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AND AGAIN. LAST TIME. I PROMISE!
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Alternately, condensed version: adsufhkgjngwe hate
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Alternately, condensed version: adsufhkgjngwe hate
Despite what the tag might imply, this entry has nothing to do with dolphins and most certainly nothing to do with Ecco the Dolphin. You'll just have to take me at my word: they (read: Ecco) ruined my life.
Finally got around to going to the bank and checking my account balance to see how much damage the BotCon registration actually did. (...I should probably be more grateful for these eight-hour shifts at work, all things considered!) I'm still a little nervous, since I'm not going to know anyone there and I can be overwhelmed by crowds, but it's going to be worth it. I knew that, but now the first images of the convention exclusives are up here on the BotCon website and man, Dirge looks pretty. I do not care that his wings have not been remolded. I will not care if Thrust's wings are not remodeled. I do not care! They are pretty and they are the remaining three jets and they are mine and oh yeah, I guess there are those other guys, too.
WORK.
I have eight hours shifts on Saturday and Sunday! What?! I asked for less time this weekend! What would they do if I asked for more? Fire me? Augh! How am I supposed to write twenty pages worth of research paper if I'm working all day and coming home exhausted from standing for eight hours?! Fragger!
I finished early again, so I did more writing. You can see it here. (EDIT: edited to be upright!) Along with baking notes and positions they're currently hiring for.
Or, for those of you who find my scrawl unintelligible (I can write neatly, I just don't bother if I'm sure no one else is going to be trying to read it) and actually want to be able to... you know, read it. ( Here it is again! )
I do not entirely consider myself a bad ... sketcher (I am not an artist, I just like to doodle), but I have become inordinately fond of Ridiculous Stick Figures. I draw them everywhere, and I have started adding traits to them when they are supposed to actually represent someone. For example, because I play a Mithra in Final Fantasy XI (most of the time, anyway),* I add Mithra ears and sometimes a tail to "me" (like so). Sometimes when I am bored, and because I am not much for real identifying features when I am doodling in class, apparently, they end up on other images. (Sometimes I do stick figures and non-stick figures all at once, too.)
It it fun. Or I am easily entertained.
*I actually have three characters. My main is Hisime, who is adorable and also camera-shy (and I only have one full screenshot of her current outfit uploaded? Wow, I'm slacking off in my blatant favoritism), my second is Ayarei, who is an Elvaan and not sure why she puts with with the silliness of the other two, and my third is Kihara, who is a tremendous goof and who has a younger sister (it's Ki on the right and Nomii on the left), or so we pretend.
I cannot believe this was all online already (er, with the exception of the writing-bit, because I made that today, obviously). I have got to clean out my PhotoBucket account, as I obviously have no idea what's in there anymore.
You can tell I am brain dead and bored from working on my reports because I added entirely too many image links to this entry. My apologies, and don't feel obligated to look at any of the FFXI ones. ^^;
Finally got around to going to the bank and checking my account balance to see how much damage the BotCon registration actually did. (...I should probably be more grateful for these eight-hour shifts at work, all things considered!) I'm still a little nervous, since I'm not going to know anyone there and I can be overwhelmed by crowds, but it's going to be worth it. I knew that, but now the first images of the convention exclusives are up here on the BotCon website and man, Dirge looks pretty. I do not care that his wings have not been remolded. I will not care if Thrust's wings are not remodeled. I do not care! They are pretty and they are the remaining three jets and they are mine and oh yeah, I guess there are those other guys, too.
WORK.
I have eight hours shifts on Saturday and Sunday! What?! I asked for less time this weekend! What would they do if I asked for more? Fire me? Augh! How am I supposed to write twenty pages worth of research paper if I'm working all day and coming home exhausted from standing for eight hours?! Fragger!
I finished early again, so I did more writing. You can see it here. (EDIT: edited to be upright!) Along with baking notes and positions they're currently hiring for.
Or, for those of you who find my scrawl unintelligible (I can write neatly, I just don't bother if I'm sure no one else is going to be trying to read it) and actually want to be able to... you know, read it. ( Here it is again! )
I do not entirely consider myself a bad ... sketcher (I am not an artist, I just like to doodle), but I have become inordinately fond of Ridiculous Stick Figures. I draw them everywhere, and I have started adding traits to them when they are supposed to actually represent someone. For example, because I play a Mithra in Final Fantasy XI (most of the time, anyway),* I add Mithra ears and sometimes a tail to "me" (like so). Sometimes when I am bored, and because I am not much for real identifying features when I am doodling in class, apparently, they end up on other images. (Sometimes I do stick figures and non-stick figures all at once, too.)
