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HONESTY MEME
Please do it, I really like hearing what people think! Don't worry about being harsh or whatever, I can take it

I finally got a state ID a while ago. I am making the exact same face I made when I got a passport, which I got when I was... eight or nine or something. Just this little smirk, hahaha.

I got Sims 3 the day it came out, had to wait due to needing more RAM, and now I have to wait even more due to crashing problems. I'll play for a while and it'll either crash to desktop or restart the computer. Loads of other people are having the same problem, regardless of what kind of comps they have. I get the impression that this means it's a bug, though some people have been able to work around it. I'm a little afraid to test out a bunch of different "fixes," though, because I'm scared it's screwing up my computer akdfhgk. I really wish EA would give us some feedback on this; I haven't officially heard anything about them working on a patch for it, everyone's just kind of assuming that they are

so fffffffffffffffffffffffff

i fell behind on artslam and don't really feel like catching up. I've also been repainting the ceiling in my room, gonna make myself finish that today or tomorrow because I'm tired of having this room all messed up. It looks so much better than it did before, though. I also got a mass cane plant (corn plant?) named Paula and I'm gonna put her it in my room once I'm done painting, since it probably wouldn't appreciate the fumes. I HOPE PAULA GROWS UP WELL AND THAT THIS ROOM GETS ENOUGH SUNLIGHT FOR IT ;_; I'VE BEEN LOOKING UP MASS CANE CARE SO I HOPE I'M OKAY
PAULA ALL I WANT IS YOUR HAPPINESS!!!!

--wait, the care tag thing says that mass canes need a lot of sun but now these sites are saying they need little I SET PAULA ON THE SUNNIEST PART OF THE DECK WHAT AM I DOING

EDIT: I TOOK IT OUT OF THE SUNLIGHT BUT IT LOOKS KIND OF WILTY PAULA I'M SO SORRY
I LEFT IT OUT THERE FOR LIKE TWO DAYS
PLEASE DON'T DIE, PAULA
PAULAAAAAAAAA

EDIT 2: Haha, these sites keep saying different things. Also, apparently these things can get kind of... huge. whoops. well i'll probably kill it in like two weeks due to lousy gardening skills anyway

( Hugeass pchat dump that took an obscene amount of time to put together. Tiger better appreciate the things I do to keep this marriage alive ;_____; (it's all thumbnailed btw) )

Wow, the charity drive starts in about a week. Where did the time go? Nervous...

Sorry I've been kind of scarce. There's this big exam coming up and I suck at time management, so I've just been cramming as much as I can. I can't wait to finally have it done, simply because my conscience doesn't want to let me do anything but schoolwork right now. Every time I try to do something else I'm like OKAY I KNOW I JUST STUDIED FOR LIKE FOUR HOURS BUT I NEED TO DO MORE THERE'S NO TIME LEFT TO WASTE I NEED TO STOP BEING SO LAZY, and then I feel guilty for trying to relax, but I still procrastinate (since apparently it's okay as long as I'm not drawing or playing games or doing something else I enjoy, wtf self), until eventually nothing gets done. No art, no nothin'. It'd be more productive to just punch conscience in the face and do "unproductive" things, goddammit.

I dunno. I'm a big nerd so I actually love studying, hahaha, it's just the time limit that sdfglhdfjg. So that's kind of all that's been happening over here lately. That and I keep having nightmares every time I go to sleep ffffff

There was this big blackout that went on for about 8-9 miles today, lasted for an hour and a half. I liked it, but then I'm a weirdo who kind of likes power outages for some reason (more specifically, going out in public during them. DAD AND I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE IT WAS SO DARK AND AWESOME). I guess that was our contribution to Earth Day, ahahaha

The weather's getting warmer, finally! I can't wait to go swimming. There's too many freakin' ants, though. Too bad it's so late or I'd haul the vacuum up here and take care of business. i'll get u next time

I-I'll get around to finishing that sketch meme eventually

So the daughter of one of Dad's co-workers was murdered today.

As far as anyone knows, there was no reason for it; could've happened to anyone. She was just walking down the street when someone drove past and shot her in the chest. We got the call during dinner.

I have no idea if I've even met her (maybe as a kid or something, we're about the same age), and her father is more Dad's friend than anyone else's, so I... don't know. I'm shaking a little, but I still feel oddly detached from the whole thing. Empty. I don't know how to describe it or what to say.

Dad's thinking about visiting the family. I'm kind of thinking about going as well, but I have no idea what I'd even do.

Edit: I'm okay for the record skjfghd don't worry or feel like you have to cheer me up or anything. It just came as a shock.

