It's only Tuesday of the third week of school and I'm already exhausted. This is not a good sign. I'm taking twenty units at school this semester (17 + GBA Game Project) and working a hell of a lot more because two of the guys I used to work with quit last week. Blah. It's good because I'm going to have more money thus I can do things I want to do (like go to GDC & E3 and go to see my best friend perform in LA whenever he has a performance), but it's also a bad thing because it means I rarely get to leave the school during daylight hours and I have to get up at like 8:30am every damn morning. (So not a good thing when you don't go to sleep until 4/5am every morning.)

On the spiffy side of things, I got to see Underworld (hoorah, hoorah) this weekend, which more than made up for the raging disappointment that was Cabin Fever (which I saw the weekend before). I warn you, do not see Cabin Fever. It sucks a big egg.

Also, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is way spiffy. The story isn't as fantabulous and wonderfully complicated as the story featured in the original FFT, but what it lacks in story it makes up for in damn fun gameplay. Though the laws thing gets annoying quick, fast, and in one hell of a hurry. And Disgaea: Hour of Darkness rocks my pink Harry Potter socks. Same map-based battle system as FFT only it tends to take everything a step further. The entire game is like one gigantic collection of mini-games, it's fun as all hell and get out.

Oh! And before I forget, I just got my mail yesterday for the first time in like a month and half (long story involving a vandalized mail box, idiot postal employees, incompetant leasing office morons, and a broken lock) and I <3 you in the biggest way. Thank you so much, Connelly, you completely made my week. ^_^

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DIE COX DIE!

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Thank you, Mr. Worm. Thank you very much for making the world a happy place. >.

Yep, taking a break from my Psychology paper as my notes are beginning to look like a random collection of jiggly lines and my head is beginning to ache. >.<

On the bright side of life, it's almost the weekend so I'll have many uninterupted hours to work on the stupid thing. Then, eventually, it will be done and I will get to play more Silent Hill 3. Which kicks much ass, by the way. And Mannequins are freaky. Just so you know.

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And, if you haven't read lunacy's fic 'The Penis Daily' you should hop on over to her journal and do so. It's Ron/Harry, NC-17, fun, and fabulous. Not to mention wanktastic. It rocks. :)

In other news, I think I missed my calling. For the low, low price of thirty-five hundred dollars and a piddly sixty-five signatures and I too could have had a chance to rule pillage govern California. And my chances still would have actually been considerably better than my chances of winning the lottery. Yep, my home state is a silly place. And since my home state is a silly place.... it's time to abuse this whole 'pay for an lj and you get to use the poll' deal (mainly just cause I want to see whether I can actually make the goofy thing work). :)

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Har de har har...

antenora is a Giant Dragon that kidnaps Blonde Women. Strength: 8 Agility: 9 Intelligence: 8 To see if your Giant Battle Monster can defeat antenora, enter your name and choose an attack: fights antenora using Strength Agility Intelligence

Dude... at least I've well-rounded. ;)

Also, on a completely different note, I may never tire of hearing pirates talk about themselves in the third-person.

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Right. So... I've been back in Arizona for like four days (and it is fucking sweltering here, by the way, I just feel the need to share that) and I've finished catching up with all the projects I got behind on by going to Nimbus. Thus it is now time for yet another really long post complete with oh-so-convenient cut tags. :p

So, here we go...

Nimbus. Okay, originally I was going to write out this big, long, detailed report of what I did/saw there, but then that seemed sort of boring (plus I didn't get around to it until today and thus I've now forgotten more than I remember) so instead y'all get...

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*trolls off to work on canon!draco/slytherin research and ootp!rantings*

Am in love with Nimbus.

Am also in serious lust with my swanky, expensive-ass Swan hotel room (and my internet access... obviously). I keep trying to figure out ways to take the beds home with me. :p

Also, my fears of wandering solo mission through the entire conference were completely put to rest as I've met many lovely people (though, surprisingly, not yet a person whose handle I recognize ;p) including the ISPOL girls who are absolutely fabulous. I hung with them for most of the night and had a fabulous time.

So, so, so, so worth the trip just for the sheer of novelty of having sat outside and had someone to bitch about the 2nd movie with. ^_^

*trolls off to bed*

Right.

So, I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean today at the movie theater (which kicked much ass by the way, yahoo for pirates ^_-). Could have done without the love story since it was rather ho-hum, but that's probably just me. Still, this was definitely the most fun movie I've seen in a long time. (X2 was also fun, but in a completely different "squealing and chuckling because I'm a big comic book geek" kind of way.) Was tickled pink by the recreated scenes since I grew up in S. California and so Disneyland was the big vacation spot for us. It kind of makes me wish I was going to have time (or the money for that matter) to take in a couple hours at Disney World while I'm in Orlando. *sighs* The other surprisingly cool thing about the movie was Johnny Depp. For some reason I always forget just how good an actor Johnny Depp is. It probably has something to do with the fact that every time I see him all I can think of is this ridiculous story my ex told me about him.

