Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons...

☁ BG- It's um, going. Sort of. There is a not even half baked idea, and there are words, at least? We'll see. <_<

☁ It's been BRUTALLY hot and humid for the last week or so, but thankfully it's about 15 degrees cooler today and the humidity is supposed to FINALLY break overnight, last I heard. Thank god. Seriously, the other day it was fucking 97 with a heat index of 106. And yes, I know to some people that's not a big deal, but I live in freaking upstate NY. IT'S A BIG DEAL HERE. When it's hotter here than in Miami? Or AUSTIN? There's something wrong. I saw a thing on facebook the other day where somebody was like, "I think NY weather is broken" and that about covers it. It was seriously hellish. Kelly went up to the boyfriend's house last night (she even tilted her fan towards me before she left, heh), so I took the opportunity to strip down to my underwear and slept that way. I woke up feeling nice and cool, it was GLORIOUS.

☁ Speaking of heat, my laptop has... not been dealing with it well. Like it turned itself off several times the other day because it was overheating. I'm not entirely sure whether it's the heat/humidity or whether it's something more serious, like the laptop is dying, but in the meantime I'm attempting to find my cooling mat and taking "keep temperature down" measures- blew out the vents/fan/everything I can get to, energy consumption is set to power saver, the battery has been taken out, have the vents pointed at my fan, and I'm trying to run as few things as reasonably possible. Right this split second it's running around 150, which is pretty normal, but again, that's with all that stuff going on AND it's cooler today, soooooo I dunno. I really don't want to buy a new laptop. :/ (Mostly I don't want Windows 8) It wouldn't be AS big of a deal, considering I have the netbook, but home internet hasn't worked on the netbook ever since the cable company changed our router box. :/ I copied a bunch of stuff to the external HD anyway, in any event.

☁ It's mostly been too hot to clean really, but I did get the giant pile of crap in front of the closet cleared out, so I can actually- gasp- get in it now. Shocking, I know. In theory, that should make it easier, but now that I don't have a clear directional goal (like "get to the closet"), I'm feeling a little lost. But I guess... as long as I keep chipping away at it, it doesn't matter, really.

☁ Anime: Not a whole lot happening there. I knew I'd burn myself out eventually, because that's what I -do-, and it seems like that's what's happened. I'm still watching the new stuff as it comes out (Free is still fun, Brothers Conflict is still terrible, Silver Spoon I haven't really made up my mind about yet), and I managed to watch another ep of Tsuritama (it's still weird), but that's really about it. But this is normal. I'll cycle through some other media for a while before I come back to inhaling anime again. ^_^

☁ I did watch a couple of episodes of Doctor Who, so I'm now a few episodes into series 5 now. After seeing a few episodes with 11... I think I like him. :D Also of interest- as 11, Matt Smith is incredibly dorky looking. And not in a good way. He's apparently had a haircut, and he doesn't even look like the same person. Turns out he's totally adorable in a cute nerdy sort of way! O_O *was not expecting that*

☁ Oh, and I played The Walking Dead special 400 Days thing (I don't know if I mentioned it here, but I purchased the download for my xbox, but I won't do that again for season 2- I just don't have the hard drive space on that machine. I'll have to wait on season 2 until they put a disk out. Sadface.) My overall reaction was that I wish they'd picked one or two characters and stuck with them, instead of introducing five in such a short time span. You didn't really get to know anybody, really- though I like what I saw of Wyatt and Russell. Of course, those were the two that decided to opt out at the end. Argh. >_< So I actually have to go through it again... which is okay, because I did some stupid ass shit with Wyatt anyway. Seriously. There's a point where you have the option to try and drag this half-dead guy back to your car or leave him to get eaten by walkers, and for some ungodly reason I was like, yeah, let's drag him. Kelly was watching me play and was like, ".....what are you DOING?" "I DON'T KNOW, OKAY?" Which I guess... is one of the most interesting things about the game, really, since they give you no time to think about your decisions- you just have to go on your gut instinct. I tend to not always think things through to potential consequences, and my decisions definitely tend to lean more towards mercy and helping whoever I can when possible. I'd give examples, but spoilers. :P Which... yeah, can result in some really stupid choices as far as keeping myself/my group alive and safe. Whoops? XD

And on that note, I may or may not lie down for a bit because I have a migraine that doesn't want to go away (usually only napping cures those), and then it's some grownup stuff like laundry and figuring out what to make for dinner, and cleaning. Hopefully working on/finishing this thing for BG. Maybe. XD

1. Is it just me or is the rich text editor tab thingie in the post entry page gone? Did I miss a memo there? Perfectly possible, of course, I was just wondering why all of a sudden there's only an option for HTML.

2. While I'm stuck home for right now, I'm not really on the computer a lot, as the recliner chair in the living room is the most comfortable place for me to be right now. Even when I am awake, which, let's be honest, isn't happening much recently. *shifty eyes* However... I did finish The World Ends With You today. The basic storyline, not the extra stuff, I'm going to work on that. Good to know the half hour or so I have between the time I take meds to the time I crash is good for something. ^_^;;;; Anyway, it's a good game, even if I have lingering questions that are apparently going to be answered by going through the extra stuff. You know, later. Next up: Try to catch up on some reading, and then maybe pull out another DS/GBA game to work on. I'm thinking either Phantom Hourglass, Partners in Time, or FFVI. Haven't decided which yet.

