A bit more awake, somewhat more inspired
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azuriteJounouchi demands to be rewritten. NOW.
Goes to show that you learn something new every day. Or is it 'everyday.' >_o Damn. I can't wait to be back in school, because even if I don't take an English course, the professors will be correcting my odd flubs and that'll reinforce my desire to constantly improve my writing. That's what life is like, folks-- learning! I'm allowed to bend/break a few rules here in my journal, but I do try to take my fanfiction a bit more seriously. ^_^
Just came back from a few hours at Jill's house. Jill is my cousin on my Mom's side, but she's always been more like an aunt to me, probably because she's older than me. She's got three kids now-- Joey, Nikki, and James, and they're all total beanstalks, so I feel ridiculously short around them. Of course Joey is taller than me (even though he's not 18 until September), but Nikki and James are fast approaching my meager height of 5'2". *sniff!* I also met Joey's girlfriend, Kim.
We hung out in the pool for a while (mostly talking about how terrified I am of the Creepy Crawler filter thing-- it ALWAYS comes after me whenever I'm in the pool), but I only went about waist-deep. -_- Being on the red definitely has its downside when your family has a wicked cool pool with a waterfall. Turns out James is very much into the Sims, so we talked about all the expansion packs and cool things you can do-- for some bizarre reason, he's obsessed with making loads of families and slowing down his family's computers. Jill and John (her husband) do landscaping, so they run high-powered programs like AutoCAD and such, so The Sims kinda suck the memory, even for Run-CD things...
We watched Yu-Gi-Oh! (James accused me of having Kaiba as my boyfriend. I thought that was cute.) and ranted about various cartoons-- I tried to sit through a few Nickelodeon shows, and The Simpsons, but the sheer stupidity of the jokes just had me cringing. Seriously-- my one childish, guilty pleasure is Yu-Gi-Oh, and I permit myself to go all-out fangirl when I see it, but... The Simpsons? Homer just bothers me. And don't get me started on Spongebob. Please.
Then came dinner-- which rocked. Potato casserole, salad with balsamic vinegarette, and juicy tender steak with A1 sauce (best in the world!). YUMMERS. I've been doing my best to adhere to Burt's words and not have soda (despite the 2L bottle of Cherry Coke in the fridge, I only had a partial cup today, and I didn't even finish it). I had raspberry Brisk instead-- which might not have been good for me in terms of sugar, but... I'm a bit more energized and less cranky, so I'll take it as a good thing and be done with it.
I chilled with Kim and Joey a bit in his room-- which used to be Virginia (my aunt)'s, back when she lived in the same house. So the rooms are all moved around now, and what was Nikki's is now James's, and Joey's living in a room painted a blood red, coated in KORN posters. Well, KORN and Jenna Jameson. And what was her name? Tailor James? (Think it's pronounced "Tay-lohr" or "Tie-lohr?") And what was hilarious was how Kim and I kept talking about boobs and butts and such, and she reaches under Joey's bed and grabs his Playboys and is pointing out how the Playmate of the Year so totally has implants and everything, but isn't her smile so great? I think it weirded Joey out to have two girls so casually thumbing through porn in front of him. This kind of thing doesn't bother me-- be it my personality or the fact that I come from San Francisco... whatever.
I mentioned Gavin Newsom and how I respect him as a mayor not just because he's young and interested in the communities, but also because of his ballsy-ness-- what he did for gays and lesbians by allowing them to marry. Jill gave me the most neutral answer one could give ("It's good you have an opinion,") so I had to ask Joey later on if his mom was religious or something. ^^;; I had no idea... (I probably shouldn't mention to Jill that I'm bi, and I'm probably not going to have a BOYfriend down here...)
But all that shiz was forgotten-- Jill gave me a ride home and was telling me how enthused she was that I was going to CSUN, how she wants to go back to school herself, and to stay positive (which I am, surprisingly). Her birthday is tomorrow, and she's having a birthday dinner Saturday evening, so I'll be meeting up with them again. ^_^ Yay. Oh, and though I was originally slated to have this place all to myself September 15th - 20th, Baba and Grandpa would worry themselves to tears (they're going to Seattle for Rosh Hashannah), so Jill said she'd be glad to let me stay over. She's close to CSUN too, so that helps. ^_^ Plus Joey and Kim told me about all these places that I have to go-- arcades, cute stores (apparently these mesh-and-bead slipper shoes are in style down here), and such.
Yep. And I want to work on WDKY10 some more, finish checking all my emails, and... yeah. ^_^ Good day. Oh yeah! And did I tell you... I colored in one of Kysra's arts that she sent me-- completely using Photoshop. It looks amazingly good, I think, but it needs touching up. It was a beta of the commission I asked from her-- I forgot what the original quote was that inspired it, but it's Téa in BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform) doing (for Kaiba) and looking supremely pissed. Kysra did an excellent job on the BDUs, as I can attest to. "You can take the girl out of ROTC, but never the ROTC out of the girl!" -_- How sad.
Hey! Can you recommend some "club" music for me to listen to to "get in the mood" for WDKY10, please? So much action takes place in this club, and the stuff I listen to when I write just doesn't cut it. Fred?
