Carbonated Water

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:19:56 GMT

1.) What is your favorite Transformers universe?
G1. :| The cheesiness never fails.

2.) Which side [Autobots l Decepticons] do you favor/prefer?
Decepticons, duh. The Autobots are beyond retarded.

3.) Who is your favorite Autobot?
Jazz

4.) Who is your favorite Decepticon?
Megatron

5.) If any, who is your favorite human?
Oh my God the way humans are portrayed in TF is just so bad. They are even more retarded than the Autobots. If I had to choose... um... Maybe Raoul?

6.) What Transformers episode (from any/all universes) is your favorite?
Oh God I don't know. They were all pretty dumb. While "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" pretty much made Megatron/Starscream canon due to the end (shush it's canon I tell you), it was a really bad episode. I really can't point out anything specific at the moment. Maybe "Enter the Nightbird?" I recall that one being pretty amusing. Also jealous Starscream ftw.

7.) From your favorite universe, what's one thing you would change, if you could?
The fucking 1986 movie. Don't kill the entire fucking cast. While I hate Optimus, Rodimus was an even worse leader. Why couldn't the last two seasons be more of the same hilarity from the first two? :[

8.) Do you have a favorite pairing?
Megatron/Starscream. :|

9.) If you were a Transformer...

· Which side would you be on?
Decepticon

· What would you Transform into? Why?
I don't frickin know. I did design a bad OC sort of based on myself as a joke once to join in on my friend's joke, and that OC ended up turning into a golf cart. So yes, golf cart.

· What would your Designation (name) be? Why?
Well that stupid Cartoon Network name generator thing said mine would be Wildblast, but that name is fucking dumb, so I'd name myself... um... Obamatron. Obviously. Okay no I'd probably shoot myself if that was my name, so maybe I'd name myself after an element because I'm out of ideas. Potassium. YES. MY NAME WILL BE POTASSIUM. (Btw, I'm totally making an Obamatron now.)

· What would be your expertise?
Being annoying. I'd be all like, "JESUS CHRIST KILL THOSE STUPID AUTOBOTS ALREADY GOD THEY'RE GETTING ON MY NERVES" but then I wouldn't let anyone kill any trees. Also I'd continuously make remarks about how gay a lot of the TFs are, and would probably end up getting killed.

· Who would you get along with? Why?
Ahahahahaha NOBODY because I'm annoying. :D

· Who would you NOT get along with? Why?
Everybody because I'd be like one of those annoying TF Mary-Sue things.

10.) If you were transported into your favorite TF-universe, who would you want to partner-up with and why?
I'd try to partner up with Megatron cuz he's cool, but he'd be like, "Go away you're annoying. :|"

11.) Who is the better leader, Optimus or Megatron (or neither)?
Megatron. :| Optimus Prime fails at life.

12.) Is there such a thing as gender and/or orientation for Cybertronians? Elaborate...
Well I originally thought that they were genderless, but then I heard about Arcee and co. and that went down the toilet. So I guess they have gender but not sex. (Gender and sex are different, people.) Apparently Starscream was voiced by a chick in the French version of the 1986 movie, though, which I find hilarious as fuck.

13.) Following #12, is there such a thing, then, as "gay robots"?
Obviously. Gay robots ftw!

14.) What is your opinion on Femmes?
They're annoying and follow every bad female stereotype down to a tee and only serve to be love interests. :| Why must they be pink? WHY? (Okay I know not all of them are pink but the major ones are.)

15.) Which Transformers-comic series is the best (Marvel, Dreamwave, etc...)?
I don't know. :[ I haven't read any.

16.) Besides Marvel (it's already been done), what crossover with Transformers would you like to see?
PHOENIX WRIGHT. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT NEEDS TO FUCKING BE DONE. Or wait, no, ETHAN FROME. (Don't ask, please.)

Fffff I want to put Megatron in Betrayed for some reason. I'd almost be willing to do that ridiculous humanized bullshit. Maybe if other TFs were there. Maybe. Maybe not. I actually have to start RPing before I consider throwing characters in games.

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:49:48 GMT

Haha I convinced my 8-year-old cousin yesterday that Megatron and Starscream were in love. He's like, "Um but Megatron killed him," and I'm like, "Yeah well Megatron's crazy and crazy people do stupid things to the ones they love. They're still in love though." I think I actually managed to convince him, even though he lives in the bible belt of Texas and can't fathom the idea of two people of the same gender being in love. Then again, when I was 8, I never thought of it either and probably would have had a same reaction. Eh, whatever.

I bought this adorable hair-clip yesterday for three bucks. It's a big wooden hair clip shaped like two fish and I think it'll look good in my beautiful curly hair. (Shush I like my hair.)

Have a dumb meme.

1) Who are you?
2) Are we friends?
3) When and how did we meet?
4) Give me a nickname and explain why.
5) Describe me in 1 word.
6) What was your first impression of me?
7) Do you still think the same?
8) What reminds you of me?
9) If you could give me anything, what would it be?
10) How well do you know me?
11) Are you gonna put this in your journal and see what I say about you?
12) Would you meet up with me?

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:07:58 GMT

ROLEPLAYME!

( my thread: here! )

Wasn't originally gonna do this because I don't want to encourage any flamers, but whatever, go ahead and amuse me.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:40 GMT

You know I hate how like on my days off, I feel a need to make the most of the day because I'm all frantic that I have to go to my stupid job tomorrow or whatever. Today is a day off, and so far I've done nothing productive, which is just the way I like it, but at the same time, I feel like I have too many unproductive things to do.

I want to play the Sims 3, but the fucker kept crashing on me. I played some Persona 4, which is starting to get better and better. I finally started doing some of the fighting/action shit instead of the long, annoying 20-billion-hour intro where I'm just watching the screen waiting for an opportunity to, oh, play something? The music in that game is so kick-ass, though.

