Tears of a Jester

6 Random Facts

2006-11-02T20:18:00.000-06:00

6 Random Facts about me cause I am bored.

1.) I can't live without hugs everyday.

2.) I collect stuffed animals.

3.) I got very sick and almost died after I was born.

4.) I'd rather eat a gummi candy before chocolate.

5.) I have asthma.

6.) I have more female friends than male friends.

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Oni-con... Why Must You Be So Far Away?

2006-10-21T01:29:00.000-05:00

::weeps:: So... I wanted to be in Houston this weekend for Oni-con... Well, actually mostly to see D, but Amano was going to be there too so that would have been cool as well.

Alas, it was not meant to be. I asked of for work a while back and luckily got it off, so I am being lazy this weekend anyway. Work actually called today and asked if I could come in and I was like, "I'd love to, but I'm in Houston." My manager was like, "Oh ho... Just kidding... You mean you don't want to fly up here to work for a few hours then go back?" >_> "Sure! Let me hop on the next flight. Be there in a few."

I need the hours, but... Eff. I was supposed to be on a mini-vacation this weekend.

Well... Perhaps I can pester my ride into taking me for ShioKaze-con? Eh? Eh?! ::nudges him::

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Costumes in October

2006-10-08T02:25:00.000-05:00

Work told me that it will be manditory to wear costumes on weekends I work. Weekdays will be optional. So last Sunday I wore a CatBoy costume, cause I wasn't in the mood to be fancy. Tuesday I went as Vincnet Valentine cause I did not want to do that heavy costume on a weekend. But it was fun driving there and home with tears of blood. People looked at me freaked out.

Today I wore a jester costume. Not quite my full costume that I created for my main anime character I am always thinking about and working on, but close. I love how it looked though and I have this one really awesome picture. I posted my Second Favorite picture of it on MySpace... I plan to post a picture of my other costumes there as well.

Tomorrow I plan to wear a make-shift Vampire Hunter costume... Basically just random items I have gatheres and thrown on and I CALL my self a Vamp Hunter. Most of it is actually from an origianl character I made for a certain anime, but I know for a fact no one will know. I think next Saturday, I will go as Evil Link... Not sure what to do for the rest of the month, though I do have one more idea... But that leaves 4, possibly 5 more costumes to come up with... Ick.. Looks like I might repeat a costume or two, though I'd hate to do that.

Not really anything else to report at the moment. One big change in my life (in a way) but I am sure it is already known and I shall not be speaking of it until there is a change, so don't ask.

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Despair.

2006-10-03T15:13:00.000-05:00

＿|￣|○

(つД｀)

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Animal Finally Got Him

2006-09-04T00:43:00.000-05:00

Sad note I ran across while flipping through channels. Steve "The Crocadile Hunter" Irwin has been killed by an animal.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/09/04/1157222051494.html

I fill sorry for his wife and kids. I really thought he'd never get seriously hurt or kid by an animal...

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No, That is Not my Mustard Packet.

2006-08-04T20:48:00.000-05:00

So... what should I talk about first? Well, Cingular calls and tells me they are not going to accept payment for minutes on my GoPhone after August 30, and turn my phone off after Sept. 30. Why? Cause it's an old AT&T Phone, and they want me to switch completely over to them. I do so. $30 for a pretty nice phone, and I get to mail in a rebate for that, so free phone in 3 months. However, to activate it I have to start a reoccuring billing system, and to do so I have to make a new payment. I just transfered the $$50 that was on my old phone, and had to add $$30 more... I was not happy, cause I do not have a lot of money.

Where I work has only been giving me 4 hours a week for weeks now, and all of it goes to gas, credit card bill, and the phone. So now I am broke and going to have to dip into emergency funds to pay for gas before I get my next check, which will be nicer since I got 18 hours this week. 22 next week... I hope that keeps up for a while.

I have a few games coming out I need. Yeah I know, shut the slag up. I needs ma games, yo! And the rest of my credit card bill to pay off...

Also, I have to get to the high school and some how get into college in the Since I fragged up and did not get it done to get into school this fall. I'm such a slaggin idiot, I swear. And then I need to get a loan to pay for it and get a new computer...

Speaking of new... The truck I am driving has no A/C after that accident, and now it is leaking oil... And then a couple of days ago another tire blows up and I spent 1 1/2 hours trying to get the spare on... I was over an hour late for work. But I was not in trouble at least... So I need to pay to fix the leak, and get a new tire. Oh yes, and one of the lugnuts is stuck in the stupid tool that takes them off... So I am scared when I drive now... I hate that truck. Someone want to buy me a 2006 Honda Civic EX Sedan, prefereablly white or silver?

Anyway, more money to spend. I wanted to go to AnimeFest, but figured I would not go, or maybe go for a day. A friend of mine wants someone to go down with her on Saturday and asked me. I was more than happy to, but now I have to come up with money for my share of a room and gas. I don't think I am going to bother getting a pass, just walk around and ignore the events/dealer's room. It'll be fun though.

However, I do have money put aside for my trip to OniCon in October, which I am very much looking forward too. While I am not planning on cosplaying at AnimeFest, I sure as Hades will be at OniCon. And this time I am not flying, my friend Coleman has offered to drive me down there this time. Good friend that man. But I am absolutely hoping that I get to CosPlay with D this year. She was unable to attend last year, and I was sad. So, hope everything works out... Cosplay, more money to spend. ^__^

Umm... my show sucked. That is all on that.

Oh yeah, woke up with swimmer's ear on Sunday. Freaked cause I COULD NOT HEAR out of my right ear. Apparently cause I felt icky and wanted to shower before bed... I always did have problems with fluids in my ear. Anyway... It's clearing up... Still feels muffled, and messes up my ninja abilities, but not as bad as the first day...

Umm... No idea what else to report, so bye-bye for now, my pretties... and misc. male friends.

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Show Coming Up

2006-07-27T21:15:00.000-05:00

Saturday I have another DJ show. This'll be the third show, and I still do not have any idea how to scratch with out it sounding like complete slag. And so, since I can't scratch I play dance music.

Sampling a slag load of Eurobeat and TechPara songs Coleman gave me. Taking a while to get through all of them, but I have selected a few to use already.

D also sent me a lot of OCremix and other techno goodies for me to use. I've picked several of those to use as well. She and I were totally whoring music that night. ^__^

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There is String in my RockCandy

2006-07-07T23:01:00.000-05:00

So not much has been going on lately. I did finally get a hold of the insurance company for the dude who hit me. Appaprently his policy was cancelled in May cause he wasn't paying. In other words, no money for me. Well fudge cakes.

Bought Rub Rabbits the other day. Pretty awesome. I loved Feel the Magic XX/XY and I like this a bit more, so that is saying something. Lots of sexy fun...

Hmm... I didn't get to see Pirates last night at the midnight showing. I promised I wouldn't see it without my mother and she didn't get out untill 12:20 so by the time we could have gotten to the mall it'd be like 1 am... Yeah, suck. So I have to wait till Monday...

Still going to wear my pirate costume to it though.

I think I just swallowed the string... Nope, there it is. Later!

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Ouchies...err... Mateys

2006-07-01T22:44:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I left early for work to do a little shopping. And I was dressed like a pirate.... Work told me I could dress like a pirate, and that that day and the next day there would be a contest and the one with the best pirate costume would get a prize.

Thye treaded on my hobby. I busted out old cosplay stuff and threw some old clothes in the middle and I came out with a really good pirate costume. So off to work I go, and wouldn't you know it? I get into a car accident.

See, right off the highway there is this stretch of road with like 8 stoplights down it, before it merges with the freeway or whatever that thing I drive on is. The speed limit is 30, but hardly anyone bothers and people are always zig zagging through it. Well, 2 cars infront of me and myself stop for a light that turned green as soon as we stopped, so we start going again. Just as we get going, some jerk cuts off the dude 2 cars ahead of me.

They slam their breaks, the girl infront of me does the same. I slam on mine and barely miss her. Then the dude behind me slams into me and pushes me into her. So she and I pull into the gas station next to us, and the dude behind me has to push his car.

The girl has no damage to her little beetle, but my front bumper is slightly dented and the A/C wont cool off air anymore. My back bumper is like... ) now instead of |. But a little more curvey... Other than that, no damage. The other dude, his whole front in is smashed in and it'll never run again.

The girl wasn't hurt. I hit my head on the headrest so I had a headache and my neck it sore on the right side, but I woke up this morning so that is good. The dude behind me had a cut on his left arm, but not stitches worthy, and his passanger got a busted lip.

Everyone looked at me funny cause I was a pirate. I explained and they were okay with me after that. Cops came and looked at me funny, so I had to explain to them too. I noticed looks from cars as they drove by... It was funny.

Anyway, girl got to leave, but the dude and I had to exchange info. He knows my brother and works with my mother so he knows where we live and said he'd stop by soon to check on things.

So I go to work and blow everyone out of the water, if you will, with my costume. Everyone else was just in jeans with either a stripped shirt or Pirates of the C. shirt. They had little toy swords, parascope, or eyepatch, and skull&crossbones somewhere on their body. I was the only one that looked like a real pirate. So one girl who got off as I got there said she was going to go buy some costumes for her shift the next day... Not fair.

People loved my costume though... I had a CD hanging from me that said MUZAK cause I was "music/software pirate". It was joke...

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Spider-man 3

2006-06-29T19:47:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I just watched two teaser trailers for Spider-Man 3... Is it just me, or does Peter Parker have Emo hair in one scene in the long version?

Also, yeah... I saw venom. And Harry better not call himself Hobgoblin, cause he was NEVER the Hobgoblin. Movies suck. They need to leave things alone. Yeah, yeah. Alternate universe. Suck it.

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EyeLiner

2006-06-16T19:41:00.000-05:00

You know. I used to wear eyeliner just before the whole emo thing really took off, so I stopped wearing it so people wouldn't go "Oh look. You're emo!" But I have like 6 eyeliner pencils just sitting there. So screw it. I am going to start wearing them again... At least that is what I was thinking when I put some on this afternoon... And now I have realized I had to get used to having eyeliner on again cause I keep rubbing my eyes or what not and rubbing it off or streaking it down my cheek. Gosh dang.

GOSH DANG YOU EMOS!

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A-Kon 17 Report

2006-06-14T01:05:00.001-05:00

I am going to now talk about my experiences at the con, and it will be followed by a rant.

So I got absolutely no sleep Thursday night. I went to bed at like mdnight and was going to get up at 5 am. I finally feel asleep at 3:30 and woke up at 5:25. Yeah, I was mad. But I got my shower and got ready, and the last of my things ready. Maniac said he would be at my house by 7:15... 7:30 came, not Maniac. I sat and watched some Old School Power Rangers on Jetix. It was fun. 7:50 Maniac finally called and said he was on the way and he had over slept. Well, he finally picked me up and off we went.

Friday- We arrive and circle the hotel 3 times. I knew we were going to, happens every year and he doesn't do it on purpose. We finally parked next to a meter and went in to get our badges. I called my friend D, and asked her to meet me, but she never found me cause that place was a mess. Funny story: This cute girl that was like 3 inches taller than me is walking toward us when Maniac and I were in line for badges and I figured she was going to Maniac cause all the girls do, and he was smiling at her but she by-passed him without even a look and came straight to me and put her hands on my shoulder. I was all 0_0 and he was all !0_0! And she goes "You look like a smart guy." And I am all "Umm...." I was thinking she was about to hit on me, or something. Then she goes "I need you to make a new pivot point for everyone to follow. Thank you!" That's when I noticed her badge said security. See, the line was getting out of their marked bounds and I was at a point where I should have been the pivot... She left and Maniac and I were like ".....o_o...... BWAHAHAHA!!!"

Anyway, got our badges, got our room keys, got the car, pulled up to the building and had our stuff taken to the room... Off we went to have fun. I found a few CosPlayers that I liked, but there just weren't many that really wowed me. I kept trying to find D, but something would come up and we'd miss or pass each other. Was looking like the year before which was making me emo, but it couldn't be helped.

Not much else I can say about Friday. Nothing went on, and I was bored most of it. I did go up and down two sets of escalators for an hour and half straight to see how long it would take for one of the security watching the escalators to say something. They never did, just gave me looks. So I gave up. Oh and at one point Maniac and I were in an Elevator and this Asian guy steps in wearing ONLY a sparkly gold thong and a little gold pirate hat he made and holding a pirate sword. He stood infront of the doors so when they opened people would see him with 0_0 looks and not get on the elevator. It ruled.

I finally went to bed at like 3am, but never went to sleep. Several people woke up about then and we all chit chated for hours, which was nice. Soon the sun appeared though.

Saturday- And then it was Saturday. 6am and no sleep, so I take a shower and start getting into my Jet Set Radio costume. I get my pants and shirt on, and my hoodie. But I took the hoodie off cause it was hot and I still had to wait for everyone else to get a shower and get in costume. Well, this guy named Fox kept stepping over me every few seconds cause my sleep area was on the floor, so I move lengthwise so he doesn't have to step over me. That was the last thing I remember till 11am when Chopstick was trying to wake me up.

Off we went to CosPlay. A few minutes after we left our room, D calls and says that her and her friend just got up and wanted to know if I wanted her to come find me and I said yes. We walked around for a while then it was time for our photoshoot on the third floor, so I called D to let her know we would be there. Up we went and met 2 more people in our group and took pictures.

We decided to head down and as soon as we got to the second floor we were mobbed. Picture after pictures. I tried to check my voice mail but every time I tried more pictures. D called and said she was on her way and I told her where we were. More pictures and I try to check the voice mail again. There are several pictures of me on a cell phone now, which is funny. D found me though and from then on I hung out with her and that was a blast.

At one point I saw a friend of my walking by so I got up to hug her and she goes "Are you drunk?" It was funny, and I wasn't. Then USAGI YOJIMBO walked by! I was like "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" and threw open my arms. I have never asked a random cosplayer for a hug before, but I had to for this. Greatness.

Sunday- Nothing. We got up, got our stuff in the car, and went back so I could buy Birthday presents. I then found the most awesome thing. I HATE Evangelion but there were recently 5 figures made in limited edition, where this artist took 5 of the angels and turned them into girls with wings. Very cute. I had seen ONE on Saturday but it was the only one I didn't like and it was $40. Well, normal price and import fees, that's about right. But Sunday! I saw a dealer that had several of ALL of them for $24!!!! I so got one. Anyway, I called D to let her know we were heading out, so I went to find her and got 2 last hugs. 'Twas nice. I was rather sad to be walking away from her, cause there is no telling when I will get to see her again. I also liked her friend and would like to get to hang out with her again too one day.

Drive home time... We stopped at an anime store and I got these awesome Japanese candies! Nummy. Then we went to a pizza place.... I nearly passed out in the pizza I was so sleep deprived. 2 hours Friday, 3 Sat amnd 3 that morning. Anyway, I got in Maniac's car before we left again and changed into light clothes. That was interesting to do. No one saw me though. off we went and I actually stayed up the whole way home. And that was the end of my adventure.

Rant- This A-Kon sucked. I swear the people who plan it stopped caring and went lazy. There were only 2 arcade games shoved into a hidden corner. The dealers sold mostly only Bleach, Naruto, and FMA stuff. Pissed us all off. We wanted more variety, and that's really all any of the dealers cared about selling this year. Way whack. I didn't care about seeing any of the concerts, which is sad cause I always watch...

Skits sucked balls this year. One or 2 were kinda of cute/good. The other 28ish SUCKED HARD CORE!!!! But the walk-ons were good. Anyway, the skits sucked so bad that the top most award went to a walk-on. Not unheard of, but rare. God, I don't even WANT to go into all those skits. They made me so mad and irritated. Gosh dang... Anyway, the whole con pretty much lacked. They only fun I really had was getting hang out with D and her friend. If not for that I would have wished I hadn't gone.

So, that's all I can think of to write right now. If you want to see any pictures let me know.

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Later All

2006-06-08T13:52:00.000-05:00

Okay, well in the morning I will be leaving fro the convention. I will return sometime on Sunday. I am a little pissed right now, cause I asked off for the next three days months ago and my manager said I could have them off, but now I just found out I am supposed to work on Sunday. I can't just tell everyone I am riding with we have to cancell all our plans so that we can get back so I can be at work. Plus I paid for 3 day pass. I am not happy about only getting to be there 2 days. So now I have to go up to work in a bit and complain and hopefully get this fixed, but I doubt it will be. Sick of this. This happens every year.

Anyway, I will have tons of pictures when I get back. I would be happy to e-mail some zip files of them. Just let me know. Look forward to a report on the con some time after I get back. Later.

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Trip Comming Up

2006-05-31T21:45:00.001-05:00

Next weekend I will be out of town for A-Kon. As I did last year, I will probably do some sort of report of the con for you all to read so you will know all that went on. I'll also have a ton of pictures, from a digital camera this year too. Woo~. So I might post a few, but if you'd like to see them all, let me know and I will send you a zip file.

Once again, the con is June 9-11. Probably be back late on that Sunday...

I'd also like to say Happy Birthday to my friends Lacey and Chopstick! Happy Birthday you too! ::hug for Lacey::

So I am going to go see X-Men 3 tomorrow with my mother. I don't expect it to be great. I didn't care for the first 2, but I do like that Ice Man gets some good screen time. Ice Man is the BEST X-men ever. Slag you!

Ghost Rider is coming out soon too. Wish they had found someone other than freakin Nicolas Cage... But I guess I'll give him a chance. I've only ever liked him in Con Air... Other than that, I've never liked a movie he was in nor do I think he is a good actor, but that is just me personally. Don't mean to offend any of you that like him. I know you probably hate some actor I think is awesome, so it is all fair.

Also, for the con I will be cosplaying a Street Ninja, an original Loveless Character and Yo-yo from Jet Set Radio. Woo~~~. I was also going to do Roxas from Kingdom Hearts II, but it was not coming out very well and I was getting mad. I kept working on it though cause I wanted to cosplay with my friend D, and didn't want to disappoint her cause she was working on Namine. Come to find out, she was having more difficulty with Namine than she anticipated and sliced her thumb open. So we decided to scrap the idea for now.

Well, not much else to report at this time. So later.

