I can't believe how long I've had an lj, it's kind of amazing.  Hah.
So many weird memories.  I suppose I'm glad that they're documented somewhere so I can randomly browse them and remember what I was like years back. It's eye-opening.  I'm glad my typing isn't as horrible and I hope I'm not as self-deprecating as I was before, jeez.

Work has been...interesting. Not particularly much to say about that besides I'm quite worried about losing my job.  Education cuts are hitting my district hard. They're hitting all the districts hard, of course.  I'm so annoyed that education is being cut in the first place.  I don't know about Texas' budget or it's allocation of monies, but how can cutting education funding ever seem like a solution?  It's not as if we're top in the country on education and wouldn't particularly suffer from a bit of cost cutting measures.  Way to make it harder for future Texas, Perry. Idiot governor.

I can't believe how much is involved in planning a wedding. I feel overwhelmed.  The dress is in but I don't want to go get measured for alterations just yet, I'm hoping I can lose a bit more before I need to have it in for altering. I do need to go pick it up, though.  I'm excited about the wedding, don't get my wrong. I just wish I was one of those ridiculously rich people who can have a wedding planner to do all the legwork.  At least Michael is awesome. 

I'm finally back in a d&d campaign, I'm so happy. :D
The group works pretty well so far, I think. I hope I don't annoy them with my slow re-adjustment to the system. I've never played 4.0, so it's a bit weird.  My character is named Ileana. She's a druid shifter, so she's usually an angry, clawed, furry thing. Hilarious.  She almost died twice last session. Once because I failed my athletics checks twice, which is quite a feat considering you only needed to roll above a one to NOT fail, haha. My luck. The other time was because, like an idiot, I decided to play with a stone combination embedded into a wall without checking for traps. :v

Michael got me a DS for my birthday a while back, it's awesome. I'm so glad to have a DS again. 

I read the Percy Jackson series. It was pretty good.  There's so many things I want to read. I need more money for books. 

I had more to say in this post but I received a phone call and now I can't recall what I was going to say!

Well, I've come home sick from work. I suppose I have some sort of stomach bug since I wasn't the first to leave work today. I suppose this is as good a time as any to get back into posting.

The past two weekends Michael and I have gone to the Unitarian Universalist church here.  In case you don't know anything about it, here's a small except from the Wiki page:

We've both really enjoyed the experience so far.  The feeling of a real want for unity, peace, and the acceptance that permeates the community is pretty great.  We plan to continue going.  Hopefully it'll stay enjoyable.



I'll be going to Austin with my sisters in a couple weeks to look for centerpieces for the wedding.  I guess it's going to be a sisters only thing.  Michael's a bit bothered by it, understandably so, imo.  My sisters said he can't go, which seems odd considering it's not just my wedding, it's our  wedding.  After talking to my mother about it (I'm going to assume my sisters feel the same or similar) it seems they think this whole wedding business is essentially a "girls only" sort of thing, which is weird, being that he's half of the wedding.  My family feels he's just sort of there to tell me yes to whatever I want to do in the wedding. So, to not cause a big stir over it the current plan is to just have him tell me his opinion and it flows out through me.  Not negating my own, of course.  Partly it seems they think I should be able to make the decision on my own, and if it were something just for me I'd understand that, but it's not.  Anyway, the centerpiece idea we're working on we've both talked about anyway and enjoy.  Michael will be playing Smash Bros. that weekend instead.  At least he'll be doing something fun.   It'll be nice to be with just my sisters.  Hopefully, haha.  I haven't done much of that ever, actually.



Taiko turned five September 2nd!  I can't believe he's already five.  Wow.  We bought him a  squeaky plush bone.  He's been laying with it a lot lately, so I suppose he likes it. :D 
Here's a picture of him with his new bone:
( Taiko )
He's a bit sleepy.


Well, my stomach isn't feeling any better, so I guess I'm going to go lie down and see if that helps any.

Here's what been happening in my life recently.

The big news, first:

March, 06, 2010

Michael proposed. Here's the details for anyone interested.

Earlier that week, or maybe the week before Michael told me that we were going to a fancy restaurant and I started freaking out cause I didn't have something NICE, nice to wear. He said it was a five-star place, and he said he had to wear a jacket and tie and I was nervous.

I was freaking out about that all week. Friday night we go a buy me a nice dress, so I calmed down on that front, mostly. I was still worried the dress wouldn't be fancy enough and I'd look terribly out of place.

Saturday we get ready and go downtown. The restaurant is on the 21st floor of the Frost building so while we're waiting for the table we can see the whole city, it was beautiful. It was an amazing view.

The maître d' comes and tells us our table is ready, so we follow him to the table, which is by the window looking out over the cit. All you can see is beautiful skyline. He hands us our menus, and I look down and notice that they say "McDaniel Party" on the top, which I thought was really cute.

The tables were set beautifully, with a fancy utensil layout and whatnot. The restaurant was dim and had little candles on the tables floating in water. I'm still taking the setting in and the maître d' comes over, asks permission from Michael, and then presents me a rose on a little pillow which he then puts it in a vase on the table.

We order our food and they bring us fancy cheese, crackers, bread, and butter to start. Then they bring out our appetizers. The maître d' then brings a raspberry sorbet to "cleanse our palette" before our main course, then comes our main course with was cooked next to our table. The food was presently beautifully on artfully designed plates, etc. At to not go into too much detail on the food I'll say it was delicious.

Anyway, Michael keeps telling me these sweet things throughout the night about the last year of us living together, how much he loves me, how happy we've been together. He's holding my hand and staring at me, and I'm thinking he's going to propose but he doesn't. I go off to the restroom, come back, and we order dessert.

