Updating

Okay, it's been a while since I updated. Sorry about that. It's New Years eve and I've been up to my elbows in stuff to do practically since I got back from school. One of my biggest responcibilities, as it turns out, is being "big cousin" for little Clara. She adores me, as I'm sure you know. It's nice to be loved like that, but there are just sometimes when I'd like a break, to be able to have time to myself. Of course, I'm getting off easy. Some people actually have to do "WORK" for a living.

Oh wait, I'm one of them. Here's the story quick. I got a 1.88 or so GPA. I needed a 2.0 to stay at Tech. So I'm kicked out until next Fall. Whee... Until then, I'll be staying in Austin. I've been looking for a job, but not nearly hard enough. I'll prolly just end up working at McDonalds again or something. *Sigh.* Actually, my mom suggested that I get a job in the child care profession. Not the computer science gig I was hoping for, definitely not the video gaming career, but I do like kids, and I'm good with them, and above all else, it IS a paying job.

Yesterday we went to the store BookPeople, and Mom got me a book on how to program video games. It's a huge thick technical nonsense, but it'll be cool if I can actually make a game work. It won't be my dream game, though, just a fun little ditty. My dream game is something that, realistically, I can't do on my own. It's a 100+ hour quest that is almost more story than anything. It'll be somewhat like Final Fantasy and such, in terms of the epic-ness, but I'll have a more open ended game play. Not open ended in the GTA sense of "Do whatever you want, but you still have to do our quests." More open ended as in, "Do what you want, and that in turn will affect your path."

A year or so ago, mom enrolled me with her in an ACC course on 2D Game Design. Part of the exercise was a chance to come up with a game idea. My pitch was something really ambitious, but still technically doable on a 2-D level. The proffessor said that games today are often pitched to producers as being a mix of things (BMX games are Tony Hawk + Bikes, for instance). So my suggestion was GTA + Star Trek. I'm talking the origial GTA, not the 3D ones on the PS2. Your character would be a lone character in space, and he could ally himself with one or more of the factions in space, each with their own unique differences, and their own fleets of Starships, something like the different races in Starcraft. Your character would be able to commandeer any of a number of vessels, and use them to complete quests and missions. There will be some story line stuff, as well as a few bonus missions to get you specific items and stuff. Think of it as a 1 player MMORPG in terms of play and politics. You can upset a faction and thereby lose their support, or get shot at when you go near them. You can gain favor with a faction and earn better ships in their ranks or what not. You can help change the map by wiping one faction out. Fun stuff like that. Maybe I'll have a demo of it up or something.

Okay, I need to do work. I gotta pack for my trip to NJ tomorrow. Happy New Year everyone. I'll prolly write out a blog on the plane tomorrow, and post it as soon as I get online.

Christmas Hauls

I spent a good deal of Christmas day feeling bad. I showed you all my list. It was spiffy, and I tried not to be too overly greedy about things. I didn't expect to get EVERYTHING there.... But to only find 2 things, between both Christmas and my birthday. Sigh. I tried not to complain, but I did feel a little bad that I got a few gifts that I don't really want... after giving a pretty detailed list. *Shrugs.* I tried to keep it quiet and not tell anyone like "OMG WHY WOULD YOU GET ME THAT!?" I seriously have a sprinkler shaped like Darth Vader now. What's up with that?

I got some cool stuff though. I got the complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes. And I got a T-Shirt with the Matrix on it. I have the touch. And the power. And all those other things. And I got money. A lot of money. Over 50 dollars from Grandma Katie, and $100 from Poppop and Granny, and then even more money from other random people, plus a gift certificate to Best Buy. So what did I do with this newfound wealth?

*Drumroll.....*

A SONY PSP!!! W00T! It's so fucking cool oh my god... And I got Lumines for it, too, which is a great game. The wireless browsing is cool too, I have to say. Sorry, I'm busy spazzling, so I dunno, I gotta go.

First though, check this thing out. It's a web search (Google, mostly) that lets you win prizes if you're lucky. Sign up and start searching. It'll be fun. ^_^

http://www.blingo.com/friends?ref=MloGEYxz_vWte_G6GtQyArDHKwg

Okay, so long.

Merry Happy Crismahanukwanzikamas

Yay Holidays!!! It's officially my birthday in my birth state, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it: I'm 21. In fact, by the time I get this published, it'll probably be 21 in the Central Zone too, and I wouldn't be surprised to find that I've gone into the Mountain or Pacific zones if I'm on a roll. Probably not though. I wanna keep this kinda short....

