Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

I finished Breathe a couple days ago and I've got it edited already as well, ready to go for next Thursday. It came in at 39 pages and 18,641 words, so on par for where most of the Horror High et al fics are coming in these days.

I posted Cornfields two days ago and so far it's not getting a great reception. But I'm used to that; very few of my HHEA fics get more than a passing glance from the fandom. It sucks, but it is what it is. I guess I should have started writing SPN back before the series ended and the fandom effectively died, that's all. (But I wasn't on my ADHD meds back then so I couldn't have even if I'd wanted to. :P)

Right now I'm working on Absolute Devotion, which is the next in line for the post-HH one-shots that I'm working at finishing up. I'm probably about 1/3 done and there are a couple of parts that are bugging me a little but I can tighten it up when I edit it later. *shrug*

I've started recommending a B-Movie in the beginning notes of each of my HHEA fics, it's the last thing I put in so it's at the very end. Just for a lark, really, and to spread the word about "good" B-Movies. In Southern Hospitality I recommended Cocaine Bear, in Cornfields I recommended Black Sheep and in Breathe I'm recommending Primal, and so on. I wish I'd thought of it sooner, I could have recommended like 30 more movies up 'til now if I had. :P

The last couple days I've been watching some new movies, too. The first one was The Bayou, and it was fun because giant angry (drug-fuelled) alligators. Then there was Screamboat, which was a Mickey Mouse horror flick but like... definitely horror comedy. You could have the BEST drinking game if you drank every time one of the characters mentioned a Disney song in casual conversation lol. And then last night I watched Final Destination: Bloodlines, which was pretty good but honestly I only half-watched the last forty-five minutes of it so I probably have to watch it again to form a solid opinion. I got distracted with PSP stuff. Oops.

Lately, on top of my ribs and my back, my feet and legs have been swelling so much that I'm developing stretch lines and even bruises. They're very sore to the touch. It's a circulation thing, so I've started wearing my compression socks again but they aren't doing much to help. Mom says to sit on my bed with my feet up, but then I literally can't do anything. What I need is a Revitive Circulation Booster but they cost like $350 so that's not happening.

Last Wednesday I went in to the Dentist to have a special x-ray taken because ODSP had requested it. It has to do with whether they'll approve my partial dentures or not, and I should have had it done two months ago but the last two months have been such a FUCKFEST between one thing and another I just got to it now. Hopefully ODSP will get back to the Denturist quickly and with a YES because I'm really Goddamned tired of not being able to chew anything. =/

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Dad is doing what he can to figure out how he can help me pay for a storage unit for my stuff, since it looks like the shed on Lois' property isn't going to happen after all. He asked if Mom would be willing to help out and it was like... no. No she won't. She already does a lot for me, really, and if I asked for her help with this, too, she would just get angry. I know I've worn out my welcome here in more ways than one, it just sucks to have it shoved in my face like that in times of need, you know?

Speaking of Mom, she literally just took me out today to buy tomato plants before they're all picked over so that I can plant my tomatoes next weekend (weather withstanding.) Little things. Now I just have to hope the soil in the tomato bins is still good after last year's blight near the end of the season. I dunno, I guess we'll see.

Last night I started a memoir. I titled it "Clowder" and the cover I mocked up for it has Neko on it. It's just going to be me spilling my guts about everything in my life from as early as I can remember until now. I'm really only writing it for myself, so I don't have a real deadline in mind. I'll just work on it whenever I feel like crying alone by myself over my keyboard for a while. I'm hoping it will be cathartic, you know? I'll probably just traumatize myself even more, in the end, though...

I HAVE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING RARE AND MAGICAL.

https://tubitv.com/movies/353149/run-hide-die

A B-GRADE HORROR MOVIE THAT HAS ACTUAL GOOD, RELATABLE, WELL-WRITTEN, LIKEABLE CHARACTERS.

Like don't get me wrong, it is DEFINITELY still a b-grade movie, but the characters are amazing. I wish they were all like this. There IS a ton of sex-related dialogue/conversation, though, which I could do without. But yeah. Check it out, just don't expect much beyond the good character writing. :D;

Bad CGI Sharks was hilarious, btw. Even better than Bad CGI Gator! No regrets! Definitely going to pick it up on DVD, if I can find it. :D

EDIT: On a COMPLETELY unrelated note, I really wish DW had more options for their little emoticons because I don't really like the bats all that much but they were the only ones that were pink or green and matched my colors/theme. =/

I AM CURRENTLY WATCHING A MOVIE ABOUT A SHAPESHIFTING CAR-CREATURE WHICH IS ACTUALLY SECRETLY A TENTACLE MONSTER.

