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SHANE BOUGHT US A WII!

I'M SO EXCITED! THE NEW MARIO BROS COMES OUT SUNDAY.

You know, I discovered something about myself tonight. I think I say offensive things without realizing they are offensive. I think it may be from growing up in South Carolina. :/

I have this new friend. She is so awesome. We have so much in common (she builds websites!). I'm not going to mention any names here because I don't want to out her, but she told me she was gay tonight after I told her I was, and my response to her was this: "You don't look like a lesbian!"

What the HELL, Todd?! How could I not realize that that would come off offensive? She asked me what a lesbian looks like, and it was then that I knew that I had put my foot in my mouth. You know, I realize "You look like a lesbian," is offensive, but I never thought of the opposite like that. I really need to think before I speak.

I apologized to her and told her I meant no offense. She seemed to still want to be my friend afterward and we exchanged numbers, so maybe I'm not as socially awkward as I think I am. Anyway, this is great. I haven't made any friends of my own since I've been here (all of my friends here are Shane's friends), so I'm really excited.

Nanowrimo is going great. I hit 1717 words which is over where you're supposed to be at everyday. I'm still going to try to hit 2,000 before bed. I've seen word counts over three to four thousand already, and there's even people with 10,000 words (What the crap?), so I feel a little behind. 2,000 is still over, though, and as long as I keep this up I should finish before the 30th.

Here's a picture of my character in TinierMe and a picture of me taken ten minutes ago.





Do we look the same? lol

So Shane and I decided not to move after all. My job blacks out from November 6th - January 4th for the holidays, and while I will have a little work during that time, it will not be steady like what we're used to living off of. We just don't think taking on moving expenses as well as a lease breaking fee is really worth losing a good Christmas this year.

Anyway, since we decided to stay here, I've been really motivated to fix our apartment up. I went and bought a new shower curtain, some matching kitchen towels, and some rugs for the living room, kitchen, and bathroom. I also bought us some DVD storage stands that I'll take a picture of later. So now we have two stands that hold 91 DVDs each, and a spinning DVD holder that holds about the same. All three are completely filled up and we still have some DVDs with no place to go. lol We like movies and TV a little too much. We thought about getting rid of some, but I can't part with my Drew Barrymore collection or my horror collection (all of the Jaws movies, Halloween movies, Child's Play, Friday 13th, Scream, etc...).

I'm actually really excited about not moving. Moving is a lot of work. I'd rather spend that time and money fixing up this place. I'll take pictures once I'm done. :)

A bunch of us from Amassment have been having fun in this online game called TinierMe. We've been having parties in Masao's room, lol. Anyway, I made everybody that I remember seeing at one of the parties or on my friends list an icon. If you play TinierMe and you want an icon, just ask!



Also, if anyone reading this wants an invite to the game, I'll send you one. We'll both get coins in the game for the referral. Masao, quit stealing them!

It's over.

I have been marathoning The Office for  a couple weeks, and now that I'm all caught up with all five seasons, I don't know what to do with myself anymore. So bored. I have the biggest craving to watch The Office, but there are no new episodes. :( :( :(

auraesque wanted me to do this, so here goes:

My movie, Retodded, would be directed by Ron White and produced by Drew Barrymore.

( The Cast )

This is totally random, but anyone doing Nanowrimo this year? Friend me - My username is yeerk. Feel free to leave yours here, and I'll add you.

Bah, I'm bored.

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strike through the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

A lot of these are going to be really easy while some others are not-so-obvious.

1. Final Fantasy X Tidus (guessed by hyoseon)
2. Battlestar Galactica Boomer (guessed by (kitare and pistacchios)
3. Animorphs - Aftran
4. Everworld - David Levin
5. Fringe Peter Bishop (guessed by kitare)
6. Harry Potter Ron Weasley (guessed by pistacchios and kitare)
7. Sonic the Hedgehog Knuckles (guessed by condensation and eclairvoyant)
8. Friends Rachel Green (guessed by pistacchios)
9. CSI (original) Sara Sidle (guessed by kitare)
10. Supernatural Sam Winchester (guessed by hyoseon)
11. Mega Man Protoman (guessed by eclairvoyant)
12. Power Rangers - Madison (Blue Ranger)
13. The Office Angela Martin (guessed by silkaura)
14. Glee Kurt (guessed by pistacchios)
15. Captain Planet Linka (guessed by dresstokill)

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

A poem I wrote in high school...

A word waits
Wanting to be said,
Suppressed
By a sealing silence.
And in that moment
When that word is just not enough,
(A whisper to a crying crowd)
For the intensity
And feeling
Of that moment,
Ineptness controls.

I hardly write poetry, but this came to me randomly one night, I remember, and I grabbed a napkin from the table I was having dinner at and wrote this out. I wanted to tell my mom what she was doing to me, and how upset I was, but I was a coward. I still have never told my mom how I really feel.

/emo

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

"I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all."
- Stephen King

Stephen King is my idol.