3. Need to try to finish reading BG and make some guesses. Should probably start that soon, actually, since there's the whole "sitting down at the computer for an extended period of time doesn't exactly make my stomach very happy" thing, so I'll have to do that in shifts. Meh. Other plans for computer time: anime and rp~

Speaking of BG, I have one correct guess (and no, I'm not telling you who pinned me)... no other takers? And no, Sherri, you can not guess, that's cheating. XDDD

4. Received a get well card in the mail from Scott and his wife. It was a sweet thought (even if Sue probably made him do it XD), and I suppose it makes up for a little bit of how he was acting before. A little. He was still an asshole. But this at least takes the edge off the anger.

5. Subrosa- so not happening unless a miracle fairy comes down to save my sorry ass. I'm not even awake half the day, much less coherent enough to write. (Then again, the fic can't get much worse....) I've got a basic concept, it's just something that needs to be developed. EXECUTION. Really... the concepts have been halfway decent recently (Er.. well, for me, anyway. I'm considering something resembling plot to be "halfway decent" here. ^_^;;;;). It's the execution that sucks, and I'm not really sure why that's happening.

...hell, I can't think about that right now. *yawns* Think I'm going to pass out for a while. ^_^;;;

So, in the interest of keeping an up to date "owed list"...  Some of these are quite old- like, round 3 of blind_go old. Some of them are also from the letter drabbles (of which I only managed to send out two of them, because I fail horribly XD). If you look at this list and notice I've forgotten something, please tell me! I tend to be forgetful at the best of times... ^_^;;;;;;



............yeah, the guessing post was definitely a big mistake this last round of bg. *headdesk*

Also, while I'm making lists... (feel free to ignore this, guys, honestly- this one is definitely solely for my own benefit)... upcoming due dates and whatnot!




In other news, I've decided to start watching Hikago again. One, because I feel like I've lost touch with certain characters a bit, and I'm hoping that rewatching canon will get me back where I should be (and prompt fic!)... another is, quite frankly, the fact that I want a Hikago mood theme. XDDDD I must therefore go through the series again and screencap everything! And. You know. It serves as very handy procrastination for........ *points above*

I just want to be writing again. *sigh* There just aren't enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do.

(EDIT: Gah, you fail, HTML. I give up. No cuts or journal links or anything, they're having issues at the moment. >_<)

(EDIT 2: GAH. More issues. I just realized that LJ ate some of the owed list amongst the pissy fits it was having. *headdesks repeatedly* I thought that looked awfully short... XDDD)

1. I screwed up somehow and thought that the fifthmus fic was due later than it actually was, so I ended up having to send it in as is. First draft and everything. GOD DAMN IT. A note to my recipient, should they happen to read this: I'm so very sorry. I know it sucks. Really. I... I honestly have no excuse except that I suck really badly and I ran out of time. Please don't hurt me. I will do edits and stuff and make it not so bad later, I promise. Or write you something that doesn't suck. Okay?

2. So, basically, due to deadlines, fifthmus and drabble_trade are done. *sighs* drabble_trade at least I can live with. I guess... that's as good as it gets at the moment. I should've known though. I know how crazy it gets this time of year. So why did I sign up for two challenges? Honestly. Sometimes I'm just not that intelligent. Fair warning guys, I'm not touching any of the WIP's until after Christmas. I just... can't handle it right now. My brain is on overload.

3. It's officially the 15th, so a giant happy birthday to jetdragon! *cheers*

4. Random thought- what about the word "lesbian" is so hard for people to understand? I have a profile up on this one site, yes. It states specifically that I'm a lesbian. A few times. So why do I keep getting messages from men wanting to talk to me? ?? GO AWAY.

5. I've seen this on my flist twice now. I think it's time to just do it. XDDD


Yeah, okay, my brain is fried. I'm going to bed. See everyone later! <3

1. I got felt up today. XD Don't get excited, it wasn't anything good. XDDD I was helping this woman with pictures, and she had her... ah, probably one year old ish son in the shopping cart. He was being loud and obnoxious, but I tried to ignore him anyway. Next thing I knew he was grabbing my boob! XDDDD So yeah, that was fun. I got felt up by a baby. <_<

2. Another thing that happened at work today, but this amused me- I was ringing out an asian woman who had a small daughter, maybe two or three years old, absolutely adorable. She said the little girl's name a couple of different times when trying to talk to her- her name was Ai Ling. *hearts* I don't know how common a name that is in other places, but I've never met anyone in real life with that name. It amused me greatly.

3. Windows started up the first time. Apparently, it was having an issue with a scrapbook program I'd installed... Microsoft also finally told me the (supposed) reason why my computer keeps restarting itself- the graphics driver is out of date and needs updating. So I've done that now... we'll see if that actually fixes the problem or not. <_< Let's just say I'm not going to hold my breath.

4. It's officially December 11. I think it's time to really freak out about the things I have due now. I need to stay home tomorrow and writewritewrite. Definitely. That is... after possibly going out with Stef for a bit. XD Harry Potter 5 comes out on DVD today, and we have a bit of a tradition when those movies come out- we go and each purchase a copy, we pick up something for lunch, and then we come back to my house to eat and watch the movie while making commentary the whole time. It's a lot of fun. XD And really, there's a lot to make fun of this time around. XDDD It's supposed to storm tomorrow afternoon, though, so we'll see what happens.

5. Guh. Firefox is being fussy today. It's frozen on me twice now. >_<

6. *giggles* Random conversations are fun. Jet and I were talking about the candy canes I sent out with the greeting cards for you guys, and then...


7. Hmm. I've never actually used the calendar feature before now. It apparently has it's uses! ^_^;;; A meme from aiwritingfic:

Go back in your LJ and post the first meaningful sentence or two from each month (in other words, skip the meme crap).