The Book of the Moon

I figured that since I made a list of stuff to do over the summer I may as well make up a new one for winter break.

1. NCLEX, NCLEX, NCLEX!!!! *dies*
2. Much reading! Sunwing, Firewing, Dragon Rule, The Infernal City, Enemies & Allies, etc, depends on what I can get my hands on
3. Finish some short stories *cough* GW *cough*
4. Sheik!
5. AMV

Bah, I really should have posted this earlier. I keep telling myself that I'll start writing more often. I always think right before I go to bed would be a great time to talk about the day and stuff, but I'm always so darn tired cause I'm up doing other crap!

Well anyway, on Saturday, SuZ and Kellee and I decided to go to the Midtown Market for Christmas shopping for Lacey. Needless to say, that didn't happen. BUT I totally got to see CHRISTOPHER from PROJECT RUNWAY!!! OMG! *cue squealing fangirl* O.o I definitely did not see that coming, otherwise I wouldn't have dressed in my workout clothes!! We were just wandering around looking at stuff and I turned and he was just standing there. I think I grabbed Kellee or SuZ and was all like, "Holy shit, it's HIM!" and they were looking at me like I was crazy. XD

Turns out he was selling some of his stuff at the craft fair there. It was kinda cool. I was thinking of buying something for Kels for Christmas. Turns out a friggin wallet was 50 bucks… Hell no! He had a purse there all done up with his infamous petals which was over 300. At first glance I thought it was just 30 and I could work with that. Then I looked online and realized I was missing another decimal place. Judas Priest, fashion is expensive!

BUT I totally get an edge over my sis now! She saw him at some restaurant a while back, but I actually talked to him! The conversation went like this:

Me: Hi
Him: Hi. If you have any questions just ask!
Me: Ok, thanks

EPIC FAIL! I didn't even get a friggin picture with him! Hell, SuZ had her camera! Grrr… I was just soooo nervous and I didn't want to look awkward or anything. Whenever I meet someone 'famous' I just don't know what to say! A few years ago I saw Goldenwolf at the Ren Fest. That time I actually talked to her and told her how I just love her work, but it still felt weird.

All well, in about a year or so I won't give a damn, but it was cool to see him in person.

Otherwiiiiseeeee, I can't quite think of much else. I'm at work right now with not much to do. Course I say that and then the phone will start ringing of the hook…

...Your argument is invalid!!!


Yet again I haven't posted worth shit in foorrrever. I always seem to know exactly what I want to write when I'm actually not writing, if that makes any sense. In other words I'll just be doing what ever and get these ideas that sound great in my head and I'll be writing out lj posts in my head and la la but I never write anything down at the time so then when I do sit down to write it just doesn't work out as well as I thought and this is quite the epic sentence.

Arg! This is why I hate it when I don't update for so long! Too much stuff has happened that I have nooo idea where to start! I suppose I'll just chat about class yesterday. It was during creative writing, we were to do an in class writing exercise. Welch gave us a list of promts and we were to choose one to start a story and then just write. I chose "I could have avoided the whole bloody business if I had just..." Lolz. I just couldn't resist. So my first sentence of my exercise was "I could have avoided the whole bloody business if I had just packed a bigger gun."

Methinks I've been playing a bit too much Fallout.

Blah... so I started this morning with a mental breakdown for practically no reason. My family and I were planning on going to the MIA to see the Louvre exhibit sometime today, but because of all my homework I wanted to back out. Problem is we already ordered tickets, and Kels couldn't find a friend so I got a call at 10:30 from Mom saying that I was going with and that they would be here in about 20 min. Oddly I was still in bed. It was at that point that I basically threw a fit and bawled in the bathroom for a few minutes while trying to get ready at the same time. Fun. I had no idea why I felt so crappy, I just did. It wasn't until later this afternoon that I got my period. So that explains a damn lot! It was all the freakin hormones! Also I have my Nursing final tomorrow and I'm worried sick about. Damn that Mary!!! I did end up having enough time to study today (I really don't know why I was freaking out about it) but I just can't do it! I seem to have reached that point in my life where I just can't sit and study! Hell, who am I kidding? I've always been a bit of a slacker... We'll see how tomorrow goes.

