1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

1. I get completely and totally obsessed with something for an amount of time, until I find something else to be obsessed with, and my obsession with the previous topic will disappear, but my interest will still remain.

2. I have so many traits that seem to be contradictions of each other that if I didn't have that set of personality traits I would think they wouldn't be able to coexist in the same person without driving them insane. (That drumming? Oh, I always hear that... XD)

3. Inside jokes win all. APRICOCKS!

4. I don't ever want to grow old. Growing old is when you start grumbling about how much the space program costs and how much you pay in taxes instead of shutting up and stare in awe that there's a rocket propelling people into space. When you lose that child-like sense of wonder, what's left? You can't dream. You just... exist. And you don't even do that very well. Growing up is a part of life. Growing old is optional. And there's no point being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.

5. I lack the attention span to watch most of what's on TV now. Most of it seems so... I don't know... trivial? Yeah, I think trivial is the word I'm looking for. There's no point. It doesn't make you think. And it's all the same thing over and over again. And yet I like that in comic books. Well, I like when they take an old idea and spin it into something really interesting. And comics can be thought-provoking. Like I thought I was a Democrat...

6. I absolutely hate my job. But I love having money to spend. But my job makes it hard to keep up with school. But I couldn't go to school full time if I quit my job because of my parents. But... ad infinitum.

7. I haven't used the emoticon O_o (or any variation of) for quite a while. Carley recently broke that long-running trend. (Who else would know exactly what to say to elicit such a response?)

And I tag... Casi, Nali... well, I don't know who's still around here. I know a lot of people I know have graduated to Facebook now that they're in college.

One. Fucking. Point.

Now what?
...I don't get my last laugh. I don't get shit.

God, was this morning interesting. Yes, the time tag is right. I'm writing this at 3:15 in the morning. I just got off of work. I have proof that the end of the world is coming. A guy totally asked me out today (actually, he's technically my boss, though there's not really a linear chain of command within the company). Dude is 25. Kind of sets off alarms in my mind, just because of his age. But he seems to be decent. I'm just a little weirded out by the age difference. He seems nice. Of course, he's 25, not in college, and still working for the crappy inventory company. It's a job. It's not a profession. Though there are people who make it one, I'd go crazy and kill myself if I were to be stuck doing that for the rest of my life. It's that boring, repetitive, and even what I'm working now is slowly killing me. Not literally, but y'know. I'm losing my curiosity and energy. My intellect is dulling. I really, really miss school at this point. My SAT scores, which I saw yesterday before leaving for work, would have qualified my for full-ride bright futures, but they fall short of the 1300 I need. ACT is screwed up and hasn't reported my score yet, but last time I took it the score was the same equivalent to my SAT. Females are rumored to do better on the ACT, so who knows. My scores actually went up this time taking the SAT, so maybe my ACT has enough of a boost. I doubt it though. And I didn't even qualify for 75% bright futures. I miss school. Truth be told, I love learning, and this job has sapped my curiosity.

Why the hell would this guy be interested in me? I know what I look like. I know he was kind of desperate, but I didn't think he was that desperate. It's obvious I'm not easy, and I don't really attract many guys. Maybe he really was that desperate.

And on my way home this morning, just before the Boggy Creek rd exit on the Greenway in southbound traffic, there was an alligator. Luckily it wasn't the lane I was in, and I didn't have to swerve to miss him, but his business end was near my tires, so I hope I don't have a flat when I go out to inspect in daylight. I totally screamed when I realized what the hell it was. But I didn't swerve or do anything equally stupid. I was all like "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH ALIGATOR!" O_O
rowrowrowyourboatgentlydownthestream
IFYOUSEEANALIGATORDON'TFORGETTOSCREAM :D

I will take advice on the guy situation, if you're still reading (which I doubt, but whatever). I have his number, but he doesn't have mine. It's not overwhelmingly likely we'll run into each other any time soon for work, since he's from Cassleberry.

I look into your eyes,
and all I see
Is myself reflected.
But where is the light?