Also I need to watch Transformers Animated so I can keep up with my friend since she's watching it and I want to be able to make fun of it/fangirl about it with her, but I don't feel like watching it because I'm all like, "HOLY CRAP I ONLY HAVE X NUMBER OF HOURS BEFORE I HAVE TO GO TO BED AND GET UP FOR WORK AND I WANT TO PLAY THE SIMS/PERSONA/WHATEVER. D: D: D:"

This is why I don't want to grow up, because this kind of thing would be my reality for the rest of my life. *sigh* Jobs are stupid. At least I'm cutting my hours back soon. I don't want to get addicted to Persona at the moment, though, because my cousin and her annoying kids from hell are coming up in a couple days, and her annoying kids will be sleeping in the video game room, therefore I will not be able to play video games aside from handhelds and my computer for several days.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:12 GMT

FUCKING SIMS 3 STOP CRASHING. :|

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:33:41 GMT

I am both amused and WTF at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZJfxZe4NuA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2i-5VoeUnI&feature=related

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:32:43 GMT

You know...

I wish giant robots would be able to fit in the haunted house of Betrayed.

And no, I'm not doing that humanized bullshit.

Also I need to stop spending money. *Goes to order the first season of Transformers G1 since it just came out*

Fangirl entry~

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:53:31 GMT

Okay the giddiness is about to wear off so before it wears off I must say...

A;LKAWKRTHAOISEHTE THE NEW TRANSFORMERS MOVIE WAS FUCKING AMAZING OMG!!!!!!11one

My inner fangirl has been renewed and I'm so happy. I was afraid it wouldn't come back.

Okay so. On Tuesday night I spent the night with my friend, but we saw the new Star Trek movie. Holy shit Spock/Kirk. I so ship it. She and I watched some super-gay clips from the original show and wow... no wonder they were like the first slash pairing ever. They... weren't even trying to hide it. So I ship that pretty hard now.

But tonight with my other friend... Transformers. Oh my God. That... was so awesome it's not even funny. Okay the first Transformers movie sucked balls. But this movie made up for it so hard. There was sooooo much gay in the movie. AND THERE WAS SO MUCH MEGATRON/STARSCREAM!!! <3 <3 <3 Starscream's voice was significantly different in this movie - they made it sound more like his G1 and other similar versions, which I liked very much. But holy shit they were so gay together in this movie. I was so happy and my friend and I were squeeing so hard at their scenes. And the twins! The twins were so awesome. AND JETFIRE! Holy shit Jetfire was amazing in this movie. AND SOUNDWAVE!!!!! Unfortunately Soundwave didn't do too much, but at least he was there. And he had tentacles. You know what that means, right?

Um but yeah I shipped Megatron/Sam before, but now I ship it so much more after that one scene in the movie. Holy shit. And like, even Shia LaBoeuf wasn't that bad in this movie. His character didn't drive me insane as much, and I even found his stupid romance with Megan Fox to be cute. Um but there were soooo many gay moments between Simmons and Sam's roommate... whatever the hell his name was.

Bumblebee was adorable as always. And he is so in love with Sam it's not even funny. But um... one thing was that at the end of the other movie, he got his voice back. So... why the hell didn't he talk in this movie? Fucking continuity errors. At least Sam and Mikaela didn't make out on top of him again.

DEVASTATOR. HAD BALLS. No I'm not kidding. He literally had giant balls. It was lolarious. So I guess I was wrong all this time and Transformers do have genitals? >_> Okay no I'm still never going to read sticky!fic but still.

AL;HAWERTHAWET it was so awesome. And they obviously left much, much room for a sequel, which they'll probably make, as this movie is doing incredibly well at the box office, or so I've heard.

Oh Megatron/Starscream... Why did I abandon you for so long? Wryyyyyyy?!?! I hope you'll forgive me. I promise I'll draw lots of fan-art for you. ;_;

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:55:53 GMT

Guess who didn't get a wink of sleep last night? That's right... ME!

No, I didn't stay up all night on purpose. I just had bad insomnia. >_> I lay in bed for a couple hours, then played a little DS, then listened to my iPod, and then by that point I only had an hour left before I had to get up for work, so I just played solitare on my iPod until my alarm went off.

Now I have to go to work with absolutely no sleep. Oh joy. This is not going to be a fun day.

At least I got my video card and RAM installed. Now I can finally play the Sims 3 when I get home.

My mom is nice. She heard me get up at 5:30 and turn the bath on, and then she went downstairs to make me breakfast and coffee. That was nice of her; she didn't have to do that. I'm going to need like 10 cups of coffee though. I'll probably stop by Dunkin Donuts before work to get more coffee.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:41:20 GMT

I played the Sims 3 at my friend's house yesterday. While I didn't really play that much of it or enough to form a solid opinion, here's what I think so far:

Okay, so, the Sims 2 was a vast improvement over the Sims 1. So much so that there really wasn't much they could improve upon afterwards. The Sims 3 is an improvement over the Sims 2, but it's only a fraction of the improvement that the Sims 2 was over the Sims 1.

It's fun, but honestly isn't too different so far. Then again, I haven't played enough of it to really say.

I'm waiting for my dad to help me install my RAM and video card since I am dumb at computers and need his help.

I also played Spore at my friend's house, and it's been soooooo long since I last played it, so I want to play it again here. >_> I think I will when I get back from work.

Anyway the weather is finally nice so I'm gonna go swimming now~

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:58:11 GMT

Now that my RPing drive is coming back (sort of), I must say...

HOLY SHIT. I NEED TO JOIN salkia_island.