When I come sit back down Michael takes my hand and asks me if I'll marry him. The maître d' then sets down my dessert, I look down at it and the cake is sitting next to a bed of rose petals, with an open box on them, with my ring in it. I, of course, said yes and was so happy. I couldn't eat after that, we had to take the cake home cause I was just so giggly and happy and couldn't stop kissing him. It was wonderful.


So, we're getting married next year. We're making plans, and everything is wonderful!

I don't have too much to say besides that. Everything has been great, I'm a library assistant now and I'm very, very happy.

Michael,

Happy two-year anniversary!
I love you so much, you've made all our time together amazing. We always have so much fun together, and you always know just how to make me smile. Any time I'm having a not so great day, you do everything you can to fix it. You always make it clear that I'm your first priority and I never feel taken for granted. You make everything hard just a bit easier, and everything fun even more so. Living with you in our apartment these past few months has been wonderful. Being able to see you daily, to kiss you, to hug you, to smile at you...it's just amazing. I hope I show you every day just how much you mean to me. I love you so completely. Thank you for these two wonderful years, and I look forward to so many more.

With all my love,
Kimberly.

I haven't updated in a couple months, so I figure I should!

I'm back at work and tired.  I'm not working challenge this year, so I get out earlier, yay!  I worked it last week and it was crazy.  I also got really..sick, I guess, last week.  I wouldn't really call it sick but I started shaking, getting dizzy, and feeling very weak. It sucked. I went to the doctor and he wasn't really able to figure anything out, he just told me I have bronchitis, but that wouldn't cause that to happen.

Michael and I will be moving into our first apartment at the beginning of October, I'm so excited!  I cannot wait! Having our own place, that's gonna be awesome!

We've been taking Taiko in to training. He's doing all right.  He's in a puppy class since he's so tiny, unfortunately he's not as friendly as the other pups.  He's doing pretty well with sit and down. :D

The ren faire is coming up, and I can't wait.  I plan on wearing something more royal this time, I hope I get to.  Michael might be a barbarian. :D

Oh, Michael got a new job. He's working at a bank now, and has health insurance, woooo!

Well, I think that's all the big stuff. 

I should update more.

Michael and I went and saw Wicked recently. It was so damn awesome. We're going to see it again this weekend.  If you have a chance, go see it!

I'm out on summer break from work, yay. 
We've been going around the city doing a lot of fun things lately. Everything has been pretty awesome.
I've been reading a lot, as usual.

Michael had a really fucked up tooth, which he needs a root canal on..luckily we found someone who did a partial root canal for only 150, including x-rays and exam, so that he'll be able to survive until he gets dental insurance.  The important thing is he's now not in massive amounts of pain!

I had my annual eye exam this past weekend, and will be getting new glasses soon, woot.

We haven't gone to Sea World in a few weeks, we might go this weekend. :D

Things have been great, all the time. I don't know what else to say, really. Everything is awesome.

It sure takes me a ridiculous amount of time to update livejournal as of late.  I apologize...to anyone that may read these posts.


Good News:

1.Michael lives here now, has for about about a month and a half or so, and things are glorious. 

2. He just got a job working at 2Wire, which I feel like he'll enjoy.  He's in training at the moment and comes home every day with a funny(ish) story and in a good mood, so I'm quite glad for that. 

3. We've been going to Sea World a lot, as we got season passes. It's lovely.  The otters adore me.  Well, maybe not, but one time when I was walking away they started barking at me until I stayed and then started standing up and being just the most damned adorable things ever. Petting dolphins is fun, feeding them fish is kind of gross, but oh well.  We went into the bird area with a cup of nectar, scary as hell.  Okay, everyone but me was fine, but they landed on my head and I was afraid for my eyes.  They're known for pecking eyes out, birds.  I had my contacts in so I felt more eye exposed then normal. Dangerous times! Swimming is wonderful, that it's hot enough to swim...is not.

4. It's a suppository!



Random News:

1. Michael can now get around the city better then I can, which will stand as a testament to my horrible sense of direction.  I've lived here 24 years, he's lived here a bit more then a month.  I mean, I guess I could try harder? I just can't make roads connect in my mind. 

2. I've been playing BioShock, it's great.  Fun little game, I'll be playing more in just a bit. 

3. I bought two Ministry of Magic CDs and they're awesome. Lovegood (acoustic) is still my favorite song of them all, but they're all wonderful.  If you like Harry Potter, being a huge fucking nerd, and listening to Wizard Rock, go buy their albums.



Bad News:

1. The job I'm currently working in, the position has been eliminated, so I must scramble to find another place to be, sigh.  I really enjoyed that job, although it was stressful at times. I've grown attached to the kids and hope that something will happen so that I'll be able to stay at that school.

2.  Financial aid is taking bloody forever, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get into school this summer.

3. I'm on my period! Wait, should that also go under good news?



Book News:

1.  I started/finished reading Jane Eyre.  I really enjoyed it.  I was never uninterested in the book.  Her moral convictions run deep, and brought on a bit of introspection.  I love most that she fights to never lose herself. 

2.  I started/finished Rant, by Chuck Palahniuk.  It was definitely interesting. I obviously wouldn't recommend Palahniuk to everyone, but if you enjoy his works, you should enjoy this one.  The twist is intriguing.  Very intriguing.

3. Still reading Spawn Vol. 1.  it's Spawn, which means I enjoy it.

4. I'll be starting the second book in Scott Westerfeld's series, Pretties.

5. I've been re-reading Paper Towns, by John Green.  I felt that I went through it too quickly the first time.  I don't remember as much of it as I'd like.

I hope there's been more reading then that, but I've been quite busy with work..and wanting to ignore Michael, as I don't have much time after I get home from work. 


I enjoy numbered lists:

1. Taiko is lovely! He hadn't been enjoying me as of late, but he seems to be more himself now that I've gotten him a flea collar, heh.

