So I... may have spent the last hour and a half trying to master manual steering in MKWii. >_>; I just. Other people can do it. I have to be able to do it. Even if I hate the fuck out of it. I just need to get used to the physics, that's all. Manual, then wheel.

Hey, it never hurts to have goals, right? >_>;

Just for the hell of it, I think I'm going to try to master Birdo. Because Birdo is kind of a bitch to drive, and I may as well get all my challenges out of the way at once.

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In this case, my first impression of today was, fuck. No. And, really, it would have been sensible to stick with that and stay in bed.

I am probably going to regret my passive-aggression toward the dev team, for one thing.

On the bright side, everything that went horribly wrong today was righted by the time I left. Which, uh, was two hours late when I'd already started forty minutes early, but this is not the point at all. *cough* The point is that, pending fixes to ridiculous tables that should never have been brought into existence, everything I need uploaded can be uploaded tomorrow. All hail the power of educated guessing making shit up.

Also, I don't have to be up at half five tomorrow. And I have noodles. Mmm, noodles.

Lenghty conversation about gaming before I made my way to the bus stop means that I'm now considering pulling out either VS or FFXII again... but I really shouldn't fuck up my hands just before NaNo.

Speaking of which - games, not NaNo - I jumped in Mario Kart today and landed perfectly on the corner of the next part of the track... and stayed there, hovering over the lava, until I purposefully reversed into the lava, because otherwise I'd have been stuck there all race.

There have been quite a few bugs in that game, actually, which I've only been subjected to at work. Clearly it is the environment getting to it.

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I feel like someone's gone in and removed my brain. But I found a dress for my cousin's wedding in about an hour this evening, thanks to the lovely alleyne. It is vermilion and navy and taupe, and by Regatta. If I could show you pictures, I would, but I cannot. I may need to go bra shopping to wear it; I definitely need to go shoe shopping. But it's cute, and I like it, and also? I only had to pay $4.96 in real money because of the vouchers work gave me for being awesome. So, in essence? Fuck yeah.

Loads of people for Mario Kart this afternoon. It was fantastic. Apparently it is my goal to involve everyone on the floor, one week at a time. XD We played a few rounds of Brawl, too, which was UM, EMBARRASSING, but I blame the use of Pit and Meta Knight.

Mind is gone. Gone, gone. Eaten by a doggy, you might say, or burned alive. Such a difficult girl, right, Father Renaldo?

- waited forever (and I mean forever) at the cultural center to get a bus out to Bellbowrie
- played FFVII on the bus and accidentally dropped a correct barrel, as usual. BLOODY AERIS, WHY ARE YOU SO HARD TO NOT-SAVE. D:
- got off at the wrong STOP dslkjfas
- spent like five hours doing a puzzle with Kyla and telling the children to go away and play quietly mummy and Laura were busy DON'TTOUCHTHAT
- became addicted to new game called Dynamic Systems on King.com T_T damn you, physics, why must you lure me?
- read very little of HBP because of aforementioned puzzle and game. :(
- argued with Dad over Gneil's (and fantasy's) literary merit
- wrote: NOTHINGGGG

[EDIT] Also, Hiru has been walking around naked in my head for several hours now, possibly in an attempt to remedy that last point. He should not do this while I am trying to read HBP, because holy god, what the HELL, mixed messages.

Today is Red Hat Culture Day, on which people with cameras will come into the office and say, "What does Red Hat Culture mean to you?" A day on which I will say, "Ummmmmmmmmmm. D:" Spontaneous thought-sharing on film: and you thought university tutorials were bad.

Still, slept pretty well for the last three hours of the night, so I feel at least vaguely rested. This is totally a product of FFVII, right? That's what I thought. :3 I do have vague memories of sleeping well after video games; perhaps when I have better hands I will test this hypothesis.

I do not actually have my red hat. :( Sadness.

Bought a new memstick today, so FFVII is halfway downloaded, and my hands are killing me. At least it doesn't require much button mashing. I wonder if we can use the control stick instead of the d-pad...? sdjfds, so excited to have it. XD; (Crowley tells me I am at 53% with 1190/1326 MB downloaded. Crowley is really good at math.)

Today was pretty good, I gotta say. I'm already more than halfway through the work I'd assigned myself for tomorrow, so, uh, ahead of my behind-schedule schedule? Yes.

