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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
10:28 pm	List of games I suck at. Space Invaders Dance Dance Revolution (but it's so FUN!) Any kind of first person shooter Any racing game Fighting games in general I also suck at pool, bowling, and trading card games. Note to self: Stick to RPGs and platformers. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Reset - Hirahara Ayaka (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 21st, 2008
11:54 pm	Night out. First of all, I apologize that my last entry was so depressing. I was having a really rough time. Now on to the point of this post. Tonight I went to see Penn and Teller with my mother, sister, and a friend from England who had gotten us the tickets in the first place. We all had a lot of fun. There were impressive tricks like creating coins from drops of water, and making goldfish appear out of nowhere. Penn did an impressive, and humorous, act that involved juggling lit torches--he demonstrated the worst thing that could happen and caught one of the torches by the flaming side. After a mere second, he dropped all three torches, and unenthusiastically said, "Fire, fire, women and children first," as he casually doused them with the extinguisher. It was great. There was also a lot of audience interaction, and in fact, I was the first person to go on stage. When the pair came out, Teller had what was made to look like a cement block concealing his head. Penn started to talk about what part of the audience he tends to look at, and about his glasses. He asked my name, and I went up. It was the most exciting thing ever! I thought I was just going to die. My sister was just as excited. In any case, I confirmed that my glasses were corrective, and that I was near-sighted. He took my glasses and remarked that I had good "ocular hygiene", and that his glasses look like he washes them with a cut of beef. He put mine in his shirt pocket, and proceeded to do a little trick where the "magic wand" he was holding vanished right from his hand. It took me about six seconds to realize it had reappeared behind his ear. Afterward, he patted his pocket, and my glasses were not there. He pulled out a hammer and destroyed the block on Teller's head, revealing that Teller was wearing my glasses. I told Penn that they were indeed mine, and he gave me something to wash them. That was a wonderful experience, and the fact that I was onstage with Penn and Teller was more overwhelming than the fact that there was an entire audience watching me. Fun times. Current Mood: excited Current Music: Lost Souls In Endless Time - DragonForce (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
1:46 am	We are who we are. People keep trying to change me. Who cares if I'm autistic, or emotionally frail? I am what God made me. Autism is not a "disease" that should be "cured"--there is absolutely nothing wrong with me, or anyone else. I'm very empathetic. I care about every thing on this planet. I'm the kind of person who literally wouldn't harm a fly. I hate to see anyone, humans or animals, in pain. I hurt when bad things happen. People seem to think that my emotions are ridiculous. They act like I should worry about myself, and no one else. I can't help it. I just want to live in a world of peace, without senseless fighting or war. I want to help the people and animals. I've been getting angry a lot recently; I actually wished death upon those that would harm the animal kingdom. For some reason, I don't feel regret about this. Why can't people just understand the way I feel? Current Mood: depressed Current Music: All About Us - t.A.T.u. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
10:52 pm	Fun in the sun. I know, I know, I don't update often. I don't have much to write about. ^_^; On Friday we headed off to California (minus my dad) to see my half-sister and attend her bridal shower. Her arm had been broken in a motorcycle accident, but it's healing nicely. Yesterday we went down to Huntington beach, where the best part of the whole trip happened (not, of course, the part where I was pulled underwater by a wave--I thought I'd never get the taste of salt water out of my mouth). At one point a dolphin was spotted, not that far from the shore. A short time later, more of them appeared, and we realized it was an entire pod of them. I figured they were simply hanging around to feed. In any case, it was totally awesome. We got home late last night--after midnight, in fact. My upper left leg has been hurting, so I imagine I just overdid it at the beach. Also, I feel like I got a bit sunburned in a few places. In any case, I'm glad to be home, and I'm pretty sure our cat Larry was crying about being lonely while we were gone. Poor kitty! Current Mood: tired Current Music: My Tomorrow - Maeda Ai (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