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Stolen From D

2006-04-16T21:53:00.000-05:00

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year).List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

Fact #1: 1845 - The rubber band is invented
Fact #2: 45 BC - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
Fact #3: 1939 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out

Birth #1: 1231 - Emperor Shijo of Japan (d. 1242)
Birth #2: 1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor

Death #1: 1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
Death #2: 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
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Fry Lock Rhymes with My....

2006-02-23T12:24:00.001-06:00

Being a waiter sucks. I don't know. It's okay, but I can't stand being rushed for hours straight. Every day by the end of my shift I start feeling rather sick and I just want to hang out with a toilet or trashcan, if you know what I mean... Still... I've lost a bit of weight from working there, so that is good. But the managers are too corporate for me. They get on my nerves. Not to mention, I told them at my interview that my other job demands their schedule comes first. They said they'd work with me. So every week I give them my schedule from the other job... Yet they still schedule me to work when I am supposed to work at my other job. So every week I've had to have someone work a shift for me at my first job, cause NOONE will work my shift at my new job... So my first job is getting mad.

However, I told my first job that I would love to be moved up, and the manager said she'd coach me from now on to help me meet the requirements to be moved up to the first position of management called the Key Holder... Sounds like and RPG title. Sweet.

In other news, my Scratch DJ group has a performance on Saturday. This will be our first public performance. We've only appeared all together once at a friend's private Halloween party. The other two members have performed at private parties as well, but without me cause they were last minute calls and I live too far away to get there in time... So Saturday at Hastings at 7pm. I'll be doing a lot of nothing since I've yet a chance to learn to use the turntables...

New Gorillaz shirt at HotTopic!!!!~~~ I love it. Has all 4 members on it, but Noodle is all up front. Noodle Rules~!!!

I need a bigger harddrive so I can watch more anime. Thank you.

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<_<

2006-02-04T23:31:00.000-06:00

So tired. I've been doing a week of training all week. Having to get up early for long shifts and crap... Today was my first day off in 6 days. I know, "Don't complain." I'm sorry, but I've had a lot of tiny jobs going on for the longest time. I am not used to 7+ hour shifts 5 days in a row... I am worn out. Hopefully I get used to it soon though.

Believe me, I slept in today... Only till about 12:30, but hey... I've been getting up at 7am with 3 or 4 hours sleeps, so 11 hours of sleep felt good.

Tales of Legendia comes out in a few days. Woo~! Got that baby reserved, and with the money I am making at my new job, I can afford it. Nice. Gonna bring my PS2 down and play in here. I have never been able to before, because this is my father's "study" and I can't put a TV in here. However, my brother just bought a new TV and his old smaller one is setting to the side. I am going to bring it in here to play my game, then put it up on Fridays when my father comes home. Gonna be nice.

Can I handle two jobs with out set schedules?!?!! Only time will tell. Tune in next time. Same Jester channel, Same Jester Time~!!

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>_>

2006-01-27T21:16:00.000-06:00

Sooo..... A long while ago I bought a doll with a gift card I was given from my evil manager at my previous job for secret santa... Little over a year ago. Creepy yet pretty. $26.

Now I work where they are sold, but the others in the series are $35 so I have yet to get them, hoping they go on sale, since we never sell them. I think people are too creeped out. Well, they finally went on clearance, so I bought one... Cause if I got all three I wanted, they'd cost $2 less than one would have cost in the first place... Didn't feel like speninding that right then. That was two days ago.

Today I go in to get my check and was informed that last night HQ called and said to do a 50% clearance sale. -_- So I grabbed the other two I wanted for a steal. A STEAL I tell you!!!

I really like these dolls. Have a look at them. I think the site shows all the ones I have but one of them: The Dolls

I start training at my new job on Sunday. I am going to be so worn out next week, I can feel it now.... ::sad:: Will I ever see a day off again?! A-kon can't come soon enough... I better get that weekend off too. ::ready to kill::

Maybe I'll finally get some money going though and can start saving up... Like I've said. I need a new computer, a new car, I want to move out, and I want to go to college....

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Waiter

2006-01-24T13:45:00.000-06:00

By the way, I got the job I went to the interview for. I am a waiter now. If you want to know where, ask me in private.

But now I will have to work two jobs. I hope I can handle it and I don't break down. Too much work and too little play makes me a sad boy.

I still need to get to the High School to get some information I lost so I can apply for college in the fall, as well as loans...

Sadly, not too much else to report right now... Umm... A lot of games I want are coming out soon. Tales of Legendia being one of them on Feb. 7.... Wish Twilight Princess and Kingdom Hearts II would come out already....

And I need a bigger memory card for my new digital camera. This one only holds 33 pictures. Even though I like that number, it is not enough. I want to take it around now and then and just take pictures, kinda like TBH does... But by no means am I emulating her... I've always liked to take pictures, so we have that in common. She has a lot more experience than me, so I hope to learn more and take awesome photos like she does soon.

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Silent.... Hill?~!

2006-01-18T19:19:00.000-06:00

So umm.... I was driving to work yesterday and umm.... I was listening to the crappy radio station that broadcasts from this city, so it always has a clear signal. Clear sky too... Anyway, I hate listening to the radio cause it hardly plays anything I want, but this truck only has a tape player so no Japanese music for me...

I was driving along when suddenly, something cuts into my radio. There was the quickest static sound to let me know it was cut in, then I hear this.... freakish half raspy scream, half speech... and I swear to you it sounded like "vAAA~~~SH!" (purpsosely capitalized like that for emphasis.) Let me tell you I was wide awake! Eyes wide and chills in my spine. I hear the static and music plays again. Then the static and I swear to you I hear in a raspy voice, "come..." Then static and music....

I was way freaked outed....... Silent Hill anyone?

On a different not, these red neck teens and some girls came into the store today. I walk pass them cause I had a task to perform and one of them tried to stop me but I was planning in my head and didn't hear him till he was like "Okay, don't help me." I turn around and apologize and he asks me this question. Then one of the girls go "You look familiar." and I am thinking "Umm...okay."

The other female goes "Yeah... Oh! I know! You gave us pizza!" And now I am going "What the fudge?" She tells me they were the girls sitting on that bench in front of the theater this one time and they stopped me as I was passing by and I let them have the rest of my pizza slices. I did recall that. Though I do not remember if I ever posted that day on this journal.

It was like a year ago, I was going to me car with a box filled with half a pizza. These random females stop me and start talking to me and ask if they can have the pizza so I let them. I never thought I'd see them again, but here they stood... Very weird, just wanted to post that.

So umm... Interview tomorrow. Here we go....

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Stop Dying!

2006-01-12T02:10:00.000-06:00

I swear, everything I touch dies. I almost got a job at Vitamin World, and it closes down 2 months later. (Because the mall raised it's rent, so they said screw you.) Things Remembered is closing down. (Mall decided to get out of contract, so lease is up early.)... My freaking car died...

And now my computer is dying. It takes 3 minutes to boot up where it used to take 30seconds to a minute. Everything loads slowly. My sounds are horrible sounding. Half the time it sounds like they are having convulsions! My CD burner used to burn in about 7 minutes, now it burns in 14... What it burns is not so good quality.... GAH!

I must find a second job soon so that I may buy a new one, then get a new car and then move out and then... ::cries::

And I want to start college in the fall... Things are not looking up... Not to mention most of this winter has been early summer weather. I HATE THAT! I want it to be COLD.

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Erg...

2006-01-07T17:12:00.000-06:00

Yeah, been awhile. Sorry... Some minor stuff has happened that I don't particularly want to share publicly, but would be okay sharing privately if you ever feel like asking me.

But Christmas was almost none existant. Friday I had to work 7-12:15 then be back at work at 5am-1pm... I was worn out, cause I live 30 minutes away and didn't feel like wasting gas to go all they way home to chill then come back... So no sleeping for me. If I had tried to sleep at home, there was no way I'd get up in time for work, cause my alarm clock would have woken everyone up before it did me. So I went to Denny's with some friends then I went to their apartment to chill till work time.

Later on Christmas Eve, Rion and Elph came over to give me their gift to me. It was a Honda Si2000 Decepticon Transformer! Heck Yeah! I love Hondas and Transformers, and I haven't had a Transformer toy in years. And it was a DECEPTICON. Freak yeah!

Anyway, Christmas I was woken up to open presents, then went back to bed once everyone had their stuff opened and I slept till 6pm... So... yeah.

Then on New Year's I had to work till 6pm then I was supposed to be back at 12 pm on New Year's Day, so I didn't get to party with friends. Then they call me the next morning as I was getting ready and told me they predict it will be slow, so come in at 2.... More sleep.

Turns out, my DJ group had a last minute gig New Year's Eve... But they didn't call me since it was literally last minute... All the same, they were nice enough to give me my 3rd of the pay. Woo~. My first profit as a DJ. And I didn't do anything...

A-Kon is coming up. We are trying to get a meeting going soon. I have 3 CosPlay projects in the works. Dark Mousy for Friday, Yo-Yo from Jet Grind Radio on Sat Morning, and probably Haji from Blood+. I can't wait for A-Kon!

Oh, last night I was at a going away party. Elph is going to the Carribeans (sp?) for a Vet school. She leaves on Monday. Rion; her boyfriend, Maniac, Chopstick, and myself where there. Maniac showed up with some uninvites cause they had been hanging with him all day and wouldn't go home. He is too nice to say to their face to leave, so he just hinted that they shouldn't come. Which they ignored. So Maniac had to leave with them. We wanted him to come back without them, but he never did... They are just kinda trouble makes. Rion isn't really thrilled about their behavior most of the time, and once they cat called and hit on Elph when she was alone cause Rion went to the rest room... So they were no-nos.

Still, we had fun. Played a lot of video games. I hate multiplayers. I am always the loser. They made me play Halo for 2 hours. I got one kill the whole time... I mostly killed my self cause I was bored. Then we played Super Monkey Ball... Yeah, I kept loosing in that too... This is why I play RPGs. Then we watched Battle Royale Special Edition. Dang...

Anyway, I have to go to work now. Later.

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Banner

2005-12-10T03:26:00.000-06:00

Haha~! Level Up! My html skills just increased a bit. Notice the banner I add above (DJ one). Also, let your mouse sit on it for a second. I even added my own description thing~! Now, click on it!!! Woo~~!!

TBH~! Are you proud of me?!!?!

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Death Of Yuki

2005-12-03T21:34:00.000-06:00

So yeah... Several days ago, Yuki started to make this horrible clicky noise just as I got to work. After work, I went to a friend's and he found that I had almost no oil... So I drove to Wal-mart and put in 5 quarts and drove home... Didn't drive it for a week, cause it would still make that noise when I started the engine and was afraid it was a piston busted... Took it to my sister's boyfriend yesterday... Today I was informed that the head is cracked...

I cannot afford to have that fixed. My car was only $4,500... Replacing the engine would be more than that and fixing it would be almost as much... I can't pay that... So I am having all my graphics removed from Yuki, then I am going to go buy and get the rest of my things out of him... I need to take some part of him with me though... I'm the freakin soul collector... I can put his soul in some small part and keep it with me always... Leave the rest as an empty shell... ::sigh::

We had a lot of good times, and he was a great car... I just didn't take good enough care of him... Before you ask, I had an oil change like 5 months ago, but I haven't been able to when I should have cause I quit my job and didn't get a pay check for two months... I had zero dollars by the time I got my first check and I had to pay my father and other bills with that...

So... Until I find a second job or get paid better/more hours, I will have to learn to drive manual and use my father's old truck to get to work and crap... One day when I have enough saved up and am making enough to make payments, I will have to get a new car... Cause I hate trucks. Plus this one is all beat up and junk... Not Sexy. Especially for the captain of a drift team? Geeze...

Yuki Phantom - Drift Decepticon
Got: June 2002
Lost: December 2005

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Freakin Want

2005-11-28T04:11:00.000-06:00

I freakin want a freakin 2006 Honda Civic Sedan EX! Blue back-lit gauges = sexy! But there are many other reasons I want that car... God I want that car. If I only I was paid so much better! Argh~!!! Anyone want to help me get that car?

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Status: Okay

2005-11-14T20:37:00.001-06:00

Started a new job recently. Having fun working where I am working. Still not getting any hours though, about the same as I was getting at my last job. I am only seasonal though, so it is to be expected. I should probably get a lot more the closer we get to Christmas though. And with any luck they might keep me on as a real employee. I need a second job, but at this job they say their schedule comes first and there are other reasons I am not looking for a second job that I am not allowed to discuss. Seriously.

I am almost out of money and my first check will be rather small. Speaking of checks. My friend Maniac, when he was fired from the theater, his last check was $1.67. He framed it saying no one will get a smaller check for being fired/quitting. Well... Mine was.... $.67! That's right, Fans. 67 cents. Woo! Gonna frame that sucker. Don't ask how that is possible, because I don't know.

Been listening to new Japanese artisits lately, trying to broaden my JMusic experience. Artists suchs as: Anemone, Merry, Deadman, Kagrra, Metrenome, Fairy Fore... Screw English Music. Haven't heard anything really good for a while. Exceptions being the last Gorillaz CD and the new Danger Doom. Danger Doom is rap, but unexpectedly, I enjoy it a great deal.

Maniac is about to get his turntables, so my DJ group will be starting to get our practicing in finally. Speaking of which, I've been doing the MySpace thing a lot lately. Strangely addictive and fun. I've also been messing with the HTML. It's cool. I've never been taught anything about HTML, but I have been teaching myself with positive results. Still don't know a lot and can't do ANYTHING as close or as well as my friend TBH, but I get what I need done, done. Also, finally found some Japanese PV codes. Woo~! (See Bottom.)

Harry Potter comes out in a few days. Been looking really forward to that. I liked the book a lot, and I know they cut out the crap from the book I thought was pointless to make time. Gonna be great... Need to see the first Saw movie though. A girl I like loves that movie, so I want to check it out. Some friends of mine want to rent it so we can all watch it in a group then go see Saw II right afterward. Sounds like fun.

Also have some new games. Traded in some DVDs and books we didn't want and got Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King for the GameBoy Advance. It's like a prequil to the movie. Not exactly what I was excpecting Storyline-wise, but hey... It's still freakin fun. Keeps getting more difficult further I go, which is always nice.

Other games. I get Devil May Cry for $9.95. Went to the BX on base and filled a survey so I got a $5 gift card. I never go on base so I wanted to use it up then. All I could find worth getting was a game. There was a section of games for $14.95, and they only had one Devil May Cry left and everything else was pure crap... And then I got .hack/Infection on eBay for $12 after s/h. Yeah I know, I am behind on games. But I am limited in money. Only the most IMPORTNAT games do I buy ASAP, otherwise I wait till I can get them cheap. .hack/Infections is super good though. I am loving it. Gotta beat all four before the new .hack/GU comes out.

.... C-ya!

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Returned Safe and Sound

2005-10-24T18:50:00.000-05:00

I am back from Oni-con. I was a bit disappointed. It was way smaller than I though, and not the best hotel for a convention. Mostly the convention was in Hallways... Wtfudge? And the Dealer's Room was ity bity. But I still managed to have fun. Sadly, fate conspired to stop me from getting to see my friend that lives where Oni-Con was held. So that sucked. She was basically the reason I went down there, but at least I still had some fun and I am not upset at her or at all. I know things can't be helped...

If you wanna see my pictures go here:

http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?member=11271&cat=500

What I wore at Oni-Con was the Nearly Dead Vash and the Evil Link costumes. Enjoy.

So.... The plane rides weren't bad. I hate heights, but looking from that height didn't bother me at all. Kinda fun.

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Gone CosPlaying

2005-10-17T21:10:00.000-05:00

I will be in Houston this weekend. I leave here at 6 in the morning on Friday and I wont be back until 9:30 Sudany night. You can still text me, but I wouldn't try calling me. If it is like A-Kon I will never know when it rings, but will be able to check text messages/voice mail periodically.

Talk to everyone when I get back from Oni-Con.

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Race Team Official

2005-10-04T03:30:00.000-05:00

I have been informed today that my race team is official.

Maniac and I have been chatting about trying to start a real team for a while, but never really trying to hard to make it happen. But apparently he talked to some friends and they really want to join the team and fly under out flag. Kinda.

We are the Champloos. But there will be different branches of us. Maniac and I are the founders and the captains of the Drift Revolution Champloos. In other words, we don't street race, we just like to drift and will take drift race challenges.. maybe. However, the other two guys that finally got us rolling will be the captains of the Street Racing Champloos, or whatever they want to call it Champloos. The decals will be set so that the branch name is over the passenger seat and Chamlpoos over the driver. However, Drifters also need the Fujiwara Tofu Shop decal on the passenger side door.

The street racers will do just that. Drag race, and street race. They will be taking the most challenges.

We also have a newly formed B-Team, which is basically a support group. They don't race, unless they think they can do it. They don't even have to have our Champloo name. All they have are a very small version of the Fujiwara decal somewhere on their car. They will promote us and cheer us on.

Kind of exciting to think about, we have our own team... I wonder if we can actually make a name for our selves.

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Giant Squid & Jellyfish

2005-09-29T01:23:00.000-05:00

I don't know why, but I have ALWAYS been really interested in the Architeuthis dux, or Giant Squid. I even had teachers yell at me for making up creatures when I wanted to do a report on it. I had to show proof that it existed, though no living one had ever been seen for centuries. Well guess what!

Recent Article on the Giant Squid

Also! I've always liked Jellyfish too for some reason. You might find this interesting, I think it is.

Jellyfish Lake

Footage of the Lake

And one jellyfish after my own heart:
Moon Jellyfish

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Talked Me Into It

2005-09-26T21:16:00.000-05:00

My CosPlay friends talked me into doing two things I swore I would never do.

One, they talked me into doing another skit at A-Kon next year. Dang them. I didn't want to do another skit cause it takes up too much time on Saturday, and is frustrating. But they started to talk about their idea and getting me into it, till I was making up parts too. Before I realized it, I was excited about the idea and wanted to do it... However, at some point I agreed to sing a small part of a song... Crap. I don't think I'll be able to do it when it comes time to.

The second thing, they talked me into CosPlaying a Naruto character. I swore I never would cause it is now the new DragonBall Z. Way too popular for it's own good and WAY too many people CosPlaying it, which kills the whole CosPlay joy of it. But two of my friends are dressing as characters for All Hallow's Eve, and they asked me to do it with them. I decided to go ahead, since it isn't for a convention... Though I may take it to Oni-Con with me. Never know....

