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Had submitted a few photos to my gallery from the event. I got Decyfer Down, Hawk Nelson, and Skillet. Would've gotten pictures of the opening act, The Letter Black, but the camera was having a brief difficulty so I had to wait till they were done to fix it.

Got a shirt and a poster. One very happy person right now.

A couple of weeks back, my bro picked up God of War and God of War II. Being bored last night and not wanting to play the Sims, I decided to try out the first game. Found if to be very addictive and I got pretty far after just two hours.

I am now further than my brother and that it very rare. He's surprised and now is trying to get to where I am now that I told him what to do where he was stuck at.

Mom's picked up Twilight mostly of curiousity about the series and because there was nothing good to read when she went to the doctor last week. Last I heard, she was a few pages in the first chapter. Don't know if she's picked it up again. Told her that I might try again with it. Current record is two chapters down before I couldn't stand anymore.

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My reason being that I've been emotionally exhausted the past three weeks.
I'm not going to go into much more detail since I'm putting it all behind me after this weekend.


Anyway. Happier news!

Going to a Skillet concert Thursday night. My brother gets to go so I know I'll be incredibly impatient that day in my one class.

Planning on watching Up today now that dvd is out.

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Not that much has happened since then.

Except pretty much being in college, getting and quitting a job, and... yeah, there ya go.

I haz a scanner but we'll see if anything really gets put on here. Might be stuff that's an inside joke or, I dunno, we'll see.

We'll see.

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Yep. Still alive. :3

Just....

Really, really.... busy.

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I'm... uh, well I won't beat around the bush. I'll just get to the point and explain everything. Names won't be mentioned to protect the innocent.



So, I get home after getting off work early and had a phone converstaion with a friend I hung out with this morning. After the call, we texted for a bit when they asked a question I am not familiar with.

Bascially, they asked if we could/would ever 'become more than friends'. This person wanted a straight foward answer since it had been bothering them for a while.

As I pondered over me answer, I realized that there had been subtle hints that this person cared for me more than a friend would and that they could be almost be classified as my 'significant other'. I mean, for example, this friend suddenly kissed me on the cheek before leaving and I reacted nervously since that had never happened to me with someone that wasn't a family member.

Our texts then had taken an emotional turn and I answered to the best of my ability that I cared for them with all my heart but I just wasn't ready to take a step further than our close friendship.



In a way, though, I am actually uncertain although I'm happy we reached a point in our conversation to be satisfied with each other's comments and let the topic go.

I've never had anyone ask that before and I am unsure if I can really be someone that important in anyone's life. I don't find anything attractive about myself and believe to be a loner to the end of my days. I don't see how anyone could actually, uh, ya know, feel about me in an intimate manner.

I don't know. This person is making it clear that a relationship between the two of us if very welcome but I don't know if I should accept it. I don't want to hurt our friendship by both of us being together as a couple. There are other people out there and I don't think I'm the one my friend might want.







Someone help.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/20452670/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/20452670/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:15:30 PDT
The only thing I'm concerned about is having to work Saturday night when he's storming here.



Right now, my friend is trying any way she can to get me to pick her up after school. XD
Her dad is supposed to be picking her up and she's checking if it's okay with him.

Me?

That high school traffic in the afternoon is PURE HELL. But I might brave it this once.

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but she feels that it is unimportant to bore with such details.









Instead, she will now go play Metal Gear Solid.











SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Why, hello there!

How is life treating you? Is the family doing well? How about the kids? Did Johnny get that raise he bragged about for fifteen weeks straight or did he fib and earn three months on the couch?

That's good.

Oh. Me?

I'm doing just FANTASTIC.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19808443/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19808443/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:24:23 PDT

So, the family's at the funeral for Grandma now.

I gotta water the plants in the next hour or so before I get cleaned up and dressed for work.

There's supposed to be a package coming for Mom but, with any luck, it'll either show up when I'm gone or when they get back.




Yep, nothing's going on.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19481602/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19481602/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:46:17 PDT
- I might have actually landed a job

- Actually have my own cell phone now (named Jeff)

- .... I forgot my third reason

- Fourth was nonexistant but I wanted an even number


We're going to start looking at ticket prices soon for airlines. There's an idea for how long but, if I do land the job, then I'll have to see what my schedule allows since I asked for weekend work.


Tyler got a new Pokemon game today. I died a little inside.

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I could care less that it is only subtitled. The translation was well done and satisfying. A lot of it I could remember from the fansub days and some lines I remembered from watching the sneak peaks at the dub.

Though it was surprising that there was no trailer for the dub in the Extras. There was Lucky Star and Code Geass (other two I can't remember right now) but no preview for what's to come? That was kind of disappointing but the awesome menus and Nikopol used for the main menu overcame that.







...... I need to get a job..... and sleep.....

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19028800/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/19028800/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:34:42 PDT
This is a journal about nothing.