1:09 pm	Sick days suck! (Finally, an update!) I had the worst day yesterday. Sometime after noon, I started to feel a little sick, so I went to lie down. At first I thought it was just pain from "that time of the month", but it developed into something worse. At one point I went to the bathroom, which I actually had to do several times before my body was satisfied. After the first or second time, I went to lie down again...and then I really felt sick. I felt really nauseous, but I thought it was only a feeling, and that nothing was going to happen. Boy, was I wrong. I found myself rushing to the bathroom again, where I started to throw up. I don't even know how many times I did it, and since I hadn't really eaten anything all day, I had no idea what I was throwing up. Sometime after that, I went to the bathroom for the final time, and then I rested until I felt better. A few hours later, I was up, and I took my temperature...and the the thermometer read 99.1. I also wasn't as hungry as I should have been at that point. In any case, before I went to bed, I took my temperature again, and it had gone down to 98.6. I was still suffering from stomach pains, though. Today my temperature is at 98.1. I hope I don't have to go through that again any time soon! Current Mood: okay Current Music: Fire!! - Wada Kōji (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
11:39 pm	A night of Shakespeare. Tonight my boyfriend took me to see a Shakespeare performance at the library near where he lives, held in their amphitheater. The actors performed several scenes from Twelfth Night, or What You Will and a couple from The Comedy of Errors, followed by a movie of the former inside the library itself. We got there rather early, and had the pleasure of seeing the actors rehearse before the actual performance. We witnessed "Malvolio" getting his cloak caught in a chair, which didn't come up in the actual performance, but it still proved to be amusing. In the fourth scene, the actor playing Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek forgot his character was supposed to come in from the right side of the stage, so he hurried around and ended up tripping down the stairs of the amphitheater, then got right back up and stood there nonchalantly (much like a cat, I might add). I'm still amused. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
4:24 pm	There's something to be said about crappy days... ...and it's that they SUCK! I had such a lousy day yesterday. Right, so, it all started off normal. I got up, opened the bathroom cupboard so my cat Bagheera could sleep in it, et cetera. But then came the time when I thought I should clean my ears, since my right one was bugging me. Out come the Q-tips, and what do they do? They cause my ears to get clogged up! I tried some Hydrogen Peroxide, but that didn't help, if at all. So I just tried to deal with it. Then came the time to clean my glasses, which I try to do often. I ran them under the faucet, then tried to dry them...and guess what? The damn things broke in the towel! So I had clogged ears and near-sighted vision! Thankfully it didn't get any worse than that, but I knocked the cover of my computer off while looking for my old pair of glasses, and seeing as how I didn't know how to put it back on, I couldn't deal with it. Then my Zoo Tycoon 2 game decided to encounter an "error" and close when I was so close to completely a campaign game I need to complete. I felt like crying. I could barely see or hear. But things got better! My mother came home after a few hours, found one of my old pairs of glasses, went down to the drug store to get some earwax remover...and I felt a lot better after that. Oh, and Bagheera slept with me on my bed for a while when I was sulking. That made me feel better, too. Current Mood: okay Current Music: La Copa de la Vida - Ricky Martin (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
12:56 pm	A little place called paradise... My mother and I journeyed to a bird sanctuary today. I didn't expect there to be more than birds there, but after entering we noticed several cages with rabbits! They were so cute! Of course, most of the animals there were birds (and some of them with injuries or other problems, poor things), like parrots, macaws, parakeets, some quails, and a lot of chickens. There were also emus and ostriches. We saw a pair of miniature horses, and there was a trio of donkeys in a pen with some llamas. As we walked past, one of the donkeys kept hollering at us, and as Mama tried to take some photos, the silly thing poked its head through the bars and took hold of her shirt. Little attention whore. There were a bunch of peacocks, and a whole cage full of white ones. The males loved showing off for us. We also saw a mommy pig with a pair of tiny piglets, and a little donkey suckling from its mother. It was so cute! And of course there were ducks and geese with fuzzy babies of their own. I had such a great time, and I'm considering applying for a volunteer job. With all the animals they have to take care of, they could use all the help they can get! Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Can't Take It In - Imogen Heap (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
