Winged Rivers

I decided to make a list of things I want to do/have before I hit the big ol' bucket.

-Ride an airplane
-Ride one of those trains specifically to, like, ride it? Passenger train...?
-Eat at a fancy restaraunt
-Have at least $2000 in my account at all times, whether it's savings or checking
-Go to Centralia
-Write one of my stories
-Finish one of my comics
-Make running a hobby
-Successfully photograph a large portion of my life
-Own a Soom Beryl
-Dye my hair purple or blue
-Tell someone off REALLY good! And not feel guilty afterwards
-Alternatively, help or inspire someone to change their life
-Own or babysit a Welsh Corgi. Even if it's just for a week! XD
-Ride a horse at least two more times
-Visit the Badlands again
-Write or record something that'll get a lot of hits online and I'll be awesome for at least a week until some teenager tapes himself to a flag pole with his tongue and becomes more popular than me
-Girly myself up for one day (spa, pedi, mani, massages, whole sh-bang... 'Cause I know more than one day and I'll want to choke myself XD)
-Learn some self defense moves
-Stop being paranoid about stupid things (my bellybutton (curse you The Cell!), red sauce on spaghetti, the inability to watch movies with rape scenes)
-Take a drawing or painting course at a community college for fun

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I like this one a lot. It popped into my head last night and I thought "...Y'know what.. I'm gonna do it!"

... Could look better, but y'know what? Sketch of Thomas took me AN HOUR 'cause I forgot to add a mouse to the laptop and was lazy. D: I hate these square thingy m'jiggers...

So enjoy the new journal! <3 Blue is the new happy.

I also fixed my Kyon moodset! Yay!!

ETA: There. I fixed it.
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And now we are finally changing...

Wedding Planning Update:
Simplified Things-To-Do-For-Wedding List:

*Find a place, rent it (Three options right now) DiSalvo's Station Restaraunt it is! Perfect for the SteamPunk atmosphere. :D
*Find DJ, photographer, person to wed us
*Work on center pieces (Clocks with candles and gladiolas around them! XD)
*Comission jewelry X3 randomsome1 has been contacted, just need to finalize the dress for the pieces!
*Get dress for me and my Maid of Honor and Bridesmaid
*Do registry with Target
*THE CAKE IS A LIE WILL BE OH SO PRETTY
*Kiss Kuro a lot <- That task will never be completed, as I can't kiss him enough. X3
*Pick up favors
*Find wedding bands
*Finalize list, send invites, hope for the best
*Design invites
*Find songs for going down the aisle, going back up the aisle, then the re-entry

Icon is for my mom. XD Kidding... kind of...

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OMG NEVER AGAIN WILL I LET MY CRAFT ROOM GET AS BAD AS IT DID TWO HOURS TO CLEAN IT AND NOT EVEN DONE YET WTF

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Today my co-worker accused me of being a furry. D:

Just 'cause I wear cat ears! That jerk-face. I tell him he's jealous, which he clearly is. Mrow.

But I did tell him that I'm partially a creepy doll person. >___>;; I do talk to my dolls, but I have a tendency to talk to inanimate objects anyway. Especially to my car when driving on icy roads. XD "OKay Reggie, you're doing good, whoop, slipping a bit, but you're awesome. Yeah, that's right. You're so bad ass you can't even tell there's snow here!"

Anyone who knows me knows I love to talk 'n at. I've always spoken with stuffed toys, electronics, open air, and, while not inanimate, animals. But I think everyone does that. Hell, I remember when Kuro cursed out then pleaded with his server when it went on the fritz.

So am I a creepy doll person? Perhaps, but I like to think that I've just always been a tad bit unique. *icons sez it all*

PS-
Wedding Planning Update:
Simplified Things-To-Do-For-Wedding List:

*Find a place, rent it (Three options right now) DiSalvo's Station Restaraunt it is! Perfect for the SteamPunk atmosphere. :D
*Find DJ, photographer, person to wed us (Kinda have photographer and DJ already)
*Work on center pieces (Clocks with candles and gladiolas around them! XD)
*Comission jewelry X3 randomsome1 has been contacted, just need to finalize the dress for the pieces!
*Get dress for me and my Maid of Honor and Bridesmaid
*Do registry with Target Need to add a few items to it, but it's all done. Including an XBox 360. X3 Me and Kuro figured what the worse that could happen?
*THE CAKE IS A LIE WILL BE OH SO PRETTY
*Kiss Kuro a lot <- That task will never be completed, as I can't kiss him enough. X3
*Pick up favors
*Find wedding bands As a wedding gift, my parents are buying us our wedding bands. My mother is having one made for me with diamonds that belonged to her grandmother, her mother, and herself. I shall be the fourth! *is honored*
*Finalize list, send invites, hope for the best
*Design invites

Sooo much to do still...