May just stone and watch Supernatural tonight. My mind is broken. XD;

My scar is healing up pretty well! Bruising is fading nicely, and the scab is starting to crisp up and fall off, so I just have a shiny line and a lump where the underlying stitches are. It's all still pretty swollen, though - my wrist has maybe an extra 20-25% of its usual girth, so hopefully that calms down pretty soon.

Firstly: This kid who has his WoW account cancelled and proceeds to shriek like a pony about it, who is really going to hate his brother when he finds out about this. XD

Secondly: Work today was pretty good, except for discovering that there is a MarioKart contest on Friday afternoon which I clearly cannot kick ass in because I lack the correct opposable thumb. ;A; HOW WILL I PROVE MY SUPREMACY NOW.

Thirdly: YESSSSS FF7 AVAILABLE FOR PSP DOWNLOADDDDDDDDFUCKYEAHHHHHH guess what I am doing for the rest of the night, guys. GUESS.

This game looks AWESOME. I'm totally d/ling a demo. 8D

I thought I'd set my alarm to half eight, but after I'd turned it off and lazed around for an indeterminate length of time it was only twenty-five past, so. Uh. No idea.

I know I have to do things today but I don't really feel like moving, let alone being productive. Also, I'm ... well, not scared of starting work tomorrow, but aware that it's there and determinedly not thinking too hard about it.

In other news, I have... well, five days, actually, to hit 105 on stepstepjump. I am currently at 73. The math here is not good. Which means I should try to draw a fuckload today, but I kind of want to write. Then again, every time I sit down to do so I feel paralysed and have to go do something else, so I suspect it is one of those things that I have to sidle up to, write down a sentence as if it has no connection to anything else, and then come back ten minutes later and write a different one. Because apparently I can't take the pressure of putting these things together any more. What if they do not fit. Etc. The only way to fix this is by drabbling with greater frequency, but my hands aren't really strong enough and I'm sodding useless with prompts at the moment, although Swinburne is slowly helping me with that. I really liked the one I gave to ignite last night.

For the time being, I should decide on clothes, I suppose. And have a shower. Meh.

[EDIT] MEH FEELINGS GONE. YES, I JUST BURST INTO TEARS AT THIS TRAILER. OH MY GOD GUYS IT LOOKS SO AMAZING.

Rage and James are playing WoW and... and they are converting me. Rapidly. But it could be the sexiness of their computers. XD

Trying to write, but distracted by Epic! Battoru!!!!1one.

I think I may need a Rock Band icon. >_>

Also, I am convinced that Ciorrnaich and I play better together than Xolotl and I do. XD This could be because I usually play with Ciorrnaich last, and am all warmed up/dying by then.

God, I am SO FREAKING FASCINATED by the goings on in Honeydew Syndrome. :| :| :| WHY IS IT ONLY UPDATED ONCE A WEEK.

So, like, tomorrow I work 9.5h and then come back to talk to Rosie about the website, which will probably take at least an hour and a half, and then Tuesday is a 12.5h day and then Wednesday I work 9h and RUN RUN RUN to make it to the first half of Christmas. XD

So I guess I should wrap the presents that I have right now, then.

I AM HOME, I AM HOME.

(Translation: No time for lunch breaks today + extra hours tomorrow + not whining like Alan a little bitch = GOING THE FUCK HOME EARLY DESU YO.)

I HAVE NOT EATEN SINCE 7AM BUT IT IS OKAY BECAUSE I AM EATING CEREAL NOW. ALSO, MY MOTHER HAS AGREED THAT I NEED A TELEVISION. FUCK, YEAH ADAMO!