So anyway, my mom's friend hooked up with some handsome guy and ran off to Mexico where she got her purse stolen. Her purse had EVERYTHING in it--all her credit cards, ID, passport, etc--so my mom had to go running all over town talking to people and faxing things just to help her get back in the 'States. Mom and I even went over to her house to look for her old passport (she asked us and she'd given Mom the key before she left, we didn't just break in dkjgh), which was as boring as it sounds and then some. I thought we'd find it in, I dunno... thirty minutes? We were there THREE HOURS. We checked and double-checked every inch of her house, including the garage, including the refrigerator, and we literally could not find it anywhere. We eventually got frustrated and left, and I felt so cranky about it for the rest of the night.

Well, Mom went back over the next day, and you know what? She found it in ten minutes. It was in the top drawer in the filing cabinet. That was the first place I looked. We checked that freaking filing cabinet about four times. How the crap did we keep missing it. What the hell.
What the hell.
But at least that's over with! I'm glad she wont have to sneak across the border on the back of a truck or anything

I'm almost done with holiday sketches! I've got six left, though I'm working on making that five. I haven't forgotten about getting a P.O. box, but right now we're iced in, so we can't go anywhere. We're supposed to get more, too. I hope this doesn't turn out like last year.

We don't have the cash to fly John over for Christmas and neither does John. I think we're going to pay for his ticket... anyway? Somehow? ffff, I don't know. I wish he handled his money better and didn't spend it all going out to eat every night and everything :|

THIS ENTRY HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT WHINING EVEN THOUGH I'M FEELING DECENT ADKJFHG here let's do this again:
Tell me something. Post it anonymously.

A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love: anything you want.
Something about you, something about me, anything at all.

Be sure to post honestly. Post as many times as you want.
why do i do nothing but memes what is wrong with me

( Color thing. )

You know what sucks?

It sucks when your parents ask you if you want to go for a walk, and you reply with "Maybe in a second" since you just woke up, but then they go ahead and leave without you so you scramble all over the place, put on pants, start to go out the front door and decide to go out the back, double back for the bathroom, then finally burst outside and run three blocks in 80-90° weather with the sun bearing down on you, while wearing a long t-shirt and pants (both dark), AND while wearing sandals since you knew that if you wasted more time by tying your shoes then you'd never catch up...
... and then once you do they're just sort of like "oh look who's here lol" and proceed to walk up a gigantic hill without stopping, and then just go "you're fine, whatever" when you ask to take a different route so you don't have to climb up another steep hill at the end of the walk.
In retrospect, it was probably stupid to not put on tennis shoes, since now my ankles hurt like a mother. OW, WALKING

Man, my dad is sixty, now. That's so hard to believe. Jeez, and John's gonna be thirty in a little while. Everyone's getting old
Speaking of family, I love my sister dearly, she's a good person, smart, I think she's super, but every time she talks about gender I just... gaaaah. She seems to think that men should act like men and women should act like women and if you act like anything else then you're weird, gay or both, and considering I have a really boyish personality and little to no interest in stereotypical "girly" things, that can get... a little offensive. Tonight she was describing some guy on TV who was transgender, and she said "transgender" with air quotes and went on about the guy in this condescending tone of voice and finished with "Uh. Yeah." like she just finished describing some convoluted b-movie plot about giant lizards from Mars or something. I can't even go clothes shopping with her because she has to put so much emphasis on how THIS ONE IS REALLY FEMININE, WHICH IS GOOD, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO THINK IT IS, BUT YOU ARE A GIRL, and auhdfgkhjad no, I honestly do not feel comfortable wearing really girly things, it's not who I am, I'm going to buy this baggy t-shirt and cargo pants now

Beat RE4, as well as Separate Ways and Assignment Ada. Might play through it again since it's short and unlocked things intrigue me. The Mercenaries is pretty fun, but man do I ever hate that Dr. Salvador-type guy. It'd be fine if it was just a normal Dr. Salvador or if there was only one per level, but instead there's a bunch and they're on freakin' speed and have to flail their chainsaws all over the place and I tell ya man, they're total godmoders
Also fffffffffff Regenerators. It's not really fighting them that scares me, it's just... everything else. Their battle music, their breathing, the way they move, the way their waist/legs stumble for a moment after you blow up their torso, their locations (seriously, was it just me or did all the Regenerator spots have the creepiest atmospheres in the whole game adfgj).

I've been working on going through all my old entries and f-locking/privating the embarrassing ones, and also going through old screencap adventures and tweaking the commentary slightly. I MUST HIDE EVERYTHING FROM MY PAST. Of course, I'll probably look at these entries in a few years and be like GOD I WAS SO STUPID, soooo

owww my ribs. I should really get them checked, they've been bothering me for months.