So I made it to Tennessee. I rode in the car with my cousin, Clara, my Aunt Susie, and their live-in exchange student Xiao (it's pronounced Jah-ow, because the Chinese people can't spell I guess), and managed to split my time between driving and entertaining her while Susie drove. It was fun. We went to the Zoo in Memphis, saw Clara's aunt and grandmother. And on Thursday morning, in Hot Springs, AK, Aunt Susie found, I kid you not, a rock quarrey that we could pay to go dig around in. It was redicuous. We found some egg shaped thing in there. Aunt Susie says it may be a Geode, but I'm thinking for a Velociraptor. *Hides.*

Please excuse any little shoddyness that is lacking from this post, since I haven't got my entire set up, just the power supply and the laptop on it. So yeah, I'm bare-backing it.

So we got here, though. I managed to get on for a second last night, and check out all the awesome things that have been put online. I downloaded and watched RvB episode 70, which was fun, and then, yeah, the big news.....

KINGDOM HEARTS 2 IS OUT IN JAPAN!!! And yeah, there's videos of it. I've downloaded them. The opening intro is pretty, and the ending one, well, I cheated and got it, but I don't understand it, so I don't know what's going on. It still LOOKS better than the "Sorry, Sora, but your princess is in another castle" ending that happened last time." I still wanna see both videos up on the big screen in my den. Yay 6' widescreen. I'll get there for them, no fret. I'm getting this video game when it comes out stateside, oh yes....

Okay, I'm becoming repetitive and stupid... later.

OMG KONG!!!!!

I just saw King Kong. I spent like half the movie with my jaw literaly dropped in awe. It was SO FUCKING AMAZING. I refuse to spoil it for you, beyond the obvious, so I won't blather on about how awesome it was. When you've seen it though... I'm dying ot talk to someone about the awesomeness.

Oh, and wallpapers, too. It was such a pretty movie. I'm gonna get as many wallpapers from the film as possible. So very beautiful. *Stares into space*

"I know that Monkey! His name is Donkey!"
"Monkeys can't be donkeys! Stop trying to confuse me!"

The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

The wonderful thing about tiggers
Is tiggers are wonderful things!
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs!
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is
I'm the only one
I-I-I'm... the only one!

I stayed up until 2AM yesterday to watch the Boondocks because I missed the 10PM showing. It was stupid, because I TiVo'd it, but what's done is done, eh? Anyway, I knew I had to get up at 8 this morning to drive Danny to school. But after that, the plan was that I would drive PJ and Mom to my Aunt's house, and while they went shopping, I'd go get some sleep.

Didn't happen that way. I woke up and well, PJ had stayed up later than me. So he wasn't going. I took Dan to school, then when I dropped mom off Aunt Susie's house, I got "Oh yeah, stay here and watch Clara while we go out all morning. X_X. But I did. I'm a good trooper. I played some Uno and some Dominoes with her (she's pretty smart). Then I went and watched Cinderella with her, which was okay. I got to sleep sorta, except when Clara poked me and giggled at the screen. Then I watched the Tigger Movie, and... I started crying. I blame it on lack of sleep, but it was a really sad and sweet movie. If Tigger is the only one, then he's all alone as the only Tigger there is, and that's not something he wants to hear. So he goes off to find his family of tiggers, only to find that really, his family was with him all along. It was sweet, and I really shouldn't have been taking it so personally, but I did, so yeah... I needed to sleep.

Never did though. I spend ALL my time on "vacation" running around with family, or with friends. No time to relax, really. Sigh..... Tonight, when I finish packing, sorta, I'm gonna go and see King Kong with Jackie. Watch me cry at that one too. "OMG ITS SO SAD HE'S THE ONLY ONE...." ._.

I'm such a woman.

And They Say There Are No Heroes

Did Spiderman ever do this? I don't think so. Suck it, Peter Parker.

Going Nuts

How many lights do you see?


THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!

*Ahem.*

I made it back to Austin in one piece. I was a little nervous when Matt got on his cell phone while driving, especially after he got us lost a few hours earlier WITHOUT any distraction. Ah well, though, no harm done. When I left Lubbock, I made a plan to see King Kong with Jackie and a few friends. Sounded like fun, and I was really looking forward to it.

(I'm confused. I had a cursor when I started typing. It's gone now. ._. AH! Got it back!)