I dropped in on Rosie on my way home and she can't think about anything until Monday apparently, so whatever, I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL THEN EITHER. So, on that note:

- make bed (yes, after work. DON'T ASK.)
- wash dark load
- hang dark load up to dry
- whine until mum lets me play rock band (yes, I am 21, and yet I apparently have no TV privileges WHATSOEVER) beacuse COME ON I DID NOT EVEN GET TO PLAY DIRTY LITTLE SECRET WHAT GIVES
- WRITE LIKE DEMON

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

[EDIT] LOLOLOLOL KAREN I GOT MY LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS YOU UTTER DORK ILU SO MUCH XDDDD

Why would you make it necessary to download a full shiny service pack over the internet just to sign up for your fucking PS Network? Seriously, guys. SERIOUSLY. Fuck off, eh? I just want to play some fucking Rock Band, and this update is going to take fucking DAYS. >:|

On the bright side, have discovered that there is NO PROBLEM, it was just that Wyrren spent long enough creating her avatar that the controller thought I wasn't playing any more and turned itself off. XD PHEW. (She didn't even take that long, wtf, srsly. XD)

(Feeling much better since kicking ass on 'Creep' on Medium, just so you know. I really will be That Girl before long and then I will be absolutely no fun at parties.)

I guess this is the part where I call my father but... whatever. XD; Cannot be buggered doing anything at the moment. Maybe I'll make dinner. BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE NOT.

Someone needs to remind me that I have dinner with dad at Mecca Bah at 6.30 Saturday night, or I am going to just get home and flop and get a call while I am in my pajamas saying wtf where are you? >_>; Whyyyyajksdfhshfs.

I really need to stop associating songs with fandoms. It makes me like things. Like Paramore. I DID NOT LIKE THIS SONG BEFORE I ASSOCIATED IT WITH HAVEMERCY. Or at least, I did not like it nearly as much. XD

( This is another song I love entirely too much, probably because every time I hear it I think of the Corps and the direct quote: SO HE CAN GO ALL NIGHT LONG. )

I think it is because I want to put the lines on a t-shirt and support them mindlessly and that is what the song is about, so, yeah, Bad Religion are amazing. Just sayin'.

[EDIT] Om nom nom, curry. There is just no way to fuck curry up. It tastes fan-fucking-tastic no matter what you do with it. Even Lean Cuisine curry tastes fucking amazing. God, curry, love. WHY DON'T I EAT THIS MORE OFTEN. <3

[EDIT] I am becoming increasingly convinced there is something wrong that my mother isn't telling me about. It is not NORMAL to be this grumpy all the goddamn time. And it's not that she's grumpy or I'm grumpy necessarily, it's just that we are clashing like mad crazy whoa, and it's quite a frustrating thing to be party to. Either that or she objects to my relaxing. Ever. As in, having done everything I needed to do tonight, she got annoyed at me the second she walked in the door from a night out with friends because I was playing a video game. I don't get it, and she won't explain it to me. WHAT IS THE DEAL.

It was SO DAMN BUSY TODAY I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING. Everyone got their rebate today so it was straight to the TVs for most of them. XD But we certainly got our fair share of Christmas shoppers in Smalls! It was madness. XD Like, I did a third of my monthly quota TODAY-style madness. (Which is awesome. Because it means I only have to sell, like, $3k of stuff every day I work until the end of the month to get my $400 spiff. :D!)

Anyway, uhhh, TOMORROW IS AN INTERESTING PLACE.

- get up at 7am
- shower; CLEAN SHOWER
- breakfast
- strip bed; wash sheets
- dry sheets
- wash bath mats and towels
- clean room
- 10AM: GO SEE ROSIE AND SORT OUT HER SHIT CALLED ROSIE
- 12PM: GO TO WORK
- 3PM: Get off work and buy the actual Rock Band game, not just the peripherals. STUPID NEW KID IN COMPUTERS. *SHAKES FIST*
- go home and code damn website
- dry bathmats and towels
- ask Wyrren wtf we are doing on Sunday idk my bff panic????
- 7PM: GO SEE ROSIE AGAIN, WITH INVOICE, AND WASH YOUR HANDS OF THIS BULLSHIT
- 9PM: flop as you have never flopped before
- clean moar
- search YouTube like an IDIOT for the last episode of Merlin, lol jk it will not even have aired yet :'(
- sleep

Also I am working eleven out of the next sixteen days. Which is not really so bad now that I think of it. XD Particularly when you think about the fact that if I do things correctly I will pretty much be earning $3k over the next two weeks. :3 But still. At this time of year it is SUPREMELY FRUSTRATING. XD

Also, I have a question for those of you who do work in retail (i.e. teacupscientist.) When you call up other stores to check for price matches, do you say Hello-I-am-from or do you lie to them viciously and pretend that you are a prospective customer. BECAUSE I FEEL WEIRD ABOUT THE LATTER AND YET FEEL KIND OF RETARDED ABOUT THE FORMER. Because if someone called up and did it to me I'd be like YEAH WE DO THEM FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LOLBAI. >_>;;; IS THERE PROTOCOL THAT I HAVE MISSED???

alleyne I WILL BRING YOU HAVEMERCY ON TUESDAY FOR SRS. WE CAN HAS LUNCH EVERY DAY!!!!!!! (teacupscientist, this also applies to you, only more along the lines of: if you are in town and you do not come have lunch with me I may NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN JUST SAYING.)

