Yesterday, Mom and I went online to book our tickets to Atlanta. We also booked our rooms at the Lodge (where the wedding party will be staying). Whenever we get there, we’ll rent a car and all that jazz. It hasn’t escaped me that I’ve never been on an airplane before in my life -..- In fact, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling anxious already. Which…totally sucks since I’ve got the better part of a month before I actually have to get on said plane. Luckily, I have plenty to think about to shift my focus. School’s a given of course, but I’m also thinking of all the things I’ll want to take with me. And, yes, I’ve started a small list of things to bring -..- dang OCD.

It’s a work in progress. I’m thinking of keeping all the cords and electronics in one place… my back pack. Dad says we get one suitcase and one carry-on, so I’ll just have my suitcase and my back pack. The only problem I can think of at this point is the bridesmaid dress. I realize that I can’t have it hanging, so I’m going to have to fold it up in my suitcase. Even if I lay it on top of everything, it’ll probably still wrinkle, and that means I’ll need a steamer or something… because fabric like that probably can’t just be ironed like normal. Mom says we may be able to find something when we get there… or ask if anyone in the wedding party will actually have a steamer.

Well…I had planned on catching up on some schoolwork today, but I’ve kinda been putting it off. I have to wash clothes and pick up about the house, so I’ve used that as an excuse not to do any work. I think I’ll have some lunch in a minute and then get on the school work wagon. I’ve been pretty fed up with myself lately… but, I remind myself that it’s been over five years since I was in college, so it’ll take me some time to get back into that groove -..-‘

OK. Enough yaking. The jeans in the washer are done, and my stomach is growling. Time to sign off. I’ll type later, Sunshines :)

You Are Rock-Paper-Scissors

You are very smart and mentally inclined person. You like games that test your brainpower. You are good at noticing patterns and making predictions. You can size other people up well. It may not seem like there's a lot to what you do, but you have a strategy for everything. You tend to think through every decision you make carefully, but you're also sure not to over think anything.

What Childhood Game Are You?

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

 

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So, my day. I woke up late, because I always do on a Saturday. But, when I was so awake that I couldn’t go back to sleep, I got up. Then I fixed a big breakfast for myself. I made two eggs over easy, two pieces of toast with butter and apple jelly, and some strops of bacon along with coffee. I ate breakfast slowly, debating over what I should do since, I didn’t really have anything set for the day. I called my Mom on the cell to see what was up with my Dad, since she’d left Thursday afternoon for Lafayette hoping to pick him up sometime Friday. She hadn’t slept well, because she expected him to call at any time. She said if I was bored, I could go to town and look around at stuff.

So, I decided that was probably the best idea, since it would kill quite a bit of time. And I needed to get gas in my car (I always run it to about a quarter of a quarter of a tank ^..~). I made a list of all the things that I get constantly, then I decided to add groceries to the list like dish washing detergent and 409 and such, then I thought I should add food to it too (so you can see it became a huge list). And I had this idea that I’d go to town and price stuff and see how much my grocery bills might be. Then I had this great idea to go to Pet Smart (where Reiko works) and price pet stuff!..The list is still here on the desk because I gave up after Pet Smart =..=’

So, forgetting the whole list, I headed out of PetSmart and over to Target. I looked at different furniture just because that’s something I enjoy. I also looked at their selection of glasses, because I had seen some that I really liked on Amazon, but I wanted to look around and make sure if there wasn’t anything else I liked better that would be cheaper. I didn’t find anything I liked, and I knew that I needed to at least get one new pair of shoes, so I looked at their shoes. Didn’t find anything that I liked, even though I took 30 minutes looking to make sure. I really don’t like shopping around with tons of people there though...I should shop on weekdays...but I consoled myself by browsing the movies. I got The Count of Monte Cristo and The Holiday and for just $10 too. That was great. I also go the first and second season of The Girls Next Door...one of my few guilty pleasures.

I then went to Wal-Mart and spent another 45 minutes looking at shoes...with no luck. By now, the only good thing was score more DVDs and I had sore feet and I was really tired of town. So, I trekked it over to Sam’s where I got some gas and then headed home. I was really getting hungry by now too, so it was just time to go home. Although, I was a little upset that I didn’t just get all the Star Wars movies…but I knew I’d go over my budget if I did. So. Sad panda. But…eventually.

