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I can't believe it's been nearly a year since I last posted in this thing. Well, actually, I can a little bit. I deleted my other journal at my fortytwo site, because it was going unused and taking up space for which I pay. This one, however, is free. Also, I've had it forever, and a part of me doesn't want to delete simply because I'm nostalgic.

Highlights!
*I'm in my last year of undergrad, rockin' it out.
*Postponed going to grad school for one year for sanity's sake.
*Got engaged to my wonderful boyfriend of nearly three years.
*My grandma passed away in late december after months of hospital trips and congestive heart failure :(
*My brother had his baby, and he's nearly 6 months old now. And completely adorable!
*I turned 22 in November. That was... non-exciting.
*My thesis was accepted at the WPA conference in Portland! WHOO!
*I'll actually have 2 posters with my name on them at the WPA since I'm doing memory research with a professor.
*I no longer work at a hotel, which is nice. Now I'm a starbucks barista, and have amazing health insurance.
*My fiancé and I are thinking of going to ComicCon in San Diego as our first official couple vacation. NERDGASM!

Oh yeah, I'm still as nerdy as ever. I've picked up watching Dollhouse, and it is AMAZING. I love that show so far, and I really, really, really hope that Fox doesn't cancel it. Until the successful completion of season 1, and a guarantee of season 2, I squint my eyes at them.

I'll try to be better at posting here. I have another blog, but it's not a personal blog. I'm slowly setting up my own psychology website at www.psygeek.com. I ramble on mostly about psychology, but there are nerdy posts about games and tv shows and what not. 

Ciao!

The Basics
Hair Color:     Dark Brown.
Eye Color:     Hazel.
Height:     5'4
Profession:     Student.
Relationship Status:     Taken.
Religious Views:     Technically Athiest, though I follow the Taoist and Buddhist philosophy and have Pagan tendencies.
 
My Favorites
Favorite Color:     Green -- any kind of green.
Favorite Movie:     Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Favorite Book/Author:     Author -- Robert Jordan and Isaac Asimov; Book -- ... Umm, I think I'll have to go with series here: Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, and Doctor Who.
Favorite School Subject:     Literature and Psychology and Art. You cannot make me choose.
 
Favorite Vacation Destination:     Somewhere with trees, water, moss, and nature-sounds.
Favorite Food:     Another difficult question; authentic Mexican food is pretty good, though I'm picky about it. 
Favorite Restaurant:     Ghengis Khan.
Favorite Animal:     Siberian Huskeys and Tigers.
 
This or That
Chocolate or Vanilla:     Chocolate
Big Mac or Whopper:     Neither, I am a vegetarian.
Coke or Pepsi :     Pepsi, if I must choose, though I much prefer juice.
Beer or Wine:     Rum. 
Coffee or Tea:     Heh..... coffee.
Apple Juice or O.J.:     Apple Juice.
Facebook or MySpace:     Facebook.
Summer or Winter:     Winter.
Windows or Mac:     Windows, with Linux coming in second, not Mac.
Cats or Dogs:     Kittens and puppies.
Boxers or Briefs:     Boxer-briefs.
Rain or Shine :     Rain.
Chips or Popcorn:     Chips with salsa.
Salty or Sweet:     Salty.
Plane or Boat:     Boat, considering I am a mild acrophobe. 
Morning or Night:     Night.
Movie or Play:     I love both! Though movies have surround sound. However, plays have acts and real people and musical pits and it's live.
Walk or Drive:     Walk.
Money or Love:     Love.
Breakfast or Dinner:     Dinner.
Forgiveness or Revenge:     Forgiveness.
Paint or Wallpaper:     Paint.
House or Apartment:     House.

