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| 11:15pm 13/11/2009 |
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Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!
I've been in a grumpy mood all day over minor things and/or nothing at all. ;3; I suspect it may have to do with the fact that I didn't sleep well last night (Hooch was barking, the corgis kept rearranging themselves around me, I was obsessively taking them out every few hours for some unknown reason...?) and then I hardly ate for the earlier part of the day. There were little things that were out of sorts, but nothing major enough to justify this grumpy mood. It's starting to subside a bit, and I suspect that if I sleep well tonight it'll be gone, though.
I don't feel like writing, but I do feel like getting to 40k tonight, so I will likely force said ~3k out of myself before crashing. I also really need to get on ordering bubble wrappers (like, tomorrow if possible), and then I guess I'll just hold sales sometime in the next few days and warn everyone that things won't be shipped until the bubble wrappers arrive. I'll figure things out. There is going to be sooo much cheap stuff--I hope it sells well! I'm totally willing to negotiate to get this stuff out of here. It's taking up too much space! ;; If it doesn't sell in the next week after I post it, it's all going to Ebay.
FINALLY got my hands on an Umbreon chou get! And the rest of the set, too, for a not-so-horrifying $23. I should be able to make some of that back, considering I'm only keeping a few of them (Umby, Eevee, Chikorita, and maybe Espeon. Though I suspect I'll cave on Espeon and sell her. ^^;). I'm really glad I managed to find it finally before the prices start skyrocketing, as they inevitably do on Eeveelution (and especially Umbreon) stuff.
I need to work on getting Gin's package together! She and I are doing a trade for my big Poképark Pikachu Pokédoll, and while he's ready, I have some other stuff to gather up and/or create before I can send it off. :3 I am sure the shipping to Japan on this big guy is going to be rather unpleasant, but oh well! Some of the shipping costs will be going towards the set of Eeveelution canvas plush when that pre-order comes up, so all is well on that front.
Iii...can't think of anything else to say. Honestly, I kind of wish I could just sit around for the next few days and watch Law and Order endlessly, but of course, I'm pretty darn sure that's my sleeplessness talking. XD Tomorrow I'm taking care of the animals at Mom's in the morning (as Mom is currently out of town with Hana, Hooch is at dad's with Honey and I, and the other animals need to be cared for), volunteering with AnimalSave again, and after that...I'm not sure what I'm doing yet. If anyone wants to hang out tomorrow after 4 PM, let me know! |
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| 12:57am 13/11/2009 |
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TURNING. OFF. COMPUTER. BEFORE I EXPLODE ABOUT EEVEELUTION CANVAS PLUSH.
AUGHHHHHH SO CUTE!
All I know is that I'd better get on ordering myself some bubble wrappers and get doing some clearance sales on the remaining Pokésales stuff in my room--STAT!
Okay, self. You need to chill out about the plushies. Just. Take a deep breath. Get excited and go crazy when you order them, and then again when you get them in the mail. 1 AM is not the time to be spazzing about this and feeling as though you are going to explode.
You know, maybe, just MAYBE, I will be content with just collecting 3D items of Umbreon from now on, or at least until all these Umby-related releases slow down seriously. It's worth a try. I do not know if I have the restraint, though.
Also, 36,693 words, mofos. |
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| 10:20pm 10/11/2009 |
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Oooh, those of you who are having trouble with your NaNos or want some writing inspiration, this is kind of fascinating: http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf
Gives a lot of interesting possibilities to go off of. 8D I'm already getting plotbunnies, though I should quit pressing that Random button because I already have a story I'm working on. >___>
Not much to say about today, as it was rather uninteresting. I'm up to 26,701 words right now in NaNo, and planning on doing more writing today! I'm having trouble getting myself not to write 3k a day now, ahaha, otherwise I feel like I'm slacking and getting behind, even though I'm way ahead of schedule. XD Crazy author is craaazy.