Anyway, I started watching the first season of the Girls and started in on the second when Mom and Dad finally got home! So, I took a break to eat with them and give Dad a hug and all and we watched the DVD that Aunt Batty gave us with the pictures from their Colorado trip. But we didn’t watch much because Dad was so tired and all. And now it’s bed time...wich is just after shower time ^..^ I so cannot wait till the next season of Red Vs. Blue comes out.

Well, I guess that’s all for today. I tried to be a normal girl today and shop for shoes (that rawk) but I couldn’t pull it off…I think I’ll enjoy the DVDs more ^..^ Goodnight, Sunshines.

You Are a Log Ride

You prefer to live a fairly calm, relaxed life... with a few surprises thrown in. You don't tend to get yourself worked up easily. You can roll with what life throws at you. In relationships, you are steady and solid. You maintain a pretty broad perspective on what's going on. That's not to say you can't get swept away. You're emotions run as deep as anyone else's. Your life seems like it has been remarkably easy so far. But that's due to how you manage it. You never stretch yourself too thinly, and you think out your decisions carefully. Taking the time to enjoy each day is important to you, and you don't let your emotions rule you. You stay the course and do what's right... knowing it will all work out in the end. At your best, you are tolerant and understanding of other people's quirks. You take "go with the flow" to the extreme. Even if you don't like where you're going. At your worst, you repress your feelings and end up being a little tightly wound. You definitely have some explosive emotions that occasionally come to the surface!

What Carnival Ride Are You?

 

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Beware, for I am: Blah

I have a confession to make...for the last couple of weeks, I have taped and watched Angel. It comes on for two hours early in the morning. 5 and 6 a.m. to be more precise there. I saw it back when I had to wake up early for work, and it interested me...I think it was the episode where Conner dumped Angel into the ocean and Cordelia was ascended to the higher plane. And I kinda just wanted to see what would happen, and I wasn’t willing to get up early to watch it. So I set it to tape...when will this madness stop? For God’s sake, people! I mean, ok…I’m giving this series a chance because it’s Joss Whedon, but even I can only take so much. /sigh

Anyway...on to other things. My work schedule is changing yet again. But it’s nothing bad or anything...depending on how you look at it. Boss lady wants me to come in super early so’s I can work on the filing in the back room without over-heating. Then she figures I can take a break for a few hours and come back and work till five. So I’ll be working from 7 – 11 in the back (and as that’s four hours and I only need 6 ½ each day, I only need 2 ½ more), so I’ll come back at 2:30 and work till 5. But I’m only going to be doing that in the latter part of the week, like Thursdays and Fridays. Which means that Drama-Free Thursday and Casual-Dress Fridays are as good as dead to me. Sorry, Poppy-kun. But, if I can get more done, I’ll try not to complain about it.

In other news, I got two packages in today. I got, The Silver Stallion and Epic in. Although, it sounds a bit dramatic to be calling him ‘Epic’...so I think I’ll just call him...Bert. /nod nod nod I like Bert. Now, I’m kinda wanting to buy some other horses from them. They have so many pretty horses...pretty pwetty horses.../shakes head uh, yeah. So, maybe I’ll think about that.../blink blink. Also, I decided to update my ‘Movie List’, and I’ve actually made a tag for the Movie List. That way I wont have to go hunting through the ‘lists’ and ‘movies’ categories. ...I’m an obsessor. Sue me ¬.¬ Anyway. Here’s the new Movie list.

I suppose that’s all for now. G’night crazies.

