Oh Santa Claus...

O_o

I'm starting to become sane again. I think its cause of the medicine.

I just need to get this out

I'm sick and tired of everything going on right now.

(prepare yourselves for an annoying rant about my life. you at least got a warning)

Why the hell am I getting so sick? Is it because of stress? Was I just caught with food poisoning at first? All I can feel is this annoying pain in my stomach all the time now. When I woke up this morning, I was spitting BROWN. When I go to the bathroom, it's fucking so close to black I have to stick my damn face in it to differentiate any other color. What the hell is wrong with me? Why did I have such a bad panic/anxiety/depression attack the other night? I felt as if, and this is the best way I can describe it, my nerves were disconnected within my body, thus leaving me unable to move/touch/see/emote. On Sunday I worked 11-3 (the night before sleeping 5 hours), slept for an hour and a half, then worked a rough shift of 6-11:30, THEN AFTER NO SLEEP, worked a truck-unloading shift at my other job 5-12:30, and then went home to puke (since at 5am I drank a Monster energy drink on an empty stomach, fearing I would crash). I laid in bed trying to sleep, BUT I COULDN'T. At this point, I'm fatigued, and feel completely numb. To top it off, I got called in to work a 6-8 shift, and after THAT I was to play in my co-ed volleyball team for the first night. I remember making my way downstairs, but I don't remember having the vision-capabilities of getting downstairs, and then I suddenly felt a swelling pain on my hand, and then I began to cry uncontrollable for 10 minutes. It was at this point that my dad was freaking out, and he had to call off work FOR me since I was unable to mutter a 4-word sentence. Was it because I was so physically and mentally exhausted, that all my defenses towards the stress I have in my life was lowered and came crumbling down?

My dad was assaulted and abducted when he was at a damn PSYCHIATRIST VISIT. My mother is selling her home, that I grew up in, and that leaves a fear of me never being able to contact her again. We're loosing our house in Valparaiso, thus forcing our family to separate just to fucking survive. I'm working two retail jobs, which ALMOST was left to one, since my stupid fucking store manager has been harassing me and left a reference towards the second job in shreds. I'm lonely as hell. I feel like all my friends are succeeding in life and working towards their careers, while I'm left to suffer in retail hell. I can barely pay my bills with the two jobs that I have, thus putting more strain with my dad's finances, along with my own. I can't even FUCKING sleep because my mind is going a million miles a second, and just wont shut off.

What am I suppose to do? I can't keep going on like this, it's killing me. I haven't been this upset since my parents went through their divorce. EVEN with my December 07 horror story of both my sister and my father being in 2 separate car accidents, on top of graduating college, what I'm going through right now feels 10x worse. I feel like going to therapy wouldn't do me any good, since I've done that before.

I'm completely lost.

This is so sad:

http://community.livejournal.com/bloomington/1893517.html

In short:
Breaking news: Delilah's pet store burning
My boss just reported that Delilah's pet store is on fire, right now.

The HT has this as of 7:30:

Bloomington firefighters are battling a major fire at Delilah’s Pet Shop at 1320 North College.

The Fire Department was notified of the blaze when a passerby noticed smoke billowing from the building. Bloomington police officers have been able to save about 18 pets so far, and are trying to save more from inside the building.

The intersection at College Ave. and North College is closed. Updates will follow.


Update:
8:37 a.m.

Fire fighters say the fire at Delilah's Pet Shop will probably be an all-day affair. The intersection at 1320 N. College remains closed as at least six fire trucks battle the blaze.

It now looks as if about a dozen of the pet shop's 30 cats and dogs were rescued. They were taken to the Arlington Heights Veterinary Hospital.

I can't believe this happened...

Oh dear lord

So with me being sick with food poisoning and all, I haven't worked at both B&B and P1. I did the usual thing, called in and explained that I was sick. No big problem, deshyou?