Anyway, I got back, and heard from my mom that I was grounded since I failed Computer Science. I felt so bad... And then I put off telling Jackie, because I was sure I could change Mom's mind about it. I couldn't. And I feel really crummy. She's right, I deserve to be punished for failing CS. It was a completely passable class. Not hard in the least. A lot of grunt effort required, yes, but that's it. I should know better than to let things like that make me wanna procrastinate. It's what happened to me the last two years, and I thought I'd learned my lesson. I almost had. I passed all my other classes (I hope; I'm still waiting for official confirmation on two of them... *Crosses fingers*). But yeah, I need to learn my lesson... So I'm grounded, at least until the rest of my grades get in, and I sign up for classes next semester. Fun.

Lesse... I have my computer hooked up here as a desktop style thing. I may leave it here when I go to Tennessee for Xmas. It really is a hassle. I'll still take it to NJ, no matter what.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go entertain a kitty cat. ^_^

How Do They Know That?

Seriously! How did they figure that out? Isn't she supposed to be the world's greatest criminal mind? Able to hop the globe without notice?

OH MY GOD! DOES GOOGLE HAVE HER BUGGED? Who else do they have tabs on? Not me, I'm sure, but I mean... Who knows? It's a trap! *Hides.*

I'm A Fan Of Live Text

Some people don't like the idea of links in text. I'm not one of them. I think that being able transmit ideas beyond the words you are using is what makes the Internet such a great place. I've been surfing the random forum of 4chan (WARNING, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART), and I like the way they combine links, pictures, and complete randomness into a great package. So HAH. Take THAT, Maddox.

Moving on. I have a hectic schedule ahead of me. I need to pack tonight, since I'm going home at 10AM tomorrow. Then I spend a week in Austin, hanging with friends and Christmas shopping. Then on the 21st, I drive off to Tennessee. That'll be fun. I'm spending Christmas and my Birthday there, so that'll be fun. I've got 10 days until I turn 21. Go me!!! Anyway, after Christmas, I'm heading back with my Aunt Susan, Uncle Jim, Cousin Clara, and the live in Chinese Exchange Student Xiao, on a meandering tour of the American South East. Yay!!! Then I'm up to NJ for the first week of January - the 1st through the 8th. Classes resume on January 11th. I have a VERY packed vacation.

Not to worry, I'll still find time to get online. Laptops are fun that way. Plus I've got my cell phone. So you'll never be too far away from me. And in those times when you are, I've got books that need reading, Game Boy games that need playing, and, of course, the sweet release of a good little bit of shut eye. Speaking of... its midnight... NINE DAYS TILL BIRTHDAY!!!!

And I Thought I Was Done With Tests...

It decided to format itself like a retard, but still, it works!

Bi/Slightly Straight
You scored 5 (-52 being completely gay, 0 being bisexual, and 52 being completely straight)

For the most part, you are bisexual. You have a slight preference for the opposite gender, but either gender would suit you. If you are sexually inexperienced, it is possible that this will change after you do some experimenting.


My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 25% on Orientation

Link: The Sexuality Spectrum Test written by tall_man_54 on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

For Kelly

In my travels online, I met a girl named Kelly. I didn't know her for more than a week, but I still considered her a friend. So it shocked me to from her mother that she had died. I don't have much to say, but I felt a memorial was appropriate for her, here. You will be missed.

A Rose By Other Names

I've talked about how girls get the names of all the cool months, right? I think October would be a good name for a boy. Maybe December. We would call him Deci for short. Anyway, Virginia is the only name from a state. Here are a few others for consideration. Wyoming. Oklahoma. Montana. Michigan. Hell, pretty much all of them. Maybe not the "New" ones, but other than that...

It is my pleasure to introduce you to my new son, Alabama Pennsylvannia LeVine. ^_^

A Jesus By Any Other Name

I was surfing the AIM chat rooms again. This time I popped into the Christian singles. Nothing gets my brain juices pumping like a good conversation with the Jesus-freaks. By that I mean not just any Christians. I know a lot of cool Christians, who just don't rub it in your face all the time, and live a good life, the way they think Jesus would have wanted. I have nothing against them. I DO have something against the people who feel driven to convert people to seeing it their way, because they're afraid that if someone else is right, then they may be wrong. They're fun to talk to, simply to see where they go with my questions. While I won't show exactly what the conversation was, because it's just a long IM session that really doesn't get anywhere, I'll describe the highlights.