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Ya know, I've always heard jokes about how men have a habit of staring at a woman's breasts when they're talking to her, but I had never actually experienced it first-hand until today. All three fellas who served me at the movie theater (the ticket seller, taker, and concession stand guy) were all extremely polite... to my breasts. There was no subtlety in it (if there was I probably would have missed it altogether), it was all done in that very slapstick comic, no-bones-about-it ogling kind of way.

The ticket taker was kind enough to let my breasts know that we were to go to theater eight (which was rather appropriate, I suppose, since they do kind of lead the way) and the concession stand guy was nice enough to ask my breasts if they were sure they didn't want the larger popcorn for a dollar more (which made me wonder if he didn't think they could afford to put on a few pounds). ^_- It was actually pretty damn funny. (Plus it made me wonder if if I put on a swirly shirt and told them to 'look into my breasts' whether I might be able to hypnotize them into giving me their wallets. ^_^) I do have to wonder though if they weren't doing some sort of research experiment. I mean, come on, I wasn't wearing a low-cut top, my breasts aren't that damn impressive, and three guys in a row is a bit too much for coincidence. ^^;;

Right... so... in case you haven't guessed by the rambling nature of this post. I'm tooling around putting off this whole washing clothes and packing thing until the last possible second. I am aware of the fact that I have to be at the airport at 2pm tomorrow. I'm even aware of the fact that I have to go to work and class up until that time, but that doesn't make this whole 'wash your damn clothes' thing look any more appealing. So... I shall continue to loaf about and put it off. I am the last minute man. -.-

Messed about with the <http://www.celebmatch.com/>Celebmatch</a> thing. Apparently my best match is Lou Bega (yeah, the Mambo No.5 guy... kill me now.). Will now do utmost to wipe entire Celebmatch experience from my memory.

Also, took the Dante's Inferno Test because... yeah... there was a test and that was just reason enough to take it. Apparently I fit well into most hells, though I fit best in Level 3. I am a glutton. Har de har har. :)

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Third Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Very High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	High

Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test

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Oy vey. Well, it's definitely been awhile, hasn't it?

I guess I just haven't had much to say for a while. I could explain my absence, but since I've already done so in the comments section of my last post and I don't really feel like going into it all again or anything that's happened in the weeks since, I'll just leave it at that.

So, right, on to things which have nothing whatsoever to do with that.

First off, Nimbus 2003, which I'm actually pretty excited about. (Even though I'm going to be one of those lonely chicks wandering about on her own since I've been out of the fandom loop for so long that I'm not even rightly sure who is and isn't going. -.-) Still, it should be much the coolness with all the lectures and special events and such. If nothing else, it should at the very least be an excellent exercise in patience as I decided to take my mother along with me (at least as far as the hotel, she isn't the least bit interested in Harry Potter anything) mainly to give my sister and my mother a nice break from each other.

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So, right, back to the show.

As it pertains to fan fiction... which I have been writing, if somewhat sporadically. Just haven't been much in the mood to write at all until very recently (as in the past two weeks or so recently) and so not much got done at all from about late March until now. Pathetic, but true.

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And for you (few and beloved) people who read something other than my Harry Potter stuff...

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Okay, I was going to ramble about OotP, because it deserves a good ramble. However, since it's about 3am and I have to get up for class in about... oh... four hours or so, I'm going to close this out and romp off to finish up some more homework so I can go hit the sack. ^_^


Edited to Say: Almost forgot. I've slapped up three of the short stories that I wrote during the... uh... more interesting portions of the past couple months. I haven't actually updated my site or anything of that nature, but since I'm updating my lj I figure I should contribute something to the fan fiction pool even though it isn't much (or terribly notable at that). *shrugs*

Pink Elephants (Was supposed to be my submission to Nasalley, if I remember rightly, but all things being equal and circumstances being what they were for me at the time, it somehow managed to get lost in the proverbial wash and was never submitted. There's a big long story behind that, actually, but it basically boils down to 'I am a ridiculous moron who does not check her mail carefully or often enough'.) Anyway, it's actually... well... it's rather... er... fluffy. Which is somwhat disturbing as I am not a big fluff-writing fiend, but there you are. DracoxHarry.

Supporting Role... Um, don't ask. Just don't ask. Marcus Flint monologue piece. Odd, but true. I was actually really, really happy with how this one turned out even though it is a little strange and unusual. ;) MarcusxOliver. Very slight DracoxHarry. Why? Because I can.

The War... for which there is no excuse. I've been calling it the the pity party piece. It's just that over-the-top dark/dismal/depressing. We're talking AI (the Spielberg movie w/h the Sixth Sense kid) depressing here. Ick, ick, ick. Very mild DracoxHarry. Harry first-person perspective.

So, am lazy bastard and reading new book when I have many, many other things I should be doing. And, because I am a big dork, I had to take a moment to share my joy.

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*goes back to reading*

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Plans for the today's self-imposed confinement:

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In other news, in the world of Battle Monkeys, I am heap big tough. :)

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That is all. :)