous next time.
Also handed in my other paper, so I guess I'll see how I do on that next week.
Also got my grade for my first American Government test. I thought I just missed getting an A, but apparently there were mistakes on the test, so when the computer automatically graded me (it's an on-line class) two of my answers were counted as wrong, though they were really correct. So I came out with a 94, which also made me VERY happy. I have strong hopes of holding onto my A's in both classes.
Now I can breath and start looking at those story ideas I've been given. More are always welcome!
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I'm entertaining the idea of being productive...
Sep. 18th, 2006 | 08:18 pm
mood: 
exhausted
I've been thinking about something lately, and after my depressing day (refer to previous post) I've decided to go ahead and do it. I could certainly use a little humor right now, so it seems like an excellent time to try it.
What I'm going to do is ask if there is any kind of humorous situation or plot that someone might like to see me write. Maybe you don't like to write humor, but you have an idea, or you just have a twisted mind and enjoy coming up with challenges for other people, lol...whatever the situation, if you've got something, go ahead and throw it at me! But a few rules first:
1. It would have to be an Inuyasha plot, no other fandom.
2. No X rated stories! Perverted, twisted humor is perfectly acceptable, though. Even welcome. XD
3. You know I don't like to break up Inuyasha and Kagome, and I only write straight pairings. Anything else goes in the way of strange couples!
4. It's up to me how far I take it. I might write a drabble, or a very short story, or a long one-shot, etc. Whatever I feel is the most appropriate.
5. You can be as basic or detailed in your request as you want.
I just want to have some fun writing to get me back in the mood to work on my other stories, so I need some inspiration. And who knows, perhaps something might turn out worth posting, lol...I just can't promise how long it will take me to write anything, though I will do my best to be prompt. And the more challenging it is, the more interesting the results should be...
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Good day today
Sep. 16th, 2006 | 09:28 pm
mood: high
Finally managed to get my cousin to go out on her day off instead of sleeping all day. We haven't just gone out and goofed off like that in a while and it was fun!
We went shopping (FINALLY found a headboard for my bed that I LOVE after searching for a year or two, and it was $10 at goodwill...just needs some paint and some caps on the open ends) and some very cheap clothes as well. Three pairs of pants and three shirts for $30. And a cute little wallet with a cat on it for $3.
Anyway, we also went out to get dinner and then headed over to the Ripley's Believe it or not museum out on the beach. That was fun! The exibits were interesting, though I was upset when we found out the hurricane wind machine wasn't there. The sign was, but obviously they'd moved it. Maybe it was messed up.
They also had a limo covered in gold coins, and a bunch of other crazy attractions. But my favorite was a seperate thing you can do if you want, it just costs extra. They have a moving theatre! I suppose you could compare it to those little box-like moving theatres I'm sure everyone has seen before, where it looks like everyone is probably pretty crammed in there together and the whole thing moves. But this is WAY better. It's an open theatre with these big yellow seats that are completely seperate from one another, so you have plenty of room. And if you want your seat to move, you buckle up, and if you don't, you leave it unfastened.
They showed two movies. The first was fairly tame but interesting, where you were in the water. They splash you, and you really do feel like you are hitting rocks and getting messed with by huge creatures. It was okay.
The SECOND one, though! I LOVED IT! It was an intergalactic space coaster and it really, really felt like you were going that fast! They had fans making it feel like the wind was blowing, and when you 'flew off the track' they did something to make you feel like you were. And the scenery was very creative and well-imagined! It was awsome, and highly recommended for anyone who might be too chicken to ride a real coaster, because it does give you a good idea of what it must feel like.
...
As for the people who love coasters, you'll probably end up like me, wishing for a real coaster now that you've been reminded of how much you like them, and planning your next theme park vacation. LOL
We went shopping (FINALLY found a headboard for my bed that I LOVE after searching for a year or two, and it was $10 at goodwill...just needs some paint and some caps on the open ends) and some very cheap clothes as well. Three pairs of pants and three shirts for $30. And a cute little wallet with a cat on it for $3.
Anyway, we also went out to get dinner and then headed over to the Ripley's Believe it or not museum out on the beach. That was fun! The exibits were interesting, though I was upset when we found out the hurricane wind machine wasn't there. The sign was, but obviously they'd moved it. Maybe it was messed up.
They also had a limo covered in gold coins, and a bunch of other crazy attractions. But my favorite was a seperate thing you can do if you want, it just costs extra. They have a moving theatre! I suppose you could compare it to those little box-like moving theatres I'm sure everyone has seen before, where it looks like everyone is probably pretty crammed in there together and the whole thing moves. But this is WAY better. It's an open theatre with these big yellow seats that are completely seperate from one another, so you have plenty of room. And if you want your seat to move, you buckle up, and if you don't, you leave it unfastened.
They showed two movies. The first was fairly tame but interesting, where you were in the water. They splash you, and you really do feel like you are hitting rocks and getting messed with by huge creatures. It was okay.