I sure have been making a lot of icons lately. that was not a blatant advertisement at all

My grandpa took us all to the horse races as an early birthday treat :D I have the sweetest grandpa in the world. We ate dinner there and placed bets (won $14, woooooo), and then... I think sometime around the 6th race it started storming, and some lightning hit the building and the power went out and the races were canceled. WOO
I didn't mind it, though! I actually really like it whenever the power goes out. It's like it always seems to take down this big social barrier and ~*unite*~ people, in a way. has anyone else noticed this or am i just romanticizing things way too much
Speaking of birthdays, the thought of turning seventeen feels so weird. I know it's not really old or anything, but it's... well, it'll be the oldest I've ever been. I guess I just feel like I'm starting to become an adult and I don't have a whole lot to show for it (one of these days I will drive a car you guys, I swear). But maybe I'm pressuring myself too much...

WELL ENOUGH OF THAT, LET'S PLAY SOME MORE SANITARIUM!

IN THE LAST EPISODE, I WASTED EVERYONE'S TIME. WHAT WILL I DO TODAY?!?!?!?!

Previous Episodes

( Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. )

Considering making a lot of my old entries private, as they are things of horrible shame to me, now. Then again, it is my history. Hmmmm.

Man, I really wish my back and ribs would stop hurting

I'M HOOOOOOOOME
Man, we thought we were going to be home, like, two weeks ago, but the closing date on John's house kept getting pushed back so Mom and I kept staying since we wanted to help him move. Hopefully nobody thought we were dead or anything.

Haha, my computer setup feels so small compared to John's gargantuan one. And whoa, someone used that ZEX picture I did over at fandomsecrets. THAT WAS KIND OF STARTLING yet at the same time it makes me all happy that someone used it. Oh, the emotions of my life. I've been in a smoldering hot car for three days sorry if I'm a little weird

Anyway, it was great. I tried a lot of new things and had many laughs and so on. I already miss visiting with John, but all the same, it's really great to be back :B I started getting pretty homesick towards the end and actually daydreamed about going home and organizing files on my computer and writing essays. GOD I'M THE LAMEST PERSON EVER

But yeah. PICS SOON? I have a picpost partially typed up, but God knows when I'll finish it because it's huge. I've felt so tired after getting home that I haven't really felt like working on it much, though once I have a few days to relax then man you will get so many pictures and so many walls of text i tell you what

Just while I'm wasting time, I keep seeing this everywhere and I finally caved in. I'M NOT THAT INTO SHIPPING SO DON'T EXPECT VERY SERIOUS RESPONSES and I guess just look at my LJ interests if you don't know what I'm into.
Name a fandom, and I'll tell you my:

One True Pairing Ship:
Canon Ship:
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
"You are one sick bastard" Ship:
"I dabble a little" Ship:
"It's like a car crash" Ship:
"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
"Makes no canon sense but why the hell not" Ship:
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:

And before I forget, I got tagged by puddinchan. ( Memeeeee )

I got Trace Memory and The World Ends With You while on my trip, and I haven't played either of them yet. I must fix this immediately.

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS GUESS WHAT I DID

I MET DAVID SEDARIS

HE MADE AN APPEARANCE AT BARNES & NOBLE TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK AND READ EXCERPTS FROM IT AND STUFF WHICH HE DID AND THEN WE HAD TO WAIT LIKE SEVEN HOURS AND THEN IT WAS OUR TURN AND HE DREW A PICTURE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN OUR BOOK AND TALKED TO US A BIT AND THE WHOLE TIME I WAS TOO SHY AND NERVOUS TO SAY ANYTHING BUT AS WE WERE STARTING TO SHUFFLE OUT HE LOOKED AT ME AND ASKED HOW OLD I WAS AND I SAID SIXTEEN AND THEN HE SAID THAT WHENEVER TEENAGERS CAME TO VISIT HIM AT BOOK-SIGNINGS AND STUFF HE LIKES TO GIVE THEM GIFTS THOUGH I FORGOT WHY AND THEN HE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT CONDOMS AND CHERRIES AND OLIVE OIL THAT HAD EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CRACKING UP AND I JUST TRIED LIKE THREE TIMES TO RETELL IT HERE BUT IT KEEPS COMING OUT ALL FAILY I THINK I'M TOO CAPSLOCK RIGHT NOW SOMEONE ASK ME LATER

BUT ANYWAY HE GAVE ME TWO PAINTED POPSICLE STICKS AND SAID THAT WAS ALL HE HAD LEFT AND APOLOGIZED BUT I'M JUST THRILLED THAT HE GAVE ME ANYTHING AT ALL :D THEY'RE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW AND I HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE TO PUT THEM YET BUT AKFGJHDFGHADFGLADFGJ

