Relief for a Tortured Soul: [Victimless]

Writer's Block: The One Movie Everyone Should See

2009-12-12T21:41:22Z

What one film do you think everyone should see?

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While there are multiple movies that I believe should be on this list, if I had to choose one, it would be The Crow.

(On that subject, I also think Fight Club, Interview with the Vampire, Kingdom of Heaven, Stir of Echoes, and The Last Samurai should be on the list.)
With each of these movies, they're simply amazing and are the type of movie that you just want to rant about after seeing them.
If you've seen them, you know why I mentioned them. If you haven't seen them, you should do so.

Wisdom teeth-- not so bad.

2009-12-05T20:27:57Z

Everyone's telling me OMG YOU'RE FINE THE FIRST DAY THE SECOND DAY WILL SUCK.

'kay, the first day kinda sucked, but only because my face isn't generally sore.
I ate three strawberry frozen fruit bars and a mug of soup (and five Nutter Butters om nom nom).

Second day: today: I woke up at 5:49, went to the bathroom, went back to sleep. Woke up again at like 14:00, ate pizza for brunchfast at 14:30.
I am totally fine. (A little sore, but totally fine. Not enough to warrant taking any Vicodin.)

In other news, Weiß Kreuz and Phantom of the Opera makes for an interesting mix.

Oh yeah, and I beat Bloody Palace with Dante. (First time was with Vergil. Whose weapons make everything way easier.)
It took me three hours-- an extra hour from with Vergil >_<
Oh well, I've beaten it with both of them ^_^

This week.

2009-12-02T00:40:58Z

I had an MRI Monday morning...
Cait came over for a while that night (as usual on Mondays).

Today I went to Dr Hogan's office to figure out when to deal with my wisdom teeth.

...I'm getting them removed on Friday.

Hogan said that my upper wisdom teeth were much more irritated than my lower ones, but advised that I have them taken out all at once. I told him I'd been getting headaches from them and would like to take care of it ASAP. He agreed that would be a good idea.
(Mom also heard him say that my upper wisdom teeth were irritated almost to the point of abscess. So not good.)
So we're doin' that Friday afternoon.

Tomorrow and/or Thursday I'm going to talk to my Calc teacher and the Accounting teacher to see what we can do about switching classes. (Guidance did nothing to help me. They'll talk to my mother, but I don't count.)

Sunday afternoon I'm going to one of the EFR (Emergency First Response) classes Dad's teaching so I can do that for my 11 Health credit.

This week should be fun...

In other news, I beat Devil May Cry 3's Bloody Palace... Freakin' level 9000 and up are cool!

I also went to Tayla's birthday party for a little while on Friday. I sang 2 songs on Rock Band: Tonight, by the Smashing Pumpkins, and Girl's Not Grey, by AFI. I got a 99% on Tonight and a 100% on Girl's Not Grey!

...not looking forward to Friday and Sunday.

my headphooooooones...

2009-11-18T14:18:51Z

...finally bit the dust ;_;

I can listen to Kadaj with one ear, but only one... The right ear just died on me. Like, between yesterday and now. (I'm so glad I didn't name them like I was about to...)
Eva is a sad panda T-T

In other news, I found out that there's an accounting class C period-- same time I have Calculus! I might be able to switch-- I'm checking ASAP. Like lunch.
(Speaking of lunch, I have this craving for pepperoni pizza... not that that's anything new...)

This is kind of like a half-censored stream of consciousness. (Not really censored, kinda more... made sensible?) Oh well.

...a fiddle of gold against your soul 'cuz I think I'm better than you... (so sorry.)
OH NO IT WON'T PLAY MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SONG!
...no band of demons...
[/cry]

(Dante must be sick.)

I need a Nero icon... or maybe I'll just k'steal one from one of those DMC icon groups I ~~stalk~~ watch...
...nah.

Hm, maybe now I can convince someone to get me Skullcandy headphones. Although no, because I'd want the headphones, rather than earphones, and those're like $50. Feck.

Meh. Well, off to Spanish... ~~STRESS~~

This devil went up to Temen-ni Gru.