Oh yeah I kind of need to get back into Sumabura *coughs*. It's so hard to keep up with it, though. >_>

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:29:12 GMT

HONESTY MEME

Also be honest? Please? If you don't like me and you've been pretending all this time I'd really like to know because lying is bad. :|

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:07:24 GMT

❝who do you ship me with?❞

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:17:45 GMT

Okay I'm finally done with Crystal Defenders - I beat both installments and it was fucking stupid. All it said was like, "Congratulations you saved the crystals!" or something. I wasn't able to beat the bonus stage, but I really don't care.

Apparently the Wii version of Crystal Defenders is completely different than the other versions, though? ...Great. That means if I ever get an iPod touch or something, I'll have to get that one. :|

Anyway, I can finally move onto CC: Echoes of Time. Except I have a God-awful headache right now.

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:22:09 GMT

FFFFF there's like an influx of FF5 people on dear_mun and it makes me really happy. It almost makes me want to throw Bartz at that AU game where Faris and Lenna are at, but... a Harry Potter AU does NOT sound appealing to me at all. :|

At least my RP drive is starting to come back. Oh Bartz how I've missed playing you~

Also the epic FF6 cast in one dear_mun post made me happy. I really should put Shadow in a game sometime in the future.

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:39:59 GMT

[[Girl Confessions]]

1. Do you sleep in your bra?: Oh God no. I hate wearing a bra. I mean I wear bras when I'm out in public, but when I'm at home I don't. In fact when I sleep, I don't wear anything. Now that I've made you want to stab yourself in the eye, let's continue.
2. Do you enjoy drama?: ...No? Well, okay, maybe. I enjoy it at work because it makes the time move faster.
3. Are you a girly girl?: On the outside, no. On the inside, sort of. I want nothing more than to wear a big poofy dress. :|
4. Who was the last person you hugged?: My mom
5. Small or large purses?: I use a messenger bag as a purse, so... a large one I guess?
6. Are you short?: No. I'm 5'8".
7. Do you like somebody: Yes.
8. What would you do if someone smacked your butt?: Depends on the person. One of my friends has the authority to smack me on the butt, but other than that, no. If it was anyone else and I wasn't drunk, I'd give them a horrible glare and be like, "Please don't do that."
9. Do you care if your socks are dirty?: Um... no?
10. Do you dress up on Halloween?: I try to. This year all I did was wear an eyepatch and pretend to be a pirate. :|
11. Are you double jointed?: No.
12. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?: I've slept on school desks before. I've slept standing up during choir rehearsals. I've slept with a harp on my shoulder and with a cello on my shoulder. I have a serious sleeping problem. Weirdest place was probably outside and my head was on this rock and it was really uncomfortable.
13. Has anyone touched/smacked your butt in the past 24 hours?: ...What the shit? No.
14. Is there of rumor going around about you?: Probably. There always have been rumors about me so I don't really doubt it.
15. Do you call anybody by their last name?: I only refer to my ex-therapist by her last name (without the suffix, I mean). She was a total bitch but when I speak of her, I just call her "Kraemer."
16. How many guys will read this just because it says "Girl Confessions"?: I have like two guys total on my f-list and I doubt they'll read it.

"X" Marks the Spot:
[ ] I do wear make up
[x] I have cried at a movie theater. - Only during one movie: Passion of the Christ.
[ ] I can put mascara on without opening my mouth.
[x] I get jealous.
[x] I think Johnny Depp is sexy.
[x] I love to laugh.
[ ] I like death/grind/black metal.
[ ] I like rap.
[ ] I like country
[x] I carry a purse.
[x] I’d be lost without my computer.
[ ] I own a Spice Girls CD.
[x] I own a Britney Spears CD. - ...Yep. I own her first album I think? Haven't listened to it in years though.
[x] I own a boy band CD. - N*Sync, baby.
[ ] I’ve never been called a spoiled brat. - Not to my memory at least, brat maybe.
[ ] Guys are confusing.
[x] I’ve been called a bad influence.
[ ] I have/had a piercing other than my ears.

Come on ladies, be truthful!
1. What color is your bra that your wearing?: I'm not wearing a bra right now - I'm just wearing a robe.
2. Do you prefer light or dark haired guys/girls?: I don't really care.
3. Are you currently frustrated with a boy?: I'm frustrated with a lot of boys.
4. Do you have a best friend(s)?: Let's not talk about that right now.
5. Have you ever had your heart broken?: Yes.
6. Have you ever thought of having plastic surgery?: I'd never do it unless it was for a medical reason, but I would love to get all this fucking fat sucked out of me.
7. Do you like your life?: Not really.
8. Has one of your friends ever stolen a boyfriend from you?: Yes.
9. Have you ever jumped in the pool with your clothes on?: Yep.
10. Do you have more friends that are girls or boys? Ummmm... Online I have more female friends, and IRL my closest friends are girls. At school though I'm friends with more guys.
11. How long have you had Facebook?: Um since my senior year of high school I think?
12. Have you ever slapped a boy in the face?: No.
13. What are your biggest fears?: Getting locked-in syndrome.
14. Have you ever cried yourself to sleep?: I think I did a couple times maybe?
15. Have you ever not been able to get someone off of your mind?: Yep.
16. Do you believe in the saying “once a cheater, always a cheater”?: It depends, but yes.
17. Have you ever had a good feeling about something?: Whenever I have a good feeling about something it ends up biting me in the ass and it goes wrong. So this is why I'm a pessimist; I can be prepared for the worst so that I'm not as hurt when it comes.
18. Do you ever wish you were famous?: I want to play in famous orchestras/Broadway/whatever because they sound better and I would have more fun?
19. Are you currently missing someone?: I guess?