As for Oni-Con... I have 3 weeks left and I am no closer to being done with Link than I was 2 months ago... Crap. I need to step on it...

Also, my car's ignition switch stopped working the other week. I was having to drive around while holding the key in a certain position, which hurt cause it pushed back and was always slipping out of my grip and making the engine die in the middle of the highway. Luckily, I got it fixed and it didn't cost a whole lot.

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Road Trip

2005-09-14T22:10:00.000-05:00

Last Friday, the 9th, most of my friends and I went to the large Metroplex that is 2 hours away from us. We are just tired of this boring town and needed a change of scenary. I wanted to leave at 9am, but a couple of them had class at college till noon.

Then Maniac's father borrowed his car and was late getting back so, basically we left at like 1:00 instead of noon. I got to play Maniac's Playstation on the way down to pass the time. On the way there we passed a race track that Nascar uses. In the front parking lot we saw brand new, silver, Impalas drifting. Maniac basically drifted all of the sudden into the place through a busy street. The guys following us were all confussed.

Turns out it was just a driving school. These people were learning to drive, and on course was showing them how to handle a car on wet roads and sharp turns if going too fast. Hence the almost drifitng. So we headed out.

Finally arrived at our first mall at 3:30. Maniac left us cause he had to find a friend that just moved to that area recently so he could give him his cats. Told us too meet back at the arcade in an hour. Hour later we were waiting... 3 hours after that he finally showed up. Blew our "schedule" away. His friend had no idea where he lived or how to get there, that is what took so long.

We went to an anime shop, but only got 30 minutes there. Then we went to a better mall for the last 30 minutes it was open. Then headed out for Krispy Kreme. Afterwards we headed to a street that is basically nothing but night clubs.

We just walked up and down it for awhile, looking at all the people and clubs. One point these 4 girls in revealing clothing and bags approached us. They came up to us and said, "Want some condoms?"... They were promoting Trojan Condoms. It was their job to walk this street every weekend night and pass out condoms. Everyone got a big handful but me. 2 came up to me and asked if I wanted some at the same time and I said, "No thank you." I mean, I don't need them. Then all the guys were impressed for some reason. When the girls left they all went, "Go Vash. You had 2 of them offering you a condom." "Yeah, I had to ask for them cause they didn't notice me." "Well, I only got 2 and then she ran off to ask you." -_0 Should I feel important?

Anyway... At midnight we were infront of a club watching it's TV on the outside. Then one of us noticed a sign and we all looked. "Freaky Friday Foam Party!" We were all like "Ah!" We asked when it started and the doorman said 12:45. We also asked if we were all okay to go in, since the rules said no baggy clothes yet we all were. He started to say yes then did a double take at me and Maniac pointed at my sandles... I was like "WHAT?!" He said yes, we were all okay.

I decided I did not want to go though. It just gave off a bad vibe. They didn't feel right but left me anyway. I went to Maniac's car and played his Playstation... I kept getting weird looks by people passing by to see if there was actually someone in the car... The car nect to me left and I looked over and saw a guy and a girl in the other car, so I looked away... Hour later that car left.

Finally my friends arrive. They said it was whack. There was only a small room in the back with foam and the foam only went to their knees. Then all the girls had gattling guns, cause they were shooting guys down left and right. Maniac said this one girl was walking and a guy approached her and she spun around him and kept walking. It was the best shoot down he ever saw.

Anyway, we finally left. Half way home we stop at an Alsup's. Everyone but another dude and I took a quick nap... I didn't get home until 7:30 am... Woo~~~

Oh yeah... The ignition switch in my car is dead... I replaced the sparks, but that wasn't it. See, I can turn the engine over, but then the key wont stay in position and turns the engine off. So I have to hold it in the correct position the whole time I drive. It pushes back and hurts my thumb and hand... Then sometimes it slips and the car stalls in the middle of the road... My assistant manager is going to replace it for me later on this week though. Let's just hope all it is is the ignition switch...

And... I have a blog set up to display my comics. Please go here: The Web Comics~!~!~!~

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FOAM

2005-09-05T15:13:00.000-05:00

My brother the other week bought a new door knob with a lock on it for our room. Yestereday I woke up and was alone so I didn't take my key or lock the room. My brother came home and took a shower and left. Didn't think about it till after I took my shower... He locked the door. Why when there was no one home, I do not know. Didn't even ask if I had my key.... So I was locked out and needed to go to the mall to meet up with my friends in just a few moments.... Tried to pick it, tried a credit card, tried to pop the balcany door out... nothing... So I had to leave with my PJs on... Clean PJs mind you, but still... Subconsiouly, I feel awkward around people in my PJs, even though they are just shorts and a t-shirt. Hardly any different than my normal clothes. Still, I was uncomfortable. Felt grimey... No earrings, collar or ribbon... Even socks.

Went up to the mall at 5 yesterday to meet Maniac. We went to Hot Topic and I found a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt for $5. Woo~ Then we asked Erica to hold our stuff for us and we would be right back. Then we headed for Game Stop. I wanted to see if they had an amusing action game for cheap for the PS1... No luck. As we were ready to leave, Maniac points out the SWEET-A Vincent Valentine Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 12'' figure that I other wise would have never seen.... $19.99... I bought it... >_<

Back in Hot Topic, as I was purchasing my t-shirt I look to the entrance and see a girl walk in carrying a baby. See, my friend I meet on MySpace said she would be in town today and I told here where I would be more than likely while at the mall. I thought... Could that be her? But Jenny told me the total so I had to hand her my debit card. I watched as the girl approached from the side and I knew what was coming. She kicked me! She said she was going to kick my butt if she saw me for no reason. And she kicked me in the leg! So I got to meet her in person, which was cool and her baby is darling.

Meet Rion and his girlfriend. We went to Fazolli's and had dinner, except me. Then we walked around Hasting till movie time. Then we meet Chopstick and then we all went to see Transporter 2. Great movie. Then Rion's girl, Erika, wanted a slushie. We all went to Bahma Buck's but they were closed. So we went to Sonic, Chopstick got me a Sonic Jr. Burger cause he didn't like that I hadn't had but a Slim Fast all day. Then we headed off to Rion's place.

Here we played video games for hours. Lot of fun. Never really had a group gameing time before. Played Project Justice for the first time. Loads of fun. I really like that game a lot. About 11:30, Maniac gets a call and starts freaking out. There was gonna be a FOAM PARTY at midnight!

He took Chopstick and I to get our cars to bring back to Rion's place. Then he went to get the guy that would give directions. We all headed out and went to the wrong Frat house. Then we followed a random guy who didn't know where he was going. We finally found it though, and after Maniac decided to do some crazy drifting at the end of the road and into a parking area and then into a parking spot... Cops just a block away from us. Big crowd outside it. There were cops keeping and eye on them, and one cop making sure all who enter had a college ID and went to the college this Frat was a part of... So none of us, except Chopstick, could get in... After a bit we drifted to the side and snuck in the back way... FOAM TIME... I didn't do anything but stand against the wall, of course. But it was still a heck of a lot of fun.... for 15 minutes. Then the place got shut down. Apparently the Frat didn't register the party with the college, so the campus cops shut them down...

Some random dude saw us walking to our cars and told us where another party was to be. So he we headed to that one... Apartment complex is a freakin maze. Took us forever to find the apartment, then we found out the cops had just broken it up a few moments before... So another random dude told us where another party was. We headed off for that one...

This one was a Keg Party. Some guy just letting people into his house... No dancing or music though. Just people hanging out, talking, drinking... Nothing exciting. House was awesome though. Looked okay when you first enter, but then you go to the laundry room and open a door and the place keeps going, and going... goes down hill, huge room scattered everywhere... We want that house!

We got bored though and decided to leave. Went back to Rion's for a while then we all decided to go home... 3:40 am I am home... That was the greatest!! ::smiles::

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You Won't Take Me Alive Tom Nook!

2005-09-02T23:20:00.000-05:00

Okay, finally got to test out X-2 today, it runs really well. Thank goodness. I was gonna be even more uber pissed if it didn't play... Now watch it be half way through the game and fritz... Anyway, played 3 hours worth. I am actually enjoying it, and I hated FFX...

Played Space Channel 5 as well.... MY GAWD it is hard... I thought I would do okay since I DDR. I thought it was the same principle... But there are no visual arrows for your turn, so it is more like Simon. And you have to do it in different beats like DDR. It's like DDR and Simon's love shild... DDR being the male, cause I think it would be funny if the girl was named Simon and everyone assumed she was a he.... Anyway! I can't get passed mission 1. I try listening to the beat, but I can't ever do the moves the way I am supposed to... I'll never see it's ending.

Hmm... Might be able to enjoy my own room for a while. Sister is moving out Monday. Brother is moving into her room there after... Yay! I can play my games whenever I want and never have to listen to that bafoon ask me stupid questions or listen to him breath or feel him staring!

Uh... Went to Books-A-Million to pick up Trigun: Maximum Vol. 6. Decided to get a Snapple Energy. I asked the girl to surprise me with a flavor. She gave me Venom. Never tried that one, it was good. But I text Rion and Marcus and told them that I was poisoned cause the girl at BAM gave me Venom and now I keep loosing 10 HP every turn. Heh.

Umm~~.....

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Me Bells Are Burried!

2005-08-31T22:40:00.001-05:00

Geeze, this day progressively got worse then got a little better. Started off boring, then after I got ready for work it went down hill.

Got Final Fantasy X-2 off of eBay for cheap. I hated Final Fantasy X, but I've been wanting to see what X-2 was like. No one I know owns it, so I can't borrow it, and I hate renting games. So I got one on eBay for cheap. The page said in big red letters, "NO scratches, scuffs or anything. Disc in excellent condition." When I finally got it today, the case is nasty and the disc is badly scuffed with a few scratches on the paint on the top...

Then when I went to pick up my side bag, a huge-a spider crawled off of it. It dared to touch my skin! I smashed it with a binder near by and smushed it. But then it started running again. So I had to do it again. This time it was a little messy ball. So I had to kill the dang thing twice.

Went to get gas. Gas is now $2.99 a gallon... Was not happy. Then my car wouldn't start back up. I am having problems with the battery. Seems the car overcharges and the battery currods too fast and messes up the connection. So I had to mess with that and the drove off.

Now every a-hole in the city decided to piss me off. Constantly cutting me off with no signals. Being slow in front of me, then speeding up so I can't pass. Then I miss my exit cause of the situatuon before, plus 3 more jerks were speeding and made it impossible for me to slow down and get back behind the dude. So I nearly missed my second exit, which is bad cause I've never been past it and wouldn't know how to get to where I need to go.

I go to work and figure with the way things are going, it'll get worse. I was sure that I would get no sells, and probably just a refund. That would lower my numbers and get me into big trouble again. Then my ex wanted to talk to me tonight, so I figured I would get home and she would tell me her baby is actually my child. Which... I would like to know how since she and I never did anything to make a baby. But I am sure the answer would be, "Oh, when you were asleep I had my way with you."

Luckily, I had many visits from my friends. Erika at Hot Topic stopped by and I told her my bad day thus far. She told me to stop by Hot Topic some time and she would give me a hug. I had a couple of more pleasant visits. Then I took a break and went to see Erika. I instantly got a hug, which made me very happy. Then I found a Full Metal Alchemist T-Shirt in the clearance rack. Was $20, reduced to $10. I took it up to Erika. She saw absolutely nothing wrong with it and didn't know why it was put back there, but oh well. She said I'm lucky, cause there was a 50% the clearance price. Awesome shirt, that is perfectly fine, for $5. Woo~.

Then I went to GameStop. Saw Space Channel 5: Special Edition for $9.99... I've always wanted to play it and people tell me it is a lot of fun. So why not? I bought it. Those purchases made me happy and I do not feel guilty about them.

Oh, and my ex did not tell me the child is mine. Thank goodness. However, I became better friends with someone I meet recently over MySpace.com. She found me and sent me a message. I responded and she added me to her list. That was about it for a few days, so tonight I sent a message saying we should get to know each other since we are on each other's friend lists. (Btw, she is married and has a child, so no one ::looks at Spike:: say anything silly.) She responded quicker than I anticipated, but I liked her responce and gave me her AIM name. I gave her mine and we got to talk for the first time. I like her, she is funny and cool. I think we can be good friends.

Right now I have a head ache and I finally finished the 5th Harry Potter book. Didn't really like this book at all. Too much senceless yelling. I want to read 6th book now. I need sleep.

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Flat... Like The World

2005-08-26T01:02:00.001-05:00

Then when I closed, I got in my car and backed out... I heard this loud noise... I thought it sounded like a get engine... I turned off my radio and I could hear it, but wasn't sure if it was my car. I got to a stop sign that leads out of the mall parking lot... The noise stopped. I started up again and went faster than I had been and the noise started and got louder. Then 1/2 mile from the mall I felt vibrations and pulled over... Back right tire was FLAT! I mean hecka Flat. Wouldn't you know it? But out of all my tires, it was the ONLY one not from Discount Tires who will replace it or fix it for free if it was one of theirs....

I tried to call home but couldn't get through. So I text Rion then Maniac. Both asked where I was and I told them. Maniac got off a little early from work and found me and helped me out. I was also glad he was there for the fact that I didn't feel comfortable changing a tire in the dark in the middle of the night.

But then, the doughnut kept making this brushing noise in one section whenever I spun it. We couldn't get it too stop, and it made me nervous... So I started home at 30 mph... Rion told me to head to his girlfriend's house. I went the back way, which is slower traffic... but the bad sad of town. I did NOT want to get stranded there... I made it to Erika's safely. They took a quick look at it. Then invited me in to get some water (took me 40 minutes in 91 degree night temp to change that tire). Then they said they would follow me home to make sure I got there okay.

Drove 40 mph o a 70 mph road all the way home. Then I invited them in. We hung out for a little bit (by the way, driving time all together was 1 1/2 hours... Not counting the stops. Usually takes me 25-30 minutes to get home....). Then Erika remembered that before A-Kon I was practicing to sing a song for my friend The Bantam Hammy. She had wanted to hear me and I never had a chance. Back then, TBH said she really liked my singing and wasn't just being nice.

When I finished singing the song, Rion was the first to speak. "Out. Standing!" That was a shock. The only time he ever heard me sing is when we were dragged to a night club on Kareoke night. Some old man with an oxygen tank was in my face telling me I need to sing cause he knows talent when he sees it and told the DJ I was going next... I picked a Backstreet Boy song, since NSync and BSB are the only songs I know how to sing to since I sang them for my ex.

When I got up there... I was dead nervous. Too many people looking at me... I wouldn't breath... I squeaked and cracked... It was a mess. So this time, Rion said he was afraid I was gonna get nervous and do that again. He said he didn't think I would be bad, just nervous, but didn't expect me to be that good. Erika was impressed too. Made me really happy. I've never been confident with my singing, and this song was in Japanese. Woo~

So then as I was walking them out Erika, who hasn't seen me since mid-June goes "Have you lost weight? You look smaller." Woah... She is the first to actually say that with out me asking. I was estatic she thought so. I hope to look even better before the end of the year.

Then I got back in and decided to call my friend Spike. I've never called his cell, and after he got it he told me to call him some time. So I did. He was at Wal-Mart and we chated for a bit. But the connection got bad so we got off. Now I am talking to him again online. It's taken me that long to write to this point...

Anyway, as you can see, the night of friends. And I have really great friends too. I am really lucky.

Oh, my sister's Boyfriend was arrested today, for my brother found out day before yesterday that someone charged over $1,500+ worth of stuff on his card. Yesterday he learned what some where and where they were delivered and under whose name. All were send to her boyfriends house and under his name. Well, one was sent under another guys name who used to live there. Well, my brother called the cops. They investigated. Today in the afternoon they arrested him for credit card fraud. My sister was in tears. When she found out why he was arrested and who called the police, she goes "Well, we did receive one item in Lenny's name, but we have nothing to do with him any more!" After she left for work I said, "Wait... How did she know that item that came in Lenny's name was one of the items on the credit card statement?" She had been saying she had no part of it and didn't know her boyfriend had done that and swears he didn't do it anyway....

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Cleaning Frenzy

2005-08-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

Last night I went to bed, but as I laid there I had this urge to play Okage: Shadow King. So I did. Until my eyes were too tired to see that is. So I finally feel asleep at 3:30am. I woke up at noon and there it was again. The urge.

Jumped on Okage for a few hours till I was called down stairs by my father to see something on TV. Shortly after I got down I heard NewType chimes from the computer room. I realized I must have left my messenger running since I went to bed, since that is the sound when someone logs on. I ran in here to see if anyone had been trying to talk to me since I went to bed. No one had though.... So I looked to see who had just logged on. It twas my friend D, and as soon as I saw it was her, she IMed me. Yay~~

I haven't really gotten to talk to her in a couple of weeks and it's been bumming me out. I only got to talk to her for a little bit then she had to leave. So I went back to my room to play more Okage till I got my butt whooped.

Went downstairs for dinner then back to my room... I looked at it and decided it was time to clean. I never clean my room, and my parents have given up trying to yell at me to clean it. But every now and then my room will get to a certian point and I can't take it any m0re and I spent hours cleaning it. And that is what I did.

From 6 till 10:30 I was cleaning. I completely filled one of those jumbo garbage bags. Usually when I clean I can fill just a normal sized garbage bag, this time I could barely tie this jumbo one shut. 'Twas heavy too.... I even dusted! :oO

Well then, got that out of my system. On other topics. Lately, I've been thinking about cutting half the length of my hair off... It's really dead near the end, and a lot of trouble to wash and comb everyday cause the deadness gets all knotted. So, I think I shall have half of it cut off, and try to take even better care of it this time around.

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Writing Again

2005-08-16T00:17:00.000-05:00

If I can just find a decent job that pays well, or ever a couple of nice jobs and get a nice amount of money, a friend and I will get an apartment together. However, I am still having no luck in locatinf said job. I am hoping it happens well before Christmas, as there are things comming out I do not want my brother bothering me about.

Not to mention situations with my sister are getting worse. Lately things have been going missing. Before last Christmas my GameBoy Advance SP my mother was going to give me vanished without a trace. Seeing as how my father didn't know it was there, I was waiting for it, and my brother had one already, that left her. Then my brother found $20 missing earlier this year from his wallet.

