Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

1) Rizumikaru Yomi secret at rp!secrets. I miss that place still. ;__; I hear you, anon!

2) Anime North post tomorrow, I promise. With some pics and everything. =D; *has been lazy*

3) EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T MAKE MUCH AT AN, I AM STILL GOING TO OTAKON. BWAHAHA. I'VE GOT IT ALL WORKED OUT YES OH YES. >w<~

So today I've decided to watch the Saw movies. Or, 2-5 anyway. I've avoided them all for a while because I watched like half an hour of Hostel a couple years ago and couldn't finish it because of the horrible, horrible torture sequences (I actually gave it away ASAP after that, hope you liked it Sethi? XD;;) and then just after that Sui-chan told me Saw was just as bad if not worse. So I crossed them all off my list of movies to see. XD;

But then a couple months ago I caught most of the first one on the TV and it wasn't nearly as bad as all that. xD;; The problem with Hostel was that it was torture and that is a big problem for me. Just violence doesn't bother me so much, and the Saw movies seem to be more about plain violence and mental anguish.

Anyway, so I watched II and III earlier and now I'm on IV. YAY. Then later today I have The Uninvited to watch.

Oh, last night I talked with Michi a bunch. ♥ ILU MICHI. I don't talk to her enough. /random

I guess RY is mostly dead now. It makes me sad. I love that place, but it's just... gone downhill a lot the last couple months, basically since we went on hiatus. *sigh* I'm sticking through until it's totally dead, though, or possibly if Steph and Maddie want out I'll talk with Mari about things we could try to get it going again. Hmm.

But if it completely dies, would people be interested in rping out some of the stuff we have planned anyway? We can do it over AIM or I'll set up rp threads in my own journal or something? Because I really want to at least do a couple logs with that vacation that Asch, Luke, Kadaj and Axel are supposed to go on. And some more stuff with Haruhi and Roxas. Things like that. Thoughts on that, people I rp with?

Now I need to get back into TV some. I was supposed to be off hiatus forever ago. But between being sick and... well, frankly, depressed as hell, I haven't done it yet. I'm going to get kicked out if I don't get back there asap. *sigh*

...today is such a nice day out I actually have my window wide open for fresh air and it's not freezing. SO NICE.

Also, I want spaghetti. IDK why, I just do.

EDIT: Beginning June 1st, I need a passport to enter the US, even if I take the bus. =__=; Stupid US. But I just checked the government site and apparently if I get my application in asap it'll get back to me in 4-5 weeks. I guess on the plus side, if I actually get off my duff and get a passport I can take a plane to Otakon instead.

Been a while since I posted. Haha, I spent so many years writing in this thing every single day that lately when I haven't been writing in it much it seems weird. I go to post and realize it's been ten days (or whatever) since my last post and am surprised by it.

But recently I haven't been up to much... I'm actually quite sick right now (it's really TMI though, so I'm not going to elaborate.) I spent all last week trying to get through to my family doctor and failing, so I think I'm going to have to just break down and go to the Emergency Room, and probably have to endure at least one rather uncomfortable test that I can think of.

In the mean time, I was on hiatus at RY and TV, but my health always sucks and I can't be on hiatus forever, so I came off at RY yesterday and plan to come off at TV tomorrow. Being so sick the last while has really sapped my energy though; I'm not getting any nutrients or anything from my food right now (when I can even eat), and I've probably been taking too many pain pills. I've practically been living on cream-of-wheat because it's so bland and easy to digest. I still don't really feel up to much rping, but it's not fair to camp on characters if I'm just going to be away all the time. Plus I have to get back into helping with mod stuff at RY.

Anyway. Today I gave Sora and Riku a bath for the first time. They flailed around a little and generally went D8 at me. It was adorable. But they did need a bath. And I'm hoping if I do it often enough they'll learn to like playing in the water, or at least to tolerate it. They really liked being wrapped up together in a towel afterward though. ♥

I finished Foundation yesterday. It's the new Heralds of Valdemar book by Mercedes Lackey. I didn't realize how much I'd missed Valdemar until I started reading it (lol two days ago, I read for like 12 hours straight. XD;) Maybe now I can try writing some fic again? It'd be nice to work through my four-years-and-going writer's block. But I'm not holding my breath. Not being able to concentrate to write and draw is part of being bi-polar, and just reading a new Valdemar novel won't magically cure me of that. I wish though!

Today I found a copy of Razorback in region 1 NTSC format on ebay. Dad and I have both been searching for that movie for months now, and all we can find are copies on ebay that are region 2 PAL, which won't play on North American DVD players or TVs. So I'm hoping the seller will ship to Canada, but if he replies to my question about it and says no, Maddie says I can get it shipped to her/Chloe's place and then send them the money to forward it. >D

And now random pictures just for the hell of it:

( Loki and Tri have a night of drinking, apparently. )

( Nazoko. Still looking like Bella. I need the right wig and eyes for her, desperately. )

EDIT: It's getting pretty close to the day I'm taking Loki in to get his back claws done. The closer it gets to time, the more bad I feel about it, even though it's for a medical reason. Every time he comes and cuddles with me, or purrs at me I feel guilty. DX

Well, rizumikaru_yomi is back from the two week hiatus. :) No thanks to me since I missed the mod meeting yesterday. Ugh brain wtf, it was not Sunday yesterday it was Monday. >__O;; Anyway, yay! I've been bored without RY lol. Also, some of the things that were upsetting me have been worked out so I'm good now. At least RP-wise.

I need to get Dean and House into stuff at TV too. For some reason I'm having trouble thinking of ways for them to get into things. Grr. *pokes teh muses*

And now for some thoughts on movies that I've watched the last couple days, courtesy of graboid.

--> The Day The Earth Stood Still (remake; Keanu Reeves) Was alright, as disaster movies go. Not the best one I've ever watched, but certainly not the worst. It had it's moments. Plus, the special effects were awesome. Made me think of Armageddon and War of the Worlds a lot.

