A Sword Has No Strength

Lots of sleep, lots of Zelda. I haven't gotten much farther, though. I'm just running around.

Watching the Rangers game; it's 1-0 NYR after 2 in Nashville. Prince Cam is in the net tonight, and doing a hella job! The Canucks beat Columbus last night, 6-2, ending their five-game skid.

It's cold tonight! My phone's telling me it's 33 degrees! It's even snowing (though not terribly hard, and it's not gonna be a lot. It's only sticking because it started after sunset and it's so cold)! ... Is it July yet? :(

For the second time ever, I've officially rage quit and given up hope of beating a Zelda game. RIP Skyward Sword; your motion controls and I are entirely incompatible.

You know a while ago when you fucked with the entry formatting and people bitched? And you know how people were glad you didn't fuck with the comment formatting? Yeah. Change that shit back. It's like... I feel like I'm fucking 20/200.

So apparently they're spreading rumors about me at work? LOL Saying that I quit? Next few weeks should be fun, mm-hmm.

Rangers beat the Devils 4-1. Three third period goals, including a shorthanded one, and an empty netter. I bought tickets for the Canucks/Devils game on February 24 so I'mma go chill with Theresa and see my boys play a second time. :D God, it's only December! But the second episode of 24/7 is on later tonight~

Finishing up that ALttP game I started ages ago, and then I guess I'll get to bed. Wonder what I'm going to do tomorrow.

( Have a retardedly long survey because I haven't done one in forever! )

Today was pretty damn cool~

So Katie, Shannon, and I agreed to meet at IHOP on 14th St. at 10:30. I got there at 11, because my bus was being a butt. They didn't get there until ten to noon. :| It was cold and I was tired and hungry and they didn't tell me where they were when I called ("Don't worry about it." SKDFLKSJDLFKJSD I HATE THAAAAAAT). I might have bitten off a head or two....

But we had pancakes and coffee, and we took the train up to Times Square. The Mario thing, I'm gonna admit, looked pretty LAAAAAME on the outside, and it was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be (but considering where it was and what it was, y'know, of course it was gonna be small). Regardless, Katie and I headed into the bathroom in Toys R Us to change (which took a while, because Katie's never done ears before, and I'd somehow left mine at home). Oh, did I mention? We went to the Mario promo as Link and Mido. :3c Yup, I took my shitty Link cosplay out of retirement for an afternoon.

Back outside, we took video and a few pictures of Mido refusing to let Link pass. And we tried to get in the stupid area, but they weren't letting anyone in, supposedly. Made no sense, really, because there were new faces coming out all the time, and certainly if people left, others could go in? Whatever. We were reduced to walking about, mostly, and I pulled out my ocarina -- which I still can't play -- and puzzled out a few notes. I figured out the beginnings of Zelda's Lullaby and Epona's Song, at least.

I love Epona's Song; it's my favorite grey-note. ... I don't know why I spelled it "grey" just now. :|

Anywho, people loved our costumes, and it seemed as though we were stopped and turning around for pictures every few seconds (I found ahvia! Rather, she found me). I usually posed with my ocarina, until I dropped it. =A= So now I've got to boil the stupid thing and hope that it doesn't warp or that the paint doesn't come off. FFFFFF But even some Nintendo people took our pictures (and I felt like such an ass for not having my ears). One of the marketing dudes even asked us if we'd been in the promo area yet, and we said we couldn't get in. We got the silly moustaches they were handing out, but we couldn't even get the Tanooki ears and tails; they were long gone. Marketing Guy beckoned us over to the side and gave us the special bracelets

*holds overhead, item found music*

that we needed to get inside. So we went. AND OH MAN IT WAS FUN. We took lots of stupid pictures of jumping on trampolines that made coin-get noises and sliding down warp pipe!slides. I don't have time to get to mine tonight, and I wanna wait for Shannon's and Katie's anyway, so they'll be up eventually? Anyway.

My hat was starting to be a butt and not staying on my head, so we changed into normal clothes. Katie's ears took forever to come off. She had no idea what she was doing, so I had to do it, and I didn't know if I was pulling too hard, or if the glue was dissolving or what. Our plan was to head back down to 14th for ramen, but we didn't feel like it and we were right near Kino, so that's where we wound up like losers. XD I burned my mouth on kimchi, and I swear my tongue and lips were swollen. :( It was actually painful, which is a shitty experience with food. We discussed possible skits for conventions (what? Skits without dancing? IMPOSSIBLE!), seal clubbing (no, like, going to a dance club ... with seals), SWAG, we shopped around, walked around the park (THE RINK IS UP ALREADY I NEED SKAAAAAATES) and were eventually on our separate ways.