WRONG

Over at P1, after I called in sick, the store manager MADE an employee go over to B&B (while on the clock, mind you), to see if I was working over there or not. OMG WTF is up with this crazy bitch?! This is turning insane. We had our little "meeting" on Monday, where she was praising me that I was "a good working, always giving 110%", ect ect, and then she does this. I feel like P1 is a hostile working environment, and I am not safe when I go in there, all thanks to the store manager.

Diagnosis:

Turns out that I had/have food poisoning! Huzzah! Its so wonderful that
A- My day off turned into a puke-fest
B- On Halloween, I had to call off work at Bath and Body (my second day, go figure), AANNNDD not have any Halloween fun!
C- I had to call off at Pier 1 as well!

As much as I love to relax, I don't like to loose money, NOR having to come up with doctor's notes about being sick. Fun fun fun!

*stab stab stab*

>0<

I finally get a day off, and what happens? I'm nauseous for most of the day, until I actually do puke up a storm. What caused it? NO FRIGGEN CLUE.

I guess no drinky-fun for me tomorrow. Damn it all.

Updates!

1- Omg, my store manager called my name over the store intercom, asking me to come to the back office. DUH DUUH DUUUUUHHHHHHH, the dramatic confrontation! She simply asked me "Why do I feel all of this negativity from you, you won't even look at me." I simply told her "You think I'm lying about my fathering being in the hopsital, and that I'm playing hookey with my boyfriend instead." I think she felt like she was in a hot-spot, so she immediately asked who told me that. Of course I can't break confidentiality with anyone I've talked with, so I had to back up and say it was a feeling I had. So she had the chance to lecture me on that. HOWEVER, I -did- call her out on me calling me "dead weight", and ooohhh MAN she came with every FRIGGEN EXCUSE IN THE BOOK! She then had the nerve to almost FORCE ME to accept her apology. "I'm sorry, and I -REALLY WANT TO YOU ACCEPT IT." Too bad for her, when she was staring me down after making that comment, I just sat there and stayed silent. Muhahahaha! BITCH. I was able to even get in that after saying she called me dead weight that "You have no right to talk to an employee like that, EVER." She kept saying there was no excuse, and THEN she would come up with like 10 different excuses. I don't give her any pity, she should realize why her employee turn-over rate is sooo friggen high. Oh well, I felt pretty good when I told her...

2- I GOT HIRED AT BATH AND BODY WORKS! Muhahahahaa! Even though I almost had it screwed over for me, I got the seasonal job, woohoo! I went in for an orientation day (which was pretty fun), and had my first day of training today. I will admit, I never worked such a WEIRD register before, but it was still a pretty nice day :D Whats great too is that I was available for a lot of extra days for B&B, since Pier 1 was screwin me on hours. Wish me luck with the holiday season, cause I'll be at both Pier 1 and B&B on black friday, WHILE still doing all the madness shopping!

TT-TT

I'm getting sick from stress and depression. Just thinking of how I'm not going to get that seasonal job I wanted makes me sick to my stomach. Money is soo tight right now, and it scares me when I can't provide for myself. I'm also trying to save for Japan, but how can I do that if I can't take care of whats on my plate right now?

How am I suppose to do all of this?! UGH!

Stick a fork in me, I'm done.

Another downer story; When will things go up?

So as everyone knows, I hate the world of retail. Being a college graduate and all, I would think that I have more potential than to be begging for hours at a retail store. Now I have even more reason to hate it though: my store manager.

1- I'm used to working an 8 hour shift, no biggy. However, on Wednesday I'm at the end of my shift, after doing a LOT of moving and construction (preparing for the holiday sales), I'm feeling pretty damn tired. Especially after I had to move a 48'' glass tabletop from the back of the store all the way to the front, I realize "DAMN, I think I fucked my back up with all of this lifting". After asking another associate to help me take the glass out of the packaging, the store manager asks whats wrong. I explain, simply, that my back really hurts, and it doesn't feel normal. I kinda want to re-live this conversation, so you can understand my anger.
*glare* "You're back hurts?"
"Yes, do you think I'm lying?"
"How much time to do you have left"
*I look at my watch* "I have 10 minutes left"
" Then go home and stop being dead weight here"

o______________O
WHAT THE FUUCCKKK?!!?!!?!? Of course I decided to move to a different project and NOT give up my hours, but seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS HER PROBLEM? Why would a manager be so unprofessional and SUCH AN ASS?!?!?! Oh, but it gets better, there is more...