It it fun. Or I am easily entertained.
*I actually have three characters. My main is Hisime, who is adorable and also camera-shy (and I only have one full screenshot of her current outfit uploaded? Wow, I'm slacking off in my blatant favoritism), my second is Ayarei, who is an Elvaan and not sure why she puts with with the silliness of the other two, and my third is Kihara, who is a tremendous goof and who has a younger sister (it's Ki on the right and Nomii on the left), or so we pretend.
I cannot believe this was all online already (er, with the exception of the writing-bit, because I made that today, obviously). I have got to clean out my PhotoBucket account, as I obviously have no idea what's in there anymore.
You can tell I am brain dead and bored from working on my reports because I added entirely too many image links to this entry. My apologies, and don't feel obligated to look at any of the FFXI ones. ^^;
Ramb sa, e ys cbaygehk eh Al Bhed ykyeh yht e tuh'd ghuf fro.
...Hun lyh e cdub, ed caasc.
E ryda ed frah drec rybbahc!
...Hun lyh e cdub, ed caasc.
E ryda ed frah drec rybbahc!
I inflicted the Silent Hill / Original Character story on someone, and I think it went over fairly well. Possibly I can rest easier now, knowing I have at least shared the insanity, if not disposed of it. Really it'd be boring without it.
( Talking. )
Anyway, beta-reading may have been a false alarm, as I've not heard back since sending a reply, but knowing FF.net, it may just be that it hasn't gotten through yet. I HATE YOU TOO, FF.NET! Whatever.
I need something to do. ARG.
And no, you stupid arachnids, going through my room and systematically eradicating every last one of you doesn't count!
*edits IM text and annoys everyone*
Completely off-topic now, but, haha, wow. Is that for real? If Wheeljack were human, he would do things like that, I think... XD Nifty idea and all, but... And those headlights are kind of a giant SHOOT HERE.
Had a storm last night. Snow and ice. Finally! \o.o/
Edit:
And the eternal question. Do I repaint this guy as Comics Ratchet or as Cartoon Ratchet? Oh, dilemma.
The other question is what to do with this Ricochet, now that I've stolen his head and replaced it with Rollbar's. Also, I need to finish buying paint.
( Talking. )
Anyway, beta-reading may have been a false alarm, as I've not heard back since sending a reply, but knowing FF.net, it may just be that it hasn't gotten through yet. I HATE YOU TOO, FF.NET! Whatever.
I need something to do. ARG.
And no, you stupid arachnids, going through my room and systematically eradicating every last one of you doesn't count!
*edits IM text and annoys everyone*
Completely off-topic now, but, haha, wow. Is that for real? If Wheeljack were human, he would do things like that, I think... XD Nifty idea and all, but... And those headlights are kind of a giant SHOOT HERE.
Had a storm last night. Snow and ice. Finally! \o.o/
Edit:
And the eternal question. Do I repaint this guy as Comics Ratchet or as Cartoon Ratchet? Oh, dilemma.
The other question is what to do with this Ricochet, now that I've stolen his head and replaced it with Rollbar's. Also, I need to finish buying paint.
No, stop. Please, please stop. STOP BEFORE I TAKE AWAY YOUR KEYBOARD AND PENS AND PENCILS AND ... AND STOP. x_x
There is NO "A" IN TOMORROW.
TOMORROW!
T - O - M - O - R - R - O - W
WHY MUST EVERYONE EVER AND ALWAYS MISSPELL THAT POOR WORD WHAT DID TOMORROW EVER DO TO YOU?! THE ANSWER IS NOTHING BECAUSE TOMORROW IS NEVER HERE SO LEAVE IT ALONE YOU BULLY.
...Yes, let's all be sane now. There is a spider in my room. Possibly it is dead, but I really rather doubt it. I woke up at Entirely Too Early this morning and was unable to get back to sleep initially, so I tried rolling over and AAHG SPIDER ON THE WALL (sometimes I wish my spider-sense was a tad less literal). We had a stare off and then it tried to crawl back below the bed so I dropped a book on it. ...Now I want the book back but am afraid to reach down and get it. *stares mournfully*
I mean, what if the spider is down there and it attacks me or gets on me or something? Yes I realize that this makes no sense but what part of phobias ever does?
( Warning: female-body-talk. )
Right, and, the lamp on my dresser is glitchy at the best of times. The outlet is kind of wonky or something. ...So, uh, whenever I approach my dresser, the light flickers and makes a noise that kind of resembles static. It's kind of unnerving.