Because that's what's happening.

Mmmmm, yes.

I am quite bored and trying to figure out my scanner....

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I was told that our old computer couldn't install or use it so I was giving the CD and did a test run on my laptop.

Well, it works and that saved me money.

Now I got a program that doesn't confuse me so badly that a nuclear exlposion could be my own brain expiring.

--

One of my aunts had sent a package last week that was supposed to come in on the day of Graduation... but it never showed up. After a couple of calls that had Mom ranting at the nearest person (a.k.a. me), we found out this morning that it had actually made it to Longview when we thought it was in Tyler.

Some smart had our address wrong and it was apparently difficult to find my last name in the yellowbook although WE'RE THE ONLY FAMILY WITH THIS LAST NAME IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

So, we rode over, picked it up, and got it home.

There was a backpack for my laptop, hair products (from my new uncle who is a hair stylist), and newspapers from Lake City featuring CHS's Graduation article and Class of 2008.

Talk about a trip down Memory Lane with a right turn at "Holy Crap! Look At That Person!" Avenue.

There was bubblewrap that won't make it to tonight.

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Problem is that one of those two can never seem to make it over here. I ask when it seems convinient for both of us but then her family suddenly decides to have a trip together after I ask.

I haven't told her that it bothers me but it really does piss me off when it seems like I can't have some weekend time with a friend. I don't want to spend Saturday nights mainly because I don't go to church and I do not want to have to borrow clothes for the occassion.

(I miss late Saturday nights and lazy Sunday mornings with friends)

--

We're finally getting a scanner!! -dances-

The condition is to get rid of all the ink in the current crap printer. Better done than said. >:3


... I need to go eat taquitos now....

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July 28th

Two episodes

Sci-Fi channel

Time to kick reason to the curb!

--

Alrighty..... I'm going to skip the school crap. It's nearly over anyway.



Though I have discovered that I am these stranges appendages that have been attatched to my body since brith that cry out in pain after unplanned physical exertion.

1) Damn my aging body. All I did was joust, box, have my body pulled back against my will, and crawl through an obstacle course that had me head over heels at the start. My arms and neck lectured like a bitch (wait, wha?).

It did not help that I was trying on clothes while claiming the title of cripple.

I'm talking about you, ya fucking sundress... with a damn zipper... that got stuck.... in a small dressing stall....

But you're still pretty. ^___^



2) I finally had the guts to take on DDR again and mangaed to talk my brother into it as well.

Damn. I didn't know that overweight boy with high blood pressure could pull off three games in a row. He did pretty well for never moving around so much.




--



Yesh. That included some profanity. Screw it. I'm gonna go play a defense attorney.

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Because nothing is happening.



All that's going on is the winding down of school and the preparations for graduation.



....... gosh, I need excitement. -flies away on a cloud for adventure-

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/18060365/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/18060365/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:41:35 PDT
Prom was last night and it was pretty fun. The only time in forever sicne I wore a dress so I was kind of uncomfortable for a time and was so glad when I put on pants again!

I luv my pants. So denim-y.... something like that.

Yeah.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17705158/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17705158/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:00:47 PDT
--

Melissa brought her little boy today!

He's almost a month old and looks just like his daddy (and is rather violent from what his mother tells me). His name's Santiago.

It was good to see she was still doing well although she readily adimitted that she needed time from him and could not wait at the first oppurtunity.

--

Yep, that's all I got. Sorry there are no extravagant adventures of irony and pure randomness. That'll be for another time.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17600533/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17600533/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:49:42 PDT
One moment, it can be a welcomed ally and provide deliciousness and any food items such as warm pancakes or toasty french toast.

But then it can turn on you.

The next thing you now, syrup is EVERYWHERE. Your hair, clothes, skin, hat, purse, table, important documents, the self-destruct button, and the floor. Then, when you think it's all gone, you find syrup in a place you didn't know until you idly touch and retreat in disgust at the unexpected stickiness.

So, in conclusion, syrup is very useful but preys on even its user.



This moment brought to you by: REALITY

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17559470/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17559470/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:17:18 PDT
Tomorrow, I need to go to town to find items for a shield project. I don't normally do projects this early after receiving news of them but it's better than rushing next weekend. Procrastination can only work sometimes.

This being my third time, I'm going to have to break it to my teacher/coach that I won't be able to make it at all to the UIL Accounting test. The first time being that I as too sick to make it and the second was the THEA was a better priority. My reason this time resulted from a phone call I got not even ten minutes ago.

After worrying about it all week and getting ready to hang up hope and hunt another job down, I got accepted for a second interview! This would be the other store manager I was informed about and I think he said he was at another store of the same company. I'll just have to make enough time to go to both stores to find out.

My gosh, I was so excited I danced, leaped, and squealed.