2. Playing board games with my family is hilarious.  I want moar.

3. My oldest nephew intrigues me,  I wish I knew how to relate to him better. 

4. People need to not expect Obama to fix everything that's happened in the last eight years in an instant!  The coverage for the tea parties was ridiculous.

5. The flu is horrible.  Since starting work at this elementary school I have been attacked so much! Pneumonia, the flu, a stomach virus that lasted a week!  I opted for the free insurance (very thankful that I have an option for insurance when so many people have nothing), and I'm 50 $ away from complete out of pocket. Sigh.

6. My glasses are so wobbly.

7. I bought a huge plush otter at sea world. He is made of win.

Wow, I haven't posted in quite some time.

Well, things are lovely.
Michael will be moving here in March, that's the big news!  I'm extremely excited, obviously.  I'm trying to make enough room for his stuff/save so we can get an apartment A.S.A.P.
If anyone has any apartment suggestions, I'm definitely willing to listen. :D

I'll be turning 24 in Feb., not sure if I'll be doing anything for it.  Maybe hanging out with Lea or something, depending on if she's free and whatnot, but my actual birthday is a workday, so I know at least 11 hours of it will be spent working, fun times, fun times.

I guess I haven't posted anything about my trip to Cali!
Well, first we went to San Francisco, which was amazing.  The streets are insane to drive on/walk on.  It was raining a lot of the time we were there (four days) so that made things a bit different.  I'll have to make a more detailed post about this or something, but we went to the Pier, the Aquarium on the Bay, the Museum of Modern Art, Chinatown, the beach, Alcatraz, Castro, etc.
After San Fran we went to Modesto, which was Modesto-y, I suppose, heh. 
I had X-mas with Michael's family, and got a lot of nice stuff, it was very fun. We went to see Benjamin Button that day as well.  I did miss spending x-mas eve with my family, though.
For our anniversary we stayed at the Double Tree there, which was just amazing.  A great view, great service, best bed I've ever been on, it was just wonderful.
We spend New Years playing video games at his bro and sis-in-law's house. They're very fun to hang out with, hopefully we didn't bore them too much, heh.

I'll make a more coherent post soon, with pics, hopefully.

New Vlog, finally:



Also, Obama willing is glorious. Wonderful. I'm so happy.


Woo. <3

After a long run with my last livejournal layout I've updated!
The last one was boring..and sorta ugly. I think this one is beautiful!
Pre-made..but beautiful. :D

I'd also like to add that I'm totally not as uppity as my layout may suggest.



I just received Let it Snow which I shall start reading soon!
I can't wait until Paper Towns comes in!
I need to get my other books read before theeen!
My lack of free time is killing my book reading/game playing.

Oh yes! I got a new computer, and can now play Spore.  Thank you Michael, I love you.  Not just because you got me a sexy new computer of sexiness, but for a myriad of other reasons as well.  Which I'm too lazy to list.  Suffice to say, you're super keen!

Also, yay to my dad for giving me his old monitor!

Oh snap, it's Spore screenshots time!

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Work is ridiculously tiring. Ridiculously.  I wish I got paid bi-weekly rather then monthly. :(

Michael's employers are total assholes and I wish unhappiness upon them. D<


Also, allergies starting in October is going to kill me.  I'm already sick Dec - Feb.  I can't be sick Oct. - Feb. ;-;

I've been meaning to write something up like this for quite some time. Mostly copy pasta'd from my myspace page, which I never post at. Weird.



I've recently finished reading 'Border-Line Personalities: A Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting'

I really enjoyed the book. I'm still wary to call myself a Latina, as I feel there's an unwritten requisite which I'm sure I just don't meet, but after reading the book at least I know I'm not the only one that feels that way.

I've often felt out of place in my heritage as I don't really relate well to anyone around me. My sisters grew up before me and in a different atmosphere, and when I do talk to them there's a lot of situations and such that I can't relate to. Specifically from a Hispanic viewpoint, I guess I feel that they're closer to their Hispanic roots then I'll ever be. Granted, they may feel just as lost as I do, as I've never discussed it with them. I just know they know more of the language, which has always been a sore point for me. I barely know any of it, and I so want to. I've got to get back into school and continue my Spanish education. Me not knowing Spanish, that's one of the requisites I don't meet. The Spanish education I have had just reinforces the fact that I'm missing so much by not knowing the language. There are so many expressions and feelings that just don't translate, and I can't understand them. Even if I learn Spanish, I just might never understand these things, and that bothers me so much. I want my children to know Spanish, I want them to be part of that, to feel connected in that way, but I don't speak it and I don't feel it, even though I want to, I don't know how that will work. And there's the language ties to my family.. I mean, I guess my grandmother doesn't only speak Spanish, but English definitely isn't her preference and I feel like I've missed out so much on knowing anything about her because of a language barrier. I've always been intimidated by that, and haven't properly tried to get to know her, which is my fault. I'm told my sisters were around her a lot, and I suppose they picked up a lot of Spanish from her, but I wasn't around, and didn't. I only see her during big family gatherings, which are rarer and rarer, and even so I'm always hesitant to attend. I can only gather so much about my family heritage from my parents. Even then, it's awkward to ask. I so very often feel like an outsider trying to break into my family.