Fire -5 Earth, -2 Air, 5 Fire, 2 Water

You have one of the seven Fire personalities. Fire is cleansing and destroys impurities and wrongness. Fire personalities like to focus on what is right: morally, ethically, and just plain correctly. As a Doctor, you would be most interested in indetifying the patient's problem so you cut it out or kill it or whatever. OKC won't let me list all 52 categories, so I've had to bundle seven categories into one here. Take a look at your score to find the exact category that applies to you below, then find the blurb about the category the most suits you father below. Remember that the subcategories listed here assume you already had the scores to put you on this page, so don't try to use the subcategories on someone else's page. High is +5&up, Low is minus 5&down. Fire High, Earth&Air Low: Strict Moralist Fire High, Earth&Water Low: Strict Philosopher Fire High, Water&Air Low: Strict Engineer Fire High, Earth Low: Scholar Fire High, Air Low: Tradionalist Fire High, Water Low: Idealist Fire High, nothing Low: Pure Fire IdealistYou are the Idealist. The most important thing to you is what is right, and it seems a bit odd to you that this isn't true for everyone. Come to think of it, you may not be convinced that this isn't true for everyone, at least at some level. Your friendships are generally based on aquaintances, and you have a stronger tendency than most to lose track of people if there isn't some other reason to come in contact with them. When you hold a belief, you tend to hold it strongly or not at all. Middle ground isn't your forte. Pure FireAll fire personalities are concerned with what is right, but there are a lot of different kinds of "right" to choose from. Something could be right because it helps people, or right because it is logically correct, or right because it makes something function properly. Your personality is relatively balanced in the types of "right" that have importance to you. Which is the most important one to you that shifts based on where you are, who you are with, and what you are doing. ScholarYou figure that the best questions are the ones that give you some insight into the truth. Your personality revolves around what it right, and you are somewhere in between the moralist and the philosopher in terms of your outlook on life. Work to you means figuring things out, not building them. Many science fiction authors show world where robots and similar technology take care of all the mundane work, and that would suit you just fine. Strict EngineerOf all the engineering personalities, this is the one most concerned with what is right. You are suited to the life-or-death engineering problems that face the world, like making sure that airplane wings don't fall off. The rumor is that you don't have social skills. Actually, you can be quite polite and charming when you put your mind to it. That just isn't a priority. Putting wild and crazy untested ideas into practice isn't so much your thing, unless "putting into practice" can include a whole lot of refining and perfecting along the way. Strict MoralistYou know what is right and what is correct, and your philosophy is grounded in what is right for people. You have the tendency to get carried away with your ideas and maybe impose them on others from time to time, and sometimes what is right isn't the same as what is easy, but even in the most confusing of day to day situations, you see through to the essence of the matter to find what is right, or more often what is wrong. Your demanding nature can be a bit hard on relationships, and people who want to run off and start things without a plan can lose their patience with you at times. Strict PhilosopherThe strict philosopher is creative, and channels that creativity through a keen sense of the way things should be. Your best ideas come when reacting to material from others. Often seing a mistake in what someone else does suggests what is right to you. Your closest friendships are with people who understand that you don't need to be mushy to show affection, and probably tend towards devices like sarcasm. You get frustrated with people who go off half cocked on a project and have to do thing over because they didn't do them right. TradionalistYou are most comfortable when there is a structure to the way things are done and people respect that. You don't have a particular problem making friends, but are selective about who you will make friends with and who you will stay friends with. This isn't being disloyal --- you are quite loyal to those who do right by you --- but you keep the bar high for membership to that inner circle. Chaos is not something you enjoy in your life, and you find it easier to get things done when you have the time to make sense of everything first. Interested in other categories? Try these links. Negative Water Fire Air Earth Steam Mist Smoke Mud Ember Dust Like this test? Try The Virtues of the Avatar

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 38% on Earth You scored higher than 28% on Air You scored higher than 75% on Fire You scored higher than 44% on Water

Link: The Elemental Test written by D_Vorsay on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

...What...the hell? (why’d you raise your eyebrows when I said ‘hell’? Preacher said it 15 times in his sermon last Sunday; I counted). I thought I was Earth or Wind...But fire? Pfft.

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Beware, for I am: Drained

Oh wow…work today was so tough. I got there around 9ish and after faxing maybe 3 things, I went straight into the hot room to file. Lacy joined me about 30 minutes in. We periodically came out for little breathers from the heat, and lunch breaks, but we never really got out of it till around 1. That’s when the mail (finally) came in. There were 69 charts in today’s mail. It took me till just after 4 to get them all sorted, labeled and logged...and that was with Lacy’s...help. Although, Lacy found MusicMatchbox not long after we sat down and we pretty much lost her to the tune. Man, that was hilarious.