2- Friday I called off my shift as -soon- as the store opened, because I had to find my dad's hospital in Gary, and see if there was any possibility of him being accepted for an early leave (This was a stressful situation, but to summarize: my dad was taken to a hospital and held for 2 1/2 days against his own will. Fun) With all of of this on my plate, I knew that going into work wouldn't be the best thing. I didn't want to risk being late, and I knew that my emotional state wasn't stable enough to deal with stupid people. Well, luckily someone came to me and gave me some surprising news on how the store manager reacted to me calling the 4-hour shift off. "Well, she APPARENTLY is calling off so she can be with her boyfriend! I can't believe her!" <--*store manager* Yeah. You know what I'm thinking most likely. I EXPLAINED THAT MY FATHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND THAT I HAD TO BE THERE!!! I CALLED YOU AS SOON AS I FUCKING KNEW SO THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE SHIFT WITH A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME!! MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T EVEN GET OFF OF WORK UNTIL 4PM, SO WHY WOULD I CALL OFF A 1-5 SHIFT!?!! IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!!! *shudder* I have no idea what kind of grudge this bitch has against me, but its really starting to kill me. BUT WAIT! There's more!! Filler: If you don't know, my Dad was denied for Long-Term disability again, MAINLY due to a doctor believing that a 4-hour long physical examination test was not "consistent". OF COURSE IT WONT BE YOU DUMBASS, my dad's DISABLED, and barely has enough endurance to stand over the sink and do dishes for longer than 15 minutes!!! UUGGHHH.... Anyways, the point of this is that we're more than likely going to be loosing our house. I informed my store manager of this (even though I despise her and want to run a fork into her eye continuously), and asked if I could work more hours within my part-time limits (up to 30). She explained that it would not be possible, and suggested I find a second job. So be it, I understand, and therefore got an application at Bath and Body the next day to apply for a seasonal position (which omg, she seemed to get mad about. I really don't understand this bitch). NOW... onto: 3-Every Monday there is a truck to unload. I've been assigned to work this shift with two other people every week. Usually we have the driver come to the store at 5am, and we'll work for an 8 hour shift. HOWEVER, sometimes the shift changes to 8:30-5. No biggie. Well, no biggie if you KNOW. -NO ONE- told me of the shift time change. I went to the store at 5am, and waited for 20 minutes to realize that no one was coming. I then continued to stay up and call every 30 minutes to make sure I wouldn't be late to my shift. The surprising thing to me is... I called off work Friday, due to my dad being kidnapped and held in the hospital against his will... Well since I called off Friday, explaining that my father was in the hospital, you would figure that if a truck-shift changes for the SAME 3 PEOPLE... well, someone would call you, right? I'll openly admit that I could of called and checked the time, but I kinda had a lot on my plate. To top it off, I then had to explain to the store manager that I could not stay after 1:30. I had to take my Dad to all of his appointments that day, and we based that schedule on what was given to me earlier, being a 5-1:30 shift. You can imagine I kinda got some shitt for that... Someone shoot me in my face...

BUT WAAIITT! THERE IS STILL -MORE-

I am grateful that most of the people that I work with are amazing, considerate people. Otherwise, I wouldn't know all of horrible things my store manager says/does behind my back.

4- That same Monday, the manager at Bath and Body that I interviewed with called to ask about the work-reference I had listed (trust me I would of LOVED to not list Pier1 as my employer, but they needed to know if I was currently working with anyone. Grrr...). I guess Mrs. Store Manager really was really wanting to hold a grudge with me, because she refused to give information as a reference. HERES THE KICKER THOUGH! The Bath and Body manager asked the stereo-typical question, "If you could hire her again, would you?", and store manager answers with a big "NO!"