This isn't anything new. All through school I never knew where I belonged. I distinctly remember entering middle school and being "too Hispanic" to properly fit in with the white clique, and "too white" to fit in with the Hispanic clique. I don't recall what being too white or Hispanic entailed, but it was very uncomfortable for a while. I just kind of drifted, luckily I found some friends and such, but it was a weird time. I always tried to ignore my heritage (is that the right word to use here?) in school, but I remember the issue springing up at weird times in my head, like during standardized tests. We have to check the box. The race box, I hated that box. I was told that by clicking Hispanic my test would be graded differently, and I didn't understand why. I was told I was likely to get a better score by clicking Hispanic (box 3, iirc), because I'd be graded easier. I didn't want to be graded easier, and I wasn't only Hispanic, I was white, too. My dad is half-white, half-German to be exact. I didn't want to ignore that, but I couldn't click two boxes, you've got to choose. Which culture do I choose? I see more Hispanic in my family then I see German, no doubt..but I didn't want to be graded easier, I wasn't stupid, I didn't want the advantage, I wanted to be like everyone else. That got in my head that being Hispanic meant you weren't smart. So, I often clicked the "white" box. That's a big, annoying question and a lot of pressure to have in an little kid's mind right before a test, or any time, really. Maybe I just always thought about things too hard, I don't know. I don't know if they actually graded it differently. If someone happens to know the grading procedure for standardized tests in Texas during 96-03, do tell.

There's also my other issues with being Hispanic..and I don't know where it comes from. I guess it might just be the semi-silent, but pervasive undercurrent in society which equates being Mexican, Latina/o, Hispanic, brown (etc) with being lazy. I really don't know why this is, it's hard to gauge this being in San Antonio, but I'd wager a (significant) bet that every culture has just as many damn lazy people. I didn't have to deal with this issue much, besides in my head, as I'm pretty light skinned. Which gave me a lot of white privledge, so I didn't have to deal with that much at all, really. I guess there were times in my life that I definitely wanted to make sure no one forgot that I had white in me, as I remember not wanting to go outside for long periods of time, or worrying about being in the sun too long cause I didn't want a tan. I thought it looked dirty. I was a little kid, I remember thinking that at 8 or something. Dirty? What? It seems really crazy now, especially with all these folks running off to pay for tans, that I could go get for free outside without burning...but I thought I would look unclean and people would think less of me, that's so horrible.

Only recently have I started experiencing "the look".. I get "the look" when a Hispanic person comes up to me, starts talking in Spanish and expects me to respond. Sometimes I can understand what they're saying and respond in English, which works out sometimes, I guess a lot of people are used to that. Other times I have to tell them, always sadly, that I don't speak Spanish. Sometimes they walk off smiling, but a lot of the time I get this annoyed, angry, or sometimes sad look and then they leave. I hate that. Not because, like so many people, they don't know English. I don't care that they don't know English. I'm so cool with that. I'm just bothered that I don't know Spanish, and I feel that judging look. That, "I thought you were Hispanic" look...and the after disappointment. They probably don't think about it that long, but it bothers me for quite some time. Every time. I feel like I've let down my family, my heritage, and myself.

This turned into a big post, wow. I didn't mean to end it all sad like that. I'm not depressed, I'm just still struggling to know where I actually fit in all this. Hi, I'm Kim, I have dark, wavy Hispanic hair and brown eyes. My skin isn't really white, but my last name is. I don't know Spanish, but I now check Hispanic on every form I get.

I made another vlog, it's about Sarah Palin, candles, my job, babies and shoes.

Dana and Missy, I didn't ask if I could put Lilian in the video, so I left you all out, but she is adorable, and I mentioned her on the youtube page, if that bothers you I can take it out.

I also added this to the side of my vlog...about Palin:

I'd like to explain a part of the Palin discussion here that I left out, as I didn't want the video to be any damn longer! When I say I don't want to be an asshole and talk about the family, yeah, it's talking about the family..so let me say that I don't mean to in any way judge Bristol for being pregnant, or her decision to keep it. I want everyone to have a choice, so if she made the choice to keep it, good for her. :D

My judgment in bringing it up at all was for Sarah Palin and her advocating abstinence-only education, as it obviously doesn't work! If there can be an example of this in her own household, and she still can't see clearly, then nothing will change her mind.

Here are two possibilities in my mind.
1. She told her family to remain abstinent until marriage, and it didn't happen. Which happens all over this country, this isn't a special case, and she (and many, many others) could have benefited from comprehensive sex ed.

2.She taught her family about contraceptives (whether Bristol used the advice or not is irrelevant) in which case she thinks comprehensive sex ed is acceptable for her family and no one else's...hrm.


The first day of my part time job went well, I hope today is just as fun!

I had a really weird dream, I told it to Michael right away...and then wrote it down, cause I thought it was hilarious and wanted to post it.

I guess it's probably only really funny to me. Anyway:

I had a dream I was sent to prison for some reason, and I was going to be in for a month. It was pretty laid back, and I didn't really have to do much but I had to sleep across like..bus seats?
Anyway, at some point I wanted to see my dog, cause he was in prison too? But they kept him in the male and dog prison, and no dogs were allowed in the female one! So, the guard liked me cause I behaved and was going to try to make it so I could clean the male kitchens since we were a hall's length away from them, and maybe I could glance my dog. I dunno.
There were also teachers..cause this one teacher came in and she and I were supposed to make a big bowl of raviolis for another teacher, who turned out to be Snape! I was trying to poison him (to get my dog maybe?) and I was pouring little bags of white powder in while mixing it, and then he came in during this happening! So the other teacher went over there to distract him..and we're supposed to have a mixing chant when making food, I guess...and to distract him she asked if he's heard it for his food..and she said it was "Fat Clown, drink it down."

...and then Michael called and woke me up, so I don't know if I poisoned him or not.

Damn! I almost had my dog back!

Oh well. Besides that I went to the library and borrowed a few books! The librarian waved my old charges since they were so old (1999! I guess I've been borrowing from friends or buying books since then...or using other people's cards Dx).
I borrowed:
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
21 Proms
The Bermudez Triangle - Maureen Johnson
Girl at Sea - Maureen Johnson

They have self check-out now! So awesome.

HARRY POTTER TRAILER!