To another topic, my friends finally convinced me to go to the prom. They haven't, however, managed to convince me enough to ask out my guy friend to go as just buddies. As simple as it sounds, there comes the problem that I never asked a guy to anything - ever. I really do like him and we agreed that we're just friends yet I feel a little uncomfortable asking that.

Oh well, we'll see.

Monday, I have a dire doctor's appointment. No, there's nothing really wrong with me it's just an allergy problem I've been having very rarely that confuses the hell out of me.

Wednesday, the Texas Scholars get to go to a Career Expo so I have to find someting nice. At least we get rewarded by leaving school at noon.

Yeah, that's about it. Butterflies in my stomach, fluttering helplessly in the midst of panic.

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Hm? What job? Not telling. 'tis a secret.

--

Washed as much of the old white truck as we could. I haven't scrubbed in so long, my arms will be so sore in the morning.

At that time, the neighbor's dog started barking at something in the bushes. A young male armadillo soon emerged from a pile of leaves and was looking all around to find a safe escape route.

Tyler shot him in the head twice and then in the chest.

He's so proud of himself.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17245105/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17245105/ Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:40:56 PST
-dances-

.... I just feel so giddy after she told me. I should have asked what hospital she was at but that never came up and she had other people to call.

Trying to get ahold of another friend but no one's there.

The baby was taken out by c-section after 4 hours of labor, came out as a healthy boy, and was 8 pounds 7 ounces.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17135059/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/17135059/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:28:25 PST
--

On a lighter note, I think my recent dreams are trying to tell me something meaningful and provide a bit of foreseen events.... or I need to stop drinking tea and playing Nintendogs before going to sleep.

Dream One highlights - My last grandmother will die and I will find out the next morning when a distressed mothers briefly tells me to eat breakfast and then pack my bags before the next hour. The interesting thing about this is that it was a school morning from the feel of it.

Dream Two highlights - Two friends appeared in this one. Strange thing is that I was talking to one and then the other answered as if I were talking to her the entire time. The first mentioned friend was later found, locked in a car, at 9 in the night. I actually don't think there was any reason to them appearing besides the fact that I am very close to them in terms of friendship.

Dream Three highlights - This one actually didn't involve real people. I was stuck somewhere that vaguely resembled an deserty area.... almost like a scene from The Mummy or a darker version of the marketplace from Aladdin. There was randombattle!Basch and randombattle!Gabranth from Final Fantasy XII and some weird drama when the one of them died when defeated, dispersing in the wind as if they were an illusion. I even went 'WTF?' when I woke.

--

Damn nose, allergies and weather. They clearly do not mix.

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Nothing's happening....



Why are you still reading? Seriously, I got nothing. Take this Internetz food, I got nothing. -tosses computerized cupcake-



.... I'm probably gonna be dancing like a mindless fool now. Seems about the most appropriate thing...

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In other words, after a week of having a huge box in the hallway next to my door, my new desk was finally assembled and placed in the corner of my room.

I took a couple of pictures but I haven't really got to blend in with the room. So I won't be able to post them up until tomorrow after getting a suitable chair (using one from the dining room right now).



Besides that.... nothing else. I'll go rub my new desk now. X3

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16820353/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16820353/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:15:51 PST
Yep.

I came to the conclusion that most of the junk in my room has no spiritual/meaningful connection to me so it ends up in the trash. Or in the dusty old box that will soon to go other people.

But what really made me stop was that I finally dug into the dirty white chest that serves as my bedside table and found things I thought were long gone.

Inside this chest were evidence of memories.

..... I'm reading 1984 in class, by the way, so that last sentence makes me wonder how I did on the first section test....

Back on subject - what was in the chest that has been with me since I could remember. I used to collect calenders that I used so I had forgotten about that fact until I took some out. The earliest was 1998, a decade ago! Strange thing is that, even if it feels like forever, it really isn't that long. Actually, I don't know what that means but it is just how I feel about it.

There was also a couple of folders from me first 7th grade classes back at LCMS. What amuses me though is that both of these folders came from two classes I shared with an ex-friend. Science and World Geography.

The interesting thing is, I remember more about seventh grade in Florida than I do in Texas. Not sure why but maybe because there were better memories made in the beginning of my seventh school year.

Bah. I sound old.

Going to eat spaghetti now.

--

"The song that travellers sing, but I know not of,
is beginning to sound nostaglic
just by being with you."
- Tabi no Tochuu, Spice and Wolf OP

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16602176/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16602176/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:27:54 PST
Exactly.


So, getting on to a topic.

My friend's baby shower was today and I was the only non-parent (besides her sister) that went along. We decided later to go to the movies and see Meet the Spartans.

Wasn't that bad but it's one of those 'I've seen it, that's enough.' The beginning was the best part of the movie.

I had a dream the other night. For some reason, I met Cesar Millan from the Dog Whisperer and was freaking out.

That's all I can remember.