*@!$@$$&&*()&^%%#@#$#$^%$#@!#!@~!#@)!(#@##%*(&^$*

OMG.... she tells me to look for another job, and when I do, she just decides to fuck me over . Wonderful. Fucking WONDERFUL.

I'm loosing composure right now. I feel like I can't win, no matter how hard I try. I just want to give up on all of this. What the hell am I supposed to do?

Freaking Out

Today isn't a good day.

I had an appointment this morning, so the fact that I had to wake up early was enough to put me in a bad mood. Go figure more would topple down on me and the family.

1- My dad's social security provider is trying to withdraw him as a client. This makes absolutely NO SENSE, since it is BP that hired the provider, not my father.

2- The worst of the two, my sister saw our "stepfather" at work today. This is an emotional topic, because it all comes back to our "mother". I use quotations, because around 4 years ago our mother disowned both of us. Its not in fine-print, but her words that day were enough to have both sides not attempt any contact or confrontation.

I don't know what to do about this whole thing... I'm trying to be strong for my sister's sake. Its hitting her a lot harder because she actually experienced seeing him. Furthermore, the whole disownage was a lot harder on her than it was on me. Yet I'm afraid I'm going to crack because of this. There is a lot of stress on the Hall family right now. All of the prior things I mentioned, along with possibly loosing the house because we're behind on mortgage (and then all the consequences that come with that: nowhere to live, where will the cats go, what I can do financially) are combining to form a whole-lotta crap.

Can I go to Japan now? I'm sick of always being stressed out. Literally, I'm sick right now. (,_,). Dyarrr.

My New Love!

I still love Adam of course, but I have a few others things that I cannot deny. In short, purses X3


1-: Lucky's Abbey Road Foldover Bag

OH MY GOD I love this bag sooo much. The leather is sooo soft, and the flap is so innovative and cool! I have a crossbody bag already, but its not casual enough to wear day-to-day. My Puma bag's handles are kinda breaking, thus me purse-shopping to begin with. AWESOMELY enough, I went to the boat with my dad, and won the money to buy this bag through Pai Gow Poker! XD


2-: Kitty Tote

I've been eyein this for months, and it hasn't gone on sale yet. I am DETERMINED to get this though. CUTE KITTY ICE-CREAM FUN!!! X3









3-: "Magic Carpet" Tote:

Some may find this ugly, but the pattern is fun to me. I wanna buy this more towards when we're actually layering up our clothes. Patience is key ^_^

How to be a Recruiter?

I'm still on the job hunt, and it just came to me: How can someone become a recruiter for Japanese schools needing English teachers? If I could do this, I think I'd be pretty content with myself right now. Retail is -not- cutting it. TT-TT HELLPP!!

Other options:
-Teaching art
- Tutoring Japanese

I need something else besides the hellish world of retail, E-GADD!

The Ups and the Downs

For the past 4 days, I felt like giving up on humanity as we know it. It just seemed that no matter what I did, people knew what to do to piss me off. On top of that, almost every time I would apologize about something, the other person would get defensive/mad!! For example:
1- Apologized to sister about something. In return, she harded up like a shell, took the defensive, and started backtalking. When I called her out on it, she said she wasn't doing that. Hmmm. Even when I said "can we PLEASE stop talking, because you're yelling and getting more mad", she yells even louder that she is not yelling. I actually had to exit the house because she would not shut the fuck up. I don't believe thats how an apology works in the first place T-T.
2- Customer needed coupon at B&N, so she was calling home. I asked if I could take the next customer in line while she was lookin up things, and she said yes. The transation did not take 2 minutes, and at the end of it the customer who was on the phone kept repeatedly asking (in the snotties voice ever)" Can -I- be helped now? Is it -MY- turn?". WTF, you were the one that was unprepared, and I could of made you move to the back of the line. And when I apologized to her, she just shot me a shitt-eating looking. WTF
3- At work, but I'm on the customer-end at the cafe. I'm not savvy on all these coffee-drink names, so I began with saying "I think this is what its called.... blah blah blah blah". She just shot me a weird look, and I tried it again. After that didn't get though, I said don't worry about it, and grabbed a redbull instead. For some reason though, she was determined to get it out of me. And not in that "i care" way, but more in the "bitch, don't even think about changing this" kinda tone. WTF, is she mad that she didn't get a more expensive sale out of me or something? I think maybe she was holding a grudge because I was waiting for 2 minutes at the cafe for someone to help me, and then I leaned over the counter and yelled out "hellooo", hoping someone would hear me. Fucking hell, sorry if I inconvenienced your day THAT MUCH by BUYING SOMETHING from you.

