I’m working now. I’m really happy that my old bosses are ecstatic to have me back, it kind of gives me the warm fuzzies. They got rid of my old position (Senior Framer) due to the economy, so I’m just working part time right now. They’re giving me a lot of hours though, so yay. Also, it’s nice because when the paper work finally does go through for the new house, I’ll have plenty time to start working on it and I can ask for fewer hours for a couple of weeks.

The Frame Shop Manager is going to be retiring in April/May and her position will be open. The Store Manager asked her if she though I’d be interested in the position even before the application went through. LOL I’ve been debating a lot with myself because I really don’t want to be stuck in retail but you know what? I need the money and I’m already mostly trained for it. They’ll have several months to get me trained for opening and closing the store and such so I won’t be thrown into the position like a lot of people would be. Plus, I’ll be able to afford a dog. =DDDD I’m thinking about doing it for a year and see how it goes, plus I can put ‘Manager’ on my resume, won’t that be hot? Hopefully D. will have her business in full swing by then and she can hire me on full time.

When I returned to the frame shop the first time, I was really surprised by how much I remembered. I even started further training some of my coworkers and they’re already good about taking orders from me. I’ve been watching my hands carefully to keep flare ups from happening; so far it’s not too bad and I just hit my third week.

I really need new black tennis shoes though, the ones I have are KILLING me. After an 8 hour day, my feet and ankles are completely wrecked and I even stuffed some Dr. Scholls in them.

ALSO OMG SCRUBS IS BACK!! The only thing that’s missing is Janitor!!! He was only in it for a quick flash back. I hope they bring him back. Also haven’t seen Ted yet but here’s hoping he’ll be back with his barber shop quartet. … Okay, so I haven’t seen Carla either and I’m sure there’s some other regulars I’m missing but it was last week so I can’t remember. I saw a quick commercial luckily and remembered about a half an hour before they started otherwise I’d have missed them and that would have been really depressing.

All right, I have to eat some lunch, clean my room properly, wash my sheets and get the cooking show trailer compressed properly for youtube by the end of the day.

Hello there! I just recently got into icon making and I thought I would share some of the icons I made. Thought there are only 2, there will be lots more on the way!


None of the art used belongs to me. Please comment if you take one of them!

Auuuuuugh.

The switch has been flipped and I am now teetering on the edge of full-on panic mode. Ugh ugh ugh.

( Cut for flailing )


And, of course, I still have all of my projects to finish, too. Today I need to write up a paper that's due tomorrow (I no longer give a shit about this class, though, and I'll escape with a high B so I don't need to care too much), tomorrow I need to finish off stuff for my Graphic Design class (including, I think, touching up stuff for my logo/identity guide oh god does it never end) and finally start on my Typography final (whyyyy do I have to learn Flash in a week whyyyyy) and then stress out over my Medieval Art History take-home final.

IF I CAN GET THROUGH THIS WEEK I WILL BE OKAY. I have just two things to worry about next week, and I'm not too worried about either. AND THEN I GET TO SEE AVATAR, GO HOME, AND START WORKING. WHOOO.

I've been pretty down these past couple of weeks, but I can't really tell why. I don't remember having been like this for some years.

I feel like there's something specific I should be doing... I can't really put my finger on it.

I just realized that it's December 7th, so in exactly one month it will be my 28th birthday. Kind of hard to believe, since I was 24 when I started school. Where on earth does the time go? I am thankful that I did decide to return to school when I did, but I'm even more thankful the end is near! At breakfast this morning I was even thinking that if I have to remain single a while longer, that won't be all bad since I'll have my schooling out of the way. After that...patience will have to see me through, I guess.

There still seems to be too much to do before this semester ends, unfortunately. I still need to write up a paper by Thursday, finish my Textiles lab, not to mention seriously get cracking on the Flash project. I did incorporate sound to it last night, but I'm really wishing I had my nice mic and major privacy so I'd not worry about talking loudly into said mic! Shouting out things like, "Justice! just doesn't work well when one is fearful of being overheard by roommates...

