Sunday, March 21, 2004

I love lemon cake.

Current Mood: lazy Listening To: Clocks - Coldplay Time: 12:40 PM Eastern I haven't been on too much lately, but I'm still around. I blame part of that on my sudden lack of creativity. The last couple posts I've done just haven't seemed good enough and it's really starting to irritate me. Especially since I've sort of got this RPG I'm working on. As you can imagine, this dry spell isn't helping. Friday and Saturday I had a tea party sort of thing to go to, which was why I needed to buy a skirt Thursday. Natalie and I searched around a couple stores, to no avail, before finally heading over to Dilliards. There I found a few different ones, tried them all on, and decided that I liked this really purple, 60's-ish skirt. It went about knee-length and it had these giant pleats in it. Pretty cute, definitely different, so all in all, good enough for me. Only thing was, it didn't have a tag. So when I took it to the lady behind the counter, she told me that I'd have to find another one like it with a tag or she couldn't sell it to me. Couldn't, or wouldn't? That's the real question. Anyway, I knew there wasn't another one, but we searched for it anyway. I went back to her empty-handed and asked if she could check their inventory or something, and she confirmed what I'd already thought - the tag was the only way to look up the skirt. Now, I understand she has to follow rules and all that, but let's think about it. First of all, it was the only skirt of its kind left. Second, it had no tag. Meaning, that even if she did sell it to me, nobody would ever know. Third, by not selling it, they're just adding to their inventory. And I was under the impression that extra inventory was bad - by selling me the skirt, they could wouldn't have to worry about it later, and they'd have the money they needed. But she didn't sell it to me, and so that's why she's a whore. Especially since this lady had been pretty rude the entire time - she ignored me for ten minutes as a stood there with a bunch of skirts in my arms, she talked to her friend who was standing there with her (not doing anything), and she snapped at some girl coming out of the changing rooms so she could check the number she brought out with her. Shopping on a deadline always makes me cranky. The tea party went very nicely though, and as it turns out, I'm exceedingly glad I did not buy that skirt - the one I found later was way cooler. So things have a way of working out, no matter how unpleasant they may be. Remember this, young ones. Also saw Master and Commander last night at the SLB. I love that movie, although I know quite a few people who don't. But I think it's wonderful and historical and it makes me happy, so that's all that matters. Nyah to you nay-sayers. Today, I'm hoping to go see Alice In Wonderland at one of the theatres here on campus, but I don't know where the theatre is, so we'll just see how that goes, heh. After that, I have no idea what I'm doing. Perhaps some studying or homework.... yeah. That is all. And I want a moment to be real Wanna touch things I don't feel Wanna hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change They're the ones that stay the same They don't know me Cause I'm not here

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Thursday, March 18, 2004

Megan's Lab Adventures

Current Mood: .... Listening To When You Cry - Vertical Horizon Time: 10:09 PM As I'm sure you can guess, I had my astronomy lab tonight. I have it every Thursday, from 8-10 PM, and it's a real pain in the ass to go back to class that late at night. I don't like it, and it doesn't really help that some of the stuff is just weird. Our TA doesn't know what he's doing. That, or he just doesn't care, heh. I've been doing good, though, so that's all that matters. But anyway. Tonight, we had a bit of a field trip to Silver Lake. This is the lake that I went to during the first semester and had a bonfire at; the SoCo concert weekend. Out there, it's pitch black and the sky is completely lit up with stars. Very cool stuff. Except, me and my lab partner McCrae got there an hour late, because the directions were bad and everything was dark and confusing. There's a spot where the road ends and it's a dirt road the rest of the way down. Well, we were apparently supposed to make a sharp left at that point, but because the paper we had was fuzzy with that, we kept driving. And that dirt road was crazy. So many bumps. Almost hit a possum. I think that might be the first time I've ever seen a live one. And I must also point out that I now understand why they all end up as roadkill - you do not walk towards fast moving bright lights, buddy. That's bad. So anyway, we went all the way down that dirt road until it turned into pavement again, which was obviously not supposed to happen. So we turned and went all the way back, and finally went down the right road and came upon the parking lot where everybody else was. At 8:55-ish. Just a tad bit late. By this time, McCrae desperately needed to use the bathroom, and as you can imagine, there wasn't one readily available out in the middle of nowhere. So, while I rummaged through her car for jackets (cause it was cold), she declared that it was "time to get back to nature" and disappeared for a couple minutes behind some trees. Eventually, we got to the telescopes, wandered around mindlessly, copied down some stuff, looked at some planets and a spiral galaxy (I saw Saturn and her rings, which was pretty cool), before George (the TA, who is Greek, by the way) told us that we could finish up the lab and bring it to him sometime next week, before our next class. So basically, I'm just going to BS my way through the rest of it. Sounds good to me. I would love to tell you all about my splendid shopping adventures today (especially that stupid, stupid whore who wouldn't let me buy my skirt), but I've got a terrible headache and an eight o'clock math class in the morning that I must get sleep for, so this is ciao for now. Someone holds me, safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memory