To start, here's what I believe. I believe that most major religions agree on basic principals. Life is important, be a good person, help those who need helping, etc. Those are all good things to live a life by, as I try to myself. Where they differ is in some forms of semantics. They all proclaim that their God is the one true God, or, if they have a pantheon of gods, that theirs is the correct pantheon. As I said, this is all just semantics. I used the following analogy to try and describe this:

Suppose there was a secluded tribe of islanders, with no contact to the outside world. One day, a man gets stranded on the island, after being presumed lost in a wreck. He integrates into the natives tribe, learns their language and customs. He begins to teach them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, he cannot find an appropriate way to translate Jesus for them, and ends up with something random like "Tomato Sause." So the natives continue to worship the being known as Tomato Sause. Now the question: Does that count? Does Jesus care what name you use for him.

The answer, as I see it, is that it does count, Jesus is just a name, and it's really the person that name represents that you are worshiping. So if Jesus is God, then you can worship God and you will be fine, right? Along those terms, if you worship Allah, or Jehovah, or Krishnu, you are still worshiping the same God they all stand for. So really, the name of a religion you worship doesn't matter, as long as you believe the truth in your heart.

As to what the truth is... I spent a good deal of time talking about how Jesus' death on the cross matters. I kept hearing from the guy "Jesus died so your sins could be forgiven, but your sins are only forgiven if you believe He died for them." That seems rather twisted. And really, I don't see a connection between His dying and my redemption. The connection is simply "That's what the book says!" I mean, its like me saying "Hey! I broke a concrete slab with my pinky so you could have toast! But if you want the toast, you have to believe that you're getting it because I broke the slab! Get it?" Do you? Cuz I don't.

The bible is true because it is the word of God. And it is the word of God because it says so, and it is true, so it can't be wrong about being the word of god. That's another thing that got me. It's cyclical logic. The guy I was talking to said that I shouldn't question things like that, and just accept them on faith, but I really think that questioning is good. Without questioning, authority becomes tyranny. Now I'm not saying God is a tyrant. But Churches and other religious leaders could. The Bible was presented by man, published, written, and analyzed by men. It may have been divinely inspired, but that doesn't mean it's perfect by any means. I need more than the book itself to tell me that a book is true.

Okay, my head is starting to hurt. I'm gonna go lie down now. Love you all. ^_^

I'm The Worst Attack Dog Ever

No anniversary yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Lesse... I've been surfing the AIM chat rooms lately. It started with a quest for bordom relief - fast paced games of "Whack-A-Bot". Eventually I made nice with the locals, cuz you know, I'm just that awesome, and managed to pull a few new aim friends outta it. Yay me! I also managed to get hit on by this guy. That was funny:

HoT28yroldman4u: hello
me: hi there
HoT28yroldman4u: age
me: 20
HoT28yroldman4u: what u up 2
me: not much
me: just got done with my final
me: you?
HoT28yroldman4u: just got out of the shower
me: oh fun
HoT28yroldman4u: yeah its cold out
me: well put on a sweater or something
HoT28yroldman4u: yeah your right,lol
HoT28yroldman4u: so tell me about u
me: oh not much
me: i'm basically ur average college nerd
HoT28yroldman4u: what do u look like miss
me: random hobbies that'd bore you to tears
me: umm
me: im not a miss
HoT28yroldman4u: o wow sorry
me: yeah
me: i thought something was amiss there
HoT28yroldman4u: yeah ok have a great day
me: you too
me: check out profile links before you assume stuff

Anyway, part of the problem with making friends online is that you often fall into the tangled webs of politics that would confuse the cast of Friends. I've had more than one person tell me that I should go tell another person off for upsetting her. Being the doting friend, I get the screen name and start up a conversation, and ask what the problem is. Then I get into trouble, because, after the realize that I'm NOT going to yell at them like whoever told me I should, they figure out what a nice guy I am, and I've made a new friend. So now I'm stuck between two people who both think I'm on their side. Today's case, at least, has a happy story. Two girls were fighting because they both thought they were the same guy's girlfriend. It turns out that NEITHER of them were (I actually know girl number 3; she's my friend, and so was the guy, too. I'm too popular x_x), so I ended up telling them something like this:

"Hey, you guys shouldn't be fighting. XXXX played you both, you should be mad at him. You're both perfectly nice girls, and shouldn't be mad at each other."