--> Seven Pounds (Will Smith) Not the kind of movie that I normally watch, but as I'm a HUGE Will Smith fan, I made an exception. It was an amazing movie, and I cried really hard at the end. I never figured out how the title figures into the movie, though. xD; *fail*

--> The Unborn (Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman) ...kekekeke. >3 MY KIND OF MOVIE. Creepy, freaky, night-mare inducing. I loved it. Similar to Mirrors in the kind of scares they produce. ♥

--> Yes Man (Jim Carrey) LAWL I still ♥ Jim Carrey. srsly. This was a hilarious movie. DDR on redbull awesome. And there was some serious stuff in it. I suppose you could consider it a movie where the character grows as a person throughout, despite the slapstick and and around that.

--> Bedtime Stories (Adam Sandler) Okay, so it's no real secret that I'm not a huge Adam Sandler fan. Most of his movies I find really terrible and crude; there's only been a few that I've liked. This one was made my Disney though, so I figured it'd be alright. It was cute. I don't know if I'd run out to buy it ASAP when it comes out on DVD, but it was worth watching.

...so basically, Sena will watch anything. XD;

And now a random note for Kiin: Your original slash is going to involve a vampire. With multiple personalities. 8D And a human that I haven't thought about yet. I'm having so much fun with the clinically D.I.D. vampire that I haven't gotten around to his love interest yet. xD; I still need to name him, too. .__.; Hmm. God, the first name that leaps to mind is Christian, but it's so cliche I can't bring myself to use it. >__>;

Right, and now I should try again to fall asleep. Stupid insomnia.

Yeah, so I haven't posted anything in forever. >>;

1) Christmas #1: On the 23rd the immediate family did Christmas. I got a couple movies, and my cell phone. Also a book, and a gift card, and a chair for at my computer. It was nice. Most of my Christmas from Mom and Lee was the phone though, lol.

2) Christmas #2: On the 24th, we all went up to Grandma's place to do prep for the turkey and everything the next day. That night we gave Grandma the gift that my brother and I got for her, and she gave us our cards with monies in them, because she's been too sick to go out shopping. The next day the whole family was over and we had dinner, and did the family gift exchange. I ended up with a wok set, which is awesome because I'm the one who bought that one because I wanted it. XD;

3) Dad couldn't make it up in time for Christmas, so he's coming up this next weekend to exchange gifts. THE GIFT I ORDERED FOR HIM BEFORE CHRISTMAS BETTER BLOODY BE HERE BY THEN, DAMMIT. >__O;

3) Did nothing for New Year's, though that morning I did get my cell activated. Thank God I have three months free texting, because despite not planning on using it much I've been texting A LOT. I'll need a text plan when my free time runs out. XD;;

4) My RY secret santa gift from toxicatedpoison got here the other day! Eee! It's a pretty crystal heart pendant that she got engraved with "Sena". ILU SO HARD PRONNIE. ♥

5) Speaking of RY, tomorrow we are officially on hiatus for two weeks as a community, so that Steph, Maddie and I can kind of revamp it, and add in more plot points and get everything back on track. WE SHALL RETURN.

6) My birthday was yesterday! 8D ...I did nothing for it, and didn't get any presents, though a bunch of people wished me a Happy Birthday. At some point this week Mom is taking me out to buy me a new camera though, she just hasn't had the time until now.

7) Yesterday I met up with Pam and Ryuu-chan at the Tim Hortons at the corner, and we hung out there and talked for almost two hours. Then we came back here and hung out some more. It was really nice because I haven't seen any of my RL friends in over a year. Turns out Pam is living in town again (sort of anyway, she's actually just outside of town), so hopefully I can see her some more now, at least until she moves to Alberta in a year or so.

8) One of my new wigs (for Haine cosplay from The Gentlemen's Alliance) came in a couple days ago, and I FREAKING LOVE IT. It's long and curly and light brown with blonde streaks, and looks freakishly good on me, or so everyone is telling me. XD; Now I wish I hadn't cut my hair so short so I could dye and curl it lol.

9) ( PHOTOS OMG )

Hehe, I promised Sora pics and look I'm finally delivering! ♥ He's so adorable and I luff him to bits. He's not afraid of the cats at all... he actually chases Neko, it's hilarious. XD; What a chickenshit cat. <33



( More pics be here. )

He reminds me of Yuki so much, except Sora has about 50x more energy than Yuki ever did. Then again, when I got Yuki he was much older than when I got Sora, so I suppose that's probably the major difference.

Right now he's in his cage making eyes at me because I haven't given him any treats yet today. >>; He has me so whipped.

EDIT: Oh, btw, at the Petsmart the other day I almost got another rat to be Sora's friend. Around here you can't get anything other than hooded rats (and occasionally albino ones like Kori was), but I really like solid-coloured ones, and the Petsmart had the most adorable grey-blonde one. I wanted to bring him home so badly, but the cage Sora is in right now isn't big enough for two rats, and I don't have the space in here for any of my bigger ones. Too bad. I would have named him Roxas too. XD;

EDIT #2: OMG there's an RY rp!secret today and I'm in it! ♥ Along with Reppy, Maddie, Meev, Chloe and Nikki. X3 ilu anon! <3

Alright, so over at RY, I play Roxas (among other characters), and fantacination plays Axel. But because it's an AU game, they didn't knew each other, so we actually had to introduce them, which was rather amusing. ("Haha" is Axel for "Haruhi" btw, so Suzumiya.) Now they're having this conversation (starting off about Roxas' new pet) which makes me giggle for reasons I can't quite identify:

