Things I overheard while talking to myself

Well that was a nice surprise. I get back from my church rafting trip with a notice that my account has been upgraded to a permanent one (courtesy of my mom ♥) and of course the first thing I did was upload more icons. Yeah, I've got my priorities straight, but I'm glad I get to use this Hokuto icon. She just doesn't get enough love. ^_^

Rafting was fun, though I think I'm fairly dehydrated since I'm having trouble concentrating and have my head up in the clouds right now. *sips ginger ale* Paddling takes a lot more energy than it looks like. Our guide was pretty nice, and I probably got sunburned despite using sunscreen (that just always seems to happen) and my knees are bruised from falling out of the boat at one point, but I'm content. Tomorrow I know that I'll be feeling the tumble I took, but I don't really care right now.

Next week will be fairly quiet, but considering that we'll be going away the week after next it should work out. My mom's going off on a trip with our minister, so my dad and I will fend for ourselves for a while. I've actually been wanting to try some Japanese recipes, so this might just work out. *cackles evilly* Just need to find some place that sells dashi...

I also need to call my music teacher once I can coherantly string a sentence together (I put this down partially so I would,l remember) and apologize for accidentally standing him up by forgetting that we had a make up lesson today and wasn't able to go there due to the rafting trip. I hate doing that to people, so I might buy him a fruit basket for putting him through that. There was just too much to deal with and it slipped my mind. *sigh* I hate doing that to people since I hold them to such a high standard, so I know how it feels to have someone mess up. Maybe I'll make him some miso soup...

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This was sent to me by my dad. It's a redub of the "Barney's Christmas" video the White House puts out every year about Bush's Scottish Terrier Barney that's incredibly lame. This is a big improvement, with Barney as a foul-mouthed Scottsman and the "fookin' cat" who must be our Jesse-cat's twin. As the people on the site put it:

"This is just about the most immature thing we've ever seen. Which must be why we've watched it about a dozen times now."

athenaltena's Halloween party:

aersi dressed as the Governor of Maine.
aghostchild dressed as Jimmie Carter.
apoorvajuneja gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as a vampire.
aureantes dressed as the equator.
bulmafox dressed as a safety for the Jets.
hyujin dressed as Nicole Kidman.
iamasalmonscarf dressed as a Level 10 wizard.
kawakiisakazuki dressed as Jerry Bruckheimer.
kurofushicho dressed as a delivery.
le_section_8 dressed as a new superhero: Thunder -wave.
lessxthanxthree dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Hound of Newark.
medectophobe dressed as the Legal Power Ranger.
novademon dressed as Tipper Gore.
panther3751 dressed as a cigarette, though it looked more like John F. Kennedy.
psalm91 dressed as Herbert Hoover.
twitterpainted dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.

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What five items owned by characters in your fandom(s) would you most like to own?

1. The Swordfish from Cowboy Bebop, since that would be fun as hell
2. One of Kenshin's sakabato
3. The Harkonnen cannon :D
4. The Noir pocketwatch (before it gets broken)
5. Mai's Techigai (and Kagutsuchi as well, assuming he didn't cause a big fire)

I had a praying mantis land on my head today. And I didn't scream. I felt something up there and gently flicked it off, and there was this green thing. I know a lot of people are scared of them but I think they're really cool. They have a certain asian element to them, so it seems. Anyway, I picked this thing up and put it in the grass rather than have it trek across the pavement in the blazing sun (reminded me of Lawrence of Arabia, insect style) and it didn't seem too freaked out.

And a few hours ago we had this visitor on the side of the pool:

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A beautiful red tailed hawk. It let me hold still long enough to take a picture of it before Jesse scared it off. Didn't mind me apparently.

And day off tomorrow! Good, since I need sleep. Badly.

1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Basically it's my alter ego. I love the expression, besideswhich.
2. What's your current relationship status?
I'm single, but looking. ;)
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
I think I had one in Russia when I passed out in the museum, but that's (thankfully) the only one.
4. Name an obvious quality you have.
I know lots and lots of random stuff.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
"Clear the Area" by Imogen Heap
6. Any celeb you would marry?
None I can think of.
7. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
Nope. I like to think I look a bit like Catherine Zeta Jones, though. ;)
8. Do you wear a watch?
No, but I probably should. I don't have a very good internal sense of time.
9. Do you have anything pierced?
Both ears, but I rarely wear earrings these days.
10. Do you have any tattoos?
Nope.
11. Do you like pain?
In the sense that one can "like" going to the doctor. IE no.
12. Do you like to shop?
Depends on the store, weather, and how much money I actually have. So not usually.
13. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
A bottle of grape juice.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
Zip. Don't have one.
15. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Mom
16. What is on your desktop background?
Tachikomas. :D
17. What is the background on your cell phone?
A rainbow flag that reads "Pride"
18. Do you like redheads?
... Yes.
19. Do you know any twins?
I know several sets of twins, three I can think of off the top of my head. Two fraternal pairs of boys and one pair of identicals. And my English teacher was a twin and has had a set of twin boys herself. I'm surrounded!
20. Do you have any weird relatives?
... Yes.
21. What was the last movie you watched?
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
22. What was the last book you read?
"Across the Wall" by Garth Nix

If I were a natural phenomenon, I would be... Rain
If I were a metal, I would be... Silver
If I were an animal, I would be... A Hawk
If I were a color, I would be... Deep Sky Blue
If I were a mythological being, I would be... A Pheonix
If I were a famous human being, I would be... Gandhi
If I were a human activity, I would be... Sleeping :D
If I were a work of art, I would be... Starry Night by van Gogh
If I were a weapon, I would be... A Katana (I think that one was obvious)
If I were an object, I would be... A window

I wanna go next year for the entire weekend! It was very fun, I blew absolutely all of my money, but it was fun! I only managed to find a few other Hellsing people, but the atmosphere was great and it was overall just a great, fun filled Saturday. I could go on, but I'll go straight to the few pictures I took, as well as some rather-crappy quality video I took with the digital camera.

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