Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

My set of Warriors books by Erin Hunter came in this morning. #1-6, the complete first set. I'll see how I like them and then get into more of them later on if I do. I keep hearing about this series from various people but it's one I somehow missed out on growing up, but I figure you can start at any age, right? I also want to read the Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppal (I think that's the name), though those ones are very thin books. The Warriors ones will at least take me a day or two to read each one. *shrug*

I cooked dinner last night from a recipe from the Deadpool cookbook, and while Mom and Lee liked it okay I wasn't really a fan of it. And it wasn't even the honey that was in it, I couldn't even taste that for once! I dunno, something about it was just... meh. So Mom picked the zucchini out of it since that was the only part she and Lee didn't like and they said they'll eat it again. The thing with me is that I don't eat very many things as leftovers, as a general rule, so I just... I guess I'm picky. I dunno.

Yesterday the scabs came off my mangled finger. It still hurts, but it's good to know that it's holding together. There's a lot of scar tissue and still some numb spots but I'll survive. Sometimes it hurts to type, though, especially in the mornings, which is kind of a pain in the butt since that's when I do most of my writing.

Last night the HUGE parcel I sent to Sethi arrived and she videotaped her kids opening it and it was a minute-and-a-half of fabulous. They were SO excited. Seriously though, every time I send a parcel with pinback buttons in it Customs takes them out of their little baggie and they end up spread all across the box. It's annoying. I don't know why I bother. But that aside, I'm looking forward to reviews on everything as it gets played with/eaten/etc. The toys and stickers are already a hit. (I sent SO MANY STICKERS OMG.)

Last night I finished Halcyon Days (#29 in the post-SS one-shot series) and it turned out to be 37 pages and 17737 words long, before editing. It might end up a little shorter or longer, after editing. I think it's the longest of the post-SS one-shots so far, which is nice because it's the "last" one (before Serendipity which almost doesn't count) and an important one. It was fun to write, and sad sometimes, but in general I enjoyed it. Dean and Cas got to have a nice hotel in Halcyon Days, instead of the usual ratty motel, haha. Good times.

The filter in the axolotl tank is still acting up, GLUGing and spitting water everywhere when it does, but now that my finger is semi-functional and watertight again, I can stick my hand into the tank to try to deal with it. I'll have to do it tomorrow though, because Extended Family Christmas is today so I'm busy with travelling and Christmas-ing and that kind of stuff.

There's a chance that Grandma won't be able to make it today and I feel like a horrible person for saying it, but I'm hoping that turns out to be the case. Aside from being forgetful and stuff, she's become mean and accusatory and obstinate, and I just don't think I can handle being around her the way she is now. She's not my Grandma anymore and it tears me up inside.

I'm going to wear my "ew, people" Grinch hoodie today, the one that Amy and Brit got me for Christmas last year. I checked the other day and it still fits, just a little tighter around my belly because of all the NAFLD weight gain.

Update on Extended Family Christmas later.

A week from now is Christmas with me, Mom, Lee and my little brother, so I really need to get the Wiggly Foxes that I'm making for him finished like... in the next couple of days, so the paint has a chance to really set and I can spray seal them before I wrap them up for him. I have one 98% complete, and the other three are like 75% there, I just have to get off my duff and freaking DO IT.

I'm still waiting for some stuff to come in the mail which sucks because we're getting together with Amy, Brit, Sarah, etc. on the 22nd and it's like... what am I going to do if they don't arrive before then? I guess placeholder boxes of chocolates until their actual gifts arrive. I'm a little annoyed, though. I dunno, it's a pain.

Yesterday was Thursday and it was the first Thursday in 16 weeks that I haven't posted something Horror High related when I first got up in the morning and it was... weird. :| I'm looking forward to December 5th and posting the first chapter of Storm Season, and so on for the next... uh. 19 weeks? Yeaaaaaah I've gone overboard with the post-SS one-shots.

A little while ago I added Hunting Souls to the roster and last night I added a new one called Day Drinking that has Kevin in it. I'm still working out the details on Day Drinking but I have lots of time for that. And then of course I reinstated Stalagmites because I'm a sucker for a fluffy ending after a HUGE long series. Though, again, if I post Stalagmites it puts a definitive end to the series so I can't go back and write more later. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. All good things must come to an end and all that, right?