Axel: ...A pig. You're one of a kind, aren't ya?
Roxas: What was I supposed to do, tell the old lady to shove it? >|
Axel: Hmm, well there's always ham and bacon, I guess.
Roxas: *facepalm* She's a pet, you idiot. Not a midnight snack.
Axel: Works either way, right~?
Roxas: Depends on how heartless you are, I suppose. >__>;
Axel: Hey, hey, I've got a heart. I just don't guarantee it's always in the right place, yanno?
Roxas: Suuuuure you do. *eyeroll*
Axel: *flicks lightly* Oi, shouldn't you be a bit more polite to your elders~?
Roxas: *swats at* The term elders refers to people who deserve respect, you know. :P
Axel: Guess you'll never get to be one, huh~? So what, you have a little list? Or were you gonna rely on your trusty piglet to tell you?
Roxas: Oi, I have a better chance than you. XP I can tell on my own, thanks. >>; The pig is just a houseguest.
Axel: Suuure, shortstuff, looks like a long wait either way, hn~? What you're gonna keep it in your shirt and not let it earn it's keep?
Roxas: Yeah well, we'll see about that. Of course not! But just because she's sleeping in my living room doesn't mean she gets to influence my opinions. She's a pig. XP
Axel: That's the spirit. Ouch, demoted to the couch already? That's no way to treat your beloved pet! And calling her names, too. You must be a ladykiller.♥
Roxas: She's not my beloved pet. She just got... dropped on me. Though she is kind of cute. And behaves herself. And I woke up last night with her in the bed with me, and it wasn't so bad. ...shut up.
Axel: ...*rofls* So she does sleep with you, then. ♥ Hope she hasn't torn your teddybear to bits~? Aww, chibi-chan actually has a cute side~
Roxas: It only happened the one time! >///< And I don't have a teddy bear, jeez! Roxas. Rox-as! >__O
Axel: Ah, so that's why you're cuddling Ayu-yu, now? I don't know, Roku-ass, maybe you should look into your little bed problem.♥
Roxas: I don't need something to cuddle, nevermind Ayu! And I don't have a bed problem. =__=;; My bed is fine, as am I.
Axel: Hey, hey, it's okay, no need to be shy about it~ Nobody'll hold it against you if you still wet the bed or anything. Much. ♥
Roxas: I'm starting to wonder if maybe you're projecting your own problems. XP
Axel: Who, me~? I'd tell you to get eyewitness accounts, but they probably wouldn't let you in the clubs 'till you grow six inches.♥ *ruffles hair, pushing downa little*
Roxas: D< *flails and shoves at him* Hey! Stoppit! I'm not short!
Axel: What do you call all the inches between your head and mine, then~?
Roxas: Clearance so I don't have to look at your face. :P
Axel: Whoa, easy there. You've got issues, ochibi.I hear milk's good for that. ♥ Besides, clearance works both ways, dontcha think~?
Roxas: You're my only issue. -__-;; ...Says the guy who won't leave me alone. If you don't want to look at me, go away. :p

*snortsnicker* I love Michi's Axel. ♥

My off-and-on fever is more off than on right now, but still existent. It sucks. The last two days I pretty much just slept and watched movies, and worked on unpacking a tiny bit.

Tomorrow I have to go out to Walmart and get more sinus meds. While I'm out in that direction I'm going to get some more rabbit food at the pet store as well, and look at the rats there. If there are any cute ones I'll pick one up. ♥

Right now I'm chatting with RY peeps and rping Marluxia/Kadaj/Sora with Kiin. Crack threesome FTW. XD; I'm also semi-watching Supernatural on DVD with my brother.

( Cut For TMI )

On a non-TMI topic, I'm moving in a month or two. Possibly the end of November, possibly closer to the end of December, depending on how things go with the sewer lines being fixed. Basically, if they don't have them fixed by the end of this month, Sarah is moving come the end of November, so I have to leave then as well. If they do get them fixed by the end of this month, she won't be moving for a couple extra months, so my original December timeline still works.

Unfortunately, I have nowhere to go but back to Mom and Lee's place. Mom keeps assuring me it's fine, and that's what parents are for, but fuck do I feel guilty about it. I would still be paying rent (they said $240/month but I'm insisting on at least what I pay here, which is $355) and helping out with hydro/etc. and paying for my own Internet and everything, but still. They're just now finally getting my brother out of the house, and I know it'd be nice for them to have some time to themselves.

I know, I know... Mom doesn't want me on the street or anything, and she'd rather I was there because she's worried about me. But still. I feel like such an inconvenience and a burden. Though I suppose between paying for myself and helping out with cooking/cleaning/etc. I can at least try to make up for it...

All of this is only possible because it turns out that if I move back in with them, ODSP won't cut me off, as long as they're charging me rent/utilities/etc. I suppose I would have felt even worse if I'd just moved back in and had to bum off them, so that's something. I need to discuss everything with Mom some more and work out how it's all going to happen, and try to figure out where I'm going to store the furniture and etc. that won't fit when I go back. I guess I'm having a yard sale soon. Which would be less of a pain if it wasn't getting really cold here already.

So... I get to start packing ASAP, and moving things over there a few boxes at a time to cut down on what has to go all at once when I do move. I hate packing. I hate moving. I hate having to go back and burden Mom again. But I hate this place more. Not to mention the lack of affordable housing around here. It's the only thing I can do.

UGH.

In somewhat related news, I need money. Desperately. To help with the move and everything. I guess a garage sale might help a bit, but no guarantees. I'll probably post a list of stuff I'm willing to part with as I pack things up and go through them. Please consider buying something when I do! Or, if you're interested, I'm still taking pony commissions. Just email me or drop a comment and we can talk about it.

[Pronnie: Asch!pony is... not done. I failed at your birthday deadline. :D; Sorry! Still working on him though! I'll bug you for your address when I get him finished. For now he's sitting on my coffee table giving me "wtf woman, why am I still bald?!" looks. ♥ Screw you Asch!pony, your hair is hard to sculpt! >|]

Oh, and on a not even remotely related topic, been downloading more stuff. An episode of Bones that I missed (I still need this week's Criminal Minds too), as well as a bunch of Jurassic Fight Club episodes (ilu firebird_88 for turning me on to that ♥♥), a couple of shark documentaries like Sharkwater, and a ton of movies; Wild Hogs, Day of the Dead, Enchanted, Deep Rising, Shark Swarm, Superhero Movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Batman: Gotham Knight, Mama-Mia (yes, Pronnie, I will watch it I swear), My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Anaconda III, The Mummy Tomb: Curse of the Dragon Emperor, The Strangers, Epic Movie and Alone In The Dark II. >3

I've watched a few of them, and I'll probably talk about them tomorrow or the next day when I'm feeling better. FOR NOW RECCOMMEND SOME GOOD MOVIES (OR TV SHOWS) TO ME. I HAVE TONS OF DOWNLOAD MB LEFT.