Lastly, the iMac is beckoning to me. It slept all through the night without a peep. I woke it this morning to check the sound in Flash (last night it took a normal-sounding file and made it sound like the speaker was trapped in a pipe or something) only to have it magically restore itself when I named a button, so then I saved the file and put the iMac back to sleep. Only, it won't sleep! It actually woke up after I walked away, but I ignored it. Even now the screen is dark as if asleep, but I hear it making noise, and my tablet is pulsating with blue light, calling me. Come draw. Blargh! And I want to draw, but at least part of the day will be devoted to the kitchen.

Man oh man, I still can't believe I'm leaving next Thursday. I really hope the two new roommates we get next semester are at least on par with the two who will be leaving. It's not been perfect, but overall it's been an awesome semester as far as roommates go. One last semester to enjoy or be driven crazy by...

First off, I must say a million thank yous to blooming_cosmo for sending me THE most gorgeous pic for my User Info. You are so wonderful, darling~! ♥ And your note made me all teary-eyed and mushy so, from now on, one of my new resolutions will be to post here more often. I really do miss all of you. I don't know why I haven't been on here as much lately. I took a hiatus and sort of lost my groove, but things are starting to turn around in my life so hopefully I can start posting again regularly.

Also, another OMG-YOU-ARE-AWESOME thank you to cal_renfro, my birthday buddy! I totally didn't expect anything since I've been so out of touch and BAM! I get a lovely gift and card from you! ♥ Thank you so much! I have your birthday gift here but didn't get it in the mail last week so I might wait and send it along with your Christmas gift. A twofer!

And thank yous to numena and fyretoppaaa for the virtual gifts. I always love those. They're so thoughtful. ♥

My birthday weekend was wonderfully fun! I got Friday off of work and went shopping, had two birthday lunches, three birthday serenades, and a movie night at my house in my PJs! I do feel older (blargh!) but I'm also still myself and things are good right now, which is all I can ask for.

I hope the holidays are going well for all of you too and hopefully I will be seeing your around here on a more regular basis!

I had a dream I was back in Japan.

It made me sad when I woke up. *failure*

I honestly can't be bothered making a huge entry explaining eveything that happened, I've explained it THAT many times to people allready IRL.

List of purchases:
-Canon Digital Camera for the Father which is not out here yet
-Seiko Watch
-Bleach 2010 Calender from Jump Shop
-Naruto poster also from Jump Shop
-Matcha
-Sake & Sake Set for my Uncle
-Tea Set for my Aunt
-Random Postcards
-Playarts Roy Mustang
-Playarts Reno
-Playarts Aerith
-DBZ Gashapon (There was a crapload of DBZ merch for Dragonball Kai)
-Ling Figure
-Ling Gashapon
-ANOTHER Bradley from a random box, lawl.
-Small scale model Samurai Katana, spear and helmet because the real things are illegal to bring home *tear*
-Gurren Lagann figumates
-Random charms, postcards, magnets and keychains from all the temples and shrines
-Stamps, spiderman stuff, samurai stuff for my brother
-Totoro, Ponyo, and art postcards from Ghibli Museum
-Presents for friends
-Kimono for Uncle
-Kimono & Obi for Maggie
-Syringe Pen. It is so cool.
-Yoko Nendoroid & Kamina Lottery Figure. I was going to get a hueg Yoko but ran out of space.
-More random souverniry stuff.
-KaminaXYoko photobook, Yoko Doujinshi
-Awsum DS accesories
-Awsum iPhone accessories
-Pokemon Center goods. Not much, just some figures/keychains.
-Vending machine items
-MEMORIES
-Other stuff I'm forgetting

Joel bought a USB humping dog. It's amazing.

Oh and if anyone wants scans of the KamiYoko photobook doujin: LINK

I guess the easiest way to handle this is, ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW?