I really want to finish the Umbreon plush I'm adding details to by paint, but I keep getting distracted by StumbleUpon and NaNoWriMo.
I need to remember that I have a Sociology test to study for on Thursday! Must not allow myself to forget! |
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| 11:46pm 09/11/2009 |
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I caved and got a Twitter account. I doubt I'll use it a whole lot, but it's more for following people who I don't get to hear from much on LJ or other places. I'm PacificPikachu as always--please add me if you'd like! I promise not to totally spam you with updates probably. We'll see how long it takes me to get bored of Twitter, as I tend to drop sites I become obsessed with once they lose their novelty to me, haha. LJ has been the most everlasting of the sites I visit, and I don't think that will change any time soon, if at all.
Hmmm, not much to say. A lazy day. Did abstract photomanipulations of Honey in my Photoshop class today, and they turned out looking...slightly drug-induced! 8D LOL. My class is going to be so tired of seeing pictures of my dog by the time the semester ends, as every project thusfar has involved her as a primary subject.
More Umbreon merch announced! A little nervous about getting it, as it's a chupa-chups figure and those can be a bit hard to get. I still haven't been able to get my hands on the chou get. ;; Hopefully soon! As I've said before, I get immensely frustrated being an Umbreon collector at times because it can be so financially difficult and because I'm so competitive that every time an item shows up that I don't have I get stressed about it, but for some reason (probably just my love of Umbreon), I simply cannot stop myself. ;0; Have lots of other Pokémon things I need to figure out how to afford, too. I need to just get things together and have a sales post so I can pay for things! |
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| 07:02pm 08/11/2009 |
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CORGI FAIRE WAS AWESOME! *3* So many corgis--at least around two hundred, I think, if not more! I was surprised that mine were probably the smallest adult corgis there--I knew that they're small, but this really emphasized how tiny they are for corgis! I got lots of compliments on them, and tons of people asking how old they are under the assumption that they're puppies. One lady was telling me that Honey is a classic, old-fashioned corgi, which was cool to hear. Apparently, they used to breed corgis with less white on the face or no white on the face, darker red, and an extremely foxy face, all of which are attributes Honey has. There were several corgi puppies around, too, and of course they were incredibly adorable. I enjoyed seeing the variation of corgis, as far as size, colors, markings, coat types, and so on, and there is something awesome and surreal about looking around and seeing corgis wherever you look. The corgi costume contest was amazing and hilarious! So many corgis in fantastic costumes. Honey and Hooch participated in corgi limbo. They didn't win because their leashes knocked down the limbo pole, but it was fun anyway.
I bought some little corgi items there--a few t-shirts, a plate that has art of a corgi puppy on it, a magnet, a book, a dog shirt that is a bit too big for Honey, some free corgi magazines, and I won a really cute corgi pillow in the raffle! I didn't even spend much money, as a table was selling things for really, really cheap. Anyway, it was great fun. During the event, there was a field just outside the building where it was held and everyone including myself would go to the field and let the corgis free to run around and play with each other.
I am ashamed to say I was so distracted by all the corgis that I never got to taking pictures, but I assure you there were TONS of people with cameras and I will post their pictures instead once I find uploads of them! :D
To make a great day even better, after that I stopped at Toys'R'Us and got an Arceus, and Toys'R'Us also had the Flareon, Jolteon, and Glaceon figures I've been wanting. :D One of each, and naturally I grabbed them all.
Now I'm super sleepy and debating whether or not to take a nap for an hour or two... Leaning towards taking one because if I don't I suspect I'll do nothing but lie around and not want to write. After that, I have NaNo to work on! I'm still quite ahead, though--I broke 20k last night!
Of course, now that it's NaNo I want to watch a bunch of anime, but if I watch a bunch of anime I'll feel guilty that I'm not spending the time on NaNo instead, so the anime watching will perhaps have to wait until December, or at least until I finish my 50k.