It's gonna be a busy week. I got Art Club tomorrow, a national honor thing Tuesday night, tests in Medical Terminology and Government (though we don't do crap in there), going to Kilgore as a special art class trip on Friday, and got dragged into UIL Accouting again on Saturday.

Also gotta get a friend a gift for her Valentine's Day birthday... and make a card. I have no idea what to put on there. But she'll probably want a Naruto reference. Maybe even the "AVENGER!!" reference we've been giggling over for a few weeks.

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Alrighty, not only does irony enjoy using my face as a punching bag but so do story ideas.

I doodle three faces and then - BAM! A right hook in the obsession ball. (did that make sense? hope it does 'cause I'm not rewriting it..) So, these faces are part of a strange comic that is pretty much a fan-continuation of a series.

Why? Because nothing says boredom like staring at papers you couldn't give a heave about. Well, except for the English ones, that's a very important piece of tree there.



I'm watching an anime called Spice and Wolf. The art is gorgeous and I love the opening song. It is also further proof that I chase after any titile that has a canine reference in the name/animation.

The new Newtype had Gurren Lagann posters. I kidnapped it (after paying) and now cerish that issue with my life.

Ty got a Nintendogs game (since he is the biggest copycat I have ever seen) and I was expecting to see a german shepherd or dalmatian when we entered Bark Mode. He bought a yorkshire terrier and named her Tiffany. Mom won't let it go so easily.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16387425/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16387425/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:00:38 PST
Yesterday I went to Pine Tree HS to participate in UIL Accounting. I hauled ass as soon as it was over so I won't know my rank until Monday. Although, I kinda didn't care since I hadn't wanted it to do it in the first place but my accounting teacher just talked me into it about two weeks ago.

If I did well then I can be allowed to go to the Round Rock tournament but the problem with that is a friend of mine has her baby shower the day we get back. That explains why I didn't really want to do this.

Besides that, I need to scrounge up some art since Mrs. Davis really wants me to enter an art competition. I decided to toss the plan with getting my aunt to send me the Girl Tribute picture and make up a new one.

This one would be of Bevis and get his funeral pic out of the way so I wouldn't have to spend a month after his death working on it.

.... wow, what a happy description that would be. "This will be my aunt's other cat tribute artwork when he finally kicks the bucket out of depression!"

Right now I should be cutting out Harry Potter magazine pictures, making medical terminology flashcards, and wasting the whole time on FFXII trying to kill BIG ASS DRAGON.... but I am expecting a friend so I will put all of that on hold.

--

Edit.... 2 days later... : Okay, so my friend couldn't come 'cause she was suffering from suffer pain early that morning and thought she was going into labor.

She wasn't and now is ordered bedrest until the baby comes out in March... or February.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16243670/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16243670/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:59:51 PST
Boredom struck a bulls-eye and several ideas danced around like sugarplums in my head.

I never ate sugarplums before. They be tasty?

Anywho, after getting an hour of DVD footage, I was able to quickly make seven short Higurashi parodies. All of which are under a minute.

After much arguing with myself while walking my Nintendog, Rika, I decided to upload my most favorite.



-Today-

Spent majority of the day in Tyler. You know, using gift cards and realizing that there's so much more there than there is here.

Finally found an issue of Purple Sky magazine! *hugs* It's the second magazine I ever pay attention to.

FYE had the last two Peacemaker Kurogane DVDs I need to complete the series. Alas, I had to walk out with one. But I am going back for the other. In the future. Sometime then.

Got a FFXII: RW strategy guide for the fun of it. Also because Best Buy really didn't have anything else that would make me dance in the aisle.



-Now-

I'm hungry. Maybe this means I should go eat the food from lunch.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16138594/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/16138594/ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:45:40 PST


Christmas. It's over when my cinnamon sticks ran out. It was good. And so was the cake. Yum.

I got a DS and I named it Gurren.

We dared to go into town today and it was a bad choice when it reached noon. I didn't even dare driving when we left Target.



So I've been playing games on and off. Sims Pets, Nintendogs, and FFXII: Revenant Wings. And playing with my new art tools (mainly the prismacolor markers)



No, I feel better knowing I have no life.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15932969/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15932969/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:36:30 PST
We decided to blame the person we spoke to when we set up the appointment since she failed to tell us that the staff haul their asses out of there once the students are out of their classes.

So, we decided to wait 'till I have a day off from school (which the chances are slim when you think of who is in charge of the school and his strange assumptions that we'll never come back once tasting fresh air).

It still sucks that I only wasted a couple of hours when it should have taken half of the day at least.

----

BELIEVE IN ME, WHO BELIEVES IN YOU!

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15868255/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15868255/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:19:44 PST
Oh well, bet that stuff wasn't as important anyway.

Besides that, I figured out that my choice place after college will allow for me only to take the THEA so I got signed up for Feb. next year.

Dragon Quest VIII has been taking a lot of my time recently and I would spend some of that time with a friend of mine but her mom is a nutcase and I think it's best to not push the issue of me coming over.