The SECOND one, though! I LOVED IT! It was an intergalactic space coaster and it really, really felt like you were going that fast! They had fans making it feel like the wind was blowing, and when you 'flew off the track' they did something to make you feel like you were. And the scenery was very creative and well-imagined! It was awsome, and highly recommended for anyone who might be too chicken to ride a real coaster, because it does give you a good idea of what it must feel like.
...
As for the people who love coasters, you'll probably end up like me, wishing for a real coaster now that you've been reminded of how much you like them, and planning your next theme park vacation. LOL
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I actually have stuff to talk about! *gasps*
Sep. 16th, 2006 | 09:32 am
mood: amused
Well, my test is over, and I can only hope that he takes into account that having to hand-write the essay on the test is going to affect it's quality bit time. My hand was cramping so bad that after 2 and 1/2 pages, I just didn't care anymore, LOL...
Now all I have left to do is write my reaction paper that's due this coming Thursday. I'll also learn my grade then. I hate waiting!
On top of all this, the night before I took that test, I got on my on-line American Government class. I hadn't been on since the week before since I was concentrating on Western Civ. And so I missed the post from the teacher telling everyone that we've got a test in that class, too! I have until Monday night to take it. Yay...
~*~
Change of topics.
My cat is goofy. There is no better word to describe her.
Actually, I caught her last night washing her food before eating it. I was wondering how her water was getting so nasty so quickly, and now I know! She would use one paw to slide a piece of food from her food bowl and up and over into the other side which contains her water. And then with the other paw (yes, she would switch paws for this for some reason) she would fish out the food and pop it into her mouth.
At first I thought she was just being careless and knocking her food into her water by accident, but she did it very methodically about 10 times in a row. LOL!
~*~
And yes, I finally added a few more pictures, so now I have one of the 'goofy' cat mentioned above when she was a kitten. I love this picture, because she's giving the camera this funny look, like she's thinking 'would you get out of my face, please?'
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Ugh, writing...
Sep. 10th, 2006 | 11:09 am
mood: 
nervous
Been a VERY long time since I've been daunted by the thought of writing something. Give me fiction to write anyday, but please don't make me write a structured essay!
*cries*
I haven't had to write one of those since getting my GED. And before that I'd hardly written any since middle school because I did non-credit homeschooling throughout high school.
So now I have two of my first college essays (in Western Civ.) looming over my head and I'm about to worry myself to death over them. Well, at least one of them anyway. I'm horribly rusty, but I'm sure with the help of my mother on one of them (thank GOD for my mother...I knew her profession as a tech editor/writer would come in handy one day!) it will turn out okay. She'll be more than happy to tear it apart for me if it's not up to her standard. It's really the other one I'm worried about because I actually have to write it in class as part of our first test.
At least he gave us the essay question early, so I can have time to at least think about it and maybe work out a rough draft that I can go by when I actually have to write it. But still, just want it to be over with...
My test is Thursday, so I still have plenty of time to worry about it.
*cries*
I haven't had to write one of those since getting my GED. And before that I'd hardly written any since middle school because I did non-credit homeschooling throughout high school.
So now I have two of my first college essays (in Western Civ.) looming over my head and I'm about to worry myself to death over them. Well, at least one of them anyway. I'm horribly rusty, but I'm sure with the help of my mother on one of them (thank GOD for my mother...I knew her profession as a tech editor/writer would come in handy one day!) it will turn out okay. She'll be more than happy to tear it apart for me if it's not up to her standard. It's really the other one I'm worried about because I actually have to write it in class as part of our first test.
At least he gave us the essay question early, so I can have time to at least think about it and maybe work out a rough draft that I can go by when I actually have to write it. But still, just want it to be over with...
My test is Thursday, so I still have plenty of time to worry about it.
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Life Lessons
Sep. 7th, 2006 | 09:35 pm
mood: tired
I learned an important life lesson today...well, two, if you want to get technical...
~*~
1. If you expect someone to be somewhere, they probably won't be, and when you don't expect someone to be there, they probably will be. YAY for dependable coworkers! *deeeeep sarcasm*
2. Expect Thursdays to suck. Mondays are overrated.
~*~
So does anyone feel enlightened yet?
Okay, I'll be nice and explain whether you want me to or not. And I'll keep it short and sweet.
The lovely lady that took my job from me has had a bad habit of not showing up when you expect her to, and to show up when you don't expect her to and she's too sick to want her around. So I get days where I have her job dumped on me out of the blue, completely unprepared to deal with it. And days that I expect to deal with it, and I'm mentally prepared to deal with it, there she was!
And Thursdays seem to be her day of choice to not show up when I expect her to. And so I run myself ragged and then have class that night. And that's THREE weeks in a row this has happened! Getting a little frustrated. She has legit excuses, but still, you get a little fed up that it always seems to be the ONE day I don't want it to happen.
Not really upset about it. Just tired. Ugh...