2009-11-16T13:16:57Z

So, I beat Very Hard Mode with Vergil last night. I am now on Dante Must Die with both Dante and Vergil.
(Honestly, though, it seems kinda wrong that it's still Dante Must Die mode for Vergil. You'd think it'd be Vergil Must Die, at least.)

Anyway, though, every time I listen to The Devil Went Down to Georgia (like now) all I can see is Dante slamming on Nevan...
The devil opened up his case and he said: "I'll start this show."
And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow
And he pulled the bow across his strings and it made an evil hiss
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this...

(Cue epic electric guitar.)

(In other news, Senior Project class has got to be the most useless and boring thing ever invented.)

my lucky day.

2009-11-14T05:11:31Z

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th!

(I've always had incredibly good luck on Fridays the 13th, or however you pluralize that.)

I beat Devil May Cry 3 on Very Hard Mode with Dante! (Now I've got to go do the same with Vergil... I've got one mission left with him...)
ON TO DANTE MUST DIE MODE.

I hope your day was as enjoyable as mine ^_^♥

Writer's Block: The Times They Are A-Changin’

2009-11-13T16:46:29Z

Handmade cards to e-cards, caroling to MP3s… How has technology changed your holiday traditions?

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Interesting that this question should come up.
The family traditions haven't really changed any; we just went from my mom's endless supply of bad Christmas CDs to my sister's endless supply of good (or at least funny, if not good) seasonal songs.

This is why Ashley is (and should always be) the holiday MP3J. (And if not, I will be. I'll pro'lly end up using mostly her music, though. I've only got a couple of seasonal/Christmasy songs...)

Writer's Block: Last supper

2009-11-03T15:11:44Z

If you had one night left to live, what would you do? Would you prefer to spend your final night with a loved one or alone? What would you choose for your last meal?

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I would definitely spend the aforementioned night with my amigovia and my sister. (And possibly Aydan, Tayla, and Kells.)

I would probably want prime rib and garlic mashed potatoes with cranberry-grape juice. (What goes better with prime rib than garlic mashed potatoes?)
Then, of course, I'd want pumpkin pie. And a movie night.

I'd spend all day before that shopping for other people (because I love shopping, but if I'm gonna die I can't enjoy anything for myself, so I'd just buy them shit. Also enjoyable). I'd have a huge pancake breakfast at IHOP, lots of tea and talking and Devil May Cry with Cait (ideally less crying than I know there would be) with much consumption of chips and orange soda ([GAME FUEL]), pizza for lunch, go DDR with friends, shop my feet off, have that nummy dinner(/dessert), then watch The Crow with Ash and Cait.

Yes, The Crow. I'd watch that one because it's somewhat romantic, if you think of it... And besides, I'd want to leave them with some sort of positive note. What kind of note would be better to leave them with than Eric Draven and his story? I mean really. He comes back from the dead to serve justice for himself, and more importantly, his fiancée.
Kind of a "don't cry for me."
Besides... it can't rain all the time.

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!

2009-10-31T15:56:37Z

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Just for those of you who won't see me today, I'm Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII (and a bunch of spinoff titles...), specifically, Advent Children.
And the costume is perfect, and it's so comfortable...
Tonight's gonna be so much fun!

OMGEEZE

2009-10-30T11:48:32Z

1 day!
I am wicked excited for tomorrow. We've got everything all planned out. Aydan's going to Kelly's, Caitlin's coming to my place, and we're all meeting at Pocasset at six.
Cait said she's gonna make cream puffs~ omnomnom.
Sooo excited~~~

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(edited later on the computer.)

EDIT (again): Aydan got sick, she's got some viral thing, so she can't come with us.
But-- ya know how I posted 8 days ago that I had to change my plans because my costume wouldn't come in till after Halloween? It just came in~!
So excited♥
Feel better, Tasha!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2009-10-29T13:34:54Z

2 days!
Only two days I'm so excited~~~
And I got my new glasses yesterday, they're so cute~
I forgot to put my contacts in this morning because I can actually see.

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It juuuuuuust this second turned into...