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Wednesday, March 17, 2004

I support Coca Cola and world domination.

Current Mood: A little sleepy, but refreshingly so. Listening To: Perfect World - Escaflowne, "For Lovers Only" Time: 7:59 PM Eastern Vanilla Coke is so yummy. I lurve eet. I just woke up, heh. Last night I didn't get a whole lot of sleep cause I stayed up to talk to people, which was all well and good, but I need to choose better days for that. Like, today. When I don't have class until 12:30 tomorrow. See how this works? Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better. There were earlier plans to make some homemade pizza crap and do salad, but they pretty much fell through, so I figured a nap was definitely in order. I slept for a few hours. I don't remember when exactly I went to sleep. But I do remember having some funky-ass dreams. Good times, man. Because I went to sleep, though, I don't really remember what happened today. Heh, it's sort of blurry... and I have to keep asking myself if it really happened, or maybe it was just another snippet from my dream. Who, besides Sennen, knows about or has watched Witch Hunter Robin? I need some feedback about it for a ... project ... Yes. lol So who got lucky today? Anybody? If you didn't, it's probably because you weren't wearing green. Tis the season, you know. Some may have noticed, but I finally updated Laeth E'Thae. It's the RPG that just can't die, heh. Although it's a little shorter than I'd like it to be, I did have a few aside notes to make (which I'm a little uncomfortable about, for one reason or another), so anybody remotely interested should go take a look. I'd link to it, but I've momentarily forgotten how to do that. Hopefully, though, I can get some more posting done tonight. I'd like to revive Paranoia, and I feel guilty for not posting more in FF:CC, even though Ascencia can't really interact a whole lot right now. That, and Ellie and I have been talking forever about starting up in Zubedia's Gold again, just for kicks. Cause it's not like we don't do enough already. Naturally. I like ESPN. They're a funny bunch. I watch it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday when I go to get breakfast after math. I'm actually thrilled that they keep it on all the time at the RFOC - it was one of things that I really missed about not being able to watch TV. That, and West Wing, The Sopranos, and the occasional AdultSwim. Sometimes I wish I watched more anime. Le sigh. Happy St. Patti's Day, you beautiful people, you. Kiss me, I'm Irish! Today's Disney Quote: He's a tramp, he's a rover And there's nothing more to say If he's a tramp, he's a good one And I wish that I could travel his way

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Tuesday, March 16, 2004

"I am Sydney Bristow."