But a postive note. I'm not my cousin. She had to work a 16 hour shift today. 16 hours in a DJJ facility full of kids with records. Can we say NOT fun?
~*~
1. If you expect someone to be somewhere, they probably won't be, and when you don't expect someone to be there, they probably will be. YAY for dependable coworkers! *deeeeep sarcasm*
2. Expect Thursdays to suck. Mondays are overrated.
~*~
So does anyone feel enlightened yet?
Okay, I'll be nice and explain whether you want me to or not. And I'll keep it short and sweet.
The lovely lady that took my job from me has had a bad habit of not showing up when you expect her to, and to show up when you don't expect her to and she's too sick to want her around. So I get days where I have her job dumped on me out of the blue, completely unprepared to deal with it. And days that I expect to deal with it, and I'm mentally prepared to deal with it, there she was!
And Thursdays seem to be her day of choice to not show up when I expect her to. And so I run myself ragged and then have class that night. And that's THREE weeks in a row this has happened! Getting a little frustrated. She has legit excuses, but still, you get a little fed up that it always seems to be the ONE day I don't want it to happen.
Not really upset about it. Just tired. Ugh...
But a postive note. I'm not my cousin. She had to work a 16 hour shift today. 16 hours in a DJJ facility full of kids with records. Can we say NOT fun?
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Sep. 2nd, 2006 | 11:22 pm
mood: 
depressed
Reply and I'll give you a letter and you have to find ten songs that start with that letter and post them to your journal. I was given the letter 'A' by grandlarseny
She actually gave me this letter a couple of days ago, but I haven't really felt up to tackling it until now...well, I still don't feel that great, but I finished watching 'Chrono Crusade' a little earlier and now I'm all depressed. ;_; I knew it would be depressing when I started watching it, but I did anyway...I'm just a glutton for punishment, I suppose. I HATE anything depressing or anything with sad endings, so I have no clue what possessed me to watch it! *cries*
Anyway, I figure this would make a good distraction...
1. Absence of Fear by Jewel
2. Alone by Lisa Loeb
3. Alayal by Hot Action Cop
4. Anchor by Lifehouse
5. Amigone by Goo Goo Dolls
6. Almost by Bowling for Soup
7. Angel of Music from Phantom of the Opera
8. Alibi by Trapt
9. Absolutely (Story of a Girl) by Nine Days
10. Anytime by Brian McKnight
There, I intentionally made it harder on myself by not allowing myself to use any songs that started with a, all, at, etc. because that would have been WAY too easy, LOL...even then it didn't take me long to go through a small pile of CD's and find these. Strange collection of music I have...
grandlarsenyShe actually gave me this letter a couple of days ago, but I haven't really felt up to tackling it until now...well, I still don't feel that great, but I finished watching 'Chrono Crusade' a little earlier and now I'm all depressed. ;_; I knew it would be depressing when I started watching it, but I did anyway...I'm just a glutton for punishment, I suppose. I HATE anything depressing or anything with sad endings, so I have no clue what possessed me to watch it! *cries*
Anyway, I figure this would make a good distraction...
1. Absence of Fear by Jewel
2. Alone by Lisa Loeb
3. Alayal by Hot Action Cop
4. Anchor by Lifehouse
5. Amigone by Goo Goo Dolls
6. Almost by Bowling for Soup
7. Angel of Music from Phantom of the Opera
8. Alibi by Trapt
9. Absolutely (Story of a Girl) by Nine Days
10. Anytime by Brian McKnight
There, I intentionally made it harder on myself by not allowing myself to use any songs that started with a, all, at, etc. because that would have been WAY too easy, LOL...even then it didn't take me long to go through a small pile of CD's and find these. Strange collection of music I have...
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Sick day
Sep. 1st, 2006 | 09:08 am
mood: sick
I didn't go to work today because I feel horrible.
Started yesterday when I spent a good part of the night tossing and turning because I didn't feel well (though you can't really pin it on anything at that point). So I woke up feeling really crappy (my throat was really rough and scratchy) and didn't really feel like going to work. But the girl in the records room was really desperate for help so I figured I'd at least go in long enough to help her.
Well, I get to work and THREE out of the six support staff had called in! One of the girls in the records room (that was expected) and then the two that are normally at the front desk. And then instead of staying to help out because we were so short, our boss took off to do training all day. So I was stuck up at the front desk all day feeling like I could happily crawl under a rock somewhere and never come out again.
So we ended up with three people to cover the jobs of six people. One was doing intakes, one was in records alone, and then I had the front desk...ALONE.
Let me tell you, there is a reason they put two people up at that front desk...and yesterday morning was a prime example. It was so busy I just wanted to lay my head down on the desk and bawl my eyes out. But of course, I didn't have enough time to do that. It was almost noon before I even got the schedules for the next day printed which is a 'first thing in the morning' task. That should tell you how busy it was.
About 11am or so I developed a fever, and by the afternoon I'd gotten over the embarrassment of blowing my nose while there were people in the lobby. I just didn't care anymore. My head was also POUNDING...