This weekend has been lots of fun! A great write-in on Friday evening, helping with AnimalSave yesterday and seeing This Is It (which I was quite impressed by), and Corgi Faire and TRU today! |
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| 04:51pm 05/11/2009 |
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Currently at 12k in my novel, with plans to reach 14-15k by tonight! Running nicely a bit ahead of schedule. Really, it's going quite well. I have no idea what the quality of my writing is like (I suspect not great, and I refuse to read back what I've written for this reason), but who cares? The plot is progressing, characters are talking, things are happening, all is well in NaNoLand. I've been hammering out my average of 2-3k per day in an hour or two, sometimes three if I'm super lazy and do things between, which isn't bad at all. I'm really looking forward to the Nevada County write-in tomorrow evening!
Actually, I'm looking forward to this weekend in general. :D Tomorrow I'll probably write part of the day and take the dogs to the dog park, and then I have a write-in. Saturday I'm helping AnimalSave at an adoption event, which will be fun, as well as bathing and grooming the corgis for the rest of the day. Sunday is the CORGI FAIRE, which is going to be insanely amazing. I plan on taking tons of pictures, and I may try to make a last minute costume for one or both of the corgis, as there is a costume contest there. 8D
I'm at school right now between classes. Two more to go. Thankfully, the weather is amazing right now, with big, dark clouds that look beautiful with the beginning of the sunset, and it's cool but not quite actually cold. Still have four more hours of class, but I'll make it through, even if it means doodling the whole way through them. Art has been so boring lately, ugh, with a lecturer who keeps talking about perspective drawing in great depth. This would be interesting, but he's an architect and, to be completely honest, my interest in doing perspective drawings of buildings and boxes and whatnot is pretty much nil, and that's all he talks about. :/
Need to get back off to class~ |
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| 12:35am 03/11/2009 |
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Yaoi-Con was absolutely fantastic this year! So much fun, seriously, and tons of brilliantly hilarious moments that I will never forget. 8D I am amazed that I still managed to get in a decent wordcount (1800+) while at the con, even though I had to sandwich such a feat between events. I'll write a little summary of the con when I have a bit more time! It was definitely an awesome time. My only regret was that I didn't end up with much time at all to spend with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) astrokittie, toggy, xel_ko, and even ensuing (despite the fact that she roomed with me, haha, and we had a great time when we did hang out!), but...ah, there's always next con. Maybe someday I'll actually have a con where I'm not busy for once and can really just hang out with friends and goof off. I'm not complaining at all, though, as I had so much fun at all the events.
NaNo is going decent so far! My novel does need a title, though--the working title is Blackwater Mountain, but it really needs something better than that. Hopefully I'll think of something soon. Maybe I'll probe people for titles at the next write-in, or on the forums. The story itself is a little "Eh," thusfar (just because it's always a little "Eh," at first while I get into the groove), but at least I'm getting into the storyline a bit faster than usual instead of spending more than half of my wordcount setting things up. My character seems like she's going to be more interactive than last year's, so that's a plus, too. I'm at 5,016 words so far, so I've already exceed the wordcount for Day Three. Going to try to get to 8k or so by the end of Day Three, just because. It's fun being ahead! :D
Princess is actually doing pretty decently now. It's still just a matter of time, but she could make it another month or so fairly easily, I think. I mean, we'll see, she could go downhill any time, but still. We give her lactated ringer solution every day subcutaneously and force feed her (she eats a bit on her own, too, though), and she is very spirited and yowls and scratches and attempts to bite, so she's still got fight in her. She likes to lie in the sun and seems quite comfortable, really. So, it's certainly very sad and upsetting that at some time in the not-so-distant future I will have to say goodbye to her, but in the meantime? Things are not terrible, and she has a good quality of life.
I'm still a bit tired eve though I napped for a few hours today, so off to bed with me~ |
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| 11:41am 31/10/2009 |
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I'm at YAOI-CON! And in room 2069, no less!
