I don't post enough, do I? This is because it's summer and my life is ~*~unexciting~*~. Turning in my volunteer app at the library sometime today, hopefully.

I got my hair cut! The usual. Short again, just in time for 90-degree days. :3

I got a couple of pairs of new shoes--probably enough to last me for at least another year. Two pairs of Rocketdog slip-ons (they were comfy and on sale--cheaper than Vans slip-ons, and everyone else has stopped making their vans slip-on clones...). Pair of new comfy flip-flops (my weird feet mean that I cannot wear the plastic $2 ones for more than ten minutes without getting blisters). A pair of those roman-esque sandals because, hey, they're a little dressy, pretty cute, and not bad comfort-wise.

And a pair of red, patent-leather, strappy heels that (being Fioni) are pretty comfortable despite being 3-inch heels. Yeah. They're that kind of heel, if you know what I mean. ;D

Anyway, those should all last me at least a year, if not more, and all pairs were on sale to one extent or another. It was awesome.

Mom raised an eyebrow at the tinkerbell!top for being classic pajamas and not 'clothes' so, well, I guess those are relegated to the days when I'm feeling uber-confident or she's not around. (My mother and I...have a curious history when it comes to clothes. Her fashion sense is good and solid if a little on the practical side. I have little to zero fashion sense and swing wildly from practical to flights of fancy--this top happens to be both because, hello, cool floaty shirt in 90*+ weather? yes plz. Anyway, whatever, I'm used to it.)


I miss all of my Eugene friends. I need to get to the downtown Powell's sometime. Hm.

And now (not just to fill up space, I swear) memes!

First, the five words meme again, this time from okroginator.

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

( The five words are: Anko, librarian, Itachi/Anko, books, and feminism--a good mix, if you ask me. )

Also from okroginator, icons!

1. Reply to this post with 'Icons!', and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will - allegedly - create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

( toasters and Ireland and Anko, oh my! )

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( Things-to-write list (aka a subsection of the to-do list) )

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Heee! Dad took us all out to breakfast at Tom's (omnomnom pancakes--without work!) and now crow emoticon is fat. Socute!

Also: G33k B33r, Bawls' root beer flavor? Quite good. And, of course, highly caffeinated.

Trial done. Defense did not feel need to present further evidence. I was not impressed with some of my jurors, but it's done with now. I don't feel like talking about it without prompting though.


Anyhow, in an effort to distract myself, I've been slow-poking through Mia's meme. Got all the TST muses done! Now just the multiples of Anko, if I feel so inclined.

( Four TST muses: Sophie Hatter, Mitarashi Anko, Susan Sto Helit, and Mamma Gkika )

>NO, SHIT, I FORGOT MAMMA GKIKA HOLD UP.

There we go.

*waits for new Naruto chapter scanlations, ponders watching the new episode, Anko-less as it will be*

Oh, right. Packing. *sigh* Changed ticket to tomorrow. BSNF doing bridge work, which means bus from PDX to Vancouer, and then train up. (Is it just me, or does BSNF sound like it should be a fandom acronym?)

I am so tired.

Bodily tired, mentally tired--you name it, it's worn out.

I went in for jury duty today.

It was only halfway through the judge's question that I realized something terrifying: I am the perfect juror. I don't even have a parking ticket, hell, I've never even been pulled over by a cop. The only cops I know are from D.A.R.E., etc, I've never been victim of a crime...

Furthermore? I not only have read the fucking constitution (which some of my fellow jurors seem to have neglected...for one part of the questioning I had a running mantra in my head of 'fifth amendment, fifth amendment, for god's sake, the fucking fifth amendment means no one has to testify!'), I also have basic training in rhetoric (hello speech and debate), and am just kind of all-around smart.

So, of course, I got picked to serve on a jury, my first time round. (This probably also means I will get called every two years like clockwork. I know it's random, but my luck is just that shitty.)

The judge says the case will probably go through Friday.