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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! XD

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Browsing People of Wal-Mart makes me feel proud that I'm a tubby girl who at least KNOWS how to dress her size.

In other news, I finally go back to work tomorrow. It's gonna feel stranger after so many days off...

In other OTHER news, I need to update my feely-emotion thingy... Most of the Kyon pics are gone! ;-;


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Okay! I see that this helps randomsome1 keep good record of things, and thus I shall as well. XD

Firstly, SteamPunk Wedding FTW! <3 I'm not going to have it so heavy-handed that it might scare off the older relatives, but it'll be enough of a presence to please me. <3 From the center pieces to the veil in my hair, we shall see clockworks, gears, feathers, and flowers. Whee! The color scheme is going to be a nicely dark champagne and warm shade of brown and dark red as the accent.

Tentitive date is August 14th, but might change. I wanted to at least wait a year or two, but the parents said since Andy and Katie are graduating in 2011, 2010 is the best year. @____@ Whoo boy.

Simplified Things-To-Do-For-Wedding List:
*Find a place, rent it (Three options right now)
*Find DJ, photographer, person to wed us (Kinda have photographer and DJ already)
*Work on center pieces (Clocks with candles and gladiolas around them! XD)
*Comission jewelry X3
*Get dress for me and my Maid of Honor and Bridesmaid
*Do registry with Target
*THE CAKE IS A LIE WILL BE OH SO PRETTY
*Kiss Kuro a lot
*Pick up favors
*Find wedding bands
*Finalize list, send invites, hope for the best

Aaaaaaand probably a lot more. XD Any tips could def be appreciated. We know for our honeymoon we want something fun, exciting. Something we'll probably never be able to do normally. We go! To Tokyo! I've already started saving for it, 'cause I know it's gonna be expensive. BOO.

So yesh. The place we'll do teh ceremony there as with the reception. Buffet-style 'cause there's so many peeps with different stomachs 'n at. I also don't want the guests driving around roads unfamiliar. AND the photographer has just one place to take pics. That's important for me, 'cause I love pics. And I wanna record this right 'cause there's only one SteamPunk wedding I can find on the interwebs. XD I wanna be number two with sweet pics!

This is gonna be fun to do, but I might say otherwise a few months from now when I'm ready to pull my hair out. XD

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I'M ENGAGED!! <3

Everyone is so freakin' happeh about it, but not as happeh as me! XD My mother is already planning stuffs, and so is my future Mother-in-Law. *squee*

A date is kind of set, colors are def chosen (I'm going with SteamPunk aka Victorian kind of wedding), and and and and

I love this ring. I love my man! *hugs*

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This layout's driving me crazy.

And I finally has a program to do stuff on.

But now all of my inspiration has left me. BOO. DX

I can't wait for Christmas, but am looking forward to seeing it go away moreso. Crazyness was crazy!

I also can't wait for January, whee! We'll be celebrating... two... years together. I'm pretty sure two. Or three. AAAAAAARGH I'M TIRED AND I CAN'T DO MATH. This is really bugging me that I can't figure out if we've been together for two or three years...

Tweak's saying is hilarious. XD "Dear Pineapple... I hate you."

Yeah. BTW, there's an anime called Hetalia that personifies the countries as hot bishounen during WWII.

W.T.F.

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I love Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Now I love 'em even more as RiffTrax. "Twighlight; cooly calculated to satisfy your screaming demographic." XD

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Woke up at seven fifteen- NOT my favorite time.

But it was to do one of my favorite activities- SHOPPING! <3

Me and mageraine headed out after an awesome breakfast at the Dorstop with her husband in tow. Delicious, delicious potato pancakes! NOM.