( EDIT: RP stuff no one wants to read. )

...and now I'm off to curl up in whimpering, shaking ball on the bed and pass out from the pain.

Have a random Tetsuya icon.

Movie List so far for all of last night and this morning:

Shanghai Noon
Shanghai Knights
Junior
The Invisible
The Brothers Grimm

...and now I'm on Seabiscuit. Also, some plotting Haruhi-Kadaj and Haruhi-Roxas comment spamming with Pronnie, and some Axel/Kadaj with Michi. I admit it, I ship AkuDaj too. In a completely different way than MarluDaj, but shipping nonetheless. ♥♥ Actually, I not-so-secretly ship them all together. I think they're my first real OT3. XD;

YAY INSOMNIA?

EDIT: OMFG. I just found my Sailor Trek binder. XD;; (Sailor Trek, Sailor Trek: TNG and Sailor Trek: DS9. Really, ridiculously well written Sailormoon/Star Trek fics that I found and printed out YEARS ago. CRACK CROSSOVER FTW.) I can't believe I still have that! I'll have to read them again. X3

...I'm such a geek, especially when I'm sleep-deprived. >>;

...I miss writing crack crossovers. I should get into it again for kicks. I still get reviews and requests to continue "Digital". And I still want to write my Rayearth/Blade one. And the Valdemar/LoTR one too. ♥

Okay, so I seriously should be sleeping. I've tried to go to bed a couple times and always just ended up back up again and working on something. Well, first I was up until almost four rping with Kiin. xD; Then I shut off my movie and tried to go to sleep, and couldn't, so I got back up and finished watching it. Then I tried again. Then I got back up and put on another movie, and worked on my alien queen model some. Then when that movie was over I tried to sleep again.

...and I've just spent the last 45 minutes laying in bed, thinking about Otakon, and having random gigglefits over some of the larping we did there. XD;; In particular, when Michelle made a Luke!comment about how he could definitively say Kadaj was a girl and why, and made Maddie and I go "... .__." because it was like the last thing we expected her to say. ♥

Also, when Kadaj and Kurai had that random slapping fight in the dark after we'd gone to bed. And then got yelled at by Reno and Albel. Because seriously that killed me in the best possible way.

THINKING ABOUT THAT MAKES ME MISS YOU GUYS. ;3; OTAKON '09 IS TOO FAR AWAY!

...And now I'm considering posting the Marluxia/Kadaj AIM-logs that Kiin and I have done the last couple days here, just for the sake of posting them. Because there is a lot of cute stuff, which we are squeeing over. However, the logs are also mostly smut, with the cute interspersed in there, and I don't know if I have the guts to put them up. XD;;

For those of you not familiar with RY-verse, YES SHUT UP I SAID MARLUXIA/KADAJ. X3 ~♥ RY has spawned some of the best crack pairings for me, I swear.

EDIT:: Okay, fuck it. Have some Marly/Kadaj. Yaoi smut ahoy. Probably not good for Sephiroth's health to read this. No really.

There are two others, but I can't post them here because of LJ's text limit. >>; Maybe I'll post them later on in different entries.

...I SHIP THEM SO HARD. *w*

EDIT #2: Maddie, I muddled out basic screencapping and got a cap of cheerleader!Jenova for you, so you don't have to worry about it. ♥

The only thing in this that's going to be behind a cut is photos (if I have the gumption to post them tonight), so to avoid endless rambling about Otakon if you're not interested, please feel free to scroll down. And down. And down some more. :D

Okay, so!

Monday, the 4th: I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure I had everything packed and organized. Eventually, I got frustrated with trying to fit everything in my suitcases, and ended up having Mom come over and do it for me, as she is the QUEEN of packing. ♥ Also, Monday I baked hermit cookies and coconut-oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies to bring with me. Sticking Tetsuya in my hiking backpack was kind of hilarious, as he kept giving me dirty looks the entire time. XD; That night I also hauled my two suitcases down to the main landing, so I wouldn't have to carry them both (they weighed like 50lbs each xD;;) all the way down the next day.

Tuesday, the 5th: I got up early to finish the last minute cleaning and whatnot I needed to do before my bus at 11:40am. Then I said goodbye to my baby kitties and bunnies (and Axel, of course) and told them to behave while I was gone. I was somewhat dubious that would work, but hey, it was worth a try. XD;; Then Mom picked me up around 10:30am and we went to the bus station, where I paid for my extra bag; my backpack went onto the bus with me (since it had Tetsuya, and all my electronics in it, as well as some clothes just in case), but I had two suitcases to go underneath the bus. Aparently, you used to be able to take two for underneath no problem, but at the beginning of August they changed it to be just one. :P So I paid an extra $30 to get my second suitcase from here to Baltimore.

Now, the trip to Baltimore was... eventful, and at the same time not. There was a lot of boring sitting around doing nothing (especially after my mp3 player ran out of charge, and after dark when I couldn't read) usually. BUT. When we got to the US border and I went though Customs, they asked "what my business in the United States was" and I told the guy I was going to a convention. He got this super suspicious look and went "what kind of convention?" Seriously, a voice in the back of my head was going "A TERRORIST CONVENTION! >D" but I figured if I said that they'd send me to prison or something, so instead I told him an anime convention. And he got really pissed off about it. XD; It was actually rather hilarious. Then they searched my bag. You know, just in case all us otaku were planning to bomb something. xDD;;

Anyway! Once we got through Customs, we continued on to Buffalo, where our current driver was supposed to get off, and a new one get on. So we got there, and the driver left... and no one else showed up. FOR TWO HOURS. They didn't even come out and tell us what was going on. FINALLY, two hours later someone came out and said they were getting another driver because the one that was supposed to be there just didn't show up. So we waited ANOTHER hour until a new driver got there. Only she wasn't a driver. Like, she had NEVER DRIVEN A GREYHOUND BUS BEFORE. UGH. She was super nice though, and didn't get us killed, so it all worked out.