AND IT IS AWESOME.

Ugh, I feel like such a zombie lately. My brain just isn't working right. It rather sucks actually. But anyway, I've procrastinated over updating my journal for long enough, I figure I should maybe actually, yanno, do it. Numbers to help me keep my thoughts organized, though everything's not really in any particular order. ♥

1) The cats have fleas. UGH. I have literally never had a flea outbreak in my house (despite the number of critters) and I'm seriously not pleased with it. In fact, it fucking sucks. The only saving grace is that they haven't gotten to the rabbits. Yet. I've tried practically everything to get rid of them, too; I flea bathed them all, gave them over-the-counter flea drops, gave them Vet prescription flea drops (which cost a fortune, btw), and then tried a flea spray (I treated the entire apartment as well.) Finally, in a last-ditch effort it was recommended that I shave them all down and do the flea spray again when they were nekkid, as there was a possibility that the spray wasn't getting all the way through their fur.

So! I went out and purchased an electric shaver (technically marketed for dogs, but whatever) for freaking $50 +tax. I figure at least I can use it on them every year in the spring to lessen the shedding epidemic when it starts getting warm. I can also use it on Pagan, since he's my only long-haired bun and tends to get mats on his underside at random intervals for no apparent reason and no matter how often I brush/groom him. Anyway.

I know my cats, and I knew that Loki was going to be the hardest one to do since he's such a nervous kitty. I decided to do him first to get him out of the way, and also because I figured that if I did him later he would find somewhere to hide as soon as he knew what was happening. What I didn't figure on was my lovely, cuddly, affectionate Loki-boy going ABSOLUTELY FUCKING POSTAL. .__.;

Mom and my brother were helping to hold him, and as soon as I turned the clippers on he WENT INTO A TERROR-INDUCED HOMICIDAL FREAK OUT. I knew he was going to be nervous and a little scared just like he is with anything new, but WHAT. THE. FUCK. It was like trying to hold down a MOUNTAIN LION, right down to the insane amount of personal injury; Mom got bitten a half dozen times on her hands, my brother got seriously MAULED from the elbow down on BOTH arms, and my left leg was mauled and he bit right through the nail on my right hand, completely severing it. Then this past Monday I went to the doctor's and Dr. K had a look and is pretty sure not only did he fuck my nail up but the crushing injury was so severe that he managed to actually break the tip of my finger bone off. So of course, my hand is taking IONS to heal and still hurts like a fucking bitch nearly two weeks later. ~__~;; Sooo...

All three of us trouped to the hospital when it happened and got antibiotics and Mom and my bro got tetanus shots since theirs weren't up to date. Fun times with the family, huh? So that was the adventure with trying to shave Loki, who is still not shaved and who will never be, short of drugging him into a coma beforehand. Haha. Neko, Juna and Tri are all 3/4 naked now, though, and with them the worst that happened was that Tri puffed his tail at me while I was doing it. Now I just need Mom to help me treat them with the spray again. Cross your fingers for me that it, you know, works this time. Because if it doesn't I'm out of options short of building little cabins and inviting the fleas to move in for life.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THINGS I HAVEN'T TRIED YET, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

Haha, and then the hospital reported the "attack" (by law they have to) so the Health Unit called to talk with me and put Loki on quarantine for ten days just in case. This of course made me lol because whatever, he's a house cat anyway. XD He's officially off quarantine now though.

Loki and I have since made up, of course. :)

Moving on!