Goes to show that you learn something new every day. Or is it 'everyday.' >_o Damn. I can't wait to be back in school, because even if I don't take an English course, the professors will be correcting my odd flubs and that'll reinforce my desire to constantly improve my writing. That's what life is like, folks-- learning! I'm allowed to bend/break a few rules here in my journal, but I do try to take my fanfiction a bit more seriously. ^_^
Just came back from a few hours at Jill's house. Jill is my cousin on my Mom's side, but she's always been more like an aunt to me, probably because she's older than me. She's got three kids now-- Joey, Nikki, and James, and they're all total beanstalks, so I feel ridiculously short around them. Of course Joey is taller than me (even though he's not 18 until September), but Nikki and James are fast approaching my meager height of 5'2". *sniff!* I also met Joey's girlfriend, Kim.
We hung out in the pool for a while (mostly talking about how terrified I am of the Creepy Crawler filter thing-- it ALWAYS comes after me whenever I'm in the pool), but I only went about waist-deep. -_- Being on the red definitely has its downside when your family has a wicked cool pool with a waterfall. Turns out James is very much into the Sims, so we talked about all the expansion packs and cool things you can do-- for some bizarre reason, he's obsessed with making loads of families and slowing down his family's computers. Jill and John (her husband) do landscaping, so they run high-powered programs like AutoCAD and such, so The Sims kinda suck the memory, even for Run-CD things...
We watched Yu-Gi-Oh! (James accused me of having Kaiba as my boyfriend. I thought that was cute.) and ranted about various cartoons-- I tried to sit through a few Nickelodeon shows, and The Simpsons, but the sheer stupidity of the jokes just had me cringing. Seriously-- my one childish, guilty pleasure is Yu-Gi-Oh, and I permit myself to go all-out fangirl when I see it, but... The Simpsons? Homer just bothers me. And don't get me started on Spongebob. Please.
Then came dinner-- which rocked. Potato casserole, salad with balsamic vinegarette, and juicy tender steak with A1 sauce (best in the world!). YUMMERS. I've been doing my best to adhere to Burt's words and not have soda (despite the 2L bottle of Cherry Coke in the fridge, I only had a partial cup today, and I didn't even finish it). I had raspberry Brisk instead-- which might not have been good for me in terms of sugar, but... I'm a bit more energized and less cranky, so I'll take it as a good thing and be done with it.
I chilled with Kim and Joey a bit in his room-- which used to be Virginia (my aunt)'s, back when she lived in the same house. So the rooms are all moved around now, and what was Nikki's is now James's, and Joey's living in a room painted a blood red, coated in KORN posters. Well, KORN and Jenna Jameson. And what was her name? Tailor James? (Think it's pronounced "Tay-lohr" or "Tie-lohr?") And what was hilarious was how Kim and I kept talking about boobs and butts and such, and she reaches under Joey's bed and grabs his Playboys and is pointing out how the Playmate of the Year so totally has implants and everything, but isn't her smile so great? I think it weirded Joey out to have two girls so casually thumbing through porn in front of him. This kind of thing doesn't bother me-- be it my personality or the fact that I come from San Francisco... whatever.
I mentioned Gavin Newsom and how I respect him as a mayor not just because he's young and interested in the communities, but also because of his ballsy-ness-- what he did for gays and lesbians by allowing them to marry. Jill gave me the most neutral answer one could give ("It's good you have an opinion,") so I had to ask Joey later on if his mom was religious or something. ^^;; I had no idea... (I probably shouldn't mention to Jill that I'm bi, and I'm probably not going to have a BOYfriend down here...)
But all that shiz was forgotten-- Jill gave me a ride home and was telling me how enthused she was that I was going to CSUN, how she wants to go back to school herself, and to stay positive (which I am, surprisingly). Her birthday is tomorrow, and she's having a birthday dinner Saturday evening, so I'll be meeting up with them again. ^_^ Yay. Oh, and though I was originally slated to have this place all to myself September 15th - 20th, Baba and Grandpa would worry themselves to tears (they're going to Seattle for Rosh Hashannah), so Jill said she'd be glad to let me stay over. She's close to CSUN too, so that helps. ^_^ Plus Joey and Kim told me about all these places that I have to go-- arcades, cute stores (apparently these mesh-and-bead slipper shoes are in style down here), and such.
Yep. And I want to work on WDKY10 some more, finish checking all my emails, and... yeah. ^_^ Good day. Oh yeah! And did I tell you... I colored in one of Kysra's arts that she sent me-- completely using Photoshop. It looks amazingly good, I think, but it needs touching up. It was a beta of the commission I asked from her-- I forgot what the original quote was that inspired it, but it's Téa in BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform) doing (for Kaiba) and looking supremely pissed. Kysra did an excellent job on the BDUs, as I can attest to. "You can take the girl out of ROTC, but never the ROTC out of the girl!" -_- How sad.
Hey! Can you recommend some "club" music for me to listen to to "get in the mood" for WDKY10, please? So much action takes place in this club, and the stuff I listen to when I write just doesn't cut it. Fred?