Also: narnizzle: Movie? Tuesday? Post-6pm??? Yes???

Yo, dudes! :D I found my friend code. It's 5327-4270-8609 for Mario Kart Wii. Haven't checked Brawl yet, but I'll let you know when I do. We should race together sometime!

Also, one of my latest hatchlings grew its wings... another girl. XD I named her Jikokuten. Incidentally, I am way too in love with Hardin. I suspect this is no surprise.

Trying to decide what I should put on the header for this layout. (By which I mean, I cannot decide whether to do people from Crystal Coast, retarded Xolotl/Ciorrnaich retardery, or other things.) Suggestions welcome.

Must stop having hilariously retarded Xolotl/Ciorrnaich mental images. They must make me look insane.

So, um, I just spent two hours on Mario Kart. Accidentally. I, um. I needed to unlock Rainbow Road, y'see. And I have, now! So I don't need to play it any more. >_> Except that there are still three tracks left and there... there might be tracks more awesomely insane than Rainbow Road, and that thought both frightens and delights me. I feel dirty just typing it.

(Why is it always easy to be amazing at games when teacupscientist isn't here? You give me performance anxiety, Wyrren! XD I came first in fucking everything first try! Admittedly it was only 50cc tonight, and I suspect we played on 150cc just for fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck value kicks when you brought the Wii over, but still. XD)

Also, my wrist was sore before I started, so, uh, the fact that both of them are sore now is absolutely a coincidence.

fffffffff...

[EDIT] Ummm, yes. Wrist. Er. What I am going to do is, I am going to take myself away from the internet and the computer for most of the day tomorrow. I'll try to write AtM on paper, and I'll read the books I need for OzLit instead. If you really need to get in contact, shoot me an email - I'll still be checking, just won't be replying to comments or chatting and the like - or send me an SMS. :)

[EDIT] Also, seriously, I'm going to spend the next two weeks just staring at the word war bars and going, I HAVE THE LOWEST WORDCOUNT; THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

Waking up with stress stomach cramps is a new low. Fuck off, stomach.

In other news... I just linked Sarah Monette to Magic Pen. Clearly I don't want her to write any more books, like, ever. :|




....aaand half an hour later, I'm still here playing the fucking thing. DAMN YOU, MAGIC PEN. WHY MUST YOU BE SO AWESOME.

[EDIT] I wonder if you can make a trebuchet out of blocks, pins, and hinges?

THINGS TO DO TODAY:
- shower
- breakfast
- write essay
- laugh maniacally
- set essay aside for purposes of editing/proofing with fresh eyes
- certainly do not finish Magic Pen again, you freaking crazy woman
- write porn instead
- or I suppose you could read Havemercy, not that this should count as a thing on the chore list, but since when does that stop me?

Oh, dear. XD; Well... I suppose it's a start? They're deviating from the usual Castlevania strategy of 'same place; same route; different person', at least?

The kids slept in until nine this morning. Madness! And Gina opted to stand outside my door singing about how much she loved me rather than breaking in to leap on me. ;____; My siblings? They are adorable. I could not make this cuteness up.

I am going to do that reading meme as soon as I stop being too retarded to follow the directions. XD FAIL.

