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the holiday post is still open. i also put a "need address" note in very rude bold letters next to everyone who hasn't sent me their address/whose address i didn't receive for whatever reason, so those who have been MARKED better send me a PM!!! or e-mail!!!! or something!!!!!!!!

john and sherah are here. it's been a pretty nice visit. i can't think of a lot of super noteworthy things, except...
( wacky stories )

man, i'm really looking forward to the day when people realize that the VAST MAJORITY of what i say--even the more angsty stuff--is playful and not meant to be taken 200% SERIOUSLY, so then decide to play along rather than give me lectures about ~life~ and tell me things i already know and push viewpoints that i already have and generally wag their finger me, thus making the conversation come to an uncomfortable halt while i just go "yeah, i know, it was a joke"
because that's really off-putting and fairly condescending and just tiring above everything else. it seems like every conversation i've had lately just ends with the person i'm talking to going WELL GEE DON'T SAY THAT or OH WELL THIS IS HOW THINGS REALLY ARE or I THINK IT MEANT THIS or YOU SHOULD THINK THIS over the most obviously sarcastic things. maybe these people just don't talk to me enough to pick up on my sense of humor, but goddamn, i don't think it's especially subtle or anything. i like to think that it's pretty obvious when i'm actually being serious about something or genuinely need advice (since i'll usually, uhh, ask for it), but i guess not

on an unrelated ragenote (HINT: SERIOUS), shit like this pisses me off so much. this is why i'm so ridiculously cynical when it comes to just about anything that pushes "family values" since, in my experience, that almost always seems to include keeping kids "safe" (HINT: SARCASM COMIN' UP) from all those filthy gays and transsexuals trying to pollute their minds with their lord-hating feather boas and sparkly thongs because that's all LGBT people are, obviously, and there's no possible way that they're just average, everyday people you see walking down the street or anything. like, i dunno, me. (HINT: TRUTH)

I'M GOING TO BED (HINT: PROBABLY TRUE)

oh yeah, i never did that vacation post

( i guess i'll do it now (extremely imageheavy) )

jesus that took way too long. nobody is going to read this whole thing.

Hey! I have another question, though this time it's about something a lot bigger than censorship differences.
How would you guys like to start a charity drive with me?

See, gogoicarus had an awesome outcome with her drive, and I was really inspired by it and decided to try and do something similar to that, where people donate to charity and show proof of it to "commission" artwork and stuff, right? I was originally going to fly solo, but then I got to thinking, and-- well, why not see if other people wanted to join in? We could start a community for it, let anyone who wanted to lend a hand volunteer. And hey, why stop at artwork? People could write, make icons, make videos, play songs, whatever they want. Use their talents for good and all that. They wouldn't have to be MASTERS at what they do, they'd just have to be willing to do it. There's no better time for it, man; the economy's in the pits.

Would you guys be up for it?

Like I said, I don't have all the details worked out or anything (would this be an event or year-round, what would "prices" be and how much would each charitable act be worth, etc), and I don't think this is something I could manage all on my own so I'd need a few people willing to help mod, but. Those are minor. WE CAN WORK IT OUT

Spam this post with ideas, thread-hop, go for it. LET'S MAKE SOME MAGIC GUYS dude what if we do it and it gets all huge and famous that would be so cool

EDIT: supercharitygo YESSS
EDIT #2: Hey guys, I could really use some co-mods! If anyone's at all willing to help run this, please leave a comment. (As a note, modding pretty much consists of keeping an eye on things to make sure there's no trolling or shadiness or anything, answering questions, and also meeting with other mods from time to time to help make decisions. It's nothing extremely labor-intensive, but you have to be willing to help!)
EDIT #3: ( Current Ideas/Issues -- Need Opinions (Updated 03/07/09 )

RE: ELECTION

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

P.S. HOLY SHIT HOLOGRAMS

Edit:

This is the best freaking election ever.