Oh, uh, something remotely sane. I think I've finally finished editing my Original Character (of a friend) VS. Silent Hill thing, so I'm going to make her read it next time I see her, since she at least liked the opening and because that way she can tell me if there are any glaring instances of out-of-character behavior (also, Okame's creator agrees with me that sending her to SH is practically canon). ...I love how I say I'm going to talk about something sane and proceed to discuss Silent Hill. No idea what I'll do with it once she's finished it. Not gonna post it on FF.net because it would probably make very little sense without any sort of explanation on the character.
I did not sleep well last night and am drugged up on pain killers. Can you tell?
Also the internet at my house is being ridiculously flaky. STOP DYING ON ME, YOU BRAT.
There is NO "A" IN TOMORROW.
TOMORROW!
T - O - M - O - R - R - O - W
WHY MUST EVERYONE EVER AND ALWAYS MISSPELL THAT POOR WORD WHAT DID TOMORROW EVER DO TO YOU?! THE ANSWER IS NOTHING BECAUSE TOMORROW IS NEVER HERE SO LEAVE IT ALONE YOU BULLY.
...Yes, let's all be sane now. There is a spider in my room. Possibly it is dead, but I really rather doubt it. I woke up at Entirely Too Early this morning and was unable to get back to sleep initially, so I tried rolling over and AAHG SPIDER ON THE WALL (sometimes I wish my spider-sense was a tad less literal). We had a stare off and then it tried to crawl back below the bed so I dropped a book on it. ...Now I want the book back but am afraid to reach down and get it. *stares mournfully*
I mean, what if the spider is down there and it attacks me or gets on me or something? Yes I realize that this makes no sense but what part of phobias ever does?
( Warning: female-body-talk. )
Right, and, the lamp on my dresser is glitchy at the best of times. The outlet is kind of wonky or something. ...So, uh, whenever I approach my dresser, the light flickers and makes a noise that kind of resembles static. It's kind of unnerving.
Oh, uh, something remotely sane. I think I've finally finished editing my Original Character (of a friend) VS. Silent Hill thing, so I'm going to make her read it next time I see her, since she at least liked the opening and because that way she can tell me if there are any glaring instances of out-of-character behavior (also, Okame's creator agrees with me that sending her to SH is practically canon). ...I love how I say I'm going to talk about something sane and proceed to discuss Silent Hill. No idea what I'll do with it once she's finished it. Not gonna post it on FF.net because it would probably make very little sense without any sort of explanation on the character.
I did not sleep well last night and am drugged up on pain killers. Can you tell?
Also the internet at my house is being ridiculously flaky. STOP DYING ON ME, YOU BRAT.
Tags:
- asexual - nothing to do with it amoebas,
- hate my language and anyone speaking it,
- i do not approve!,
- put down the capslock you lunatic,
- she never shuts up does she?,
- slaggit brain!,
- some cheese with that whine?,
- spiders,
- stupid body,
- the readers all think i am insane,
- these tags are redundant,
- this must be what going mad feels like,
- too many tags arg!
...as soon as I stop finding them. Man, we have got too many old computers around here.
This is, uh... bit of a joke between a friend and I, really. In short, cactuars are evil (that is a strange story. I might tell it sometime when I am bored) and pairing names sound funnier than they should sometimes.
( Apocalyptic Fresh! It's like an Infomercial or something. )
I'd apologize for this, but I'm not sorry. :P
...I swear I just heard "Wheelie, don't you lose my number" (as opposed to the actual lyrics, "Billy"). ... Possibly it is time to go to bed, then. o_O;
This is, uh... bit of a joke between a friend and I, really. In short, cactuars are evil (that is a strange story. I might tell it sometime when I am bored) and pairing names sound funnier than they should sometimes.
( Apocalyptic Fresh! It's like an Infomercial or something. )
I'd apologize for this, but I'm not sorry. :P
...I swear I just heard "Wheelie, don't you lose my number" (as opposed to the actual lyrics, "Billy"). ... Possibly it is time to go to bed, then. o_O;
We're going to restore it soon (because, wow, it's a completely new level of "doesn't work"), which means I'm looking through the old files and pulling out the ones I want to keep. This is the one that can't send email (or do much of anything, really. I'm not sure why the internet works on it, to be honest), so, uh, yeah. 'Nother file transfer post, here.
Stumbled upon a thing I wrote a while back (don't remember when) featuring the original character of a friend of mine. (Incidentally, the same one I was up all last night writing about. Creepy coincidences get along well with her. Go away, Silent Hill / OC crossover.) (Jade is my character, but the main person here is not. (un?)Fortunately, Hotaru's creator allows me to do pretty much anything I want with her.)