For the record Japanese TV is wierd, but I did manage to watch Fairy Tail and Bleach on live tv. It was pretty sweet. It was the one with the IshiHime omake, I died of lulz.

For anyone thinking of going the best advice I can give you is LEARN KATAKANA. It's everywhere and it's a lifesaver.

And don't go with someone who gets homesick easilly, it's a major buzzkill.

EDIT: Ahaha, I'm finally getting around to trying to figure out what these stickers in the calender mean. For my own reference:

Matsumoto & Yumichika: Shopping
Renji & Yoruichi: (Kanji, can't read)
Hitsugaya & Byakuya: Date (lmao)
Gin & Ulquiorra: (Kanji phail)
Ichigo: Excursion
Ikkaku: Semester(?) That's what I'm being told Raiki means
Ishida & Nanao: Test
Shuuhei & Iba & Grimm: (Can't read)
Shunsui: Party
Orihime & Kuukaku: Karaoke
Hanatarou & Komamura: Holiday, Day off
Unohana: (Kanji)
Yamamoto: I assume it says Okeiko but I'm not getting any translations
Kira: Secret
Soi Fong: Jyuku (Again, no idea. Closest thing I got was martial arts?)
Ukitake & Kenpachi: Event

This has been a very unfun afternoon/evening. On the plus side, I did manage to keep food down and I have avoided the oh so fun stomach upset. I actually had a chance to watch some movies - Prince Caspian and Scooby Doo 2 (for whatever reason I love both the first and second films). Of course by watching movies I mean lying down and trying to watch while being smothered by a cat...

On the down side, I can't sit up straight very long without feeling disoriented and I had to switch to my glasses. Not to mention it feels like someone is squishing my stomach in a vice. It's not pleasant.

Watched some How I Met Your Mother. Finished the first season and I have to say that I'm not really a fan, all things considered. I WANT to like it, but I'm just not feeling it. There are some episodes that are hilarious but overall, it kind of just lost me.

Started Record of a Fallen Vampire. One of my better blind purchases. The artwork takes some getting used to, but the story is pretty interesting thus far.

Downloaded Witch Hunt's V2 patch of the first four Umineko games and attempted to replay it, but I only got through the airport scene before I had to turn it off because it was making the nausea a bit worse.

I think I'm going to crash early and by the time I wake up in the morning, things will be back to normal, :)

Come on, everyone, a Secret Santa isn't possible with only two people. XD It's a little obvious who your Santa is. I know some of you are busy with holiday shopping and exams, but let's show a little group spirit! :D

I'll extend the sign-ups through Wednesday the 9th so there's still three weeks to write. Join in on the fun!

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Everyone loves presents, and receiving a fanfic written just for you is an awesome one! :D
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One of my favorite things about Animaniacs were the songs. This one just makes me laugh.

As kind of a partner to Owl's poll about writing a letter home, meaning this is another kind of long meme...

So your character is finally home and happy to be back there! But then they mysteriously get the news that the island, as a way to make up for its horrid deeds and scarring, is willing to send a letter for them, to one person of their choice, regardless of time or universe or whatever.

YOUR MISSION SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT: Write that letter. Tell that person how you're doing, what's going on, whatever you wanted to say that you couldn't, how much they suck and you rule, etc.

Of course, if you don't want to go the lengthy route, just saying who your characters would write to and what they'd talk about is fine too.

Tomorrow is our apartment's turn to make dinner for our FHE group and we've been plotting for a while now to go all out, turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, etc. We're baking the pie now but we have an FHE sister who is allergic to gluten, so we wanted to make something she could enjoy but were having trouble figuring out what to make. After church today I Googled 'gluten-free dessert' and after a moment of digging I came across a recipe for 'Irish Potato Candy'. As soon as I saw the little spuds, I knew. We had to make this!