My family is leaving on Thursday for Seattle. By car, so it's not like there was a plane or train ticket to cancel.

So, the plan is that I will buy a train ticket, spend Thursday and Friday nights on my own, then take the 9am train up to Seattle to rejoin the rest of my family.

Fuck fuck fuckity fuckity fuck.

(Thank you Mark Twain.)

So, if you don't see me around the next few days, it's because I'm, well, in court.

nnnngh

A note: I am in no way against doing my civic duty and serving on a court. But 1) I had family travel plans when many others didn't, 2) it was a trip I was really looking forward to, and the only one we have planned for the summer so far, 3) it's that week--yeah, that one, and 4) A three-day long trial my first time out? Could you be any more cruel to the newbie?

Plus the subject matter of the trial promises to be emotionally draining. I don't know how much I can get done, after hearing this case, all day long.

Meanwhile, I will occupy myself with getting in as much RP as I can before I crash, and loling/face-palming at that star trek post.

Yes darlings, it's that time again.


The How's My Driving? Meme

Go forth and crit.

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I have only a few scattered on Naruto ch 452.
( Spoilers, duh )

My thoughts are Shippuden 114 are much more incoherent and capslocky.

( These I cut to spare your sanity )

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I spent all day in a car with my family and manage not to kill them. I count this as a win. It was driving Mom and Dad out to wine tasting for early Father's Day (his request). Two months before my 21st birthday. I told Dad he's buying me a drink on my birthday to make up for that.

I also got decent barbecue from this, finished Agnes and the Hitman (pretty good), started really diving in on Beyond Heaving Bosoms and bought both the Dave Brubeck Quartet LP Time Out (which is...a bit famous, and the record is in gorgeous condition) and The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, with "all 187 original illustrations". So that should keep me quite occupied.

Tomorrow is maybe donuts from Donuts+.

My earlobes hurt. This is not good, but I think it'll pass as long as I keep them clean.

Well, that was a pretty much pointless post. Hmm hmm.

They say that love never really dies
Its just goes away into your bones like old drugs
Like remembrances of a 'once' you had.
I wonder if we were really invincible that night
Or if we only thought we were
I wonder if we fell like angels, instead of martyrs
Or if we lied and never died at all.

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I meant to post yesterday. I decided I was too angry and upset with the world and decided to wait.

Okay, I'm a little confused. Now, on Duckweb, term grades don't show up until 1) you've completed or declined all of your course evaluations and 2) your professors have submitted at least one grade.

I completed all of my evaluations. And I know, for a fact, that at least one of my teachers has submitted his class grades to the registrar. How do I know? Because I sat there and helped him submit them (he came into work for help with it).

Sooo, wtf? I'm still waiting on that.

Also still waiting for various people to get their act together. Yesterday was a kind of shitty day, between getting called an idiot on RP!S (for...not knowing Pink Floyd real well? Not googling everything ever? I'm still not sure), continuing to tread on eggshells around my sister, and one of my friends getting banned, mods not communicating and having no place to escape from it all because I'm back in freaking Beaverton.

Ugh.

So, yeah, no wonder I slept until 2:30 today, hm?

I can't tell whether I want to throw things at people or do something creative.

I might beg the car and go get dango. That would make me happy, right? It's hard not being within walking distance of anything really cool. Well, convenient walking distance. Two miles there and back does not count as convenient, no.

Whatever.

Distract me, flist?

Oh lawdy. My pants? So bankrupt. Some of you may have spyed me online at one point or another, but that was in the library (up until yesterday). And when in the library I had to pretend, mostly, to be doing academic things. I'm at skip=160 already and no where near being caught up.

If there's anything that you would like me to see, go 'head and link me darlings. I would appreciate that.