I e-mailed one of the girls that was out and she promised that she would show up today (she'd had a stomach virus yesterday) so I told her I probably wouldn't be going in. And I didn't. I didn't make it to class last night, either, which is probably going to hurt me, but oh well. No help for it, I guess, because I was dead tired and miserable when I got home from work.
I'm a little worried that people are going to think I'm faking just because I had a bad day yesterday, but I guess there isn't much I can do about that. I've worked there well over a year and this is only the third time I've called in, so even if I were faking, there isn't much they could say.
But believe me, I wish I were faking. I'd rather be at work than home sick. I HATE being sick!
LOL, last week I would have said 'If only I could get sick so I could stay home'. And that is when you know it has been too long since you've been sick, because you've managed to forget how miserable it is. Well, I remember now...
Started yesterday when I spent a good part of the night tossing and turning because I didn't feel well (though you can't really pin it on anything at that point). So I woke up feeling really crappy (my throat was really rough and scratchy) and didn't really feel like going to work. But the girl in the records room was really desperate for help so I figured I'd at least go in long enough to help her.
Well, I get to work and THREE out of the six support staff had called in! One of the girls in the records room (that was expected) and then the two that are normally at the front desk. And then instead of staying to help out because we were so short, our boss took off to do training all day. So I was stuck up at the front desk all day feeling like I could happily crawl under a rock somewhere and never come out again.
So we ended up with three people to cover the jobs of six people. One was doing intakes, one was in records alone, and then I had the front desk...ALONE.
Let me tell you, there is a reason they put two people up at that front desk...and yesterday morning was a prime example. It was so busy I just wanted to lay my head down on the desk and bawl my eyes out. But of course, I didn't have enough time to do that. It was almost noon before I even got the schedules for the next day printed which is a 'first thing in the morning' task. That should tell you how busy it was.
About 11am or so I developed a fever, and by the afternoon I'd gotten over the embarrassment of blowing my nose while there were people in the lobby. I just didn't care anymore. My head was also POUNDING...
I e-mailed one of the girls that was out and she promised that she would show up today (she'd had a stomach virus yesterday) so I told her I probably wouldn't be going in. And I didn't. I didn't make it to class last night, either, which is probably going to hurt me, but oh well. No help for it, I guess, because I was dead tired and miserable when I got home from work.
I'm a little worried that people are going to think I'm faking just because I had a bad day yesterday, but I guess there isn't much I can do about that. I've worked there well over a year and this is only the third time I've called in, so even if I were faking, there isn't much they could say.
But believe me, I wish I were faking. I'd rather be at work than home sick. I HATE being sick!
LOL, last week I would have said 'If only I could get sick so I could stay home'. And that is when you know it has been too long since you've been sick, because you've managed to forget how miserable it is. Well, I remember now...
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Should be a pretty good day...
Aug. 30th, 2006 | 09:03 am
mood: lazy
You know it should be a much better day than usual when you get to start it off by being lazy and goofing off when you should normally be a work...
Actually, I'm at home right now because I have a dentist appointment to get my teeth cleaned. I hate it, but getting the morning off in exchange is a little perk I'm giving myself to make it a little easier to deal with. And then afterward, before I go into work, I can get lunch with my sister (as per my usual tradition, I shall go to sonic, get an oversized drink, and spend the rest of the day trying to get the taste of that horrid polish out of my mouth!) and then spend a few hours at work with no boss there looking over my shoulder.
And then after two more full days of work (also hopefully with no boss around)...three day weekend!!!
Actually, I'm at home right now because I have a dentist appointment to get my teeth cleaned. I hate it, but getting the morning off in exchange is a little perk I'm giving myself to make it a little easier to deal with. And then afterward, before I go into work, I can get lunch with my sister (as per my usual tradition, I shall go to sonic, get an oversized drink, and spend the rest of the day trying to get the taste of that horrid polish out of my mouth!) and then spend a few hours at work with no boss there looking over my shoulder.
And then after two more full days of work (also hopefully with no boss around)...three day weekend!!!
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Aug. 23rd, 2006 | 08:45 pm
mood: 
mischievous
Okay, I've seen this thing everywhere I can't say for sure who did it first, so I'll just say I stole it from inusaga
Post a list of 10 books/movies/TV shows that you've had a fannish love of at some time in your life.
-- Have your friends guess your favorite character from each one.
-- You can cross out the show/movie/book and put the character when someone guesses.
1.Inuyasha haro (Inuyasha)
2.Rurouni Kenshin queeney (Misao)
3.Escaflowne queentatooine (Dilandau)
4.Tenchi Muyo patchcat (Washu)
5. Flint: Time Detective
6.Fruits Basket haro (Kyo)
7. Sailor Moon
8.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles patchcat (Leonardo)
9.Sweet Valley Twins (book series) patchcat (Elizabeth)
10. Cheney Duvall , M.D. (book series)
Ha, let's see someone get number 10, LOL...
inusaga Post a list of 10 books/movies/TV shows that you've had a fannish love of at some time in your life.
