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JAMES ROBERTS IS GOING TO BE AT BOTCON



JAMES ROBERTS IS GOING TO BE AT BOTCON





hyperventilating

More Than Meets the Eye, kindly stop doing unkind things to my emotions. My poor little heart can barely stand it.


:(




(Is anyone reading this series? I don't really follow Robots in Disguise, except for when I see people in the discussion forums making too many vague references to it - so I only know the general gist of what happened recently, but More Than Meets the Eye is kinda like the best thing ever. EVEN WHEN IT'S BEING HORRIBLE.)






... I need a DESPAAAAAAIR icon.

Internal calendar has stopped being a day ahead and is now just confused. Is this a step up? Step back? Step sideways? ALSO I keep forgetting Monday is Memorial Day and the post office will not be open so no, I cannot mail this. Frustration.

Anyway, I accidentally got dragged around to lawn/yard/garage/rummage/barn/INSERT TERM HERE sales by my parents this weekend! It was not a waste! For example, we found an awesome sewing machine! And I got a neat map of Lake Champlain (or, uh, half of it, at least. The top part is on another piece of paper that they did not have)! And some thread, and a dumpling steamer. And some other random stuff!

Also, last weekend, for twenty-five cents, my mother found me this! So okay, he's not got... a fair bit, actually (no accessories... or arms, haha), but whatever. The body is in great shape! Maybe I will try to collect all the missing pieces. It can be my project! Or. Something!

Now that I have turned over to robots, I am going to tell you: the All Hail Megatron Coda story "Everything in Its Right Place" is delicious and amazing and I want more. TOO BAD I CAN'T HAVE ANY. Moving on to Wreckers now, which I am fairly confidant will also be amazing. And slightly more death-filled. But then I will be all out. Unless I decide to actually start reading the ongoing. Is anyone following that? Is it better than it looks and sounds to be? Do you stop noticing the weird new faces eventually?

(Also, for a good example of Things You Don't Expect To Find On The Transformers Wiki: Daleks.)

And speaking of Doctor Who, a couple things in this Saturday's episode made me unreasonably angry. Aaargh. *punches everyone*


I can't think of a way to bring this one up. OH WELL. I had this secret/comment thread brought to my attention! And I laughed and laughed and laughed and then went and wept a little. Oh, that damn dolphin.


THIS IS NOT THE ENTRY I CAME HERE TO MAKE but I guess that will wait another day.

So, no, it wasn't just that whatever I am allergic to bloomed early this year. CONFOUND IT ALL.

Local comic shop. Very nice. Very, very useless, if you don't read the big sellers. (In their defense, since they still have comics from Devastation, I can kind of understand why they are reluctant to get in new comics that aren't for special orders, and I'm not interested in a subscription.) So I am finally giving up and ordering the first issue of Last Stand of the Wreckers off of SHADY INTERNET SITES.

They aren't really shady, I just felt like saying that.

its the allergy meds okay leave me alone


Hopefully they arrive sooner rather than later, but for now I'm going to stare at the page and wonder if my story-completionist really, really needs the All Hail Megatron TPB volume 2. (I have 1 and 3, and have read nothing else since, partly because of not having had money for it, partly because of not being able to find it, and partly because the soft reboot [yes, it is, because - see next sentence - you just can't have that much inexplicably different and call it anything else. Other than LAZY AND STUPID, which I kind of doubt is what they're going for, here] kind of annoyed me because I kinda liked the setup they had going. And because that's an appalling number of discrepancies, even for this fandom.)


And next maybe I will pass out in my chair.



...Yeah, that sounds good.



Also, here is an adorable picture my brother linked me to. (I don't know where it comes from originally.)

Devastation! And, according to the ads in the back, number 5 will also be out this month. Which is good, because that means I don't have to feel like I've been waiting forever (shut up, last issue was in November).

... This is a very short commentary, which is too bad, because I'd actually like to say things about this one (like, "Is it really this hard to get Ratchet's head coloration right?" and, "Haha! Wreck -n- Rule! AWESOME") if I weren't currently so caught up on something. (Longer than 3's, though, as I didn't make any comments at all on that one.)

( SPOILER - and I don't mean the car-part )

I spent four hours today in a "basic Algebra review" class. It was a complete waste of time! Though, it was kind of a strange experience to be the smartest stupid - there's a typo for ya student in a class involving integers and fractions and... other such things.

Actually, it was really easy.

Brain, why couldn't you figure this stuff out back when I was actually taking the classes?

I, again, grabbed the newest issue of Beast Wars: The Ascending, and, again, am not entirely sure why. I haven't read it yet. It'll have to wait, because I also got the one I drove into town for.

( Devastation 2 )

fdshjkdg now I need issue 3. Wow. Infiltration and Escalation never saw me this eager for the next issue.

haha! Robot Heroes Jazz and Thundercracker are mine! I knew it was a good idea to take the long way home and stop at Toys "R" Us! Glee! This line is entirely too adorable and I kind of hate Hasbro for making it, because I keep buying them. I am never going to be not broke ever again. Ugh. Useless!

Also picked up the Galvatron Spotlight comic. Hooray! It was good, yes. Sideswipe was in it! And Hound! ... Galvatron, too, obviously, but that one hopefully went without saying. (Ratchet and the two remaining humans had a cameo!) I might write one of my longer things up later.