2009-10-28T03:22:16Z

3 days!
Yeah, I didn't realize what time it was, but now that I do, it's officially only THREE days until Halloween. Half a week.
And I'm excited.
(And I still want a cosplay snowball fight, on Halloween.)

calculus trip means free time.

2009-10-27T11:38:58Z

4 days!
But in all seriousness, this field trip means I get to futz around on livejournal etc., and then edit the bloody thing to put in the html later. ^_^
And oh by the way this phone is awesome.

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W000 COSPLAY!

2009-10-27T03:05:41Z

5 days!
I wicked wicked wicked ~~witchked~~ want it to snow on Halloween~
(heeheeheeheeheeheehee cosplay snowball fight ftw.)

MORE COUNTING!

2009-10-27T02:57:52Z

6 days!
As a sidenote, I have just encountered Neil Gaiman with Cthulu on his head.
Entertaining.

more counting.

2009-10-27T02:48:44Z

7 days!
And my new costume is mostly assembled.
All I need is a black turtleneck.♥

The countdown continues...

2009-10-23T23:34:24Z

8 days!
However, I have nothing much else to say other than that Ari is amazing and we need to hang out more often.
And I can't wait till Halloween.

slightly less awesome STILL CAN'T WAIT~

2009-10-22T21:46:08Z

9 days!
Unfortunately, I got an e-mail from the order site that my costume isn't going to come in time for Halloween.
So now nobody but me knows who I'm being for Halloween -_-;;
But I refuse to let this put a damper on my excitement for my favorite holiday! (Dammit!!)

I CAN'T WAIT~

2009-10-21T22:16:38Z

10 days!
...until Halloween♥
I can't wait to get my costume, I ordered it last night... and it's a surprise~♥ (Of the people on my journal, only spiritofanangel knows who I'm being. Heehee.)

In other news, I picked out my glasses today. They should be here-- guess when?-- on Halloween. ^_^

I'm so excited for Halloween...... ♥
I'm also so crazy that I want it to snow on Halloween so I can have a snowball fight in costume... it's going to be freezing anyway, I might as well freeze and have some extra added fun.♥

Writer's Block: Nothing to fear but fear itself

2009-10-19T20:41:35Z

What is your biggest fear? Have you tried to overcome it?

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Um. I'm the dumb one who has very little fear. I can handle just about any situation, and I've never been put into a situation where there was something to truly fear. (Really, as far as dealing with things, I can honestly say I'm fearless. Which probably means I'm too stupid to be afraid.)
Hell, I've had a knife held to my throat before and I wasn't afraid. (See? Stupid.)

I know my biggest fear is forgetting/being forgotten, but I'm into such extremes, I've been told I'm unforgettable.
(I mean really. I wear blue jeans and white t-shirts one day and bondage pants and black shirts the next, a short skirt and a cami the next, an elegant gothic dress after that. I also went from black to blonde, trying for white, and long to pixie-short.) It's the forgetting I have to worry about.
I'm weird, but it's not all for shock value. I like the extremes.

I also fear loss of loved ones. I mean, if my sister or my best friends ever died, I'd be completely different. I don't know what I'd do.
As far as overcoming them, I don't think I ever could. Overcoming those fears would require a great deal of pain, and I'm not a fan of emotional pain. It kind of sucks.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

stupid rules.

2009-10-15T19:21:58Z

Okay, so I understand you're not supposed to have cell phones in school. I agree with that for the most part.
But first of all, I happen to think you should be able to text if it's between periods. And, I dunno, show your friends pictures?

I was trying to show Aydan a picture on my phone before third period. Neither of us had gotten to our respective classes yet, but we were in the right hall. (My eye is freaking hazel in this picture; it's not the light, and now, if I look real hard, I can see the green around the outside of my iris all the time.)
(Kinda crappy on LJ. It looks hazel on my phone.)
So anyway, neither of us are at our classes yet. We pass Mr Eaton (and by the way, I only just learned who he was last week), and he took my phone and gave it to McKinnon.

I was not interrupting anything, I was not going any slower than usual, I was not in class, I was not swearing or being rude, I was not calling someone, I wasn't even texting. No. Showing Aydan a photo on my phone, and a teacher I've never even had took it without warning.
Asshole.