12:06 am	Fun time! First of all, I've been putting this off for a while, but as many of you know, we have acquired a new kitty cat. He's a ginger tabby, about a year and a half old, and he came with the name Larry. And and our other cat, Bagheera, seemed to be getting along better now, but there's still the ocassional hiss and growl. Now for the real purpose of this post. Because everyone else is doing it, I've decided to do twenty-eight writing memes for my Transformers character Foxfire, the lovable Autobot cassette saboteur. So make your claim, mis amigos, and I'll see what I can do. :3 1. Affectionate Foxfire Claimed 2. Aggressive Foxfire Claimed 3. Angsty Foxfire 4. Bath-Time Foxfire Claimed 5. Caring Foxfire 6. Daring Foxfire 7. Dominant Foxfire 8. Energon-Drinking Foxfire 9. Exhausted Foxfire 10. Exploring Foxfire Claimed 11. Frightened Foxfire 12. Gaming Foxfire Claimed 13. Happy Foxfire 14. Injured Foxfire Claimed 15. Innocent Foxfire 16. Jealous Foxfire 17. Lonely Foxfire 18. Obedient Foxfire 19. Mischievous Foxfire 20. Nerdy Foxfire Claimed 21. Playful Foxfire 22. Play-Hunting Foxfire 23. Protective Foxfire 24. Reading Foxfire 25. Silly Foxfire 26. Sleeping Foxfire 27. Timid Foxfire 28. Training Foxfire Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Angeleyes - ABBA (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, February 27th, 2006
5:06 pm	Yet another forum! I'm not helping to moderate this one, but I figured it could use a bit of advertising. A brand new game has just been created, so for all you fans of the Megaman series, come on down to Megaman X: The Maverick Wars! We only have three players so far! That's how new it is. ^_^ It'd be great if anyone out there was interested in joining. Current Mood: anxious Current Music: Behind the Mirror - Angel Dust (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
2:19 am	For all your crossover needs... ...come on down to Crossover Kingdom, where Transfandom meets over fandoms! There are, at this point, three games on this board: Monster Rancher--where the essence of Unicron exists inside the villain known as Moo--and Dark Angel and Firefly/Serenity. We are in need of players, so if you want to try something new, come on down! And thus ends the shameless plug. ^_^ Current Mood: content Current Music: Same Eyes - Angel Dust (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
2:50 am	A phoenix is reborn... I've just posted my first story, on FictionPress.com. It's a five-hundred-word short story I wrote for a post-high-school class back in autumn of 2003, and I figured I should post it and see what everybody thought. I had to proofread it for the errors that spell check didn't catch, so it's better now. Here it is, and I hope you all enjoy it: Phoenix Rising Current Mood: nervous Current Music: Phoenix Rising - Glenn Hughes (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
10:48 pm	Arguments suck. So I had an argument with a dear friend about people who flame others for bad writing. I'm under the impression that everyone should receive constructive criticism if they need it, but she told me that she once wound up on a badfic community and was torn apart. I don't know how long ago that would be; she's an awesome writer and I only wish she could write more. Apparently, I showed a lack of sympathy, and she signed off before I could apologize, but I probably made it worse by getting all sarcastic and thanking her for making me feel like a villain. The argument started after I told her I had seen a Mary Sue for one of our fandoms. I feel awful now, and it fact I was even crying. My eyes are still wet and my nose is runny... I really hate myself sometimes. Sigh. Current Mood: sad Current Music: Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
10:22 pm	A way with animals... So one night I was out looking for my cat, and this other cat, a grey-and-white tabby, came up to me, let me pet it, and then started following me around the neighborhood. I came back to the house, and--with good timing, I might add--my mother stepped outside and informed me that our cat, Bagheera, was inside. Whoops! Oh well, it's his own fault for being stealthy. So I told Mom about the strange cat, who was now sitting on our driveway, and she went up to it to pet it. It didn't have a collar, but we believe the cat may belong to a neighbor just a few houses away; it's obviously well taken care of. Last night, the same cat appeared in the backyard. Bagheera wasn't happy with its presence, but oddly enough, the two felines, just a couple of inches from each others' faces, just sat there, not fighting or anything. Afterwords, after Bagheera came back inside, he absolutely refused to go back out, but he sat at the sliding glass back door, swishing his tail and watching the other cat. The tabby stayed in the backyard for at least half an hour, probably longer, until it left; at one point, it started scratching on the door like ours does when he wants in. Earlier tonight, the tabby showed up again. According to my mother, it and Bagheera were facing each other, in the middle of the street, with Bagheera yowling and hissing. But the tabby doesn't seem at all interested in fighting, and Mom left it sitting by the mailbox. We still have no idea where it lives. Weird. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: SOLDIER DREAM - Seinto Shinwa - Kageyama Hironobu (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