( This girl is craaazy. )
And now I must accompany my mother to her Christmas Eve church-thing. By "now" I mean, in an hour.
Edit:
Hotaru? Look, I'm terribly sorry, but as you no doubt know already, I had a nice chat with your creator tonight, and she fully endorses your jaunting through Silent Hill. What's more, she even rather liked the bits that I showed her from the story.
Guess you're stuck with this.
...And if anyone could explain why I suddenly find myself writing characters into Silent Hill scenarios on Christmas / Eve, I'd... greatly appreciate it, really. I mean, of all days.
Stumbled upon a thing I wrote a while back (don't remember when) featuring the original character of a friend of mine. (Incidentally, the same one I was up all last night writing about. Creepy coincidences get along well with her. Go away, Silent Hill / OC crossover.) (Jade is my character, but the main person here is not. (un?)Fortunately, Hotaru's creator allows me to do pretty much anything I want with her.)
( This girl is craaazy. )
And now I must accompany my mother to her Christmas Eve church-thing. By "now" I mean, in an hour.
Edit:
Hotaru? Look, I'm terribly sorry, but as you no doubt know already, I had a nice chat with your creator tonight, and she fully endorses your jaunting through Silent Hill. What's more, she even rather liked the bits that I showed her from the story.
Guess you're stuck with this.
...And if anyone could explain why I suddenly find myself writing characters into Silent Hill scenarios on Christmas / Eve, I'd... greatly appreciate it, really. I mean, of all days.
It's 6 am and I've yet to go to bed because I've been up all night writing an insane little story.
Hopefully, she doesn't mind me doing this to her original character.
Me, I'm trying to figure out how I went from Transformers to Doctor Who to Silent Hill to Major Original Universe #3 to MOU3 and Silent Hill all in under five minutes. Obviously shampoo does incredibly strange things to my brain, because this stuff always happens in the shower.
...I'm also still trying to figure out why I'm writing it. Oh, I am sorry, 'Taru. If it makes you feel better, I'm sure Jade is going to murder me for this. Hopefully tomorrow I will talk to your creator and she'll tell me to stop this (despite having forfeited writing claims on you to me). Because I will listen to her if she does. (For all the good stopping here will do, seeing as how I'm, you know, done with it already. Erm.)
That all said, I totally fail at writing Silent Hill-esque things. Also, this thing is distressingly similar to SH2 in places, but I'm not sure how else I could have done this. I mean... arg. I didn't even realize it until I was writing the last scene. *facepalm*
Hopefully, she doesn't mind me doing this to her original character.
Me, I'm trying to figure out how I went from Transformers to Doctor Who to Silent Hill to Major Original Universe #3 to MOU3 and Silent Hill all in under five minutes. Obviously shampoo does incredibly strange things to my brain, because this stuff always happens in the shower.
...I'm also still trying to figure out why I'm writing it. Oh, I am sorry, 'Taru. If it makes you feel better, I'm sure Jade is going to murder me for this. Hopefully tomorrow I will talk to your creator and she'll tell me to stop this (despite having forfeited writing claims on you to me). Because I will listen to her if she does. (For all the good stopping here will do, seeing as how I'm, you know, done with it already. Erm.)
That all said, I totally fail at writing Silent Hill-esque things. Also, this thing is distressingly similar to SH2 in places, but I'm not sure how else I could have done this. I mean... arg. I didn't even realize it until I was writing the last scene. *facepalm*
Some days, I get into extremely long (and strange) arguments with my own characters.
Those are very often very odd days. Especially with this situation. They're both crazy and messed up, but that's a large part of why I love them. :D
... I mean, sure, it's good and all, helps me get to know the character better and world-build a bit, but, wow, could you please stop bothering me right now? I've been ignoring you most of the month and you've just been getting worse. Why do you always do this when you know I have no time for you?! blarg.
You're jealous of NaNo, aren't you? You're jealous that I'm paying attention to Hisime et al and not you! You are such a brat.
Also, got Classics Starscream today! He's gorgeous. ...And, no, they're not in stores here. I ordered him online because I wanted to use him for my photography final project. Probably end up ordering the other guys later, after Christmas or something.
Probably start shooting the project tomorrow. It's supposed to be nice out, and how often does that happen this time of year?
...And, you know, much as I like Thanksgiving dinner, I'm getting a little sick of it now. Hopefully we get something new tomorrow, since we finished off a few things tonight (yeah, all the good stuff. Still too much turkey and stuffing. Bah).