This guy or that guy? Pick one.
Punk/Goth or Gangster?: Gangsta
Preppy or Cowboy?: Preppy
Face or Body?: Face
Sweet or Sexy?: Sweet
Well-educated or Dropout?: Um... definitely well-educated. A not-educated guy is a major turn-off.
Armani or Abercrombie?: I don't give a fuck.
City-slicker or Rural Guy?: Again, don't give a fuck.
Blue, green, grey, or brown eyes?: See above.
Contacts or Glasses?: See above.

More Questions.
01. Eyeliner or Mascara?: Eyeliner.
02. Louis Vuitton or Dooney & Bourke?: I don't know.
03. Pumps or flats?: Pumps - I play the harp in them
04. Skirts or pants?: Pants
05. Socks or leggings?: Leggings
06. Hoodies or jackets?: Jackets.
07. Heels or sneakers?: Sneakers
08. Straight or curly hair?: CURLY HOLY SHIT CURLY. I am obsessed with curly hair.
09. Hoop or dangling earrings?: Dangling.
10. White or black?: Black
11. Victoria’s Secret or Bath and Body Works?: Bath and body because they smell nice.
12. Smoothies or lattes?: Lattes keep me awake.
13. Diet or regular sodas?: Regular
14. Water or daiquiris?: Um... those are two completely different things. Daiquiris taste better (mmmm) but water is the be-all-to-end-all.
15. Pearls or diamonds?: Diamonds
16. Vintage or boho?: I have no idea.
17. Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen?: Ew.
18. Lindsay or Hilary?: I'm assuming that the Hilary stands for Hilary Duff, but in case it stands for Hillary Clinton, I'm going with Lindsay.
19. Ipod or cell phone?: Cell phones are good in emergencies. :|
20. Friends or family?: Depends
21. Lip gloss or lip stick?: Lipstick is more elegant in my opinion.
22. Manicure or pedicure?: Neither because my nails look like shit from me picking them all the time. Pedicures are nice though because you get to soak your feet in this mini hot-tub.
23. Tiffany’s or Chanel?: I don't fucking know.
24. Love or peace?: Love.
25. Sunglasses or purses?: Sunglasses.

In a girl or guy...
Funny or Serious?: I couldn't take either extreme. Balance is key.
Romantic or Daredevil?: Romantic
Cute or Hot?: Hot
Dark Eyes or Light Eyes?: I don't care.
Long Hair or Short Hair?: It really depends on how it looks. I like my men to look like men, so I'll usually say short hair, but not too short... I like it somewhat long so I can play with it~
Curly Hair or Straight Hair?: CURLY *_*
Clean-cut or Rough?: Rough! Stubble is... guh, so hot.
Good Dancer or Good Singer?: Good singer. Nothing turns me on more than hearing a guy with a beautiful voice.
Basketball Player or Football Player?: Basketball
Jock or Rebel?: Neither. If I had to pick, jock.
Smoker or Non-smoker?: Non-smoker.
Druggie or Clean?: Clean :|
Has a Motorcycle or Has a Sports Car?: Sports cars are safer.
Beard/Mustache or Clean-shaven?: Depends on the guy. A little bit of facial hair is nice, but not too much.
Younger or Older?: Older
Player or Loyal?: Loyal :|

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:02:55 GMT

I suddenly feel super-stressed for some reason. I think part of it is Athuria's post about Betrayed people not being active, and I realized that I'm failing at RPing.

I'm going to try to get back to Betrayed. Maybe I'll put up an open log. I do want to do a log with Apollo and Edgeworth and maybe I should start one. Other than that, I feel really bad character-squatting.

I've been looking into other RPs, but my lack of motivation to RP has prevented me from joining them. I've looked into Time and Tides and Luceti, both of which intrigue me somewhat. I don't know if I'll join, but maybe.

Okay I got that off my chest. So... Jive, Mab... logtiemz soon? Phoenix has to apologize, after all. And Mab, I still owe you a private log~ I promise I'll try to come on AIM soon.

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:21:10 GMT

Okay so... Crystal Defenders.

DO NOT. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. DOWNLOAD THIS GAME. (Don't buy it either if you have an X-box instead of a Wii.)

Some of you may be like, "Oh it's a sequel to FFTA2 that's so cool I'm gonna download/buy it!" NO. It is the most retarded thing ever (except for Crystal Chronicles). No, it's not difficult (yet). It's just fucking dumb. There's absolutely no story whatsoever.

Now, a story doesn't always make up a game. For instance, the Mario games have minimal story, yet they're some of the greatest games ever made. Crystal Defenders has the fucking dumbest gameplay ever. It's basically a "station your troops and have them attack shit" kind of thing, but it's really poorly executed. There are so many better games for that kind of thing out there. This is the bottom of the barrel.

The only reason you should download this game is if you're a total geek like me and you want to play every FF game ever. :| Otherwise don't ever touch it. Worst $16 spent ever.

Anyway other than that, I finished the Rydia chapter in FFIV: the After. It was good, I suppose, although it left off on a total cliffhanger and I have to wait until fucking July to play the next three(?) chapters.

Anyway, for the After, I have a couple things to say. WARNING FOR SLIGHT SPOILERS: *ahem* Cecil/Kain is still totally OTP. And Kain/Ceodore is also OTP. Except that's weird because Cecil is Ceodore's father so I guess Kain is sleeping with father and son? O_o Kain/Kain is also OTP. Selfcest FTW. I should totally draw some Kain/Kain now for the lol factor.

Oh yeah that reminds me I drew a loltastic Feolthanos/Vaan pic the other night but I still need to scan it and actually look at a reference to see how completely inaccurate I drew them. I dunno. I occupy my boredom by drawing crack pairings. :|

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I got in trouble at work today. :| Yesterday I apparently accepted two fraudulent coupons and cost the store $10. I had no idea they were frauds, and I got in trouble because there were apparently notices about these two coupons everywhere. Um.. no there weren't. I didn't see any until this morning.