Along with having retarded higher-up managers ( and if you couldn't guess, apparently my retail jobs arent going soo well...), it just seemed that I could not escape all of the shitt-dealing asshole around me. They were abundant in my inner and outer circle. UGH

Today, things became more bearable.

I was feeling like crap this morning, because I usually get sick from stress. I was determined to get my application out to Merrillville (manager-position at the new store, aerie), so I decided to make my drive out anyway. While I was waiting at a railroad crossing, I had a man get out of his car to tell me... that my brake light was out. Wow, thank you Mr. Stranger, that was very nice of you. No spite in that, just I honestly would not of known unless someone told me. So I made my way to the auto supply store, and picked up some new lights. I asked if the associate would help me, and he did, but then he and 3 other associates helped me realize that it wasn't a light-bulb problem. One of them even pulled out his cellphone and called a nearby repair shop. The store was closing, but they stayed open to take a look at my problem. When I got there, it took 20 minutes, but we found out the problem was linked to when my grandparents used to link my car behind the motorhome. I asked the mechanic how much it would be, and he said "No worries, its free". O_o Oh my god! Thank you random (yet awesome) mechanic dude! So now my lights are all perfecto, and I made my way out to the mall. I got my application filled out, except when I needed the phone numbers for my references.... I realized I forgot my cell at home.... Luckily, one of the associates mentioned that I could call in and he would put a sticky-note on my application with the phone numbers, just so I wouldn't have to drive all the way to Merrillville again. Thank you fashionable ae-associate!

I dunno, I guess things are looking up. I don't want to interact with people much, but still.... things are looking up. Keep your fingers crossed for me so I can get a manager-position next month! XD

Keepin up with the new pace...

So the most recent update I have is that I am now officially working 2 different jobs, both Pier 1 and Barnes and Nobles. Both are part-time, so hopefully I can work my way up to 40 hours at -least-. Seriously, I have no friends in the Valpo area at the moment, so I might as well use my free-time to earn some money. A flight to Japan isn't going to pay itself!! Err.. unless I do JET, but that didn't work last year... T-T. Ugh I have no idea how long I'll be working in the US for, but I don't want to hold Adam back. I'm pretty sure he is ready to just make his way over there now. However, I can't because I'm -really- poor, and I haven't been with my family in like... 3 years. Its a little hectic here, dealing with random drama, but I'd rather have this than to be alone in Bloomington. Plus all the kitties make everything a little more enjoyable. =(^_^)=

It seems like Hoshi/Yoshi are settled in upstairs, and are not -that- curious about exploring the rest of the house. I do think their ears perk up when they hear Cuddles "yowling" for like 10 minutes straight at night, but thats about it. Plus, I don't think Patches/Cuddles really care about loosing access to the upper-half of the townhouse. I think we're going to avoid trying to merge the two families together, it'd be too much stress for Patches. Plus she is finally coming out of Robyn's room a little more, and thats a huge step for her.