Today was massive fun! Wyrren and I went shopping to get another Wii nunchuk so that Ve Could Brawl, and Gentlemen, I Like Brawl. I played Sheik...most of the time. I think I changed once to Marth but I came crawling back, and there are COLOURS and this is excellent, and also I am kind of awful at Mario Kart, although slightly better with a real controller on my side. XD;;; In any case, I'm due at work pretty soon so I'm gonna hop-skip it, but I have had a cramp in my hip/thigh/ass/SOMEWHERE THERE GOD KNOWS for the last... probably twenty-four hours and I just thought I'd fucked my hip over, but no, it is a cramp, so I am going to be worse than useless at work tonight. XD *hobbles*

I also bought another copy of Good Omens today. :D One more and I have a complete set! :DDDDD

(ALSO, LAURYN AND KAREN, HAVE YOU MADE BRAWL PORN OUT OF THE SOUND EFFECTS SECTION YET? SRSLY, GO MAKE PORN. Some of the sound effects are hilarious. People should totally make me Sheik/Link to this. JUST SAYING.)

^_^ Had lunch with Rage and Xanthe today~! It was fun. Although I discovered when I got home that I had failed to get all of the label cards out of my bag, so Xanthe will never know the contents of CD number four. XD I'll email her later. She probably ended up with the tracklist of the CD that I gave to Rage. OH WELL. I ran into Maddie while I was waiting for my pancakes, too, and apparently she was cake hunting? XD Crazy kids. ♥ It has been a fun day.

Second cancer shot went off without a hitch, and my nurse gave me a black jellybean. :DDDDD She was kind of crazily happy, too, which was awesome after my last nurse. XD; In any case, I'm due for my third and final shot... the day before my birthday. XD Which is also in exam time. (Knowing my luck, I will choose the third needle and the worst possible time to go into anaphylactic shock.)

In any case, working for a few hours this evening... despite the fact that I think I was gypped of another hour's pay this week, and they still haven't paid me back for last week's fuck-up... *thinks about it* ...why can't I say no? XD; Dammit!

Oh, right! And I picked up my marks for two assignments while I was at uni and I got sevens for both of them. :D Fuck, yes, bitches! :D So, yeah, kind of happy about that, obviously, especially since I'm pretty well assured a seven in Japanese, which should make three assuming I didn't, I don't know, magically vanish my second Digital Media assignment.

Anyway... once again I have no pants! So, off I go to find some. (And to tidy my room a little before I leave for work. |D; Not that I really have to worry, because mum's not home until late tonight, but still... I have this pervasive fear... XD)

I want teeeeeeeeeeeeeeea. *zombies it for the kitchen*

(Oh, and I picked up Professor Layton and the Curious Village today, because, well, is a game! It involves math! I am all for this.)

Okay, so, sometimes I feel the need to chronicle just how much the Bottom of the Well scares the fucking shit out of me every goddamn time. It is a death trap and also a torture chamber and I don't even want to know what a Dead Hand is before it's a Dead Hand (except that I do, because that would involve some information about what a torture chamber is doing below a village ostensibly populated by Sheikah, and we all know what a whore I am for Sheikah) and also there is no reason that a floor should ever not be a floor except possibly in the twisty room in the Forest Temple. Except even that is better than the Bottom of the Well, because at least the walls/floors don't pretend.

The effort I will go to just to avoid being grabbed by the Dead Hand is truly hilarious. I carpet bomb that sucker before I will consider going anywhere near those hands, because man, fuck those hands. Fuck the creepy fucker who came up with those hands! Watanuki would agree with me, and, in fact, I think the hands in HOLiC are based on the same fucking legend as Dead Hands.

Which could bear some research, actually, but still. FUCK THEM. FUCK THAT. FUCK EVERYTHING.




In other news, it took me fifteen seconds to beat Morpha this time around, which I think is pretty fucking awesome. YouTube strategy videos do make a difference, although they kind of rob the entire ordeal of its terror. Half the fun is in the threat of being picked up and slammed into walls, dammit.

Also, will someone tell me why I don't own Oracle of Ages/Seasons, since apparently they involve, oh, the plot that I made up for my epic Zelda fic that now cannot happen? XD; DAMMIT. WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING. Why do I plan things before they are actually released by the companies in question and then not write them.

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............oh, hi, 10.45pm. That last hour or two? Gone into the Zelda Wiki. :D; Oh, boy.

Sorry about the spam, folks. I'm avoiding doing more Japanese study, clearly, and trying to avoid doing something epically foolish, like working out as much as possible about the history of the Sheikah.

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*staaaaaares at sketchbook*

........so.

Ruto/Sanga, anyone?

Their love is so... watery? *shot*