2) Today I got some catnip for the pride and sprinkled it down on the carpet in the living room. This is something I do on a regular basis, but it was particularly amusing this time because it's the first time Tia has been exposed to it. OMFG she was hilarious! I giggled at her for like half an hour while she zoomed around and rolled in it and licked the carpet and was generally all =OwO= It was really adorable. ♥

3) Aya finally shed! I'd had him for two months and nothing, even though the pet store peeps said all the rest of the ball pythons from his clutch did the week I got him. When I got home from the US he still hadn't shed and I was starting to get a little concerned. But then last week his pattern started to fade and his eyes clouded over. YAY. A few days later I peeked in the terrarium and the old skin was balled up in the corner by his hidey rock. ^^ I was hoping it would be straight so I could take a pic, but oh well. And he had been really lethargic since two weeks before I left for my vacation, but now he's all energetic again. Or at least as energetic as a snake can be. ^_~

4) Due to massive injuries and seriously excessive pain, I've spent the last two weeks unable to do pretty much any cleaning around here aside from sweeping a bit. I normally sweep/vacuum/mop/dust every couple of days, and not being able to do it was driving me nuts; the floor and carpets were a disaster, dishes (which I also do every couple of days) were piling up... last week I couldn't even clean out the rabbit/rat cages, which I HATED because it meant my poor babies had icky living conditions for a whole week.

Luckily, the last couple of days the pain has subsided a bit; not much, but enough that I could vacuum the place and do a few dishes (not all of them because my finger started throbbing again halfway through) and tonight I managed to finagal my way through cleaning all the cages out. YAYZ! Now I don't feel guilty and like a terrible Mom anymore. Whew.

Also got my bathroom tidied and reorganized, which it's needed for ages.

5) Today I took a wander downtown. It was nice out, just a little cool so I got to wear my (faux) leather jacket, which fits me again whoo! I went to the dollar store for a gift bag for a Christmas gift that I've already got 90% finished and a new shower curtain (I have to replace it every couple months because the cats like to play with them and trash them in the process), then went to Salon Salon and got my eyebrows waxed because they really really needed it. I also picked up the bulk order of eyepins I ordered from Magpie Beads like two months ago.

Speaking of which... MAGPIE BEADS IS CLOSING!! DDD8 They're moving to Barrie! They're the only bead store in town and they're leaving meeeeee! *WEEPS*

Right. So after that I had to go across town to pick up some prescriptions, and while I was around there I went into the Dollarama; got some odds and ends, mostly for other people lol. Then I went to Blockbuster to look at previously viewed movies... and they were having a huge sale on them. I got eleven movies for just over forty bucks! ASDGH! I may have had a little mental flail. XD

I picked up Terminator: Salvation, Battle for Terra, Drag Me to Hell, Zombieland, The Rundown (my Rock movie collection is ever expanding! X3), The Patriot, The Alphabet Killer, Swarmed, The Black Hole, Dragonball Evolution (out of morbid curiosity; and it only cost me $3) and Ghost Machine, which I'm watching right now. ♥

And the sale is on until Oct 3rd, so Imma go back for a few more when I get my money at the end of the month. I'm gonna try to sell some stuff in the meantime to make up for it. Hehehehe new movies make me happy. :3

6) Other than picking up some DVDs, I've seem some newer movies lately too. I'm partway through Predators, which is turning out to be fun. I won't have a concrete opinion on it until I've watched it all though. Wish I could find a better copy online... maybe I'll just wait until it comes out on DVD and pick it up to finish watching it.

Piranha 3D; I didn't watch it in 3D, obviously, but... OMFG. It was AWESOME. >3!! Prehistoric piranha + spring break = fucking fun times! I was a little surprised how gory it was, actually. Not that it bothered me since I'm already so desensitized to cinema violence, but about halfway through it just suddenly struck me that there was A LOT of gore. Go figure.

Resident Evil: Afterlife; EEEEE NEW RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE!!

The Last Exorcism; This one started out really slowly, and I almost gave up on it. It did get really interesting about halfway through, though, and was quite good from then on. The only thing I disliked was that it was filmed like a documentary (like The Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield), and I'm not overly fond of that way of filming. But it was good for what it was.

