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.

Nosebleed?

(No not the perverted kind...)

And suddenly I'm reminded of the time I was playing TWEWY at Courgy-chan's house and Kat-chan looked over my shoulder and said, "Nosebleed?" because that's what it looked like it said when it actually was saying "Noise Erased" after a battle...That was interesting....

Anyway, not much of an update here, but there's a bit.
My mom got home from the hospital yesterday (I may or may not have told you this). She's pretty okay. She just has really bad headaches and she can't take any ibuprofin or anything because that would maker her ulcers worse...but other than that she's fine and she'll be back to normal in a couple weeks!!

Yesterday, I also worked on my Oblivion keyblade. I finished papier mache-ing the other side and now I just have to figure out the chain and then I can paint it!! I feel so accomplished!!

And now to the title of my post (This is kinda gruesome. Squeamish readers may want to stop reading now...)
Today, we had a practice session for setting up tents for the Creation Festival (so we know how to put tents up, how many people will fit in the tents, whether there are pieces missing, etc.) Kat-chan came, too, because she will be coming to Creation with us (Yay!!) and we had a tough time sometimes...but we got everything figured out.
Kat-chan came back to my house afterward and she, my brother, and I all stayed outside catching fireflies. Twas fun X3. Then, my bro and I started to do the sibling wrestling/dueling thing. My brother brings out stuff from the shed and starts wacking me with them (just playfully, but sometimes it actually hurt) So we decided that we should just use pool noodles because they are much less dangerous than the other things he was bringing out. So he starts wacking me in the face with it (it really hurt and I had that kinda reverberating pain you get before a nosebleed) I tell him to stop and say, "Dude, you're gonna give me a nosebleed!" and sure enough, my nose started pouring blood down my face within seconds. I ran inside and tried to find a sink because I had blood all over my hands and face and in my mouth. I looked in the mirror and it looked like I had just come out of a movie fight after being punched in the face (blood running from nose into my mouth and I had blood just covering my teeth and it was just discusting and scary).

Anyway, who knew you could actually get hurt with a pool noodle? They sound so friendly and innocent!!

That is all. No school tomorrow!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Squid!
~otaku-chan

PS: So zetta slow!!

We saved a cow XD XD XD

Really random, but Pablo (my kitty) just came out from behind my bedside table/cabinet, scaring the crap out of me! I swear my animals have secret portals that they use under beds and behind cabinets to get from one room to the next...Its really quite scary...

Anyway, on to the actual purpose of this post, as with most posts: UPDATES!! Yay!

So, my mom is still in the hospital, but the good news is that we know what's wrong!!! She apparently has multiple stomach ulcers caused by a medicine she was taking. Fortunately, stomach ulcers are completely curable and she should completely back to normal in a few weeks. We were hoping she would be able to come home today, but that didn't happen because they want to observe for a little while longer if it hurts her to eat. I'm not really scared for her so much any more as I am just simply missing her being here. I've had to play Mommy the last couple days for my little brother and sister (my dad has been with my mom at the hospital from morning to 10:30ish at night). So I have to feed them and entertain them and comfort them and eventually put them to bed (which is made all the much harder when you have to tell a crying child who misses her mother that it will be you putting them to bed again tonight...I almost broke down myself a couple times, but I've tried to keep myself strong in front of the kids. I've also been straightening up the house every day so that my mom won't have to come home to a mess and be even more stressed out...And all of this is EXTREMELY exhausting. You never reallize how much your parents do for you until you have to do if for others! I will have to give my mom and dad hugs and thank them when all this is over :)
And thank you Katherine and Kristen for commenting on my last post! Your comments really cheered me up ^w^
And, to answer your question Kat-chan, Riku has a blindfold because he is becoming one with his inner darkness in order to exploit the power of oblivion. Plus, when he takes off the blindfold, he morphs into Ansem -- Ansem just isn't as pretty as Riku ToT

 So, today, I actually had some help with the kids and dinner when my grandmother came over with pizza and she took me and the kids to the park and then for water ice. At the water ice place, she tried to convince the guy behind the counter that they should have senior pricing to attract all the grandmother's and grandchildren (I'm not sure she realized that he has absolutely no control over the policies of the store...)
Then, on the way home, we drove past this farm and the cows were escaping through a broken fence and right onto the road! Oh noes!! So, we turned around and into the driveway of the farm owner to let them know their cows are escaping and they were listening to loud music, so we were banging away on the door and honking the car horn and eventually the guy comes out and sees his cows escaping and runs off to get them! Then, we drove out and my grandmother called the police to let them know that there are cows on the road and to put up some kind of traffic barrier or something. So we saved a cow, today!!

When we got home, we saw fireflies all over the hill, so my brother, sister, Gracie (my demon-corgi-dog), and I all went out and chased fireflies (yes, I am 17 and I still like to catch lightning bugs XD). So that was fun. Gracie kept trying to chase my brother. Twas very funny ^^

And way back to the beginning of the day (I'm not exactly going in sequential order here...) It was our LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! w00t!!! hyuu-hyuu!!
I'm so glad that I may actually be able to sleep in!!! And I am now officially a senior in high school!!!!!

Today, in school, I spent time doing pretty much nothing. My Chem and Calc finals were yesterday (and they went fine. They were actually kinda easy...) and those were my last finals, so I was done with tests and just had study hall today!!!! I spent my time listening to music, thinking of what I need to get done this summer, listing jobs I want to apply to, and drawing pictures. Here are the pictures I drew today (and the ones that I said I drew before, but didn't get to putting them up):

 

So, this picture is Rhyme from TWEWY. She is very cute (and this IS a girl, though I didn't know that until about halfway through the first week when Shiki refers to Rhyme as "she")

 

Sho Minamimoto...he's an interesting guy...X3

 

Another picture of Sho, but just kinda chibified and with his catch phrases and lots of pi...