Have given up on TF: The Game for ever now. It is too frustrating to justify playing. I just do not care enough to put up with the missions.


More thunderstorms. The awesomeness has worn off a bit by now, and I am slightly sick of watching the dog contort himself to get into the tiniest crack in the house to try and escape the noise.


I got a new thing of floss from the dentist's. It tastes really good, but I am not sure what is it supposed to be. There is no label.


A couple of Jehova's Witnesses came up to the door the other day as I was trying to leave for work. An older woman and, I don't know, her grandson or something. We were all very polite, and I informed her that, no, this was just a house, not a series of apartments or something (it's not that it's a big house, it's just that half the buildings on this street are full of apartments), and we all went about our merry way after she told me all about their "Follow the Christ!" meeting or whatever going on... somewhere at some point, but I really didn't care and wanted them to go away because I am going to be late for work. I, of course, did not say that, as it would have been rude and snappish. Still. Weird.

I spent a good twenty minutes following a black Porsche 924 S on my way into town for classes this afternoon. It had a rim around the plate that told everyone close enough to read it that it was not the driver's "daddy's" car. I was amused. (And, er, also rather surprised. Pretty car versus State of Much Road Salt. Though I guess now that the weather's warmer people are taking their nice cars out of lockdown.) It was a very pretty car!

It did not make up for the announcement in English class that we had to go an extra week on account of the teacher missing class due to her brother dying. (Apparently he was some well-known reporter or something.)

I am so frustrated I could grind my teeth. In fact, I think I will. *grar* I really do not like this class. At least the work is all done. ...and I do feel bad for the teacher. I like her fine (despite what the rant I posted about her the other day may imply), I just don't like the class.

But on to better things. New Transformers comic!

( Spoilers for the Kup Spotlight )

People keep telling me that they think I am amusing when they give me feedback on my presentations. This surprises me.

There are frogs making noise outside! Yay.

Also. Am cleaning keyboard. It is amazing how well some of the keys I've cleaned are now working.

Edit:
Thrust got new wings. I am more in love with his paint job. (The wings do look lovely, though!)

Rather than waiting for me to have time to think on it for ever probably entirely too long (not that I overthink and overanalyze everything I have to do), Mom's decided that I "should do England for International Day. [I] could talk about the Pax Lodge for [my] presentation."

... I look at the above paragraph, and all I can think is, 'you can tell I've been writing my essays, can't you?' Must stop quoting. Argh.

Anyway, so I spent all five of my free minutes today trying to come up with famous women that the girls (they're going to be maybe 8 to maybe 14) will have actually heard about. The list is currently limited to Rowling (for Harry Potter, because everyone who isn't me reads those books), and Queen Elizabeth. I have given no thought to the poster with random facts or what I will bring for food, because I have no time. It will be a long week, won't it? Or possibly entirely too short. One of the two.

I jokingly composed my speech over dinner. It went, "So! I'm sure you've all already heard of this place! Probably best known to you as the home of Harry Potter and where everyone speaks with an accent that sounds absolutely nothing like whatever it is you're attempting right now. Yeah, I hear you there. ...Also, Time Lords and crazy men who talk about cars. But never mind that."


Dinner in town on Wednesday, assuming nothing comes up. I was all excited for all of fifteen minutes, when I thought it was next week and that the Soundwave Spotlight comic was coming out on Wednesday, and, yay! I'll have time to run down and buy it because I don't have my night class this week! Oh, well. Maybe we'll get out of my afternoon class early next week! (And for the week after that? I'll be late for my night class before I go home without Escalation 5. JUST TRY AND STOP ME. I WILL END YOU. ...WITH PAPERCUTS, as all I will have on hand will be my class notebook.)


I am ready to eat this textbook. It is so boring, and I've nothing else on hand to destroy it with. I would go on a fanfiction binge, except I've found myself unable to locate anything decent that I've not already read at least three times. Woe. I obviously need to expand my fic-lurking areas. Or join a forum somewhere. Or something.


So, this morning in my dreams, I (and a bunch of other people) visited Silent Hill. Of all places! We were chased by Pyramid Head and his clones, and then I nearly fell through the floor and had to walk across cardboard without making noise. Distressingly enough, it's been one of the more coherent ones. This Psych of Dreaming class is going to make me insane.

I am never going to get this music back out of my head. What was I thinking?

I spent several minutes debating which icon to use. Ultra Magnus? Ratchet and Wheeljack? The twins? Obviously the twins won out. I don't feel like picking on Magnus, Ratchet's getting lots of time in the spotlight, and I miss Sunstreaker and Hunter. (Of course, I don't have Hunter in an icon.) Plus, trouble is on the way. Yes, this paragraph was entirely necessary.

The Ultra Magnus Spotlight came out last week, but I just picked it up yesterday, along with Escalation 3. I've been organizing these things by release date, so I'm going to prattle about Magnus first.

...Spoilers, obviously. Tangents abound.

( TF: Spotlight Ultra Magnus )

Now the main story. Again, spoilers.

( TF: Escalation 3 )

... Apparently the Ultra Magnus and Skywarp two-pack is out. ARG TARGET. Why are you not in my state? I suppose I should be grateful it's at least in my country. In theory, I have someone out of state who is willing to look for and buy me one. Yay.