Once The Dinner Bell Rings

Oh my god you guys Lynda Barry is the coolest person ever

She just spoke in our class and it was amazing like she was just talking about all these things she did as a kid and I was like this is exactly what happened to me how do you know how to put everything into words so perfect and then she had us do some writing exercises and it was just

just so cool you guys

so much nostalgia.

>> okay, I was resisting doing this one since technically my characters've had a grand total of one brief relationship, but...

Give me a pairing and I will write a love note from one to another. The pairing can be my character and yours, mine and someone else's, or anything that strikes your fancy as long as I know who they are.

Dear people who use the computers with scanners in the library:

It's not that damn hard to just scan your shit and move on. Seriously, guys, there are a limited number of scanners, and when only one of them is working you could try to be a little consciencious of the people who want to use them. I scan my pictures, upload them to tinypic so I can access them later, and then move to another computer if possible. I don't dick around watching manga and anime online.

Seriously, that specifically the only two things you scanner hoggers do. Stop it. When things are busy, or when there's only one scanner available, you don't need the computer for more than the span of actually scanning and uploading the bastards. Stop. Being. Dicks.

Signed,

Sarah

I wasn't gonna but I got tagged ;-; Curse you lynxgriffin

Who sleeps in bed next to you?: my pillow

What did you last eat?: milk chocolate chips

What kind of books do you read?: Modern Fantasy, mostly

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?: idk. I'm the lazy sort of person who's generally chill with where I am

What's really creepy?: THIS video.

Name one odd item within five feet of you.: Some sort of X-acto knife blade holder. I thought it would have blades in it when I bought it =|

What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?: Elite Beat Agents and One Piece, hangin' out in all their emotionally cracky glory.

What did you really want to do today that you didn't?: Had a couple drawing ideas that I haven't gotten around to.

What are you most excited for?: Going home in a couple weeks. I miss my family.

What websites do you always visit when you go online?: Mostly Livejournal, sprinkled with anime watching sites and the nuklearpower forums.

What was the last thing you bought?: Milk and cereal

If you could have any pet, what would it be?: Dogs are great man.

Your past life: ~I WAS A DRAGON, OBVIOUSLY~ ffff I dunno

What do you want right this minute, off the top of your head?: ...I wanna hug my dog.

Where is the place you like to return to in order to calm down/relax/etc.?: =\ I'm a pretty damn relaxed person most of the time. My room, I guess.

What's one thing that terrifies you that nobody else gets?: When I was younger, I was in a constant panic that the dog would run away. My family thought I was nuts, and my dad sometimes still mocks me for it.

What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?: Please get over yourself.

Are there any bits of childhood that you miss?: I liked the ability to not think about things, without the thought that not thinking about them made you lazy.

Say something to the person who tagged you.: Sup you. I dunno, um. You are cool. =D If I lived near LA I would totally pester you folk more.

ANON MEME

Oof, my days are so lazy. The class is really pretty chill on the homework front, which is pretty nice in comparison to a lot of other people I know. Most of my time is spent writing, either for the classwork or for NaNo, not to mention the couple of apps I've been working on for xi_rpg .

Mostly for class I've been getting a lot of inspiration from the various characters from games, stories, etc. and expanding on the ideas I have about them, without actually going into fandom mode so that pretty much anyone can read it and get what's going on. So far, it's been working pretty well. It has left me feeling pretty weird, though, because I haven't written anything entirely original for a long time now. Though, NaNo has now drained the ideas I had for working with Madotsuki, and still left me with well over thirty thousand words to go. I originally planned for a lot of stuff to happen, but now that I've gone through the scenes of her getting found I feel like it would be redundant to keep pushing things like that in detail, if I don't want to actually lay down plans of how she got so messed up. Therefore, until I get more ideas, her role in the story is done. So for now it's delved off into exploring how an OC of mine had to deal with the attack from the beginning, as an original Manhattanite. It's... almost like writing something original, I guess?

Still can't believe I'm going to try for Franky. He's a character completely out of my comfort zone, but at least I know that way I won't the the overlap with Spin that I was worried about with Usopp. If I really do end up applying for Morris, I'm pretty sure I'm going to wait at least a month, so I can get into the groove with this funky cyborg. Playing a character in authority would be totally weird, namely as his version of authority is getting everyone to learn cool dance moves. Coming up with lesson plans about carpentry when I know nothing of it myself might be a bit weird. BUT I WILL MAKE IT WORK, FOR I AM PLAYING A SUPER GUY! Yessssss.

How did I get a Franky muse

I play characters with totally crippling self-esteem issues. Characters who have mental blocks from sheer panic of messing up, from the rejection of others. Most even have mental issues stemming from it.

And now I have a muse who runs around in speedos because he feels like it

Whyyyyyyy

OH RIGHT I FORGOT TO SAY

NaNoWriMo, guys

I'm doing it

No really, I'm gonna. Gonna do it. For real.

._. If I tell enough people then maybe I won't put it off then give up, so.

Wish me luck, guys. The name's groovehoppin, if you want to friend me.

*crosses fingers*

Hoooo boy. Long day. Not a bad long day! Just a long day.

First and foremost, my costume is all but completed; I finished the shirt yesterday, and I finally made myself go out to Goodwill today to snag a pair of cheap pants. I was a bit worried about how I'm going to pull off the headphone goggles and the actual hoverboard; cardboard works, but it's not easy to make look good, especially on short notice. But I decided to look around the area of Goodwill, just in case; the shopping area around it is massive. Turns out Target is amazing and they have everything. Amongst other things, I bought a ten dollar skateboard. Ten dollar skateboard. I'm not sure what they did to it to make it so freakish cheap, and it kind of frightens me, but the point is I have a cheap but functional solution to what was once a worry.

There are a million tiny baby spiders in my windowsill area. Easily thirty of 'em, likely more. I do not want them there. I suspect one spider from early last month may have laid eggs somewhere, Roommate 1 worries that they're all sneaking in from outside and I need my window recaulked. I just don't want them crawling around my window D=

Speaking of roommates, we've finally gotten off our butts and spoken up to Roommate 2 when it feels needed. I think it's helped. Yaaaay!

First day of acting class, blah blah blah. I don't mind acting, but I'm really bad with improv. Guess what today was. Again, not bad, just long; one hour of acting class felt about as busy as three hours of drawing. Yeesh.

I've got to actually write my play now. I've been struggling with it all along, but I'll have to figure it out. Go Sarah Go!

But first I'm going to take a nap. Firing missiles afterwards is not guaranteed.

I love my family they send me things that I desire

Like macadamia nut chocolates

No seriously I have my tablet now and though I can't remember where at home the right discs are for downloading it to work at its full potential, it does work at part of its potential and now I can use my computer to DRAW THINGS 8D probably in paint because I'm still not sure about how to get a copy of Photoshop workin' on here and run on sentences are fun

Imagespam is really pissing me off in the anon meme, namely since for once it wasn't making me depressed. Damn trolls.

Totally overslept today, woke up approximately when class was starting. I'm really lucky the teachers gave up on the idea of policing the tardiness policy, I only showed up a half hour late, and it had been dedicated to talking in groups about work anyway.

I got Tanaka into a couple things in Paixao, but it still feels like I'm dragging there. I've been resisting the idea of dropping, but I'm getting fed up of feeling like my character isn't doing anything. I'll give it some time, though. I'm only three days into XI, but what little I've got is enjoyed. I need Team Music to happen like a germaphobe needs hand sanitizer.

That's it.