I just saw a preview for this movie, too, and it looks amazing and creepy and I really want to see it:

7) I have packages for the following peeps, which I swear I'll be mailing out soon. No really. Steph & Reppy, Lome, Kiin-bb, Maddie & Chloe and Mari. ♥

kierseth, etcetera_cat and cat_mcdougall. HEY YOU GUYS. We haven't done a proper P.O.S. exchange in forever! Want to organize one again? ^_^

8) Dad is coming up later this week to stop in for a visit. He's picking up his and Lois' souvenirs and the movies I borrowed from him last time I was down back in May. He's also bringing me a bunch more b-grade movies to replace them, which makes me happy because, I mean, B-GRADE MOVIES WUT. xD

I'm thinking about asking if I can go back with him to visit for a couple of days. I told him I'd help him go through the rest of Aunt Cheryl's stuff in the barn, and I want to get that done before it gets too cold out. Plus I'd just like to visit with him and Lois and the dogs a bit. I don't get to do that often enough. =/

9) I had an appointment in Toronto with the dietitian a couple weeks back. I have to go every 3-4 months for a checkup and bloodwork. I'm told my weight loss is going very well and I'm perfectly on track for where I should be (I've lost 80lbs since Feb 26th), so probably by February I'll be down to about my target weight of 130-140lbs. The only thing is that they're concerned I'm not getting enough protein in my diet, so I'm supposed to try having more in the way of cheese/eggs/etc. *shrug*

Anyhoo, the dietitian called today and left a message regarding the results of my bloodwork; my iron is low, so she wants me to go on iron supplements daily (I normally only take them when I'm on my period) and my vitamin C was really low which makes no sense considering the amount of vitamin C rich fruits and drinks I eat but she wants me to take vitamin C pills too. She also noted that my white blood cell count was high, but at the time they took the blood I was just getting over a bad cold so that doesn't surprise me.

10) Yesterday I took my camera and did a video tour of my apartment to post on FB for people, since I apparently fail at posting pics despite peeps on my f-list there and here asking for them. >>; But then I got carried away and it ended up way too long, so when I tried to upload it it didn't work. *facepalm* Guess I'm doing another one tomorrow. A shorter one. lol.

11) Been rewatching House on DVD; the first five seasons. I just finished yesterday. The season 4 finale made me bawl like a baby. AGAIN. ~_~;

12) Back when I was down in Dayton I was supposed to paint with Chloe, but somehow we just never got around to it. But when I got back home I still kind of had the itch to do it, so I picked up a couple of medium-sized canvasses. My first painting is maybe a third done now. Haha, I haven't painted in forever, and this is my very first painting actually on canvas! I'm really enjoying it (even though my injured hand is making things difficult) and I plan to do a few more.

Funnily enough, the first painting started off as kind of an abstract idea but has given birth to a new character/species. He doesn't have a name yet, but I think he might fit into the same world as Terra/Ilo/Celine/Aysel. I really like his design, so I plan to do more sketches of him, and maybe another larger and more detailed painting.

I'm considering doing painting for people for Christmas this year, too. Would anyone like a Sena!painting? 83

13) Mom and Lee are on vacation right now. They're coming back tomorrow; they just spent a few days off in an out of the way cabin-type place where they could both relax and everything. They really needed it, they've both been totally fried out between one thing and another. Hopefully a few days away will have helped.

In any case, I called yesterday to invite my brother over here for dinner but he had friends over. So instead we decided that I'm going over there tomorrow to visit and make supper for him and Mom and Lee when they get home. ♥

14) I NEED MONIES. $__$ Does anyone out there want a pony or jewelry commission or something? :3

Been watching a lot of movies and stuff the last couple of days. And Monster Quest. TONS of that too. And today I watched four episodes of Prehistoric Predators while I made like 150 gemstone phone straps. xD;

Then tonight I watched Splice on divxden, and now I've just started [Rec] 2. Splice was freaking awesome! Brand new creature movie ftw! The previews made me think of Species but it turned out to be completely different. And it had some surprises in it; they took a few chances with the plot, which made the movie more interesting in my opinion but some people might not have liked them. It's a matter of taste, I suppose, and we all know that's something I rather lack when it comes to movies. Haha.

[Rec] 2 is the sequel to [Rec], obviously, and is a Spanish horror movie that I really liked. (The English version is called Quarantine but wasn't nearly as good.) Just another in a series of foreign movies that I love. Horror/sci-fi movies are done so well in other countries, it's really too bad that more people don't watch the original versions.

Anyway, those aside my copies of Samurai Zombie, CHAW and One-Chanbara all came in this last week, as well as my copy of Lizard Baby (lmao). I went on a little foreign-movie binge on ebay a couple weeks ago, and ended up getting a bunch of Korean and Japanese horror/sci-fi stuff. I have yet to watch Samurai Zombie but if it's anything like Kibakichi (werewolf samurai) it should be entertaining. I haven't watched One-Chanbara (samurai-strippers vs zombies!) or Lizard Baby (should be self-explanatory, really) yet either. I'll watch them tomorrow maybe.