Oh, and my shirts are in. The Soup one came in a few days ago and I just got the Red vs Blue one in today. At first, I thought that my Soup shirt didn't really fit, but after trying it on, I realized that it fit just right. It just makes it glaringly apparent that I have boobs. But, I'm female so I can do that. My Red vs Blue shirt is much more comfy. But I got a dude's shirt -.- Yeah. Sucks to be me. Anyway, here's some pics.

Beware, for I am: Drugged

Note to self – Never combine Midol with Aleve Sinus and Headache @___@ Wowy-wow-wow-wow...

So. Yesterday...the nurses got their desk at work. I played a lot of EQ2 on Vicraxx, and as such I have tons of pictures of her now. She just looks so cool when she fights. Her frill fans out and it just looks cool. What else did I do yesterday? Oh yeah, while I was watching Daria – Is it College yet?, I printed out the old list of my movies and junk. I went through them and put them, added the new ones that I’ve purchased since the last time I updated the list, and then I put them in alphabetical order in my DVD rack thingy. I think I’ve decided that movies will go in the DVD rack and all box sets and anime will go in the closet. It’s more a practical decision than anything, because with me trying to fit all the box sets into the rack, they don’t all fit, so I’m just trying to conserve space and all that. Not good to have DVDs lying around on the floor. Also, I think I’ve lost a few of the plastic covers to some of my anime box sets. I mean, I’ve looked high and low for them and they’re no where. The only thing I can think is that Mom saw them and thought they were useless -.- Oh well.

I’m off to get another cup of coffee, but I leave you with the list of my movies and other DVDs.

MM

Wow...what day is it? Oh...it’s Survivor/CSI day. Right. Somehow this past week has been odd. It’s like I feel like I’m kinda in a depression...It’s weird because I’m not depressed about anything per se...it’s just, I don’t want to do anything or go anywhere and all I want to do is sleep. I’m bored with everything, and it’s getting on my nerves. I can’t write either, it makes me furious. I really want to get out of this funk.

Ok moving on. Yesterday was kinda fun. I kinda just fooled around all day till the afternoon. I stared watching Waterworld just to kill time. I got a call from Reiko. She said she wanted to come to church and wanted us to sit in the sanctuary while Bro. Packy preached instead of going to class. I was kinda ok with that. I never really enjoy class that much.

Mom and I went to Applebee’s before church. Mom got Nachos Nuevos...it’s was kinda like a taco salad...only three times the size of a normal taco salad. I got the Shrimp & Parmesan Sirloin Combo with a brownie desert. I totally enjoyed my steak. It was great (after I sent it back to the kitchen because I cut it open and it was red).

We got to church, and Reiko was no where to be seen, so I went to class. I got lucky because linuXman was teaching. I like listening to him teach stuff because he’s smart, and understanding what he says actually makes me feel like I’m smart. So, it’s a win-win thing.

Ok, so today...I slept till like 11:45 a.m. I was surprised. I mean, I haven’t slept like that since I’d just gotten out of high school. I got up, and I made my breakfast. Mom told me that she’s sick. Well, she’s got her usual nausea, dizziness and lightheaded stuff that she always gets every few weeks. So, we watched Gilmore Girls and American Idol that we’d missed just to kill time. Then I got a call from the furniture store I applied at. They want to interview me tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited abut that. It’s a great opportunity. But I’m not gonna get too hopeful. It’s just an interview after all. But I funny intend to call the staffing people after the interview just to check in with them.

I totally missed doing my Mid-Week Review for the TV shows that I always watch. I usually do that on Wednesdays. Mostly because Wednesday is the middle of the week, and because I’m posting rants in ruby_unicorn, thus I feel responsible to find something to ramble on about that’s positive. So, here’s a late review just for the heck of it.

( The Midweek TV Review )

/sigh I still haven’t finished watching Waterworld from yesterday. I’m gonna go do that...right after I make some college cuisine. Later!

The Impailer People Iced: Five Car Bombs Planted: Four Favorite Weapon A Vice Arms Broken: Twenty Seven Eyes Gouged: Twenty Tongues Cut Off: None. Pathetic. Biggest Enemy: Dry Duck Get Your HITMAN Name

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MM

Wow. Ok, so today was so short...how’d it get so damn short? Oh yeah, we went to town and I started playing Black&White 2 after that. Duh. Actually, today was the best day I've had health-wise in a while..