OMG OGMOMG

It looks good.
I'm all excited1
OMG IT BETTER BE FUCKING AWESOME!

Okay..so I'm always excited, and GoF disappointed like whoa, if you will, but jeezus!
Okay, and it's gonna be two movies, right?
They added a scene, omg that makes me nervous!
But it looks really good, oh ho.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Make it come out now!

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Rules of the game:

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag eight people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.


Meme # 1

1. What was the last thing you bought online?
A garter belt and stockings, I think! Technically, the falls from Veya! Does that count? It's been in the works for a while.

2. Who is the last person you emailed?
Probably someone I e-mailing my resume to.

3. What is your ringtone?
Different for different people. Michael = Something - The Beatles(Okay, it's the across the universe version. I like his voice!), My mom = Mario, Naomi = Underwater Mario theme. I also have Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly..and some others I forget.
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Meme #2

1. What are your reasons for having a LiveJournal?
I've had one for ages, I don't know why I initially got one. Bored, probably. I mostly usually it to read communities and friend's journals now.

2. What do you usually do before bedtime?
Talk to Michael, read books, play my DS.

3. If you could have a destination wedding, where would it be?
New Zealand.
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Tags: Michael, Mido, Shari, Lauren (if you ever read this), everyone else on my friend's list. I'm lazy, folks.

Me this time. Socks, gloves, charms, and Harry Potter.

I got my new socks and gloves from sock dreams, wooo! I love that store so much. I feel kind of silly in it, but it's fun..and people should always have fun. Gotta stop feeling old, haha.

Oh, I have the cutest picture of Taiko!


If this picture stretches your friend's lists or something, tell me and I'll put it behind a cut, but I figured those dimensions were safe.

I got up to wander out of the room, and he was completely under the blanket and he popped his head out as he heard me get up and he just looked too cute.

My nephew is having a birthday party over here tomorrow, I hope he has fun! I didn't call him on his birthday and it made me feel terrible.

My outside dog, Casper, got bit by something and his face was swollen when I saw him. It's gone down over the day and he never acted hurt, but this is the second time. :( I think it's something from the lake. He runs off and goes swimming. My family re-built the fence to keep him in the yard..but he still gets out and goes to swim.

In closing, I like tea.

Ganked from: fabiola_maria


Directions:
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph.



I'd never given much thought to how I would die - though I'd had reason enough in the last few months - but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this. But next moment Harry had begun to spin very fast, and the Dursley's living room was whipped out of sight in a rush of emerald-green flames. At least Galinda turned to see, but then she disappeared behind the fan again. I'd been greatly enjoying my work as a youth columnist for the city paper, and decided that maybe it'd be a good idea to talk to my editor, Carter, to see if he could recommend next steps. More importantly, the rewards would be the very things Female Chauvinist Pigs want so desperately, the things women deserve: freedom and power.

Whaaat? That was sooo bad. xD

( Book list )

Well, that was odd.
Maybe it'll work better with all fantasy books.


The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. Anyone could see from the old man's face that he was perfectly serious. I pretended not to notice and went on to witchcraft, told him the Zaire leopard story. There was a bit of bright fire burning on the hearth, and in front of it were some low and comfortable chairs. "Do? Why I intend to alter the fate of Algaesia!"

( Second )

I suppose it helped a bit, but it's still insanity!

I could do this all night, hahaha.

Okay, one more. Harry Potter themed, that's my best bet for sense.


The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane. "Harry!" he said, smiling as he looked up. He retched and ducked out of sight again. "Hang on, I'll get my Firebolt." Instead, he smiled, raised a hand in farewell, turned around and led the way out of the station towards the sunlitstreet, with Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley hurrying along in his wake.

( Harry Potter List )

OMG
Michael finally made a vlog post!



http://www.youtube.com/vloggingforlove

I've made at least three video responses.. uh.
What else is new?
I met a cool nerdfigher on here, yay!

More reading.
I finished "It's Kind of A Funny Story," and I enjoyed it! Reminded me of my nutty teenage years.

My car keeps dying! The battery is all fucked up. :(
It won't hold a charge, sigh.

Haven't heard anything from any scholarships I've applied for, boo.

Moo Tracks ice cream is delicious.

I saw "Awake"...it was alright. The entire time I was like "Why is Anakin dating Invisible Girl?"

This is mostly embarrassing fangirly-ness for John Green and vlogbrothers. There's also talk about my friend Naomi, and dogs!

Watch please. :D
Give me ideas about what to talk about, maybe?


Michael should have his computer soon, so yay to that.

I should post more than my youtube..so!
I got cat ears, they're a bit too small, but I'm trying to stretch them out.
It's raining right now! I'm so happy, we've been in a drought, so we desperately need the rain. Hopefully this will mean less fires.

I finished reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes, it was good. I liked it a lot, actually. I'd recommend it!

My current reading list is a bit long, so I'll leave it out.

4th of July party this weekend with the family. Mostly means barbecue, which is delicious. My grandma (on my mom's side) is having a birthday party on Sunday, I think. Hopefully that will be fun. Last time I went to one of these big gatherings I was still a kid..so I don't know what I'm going to do as an adult. Hrm.

I find that I'm in love with wigs and fake eyelashes, and need more money to purchase them!
I love Party City.

I'm still signing up for a million scholarships, as I don't have enough for school, sigh. Hopefully, someone will write me back soon.

Michael and I have a vlog project. You might already know this! I don't think I posted about it here, though.

Anyway, this is the most recent post.
This post subject is the title, if you wanted to know a bit about what this one is about.

My battery was dead today! I haven't driven in quite some time, apparently. If I'd get any call backs I could change that. I haven't been applying as many places recently, though, since I'm still trying to get school figured out.

Damn school! So expensive. I really want to go, though, so I'm trying to find a way to make it happen!