So, instead of a final today (which I emailed the prof just to be sure I don't have after checking the syllabus...it wasn't on the syllabus, but with some profs you never know and they might just assume you're going to show up to their final) I'm at work for another three hours. (To which, ironically, the professor who I emailed? Came in for Blackboard help. XD )

Well, okay. I guess it means I get a little more money against the jobless (so far) summer. It means I get a few more hours to catch up on internet stuff.

OKAY

Schedule for the next two days:
( Cut because it is long and arduous )

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"Elastic Bosom Company" would be a great name for a band. Or "Electric Bosom Company".

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Our next hair appointments with Mia are...on the same day I get called in for jury duty. Woops. Hopefully (yeah right) I'll get out in a reasonable amount of time and, if they give me the last appointment slot of the three, I'll be able to get there in time. I rather doubt this, but it's nice to hope.

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There is someone in the library who knows me, knows I RP, and knows Peppis' Fire-and-Brimstone anti-plagiarism lectures. I want to know who they are! But that's just me being selfish.

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Oh, what a day.

Sooo, yeah. Just in time for dead week/finals week, my computer decided to contract a virus that's malware. And when a computer on the network has malware, it gets 'quarantined', meaning the only sites I can access on my own computer are Blackboard and school email.

No LJ.

So, right in the middle of things, I'm taking an indefinite hiatus. Took it to resent, don't know how long it'll take them. The library has computers, but I'll need to use them for studying, mostly. Since I have a final tomorrow that all my study materials are online for.

Plus none of the library computers have LJ Login, eheh. So, yeah.

See you when my computer gets better. Shouldn't be more than a week.

It feels like being in Colorado during the summer. Warm, humid, with the promise of thunderstorms but no storms. Or the South, maybe.

Eee, there was lightning last night, I am gleeful! Maybe more tonight?

*plays Bohemian rhapsody quite loudly*

Just a warning: For a period of about two weeks starting, ohhh, day before yesterday, you might not see anything actually serious in this journal. Because, lawl, finals eat my brain. The world sucks, people sucks, and everything else, on occasion, sucks too, but! I am doing my best not to go completely batshit bonkers, which I might very well when you combine srs bsns and school. Eep!

But Carson had sobaaaa. That happies me so much. And it's very hard to do soba incredibly wrong.

And today in class as we were talking about "Shitamachi", we happened to mention the legend of the crane that repays his/her debt by making cloth for the person who rescued her and I was like "HA, I ALREADY KNOW THIS. FROM THE DECEMBERISTS ALBUM, WHEE~"

So that was cool.

The weather, however, is not. And it makes me want to do nothing. Not RP, not fold cranes, not go to class, not study. ;; But I guess most of those I have to. Especially Jazz class, we have a test today.

Japanese Alumni party! I'll facebook the details for my friends right after I post this.

Quiet hours start tonight. The RP anon meme is now the weekend before finals. Ffff.

For the next week and a half, I have little to no life. Hm.

It's still hot and I'm still busy.

Shit, this paper? Is supposed to be 3-5 pages. It just barely hit the third page, and I've only ocvered one work: Sir Gawain. I have just over two pages (I think) to cover the entirety of my analysis of the Metamorphoses. Er...

On top of all that, at 2pm I need to go to a jazz concert at the school of music so I can write a four page concert report on it. Honestly, the paper itself shouldn't take more than an hour (and I have all Monday to edit the Classics English paper down to a proper length if it goes over.

But haven't really packed anything else this week. Though, I guess, after papers and such are over, all I'll be doing is studying for finals and packing so...not a big deal? I guess.

Hnnngh, I hate this time of year so much. I should probably go put up semi-hiatus notices at all my games because, lawl, until I'm packed and certain I'm going to pass my finals, I shouldn't be RPing much.

Remind me, someone, that when I've done with this pre-1500 requirement I'll never need to take anything resembling a Classics class (whether on accident or on purpose) again...

Of course, Fall term I have the History of the Superhero class to look forward to, so woo!

And Japanese over the summer? To try and catch back up, not certain. I should probably talk to an advisor, either here or in Portland...