Ok so things I did today:

1: Woke up at 10 after getting up at 5. If ever I wake up really early and I manage to get back to sleep, I sleep really hard and usually pretty late.
2: Watched Gilmore Girls and wanted to cuddle Luke...again. What is it with my crush on that guy anyway?
3: Went to town with Mom and Dad after they got home from the church. Tuesday mornings sometimes means a meeting for the church staff and that includes the secretary. Mom volunteers to answer phones for her for an hour or more if needed.
4: Exchanged that XL outfit that we’d bought at Wal-Mart for a Large.
5: Grocery shopped with Mom and Dad. We only had a few things on the list, but of course we had to get a few other things. You never remember all of what you want till you get there. Aside from list items we got Pocky, various fruits and veggies (yum!), candy for Dad when he goes offshore, and some cheap oriental food (huge mistake >____<).
6: Got home and waited for Trading Spaces. It was a rerun, but it was so old that I didn’t mind watching it over again. I love watching Frank on there. I think he’s so underrated.
7: Stayed home and played Black&White 2 all night till Mom and Dad got home from Sam’s.
8: Watched the end of American Idol with Mom and Dad. Set tomorrow’s show to tape.
9: Got back on here and played Black&White 2 again. God thag ame is so all-absorbing.

And that’s about it...although that really does sound like a lot. I do intend to call the Staffing place to see if they have anything new tomorrow morning...after Gilmore Girls of course ^.^

Oh! I got an e-mail from Chibi (amai_tenshi)! She said she sent me a letter in reply to the letter that I sent her, which should be great to read when I finally get her. That reminds me...I should probably ask Odango (chaineddove) if she ever got the Snail Mail letter that I sent her. Oh well.

Now that it is so late, I intend to watch Supernatural and then go to bed. Goodnight!

Your Love Element Is Metal

In love, you inspire and respect your partner. For you, love is all about fusing together for one incredible life experience. You attract others with wit and a bit of flash. Your flirting style is defined by making others want and value you. Greatness and optimism are the cornerstones of your love life. You may let go too easily, but you never get weighed down by your past. You connect best with: Earth Avoid: Fire You and another Metal element: will control and smother each other

What Element Is Your Love?

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MM

Holy quadrupeds...Ok, something I’m working on that I’ve discussed on ruby_unicorn is taking way longer than I thought it would. Otherwise, I would’ve posted and then been in bed by now. But I’m gonna go ahead and make time for this post before today becomes tomorrow.

Ok, so interview/skills assessment. I got there around 1:45 for my appointment that was at 2. They said it wasn’t a problem, and they started me on the computer right away. I was on there for 10 minutes or so when another girl walked in for the same thing. They’d double scheduled, and since they only have one computer, they can only assess one person at a time. So, since I had gotten there and started already, I was able to continue. OCD comes in handy for once.

The assessments...let’s see. One was on filing, the other was on customer service, another on Word 2003, another on Excel 2003, there was grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and math, typing and data entry too. So, I got there at 1:45 and I didn’t look up till around 3:22. It took that long. And I’m usually a speed demon, but I was going a bit slower just to try and do really well.

I bumed out on the math, but I expected that. I scored flawlessly on grammar, spelling and vocabulary (I was so nervous that I wouldn’t! I mean, it’s something I obsess over, and it would just figure that I’d take a test on it and suck). I got /thinks I think and 80% on Excel, which is really good since I haven’t really done a lot with Excel since I graduated. Word I scored 100% on the basic and intermediate levels and ...I think 85% on advanced. I typed 69 words per minute (which sucks since I used to be able to type about 75). And I know that I did really well in data entry. We never did discuss filing or customer service...but I can’t imagine that I did badly on that. Overall I made a...I think she said 84.75% and she said most people don’t score above 80% so that was good. She did seem happy that I did 69 words per minute...I should probably practice with Mavis Beacon some more...or maybe I can get the typing software that they had at the school! I hated using it at the time, but I could get up to 80 wpm with only 3 errors with that sucker.

Oh, also, I found out that my High School GPA was 3.0 and my college GPA was 3.3...I have no idea what those numbers mean. I assume they’re average. I mean, I know a 4.0 is the best you can get, so a 3.3 is really good for college (considering they said I was dyslexic and couldn’t learn). But I kept forgetting those numbers, so I wanted to make sure that I’d written them down somewhere!