Then I bought a few things from her. I finally have what I've wanted all summer long- a summer dress!! *squee!* X3 I've been dying for one, and this is really REALLY cute! Apparently Hot Topic as a large women thingy called Torrid. I shall def be ordering from them in the future. <3

Lots of good deals were had, awesome fun times were also had. I wuvs Carolyn. XD It felt really good to go out and do something normal; shop, eat lunch, hang out with a good friend. Made me feel, well, like an adult. An adult with no emotional malfunctions. Huzzah is had!

When I came home, WAS a bit ticked to find that Scott and Danielle brought their deaf kitten Merlin. But now... It's okay. Baron is very territorial, but the two have kind of started to tolerate each other. I wonder if they'll become friends... Dunno with the cat species, but at least they're not ripping each other's face off.

Watched Watchmen and Zombies Anonymous. A surprisingly intersting spin on the zombie genre. I really liked it!

Now to restring Melbourne, yay!! ... I think I'll go to sleep instead though. *laff*

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Okay, not too sure on how I feel about this, but I defintely know something wrong happened here...

( Cut for a case of discrimination... )

By the way, if you find any information that'll help me with this issue (such as accurate, non-biased info on the Nazi party) I'll be very grateful.

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To knock down the emo post, here's pics of the pumpkin I carved that Mike bought. I went for a sly creepy feel, though when you look at it, you can't help but feel that little to no effort was put forth.

I still wuv it enough to make icons.

ETA: ( The Fantasy Novelist's Exam for shits 'n giggles! )

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BEH. I feel like some kind of depressed old person who's going through her "trying to figure herself out stage even though she should've been done with this ten years ago" stage. Or something to that effect.

Or perhaps the human mind isn't meant to figure themselves out at the time of their adolescence. Maybe it's a rotating process, where you'll always be at a crossroad trying to redifine yourself to be who you truly are happy with.

If that's the case, I've been at this crossroad more times than I care to count.

( Cue the Melancholy of WingedRivers. )

If the video bores you, please at least fast forward to 2:50 and read on. Hilarity is had as Kyon's words of promise are shoved back into his mouth within a minute.

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I want my next journal theme to be artsy- full of graffiti 'n at. Full of color and vibrant stuff and random messages, like homemade mac 'n cheese is so much better with BBQ. Or something to that effect.

I can't wait until I'm finally done with my student loans. A bitch they be.

I also can't wait for a world without bad stories (especially in the YA section. I tried three books with some pretty artwork, THREE, and all of them made me gag on the first paragraph alone). Like, I LOVE the Uglies universe created by Scott Westerfield. It defintely has a bit of the Mary Sue thing going on, but I kind of like her in the whole "I'm gonna take care of myself" way. The universe is pretty spiffy, albeit completely unrealistic. But that's what's so awesome about fantasy; you get to create something that isn't normal. And make it pretty swell too. It's a great read despite the faults. Same with Spiderwick Chronicles.

The story I'm referring to... gawd. I've already forgotten the title thankfully. The artwork is very DeviantArt anime-esque, so it caught my eye, but HOOOLY carp. Tell me if you haven't heard this before:

Three girls who are in completely different social standings in high school randomly meet and have to support each other as they're thrown into a magical world rife with talking animals and magical-named spots of interest, like Wolf's Run Cliff and Swan Lake and Sparkly Deer Forest (okay the last one is made up, but not the other two. The names are so grotesquely cuddly it made me want to drop the book fifteen feet... into fire).

It's soooo original, amirite?!

This makes me more determined to write. But I have no clue where to start with my novel. I has characters and settings and a decent plot, much altered and immense than when I thought of it years ago.

Just... need... to write... curse you... imagination...

*daydreams*

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My mind's been on a lot recently. Issues concerning my job and if it's going to be the one I want for the rest of my life. I'm pretty sure that I want it... The question is am I good enough? I hate managers that make you feel inadequate about your work... *ponders going to the headhoncho*

Other issues are trivial, such as backstory to my dolls which now are starting out to be more like characters. Melbourne was always a character, but now that I've been in his hobby for a year and a month or so, story ideas are spinning. Which is good. I miss writing very much, but haven't had much of a drive to do some.