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy



This little girl cracks me up. Her random screams when the cats are yawning are hilarious.

Oh my god, I'm done with work for the week. My weekend is here and I am excited!

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

My first site was on Expage, actually. It was a site about grammar and writing. /nerd Anyway, it's not online anymore, but this is, my second site, the first site that actually got visitors (lol), a tribute to K.A. Applegate's book series Everworld. It's pretty terrible, but it's fun to look back.

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

It's funny that I have to plug a book today, because I just finished Off Season by Jack Ketchum. That is most definitely the most disturbing book I have ever read. Was it entertaining? Yeah, because I love the horror genre, but there were parts of the book I had to put the book down and take a break from after reading. The book was overall really well written to be Jack Ketchum's first though. Too bad it wasn't well received when it came out; it's a classic in horror literature today.

I've been thinking about writing a lot lately. Nanowrimo is coming up in November and I really want to take it serious this year. I also want to get back in the habit of reading regularly again -- at least one book a week -- because well, it's hypocritical to want to write books but never read them, haha. Also, reading is the best way to get inspired and tone your craft as a writer. I'm thinking about starting a book log to keep me going, but I'm not sure if I should install Wordpress on my domain for it or make a Livejournal for it. What do you guys think?

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

I was going to post a picture of Huckleberry or something else in my life, but I post pictures all the time and I want to do something different. Here is something I never use -- an animated gif, my favorite one.



Nothing interesting happened between yesterday and today. Open Season is getting really good. I've been looking forward to going home and reading it all day while I was at work.

I'm bored, so why not?

The 7 Days Meme

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

My favorite song is Into the Mystic by Van Morrison (Youtube clip here.). I'm not sure why but it overwhelms me with this feeling of nostalgia, and that's my favorite feeling. I think I first heard it on some Lifetime movie I watched with my mom when I was younger, lol. Some movie with Glenn Close about adopting a baby.

Can I do two songs? I can't avoid this: The Final 5 Theme from Battlestar Galactica. That show's music -- holy crap.

I picked up two books yesterday at Barnes and Noble: Off Season by Jack Ketchum and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Off Season was banned in some places when it came out because it was about cannibalism. I thought it was going to be pretty bad, but it's really good so far. A bit chilling, but I like horror. I'll let you guys know what I think when I'm done.

I know I asked for general book recs a while back, but do any of you read horror? What are some good horror books you have read?

I'm stealing this idea from my boyfriend, lol.

Fringe - Only two episodes have aired in its second season, but I have to say this show is amazing. Anyone who has not seen it yet should check it out. I'm pretty sure the first episode can be found online pretty easily, and the first season is only $35 at Best Buy. It completely fills the hole for me that has been left by the ends of Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files, The Twilight Zone, and more. Anyone who has liked BSG or Supernatural will enjoy this show.

America's Next Top Model - This show is hilarious. They're doing a season with just models under 5'7, and I think it's pretty interesting so far. I'm rooting for the Asian chick, Jennifer.

Project Runway - Since when is this show not good? Not sure who I'm rooting for yet, but the challenges have been pretty neat so far. I didn't know what to think about the show moving to Lifetime, TV for women and gay men, but they've kept the hype up and the show seems fairly successful still.

Dancing With the Stars - There are actually some pretty big people on the show this year. I'm probably rooting for Mya after just seeing their first dances, but there's some really great natural talent this year.

Tool Academy 2 - Shane got me into these lame reality shows on VH1. They're actually really addicting, and this one's funny.

Glee - I haven't watched every episode of it because I thought it was going to be stupid, but Shane had it on while we ate dinner and I watched a couple episodes. It's really good! I'll probably keep up with this.

What shows are you guys watching?

Our move-in date is October 24th, and our move-out day here is November 9th. At least we get some time to move. I told Shane I want to move one room at a time and set it up before moving another room. Unless we rent a truck or something. But when we moved into this apartment, it took forever to set the entire place up. There was so much clutter and I felt like I was never going to finish. I'm excited, but it seems so soon.

I've been playing Pokemon the last couple of days. elenen had a Pokemon review one of her sites and it made me want to play Pokemon more hardcore so I played a lot today, lol. Anyone here have Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum for DS? kitare and I traded Pokemon last night and daysees and I did today. We don't have to trade, but it'd be fun to fill up my friend roster in case we ever decide to battle or something. It's surprisingly fun!

Plugging these babies everywhere, haha. I made a Cylon Centurion Head and Raider for visitors of my Eight shrine to adopt, but I thought the Battlestar Galactica fans on my friends list might enjoy them too. Post them on your website or Livejournal profile page! They will protect your page.



Click here for the code.

I don't know if you guys could tell, but I love TV. Just check out my domain, lol. Anyway, couldn't pass up a TV meme, so stealing this from kuchren:

Pick five of your favorite shows, in no particular order, before you read the below questions, then answer them!

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Supernatural
3. Fringe
4. Friends
5. Dead Like Me

( Q&A )