Did up a new layout yesterday. It isn't working quite right, but it looks good enough to me, so, eh. I like it. More summery than the old one, at least.

Argh, okay, back to paper and then break for lunch and concert soon-ish.

At least the school of music has air-con...

Edit: Crap, what the...so, for some reason, for time, I was going by my clock radio. It turns out that, somehow, my clock radio...got reset? What the hell happened!? So I missed the 2pm concert. Fortunately there's another at 5pm but...dammit, I thought I was doing so well too! *sobs forever at my fucked-up time sense*

EDIT, DAUGHTER OF EDIT: *giggles, slightly giddily* It goes two lines onto page six. I don't care, I'm not touching this thing until I have to edit it tomorrow.

Hurrrgh it is hot and I have cramps. And religious zealots. They make me very angry for a lot of reasons. It's really too hot to be angry about so many things. Urgh.

I want raaaaaain.

Oh, haha, I just realized what that photo of the new Doctor and new companion going around reminds me.

( Caution, tl;dr and feminism below this cut )

And I thought Kishimoto was bad. At least a look at Moffat balances things out.

Speaking of Kishimoto...

( Spoilers for Naruto Ch 449 )



Doing that icon meme, I guess? Obviously this meme would be different for each of my accounts. Not even each of my characters, each of my accounts. That Anko/Reno icon would never show up in my other accounts, while on the other hand, I don't have the really great boobies icon on this account.

( TST Anko Mitarashi )

It's too hot to be here. I'm going to the Comic store. Everyone going to A-kon: have fun, my darlin's! Don't melt, kay?

I know I've left my f-list alone for too long when it gets to skip=120. Not enough to declare pants bankruptcy after one weekend, but a bit much.

Hahaaa, I found out today that one of my RP buddies lives, like, four blocks away from my grandparents. How weird is that guys? Pretty weird, that's what. And pretty awesome.

Dad watched Serenity on Sunday which I caught...well, from landing on Miranda on up. Still as good as I remember.

Give me a character I play and I will give you a few facts about them according to my own personal canon. This can range from their birthday, favourite color or even their earliest memory up to what they had last night for dinner.

Meme stolen form everyone. Anyone I write as well (including the Doctor, Rose, Itachi, etc.)

There are now mozzies on the computer screen. Guess that means it's time for bed. (Note to self, write that thing for tasogareika if work is slow.)

Uwaaah, new tags, stop taunting me, I need sleep!

Memorial day weekend was nice, by all reckoning. Not entirely restful, but not crazy crazy, so that's good.

There is still cottonwood fuzz in my room.

I have two fanmixes nearly done that just need art. The trouble for one of them will, in fact, be the art. *sigh*

Last three weeks of school. Dunno if I'll survive without going mad, but, whatever.

New place is on 18th and High Street. For next fall. That should be awesome.

Jovanie, honey-babe, congrats on getting that skipper hat! Here's hoping you don't get too sick of the patter over the next seven months!

Fandom: I write too much of such varying quality that I have so little desire to post; the crack of fandom continues to be more delicious than the canon; and I'm back in crow-land but there is no rain today. Just sun.

Whee, being esoteric is fun! But it's just because I'm busy. I swear I'll have proper posts...uh, probably during Dead Week or finals week, since those are when I tend to procrastinate here the most. That or at work during the long dead hours.

*goes back to watching Naruto the Abridged Series* *For the lulz*

I actually ended up getting an afternoon ticket for tomorrow. Yes, I bought it today. Because this week has been one of those super-weird ones where Monday feels like Thursday and Thursday felt like Wednesday until 7AM and I sat up in bed going "OH SHIT".

BUT THEN BROOKE INVITED ME TO GO TO THE DECEMBERISTS WITH HER

SCREW PACKING, I CAN DO THAT LATER

And anon meme and tags and delicious positive tl;dr and eee~


Wait, did LJ get rid of Excalibur, or is this just a limited time view. Or has...Excalibur been gone and I just never noticed?