Things are pretty awesome. :D |
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| 06:58pm 27/10/2009 |
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The guinea pig--who I never did properly name, as I was going to wait until I got her a friend and name them paired names--passed away while I was at class. Not unexpected, but certainly sad. Rest in peace, piggie. She was so pretty and sweet, and it's saddening to lose her like this. I haven't the faintest still how she got sick or what kind of illness it might have been. :( That's the end of owning guinea pigs for now. I'm definitely going to miss having them... They're so wonderful and sweet and cute, but I just don't want to risk more cycles of tragedy. I've had bad luck with guinea pigs the last few years despite my best efforts, and it's time to just step back from guinea pigs. Somewhere down the road I'm sure I'll own guinea pigs again, but for now I'm going to put all the guinea pig supplies away so I'm not tempted. It's not worth risking more heartbreak right now.
Been gloomy most of the day about Princess. It's just hard to think about losing her. Like I said, I'm trying to keep my attitude positive mostly, but...you know, it's still a sad situation.
Okay, unless Princess's situation changes for the worst, I'm not going to write more about the depressing pet situation for now. I'm determined to have an absolutely awesome time this weekend and, in the meantime, just take good care of Princess and enjoy spending time with her.
Thanks to everyone who has offered their sympathies. I really appreciate it. ;; Losing one animal and getting a dire diagnosis on another in twenty-four hours is rough. |
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| 12:03pm 27/10/2009 |
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So, Princess went to the vet today. It is renal failure, like I expected, which is not good--but also not as bad as it could be. From now on, she gets 200 cc of water subcutaneously every day and half a tablet of Pepsid AC, and anything she'll eat is all hers. She could make it a few months, or a lot less, depending on how well she eats and how quickly it progresses. I'm guessing it will be, more realistically, a few weeks if that. She's only five and a half pounds now. Nonetheless, I'm happy to have time with her, and I will cherish it--no matter if it's a few days or a few months. I'm just glad I didn't have to put her down today and that she has more time in her. She was pretty pissed off at the vet's office, which to me means she still has some fight left.
I don't think the guinea pig is going to make it. She might, but I don't think so. She hasn't improved much. I'm going to give her some doxycycline just in case. Anything is worth trying now. I'm filling up a bottle with warm water every few hours for her to cuddle next to, so at least she can be somewhat comfortable. I'm still hoping, even though her chances aren't good at this point.
Things aren't wonderful, with one very sick cat and one possibly dying guinea pig, but I'm doing my best to keep a good attitude, not fall into despair, and to simply remain excited about Yaoi-Con and NaNo and life in general regardless of what happens. Unfortunately, this is just a part of having lots of animals. At any given time, there's a decent chance that someone will be sick or hurting or dying, and, while I do certainly mourn and get upset, I also have to be thankful for all the healthy animals I have and be proud that I am trying my hardest to give them the best, longest possible lives I can. |
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| 06:03am 27/10/2009 |
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This very well might be the end for Princess.
Princess is my fifteen-year-old cat. I got her from the Nevada County Shelter as a kitten when I was six years old. I had always dreamed of having a cat, and my parents had promised me that I could get a kitten when we moved from Santa Rosa to Nevada City. She is the oldest of our living animals, and she has been through so much with me.
She has been steadily losing weight for a long time. Now she's like a walking skeleton, even though we give her canned food daily like the vet recommended. She was active and happy and even would go outside for an hour or so, until about two days ago, when I think she stopped eating and drinking. I'm not entirely sure--we noticed today that she's been sluggish the last two days, and now as I've observed her I've noticed that she's very dehydrated as well as terribly thin. I tried giving her water with a 1 cc syringe orally, but she threw up the water I gave her. I sat in the room and petted her for a while and she purred and purred, but eventually began to growl and wanted me to leave her alone. I'm respecting her wishes and leaving her alone for now. I want to stay close to her, to sleep with her and cuddle with her, but she just gets angry if I try, so I might as well just leave her alone because that's how she seems most comfortable.
