New beginnings...

Aaa, so much stuff I wanted to briefly talk about.

( Anita Blake )

Coming off of the Flirt book, the mini book, Hamilton starts to talk about how she does a mini story. A scene sticks in her head and sometimes it just won't get out of her head and she does it and everything comes out all the better for it. The little scenes I have in my head for my story that stalled are part of the reason why it's so hard for me to write a full book... that and I don't know how to end them. BUT that's neither here nor there. I think I'm going to do a side story I never would have been able to do in the full story anyway, since neither Blake nor Blaine are the main characters and it's only the results that matter in the main story. Even if I never actually DO include it in the main story, it'll be nice to just.... write and complete a story. It's been ages since I've done that when they weren't PWPs and, hey, the point of those is there IS no plot so there's nothing much to tie up in the first place.

Aaaand moving on to the more distressing news [to me] is that they're wrapping up the Census where I live. My CLA thinks they're collapsing my area into another one and we'll all be out of a job. Now, I knew it would happened eventually, as it was made perfectly clear to us that we're temporary. But since this IS government work, I totally expected it to last longer than it was supposed to, or at least not wrap up EARLY. So now I'm super pissed, because the reason why I wasn't able to make as much money as I should have been is because my current job fucked me over for hours. Those first three weeks turned out to be even more critical. I was hoping I could make it up, but no. I can't. The best I can hope is to transfer to another unit, but I'm doubting that. So, wonderful. I'm out of the hole, the time I had to try and figure out something else is past. I can't afford to not go back on the schedule 6 days a week when I don't have another income to at least balance it out. My life? Fuck it.

Speaking with my CLA has been a great boon for me though. He's the one who's given me all the ideas about an interest inventory to see what most interests me and all the other stuff that will hopefully be of help. Even if it isn't, at least he tried, I tried. Maybe something good'll come from it.

The last 5 days have been filled with 4-5 hour nights of sleep which just IS NOT ENOUGH for me. Since I didn't have a binder to work last night, I stayed out to read, went to the library, and then I got home and went to bed before 10pm. And it was glorious. Now I technically have today off, SO... I'm going to go fucking enjoy it B|

I hate this stupid Unicorn game. Because. I just. Can't stop playing. And it doesn't have a MUTE button on it. I want to listen to my OTHER music, but I can't because THAT is playing and if I hear it one more time I'm going to BUST.

And onto more serious matters. I'm not even sure where to begin with this rant, because all the things I want to bring up aren't nearly smooth enough to broach such a 'controversial' topic. I don't think anyone on my f-list is going to rant and rave at me, but I usually like to have a nice little intro. Today I fail.

( This is just a huge rant on race. Skip it if you want. )

I've been looking at a lot of Anime/Random selling places on LJ, thinking about using that versus eBay to sell off some of my stuff, but they are entirely too cheap. 5$, even if S&H is included is 'too expensive' but considering most manga cost 10 or 8.99 [I rarely get SJ series] that's still pretty cheap. 3-4$ including S&H is a rip-off to the seller, and I'm not that desperate. I want to make money, but I'm not going to sell myself short because LJ people are excessively cheap.

If all else fails, I'll try for trades for series I want, because I'm behind on a lot of things since I haven't bought any manga aside from Monster 18 in months. Maybe since Christmas of last year. I have too much stuff sitting around I don't want anymore.



My first 8 hour day of work was okay until my legs started to hurt like a bitch. DX I definitely prefer mornings over nights, but I generally hate mornings. It doesn't matter much since my schedule is allll over the place. I barely get 20 hours next week because Tuesday I was unavailable and I couldn't switch with anyone ~_~ If I get done early enough, [before or around 6 so I can get to work by 7] I may call and ask if they want help just to get those extra 3 hours. The next week I have 33 hours. So yay \o\ [and boo for dying]. Either way, my check was more than I thought, but I'll probably get zilch back in federal taxes. *sighs* Something to think about later. I have to see about another job because car insurance is around the corner [again] and I won't be able to eat otherwise. Hopefully Wachovia will be hiring next month if all else fails. For the "Holiday Season", even though WTF has money?

Aaaand now I sleep. No sleep last night, so early night for me. I have to remember to poke that person tomorrow when I finish my shit. *sighs*

Well. Interesting. I have no where else to go. I mean, I loathe MySpace AND Facebook.

Aaand Trojans can kiss my ass. Goddamn browser hijacking bastards.

I have a different one from before. It might have cleaned the other off but not before it downloaded another one. I'm gonna have to get down and go into the registry key. That could take me daaaays.

If anyone needs me, e-mail or tagging this entry is the best way. *sobs quietly*

My trip to the LTD Winter Conference was a mixed bag, truly. There were some parts I liked, and other parts I didn't. No matter what kind of convention you go to, it's always going to be like that, but... Well, the thing about it is, I would have enjoyed it more, but the bitch is like 3 days long. All talking. In 4-5 hour long intervals with different speakers.

( They're inspirational, but I don't want 3 fucking days of that... )

Because these results made me just......... well...

( ...damn you evil personality quizzes... )

Stop laughing Qing... D8!! You too, Pan!

Alright, MOAR OTAKON news. This really is only for Pan, who reads my journal and Andrew [who I link to it for random stuff] and Cheza, who is supposedly coming with us and if she cancels I'll beat her with a stick. A really sharp and pointy one with thorns on it or something.