Trip report! finally done with this jesus christ

I'm just using Photobucket's Ghetto Image Resizer to resize these, though if you want higher res versions of any of these for whatever reason then let me knooooowwww :O
( Extremely pic heavy. I'm not even kidding. )

Haha, oh yeah, I did that gamer personality quiz that zarla linked and got The Class Clown (Reckless Sociable Fun Veteran (RSFV)). Why does this not surprise me

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

HEY waywardoctagon I GOT YOUR CARD and I will have you know that the first words that came out of my mouth when I saw the envelope were "oh awesome it's fromHEY YODA STAMP 8D"
BUT THANK YOU man you and Zarla both drew Peasley and Luigi on your cards, which I think is awesome :B YOU PEOPLE KNOW ME SO WELL

SO CHRISTMAS WAS AMAZING WANNA KNOW WHAT WE DID ( tl;dr )

Aaaaand I really can't think of anything else that's all that noteworthy. Most of our Christmas adventures were more of a "you had to be there" sort of thing, really. BUT IT WAS GREAT and God this entry is getting way too long. CONCLUSION: I LOVE MY FAMILY

WTF WTF WTF TREES ARE RANDOMLY FALLING APART IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WTF WTF

This started last night -- I was just lying in bed, trying to go to sleep, when I suddenly heard this really loud 'CRACK' and the sound of leaves rustling. I couldn't see anything when I looked outside, but every now and then I'd hear that same noise, and it sounded like it was coming from all over the neighborhood.

( So then I looked out my window this morning, and... )

This is still going on, by the way. I've heard several today, and I heard one just while writing this entry. This is neat and horribly sucky at the same time. One of the things I LIKED about this neighborhood was that it had a lot of trees in it, and now they're all falling apart for some reason D:

Also, woooo ice. Hopefully this wont wind up like last year where my parents and I had to walk ON ICE to get to the store and everything. Though that was kinda fun.

Edit: I just talked to my dad, and he says that this has been going on all over town, and it's MUCH worse out there. He also says that there's a lot of places that don't even have power right now, so we're really lucky to still have it. He also predicts that they're all falling apart because of the weight of the ice. I kinda figured it was something like that.

ANYWAY I think we're gonna go drive around, so I'll edit this later with some more pictures :B

Edit #2: ( True to my word, I have brought more pictures! )

God, and then our yard barely has anything. We are so lucky, you guys. watch as we suddenly get a limb through the window or something

I HOEP UR HAVIN A GOOD EASTR

JAMESZ*PEEP AND PYRAMIDHEAD*PEEP SHUR R!!!!!LOL

P.S. GOD THAT'S THE WORST PICTURE EVER YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING
P.P.S. LOL POKEMON STADIUM GUIDEBOOK
P.P.P.S. LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND I FORGOT I DID THAT OH GOD
P.P.P.P.S. I ALSO JUST FOUND THIS. WEIRDLY ENOUGH IT DOESN'T ANGER OR OFFEND ME, AND INSTEAD JUST MAKES ME WANT TO BECOME A ROCKET SCIENTIST OR SOMETHING
P.P.P.P.P.S. THEY PLAYED ALICE AND WONDERLAND ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL TODAY IT WAS SO COOL. OLD*DISNEY WAS, LIKE, MY CHILDHOOD

( Random survey. )

I've had a .txt file of this entry sitting around since, like... Monday. I THINK THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW LAZY (and distractable) I AM

Anyway, over the weekend we went to my grandparents' B&B and stayed for a while and stuff. It wasn't very eventful, but it was still pretty nice :D They had customers staying while we were there which was kind of awkward at times, but they were friendly and stuff so it was cool. And JoAnne accidentally served us fermented orange juice the day we left. WHOOP

On the night the day we got back, Mom and Sarah apparently heard a really loud, bizarre, animalistic noise that went on for a few minutes at 5AM. Apparently it sounded like someone honking and screaming. Or a honkyscream. Mom said she looked outside and didn't see anything, and also that she called the police and they didn't find anything. And not only THAT, but Mom and I also looked around outside for signs of anything and also didn't find anything. We have dubbed this strange phenomenon the 'Goose Lady'. And I had also completely forgotten about it until I opened up this file. lol memory

AND OH OH OH I GOT THE GREATEST NEWS EVER EVERYBODY READ THIS ESPECIALLY YOU le_dog AND wishwashing

Okay, I don't think I've ever really mentioned this before, but my second cousin is an actress who goes by the stage name Renee Victor (here's her IMDb profile HEY COOL SHE WAS ON ER), and she's in this movie called Hollywood Familia, right? Well, apparently the movie was never shown in our town so Mom wrote an e-mail to the theater telling them about it, asking them to show it, mentioning that her cousin was in the movie and so on. So the theater e-mailed her back asking if Stella (Renee. whatever. I'll just call her Stella) would like to make an appearance at the theater and talk to the audience and stuff. So Mom called Stella about it and not ONLY does she want to do it, but she wants to bring her director, Frank Aragon! :D AND HE SAID YES! I think. I'm 90% sure, anyway. ANYWAY the movie is apparently supposed to air here in September, and Stella will definitely be there.
Blaire, Wish, you guys need to come. Bring your friends and family and come see Stella. According to her the movie actually isn't that great BUT THAT'S OKAY because Stella will be there and she is the nicest person in the world :D :D I'll be sure to let you two know when there's a specific date, but until then, try and keep your September schedule somewhat flexible! Or something. WEE