We'll take her to the vet sometime this morning. No matter what happens, I won't regret how it turns out--she has had a long, happy life, and I will make a decision based off of her quality of life. She does not deserve to suffer. Of course, if this is the end, I will miss her terribly, but I also know her life has been good.
I suspect she may have renal failure, based off of her symptoms. Apparently with renal failure, there is a chance that when she is rehydrated regularly subcutaneously, she may be able to live for a while longer (months), but we'll see what the vet recommends. I don't mind giving her subcutaneous hydration if the vet thinks she still has enough quality of life to keep going...
Anyway, I'm going to go sleep for a few hours. We'll see what happens later.
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| 01:08pm 26/10/2009 |
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Ugh, I have a cold. So annoying. It's mostly just a stuffy nose, plugged ears, and tiredness, but still irritating. I hope it's gone by YaoiCon.
Yesterday Chris, Shannon, and I went to the Sacramento NaNoWriMo Meet and Greet, which was SO much fun! There were thirty-two people there and we all just introduced ourselves and talked about life during NaNo and joked a whole bunch. I laughed so hard! As a deputy ML for my area, I was given stickers to give away at write-ins, as well as a plastic "FBI" kit. At one point, I accidentally shot one of the Sacramento MLs directly between the eyes with my plastic gun (it has one of those suction cup projectiles), ahaha. Anyway, it was a great time and made me really excited for NaNo to start.
My one remaining guinea pig is rather sick, and I haven't the faintest idea how she got sick... She's in a clean, spacious cage, has all the proper foods with supplements, fresh water, and no contact with any sick animals. She is showing entirely different symptoms than Hawkeye did, too, so it's not as though she caught whatever killed Hawkeye. I almost wonder if she caught my cold. I've started her on medication and I'm hoping she pulls through, though it is definitely serious and to be honest I'm not going to be surprised if she doesn't make it. If she passes away, that is going to be the end of owning guinea pigs for me for now. I've had too much tragedy with them in the last few years despite the fact that I give them excellent care (just as recommended by vets/guinea pig books/online and so on), and while I absolutely love guinea pigs and think they're fantastic and would miss owning them, losing them over and over again just gets really depressing and upsetting. Especially because I always blame myself for what happens to them. :( Think good thoughts for her. I'm hoping she makes it. She's such a pretty and sweet little girl.
I ran out of gas last night, dur, and my cell phone was dead so I couldn't call for help. It was because the gas station I stopped at was closed, and I thought there was maybe a chance I could make it home because all other gas stations were fairly out of the way. Thankfully the police came and called AAA and they came and gave me some gas. Still, I was sitting there for over an hour. Oh well, it was a nice night, and I just spent the time resetting for shiny Shaymin (which I still don't have yet, alas).
I'm in class right now, though it's almost over. This is good, because I just want to get home and rest, keep an eye on the poor, sick little guinea pig, do notes for my NaNo novel, and spend time with the dogs. I'm trying my best to spend this next few days just resting and being mellow because from Friday on is going to be very busy. |
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| 07:56pm 23/10/2009 |
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( F-list, I need your help! )
( Other fowl and corgis! )
FFF, I felt crummy this morning, proceeded to sleep all day, and now I feel better. :) I had such a crazy, epic dream this morning! I wish the dream had continued. ;; I'll post about it later, as I actually wrote it down after I woke up so I wouldn't forget it. |
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| 07:05pm 21/10/2009 |
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I had yet another Yoko Kanno dream the night before last. XD I think this makes Yoko Kanno tied for "Theme that Most Appears in My Dreams" along with my pets and anime conventions.