Now, after Buffalo I was supposed to have a three hour layover in New York, but since we were running three hours LATE, I arrived there just in time to grab my stuff and run across the terminal to hop onto my next bus. I'm so glad I had that layover! If I hadn't, I'd have been stuck there for another three hours until the next bus to Baltimore. D:

Wednesday the 6th: Boring as the rest of the trip had been though, the bus from Buffalo to NY was actually awesome; I got on and sat down, and about two seconds later this girl across the aisle from me leaned over and went "hey... are you on your way to Otakon?" So which I said ".__. Yes?" XD; She had seen my KH and Furuba keychains lawl. SO I scooted over so I was sitting on the aisle and she did the same, and we fangirled and chatted for the next like... four and a half hours. XD;

There were jokes about Marlyland. Especially when we crossed into it, and the Welcome sign had big flamboyant flowers on it. ♥♥♥

Z~ I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN YOUR EMAIL! I TRIED TO LOOK FOR YOU AT ARTIST ALLEY BUT COULDN'T FIND YOU! DDDD: IF BY SOME MIRACLE YOU SEE THIS, COMMENT OR MESSAGE ME OR SOMETHING!

Right, so we got to the first bus terminal in Baltimore around noon, and Z and I both hopped off and got KFC for lunch because we were starving. But we took it back to the bus to eat because we were paranoid about them leaving without us. lol. Then it was around 12:45pm when we finally arrived at the downtown terminal, where Z and I were both getting off. I waited with her for ten minutes or so until her friends came to pick her up, then went outside and found a cab to take to the Sheraton.

CABS IN BALTIMORE ARE DIRT CHEAP HOMG. O___O;; Why can't cabs here cost that much? ;w;

Wow, I'm easily distracted lol. Moving on! I got to the Sheraton and checked to see if Maddie and Chloe had arrived/checked in yet, and they hadn't. So I checked my bags and sat down in the comfy comfy chair by the computer in the lobby to wait for them. About half an hour later they arrived, and there was much hugging and bitching about various modes of transportation. Then we checked in and went up to the room to crash and wait for Mel and Michelle. ♥

The rest of the day was pretty much organizing things and chatting, and deciding sleeping arrangements (Maddie/Chloe/Reno/Link/Rufus/etc. in one bed, Mel/Michelle/Kanda/Eiji/Naoji/Irvine/etc. in the other, me under the desk (NO I'm not kidding XD;;) with Kadaj/Kurai/Luke, Hikaru and Kaoru in the closet, Shuichi/Chrono/Mahiru in the bathtub, and a lot of others that I'm sure I'm forgetting. Sephiroth slept standing up when he wasn't busy with prostitutes. xDD;;) We also went out to a mall and got dinner, then a t-shirt for Michelle. I had to resist the urge to play in the fountains there, Demyx muse thought that would be FUN. :D

Thursday, the 7th: We all slept until noon out of sheer travel exhaustion. Then we had donuts for breakfast, and got into Cosplay to go and pick up our con badges. Michelle and I were RY-highschool!Kadaj and Luke, Maddie was casual!Rufus, Chloe was Reno, and Mel was turk!Kanda. The story was that Rufus was babysitting Luke and Kadaj and Reno and Kanda were along as his bodyguards. Kadaj was NOT AMUSED to have a babysitter. >.>;

After we got our badges we all split up (I believe Maddie wasn't feeling well, so she and Chloe went back to the hotel ahead of us, and Michelle went to dinner with Alicia), and on the way back to the hotel, Mel and I got caught in a random torrential downpour. XD;; So we were soaked and pathetic looking by the time we got back. I'm glad I was wearing a tank top underneath my school uniform shirt. .__.;

Later on after we were changed and dry, we went out for dinner, and on the way was when we stopped to play at the fountain by the harbor and I did my EPIC FACEPLANT. YAY my first injury of the vacation! =D;;

No big deal though. ♥ After I got myself picked up, we headed off to the harbor front center and got dinner. I can't remember the name of the restaurant, but the service SUCKED. Good thing the food was AWESOME or I'd've been pretty pissed. Seriously though, I got the BEST FREAKING SAMMICH IN THE WORLD there. *drool*

Michelle met us at the restaurant, and after that it was back to the hotel for sleep, but not before making our first voice post to the RY OOC comm and coloring our RY shirts. ♥♥ That was awesome fun, especially after a while since the markers were permanent and we didn't have a window open.

THERE WILL BE SEPHIROTH COOKIE JOKES FOREVER. XDD

Friday the 8th: First day of the con! ...we all slept in and missed our morning panels. XD;; D'OH. But we were all exhausted, so it wasn't really a surprise. >>;

When we finally did get up, we all got into our cosplay for the day and headed off; Mel and I were running late trying to get my skirt done, and finally I just pinned it and wore it like that. We went and wandered around the convention center a bit; took some pics. I found an awesome Zelos, and should have taken a pic with her, instead of just of her, since I was in my Kyo outfit. Boo, boo, I faaaaail.

Eventually we found the dealer's room, and wandered around there for about half an hour. I got my brother a cute stuffed dragon for his dragon collection (I almost kept it. >.>;;) Then it was off again to the D.Gray photoshoot, where there was INSANITY. It was fun though, I'd never actually gone to a photoshoot at a con before. It was utter CRACK, but so awesome. :3

Then after the photoshoot ended, we all sat down together to read porn. XD;;

After the porn, Mel went off with some of the D.Gray people, and Michelle, Maddie and I went to look for Chloe. We were supposed to go see the Lolita fashion show, but we couldn't get in, so instead we went back to the dealer's room. I got some manga (Loveless, Furuba, Tsubasa), and there was a booth selling bondage gear, so I got a leather collar with a bell on it for my Kyo costume. xD; Kekeke.