Do You?
Have Any Pets:     Not anymore. :(
Have Any Children:     No.
Smoke:     No.
Drink:     Very occasionally. 
Exercise:     Yes.
Spend Your Life On Facebook:     No.
Play On A Sports Team:     No.
Belong To Any Organizations:     A few.
Love Your Job:     I don't hate it.
Like To Cook:     Absolutely.
Play An Instrument:     Yes.
Sing:     Sometimes.
Dance:     Yes, all the time, whenever I can and as carefree as I can.
Speak Multiple Languages:     I used to be nearly fluent in French -- but now I am somewhat rusty.
Ice Skate:     Poorly.
Swim:     Only when it's hot and I'm sure that I won't drown.
Paint:     Most definitely, and I love it.
Write:     Often. I'm starting to get into fanfic :)
Ski:     Not once.
Juggle:     Nope.
 
Have You Ever
Stolen Anything:     No.
Been Drunk Before Noon:     If 1:00 AM counts as "before noon" then yes.
Had Sex In A Public Place:     Define "public."
Got Caught Telling A Lie:     Not immediately.
Got A Speeding Ticket:     Never.
Been Arrested:     Also never.
Littered:     No, I pick up the litter.
Fantasized About A Co-Worker:     Technically, anything that hasn't really happened IRL but you think about is a fantasy. So yes.
Cheated On A Test:     Once. I felt really bad and lame afterwards.
Cheated In A Relationship:     No.
Failed A Class:     No.
Screened Your Phone Calls:     Only against spammers and telemarketers and the Online Universities.
Eaten Food Off The Floor:     5 second rule.
Stuck Gum Under A Desk:     No, I find this practice disgusting.
Wished You Were Someone Else:     Occasionally.
Cried During A Movie:     Lots of times.
Had A One Night Stand:     No, though I think it would be an enjoyable experience with the right person.

I stole this from erinya and decided to break my not-so-much-doing-the-meme-and-posting-it thing because this one was a lot of fun, and some of the results were quite interesting.

Also, I make my return to livejournal! >_> My computer has been out of commission for a while -- the video card failed, and I haven't gotten it fixed yet due to some mishaps with HP and fedex and them being stupid. I have commandeered my boyfriend's laptop for this :)

A. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flikr Search.
B. Pick an image, using only the first page.
C. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

These are the questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name. (I used a different name since I don't have one.)

Here's mine!

... I think my subject says it all.

I have a pulsing migraine right behind and slightly above my right eye. I guess that would be my eyebrow. Right now, I am extremely thankful that I have noise-canceling head-phones. College campuses are noisy, and so are my roommates. Even with the headphones, everything is too loud for me. And bright things are too bright.

I don't want to go to class right now. I want to go back in my room and throw my blanket back over my head. And not use my eyes.

Dear Ramen,

As a mildly poor college student--and as a vegetarian--I would greatly appreciate it if you would make more ramen that was vegetarian-friendly. As it stands, oriental is the only vegetarian option. And, as good as it is, after consuming about 150 packages of the same flavor gets kind of droll. Seeing as how lots of my dollars go towards over-priced college books and tuition--and ramen is one of the cheapest food sources--more flavors would be brilliant.

Sincerely,
bitstream blogger, River

I have another blog at my site which these days I post in more. I used to be good at cross-posting, but not so much recently. PHAIL. I also like the look of that one more than this one, and I wish I had the time to mimic it. The green is nice.

The end of the semester is nearing, and I'm slowly becoming more stressed out. Oddly enough (and even though I'm behind) nanowrimo is providing an outlet. I'm making a futile attempt to meet the 50,000 words mark, but I don't know how feasible that will be. In any case, it's actually really fun to sit down and force yourself to write. I have all of these little scenarios in my head of what I want to take place in the book, so I'm getting all of those out and then I'll figure out the piecing together later. For nanowrimo, you're not supposed to worry about editing and making the book good, so I'm trying to ignore those parts that I feel are absolute shit.

Luckily, no one has to read my book--so I can ignore that aspect of writing. I don't have to worry about it being something immediately publishable. Maybe someday, it will be. One can only hope.

Anyway, writing is a form of fantasy, and fantasy is always interesting. It provides insight into the unconscious. Well, this sort of topic is more suitable for my psygeek blog. However, that won't be up and running until December. I'm working out the blog settings and what not until then.