Shortly after A-Kon I was going to buy my car tags with the rest of my spending money. I came home from work and counted my money. Didn't take it out, just leafed through it inside the wallet. Yet the next day $20 was missing... A few weeks later $10 went missing from my brother's wallet again...

Then just last Sunday, his cell phone disappeared. He left it on the book case infront of the stairs at the top of the stairs Saturday night. My parents saw it there as they went to bed at 11. I went to bed at 2am, in the dark. No clue it was there. I didn't wake up untill 1:30 pm. I went downstairs and my father said goodbye as he was heading back for Dallas. My brother came home just as he started up his truck. A minute later he was in the shower. 5 minutes later my sister came home from spending the night. Then left again before my brother was out of the shower.

Some time around 4 that afternoon my brother asked if I had seen his cell. We looked all over in case a cat jumped up to get it and batted it around and lost it. We never found it. The next day he called the company to see if it had been used. At 6 something yesterday (that Sunday he lost it) there were 2 internet charges on it... Obviously someone used it, and it wasn't him. So he had it deactivated.

Oh, and let's not forget that lately we have had to move all good food to the freezer in the garage and lock that freezed, leaving only veggies and ice in the freezer half of the fridge. Then my mother stopped buying anything really good for the fridge or pantry. Anything good she does buy, I've been told to hide. She eats 7-10 times a day when she is home, and feeds her boyfriend all of our food. She never asks permission to cook anything. Just does. Used up all our pancake mix, so there was none when my mother wanted to make them one morning for all of us. Then she ate a $12 box of shrimp that my mother bought for herself. Nothing is safe in this house.

Oh, and the key to the freezer, only I know where it is. My sister figured out she was being locked out the freezer and made a comment about it. My mother told her everyone was locked out cause only Vash knows where the key is. Later my father asked her why only I knew where it was. She told him it was cause she gives in too easily and she knows I don't.

Then today... My father and mother left to go find a place. When they got back my father came into this room (his study) to get something. As he opened the door, my cat Sakura ran out of here. He had not been in here all day, and I was still asleep. He knows she wasn't locked in over night cause she woke them up this morning... Then he discovered $20 was missing from his money clip...

When I woke up... I had never seen that man look so sad. It was like his pet had just died and his heartached. His own daughter stole from him. He left her a voice mail sayuing he wanted it back. He told my mother he doesn't care if she ever comes back. None of us do anymore. We want her gone, and we will disown her once she has...

Anyway, Maniac and Chopstick and I are going to try and start something cool soon. Keep you all posted on that.

I just got done reading Book 4 of Harry Potter... I liked it. I really look forward to the movie now.

The other day I downloaded a 6 part mini-series called Neverwhere. It's British made. My friend D told me about it, so I went on a search to try to find it to download. Success. I've seen 5 eps so far and I really like this story! It's written by Neil Gaiman, so now I am interested in his movie "Mirrormask" coming out soon.

And just now I started working on this thing D introduced me to. It's this 100 themes thing. You get 100 words and you can either draw pictures corresponding to each or write something that deals with each. I am writing a story based on my comic with extra characters (a few of my other friends.)

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Whomp You Man...

2005-08-02T03:43:00.001-05:00

Life has really been sucking lately. That is explains why there has been no real post in a while... Seriously, I've not really done a thing. I haven't even had a freind over in ages, so I can't even talk about that. But let's see what I can think up and try to make this a slightly long entry so there is actually something to read...

Okay well, I don't remember if I ever mentioned it, but I finally used up the rest of my A-Kon film, hence why I had my pictures from it scanned. But I used it up on pictures of my with some friends of mine I haven't had pictures taken with yet. If anyone would like to see those, just let me know. I would be happy to share and tell you who the person in the picture with me is. I am very happy I got those pictures.

So anyway, I've been working on a prop for my friend D. All CosPlay information is TopSecret, so I will not disclose what prop I am making for her. Why? Cause I just don't feel like talking about it, that's why. I want the costumes I wear to Oni-Con to be a secret and saying hers will give mine away a bit. I know, they wouldn't have had I not said that, but I did so that it would take that effect. Ha!

I recently finished 2 props for one of my costumes. I still have 2 left, which will take time and money. I may not actually do them, as I am low on cash. I still have to buy my plane ticket soon before they start going up in price. It's hard living on $150 pay checks for two weeks of work...

Saw Fantastic Four with my mother. Dr. Doom was weak. Made me sad.

Did a little research. Iron Man should be out in 2007. Spider-Man 3 will be out May 4, 2007. Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage will be out in 2006. They are thinking about a Dare Devil 2, while I hated the X-Men movie, except for Ice Man. Constatine 2 is being thought up, but is unsure at this point. Hellboy 2 wants to get going but they need to wait for the director to finish something else he is currently working on. Christian Bale hinted at a very dark Joker for the 2nd Batman movie... Umm... Harry Potter 5 won't be out till 2007... Most importantly, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest will be out July 7, 2006. Woo~~~ And they are filming the 3rd movie back-to-back with the second one.

I just finished the 3rd Harry Potter book a few moments ago. I never read any of the books before, but my friend D talked me into reading them. She suggested that I go ahead and read the 3rd one as the first 2 movies did a good job of covering those books. I hope to have the 4th book read before I see the movie later this year. And I am SOOOO looking forward to the Witch, the Lion, and the Wardrobe movie coming this Christmas!

Also, I would like to take this time to tell you the animes I am currently watching and my feelings on them real quick. As I am in the middle of a whole lot, I will only list the most recent.

Snow Queen - Based on the Hans C. Andersen story. My favorite of his stories told in Anime. Makes me happy. I am curious to see how they stretch the story 49 episodes long though. And I am not happy with the art all that much. (Only 1 ep out.)

Shuffle! - One of those "One dude with 50 girls craving his love" anime. I enjoy them cause they are so funny, and the characters are crazy. This one is cute. The Gods and Demon dimensions have opened and they now can cross over into ours at will. We all live together yadda yadda. This boy has been chosen to be the fiance` to either the princess of the God dimension of the princess of the Demon Dimension. In other words, he could real one of the two power dimensions. Very cute, funny, great art. Love it. (Only 4 eps out)

Tsubasa Chronicle - Based on the CLAMP Manga. I love this series in both versions. I love the art, music, and voices. They use all their old characters, give them new lives, add new characters and send them through dimensions in search of memories. Sweet story. (On ep 17)

MAR - One of my faves. Young boy, very weak, sent to another dimension filled with fairy tale type beings. Finds himself stronger. Weapons called ARMs are used here, and he finds a very rare one. Now he is determined to fight an army that is trying to take over this world he has come to. Very cool. Does anyone notice there are a lot of dimension stuff going on? (On ep 10)

Loveless - Okay... Umm... My friend D told me to check it out. It's shounen-ai, I know. But... If I ignore the dude kissing the dude, it's actually a pretty good series. I have seen 4 eps and they've only kissed once, so... Magic fighting that reminds me of Negima.

Magic Teacher Negima - 11 year old magician from Britan comes to Japan to teach school as part of his training. Teaches at an all girl school. Gets into magic fights. Teams up with a girl in his class to be his fighter. Fighter attacks and defends with the magic user casts spells... From the person who made Love Hina... So the main girl looks like Naru. (Ep. 22 out, on ep 10)

Victorian Romance Emma - Very light and simple story. Victorian England. Maid and a rich young man fall in love. They try to over come all odds and be together. (12 eps, on ep 9)

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid - Second season to the original. Never got to finish the original, but I love the characters so I have to watch this season. So funny. (On ep 3)

Eureka Seven - Another one D recommended. No kissing dudes this time. (By the way, I've nother against dudes kissing and liking each other... I just don't want to see it.) This is a fun series. Reminds me of a mix between FLCL and Full Metal Panic, while sky surfing. (on ep 9)

Erementar Gerad - Don't try to pronounce it, you'll go mad. It's a cool series. Sky pirate main character finds girl in a box. She is of an all female race known as Eden Raids that can transform into powerful weapons when they make a contract with a human. (On Ep. 13)

Elfien Lied -WOAH~~! My gawd! So much gore and blood and wrongness... I wasn't sure about this one at first. Too gory and too much nudity for me. But if I sedate myself (as not to go insane from the wrongness of the gore) and ignore the nudity... It's crazy and interesting enough to keep me into it. I love the theme too. But I swear it's the only song in the whole series. (On ep 5)

Tide-Line Blue - Post Apocoliptic future. Most of the world is under water. Young boy and his crush (with her recently born child) are on a submarine. Not sure what that plot is yet, but I like it. (3 eps out, on ep 3)

Trinity Blood - Preist that is really a Vampire that feeds on the blood of Vampires and belongs to a bad-a group of warrior-ish priests under the command of the pope's right-hand bishop (Lady Catherina) who fight creatures of the night while the world is torn between humans and Vampires. 'Nuff said. Kinda has a Trigun mixed with Helsing feel to it. (on ep 10)

Onmyou Taisenki - Digimon type thing... I like it. (on ep 4)

Last One -
Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge - It's like two anime in one. First half, two girls want to further their comedy career, so they became superheros with the same team name to get credit. But they don't care if they kill or hurt innocent people, as long as they capture or kill villans of any level (panty theives to axe murderes) as long as they "did justice." People hate and fear them, so they are more like villans. One girl likes bid chests on women and little girls, and the other girl likes little boys under the age of 10... Other half is about 5 sisters whose parents were henchmen in evil organizations. Their last wish was for their daughters to become real villans, beyond the life of henchmen. So they gain magical powers to be villans, but keep doing good deeds so they are more like superheros... (On episode 1)

Speaking of all this... I am PISSED. D.Gray-man, one of my all time fave manga series has been licensed. They last chapter translated was a FLIPPIN cliff hanger... so now I have to wait for ever for it to come out and then reach the same place I was at before I can find out what happend. Dang it!

Anyway, night.

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Boo

2005-07-25T00:47:00.000-05:00

Well, It's been over a week since I last posted. I apologize. There's just been nothing to report on. All I've done is work, sit at home, watch anime, read books, and work on CosPlay...

Maybe something cool will happen soon?

New Quote I Like:
"You speak blasphemy, Sir!"
"Fluently~."

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As Promised

2005-07-14T02:19:00.000-05:00

CosPlay pics from Project A-Kon 16 are ready for your viewing pleasure!

Please go here:

My CosPlay.com Gallery

For those of you who do not know, the Vincent costume was from A-Kon 15, the rest are from this year. Please feel free to look through all of my albumes and enjoy. Also, I would love to hear what you all think about which one and so forth. If you have a CosPlay.com account feel free to comment there, if not please feel free to comment here!

Now, as for the day. Got off at 12:45. Went to Hobby Lobby. Added on to my "style". I wear my barrett at the end of my long hair, but that allows the shorter ones to become fly-aways and that is bad news. So I got one yard of black ribbon and tie around the mid section of my hair. No bow, just tied. I let the rest of the ribbon hang down my back. I think it is cool. Let's see if I can insert a picture...

Please excuse my messy hair and appearance. It's been a long day and I am in my sleep-wear. Leave me a lone. :oP

Got Chopstick and headed to Maniac's. Then we all came to my place and proceeded to take photo shoots. As I was done with Jin and coming from behind my house I saw someone parked in our drive way staring at me. Later my sister tells me they called her cell while they were wating for her to come out and told her some strange people just came from behind her house. She had to explain what I was doing. Then when she gets home she tells me the girl said she was going to yell something at me when she saw my swords and decided to stay quiet. The guy in the car asked her if those were real swords. My sister told him maybe. So he asked if I knew how to fight with them. She told him more than likely. His response was, "I'm not gonna mess with him..."

I am also sure people driving by seeing me in costumes gave me weird looks.

While it was extremely hot all day (our pocky melted the moment we stepped outside) and very sunny... 30 minutes after my last photo there was a thunderstorm that lasted the rest of the day.

Then is took me a long time to get all my pictures loaded, scanned, labled, then uploaded onto CosPlay.com. ::phew::

Umm....Enjoy!

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Flippin SWEET~

2005-07-13T00:57:00.000-05:00

So I know I talk about drifting... but when I say I drift, what I am actually doing is just power sliding. My back end does not actually slide and I adjust, yadda yadda. I just go *Squeeeeeeeee* with lots of grip from my tires...

Well, today I was almost home. The road to my house is 35mph. I was going 40. As I was a house away from my own I got into the other line to power slide into my drive way. However, I accidently knocked my gear shift back into Drive3 by accident which startled and confused me and I tapped the break instead of stepping on it. This caused the back of my car to inirtia drift to the side until I was facing my house straight on. I hit the gas, got into my spot, parked, jumped out with my arms in the air and yelled "WOOO~~~!!!" I actually drifted for the very first time, even if it was by accident. Man it felt so GOOD~!

Now there are tire tred marks on the street and down my drive way. Hehe~, oops. -_-::

Speaking of drift. I got a hold of a bootleg of the Initial D live action movie. Very good quality too. English subs suck, but I get the jist of it. Only watched 45 minutes since I haven't seen all the first season of the anime yet...

Oh and as for my Music Videos of the Week... I am running out. I don't know American videos. If I had Japanese PV codes I could have one a week for a very, very long time. But American ones, I am like "Uhhhh~~~" for a while before something comes to mind.... ::Sad::

Also, expect CosPlay pictures tomorrow. Some of you I will be IMing and sending them to directly.

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Some Past Revealed

2005-07-05T00:57:00.000-05:00

In response:

Indeed I have been to Japan, kind of. I once lived in Okinawa for 8 1/2 years of my life till I moved to America. That's what I mean by kind of. I've, sadly, only been to the main land once, and only sat in an airport waiting for our plane to arrive that would take us to America. So while I did live in Japan, I did not get to travel the Major part of Japan. Even then, I lived on an American Base.

I would very much like to go back one day too. Since my only living Japanese relative lives in America too, we have no reason to go to Japan even to visit.

Hope to hear from you again. You take care too~!

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Song Lyrics #1

2005-07-03T23:21:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I have never finished playing Final Fantasy VIII. I just can't get into it, and I am at a point that is pissing me off. I am sure TBH will hunt me down for saying that. But I recently got a hold of a song from that game. I am not sure, but I believe it is a remixed version. All I can say is.... <3, as one of my friends would say. I don't know what it is, but I love this song so much. I repeat it over and over in my car and tear up to it every time. Here are the lyrics:

"Eyes On Me"

The music to it (at least the version I have) is just so greatness...

Thought I would share that information.

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To My Friend Halfway Around the World

2005-07-01T01:48:00.000-05:00

That's really cool how you were able to come across my blog by clicking the "next blog" button. I've never actually used that button before, but I think now I shall give it a try since it was able to lead you to mine. And I am honored that you read my blog now. ::bow:: Also, it's cool knowing someone so far away is reading about me. Please take care of your self!

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My Bed is a Battle Field

2005-06-29T05:00:00.000-05:00

First off... Some of you, get your minds outta the gutter... You know who you are.

Anyway, for the past several days... I don't know what I've been dreaming. I can only recall quick flashes of battles and mechas and powering up... I dunno... But after I wake up and go get breakfast, when I come back... Great Beejebus!

I have 2-3 of my 5 pillows on the floor, sometimes a bit of a ways from my bed. Blanet and sheet are seperated. Blanket shoved down a corner at the end, sheet shoved down the side of the bed agaisnt the wall. Remaining pillows scattered about and shoved in crevices of bed. Matress has freakin moved about... It's like a war went on!

Sheesh... I want to record what I am dreaming.

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Too Early For This

2005-06-24T02:05:00.000-05:00

I awoke at 8am today, headed for the shower. As I was washing my hair it occured to me... "Wait... I think I am off today." So I proceeded to be ticked at that thought, because I only work with two people and I do not have their home numbers to call. So I got dressed and headed out... Drove 30 minutes to the mall and went into my kiosk... Yup. I was off. It's Friday and Saturday that I open... Man~~!

So I left and stopped at Rion's place. He is in Mississippi for a week, cause his girlfriend is having a family reunion. So I am taking care of his cat. After that I went home and worked on Yuki. On my way to the mall, the battery light started to flicker to the beat of my music. That does not make me happy. So I got home and checked it. It was wet... So I figured all my "drifting" was sloshing the water out of it. I added more water to the cells. Then cleaned up the battery... things the wires conenct to... I'm not a car person. Leave me lone.

Then I checked my Power Steering Fluid. There is a line that says "Lower Level" and a line that says "Upper Level". The directions say to fill it to "Upper Level"... I had it filled to the rim which was 100% too much... And it's been making weird clicking noises when I turn. I am hoping it was cause of too much fluid. So I shoved paper towels in it till I got it to the right level.

Then... It was time. I took off all my neons and undid all the wiring... They just looked horrible. You could see them sticking out cause I have no body kit, and then I was tired of people laughing cause my wires wear hanging everywhere and frayed... Just wasn't worth it. And they only worked for 3 days and never worked again... Maybe now Yuki will feel better?

Got my new scanner on Tuesday. My A-Kon pictures have yet to be developed. Might be another week though... I plan on having Rion help me out with photo shoots... I will scan the good stuff. I have scanned some drawings of mine. I might post one or two to see what you guys think.

Btw, SCROLL DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!!!!

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Just A Bit Of Randomness

2005-06-19T00:48:00.000-05:00

LAS PLAGAS~~~!!!!!

Hey, Who all reads this blog? If you don't mind, would you leave a comment to this? Even if you don't subscribe to Blogger, just leave on anonymously. Leave your nickname in the comment though. I was just curious as to who all reads this. Thank you!~

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Car Pictures Howl

2005-06-16T02:32:00.000-05:00

I want to get my A-Kon pictures developed, but I want to do them all at the same time. I have 4-6 photos left on my roll of film before I can develop them. I've been trying to get photos of me with some friends that I have no pictures of. These people work at the mall and I see them almost everyday... Except for now. Now that I am TRYING to find them for a purpose, they are never at the mall... Son of a Monkey!

I did get one picture taken that was on my list. Sadly, I have a feeling it will not turn out. The flash didn't go both tries and we were inside Hot Topic, which is a low lit place to begin with... I hope they turn out better than I think they will.