I'm SO TIRED from lugging around my heavy bag and getting little sleep and going everywhere and lskdjflsdkjfl. Even with the slow and late start, it was worth it. :D I'm gonna sleep so soundly tonight.

OMG and my aunt sent me an inhaler. The little red ones that taste sweet and awesome. *_* sldkfjlsdkjf

Hockey meme, almost forgot: 9. What's the farthest you've traveled for a hockey game? 2435 miles (3919 km), apparently. Whoops!

I'm so far behind on Dad's scarf on account of yesterday and today. Fortunately, tomorrow's a big nothing until nineish, so maybe I can get work done? I did a lot yesterday morning! Mmmm, I'm in such a good mood (I did skim the posts I made for NaBlo '08, to see how many words I've written -- if all of my NaBlo were put towards a NaNo effort, I still wouldn't have enough -- and it was all so sad. I was in such deep despair, I wish I could go back in time and give myself a hug. D:)! Let's hope the good spirits continue through the rest of the weekend! ♥

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To quote Khal Drogo, "No."

( See, this is why I never get anything done. )

( Tonight's Mets game (written live). )

( Little bit of hockey. )

And Hetalia Day is a thing. Not much happening. Trying to get a mod meeting going so we can decide who else is worthy of modship (we're running short), but everyone's going to the Renn Faire this weekend. D'oh. Okay, so we'll Facebook it instead of going out for lunch, but I'm still gonna hang with Kendra again. ♥

By the way, everyone, thanks for all the '90s songs! I'm still listening to all of them, trying to decide which ones I should keep. *_* all of them

Having started this post over an hour and a half ago, I'm happy to say that I'm finally feeling my body slow down. That's awesome, but I'm not sure if it's the medicine or that it's nearly one in the morning. Oh well. Also, being disjointed means it's bedtime. Sleep well, self.

( I hate it when I tell people I will be somewhere at sometime and then they text me at not-quite-that-time-yet wondering where I am. )

( Past life. )

But the day ends well because Kat posted more beisbol pictures! Lookit how badass we are!

I love how all the pictures say ORIOLES! somewhere in the background. Playing "What's in the Background?" seems to be a thing.

Also: hi, new friends! I'm so glad you're here! Read through some old posts, get a feel for how I roll. I'm dead in the middle of working on a REAL INTRO POST so hopefully that goes live soon. Actually, I'll go back to work on that now.

Edit: FFFFFF I CAN'T FIND THE INTRO POST! D:> FOUND IT! Just when I was about to give up, too. Sneaky little thing, hiding in a .txt file marked as "tags" for all the LJ tags I'm working on organizing! *renames* I'm in a better mood, now. :D

Oh shit, it's Mother's Day. Right. So happy Mother's Day to your mommies, grandmommies, aunts, sisters, and other important women who helped raise you, flist (even if today's not Mommy's Day in your country). ♥

I was productive today, and by "productive," I mean not. I genuinely slept today, so I should be fine now, and the urge came over me to re-read Vagabond, so I did. Goodness, I miss that story so hard. I've been reading in short bursts at a time, and so I'm in the middle of chapter thirteen right now. And, not going to lie, I'm pretty sure that this story was a big push and help in writing up that monstrous forty-page (in a wide-ruled notebook) character backstory I did so many years ago.

I miss having ideas for things to write, too. I hate that I'm halfway decent at writing but have no ideas for stories, yet I can't draw a stick figure and I have a thousand ideas for pictures. What's wrong with me? Even if I were to get prompts, there's no guarantee I'd be able to come up with the necessary ideas and ~*inspiration*~ for even a short four-paragraph vomit. How I long for 2004 and 2005, the years of Musebarf. Anything I wanted happened. Le sigh.

Anyway, I also worked on Finland!hat some more. I got it to fit -- not snug, just a little loose -- and am working on figuring out the ear flaps. I'm working in the dark green yarn; I just hope I have enough to finish the second, the edges, and the touches. I doubt it; I'll probably have to start over on a fresh skein. Dammit. At least I have a template.

That, sadly, is it. I thought I had something else to carry over from yesterday, but I'm not sure of that. Anyway, new ichiP! video, narrated by me, apparently. XD

LOL Last post was so frantic, so today I'm doing it way early so I can take my time.

Yeah, so I got an inhaler yesterday. Hurray! Olua tried to send me one in the mail over a week ago and it never got here, so when I was moaning about it, she said she would send one via Priority on Wednesday. It got here yesterday. O_O; The postage sticker said "Nov. 3" on it and I was like "WTF isn't that today?" because I'd lost track of time for a bit. So after prying USPS' tape off the box -- I mean, it's good that the tape is impossible and the glue on the packages is like cement (in that it'd take a jackhammer to get it out), but I'm a bit scared of blades (I have scar on my knuckle from where I cut myself with a knife) so can you make them easier to open, USPS? Thanks. -- and ripping the thing open, I got the inhaler. I got it three days after it would have helped, but beggars can't be choosers, really.