Those are very often very odd days. Especially with this situation. They're both crazy and messed up, but that's a large part of why I love them. :D
... I mean, sure, it's good and all, helps me get to know the character better and world-build a bit, but, wow, could you please stop bothering me right now? I've been ignoring you most of the month and you've just been getting worse. Why do you always do this when you know I have no time for you?! blarg.
You're jealous of NaNo, aren't you? You're jealous that I'm paying attention to Hisime et al and not you! You are such a brat.
Also, got Classics Starscream today! He's gorgeous. ...And, no, they're not in stores here. I ordered him online because I wanted to use him for my photography final project. Probably end up ordering the other guys later, after Christmas or something.
Probably start shooting the project tomorrow. It's supposed to be nice out, and how often does that happen this time of year?
...And, you know, much as I like Thanksgiving dinner, I'm getting a little sick of it now. Hopefully we get something new tomorrow, since we finished off a few things tonight (yeah, all the good stuff. Still too much turkey and stuffing. Bah).
LJ's working again, hurrah. No work today, but had an icky weekend and I'm lagging behind a bit on NaNo. I'm blaming my brain. Had a bit of a conversation with it earlier this morning, actually. Yes, yes, I talk to my brain. I do not regard my brain as part of my sane self and disown it on almost a daily basis. I realize this may, in fact, be rather odd.
So, yes, as I said, I talked to the Brain today.
( It was confused. )
I really have no idea what caused that idiocy. Stupid brain.
Edit:
Then on Sunday I thought it was Monday, and then on Thursday I thought it was Monday again. There's something very wrong with my internal calendar.
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This song always - always - makes me feel better, no matter what. It's not necessarily a happy song, but I think it's kind of hopeful, and I ... really just love it (just in case my using it for most all the labels on this journal didn't make that obvious enough). It's my inspiration-for-living song, or something. I really don't know why.
Also, Mike is over here playing Ecco: Defender of the Future. He's fighting the crocodile. My nerves are effectively KO'd, and sanity might not be coming back. In so many ways, this game is worse than Silent Hill.
So, yes, as I said, I talked to the Brain today.
( It was confused. )
I really have no idea what caused that idiocy. Stupid brain.
Edit:
Then on Sunday I thought it was Monday, and then on Thursday I thought it was Monday again. There's something very wrong with my internal calendar.
/edit
This song always - always - makes me feel better, no matter what. It's not necessarily a happy song, but I think it's kind of hopeful, and I ... really just love it (just in case my using it for most all the labels on this journal didn't make that obvious enough). It's my inspiration-for-living song, or something. I really don't know why.
Also, Mike is over here playing Ecco: Defender of the Future. He's fighting the crocodile. My nerves are effectively KO'd, and sanity might not be coming back. In so many ways, this game is worse than Silent Hill.
Random musings brought on by a conversation involving Transformers (Beast Wars, to be specific) and Mary Sues. No, I did not create a Sue of my own, but I had to deal with a friend's.
( This is probably not interesting. )
I think I'm glad she stopped liking Beast Wars before she discovered the internet and fanfiction. The fandom's crazy enough as it is.
...I'm also kind of glad we had that huge falling out between middle and high school and stopped being friends. I am so much better off without that variety of kleptomaniac craziness in my life.
Checked toy store on way home from school again today. Still no sign of Deluxe Classics, but they did have Titanium Optimal Optimus. I think he's the other release this month (along with Scourge, I mean), so maybe there's at least hope for that.
One week to NaNo (if you count today). If I don't watch it, I'm going to start counting down the hours.
( This is probably not interesting. )
I think I'm glad she stopped liking Beast Wars before she discovered the internet and fanfiction. The fandom's crazy enough as it is.
...I'm also kind of glad we had that huge falling out between middle and high school and stopped being friends. I am so much better off without that variety of kleptomaniac craziness in my life.
Checked toy store on way home from school again today. Still no sign of Deluxe Classics, but they did have Titanium Optimal Optimus. I think he's the other release this month (along with Scourge, I mean), so maybe there's at least hope for that.
One week to NaNo (if you count today). If I don't watch it, I'm going to start counting down the hours.
I love remembering at, you know, midnight that I still need to shoot yet another roll of film because I'm going into the darkroom in the morning to develop said film!
Whoops! Guess I'll be busy, come the dawn.
Plot bunny that will not die? At least pick a character to do this to so I can get it over with. Yes, okay, Silverbolt would work (we could even base it during the time between the end of Endgame Part 2 and the end of Endgame Part 3!). (Oh, oh, and we could use one of the Blackarachnia repaints, and... I cannot believe I am allowing this train of thought.)