CHAW I did watch, though, and it was AWESOME. Another giant killer boar movie (there's been a rash of them lately), but this time the creature animation was REALLY A+ good. Amazing for a B movie. I'm really glad I got it. ♥♥♥

Other than movies...

A couple days ago Mom, Lee and I went to Barrie to visit Grandma and Uncle Len and Aunt Clare for a couple of hours. Before we got to their place though he stopped at the big bookstore and I poked through the discount books. I got a handful of reference ones cheap... and they had Stephen Colbert's book on sale so I picked it up to. XD I flipped through it and it's going to be REALLY entertaining to read. 8D

EDIT: Also, English version Hachiko movie? Almost killed me. I literally spent the entire last half an hour of the movie flat out sobbing. Not just sniffling a little. SOBBING LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER HAD DIED OR SOMETHING. And that was the English remake. The original version would probably just stop my heart all together. ;A;

EDIT #2: OH YEAH. AND THERE'S A NEW PREDATOR MOVIE COMING OUT! X3! /fangirls

Th-the eel things ate all the police instead of the convicts. .__.; My understanding of b-grade movies has been shaken to the core. D8

This morning I watched Monsters vs Aliens and now I'm in the middle of watching The Bone Snatcher. MvA was cute in a Dreamworks kind of way. I really wanted to see it because Hugh Laurie did the voice of Dr. Cockroach for it. XD; And TBS is one that Dad recommended to me a while back and I just managed to find. It's a b-grade, with a bone-creature eating people and everything. Fun stuff.

My brother fixed his computer last night, he had to take it all apart and put it back together again but now it's running fine, which means he's no longer bored and I can have my PS2 back. lol. In a not-really-but-maybe-a-little related note, I want KH Final Mix, but sadly can't afford it right now. ;A;

Today I went up to the corner. My legs have gotten so bad that even just walking the few blocks there practically cripples me and I have to sit around outside the buildings or whatever until I can walk home again. -__-;

Anyway, I picked up a few Canada souvenirs to send to Jose, and some more beads and charms for making phone straps and earrings for Anime North. They also have those vacuum bags, you know the ones that you put stuff in and then vacuum all the air out to save space? So I grabbed a couple to try. If they work, they'll make packing for cons way easier from now on.

Then I went to the used bookstore to look at the manga. There wasn't any I was interested in, but I did get two other books, The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, and Vespers by Jeff Rovin. I'm in a horror kind of mood, I guess. While I was there, I was set upon by one of the store cats, Finley. There's two that live there (the other is Molly), and they're both sweethearts. But I'd forgotten I had some catnip in my coat pocket the other day that I got at the pet store for my cats, and Finley seemed intent on getting it. I was paying for my books and the next thing I knew he was on the counter with his head stuck in my coat pocket. XD; It was really cute.

MADDIE: I got more star beads for you today. I could only get six packs since that's all they had right now, but I'll pick up more later on when they get them in again. ♥

Aaaaand now for some RP rambling, so if you don't care to hear about it, you can stop reading from here on. :D

Holy hell, I posted a Roxas journal a couple days ago, and I swear half of TV just POUNCED on him. XD It was awesome, but I could barely keep up lol. Anyway, he made friends with Natsu, Lavi and Lenalee (who is one of his roommates). He may also be leaning toward being frienemies with Joshua. And he had a chat with Riku. That same day he talked with Sora since Naminé and Riku thought it was a good idea. And a couple days ago he made friends with Soul. Today he's talking to Reborn, who is another of his roommates. The only one he has yet to meet is Captain Sparrow.

I am amused.

lol another movie I have to see.

Posting this quickly in between my wireless dying periodically. >.<;

1) Yesterday Dad came up in the morning to pick up his cell phone (I borrowed it for Otakon and owe him like $150 in charges on it because of long distance and roaming ><;;) and drop off some movies for me to borrow and my brother's birthday gift. His birthday is on the 13th of October, but Dad doesn't have another long weekend between now and then, so... *shrug* He also brought up more boxes for me, since I'll be moving at some point in the next four months or so, most likely. No idea where I'll be going. Probably moving back in with Mom, since I have nowhere else at this point.