I can't beat the last boss in Phantom Hourglass, anyone want to do it for me?

Michael and I have created a vlog project.

Vlogging for Love

Go watch!
We have three videos so far, and will continue to vlog. Hopefully we're not too boring. We'd love if you'd subscribe and comment! Leave us ideas for vlogs, too.

I haven't posted in a while, so here is the small amount that I've been up to:

Reading.
I've been reading a lot.

I've recently finished:
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
and Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer (Twilight Series, one book remaining, but it's yet to come out)
An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
Looking for Alaska- John Green
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky


I'm nearing the end of reading:
Sexography - Carly Milne
Lolita - Vladmir Nabakov
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray


And haven't gotten very far yet on:
A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin


Soon to start:
13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson



Of the books I've finished, I'd have to say I've enjoyed them all. Some more than others. If you're interested in my thought on any of the books leave a message and I'll tell you my feelings on them.

Of the books I'm reading, they're all very interesting. Both Lolita and Sexography are a bit painful to get through. Sexography more than the other as it's an autobiography.

Besides tons of reading there has been much game playing!
I forget if I already said that Michael got me a DS, but he did, and I've been playing tons of Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, and a bit of Phantom Hourglass and Mario 64 DS. I also have Spyro, Go Pets, Metroid demo, and ATV Quad Frenzy. No so interested in the last on that list.

My parents recently got new couches and tables in the living room, they're lovely. The couches are very comfortable and the tables look great! It makes the room look larger, imo, and lovely.

I've been working to get back in school to get my teaching degree. I'll be going to OLLU as long as no big complications arise between now and the beginning of school. I do, though, still have to figure out what I'm going to be doing about the rest of the tuition. Sigh, loans are going to suck.

Still looking for another job, but unfortunately, it seems everyone in this city has been told not to respond to my e-mails, phone calls, and resumes!

Father's day it tomorrow. I got my dad a gadget holder/charger. It'll clear up some clutter and look nice while doing it, hopefully.

I haven't been going out with many friends, sadly. If any read this..invite me somewhere!

So, I'm playing Hello Kitty Online in closed beta.
I don't know how long until the closed beta becomes an open beta, but yay for me getting in.
I enjoy Sanrio and all things Hello Kitty. XD

Anyway, I like it so far. I've found a few glitches and some spelling errors, but mostly it's just fun and easy, which makes sense being that it's most definitely targeted at kids.

Those interested can see screenshots under ( this )

I've given my first loan through Kiva.
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As for me?
Well, I've been trying to get information to go back to school to start studying to become an elementary school teacher. I think this is the right path for me. I really enjoy watching children learn, and their faces light up when they've figured something out for themselves, and I want to be part of that process.

Oh, my dad fixed my car window, so my car is completely fine now! Yay!

I'm still trying to save to get an apartment, but unfortunately there have been tons of problems with the sub-finder system so I guess many teachers haven't been calling in..and so I haven't been getting many jobs. I also haven't gotten any recent call backs for interviews, sigh.

Oh well, gotta keep trying.

Someone shot my fucking car window and shattered it.
Fun times, fun fucken times.

Happy birthday, Michael!
I love you so much, and I hope you have an amazing day!
Hopefully your letter gets there today, your prezzie will be later in the week, but you'll for sure love it!

Leaving the airport was the hardest thing.
I miss you so much.


( Me going on.. )
I'm so bad with dates. I can't remember which days we did what, so I'll consult Michael and update with that later. He's still on the plane right now, sigh.


I love you, Michael.

Michael will be here in an hour!
I must calm doooown!

( Creepy Memes )

It's cold and rainy. Brr.
I want pizza!

I'm going out to eat with my family tomorrow after work. Hopefully that'll be nice. My friend's invited me over as well, so that should be cool unless I get back too late and they change their minds.

I. Put your music player on "random." Skip songs with not-very interesting titles (such as "Concerto #4 in E minor")
II. List the titles of the first 27 songs to come up.
III. Put "in my pants" after each title.
IV. Bold the ones that actually made you laugh

( Yes, )

Jabs, did you make this meme up? I think you did.

Also, hi! Work hasn't been steady lately, boo. I've been applying for a bunch of jobs, someone call me back D<

Been watching a lot of anime lately, yep.

The 28th rocks.

Not much else to report.

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING!/using IMDb search functions or using social networking sites.

( Quotes )

I turned twenty three this last Saturday. Yep, I'm getting old.

Michael bought be cute things! They got there before my birthday, but he didn't let me open them until 12 A.M. the day of my birthday. He bought me a d20 necklace from ThinkGeek, it's adorable and blue. <3 He also bought me a little panda, which is cute on sooo many levels. Besides being absolutely cute it came with a star. I now have a star in the Draco constellation, that's so cool to me.

Later that day I went out with Naomi, Alex, Dustin, my nephew Adrian, and his friend. We bowled for a couple hours.. I did horribly, but that was to be expected. I know my final game I bowled a 57. That's sexy. Almost broke 60.

Afterwards we went to eat at Long John Silver's, mmm delicious. We talked about random things, went back to Naomi and Alex's house and played some sweet Rockband for the rest of the night. I'm so awesome at drums. Especially considering the only time I'd played before this was at Best Buy. They didn't have all the songs open and they've had it over a month, that hurts my heart. Hurts so badly. I think they should give it to me, really. I wouldn't neglect it like they do. It's heart-rending, really. That poor, poor drum set.

They gave me "The Monster Book of Manga," which is pretty fun, I enjoy it.


Nothing new to report since then, really. I'm terribly sad about not being with Michael. He's so far. I need to be back there, already. Anyone wanna help?

Besides this...I've been subbing, saving money.