Either way I felt really bad because I try to be a good employee and follow all the rules and let all my coworkers boss me around. :| I didn't really get "in trouble" per se, but I was lectured and I got one of those yellow slips that I had to sign that said that I was talked to for doing something bad.

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:23:07 GMT

I'm really quite enjoying FFIV: the After. I couldn't really express that yesterday because I was so angry that I had saved over the game clear data and that I might have to play through the first chapter AGAIN.

Fortunately I was able to download a save file to my Wii so I won't have to play through that again. Now I'm on Rydia's chapter, which is a lot harder because I don't like black magic. MP is precious and I'm paranoid about running out, so I have my characters attack usually. And Rydia's attacks suck balls. When I do use her magic, her MP runs out really quickly. :|

Other than that, I think it's pretty enjoyable. It maintains the feel of the original FFIV very well like a true sequel should. Out of all the sequels to the main FF games, this is probably my favorite. Although it's close to FFX-2, just because I really liked the dress-sphere system. (The story sucked balls, though.) The FFVII sequels can go die in a fire. Revenant Wings was okay.

Now we need an FFVI sequel that maintains the feel of FFVI. Although I don't know if I could stomach it if Celes was in it for more than five seconds. I do not like Celes. :|

Why does FFIV: the After have chapters that are not released right away?!?! Why do I have to wait until July to play the next installments?! ;_; And it won't even finish until September, and I'll be in school by then. :|

Other than that, work is annoying. There was one coworker who was a total bitch to me one day, but today she made an extra effort to be nice to me, so I was kind of confused. Um but there's this other coworker who is a fucking bitch and I hate her.

She's like 60 years old and she bags, and yells at me when I'm scanning items for not putting them down on the belt a certain way. Um... what? Just... what? I'm trying to please her, but nothing I do is working. :| She always finds something wrong with the way I'm scanning items and putting them in the bagging area. Ugh. My suspicion is that since she's like 60 and is working at a crappy minimum wage grocery store, she probably didn't even graduate high school and regrets it so she's being a total bitch to me. The end.

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:32:24 GMT

So I played through the base game of FFIV: the After and stuff, and it was cool. Then I downloaded the Rydia chapter and saved over my other file because I thought I was supposed to, but apparently I wasn't supposed to. :| FUCK. I don't want to play through the first chapter again. :| Uggggh.

It looks like I can download a save file for it, though. I don't like to cheat, but I did play through it and stuff, so yeah. It's not cheating. :|

Anyway uh... I'm taking a break from it for now because the first chapter was so easy and like "La la la I'm fighting enemies and not getting a single game over..." And now I have Rydia and a couple other crappy party members which sucks because Rydia is fucking useless aside from her black magic. But her HP is like 2 and it's annoying.

I also downloaded Crystal Defenders since well, I wanna play all the FF games. :| I also bought that new Crystal Chronicles game... Echoes of Time I think it's called? It looks fucking stupid, but I'll play it anyway. Maybe it'll be fun. Maybe. The Crystal Bearers, the CC game that hasn't been released, actually looks really cool.

Tonight my dad is going to help me order a video card and some RAM since he's a computer genius and I'm... a computer retard. I definitely want his input because I'd probably end up buying the wrong thing. Then I can FINALLY play the Sims 3! It came today, but alas I shall not play it until my computer is ready.

The sad thing is, my mom made me watch this Dr. Phil episode yesterday on compulsive gaming, and Dr. Phil was like, "Gee you should evaluate how much money you're spending on video games!" Then I thought of how The Sims 2 stole over fifteen hundred dollars from me (that includes the desktop computer I bought for it... yes, half the reason I own this desktop computer is because I wanted to play the Sims 2. >_> However, like I said, most of the expansions and stuff were gifts and the money was spent over a period of several years.). However, I am nothing like those freaks on that show. They destroyed their lives and sanity with video games, and I have not. I have a job, I'm in college (with excellent grades), I have friends... yeah. Besides, I go through long periods of time where I don't play any video games at all. My mom doesn't know this, though, and assumes that I'm on par with those crazy people on Dr. Phil. :|

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:06:04 GMT

YES. I finally beat Revenant Wings. Feolthanos actually wasn't that hard once I figured out how to get around his GIANT BEAM OF DEATH.

Also I totally ship Feolthanos/Vaan. 4 srs. Also Feolthanos/Llyud. Also Llyud/Vaan. Feolthanos/Llyud/Vaan OT3. Or something. I'm totally drawing Feolthanos/Vaan later on for teh lulz because I can. Also Fran is still really hot. Also we all know that after the end of the game, Balthier and Vaan had lots of sex. :|

I need Balthier/Vaan NOW. After playing RW, I ship them even harder. I also still ship Balthier/Fran hardcore too. I really, really want a Balthier/Fran/Vaan fic or something where Balthier and Fran are in an established relationship and introduce the inexperienced Vaan to the wonders of... sex. Or something. I don't know but it would be hot. And cliché. And lolarious. But still hot.

Oh yeah, for like the entire game, I kept thinking Kytes was Arc. His sprite was brown hair and a green coat, and he's a black mage (which Arc is in the FMV and all that shit). So I automatically was like, "Okay I'll move Arc over here and have him cast [insert spell here]." Except it wasn't Arc. It was Kytes.

Now that I finally have this game finished, I can move onto other games. I guess I'll go download FFIV: The After and play the first couple chapters tomorrow since I don't have to work.