And it feels so good to listen to Third Eye Blind again. The new CDs are like meeting an old friend you haven't seen in so long. They still have a few familiar quirks, but the world has changed them slightly. It's so good to be embraced by one of the bands I love the most.

I'm worried about being pro-fat and about supporting my friends who choose to loose weight. I know it's their own personal decision, but I'm starting to slip into what I do with Christianity; scoff at it, then berate myself and remind myself that extremism is what's to be hated, not the source itself. but hoooooooooly crap can the masses be stupid though @___@

I can't help but to automatically hate on the hundreds of books I see about loosing weight. My current "favorite" is the Christian one where God wants you to be the perfect weight and to attain happiness by being skinny. T_____T I can't stand it when the book is telling you to loose weight to be happy/be loved/be accepted. "You won't be teased as much when you loose a few pounds!" Great moral support there, kthnx.

Speaking of support, I can't join a support group for pro-fat 'cause, well... They scare me. >___>;; They are so anti-skinny that it's, well, extreme. I know that they'll take my confused feelings and make them worse. *le sigh* I gotta figure this out myself. 'Cause I love my friends and I fully support their decisions! <3 You guys rock~

But I do hate the diet industry. They aren't there for your moral support; they want your monies and will make you feel terrible just to get it.

Doctors are even in on it, 'cause I'm apparently "obese" despite the fact that I'm perfectly healthy. *growl*

Also... cold house is cold. *suffers*

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Sudden new thought five minutes after posting:
While I don't own the Suzuki anymore, I still want to record what had happened to me to the BBB or somewhere else... But how exactly would I go about that? *had to trade the car in 'cause the engine was starting to sound scary >____>*

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Sweet times were had today!!

I thought I worked at 230 today. So I figured "If I leave the Faire at 130, I should be at work!"

So I went.

And had a lot of fun. XD

Carolyn was AWESOME and gave me her old corset and dress. Which I WUV. I didn't fully realize that they were mine 'til I got home from work, looked at it and realized, "HOLY SHIT. They're mine!!"

Anyway. So we dressed up and left; Me, Kuro, Carolyn, Kent, and their friend Josh (who is a really nice guy!). After a small stop at Wendy's for grub, we headed out to Mt. Pleasant (or in that general direction).

I'll admit right here I'm such a nerd. XD I wanted to go full tilt exploring of the countryside. I know it was all farmland and wouldn't be interesting but... I LOVE open fields. The wind blows softly, then harshly, then back down to a flutter. The cloudy sky opening up to me endlessly and nothing, abso-flippin'-lutely nothing around me. I love that feeling and have experienced maybe five times in my life thus far. I will never, ever get tired of it.

O Pennsylvania, how I love thee!!

(Aaaaaaah, fuck it. It's a journal post about the freakin' Ren Faire. I'm goin' full-geek out here)

I was very impressed with what they had built there, what with the wode lodgings 'n at all specifically for this time period. There were tons of geeks around these parts, especially with,

"Oh, hallo!"

A greeting from two poorly German-accented men with mugs of "ale" in their hands (for all I know it could've been REAL beer). They were quite enthused though in telling us about their German rap-ness. At first I was weirded out, but when they were telling us about which stage they were performing in, they made us laugh.

"OH yes, we're in the Globe Stage... Though I don't know why it's called that. It is not round shaped at all!"

"Perhaps it should be called the map stage, because it is so flat."

"Yes or-"

"Oh! I know, the Pear Stage!"

At this, Brother 1 looked at his mate and just broke down laughing. "Ah... Wha-? Pear stage?"

I was very much amused by this so after we wandered around and was awed at the craftsmanship of pretty much everyone, sat down to one of their shows.

HO.LY.SHIT. 'Twas hilarious! Their acted parts were cute, but the improv was splendidly AWESOME. They picked two great audience members for the act. I wish I could remember the dialogue, but I still have the impression that I was laughing so hard tears came to my eyes. They were absolutely great and I hated the fact that I didn't have any money to give to them (as this is their job).

Carolyn spoke very highly of the Washing Wenches so after eating some Soup in Bread Bowl (DELICIOUS stew!), we headed over. XD Once again, I was laughing very hard.