-- Have your friends guess your favorite character from each one.
-- You can cross out the show/movie/book and put the character when someone guesses.
1.
haro (Inuyasha)2.
queeney (Misao)3.
queentatooine (Dilandau)4.
patchcat (Washu)5. Flint: Time Detective
6.
haro (Kyo)7. Sailor Moon
8.
patchcat (Leonardo)9.
patchcat (Elizabeth)10. Cheney Duvall , M.D. (book series)
Ha, let's see someone get number 10, LOL...
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My mother Vs. Sailor Moon
Aug. 20th, 2006 | 09:42 pm
mood: silly
I admit (very shamelessly) that I own all the Sailor Moon DVD sets. After all, that was the series that introduced me to anime so it deserves some sort of credit. And I admit, they are very collectable and I cackle evilly whenever I see how much they are selling for on e-bay since I bought them for when they were selling for less than SRP. Now some of them are selling for almost double that...
But anyway, until very recently I'd never exposed my mother to it. And if I'd known how entertaining it would be, I would have done so LONG ago...
A normal session watching it with my mother in the room seems to go a lot like this:
Mother: Why don't they ever show Tuxedo Mask having a naked transformation?
Me: Because young girls watch this show, so it wouldn't be good to have naked men running around.
Mother: Well, young boys probably watch it, too, so why do they show naked girls?
Me: Er...good point...
~*~
Mother: Is that a woman, or a man?
Me: You have to ask?!?! You knew right away that the guy that acts like a girl was really a guy, so why can't you tell that the woman that dresses like a man is really a girl?!?!
Mother: *blatantly ignores confusing rant* So that girl she's with...are they THAT way?
Me: Gee, ya think?
~*~
Mother: Don't they realize that if they just got rid of that woman, all their problems would be solved?
Me: No, they wouldn't.
Mother: Yes, they would! She's the one causing all of the trouble!
Me: Nuh uh, if they got rid of her, they would just replace her with someone else, just like they did the first woman.
Mother: First woman? But that's the same woman!
Me: No it isn't, that red-haired woman is different from the first red-haired woman. The first one is dead.
Mother: *looking completely confused* Well, it looks like the same person to me!
~*~
*later, after she's finally accepted that they bring in a new villan every episode*
Mother: So is Mimet gone, yet?
Me: Yep. In fact, this is the replacement of her replacement.
Mother: WHAT?!? That fast?
Me: Whoops, sorry, lost count...this is the replacement of her replacement of her replacement.
Mother: *rolls her eyes and doesn't bother to comment*
~*~
Mother: So, they're supposed to be witches?
Me: No, actually they're aliens
Mother: *fully believes I'm being sarcastic and just gives me 'the look'*
Me: What? It may say witches on the door, but they really are aliens!
Mother: ...
~*~
LOL, yes, those were all real conversations...
But anyway, until very recently I'd never exposed my mother to it. And if I'd known how entertaining it would be, I would have done so LONG ago...
A normal session watching it with my mother in the room seems to go a lot like this:
Mother: Why don't they ever show Tuxedo Mask having a naked transformation?
Me: Because young girls watch this show, so it wouldn't be good to have naked men running around.
Mother: Well, young boys probably watch it, too, so why do they show naked girls?
Me: Er...good point...
~*~
Mother: Is that a woman, or a man?
Me: You have to ask?!?! You knew right away that the guy that acts like a girl was really a guy, so why can't you tell that the woman that dresses like a man is really a girl?!?!
Mother: *blatantly ignores confusing rant* So that girl she's with...are they THAT way?
Me: Gee, ya think?
~*~
Mother: Don't they realize that if they just got rid of that woman, all their problems would be solved?
Me: No, they wouldn't.
Mother: Yes, they would! She's the one causing all of the trouble!
Me: Nuh uh, if they got rid of her, they would just replace her with someone else, just like they did the first woman.
Mother: First woman? But that's the same woman!
Me: No it isn't, that red-haired woman is different from the first red-haired woman. The first one is dead.
Mother: *looking completely confused* Well, it looks like the same person to me!
~*~
*later, after she's finally accepted that they bring in a new villan every episode*
Mother: So is Mimet gone, yet?
Me: Yep. In fact, this is the replacement of her replacement.
Mother: WHAT?!? That fast?
Me: Whoops, sorry, lost count...this is the replacement of her replacement of her replacement.
Mother: *rolls her eyes and doesn't bother to comment*
~*~
Mother: So, they're supposed to be witches?
Me: No, actually they're aliens
Mother: *fully believes I'm being sarcastic and just gives me 'the look'*
Me: What? It may say witches on the door, but they really are aliens!
Mother: ...
~*~
LOL, yes, those were all real conversations...
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Aug. 20th, 2006 | 03:19 pm
mood: amused
Stolen from katmorning
~*~
If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favorite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).