2) MOVIES. I CAN HAS THEM. Dad brought me Rogue, Creature, Raptor Island, The Ruins (which I'd just downloaded and watched like two days before lol) and Loch Ness Terror. ♥ Rogue is about a giant rogue crocodile in Australia (I luff giant croc movies~ xD;), Creature is based on a book by Peter Benchly, and is about a half-man-half-shark monster. Raptor Island is about... raptors. On an island. .__.; And then Loch Ness Terror is about nessie. In lake superior. 8D YAY.

Also, I've watched Black Water (also about a rogue crocodile XD;), The Dark Knight, Doomsday, Shutter, The Happening, Hancock, Get Smart, Hellboy 2, Wall-E, The Ruins and Mirrors recently. ^__^ So much fun! HEHE. I already talked about some of them a couple days ago, but here's what I thought of the others;

-> The Dark Knight: >__>;; Okay, so um. I don't know if I want to actually type this. :D;; Eheh. ^^; So, my basic thoughts on it are; great movie! ...but not as spectacularly awesome as everyone else thinks it is. >>;;; *dodges rocks and tomatoes* SORRY. SORRY!
-> Doomsday: Was uh... interesting. @__@;; Like, it was every genre of movie crammed into one package. Crazy and lol-worthy. Also, full of FAIL!military. Though it did have the best extended car chase scene I've ever seen in it. XD;
-> Shutter: Creepy! 8D It's based on a Korean movie, I believe, like an American remake of it. Joshua Jackson = LUFF.
-> The Happening: I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I'm a huge M. Night Shayamalan fan. ^^;; *geek* This one was interesting, different, and weirdly... non-supernatural, considering his other films.
-> Get Smart: FTW. X33 I had so much fun with this one~! It reminded me of watching the old TV show reruns at my Grandparents house when I was a kid. It was my favourite (along with Mork and Mindy lol), and the casting was perfect. ♥♥
-> Hellboy 2: I actually had more fun with this one than with TDK. ^.^; The visual effects were excellent. I always am amazed at Ron Pearlman's ability to do ANYTHING in his makeup lol.
-> Wall-E: WAS SO FREAKING CUTE! >w< ADORABLE! I LOVE DISNEY MOVIES! (Though I do miss their 2-D stuff, despite my love of the Pixar films.)
-> Mirrors: O___o; Was freaky. I am impressed with the creativity of the writers though. Some very unique stuff in that movie. And awesomely untypical deaths. The bathroom one made me go HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT though, and I was watching it with the volume off because Pronnie warned me ahead of time. xD;;
-> Black Water: I am a sucker for a good killer crocodile movie. 8D This one was more realistic than most, as the croc in question wasn't even big enough to swallow a person whole. GASP. lol.

Still to go are Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and The X-Files 2.

3) THEY ARE FINALLY FIXING THE SEWER PIPES. AFTER TWO YEARS, AND IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I'M MOVING. BASTARDS.

4) ...last week, I had a discussion with my brother about some things that have gone on in his life recently. I love that he trusts me enough to talk to me about things he won't talk about with anyone else. At the same time, some of the things I'm finding out... I don't know. I want to blog about what he told me, maybe in the hopes that it'll help me work it out, but I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around it. Maybe in a few days I can... hmm...

5) The adorable Marly/Kadaj stuff is slowly giving way to angst tonight. XD;; Kiin and I had planned some angst for a couple weeks from now, but it seems to be coming out sooner than we originally intended. Kadaj is all insecure and distraught because Mar seems to be trying to convince him not to stick with him if it comes down to it, because the social worker the court assigned is being nosy and poking around about Kadaj's boyfriend.. He's terrified right now at what might happen. ;__;

EDIT:: DDDDD: Mar just broke up with him! (Well, sort of.)

1) After getting my hair cut... it's even darker than before. xD; Normally, it's every colour of the rainbow because it bleaches in the sun. Starts off dark brown/black and ends up with several shades of red and brown, as well as blonde in it. But then when I got it cut/styled all the sunbleaching got cut off. So it's practically black again. Whoo? Mom says apparently you can already see a bit of lighter brown on the fringes.

