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I had the thought last night to redo some of my journal coding over on Livejournal last night this morning at 2am. Naturally, I was tired as all get out and just started a routine system scan before going to bed with the intent I would do something about it today.

So, I wake up this morning, fall in love again with my code and the work that went into mix-coding the first time... and promptly decide that maybe I'll do a quick rewrite of my profile code instead. So I browse around for a some inspiration. Then I start coding. A framework here, a few colour swatch fiddles there, and a dash of links.

And now, a little while later, I have a profile code that, stylistically, doesn't fit either my Dreamwidth or my Livejournal. (and has a persistent border line I can't seem to root out :T)
SO! I'm sticking it here since I do like it, but I don't have anywhere else to use it.

If anyone else likes it, feel free to source the code or PM me for it. ^^

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Bit late on getting my NaNo post up this year, but whatev' *twirls*

I still don't have a plot ready for when November rolls around! I've still got a week, but... a week. 6 days. It seems like such a tiny amount. Last year I had my plan in August. And the year before that I was itching to start writing by now. So not having a plot yet is a little... disconcerting.
I'm currently waffling around a few ideas for either

I'm leaning strongly to hive minds this year. :/ I blame my current WIP for having First Aid in it. Silly gestalts. Wanting into everything.
I kinda wanna bounce some more ideas off someone to try and get into a new novel mindset. I'm a bit gutter stuck in the TF short story area atm. And it's a rather deep gutter full of narrow-minded plunnies, song lyrics, and more prompts then I think I could write.

(( Fellow Wrimos: When the NaNo buddies system finally reintegrates itself back into the new servers, feel free to add me! I'm Naoi on there too! ))


In good news though, thanks to an unfortunate bit of wank that got me pissed the other night, I began writing a reactionary fiction piece that actually got me somewhat over the writer's block I'd been having for a few days! :D Just goes to show, when you think you can't write anything, just sit and stab something out onto paper, and magically words will begin to appear that you might like. Case in point:

The entire thing is about 500 words long, and miiight stretch to 2k if I keep rolling with it and all goes well. If not, eh, it served it's purpose, and the meta that inspired it is still there.


I've also gotten into a very stressful situation at work right now, and I'm planning on meeting with the store manager tomorrow to try and get the majority of it sorted out. Some of what's been happening these past few weeks is somewhat, or really, is, morally unethical. And it's a load of bull. Hopefully all turns out well. *crosses fingers*

5 days until the new school semester starts...
Just 5 days...

It seems so sudden when I look at it that way, but I've had weeks to prepare for this moment. Weeks to pay for classes, buy my overpriced college textbooks, and schedule car pools. Yet...despite all this, it seems so sudden and overwhelming for school to be starting again. In a way, I'm kinda tired of waiting for it and just want to get back into the swing of it all, but I also can't help but feel apprehension that I'm starting over in a new campus where I don't know any of the teachers, where their rooms are, or what the parking permits look like. (or really...where the campus is. This needs to be rectified immediately...)

Wish me luck please!

I went to pick up my pre-order of FFXIII today, and a most lucky thing happened. I had pre-ordered both the game and the special edition guide (#53,655! ♥). When the guy handed them over, he told me that I now had in my hands, the last special edition guide that had been delivered to the store. *dies* I am sooooo glad I picked it up when I did today instead of waiting until this afternoon.
As a side note, the hardcover special edition guide smells awesome! X3 The smell of that ffine paper, the glue from the binding, and the overall new bookieness of it. *melts* (yes, I did sit here and flip through the page with my nose stuffed in it XP)

Also, it has been pointed out to me that my plan for the Zombie Apocalypse is sadly lacking. So, I bring a re-vised addition to the table for commenting upon.  I will be wielding a large katana like sword to attack with slash damage, fire damage optional and likely out-of-control is attempted. Caits has claimed a metal baseball bat with which to inflict blunt damage with a chance of paralysis. Evie has been gifted with a bladed staff complete with bells and feathers he can use to poke the zombies attacking him. And maybe slash at them. Or beat them over the head. It depends really. Now, am I missing something? Oh...Thomas...he needs something. Sadly, computers can't hack zombie brains. XDD

