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Sunday, September 19th, 2004
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12:10 am - To finish.
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So titled with regards to the very first entry I wrote in this LiveJournal.
The one time I say ahead of time that I'm going to post, and I don't do it. Silly me.
Well, this is the end. The end of this journal. The end of my life as a high schooler.
This journal is what my life was then. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) eriph is what my life is now.
Yes, I am hereby closing this LiveJournal.
If you would like to keep in touch, would like to still know what I'm up to, then friend eriph. But I won't be offended if you don't. I don't mind.
My only request is that anyone who has friended me on this LJ to not de-friend me just because I'm no longer writing in here. I really want to keep this journal as a perfectly intact representation of how everything was at the time it happened. I know it's kind of silly, but it means something to me.
Please, everyone, keep in touch. I love you all.
Goodbye, and...
Until next.
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(Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Friday, September 17th, 2004
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3:01 pm - Posty posty posty.
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I've been posting a lot lately. I know why, though.
And there's at least one more coming today, for sure.
Got muh hair done. I almost had a heart attack because Alicia put dye on my copper hair and almost turned it brown. I would've cried if my hair was brown again. I need to remember to not let Alicia put dye on my natural hair anymore.
Anyhow, it's really short. Because everyone (and by "everyone" I mean "Brady, mom, and my brother") hated the a-line cut, so I got it all one length again. And it's really short. Sigh. I don't like having short hair. It makes my face look really round and makes me look chubby. And five years old.
Plus, I had Alicia cut my bangs hella short because I'm not going to see her in two months, so that makes me look like a little kid, too.
Guh. So, I actually liked my hair better before, but I'm trying to transition so I can grow it out evenly and not have to deal with it looking wonky when I'm at college and can't get hair appointments.
And it honestly doesn't look too bad anyway.
Except that I look like a five-year-old little boy now.
The sound isn't working on this computer for some reason. That's mildly aggravating. Good thing I don't have to deal with this lame-ass whore of a computer for much longer.
I'm proud of myself because I haven't cried at all today. For some reason I expected to wake up and just start crying. And cry from then until sometime after I arrive in Santa Cruz. But I guess it still doesn't really feel like I'm leaving so soon yet. I'm sure it'll hit me sometime this afternoon/evening.
Yesterday was fun. I went to Santa Rosa with Brady to get college things at Best Buy and Target. Had sushi for dinner.
There was sort of an impromptu "going away" party for Darcy, Jeremy, and I at DJ's house. But it was basically Jeremy, Darcy, John, and I playing on our laptops; DJ and Claire falling asleep; Ben being really stoned, watching Family Guy, then falling asleep; and Nathan sitting around and saying things to us.
But I still had fun. I was glad I got to hang out with everyone before I left. Got home around 4:30, went to sleep.
So that's what I've been up to. I'll post again later today, promise.
I need some more savage packing done still.
Though, if you'll excuse me, my Disney Princess Pretty Pretty Princess has just shown up, and I need to put the little jewel stickers on the crown. It's so much easier to do this when you're older and more coordinated.
Until next!
current mood:  busy
current music: "Storm" - Vanessa Mae
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9:24 am - Sleeeeeep...
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OMFG suck ASS.
I can't believe I went to sleep at 4:30 and now I have to get up at 9:00. I am so tiiiiiirrrrrrrrrred.
Friggin' hair appointment. The things I do for my vanity.
::Zombie face.::
I'm so not packed yet. Guhhhhh...
I wanna take a nap.
Until next.
current mood:  exhausted
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(Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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12:15 am - Laptops!
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Fwahaha. We're having a computer party at DJ's house! Yay for Wi-Fi connection.
We're hella going to LAN Minesweeper...wirelessly!
Hahah.
Until next!
current mood:  amused
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(3 bowed | Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Thursday, September 16th, 2004
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12:17 am - I'm still here.
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Hum.
Yesterday was alright. Claire came home! I was really glad to see her. She had to be evacuated from Tulane because of the hurricane (Ivan?) heading towards New Orleans.
Brady, my mom, and I went out for sushi. I've found out that kappa rolls are really good. And I feel all clever because I know why they're called that.
Today was kind of a not-so-great day. I got up and was right away in a kind of bad mood for no apparent reason. I wanted to throw a hissy fit because my mom hadn't gone to the grocery store in the morning like she said she would, so I didn't have any Kix to eat. Yes, I am five years old.
Brady came by for lunch but I was still being all hissy.