And even if it tastes like ass (I miss the little red ones that tasted sweet), that's okay because now I won't DIE. I can dance again! ♪To dance again! I've been waiting all these months years to dance again, and now at once a chance appears!♫

Speaking of dancing, ichiP!'s gonna do a thing next month at August Martin High School for someone's anime club. I'm, uh, pretty cheesed that it's at August Martin, since that's one of those so-close-but-impossible-to-get-to-on-public-transit places. It's about a ten-minute drive, but if I were to take the bus, it'd probably take a good forty-five minutes; I could walk from home and make it in comparable time. I would take a taxi, but goodness knows how much those things would charge, since they kinda like to make it up as they go and not give receipts. ANYWAY.

And in other news, it seems I'm one of the winners in the TOKYOPOP Hetalia Day contest? XD I didn't take the picture that won -- since I'm in it -- so I'm gonna try to offer some of the prize to the person who did. And something tells me that the winners chosen weren't so random (but that one from Oregon does look pretty cool), but... meh. Heh, I can totally use my TOKYOPOP tag on this entry.

( All right, meme time. )

GODFUCKINGDAMMIT of course something goes wrong to ruin today. Douchebag McCheaterface sent me an e-mail yesterday or two days ago. Whatever, he just asked how the Rally was. I summarized and I mentioned that I lost my wallet. Fine. Today, I got a reply and he was like he suggested I report my license (which was in the wallet) as missing. He was all "Speaking as a security specialist," blah blah blah.

Now, I don't often use this word, and it's kind of offensive, so I apologize in advance but

NIGGA, PLEASE!
(LJ, seriously, why no blinky text?! ;A; I guess I'll just do a marquee. The way it bounces off the sides amuses me.)

One, there is no way in the world you can impress me, so you can put your fancy titles and language away right now. Two, way to sound like a pompous assface and make me not take anything you say seriously. 9_9 I mean, really, "security specialist"? What, did someone give you an extra key? You ain't in no CIA, nigga. *neck roll*

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To leave this entry on a not-sour note, holy shit, someone was Tim Lincecum for Halloween! Guess I have to get my José Reyes shit together. Anyone wanna be my David? Oh! And Theresa linked me to the first episode of Clarissa Explains It All. Ooh-ooh, and the Rangers blanked the Devils! Today's not bad after all!

And I would have posted yesterday if I hadn't spent my entire work day trying to get the internet to WORK, but I'm alive and I'm okay, I'm just ... tired. I still manage to jump on AIM, so you should bother me. XD Also, I have a phone. Calls are appreciated (I spent a good hour watching the game with Theresa over the phone. ... I turned it off after the sixth Devils goal; I'm still not sure the Rangers realize it's the middle of MARCH).

Next free time is Sunday, and I will be the hell ASLEEP (what paper due Tuesday?).

Oh! I get paid today! :D I hope my check is correct, so I can go buy Spirit Tracks (I found a GameStop nearish to work). I still don't have a DS, but that's a non-issue; I can always borrow one.

GUYS WTF DO I DO FOR SPRINGFEST? I don't wanna do Hetalia, I haven't done anything else in EIGHT MONTHS and that's fucking ridiculous. But it's not nice enough for anything else yet, and it'll be raining all day. I think the only one I've got is Dominic, and I don't even follow DD anymore. :/ HEEEEELP.

Fuck today so hard, man. I just wanna sleep.

I promised to make cookies for the meet on Saturday (which is still going on, rain or shine. Rain, it looks like). I won't have time after class tomorrow, so I started tonight. Anyone familiar with my previous attempts at cookie-making will know that my dough came out to be more of a batter (despite following the recipe exactly), and I was forced to bake it longer, so I wound up with cookie bars instead of round cookies.

I blame my makeshift rolling pin (seriously, where did the rolling pin go?!).

Today, I got actual cookies, which is awesome, but I need them to be bars. Oh, irony. On the bright important side, they taste pretty good, and I'm pleased. I did a small batch of a half-dozen and passed them out to the family: they all approved. The rest of the dough has to chill in the fridge for about another hour and a half. I'll get back to work on my sign.

...Even with three cookie sheets, I'm pretty sure this means I'll be up until one or two making cookies. I'll leave the icing (also making it from scratch!) for tomorrow night, since that doesn't require prep-time. I'm probably going to take pictures of my babies. Don't judge me.

PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW I LIKE TO BAKE. :D It's the one kind of cooking I can do. Appropriately. :::has a sweet tooth like WHOA:::

Also, Phil-with-one-L showed me this. I love him. Ryan, I mean. XD