I'm where I never thought I'd be. I'm ok,finally. It's gone, though I'll never be fully rid of it. And I'm eighteen. No, Carley, I will NOT buy you cigs. I'm no enabler. :P But life is good. I haven't written anything since the creative writing class went under. I really must write something more significant than a little poem and a blog entry.
But anyway, we won the first game of districts, then lost to south lake 8-0. Their pitcher threw 21 strike outs. Which really sucks. But they're still playing, and hopefully win states, so having lost to state champs isn't that upsetting. I may not play in college.
Speaking of college, if I manage the 1300 on the SAT (I'm 50 points away, damnit!) I'm going to Columbia College, in Columbia SC. Women's college, the Fighting Koalas (a friend and I had a discussion about how... not right the mascot is. We're cute and cuddly, yet dangerous when provoked? WTF?)
Register Here ended a while ago. I had... well, it was an ensemble play, but I had the most lines. I was Mother Moss. It was fun. Celebration paper mentioned something. I'll get a link up here later.
Dinner. More later.

The new Harry Potter title's been released! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
I think that's a little... weird. But whatever. Maybe it's a fake title, like Revenge of the Jedi was for the third Star Wars (real fans knew that was bull though, because Jedi don't seek revenge).

No release date yet, though.

And yay, I beat the Stephedore to this one!
:P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6200745.stm

Yay Space Pirate Captain Harlock!
Old School anime for the win!
Best viewed in Firefox.

I should make a real update.
Yay infodumps! (not)

Finals were Friday, and more on Monday and Tuesday. I took my two hardest tests on Friday, and I'm hoping I pass both. One of the two classes I need to graduate I was failing. Which seriously worries me.
Friday after finals (er, midterms. One of my teachers refers to them as finals, and she's right. They are of equal value to the actual finals, and I've got at least one class that's only a semester long.) Dan and I got slurpees and walked around Old Town for an hour. He's never actually been to Black Market Minerals. It's like a Wiccan mecca. I went in there the day before Samhain, and there were at least a dozen people in cloaks there. I was all like "yay, my peeps", but even for ritual I don't wear a cloak. I think it's a little overdone, and I'm afraid I'll catch the billowy sleeves that we all know I like on fire from a candle. Could've been a coven in there shopping...
A few days before Halloween, JROTC had a costume party. I went as a music pirate (think striped socks, bandanna, and headphones). Several of my friends showed up that aren't in JROTC, they were invited by another one of my friends in JROTC. The dance was really crappy, the music was horrible, and there were very few people there. Every time a good song would come on, it would be interrupted for a crappy rap song. So my friends and I decided to ditch the party, and we went to Old Town (I swear, that is the ultimate 'waste time and hang out' location) and we had a great time. The joke is that the music at Old Town was better than at the dance (which, unfortunately, it was).
I took the ACT for the first time early this month, and I think I did fairly well. I don't know if I got the score for the full-tuition paid at Columbia College, and I won't know until at least the 19th. The format itself for the ACT is harder than the SAT(we only got one five minute break, and the math section was an hour long), but the content was much easier.
I joined the Weightlifting team, and went to a few practices (I've skipped almost as many as I've been to, but that's because of being sick and having to study for finals.
I've done most of the shopping for my little brother, because my parents are never around to know what he wants. I don't think I got a whole lot that I wanted, except what I ordered myself. I got a pink and black fuzzy steering wheel cover, a goomba teeshirt that says Game Over, Stone Sour's new cd, The Big O manga volume 6, and the Shakespeare Oracle tarot deck (finally! Symbolism I can actually understand! lol). I probably won't get the last two until after Christmas, though.

Ripped from the Stephedore's LJ
( my xmas stocking )

"Dear Lisa:

Congratulations! It is my pleasure to inform you that the Committee on Admissions has approved your application to Columbia College."

I'm so happy I could just start singing! My life is a musical... lol

If I manage my 1300 on my SAT score (I'll know by next Tuesday), I swear I will be to the point that I will be literally tap-dancing around the room. That means I get full tuition paid for at the above college.
If I don't get the 1300, though, all is not lost. I still have the ACT planned for early in December, and ACT is supposedly a little easier, especially since I'm not great at math, and I'm fairly close with my SAT score.

http://www.columbiacollegesc.edu/
SOUTH CAROLINA OR BUST!

I just pierced my ears. It didn't hurt that bad, but I'm a wuss and had trouble piercing it all the way through because my hands kept shaking. And I nearly passed out after finishing the first one. But I suppose it wasn't so bad.