Anyways, the museum was kinda cool and I did have a good time. They had this huge bronze statue of a lion which was amazing! We really just did the Louvre part and skimmed some of the others. But really I would like to go again to browse through everything.

An explanation for my last couple posts? Maybe later, I really don't feel up to more writing right now... must hunt down more ibuprofen...

That is all!


*rage*

*sigh* Todd pissed on my books. I seem to have gotten over the initial rage, but when I first found the box I was all 'if you weren't already fixed I would castrate you myself!' Grrr... he's lucky they are still in good condition. Only one manga got its cover all funked up, but it was only Dragon Knights so not sooo big of a deal. Easily replaced.

*le sigh* I just can't stay mad at him. Too cute!

Annnnyways, we moved Kels in today. And damn! She has a nice appartment! A double kitchen sink, two large stovetops (four total), two huge storage closets, and enough room for a full kitchen table! Ok, so the table is one of her roommates, but to be able to have room for it! AhH! I can't move in until Sunday, so it's packing all day tomorrow.

Yesterday was my last day at work, at least for a while. I brought angelfood cake to help ease the transition. They certainly seemed to like it considering they ate the whole thing! But they were all really sweet to me and wished me luck with school and such. As much as I dislike working there at times I do enjoy working with my coworkers and even the residents start to grow on you. When I was leaving I ran into Dorothy, she was very happy to see me. She took my hand and gave it a kiss. Sometimes when I work with her she tells me: "you're beautiful, you know that?" Sure it's comming from a senile old woman who has also told me to go to Hell on a couple of occasions, but it makes me smile none the less!

I hope I don't get any crazy phone calls tomorrow about how I was supposed to work. I told Sharon like, 2 weeks ago I couldn't, so it should be ok...

Erm... not looking forward to school. I just have a feeling like I'm gonna get my ass handed to me. Can't I just work at the clinic and live in my appartment and play video games with my roomies all night?

But as much as I may want to bitch about college I was remined today how tough highschool was. I found an old notebook from my junior year. In my english class our teacher had us do writing sessions about every day or so where we were just supposed to sit and write. No thinking about what to write, just to do it. I haven't looked at it in years, so it was fun to go through and remember some stuff. I had a few of my short story ideas scribbled in there. But I can just tell that my writing was very angst, even more than now.

One more thing, or two I guess, I'm actually being productive! Course it's the last days before school which is just... bad... but good that I'm finally getting something done! As of right now I've got two short stories in the work. Both are fanfiction (one does have an original character however) but I can't complain since I'm actually writing! However, those stories got put on the back burner when I started a new AMV. I got inspired and finally said 'Hell with you' to WMM and downloaded a trial of Sony Vegas 7. And it is soooooo nice!!! Unfortunatly I only have 30 days with the program so I'm working on the video whenever I get the chance. Why I waited until now I have no idea... -.- Hopefully the vid will turn out ok.

My list of things that I need to get done:

1. Get a Transformers movie group/order tickets
2. Edit cosplay
3. get on top of homework and readings
4. order books for fall
5. find time to read
- Enemies and Allies, Terrier, Dead Until Dark, Interview w/ Vampire, Claymore, Tsubasa, Bloodhound, Depraved, Silverwing, Sunwing 
6. cosplay research for Teresa and Sheik
7. study for NCLEX
8. get new scrubs
9. Write more!
10. get new posters for dorm room

I'll delete and add things as I finish and think up more things...

Can't stay and chat here too long cause the Daily Show will be on in a few minutes and Tim Gunn is gonna be on!! Eeeep!