2) Today was grocery day, and Mom had a ton and a half of coupons so we went shopping at Zellers for some stuff, too. :3 She got me a kit to put purple streaks into my hair. >3< (Though I'm not doing it til after my Haruhi cosplay at AN.) She also got me some hair clips, since I can't for the life of me find mine. ><; Dad got me some really pretty ones a couple years back but my hair was too long to use them, so I put them somewhere that I wouldn't lose them... and then forgot where said place is. >>;; Anyway, I got a few more. AND. I got a super pretty set of press-on nails to go with my Suigintou cosplay for the Masquerade at AN. :3 They're tipped in sparkly blue-purple with white lilies. I have pics of them (in the box still) that I'll share later. (I still need some matching eyeshadow/liner/lipstick for that costume too, but I guess I'll get it later.)

Also got another shiny-dangly for my collection. Spring is the best time to find them because everyone wants windchimes for their gardens and stuff. :3

3) Today I also had to get a new bank card, because I somehow lost my old one. >.< I don't know where I put it, but I can't believe I lost it! At least it was easy to replace.

4) Haha, a couple of Mom and Lee's friends, last time they were visiting them, found out I like b-grade movies. So they sent Mom home with movies for me! X3 Larva, Abominable and Mimic 3. I laughed sooo much when Mom gave them to me. Or maybe more like cackled. I've seen Larva and Mimic 3 before, but I hadn't seen Abominable. So I watched it tonight and it was awesome. XDDD Today I gave Mom Dragon Fighter and Soulkeeper to take to them. B-GRADE MOVIE (LENDING) TRADE OMG! With my parents' friends lawlwtf! XD;;

5) I possibly, maybe have found a new apartment. It's about the same cost as where I am now, but probably a bit smaller. It does have it's own bathroom and a small kitchen though, which would be a plus. I hate sharing. :P I called to ask about it and the woman even said she doesn't mind pets as long as the cats are on Advantage because they've had flea problems in the past and she doesn't want a repeat, which I can't blame her for. So I'm supposed to see the place later this week and see if it's suitable for me.

Sarah is all pissed off at me for it though. She's like "if you leave it puts me in a bad situation, I can't afford the rent here alone!" Well TS. She's been telling me for two years that as soon as her settlement money comes in she's leaving, and I've been panic-stricken because I had nowhere else to go when it happened. As it is, she's leaving in the fall at the latest, and if the place sells (the landlord is asking a quarter million for it, wtf he's an idiot, it's a piece of crap property), the new owners will likely want us out anyway so they can do renovations or whatever. I mean, the only reason I'm looking at this place now is because I'll probably never find another one that I can afford on disability. If I thought I could in six months I would. So fuck her if she's pissed that I'm leaving. This place is shit and bad for my health anyway.

6) ...anyway. >>; Tonight I couldn't sleep. Tch. What else is new? So I puttered around tidying and watched a couple movies instead. Now I'm finally getting tired, but I have to be up soon anyway so I can take the recycle/garbage out before Grandma gets here. BAH.

7) I'm supposed to be going to Grandma's place today and staying for a couple nights. I have an appointment with the naturopath again (what the hell, I'm getting annoyed with taking fifty pills and powders a day and getting no results, it's been four months ><;;) and everything. But I'm supposed to get a call about going to see that apartment in the next day or two, so I don't know if I should go or not. I mean, I guess I could get Sarah to take a message and call me at Grandma's when the woman calls, but she's so pissed at me right now I'm half-afraid she wouldn't bother just to screw me out of the apartment. >__<;

8) RPG Stuff. Mahiru is in a band with Riku, Asch and Axel. xDD;; I DIE OF LOLING. The poor girl really has no idea what she's getting into, I think. Though she gets along with everyone. I just think she's in for an eye-opener. XD;; And Hojo put Kadaj in the hospital a couple days ago... or at least, Kadaj went to the hospital finally. It only took four years. >>; So Seph picked him up and now I guess is going to apply for custody of him. Kadaj is kind of freaked out by the idea of actually having a life/freedom/friends/etc. Oh, and Seph and Yazoo are out to maim Axel, for various reasons. Kadaj wishes they wouldn't kill his friends. Seph wishes Kadaj has more friends who weren't sex fiends. (In AIM-verse, he's somewhat shacked up with Marluxia and quite pleased with that. Seph even says it's okay. Which shocks both of them, but makes Kadaj happy.)