( High )

A. List ten habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag ten people to do the same.

1. I love chinese food, a lot. Like, really a lot. Fucked up a lot.

2. I doodle Michael's name all the time, like a third grader with a crush.

3. I love drawing, but don't feel as though I improve much at all, even though I draw often.

4. People make me nervous. I hate being in public, yet I'm a sub.

5. I dance a lot while alone. Like crazy.

6. I curse way too much.

7. I get crazy excited about having kids. Even when the ones I'm being around are acting fucking annoying as shit. The thought of my own, with my love, warms my heart.

8. I hate driving. Being held responsible for killing someone else makes me nervous. Not because I'm bothered by the thought of accidentally killing someone, but because I don't want to go to jail for it.

9. I really love being snuggled. It makes me feel safe and happy.

10. My entire world is now going through humongous changes, and I'm now only excited and not scared.

I tag your face.

The ring Michael bought me finally arrived. Zomg, yaaay! It's awesome. Not that I hadn't seen it before, I was there when he was buying it, but it had to be sized and such.

Waaay lovely. <3 And he sent me his old trench coat, which smells like him. <333 And some gum that reminds me of him, so silly and way cute. I love him.

I need to find a way to make more money, any ideas? I've got to get back there ASAP. I miss him so much.

Make me stop feeling.
I'm sorry.
I hate this.

My cousin is getting married Dec. 20 and I'm going to be a bride's maid. It's a red dress, halter top styled apparently..and my mother is very upset that I didn't buy a cover for it, blaaah.

You must not take Kim to wedding shops! It makes her think of getting married way too much and uhmm..panda.


So, I'm getting better and I should be starting work soon. I got called a few times for a job today, but I already made plans with my grandmother.

She told me how her and grandpa met. It was cute. Go postcards.

Chinese food is delicious.

Halloween was awesome. Went to two parties, the first was great fun..the second have a political shouting match, also a bit fun, haha.


The Renaissance Festival was amazing.
I RODE A CAMEL AND AN ELEPHANT.
It was awesome.
So fucking scary!

We started our way up to Planterville at 10 in the morning Saturday. We didn't get to the festival until five o'clock! We had to make a few pointless stops, eat, put our stuff at the motel. When we got there someone told us it was closed, dumbass, anyway we went up and got in. Ran around for a couple hours, saw the amazing fireworks at closing and went home. There was so much stuff we did, and yet I'm too lazy to type it all out.

The next day we got there at nine in the morning and stayed until closing. We also went to the King's Feast, which is a two hour all you can eat variety show. It was invaded by pirates, great stuff. Oh man, there was this insulter guy near the end of the day that we went and watch, so awesome. Amazing bagpipes! I bought some huge black angel wings, some blue devil horns, got a free chocolate candle, and a commemorative cup from the King's feast. So much hilarious sexual innuendo. I enjoyed the Ded Bob Show. I highly approve of skeleton puppets talking shit about Bush. I got to see Robin Hood fight the Sherrif of Notingham. Is that how you spell it?

Oh my, the trees up there were beautiful. Straight up and tall, and the air was cleaner, it was wonderful!

Everything was so cool. I cannot even explain.

Sadly, I didn't have a good camera..but I did have my cell, soooo...
Here are some pics:

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Going to the Ren Faire this weekend..with an outfit and tons of people. So awesome.
I won't be back until late Sunday. I hope everything goes well.

I finally got medicine, after a month of being sick. Hopefully, I'll be getting better soon.

I went to orientation for subbing yesterday, it went pretty alright besides the fact that they didn't have my transcripts, I'll have to call and check up on that pretty quick.

Hopefully, I'll be able to start on Monday. Oooh, I should study for my Physics exam.

Across the Universe is so very stuck in my head.

Went to eat with my family at Spaghetti Warehouse, that was nice. Later we went to Dustin's house, didn't do that much..everyone but me fell asleep pretty quick, it was silly.

Lots of clothes buying today. Four shirts, two pairs of pants, four undahpants, two pairs of shoes. :D

Also, Across the Universe for the fucking win. Much Beatles music again.

Panda = love. I was going to buy a teeny pandie at Barnes and Noble, but it was like five bucks even though it was max small, and while I adore pandies I couldn't do it.

Orientation is tomorrow. Hope everything goes well. :D

Clementine: Joely?

Joel: Yeah Tangerine?

Clementine: Am I ugly?

Joel: Uh-uh.

Clementine: When I was a kid, I thought I was. I can't believe I'm crying already. Sometimes I think people don't understand how lonely it is to be a kid, like you don't matter. So, I'm eight, and I have these toys, these dolls. My favorite is this ugly girl doll who I call Clementine, and I keep yelling at her, "You can't be ugly! Be pretty!" It's weird, like if I can transform her, I would magically change, too.

Joel: [kisses Clementine] You're pretty.

Clementine: Joely, don't ever leave me.

Joel: You're pretty... you're pretty... pretty...

Putting a girl in a dick's mouth WON'T bring her back to life.


Lots of things have been going on.
I need to pay more attention in Speech. Someone remind me to write some shit up for it tomorrow.

I've got to upload the picture of Dustin in the wig with two fake soccer ball boobs.

I don't have anything else to add just yet.

Reply to this post, and I will list three things I love about you. Maybe more than three. Then repost to your own journal and spread the love.


Trainers make me sore.
My dog is cute.
I love my pink and black wig.

Last night Van invited us to go hang out at Daniel's house and play games with him and his friends. What's cool about that is Daniel is my old friend from high school, and I haven't gotten to hang out with him for a long time!

Anyway, we got there and people slowly trickled in. We played some Star Wars Battlefront, and mostly sucked ass, haha. Then some sweet Guitar Hero and delicious chocolate milk, awkward jokes, etc. Then there was a huge break to watch Heroes, which seemed sorta interesting. After that some 12 player halo, aweeesome. I haven't played in over two years, I think so I kinda sucked ass, but I wasn't the worse and improved during the night, heh. I wasn't playing on my xbox so I was under the name Super Poon, very enjoyable to me. I love Pink spartans. Anyway, we played that for a few games, then we went to eat.