( So we did. (Recipe within!) )

Hello there, people of my flist! How are you all doing? I'm kind of working on my last paper. I don't quite know how I'll get it to 1800 words. That's like... five/six pages? I want to write three of them today at least. It's due tomorrow before four. I finally decided to write about the relationship between "real" and "ideal" in Picture of Dorian Gray and Time Machine. I don't know if we need secondary sources or not ;;; in the example paper he showed us, there were secondary sources, and the title on the paper is "research paper", but the blurb about the paper says "this essay is a comparative paper discussing any 2 or more of the novels, etc" souh... ???? Who knows.

I've been feeling kind of off for awhile. Thursday in particular was a really off day. I kept dropping things and knocking things over. Even managed to somehow cause the Darksides display and the little price monitor thing by my register to fall off the counter at work. Jeremy said that it was okay because nothing had broken and the day was so boring anyways. But still. Friday I saw Pajama Game and was just kind of feeling "blegh" all day after finishing paper, Saturday was more work and then went to hang out with Jana and Pablo. Today, here I am. Doing RP stuff and paper stuff.

Pajama Game was cute. The leads and supporting were all really good, but the cast as a whole was a bit undisciplined. They kept running into each other on stage and fumbling choreography, false/weak starts and rough cut-offs during singing. They also left lights on in the side room (and opened the door a few times), as well as in the back where the bathroom is. Audience was also quite rude, but there wasn't much to be done about that. And guess who just had to show up that day? Ugh. I saw him and went "...................... (automatically distracts self with playbill)". Luckily it was really crowded and they were setting up chairs around the sides and he sat on the other side of the theater. But my iPod knows me well and gave me a good soundtrack to walk home with.

I'm going to try and see if I can get off December 16th-19th from work. Or at least the 17th-19th. Because omgyay hangout times with Boss, Poxico, Kit, and maybe Korea :D It will be like Boss' harem!! kufufu But if anyone else wants to hang out around those days that I'll be back, let me know. I don't think we've decided on a day, but the 18th will probably be best for NCorp tiems. We'll see.

Also, set out the secret santa assignments for nationcorp and we're all so excited 8DDDD (loves you all)

Also on the topic of RPs: deusinnobis has been amazing so far. We're dying a little under the end of term stuff, but everyone has been very helpful and supportive 8DD We've also gotten new people!!! lovelovelove

Bought my sister a DS with two games (Super Mario 64 and Animal Crossing) for only $108, which, trust me, is a sweet deal. It was pretty much "get a used console, get two free used games". It, for some reason, didn't have a stylus tho xD;;; so I'm just going to buy a pack and take one or two and give the others to Claire. It's her big Christmas present. Dad sent me $100 for her and $100 for me to get my PSP. But I'm going to wait a bit until I get my paycheck since I have to buy a new PSP. But Jana and Pablo had been nice enough to come out and help me with it :D I gave them my debit card and so I got the points for selling the system hahaha I also really really really want Persona *A* they have the commercial on a lot on the PSP/PS3 TV and I keep going "alskdjf want". That, and Dissidia, and Soul Calibur. And probably Crisis Core. Because, even though the battle system sucks and the voice actors sound like tards, it's Zack.

Speaking of which: ZACK IN BBS. YES PLEASE. HAPPY PUPPY IS HAPPY PUPPY OMG.

Anyways, I think that about sums up everything. I'm going to go do another reply or two and then get working on an outline for my paper. Blagh I need to think of a thesis... hmmm...

PS I think I'm going to buy myself a strawberry milkshake later today... Or tomorrow, after I finish my paper.

PPS. I watched League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I love how I knew all of the characters except Quartermain. Considering Skinner was an original made for the comic book. I downloaded the first bit of the comic book, too, which I plan on reading sooner or later. Among other things that I need to do over winter break....

My mom just posted these on facebook, but I know how much you guys love looking my widdle puppies~ <3 They're super-happy since it started snowing, omg.



...Well, okay, LIZZIE is super happy since it started snowing.



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