Randomosity

Sooo....news...
1. I went to my grandparent's house today! It was cool. They have a pool, so we hung out in the pool for a while. Then we ate snacks. My dad kept squirting me with this squirt gun thing (which was shaped like a squid! How awesome is that!!) Sometimes, I think my dad is more of a kid than any of his children :) He's cool, though.
2. Jobs...Ugh...I have applied to about 20 places already (not exaggerating!) So far, I have heard back from only Target...I was rejected :( So very sad...But those stupid applications take FOREVER. I have had to fill out a questionaire for EVERY SINGLE JOB I applied to...They're freaking 45 minutes long each and they're the kind that ask the same questions over and over so they know you're telling the truth!!! Gaaaaahhhhhh!!!! I just hope someone gets back to me or I'm just going to be doing applications all summer!
<--That's my frustrated face...I cry whenever I feel pretty much any emotion at all...its really annoying...

3. On the bright side: CREATION!! Creation Fest is coming up this week!! We're leaving on Wednesday. Its going to be EPIC! And Kat-chan is going to be there -- making it SUPER EPIC! And further adding to the epicness, I saw that the weather is going to be low 70's - 83 degrees with very low chance of rain (only up to 10% on one of the days)!! Dude, that just brings the epicness meter up to ZETTA EPIC!! (Yeah. I said it -- Sho Minamimoto quote there XP) That is super nice weather for Creation (which is a camping and outdoor concert thing) -- Creation's temperatures are normally 80's - 90's and its very sunny there so you feel like you're burning alive, and it usually rains (at least every time I've been there -- last time we went, 2 summers ago, there were such bad thunderstorms that they had to stop one of the concerts and send everyone back to their tents because that stage is like a giant lightning rod -- and to make it better, the person telling the audience actually explained in detail what would happen if lightning hit the stage -- he had the whole area of about 70,000 people panicked...idiot...I'm sorry, but that was just a stupid thing to do...Anyway, back on topic...) Hmmm...where was I? Nice weather! Yeah! So looking forward to Creation!

4. In less exciting but still awesome news:
I've been playing The World Ends With You (which I've probably mentioned in almost every post recently). I'm on the third and final week!! I got from Week Joshua Day 4 to Week Beat Day 5 in the time from last night to today on the ride to my grandparent's house. It was awesome, considering I'd been walking around on Joshua Day 4 for about a week or two -- just because I didn't feel like moving on X3. Joshua's pretty awesome ^^
But anyway, I beat Sho Minamimoto! Yay! (He was quite difficult...I had only about a pixel worth of life left when I leveled up and all my health was renewed!!! It was awesome! Then I proceeded on to beat him up with my renewed energy XD) Woot!
And as a sidenote: Beat is an interesting character...He's so stupid, but so loveable at the same time X3 -- Almost like Zack, but much more stupid and not nearly as epic (though I may be a little biased ;P)

Another random sidenote: Sho is like a squirrel!! In one part of the game (not really a spoiler or anything) There's this big mystery as to where this singer's microphone went. They do an investigation thing and eventually find out that Sho randomly took it. He found it lying there and thought it was pretty cool, so he said something along the lines of "That's zetta cool! I just do a trade!" and he leaves his megaphone where the microphone was and takes the microphone and stashes it in one of his junk piles (which he kind of randomly creates everywhere...) When I saw that happening, two things popped into my head -- "Sho is a freaking squirrel!" and "Equivalent Exchange!" I'm such a nerd....

5. Quite random, but inspired by Sho's squirrelness, I have decided to put some of my favorite Burn Notice quotes in this post:

"For any operative, stashing weapons is second nature after a while. Spies hide guns like squirrels hide acorns. You never know when you'll need some firepower, or where you'll need it."

"When you cant win in a fight, sometimes you have to settle for making sure that if you lose, everyone loses. It works for nuclear weapons, it works for me."

"I remember the time you stole your first car..."

"Disney world? Why in the world would I want to go to Disney World?"
"Because its a magical kingdom with lots of witnesses and great security! Now let's go!"

"As an operative, you get used to being in uncomfortable situations. Whether its resisting interrogation in a foreign prison, fighting guerrilla forces in a tropical jungle or swimming five miles to Miami Beach in your suit pants, its just part of the job."

"I'm more your friendly neighborhood hide-you-cash-from-the-tax-man kinda guy..."

"Like a wedding, an armed extraction is something you have to plan if you want it to go well. And, like a wedding, its not something you want to do twice, which is why you hold a rehearsal before the big day."

"All surveillance devices share a weakness: their machines. When machines break, somebody has to fix them. More spies get caught changing batteries and fixing wires than any other single activity."

"One of the problems with running a criminal conspiracy is that there's no real way to avoid trust issues with your coworkers. If you steal with a guy, he knows you're a thief. If you kill with him, he knows your a killer. Its a serious management issue."

"Do me a favor; drop this off at the loft. I have to go kidnap an explosives expert.
"Good luck with that."

"So the only way to clear my name is to die a violent death...Great..."

"This is the disaster...a coffee maker built in 1967?!"
"...And the food..."

"A good way to get someone to tell you about their security system is to put them on the defensive. Accuse a guy of having bad locks, and before you know it, he's telling you where is motion detectors are."

6. Mah Puppy!!
So the reason we went to my grandparent's house today was to drop off my puppy for them to take care of her while we are at Creation...I miss her already!! I won't see her for almost a week and a half!! So, I have some pictures of her to maybe help me miss her less...

The only pictures I have of her are from the snowstorm back in Febraury...But she looks so CUTE! And even though she's a couple years old now, she'll always be my little puppy like she was when we first got her:

She was so tiny! I mean, that's my sister who was 3 at the time next to the little puffball. And the feet are my older brother's when he was about my age (17).
I MISS YOU, GRACIE!!! :'-(
(I'm such a baby. I luvs my puppy-dog! I hate her not being here if only for a week and a half...I don't know how I'll survive in college >___<)

Anyhow,
Squid peoples!
~otaku-chan

PS: Reminder: Kat-chan, you must read the Creation packet! (If only for the checklist of what to bring -- you don't want to be stuck without something vital! That would majorly suck!) And make sure to bring sneakers that don't hurt to walk in for extended periods of time and cool clothes that are wearable in heat (I'm probably going to be wearing tank tops every day because even a t-shirt can get too hot sometimes). Ummm...just trying to think of things that I remember needing that may or may not be on the list...money (for t-shirts/CDs/etc. --but I think that's on the list), sleeping bag (we will be in tents on the ground, which can be hard sometimes...), probably a sweatshirt and longer pants (the nights may get a little chilly)...that's all I can think of at the moment...

PPS: I'm putting all that for Katherine because you're more likely to read it on here than in your email X3.