I finally bought coffee filters last night, so I can have my coffee again. :) I do love my coffee. And yes, I've studied the effects of coffee and caffeine extensively. I know, I'm basically addicted to it. But it's good, and it's my drug of choice. Now all I need is a replicator so I can be like Janeway and say, "Coffee, black," and have it appear for me. Perhaps I'll design some sort of coffee machine that does that for me.

We are the borg, prepare to be assimilated.

It seems that nanotechnology is moving forward faster than I thought it was. And of course, any self-respecting trekky fan would be interested in knowing that one day, probably not too far off, nanotechnology will develop nano-machines much like the ones used by the borg in assimilation.

The article does state the nanotechnology could end up on the longlist of things that cause cancer. However, I take this with a grain of salt. If you dig hard enough, anything could potentially be shown to cause cancer. For instance, this site talks about how stress causes diseases–one of those being cancer. I can see how stress would inhibit getting better. Stress does lower the immune system effectiveness. But, according to this site, there is no evidence that shows how stress causes cancer.

However, with nanotechnology, the scientists behind it are taking prudent measures to ensure that when it does make its debut into common society, we won’t get brain cancer. Aside from that, I doubt that nanotechnology would be released to the public with such a harmful effect.

Alternatively, star trek could have it right. Nanotechnology could prove dangerous and the next thing we know, we’d be electing a borg queen and thinking with one mind. Then all we’d have to do is figure out transwarp technology so we could assimilate the galaxy. At the very least, Bush wouldn’t be president. He’s just not queen material.

One important thing to know about me: I am a trekky. Well, I don’t know that it’s extremely important, but often times, my knowledge of at least the Voyager universe is under-estimated. When I do show my extensive knowledge of Voyager, people often seem surprised or taken aback. So yes, I am a Voyager trekky. I heart Voyager.

I also heart Star Wars, which might seem contradictory. They are very different from each other while both have implausibilities when it comes physics.

However, what I love about both is the universe they each create.Perhaps it’s the science because at heart, I am a scientist. I love the scientific method, the logic, and the reasoning as they provide an efficient means at understanding the universe. I’m not just talking about physics, but everything. The only thing of which I am aware that cannot be reasoned through the scientific method is religion. That is because the nature of faith is to not need evidence, but rather just the belief in something “greater” or more meaningful.

Religion and perhaps what comes after death are the unknowables by the scientific method. We know what happens to the body when death occurs–but is there something after death? Does our consciousness simply end, or does it go somewhere and become a part of something greater? In an episode of Voyager from season 1 entitled “Emanations,”at the end, it was found that the neural energy of the deceased aliens left their bodies and added to a complex and dynamic energy field that inundated the asteroid field which is a possible indication of the alien species view of the next emanation (what they believed to be the afterlife). I believe this substance was what initially attracted the Voyager crew to the asteroid field surrounding a planet in the first place–because it was a new element; more specifically, it would make the 247th element known to starfleet.

Too bad that this version of what might come after death is a part of a science-fiction episode which already defies some of the laws of physics (such as surpassing light-speed with warp drive).

However, that doesn’t mean it’s not plausible. And I think for now,I’d like to entertain the idea that we do have a neural energy which transcends our bodies if only because it makes me feel a little less anxious about dying. I may not retain my consciousness in this way, but I’ll still be around in some form, adding to the universe forever.

That is, until the universe dies. :/

Frosty, my little puppy, is dying. He'll most likely not make it through the night. If he does, my Mom is going to take him to the vetto have him put to sleep. This past week, as my Mom told me earlier, he had stopped eating, his motor functions deteriorated rapidly, and he is always laying. He doesn't move. Tonight, everything came together. He can't even move the tiniest bit--or has the will to. I'm sure he knows what's going on, and has just been preparing himself for it. But it's hard. He's had nearly 16 great years of life, living 6 years longerthan we had expected. I said goodbye to him earlier tonight. I'm glad that I at least got to do that. I held him, I kissed his head, and I said goodbye. And it was hard. I cried. I told him that everything would be ok, and that he didn't have to hold on anymore. But I'm going to miss him. I'm going to miss him a lot.