I'm going on vacation at the end of this week. My family is taking the motorhome and going to Iowa (yippee.).
I want to work a little on my writing, and when I go to Iowa, since I won't have internet access, I'll work a little more on a different plot bunny that I don't plan on letting see the light of day.
I've got a couple tryouts with colleges there, both two-year schools. Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, and Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge.

I'm going on hiatus. Maybe not from blogging in general, but...
My life feels like a photographic negative: nothing's quite right, and something was lost in the translation. I'm not sure what, though. I just know that I need to go back and find it. I know I lost whatever it was that made softball fun. But I think I lost that first. I think I've been trying to please too many people, and ignoring myself. As the song lyric goes, it's nowhere near what I want or what I'm looking for. I've also misplaced what it was that made icon making fun. I know what ones are popular, and what layouts and color schemes will get voted for. But I felt like crap the last time I did that. Mod's pick. Who cares? I still sold out. I absolutely hated everything about the icon and didn't even want to make the damn thing, but I also wanted to win. I may still make icons, and update a few simple "LJ Icon" groups, where you just post what you make, no competition. But I'm taking a break from the competition. The ones I make that I really like never do well, and it's mostly the ones that I'm like "meh, whatever" about that get even mod's choice. I love the banner that I made for the signature on a Xenosaga RP site, but that's because I made it for myself alone. I don't care what a group thinks of it, so I made it something I like.
I lost something in general. I'm not sure what it was, but... I still enjoy stuff. Just not necessarily the same stuff it used to be. I love making icons. I love writing (maybe that's what was lost. I haven't worked on my story since I joined this new team). I love reading. I love roleplaying. My world doesn't 'look' quite right. It's not physical vision. It's just... I don't know what changed. Is "I don't know" an acceptable answer for now? I want an answer though. But it may do for now.

I've been asked to update.
I just have no idea where to begin.
I've spent a lot of time making LJ icons, and none writing. I need to write more. I may do that after I finish this entry.
I've kind of changed the theme here. Another Xenosaga picture.
I now have an icon journal that I slowly want to move all my icon contests and such over to. I'm just using that for non-contest groups now, though.
I started replaying Kingdom Hearts 1.
Now for the really interesting one: I got kicked off my tournament team, and ended up with another one a weekend later. This was a couple weekends ago. The team I was with was a bunch of immature backstabbers. I wouldn't join the cliques, so one girl who was losing playing time because I was there decided to convince the others to get rid of me. And the coach was alright with it because he was upset that I- get this- shook off a pitch. But right after that, I went to the 18u Ladyhawk team. I went from being a big fish in a really small pond, to a small fish in a really big pond. I ended up changing my fastball to get more speed, but the only one who might read this that would understand all that is DarkFireRadiant.


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Leave a comment and...
1. I'll respond with something random I like about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll name something we should do together.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or just me).
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll leave you a quote that is somehow appropriate to you.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal so you can do the same for other people.

You have not lived until you've scored 66 points in one turn at scrabble. At that point, my family decided to give up.

I got this off of [info]zorastrus Of each choice leave one of them that you think best describes me. Be perfectly honest... I want to know who you see me as. Even if you don't know me that well... tell me what you think so far.
. leader or follower
. quiet or talkative
. spontaneous or planned
. dominant or submissive
. logical or intuitive
. social or loner
. kinky or vanilla
. cute or sophisticated
. kitten or puppy
. warm flannel sheets or sleek satin

I'm bored. That's my only excuse.

Fluff.
http://kevan.org/nohari?name=MercurialSaint
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My glasses just snapped in half. Right down the middle of the nose piece thing. Crap.

... and I'm a blind, following sheep. :D
http://kevan.org/nohari?name=MercurialSaint

Update needed, I suppose.
I'm at home 'sick', I just didn't finish the project for Turin's class, and I'm working on it at the same time I'm typing this up. It's about the social reforms aided by the efforts of Socialists and Anarchists in the 1920's. It's actually really interesting.
I lost my driving privliges due to my grades, so I'm not doing anything anytime soon. Blah.
I hate softball. I want to quit. But that's old news.

( Quizzes 'n shit )

The roads are no longer safe.
I just got my driver's liscence!
:P
Current Mood: Accomplished