Today just as I was getting off, a friend of mine and his girlfriend stopped by. He asked how I was doing and I asked the same int turn. He said he got a new car, Mazda X6 I think he said. I approved and he asked what I drove. I told him a Honda Accord EX. He suddenly asks, "White?!" I'm like, "Yeah." "With the purple..." "Decepticon decals and Japanese writing, yeah that's mine."

"Dude! I just saw that car a second ago. I saw all that stuff on it and was freakin out cause it was so cool. I was pointing out everything to her and she asked if I even knew who the car belonged to and I was like no."

Heh, that was amusing. He likes my car and what I've done with it. He thinks I am an actual street racer. I tried to tell him I am a street drifter that doesn't actually drift, but I guess he didn't get it cause he asked where I mainly cruise.

As I was leaving my ex-assistant manager was walking in. I asked for a hug and as she gave me one she complained she was all hot and smelt funny like Long John Silver's. I told her she didn't and she told me I smelt nice though. Always nice to be told I smell good. I felt sexy.

On the way home I hear this loud thud noise from my back driver's side tire area. I figure my tire kicked up a rock and it hit the underside of my car. 25 minutes later I am home and look and all seems fine. 30 minutes later my brother points out I have a flat. That exact tire was flatter than human a Transfromer stepped on.... Not happy. Everytime I turn around I am getting a flat or a tire blows up. And it's always a different one. So when it happens I have to pay for it to be replaced of fix. No, it can never be the new tires from Discount Tires so they can replace/fix it for free. It has to be another old one so I get to blow more money.... Gonna see if I can get it fixed tomorrow morning...

Nice note: I finally won a nice Scanner off of eBay. I should be getting it soon and I can start scanning my pictures from A-Kon once they develope. $35.50 for a new scanner never opened. Better than $120 at Best Buy... Now if I could only win one of those External Harddrives. Stupid Mother Kickers always outbid me. It's ridiculous. By the time those auctions end people spend more on one than if they had bought the same item at a store, plus the shipping/handling fee. Complete morons. Why are humans so foolish?

Oh yeah, and I am highly pissed now. I just went to the website for the company that owns both theaters here to see what times Howl's Moving Castle plays on Friday... Neither theater is showing it... Nor in any of the cities close by... I am so pissed. I've been wanting to see it on the big screen so bad. They showed Spirited Away here after it won the Academy Award... Why wont they give Howl's Moving Castle a shot?! Worthless Texas/Oklahoma Neighboring, Inbreed, Uncultured, Pieces of Slag!!

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Pissed

2005-06-11T16:38:00.000-05:00

Was looking around at some sites with pictures of A-kon 16, and this girl had pictures of the skits. One was labled "I Really Hated This Skit." It was my skit. Now I am just... gah! There was no reason to label it that, and I don't see what her freaking problem was. She was porbably one of those lame skits that are jealous cause we got Best Skit. When you are good, people hate you. I know after the skit there was this group that did a skit dressed all as Yu-Gi-Oh! Villans and Rion's GF heard them complaining and whining. Stupid fraggers.

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Return of the Sexy - Friday

2005-06-07T22:49:00.001-05:00

(Note: I got back from A-Kon on Sunday, but while I was typing this the power went out and the cable to didn't work for a couple of days so this is the first chance I've had to redo it.)

So I just got back from A-Kon... I have mixed feelings about it. It was good, and for the majority I had fun. Bad sadly, compared to last year it was not as fun. Friday was probably the most aggravating and today was probably the worst and Saturday was the saddest yet best.

Just so you all know, this is going to be a long entry. Please be prepared. I am a writer.

Thursday I worked in the morning, hung with Rion on his lunch at his new apartment, then headed home. Went to sleep and woke up at 9:20 pm so my sister could flat iron my hair for me. She went to bed and I created the symbol for my Ice Spikes that go with my Alchemist costume.... Finally! Then slowly I finish packing my bathroom supplies and get into costume piece by piece. Sprayed my hair white first off, to let it dry so it would not get on my clothes. Eventually I was complete.

Sat around waiting for 4am to arrive, when Maniac would pick me up. I watched Volume 3 of Samurai Champloo. Then I watched episode 12 of Gokusen Season 1. Tear jerker. I love that series. Thank you for introducing it to me, D.

4am comes, no Maniac. 4:15 I text him asking if he is awake. He texts back saying he is giving me the middle finger. See... it's an A-Kon tradition. I was told A-Kon 14 on a video they are trying to wake him up and all you can see is his Fro over the couch's arm. He stirs as if getting up then you see him flip everyone off and roll over to sleep. Last year I tired to wake him and he slipped me off. This year I was told he flipped off Sean and Chopstick, so he text me that he did to me as well....

4:30 I text again, he says they are getting ready... I tell Rion we will be late... after telling everyone to be at IHOP by 5am for the past couple of months. 5:10 they finally show up. I am already Highly pissed. We load my stuff up and head out. Maniac makes it to IHOP in 8 minutes where as it takes me 15...

Rion and his GF are waiting for us there. We go in and get a table. I get crazy looks cause I look like a punk. Silver hair, black shirt with strange gray cross designs, huge and heavy chain swinging at my side... Pictures later when developed. We sit down and order. I just get some chocolate milk. Skidd and his Cuz come strollin in late too. Dressed and Mario and Luigi no less. Skidd as Luigi.

Eventually we all head out on the road. Now it is about 6:30 and we should have left at 6... So not too bad at this point. I stick the new Gorillaz CD into the player and we jam to that on the way. In the town half way we make a pit stop, then it's back on the road. Meanwhile, I am looking back to Rion and making gestures and making my stuffed Plue doll dance for him and his GF. I am also text messaging them back and forth. So that was amusing.

Finally in Dallas, and oh by the way, I have had a sore throat the last few days and have a headache because of it. That's important to know. So now we are driving through crazy Dallas... Eventually we find the area the hotel is in. We wind up circling the hotel 20 times looking for a parking spot in the hotel, but they were all full. Then we checked the lots around the hotel. Eventually found a place... though it was a slight bit too far from the hotel for our tastes, but it was the best we could do. Not to mention it was now 9:30.... I told D I would be there at like 8.

Called my mother to let her know I got there okay, then we got out and headed it. I got in line to get my badge. I walk up to the dude and he tells me the letter of my last name it down on the other end next to letters that it has no place being next to! So I get in the LONGEST line out off all the letters. When I finally get to the table the lady tells me my last name was just now moved to the end of the table. So I go "Argh!" in frustration, thought I didn't mean to do that. I go back to the dude I just talked to and he apologizes that that happened to me.

While I was in line, I focused on my main concern of that morning. Calling my friend, D, I met on CosPlay.com. I tried and tried to call her but I was getting NO signal. After I got the badge, Maniac found out we could go check in now instead of waiting till 3pm. We go up there... the room is much nicer than it was the year before. I leave my 5'9", Green Sword in the room and we head back to the car in the hot, hot sun. I grab all my gear and everyone has to help me in addition to their own. I wanted to collapse. We dragged it all up to our rooms and rested a bit then headed back down. Convention time!

Wound up splitting from everyone but Rion and his GF...

So Rion and his GF go to get food and I walk off to find something to do. I did nothing but walk for an hour... I was trying to find Maniac. I hadn't seen him since 11am and it was not 4 pm. I figured at last if I stand near these escalators, Maniac is sure to come up them or try to go down them at some point. In the mean time I finally get asked for my picture. 3 in a row and the only 3 all day long. Apparently no one likes Groove Adventure Rave... So I settle against the wall and go into a trance as I stare at the escalators connected to the first floor. Suddenly D appears right infront of me and scares the bejeebus out of me. We talk a little bit, then she says she need to put up her dolls and get back into her Padme outfit.

I realize that my room is the only place I have not looked for Maniac. So I walk with her to her elevator. She said she would be back down in a bit and would call me if she couldn't find me. I go to my room and there is no Maniac... So I rest a bit cause the place is Hot and I've been sweating in all that clothing, not to mention carrying that sword. Eventually I decide to go back down. As I await the elevator it opens and Maniac comes out. He tells me he just found D on his way to the elevator and she told him to tell me she was heading for the Dealer's Room. Cool, cause I was going to go there too.

I go to the concerts with Rion and his GF. ZZ was on first, a rock band. They were really good. Then was Kumiko Kaito. She was okay, not bad. Then it was dream, with a lower case d. They were awesome! I loved the concerts, though I hated the people. I had a headache from my sore throat and were I was sitting is where everyone decided they needed to pass to get out and people standing infront of me wouldn't move so I kept getting kicked, bumped, stepped, shoved... I was about to shed blood. At one point theses girls trying to get by (I could not back up as a chair and a person in it were right behind me) would squeeze behind the people in front of me and get so close to me that another 2 inches they would be sitting in my lap. I almost told one of them they might as well sit down, we are so close.

I leave the concerts and come back with everyone to enjoy DJ Boss who is the BIGGEST name in the MOST popular Tokyo Night Club. I was digging it. He was great. But I had been awake for 28 hours now and could NOT speak and my head hurt. So Maniac and I got as close to the stage as we could to plan out our skit movements. Then we head out and go to bed. When I went into the shower everyone was talking and goofing off. When I got out they were all dead... asleep that is. So I watch some She's All That to let my hair dry then I get on my beach chair in my little corner and fall asleep.

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Return of the Sexy - Saturday

2005-06-07T22:03:00.001-05:00

My cell alarm wakes me up at 8:30. I wanted to be first in the shower cause I take a while in showers and needed to be in line to sign up for Cosplay at 10am... I find someone else already in it and everyone else claiming a spot. Now I am pissed. I wind up having to go stand in line in my pajamas, unshaven, with a hat covering my messy hair. I felt so humiliated! About 30-45 minutes later I get in and sign up for a skit and head back to the room. Everyone is already out and about without me. So I take a shower and get into my Moonlight Knight costume.

When I come out someone let Rion and his GF in and they were waiting for me. So head out. I go get my weapon checked and as I am passing through Sign Whore Bridge we run into Maniac. He gets my picture and I get his. Then this guy wants mine, then this lady wants mine with Maniac. Wow, already two for this costume.

I go into the dealer's room and as soon as I step foot in, someone taps my shoulder. A girl wants me picture. Woo~! Couple of more pictures as we walk about. I find a girl dressed as Usagi (Sailor Moon when not Sailor Moon) and when she saw me her face lit up! So we got some pictures taken together. Through out the day I had numerous girls wanting my picture and a few guys. Several times I was told they have never seen anyone dress as him. That makes me happy. One girl even asked for a hug and every time she saw me since she smiled and waved. This costume was a hit and that I am glad for. Sadly all the Sailor Moon people were on Friday so there was only a handful on Sat. I did get a picture with Pluto and Jupiter though. 2 of my favorite scouts. But my favorite is Mercury and I never found one.

Maniac was going to be in the DDR tournament. They told him it was multi form competition. When it started he found out it was only Perfect Attack so he was pissed.

At 4:30 Mugen and I headed out. We had asked Rion's GF the night before to be the girl in our skit since D couldn't play the part without proper costuming, which I respect. She agreed but wanted something other than her jeans and shirt. She went through my costumes and pulled out me cloak for my Alchemist costume. Put it on with the shoulder down one side and wrapped it around her like a kimono... It actually resembled on. She put her hair up with my chopsticks and it looked great.

We get in line, expecting to do rehersals first. They were pressed on time so they gave everyone a quick run throw and let the audience in. It had begun! First there was a lot of... Nothing. Just music playing. Then people in the audience started to get on the stage and dance. Then I head laughter and looked at Maniac. He heard it the second time and looked at me. We knew what it was. Feel Good, Inc. by the Gorillaz!! Man~! That song ROCKS when played that loud in such a big room! Eventually Kumiko Kaito was back to sing for us. This time picture taking was allowed and I took many, just because it was the first concert I was allowed to do so... And Maniac sure took his share. Next were the skits.

When we got up there I wasn't nervous, just annoyed everyone was still unclear as what to do. Pleople loved my intro I made for our skit, especially when they heard it was Champloo spoof. Music starts...

We messed up many times. I knew we weren't going to win anything, but I didn't care. I was just having fun, but I at least wanted to do it right... The fight scene went great. Best we had ever done it! And the audience loved the lightsaber part. I say my last line and head to my seat. As soon as I sit down 5 people behind me tap my shoulder and tell me that that was sweet or awesome or we did a really great job!

Everyone but me leaves to go get food. I don't eat at Cons. So I was alone. The majority of the reamining skits were really good. Only one guy was cut off and kicked off. Same dude from last year who tried to be a stand up comediean dressed as Yohko Kurama and was kicked off last year too. He sat infront of me before the skits and was a jerk, he sat down in front of me again and was all whiney. Loser.

So after 30 skits and 70 walk-ons, the judges leave and we are herded out for a group picture then sent back in. I lost my seat at the edge to Joe and Viewtiful Joe. I can't sit right with my swords cause I can't take them out. So I sat in the middle of two chairs at the very edge. My butt hurt bad. After watching a really cool presentation from an actual Ninjitsu Master, there was a Q&A with the MC. The guy was funny as heck and I really liked him. Probably the second best part of that whole night was him. Eventually the judges came back and it was time for the awards. I was curious as to who won. So many were so good.

They start out by telling us it took them so long and that says something about the quality of the perfromances this year and to be proud. First was the youth award. Some young kid dressed as Tidus from FFX during the walk-ons won. Then there was 3 different Judges Awards. Happy with all them who won. On to the Skits. First was Omaj (sp?) Award. Not to clear on its meaning. Anyway, Joe and Viewtiful Joe stand up to accept it. Finally, I can relax. I put my swords up on the chiar and sit back. Aww~~ "For Best Skit: Skit 11 - Samurai Champloo!" WHAT?!

My eyes shot open and I was standing up without thinking and walking to the stage. I was thinking this had to be a dream. I feel asleep or something... Everyone is going to freak when I get to the room and show them... Can this be real? As I get on the stage I see Maniac running to catch up. I accept the trophy and take the prizes and the girl congratulats me and tells me we were awesome. I can't believe this! We won BEST SKIT!! Ahh~~~!!!!

So we go out and look through our awards. A few people ask for our picture and congratulate us. We finally go back to our room. When we FINALLY got back to the room (stupid elevators) we had a small party. Just went through our prizes and split them up. Shared the box of Pocky and had some sodas. I gave credit to D for being the one to talk us into doing a skit and reserved a prize for her... We realized Skidd and his Cuz has skipped out and went home on us. Oh well.

We goofed around for a bit. Having mock fights in the room. Then we started to watch the skits again since they were showing it on the Hotel TV. I was wanting to see what me looked like. When it came... I realized... What they didn't know, they didn't know. Our skit looked fluid and perfect. Fight scene was great. I only knew it was messed up cause I worked on it. No one else had any way of knowing. So cool~! As Maniac and Chopstick fell asleep, Sean and I stayed up to see us get the award, but they stopped broad cast just before the awards.... Pissed me off. Went to bed.

By the way, they all agreed I could keep the trophy as I wrote the script and planned the first version and worked the most on it.

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Return of the Sexy - Sunday

2005-06-07T21:57:00.001-05:00

(By the way, Saturday I developed a bad cough with my other symptoms. Not to mention I was over heating like crazy.)

Sunday I awoke at 9:30. Time to get ready to go. My hair was still in Jin's style and since I had showered before the skit and didn't do much after I just went to bed. My hair was fine, so I figured I would just take a shower when I got home. We had to be checked out before noon. I got into my Alchemist costume but felt so horrible I had no energy to drag those spikes I made around. I feel bad too cause Coleman went through a lot of crap trying to get that symbol to me.

We took all my stuff to the car and packed it. Then went back for some other stuff. Now the elevators were in demand and taking forever. Everyone decided to use the stairs down 29 floors. I couldn't make that so Rion's GF stayed with me. We fianlly got on one and went down. Rion and her went off to his car and we were going to wait inside for them. So I went in look of my group. Found them at the food court. We then went back to the dealer room for one last look. Rion and his GF head off for home without us.

Maniac wants to play Initial D one last time so we watch him. I had been trying to call D since the food court to see if she was still there, but I could not get ahold of her... So we leave. We stop at Krispy Kreme to get donughts. A new A-Kon tradition. My first Krispy Kreme was last year after A-kon. So now we will do it every year. Things are soooo~ good. Then we head home. Getting there was quicker than coming, and sadded. I hate being back. I wish A-Kon was it's own country and we could live there...

Now I sit here with slight sore throat, slight cough, swollen glands, and an ear ache... But A-Kon was worth it.

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T-Minus 3

2005-05-31T02:14:00.000-05:00

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday~

Ultra Super Excited! Can you feel it!?

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T-Minus 5

2005-05-29T12:45:00.000-05:00

5 Days Left:

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

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Tears~~

2005-05-29T12:44:00.000-05:00

Every time I watch a trailer for the new Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess... Tears begin to flow from my eyes... It's just so marvelous and beautiful... I can't wait to play it... ::tears::

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6 Days Left

2005-05-28T21:03:00.000-05:00

Project A-Kon 16 Starts in 6 days.

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

I'm already packing, and I have to work Thursday morning, but that is all right. I can't wait for A-Kon, and not just because of the whole anime/cosplay aspect of it this time.

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Day Of Craziness

2005-05-25T19:14:00.000-05:00

Geeze... Today was just a day for crazy things to happen.

Woke up, went to work. All fine. The phone rings as soon as I open.

Me: Things Remembered, thank you for calling. How can I help you?

Person: Hello! This is Breland's Health Center and to celebrate our 30th year in business we are calling around to our local businesses and the first to answer gets a free membership, so congratulations!

Me: Oh... Thank you.

Person: If you could come but today around 5, ask for ____ and bring this confirmation code to claim your prize. We look forward to seeing you!

Me: Okay. Thank you!

Person: Bye.

So... I won something for going to work... That was random, but though I meant to go claim it, I forgot all about it by the time I got off. But after that, every thing was quiet. Suddenly it looked like night time cause the sky was so dark and thick the sun wasn't getting through. I also work underneath a large glass dome, so I can see the sky. Suddenly it was downpouring, hailing, lightning...