Watched the South Park DVD my mom rented. Made me feel a bit better. More packing. I also ordered a microwave and a fridge online and got them sent to my address at UCSC.
I made my first LJ icon today. Ha. I'm kind of proud, even though it's nothing special whatsoever.
I've decided I really need either Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. This trial version of ACD Fotocanvas isn't working out for me. It's a buggy piece of crap. I'd like to say I want my own copy of Photoshop or PSP, but considering how obscenely expensive programs like that are, I'll probably end up with a pirated version like last time. Aw, and up until now I only had completely legit software on my computer. Tsk. But I really want to be able to make nice icons. And if I end up doing any digital art (i.e. I steal Darcy's tablet sometime), I'd need a decent program like one of those two. Hum.
I've been watching a lot of the second season of 24 with my dad. <3 the Kiefer. But I hate every single female character in that show. They are so fucking dumb. Guhhh.
That's...about it, I suppose. Thursday and Friday left now. Two days. I have a feeling I won't have finished Freud or the essay by the time I have to leave. I guess I'll just have to get it done in SC the few days before classes start. How stressful. Because I think most/all of my time for the next few days is going to be devoted to packing.
I really can't believe I only have two days left. Where did the time go?
Until next.
current mood:  discontent
current music: "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" - The Killers
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(Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Tuesday, September 14th, 2004
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2:16 am - Three-quarters of a year.
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Oh, and I forgot to mention.
As of September 11:
Brady + Erika = 9 months.
Until next.
current mood:  happy
current music: "True Faith" - New Order
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2:01 am - Fountain!
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1:43 am - Waterfights, packing, and plastic.
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Today was a rather nice day.
Oh, before I forget:
Facebook me!
I woke up around noonish. At about noon-thirty, Brady (Mr. Skipping Skipperton today) showed up to take me out to breakfast lunch.
We met up with Tommy, Zach, and Arthur and went to the burger place in Larkfield, right where my hairdresser's place is. The place with the orgasmic vanilla milkshakes. Gahhh.
Then Brady and I came back to my house. Brady found one of our water guns laying around, and, you guessed it, a water fight ensued. I found the other water gun and we chased each other around. I will admit, I got pretty owned. My mom laughed at me when she saw how soaked I got. My hair was completely wet. It was fun. I haven't gotten in a water fight in a long time. Tee.
Brady hung around for a while until his clothes dried, then had to go home. I was really glad to get to see him today.
I started packing today. My mom helped me choose some things to take with me. I'm taking some mugs, boxes of tea, apple cider, hot cocoa, a can opener, silverware, and other things like that out of the house. I looked at the things I had in the box and said, "Wow. This is like going camping." I'm planning on getting a microwave before I leave. (Microwave = god.) I'll probably get a mini-fridge too, but that may not be until I'm already in SC, and it'll definitely be sent straight to UCSC no matter what.
I started going through my bathroom and packing up things, too. Like my makeup and my electric toothbrush. Ha.
And OMG. I have a credit card now. My dad handed it to me and I was like, "Hey, you have a new...*Pause.* I have a new credit card." I was hella surprised to see "Erika L Reeder" on it. It's a Discover card. Ooo. I didn't expect it, since Dad had said before that he wasn't going to give me one. I was just going to have an ATM/debit card. So, cool. Of course, it's not like I can go crazy with it or anything because the credit report is sent to him, so I can't get away with buying insane things without him knowing. Heh. But still, a handy thing to have indeed. No more borrowing credit cards for Erika!
So today was a pretty good day. Tomorrow...I'll probably go deposit a check into my account, deposit some extra money I found floating around my room into my savings account, and pack some more. Maybe go buy a microwave. I'm not sure.
I can't believe I'm leaving in four days. Wow.
Until next.
current mood:  mellow
current music: "Knife of Romance" - Angel Sanctuary
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| Sunday, September 12th, 2004
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5:46 pm - Brad's sendoff.
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Mom came upstairs. I decided to tell her the bad news.
She was eating a caramel apple. When I walked in the room, she held it out to me. I took a bite, chewed, and said, "Brad's dead."
She said, "Oh, no. I'm so sorry, sweetie."
I said, "It's okay."
She asked, "Are you upset?"
I said no.
She said, "Are you all cried out?"
I said no. "I didn't like Brad that much anyway."
She asked what I did with him.
I said, "I was just about to flush him down the toilet. Want to come watch?"
She did.
We went into the bathroom where he was still floating, vertical, facedown, at the bottom of his bowl. I started to attempt to get him out with the fish net.
My mom said, "Are you sure he's not just in shock? He may just be in shock and awe."