Rodimus would probably work, too, (okay, anyone with guilt issues and/or inner angst would) but I don't know what'd happen with him. (Depth Charge could work, too... hmm.)
Speaking of poor BW 'Bolt, I have still got that second toy. If I don't get rid of it soon, I fear I'll become attached to it and then be unable to part with it.
... SILENT HILL 3, STOP MOCKING ME. I WILL PUT YOU IN AND PLAY YOU SOMEDAY, I SWEAR. Please don't come and get me.
Seven days to NaNo. It's like a countdown to Doomsday or something.
Whoops! Guess I'll be busy, come the dawn.
Plot bunny that will not die? At least pick a character to do this to so I can get it over with. Yes, okay, Silverbolt would work (we could even base it during the time between the end of Endgame Part 2 and the end of Endgame Part 3!). (Oh, oh, and we could use one of the Blackarachnia repaints, and... I cannot believe I am allowing this train of thought.)
Rodimus would probably work, too, (okay, anyone with guilt issues and/or inner angst would) but I don't know what'd happen with him. (Depth Charge could work, too... hmm.)
Speaking of poor BW 'Bolt, I have still got that second toy. If I don't get rid of it soon, I fear I'll become attached to it and then be unable to part with it.
... SILENT HILL 3, STOP MOCKING ME. I WILL PUT YOU IN AND PLAY YOU SOMEDAY, I SWEAR. Please don't come and get me.
Seven days to NaNo. It's like a countdown to Doomsday or something.
NaNoWriMo starts in eight days. Aaaaagh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaa - oh, hey, Titanium Scourge is out? Perfect! I just picked up a pay check today!
Toy store even carries Titaniums (unlike Classics and Alternators and... well, most everything), so maybe I'll stop by after classes tomorrow and see if they've gotten him in yet. I wonder if there are plans to make the other two Unicronians. (Is that even a word?) (( Edit: Didn't see him today. :\ ))
Back to NaNo, though. Probably going with the Final Fantasy XI bit. I've obtained permission from most everyone who has a character (or two) that I'll need to use. Just need to get in contact with Crytuf and Shadowlotus' player. And Nehima / Nomii's, though I'm quite sure she won't care, as I use her characters all the time. Better to avoid potential problems in the first place, though. Of course, getting in touch with her is going to be a problem. She didn't give me her dorm phone number or address, she never checks her email, and she doesn't use instant messaging programs. Annoying.
Dear Primus, eight days? Ugh. I am so, so slagged.
Toy store even carries Titaniums (unlike Classics and Alternators and... well, most everything), so maybe I'll stop by after classes tomorrow and see if they've gotten him in yet. I wonder if there are plans to make the other two Unicronians. (Is that even a word?) (( Edit: Didn't see him today. :\ ))
Back to NaNo, though. Probably going with the Final Fantasy XI bit. I've obtained permission from most everyone who has a character (or two) that I'll need to use. Just need to get in contact with Crytuf and Shadowlotus' player. And Nehima / Nomii's, though I'm quite sure she won't care, as I use her characters all the time. Better to avoid potential problems in the first place, though. Of course, getting in touch with her is going to be a problem. She didn't give me her dorm phone number or address, she never checks her email, and she doesn't use instant messaging programs. Annoying.
Dear Primus, eight days? Ugh. I am so, so slagged.
I have a rash on my nose from having to blow it so much. *generally unhappy, disgruntled noises*
I have about twelve things I want to rant on, but I'm tired and I don't like making extremely long entries on multiple subjects, so I'll probably try and cover them all over the next couple days.
Note to self:
- DB ch
- CP J 2p
- AS!R def
- "I'd rather" OC etc
- new VG :D
- ego man
For now, though, just a short story of sorts. My work shirt has a stiff collar. Some days I have to wear this shirt with a stiff collar for upwards of eight hours, all while moving around and sweeping the floors and such. Sometimes the collar chafes my neck a little.
Over dinner tonight Dad had a sudden spasm and asked me who I'd been kissing, since the red mark (I have one on each side of my neck, but he could only see the one) apparently looks kind of like a hickey. ...Man, what a stupid word. Who the heck came up with that, anyway?
I think he was kind of happy about it, until I told him it was just my shirt scratching at me (this led to a strange conversation about my shirt being sexy, which of course led into Mom trying to sing that "too sexy for my shirt" song, even though she doesn't know any of the lyrics).
Though it kind of distresses me that my dad thinks it's some kind of personal affront to him that I have yet to even remotely display interest in anyone. (Really, who lives to twenty without having had a crush/boyfriend/make-out session/pregnancy scare/whatever? Me, I think he watches too many teen drama shows. Feh.)