Also now that I'm done with this game I can finally go back to knitting. My knitting projects have been neglected for a few days. :\

Sooner or later I need to re-upload my giant list of Final Fantasy games and bold out which ones I've played and stuff. Maybe one day I'll beat them all... maybe. :|

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:03:08 GMT

Okay so I'm playing Revenant Wings. I'm fighting Feolthanos, the final boss. After defeating his two arms (lol), I'm fighting his face (lol wtf), and thinking that it's super easy and like, "Oh gee, I'll have this game beaten in no time." Suddenly out of the blue, he summons Bahamut, and then he shoots this GIANT BEAM OF LIGHT out of his face and my party is dead in about three seconds. :|

I'm probably underleveled. Also some walkthrough said that his level depended on how complete the game was. I did a ton of the sidequests, so I'm at like 85% completion or something, so he's probably at a really high level and I'm at like... level 45-50 or something.

FUCK. I just want to beat this stupid game. :| I want to move onto other games (and by "other games" I mean FFIV: The After and my PSP versions of FF1 and FF2. The Sims 3 will wait until I get a video card.).

It's an okay game, I guess, but I guess I've gotten tired of it after playing it incessantly? Also I was planning on having it done tonight, but if Feolthanos is going to be a stupid bitch, then I dunno if that's possible. :|

At least I did the Gilgamesh sidequest. I didn't finish it, though, because I don't feel like leveling up, but it was still awesome because Gilgamesh is awesome. Although he had like 20 green dogs come after me. I thought he had one dog. ONE.

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Time and Tides is starting to look more appealing. They have a couple FFIV people, and a few FFVI people are on reserve. Also I think someone reserved Arc. I went ahead and put a reserve on Terra, but I dunno if I'll see it through. My horrible RPing slump still hasn't gotten any better. :|

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:27:51 GMT

WHY IS FINAL FANTASY XIV GOING TO BE A FUCKING MMO?!?! ARRRRRGGGGGGH. Didn't they learn with FFXI that it FAILS? I don't have the patience or the money to play an MMO Final Fantasy. :| I was barely able to get through five minutes of FFXI. When I get more money I might give it another shot, but I fail at MMOs and it kind of kills the charm of Final Fantasy. :| But seriously if they're going to make an online Final Fantasy, why are they putting it in the "numbered" games? Can't they make a dumb spin-off called "Final Fantasy Online" or something? :|

FFIV: The After [Years] was released on WiiWare today or yesterday. I haven't downloaded it yet since Revenant Wings still owns my soul (not too much further to go 'til I beat it), but... um... maybe I will download it soon? Maybe?

The Sims 3 should be coming in a couple days. I just realized, though, that my computers don't really have the right specs to run it without it being ungodly slow and annoying, so I might hold off on playing it until I get a video card. The really sucky thing is, though, that I can only put a video card in my desktop. I can't do it to my laptop, which is the computer that goes to school with me. :| WHAT WILL I DO IF I CAN'T PLAY THE SIMS AT SCHOOL?!?! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Help please. D:

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:03:23 GMT

Meme stuff part 2. See my last entry for details.

Cathy's Questions:

1. What's your favorite snack to munch on?
Ummmm that changes a lot, actually. Ever since going on my PCOS meds, a lot of foods I once loved now taste really bland to me, which is actually a really good thing, because I'm so fucking obese. Anyway right now I'd have to say that cheese and crackers are awesome. As for cheese, either gouda or that really fucking good cheese dip at Big Y. Also Brie and apricot... mmmmm... As for crackers, usually wheat thins. As the summer progresses and more fruit is available, though, I'll probably favor snacking on that stuff.

2. What's the thing you want most right now?
To be thin and healthy. With that hopefully will come self-confidence and better luck at relationships, both romantic and non-romantic.

3. What got you into art?
I've been drawing so much ever since before I can remember. I loved to draw, and I actually have been drawing fan-art since like... forever. The first fan-art I can remember drawing is Power Rangers and various Disney crap. Of course I didn't know it was called "fan-art" but yeah. I was obsessed with Power Rangers. :| Anyway, my elementary school teachers all thought I was really talented at art and stuff. However, my sister, who's seven years older than me (and had developed her fine motor skills already) was very, very good at art too. Since she was so much older, though, she was a lot better than I was, but I couldn't understand that, so I was sad that she was better, and kind of gave up on art (although I still drew, just not as much). I then discovered music and that took over. However I got back into drawing in middle school and drew all the time, but only as a hobby, and I had long given up my six-year-old desire to become an artist. I mean, look at my art now, it sucks. If I had had training as a kid, though, it may be up to par with my sister's stuff now. (By the way, my sister is now an art teacher.)

4. Do you ever style your hair? If so, how? If not, why not?
I love my hair. I love how it's long and curly. Honestly, I just love to leave it the way it is and show off my beautiful curls. (Okay seriously my hair is the only thing about me that isn't repulsive.) I tie it back in a ponytail a lot for work and stuff so it'll stay out of my face. I love to wear bandanas as well. ALSO I have these giant fucking out-of-fashion bows that I love so much and I wear them even though everyone thinks they're not in style. Screw style. If I style my hair other than ponytails and bandanas, I'll put it up in a pretty bun with hair clips for gigs and stuff.

5. What's the thing you like most about yourself?
My hair. :| As for personality aspects, um... I think I'm pretty smart? At least at certain things. Ahaha I know this was back in high school and the SAT means absolutely nothing, but I did get a perfect score on the math section of the SAT. Also I was a straight-A student and number 13 in a class of 260-something. Other than that I kind of hate myself. :|

Words from Rema:

Beethoven - I'm not sure why Rema associates me with Beethoven, but um... yeah. He was a composer back in the late 1700s to early 1800s or something. I had to write an essay on him, which was annoying as shit, but I got a 95 on it so I was happy. However, the worst professor I've ever had (music history) had his specialty in Beethoven, so he talked about him a lot and gave useless information. Sitting there hearing him shout over the ninth symphony has made me forever hate that piece. :| Thanks Dr. Stanley for being such a fucking awful teacher.