 

Just a random sketch of a kid holding a stuffed animal that I for some reason turned into Mr. Mew (animated stuffed animal that Shiki fights with in TWEWY)

That's all for the pictures right now. 

Now for other random stuffs. Creation is just about a week and a half away!!! So excited! And I will definitely be posting pictures afterwords (if my mom allows me to use her camera -- the ocean killed my camera last summer at the beach...) and I'll probably post a long post about the stuff, too XD XD XD

 And the english trailer came out for KH: Birth By Sleep!!!!

Aqua's voice is rather annoying, but I could probably get used to it eventually. The game looks awesome!! And who is that guy in the Organization coat (when the Organization is not supposed to exist yet)?!?!

Another random thing. I'm thinking of getting a drastic change in my hair and I don't know if I can do it (I really want to, but I don't know if I'll chicken out...) I'm thinking of dying my hair red -- like a deep, darkish, maybe-brownish kinda red, not orange-ish red. Not that I don't like orange-ish red hair (aka natural redhead hair), it would look horrible with my complexion. I can't pull off natural redhead (or blond, but that's really not relevent). I think it would be awesome for my hair to be...less boring. Its just straight and brunette right now. And not even cool brunette. Its like medium brown hair, with my eyes also being brown--though my eyes are a much darker shade of brown. They're almost black and I love my eye color, but I could do with a change in hair color). Anway, I think it would be really cool and I'd also want to get a kind of emo-style haircut, like this:

I think it would be cool. What do you think? (More aimed at Kat and Rachel who actually know me and what I look like, so they would be able to make more informed opinions...)

Well, I believe that is all...And for some reason, I just lost the game...
Anyway...
Squid!
<3 Otaku-chan

PS: I had a pastry. Twas Noms X3

*Sigh*

Mixed feelings about today.

I guess I'll do bad news first to get it out of the way. My mom is in the hospital right now. She went to the ER earlier today because she thought she had a kidney stone (she's had one before, so she probably knows what one feels like). So she went and found out that they couldn't actually find any kidney stones...So then they took tests (CAT scan and all that) and they ruled out any major concerns they had that it might be...So now we have no idea what's going on because she's in A LOT of pain, but we don't know why. I'm a little worried...She still in the hospital (staying overnight)...So, Kat and Rachel, I may not be able to do lunch tomorrow :(

Anyway, enough bad stuff. Now for good news stuff!
It was our first half-day (of three) today! 2 more half-days and we're done!!! w00t!!!
I had my English and Anatomy finals today. Ugh. They were hard, but I studied for about 3-4 hours yesterday, so I think I actually did okay. Those were my two hardest finals. Tomorrow is Calculus and Chemistry, which won't be too bad. In Calc we can work with partners and use notes and everything, so its not gonna be hard. In Chemisty, Mr. S is letting us use a cheat sheet, which can be one full size sheet of paper front and back, full of whatever we want to put on it. I can fit a lot on a sheet of paper, so I think I'll be OK X3.

Hmmm...In otaku-related stuff:
I drew some more pictures, but didn't feel like scanning them in, so I'll put them up in my next post.
Kat-chan, I have decided that you may have Sephiroth. You fangirl over him a lot more than I do. My fangirling is more like, 'I want him on my team because whoever he's against dies...' So you may have full claim over Sephy X3
And I am officially adding to my list:
Neku (emo psychic person who I've decided is Darth Vader...he does the whole force choke thing and all)



Joshua (total creeper, especially when he says things like "Good job, Neku..." *creepy laugh* -- you can't understand the full essence of joshua's creepiness without hearing him say it...X3)



Sho Minamimoto (math nerd. says things like "You factoring son of a digit!!" -- and yes, he is cursing you out in math-speak...)



They are all from The World Ends With You -- the DS game that I started talking about in my last post. Here is the official trailer to give a little preview of its awesomeness:



Its a really awesome game!! I'll have to lend to at least one person in my group of friends...maybe Courgy-chan because I'll be lending Rachel Kingdom Hearts II. Or maybe Kat-chan if you want to play it?? (I'd lend you my DS, too, if you need it X3)

Anyway, I also completed an AMV a couple days ago and just posted it on YouTube today:



It was a very random idea I had a while back and never got to finishing the AMV until now. I am not trying to promote any pairings or anything. I just used whatever clips worked--which turned out mostly to be Xion...Though the Roxas at the beginning was accidental -- originally, I had planned to do a bunch of hot characters in the video, so Roxas' clip ended up there and it looked like he was lip-synching the words and it was funny, so I kept it X3-- I added something at the end for Kat-chan as well XD

I'm working on another AMV that is doing pretty well so far for only working on it for about 30 minutes last night! I'm not going to say what it is, its a surprise!! Dundundun - suspense!!! >w<

Hmmm....I think I wanted to say something else but can't remember what it was....I added some TWEWY (The World Ends With You) songs to my playlist. Because they're awesome. They're not really my normal taste but they're cool nonetheless!
That's not really what I forgot to say...but I still can't remember what it actually was that I had to say, so I guess....
Yeah...
That's all!
I got to finish actually making the cheat-sheet thing for Chem...
Squid!

~otaku-chan~