WE. MUST. LEAVE. BY. 12PM. No ifs ands or buts. I expect that Cheza will be ready to leave when she gets here since she'll already be packed. She might want to take a shower and eat before we leave or wait until we get to the Hotel room. ::shrugs:: I don't know, but I assume she'll be getting in around 9amish or earlier for me to pick her up.

Imouto will have spent the night at my house somehow or I'll have to go get her though I prefer not to as that's more gas I have to pay for before we even leave. Either way, we're not waiting on her for anything, because when we have a deadline to keep, she's the most likely to hold us up waiting for money or something.

Pan... >_> You have to pick up not only Jessie and Shan, but also Andrew, unless he's going to leave his car at my house or yours...

EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AT MY HOUSE BY 11:15 YOU LATE LITTLE BASTARDS D8 because if I say be at my house by 12 we'll leave at, like, 1pm and I'll get very pissy. Last minute trips to the store, getting gas, bathroom before we leave sucks up time like a mofo and I won't be late.... >_> We have to get there to pay our part of the hotel damnit.

Oh, and are we still going to go to Walmart as a group or is everyone going to fend for themselves and get anything they need for the trip on their own, because there's no group trip right before we leave this year.

You do realize that I'm going to beat you with a large, metal [yes, metal], internet stick, don't you, Cella? I totally didn't need anything extra right now, but gah you made me want to do it so bad. I hope they fail me and I can not re-do the app except for the fact I'm proud of that 1 hour hack job of an app. That and the fact I spent at least 2 hours looking at freakin' icons and thinking I need a paid account for this journal and my fool_rushing_in rp journal.

I'm still making the keyword for that picture 'Do you have a napkin?'

They need to update their list, too, cus the second character I was going to do was just recently taken. ::purses lips:: I suppose it's okay, since I already kinda doubted I'd be doing much with her anyway, but dammit I had decided! !@#$%^# Oh well. ::whistles:: You'd like my third character a shitload better anyway. ::griiiiiiiiiins::



Aaaand, yesasia.com I HATE yooouuuu~! My Christmas Present has now practically turned into an early birthday present as I'll be turning 21 in less than a month. Whoopdee freakin' doo. I'm hoping the package'll arrive by next Friday, which is February 2nd, coincidentally the day I'll be bringing Ichigo back to sages and doing his first post on d_m. If my package does come.........

I might be delaying coming back cus SHOUNEN JUMP ULTIMATE STARS FTW!

I've been dying to play it and get my damn Bleach Artbook! Damn you yesASIA!!!! ::ROAR::

I... I just...

Shoot me in the head please...

Just put me out of my PL/SQL misery... I've been working on this test for at least 3 hours and it's kicking my ASS... D:

Buuut, at least I finally figured out those songs that I liked and wanted to find the MP3s for. [Read: What Pan to find the MP3s for me]

Three Days Grace - "(I Hate) Everything About You"
Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become"

Funny thing is, there both by the same artist and I didn't even realize it... I'm such a loser...

And I haven't finished my thing for RPing yet, but am an even worse loser for being unable to stay on hiatus more than 3-4 days... I should stop cruising through sages and d_m, dammit... not to mention I have this drabble that's been half finished for more than 2 weeks. A DRABBLE. Not even a page long and I can't finish it...

<---- A.D.D.

... that I have been procrastinating like WHUT on... and I made changes to it

Holiday Wishlist

Step One

- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two

- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( So, yeah... )

So, it's a weekday, yesterday was a holiday, but school this morning. ::points to location:: See where I am? Yeah, that's right, home. Now why am I home and not sleeping when I should be at school? Mr.T locked me out because I was late. This is the first class of the term so I really should have been on time. I even said that I would be there by 8 o'clock today, and I had every intention of doing so, but you know what? I didn't make it. It was 8:07 by the time I got there. The door was locked, I knocked, those bastards Jamie and Melissa just waved at me and pointed to the clock. I was like 'I passed my highway exit... =_= ::still doesn't know how I managed to do that:: Let me in.' They just waved.

I was like, 'Fine. You wanna be that way?' ::walks away fully prepared to leave:: I see this other guy walk up to the door then try it, knock. I waited to see if they were just being mean and not letting ME in, but they didn't let him in either. ::laughs:: So, I decided, hey. Let's go to Ms.Isbell. I asked her, 'Hey, when's the next Relational Database class?' She was like, 2-3 terms. 'Okay. Well, Mr.T locked me out, sooo...' '0.o That's not right... ::gets up:: Let me find a key.' And so she wanders around for a key and I leave. Yes, leave and go home.

I dropped off kaa-san's dry cleaning, stop by WAWA [local gas station/mini supermarket, I swear] to get a chicken biscuit for which I had a craving, and a free coffee came with it. ::shrugs:: Vanilla cream... Mmmmmm... Then, I get home, and start typing. Phone rings. ::blinks:: Everyone knows I'm at school, probably a telemarketer. ::checks anyway::

Well I'll be damned, 'Yes, Mr.T?' 'Are you coming to class?' 'No. you locked me out.' '0.o What?! You can't just miss a whole day of class, we're learning important stuff today!' 'You locked me out... =_= And I'm already at home, and I'll just drop it and take it next time.' 'You can't do that, come on! Come back to class!' 'Gah, don't beg, I wasted gas!' 'I'll give you the gas money, come on, you can't just bail out like that!'

.....

Whose fault do you think it is? =_=

So anyway, I've been coerced to going back to school... So much for Tuesday and Thrusdays off... =_=