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So, I’ve done very little today. Picked up here and there, but no real cleaning. The only real thing I’ve manage to accomplish is watching Batman - Gotham Knight and finding an agreeable theme for my tumblr.

I’ve just been wanting a more graphic tumblr, but there are so many themes to choose from and I wanted something fairly specific… I like it when things are obviously separated and have a date stamp on them. I also don’t want it too plain or too ornate, and it had to be legible and somewhat orderly. I think I found something unique with a good date stamp that isn’t too much or too little. Overall, that’s what I was wanting.

As for Gotham Knight, it was much like the Animatrix… many different anime styles being shown off in small episodes, only this time it’s the Batman universe instead of the Matrix. I like most anime styles, but there are a few that I do not care for. A couple of those episodes are amazingly beautiful, not in the story telling of course but due to their actual graphics and fluid movement. Just like in the Animatrix, Gotham Knight has very little validity story-wise. You get tidbits of things that are interesting, but overall the stories are fairly unimportant. This DVD is sheer fan service (sans pervy stuff). As a consequence, I still want to buy it, but I don’t think it’s entirely essential to a Batman DVD collector :)

As for the individual episodes, the first episode (Have I Got A Story For You) annoyed me because it reminded me of an episode of the animated series, season 4, in which these kids are telling each other stories about Batman from their (distorted and uninformed) perspective. It didn’t help that the animation style is one that I’m absolutely not a fan of. The other episodes are all acceptable animation-wise as well as story-wise. Some are more cinematic and beautifully animated than others (2. Crossfire, 4. In Darkness Dwells, & 6 Deadshot), while others actually look like your average, albeit high end, anime (3. Field Test & 5. Working Through Pain). As much as I enjoyed the features, I was disappointed in the lack of ‘extra features’…. namely because there are none. At least not in this Netflix copy. I’m the sort of fan that enjoys (‘lives for’ might be a better term) ‘behind the scenes’ or ‘the making of’ and ‘featurettes’. In fact, it’s a major part of the DVDs that I buy. I’d much rather spend more money on something if it’s a 2 or 3 disc edition, just because I almost enjoy watching the extra stuff as much as (or more than in some cases) the actual movie. The fact that this dvd didn’t have any extra features was pretty disappointing. Though, I suppose that means I’ll have something to look forward to when I buy the 2 disc edition. Lastly, I cannot express how happy it made me to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman once again. I’m not saying he’s the only one that can do the job (Bruce Greenwood did a dang decent job of it too), but he’s so cemented in my mind as the voice of Batman, it was almost comforting to hear his voice again. :)

As for the rest of my day… I’m pretty sick actually. So, I suppose it’s good that I’ve got something decent to watch. Last night I was feeling tireder than usual (but didn’t think anything of it) and my stomach was really cramping pretty badly. I tried not to let it bother me though, because Mom and Aunt Carolyn volunteered to help me clean the entire church in one swoop. I could hardly pass that up. By the time I got home I had that itching tickle in the back of my throat… so I just took some NyQuil and hoped for the best. This morning though, my entire stomach is still cramping, I’m tired, nauseous, dizzy and weak and I’m all clammy. Not to mention I go between hot and cold >..< It’s very frustrating (though I suppose ‘sickening’ would be a better term). I can only hope it’s some sort of 24 hour bug that’ll be gone in the morning. Either way, I made myself go with Mom to Wal-Mart to stock up, and I managed to get some Gatorade. Nothing like a supplement of electrolytes to help you bounce back…right? =..=‘

I really can’t make myself concentrate much more, so I’m gonna go ahead and wrap this entry up. I’ll write again later, Sunshines.

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The next day (yesterday), I had my OBGYN appointment at 9. Luckily for me, they’re prompt and efficient along with being friendly too. I got a 3 month sample of my birth control pills and a prescription for when those are over with. When I got to work, they asked how it went and what I’d gone for because all I’d told them was I had a doctor’s appointment. I said, “I took off my Wonder Woman underoos, put on my big-girl drawers, and went to my OBGYN.” We all laughed at that.