ALSO HIS BODYGUARD LOOKED LIKE A MANLY VERSION OF BRUSHEL WHICH MADE THINGS EVEN BETTER

AND GUESS WHAT ELSE

BEFORE WE LEFT FOR BARNES & NOBLE I TALKED TO MY BROTHER ON THE PHONE AND HE GOT THE GAME DESIGN JOB AND IS GOING TO WORK ON THE NEW BANJO KAZOOIE GAME
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM FOR HIM OH MY GOD

TODAY IS AWESOME

AND BEFORE I FORGET, TOMBSTONE MEME. I DON'T USUALLY DO THESE BUT THIS ONE LOOKED LIKE IT COULD BE FUNNY

WOW I'M HUNGRY I HAVEN'T HAD DINNER YET

SO HEY I just got back from St. Louis. Well, not really "just," I guess, since that was, like... yesterday afternoon. But yeah! ( BLAH BLAH BLAH )

Anyway, that's enough of that. To make this post a bit more worthwhile, how aboutAWWWWWWWWW
Sorry, distracted. HOW ABOUT SOME DRAWINGS? Ever since I made Eccentricity there hasn't been much of a point to posting them here, since I put everything I draw up there. Lately, though, I've been thinking that I kind of miss doing art posts in this journal, especially since not everyone looks at Eccentricity. So what I've decided is that I'm going to start posting things here FIRST, and THEN move them to Eccentricity, so that way, Eccentricity will be more of an archive-y site, which is what it was intended to be in the first place. :D Took me long enough to figure that out

You should look at the website for stuff I did before these, by the way.
( Aaaaaarrrrrtttt )

Aaaaand yup. Feel free to critique any of these, by the way!

On a side note, Apollo Justice got here sometime while we were gone! And I even got the keychain! :D And for some reason, I have yet to take the game out of the plastic wrap. I must fix this immediately.

Get your own valentinr
It seems fun, I dunno |D

Forgot to mention this, but we didn't go to the Clinton speech thing after all since none of us felt like making the trip. we are so ambitious

Man, I think the power supply on this computer is failing, which worries me a bit. I should really get around to buying a new one.

I've been helping Mom clean up the old house, lately. Let it be known that I hate whoever moved there last. It took me two or three hours to clean the bathroom (and it is not a large bathroom, mind you) -- the tub was dirty, the floors filthy (literally PILES of dirt and dust covering the whole floor; I don't even know how many paper towels it took to clean it), and o...old toenail clippings behind the toilet. The carpet is so dirty that our vacuum cleaner couldn't even handle it and kept spitting out globs of dirt everywhere despite the bag not being full. You can't even sit down without having to brush all sorts of stuff off your pants when you get up.

The yard is the worst of it, though -- pretty much all the grass is dead. There's sticks all over the place because of that stupid ice storm, which we've been having to go around and pick up. I started raking up leaves at some point, and I... it... the leaves are literally just caked in, because they never raked them up and they got rained on and eventually merged into one solid mass. I seriously wasn't even raking, so much as peeling away one big thick layer of leaves to reveal dirt and a few clumps of dead grass underneath.

The saddest part is that these aren't the worst tenants we've had. adfughadfglafga. I am very ready to sell the place at this point, though apparently we have some other guy who's already wanting to rent it. GO AWAY ARGH >( I AM TIRED OF CLEANING UP AFTER YOU PEOPLE

On a side note, going to our old house now makes me feel very... tall. I used to think it was huge when I was little, but now I can easily touch most of the ceilings with my hand if I jump a bit. And I'm, what... 5'4", 5'5"? Then again, that house is, like, 40 years old, and older houses tend to have shorter ceilings in my experience. Still kind of an odd feeling, though.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ENOUGH WHINING OUT OF ME. HOW ABOUT SOME MORE MARIO IS MISSING!?

When we last left off we discovered the evils of Bowser's lame hairdryer scheme, learned stuff, and burned Larry. That's about all you need to know, really.

This episode is reeeeeeally short -- around 180 screenshots or so. I could actually fit two rounds in here, but, well, I don't feel like it. TAKE THAT! I might do that next time, though, just to speed things up a bit.

Previous Episodes

( WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR, WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR, WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR EARLYE IN THE MOOOORNIN' )

APOLLO JUSTICE ON THE 19TH OH BOY OH BOY. All the PW fans are playing through all three games to get ready, and I'm going to trryyyy and do the same, though God knows if I'll ever finish in time. OH WELL WOO

Now to finish working on my wiki page for screencappery. Yes, that was a blatent advertisement.