So, the lady there said that there was someone looking for secretary work who could write up letters and such for him, and since I scored superbly in my grammar/spelling/vocabulary I’d probably be good for that type of job. The job pays $8.50 an hour, so I told her to go right ahead. Then again, if the job paid $5.15 an hour with chance of pay increases, I wouldn’t mind that either. Some money coming in at a small increment is better than no money at all. She said she’d check with the guy and call me in the morning (tomorrow) and see if she couldn’t get me an interview for that afternoon.

I honestly felt so relieved that someone verified that my skills were good. I was wondering if maybe I just wasn’t good enough...like I had the skills but I wasn’t aware of them. I was so glad the lady was all like “You gots mad skillz!” ...I’m paraphrasing of course...

So that was done, and I was grateful for it. I got home and watched some TV with Mom for a while. We were really just biding our time till American Idol premiered. You know, I realize that on that guilty pleasures list I made, I should’ve put Reality TV, because I am addicted to it even though I think it can be so stupid at some times. I mean like Idol for instance. It’s like a train wreck. You tune it to see the insanity, laugh at people, ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ for a few minutes, and thank God that isn’t you embarrassing yourself up there! Tonight was so funny though. Mom and Dad and I laughed so hard at the people, the judges, each other laughing at the people and judges. It was great.

We missed out on Gilmore Girls and I skipped my Supernatural but since I tape it regularely, it’s ok! I’m not worried at all! I’ll have to tape the next showing of Idol tomorrow though...note to self.

I am now really really tired. I’ve showered and everything, but I’ve been working on this thing (which will eventually be posted in ruby_unicorn) since I got out of the shower. So as soon as I’m done with this, I’ll be sending an old friend a happy birthday message and then I’ll be off to bed. I think I’ve earned it.

Goodnight everyone. All in all, not too bad a day.

Yo. It feels like I haven’t posted in forever when really it was only a day without posting. For someone who can do up to 4 posts a day when she gets excited, that feels like a stretch.

Ok, so yesterday I was just feeling blah, you know? It was just a bad case of restless indifferent slothfulness. It sucked. I wasn’t feeling great about where I was or what I was doing, so I did what I always do when that happens; I submersed myself in fan fiction and did nothing else.

By night, I realized I really hadn’t done anything. So, I got on AMOS and hacked away at the old web site. Found a few things that were wrong with the EQ Characters site that I fixed. Then, I started looking over the unfinished site, and realized I have a hell of a lot of work to do.

I did a lot of stuff graphics-wise and sorting-wise, but it feels like I’ve done nothing. I went to bed around 10:30 feeling kinda bad.

I woke up around 2:43 a.m. I was nauseous and hungry-ish. I had gone to bed kinda hungry, but I really didn’t want to eat since Mom and Dad had already gone to bed too. So at 2:45 I slipped into the kitchen and poured out the reminder of the freshly squeezed orange juice Mom and I had made together a couple of days ago. I took a couple of sips, went to the bathroom, and threw up. It was one of those things where you feel terrible while it’s happening, but once it’s over it’s like a relief...kinda like peeling off a scab or something. My relief didn’t last too long. I tried to go back to bed, but I couldn’t sleep. So around 3:20 I slipped back into the kitchen for some water. Threw that up too. I tossed, I turned, I hoped, I prayed, I debated whether I should wake the rents (they’re always so concerned about those things, even though they can’t do anything about them). Then I said to myself, “I’m not sleeping anyway, I might as well try a popsicle.” Mom buys these Dole popsicles. They’re supposedly made from real fruit juice, and there’s less sugar than other brands. So, it took me a while to eat the thing, because my stomach was still so jumpy. I just layed there and bit off a small chunk, then sucked on it till it had melted. After the popsicle was done, I tried to get back to sleep. It took over an hour for my stomach to stop rolling, but I finally did get to sleep.

I slept so hard though, that I didn’t really enjoy it. Then I woke up feeling weird, and told Mom and Dad what had happened. I had a cup of coffee and some peaches for breakfast because I was still feeling terrible.