I held out his motionless body in the fish net to her. "Does this look like shock and awe to you?"
She said, "Well, this must be symbolic for something."
I said, "Sure. It certainly represents the death of something."
I let him float out of the net and into the toilet bowl water. I said, "Bye, Brad." Flushed the toilet, and then he was gone.
I guess this is what you call black humor.
Until next.
current mood: morbidly amused
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5:28 pm - Bye bye fishy number two.
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Well, Brad's dead.
I guess betta fish really just don't like staying alive for me. And both times it's happened it has been just a few hours after I changed their water. I wonder if it's related.
I find it somehow interesting that when Simon died, I got extremely upset and cried and everything. However, when Brad died, I just got mad. I saw him, sighed, and said, "Goddammit."
Of course, I never cared about Brad as much as I did Simon. Simon meant a lot to me, Holy knows why. He was just so pretty. Brad was actually kind of a boring fish until Pedro sucked on his tail.
I wasn't even sure if Brad was dead or not at first. He was facedown at the bottom of his bowl. Not the usual way you find a dead fish. (Simon has floating on his side at the top of his bowl.) I stared at him and was pretty sure I could see the base of his fins moving. Probably post-mortem tremors? I don't know. I poked him. Nothing doing. I used a fish net to see if he'd spaz if I took him out of water. Nope.
So, Brad's dead. Sigh.
I guess I'm just not meant to have fish. Or something. At least...that's one less thing to worry about when I go to college. (Hey, I'm trying to be optimistic here.)
At least it didn't ruin my day or anything. Then I'd be really upset.
Until next.
current mood:  blah
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(2 bowed | Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Saturday, September 11th, 2004
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3:54 pm - Return from the happiest place.
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| Tuesday, September 7th, 2004
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3:38 am - My back hurts from being hunched over my laptop for so long.
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Sigh. I just spent the most absurd amount of time playing with the tags of my MP3's so everything could be nice and organized on my iPod. 1150 songs. I am too goddamn OCD.
For some reason my feet have been hella sore all day today, which is silly because they were fine yesterday. I guess it must be a delayed reaction to all of my mad raving from Saturday night. Snort.
I talked to my roommate on the phone tonight for quite a long time. Her name is Rosa, though she goes by Rosie. She seems nice. She's from Livermore, which is near Concord. She's a redhead, like me. Heh. That surprised me. She doesn't like techno. It looks like she's going to be a Bio major. UCSC was her first choice. She stays up late, too. So, we had a nice conversation. She seems pretty cool, and with any luck, she'll be a decent person to live with. I hope!
Now, I'm getting all packed for Disneyland tomorrow. Four days, three nights. I'm happy, because it should be fun. A nice way to end my summer.
I'll be back on Friday.
Until next!
current mood:  sore
current music: "It's Love! Panic" - Ranma 1/2 OAV
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(Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Friday, September 3rd, 2004
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1:34 pm - High school meme and recapping.
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( Ha, high school. )
So, let's see.
So, what has/will be going on in my life lately?
*Erika went to the beach late at night and didn't return until 5 o'clock in the morning.
*Erika got grounded. (For the first time EVAR.)
*Erika cleaned her room in two hours from 6:00 to 8:00 in the morning.
*Erika got ungrounded. (The shortest "being grounded" time in the world.)
*Erika got hardly any sleep.
*Erika spent time with Brady.
*Erika is going to a rave on Saturday.
*Erika is going to Disneyland with her mom on Tuesday.
*Erika is hungry.
I really hope Bill Clinton's going to be okay. I like him. I wish he was still our president.
OMG I just got all excited when I realized that today we have milk in the house so I can have Count Chocula. Mmmm. Best cereal ever.
If you'll excuse me.
Until next!
current mood:  hungry
current music: "Forever Young" - Kosmonova
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| Thursday, September 2nd, 2004
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8:18 am - TRIUMPH.
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Ha, ha, HA.
After the very aggravating lecture I received from my mother and the slight bit of venting I did on my LJ at 5:30, I lay down in my bed, slightly defeated and disheartened with my situation. I felt resigned to my fate of devoting the hours as soon as I woke to cleaning my room, and not getting to see Brady in the afternoon.
But I soon realized I wasn't very tired at all, but instead quite full of energy (no doubt from the Amp I had earlier in the evening, since I haven't consumed much caffiene in the past few weeks). An idea kept buzzing in my head: "Oh, I'll show her. I could just fucking clean my room while she sleeps, and when she comes in later to harass me for my immature actions, she'll find a sleeping Erika and a suddenly and magically cleaned room. Oho!"