I took off to Samuel's when the hail started cause I did NOT want that glass dome shattering over MY head. Shortly there after it died down and was sunny again... So I went back to my little kiosk. Then two men from the Airforce in camos came up... Asked if I could engrave on this... It was a freakin shell to a freaking 155 mm calibur bullet! Holy Slag! And it was once part of a live round, not an imitation. They had shot it off in practice and kept the shell after it was approved to be taken.

That was different. But the rest of the crazy stuff wasn't cool, so I will not discuss it. However, I will talk about my costumes.

I am 97% done with everything. All I need to do is at loops for my swords to go through on Jin's pants, put elastic in Moonlight's pants, and finish the Alchemist prop and wrist bands. Except ofr staightening my hair and coloring white for Haru and blue for Alchemist, I am practically done and have already started to pack. Even though it is not till next weekend.

Also, Maniac has decided to do 2 other costumes! Woo~! He originally was going to only do one. I was going to be the only one with a costume for all days, but now he has joined my club. I am happy.

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CosPlay... Away~

2005-05-24T01:35:00.000-05:00

Update for you faithful readers. I am virutally done now, except for props mostly. I have a little to do on the costumes themselves, but not all that much.

Haru- Need to buy a new black shirt, since I ruined the other one. Then I need to add those gray designs. Then I need to add lollipops to my "makeshift" Plue. Then all that will be left is to straghten my hair and spray it white.

Moonlight Knight- I need to add elastic to my bottom of the pant legs. Then I need to find a way to keep the belt on... Then add the crescent moon to the brooch I made.

Jin- Need to alter the pants slightly to make them look more authentic. Then I need to finish making the sheath for the small sword and painting it, then it will be done.

Alchemist- I just need to get the Alchemy symbol my friend made, enlarge it, add the spikes to it. Then all that will be left is to spray blue highlights in my hair.

See? Not too bad. As for the skit. Maniac and I are getting it donw pretty well. Hopefully it will be more fluent and natural on stage. I hope my friend Rion tapes it...

Other news? I am sick of my job. This time it is because I am tired of rude customers. I so want to Samurai Beep Slap them all... I wish I could find something else as well. I need more money... I hate money...

Oh! I sang for my friend TBH tonight. 3 times! She actually enjoyed it and wanted to hear it again. That made me happy. She wasn't pleased with my last performance, so I was nervous this time. I think I did well too. Especially for sining a Japanese song for the first time. I felt good. Rion's girlfriend wants to hear me sing it now... I think I shall!

Lots to do tomorrow... Open, work 8 hours. Find my friend to get that symbol... Find Rion's new apartment... Who knows what else... I should be in bed right now but...

A good friend of mine has been sick the past several days, and though she still feels bad is finally online again. I missed her and was worried about her, so I am enjoying getting to talk to her again. :o)

I need water, so this entry is ending now.

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Drool City

2005-05-19T12:23:00.001-05:00

First of all, I went to see Star Wars Episode III last night at midnight. Now, I am not a huge, obssessed Star Wars fan. I enjoy the movies (except the second one!!!) and I like the universe. My favorite character is Boba Fett. But I also enjoying going to the theater with a friend, and especially at midnight. This time I went with Rion and his girlfriend. Would have been Maniac too, but tickets were sold at 9am, and sold out for all 3 showings at 10am. Rion had went to get his and mine for me at 9:40. Maniac tried to get his at about 10... It sucked.

Now and to what made me drool even more so! The new Legend of Zelda game. "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess"!!!! I have seen screen caps from E3 and read a little about it. Link can freakin turn into a freakin wolf!! SA-WEET~!! Even more reason to like that man! I swear, this game might be even better than "Majora's Mask"! I refuse to watch anymore trailers, or read anymore about it. I want to buy the game and play it and be in utter awe at it! ::sigh of bliss::

Also, I saw pictures of the new Nintendo counsel Codename: Revolution. Nice. I know I will be getting it. But what I am truly anticipating at this moment, is Nintendo's new Wi-Fi network they are setting up all over the world. And it will be free use! That means if I am in an internet Wi-Fi hot spot, I can play people in Japan. Sweet~!

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Vespa Jack

2005-05-16T17:39:00.000-05:00

Okay, so an update on him already. My mother and sister came home and he was still here. My mother said I could care for him but he has to stay outside. So she got down some bowls that we filled with food and water. My sister, meanwhile, had been sitting out back with him petting him and talking to him.

By the way, for you not into anime, I also named him Vespa after the vehicle that is famous in FLCL. His fur is yellow not orange also.

Anyway, my sister started making phone calls. She quickly found someone who would take him in. So he got him into a pet taxi, which he didn't like. And got into my car, which he liked even less. I drove him to where his new owner lives, while trying to talk to him and keep him calm.

We got to the girl's house and my sister got out of the car and the girl meet us. My sister took Vespa Jack out of his taxi and the girl took him in her arms and helf him close and he stopped crying. So then he looked at me, and I looked him in the eyes and told him bye. The girl promised to leave his name as Vespa Jack but would either call him Vespa or Jack for short.

And then we drove off, and I tried not to cry. I am sure he will be very happy. My sister said that girl is very sweet and loves kitties.

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Cry For Help

2005-05-16T15:27:00.000-05:00

At this moment, there is a poor cat outside my house crying for love. I was sitting here minding my own business when my brother calls the house. He is standing out side and needs me to shut the garage door as he enters to try and keep this cat that is following him out.

I step outside and see the cat and go over to pet it. The poor thing is so thin it's unbareable. It's limping on its right hind foot... And as I pet it (or him as I discover) it's sheding like mad...

I order my brother to fetch me a bowl of food and water as I remain to pet it. I know, feed a stray and they will never leave. But I am not as dark and heartless as I joke to be. I could not stand to just turn my back on it... So I fed it, and it ate like it had never tasted food before. Gobbling down so fast it would cough... kind of.

As it ate, we retreated into the garage and shut the door and entered the house. After several minutes I opened the door leading to the garage and could hear it yelling from outside for attention and help... All I could do is shut the door...

We have two female cats already, and my parents don't care for male cats. Not to mention, they would not take in a stray... But I think this cat was domisticated at some point. He seems too friendly and adapted to humans to be 100% stray or feral... I will never know...

I think he shall be known as Vespa, for he is an orange tiger tabby and just reminds me of a skinny wasp. Vespa Jack in full, cause it sounds cool. But while part of me wishes I could take him in and do more for him, part of me hopes he leaves and doesn't return, because it will hurt me more and more everytime I see him. I want to cry right now cause I am so worried about him, espcecially that limping leg...

I wish Vespa Jack luck in finding a wonderful life soon... Maybe someone can take him in where as I cannot.

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Polite Panda

2005-05-13T14:38:00.000-05:00

It's been awhile since I've updated, but that's because nothing exciting has been going on. Little bit of work, little bit of costume making, lot of anime watching. Not something worth talking about.

However, last Tuesday Maniac, Chopstick, and I did rehearse our A-Kon skit for 3 1/2 hours in my drive way. You have no idea how much of a work out that actually is when you rehearse a fight scene 200 times (exaggerating). It was fun though. We are probably going to rehearse again next Tuesday. We had it pretty much down last time, but next time we need to make it flow smoother and seem more natural.

We are not professional actors, but for those of you who will not see it but want to... I am trying to get a friend to video tape it, but he makes no promises. If he does get to, I'll make copies of the video and send them to you. Okay?

Further news... Today is that last day of work for two of my co-workers. I never liked them, but that means once again I will have long boring shifts and no days off for a while. Only thing good about that is I will get a little more money. My last couple of checks really sucked and I can't live on that. Still no luck on a second job either. I need to buy a new scanner, some games, and some manga... Not to mention fix my car then customize it... Geeze. If only I could get that assistant manager position then a second job I could be doing pretty good I think.

Oh, I did get a raise finally. $.22 more an hour... So now I make $6.22 an hour... Took me a year to get a raise... ::cries::

Polite Panda is a Care Bear, by the way. I think technically he is a Care Cousin, but... Come on... He is a bear... Just cause he is an exotic bear doesn't mean he shouldn't be called a Care Bear. Anyway, I bought his stuffed animal at Hot Topic the other day and he is staring at me at the moment...

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Curious, Little One?

2005-05-03T21:50:00.001-05:00

The other day I posted a quick, lazy update. In doing so, I raised some questions. At least out of one person. My friend... Let's call him Metal, asked me what skit am I talking about. So I realized, I had not been updating with certail events in my life, and I do not know why I did not.

About a month ago I decided to see if I could find anyone to CosPlay with Maniac and I at A-Kon for a Chamlpoo group CosPlay. Amazingly, someone did reply to my post. Even more amazingly, she plans to CosPlay as Fuu, the missing character of our trio and the one character I was really looking for someone to CosPlay. I was very happy.

Afte a few days of posting to each other on my thread, we exchanged chat names. Since then we have been chatting and having a lot of fun. But to the point, shortly after we started to chatting, she came up with the idea of doing a skit together. I had to talk Maniac in it, and though it took a little while, he finally agreed. It was on.

The next day Maniac had a skit idea. I ran it by her, and she loved it. Then each day Maniac had more ideas to put into it, and luckily she loved everyone of them. We even took 6 hours one day to put together the soundtrack plus sounds on one track on a CD to use at A-Kon. All that is left now is to practice and time ourselves to the track and complete the costumes.

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Avoidance

2005-05-02T16:25:00.000-05:00

Ran to Wal-mart last night to see if they had some sort of white sports pants. The white material I bought to make the Moonlight Knight costume was too see through. You could see me skin through it, and sadly, where my underwear ended and my leg began... Didn't need hat going on. So I might as well find real pants and alter them if need be. Plus I was out of conditioner...

So I arrive at Wal-Mart and once again I have to be Solid Snake for Metal Gear Solid, because someone I want nothing to do with works there and tends to work at night, which is when I like to go since hardly anyone is there...

First off, they have the hair stuff section blocked off so they could buff the floor. So that was irritating. I go into the men's clothing section. I get a white muscel shirt, since the same what material will be for my shirt, I would rather my skin not be seen through it. Sadly, they had Zero white pants. I did find some comfortable looking sports pants that would have worked, but all they had was black and grey... So I head over the the video game section. Picked up the 200th issue of Game Informer then saw a bin with video games for $14.98. Right on top was GunGrave: Overdose. So I grabbed that, even though I can't play it till I get my hands on the first one. Then there was another bin of video games for $19.98 or less. I grabbed Tekken 4 so I could practice with my character, Ling.

When I was checking out, the lady saw GunGrave and asked if there was an anime to that. I said yes, and then she started to talk about Fullmetal Alchemist. Then the girl that I had been avoiding sees me from her register and comes over to me telling me she needs to talk to me.

I knew exactly what about too. She used to date Rion, but treated him badly and dumped him cause he wouldn't lay her among other things. His new girlfriend hates this girl and got in her face and told her to stay away about a week ago. That is what the topic was about, I was right.

I gave her no answers. Just kept telling her that I don't know. She told me to tell him he needs to call her so they can discuss this. Last time they talked... 6 months ago, he told her he didn't even want to be friends and she cried... Now here she is telling me that last time they talked they decided to be friends. What the slag?

Well... She wanted to hang out with me too, and I said I would call her, but I wont. Rion asked me to tell her to stay away from me as well... But I just can't be mean. I feel bad, even to her. Darn it. I will have to eventually as well...

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Pez~

2005-04-30T02:27:00.000-05:00

Haru Glory - 95%
Moonlight Knight - 20%
Jin - 70%
Alchemist - 95%

Skit- Good Progress

Hot Topic- New Anime Shirts, Woo~

Work- Getting interesting

Love- Falling for someone...

Pez- Bobba Fett Dispencer

Drift Team- 4th Name in Beta Stage

Drift Logo- Planning Stages

A-Kon- Almost 1 month away

Weight- Afraid I May Have Gained...

Sleep- Need Some. Night.

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Ah~ Man!!!

2005-04-12T23:19:00.000-05:00

Greatnes.... BEAU~~~~~TIFUL!!!

So after I got off a long... boring... slow 8 hour day I called Maniac and told him I was heading over to our favorite Sushi Bar run by a very nice Korean lady. He said okay and that two others in our A-Kon group where coming for a meeting.

I arrive and shortly after he does too. Then Rion texts me and I invite him to join us. Soon there is 6 of us in the little place and we are loud. Laughig, joking... Just having a really great time with really great food. It was really nice. The place started to get busy so we decided to head out. We confused the lady's son when he tried to ring us all up on the register. It all worked out in the end. We decided to all go to this... "amusement center" called the Plex the DDR!!

So we get there and I dance with Chopstick (we gave him that nickname at the sushi bar cause he wanted a nickname too) and then Maniac Danced with Skidd and then Skidd's cousin was about to play with Maniac. Well, they hit the button too many times so it was on solo player instead of versus and on Beginner mode. So Skidd's Cuz went ahead and Maniac was going to go after him.

Suddenly 2 preppy guys with 2 preppy girls arrive... Usually when you want to claim the next game you put up a token or a quarter.... This turd placed a credit card up there... We were not impressed. They sat down and watched Skidd's Cuz try to learn. When he was done one the prep boys "Dark Hair" got on. Maniac was like "S'cool. You go ahead, I already put my tokens in." Dark Hair hands him 3 tokens and gets ready to dance....

Dark Hair takes out a hankerchief and wipes the dirt off the arrows (to add grip, but still... so lame). Then he begins dancing. Maniac and I look at each other and say "Perfect Attacker" which was his style. But then he throws in ONE weak trick... Then at the end he does one of Maniac's signature tricks... We all looked at Maniac and he had this "Oh no no no... This is a challenge" type grin.

Dark Hair jumped off and TAG TEAMED Blande Hair. Blonde Hair starts perfect attacking, but the lame way. Some people don't move their torsos, just legs and it looks funky. Oh yeah... instead of cleaning the arrows, he licks his fingers and then wipes them on the bottom of his shoes... I was like "Is that sanitary?"

Dark Hair is back... Their girls have been cheering and we've just been standing there. While he does his last song we are asking Maniac what his line up is going to be and making suggestions. Dark hair, meanwhile, is failing horrible at the song and almost loses, but managed to beat the song.

Maniac's Turn. First song... Nothing but tricks and perfect attacked at the same time. We don't look at the preps, but I glance out the corner of my eyes. They don't look happy. Second song, even bigger tricks. Still the preps are not happy. Thrid song... Now I've seen Maniac dance many times... But never to this song... I even went "Whoa..." Which is saying a lot. He blew them out of the water by dropping a Space Colony on their butts.

Once again they both try. Doing their same little... preperations... No one is paying attention to them anymore, especially not us. The girls aren't cheering. They came in with an ego, trying to show off to us and to their girls. They got their butts served... Burt to a crisp! The got done with their song and they just left the building.

We all busted out laughing and spent the rest of the night poking fun at them and joking about starting Dance Fights (think 8 Mile's Rap Fights) and other crazy stuff... Ah~~ Such a great night.

Oh! And I realized my work pants were not fitting right, and when I tried to change clothes I was able to pull them straight down without unbuttoning... I weighed my self... Some how in the past week or two, I lost 5 pounds. I am very happy. My costume's pants fit a little better now too! I hope I can loose a little more. Whatever I did to loose it, I need to keep it up!

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::Techno Music Plays::

2005-04-11T22:17:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TBH!!!

You're my number one hero!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

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Wild Geese

2005-04-10T20:48:00.000-05:00

Well, we have a winner folks. TBH new exactly where the title in last time's subject line came from. Her prize was... A Can of Soup and I have to sing a song for her over the phone... I should have just said she can have my first born.... (Couse, my future wife might be unhappy about that if I had...)

Anyway, it seems that Maniac and I's cars are already being talked about and we haven't even gone cruising as a team yet! Sa-Weet!

He said the other day while he was working in the arcade he heard a small group talking about cars so he was evesdropping... Then they started talking about the white car with the Decepticon symbols on it and the writing on the side in a strange language. AKA - They were talking about my Yuki Phantom. Nice.

Then he was at a friend's house and his friend had a friend over. The friend's friend saw his car and was like "Ah! You're the one with the Red Suns sticker!" Maniac was like, "Yeah... Does that mean people talk about my car?" The guy was like, "Yeah man. People talk about the car with all the Initial D decals and the huge Grand Theft Auto San Andres decal on the back window!"

So, we already have a slight reputation. Very cool. If I can ever get my undergrounds to work again they might know me even better, since I've yet to see anyone else with purple undergrounds around here.

Can't wait till our team gets together for real.

By the way, I gotthe new fuse box for my undergrounds, but it was a dead fuse box on delivery. I am pissed.

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Seven Degrees of Judgement

2005-04-05T02:00:00.000-05:00

So a while back my evil, worthless manager quit where I work to make cookies a few kiosks down the mall. For 10 days we were without a management ranked person, because our assistant manager went on vacation. Then the newly hired girl of 2 weeks stopped showing up... (Worthless Hoe-Bag!) So that left two people. One of whom has 2 other jobs and a family... That person not being me... I worked 45 hours that week... some 11 1/2 hour shifts... That's a lot when you are only used to 12 hour weeks...

Well, that was 3 weeks ago almost and we still do not have a manager, though we are close to getting one finally. The person I hope gets the job is a good friend and she works a few kiosks over as an assistant manager. If this girl gets the job, she wants to revamp the entire store and "clean house." Basically, she wants to get rid of my current assistant manager. Boo-Ya!

I told her that if she got the job and was able to boot out the assistant manager, I would put in to be her new one. Which I am sure I would get since I've been there so long and would not need much training. I would get paid $2 more an hour than I am now and get more hours... I could live a little more comfortably with that. Seeing as I do okay with $6/hour and 12 hour weeks. $8 for 30-35 hours would be nice. Maybe I could finally go to college and get an apartment...

If I decided not to stay there forever, the assistant manager would look good on applications when trying to find something better... Hmm...

The check that that 45 hours was on was 1 WEEK late... When I finally got it, nothing happened... I can't get on base anymore (Father is retired and I am not in school), but my bank is on base. My bank is the base one, because that is where my mother works. So I give her my check to have her split it up the way I ask. But she was off Fri.-Mon. so tomorrow it will finally be cashed... I was hecka running low. Then I get paid again this Friday which will be another large check. Nice.