That night I went with Maddie and Michelle (and Chloe? You were there, weren't you?) to the yaoi panel in Kadaj-in-a-dress cosplay just for the hell of it. ^.^; My muses haet me so much now.

Saturday the 9th: I was supposed to go to a D.Gray photoshoot with Mel that morning, but... I slept through it. Bah. So when I got up I waited until everyone was gone (since there weren't really any panels I wanted to go to) and then tidied a bit. Seriously, our freaking hotel room looked like a tornado had gone through it, and I was starting to have OCD twitches at the mess. >.<;

Then after a while, Maddie and Chloe came back (with foodz!) and we ate there. While we were eating, Mel showed up with Lavi (whose name I don't remember); they weren't there long, but they were there long enough for us to get Lavi/Reno photos. lmao. ♥

When we were done eating I got into my Haruhi outfit (contacts and all), and we went to this comedy thing at the con... Japanese comedic storytelling, which has an actual name but I can't think of it right now. -.-; But it was very funny and I enjoyed it immensely. Haha. After that, Maddie, Chloe and I went to the Mason building to take EPIC Turk photos. Seriously. When I say epic, I mean EPIC. >w<~ We also took a few pics of Haruhi!me as well, but I like the Turk ones better. :3

After the photos we actually found an open pharmacy for me to get bandages for my knees. HUZZAH. We also got more donuts for breakfast the next day. Later I dressed up as casual!Allen using my Kadaj wig and was supposed to go to the D.Gray shoot that night (there were like ten of them lol), but we were running late so Michelle and I had to skip it and go straight to the old school yaoi panel we wanted to attend.

Sunday the 10th: ...was mostly packing, organizing, and then going to the dealer's room, where I bought even more stuff. >>; I got a bunch of buttons, an adorable plush bunny-thing, and Sephiroth, Kadaj and Roxas figures. It was a tossup between Roxas and Axel, really. Axel next time I have some cash! ♥

EDIT: Oh yes, before the dealer's room we went to the D.Gray panel, and then took photos outside that room. Then was also when we got out the leftover cookies to give out. Chloe was adorable handing them out. Eventually we just started yelling "FREE COOKIES!" and we went through TWO AND A HALF CONTAINERS of them in like two minutes after that. XD; But that's good because I really didn't want to have to haul them home. ♥ Haha.

After the dealer's room, the con was pretty much closed, so we went for lunch, then back to the hotel to get our things. Mel, Maddie and I took everything in a cab with us to the new hotel (CHEAP CAB WAS CHEAP) while Chloe accompanied Michelle to her place to drop some stuff off and get her car.

We got to the new hotel and I promptly fell asleep. .__.;; On their way to there, Michelle and Chloe picked up snacks and cup noodles for us, and that night we pretty much just chilled and watched movies; first, Sensitive Pornograph (which the DVD player there didn't like D:), then Brokeback Mountain (WHICH I NEED A COPY OF DAMMIT) and finally Black Sheep. Hehehe zombie sheep ftw. ♥♥

Monday the 11th: WAS AQUARIUM DAY. \o/\o/\o/ Demyx-muse APPROVES OF AQUARIUMS.

We all slept in again (I was under the table in the new room, whereas I was under the desk at the old one lol), then got into cosplay to go to the aquarium at 2pm even though the con was over. Aquarium cosplay is fun. :D

My legs tried to die on the way there, but once we were inside and moving more slowly they decided they didn't hate me too much anymore. That was the best aquarium ever though. ♥ I could have watched the manta ray pool all day, or the sharks, or the dolphins. ^__^ We pretty much stayed until closing, then did a bunch of photos by the fountain (where I fell before), and headed back to the hotel. Mel and I went swimming for a while, then I re-packed everything, bashed my arm in the bathroom, and went to sleep since I had to get up at an ungodly hour the next morning. D:

Tuesday the 12th: Got up at like 5am. UGH. Got showered and dressed, then hauled all my stuff outside so that I wouldn't disturb everyone else. Sat around and waited for my cab. And waited. And waited. It never showed up. Luckily, another cab happened by and I flagged him down to take me to the greyhound station. Whoot.

Cue 13-hour ride to Dayton. When I got to the station the woman at the counter was an utter BITCH to me, to the point I was about to cry because I didn't have enough cash to get my second suitcase on the bus and she wouldn't take my Mom's credit card number WHICH I HAD ON ME FOR JUST SUCH AN EMERGENCY. >__O;; Then after watching me freak out for ten minutes she just looks at me with an annoyed expression and goes "just ask the bus driver, he'll probably let you take it on anyway."

WHAT. FUCK YOU LADY, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT TO BEGIN WITH?!

Whatever. So I spent all of the drive to Dayton with my backpack and a suitcase on the bus with me. It was a pain, but at least I didn't have to leave anything behind. Then when I got to Dayton, Maddie and Chloe weren't there to pick me up. ;~; It wasn't their fault, their plane had been delayed, but I panicked a little until I finally got Michelle's text about it at TEN. wtf phone? Delayed text messaging much?

At least while I was waiting, I taught myself how to use the phone more. Even how to text. Whoo, go me!

They got there to pick me up around 11:20pm, and we went back to their place and chatted/organized/gave pets to kitties before dying some more.

Wednesday the 13th: Chloe had to work. T__T So after sleeping half the day, Maddie and I took Dayton's busses out to Walmart to pick up her last paycheck, and while we were out there we found a bank that would exchange Canadian monies, since I was out of American ones. Yay.

After that we went back to their place and did not much, though I did do some laundry in their haunted basement and was stared at from the corner the whole time. o__o;; I hope I didn't make anything angry.