The supper at Olive Garden with the Art Club was.... entertaning. But we're all crazy people so it is all good. Got to actually spend some time with a friend I've been only seeing glances off (and majority of those glances were with her attached to her boyfriend like a siamese twin at the hip). Don't wanna sound bitter about her, since I'm glad she's a lot happier this time with a guy that won't trample over her feelings.

I'm also getting to the point that I can't stand to even look at Naruto now since that is all two of my friends seem to talk about sometimes. *is thankful for anime on the internet*

Also, why does it surpirse everyone here in Texas that I can be a nice, friendly, high moral person and NOT have to go to church? Did I miss something or am I not quite fitting their vision of a non-church goer? (man, I hate talking about religion....)

MOVING ON!!!! VROOOM!

I'm currently working on a soundtrack for a clay presentation my partner and me need to finish soon in Tech. I'm trying so hard not to let loose with the parody songs with naughty words since our animation is, indeed, one F!ed-up parody.

It involves a fangirl, Bad Luck, Edward Elric, an evil platypus, naked Roxas, and one manly six year old. ....

No, I'm serious. Those are the characters.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15663978/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15663978/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:52:06 PST
Then I hear more news about my grandmother at Wyoming/Montana. She's sleeping a lot more than usual and one of my aunts wrote that it is getting harder and harder to wake her back up. She's dropped to around 108 lbs. and I feel like I need to pack the suitcase now.

I know she is going to go in her sleep. I have been through this before and I don't want to wake up that one morning again and hear she passed away a few hours before.

So that possibility of me not showing up at all in school is much higher than before and I plan on creating holograms. .... once I'm better at science than I am now...



But enough of that! It is my sole duty as of now to divert you attention away from depression things this holiday season!

Dance with me and all shall be happy! *fails at happy dance but tries*

..... I'm gonna go watch Tenchi now...

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The main reason I said that was I got two people to read to the Gravitation manga and one of them is practially stalking me for more volumes. I barely made it inside the school building last Friday before she was instantly upon me asking for the next book.

The other can't pronounce the names well but I forgive her since she deeply amuses me.

I figured out that Mitarai will be in the Shonen Jump soon. Dear gosh, my sleeping fangirl inside is about to leap out. Hide; no one will be alive when she comes out.

We decided what we were doing for a Christmas Party in the Art Club. We will eat at the Olive Garden and then exhange gag gifts. Our shirts are gonna be so much more awesome than last years since this time we all get to draw on the picture instead of having somone draw it and a small amount of people not like it.

It's hard to type. I'm really cold and my house is freezing. I do want to wear my big ol' bathrobe everywhere. D:

A friend and me are making a small comic based off of Kanpai! and, so far, I am the only one doing things. I asked her to work on a cover page and the second page to the story and, barely over a week, I have finished the back page, first page, contents page, and two four panels.

I need a life. Want to lend me one for twenty-four hours?

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15246366/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15246366/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:33:33 PDT
The art museum had their Spooky Art Show earlier today. We went when it opened around 3 and my 'oooh artwork!' senses went into play.

Mom, Dad, and Tyler wouldn't have gone if I hadn't told her the possibility of my picture from class being there. Said artwork happened to beneath one of my friend's.

Second, Mom told me and my brother that we could paint the front of our pumpkins and, the next day, she would carve the back out. So, being the sad little nerd I am, I automatically use an anime reference.

I might put the pictures on here later.

I'm getting an kitty face carved on the back. Life is awesome.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15079784/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/15079784/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:26:05 PDT
So, here's a brief rundown: been watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, trying to get my grade up in Trig., witnessing a friend focus more on her new boyfriend (again), getting pictures for that Senior thingy I gotta find a dress for, having people go spaztic over a canine group drawing in my sketchbook, and realizing that my awesome Marshall courthouse and coke maching drawing has no reference picture in Art.

..... I don't think that's all correct but... meh.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14954834/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14954834/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:38:52 PDT
I might actually miss school next month for at least a week. This isn't due to some sort of illness or random trip acrossthe count- actually, yeah to the random trip across the country.

Last Friday, Mom was talking to me in the kitchen and, after lowering her voice so Dad wouldn't overhear her (then again, he doesn't hear us most of the time), she told me that Grandma Breen wasn't doing too well and the docters estimated that she would last only for a month.

She was inflicted with a type of Alzheimer's a year before Grandpa died so that means it's been about three years since we heard about that and two years since Grandpa passed away.

Not knowing when it started, we heard the news that she's lost a lot of weight and won't eat as much as she should. Because of that we don't even expect her to last a full month, horrible enough to say. We had already been through something like this. Grandma from Florida had lost weight and practically stopped eating as well before she died a couple of days after my fifteenth birthday.