So I set to work. And oh how I worked. With only my caffiene buzz and iPod to keep me company, I set out to clean up my completely covered floor and severely messed up closet. I set things into two neat piles on one side of my bed to later be boxed, moved somewhere else, or thrown away, those being: "coming to college," and "going somewhere other than here." Everything that would stay in my room I found a place for, and eventually I found I had a floor again.
And now I have a room that is almost nearly set back to its original "clean" state. All I have to do now is do something about the objects on the other side of my bed, but that should be taken care of quickly and easily. Otherwise, I believe my room will be satisfactory to my mother under the title of "clean."
So hello being ungrounded, hello being social still, hello rave, and hello Disneyland!
Booya, bitch.
The only thing that strikes me a somewhat silly now is the fact that this room-cleaning job that has taken me about three months to do with little to no success, and which kept getting worse and worse as the days went on...was finished within two hours. Oh, what the power of determination can do for a person.
Well, now that I have triumphed over this horrible foe that was my messy-ass room, I'm going to get some goddamn sleep. Finally.
Until next!
current mood:  accomplished
current music: "White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix)" - Vanessa Mae
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| Tuesday, August 31st, 2004
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3:22 pm - UCSC first quarter classes.
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Yay, they finally scheduled my core class, so I now officially have all of my classes scheduled for the first quarter.
I could be be nice like Darcy and just put what classes I have and what times/days they are, but I'm going to be a pain and map out what each day of the week will look like for me.
( College classes, away! )
I'm getting pretty excited.
Until next!
current mood:  excited
current music: "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)" - Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa
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(Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Monday, August 30th, 2004
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2:55 am - Well, I'm starting to do things again.
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Well, let's see.
Saturday afternoon I drove my brother and I to the Roxy to see Alien vs. Predator. I, as well as most other people, are often iffy when it comes to crossovers. But I really think they did a very good job with AvP. You know, for what it was and what it came from. They came up with an interesting plot and Erika got to see some savage Aliens kick a lot of ass. I really liked it. It even got me to like the Predators a lot more. But still, I love Aliens so much. For serious.
Anyhow, Cory left later that day while I was gone, so guest room is open once again. I'm not going to be sleeping in there anymore, but now I can put stuff in or get stuff out of there if necessary. And I don't have to worry about Cory being in my way while I'm getting ready to leave or anything. I'm glad he came home for a little while though. It was good to see him.
Ended up going out again. Went to Melanie's house, a bunch of crazy stuff happened, and eventually Melanie, Amanda, Will, Hannah, Whitney, Brandyn, Brady, and I ended up at Round Table. We had pizza, then went to Gibbs Park and played around for a long time. It was fun.
Today, I mostly just played FF4. More main characters die in that game than any other Final Fantasy, I swear.
I scanned my half of the camping pictures, finally. I just have to remember to separate/crop them sometime, since I was scanning two at a time. My scanner kind of sucks though, so the colors aren't very good. Oh well.
Mom got really mad at me this evening after dinner and scared me into starting to clean my room again, surprisingly. I packed up a large portion of my winter clothes, since it's doubtful that I'll be needing them before I leave for college. So, in all reality I didn't accomplish too much, but it's a start. I'll probably be spending all day tomorrow cleaning room.
I found my Doodle Bear tonight. Does anyone remember those? I got a blue one for X-Mas however long ago. I figure it hasn't been washed for at least four years, considering the things it had written and drawn on it. Seventh or eighth grade, I imagine. Anyhow, I washed it tonight and surprisingly most of the marker washed off. I'm going to start doodling on it again. Maybe let other people do it, too. It just seems like something silly-fun to do.
I watched Godsend tonight. What an aggravating movie. It had the potential to be clever, but it was just done poorly and didn't work at all. I didn't like it.
My Slytherin wallet broke on Saturday. That makes me sad. It hardly even lasted a week. I'm going to have to buy a new one, I guess. Until then, I'm going back to my Nightmare Before X-Mas one. I still <3 that wallet.
Allllright. G'night.
Until next!
current mood:  calm
current music: "Mint Car" - The Cure
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(2 bowed | Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Saturday, August 28th, 2004
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2:02 am - you'll never know, dear...
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Sigh. I was wrong. Everything turned out for the best. In the end.
Tonight I went to San Francisco with Brady, Nick, and Anise. I was terribly pessimistic at first, but I ended up having a really great time.
