Take that, snow!

The snow all melted the next day. Yay!

If it's up to me, It'll stay away til thanksgiving or later...

But when is it ever up to me.

Dragon Age is a lot of fun and I'm spending way too much time on it.

My job is also taking up a lot of time, without much fruit. I search for articles but....yeah. It's a pain and tough.

Hmmm...lesse...I'm trying to think of whats gone on since I last posted on here.

Ooooh, the Deaf Center Event. I debuted my swamptrooper!!! It was a ton of fun, to wear swampy, and to interact with all those kids. They loved it. :)

Swampy held together pretty well for that troop, and Crimson Nights after. I had fun pretending to be a statue and playing a game I later dubbed "Scaring Sluts'.
I don't know why, but for some reason, the slutty girls always seemed to come up and 'inspect' me when I was statuing. ((To be fair, 75 percent of girls there were slutty though))
So, I'd wait til they poked my stomach ((happened more often then not)) and then just grab their hand, not moving anything but my arm, hold them for a couple seconds while they screamed, and then go back to statue position. It was good fun.
I also wore swampy to another couple events, one was kinda a wash, the other was the Midnight Release for Force Unleashed II. It was fun, though I think that was mostly due to the company.

So, I had submitted swampy for approval. For those of you who don't understand that, basically, the costuming group I'm a part of ( www.501st.com ) has a high set of standards. You have to be screen accurate, or source accurate in my case. So I submitted pictures of my costume as well as my reference shots of the actual character from the game it originates in. I got the response back on Wednesday. I have a handful of fixes to do...mostly relating to the cummerbund color. So, hopefully I'll find a way to fix everything up, if so, I'll be the legions first Swamptrooper! Yay.

Well, besides that, I don't think much has happened. I've had more trouble sleeping, in part to my insomnia, in part because of my asian roommate who still exists in a different time zone, I'm convinced. One in which its okay to shower ((and sing therein)) at one AM, followed by blow drying your hair, shaving, and then getting on the phone and not knowing what a WHISPER is for an hour.

But, hey, I'm not bitter.

Looks like I'm going to Logan tomorrow. It'll be nice to see Devin. And, if we end up going to the Howl, Jenessa as well.
Dunno what I'd wear as a costume.

Seeing as how I dress up on a weekly basis, more or less, Halloween has lost some of its charm. I see everyone getting excited, planning costumes....and here I sit with my $700 Swamptrooper and go "Meh."

Howl. Right. Should be fun. Or just seeing devin. Either way.

Also, looks like I may finally get to do what I've wanted to since Jr. High....join a D&D campaign.

The good folks over at Dungeon Crawlers Radio invited me to come play with them. I am extremely excited...and a bit nervous. It's all so new.

On a more serious note, I'd like to extend my thanks to all my real friends out there. More and more, recently, I've realized how many people only talk to me when its convenient, only like me around sometimes, etc. I have very few true friends in this world. And unfortunately for me, a good chunk of them are off serving Missions. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they are, I'm just being selfish here.

So, thank you to everyone who has been a true and good friend to me.



Okay. I'm bored.

There's a pic of Swampy for those of you who somehow haven't seen him. Which has gotta be difficult cus he's my profile pic.

That is not Snow

It's raining outside. I refuse to call that snow. Besides, I can hear it hitting the pavement. You can't hear snow.





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Two hours later.

I forgot I left this open.

But it's snow now.
And there's a few inches of it.

And its not letting up.

And I just got Dragon Age Origins. Imma play that instead of writing.

Happy Birthday!!

Well, I'm 20. Yay.

Hah, It's kinda one of those 'nothing' ages. I'm not a teenager anymore, but I'm not 21, so I'm still missing out on some of the finer points of life. Like alcohol.

It was a good birthday, thanks to my friends. I have a history of bad birthdays, last year being no exception. I had some friends who tried their best to make it good, but I was stupid and did some stuff that makes it so my memory of it definitely isn't pleasant. 
This year was a lot of fun though. I got to sleep in, a rare commodity for me, and when I woke up, I decided I'd eat an entire plate of cookies someone gave me for breakfast.
I was able to go to Nicklecade which was a nice nostalgia moment to being younger. My dad used to take me and Dean once a month or so. We loved it. So thanks to Nikki for taking me.

After that, Heather surprised me with a little chocolate cake, complete with candles, which was really fun.
I then picked up a package from my brothers and Mom. A very odd beanie baby "october' bear and two packages of candy was in it, as well as two birthday cards. They made me smile.

Then, I went over to The Hopartment. Ally, Lauren, and Julie had made me a LOT of food. ((which is wonderful and cruel. None of them eat much)) Two entrees, baked mac and cheese with DOUBLE CHEESE, and meatball subs. They called my mom to ask what I liked. And I do like those meals.
There was also a 64 oz bag of m&ms. Yay. And then brownies, AND cookies!
Within the last week, I won a guitar in a contest, and the girls surprised me by having it delivered while I was there. It's a very shiny white electric fender. I named him Reginald, or Reggie. He looks British to me, don't ask why. In theory, Lauren is going to teach me to play. But that requires us both having attention span.