So, we're basically getting ready for a funeral though it isn't exactly something we want to do. My brother's got a new shirt for the event and I need to pick something out 'cause once we hear she's passed away, we're leaving the next day.

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Earlier in the year, I recieved two booklets from an art college somewhere around New York and I wanted so bad to go since it sounded perfect.

Can't go. Money and all that stuff.

So, just when I thought I've gotten over going to such an awesome place.... I get another letter this afternoon.

This time the people that sent it were from New Jersey and they were asking if I would like to reserve a spot for a Creative Writing workshop. So I spazzed out since it was something I really wanted to do.

The letter they sent was THE. BEST. LETTER. EVAR.

Turns out that the reservation ends on the 15th of this month and the event happens on Friday, October 26th. Now, I would love to be able to skip school for a good couple of weeks, fly to New Jersey, and spend my time writing things so incredible that they're not meant for human eyes..... but Mom's back on the perfect attendance thing. Can't go. (she won't even give them the baked goods! )

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14724154/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14724154/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:29:00 PDT
If you do it, however, and don't end up falling flat on your face since tripping over sandals is easy in a dazed state, congrats.

Yesterday was kinda tiring though. Dress for Success, a shoe that pretty much scrapped my heel the whole day, academic jacket form was due, and blah.... other things that make a person tired and pass out early in bed.



Edit (much much later): So, after a whole day of just running around town, I settled down a couple of hours ago with a copy of purple SKY from Hot Topic (mostly cause HM&C had an interview). Flipping through the pages, I started listing bands that I wanted to try listening to.

So that's what I'm doing right now. Almost at the end of the list. One of the D'espairsRay videos looked awfully familiar but I couldn't recall if I saw this when on vacation or when I was watching a friend's DVD.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14564643/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14564643/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:45:23 PDT


But a brief overlook would include: brand spanking new D.f.S* clothes coming this fall to a school near you, head colds are a bitch, Hot Topic sent me spazzing with a shirt of a fandom I am still supporting, the SAT book collegeboard recommended is FLIPPIN' HUGE, Higurashi has the best parodies known to mankind, I wish I had a popsicle, and..... bleh.

So, yeah, that's life right now.









* - Dress for Success

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14429395/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14429395/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:17:31 PDT
Got trig in the morning, art or library aide afterwards, then an accounting class and tech lab, and a criminal justice class. Not that much homework and a pep rally today.

.... I forgot when I'm supposed to go in for an art club meeting.... hopefully I can get a friend to remind me.

I find it strangely amusing to just walk in the school with my Gaara shirt and have people going "ZOMG!! DAT'S GAARA!! YOU WATCH NARUTO?!?"

Ehhh... I don't even know what I'm typing anymore....

All I know is that school started, classes are pretty much busy, I'm actually talking to people more than I did last year, being a senior kicks ass, "Fell" comes out after tommorrow (or so i've been told), and Higurashi's second season really has me at the edge of the seat now.

My body complains of exhaustion. D:



-----> Luv to all me friends! ^__^

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14322703/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14322703/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:01:22 PDT


Due to boredom after we sent Ty off with his friend (and happening to come across the same topic again) I managed to finish the German animated film, Felidae. It was different from many animated films, what with cats and a captivating murder mystery, and I enjoyed it. I ignored the warning about it not being for the fainthearted and managed to stomach a couple of scenes all for the sake of the story.

The English dubbing cast had their good parts as well as their bad. Won't go into details about the dub but it is better than most I have heard.

Also, with murder mysteries, I am very bad at continuely going 'oh shit, he did it!' and then a few minutes later with new evidence, 'No, wait, HE did it!!' Although I have to say that my third guess during the film actually was true.

Anyway, found out ten minutes ago that my brother left his old Pokemon Yellow game in his jeans and Mom got it out of the dryer. She asked for me to put it in my GameBoy to see if it still worked. What shocked me was that it did still work.

But at least it's clean now.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14184669/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14184669/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:01:25 PDT
Oh the excitement.

Last night, an sound came from outside that I had not heard in quite a long time. No, this was not the sound of my neighbor's random alarm that would go on for an hour or random screaming teens drinking and throwing toilet paper at a house.

It was the sound of coyotes.

Before some random rich dude moved in the field across from the house, we've had horses, mules, miniffulos, llamas, cows, and a baseball cage-thingy inhabit the field. I feared that the coyotes would be gone and I would miss hearing them howl and yip at around midnight or one in the morning.

Yet, I heard them and their glorious return last night. It made me a happy person.

Also, we made sea salt ice cream the other day and it was finished yesterday. No one will go near it but me though... but at least that's better than my brother begging me for the fried ice cream...

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14076333/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/14076333/ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:12:53 PDT
.... yep, I got nothing to talk about....

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13685616/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13685616/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:12:12 PDT Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (a.k.a. When They Cry). I kinda rushed through, but I think the sequel was called Higurashi no Naki Koro ni Kai.