We went to this 50's style diner place that had crazy good malts. Then we went to an Italian place for food. 'Twas all good.
Then it was fun to just drive around San Francisco with Nick yelling shit out the windows at random people. So funny.
Then we went to this overlook place on the Marin side of the Golden Gate Bridge. Very pretty.
I had quite a good night, all in all.
I had a handful of these "OMG deep, introspective" things to say, but I don't feel like being gloomy or emo, so I shall refrain. I'm just not up for it at the moment.
I guess...now it's bedtime. Cory's leaving tomorrow, so I think we're finally going to get to see AvP tomorrow afternoon. Yay.
Until next!
current mood:  grateful
current music: "Ocean Breathes Salty" - Modest Mouse
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(3 bowed | Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Friday, August 27th, 2004
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4:20 pm - I really like the boss theme for this game.
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Laying on my bed, in the dark, with the fan on, playing Final Fantasy 4.
Edward is completely useless.
Until next.
current mood:  blank
current music: Final Fantasy IV Boss Theme.
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(3 bowed | Hail the Slytherin Princess.)
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| Thursday, August 26th, 2004
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1:09 am - While everyone else actually has real things to say...
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I spent most of today playing Final Fantasy IX. After starting a game back in 2000 when I received it as an X-Mas present from Eddie, I have finally gotten to the fourth disc. (Yeah, sometimes I'm really bad at staying persistent with games.) I'm just a few side quests and a final dungeon away from the end of the game. However, because I can't even remember what has been going on story-wise to lead up to this point, I feel like starting a new game. I'm so silly.
I drank a glass of chocolate soy milk tonight and called it dinner.
Cory and I were supposed to see Alien vs. Predator today, but kept putting it off. Missed the 12:45 showing. Decided against the 2:30. 9:30. 10:30. I think we'll see it tomorrow.
I watched Predator with Cory tonight. Meaning I watched it and Cory fell asleep, of course. Did you know that Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast as the Predator? He quit and they redesigned the Predator and cast a 7'2" guy to play the role.
I forgot that the Predator takes its helmet off in the movie and that we get to see its face. According to the closed captions, the Predator "laughs maniacally" at the end of the movie. I forgot that Predators could laugh.
In AvP, I want the Aliens to win. I like the Aliens a lot more than the Predators, for some reason. Predators have cool helmets, but their faces are fuck-all ugly as hell. Their eyes are too close together and their mouths are all silly. Aliens are so awesome they don't even have eyes. And their mouths aren't silly because they have crazy teeth and an inner jaw that comes out. Aliens don't have to rely on technology to kick ass. Predators have neon green-yellow glowstick fluid blood...Aliens have acid blood. Predators have dreadlocks, which are admittedly cool, but Aliens are black, for some reason always slimy and wet, and have crazy tails. There's more, but I'll stop there. I say Aliens win for coolness, at least. But that is just my humble opinion.
See, this is horrible. I really should not be left alone like this for too long. Because I'm not doing anything whatsoever, so I have nothing to write about. So this is why you end up hearing me talk about how my washed clothes smell bad, video games, the pros and cons of Aliens and Predators, and all of this other rambling nonsense. I am so retarded when I don't have people around to hang out with. Someone ship me off to college already.
Ha. Okay. I can't wait for the weekend to get here.
Until next!
current mood:  weird
current music: "Sweetest Perfection" - Depeche Mode
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| Tuesday, August 24th, 2004
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1:23 pm - Return to high school.
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Ugh. I really need to take a shower. I have Snape hair.
Let's see. So, yesterday, I got Darcy and we went downtown to get sammiches, fries, and milkshakes/smoothies at Center Street. Then we went to the school and waited for lunch to start.
It was really fun to get to see everyone again. Hang out with Brady, Clay, Sean, Carl, Brendan. It was funny.
Then we tagged along to Brady's 5th period Psychology, and Camp seemed happy to see us ex-TA's.
I was glad we went. It's kind of nice to walk around the school without having to carry a backpack or bag around, and nice to be able to come and go whenever we feel like it.
Then we went to the animal shelter to visit the kitties, but they were closed. We were very sad.
Not much else happened for the rest of the day, I guess. I felt very aimless and bored. But I also didn't feel like doing anything.
Anyhow, today, I woke up at 12:15 and was up for about three minutes when Brady came to get me for lunch. We went to La Pizza and met up with Tommy, Zach, and Eric Daas Doss.
And that's about it as of late.
Now, I'm going to go take a bath.
Until next!
current mood:  dirty
current music: "Nessaja" - Scooter
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