Dr. Phil - Ahahahahahahahahahaha um... Okay. So. I remember when this guy first got his own TV show. My mom watched it all the time and still does, and makes me watch every fucking episode they have on weight loss, etc. Dr. Phil is a fucking crack-up. He doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about and it's hilarious. My mom has all of his books, actually, and a lot of them were Christmas gifts from me to her since I know she loves that show way too much. So anyway, this made me make fun of him to my friends all the time. One of my friends and I used to write stupid crack stories back and forth with each other, and in my stories, Dr. Phil was often a recurring character, being a fucking retard and being oblivious to everything. I still watch his show sometimes. He does have interesting topics when he's not fucking talking about weight loss, and it's something to have on in the background when I'm knitting.

House - FFFFFFFFF I LOVE THIS SHOW. Okay so. The first time I ever watched it was when my mom watched the season 2 episode where Chase's father dies and he inadvertently kills a patient. I thought it was slightly intriguing, but not enough to hook me. (I had only seen part of the episode.) However, in my senior year of high school, my psychology teacher loved that show. One day after a test, we all finished early, so he put something on in the background. It began with an autistic kid having a seizure or something, and we were all intrigued. Then the House theme song came on. However, the episode was fascinating. When the bell rang to leave class, nobody moved. We eventually finished the episode and started another interesting one. At that time, froggie had watched the show too, so we were talking about it and joking about House/Wilson. Then, I dunno, something mutual clicked in and we both started shipping it like mad. So now, the show was more than just a fascinating medical mystery; it had my favorite OTP. :| Anyway, I was hooked, and I impulsively bought the DVDs of season 1 and 2, and froggie and I had marathons each weekend where we'd watch like six episodes back-to-back, and it was awesome. Unfortunately, she has moved on from the show, but I still watch it. :| I like the medical mysteries, I looooove the main character, I love House/Wilson, and I like some of the other character dynamics. Other characters *cough*Thirteen*cough*Cameron*cough*Amber*cough* annoy the fuck out of me, but whatever.

Manfred von Karma - Already talked about in my previous entry. :|

Transformers - YES. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS SERIES. Okay, so, I didn't know anything about it except that there was a character named Optimus Prime, that is, until my sister's current boyfriend came into my life. He's a huuuuuge Transformers fan, and he has so many toys. :| Anyway my sister and I thought that Transformers were dumb and geeky. I knew I was a fandom geek, but I'd tell myself, "Well at least I'm not a Transformers geek." Then the movie came out, and my sister's boyfriend took her to see it. He thought the movie was awful (as did I), and so did my sister, but something about it struck her. She absolutely loved the character Bumblebee, and even bought a toy of him.

So anyway, my sister and I went to Texas that summer and she was finally starting to admit that she was getting into Transformers. I thought she was being stupid, but we finally gave in and watched the first episode of G1 (the very first 1984 Transformers cartoon). I was hooked because it was so fucking hilarious and cheesy. We watched the next couple episodes. The cheesiness continued, but what really hooked me was the obvious chemistry between Megatron and Starscream. I watched the rest of the season 1 and 2 episodes like a madman, and I was very ashamed to admit that Megatron/Starscream had become my OTP.

So, yeah. That's the story of me getting into Transformers. I'm not as into it lately, but I am excited for the new movie coming out this summer.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:02:03 GMT

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on.

Rema's Questions:

1. Woodwinds or brass?
That's a reeeeeeeally good question. I like them both, and it really depends on the situation. I love the sound of several trumpets playing a melody in harmony with one another, and I love hearing a solo trumpet during a piece. However, I think the woodwinds have a more beautiful sound overall. There's a bit more variety. So, I like them both a lot (lol they're better than the strings), but if I had to choose, I'd go with woodwinds.

2. How many hours a day do you practice?
Ahahahaha, definitely not nearly as many as I should. During school, I practice the harp at usually a maximum of two hours a day, and a lot less as I learn the pieces better. Right now I've barely practiced the harp, and I haven't practiced the piano much either. Like a half hour a day, if that, lol. I kind of fail at being a good musician. :| I'm just lazy and prefer playing Revenant Wings at the moment.

3. Is your family independently wealthy?
In my opinion, no. In the government's opinion, yes, but that's because the fucking government thinks that "wealthy" is anyone who actually makes an effort to get a decent job, then they tax them to death to give that hard-earned money to people who are too fucking lazy to get off their asses and work. (I hate socialism, can't you tell? Please, no comments or debate on this issue in this particular entry. I don't feel like arguing. :| )

Um, anyway, my family is probably what I'd categorize as "upper middle-class." I am happy with the amount of money my family has, although they're breaking their wallets to pay for my college. :\ Obviously, more money would always be nice, but I'm not really complaining, except for when it comes to the money put into college because college is fucking expensive and the government won't give me any aid because like I said before, I'm "rich" in their eyes. :|

4. Who is your favorite character to RP?
Ummmm... I don't know. I have a few favorites, although none of my real favorites are in games. :| Dr. Phil is obviously one, and I have so much fun with him in my musebox. Of course, I don't think I'll ever put him in a game, because he just exists for pure crack purposes. Megatron is another favorite to mess around with in my musebox. I would like to put him in a game, preferrably a not-so-serious one, and very much preferrably with a Starscream to trade banter with ~~and have romance with~~. Xande is another one, although I doubt I'll ever put him in a game again. As a character from FF3, he's pretty plain and generic, but I had so much fun with him at MI and with the stupid crack scenarios I came up with on the side with various people. Ahahaha I'm sure like 90% of my f-list never wants to see me RP him again, but I dunno. I haven't done much with him on my musebox. I really should get on that, but like I said, he's plain and generic unless I throw some serious crack in. Manfred von Karma is definitely creeping up there as a favorite, though. The few times I RPed with Gregory Edgeworth-mun at Betrayed, I had sooooo much fun being a total dick to him. As someone to app in random games, Phoenix is probably my favorite for that. I <3 Phoenix.