Anywhoodle. Five hours of work so far and one client. Whee~


The How's My Driving? Meme

Hmmm, I am hungry but cannot eat until at least 6pm. ;;

These are the first twenty songs with lyrics that I could think of from the past week. Well. First twenty that had lyrics. Unlike "Kobol's Last Gleaming" or anything by Explosions in the Sky, etc. etc.

First lines of twenty songs! Guess without using Google! Some of them are really easy, I swear. Others are...kind of hard.

( I will now commence embarrassment re: my current listening tastes )

Did I mention that I watched the pilot of "Glee!"? Ah, well, I'm a little bit in love with it, and can't wait for more episodes.

Which means, of course, Fox will cancel it. I mean, with all the buzz over Dollhouse, they can't have two successful shows! That would be unthinkable!

...It's only Wednesday, isn't it?

I think I need to be working on some of those writing/drawing prompts. I think I can get some good work done on them.

So guys. It's supposed to be about 80* F here today. Phew!

On a whim, I decided to pull out my sari.

( I cut pictures because I love your flist too )

My question: Would this be awesome or weird to wear, say, to the store?

Pros:
- Comfy! I haven't worn many draped pieces of clothing outside of longyis (Burmese wrap skirt), but this is on par for comfort and wearability. No such thing as fat!saris or fat!longyis (whereas, well, don't we all have our fat pants for those days?)
- Pretty! It's so vibrant! I'm the palest kid ever, but look at that bright color, isn't that pretty? And the embroidery too!
- Interesting! I'm pretty sure I'd be one of very few people out there in a sari, and even fewer white people in a sari. But I've seen two or three places online where women (both Indian and not) have advocated all women give wearing a sari a try, so, hey, why not?

Cons:
- Accusations of cultural appropriation. I'm wanting to wear this because it is pretty and easy to wear. I am not Indian, this isn't a part of my ethnicity. My ethnic background also includes, yes, English ancestry. However, where do we draw the line between wearing a piece of clothing because you like it, and cultural appropriation? Does the person have to have been to the country in question? (So what about all those non-Scottish guys wearing Utili-kilts, which I fully and whole-heartedly support as a woman of Scottish heritage?) Again, I've found some sources online from women supporting the wearing of saris outside the ethnic group, so there's that, but how much encouragement should I really take from that?

- Weird. We have the thought in this country that if you wear things too far outside of the "norm", you are trying to prove something. I mean, you see a kid in ripped up clothing, spiky jewelry, and chains, what's your assumption about them? And a pale girl in a bright sari? What assumption is that?

- This one is stupid, but...I don't have a choli. ;; That's a sports-bra. The petticoat I can get away with (it's basically a draw-string skirt, which I totally have), but is it too weird to wear the sari without a proper choli? Should I just cut a t-shirt in half and go with that?

So, yeah. Dilemmas in social dress.

So, photographic proof that I am, in fact, a ninja, has been found. Found on vixyish's camera. XD

I also wrote what I believe to be my second Virelai ever for seanan_mcguire's write a poem, win an ARC contest. Though I think I may need two extra stanzas?

I'll keep on with that fic for Mia instead, I think.

My Free Will horoscope made me fall off my bed with lol this morning. GIANT SNAKE! I'm not entirely sure what the snake is though. But, see, this is why I read this one. Less "this will happen and watch out for meatballs" and more, well, like this! Giant snakes! Imitate a giant snake! Hiss at your problems and they'll go away? Something like that.

Work has been slow, but I shouldn't wonder if people are having trouble finding us, since we did a re-org.

Fall apartment stuff is being worked out! This makes me gleeful!

Mom says the raspberry bush has blossoms. I still can't believe that bush has survived me for all these years. The bamboo seems to be doing fine. I guess? Whatever, it's not dead yet, which I suppose is an accomplishment.

My foot has fallen asleep and it's still cold. But that's okay.