Anyways, back to the topic of new jobs, I really love both of my jobs. Heres why:
1- they are literally next-door to each other. That makes changing shifts -really- easy!
2- they both are about a 5 minute drive away from my house. Schweeeet!
3- Best discounts ever. I won't go in details, but I will not drop either job. No friggen way lol.
4- Pier 1 is very fast-paced. Especially when I unload the truck, my god you don't have a free moment there, you are just hauling ass! I love it! I'd rather be really busy and have time fly by versus things going slow and feeling like you've been there forever.
5- Barnes and Nobles has a really diverse staff, but they all know how to be nice/fun/goofy. I love that. Especially since I can rarely hold my goofy side in ^_^. I had to train with 2 other people during orientation, and all of our names start with A, so we're now the "A" team. Muhhahahahaa, I love it XD

I really think working at both of these places will be a perfect fit for me. I just hope that I earn good money and start saving it properly. That means no big shopping sprees T-T Besides, I did that yesterday at the Lighthouse Outlet Mall so I would have more work clothes X3. Thinking of the future though, I am -very- afraid of when Xmas time comes.... buying gifts for people, having to call of work days to see friends... I just hope it all goes smoothly T-T.

Go Figure...

So I start off the day, thinking everything will be A-okay! Granted I didn't get enough sleep on my crappy mattress (I'm having a new one delivered Friday, just a little longer!!), yet I was excited because I had an interview with Barnes and Nobles :D. I was lookin good, running on time, and ended up having a wonderful interview with one of the assistant managers. He immediately plans a second interview for me and the store manager. Then I go into Target, and I find Mario Kart, which my sister has been trying to get for ages. I call her up, tell her I'm going to get it for her, and make my way out.

I wish I would of stayed in the store just a few minutes longer.

As I leave the Target-shopping mall area, and turn left onto Laporte Ave., some dumbass bitch runs a red light and hits me. She had to of been doing 38 mph at LEAST.. and keep in mind I'm just started to increase speed as I make it to the point of the turn. Even though she hit me, she manages to pass in front of me, as I stay in the middle of the intersection. At first I thought she was going to drive away, but luckily she was just making her way into a nearby parking lot. I follow her, and notice that the crash took one of her hubcaps off (serves the f'in ass right...). Immediately after I park I call my Dad, since he was expecting me to be home to indulge in some delicious BLT sandwiches. Then I call the police so we can file an incident report. I check myself, and thanks to adrenaline and shock, I'm not really feeling much, but I'm still a bit shaky. I get out of the car, and on my front right side, my corner is completely crushed in. Peachy. As I go and check out the other person's car, go figure THERE ISN'T EVEN A DENT. Damn Toyota, you make your cars tough. I ask her what happened, and she doesn't really manage to say anything. What I gathered is that she was coming off of 49, and she needed to make her way to 30. Oh no, but she was soooo confused, and had no idea where she was going. You would think that in an unfamiliar area, she would be more CAUTIOUS ON THE ROAD. Apparently for her, it turned out that she became more oblivious. So I told her my part of the story, and with me having a green light, that left her to run a RED light. After explaining things to her, she admitted it, both running a red light and the accident being her fault. I guess that made me feel a little better, considering the last accident I had with Adam in Indianapolis and the damn bitch that hit MY car was -not- at fault. OI VE. My dad stopped everything he was doing at home and made it to the parking lot to make sure I was okay. For some reason I expected to see him in tears, considering the luck our family has had with car accidents lately, but it was the complete opposite; HE WAS PISSED. He was basically calling the other woman every name in the book, just out of ear-shot range. LOL he was saying everything I wanted to say at the time, but I didn't want to become uncomposed before the police arrived. They didn't take too long to get there (but what was weird was there was a young boy with the officer.. was that the guy's son or something? i don't even know..), and he filled out the incident report. He didn't give me a card like the last officer in Indianapolis did, but he said that I could pick up the report tomorrow.

Thanks to this damn accident, my ulcer is flaring up like mad, and I just wanna sit inside and do nothing. Furthermore, my dad is all upset as well, and he feels really sick just from the stress of it all. I guess we have tomorrow to look forward to, seeing as we'll get the incident report and then make out way to State Farm. I hope this doesn't cost us a dime, because we're not at fault!!

