I love my mother. From a phone conversation we had:

Mom: "So have you started on your costumes yet for this year?"
Me: "Not yet."
Mom: "Honey, you know you need to start on those soon! Comic-Con's only three months away."

When your mom starts worrying about your cosplay projects like she used to about your homework you know you've scored some cool parents.

I just now realized that I've had my journal for five years now (anniversary was on 3/15). Happy fifth birthday, Gen!LJ!

Speaking of birthdays, mine is in a little over two weeks. I need to actually do something for it this year. Or not. Whatever. Next year will be the big one (25). I'll have to have a huge party or something. Geez, I haven't had a party for my birthday in... I can't even remember the last time.

Sheena (the roomie) and I will probably do something together this year as her birthday is the day before mine. We're going to a renaissance faire one of these weekends so maybe we'll make that our birthday celebration.

I found a stupid riddle today:

Question: An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
Answer: B.C. is Before Christ. Christ was not yet born when the coin would have been made and the date would be impossible.

Am I missing something here or does this riddle make no sense at all? Why is a date impossible if it's before Christ? 48 B.C. is a perfectly legitimate date and lots of coins were made before the birth of Christ. Was the author of this riddle confused or something? Because I know I am.

ETA: Ohhhhhh, okay! I get it. The coin actually said "48 BC" on it. See, I thought the archaeologist carbon dated it or something. Perhaps subconscously I was thinking that no one would be stupid enough to actually put "48 BC" on a fake coin. At least I didn't get the riddle because of someone else's stupidity. Well, that's what I get for giving humanity the benefit of the doubt as far as intelligence goes, lol.

Ganked from shirasade: Color Genics

My surprisingly accurate results:

You are a very sensitive person and you try hard (perhaps a little too hard) to make favourable impressions and to be recognised by your peers. But you have that inherent need to feel appreciated and admired and you are easily hurt if all of your endeavours go by unappreciated or not acknowledged. Stop trying so hard.

All of your dreams and hopes have not materialised and consequently you are unsure of which way to go. This uncertainty has led to considerable stress but you have sufficient 'strength of mind' to overcome this state of affairs although it will take some time.

It is hard for you to accept that your needs and desires are misunderstood by almost everyone within your sphere of influence and there is no one to rely on. Your pent-up emotions and inherent egocentricity make you quick to take offence, but as matters stand you realise that you'll have to make the best of things as they are.

Presently, you are experiencing stress because of restriction on your independence. You need and seek respect from other people and it is essential that they appreciate you for yourself and not for what they would like you to be. You have your own beliefs and convictions and you would like to be respected for them. You are anxious to avail yourself of every opportunity that may come your way but nevertheless, come what may, you have the need to control your own destiny without imposed limitations or restrictions.

You are trying to build up your own position and you resist all external influences. You insist that you are your own person and you will not tolerate any outside interference. Decisive and proud, you are true managerial material.

Wow. That's pretty much dead-on right there.

I can't stop watching this:



It makes me want to go out and explore the world. It also makes me want to watch episodes of Mythbusters. Adam setting Jamie's arm on fire made me LOL so hard!

Tonight Thomas and I are going to Borders and at midnight we'll be given our pre-ordered copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!!

*boogies*

Okay, right now I'm going to be late for work if I sit here any longer. I know I haven't posted in a while so I'll probably post again when I've finished reading the book and update on everything else that's been happening.

I finally saw Meet the Robinsons the other day. Oh, em, gee. I LOVED IT.

It's one of my new favorite movies, seriously. And the soundtrack? AMAZING. I can't stop listening to it! Haha, I even redid my Myspace with a Robinsons layout. I would post a link but it's only visible to my friends.

Anyway, I know I'm going to have a lot people saying things like, "Um, yeah, he's a CARTOON CHARACTER, freak" or "Ew! He's only thirteen, you perve!" but... I think Wilbur Robinson is hot.

Can I get an "amen"? Someone? Anyone? Wilbur fangirls?

*sigh* I guess I'm doomed to be a dweeb for eternity.

That's all that need be said.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Fresno-land for the weekend. Unless I find something else really awesome to say before I leave, I'll see y'all Monday. Except for those on my flist that are in Fresno. I'll see you sometime this weekend. :-)

P.S. I tripped on my way up the stairs to my apartment and they're made of this stupid mix of cement and rocks and it hurt. Ow.

P.P.S. I guess that wasn't all that need be said.

I am now the owner of a couch, a television, and a TV cabinet.

*feels so grown-up*

Argh. I need to get involved in a good RPG again to take my mind off things. One I can play for a day or two and then go on a two or three week hiatus without messing things up. A non-committal RPG, if one exists. I might even be willing to pay money for one.

Can anyone rec anything? Preferrably something in the sci-fi (Star Wars) or fantasy (Harry Potter or LotR) realms.

Your results:
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Hey, people. I'm back. I took my mom to a Christmas party at Disneyland for Cast Members. It was closed to the public so we walked on every ride and it was really quiet. So nice!

Anyway, very sleepy and still have to do stuff and I work tomorrow morning. Er, later this morning. Urgh. 'Night.

*cocks hip* I'm that smokin'.

So... it was 80 degrees today in Fullerton. 80 degrees and sunny. In November. I'm wearing a t-shirt and the fan is on and the windows are open and I'm still a little warm. In November.

Fresno was 68 degrees and cloudy, lol. Fresno's completely surrounded by mountains while LA is open to whatever weather the ocean breeze brings so it's supposed to be warm right now but poor Fresno isn't getting any of it.

80 degrees is actually really nice weather. It's just that being up on the third story of an apartment complex makes it feel a little warmer than it actually is.