Attention all of you people getting out of college right about now for summer vacation. I freakin' hate you, okay? Okay, I don't really hate you, I still love you but, dammit, I STILL HAVE ANOTHER MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT.

AND FINALS.

Freakin' finals.

Also, there will be no jobs left when I get home. I'm pretty certain of this. Because everyone that gets out and home earlier than me will snatch them up.

Nngh.

I'd post something more coherent and less ranty (there is some sweet awesome going on in my life right now. But it's hard to focus on the positive when, well, you're tired) but right now I need sleep.

I shall cuddle with my new influenza plushie.

This is pleasing.

I FINALLY GOT MYSELF A EUGENE LIBRARY CARD. HELL YEAH.

The story of me getting this damned card is long, epic, and kind of frustrating. But whatever.

I celebrated by checking out 13 books. Uh.

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So I saw Star Trek.

Maybe I'm just too much of a Trekkie, but I was expecting to OMG LOVE IT, and, well...

I liked it. It was good, it kept me ineterested.

The good, the bad, and the spoilers, under the cut.

( Of course it's an alt-verse. Everything's white and shiny. )

All in all? I liked it. Thoroughly. Fun story, interesting reboot, nice special effects, etc. All my issues aside, it was pretty good.

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Still answering prompts you choose to throw at me here. Seriously, you can't get weirder than some of what Mia's thrown at me. I mean, Jabberwock/Alice? Really? And I wrote it?

Wearing my reading glasses is a bit odd, but better for my eyes + computer, in the long run.

Also looking at Zenni Optical for cheap-ish frames and lens and such. Anyone have experience with them? I'm mostly thinking about cosplay/costumes/dressystuff and (maybe, possibly, in the future) back-ups for if I got contacts.

Coporations gave us trouble. I lived.

I need to message Sarah.

I'm still frustrated about something I cannon change. I don't think such frustration ever goes away.

And that's my life.

No, self, 'awesome' is not an acceptable HTML tag.

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( tl;dr inspired by the last few chapters of Naruto )

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Shit, Mythbusters, you should not be this addicting! I lose sleep because of you. But at least Kari gets to be as awesome as the boys

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Okay, instead of spamming Cy's post more, I'll just do this on my journal. Fic meme!

The rules are simple: there are ten prompts. Answer each prompt with ten words or less (articles like "a", "the", etc don't need to be counted) about ten words. I'm rubbish at sticking to numbers. No more than a sentence. Maybe two, if I'm feeling wicked.

The prompts are:

1. Angst
2. AU
3. Crack!fic
4. Crossover
5. First Time
6. Fluff
7. Humour
8. Hurt/Comfort
9. Smut
10. UST

I've written a few so far on Cy's post. Just so you know what to expect. I'm willing to do multiples too. In any of my fandoms, including RPs.

You know, usually when I get wrong numbers, they aren't actually looking for an Anne. o.o About hosting a foreign exchange student. Now normally I wouldn't be oppsed to this, but given the fact that I live in a (not-very-clean, at the moment, I should really take care of that) three-by-five dorm room (okay, I exaggerate...slightly), that might not work out so well.

One number off, too.Weird stuff.

Urgh, work keeps moving around my schedule. I thought she gave me more hours but she might have taken some off and just moved them around? idefk But no more early Monday mornings, apparently.

Okay, after work: Clean room, take care of tags...what else do I--OH DnD or a Japanese movie nnngh.

Two movies in one week might be a bit much though.

I am going to attempt to keep a plant alive again! Bamboo. Bamboo is hard to kill, right? Anyway, little pot with four stalks, all I really have to do, I think, is keep it nice and watered. Nnngh, knowing me it might die anyhow. I think the Crowley method only works with multiple plants

All you people doing finals right now? I freakin' hate you. I want done with scooool too. *sob*

I keep writing out meta and fic instead of doing useful things. Away, plot-bunnies, awaaaaay.