( Writing dream down, more for my reference/amusement than anyone else's. )
On a related subject, I STILL can't understand or accept the fact that I've seen her live. It was like a dream! *____* I try to comprehend this fact and my mind just goes *Sputter, crackle, shut off.* I do still hope someday I get to meet her and shake her hand, get her autograph, and talk to her, even if only for a second, though. Someday, someday! I do have some connections, so it's certainly not impossible. I am SO grateful and amazed that I got to see her in concert, (and especially that particular concert, which was as perfect of a concert as I will ever see--with the Philharmonic Orchestra, all the vocalists, the choices of music, the bird theme to the concert, and so on) as that dream was more far-fetched and unlikely than anything else, really.
I gave my presentation on the Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Human Consumption of Meat today, after rushing through making the project and writing the paper in the twenty-four hours before the class. It's rather nerve-wracking standing up in front of a class of people--most likely all or mostly people who eat meat--and talking about the evils of factory farming and whatnot. That said, despite my dry mouth and fumbling through the presentation, it was surprisingly very well received! I also showed the first ten minutes of Earthlings (before it gets extremely graphic), and everyone seemed impressed. The other girl in the class who is pre-vet was talking with me about my presentation afterwards, and one guy in the class told me it was a great presentation, introduced himself, and said he's planning on watching Earthlings when he gets home. :D And my professor liked it, too, but he's really nice and easy to please, so. XD;; I was more concerned about my classmates.
REALLY looking forward to Yaoi-Con! It's going to be so fun! \o/ I have a room now, by the way, and it has an open spot or two if anyone needs somewhere to crash.
Things I want to do tomorrow:
- Something with Honey (walk + dog park?)
- NaNo planning
- E-mail about guinea pigs
- Post chicken and duck pictures! |
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| 01:43am 18/10/2009 |
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I saw Where the Wild Things Are on Friday evening, and I feel like I'm still sort of speechless and unsure what to say about it. And I mean that in a good way. I was amazed by how raw, intense, and emotional it was, and how honest. It seemed to affect me on some level I can't even articulate--some strange level that is almost as visceral as it is emotional. I suppose I was expecting something exuberant--somewhat light, I suppose, with only undertones of being profound--and instead it was quite heavy and fraught with tension and passion and pain. It was not gimmicky, there was no simple moral to the story, and I felt it was more indicative of real childhood than perhaps any other film I can think of. It was a bizarre film, and a wonderful one. It was certainly not flawless, but nonetheless I felt like there wasn't really anything I would want changed. I want to see it again, but not yet. Not for a few weeks, at least, as I'm not sure I want to go through something that tumultuous again for a while, as it is sort of strangely unsettling and I feel as though I need to settle again before seeing it again. It resonated with me.
The girl sitting next to me SOBBED through the entire last fifteen minutes. Not that I blame her, but it was a tiny bit annoying, especially because the same girl laughed at just about everything even remotely amusing that happened and chattered to her friend next to her. That kind of kept me from getting as sucked into and mesmerized by the movie as I could have been, as it unwillingly grounded me in the movie theater. Hopefully next time the audience will be a little quieter.
I also saw Capitalism: A Love Story, and that was rather maddening and eye-opening! I found the overall messages of it to be interesting, thoughtful, and empowering, and it gives me hope that perhaps--just perhaps--things can really change so the country is better for more people. I can't really expound upon this, as I don't feel particularly politically brained tonight and don't want to go spouting about political things when I'm not in the mood to be doing that, but regardless I enjoyed it and found it enlightening, as well as entertaining. If you're thinking of seeing it, you should do so! Even if you disagree with some of the points or ideas it presents, I think most people would sympathize with the overall message of the movie.
Tomorrow evening, Nevada Theater is doing a screening of The Cove, so I'm going to attempt to drag anyone along who is willing to come! If you're in Nevada City area, you should definitely come along. It's a downright amazing documentary and deserves to be seen by as many people as possible.