Back into Reality

I can't believe how incredibly exhausted and fatigued I am, even though I've been back in my hometown for 4 days. True, I recently returned from a 6-day chaperon trip in NYC to Cleveland with crazy H.S. kids (I'll give alll the juicy details tomorrow nite most likely), but I should of recovered by now. The ol' body ain't what it used to be! Seriously, I need to get back in the gym or something... >_>...

A sad realization I had is my "college life" is over now. The big knock on the head is that I'm job-hunting for something that will let me work a 40 hr week >0<. Too bad my job won't be in my "area of expertise", but its kinda hard finding something that needs an EALC major prerequisite. Although I was always bitching and complaining about just wanting to get my "real life" on track, I guess since I just moved I am already remembering the good ol' days. Hot-pot parties, Guitar Hero, studying for a Japanese test, Karaoke, lots of drinking, running around College Mall, tutoring my students, and everything else that isn't coming to mind right now. Wow, college was just a humongous chapter in my life...I miss all of my friends now that we've gone our seperate ways. All my nihongo buddies (Jackie, Nick, Alipon, Becky, Yuki, Mami, Lexxy, EVERYYOONNEE), and everyone else I met along the way (Courtney and Ian, Ife, Katy, Chika, derr I'm having a brain fart for the rest..), I miss you all soo much *tears*

Anyways, since I came back home, I've been in and out of everything. I've had to take some of my dad's medication because I was in SOO MUCH physical pain (this is just from the trip, being exhausted and fatigued). All I remember when I went to sleep is that I was soo drugged up LOL. One nite I kept waking up and staring out the window because I thought someone was going to break into my car.. turns out that every few nights there is a man who pushes a metal shopping cart and goes "dumpster diving" for salvageable parts that he can sell back. Another random note, we had this INTENSE storm the other nite. OMG I thought we were going to be hit by a tornado.. we actually had all the cats locked up in their carriers, and scrunched in the downstairs bathroom. My sister, dad, and I were in our gym shoes and were ready for anything. Thank god nothing bad happened to us *whew*. Lastly, I went to the 4-Winds Casino tonight with my dad, and I am up $200!!! I swear everything I touched turned lucky, ESPECIALLY Pai-Gow. I have never been so lucky with the bonus bet.. I kept hitting things (4-of-a-kind, 3-of-a-kind, flush, straight, full house). Plus, I was -actually- doing well on the machines as well! I remember playing King Kong Cash, Lucky Lemmings (my personal fav), and Chinese Fortune. Usually my dad does better than me, but when he sat me down, I guess I was on the better machine. Wooohooo! Thats all going to bills and friggen loans T-T. Maybe I'll spoil myself and get a nice pair of sandals :D

Alrighty, I'll write more later, but now I need to get some sleep. I have to make it to my grandparents pretty early tomorrow morning. They had their power knocked out by the storm, and I get to help clean the debris in the yard, woohooo!!!

Time to sprout!

Well, if you don't know me, here are some things that I love:

Kutsushita Nyanko; reminds me of Yoshi and Hoshi X3

NyaNyaNyanko is pretty much the cutest creation eveeerrr!!
Lolcats are the most amazing pictures. Srsly. http://icanhascheezburger.com/ GO!!!
I love all types of art, especially drawing! Hopefully I'll be posting more here to motivate myself (notice how cats are a reoccuring theme.. hmmm, hint?).


Ahh, the work of Alphonse Mucha! His art continues to inspire me. You gotta love the voluptuous ladies! I just love his ability to make any type of woman beautiful, which still holds true to the modern day thin-stick beauty-norm we try to conform into. Also, the hair technique he created is simply amazing.

Video Games!!!! Even though I am a big fan of the RPG/tactic style (any "Tales" game, Baten Kaitos, Odin Sphere, FF series, Dragon Quest, Disgaea, ect), I still like to beat people senseless with Soul Calibur and Street Fighter :D *SUPA PUNCHII!!!*

Thats enough for now I suppose, more interesting posts will be made in the near-future :D