Anyway, went and saw Ponyo with Kels. It was cuuuuute. Like rot your teeth out cause of all the sugar cute! Props yet again to Miazaki! Although I think the best part about the film was that the boy's mother worked, probably as an aid, at a nursing home!!! Lolz! 'You better get out now while the seniors are distracted, otherwise you'll never leave!' So darn true!!! XD

Alright, so another jam packed weekend. I was off work, so mum decided for the whole family to head up to Duluth. We were planning on going earlier in the month, but my GSJ project and then the whole cash for clunkers thing stalled that trip. It was nice. A lot cooler then back home, but rainy late Saturday and Sunday morning… Yuck. We did your usual, walk the pier, look at the lighthouses, go to the beach, etc. Went to Pizza Luce for dinner, which was ammmmaaazing! Looove their pizza! We even went to the Black Woods bar and grill. Unfortunately we did not get their super special awesome chocolaty fudge cake formally known as the Wave of Passion. That is an incredible chocolate cake! Buuuut it's expensive. They give you a huge piece but it's like 6 bucks… Anyway, a new thing this time round was the Glensheen Mansion. We've always driven by it, Dad mentioned how there was a big murder there, but we never did the tours. Kelsey and her friends went up to Duluth a while ago, and they did the tours and loved it! So mom figured what the heck, and we took a walk through the mansion. And my God! Crazy! If anyone could screw the rules it was these people. The place kept on going! There was one room where people would sit and wait when they first entered that had a ceiling covered in gold! Gah! That and tons of furniture and other things imported or made special. But I think the one thing that floored me was the fact that these people had First. Edition. Edgar. Allan. Poe. Books. O.o OMIGAWD! I didn't believe it until I got to see them. There were like, six or so red books with gold text on the spine. X3 So of course I had a little nerd fest right there.

Another interesting tidbit about the mansion was that they never mentioned the murders. However I don't really see that as a bad thing. If I was the living family members I would have done the same thing. But when Kelsey went they got to ask their tour guide about it so she got all the crazy details and filled me in during the tour.

Not much otherwise. Didn't work today and don't work tomorrow! However I have a crazy weekend coming up… Utu needed a day off so I said I would cover for her, but that means I'll be working for four straight days… -.- Hopefully things will go ok. Louise was in the hospital as of yesterday. I'm worried for her, but I pray she's alright. Everyone else still alive and kickin.

Just got back from seeing Julie/Julia with mom, and since it's about a blog I figured I should post something! Lol. But the movie was actually pretty good! Mom's been wanting to go see a movie for a while now, I'm not up for a crazy chick flick but I figured I'd try this one. The movie wasn't action packed or overly dramatic, but it was very cute and funny. You couldn't really call it a chick flick anyway since everyone in the film was already married! But soooo much food! It all looked so good! Yet instead of cooking, the film more inspired me to try and write more. Summer's practically over and I haven't written anything substantial nor drawn nothing! What the hell have I been doing all summer?! Gah!

Not much else today. :p

Gawd. I never know what to put for the darn subjects...

Work was oddly easy today. O.o That NEVER happens. I was group 4, which was nice, although I haven't been on that group in a long time, but nothing has really changed. Same ol people doing the same ol things. Although Rosemary is on bedrest... It makes it a little easier since she is a hoyer and it's one less person to get up, but I really have no idea why she's on bedrest in the first place! But, I actually got done early and I was walking around answering other peoples lights cause I had nothing to do! I kept waiting for something crazy to happen, but it never did... *duh duh dunnnn*

Herm.... I don't work again until Monday, which will be nice. Give me some time to catch up on doing nothing! Otherwise not much else to write about. Hell this is a short post!

Arg. Ok, so my teeth stopped hurting somewhat, but now my head hurts! *cries* It's been kinda sorta like that all day, but I just woke up from a nap and usually that helps but it just made it worse! Guh. That's the one thing about some naps, you wake up feeling worse than before!