That night we ordered pizza and these chocolate dipper things that were SO GOOD. =w= We don't have them at the Pizza Hut here, I already checked. >>; We also watched Dog Soldiers, but we only half paid attention to it. *shrug*

...finally at midnight-ish we decided to go to bed, which was awful because I had to get up at 3:30am the next morning to have a bath and get all my stuff together for the bus to Ashtabula. It was even worse because SOMETHING was playing with the zippers on my suitcases while I was trying to sleep, making them jingle. Could have been worse, I suppose.

Thursday the 14th: Got up at 3:30am for a bath, and when I came back down from that, I thought I saw a cat in the corner of the dining room. But I knew Saiga and Kakei were locked away upstairs. I kind of shrugged it off. Then later at the bus stop, I mentioned that something had been jingling the zippers all night and they were like "maybe it was the ghost cat" and I was like "... o__o;; Srsly?"

XDDD;;

Then, bus to Ashtabula! ...I fell off it. >___>;;

When we got to Ashtabula, I was stepping down and tripped, and fell on my face on the pavement. I scraped my knees up again, and this time my right one bled like It'd been cut down to the bone or something. Everyone that had been on the bus rushed to help me up, which was very nice, but I really was alright. ^^;;

That was when Cat McD and her kittens came to get me, and we went back to her place. Jasmine and AJ are so cute! And while I'm generally not fond of children, they were pretty much non-offensive. I got a lot of hugs and stuff. Hehe.

That night after they were in bed, Cat and I watched Black Sheep, and then a really terrible viking movie that I can't remember the title of. XD;; It was SO awesome. I think I need a copy of it. We also started to watch Dog Soldiers, but then we both fell asleep in the middle of it. FAIL~ lawl.

Friday the 15th: Got up early because that's what one does when there are childlings in the house. ♥ Watched Numbers and generally were tired and lazy until it was time for me to catch the bus. Cat and her kids saw me off, and I promised to come back and visit again some time. Possibly next year after Otakon again, depending on finances...

BUS AGAIN. This time to Toronto. lmao, the best thing was when we went through Canadian Customs! When I went through the US Customs they were all "RAWR!" over the anime con thing, but when I went through Canada Customs and said "I was at an anime con" the girl went "AWESOME! :D" XDDD; YAY CANADA CUSTOMS OMG HEHE!

When I got to TO, I took an {expensive} cab to the hotel -cat was staying at, and met up with her. =3 We went for FOOD, which was awesome because I was getting seriously tired/sick of the crap I'd been living off of the previous week and a half. I mean seriously. I got a burger, but it had VEGETABLE MATTER on it, and came with a salad. SO YUMMY AFTER VENDING MACHINE/CONVENIENCE STORE FOOD. \o/

Saturday the 16th: I slept in while -cat went to some con stuff, then around lunch time I finally got up and ready and we went to the World's Biggest Bookstore via the subway. Subways... make me nervous. I mean, I know it's no big deal, but for some reason I'm not super comfy on them. Probably because I've only been on one twice in my life. ^^; Oh well.

The bookstore was awesome as usual. I spent like $130, which was fine since I'd set aside about $150 for the bookstore alone. xD;; I finally got some D.Gray manga. Then I got lots of books, hehe. So happy~ and when we got back to the hotel -cat helped me streak my hair pink, which I LOVE. Then she had a pizza party thing, so I hung around and watched TV, and used her computer a little.

Sunday the 17th: The next morning I slept in again, and said goodbye to -cat since she was off to do more con stuff. I tried to get ahold of Kerry, but my phone didn't like her number. ;~~~; So I missed her! No fair! ...at least she was having fun at her con and everything though. ♥ Sorry Kerry! Next time I promise!

EDIT: This was the day I fell in the shower, too. >>;;

And finally, a bus home to Orillia! SO EXHAUSTED, but it was SO MUCH FUN. ^__^

...and yeeeah. Photos later. >>;; Just typing this took like two hours. Now is time for sleeps.

Earlier today I was bored and there wasn't anything else on, so I watched Shaolin Soccer... and then wondered why the hell I hadn't watched it sooner. XD;; Now I'm watching it again on another channel. It's epic crack and I luff it, right down to the craptacular dubbing. <33 I think it's the first time since Godzilla that I haven't minded bad dubbing. XD;;

Right! Still packing and re-packing trying to figure out the best way to fit everything for Otakong, as well as distribute the weight decently. I think I might not be able to fit that mini sewing machine after all, but I'm sure as hell going to try. Even if I don't, I have a tiny pocket sewing kit I'm bringing, with a little bit of thread and a needle and some pins. *shrug*

Have some baking to do between now and Monday. COOKIES FOR OTAKON PEOPLES.

Also... Dad sent me a package (a cell for me to borrow whilst in the US) on this last Monday and it was supposed to arrive yesterday, but didn't, and so I'd hoped it was a little late, but it didn't arrive today either. If it doesn't show up tomorrow, I won't get it before I leave Tuesday. ><; Stupid post office. Georgetown is only like an hour away, how long can it take to get a pakage from there? UGH.

On the plus side, I spoke with Sarah and she says if it doesn't arrive tomorrow, she'll lend me her cell for the trip instead, assuming I pay any charges I rack up. I don't plan on using it much, but I'm sure it'll come in handy. Plus I'm sure to get lost at least once. >>; Haha. xD;

Random RP Update. Kadaj has a teeny crush on Haruhi. They're... scarily cute together. Pronnie is all for them being a couple lol. XD; Poor Kadaj would still be the woman of the relationship. But Kadaj is already with Marluxia. Not that that stops him from sleeping with other people, since Mar doesn't mind that. >>; Anyway, he and Haruhi are somewhat-friends now ("somewhat" because Haruhi has a problem with actually saying they're "friends"), and will probably possibly end up having a tryst at some point. What is it with everyone being after Kadaj? XD;

Other than that, he's arguing with Kuja still, just met Kairi (because she's part of SOS Dan too), and is taking care of Axel's pet fox (Kit) while he's away for a little while. He half-hoped Kit would eat Seph's kitten, Silver, but instead she's buddied up with the kitty. Now he shares his pillow with both of them at night. ♥♥

I haven't been doing much with everyone else since I got my new PC, partly because the last week I've been scrambling with last-minute con/travel stuff, so when I get back I'll have to get Hikaru/Demyx/Mahiru/Kyo/Ed back into the swing of things again.