A silly adventure to Taco Cabana, cept we ditched with one other dude, got some burgers and snuck them in. After that we stood in like with Daniel and Roger to get Halo 3. At some point I made some silly joke about stabbing people. Was mostly only funny because of the time and such. The gist is stabbing people, then joking "lol j/k youz gais!", but the best part was pretending to stab people, drop the knife and walking off saying "afk." Away from knife, get it? Get it! Ah, this is lost on you, I know it, you had to be there to enjoy this horrible joke. We eventually went back to Daniel's and played some Halo 3. Shit, I didn't even know it was coming out today, as I don't have a 360..I hadn't paid attention, but alas I got to play it the night it came out. Very nice, fun new weapons. Slow ass moving..city, essentially. You can fit 20 something people on it. Omg, I love tearing off turrets and running around with them!

You're on my friends list. I'd like to know 27 things about you. Just copy and hit reply and paste in the comments section with answers. Thanks! You'll be surprised how much you didn't know about your friends after this! Then copy the meme and see if anyone answers you.

1. Do you have a tattoo?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you single or taken?
4. Fish?
5. Do you dream in colour?
( Read more... )



I think I tore my muscle working out with a trainer on Saturday. It hurt insanely badly all day. I ended up taking 11 pain pills over the day, two hydrocodone and other random things. They did pretty much nothing, I was up a lot of the night crying in pain, was horrible. It hurt a bit less yesterday, but today it's more painful...I don't know why.

Adam and I hung out at his parent's house most of the weekend since his mom was out of town. We were mostly watching the place, feeding animals and such. It was nice to have a place to ourselves, we really need to move out.

I've got to finish my speech for class. It's just a 4 - 6 minute speech to introduce myself, so why is it so damned hard?

( A silly test! )

Copied Mido. *Edit* And apparently Jay, too. I'm not editing this to add more names, I haven't finished reading my damned friend's list yet D:<

a. Go to careercruising.com.
b. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
c. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
d. Post the top ten results.

1.Art / Music Therapist
2.Animator
3.Gerontologist
4.Child and Youth Worker
5.Marriage and Family Therapist
6.Addictions Counselor
7.Computer Animator
9.Artist
10.Musician


Most of them seem interesting. I don't think I'd be interested in gerontology, as I'm not that big on old people. That's fucked up, really. All the rest seem happy dandy.

I got a new Physics teacher yesterday, was very random and surprising. Our old teacher was black with an accent, and so is our new teacher and someone in the class asked "Are you guys brothers?" ... ugh. He looked annoyed, but he answered nicely enough. Damn, in fact he seemed annoyed during most of the questions. In his defense most of them were whiny questions. People were just essentially asking how little they could do and still pass, and being that the field he generally teaches in is pretty specialized he's probably used to students who are genuinely interested in the subject matter, I feel a bit bad for him.

After class we went to Tyson's house and did silly things. I can't remember everything, but I do recall watching some Louis C K, Mitch Hedberg, and Demitri Martin. All hilarious.
Oh, we went to Chacho's and got a 17$ order of nachos to share. Oh my god, so much fucking nachos jesus wow fuck.

My dad is okay!

A bit ago he went in for a stress test, and was supposed to go back Oct. 2 for the results, but they called him on Monday and said he needed to not wait until October, and should come in as soon as possible. He went in the next day and they said he had low blood flow to the left side of his heart, which is pretty scary. Said they might have to do a bypass and told him to come in early Thursday morning so that they could check inside his heart, using some dye and such..I forget how exactly. So, he went in today and he's fine, they said his heart doesn't have blockage and that everything is good. The doctor did say, apparently, that sometimes the stress tests show problems that aren't really there or something, I dunno..but the important part is that my dad is fine. :D

I got my textbook yesterday, so I'm actually able to do my homework. It's almost done.

I was crazy sick the last couple of days, it was disgusting. Today, I'm much better, but not 100% just yet.

I watched The Emperor's New Groove, finally. It was cute.

The Renaissance Festival is all set up, except my costume, but hopefully I'll have that soon.

Ack, being sick the last two days made me miss the gym, I feel like a slacker. Missing two days already, siiigh. I can't control when I get sick, but damn, it sucks.

I'm obsessed with this silly song as of late.

What else is new?
Oh, I joined a gym along with Adam, Carrie, Adrian, Nick, and Zach. Silliness. Being that Zach is under 12 he has to join a program, so he's in boxing, heh.
Yesterday was the first day of us actually working out, I think it went alright.

After that we went to Alex and Naomi's house..played Mario Strikers, looked and their new car, and played more.

That's about it.

How can my life be so completely boring and complicated at the same time?

Okay, well I tried to watch The Science of Sleep last night, but since I was woken up early that morning I couldn't really stay awake. That coupled with the fact that the accents made it hard for me to understand random parts ended with me falling asleep.

Earlier in the day I went to the mall with Adam, Van and Dustin. That was fun. We saw a lot of stuff, but only bought a couple of silly things from Spencer's.

Before that we were hanging out with Naomi as we'd spent the night and her and Alex's house. She made us breakfast and we played game all during the morning until we went out for lunch and to Blockbusters. We rented The Science of Sleep, Memoirs of Geisha, and some other movie I can't remember. I want to go see Memoirs A.S.A.P. It's still at Naomi's house.

The night before there was swimming and wrestling, fun stuff, heh. I kicked Naomi's ass.

Superman is on television right now. The little boy in it is just so damned adorable. I want to raise him. ><

If all goes right I should be joining a gym soon, yay.