Anywho, the reason for my teeth in pain? The dentist. It was time for my once every 6 month bleeding, er, I mean cleaning. Although this time I swear I bleed more than usual. "Gee, your gums are awfully red and puffy." Maybe it's cause you keep poking at them with that metal stick!!! *flail*

All well, it's over and done with, and having to get up and get going rather early left me semi productive. I finally caved and bought my textbooks. All online, per usual. After that I watched another episode of Ouran Host Club. I saw the first few episodes with SuZ over at Con, and they were actually really good! It's a very fluffy show, kinda like Azumanga but not quite as crazy, but I enjoy watching it. Youtube also has full length TV episodes, and they're actually legal and in good quality! Hurray! They also some other shows that I'm interested in. 4Kids even has an account, with, could it be, Yugioh?! OMG! But, being 4kids, they have to find some way to screw it up royally. The have most of the English dub *gag* and quite a bit of the Japanese version. But wait, no subtitles?! *is floored* Damn! Ok well they do have like 7 episodes with subs, but the subs are still edited according to some people. As in Anzu is still listed as Tea and damn is changed to darn. So I'm left with hunting for fansubed episodes, which can be decent if you find them, but the quality is usually crap.

I could go on with Yugioh, but that would be like a new post in of itself. I blame SuZ.

Alright so what else has happened since my last post? Not much. Although it sucks that most of summer is gone! Where the hell did it go?! I barely did anything! Ok, well Con was awesome and then SuZ and I got together with Lacey for her birthday, but I've done nothing else! I haven't seen my high school friends since Transformers, so I'm a bit jealous of my sister since she's hanging out with her friends practically every day! Though her friends don't have jobs and are still living with their parents so it's a bit easier to get a hold of everyone. My friends are all either out of town or working or both! But I can't complain too much. I mean it's not like I haven't been doing nothing all summer! For the past few weeks I've been getting together with Kristen on the weekend which has been nice. I have also been working and that GSJ class ate more time than I thought. It wasn't so bad at first, mainly just time doing a little bit of the readings, but then the papers started and I am really slow with papers… Then at the very end we had a presentation and a big research paper! Yuck! Worked forever on that stuff! Thank God it's over with! Did my last Blackboard posts last night. Soooo glad I did not take that during the school year!

And speaking of school, we move back in in less than a month! I'm happy to be moving back into the apartment and hanging out with everyone and stuff, but I could do without the class work.

Ah yes, and work. I just got off a three day weekend of work and I go back tomorrow. Still at the same place I was last year. Quite a few new people though, both employees and residents. Yet still the same back breaking work. My back has been holding up pretty darn good though, all those stretches I did during the school year must have strengthened it a bit. Now it's my shoulders…

Alright. So I clearly didn't update as soon as I should have, but I have an excuse! We were on vacation last weekend. Me and my family decided to go to Wisconsin Dells for a three day weekend. It was actually pretty fun.

We've been going to the Dells for years and years and years, normally we go to the Family Land waterpark (now called Mount Olympus). This time, however, mum decided to change things up a bit and we went to the Wilderness Resort instead. It was… different from Olympus, no rollercoaster's for one thing, just two areas of water park stuff. Most of it was your basic tube slides, lazy river, wave pool etc. But they did have this one ride, the Hurricane it was called, that was kinda crazy. Went on it twice, waited in line both times for at least 40 min! Gah! I'm actually quite surprised at myself, since I went on the ride with my bro and sis without even realizing what the hell I was going on! The entire time we were standing in line we were looking out the window trying to figure out what the ride actually was! Basically, it's similar to your basic water tube ride, only with a "cloverleaf" tube that can hold 4 people. You start out sliding down an enclosed tube but then you hit the drop. And I mean a "oh holy shit" kind of a drop. Poor Thomas got the short straw; went down backwards twice! And although the drop is crazy, crazy, it only gets weirder. You shoot out from the drop into a giant cone at the wider end. Your tube slides back and forth up the sides of the walls until it reaches the thinner part of the cone and you go down another drop (somewhat smaller) and reach the end of the ride. Looking back, I'm kinda amazed that I went down that sucker twice! Course the first time Kelsey was screaming so much that I couldn't really focus on what was going on! lol. Other then that, nothing too crazy about the trip. Maybe next time we'll go back to Olympus so we can try the Hades rollercoaster. Thing has a steep drop that does Underground! *flail*

Arg, class is really starting to get to me. No more readings thank goodness, but we have a presentation and a huge research paper coming up. And guess who's being a lazy ass and not getting anything done! Not to mention that I still have to order school books and try to get in contact with people. And yes Kellee, I will get to reading all of your posts about your travels one of these days…

I'd stay up and write more, I still have some things about Con and that damn sleep study I had, but I have to work tomorrow so I really should go and make my lunchies.