These are two Inuyasha fanfictions that I've been working on that no one outside of my family has actually seen yet.
The Definition of Normal
A/U Romance/Humor
~~~
Merry Chase (One-shot)
Humor/Parody
"Not food..." Inuyasha muttered, frowning. It didn't smell like anything identifiable.
katmorning~*~
If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favorite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).
These are two Inuyasha fanfictions that I've been working on that no one outside of my family has actually seen yet.
The Definition of Normal
A/U Romance/Humor
"W-who the HELL are you??? Are YOU my blind date? Are you Higurashi-san?"
Kagome looked up at the surprisingly feminine voice, and began to get nervous as he/she stared at her in horror. "Er...yes..."
"But you're a WOMAN!"
~~~
Merry Chase (One-shot)
Humor/Parody
"Not food..." Inuyasha muttered, frowning. It didn't smell like anything identifiable.
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Well, I've 'done the deed'
Aug. 14th, 2006 | 09:51 am
mood: happy
I went to register for my fall courses at the college. I took the whole day off to do it, too, even though I knew it probably wouldn't take me that long, lol...so now I get to goof off the rest of the day!
So far I've taken two classes (Understanding Music and General Psychology) and I have A's in the both those classes. So lets see how long it takes me to ruin my 4.0! Anyone want to place bets? For this round of classes, chances are good that I'll keep my 4.0 because I chose ones I know I'll do well in. The classes I picked were American National Government and Western Civ 2. But when I decide to take my math classes, I'll warn everyone before hand in case you need to change your bets! LOL
Being so bad at math sucks.
After I get all my basic courses out of the way, I have all the fun computer classes to do. Well, fun in the true meaning of the word and fun in the sarcastic meaning of the word. Because I love computers, so it will be fun, but they are also going to be HARD, I'm sure. Java programming, Cobal, Intro Visual Basic...any one else ever taken these?
~*~*~*~
On a completely different subject, I have a question: Is anyone else having problems with the ff.net editor not letting you use line breaks?
I tried to upload the first chapter of my new story yesterday, and it wouldn't let me divide up the chapter with line breaks! So I finally gave up, because I wasn't about to upload anything without scene dividers. Every time I would try to add one, it would say 'error' in the bottom left corner of the browser. And when I clicked on it, it would say 'error on the page'.
So yeah, I'd like to know if it's just me it's messing with...
So far I've taken two classes (Understanding Music and General Psychology) and I have A's in the both those classes. So lets see how long it takes me to ruin my 4.0! Anyone want to place bets? For this round of classes, chances are good that I'll keep my 4.0 because I chose ones I know I'll do well in. The classes I picked were American National Government and Western Civ 2. But when I decide to take my math classes, I'll warn everyone before hand in case you need to change your bets! LOL
Being so bad at math sucks.
After I get all my basic courses out of the way, I have all the fun computer classes to do. Well, fun in the true meaning of the word and fun in the sarcastic meaning of the word. Because I love computers, so it will be fun, but they are also going to be HARD, I'm sure. Java programming, Cobal, Intro Visual Basic...any one else ever taken these?
~*~*~*~
On a completely different subject, I have a question: Is anyone else having problems with the ff.net editor not letting you use line breaks?
I tried to upload the first chapter of my new story yesterday, and it wouldn't let me divide up the chapter with line breaks! So I finally gave up, because I wasn't about to upload anything without scene dividers. Every time I would try to add one, it would say 'error' in the bottom left corner of the browser. And when I clicked on it, it would say 'error on the page'.
So yeah, I'd like to know if it's just me it's messing with...
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I'm so terrible!
Aug. 13th, 2006 | 01:55 pm
mood: tired
I honestly don't know what gets into me sometimes! I'm so sorry for vanishing so much and not keeping up with any of you guys. I just have this bad habit of not wanting to be social when I'm especially stressed out, and believe me, I have been. Work has been a killer with the boss I have now, and she's driven almost everyone off that I ejoyed working with. ;_; So yeah, it has been a rough few months...
I am enjoying college right now, though, so that makes up for it. I really wish I could just quit work and go to college, but I need the money, so that would be a no-go. I can dream, though...
Anyway, I have really missed you guys! I need to catch up with some of you and see who is still around. So feel free to drop me a line and to yell at me if you'd like. I can take it!
I am enjoying college right now, though, so that makes up for it. I really wish I could just quit work and go to college, but I need the money, so that would be a no-go. I can dream, though...
Anyway, I have really missed you guys! I need to catch up with some of you and see who is still around. So feel free to drop me a line and to yell at me if you'd like. I can take it!
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May. 13th, 2006 | 11:17 pm
mood: lazy
Hey, I have pictures that were taken by my sister Tuesday morning after the storm! All of them are of our yard except for the last one, which is the yard of a lady that lives across the street from us.
Oh, and before you click on the link, just warning you that I got lazy and put all five of them on one page. So even if you don't have a slow dial up connection like mine, you might need to give them a minute to show up.