Then Mom announces that she and Dad need to head to Wal-Mart. And I know that I should go with them, because a lot of the times, they don’t know exactly what to buy me, so it just helps things go a lot smoother if I’m actually there. So, I agreed to go. I dressed comfortably and we headed out. While there, there were a couple of things I noticed, that I’d really like to point out right now.

Our Wal-Mart is being remodeled inside. At first, things were really subtle...a few of the tiles on the floors were missing, some of the departments had actually been moved without anyone seeing it happen, Wal-Mart employees doing a rather impressive impersonation of headless chickens. That sort of thing. But then, we went today and the clothing department had wood flooring. Or at least mock wood flooring...The eye glasses place is boarded up, meaning we’ve got more of a bottleneck to get across the store after check out. All the aisles are facing a different direction, and almost all of the departments are in a different place. The only places thus far that have yet to be moved are the pharmacy, hair, makeup, soaps, and grocery sections. The clothes are all in the same place (mostly), they’re just mixed up...they’re still in the center of the store and all, it’s just that the women’s clothes are where the men’s were...I don’t know where the men’s clothes are; I don’t shop for men.

Ok, I did not know this, but evidently everyone else did. I hate it when people think you know something, so they decide not to tell you. Honestly, how’s anyone gonna learn with that philosophy in mind? Anyway, I found out that Wal-Mart sells Pocky. Seriously. My Wal-Mart has dark chocolate and strawberry flavored Pokcy. And since Strawberry Pocky is one of my favorite snacks, I’ve been buying like 2-4 boxes every time that I visit Wal-Mart. When I tell all my friends that there’s Pocky at Wal-Mart they’re all like, “Oh yeah. I knew that...” and I’m like, “Waterfalls?” In our place it’s near the coffee section, in with other Japanese-ish stuff like Meso Soup and such.

Also another thing that’s always made me laugh about Wal-mart; birds. Alfred Hitchcock would be scared shitless! There are crows and other types of birds all over our parking lot. And not just Wal-Mart (although there seem to be more of them there), they’re in all the parking lots. Now, I’m sure that that isn’t anything new. I’m betting that anyone who reads this will think, “Yeah, my Wal-Mart has a lot of birds in the parking lots too.” This is what I’ve noticed though. Sea gulls. That’s right, sea gulls. They’re all over the parking lot all the time. It’s weird. I mean, they’re sea gulls, right? Shouldn’t they be at the Sea? It’s like that old joke, “Why do Sea gulls only fly over the sea? Because if they flew over Bays they be Bay Gulls.” Well, I guess we have Parking Lot Gulls. Waterfalls? I mean, I often wondered if the states that are close to large bodies of water have sea gulls in their parking lots...

Ok, rants over...for now. I’ll get my second wind eventually. So, yeah, we went to town and I still felt miserable, but it was one of those ‘just deal’ moments. I came home, and I finally wrote out that letter to Odango (chaineddove). I only started writing the damn thing 4 days ago...or...something...no wait, I started writing on the 8th...it’s the 13th...that’s like, 6 days. Dude. I suck. Oh well, I finally got it all typed up (even the envelope) and it’s stamped and ready to go. It’ll go out with Monday’s mail.

Speaking of mail; yesterday, I ordered the first volume of the second season of Gargoyles. I ordered it yesterday.../thinks...yesterday mid-morning I suppose. I just had the extra money, and I was like, “Ok, I have $50 extra, I’m bored outta my mind...oh...second season Gargoyles...Cha-ha-ha.” So, I ordered it, and then 2 seconds later I get a confirmation of the thing going through, then I get a note from the seller (I bought used/new) saying it’s in the mail today. I was so stoked. So, it went out with Friday’s mail. I was happy about that. It means I’ll be getting it sooner. I’m so happy.

Other than that I’ve been varying between working on my web site and watching Tenchi Universe. I know it’s not the best anime, but it makes me laugh. That’s all I need. I’m still a bit confused why Tenchi in Tokyo doesn’t have it’s on box set...I don’t buy individual DVDs when it comes to anime. If it’s not in a box set, then I’m not gonna get it...9 times out of 10 that is.

Oh well. I still have a few things I’d like to tweak on my web site, and tomorrow will come early as always. So I shall now sign off. Goodnight.

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