Planning on hanging out with Makayla tomorrow as well, and I have art to do and a project to work on and bird cages to clean, and so on.
LOL, I currently have CC on my chest and the two corgis sprawled out right next to me. So wonderful. ♥
On a silly and totally awesome note, I discovered there's going to be a corgi fair in Dixon on November 8th. I'M SO THERE. I'm going to take a million pictures and possibly squee myself to death. If anyone wants to come and enjoy all the short-legged fluffy-butt dogs with me, you're quite welcome to join me!
Oh, and does anyone going to Yaoi-Con have a room scorpio_alice and I could stay in? I don't want to book a room just for two of us, and Aubrey isn't going this year. :/ We'll chip in our fair share monetarily, we're very considerate roommates, don't mind sleeping on the floor (I have these nice, comfy little mattress thingies I can bring for us), and we're fun to be around! Also, we'll bring food! If not, I do have back-up plans, but I'd rather not because it involves rooming with people who have flaked out on me before and can be kind of bothersome to deal with. Just let me know if you wouldn't mind adding two people to your room. We'll make sure you don't regret it at all! |
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| 01:17pm 14/10/2009 |
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Those of you who are doing NaNoWriMo this year, add me! And give me your username in the comments of this post, too! If you know what you're writing about yet, give me a title and summary! I'm unfortunately not that far yet.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/203819
Those of you who are on the fence about NaNoWriMo or feel even remotely that it might be fun to try, DO IT. :D It's fun and wonderful and amazing, and even if you don't finish you'll still get more words down than if you hadn't tried it! It's a fantastic experience with tons of support, and your novel does not need to be serious or meaningful or anything like that. The forums are incredible, and write-ins tend to be an inordinate amount of fun. Just try it out!
This part is just for my reference:
( Dates to Remember! So much coming up. :O ) |
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| Rambling about various things. |
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| 12:20am 14/10/2009 |
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SO. Based off scorpio_alice and my conversation earlier this evening, we are planning on flying to Japan March 18th from either Sacramento or San Francisco depending on which option is cheaper, and returning April 1st.
I'm thinking I would like to book a hostel or hotel in Ikebukuro if possible (if not, somewhere else right on the JR Yamanote line), but so far I'm having trouble finding anywhere cheap enough in that area that is actually available... A lot of the hostels don't seem to allow booking this far in advance, though--either that or they genuinely are full for our dates, which seems off, and unfortunate if it's true. Anyway, finding a cheap enough hostel or hotel is our first goal, and once we have something booked I'll let you all know where it is. Those of you who are thinking of coming along during similar dates/the same dates, I'll keep you all updated whenever anything changes! You're welcome to stay at the same place, nearby, or if you just want to meet up at some time during the trip instead that works as well. :) We'll figure things out--there's plenty of time to coordinate! I'm sure we'll find somewhere that is nice, cheap, and in a good location to stay after enough searching. Good thing the plane tickets are still pretty nicely priced~
I'm now officially NaNoWriMo Deputy Municipal Liaison for my county! There was another person who was going to be Deputy ML with me, but they decided they couldn't do it, so now I'm in charge! Going down to Sacramento on the 25th to the NaNo Meet and Greet to meet the actual Municipal Liaisons for the Sacramento area, which ought to be a lot of fun. :D I need to get planning for NaNo--both my novel, which is starting to get the slightest inklings of plot, and the planning of write-ins and whatnot--and soon! Definitely excited. ♥ Once I have more time, I will have to go hang out on the forums more because the forums are so fun and addictive. And upload a NaNoWriMo icon or two!
I need to remind myself that I have a paper and presentation on animal rights due in Ethics on next Thursday. @___@ ALSO, art for art exchange and nekokatsu! And package the one thing that someone paid for! And drawings for art class!
I can't find my TOMY Umbreon anywhere, sob. ;; I don't know where he could have gone! He was just sitting on the shelf with the other Umbreon, and now he's nowhere to be seen. Maybe in my room cleaning I will find him. Otherwise I will be seriously baffled as to where he could have gone.