I have a new original project called Freefall that's my excuse to write a wingfic but as an original novel. (Also it's a poorly disguised Geraskier story.) I think it might be the next thing I work on after TKA. That or Sins Of Angels, I haven't entirely decided. I need to focus on the NaNo and TKA first before I decide on anything else.

Anyway, my copy of Supernatural: Joyride came in yesterday (now I just need Children Of Anubis and I'll have the complete set!) and so did my citrine, moonstone and tiger eye chip beads. I should start making the Wiccan bracelets at some point soon, since I have most of my currently-ordered gemstones. I can't order any more until next week when my check comes in from ODSP, and then only one or two because Christmas is coming and I need to save my money for that... and possibly for getting another 'lotl.

Still no response from Poe re: addresses and such. I understand they're not checking her email much because their Dad's not doing so well but I don't understand the correlation?? What does your email have to do with your Dad? Why can't you check it once in a while? I just don't get it. But all I can do is wait until they finally get around to checking their email again and hopefully get back to me.

Sethi asked me if I could read over/edit a short novel that her husband wrote. Apparently it's the first thing he's ever written. Anyway, I said I would but no guarantees on a timeline because the NaNo is coming up fast and she said no rush. I did open it briefly, only to discover, to my dismay, that it's written in SCRIPT FORMAT. And I kind of want to message her and just be like "THIS ISN'T A NOVEL" but that would be mean, so I'll read it over and edit it anyway, even though I disapprove of the format.

I haven't seen Kaida in a couple of days but that's not uncommon so I'm not worried. Eventually I'll see her cute lil face again, she's just shy most of the time. I'm looking forward to when she gets bigger and it's harder for her to hide from me haha. Next time I catch her out I'm going to try to sex her and figure out if she's ACTUALLY a girl or maybe a boy instead. I don't care either way, but I need to know for getting her a tankmate. I don't want 10,000,000 babies, after all. :P

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

Back from Mom's place again. Spent the last four days doing not much else besides gaming with my brother. Heh. We took turns playing FFXII, and coaching each other. lol. His game is about 24 hours in, and mine is only about 15. He borrowed my PS2 to play some more, and I stole his N64 and Zelda games. XD; I'll let him finish his quest and then get my PS2 back from him. It shouldn't take him too too long, he can whip through video games insanely fast. Though kierseth tells me FFXII has something like 300 hours of gameplay so maybe it'll actually be a bit of a challenge to him for once? ^_^;

For Christmas I want a DS, and Tales of the Abyss. ;3; And a cell phone omg.

Anyway! Tomorrow is chiropractor day, and grocery shopping. But today after Mom and Lee got back I was talking to Mom about some of the stuff that happened when I was in the US (in regards to the bus station person who was a bitch to me about taking my other bag on the bus, and worrying when Maddie and Chloe were late picking me up in Dayton, until I got Michelle's text message), and how I really wish I had a credit card for situations like that. The problem is that I've applied several times for several different credit cards, and I keep getting turned down, I think because I'm on disability and not actually working. Which, Mom informs me, is discrimination. .__.;

So tomorrow while I'm out I'm going to actually stop in at the bank and sit down to talk with someone about it. I need a basic credit card, or a line of credit, or at least a decent sized overdraft for emergencies. I'm sure I can work something out. I should be able to. I'm also going to speak to a customer service person at Walmart about getting a Walmart credit card as well, since they've turned me down several times as well. Everything is in order, except that I'm on ODSP. So... wish me luck?

...I am in the middle of an epic Supernatural marathon, of all the episodes from season 3 that I missed last year. 8D GOOD TIEMS. I love this show. ♥

Back from Niagara! Yey!

The air there is terrible, it makes my asthma do backflips. -.-;; But other than that, it was fun. I have tons of photos and a huge long post for later, but for now... I'm too lazy. XD; lol.