I have come to the conclusion my parents will be difficult to live with for a much more extended period of time. So far, they have managed to insult both me and my closest friends in a period of, oh, like an hour. >< (some of this is exaggerated, sadly, most isn't)
Cait doesn't hang out with a large group of people her age, so she MUST be a pedophile who will make me drop out of college.
Evie is gay, so he MUST be having a hard time meeting new people; he'll obviously drop dead from the stress, and we all feel so SORRY for him.
There was more, but this is what really pissed me off. >XC Cait hangs out with us because we are her friends, and we're smarter than most people her age are (at least around here). Evie gay, sure, but that doesn't make him miserable all the time. Plus, just cause he's gay doesn't mean we should all feel sorry for him.
The only positive to come out of that conversation was that they accpeted the fact that I have a boyfriend. The bad part of that statement is that they want to meet him. I am now stuck cleaning the whole house, top to bottom. Including sanitizing every reachable surface. DX

I started playing Dissidia at the dentist's today while waiting for my appointment time. Through some strange twist of time, I wound up there two hours early... I seriously have no idea why I was that early.
Anyways though, I did the download thing so my game would load faster, and started playing while ignoring the little kid a few seats over who was arguing with his mom. I made it throught the tutorial thing pretty well and just stated on some quick battles rather than the storyline mode because I didn't know how long I would have. I am proud to say that I won over half of my battles. The sad part is that I still don't understand what I'm doing. o.O I basically mashed buttons, won by determination (how else would I win with a 96 bravery when my oppponent has over 1000!?), and then failed to block the EX mode attacks that hit me.
I did manage to figure out the triangle thingy though! (run up walls, etc) Other than that...I got nothing. XD

And I just lost the game. XP

So, I just finished two Lab Quizzes in BIO. I made two 100s! Yay! X3
So now I'm currently leeching internet from the school and waiting for 1 o'clock to roll around so I can head off to Nationals. I really should be working on my HIS midterm that's due tonight but.... I don't really wanna.
I'm a bit annoyed at that class right now because I made a 7/8 on my last paper for some reason. >< The teacher hasn't responded about the grade yet, but he said that my midterm sounded very well thought out so far when I asked him about the line "historical legacy" he wanted us to write about.

In other news, I went to Wal-Mart last night to pick up some more of my powdered drink mix for the trip, and I managed to find myself in an alise that was compromised of toilet paper and chocolate.... o.O
I have absolutely NO IDEA what those two items have in common, but ooookay Wal-Mart, if you say so.
And to top it all off, they didn't have my Strawberry-Kiwi mix. They had everything BUT. X# So, I had to get up earlier than normal this morning so I could head to the other Wal-Mart and buy my drink mixes at 5 o'clock in the morning. As cool as it is to watch the floor waxer guys bop along the ailse, I would have preferred to sleep in a little more.
AND GOSH DARN IT, I forgot my lunch this morning too on my way out. DX It suuuucked. ;~; I had to buy a lunchable just so I would have something cheap because my current monetary claim is $4. I also forgot my cream puffs as well. *sniff* Luckily, they were in the fridge when I left, so they won't dry out too fast. Maybe they'll still be good when I get back next week? Maybe?

Speaking of Nationals, I managed to get thrice as many points yesterday during practice than I normally do. ^^ I was extremely proud of myself for that. Especially since one of them was "xkcd". XD

Also, my Asian Philosphical Calendar Thingy... (shut-up) bas been giving me some awesome quotes lately. They've managed to spin off about a ka-gillion new ideas for HP plots. XD

♠ What is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? I mean really, does no one else see the TMR sloughed all over that line?
♠ Freedom is a state of mind-not freedom from something. Harry and his being manipulated by Dumbledore anyone?
♠ Amoung the most remarkable features characterizing Zen, we find these: spirituality, directness of expression, disregard of form or conventionalism, and frequently an almost wanton delight in going astray from respectability. Sirius Black! "an almost wanton delight in going astray" fits him perfectly. Hmmm, Cait needs to read this one, it might help her in NR.
♠ We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience. Idk on this one, it's just awesome!
♠ As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance. Totally epic quote that would serve as a great 'Harry learns the truth and comes back stronger than expected' story.