3:49 pm	Kris Nelson, rescuer of wildlife! My cat caught a bird today. He does that sometimes. I was emptying out the dishwasher and I heard him meowing at the back door, so I went to let him in. At the time, my sister was in the family room watching a movie on TV. So before I opened the door (it's a sliding glass door), I noticed the cat was holding something. At first I thought it was a giant leaf, but then I realized it had feathers. So I opened the door, telling my sister that Bagheera had caught a bird, and she pursued him through the kitchen until she was able to take the bird. Luckily, it was still alive, and it didn't look like it had severe injuries. So my sister and I took the bird back outside, debating where to put it. We decided to put it in the backyard, hidden by the weeds, as there were other cats out front that would endanger it. I think Bagheera was annoyed that we took his prize, though. After that, the bird went to the bathroom on my sister's hand. Heehee. Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Shining Girl - Hayashibara Megumi (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 11th, 2005
4:28 pm	Remembering. It's been four years since the attacks on my country. I remember it as starting out like any other day. I was in the eleventh grade, sixteen years old. My mom woke me up, I got dressed, and went down for breakfast...and she told me the World Trade Center was on fire. She had the news on, and I didn't think much of it, as it sounded like it was just a little fire. But I was horrified once I learned what had really happened, while I was at school. In my second class, Theater, with all that was happening, my teacher let me use her phone to call my mom, as she worked on an Air Force Base. I became worried when I got no response; it turned out the Base was under heavy security, so it was taking a long time for people to go in. Eventually she decided not to go to work that day. Throughout the day, my teachers had the news turned on, so us students could see what was happening...and I couldn't believe anyone could be so heartless. The memory of it all, even as I type, is threatening to bring tears to my eyes. God bless America, and the souls of all those who were killed on September 11, 2001. Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Crash and Burn - Savage Garden (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
8:10 pm	Ouch. Finally a journal update, yay! And no, it's not about my vacation, as I'm lazy and don't want to write about that right now. Instead, I'll just say that I burned myself last night, while taking a tray of food out of the oven. Got it on the left arm. Thankfully the ice and damp wash cloth helped, so it's not really bothering me now. It's kind of gross, though. Oh well. It'd be awesome if it leaves a scar. :D Edit: What do you do when the burn actually bleeds? ;_; Current Mood: okay Current Music: The Touch - Stan Bush (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
8:58 pm	WOOT! Last night I got a character approved in a forum-based RPG, and earlier today I made my first IC post. This is the first RPG of this kind that I've ever played in, and I was nervous as could be. But it's run by a friend of mine, so I guess there's nothing to worry about. ^.^ *happy dance* Current Mood: tired Current Music: Lake of Tears - Gamma Ray (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
4:04 pm	Jungle Emperor Leo! This may seem a bit odd, but is anyone familar with the classic '60s anime Jungle Taitei, created by Tezuka Osamu? It's known as Kimba the White Lion here in the US. I've been frantically trying to find music files and lyrics to the original Japanese songs, including one insert song that was cut from the US release. I'd also like music files for the songs from Susume Leo, the 26-episode sequel to Jungle Taitei. If anyone can help out with this, I'd be eternally grateful. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: Carry On Dancing - Savage Garden (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
6:46 pm	Just...wow. My friend and co-worker, Bill, has asked me to be his girlfriend. He gave me a day to think it over, and this morning I said yes. I don't know why I'm scared, though; I've gone through five boyfriends (six if you count the 'boyfriend' I had in grade school), but Bill just seems more intimate than the others. Maybe I'm just afraid of commitment? Current Mood: embarrassed Current Music: Stray - Steve Conte (Comment on this)