So far, this has been a pretty crappy week.

… and arguably one of the greatest human beings. Robert Jordan died today. He fought until the end, and with eternal love, the last words on his lips to his wife were that he loved her. He was famous to all for his writing, but among his true fans, he was famous for his wit, valiance, and wryness. He had character, and it shone in his books.He could make people laugh, smile, and cry while reading his beautiful words. He gave us inspiration and he taught us something about the world. Perhaps it’s weird that I feel the loss so deeply–but maybe it isn’t tha tstrange at all. People get to know each other through writing all of the time. People fall in love before ever seeing each other. In this way, RJ affected us and touched us all. I felt as if I knew him through his writing–so did many others. RJ was an extraordinary human being. He will be very deeply missed.

To this day, I dedicate everything to RJ.

How odd that this weekend begins with a union of two people so close to me and ends with the separation of two others.

My friend Megan just got married yesterday. It was an absolutelybeautiful ceremony–and her and Jeff are absolutely perfect for eachother. I thought it might be a little bit awkward considering it was a Christian wedding and there were some prayers involved, but it wasn’tat all. If it had been my wedding, then it might be a different story.However, it wasn’t–and it’s exactly what they both wanted. So there was no awkwardness and just love. And Megan looked absolutely gorgeous. Right now, the both of them are out on their honeymoon, having awonderful time. The entire ordeal made me wish that I could be married, simply because the union of two people is a powerful thing. However, I could not afford to get married, and neither Jesse nor I are ready to get married while still in college. Perhaps that will change, perhaps it will stay the same. Either way, I know that I get to spend the rest of my life with him, regardless of when we get married

/mushy.

I have an exam which I should probably study for soon… and some other random little things I need to take care of. Also, I go back to work tomorrow. I took last week off since I was ill. I’m still a little ill, but not nearly as ill as I have been.  Which is good.

Sometimes, we have to wait for that which we want the most.

This past week and a half or so has been exceptionally ravaging. At work, we had our main room service walk out on us. So when I was working as SA (server's assistant) in the restaraunt and also training a new SA for the restaruant, I had to cover his f*ing shift for room service every day I worked last week. I wanted to hang the asshole boy. No one knows what happened with him other than that he walked out. But a lot of people are mad at him. Trying to work two different shifts at once, even when both are slow, is excruciatingly frustrating. I nearly came to tears in pure frustration at the end of each night. It was horrible. Friday, Stephanie--the manager--apologized and promised that I would never have to do it again.

God, I hope so.

On top of that, I had a lot of essays due at the end of last week and the beginning of this one--and I got sick. I had a bachelorette party on Saturday and a meeting at work Sunday. I was supposed to work today (and would probably be there now) but I called in sick for the rest of the week. I don't know what I have--but it's a doozy. Fever, aches, headaches, congestion, fuzzy out-of-body feeling, faux reality, and minor difficulty breathing. At first I tried dayquil, but I got nothing from it. I switched to Theraflu and have seen much better results.

This blog is turning out to be a bit rantier than I originally intended. :/

So right now, I am sick with something and it's not fun. I basically just want to sleep until it's all over, but I can't because I have classes. For instance, today we had a guest marxist come into our sociology class--and that was a really fascinating topic. I'd say more, but I'm tired and don't want to get too deep into something that I don't quite fully understand yet. However, if you want to talk to me about it, I'd be more than happy. I will say this: I find merit in marxism and fully understand why the USSR and China communist governments failed--and why if our society turned marxist, it most likely would not. It does not seem to me that we would be giving up our liberties under a socialist society. There is such a thing as a communist democracy just as there was a communist dictatorship--and ultimately, something like that is decided by the people.