And then I go down to the office two periods later to ask if I can send my mom a text about something, and no. Not only is McKinnon not in his office, but my mom's gonna have to go into school to get it for me. (I was told this twice, once by Mrs Laroque and once by McKinnon when I stubbornly went down at the end of the day. I didn't even ask, what I did ask was to use one of the phones in the office to call Mom and let her know.
(Of course, she didn't pick up and I had to wait to get home for Dad to send her a text to ask her to pick up the god damn thing on her way home.)

Lame.

stupid fights.

2009-10-13T03:10:44Z

Sigh.

Let us call my friend (one of my best friends) "Delilah." (Dunno where I got the name, don't ask. It's random and I don't have any idea who'd go with it.)

So I call "Delilah" after I take Caitlin up the street to Bingo, where her Nana was waiting. She had called earlier, I told her I'd call her back after Cait went home.
Okay.
So we started talking, mostly about nothing. I told her a story, including one of a lovely dream I'd had, blah blah.

I'm not even quite sure how it came up, but I think I asked her if she was okay because she seemed pissed off. She said "I need to smack someone."
...okay. "Who?"
And she ends up telling me about marks that were left on her back and how she wants to get back at who gave them to her. I asked her if I needed to kill someone. She says, "no, I got them during [basically Sparring]."
Oh. I basically told her to chill out, if she didn't want marks, she shouldn't spar with people. Sparring produces marks. That's the way it goes.

And "Delilah" told me to stop giving her attitude. (When she had started this part of the conversation with "I need to smack someone"?)
I was ready to drop it, and she had to push that little bit farther. "Whatever."
So I told her that if she didn't stop giving me attitude, I'd hang up on her. Her response?
"Go ahead! I'll--"
Click.

Stupid fights shouldn't happen.

DMC update...

2009-10-08T15:59:18Z

I beat DMC3SE Hard mode with both Vergil and Dante!

When I beat it with Dante, I killed 105 demons during the credits. That in and of itself unlocked the most depressing cutscene in the history of ever.
Vergil, who has just fallen back into the demon world, looks up to the sky. There, he sees three glowing, electricity-crackling red orbs, kinda like oºo ; now, those of us who've played DMC[1] recognize those red glowy things to symbolize Mundus, the Demon King/Emperor.
In this cutscene, he sees them and recognizes them. Even though he's in a weakened state, he gains a smirk in his voice: "It should be fun to fight the Prince of Darkness. If my father could do it, I should be able to do it too!"
And he rushes off to fight Mundus. Those of us who've played DMC[1] know that Nelo Angelo (which is an unlockable Vergil costume in DMC3SE) is Mundus' slave.
And those of us who have beaten Mission 17 of DMC[1] also know that Nelo Angelo is a mind-controlled Vergil.
So, since he tried to control his fate and went off to fight Mundus, he basically guaranteed his own destruction.

WAAAH!!! ,>A<,

De-pressing.

Muah-ah-ah.

2009-10-06T14:45:18Z

Why hello thar.

I'm now a blonde.

(It was supposed to be silver, but it didn't quite work. So it's platinum blonde and fades to strawberry blonde at the ends. It's actually quite a cool effect, I like it.)

In other news, I have a new phone~ it's epic.
It's an LG Xenon, and it's a wicked teen phone, but I like it. It's convenient and mine's red. ^_^

my mission for the day...

2009-09-29T15:48:21Z

...is to get through the day without having a teacher ask me to take off my headphones or turn off my music in their class.

So far, it's worked.
I went through English, Calculus, Senior Project, Anatomy & Physiology, and now it's third lunch.
I know Marx (in Sociology) won't have a problem with it. I did it yesterday. It's Roz I'm worried about. And I have Spanish between now and Soc.

Wish me luck!

EDIT (20:27): Surprise of surprises, it didn't work. Roz didn't notice, at first, that I had my headphones in (which was a shock), and nobody else could tell. I thought I was good, but halfway through class she noticed. (None of my other teachers care, really...)