Coming from Tekko two years back, there was a vendor there that was used to doing Ren Faire tidbits. The two events are completely different socially. While Tekko is filled with anime fans who are comfortable with runaway glomps, quick pokes, and about a two foot personal bubble, Ren Faire are the type of hang on each other, poke and prod the squishy bits, and generally have little to no personal space.

I can't imagine how out of place that guy felt (even if I still don't like him too much), but seeing how the Washing Wench Pearl pretty much just went up to random people, drank from their beer cups and sat on laps, I felt a renewed sense of the term "fish out of water".

I digress. So anyway, the Washing Wenches were HILARIOUS. While the German rap brothers were sexually explicit, THESE women did NOT hold back! XD Any and all men they saw they made remarks or did crude body language.

When they nommed Kuro, it was pretty damn funny too. XD

At the end of the show, they had three flowers to three guys who would volunteer. After one round of no one showing hands (with the comment "Chivarly is DEAD."), Kuro eventually raised his hand along with two other guys. X3

First they had to yell really loud, then they had to do something embarrassing ("'Cause when does a woman EVER give anything fo'free?!"). Poor Kuro had to run all the way back to the small area of the show, pound his fists on his chest and scream something like "I AM A MAN!!" He then ran back and got his flower after having to use his teeth to get it out of the wench's teeth.

(Incidentally, I wuv this flower. *hugs*)

The other two had to do something worse. Guy #2 had to put on a pair of underwear and exclaim loudly "I can do anything in my man pants!" while Guy #3 had to chase Washing Wench Izzy around the area screaming her name and how much he wanted her.

Needless to say, I had a blast (I was forced to after all, or they would've splashed us with water! *laughs*)

And so 130 came along and I left the Ren Faire feelin' super happy awesome times.

Then I worked and came home to chillax. Good day was good.

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(I'm keeping a record of this entire WTF-ball because I want documentation.)

Alright. Round 3.

I was told by the astoundingly rude Suzuki customer service to contact Courtesy Suzuki to see if a rep had contacted and spoken with them.

Surprise, surprise, Suzuki failed.

Apparently the guy's name isn't Dave at all, it's Bill. And he didn't know about any rep/District Zone Manager coming to speak with him.

This pisses me off for two reasons:

1) Did Suzuki even SPEAK to the right guy? Or did they just find some random dude and asked him general questions about my situtation rather than speak with the man who handled this to get specific information?
2) Did they even contact the rep?!

So Bill (once again) explains it to me, but it seems that Suzuki is finally getting more detailed in exactly what needs done.

First it's just the brackets that need replaced, with no explination other than that they have massive corrosion damage.

Then it's the bushings that need replaced for the same thing, and it's the ONLY way to repair it.

NOW he gives me a very detailed explination that there are bolts in the bushings that need to be removed in order to replace the crossmember, which actually just needs the shell around it replaced. And when I said "Yes, the damage is from corrosion.", he replies, heisitantly, "No, they just get real messed up over time."

*headdesk*

Why couldn't they have just said that in the first place?!?! Why did they use vague termonology and scare tactics the first round?! They've made more trouble for themselves by doing this to a customer who just simply came in for recall business.

And speaking with Kuro, part replacement does need to be paid by me 'cause it's not directly related to the recall.

Perhaps I'm being odd here, but if it's the only way to fix a recall part, then why do I have to pay? Even if the bolts have been damaged over time, then, again, that's on Suzuki's part, not mine. I may be ignorant here since I have no real in-depth knowledge of cars, but from everything that's happened so far, I do not want Suzuki to get a single penny from me. They've dragged me around, interupted me, lied to me about speaking with the right man, and have shoved me left and right about what exactly needs repaired.

So after being placed on hold, Bill comes back and tells me that I need to leave my car there sometime next week so that they can see exactly what needs done so that they can call Suzuki about it. I immediately inquire if I'd have to pay for anything, because I'm not going to leave my car there under the impression of a simple look-over and find out that I'd have to pay in order to get my car back.

So he says no, then hold for a few more minutes. During this time I'm talking to Kuro about this when he gets back on and tells me that he's ordered parts for the car and that they'll call me back once they get them in and once they speak with Suzuki.

I'm still confused and angry about this entire ordeal. *sigh*

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