Tomorrow, a whole bunch of cool technologies enter my life! I ordered my TV a week ago, and it's supposed to come in tomorrow. I am stoked! It's a 37" LCD HDTV. *drool* My friend is also giving me his old PSP and some movies and games. I'm basically not going to sleep tomorrow night with all of my cool technologies, and thus exacerbate my illness and not get better for an even longer period of time and have to keep drinking my icky theraflu. Over the weekend, I didn't think it was so bad--but today, some of my sense of smell has returned. And with it came a not so tasty aspect of theraflu. >_<

Isn't it weird how when you're sick, you can't remember what it feels like to feel well? o.O

Bioshock came out today! Alex and I went on an epic quest to collect our various preordered copies of the game... because we're geeky like that. After said adventure, we went to his house and I played the game for about 2 hours, and thought it had only been about 45 minutes--maybe an hour.

Bioshock has definitely passed Oblivion in terms of awesomeness. Best game evAr. Seriously.

Unfortunately, I haven't played it since I got home because I've had packing and cleaning to do. I'm not sure if I'll get to it tonight, but we shall see. I might, I've had coffee this evening and am now drinking hot cocoa and am on an adrenaline rush from all of the packing and organizing I get to do. Muah!

Gosh, I'm nerdy. I'm going to drag my pale self back into the cave of geekdom now.

Apparently, this is the popular thing to do >_>

Even if it weren't, I'd probably do it anyway--The hot list

1. List 5 Celebrities you would have sex with without even asking questions.
2. Put all of them IN ORDER of your lust for them. (5 - 1, 1 is the hottest.)
3. Say which movie/show/thing it was that hooked you.
4. Supply photos for said people.
5. Tag five people.

( This was immeasurably hard. )

Now I'm going to have interesting dreams since I've been obsessing over this all day.

I have a friend who is currently doubting the veracity of love, believing that people fall in lust or infatuation--but never love. Not anymore. Or when real love does occur--it is rare and fleeting; bound to fall apart and never eternal.

I, being an indefatigable optimist, am definitely saying, "au contraire!"

Love is a real emotion, a real thing, and it makes the world go 'round. Not, as most people would seem to believe, hate. Racism keeps the world from spinning, prejudice knocks it off it's pre-planned course, and hatred stops it in it's tracks. This is all, of course, figurative. Without love, we would be an empty species. People find it hard to believe in those emotions they have never personally experienced. For instance, while I have been the object of dislike, mild sexual-torture, and serious sexism--I find it hard to believe that people actually live with these emotions every day. I find it hard to believe that people can hate so easily, that they can shrug off love so easily. What does one have to endure to end up believing that love is only a facade where the ulterior motive is actually lust?

However, perhaps the most significant reason that I negate his statement is because I am in love with one of the most wonderful human beings on this planet. I feel it in my very bones, my veins, and it has soaked itself into the thing I call reality. I cannot believe I haven't always been in love like this with him because it feels like this is exactly what life is about--to love and be loved so completely that your world is complete. I don't care that he has nothing to offer me other than the depth of his feelings for me and the promise of eternity together, for that is all I need. While love may not be tangible, it keeps my world revolving at the speed of sound.

But there is also the account of parental love, sibling love, friendly love--not just romantic love. (And for my guy, I have all of the above combined with the deepest respect.) Parents have been known to do tremendous deeds when their children are placed in danger. Children have done tremendous deeds when their parents are placed in danger. Random strangers will fling themselves into the line of fire to save an unsuspecting civilian. I myself would gladly welcome death to save another, in spite of the fact that I have no idea whether or not I, in some form or another, will continue to exist. Perhaps hate seems to apparently rule the world disguised as world leaders, corporate pigs, and murderous biggots--but love permeates through it all and I have no doubt that love will bring us through.

Call me delusional, you may not be far wrong. But at the end of the day, what would you rather believe in: a world where hate rules, or a world where love brings us all together. Maybe you choose the former because it seems more solid, more truthful and it resonates with some dark corner of your heart--but you're wrong. You are so wrong.