I kind of feel bad for my parents. They really don't get that I'm just not interested in sex or any of that other stuff (cuddles are okay, but keep your face-sucking away from me, please).
I have about twelve things I want to rant on, but I'm tired and I don't like making extremely long entries on multiple subjects, so I'll probably try and cover them all over the next couple days.
Note to self:
- DB ch
- CP J 2p
- AS!R def
- "I'd rather" OC etc
- new VG :D
- ego man
For now, though, just a short story of sorts. My work shirt has a stiff collar. Some days I have to wear this shirt with a stiff collar for upwards of eight hours, all while moving around and sweeping the floors and such. Sometimes the collar chafes my neck a little.
Over dinner tonight Dad had a sudden spasm and asked me who I'd been kissing, since the red mark (I have one on each side of my neck, but he could only see the one) apparently looks kind of like a hickey. ...Man, what a stupid word. Who the heck came up with that, anyway?
I think he was kind of happy about it, until I told him it was just my shirt scratching at me (this led to a strange conversation about my shirt being sexy, which of course led into Mom trying to sing that "too sexy for my shirt" song, even though she doesn't know any of the lyrics).
Though it kind of distresses me that my dad thinks it's some kind of personal affront to him that I have yet to even remotely display interest in anyone. (Really, who lives to twenty without having had a crush/boyfriend/make-out session/pregnancy scare/whatever? Me, I think he watches too many teen drama shows. Feh.)
I kind of feel bad for my parents. They really don't get that I'm just not interested in sex or any of that other stuff (cuddles are okay, but keep your face-sucking away from me, please).
I've finally snapped. Stupid ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fanficrants. *blames* So, yes, this was brought on by a rant on FFR, but isn't actually directed at the author of said rant, who was both frustrated and exaggerating to make a point (and who's main point was a rather good one - familiarize yourself with the canon). Just so we got that cleared up.
I am sick to death of the hate Advent Children gets from the FFVII fandom. Okay, sure, sure, it had some problems. You can't retell VII in an hour and a half long movie. Was that what you were expecting?
( Grumping ensues. )
I guess I should just finish this before I get too worked up. In conclusion? Advent Children, despite how much you may or may not like it, is canon. If you don't like that, you don't need to work with it. People were writing in the fandom long before the movie and I'm sure most of them don't care that all of their work is now AU, since it doesn't make it any lower quality. (Though I do agree that authors should be familiar with the game canon before trying to write about these characters.)
But going around spouting how you don't like Advent Children because it was just a bunch of pretty fanservice that ruined all the characters is getting really old. Maybe it was, but it still happened, and you can either accept that and work in the "new" world of VII, or you can ignore it and stick to game canon. It doesn't make you any worse or better as a person. Really.
Just, please stop going on about how AC ruined the fandom and how anyone who likes it obviously didn't appreciate VII for what it was.
Primus, you're starting to make the Transformers fandom look sane. Do you have any idea how hard that is?
...And in closing, akuksfjknfks gah
fanficrants. *blames* So, yes, this was brought on by a rant on FFR, but isn't actually directed at the author of said rant, who was both frustrated and exaggerating to make a point (and who's main point was a rather good one - familiarize yourself with the canon). Just so we got that cleared up.I am sick to death of the hate Advent Children gets from the FFVII fandom. Okay, sure, sure, it had some problems. You can't retell VII in an hour and a half long movie. Was that what you were expecting?
( Grumping ensues. )
I guess I should just finish this before I get too worked up. In conclusion? Advent Children, despite how much you may or may not like it, is canon. If you don't like that, you don't need to work with it. People were writing in the fandom long before the movie and I'm sure most of them don't care that all of their work is now AU, since it doesn't make it any lower quality. (Though I do agree that authors should be familiar with the game canon before trying to write about these characters.)
But going around spouting how you don't like Advent Children because it was just a bunch of pretty fanservice that ruined all the characters is getting really old. Maybe it was, but it still happened, and you can either accept that and work in the "new" world of VII, or you can ignore it and stick to game canon. It doesn't make you any worse or better as a person. Really.
Just, please stop going on about how AC ruined the fandom and how anyone who likes it obviously didn't appreciate VII for what it was.
Primus, you're starting to make the Transformers fandom look sane. Do you have any idea how hard that is?
...And in closing, akuksfjknfks gah
We beat Silent Hill 2 last night. ( Minor Spoilers for the end of the game follow. )
Changing topics entirely, what's up with people saying, "Oh, my Primus"? Isn't that like saying "Oh, my Zeus" or something? I... was pretty sure Primus was the name and not the title. *boggles*
... um. My brain just went from Silent Hill to Transformers and... Crossovers. No. SO MUCH NO. I need a "delete" function for my brain. Stupid brain.