5. Are you happy with the area you live in or do you plan on moving after college?
Well, it depends on where I go to graduate school. I'll move to wherever my mystery grad school is located, and I'll see where it goes from there. My hometown is hella expensive, so there's no way I'm staying there after college. It wasn't expensive when my parents moved in, but it is now, so yeah. I would like to stay in CT, though. It's a nice state and stuff, but whatever. I'll see where life takes me.

Athuria's Questions:

1. What made you decide to start roleplaying on LiveJournal?
Um, I'd never RPed before LJ. Anyway, I used to look at RPing as something insanely geeky and retarded, but I decided to try it out. Well, the story goes like this: I had just gotten out of my freshman year of college, and I had just beaten FF3 on the DS, so I was bored. When I beat a game I really like, I generally try to look for some semblance of a fandom, which led me to Rydia's Sara journal on MI. I looked at it and saw they had a full FF3 cast, plus Sara and Aria, and I kind of stared at it and lurked for a couple days. Also I saw that there were FF6 and FF5 characters, which was also awesome because I love those games. So finally, I decided to app Xande because... um.. there was a full FF3 cast and for some reason I thought playing him would be amusing. And the rest is history.

2. How many online friends have you met irl?
Technically, only two. I've met famous internet artists in person at cons (i.e. CuteLucca), but they weren't "friends" because they had no idea who I was. Cathy and Eileen are the only internet friends I've met IRL since they live in my state and they happened to be two of my closest friends at MI at the time. I'd love to meet others, but you all live too far away. :| Hopefully I'll be meeting Sardy this summer. <3

3. What's your favorite color?
I'm going to be an emo goth kid and say black. It's the color that looks best on me. :| As for non-emo colors, blue is definitely my favorite.

4. What's your favorite movie genre?
I want to say "musical" but there are so many musical movies that have failed epically, like Moulin Rouge, Across the Universe, and High School Musical. I want to say "comedy" but there are so many comedies that are so God-awful, like... um... anything with Eddie Murphy. I want to say "animation" but, of course, there are good animated films and bad ones. So, I'll go with "comedy" for now, because even if they suck, they can at least amuse me in some way.

5. Would you rather be forgotten, famous, or inbetween?
Depends. I feel pretty forgotten except with my music, where people think I'm good at recognize me as "that harpist." I don't want to be one of those annoying celebrities on the cover of Enquirer all the time. I want to play in famous orchestras and stuff because they sound good and I get more playing opportunities. Other than that, I want people to fucking pay attention to me once in a while, but not too much. :|

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

Xande - Of course Athuria would say that. :| Anyway, he's the first character I've RPed, blah blah blah, generic FF3 villain, etc. etc. I have no idea why I like this guy so much. I think it had to do with the fact that throughout FF3, Xande was just this unknown entity that the party was all like, "Oh noes he sounds scary" and then when you finally see him, he's this demented-looking chibi thing (in the remake). I just about pissed my pants laughing so hard when I first saw him. He looks super-badass though in his Amano art. Also I played through that dungeon a few times (thanks to the hard bosses that came after him and NO FUCKING SAVE POINT) and was exposed to the lulz that was his chibi form several times.

Um then I randomly drew a Xande/Luneth picture because I was bored and I like crack, and I have a tendency to ship every villain/hero pairing ever, and I thought it would be lolarious to draw them. After that I was thoroughly amused at the idea of that pairing and drew them (among other things) when I was bored. Also noncon is hawt. Then froggie and I came up with a million inside jokes about him, like we do with everything. Then RP happened, and yeah.

He still thoroughly amuses me to no end and still shows up in some of my drawings as a lol factor. I miss RPing him. :|

Harp - Yep I play the harp. It's my main instrument, and have been playing it for 10+ years. I've played it through sick and healthy, through drunk and sober, through fat and thin, through... I don't know, but I've played it a lot. I enjoy it a lot and I can get lost in my own harp world when I'm practicing. I hate practicing at home though because my parents like to make comments like "Oh that sounds good." NO I'M PRACTICING, SHUT UP. I'M NOT PERFORMING SO SHUT UP. I finally told them not to ever bother me when practicing, and they obliged.

Interesting - Wow... That's... real specific. Well, I'm pretty sure Athuria said that because she wasn't sure what other words could describe her WTFery at my constant "LOL PORN SEX CRACK ALCOHOL PORN PORN PORN PENIS CRACK BONDAGE NONCON PORN RAPE PORN RAPE RAPE RAPE SEX." Yep.

iScribble - Well Athuria was the one who introduced me to the site. It was fun to have online drawing sessions with people and to annoy them with drawing porn and drawing stupid things like dinosaurs smoking cigarettes. I hadn't been in a long time, but the other night froggie and I went on and traumatized other people by writing "TREE" everywhere and drawing Harry Potter's glasses taking up the whole screen. WE HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

Manfred - Of course that would be short for Manfred von Karma, the love of my life. :| Okay no, but if I had real (not fake for teh lulz) crushes on fictional characters, he'd probably be somewhere near the top of my list. He was so awesome in Phoenix Wright. I don't know why I like him so much, though. When he pulled out his taser, suddenly he went from being an annoying prosecutor to "OMG HE HAS A TASER HE'S SO BADASS LOL YES." Then when the whole plot about him and Gregory Edgeworth and DL6 unfolded, he became really interesting to me. And suddenly he went from being a weird-looking old guy to a hawt man. No seriously, I've never seen a better-looking 65-year-old man. He's HOT. I didn't realize I liked him so much, though, until I was on the phone with my friend and she was talking about how she had a loltastic crush on Gant, and I was like, "Hmmm... I suppose I have a crush on Manfred von Karma." The end.