A couple of minutes later I got the following back:

(Girl 2): wow (Girl 1) and (guy) are fighting but me and (girl 1) r cool now

So you see, I'm a miracle worker. You should let me negotiate peace in the Middle East. I'd tell them that the real enemy was the terrorists, or something. It'd be cool.

Btw, names have been hidden to protect the innocent. ^_^

Speaking of holiday cheer... These lights are awesome.

English Mother Fucker Do You Speak It?!

This just happened. You meet the randomest people from chat rooms. Especially when you have an androgenous / feminine Screen name.

mikeslikes34dds (2:06:50 PM): are you female
Effervescence 34 (2:06:53 PM): nope
mikeslikes34dds (2:07:03 PM): are you female
Effervescence 34 (2:07:07 PM): but i share your love of DDs
mikeslikes34dds (2:07:40 PM): are you female
Effervescence 34 (2:07:44 PM): yes i am
mikeslikes34dds (2:07:54 PM): hi im mike an you are
Effervescence 34 (2:08:09 PM): I'm not female, but at least I got your attention
Effervescence 34 (2:08:18 PM): i told you i wasnt female twice already
Effervescence 34 (2:08:59 PM): pay attention

Wow... He was persistant.

Stupid Ad...

A lot of you have AIM, so you'll know where I'm coming from. Everyone who uses the legitimate client for AIM, and not some 3rd party thing like Trillian or something, knows about the ads that come with it. Just above your buddy list is a little advertisement box. I've been able to ignore most of them, but lately they've been getting more and more annoying. It started last Spring with the Classmates.com ad. A list of the 50 US States scrolled at a high speed each time the ad started up, which would eventually end at California unless you moused over it to stop it. This one really only pissed me off because at the time I was using an older computer that would slow to a crawl each time that came up. Or just whenever, but still, the ad didn't help. And I still have found it vaguely annoying.

Flash forward to now: Dec 2005, holiday season adds have started to pop up. The first was this red thing for the Gap. Whenever you'd mouse over it for whatever reason, it would jump out and expand to twice its normal size. X_X And NOW we've got this Ford advertisement that plays a video for no apparent reason whenever it feels like it. I just wanna make it go away!!! ;_;

I just realized that my blogs a little over 2 years old. I missed the 2 year anniversary. Sorry guys. Maybe I'll have something for you to celebrate with in a few days. Not like you care. Heh.

Eat time is now.

Dodging Bullets Like Neo

They've been showing the Matrix on TNT lately. I know too many people who haven't seen the Matrix yet. For reference, too many in this instance is "any number greater than zero." So yes, I'm looking at you. See this awesome instance of badassery quickly before your chance subsides.

Moving on, though. Last night I went to sleep around 3. I had my next morning all planned out. I set my alarm for 11, which would be a good time to wake up, get some breakfast, take a shower, and study a little before my 1:30 Calculus final. I slept really well. Going to sleep after 2am tends to make me a little sleepy, who knew? I've even got a special bedtime mix of supposedly quieter, gentler music, stuff that'll help me go to sleep without having to listen to silence, the squeaking of whatever mechanical components are malfunctioning at the moment, and the insessant ringing in my ears. So yeah, music helps. I don't listen to it when Matt's in, because despite being able to sleep through anything, he can't actually GET to sleep with music going. *Shrugs.*

Anyway, like I said, I had it all planned out. I woke up at 11 and started to check my e-mail, as usual. Then I noticed the little Rainlendar pop-up: "Calculus Final - Due in -32 minutes." Yup, that's a NEGATIVE 32. The test started at 10:30, not 1:30. I was a fucking half hour late just from sleeping. I didn't eat. I didn't study. I didn't write out a little 5x3 note card to help me remember things. No time. I ran (well, fast walked; I was still a little sleepy) to the physics building, and rushed into the test. 45 minutes late, but better late then never. I managed to get the answer to every question I knew, and a few I didn't. I'm fairly confident with my results, don't worry. Despite having half time. Really, no one ever uses the whole time anyway. But yeah, I was partially worried that I would be flat out refused for being so late. Luckily this wasn't true, but...

The other day Matt revealed that he has the Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD. We were watching the beginning a few days ago, and that's why, as I walked towards my uncertain test, the following words were running through my head:

In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects.

First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words Don't Panic inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.