I got a package in the mail today from a friend out-of-state. An extremely late birthday present, whoo! It's the *erm, guesses at height*8 12 inch (or so) Squall Leonhart figure from the Play Arts line SquareEnix is putting out these days. It's a very nice figure, and I think Squall's a pretty interesting character, but... Now I have the Squall, the Vincent, and I still have the I still don't know the height on these things 14" Kimahri figure. I do not know what to do with any of them. I have no room for them! Especially not the Kimahri. Arg. (I love them anyway, of course.)
I do like the little 4"-ish figures more, mostly because I can buy the two or three characters I want and then perch them on a corner somewhere, but these ones I keep getting? Too big.
I have no concept of measurements. Could you tell?
Changing topics entirely, what's up with people saying, "Oh, my Primus"? Isn't that like saying "Oh, my Zeus" or something? I... was pretty sure Primus was the name and not the title. *boggles*
... um. My brain just went from Silent Hill to Transformers and... Crossovers. No. SO MUCH NO. I need a "delete" function for my brain. Stupid brain.
I got a package in the mail today from a friend out-of-state. An extremely late birthday present, whoo! It's the *erm, guesses at height*
I do like the little 4"-ish figures more, mostly because I can buy the two or three characters I want and then perch them on a corner somewhere, but these ones I keep getting? Too big.
I have no concept of measurements. Could you tell?
( Short talking/rant, mostly on Season 3 of G1 )
I was supposed to play some more Silent Hill 2 tonight, but my SH2 partner is feeling a little under the weather, so we postponed. Just as well. I needed to finish stitching in all 27 yards of hair into the doll heads. What in the name of Cybertron was I thinking when I came up with this idea? 27 yards of string is far too much.
I had an interview today. I should hear back within a week (probably within a day or two, she said, but a week to be safe). They're thinking of putting me in the bakery where I would get to decorate cakes all day. I certainly wouldn't argue with that. I wish, though, that I could have found summer employment back when it was still, you know... summer. Blarg.
The radiator on the other side of the room is making hollow, thunking noises. They're beginning to worry me. It's not about to explode or something, is it? . . . The dog doesn't seem worried, so I'm not gonna bother investigating the matter.
As a rather random aside, I'm going to throw Vector Prime at the next person who tries to convince me Romeo and Juliet is a great love story. I'm serious.
If he breaks, I'll be sad.
I was supposed to play some more Silent Hill 2 tonight, but my SH2 partner is feeling a little under the weather, so we postponed. Just as well. I needed to finish stitching in all 27 yards of hair into the doll heads. What in the name of Cybertron was I thinking when I came up with this idea? 27 yards of string is far too much.
I had an interview today. I should hear back within a week (probably within a day or two, she said, but a week to be safe). They're thinking of putting me in the bakery where I would get to decorate cakes all day. I certainly wouldn't argue with that. I wish, though, that I could have found summer employment back when it was still, you know... summer. Blarg.
The radiator on the other side of the room is making hollow, thunking noises. They're beginning to worry me. It's not about to explode or something, is it? . . . The dog doesn't seem worried, so I'm not gonna bother investigating the matter.
As a rather random aside, I'm going to throw Vector Prime at the next person who tries to convince me Romeo and Juliet is a great love story. I'm serious.
If he breaks, I'll be sad.
If you're cynical enough, no matter what, the world just has to step in and prove you wrong.
... Of course, it doesn't make up for irony, which will step in and ensure the above statement is, in fact, false sometime within the next twenty-four hours.
Anyway, got one of my packages today. Fortunately for my nerves, it was the dog! \(^.^)/
Now I just need my DVDs and for my transcript to go through. ...I'm doomed.
( I hate long entries and so abuse the lj-cut function! )
Still, I'd rather have a cavity and impending pain from retainers and forced moving of teeth than no dog (or DVDs. ...So, postal service, where are they?).
Also. Dog. :D
... Of course, it doesn't make up for irony, which will step in and ensure the above statement is, in fact, false sometime within the next twenty-four hours.
Anyway, got one of my packages today. Fortunately for my nerves, it was the dog! \(^.^)/
Now I just need my DVDs and for my transcript to go through. ...I'm doomed.
( I hate long entries and so abuse the lj-cut function! )
Still, I'd rather have a cavity and impending pain from retainers and forced moving of teeth than no dog (or DVDs. ...So, postal service, where are they?).
Also. Dog. :D
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