Wow, that paragraph went all over the place. SO HAPPY CAN'T TYPE LOL

Weeee what else was I gonna talk about... I think that might be all the news I have, life-wise. So LINKS!
Soul Calibur 3 - Kafra Girls Special - This makes me so happy and I don't even know why. I need to get Soul Calibur 3, that reminds me.
Ragnarok the Animation Parody Subtitles - Episode 01 - God I hope they do the whole series.
Serial Experiments Lain - Episode 1 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - This is a very pretty, well-done anime that can be seriously creepy at times. It's a little slow and might not be for everyone, but I thought it was kinda neat :O
Panda-Z - Episode 2 - Am I just crazy, or do those batteries look delicious? Like steamed carrots or something.
Excel Saga - Episode 1 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - Is basically just slapstick. A lot of people will probably just think this is stupid and loud and obnoxious, but I personally thought it was kinda funny. LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS IS JUST HOW I ROLL I GUESS LOL.
Justice For All trailer - I was totally getting into this until it showed Phoenix and Franziska engulfed in flames of the LAW. Then I just cracked up. Also, there's a part in this where it tells you the premise for a few of the cases so if you want the whole game to be a surprise then I'd reccommend skipping this :O
The Dears - 22: The Death of All the Romance - A cute, but also incredibly depressing music video.
Parappa Rappa Anime Intro - AND ON THAT NOTE, FUNK! I want that song. I've actually never played a Parappa Rappa game before, but now I want to :B I should pick it up and stuff.
I have no idea what this is.
TIDUS HUNGRY - HAHAHAHAHA
First part of FFX-2 - Oh god, FFX-2. It's friggin Charlie's Angels meets Final Fantasy. This takes a while to fully load, and it's slightly laggy, AND the sound is a little quiet, but the horror still remains!
Heh, but the sad part about that game is that it's actually very fun and addicting to play, and also a great pick-me-up. Not to mention some of the music is pretty catchy :O Oh yeah, and if you're too lazy to wait for that video to load, you can just watch the very opening and still get a nice juicy dose of sheer corniness. And, of course, now I really wanna start a new game on it. AGH
Sly 2 Ad - La-La - The only accurate description of this is "wtf."
Sly Cooper - Sunset Snake Eyes - MOVING ON, the games themselves are actually tons of fun :D This is the intro to one of the chapters in Thievius Racconus, and as you can see, the game has a very "Saturday morning cartoon" feel to it. It is very neat indeed!
Magic Pengel & Graffiti Kingdom montage - I could never get the hang of that frickin doodle system and did not have the patience to collect color pigments, so this is really impressive to me :O And I went looking for that song played in the video and couldn't find it on LimeWire, so I just recorded it off the video. If anyone happens to have the song or at least a clearer recording of it or something, then it'd be completely awesome if you could send it to me :>
Random SNL skit - Hahahahaaa, Conan.
WarioWare: Smooth Moves - "Instructional Videos" - Like the video comments say, this totally reminds me of Deep Thoughts :D Still haven't played this game yet but man do I want to. I should see if I can rent it or something.

I completely forgot to mention this, but I played Dirge of Cerberus several months ago. I was really only playing it because I wanted to see Cid, but the gameplay (among other things) frustrated me so much I put it down and never played it again. Then a few days ago I was thinking about it and realized I could just look the cutscenes up on YouTube and avoid such frustration. DUHHHH. Don't watch these if you don't want to be spoiled or anything.
( clips lol )

But from what I played... I dunno. The game had some fun moments and I liked seeing some old characters, but I just can't get really get into all this new-fangled FF7 stuff. This is all just personal taste, though :O Some of you may really enjoy yourselves if you ever decide to try it out. I really do reccommend playing and beating the original game, though. Maybe that's what I should do for the next screencap thing?

Anyway, that's all for now. Sorry this wound up being so giant!