Hmm, I still have half an hour before we leave. Guess I better go get started on my HIS midterm so the team won't yell at me on the trip down. (I totally have a DC adaptor for my laptop though so I can work on it during the 5 hour+ trip)

As a parting gift, I leave you with a snippet of the rough copy of the beginning of Ghosts of the Past, a Naruto fanfic I've been steadily chipping away at in my free time.

( Ghosts of the Past Prologue Part I ♥ )

If anyone wants to read/see more, I'll explain more about it.
Till next week (or earlier if I slack off and sneak back over here ;P), I hope you enjoy the snippet! And wish me luck at Nationals if you care to please! ♥

So, I have decided that my scholar's bowl team is decidedly stupid despite being some of the smartest people in our area. (Not kidding, our team captian is nationally ranked, and I have yet to see him take home anything less than a 1st place trophy for individual scores o.O)
We were waiting for out sponser to get back to the bus this morning so we could head to the tournament, and due to our randomness of conversation, I learned that none of them knew what pansexual meant. I mean really. It's not that out there, not like demisexual or gray-a. They also missed a question on Canada Day. Although, that may just be my Candian-ness getting upset there... XD
We managed to come in second. It kinda sucked, but since it's generally a toss-up between us and this one other school, it's not that bad. We didn't lose to like a no-name school or anything. And it did come down to a tie-breaker.

We also have to have one of the most bi-polar teammates ever. She started getting upset that the others were buzzing in before her and so she just put her head down, and when she actually knew the answers on bonuses, she wouldn't tell. Like, hell, grrl. It's a TEAM sport, not an individual. Just cause they give trophys for individual performance doesn't mean you drag the whole team down with you. XE She also stomped out of the room when the donut box wouldn't open... We all just stayed away from her the rest of the time, we thought she might stab us or something.
Then, on the way home, she was fine. Bi-polar scary. (is it ironic that bi-polar was an answer to one of today's questions? XD)

I am also still of the opinion that the one guy on my team likes me. He called me/my actions cute at least 3 times today. He also cleared my car off of snow when we got back to the school to pick up our vehicles and go home. It was actually really sweet. ♥ I was over by my car using my hand/sweater to clear the mounds of snow off (thus freezing my hand in the process DX) and he pulls this towel out of the trunk of his car and comes over and wipes off my windows for me.
Then we all got into a snow fight while waiting for our cars to warm up. He rubbed a handful of snow in my hair, someone else threw a wad at his neck, then he retaliated and threw some around randomly and it somehow manages to get down my shirt. Everyone laughed. I haven't had a good snow fight in forever. XD
He also tried to teach me how to have a pillow fight last night since I've never had a pillow fight before. I didn't really understand it though, so one of the other guys jumped across the beds and started to fight him. It was entertaining to watch. XD They were hopping and rolling all around the room.

I have also discovered a new band that is pretty awesome. Alter Bridge. I totally recommend "Ties That Bind". It's such an imaginative song. Expecially for HP. ♥ ♥

Another great piece of recent news. ... I just finished my HIS papers. XD Yes, I left myself 3 hours to write 2 papers. But hey, I wasn't planning on getting snowed in, nor on the internet at the hotel we stayed at being so crappy. It kept cutting out every few minutes. DX Also, my laptop was the only one that could get signal for any great length of time. So, yay FRED, but srsly ppls. Get some good internet at your hotel.
And clean your coffee pot ocassionally. DX

I should probably be working on Duskborn now, but my fingers hurt like hell. Have you ever stuck your hand in an ant hill before? My hand kinda feels like that. DX Burning pain with little stinging bites all over, plus, I can't bend my fingers very far right now. I'm hoping some sleep will make it all better, cause my deadline for V&Vs is tomorrow, and although Cait has done the bulk, I don't want it to be crappy like my last thrown together chapter. -.-

*distraction*Okay, that was the coolest vest/jacket that I have ever seen. I don't know know what my housemate is watching, but this girl was wearing this red leather vest thing with brown sleeves, and when her gun ran out of bullets, she unzipped her sleeves upwards and pulled out a bow. X3 That was sooo cool. I want one of those.*/distraction*