Current Mood: Relaxed Listening To: Apocalypse Please - Muse That's what my roommate said to me this morning. She brought the first season of Alias back with her after spring break and now I'm officially her Alias-watching partner. Which isn't entirely bad, since I've always sort of wanted to see it. It's the whole spy thing, I'm pretty sure. That, and Michael Varten is gorgeous. So that's what I'll be watching as of late, in between other things. I'm really hoping I can talk her into going to Blockbuster (or, preferably, to a good video store) so I can rent the Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, if it's out. I'd like to see them, especially since James has been talking amost none-stop about the different themes in them. That sort of stuff just rocks my socks, so it'll be fun. Yesterday, we went grocery shopping, and I had to buy some pens for class because I'm just about out. You have to understand, though, I have no willpower against school supplies. I love shopping for that sort of stuff. I don't know why, I can't explain the eccentricies of my mind, but I love it all the same. Especially... notebooks. Give me journals, composition books, anything with paper in it, and I go nuts. I have a collection of journals and notebooks that I write in. I don't even finish them off.. I just keep going, like the energizer bunny. And each notebook has a specific pen type. I can't write in my journal, for instance, with anything but one of those Pilot G-2 pens. The kind that writes really smoothly and doesn't bleed. And I always write in cursive in there. In a different journal, however, it's all purely stories, and I have to have a ball-point pen for that. The color of the ink usually doesn't matter. So you see, I'm nuts with that. Absolutely bonkers. So when I went and bought those pens - the Pilot Precise kind, where you can see the ink in them - I immediately started looking at notebooks. And it's been such a long time since I last bought one. It's like an addiction, and I decided that it was time to feed it. I ended up buying two of the same notebook, just in different colors. The cover on both is sort of transparent, with a silver sun on the front, but one is white and one is light blue. I'm not a big fan of light blue (or most blues in general), but it looks nice. I felt extremely satisfied. Beyond my apparent obsessive-compulsive tendencies, I've been all right. I've kind of had a constant headache, which is not too cool, but I can't say I didn't expect it. That always happens when I go back to school after a long break. Go figure. As many people have noted previously, the Adventure Arena is really shaping up nicely, and since V7 went up, I've noticed a few people who have sort of stepped up since then - people like Cyriel, Sage, and Undefeated. They all seem to have strong, stable writing skills and are creative enough, but most notably, they move the plot forward. That's not something a lot of people do - which is something that I can at least understand. Moving the story in any one direction is unfortunately made to seem sort of control-freakish and a lot of people seem really hesitant to take any sort of lead; it's easier to sit back and sort of follow the leader, so to speak, then take the risk. And that's primarily why a lot of stories die off - nobody is willing to push it forward. Of course, there's also the few who have always been good, dependable RPGers within the Arena. Lynx and Wondershot have been around forever, it seems, and it really shows. Their characters are always thought-out and they bring a lot to whatever story they're currently writing in. Wondershot especially seems to have an endless supply of ideas. They don't always fly for one reason or another, but he doesn't stop trying, and that's a very admirable trait. On another note, it's interesting to watch the trends in the Arena change over time. When I first joined, there were a ton of fantasy based RPGs. Lots of magic and heroism and the good vs. the bad sort of stories. Then Kill Adam appeared, and revolutionized RPGs. The ratings went up (not always with the quality) and a ton of mob-like stories were created. As that faded out, a backlash of more light, comedic stories came in. There have also been a lot of Final Fantasy related RPGs in the last month or so, as well. It's just a lot of fun to watch and speculate about what will be the next big theme. That's my two cents for today, I suppose. After thinking about all of that, though, I've got the sudden urge to write down a whole bunch of new ideas, so I think I'll do just that. I just feel so inspired! Happy day! Note: I can't believe no one got my Disney quote. I know it probably wasn't one of the more popular films, but still, I thought somebody would know it. Le sigh. Here's the new, easier one, then: The future is littered with prizes And though I'm the main addressee The point that I must emphasize is You won't get a sniff without me

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Monday, March 15, 2004

Epiphany!

Current Mood: Day-dreaming Listening To: Nature Boy - David Bowie Time: 5:22 PM (I can't believe it's almost 5:30 already. o_O Where the hell did the day go?) Getting up for math in the morning just isn't fun at all, but I do it. I pull myself out of bed and I go forth to yonder classroom and work equations. I want an award now. Somebody praise me. Give me ice cream. Actually, we've desperately got to go grocery shopping tonight, as I'm sure the rest of Tallahassee does. But I'll be damned if I don't get my pretzels. I have a mad craving for them, like a pregnant woman on crack. I can almost taste them, and it's horrible. My brain is slowly but surely melting into a puddle of goo. I got a lot done today, although most of it actually had nothing to do with my classes at all. I did get to the boards, and I did some mod stuff over there. The Adventure Arena is really cleaning itself up well - there's still the occasional new guy to talk to, but for the most part, everybody finally gets it. I'm happy with the quality turning out, but of course, there's always more room for improvement. So move! *whip crack* ...eheh heh, just joshin' ya'll. I did my housing stuff for next year, too. I don't exactly adore my dorm, but I figure next year I have a better chance of getting a good, clean room in a nice dorm. And right now, it's easier to stay on campus then get an apartment off campus. That, and I don't have a job. An apartment pretty much entitles me getting a job, and while I plan to get one this summer, that's money that I'll be saving for car insurance and gas and other useful things. And if things go the way I want them to, I'll be overseas junior year. Of course, that's still a ways off. We'll just have to wait and find out. There's some sort of crazy tea party that I have to go shopping for Friday and Saturday. Yeah, it's a two day tea party. I don't know, I don't really know what's going on, but it enables me to go shopping for some nice clothes, so I'm okay with it. Just going with the flow. Keeping it real. Yup. Okay, as weird as it sounds, I actually missed my astrology class over break. Not at first, but the last couple days, I was thinking about it. In general, Tuesdays and Thursdays are my favorite days. I get to sleep in, I like both my classes (Astro and US History), and they just generally feel easier than the rest of the week. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I'm done before noon, which is nice, but getting up for them isn't so great. And math kind of ruins everything. Everything! I've been adding a dramatic flair to everything I've said all day. It's been sort of fun, and it's been keeping me sane, what with these weird cravings and the headache that won't quite go away. That, and I've got some wonderfully funky music to keep me company. It's starting to lean towards the soft, instrumental, story type of melodies... but hey, I'm not complaining. Beck does this version of Bowie's Diamond Dogs that I really like. I should buy one of Beck's CDs.. I've always sort of liked him, but I've also always been too lazy to do anything about it. Anybody have any suggestions? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? All right, 10 points if you know what this is from and you're NOT Tony: If there's a prize for rotten judgement, I guess I've already won that. No man is worth the aggravation - that's ancient history, been there, done that.