Oh, so kierseth got her Christmas present-- did anyone else get theirs while I was gone? I'm trying to keep track. :)

Yay new episode of Ouran. ^_^

So I didn't sleep last night... AT ALL. I just couldn't get to sleep, and I ended up spending most of the night burning computer discs for the new packages I'm putting together for etcetera_cat, kierseth and cat_mcdougall. Originally, the one for Cat McD was going to be mailed away last week, but I didn't get it done. Now I'm doing some discs for it, too, so it's not actually done at all. ^_^;;

But I'm out of CD sleeves. ;-; I've got to go buy more before I can finish packing everything up and ship stuff off. *note to self*

Eheheh... when I'm using the computer, Loki toddles over under the desk and curls up to sleep on my feet. >^-^< I think he likes the hum the computer makes. It's very cute, but sometimes he startles me if I don't see him coming. Suddenly there's just OMG SOMETHING TOUCHING MY FOOT.

lol.

OMGSQUEE! Random Package of Stuff from kierseth! X3 *bounces*

Thank you Sethi! <3 Sarah brought it in for me, and I went downstairs a while later and there was just this box sitting outside my door, and I went "bwuh??" ?_? because I didn't think I had any packages coming in currently. But YAY!

Aaaaah... one of the jars broke in transit, though. ;-; So there was Apple Butter all over the place. It happened a while ago, too, because it'd had time to soak through the box... I literally tore it open from the bottom because it was so soggy. >^-^;; Oh well... I guess that's life. The Apple Butter smelled really good, too!

So I spent half an hour downstairs washing stuff off. Surprisingly, I managed to save almost everything! Even the manifesto and the pictures/postcards! ^_^ *is proud* Though some of the edible stuff got a little waterlogged and had to be eaten pretty quickly.

Yeah, and I'm really upset about that, too. T_T Muahaha...

Also? Blackberry jam? *drools* I rinsed that jar off and saw the label and did a little happy dance. XD

EDIT: Oh, and thank you in advance from my Mom! (And thank you from my kitties, too! Yay new cat toy!)

Finished Sightless.

...it didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to. =_=;

And in retrospect, the title pretty much has nothing to do with the story itself.

Whatever.

I hope you like it anyway, kierseth! Happy Birthday!

My step-dad is going in for surgery on Thursday. O_O;

Mom told me that when they came by yesterday to pick Sarah and I up to go do groceries (it's a family outing for us!), and I was like "uh... what for?" To which she replied "his hurnia" (or however you spell it). He's had two surgeries in regards to that before, and it'll be okay for a year or two and then get worse again...

Maaaaaa... I know he'll be okay, but I still worry. ^^;;;

Random note: I'm seriously considering renaming my LJ "Accident Report"... for somewhat obvious reasons.

Random note #2: Whilst at work last night, I found myself suddenly overcome with a very strong urge to write a CSI/The X-Files crossover. O_o; I don't know where that came from, either...

And finally, I've been kicking around ideas for the birthday ficcy I'm writing for kierseth, and have decided it's going to be angsty (as opposed to dryly sarcastic, which was the other thing she would have liked) and take place in the same AU as the fic (Reality) I wrote for etcetera_cat's birthday back in August.

It's tentatively titled "Sightless", and watch me be creative and ironic with names! *drum roll HERE* The main characters are named Annai and Forenigh.

Cookies to anyone who can figure that out. >^-^

Right! So! kierseth posted the first episode of Star Trek: Sheep Patrol (see the original chat we had as an explanation), and it made me laugh so hard! ^__^

Bravo, 'Sethi! *applauds* XD

Right! So! The really general and vague idea that I've been kicking around in regards to an attempt at a CSI fanfiction is finally coming around to an actual plotline--and etcetera_cat even says she'll beta-read for me! ^^ So basically, I'm just working out a few bits and pieces, and looking for some forensic/entomological/etc. databases online to use as references, and I'll be good to go!

For now, ( here's a random snippet, that probably contains spoilers for the soon-to-be CSI fanfic I'm going to write! )

Maaa... *pokes through bitty scene with her stick* Still getting used to writing the characters... any HUGE GLARING problems with them, you think?

Oh! And -cat! How would you like to bestow upon me all the knowledge you have about the general temperment of Pitt Bulls? >^-^;;; Ahaha... basically, I've been led to believe that Pitt Bulls as a breed are generally bred to be friendly and cuddly with people, and not so great with other animals, but are pretty unpredictable, really. They were originally bred for fighting, ne?

I need to find a website about Pitts, too...