Yesterday we got about 16 charts in the mail and the day before that we had 13…..my estimate for today? Close to 200. They’ve been doing that the past week or so. Earlier in the week, or mid-week, there aren’t that many charts coming in, but Thursday and Friday suck! It doesn’t bother me too much, because it means that I have plenty to do from the moment I sit down till it’s time to go. Like, yesterday was tough for me at first because I’d finished all my work and there was very little to do. Lacey had done all the copying and our shredder died on us (rest it’s poor little mechanical soul) so I was like “I need something to do.” Luckily there’s always something to do, even if it doesn’t fall under my job criteria. So when Nicole left, she handed me the 800+ invoices that she’d been saving up that were supposed to go in folders in one of her drawers and asked me to put them in order. The folders that she has are categorized by the name of the companies and she prefers to have the most recent towards the back. So I worked on that after she left at 2. I was happy to say that I got all the way up to the company Foundation Coal done.

I don’t know why, by my mouth has been really soar lately...like the inside, all around my lips. It aches and itches and when I eat, it feels like sandpaper rubbing against my mouth. It’s really bad. And this morning, I noticed that my eyes were itching too…I hope it’s nothing. But I’m gonna ask the nurses this morning when I go in what they think of it. Lori worked in ICU for a long time and she’s seen a lot, so she’s got a wealth of knowledge when dealing with things like that. Either way, I’m glad I have my benedryl handy in case the itching should get too bad. Of course, that’ll put me in a proverbial coma, but at least I won’t be itchy.

I guess that’s all for now. Hope everyone else is having a better week than me =.=

 

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PS: Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Last night I impulsively bouth the 3rd and 4th seasons of Batman the Animated Adventures. I really just wanted to have at least one complete fandom in my DVD collection, and that was not only cheap but easy to get. So yay for me and my Nerd Card. On the flip side, I won't be buying anything (for myself) for a very long time.

Beware, for I am: Contemplative

Ok, so today was work and Y and a couple of things in between. Work’s was fun once Lacey got there. She informed me that she finally saw The Return of the King and she loved it and she was going to have to buy it so that she could watch it whenever she wanted to. She also said that the night before, when she was reading to her son he asked her, “Mom, why didn’t you name me Frodo?” all wistful. We both laughed so hard at that. She says he’s become a bit obsessed about Frodo and loves him to death.

Also, I think I may’ve created a monster. But I don’t remember if I talked about it or not already, so I’m gonna just go ahead and (re)explain everything. About a week ago Lacey and Linda got an e-mail from the boss-lady saying that they needed to make folders in their Outlook Express thingies to hold things that they thought were important, that way it wouldn’t clogg up their Index boxes. Well both of them confessed that they didn’t know how. So, that was one of the days that Linda had to leave early (either a Monday or a Thursday), so I said ‘ just leave your computer on, and I’ll fix it for you.’ Well, while they were walking out Lacey said “Oh, and put a nice Vin Diesel background or maybe an Orlando Bloom screen saver on there.” And Linda said, “Yeah, give me a nice picture too!” and they left. Well, as soon as I’d fixed the folder issue, I went and searched ‘Orlando Bloom’, ‘Vin Diesel’ and ‘Matthew Mcconaughey’ respectively and put a bunch of there nice pictures up in Lacey’s My Pictures file. Then I switched her desktop to a Vin Diesel background and set her screen saver to the ‘My Picture Slideshow’. Then I wrote “Merry Christmas” on a piece of paper and left it on her desk. The next day, I’m filing in the filing room when I hear loud giggling. Lacey pokes her head in and says “Thanks, Darlin’! That was the best early Christmas gift ever!” Of course, once Nicole was gone Lacey asked me to do the same thing for her only with Tim McGraw. So I showed her how to do it and now...she’s got so many pictures up there on her thing. I’m thinking, one day our bosses are gonna walk in and see pictures like that up there and wonder...what have they been doing? But for now, it’s a lot of fun to tease her about the need to breath and not ogle her monitor.