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Sunday, March 14, 2004

There and back again.

Current Mood: Exhausted Listening To: Nothing Time: 10:58 PM Eastern Today was the worst day for a long drive. The traffic wasn't horrible, but it was definitely a little slow in patches, and weather-wise, it was nice enough, even though I don't recommend driving after sunset to anyone (especially after you've been in the car for a few hours). But god almighty, the trip back to Tallahassee today was the slowest, longest one yet - it was just awful. Part of that was because I just wasn't in the mood to be in a car for four and a half hours. I also spent the first two hours trying to doze off so I wouldn't feel so carsick. It was also crowded in that car. There were three of us, which isn't bad at all, except that the trunk was full and the back seat was half way there. The guy who sat behind me was tall, too, so my seat was pushed up and I couldn't really stretch out. Which sucked a lot of ass. I should have sat in the back and given the front seat to him. I'm little, I can handle it. We eventually made it, though, so praise Allah for that. Although there's no way in hell I'm unpacking tonight. Screw that. I'm going to bed. Got math in the morning, after all. (*grumble, grumble*) Spring Break, however, was quite lovely. I had a wonderful week, and I did eventually make it to the beach. It was a blast, even after many close encounters on the road there. I'm telling you, you can't trust a Semi. We'll just leave it at that. I also went with my friend to the tattoo place and morallly supported her while she got one done. Actually, it really didn't hurt her at all, apparently - a couple spots hurt, she said, but overall it wasn't anything really bad. She got a dragon on her ankle and it looks pretty cool, if I do say so myself. The guy doing it was also really cool. We had some fun conversations about movies and Europe - not something you'd exactly expect from that kind of establishment, but it just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by its cover. Or some crap like that. My ear is also much better, for those who wanted to know. Which I'm glad for, because it really is starting to grow on me. Still can't sleep on it, though. Since I'm still tres fatigue, I'm going to bed now. Hopefully I'll be able to play catch-up in the following days and get back into things. How can the world want me to change? They're the ones that stay the same.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

No fear me!

Current Mood: Energetic Listening To: Drive - Incubus Time: 11:15 PM First of all, Snyder's of Hanover Sourdough Nibblers are the best pretzels in the entire world. Represent. Second of all, I'm getting sick of not being able to sleep on my ear, and it's only been under two days since I first got it pierced. And it's sort of red and swelling a little, and I don't know if I should be worried or not. I don't want to take it out and have the hole close up and waste the money, but I also don't want to lose my ear ... so we'll see. Third of all, my mother clearly does not trust me behind the wheel of anything that has four wheels and an engine. I could be behind a freakin' tank and she wouldn't let me drive across the street. And it's really starting to piss me off. I mean, I can understand why - I do, I really do. But that only takes me so far, and I'm officially past being nice about it. Message to Mother: For the love of God, GET OVER IT. There is no fourth. I haven't thought that far ahead. But so far my week's been mighty fine. Obviously I have not been on a lot. When I come home, I just don't get on that much. Before college, actually, I was hardly ever on at all, if you can believe that. Still haven't gone to the beach yet, and it's starting to irritate me. Partly because of the said problem with my mother, and also just because I've been wanting to go for a month now. Spring Break was made for the beach. For sand and water and waves and frisbee. I haven't found my bathing suit yet, either. Freaking-A. Trivial Pursuit makes me feel like an idiot. Unless it's Disney Trivial Pursuit, and then I can hold my own pretty well. I did some shopping, too, when me mother and sistah and moi all went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure yesterday after they both got done with work and school. It was fun, and I maintain that Spider-man kicks ass and Jaws is still my favorite ride over in the original park. The Men In Black ride is so fun, though. I beat all of them by 70,000 points in that. Total ownage, fo'shizzle. I think I'll check the boards.. and then play some Sims. Tee hee!