This is what I was thinking to myself as I walked there. "Don't Panic." Panicking never helped anyone with anything. So I didn't, and I feel that I'm a fairly better person for it. ^_^

Found Something To Entertain Myself

I got both the X-Men movies. I think I may watch at least one of them today, I haven't seen X2 since it was in theaters. I was testing them out, though, and I hadda install a new audio codec, so I'll need to restart my computer I think. First though, this:

Da Rules:

1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.
3. You'll update your LJ (or whatever) with the five questions answered.
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed. And it just keeps going, and going, and going....

So, here are my five questions, courtousy of Umimi herself:

1) Who would win a pie eating contest out of your robot and mine?
I'd have to giveit to your robot. Mine may be able to level a city faster, but yours just looks hungrier.

2) What was the best thing that happened in China? xD
Okay, so I was at this toy store type place in Beijing, and my mom had given me 100 Yuan (about $20 USD) to spend on something. I was looking through the booths, and didn't find anything very interesting, when all of a sudden, I saw it. A box set of Landfill, the four bot set of construction trucks from the Robots In Disguise line. Each one went for about $15 each when they sold seperately, and even after being put into a box set, and marked down considerably due to being from an older, less popular set, state-side the box would still go for about $40. Twice what I had. Just to be sure, I asked the nice lady at the counter how much she was asking. "250 Yuan."

"Ah," I replied, "I was afraid of that. No thanks." And I turned to walk away.

Now, in most Western shops, that would be the end of it. Retailers have set their prices, and buyers either pay it or don't. In China, though, they are much more open to haggling. "What, you no like?" called the shopkeeper. "250 is good price."

She was right, it was. I tried to make it as clear as I could through the language barrier. "Yes, I know it's a good price, but I just don't have that much." She didn't buy it, I guess. She lowered her price for me, but kept it still above my 100 yuan mark, so I had to keep saying no, "I only have 100 yuan." I eventually started laughing while talking it got so rediculous. Eventually, I was getting impatient at being stuck in this one spot, with so many other booths out there. I reached into my pocket and fished out the 100 yuan bill. Verbal language wasn't working, so I went for a visual representation. "This is all I have with me." I tried to say it slowly and carefully so she would understand.

She looked at the bill and sighed. "Okay, one hundred yuan." At this point I was really weirded out. I had been trying to leave, not trying to bargain. Never the less, I had ended up with a toy for less than half the marked price. And THAT's the best thing that happened to me in China.

3) Avez-vous un violet poisson? o_O
No, but I have a Red one and a Blue one, like in the book. I'm trying to get them to mate.

4) What's the worse christmas present you ever got and why?
Some weird bike lights. Like, you were supposed to put them on your spokes or something, and I never wanted to. They just looked silly.

5) What was the last dream you remember having and did it involve chickens?
I had some weird dream last night. I was with my entire family, both Mom's side and Dad's, everyone there, including one kid I didn't know who was Dad's "other" step son. *Shrugs.* It made no sense, nothing really happened. I ran around in circles, and at one point I was Aeon Flux for some reason. In the end, we decided to rent a movie, and have it delivered, and it couldn't get here because there was a road block or something. When the delivery boy got to our house to tell us he couldn't get to our house, I looked out the door and noticed that there was a Blockbuster Video across the street for some reason, and it had a built in movie theater, for $6 a seat. Score. I was dissapointed to wake up and realize that it wasn't there.

"And THAT's why they call me Bender the Magnificent!" - Bender, the Magnificent.

Setting Things Straight

First of all, you all need to see how I fixed my AIM icon, cuz it's spiffy like that. ---->

Done with that? Good, now click here and tell me what you think. Come on, you know I'm sexy, right? *Sexy butt dance.*

And then, on a more serious note, if you're reading this, it's probably because you came looking for me and hit my away message. I've decided to devote a significant portion of today (Sunday) to reading, and maybe writing somewhere that's not here at my desk. I've spent a scary amount of time here lately, and over break I'm sure I will again. I wanna spend at least PART of a day actively avoiding this thing.

On that note, I'm sure I'll get around to writing a post about what's been going on lately, but now I just need to keel over on my bed. Sleep well, all, I'll see you later.

Disturbing Developments

Tomorrow I plan on possibly going to the PTQ at Hatter's. Either that or, since I have no deck worth playing, going with the idea of just staying home and chilling. Maybe I'll tell you about my exciting adventures on the AIM chat rooms. MAYBE. If you're good. In the mean time, I found a rather interestingw website for you guys to peruse if you'd like. Night