By the end of the day, I had 70 facebook birthday wishes on my wall, and a few more have shown up today. I loved reading through them and eventually plan to go and individually thank everyone.

All in all, I just want to thank everyone who cares about me. The more you care, the more a part in my life you are, the more i really do appreciate you. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my life, and I hope you will all continue to be.

And thank you for the awesome birthday!

Force-a-Nature

Team Fortress 2 is a blast. I'm loving playing it again. It's even better on PC than 360 ((though most games are)). I've got to play with Dean and Devin, and Kaydie, who I've barely hung out with in person. I'm pretty sure I've logged more hours playing TF2 with her than I've spent in her presence.

So...I turn twenty in 5 days. Not sure how I feel about that. And I get the feeling my birthdays going to just pass by like another day....though that'd be better than what happened last year. ha.

Got the hairpunch needle in today. Hesitant to use it. Because if it DOESN'T work, I'll be angry. So here's hopin', eh?

So, this new job is all about self motivation and scheduling....not sure if that's a blessing or a curse. But I have 30 hours a week to fill so...here goes nothing.

I tried to hook up my laptop and new desktop, but the remote desktop connection wouldn't work despite my best efforts. I hate computers sometimes. I might just have to download logmein...

I'm also stopping myself from buying another monitor....I really want dual screens, but I need to wait a bit to let my wallet recover.



You can tell I grew up in the technological age....I hate waiting for letters from Ryan. I feel like it should take a day tops...Stupid Hungary. Being far away. And having weird customs that takes two weeks to get through.

Anime Bonzai

Hm. I've gotten bad at posting on this. I just forget it exists sometime.

Not too much is going on. Its fall break this week...but I work the six am shift four of the days, so I don't even get to sleep in. hurray.

The big thing of the last little while was the anime banzai. A weekend long anime convention I went to in Layton. It was a lot of fun. Im not a huge fan of the panels, but I enjoyed just walking around and looking at other peoples costumes, and all the contests they had.
Not that I recognized most of the costumes. I don't watch anime really. But I recognized the ones dean always talked about, some anyway, and all the video game ones.
((There was an AMAZING Midna...I wish I got my pic with her...))
I dressed up in my Anakin, as that's still the only completed costume I have...
It took a bit of a beating by the end of the weekend. 12 hours a day for two days will do that too it. My feet still hurt. But the velcro....most of it has fallen off, and I need to get new strips and reattach them. And my lightsaber shroud broke...which still upsets me.
I mean, i've tossed that thing in the air and accidently dropped it on cement and its fine. But as I'm sitting at a panel, it falls off my belt, and lands on the floor six inches below it, and the shroud breaks into four pieces. I have to figure out if I can superglue those...

I hung out with the Mandalorian Mercs for the second day. I need to get my merc suit done. I just can't decide on a color scheme. Not to mention I've been lacking tools and I haven't really felt up to armor parties.
Anyway, they had some really cool trinkets at the anime banzai, but most all the stuff wasn't unique. By that I mean I could go online and find it to buy. So I didn't end up getting anything. Not that there was much that interested me, as I didn't know what half the stuff was.
There WAS a lot of gay porn type books/movies though. Guess that's big with anime.


((So very tired right now.))

I still feel a bit...apathetic when it comes to costuming right now. Especially with Anakin broken. Variety of reasons, most dealing with inadequacy. I just feel like i should quit for a while. I'm not sure. I just don't have the dedication right now.



So, I built a new computer. I don't have much of a good reason as to why apart from I want one, and I figure its a good long term investment for me. I did forget how much software such as microsoft office costs though. Oy. Still though. I'm happy
Named  her Serenity, for a few reason. I like it.

But on the bright side, I have TF2 now, and I just need to find a chance to play it.
I should be starting my new job soon. Really excited. 12 bucks an hour, 30 hours a week? Yay! I'm still not positive what I'll be doing, but I know the goal is to help my professor with research/teaching a class, so I'm excited.I dropped my desk job hours to just an eight hour shift on monday....but that still puts me at 38 hours....I'm a bit nervous. Hopefully I can handle it.
But it'll be nice to not have three six am shifts....Those are killing me. I just can't get enough sleep.

Boondocks fun center has a deal called $12 tuesday. From 4-10 pm, 12 bucks gets you unlimited laser tag, arcade games, mini golf, and kiddie cove. Unfortunately I don't meet the 'under 48 inches' requirement for kiddie cove.
Gotta go with a big group last night though. Played a few rounds of laser tag, a lot of stupidly fun arcade games, and then went out to get Village Inn. Definitely a fun night, and would make for a fun tradition.

As soon as I can find a way to get it out here, I'll be buying my mom's old tracker. It'll be nice to have a vehicle...but suck to have to pay for insurance and licensing and whatnot.