Sadly, my Tax Refund Check basically never existed. I got paid little last year so I got a little check. So I took 50% of it to use as spending money at A-Kon, then I gave 50% of it to my mother to help her with bills. So... since that money never saw my account, it never truly existed in terms of depending on it to raise my account funds....

At this moment, 7 people are officially going to A-kon in my group and sharing the same room. One female is in the group and I let it be known that she automatically gets one of the 2 beds both nights! Also about A-Kon, my costumes are no closer to being finished than last time I reported. Bad Emperor of the World. Bad... Also, I will be in a Sailor Moon group like I mentioned, but I found a girl online from Houston who is going and will dress up as Fuu, the female of the Samurai Champloo trio that we did not have. That makes me happy since it means we can have a full set for posing. She wants to do a skit with us, so I need to talk Maniac into that. She also wants a professional photoshoot taken of us. She is really excited and I am looking forward to meeting her in person.

Speaking of groups. I am starting a Street Racing Team. Maniac and I are Co-Captains. It started cause he and I put the "Fujiwata Tofu Shop" decal that the star of the anime Initial D has on his car (since it is his father's car that is used for delivery). We love that anime, so we had life sized decals put on. Two of his friends want to do it to, so we said only if we become a team. They said sure. So...

Currently we have no name, just the decal. We plan to still drive around with each other on the main street to show off and park in parking lots to look cool. We wont actually race though... At least not Maniac and I. We can't afford to get caught... At least we can say we are a drifitng team... As in "We Drift From Place To Place!" Heh...

I've also inducted 3 B-Team members. Female friends that wanted to join, but didn't want that huge decal. So they get the original Micro-Version of the decal to put on a window. They will be like our support team. They have no desire to race, just to look good. Two of them are getting 2005 cars, that are actually good race cars. I want to ride in the leader of B-Team's car. She is getting a 2005 Honda Civic LX Special Edition. Nice.

I shall let you know later if we ever make a name. Once we do, we are making our own symbol to go along with the Initial D decal. That way, if someone is copying, they need the offical symbol along with the Signature decal to be officail members...

Also, I was talking to the leader of B-Team today when I saw a girl I know from Hot Topic walk by. She has black hair, but she had blue tips! First off, I was hypnotized cause it was hot. Second, I've been wanting blue tips. Last I tried they came out Purple-Red. It was still cool but not Blue. So later I went in... There was Hot Topic Girl. My heart skipped a beat. One of two girls I know personally that has ever made that happen just looking at them... But things are ackward between us. I went straight for Hot Topic Girl II and told her I had a weird question for her. She said to shoot.

I asked her what she did to get blue in her hair. She laughed and said she had been asked that twice today already. She told me she had tried some stuff they sell and it looked bad and tried it proffessionally, but it came out different colors since her hair is so dark. She told me this new person tried once and it was too light, but the more she does it the brighter it shows. So she is going to go by there soon to get me a business card since the people are too new to be in the phone book.

She knows me through Maniac but we've never introduced. I knew her name though. She introduced herself and I told her my name, but that my friends call me Vash... (At least the nice ones to me ::gives a look at certain people reading this:: ).

Umm... I think that is all to report today. Continue to worship me as usual. Till next time, my wonderful servants.

P.S. - If anyone knows what the title of this entry is reference to... I'll make your reward almost anything you want it to be.

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More Than I Can Handle?

2005-03-24T23:42:00.001-06:00

Well... I'm in for it now. I have FOUR costumes to do in TWO months....

I decided to go ahead and do my Moonlight Knight. I was on the Cosplay.com Forums and in the thread for A-Kon. In there, there was a thread about a Sailor Moon Gathering. Basically they try to get a bunch of other CosPlayers cosplaying Sailor Moon characters to get together for photos.

I threw in my two cents, telling them I was going to do Moonlight Knight, but pushed it back. They said that sucked cause they've never seen anyone do him before and would have loved that.

Well... I am all for doing a costume no one has ever gotten to see before... So I am now working on him again. So, I will have to wear him the early part of the day they want to take the photos then change into my other costume I planned for that day.

Can I do this? I think I can. This is me we are talking about. I am just too sexy...

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Go Speed!

2005-03-22T21:57:00.000-06:00

So... I bought some Purple Undergrounds for my car. For those of you who do not know that term, I have neon lights under my car. Took my friend and I 7 hours to get it all on and wired... At one point near the end I wanted to check to see if it worked... It didn't. So while he labored I tried to figure things out. Finally did, and realized we attatched a poistive wire to the wrong place and then they worked... 1:30 in the morning I took him home.

3 Days later and only getting to use them at night in the City once, I realize... The wires are hanging down and nearly touching the road... Apparently 1 am means "Let's use Duct Tape instead of the clamps." Cause Duct Tape was on the wires, apparently it was used to hold them up... So I got home from work and went to work putting the clamps that came on to my car and running the wires through...

2 hours later I got the last one set. I was lowering the car down the jack when suddenly, all my lights go off... So I run to the fuse box (cause other wise not all of them should have gone off)... Liquid was on my fuse box. Shorted it out... Apparently my winsheild wiper fluid's lid popped off and liquid poured out when it was on the jack... Now I need a new fuse box...

Crap...

On other new about my car. I now have a Large decal of the Intial D's AE-86's decal on my car. So does Maniac. We are going to start a new street racing team, minus the street racing... Like Initial D, we will be called Drifters. Unlike Initial D, we wont drift our cars... we'll just drift from place to place.... ::sigh:: I wish Sexy-ifing my car wasn't so expensive...

(If you want a CosPlay update... Too bad. I've been lazy and have not been doing anything. Mostly because I've had to work so much I've hadly hard time to come home and relax before getting to bed then waking up and doing it all over again.)

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Work

2005-03-20T00:07:00.000-06:00

I worked 45 hours this week and 39-43 next week... Exhausting when I am used to 17 hour weeks and I work all this time alone...

Messy Messy...

2005-03-08T03:02:00.000-06:00

I've started work on making a sheath for my sword that goes with my Jin costume. Working with paper mache is really messy. I mean it is all over the place and icky. And you can only to one layer at a time, and each layer takes 24 hours to dry completely. (According to the website I went to to find out how to do it.) It also said I need at least 3 layers for any project. Since this will be against my waist for 12+ hours, I will need to make extra layers for strength.

I've yet to begin work on the top of the kimono. That will take me a while. I really wanted to avoid a lot of sewing this year, but it seems I just can't escape it. Oh well, it's all good. When I get it finished, I shall add the details to it. I need to get those skirts put together too. That shouldn't be hard at all really.

I've also made sure I can style my hair like Jin's. I just need some soft of gel that will keep my hair straight so it will look right all day long. Other than those things and getting a second sword, I am finished with Jin.

Haru, I now have the necklace for and and a few steps from being finished with the sword. I need to find a stuffed animal I can use as Plue's body. I have a styrofoam ball to use as the head. I still need to plan on what to do with his nose though. I also need to add 4 small details to my shirt and then to my shoes and I will be done with Haru, except for the final step. That will be spraying my hair silver, and I will have to wait until the morning of to do that. My hair will not look exactly like Haru's, but I am sure it will be acceptable. Heck, it has to be better looking than the attempts I've seen other CosPlayers try.

So close yet so far away. I have 2 and a half months left to get this all done. Plus I still need to loose weight, which shamefully I admit I have lost none of. But I plan on buying something that may help me out if I actually dedicate my self to working with it like it tells me I need to. Supposed to show results in 7 days too. So If I get it and do it every day, I will have 1 1/2 - 2 months to loose weight with it. Wish me luck my faithful minions.

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Nope. He Is Being Pushed Back.

2005-02-28T22:28:00.000-06:00

Well, I decided on yet another costume I'd rather wear than poor Ole' Moonlight Knight.

A-Kon 17 I will dress like this guy. His name is Dark Mousy and he is from "DN Angel," one of my favorite series. He is an art theif that has been stealing art from the Hikari family for 300 years. In the Niwa family, when you turn 14 the males will become 17 year old Dark, but only when they feel love for the girl they have a crush on. Yeah, he's quite the looker, isn't he. I look nothing like that sadly. But maybe by next year I'll have lost a lot of weight an toned up for it?

Thing is, he has purple hair and I don't think I could get my hair to do that. I might need to get a wig... Or at least try to get it similar to his and spray it purple. Also, he never wears the same suit twice, so I need to pick one that I think will be easy to make and go with that. I will just by Black Angel wings and wear them, that way it will be easier to figure out who I am supposed to be. So cause I am not as "hot" as him and he wont take a lot of work, he will be a Friday CosPlay (plus we always drive 2 hours to the Kon in out costumes, so the more normal the costume the more comfortable I am during the drive.)

Look At These: With Wings. Chibi! See The Hair? More Wing.

You know... Last year I was having a freakin hard time of thinking of anyone I could CosPlay as. Now I am getting so many ideas I need more conventions just to do them all! Oh well, I am happy. So, at the moment the plan is:

A-Kon 17:
Friday - Dark Mousy
Saturday - Hamlin

A-Kon 18:
Friday - Moonlight Knight
Saturday - Allen Walker

Man! I wish A-Kon was a 4 day event like some other big Anime Conventions are! Or the others were easier to get to at least.... Arrghh~!!

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2005-02-27T16:27:00.000-06:00

This is Allen Walker from "D. Gray-man". He is an exorcist... But far from the type you imagine. This is his suit I plan to make. He has silver hair.

2005-02-27T16:26:00.000-06:00

This Is the scar on his eye I will have to draw on myself.

2005-02-27T16:25:00.000-06:00

Too Bad I Can't Do THIS With My Eye. Would Be Sa-Weet.

2005-02-27T16:24:00.000-06:00

His Arm Look Like This With A Cross Burned Into His Palm. Might Do This...

2005-02-27T16:23:00.000-06:00

His Arm Turns Into This. I Dream Of Pulling This Off At A-Kon... I Think I Could Actually.

Poor Moonlight Knight...

2005-02-27T15:27:00.000-06:00

Once again, I have to push the Moonlight Knight back another A-kon, because I have thought of another costume I'd rather do than him... Actually... I might do him next year anyway... See, Firdays you don't wear your BEST costume. Saturday is the main CosPlay day... I might wear him on Friday and Hamlin on Sat....

Anyway, as for the person I was thinking about replacing Knight with is this guy.... Appartenly I choose ALL the characters with next to no good pictures on the internet, so I will have to post a picture like I did with Hamlin.

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2005-02-27T03:26:00.000-06:00

This Is Another Image of Hamlin and he is with Princess Flute. Look at the Violin.

Didn't Even Have To Use Alchemy...

2005-02-27T01:58:00.000-06:00

The other day I bought "Full Metal Alchemist and the Broken Angel" for my PlayStation 2. It's a game based off of one of my favorite anime series. But when I tried to play it, my system kept telling me "Disk read error" which wasn't making me very happy.

So the next day I took the game back to Best Buy, since I figured the disk was dead on arrival, and I just needed to get a new copy of it. So I did, and when I tried that disk, the same problem occured... After talking to Maniac about it, he said it means my PS2 is about to die. His wouldn't read new games either before it crashed. I've only had this thing for about a year. Used my tax refund to get it. Kind sucks if I had to use this year's tax refund to buy another one...

So I got on eBay to look for a new one for cheap. No luck... Then I got an idea. I found a website telling me how to fix the dreaded "Disk read error" problem. It was sickeningly easy to do. And wouldn't you know? It worked perfectly.

Would have been funny if I had to use alchemy to fix my PS2 so that I could play my Full Metal Alchemist game...

I think now I want to get my hands on the "Inu Yasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask" game... and I still need "Gungrave" and "Gungrave: Overdose" games... I am also thinking about importing "Naruto 2" for the GameCube... So much to get, so little money to spend.

With only 4 hours of work next week and 7.75 hours the week after, I won't be getting very big checks... And I've been there a year as of the 26th this month. I am so looking for a new job. Hopefull I find one soon that pays well, gives me more hours, and I won't hate with a passion like I do this one. But If I can't find one by the end of March I will stop looking till I get back from A-Kon. I'd really like a job at Best Buy... After 3 months you get a crazy discount on everything according to the friends I had working there.

Hmm... My tax refund this year will be $198... I was planning on using most of that as A-Kon spening money, but I should help my parents out with money... Since I am not in college and have a lousy job, I am not worth what they are spending on me... Maybe if I get a nice job and start making more I can talk Maniac into getting an apartment with me?

On a personal note to my friend TBH, I am sorry I was not able to save enough money to buy you a plane ticket up here to attend A-Kon with me this year. With any luck, I might be able to next year. Please keep your fingers crossed for me and blow a kiss to the full moon and ask her to help me as well.

Speaking of A-Kon. My current plans for CosPlay at next year's A-Kon will be the Moonlight Knight from Sailor Moon R, and Hamlin from Hamlin no Violin Hiki (Violinist of Hamlin). Let me see if I can find a picture of Hamlin... Won't be easy, I bet. Series was made in 1996, 25 episodes long and not many Americans know about it... Here, just scroll down till you see the name Hamlin under a picture. He's the 2nd picture. This one too... Yes, that is GIANT violin on him in these pictures if you can see it. Look like cello, I know, but it's actually a violin. I love that. His friend carries a piano on his back. This would be fun to CosPlay. Heh.

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I Am An Enthusiastic CosPlayer

2005-02-21T23:37:00.000-06:00

Hehehe~. Thanks Bantam. I am indeed an enthusiastic CosPlayer. You should be greatly honored that you know me! Bwahahah~!! And those links worked, and I think that would be pretty cool to see you CosPlay as.

Update on the costumes!!!

Okay, I will start with Haru. I have just finished putting together the sword, Rune Save. Took me 6 hours straight. I had to do some archeticting, as the picture I used for reference was 8 inches and I had to turn it into 5 feet. Some how, the sword came out to be 5' 8"... It's an inch taller than me people! The blade is like 3' 6", the hand gaurd is roughly 5" and the hilt is 18-20".... Something like that. It looks rather accurate though... Sadly, I made it out of cardboard, so the edges were holey. So I used duct tape to cover them. I started to spray pain it green, but it looks a little weird cause you can still see the edges of the tape... I am hoping enough coats of paint will make those edges disappear... ::sweat drop::

Currently only one side is painted. I still need to do the other side then pain the guard and the hilt piece. Then wrap the hilt in tennis raquet grip, and then take a sharpy and draw the designs on the blade.

As for the costume, I have most of what I need. I just need to either sew of the designs on my sleeves, or paint those on with fabric paint.... I think I may go with the latter. Then I have created out of molding clay, the first Rave Stone Haru gets and the charms on his necklace. Need to paint those and get a chain.

I have decided I need to make a Plue. That white thing I linked a picture of. I couldn't find a stuffed animal of him on eBay or any online stores... So I need to make one. I have an idea how, but it sounds crazy and cruel...

Finally, I still need to get the silver hair spray...

As for Jin... I found a patter for a full body kimono... I bought some material to use, and will have to alter the pattern a bit, but I think I can get it to come out all right.

Finally bought a wooden sword off of eBay. I will have to make a sheath for it out of paper mache and then paint it to look like a sword. Just need a small plastic sword to be the kodachi.

JCPenny was having a huge sale, so my mother took me. We bought two skirts for me. That sounds weird, I agree. Believe me, I was most embarrassed when she would hold a skirt against me to see how it would look... See, to make Jin's Umanori (Traditonal Men's Kimono Pants) I will need two skirts, split them at seams, sew together at those seams, cut down the middle, sew more seams. That way they will look basically like real Umanori. But I needed her so it didn't look like I was the one buying them... ::embarrased:: Jin will take the most work. I honestly wanted to avoid doing sewing this time around. The sewing room is cramped and a hassle to move around in... Oh well.

At JCPenny I fell in love with this necklace I found... It has a heart made of onyx and then this Victoriam design made of white gold spreading over the two bumps at the top of the heart... It's dazzling and I couldn't stop looking at it. $149.99.... Guess what. I bought it... Just cause I couldn't bare leaving it... I'll be paying that off for awhile... (That's the price of a Nintendo DS! ::tear::!!)

So, CosPlay is close to being complete. Yosh! Now to start getting A-Kon meetings set and discussing plans.

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Crap...

2005-02-03T22:26:00.000-06:00

<_<>_> o_o... Dang it...

The Haori I bought for $15 off of eBay for my Jin costume arrived today, but... It's too small for me... Again... I thought it would fit, guess I read wrong... I hate this body of mine. Nothing ever fits nicely... But, it's mostly my fault it is this way. I may be "built like a football player," but I let myself go overboard... Like I have said previously, I am working on that situation...

But no amount of healthy work out and weight loss will make this Haori fit me. (Maybe if I was 15 again...) I will just have to get down to basics. I must find a kimono style Navy Blue robe some where, cut it, and alter it. That will have to do...

Haven't done much with my CosPlaying as of late... Just haven't been in the mood. But I do not want to be working on it up until a day before the Kon again like I did last year. I still have almost 4 months left. I am sure I will get both of them completed with plenty of time to spare...

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Fit To CosPlay

2005-01-28T22:18:00.000-06:00

Those gray slacks I mentioned before for the Haru Glory CosPlay project... I had some difficulties with them when I was buying them. I got them at a Super Wal-Mart, but I didn't know what size I wore, so I guessed and took it home (after paying, duh). But when I tried them on, they were way too small. So I went back that night to get a refund, but the Customer Service center was closed.

I went ahead and bought the largest pair they had in that color, but they were a 2 digits smaller than what my mother said I wore. But I got them anyway. When I got home I tried them on. They fit, but feel a little tight. But when I sit down they were very tight... Not a good this, considering we are going to get into costume before we leave for the Kon, which is 2 hours away from where I live...

The next day I went to the second Super Wal-Mart a little further away to see if they had a larger size in the color I need... They had less choices than the one I am closer too. So I was not happy about driving out that far for nothing. So I came back to the original one, got my money back on the smallest pair. I decided to take one last look, incase they put out some more.... Nope. So home I went.

When I got home, I came to a decision. I will just loose weight. I've been talking about it forever now, and I will kind of start then stop days later. Pathetic. But now I am truly determined to loose weight so I can fit into those paints with no problem. I have 4 months to do it in. I think I can do this.