I've decided that I should compile a list of my personal favorite fanfiction stories, so here it is! Yes... this is the kind of crap I do when I'm not at work... But these stories are still quite amazing, some more so then others. Right now they're just listed by fandom, maybe later I'll add some descriptions and a bit of my own critique.

Just a warning for some people, a few of these stories contain slash.

Star Wars
Between Flight and Longing by Sheila Snow

Equally Cursed and Blessed, A Hope in Hell, Three Days, Two Nights and One Lifetime, and My Bitten Heart by Mina

Legend of Zelda
Go to Sleep, Hero by Startide Risen

Aceilux by Wyna Hiros

Thanatos by Rydia Highwind

Transformers
Hate the Dark by NKfloofiepoof

File Recovery by Xerios

To what Subservience Leads, Vicious Circle, and Hunted Species by Megara Liancourt

Dichotomy of Good and Evil by NightElfCrawler

Purple Rain and Deviant by Taipan Kiryu

DCU
Invincible by Arch-schatten

36 Views of Mount Fugi, Four First Kisses, Where the Lightning Strikes, and His Silicon Heart by Jen

A Dance for Two by Arch-schatten and Jen

YuGiOh!
Akh, Homecomings by LeDiz

Somnium Atrum by Katya Motou

Life in the Grey Room by llivla

Double Vision by Hitokiri-san

It's odd. At first it seemed like I would be working a ton this summer, but I haven't worked since Monday this week. Which I guess is fine with me. I really don't get anything done on my days off though, which is sad. I didn't roll out of bed until 10 this morning, which is pretty late for me. Then I lazed around until 12 when I finally got dressed! lol I can be such a sloth in the morning when I have nothing planned! Yet I have gotten a few things done, mostly on my costume. I finally ordered the wig and tights, I'm done with the belt, and I've got one of the leg rings pretty much done. Surprisingly the craft foam works very well! I'll have to thank what'sherface later on for stealing her idea.

Hmmm… I'm actually in a bit of a reading slump atm. When school got off I started reading The Devil in the White City and I'm still working on it. I'm a little disappointed in myself. I feel like I should be able to tear through this sucker but it's taking longer then I thought. Course it's not reeaaaly a fiction book. More like a fictionized history text. The writing is very well done, don't get me wrong, and I actually enjoy reading it. Hell, if all text books were written like this I would understand sooo much more! But I guess it just gets to be a little much for me. Yet since I am over half way I figure I really should just finish the damn thing. None of my authors have anything new out anyway…

Oh, what else. Ah! That bloody GSJ class finally opened up! I was planning on taking a med term class online at Century, but the times conflicted, so I figured it would be best to take the class that I actually needed. Been going pretty well thus far. The instructor is Nancy Heitzeg (sp?), so it's fairly fun and thought provoking. But gaw was it hard to get into that class! When it first opened up I was still planning on doing GSJ abroad over in South Africa with Lacey and SuZ, but that was denied by my parents. However, when I got the 'no go' from my dad the summer class was already filled! Soooo I stalked the thing until like a week before class started when someone finally dropped. I'm just glad I'll be able to get this out of the way and not have to worry so much with my nursing classes. Afterall, the last time I took a writing intensive course with nursing turned out baaaaad!

muah, I should probably go wash dishes before parents get home. No idea what's for dinner tonight.