Our poor tree...
Did you see how close both the branch and the tree was to our car? I bet even the car was cringing, lol...
But anyway, it cost us $645 dollars to get that tree cut down and the stump ground. Ouch, huh? But at least they cleaned up all the rest of the major debris as well, so we don't have much to do besides raking up the little stuff. Still, that was a painful amount to spend on a tree.
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The night from HELL
May. 9th, 2006 | 03:33 pm
mood: exhausted
Oh my God, we had a scary night last night. Just imagine this:
You've been asleep for about an hour, but then loud thunder and lighting in your eyes (coming through the slats in the blinds) wakes you up. At first you don't think much of it, but the lighting gets to where it is almost constant flashes of light right after the other without a pause in between, and then you start hearing the tapping sound of hail against your windows. Again, still not too worried, but then, all of the sudden, it goes from being a light hail to a deluge and hail and wind so LOUD that you almost can't hear anything else over it.
Yeah, that was just the beginning. When I was coherent enough to realize what a bad spot I was in, I jumped up and got away from the windows as quickly as I could and my mother and I decided to move into the hallway, which was the direct center of the house. And she woke my brother up and made him join us.
Oh, it was the scariest moment of my life. I have been through I don't know how many hurricanes, including Ivan, and NOTHING compared to that (almost everyone I've talked to, including grown men that have lived here all their lives, agreed). I was clinging to my mother like a two year old and listening to what sounded like a thousand man army beating on our roof.
It lasted about ten minutes after that, and early on we lost power.
Later, once it had started calming down, I finally got brave enough to go look outside - and nearly had a heart attack when I shined a flashlight out into our pitch black front yard. A old, VERY tall pine tree a few feet from the front of our house just cracked right in half...and we never even heard it over the roar of the wind, rain, and hail.
It also took a branch off the tree next to it, and the branch was longer than our car, and almost as wide around as an average pine.
But you know what was really miraculous? Not only did it completely miss our house, it completely missed our carport and car by just a teeny, tiny bit. Any farther over and it would have taken the carport out. There were pieces of it actually resting on the car.
We also lost part of our wood privacy fence. It was just laying down on the ground as if someone had stomped on it.
At first we thought it was a tornado, but it turns out that it was a supercell (it was completely black and pink on the radar) that created strong downbursts all over town. There is damage everywhere (including overturned planes at the airport and buildings with missing roofs), and people are still without power. We got ours back after twelve hours.
Our neighbors didn't fare much better. The lady across the street lost a tree, and it completely crushed her fence. And the woman next to us had a branch fall on her SUV and it broke her windshield. Her lawn chair also mysteriously ended up in our backyard.
There was even someone down the street with a carport that was completely destroyed.
I'm so glad the night is over, though we still have a huge cleanup ahead. I don't know how long it will take to get someone to take down the tree (it is barely hanging on where it broke, so it is in the shape of a big V - and looks rather precarious. Our car was trapped, but my Uncle came and removed part of our fence so that we could get the car away from the tree in case it does fall the rest of the way) and we have got to just see about replacing the fence, but I'm just glad no one was hurt. At least not in my family. I haven't heard any news about anyone else being hurt.
My poor cousin, though. She lives in a duplex downtown by herself, and it is part of a very old house with wood floors and cinderblocks propping it up. And the wind was actually tunneling under her house and causing the floor to shake and move around. I can only imagine how terrifying it was to be alone during that.
You've been asleep for about an hour, but then loud thunder and lighting in your eyes (coming through the slats in the blinds) wakes you up. At first you don't think much of it, but the lighting gets to where it is almost constant flashes of light right after the other without a pause in between, and then you start hearing the tapping sound of hail against your windows. Again, still not too worried, but then, all of the sudden, it goes from being a light hail to a deluge and hail and wind so LOUD that you almost can't hear anything else over it.
Yeah, that was just the beginning. When I was coherent enough to realize what a bad spot I was in, I jumped up and got away from the windows as quickly as I could and my mother and I decided to move into the hallway, which was the direct center of the house. And she woke my brother up and made him join us.
Oh, it was the scariest moment of my life. I have been through I don't know how many hurricanes, including Ivan, and NOTHING compared to that (almost everyone I've talked to, including grown men that have lived here all their lives, agreed). I was clinging to my mother like a two year old and listening to what sounded like a thousand man army beating on our roof.
It lasted about ten minutes after that, and early on we lost power.
Later, once it had started calming down, I finally got brave enough to go look outside - and nearly had a heart attack when I shined a flashlight out into our pitch black front yard. A old, VERY tall pine tree a few feet from the front of our house just cracked right in half...and we never even heard it over the roar of the wind, rain, and hail.
It also took a branch off the tree next to it, and the branch was longer than our car, and almost as wide around as an average pine.
But you know what was really miraculous? Not only did it completely miss our house, it completely missed our carport and car by just a teeny, tiny bit. Any farther over and it would have taken the carport out. There were pieces of it actually resting on the car.