I almost squeed out loud!! The animation was simply incredible!! After watching all three videos, I know I'll be searching for some kind of subbed version before it gets dubbed with its prequel.

'Course, I haven't watched all of Higurashi yet to know if I would want to watch the second series. We'll just have to see.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13646369/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13646369/ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:25:17 PDT
Now to find sometheing to do. Maybe I should look into this anime I found last night - Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto. (such a mouthful!) After seeing the opening last night, I've been really curious about it. And now that Death Note is finished being subbed and Devil May Cry subbing might be ceased due to ADV licensing it, gotta check this anime out.

.... so... that's bascially all. I just wanted to add something on to my journal was all. And I didn't feel like talking about Disney World right now.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13079770/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/13079770/ Thu, 24 May 2007 18:13:48 PDT
To make a long story short, my brother didn't go to practice because a couple of the coach's kids tease him and Mom got real pissed off. Their argument went on for a while in the Junior High parking lot, windows down, and his team not too far from us.

I was really glad I brought my mp3 player because I left the car once ( brother was whining and I knew Mom was gonna blow soon) but went back after a while when Mom called me.

The punishment? He got restriction from the computer and video games. He basically told her that he wanted to quit and he said it was her fault of putting him on restriction that he wanted to quit the team and baseball. Mom got even more pissed off and told him that she spent way too much money to get him in the sport and he was not going to quit with only three weeks left.

Me? I kept my mouth shut.

But I'm bascially wondering if this is a sign that the summer is going to be so tense that one little slip can mean pure hell. .... I need to get that sketchbook and start my assignments....

MAH KITTYS DUN!!1!!!!one!1!!1eleveoneoneone!!!11
(except for the background, I need a bigger brush)

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12914487/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12914487/ Thu, 10 May 2007 18:24:02 PDT
My brother's been sick and not really trying that hard to get any better. He eats and drinks and loafs on the couch and takes medicine but he doesn't eat/drink enough. If he can't get any better, I've been told that he'll go to the hospital so we'll know just what the hell is wrong with him.

I've been advertising one of my favorite manga titles, Kanpai!, without even knowing it. I've let a friend of mine read it and someone else wants to now and that makes me a very happy person.

More people read Kanpai! + Enough fans to plead for another volume from Murakami-sama = More Kanpai!

^__^ The best math EVAR! But seriously, this series has to be continued. The cliffhangers leaves WAY too much open. (nuuuuu, Shintarou daddy!!!)

But, to make the week much more better, I discovered a sequel so I definately have a reason to stalk bookstores until it's release.

[link]

I pretty much freaked out when I saw the cover. This was the reaction: "OHMYGOSHOMYGOSHOHHHMMMMYYGGOSSSHHH!!! FELL, FELL, FELL! WEEEEEE!!!" (now imagine that reaction in real life XD)

This book is going to be bought. I loved The Sight way too much to pass up a chance on reading about Fell after the book.

EDIT: BAM took three-four weeks just to tell me that I can't have the GDW book due to no stock. I understood that it was a Special Order and that they have probably hundreds of orders per day... but I'm still pissed at how long it took to tell me that.

Now I don't know if I should bother preordering Fell when I don't even know when it is to be released. Would bother to find out right now.... but it's Friday night and I'm lazy.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12765154/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12765154/ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:09:10 PDT
The only other time I heard about a cat I knew well being put down was a stray Siamese cat Cindy took named Max. He was blind in one and shortly after he stayed with us, we learned that he had cancer. Max was a sweet cat, too, so it broke my heart to hear that.

When I heard the news about Girl, I bawled like a baby. I couldn't help it. I've known this cat for majority of my life. A big orange tabby that would always meow her head off at you until you sat down and pet her. She would also get in your lap and lick the skin almost clean off your arm. Before Bevis ever warmed up to me, she was the only one of the two I could get close to and pet. I loved her like my own cat.

So it's going to be strange going to Cindy's house this summer and not seeing the duo. Because that was how it had always been - Bevis and Girl. Those two would always cuddle up together. One time when Cindy accidently stepped on Girl's tail, Bevis bit Cindy's leg in retaliation. Whenever Bevis would cower to Tasha, a white deaf cat that was once owned by my other aunt, Girl would always hiss at her and there were times those two girls almost started fights.

This morning, Mom came into my room and told me that Cindy decided to have Girl put down and cremated today. I'm guessing Cindy realized she couldn't hold on to Girl much longer and that this was best for her (she couldn't stay to see her put down). Mom said that Cindy wanted me to find an air-tight container. Cindy had written that, when her and Poppa came for a visit, that we were gonna bury the ashes in the backyard. 'Cause this was Girl's birthplace and her nickname was Texas Tumor. So that's what I'm doing today.

In a way, besides mourning a cat I've felt so close to, I feel relieved. It would be terrible for me to go to school Monday 'cause I would have Girl-Girl on my mind the whole time and we're doing a bunch of important things on Monday. Also, I know she's in a better place. Where Max is.