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Sunday, March 7, 2004

Meh.

Updates, for people who aren't me: So today was slightly eventful. My sister, Babs, and I went to the mall and hung out and all that. We had some fun in Fredricks of Hollywood, then went over to Hot Topic so that Babs could get this blue hair dye she likes. That store smells sort of funny. I don't know if it's just me, or if it's the clothes, or whatever, but it's a distinct smell. Anyway, here's the important part: Hot Topic has a bunch of nintendo shirts. I saw one with a green, one-up mushroom and I almost peed my pants. It was clearly the high-light of my day (which is also sort of sad). I ended up buying a very cool looking Legends of Zelda t-shirt. Booyah. I'm exceedingly happy with it, and I might possibly go back for more. We'll see. I also got my ear pierced. Again. Well, I have the normal piercings, and now I've got the cartilidge pierced on the right one. It really didn't hurt - I'm not sure why people say it does. It looks sort of nifty though, and even in the event that I decide I hate it, I can always just take it out. No big deal. I'm tired now, though. Lazy feeling. Not social. I'm going to try and get to the boards and update or whatever, but I make no promises. First things first, though - I need to get me something for this god-awful headache. "I like you. When the world is mine, you shall have a quick and painless death."

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Saturday, March 6, 2004

BWA HA HA HA HA!!

Current Mood: Tee hee hee. Listening To: Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel Time: 12:11 PM Eastern time The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful. So far, Spring Break has been lovely, though I can see myself not getting on quite as often. You'll all have to live without my constant and inspiring presence for awhile. I have faith in you - you can do it. If it gets hard, just repeat these four little words to yourself: I think I can, I think I can.. But yeah, went bowling last night. I don't even remember what my scores were - they weren't good, though, I can assure you that. We went during the rock and roll bowl, so there were a bunch of fun games and that going on. The one was "Spread 'Em and Sweep 'Em", and the object of the game was to bowl a strike through somebody's elses legs. You know what, that's a lot harder than it looks. The prize was a free game, but needless to say, we didn't get it. We got close more than once, though. Four times actually. Four times there was only one pin standing. I'm almost sure now that they cheated. The jerks. Today, I'm not sure what's going on, but I just cleaned some windows. Whoo! I might end up getting a new bathing suit. Since my other one is missing the bottom. Which, you'd think, would make me happy, but it's only a tiny bit refreshing. I loved that bathing suit. It was perfect. It's freaking hard to find the perfect bathing suit. Swiggity swiggity swa. I ended up sleeping on the couch, though, cause my bed is a mess. >_> I need to fix that; this couch thing isn't going to fly for a week. If I could pull a Tony, I would, since he is infinitely cooler than I am, but I'm thinking I'll be giving into the mattress soon. Dumb, stupid mattress. All right, I'm going to go frolick outside and pick wild flowers and play basketball and other such stuff. My shot so needs some work. "And we played the first thing that came to our heads and it just so happened to be the best song in the world!

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Thursday, March 4, 2004

Oh happy day!

Current Mood: Cheerful Listening To: "Be Prepared" - The Lion King Time: 4:28 PM Eastern Time These last couple days have been surprisingly great, despite a few significant events here and there. But I woke up feeling good, though a little tired (eheh heh), and the day was sort of cloudy, but there was still blue sky and warm weather and that's always a positive thing. Plus, there's this breeze going, and it always messes with my hair, but in that delightful, movie-esque way. I feel like skipping. That, and I got a freaking -A on my astronomy test! I'm officially the smartest person in the world! Screw the rest of you!! Yeah. Moving on. Because it's so gorgeous, I'm going out to the green. Oh yes. Maybe I'll edit this later. Maybe.

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