9) CAN HAS NAAN BREAD OMGYUM. *__* Yes shut up it's my breakfast. xD;

This is the post I couldn't do yesterday because LJ was down... and then even though LJ was back up, I couldn't get the scrapbook to work. So I randomly wrote about HP instead. Whatever. .__.;

Anyway, today Sarah was supposed to come home, but she decided to stay another night, and I was perfectly happy to feed her critters for her. It's probably wrong, the amount of pleasure I get when she's not around for a while. >>;; But seriously, I <3 not having to deal with her shite.

While I had the place to myself today I did some baking. A couple of days ago I did a bunch of cooking too (soup that turned into stew but whatever xD;), but today I baked. Yeee! Double chocolate muffins, and zomg pie! with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and a bit of rhubarb. =3 I was all excited because I got to try this muffin/cupcake storage thing that Mom bought for me a while back~ yey~

We still don't have a light in the kitchen, btw. It's been almost two weeks. I had to move a lamp in there so that I can do stuff after it gets dark if I want/have to. Pissed off at Don and his lazy-ass approach to being a handyman? Me? Noooooo... =___=;

I also did some tidying, and then I prepped a bunch of ponies for customizing; I bought 9 bait ponies off ebay about two months ago, and for various reasons they were late getting to me (completely not the seller's fault), and finally arrived yesterday morning. So I did all the de-hairing and removing of symbols.

I was sad, though, one of them was an Autumn Skye. ;~; I've wanted an Autumn Skye just for my mini-collection for a couple of years now, and I can't find one. And the Autumn Skye in the batch that came in yesterday was in serious "bait" condition. Like, she'd been chewed on by a dog or something. >>; So I couldn't even fix her up or anything... Imma make her into a zombie pony just like I did with Ana! XDD;

( Photoblogging, Day 5 )

Now my PC clock says 4:01am and I should be getting to bed but Space is playing Species III and I loves my b-grade! =D

Today was a rp smut movie day. I haven't had a good movie day in a while. :)

I watched X:Men: The Last Stand, Centipede and Minotaur, in that order. ^_^

X-3 was alright... Kao-mun was right, though, it wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. ;-; Kinda disappointing. But still, fun special effects and stuff. Centipede was awful. XD;; The acting was just... oh man, those people should have had to pay to be in a movie like that. *sniggersnort* In contrast, for a b-grade movie, Minotaur was actually pretty decent. There were some parts that made me roll my eyes, but it wouldn't be a b-grade if there weren't one or two of those. ^_~

Anyway~

Thanksgiving dinner with the family tomorrow, which, while it will be fun, will also be kind of sad. This will be the first big family gathering since Grandpa died, so it might be hard... I'll probably have to sneak off and take a walk or something at least once. Ahh... I still miss him...

But that aside, we get to see everyone, including my Great-Aunt Jean and Great-Uncle Bob, who we never see. They came up to visit with Grandma for the week. In fact, if Trunks comes tomorrow (and he bloody well better!), it will be the first time Jean and Bob have ever seen him. That's how often we get together with them. ^_^;;

I love that Snakes on a Plane is a mainstream movie and not a piddly b-grade, despite the title. XD

Dad came up to visit this morning (just for a while, but still!), so I'm in a pretty good mood right now. I love when I get to see him. My brother has nothing in commong with Dad, but I'm practically a replica of him, personality wise-- we always have crazy talks about movies, and anime (which he doesn't watch much of, but still enjoys it on occasion), and various crafty-type hobbies. Yay. <3

He's also my supplier of b-grade movies a lot of the time, too. This time he brought me a whole WHACK of them. XD

--Hammerhead (Half man. Half shark. Total terror! X3)
--Pterodactyl
--Deadly Species
--DINOCROC
--Larva
--War of the Planets
--Raging Sharks
--Dark Wolf
--Alien Apocalypse
--Leviathan (WHOOT!!)
--Darkness Falls

I AM IN B-GRADE HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. ^__^

Righty-o. He also brought me an Easy-Stitch mini sewing machine, which he had two of. So now I have the means to make clothing for my ponies if I want to. Which is great. Because I do want to! Tohru!pony and Kagura!pony need skirts, for example, and new Ed!pony needs a coat.

Aaaaaah... =3

*scampers off to watch Hammerhead*