R.I.P. Girl/Ethal/Tumor

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12367669/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/12367669/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:24:13 PDT
Anyway.

I got the violent and sudden urge to look up pictures of rottweilers today.

O-o I didn't think anything of it until just a moment ago.

The only valid explanation I give is that they're for references (there's a headshot, a profile, and at least two frontal views). Then I recalled how I wanted a rottweiler when I wanted a dog really bad as a kid.

So, yeah, I have no clue why I decided to tell about this but whatever.

But this was just posted on this one since I haven't anything here in forever and just let some people know I'm live. Though no one ever reads these.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11778264/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11778264/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:40:01 PST
Not sure yet if I'll perish in the sunlight tomorrow. Does that happen to obsessive gamers that dare not move from the gaming system? Or is that 'fear of reality?'

Found out Saturday that YouTube dared to take off my first and only favorite Afro Samurai video. I know it's probably due to some copyright rules but it was my only favorite of the show. All the others I dared to listen to had some rap songs that hurt my ears. (I demand more loveable GDW videos too. I would do some but, being the airhead I can be sometimes, I deleted all of episodes and am too lazy to redownload all 25.)

Also saw a picture of someone cosplayed as a Death Note. It won my house and my giant mutant armadillo.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11450510/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11450510/ Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:53:41 PST
So we had rain over past the two days and finally some cold weather. Mom, at one point earlier today, pointed outside at the tree branches and commented on how the ice sickles seemed to hang off them.

Bored, yet inspired, I grabbed the camera from the living room, put on my jacket and shoes, and ran outside to take some pictures. (or the entire roll of film)

Mom thinks I should take a photographing class when I get older 'cause she likes the pictures I take. I'm figuring of taking her advice since I do like to take up the camera and take pictures. I just need to get something better than Kodak disposable camera. (especially since the pictures from the AFO convention looked really bad, even with the flash)

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11378458/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11378458/ Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:00:42 PST
School's has given me a busy schedule this semester and that not only makes me sad, but tired.

I did find time to make two pictures though:

[link]

(don't be offended GDW fans, I was just pissed at Weed for that little situation)

[link]

(who knows where this came from?)


Besides that, I need to write a paragraph for a college camp coming up.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11053814/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11053814/ Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:13:37 PST
Stop.

Rewind.

Play.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing when they said that (and neither could everybody else). But one of the girls showed us the telephone number and we were pretty much convinced after she told us the story of when Rachael Ray called.

The teacher squealed. She's pretty young, I know, but it is downright awesome to hear a teacher 'squee' in front of the class.

So we don't know when they're leaving, but we are all gonna be pretty sure to tape the episode they appear on.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11032226/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/11032226/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:32:00 PST
Well, we were talking and she then decided to open it. When she was almost done unwrapping it, she gave a winch and held up her finger. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she had cut her finger. On the flimsy cardboard. Which was holding the miniature first-aid kit in place.

To be honest, despite her bleeding 'injury', I couldn't help but laugh. This girl usually gets hurt around three or more times during the day so we never think of it as anything serious.

I'm so glad I got her that two dollar first-aid kit.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10790048/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10790048/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:38:54 PST
My brother amazes me in good and bad ways sometimes. We managed to rent the last copy of Dirge of Cerberus from Blockbuster yesterday and he defeated the game just last night. Granted, it was on easy mode when the game recommended him for hard but we were still shocked that he finished it already.

I told him afterwards to start a new game with a harder mode. He did and told me that he died in the first few minutes, too.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10638210/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10638210/ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:37:24 PST
But the good news of today was when my English teacher asked me if I was interested in participating in Ready Writing for UIL. She already sent an e-mail to the teacher in charge of the team and I promised her I would speak to that teacher.

Not only does this stoke the ego, which brightens any day, but it is the first event that I am actually interested in since I love to write. I tried Literary Criticism in my freshman year but a loss in the family got me off-track and I ended up dropping out.

We'll just have to see what happens.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10448421/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10448421/ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:14:58 PDT
Speaking of Art Club, I share in my friend's opinion that we had been the only ones attempting to make the bake sale a success. She was really upset about it today.

I've been playing Chain of Memories every night and morning before school. The battle systems still irks me but, besides that, seeing Org. members cheers me up each time. Too bad Marluxia doesn't sparkle each time he appears on screen. XD

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10296973/ http://Kuroi-Taka.deviantart.com/journal/10296973/ Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:47:42 PDT
I want to hug something. Now. There is a desperate need for a hug since I have a 5-day weekend coming up. There's exams tomorrow at school (exempt from them), the weekend of course, Monday's a student holiday, and (thankfully) I'm able to get out Tuesday because I passed two important tests.

*squees*

This is good since I gotta finish two neglected videos for YouTube.

]]> ~Kuroi-Taka