I am having my mother help me by yelling at me if she catches me eating too much or snacking a lot. She bought me some healthy stuff to snack on when I get the munchies. I am going to buy a lot of sugar free gum so that I have something to chew on and I wont feel like eating. I am also taking natural green tea extract pills to help increase my matabalisim, and crub my hunger. I am going to try extremely hard!

Kind of sad that dressing up in a costume is what gives me the determination to loose weight, rather than anything else... But hey, that's just me. So wish me luck my friends.

(Last year at A-Kon, I lost 10 pounds in 3 days from all the none stop walking I did. I gained 5 back, cause it was water weight, but I was able to keep off the other 5 pounds. Woo~! Maybe I will loose some at A-Kon this year to add on what I hope I loose before A-Kon.)

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ANIME MUSIC

2005-01-27T22:18:00.000-06:00

YOSH~!!!

I've had this MP3 on my computer for a long time now. I recognize it from an anime but for the lives of me I could NOT rememeber what anime it was from. It's been driving me crazy forever!

I listen to an anime radio station over the internet and they just started to play it!!! I was like, "YOSH~!!!" So now I have a stereo going on, playing the MP3 with the radio and I have it at the exact same times so it's like double! Woo~!!!

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Reply To A Past Comment...

2005-01-27T21:59:00.000-06:00

I just now saw a comment to that last, upset entry.. By friend, TBH, you are a great person and truly wise beyond your years. I sit here speechless, with no retaliation to anything you said to me in that comment. I bow to you and shall take your words into great consideration. Thank you.

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More CosPlay Craziness

2005-01-27T21:42:00.000-06:00

Well, I did want to perform a skit on Saturday night of A-kon. See, CosPlayers can sign up to do a walk-on modeling, or do a skit in their costumes. Walk-ons have winners and Skits have winners. But it's first come first serve for sign-ups, and only a certain amount can sign up for either.

I made a script and planned it all out and discussed it with Maniac. It was going to be funny and really cool. I think so anyway. He liked it too, but then he told me the bad news.

He said that he wanted to try it the year before, thinking like me that all we had to do was sign up on Friday then come an hour or two early on Saturday to reherse... No. We have to wait in line all day Friday if we are lucky enough to make the sign up. We have to wait for others to perform their skits to be allowed then perform ours. Then they tell the perfromers what is wrong and what needs to be changed to be allowed. Then you have to start over in line waiting for your turn again. This can go on till 3am on Sat. Which means your whole Friday A-Kon is gone before your eyes. Then you have to show up several hours ealry for rehersal and planning if you have music and cues.... So... It's not worth it... ::sigh::

Also, Maniac is thinking about dressing as a human version of this guy: K.K. Slider. He is from "Animal Crossing," a GameCube game. On Saturdays he will play a song at your request. It's fun to listen to him. If he decides to do this, he will bring his guitar, and learn some of K.K. Slider's songs and try to really play and sing them for some cash on Friday. (You really need to hear his songs. It's greatness.)

All day at work I have been contemplating how to make those swords... I think I have some sound plans at the moment... I just need to rebuild my checking account a little... HAd to buy Resident Evil 4 yesterday, along with gas so... took me down a bit. ::tear:: I don't make enough money...

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CosPlay Breazy

2005-01-26T22:56:00.000-06:00

Yo.

I need to start getting back into writting in this thing more often. As for my last recent entry, I really don't recall all I said in it, and I don't feel like looking it up, but I am sure I was very upset in it. Well, I am over it. I am just happy she has found some one, who looks like makes her happy. Whether I will ever find someone for myself is unclear at this point, but it's okay. If I am meant to be with someone, we will find each other.

My ex apologized last night. I was telling her that two of my friends are planning on getting engaged to their girlfriends soon. Out of the blue she responds, "Does it hurt you a lot that other people are getting engaged and you aren't anymore?" I answered truthfully, that it did a little. It does hurt, but I am so very happy for them. But when I told her it did a little, she said, "I am sorry..." I told her not to worry about it and not to apologize, that it was okay.

And truly, it is okay. This is the path she chose to go down, and there was never any real chance of me following her path. if she had never moved, we could have gone down one path together, but ever since that move, I was only waving at her across a field from my path. Maybe along the way I will find someone who's path joins mine. I just want for her to always be happy. Though I am not fond of the names she chose for her child if it is a boy.

Now on to the CosPlay thing. Maniac and I have been cracking down and getting serious about A-Kon. Last year the dude in charge cheated Maniac out of his Kon money and our room. This year Maniac is in charge and I am like the secretary. We got our room reserved and we have all the prices figured out... If we are able to get 4+ people to go with us. We think we might, but aren't sure. Rion, if he goes, is getting his own room, so that is not going to help us in the least.

Originally I was going to dress as the Moonlight Knight (or this, and this.) from "Sailor Moon R" on Saturday (the major CosPlay day) and Haru Glory (from Groove Adventure Rave) on Firday when I get there. But plans have changed.

Maniac has a new favorite series by the people who did "Cowboy Bebop." It is called "Samurai Champloo." He wants to dress as Mugen and he wants me to to do Jin. I was all for that. So now we are doing those two on Saturday and I will still be doing Haru on Friday. I like doing a group CosPlay better than solo, so this will be cool. And Bebop fans should recognize us.

I made a drawing of me as both characters and labled what I needed. I've been colleceting the pieces I need for each slowly. As for Haur, I could not find a short sleeved black shirt or white slacks. So I got a long sleeved black shirt and gray slacks. The second third of the series he wears a long sleeves black shirt with gray symbols on the sleeves and gray slacks, so I will do that version. (Like this.) Jin, I am getting a lot of Japanese clothing from eBay. Just need to add those diamonds. Alread got the glasses.

I think the most difficult parts to do will be to make the swords. I need a long and short traditional samurai swords for Jin... Not having luck finding any fake swords I could use... Might have to make-shift some wooden practice ones and make sheaths out of paper mache`. As for the sword Haru uses. That big one behind him is his sword, but it can transform into 9 other shapes. I wish to make this shape: Runesave... You know, for the last week I could not find a picture of it till just now... Anyway, it's also green. This I have an idea of how to make, but it's going to take some time... Good thing I have 4 months to go.

And to top it all off, I need to find a stuffed animal of this thing: Plue. It like, follows Haru around and is a key to the whole story you find out later on.

Well... I think that is enough writing. On to more research for CosPlay~!!!

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Such A God... :o)

2005-01-10T13:10:00.000-06:00

Become a God or Goddess. by zerogirl
Name:
God/Goddess of	Fear
Element:	Water
Animal Companion:	Butterfly
Weak against	Food
Weapon:	Sword

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Crazy Dream or Prophecy?

2004-12-06T23:05:00.000-06:00

First I am in an underground government funded school for magic users. I am in a class with some other people who can use magic. One girl was from the manga I was reading last night but she had a feather duster that moved on it's own for some reason. Then I decide I need to get something so I go up the elevator and out the front door of my house. I get in my car, pull out the driveway and start driving down the road... Not more than a few seconds later I notice a Double Full Moon. I think, "What the? Why are there two Moons?" And I see my old Newspaper teacher in the road looking at them.

So I pull over and get out, grabbing Maniac' digital camera. (Not sure why it was in my passenger seat.) I look up and both moons are huge, as if closer to earth than usual, and it is still early morning. The second moon is 1/3 behind the first. I start trying to take a picture when I notice the sun. It looks bigger as if closer too. But instead of a yellow dot, it look like what you see on TV. The dark spots, moving around, solar archs. And the archs were leaping from it like mad and reaching out far.

Soon the road is crowded with people all staring and pointing. I am still trying to take pictures as the sun moves up. The more it moves up, the more the dark spots grow. By the time it is above the Moons (which haven't moved) it is nearly all looking like coal. Then I notice a second sun over the horizon. As the second sun hits the point of where I first noticed the first sun, the first sun explodes.

A massive cloud of pastel purple flames race to the second sun. The second sun like spits this cloud of pastel purple fire at Earth. Now everyone is screaming and some how I made it back to my house and down into the Magical School. Every is panicing here as well.

The ceiling of the school is invisible so we can see the sky and it looks dark and ominous, yet the stars are out directly over us, while it looks like morning over the horizon. The Two Moons are still there but that cloud of flame has entered the school and is rushing the ground. It washes over everyone's feet but I jump over it.

Then a teacher screams for all students to get to their assigned rooms. So I go back to the class room I started in and tell my class mates what I see. I accedintly step on the feather duster that moves on it's own and apologize, then sit down and I woke up.

Then when I wake up there is suddenly numerous sever thunder storm warnings everywhere. So that was a little "oo-wee-ooo~".

I do wonder though, was that a prophecy for another dimension's Earth and they sent it to the wrong me, or was it just a crazy dream and I need to stop taking those pills that are supposed to "help me sleep" before bed.

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Thanksgiving... Shove It Up Your Turkey~!

2004-11-23T23:26:00.001-06:00

So this Thanksgiving thing... I really dislike this holiday... Now to start off, I will point out I don't believe it should be discontinued as a Holiday and no one should observe it. I am merely stating why I can't stand this Holiday.

1.) If you are turly thankful for something and the things in your life, you should be and celebrate them all year long. Not wait for a certain day every year to acknowledge them.

Okay, and now for my personal experience reasons:

2.) I dislike the food that is cooked on this day, so I never get to eat much. No one will let me eat anything big all day so I can have dinner with the family. Then dinner comes and I have probably the smallest Thanksgiving plate of food you've ever seen. A few shredded pieces of turkey (blah), a roll or two, small spoon of creamed corn (like two teaspoons), slice or two of Cranberry Sauce (you know that canned stuff), and a slice of pumpkin pie later. That is it. You see more plate than food...

3.) The cooking of the food. All that food I don't like to eat being cooked at the same time all day with little food in my tummy already? Makes me sick all day long.

4.) The day after... Why in the world does everyone want to shop the day after? I know it is the first shopping day of the Christmas season. But let's think. Oh, I should have done my shopping BEFORE. Oh I see, we want to wait for sales... Maybe I could go next WEDNESDAY?! No... every store has to have their sale on the same day to make big bucks... No... No... I think it would be easier to shop before or a little after. Really I do...

5.) Usually, my mother's parents would come to visit us for this holiday... I can't stand them. Their personalities just grind against mine. I know they mean well, but they don't think before they speak. I just want to slap them... At least they won't be here this time...

Now for a silly reason:

6.) The stupid pilgrims dressed like fruit cakes and should have been eaten by bears or turned into slaves by the mole people... ::someone whispers to me:: Apparently there were no Mole People, so I would like to change that to made into slaves by me.

So anyway, that is my rant on this holiday. Once again, I do not aim at trying to remove this holiday or change anyone else's opinion. Just why I personally do not like being involved in this holiday.

I will say one thing. The only good thing to really come out of this holiday repeatedly is something my mother bakes called a Pumpkin Ginger Bread. Anyone wants the recipie and I will let you have it.

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Sorry

2004-10-16T22:19:00.000-05:00

Sorry for not updating in a while. Stuff has been going on with me and my life, I just cannot report on all of it here on my blog. If I did, I would be in some serious trouble with certain people, so I am keeping things to myself. I regret that nothing besides the personal stuff has gone one, causing my blog to sit around doing nothing again. Hopefull something I can share will come up soon.

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Grandmother Pimps...

2004-10-01T22:06:00.001-05:00

Right after I got to work my manager left... Of course. But shortly after she did, this older lady appeared. She said Hello and my name, which I thought was odd since she couldn't have seen my name tag from there (plus I was leaning over a counter reading something). I didn't recognize her, so I don't think I had helped her before. All I could think is maybe she never bought something the last time we met, so that is why she didn't stick in my mind and wasn't in the computer.

When I walked over to her, I saw a girl about my age standing next to the older lady. She was really, really cute and I smiled at her then got my binder out to help the lady. The lady wanted an ROTC medal her granddaughter won, engraved on. So she showed me the back of the medal and I saw the spaces I engraved on. I went through the company policy questions for out-side items. Then she handed it to me.

As I was taking the medal, she suddenly askes, "You like girls in uniforms?" Whoa. I was caught off guard with that. I looked at the girl and she kind of smiled and looked away and then I looked down and laughed a little and blushed really badly...

I finished what I was doing, then I went to ring up the grandmother (or as my friend Rion calls her "PimpGranny"). As I was doing so, I could hear her whispering to her granddaughter, but I couldn't make out what she was saying.

When I went back over to give her her recipt she asked if they could pick it up on Monday? I told her that would be fine. So she asked if I worked Monday. I told her I didn't work again till Tuesday, so she said, "Oh... Well then I guess we'll just wait till Tuesday to come by."

Whoa again! So I look at the girl and she smiles at me. I tell them to have a nice day and they leave... Don't get that every day... A grandmother trying to hook her granddaughter up!

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RIP... Zelda

2004-09-28T23:18:00.000-05:00

Today, I got home from work at 3:00 and got on the phone with a friend... At 4:30 I went upstairs to take a nap. As I was laying there, I smelt something odd... I then found... My pet hedgehog, Zelda.... Dead... And from the smell, it appears she died last night while I was asleep...

I found a shoe box, filled it with wood shavings then placed her in it. I then took her little house she slept under and placed it over her and close the lid of the box...

My mother is in another state visiting her parents. Early last year her cat died and we burried Chloe in the backyard... I wanted to know if it was okay for me to bury Zelda but Chloe, plus mother loved Zelda as much as I did... We both cried over the phone for a bit...

So I went out back with a shovel and dug a whole then placed Zelda's box in it with my last goodbye and a kiss on the box... Then I burried her as I cried...

I cried for hours... It took me a long time to stop crying. My sister came home and realized what happened and tried to comfort me, but I would have nothing of it. No offense to her, but I couldn't take anyone speaking to me of her. I just wanted to cry.

Mother said it would be okay. Chloe is going to watch out for Zelda and take care of her. In life, Chloe would often sit on the back of my chair and look into Zelda's home (a huge tubaware container without the lid) and Zelda would walk around... It was as if the two of them were hanging out...

Someone close to me was the only comfort to me when she got on late tonight. She knew what to say and it just felt better hearing things from her... I cried some more... A lot more actually, but her words were comforting and touched me... She sent me this poem a while back about pets going to heaven on the other side of the rainbow... Something like that... She told me to think of it, and know that all her pets that I knew were helping Chloe take care of little Zelda...

Zelda died of old age... And she was able to live 2 and a half years longer than an Albino Pigmy Hedgehog is supposed to be able to live... Either I took very good care of her, or she was one of the most stubborn things alive, thus it was obvious she was meant to be my pet...

Zelda was there for me in bad times. Always listening to me and never talking back or laughing. Though most of her life she curled up and hissed at me when I tried to hold her, after she went blind, she accepted my touch. I think she was just trying to be tough when she was younger...

I have lost a dear friend, and I will always feel a part of me is missing now... I love you Zelda, and my thoughts are with you...

Zelda: February 1998 - September 27, 2004

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Yeah... Another Quiz Result

2004-09-25T21:41:00.000-05:00

Wow! You're spirit DEFINATELY belongs to the moon!
This means that you are probably: introverted,
emotional, moody, romantic, psychic, sensual,
deep, shy, artistic, nocturnal, and compelling.
Your magic type is Healing Magic.You are compatible with the following elements:
wood, wind, night, water, and snow.
Congradulations!

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Been A While, So I Am Copying A Friend

2004-09-24T21:31:00.000-05:00

You're a Winter. You very much enjoy your time
alone but do like other people's company
sometimes. You just need your space. You have a
few priviledged friends who saw past your
colder exterior to find the true you. You can
have pretty bad mood swings (though you hate to
admit it) so you could be soft one second then
storming around the next! But over all, you're
a very pleasant person once people take the
time to get to know you. You're a good friend
for in-depth talks. You're very talanted when
it comes to creative things.

What season are you? (pics)
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Yup, This is about right. Woo! To me~!

Olympics... O-Lame-pics

2004-08-24T23:13:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I was watching some of the Olympic events at 2 in the morning for the past two days... The Olympics have really gotten stupid... I was watching women "Race-Walk". They were going to do that for almost two hours... It was pathetic... They power walked around a street and if they "got out of form" by slunching their back so forth, they got penalties... Walking... Come on!!

Then the next night... they had Pony Ballete or something... It was ridiculous! Some guy on a horse, making the horse walk funny in different ways, up and down... Pointless...

And now I just discoverd Table Tennis... aka PING-PONG, is an Olympic event... Do I need to make fun of this any further?

All I care about is gymnastics. It's the only thing that makes me go "Wow!" What those people do is incredible... Everything else is lame, and needs to end. Seriously... I am not even sure what all there is in the Olympics, but I am sure they aren't worth much... Archery I know is an event. That I would like to watch, but honestly... I don't think it is Olympic-esqu...

So this is what I have decided... If all these worthless events are going to take place and people get medals for them... Then By Serenity, Dance Dance Revolution should be made a freakin Olympic event too!! Seriously! Think about it... It has to be more entertaining, athletic, mentally/physically draining, and Olympic like than... Ping-Pong and Dumb Horse Tricks....

At this time, I would like to say no disrespect to the people who participate in those events or those who enjoy watching it... I know they take talent and training... But like I said... I love archery, but I don't think it belongs in the Olympics...

DDR though... That is where it is at! I know I don't have a chance getting on the team, but my teacher and friend Manic sure as heck does!

Oh, and the good news. Japan is in 5th place for total medals. USA is in first place... That's cool and all, but I cheer for Japan first, always.

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A Rose A Day...

2004-08-22T21:31:00.001-05:00

While I was working, a friend from school showed up with 40 roses. 20 white, 20 red. He said he had brought them to give to his girlfriend who works at the mall as well.

Earlier, I was talking with his girlfriend and she was a little upset with him. She had asked him to spend time with her during her 30 minute break, but he should up, hugged her, gave her a $20 since she was out of cash and left... Now I could see why he left...

But, 40 roses were too many for her to keep so he decided to hand some out to random females in the mall. His base of operations, my kiosk. I watched him go into Gadzooks across from me and give the girl in the mini skirt a white rose, telling her she looked down...

It was so fun to watch. Girls either blushed and thanked him or they thanked him and looked at him like "What in the world was that about?!"

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