Oh, hi! I have internet. The cable guy just came and installed it. Yay! However he could only hook up my computer right now. We'll have to get a router and ethernet cables or just a wireless router to hook up Corinne and Laci's computers.

Kay, time to go catch up.

Hey, people. Just a quickie. tolerin and I went to see Tempest tonight at a local pub. They were freaking awesome as usual. They were all in Halloween costumes. Lief was the Wicked Witch of the West, Michael was a clown, Ronan was... in orange coveralls and this funky silver hat... thing. Adolfo was in a suit. Not sure what he was supposed to be, either. Ariane had the best costume of all. She was dressed as Michael! She had his utilikilt and a Tempest shirt and fake eyebrows and beard and his sunglasses, it was great.

Tomorrow I'm leaving for San Francisco right after church. Damon and I are going to try to get into a Regina Spektor concert but it's not looking too good. Tickets sold out a while ago and they're now at least $100 each. So we'll have to find something else to do which won't be too difficult. ;-) VERY much looking forward to it, hehe.

I get to drive my mom's SUV because I'm going to be picking up a TV my dad won on eBay in Menlo Park. Quite convenient that I just happened to be going up in that area right after my dad won the auction. ^_^ Yay, new TV!

I'll also be spending Halloween with willdirect4food and I imagine sharpiemyshoe, too. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS! Damon might come down with me to Santa Cruz, but he has to work so we'll see. Either way, Santa Cruz is a party town so we'll have fun.

Anyhoo. Gotta pack a few more things and then I'm going to bed. Nighty night. I'll be back on Wednesday.

PS, tolerin, they never played Captain Morrigan. :-( However, they did play The Farmer And The Crow which is one of my favorites and I now have it stuck in my head. ^_^

Wheeee! Good morning, flist!

Wait... *checks clock*

Yup, it's still morning.

I guess I slept well.

I'm feeling good despite some things lately that have been threatening to bring me down. Looking for an apartment is stressful. That's not everything, though. I'm also worried about my dad not getting his transfer. Ah well. I'll have a place to live no matter what happens. I don't know why I'm worrying.

WooooOOOOoooooOOO! It's Friday the 13th of October. WOOOOOOOoooooo!

This pointless entry was brought to you by the letters Q, X, and Z, because they're often left out and Ohana means Family.

Have I ever mentioned before that Hilary Duff's "acting" makes my brain bleed?

I just watched "Cheaper By The Dozen" and it was cute. Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt were, of course, perfect as they usually are. The kids were cute and, like I said before, Hilary was the exception to the majority of the kids being good actors. Like, it hurt to watch her. It's a shame she makes me never want to watch this movie again because the rest of it was very cute. I guess I could just close my eyes, plug my ears and go "lalalalalalala" every time she's onscreen. Luckily her part wasn't that big. Oh, and the kid who played Beans on "Even Stevens" was in it. He's from my town so he hangs out here a lot and I've met him a few times. My sisters have like, five of his autographs, lol. I think he has talent but he isn't the greatest looking. Ah well, usually the best comedy and charactor actors are the ones with faces only a mother could love.

Anyway, I hate to totally rag on one particular person. And it's wrong to judge, I know it is. Hilary's very cute and I think she should pursue modeling, but her "Talent Well" as far as acting goes is totally dry. I mean, usually even the bad actors have a drop or a whisp talent but... yeah. *shudders*

Anyway, things are going well. It's been a bit quiet around here lately. I've found an apartment in Anaheim, right on Ball Road, just a few miles from Disneyland. It's a 650 sq. ft. studio that allows cats! Yay! I also know that it has air conditioning and ... that's about it. The ad wasn't very descriptive. I'm going to visit the place when I go back down for my meeting on Thursday. It should go between a half hour to an hour. So, I'll drive four hours for a one-hour-at-the-most meeting, look at the apartments (note to self: write a list of questions to ask), then drive four hours home. Another note to self: avoid rush hour. Find something to do for a while if you have to.

Hopefully this will be the last or second to the last time I drive down there and back before I move in. The other possibility is my first training session. It's separate from the Entertainment Host training days; probably watching some movies on sexual harassment and how to work around kids and that kind of stuff. The thing is that I don't know when it's going to be. I was told it would be scheduled at my meeting. I'd like to move in somewhere between November 1-5. We'll see about moving in before that first training session.

Another factor is my dad. If he gets this other job he'll be living with me a couple nights per week, if that. BUT, he'll be paying half the rent. What a deal, huh? We'll have to get a futon for him or something. He said he'd sleep on the floor if he has to, as long as he doesn't have to sleep in that RV anymore, lol. So we have to wait until we know he has the job before signing onto an apartment.

Oh, and I had my name put on the waiting list at the boarding stable near Disneyland. They said there are some box stalls being emptied soon but I told them I just can't afford those, and to only put my name down for the pipe stalls. I'll probably be waiting a while for those. In the meantime I'll be boarding Brego at the Prado Equestrian Center in Chino. A bit of a drive but it's the cheapest stable I found and still a pretty nice place. Maybe if I advance in my job soon enough I'll be able to afford a box stall before any of the pipe stalls are available, lol.

Anyway, it's late and my eyelids are drooping so... nighty night!

PS, Brego's learned how to open the gate to the pasture. Oh joy. Well, I guess I can use all this spare time to figure out how to keep him from opening it. Mom woke me up at 5am this morning, telling me that Brego was in the yard eating the hay. When I went out there it was dark-ish and Brego was very reluctant to go back in the pasture. There was only a small mouth-full-sized dent in the hay so he hadn't been at it that long. But he got out again this evening right before I fed him. I hope I latched it securely enough that he can't get it open during the night. That little brat. He's just too smart for his own good. Oh, look at my blabbering, I've gone and made this PS a lot longer than it should have been. 'Night!