Also, when I got back to work after lunch, Lacey asked if I wrote a book. I said that I was trying to write one. She asked what type it was and I told her. She asked if she could read what I had written so far, and I said ‘Sure but there’s just the Prologue.’ And then it got into a whole discussion about maybe making the book into a movie (one of my biggest and most fantastical dreams) and her being the star, and of course Orlando Bloom would have to be her love interest since that’s going to be her baby’s daddy.…that girl has such a rich fantasy life. But, I printed out the Prologue and I will be bringing it for her to read over tomorrow. It probably sucks, but it’s all I have so far. I have plenty of ideas in my head, I’m just not quite sure where I want to go with them...and I’m not so certain that Orlando Bloom would fit very well with my vision of Topez. Although I simply must have Vin Diesel as the voice of a dragon or something. That would be wicked cool...

Dad and I went swimming at the Y after we ate supper. We didn’t’ swim for long because my ear was hurting and Dad did have to get to bed soon since he’s going to work tonight. And we had to stop by the grocery store to get Mom some things, but we ended up forgetting to get me some cough drops -.- Figures. Well, he kept complaining about the price and how late it was and on and on and on. So anyway. I’m exhausted. I think it’s from all the time we spent in the Y’s hot tub. They say you can only spend 10 minutes at a time in it, but the so called life guards never actually enforce that. But anyway, we got all the stuff Mom needs to make herself a nice soup, and since she's feeling so bad, it's the only thing that doesn't tear her stomach up. She does have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow to see a neurologist or something like that. I hope she gets some relief.

Oh well. I really want to write back to Gill, but I’m barely making it through this entry. And 5:30 always comes early =.=’ Tomorrow is Friday, and thank God for small favors. Goodnight, mina.

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Beware, for I am: Calm

Wow. Today was a flurry of things. I woke up and it was almost 12. I was like O___o. So was my mom come to think of it.

But anyway. I hadn’t gotten to sleep till late (thanks so much, insomnia). I realized that I’d been reading and forgetting the time. Then when I finally did go to bed, I realized that today would be the 4th, meaning that the next chapter in the EQ Saga was due Friday. I kinda freaked because even though I had the chapter put together the way I wanted it, I hadn’t proofread it. So there’s little guessing as to what I planed on doing today.

But there were a few kinks in that plan. First off, Mom wanted some help ‘straightening up’ the house. I don’t mind that in the least. I stripped my bed and put the sheets on, made my bed with fresh sheets, picked up around my room, cleaned my bathroom, and then I vacuumed the living room. Mom and I finally put up the last little Asian art thingy for the set that I have on my wall. I think it looks really nice considering that it’s on a wall that’s all bowed out =__=.

Then I got out my papers and started proofreading. I had both stories to think about. Both the EQ Saga and Different from Me needed updating. So, I proofread both of those and then I helped Mom clean off the carport so that she could wash it down and pour cleaner on the concrete. I tell you, my Mom likes things being orderly and clean. And she everything she cleans, she cleans completely. None of this half-way crap that others may give you. Oh no. My Mom’s sister didn’t nickname her Clorox Bleach for no reason.

So after that, Reiko came over to check her MySpace and chat as usual. She told me her mom would be leaving Tuesday to go out of town for something, and she wanted a place to crash that’d have some fun company. I told her my parents were leaving Tuesday to go to Arkansas, so I would have 2 beds free if she wanted to occupy one. So she shall be staying next week. Mom had fixed some hot wings and some corn on the cob, and Reiko hadn’t eaten so we offered her some food and of course...she took it. So after she ate and we gabbed a bit more she left.

Then it was back to working. I read over what I proofread and then I made sure everything was working to the best of my knowledge, then I htmled the chapters. I already posted the next chapter in the Different from Me story line. Then I htmled the next chapter in the EQ Saga. But it was getting kinda late, so Mom called me in to watch CSI. Man, I love that show. Don't ask me why. I guess it's because I understand it, and that makes me feel smart. Not that I feel smarter for watching it. I just feel smart because I can understand what's going on. But anyway.

After watching CSI and taking a shower, I loaded it on to FF.net, but I didn’t post it. So tomorrow, I’ll go ahead and post it.

I was thinking of going over to FF.net to read some fan fiction (what else does one do when they go over to FF.net?), but it’s already late and Mom needs me to get up early and drive her to pick up her car from the auto shop tomorrow. So, I shall be off to bed. Goodnight.