I don't get why the HC opens at six am on fall break. The cafeteria doesn't open til 8, the convenience store til ten. I don't even think the shuttles run this early...I haven't seen them at least. Just seems like opening at 8 would be more logical....and mean I can sleep in.

It seems like I should be able to think of more that's happened. My brain seems to disagree with that.

Part of the problem is I don't remember what I've talked about or not. And I'm far to tired and lazy to check.

Got a letter from Ryan last night. It always makes me really happy. I also need a camera so I can post a pic of the candy he sent me. It made me laugh. Sounds like he's doing pretty well overall out there. I'm excited for swapping stories when he gets back.
Speaking of getting back, his brother Jake did this week. I got to talk to him a bit. Seems like he's still stuck in "Missionary Mode"....heh. He's going out with the local missionaries ASAP.

I want to find a way to rig up some PTK walkie talkies in all the helmeted characters in the garrison. Or in the mercs. Either way. It'd be awesome to have radio communication.

I wish that Dean could move out here and live with me. I miss all of my family a lot, but it'd be nice to have Dean to hang out with...Though I kinda wish they all just lived here. There have been days when I really just need to be around family and it sucks that I can't.
But such is life, eh?

Alright, I need to find a happy note to end this on, because I'm really not depressed.

There are a lot of events and troops coming up, but I'm really not sure if I'm going to go or not...Unless they need a spotter. Guess I'll see.

I think i'll go re-read Ryan's letter then write him back. That should cheer me up.

With a melon?

Sitting in class. Very carefully NOT paying attention. It's a fluff class, twice so far I've glanced up from my computer when the teacher asks my opinion and been able to BS an answer. Yay.

I got another job! 30 hours  a week, 12 an hour, with possible health benefits!!!, so combine that with my now reduced 8 hours a week at the HC.....I am going to be busy.

A little concerned....I hope I'll be able to keep up with it all.

But I'll need the money. I'm buying the tracker from Mom. So I'll have a car, which will be nice. Not having to be dependent on people. Especially for troops with my star wars group.

Speaking of....

I really need to fix up my anakin. The sticky back velcro isn't holding up. I wish I had a sewing machine....I'm going to have to go buy some sewable velcro and needle and thread...
Also, Chewbacca's skull. I got half the hair on the dome of it...he looks like ben franklin. I ran outta glue sticks.

I'm really scared about chewie...those stilts I bought...I Tried walking on them and....ugh. Its just....near impossible. And I spent a lot on them so....I really don't know what I'm going to do. To be honest I'm a bit overwhelmed with all of it. I can't figure out Swampy. My mando just feels...out of reach. Still can't get chewies jaw to work.
I feel like I'm stagnating with costumes. I can't do it, can't make them look good....I've worked really hard but still. sigh. Just...sad.

There's been a lot of hate and sorrow going around facebook past few days...I don't wanna get into it but it's weighin me down.

Anyway, lifes not all bad. I got 100% on one of my tests, 93/100 on another. That's a bit better than the 80% from last week. And I just need to get two essays done today and I'll have most everything finished before fall break.

I really could use a digital camera. But when I look into buying one, I want to buy a nice SRL....but I can't quite justify that, but I want it enough that I haven't just bought a cheapo digital.


Along the lines of wasting money, I think I'm slowly going to 'build' a computer. Just save some money from paycheck to paycheck and watch for deals on Newegg ((especially with the Holiday season coming up)). I should be able to put one together by next year for pretty cheap. And with the specs I'm hoping to get, it'll last me a good long while.







This has been in my head forever.Dunno why, But I love the chorus.

Lauren had a good weekend. I am happy and jealous of her. Mostly cus I wanted to go to Disneyworld...

And I miss my friends on the east coast. Dunno if any of them read this, but Mary, Jackie, Anne? You guys are awesome, thanks for the memories.

Yay. Memoirs.

But really, those girls were my best friends way back when..those were simpler times. hahah.


I played Assassin's Creed II finally. Freaky ending. Really cool 'theory'. If anyone's played it, you should comment and we can agree on how awesome it is.

You know what else I miss? Beauty and the Beast. The musical one I was in. I loved that show. Definitely my favorite I've been in. Though my favorite parts still the Wolf from Into the woods....
But anyway...I wish we could get the 'cast' back together and do it again. hah.

I'm really excited for The Old Republic. I know its gotten mixed reviews but...I wanna play it for sure.

And I want Dean to play it with me. And Devin. And Paulo. And a bunch of other people. We can have an awesome team going.


I'm not sure why but I love parodies....Listening to the radio, six songs in a row, I knew the PARODY of them, but not the original. The parodies are usually better/more clever lyrics anyway.

I guess I'm out of things to talk about. I'm sitting outside Ally and Lauren's russian class waiting for them to get out. Dunno why. But I am. Probably cus two papers await me at home...blarg.