I slept for like an hour and a half last night, and woke up, and can't get back to sleep. And I'm bored out of my skull. =.=;

Later on, if I still can't sleep, I'm considering going downtown and getting my ears pierced (again >>;) and looking around the farmer's market. But if I do, I'll want to go early to avoid the heat in the afternoon. Hmm.

ASDGH apparently both lipstickcat and etcetera_cat are going to be in Toronto that weekend in August after I get back from Otakon. >3< I need to flail at them. SRSLY. So... >> << I'm wondering if there might be a chance I could crash with one of them the Saturday night? Then I could bother you more. But if I don't have a place to stay I'll have to take the bus to TO in the morning Saturday and then leave again that night, so I'll only be around for a couple hours.

AND NOW RANDOM RP-UPDATE:

Hikaru; Michelle and I actually have a semi-plan for the twins! Finally! 8D; They're going to open their own boutique downtown, and sell their own designs. We haven't gotten started on that yet, but they're also going to have to get Kyouya to help with the business end of it (which is part of why it hasn't started yet, as Cassandra-san is unavailable for a few days. <3) Other than that, Tono is apparently flinging a huge beach-party, and Hikaru is OMGEXCITED about that, and plotting many, many evil things to do to him while they're there. >D

Demyx; A few days ago he went out drinking with Axel, and somehow wound up soaking wet at the park. There is some speculation that they attempted skinnydipping but forgot that entails taking their clothes off. Demyx can't remember most of that night. XD;; There was some almost-angsty stuff with him and Zexion a short time later, but it's all been resolved (I think.) Also, Yaten is going out of town, so he's looking after Mint for her until she gets back. Demy is happy (KITTIES!) Nocturne is happy. Zexy is not. Mint keeps getting white hair on his black clothes. >>;

Kyo; Is having some problems dealing with slackers at work, and has asked Sephiroth to look into it. I'm not sure if anything is going to change in that regard. *shrug* That aside, he's working rediculous hours after the bombing a while back, as he doesn't trust the other guy (NPC) they hired to keep an eye on the vid room when he's not there, because the guy keeps falling asleep. Other than that, the other day he went in to work early and asked Zelos to feed the stray kitties that come around to beg for food... and Zelos did so, and then promptly let them inside to cuddle. Now they have pets. Like, a lot of pets.

Mahiru; AHAHA. Riku finally managed to organise a practice for the band (at Saber's dojo), so that's happening. I think Mahiru will be shocked, as she's never actually met him, Asch or Axel in person before. It will be epic. I feel sorry for her already. Also, she's considering sneaking a keyboard into her apartment and picking that up for the band, but has yet to actually do so, since she doesn't really know how to go about it.

Kadaj; Oh God, where to start... first off, he's had to stop seeing Marluxia for the time being because of the trial. Which apparently is semi-close to a resolution. He hopes not to have to actually testify. Anyway, he's a little whiny about not being able to see Mar, but not terribly so. He's been spending a lot of time with Luke and Asch, and recently with Axel because Axel got sick and Kadaj deemed him unable to take care of himself in that situation. XD; So he was over taking care of Axel, and Asch came by to check up on him too, and so the three of them hung out and flirted and whatever, and somehow Asch ended up in a nurse outfit and Kadaj ended up in a maid outfit. So basically, Michi, Pronnie and I should never be allowed in the same place at the same time. ♥♥♥ lol.

Ed; I picked up Ed from FMA over at discordia_rp! :3 Because I thought he'd be someone I could play, and because Lome wanted more FMA characters to play with Roy. lawl, it started in my intro post. XD And now Ed is stowed away on Roy's ship, and has just been found by Hawkeye, and will shortly be dragged by the collar to see the captain, where I imagine many explatives will take place. IN CAPSLOCK.

Roxas & Youji; I'm planning to pick these two up at Discordia too. *is working on apps*

EDIT: Got my ears pierced again! Okay technically, I just got my left ear pierced again. Twice. 8D Now I have four in my left ear and three in my right~ I used Demyx!cosplay as an excuse for more piercings, but really I just wanted them. xD; My left ear hurts now. ;3;

Also went to the farmer's market on my way home. Got REAL Canadian maple syrup to send to Steph. Also got some dumplings. AND BUFFALO BURGERS ZOMG BWAHAHA. They're supposed to be good, so I thought I'd try them. Yum. Buffalo.

First off, serious apologies to rufustehshinra, I wasn't thinking. I promise I'll keep Kadaj out of trouble for a while to give Seph some peace. <3

Second... omg I finally got a headset for my PC, so now I can set about downloading Skype. >3< I'm happy about that. lol, I'm burning a whole bunch of CDs for Grandma, so she bought that and a charger for my Zen as "payment" for the work. ^^;

Third. The Naturopath re-tested my blood yesterday and says apparently I'm doing MUCH better. Meh. I don't feel any different. On the plus side, he's taken me off the stuff he had me taking before (and put me on different things :P) and I'm no longer totally restricted with the stupid diet he gave me. I can have red meat "on occasion" if I want, and milk and whatnot as well, I'm just not supposed to go crazy with it. Well duh.

Fourth! Michi and I finally finished up that Axel/Kadaj log we were going. xD; We've been working on it for a while now, emailing back and forth, and it's like fourteen pages long. X3

Fifth~ I got some more souvenirs to take with me down to the States in the summer for people! I'm enjoying souvenir shopping for that. But. I must remember not to get too much, or I won't have room for my cosplay stuff and clothes and everything. .__.;