I had my first gamefest in a while tonight. Not my actual first gamefest, but the first one for a while. I also finally installed Oblivion on my laptop, and then transferred over my saved game. I suppose I could have started over, but I already have done so much in that game–including defeat a couple of the Oblivion gates, and I wouldn’t want all of that work to go to waste. One thing I’ve noticed is that I usually (when I am presented with the choice) will choose the Dark Elf over any of the other characters first. After I beat the game, then I consider the other characters. I’ve never really pondered that until recently. Maybe it’s simply because Dark Elf females look hot and are badass–whereas in real life, I have never seriously kicked anyone’s ass.

However, let’s hope I never have to seriously kick someone’s ass.

Anyways, back to the gamefest–it was a lot of fun. I played this game (I cannot remember the title) that was like asteroids, but on crack. It was really fun, and on co-opt mode, I managed to die 5 times, but still make it through the first level. I are amazing. >_> We also played my recently purchased Crash racing games, and only Nitrokart proved to be sufficiently cool. Maybe it’s because I loved the original so much, and that one was akin to the original in many ways. Tag Team racing was the one that didn’t really impress me that much–but when you consider that I bought all three of the Crash games for only 30.00, I’m not majorly regretting my decision, and am not about denounce the programmers behind each game. Besides, I’m too laid back to really care.

Since most of my books are packed away, I’ve been remaking my way through my Dean Koontz collection. Dean Koontz is a majorly awesome writer, and I dearly love his books. I do not own all of them, but the ones I do own are beyond good. All of his books are filled with an uncanny sense of humor, and I love the fact that he uses proper grammar. A lot of authors don’t really seem to follow that anymore, and more and more editors seem to not really care. So the fact that one author diligently makes use of good grammar tickles me. Call me a grammar freak–you wouldn’t be far off the mark.

College is drawing ever nearer, and at the pace of snail on sleeping pills. I probably sound like a broken record to my friends, but I really can’t wait to get back to college. I feel as I haven’t really done anything productive this summer. I haven’t written a poem, I haven’t coded some things that I really wanted to code, and I haven’t even begun starting my watercolorriver artworks business. I have a tiny idea for a novel I eventually want to write, but it hasn’t come to fruition in paper or notepad. The one thing I have accomplished is deeper meditation, more inner peace, and broader sense of understanding and compassion for the world. (That does not mean, however, that I wouldn’t dearly like to kick some certain politicians in the ass.) I believe college will provide a good motivation for me to get into those things above that I haven’t as of yet started. There is the chance that I’ll be too busy–but I doubt it. I’ll be busy, yes–but everything will be so much closer. I don’t plan on working more than two or three days a week (and that just so I can pay bills and buy groceries)–so that will be the only thing out of my way. That has been the most inconveniencing factor for my summer so far. Working long shifts and only night shifts. In the beginning, I was working morning shifts and so had all of the afternoon to said activities, but I quickly realized that I was not cut-out for getting up at 3:45 to get to work by 6:00 without major ramifications to my life-style. I did read an article on zenhabits about converting to a morning person–but there is one thing keeping me from doing so–I dearly love the peacefulness of the night, the stillness of it, and the feel of the air. For some reason, the night feels cleaner to me. As a child, I was never afraid of the dark; rather I was afraid of boogeymen nibbling on my toes as they hung over the bed.

That paragraph was entirely too long, but I’m too lazy to go back and un-long it.

I went for a ride down memory lane earlier tonight–which was not entirely comfortable as I’ve gone through some experiences that I sometimes have wished I could change. However, I realize that I cannot change them, and that there is no peace to be found by holding onto them, reliving them, and making them who I am. They helped to shape me, yes, but I won’t let them hold me hostage. If I hold onto them too much, I’ll lose sight of the present, and as such will lessen my future by putting more importance on things I cannot change versus those that I can. I’d much rather make the future a brighter place than dwell on how I cannot change the bleaker aspects of the past.

Perhaps there is a good reason the universe has as of yet not allowed the existence of a time machine.