Got packages today! :D The totals of what I received are: Raikou, Entei, and Suicune Pokédolls, Canvas Chikorita plush, Lying Down TOMY Chikorita plush, new Umbreon kid, new Chikorita kid, Umbreon Pokémon Time keychain, Umbreon Pokémon Time clear file, and three other PokéTime clear files that I will likely sell. (Note to self: You owe kefanii $2.50 for shipping.) Love the awesome haul, and I'm looking forward to doing a collection post! I do wish I could have found an Umbreon chou getto before doing a collection post, but alas. No luck so far. :( Missed out on all the GA ones, no longer have an SMJ account... Let me know if anyone knows where I could get one, or has one they're willing to sell!
The storm today has been lovely! Very very windy and intense and awesome. The only downside is that the power is out throughout all of Penn Valley. Thankfully I'm not staying at my house in Penn Valley at the moment, but still--it's quite dark there! Ryan and I took care of the animals there tonight. Salula, silly bird that she is, decided to go outside in the rain and sleep in a puddle. Mom even put her inside the dry, warm henhouse and she STILL chose to go outside and sleep in a puddle in the rain. That bird will never make sense to me. She is too holy.
Awww, Honey is all nestled up in my raincoat on the floor. So cuuute.
I'll stop there, I guess~ |
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| 04:36pm 13/10/2009 |
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Currently between classes, and it's storming out! I love storms. Poor Honey apparently doesn't, though--whenever I take her outside to go to the bathroom she runs around in the rain squinting and tries to go straight back inside. I mostly just tell her that it's okay and try to get her to relax, but I can't help giggling a bit because she just looks so ridiculous squinting like that. It's just rain!
Turned in my resume today. Now to see if they decide to hire me! I'm really hoping it works out--it will be so fun and interesting to work in a vet office, and actually having an income, no matter how small, will be great.
All the items I wanted to grab at various thrift stores were gone, as was the guinea pig I was thinking of buying at the pet store. ;3; Oh well~ Need to find my guinea pig a friend soon, though!
Not much else to say... My car was fixed, thankfully, and is back in working order. It was expensive ($560), but our mechanic is really nice and is allowing my parents to pay over the next month. |
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| 06:22pm 12/10/2009 |
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PET PICTURE POST
Not MY pets, though--YOURS! :D
I periodically like to let everyone on my f-list post photos of all their pets so we can "Oooh!" and "Awww!" at each others' critters. So, if you have pets, post them in the comments! :)
If you don't have any pets, post what pet(s) you would get if you could have them!
And yes, I do have a pet photo post coming up somewhat soon--I got some pictures of the new chickens, the three guinea fowl, Tux Duck, and I'm going to take pictures of the remaining pets that have not been photographed once I find some batteries to put in the camera.
Have fun! 8D |
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| 04:51pm 09/10/2009 |
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I was going to drive down to Sacramento today to potentially adopt a guinea pig, but then my car broke down just outside Penn Valley. I had to get it towed and now it's sitting at an auto repair place until Monday. :/ At least I can use mom's car over the weekend because she has her truck, but it's still unfortunate. Thankfully it's probably nothing too major--just the fuel pump or something.
Now I'm just feeling mopey, not even because it's a big deal at all, but I guess it just kind of put a negative cast on the day. Meh, I'll mope aimlesly for a little bit and then move on. XD
I'm going to try to finish and print my resume today/tomorrow so I can turn it in. I'm going to see if they'll hire me at Brunswick Vet as an assistant (they've offered me jobs before, but it was always when I couldn't for one reason or another). I'm really hoping it works out. It just so happens that the girl who sits behind me in Ethics works there as an assistant and I talked to her for a while, and it sounds like it would be a perfect place for me to work. It'll be so awesome if I get hired there. :) |
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