We also lost part of our wood privacy fence. It was just laying down on the ground as if someone had stomped on it.
At first we thought it was a tornado, but it turns out that it was a supercell (it was completely black and pink on the radar) that created strong downbursts all over town. There is damage everywhere (including overturned planes at the airport and buildings with missing roofs), and people are still without power. We got ours back after twelve hours.
Our neighbors didn't fare much better. The lady across the street lost a tree, and it completely crushed her fence. And the woman next to us had a branch fall on her SUV and it broke her windshield. Her lawn chair also mysteriously ended up in our backyard.
There was even someone down the street with a carport that was completely destroyed.
I'm so glad the night is over, though we still have a huge cleanup ahead. I don't know how long it will take to get someone to take down the tree (it is barely hanging on where it broke, so it is in the shape of a big V - and looks rather precarious. Our car was trapped, but my Uncle came and removed part of our fence so that we could get the car away from the tree in case it does fall the rest of the way) and we have got to just see about replacing the fence, but I'm just glad no one was hurt. At least not in my family. I haven't heard any news about anyone else being hurt.
My poor cousin, though. She lives in a duplex downtown by herself, and it is part of a very old house with wood floors and cinderblocks propping it up. And the wind was actually tunneling under her house and causing the floor to shake and move around. I can only imagine how terrifying it was to be alone during that.
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Some sad news and good news...
Mar. 4th, 2006 | 08:21 am
mood: sympathetic
Some of you might remember me talking about a friend of my mother's that has had cancer several times. Well, she found out she had it again several weeks ago, and died Wednesday.
That was really hard for everyone to take. Last week she was still okay, though she'd discovered just a couple of weeks before that she had cancer in her bones and the beginnings of it in her lungs. And that made the fourth time.
But then she got admitted into the hospital around the end of the week last week because she was having a hard time breathing from what everyone had thought was a cold, and by Tuesday everyone knew she probably wouldn't survive the night. In just the short time between then and the time they had found the cancer in her lungs, the leasions had already turned into tumors and shut her lungs down.
My poor mother. This is so hard for her. She's worked and been friends with this woman for 15 years. And a couple of weeks ago she had no idea that she would probably be attending her funeral today.
~~~~
Some good news for all of you, though, I finally posted an update to 'Step'. Writing has always been the best way to cheer me up when I'm down about something, and I've been a little depressed all week though I've been working hard not to show it in front of my mother because I knew it wouldn't help her any. Writing something as silly as a chapter of 'Step' helped a lot, though. ^_^
That was really hard for everyone to take. Last week she was still okay, though she'd discovered just a couple of weeks before that she had cancer in her bones and the beginnings of it in her lungs. And that made the fourth time.
But then she got admitted into the hospital around the end of the week last week because she was having a hard time breathing from what everyone had thought was a cold, and by Tuesday everyone knew she probably wouldn't survive the night. In just the short time between then and the time they had found the cancer in her lungs, the leasions had already turned into tumors and shut her lungs down.
My poor mother. This is so hard for her. She's worked and been friends with this woman for 15 years. And a couple of weeks ago she had no idea that she would probably be attending her funeral today.
~~~~
Some good news for all of you, though, I finally posted an update to 'Step'. Writing has always been the best way to cheer me up when I'm down about something, and I've been a little depressed all week though I've been working hard not to show it in front of my mother because I knew it wouldn't help her any. Writing something as silly as a chapter of 'Step' helped a lot, though. ^_^
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I'm back!
Feb. 21st, 2006 | 09:41 pm
mood: happy
I can't believe I've let so much time pass since my last post. I've missed you all! I kept thinking 'I need to post, I need to post' but between work, writing, college, housework, and just being plain lazy every chance I get, I ended up procrastinating about it.
I finally got a big reminder in the mail today though. I got a CD from Lars! YAY! She did a Valentine's CD last year, and decided to do it again this year! I love getting stuff in the mail from people. The unexpected little suprises make life more fun. ^_^ Thank you, Lars! (my mother saw the name is the corner, and was like 'Who in the world do you know named Larsy-warsy???')
I don't have much to talk about otherwise, except that my Bahamas trip is getting close! We leave March 10th. And I've already got my passport! I admit, that was something I never thought I'd have a reason to get. It feels a little strange having one, but now that I do, I guess I'd better use it. I wonder where else I should go...
I finally got a big reminder in the mail today though. I got a CD from Lars! YAY! She did a Valentine's CD last year, and decided to do it again this year! I love getting stuff in the mail from people. The unexpected little suprises make life more fun. ^_^ Thank you, Lars! (my mother saw the name is the corner, and was like 'Who in the world do you know named Larsy-warsy???')
I don't have much to talk about otherwise, except that my Bahamas trip is getting close! We leave March 10th. And I've already got my passport! I admit, that was something I never thought I'd have a reason to get. It feels a little strange having one, but now that I do, I guess I'd better use it. I wonder where else I should go...