After liquid fasting for 2 days, food has never tasted better. I missed a yoga class, and one of the class makeup options was to liquid fast. However, you only have to liquid fast for 24 hours, but she told me 3 days... and then I started, and today, well into my second day of liquid fasting, she told me she made a mistake, and it was only for 24 hours. I was like :O but then I got over it, finished of the rest of the day and now I am eating. In all seriousness, I have never appreciated the value of food more than I do now. Fasting was quite an experience, and now I have at the very least a sense of what it's like to have this dulled, gnawing hunger in the background. And I appreciate more the fact that I <i>am</i> able to eat at least twice a day, whereas a lot of people in the world don't get to eat even once every day. Now I've kind of got this food high thing going on, where my system is in a sort of state of shock. Ahhh foooooooood!!! Oh nos!!! Heh.

In other news, the Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End trailer has been released on the net! It is absolutely amazing, and I put it up on mySpace for all of my lovely friends to see. :) You can also find it at this link. Enjoy!!!

Also, I'm extremely exhausted. I stayed up late last night, and got up early this morning because I had two midterms for which to study. w00t. I also had to type up various yoga positions and what they do for my yoga midterm, which actually went really well. :) So I didn't get a lot of sleep, and since I hadn't typed up the yoga paper, I didn't get to take a nap today. So I'll be going to bed at a decent hour tonight, and waking up probably at a decent hour tomorrow morning.

Spring break begins in 1 day, 13 hours and 16 minutes for me. I am excited. And I'm having an Oblivion fest with Alex and Rhea on Saturday. So many good things for which to look forward. yay!

I've been doing exceptionally well in my art class, which is exciting as I thought I was a little behind. But apparently, I'm ahead. o.O ? Ca m'est egal. As long as I don't have a lot of stuff for which to catch up with, I am happy.

And now, I shall rewatch the pirates trailer, because it is amazing and I can.

I'm working on editing the Wheel of Time Wiki I found while surfing the internet. For anyone who doesn't know, I'm one of the biggest Wheel of Time maniacs there is, and I own every Wheel of Time book in existence so far. :) I'm a geek, and damn proud of it. Mainly though, I simply love the series. Anyway, back to the wiki. Reading through it, I found quite a few grievous errors, and some of the pages were flagged. So I have taken it upon myself, with my obsessive knowledge and borderline-manic fandom of Wheel of Time, to correct said errors. I have all of my books sitting around me for reference, and I'm feeling so extremely geeky. :)

Ahem.

I felt cheated this weekend. For one thing, sleep was limited, so it went by in a kind of haze. For another thing, daylight savings time began, and an hour was "lost." That made me bitter when I realized I couldn't sleep in as much as I wanted. >_< Ah well, I move on. :)

After reading RJ's blog (Robert Jordan -- Wheel of Time series author), I discovered there was a fanart contest! It's for a calendar in which all of the proceeds will go towards research in Amyloidosis, a blood disease which RJ has. :( So I've been working on character portraits, but I think I might get into some other landscape things as well, and battle scenes. I've recently discovered Art Rage 2, which is an amazing program that allows me to paint realistically on my computer. I'm currently using the free version which, though mildly limited, still manages to be amazing in its use. And it makes me happy.

Jesse introduced me to one of his online friends dubbed "Dow" and I've decided that he is awesome as he is a psych geek, and none of my friends here are psych geeks. Even the psych students don't completely disinterested. Which can be a downer sometimes, as I would dearly love to have someone to talk to about psychology once every 2 or 3 days. I'm looking for an online forum devoted to the discussion of psycholgy. I'm scoping out this forum and so far it looks promising. *gets excited* So anyways, Dow is someone who also completely loves to talk about psychology. The only downside is that he's an online friend, so I won't always be able to talk to him--only when we're both online at the same time. :( Such is life.

Meanwhile, I'll work on my fanart. :)

So I downloaded this firefox extension called "Performance." It's a blogging tool, and supposedly, I should be able to post onto my blogs without going to the page. >_> We shall see about that! (This is my test.) If it does work, then this fixes my qualm about having multiple blogs for different sets of friends. :) Which would be exciting, because I definitely am not a fan of copy & paste when it comes to blogging. >_< Onward with the test!

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