I figure I should probably write this all down before I forget and screw something up! For Motoko cosplay adjustments:

 
-        leave boots alone, I don't have time to change them now, although in the future I could make a different pair
-        Stockings: use fabric covered craft foam for top ring and triangle. May end up gluing them to original stockings. Either way they should look a bit better, especially if I measure this time. Another Motoko cosplayer used this here: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/203209/
-        Buy tights. I'm starting to really lean towards the Danskin dancer tights. The good part is they do not have a control top so the color is consistant, but the bad part is they have like a one inch waistband. This isn't too horrible in that I think I'll be able to just cover it. Trying to get the color to match is another difficulty since I can only find these online so I don't get the opportunity to play with it before buying.
-        Fix bottom piece. This will be fun… I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to fix it, but I think I'm going to wait until I have the tights before tackling this job.
-        Belt. Also needs adjustment. Craft foam for the buckle parts maybe. Otherwise it's decent
-        Top piece. Lordy, I really biffed on this sucker. All well. Maybe just some minor adjustments, very minor, and add a seam down the front.
-        Fix any holes in gloves. Don't have the time or patience to do anything else with these.
-        Leave jacket. Again, no time to figure out how to make one, so I'll just leave as is unless I can find a better looking one for cheap.
-        Buy wig. I really don't care for the wig I have now. Not even sure if it could be called a wig. Found a nice one that looks pretty good and is for a fair price on ebay.
-        Find sunglasses. Either it's the wig or I don't have enough eye makeup on, but I just don't like the way my eyes look with the outfit. I could use my old purple ones if I can find them, or fix my sisters, or just use my thinner ones, or get a new pair if the price is decent.
-        Get good double sided tape! This way I won't have to worry too much about my ass hanging out. I'll also be able to hold up the stockings and keep the top piece and the belt in place.

 

Annnnnnd I think that's it! Now that I look at it, it's a fair amount of work! Well, maybe not, but I only have about a month to finish everything. After Con I'm thinking of retiring this costume, or at least parts of it. For sure the top piece. But again I guess it depends if I'll be going to Detour next year and how crazy a task it will be to complete Sheik and/or Teresa.

Can you tell I have way too much time on my hands when I'm not at work or at school?!

God I need help figuring out my shit… That and it is probably not helping that I have been sporadic with my pills for like the last week. No bueno, as Bethany would say. I’ve just been feeling all over the place. I hate it when I’m looking at artists and their amazing work and I feel sooo bleh… Like, I was just fangirling over pikmanlink, and cripes! Not is he absolutely adorable (short, but adorable), is cosplay work is AMAZING! Link and Cloud and Fierce Diety! AHH! *ahem* I’ll post some pics and links later, maybe. Anyway, I was looking at his costumes, and his art, and his 3D stuff, and his travel, and gameing and stuff… and I’m jealous. I feel like I want to do all sorts of different things: write a book, art, cosplay, etc. But I want to do everything really well! And that’s like, impossible, especially if I also want to become a nurse. And there are even times when I question that. I feel like a jack of trades who just sucks in general! Lol. I do all sorts of things but because of that I’m not a master at anything. Arg! It’s frustrating is what it is. Being a lazy ass doesn’t help too much either. Hmmm… maybe I’ll just let this mull over a bit more. Gah, I needs my drugs… -.-

 

Well, that was very random and all over the place. Helped a bit I think. Hopefully over the summer things will clear up a bit. Stress of finals and moving out is never good when I’m dealing with a career crisis. Pray to God things work out.  

Well, figured I should probably get on this otherwise it will probably never happen. Yet I'm not quite sure where to start soo… maybe the middle… be forewarned, this will be very random

Just wanted to note that I saw a crazy rainbow this evening on the way to Butler. It wasn't one of those partial rainbows, but a FULL rainbow. I mean it arched from earth to earth like a giant semicircle. Very cool.

Anyway, why am I writing now when I created this account, what, in January? Because I have nothing better to do. Or at least nothing I want to do. SuZ is watching VanHelsing so that equals no Claymore, and I don't really care to see that movie again. Meh. I also don't want to work on my maternity care plan because it’s a care plan and I don't understand it! Arg.

Otherwise not quite sure what else to write about. It has been over a year since I kept a log of everything. That was all over back on Xanga, but I've found a lot of interesting stuffs over here on livejournal so I figured I'd make the transition. I'm also hoping this journaling will get me back into writing, as that is something else I haven't done in a long time.

Meh, I'll get around to updating this... sometime soon...