• 11:28 Took almost 2 hours to get home. Slow down on snowy/icy roads people! #

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Petsmart is my bitch. My team leader let it slip that the two managers like me. Enough that I won't have to worry about the after holidays hour drop. This is good for the whole "paying rent" thing I'm so fond of. It's nice to finally have a job I enjoy and am actually good at. Weird, but nice.

School starts Wednesday. That's when my social life goes to hell in a handbasket. Not one of those nice embroidered ones either. A secondhand handbasket. Dear god!

Stacey. Hang out with me. You encouraged me to post an lj update, so it's your fault these good folk have to put up with my angst. You have a debt to society.

Nancy Drew. You. Me. Candle emporium. Think about it.


I'm suppose to hang out with Logan and Rachel. But that might interfer with my antisocialism. Unacceptable!


http://www.corkcityheritage.ie/images/Starling.jpg



The starlings' feathers
oil spilled
rainbows
pools of poisonous shimmers
on a sunny day.

They come by the dozens.

Perching on dead vines and
hugging the rust
of the wall they
open red red throats
laugh like
an old woman coughs they
dance a
quiet drunken caper they watch
the snow melting
into the blue sky
soft as ice cream
they gulp the world down.

• 16:36 I have a level 5 human warrior just so he can tell me jokes. #wow #

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This is hands-down the most important one minute of your life you will ever waste. I think this and the JibJabs Jen made (male strippers, anyone?) were quite possibly the highlights of the superparty last night.


But other than that, we made some delicious stew with lots of barley in it, Alex brought some excellent twice-baked potatoes, there were about thirty people there (and at one point apparently nine of them fit into the hot tub), and surprisingly almost nobody got too wasted. I had a small taste of some nice-quality Irish whiskey, but that was it for me. I'm still a good girl on the sober front. ;)

It lasted about eight hours. It was grand.

• 11:33 Fleeples has earned the Salt and Pepper (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:33 Fleeples has earned the Experienced Drake Rider achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:33 Tsugintou has earned the The Violet Hold achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the The Forge of Souls achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the The Pit of Saron achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the The Halls of Reflection achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the Boned (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Welches has earned the Scrooge achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the Dual Talent Specialization achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the Storming the Citadel (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the I've Gone and Made a Mess (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the Looking For More achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Fleeples has earned the Heroic: The Forge of Souls achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:34 Maviq has earned the Level 70 achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 11:52 There are ANTS in my pasta! Any suggestions on how to battle them? #

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• 21:24 Fleeples has earned the Salt and Pepper (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:24 Fleeples has earned the Experienced Drake Rider achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:24 Tsugintou has earned the The Violet Hold achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:24 Fleeples has earned the The Forge of Souls achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:24 Fleeples has earned the The Pit of Saron achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the The Halls of Reflection achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the Boned (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Welches has earned the Scrooge achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the Dual Talent Specialization achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the I've Gone and Made a Mess (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the Storming the Citadel (10 player) achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the Looking For More achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Fleeples has earned the Heroic: The Forge of Souls achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:25 Maviq has earned the Level 70 achievement on Altar of Storms. #wow #
• 21:28 Just got home from X-mas fun! I got some fun stuff! #

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• 07:28 Woke up at 3am like normal this morning. Then realised it was Christmas and went back to bed. Paid Holidays FTW. #

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I got to see Avatar in Imax 3D. It was pretty good. Definitely a lot of graphic eye candy. I recommend.

Christmas eve has been good. I found the singing voice I thought I had lost while singing Christmas carols with my sister to the amusement of Marc and my mother. Played some word games with them. As usual mom was whomping butt with her knowledge of the dictionary game. I was winning Quibbler before everyone decided they needed sleep. <={

We decided to open some of the presents tonight because Dad has to work tomorrow, and we are getting up at 6am to make sure he gets to do the rest presents with us also. Also, Marc didn't want to have to see some of his family so he used mine as an excuse.

Being homeless has been sucky, but not the end of the world. I feel bad for the people we are burdening but I am grateful they offered to help. I really wish this whole charade would end already however. I haven't heard back from Domino's since my interview but it is x-mas and maybe I just need to be a little more patient.

Tomorrow will be busy, hopping from house to house. My grandparents (Grandpa) may not enjoy my visit however as they have a senior dog they (Grandpa)  are very... crazy about... and apparently they feel Boris may give her a heart attack just by being in her presence. So.... I'ma show up and see if I get chased off for having a beast with me or if they can deal with it.  In this case it will definitely be easier to ask forgiveness than permission....

I hope everyone's holidays are going well, or will be soon, if not.
<3

I am so very much in love with that "Fireflies" song. I think I ought to write one story for each of my fandoms for it. Top Gear is done, now, what next...?

Still working on learning "Kiss The Rain" and "Shadowboxer", more so on "Kiss The Rain" because I know I can actually play it and it sounds impressive. Shhh. Don't tell. ;)

Let's see... What else is new in life? Well, I woke up this morning and discovered that it was Christmas Eve. That means that the Jesus-folk will be rambling around singing, we'll have some gift-unwrapping (I already know that it was impossible for me to get the silly book I wanted this year because amazon is difficult), and dad will probably make his wicked Irish coffee again.

Speaking of coffee, I found The Mug! The horrible fishmug! It has a picture of a bass across the front, and the handle is a tail, and it's a  magnificently disgusting piece of art to behold! I've wondered for years where it was, and it turns out that it was on the home computer desk (we each have a computer or two, but there's one hooked up to a printer dubbed 'home computer') holding pens the whole time. Another mystery solved!

One last thing before I stop boring you all: Walgreens. I now prefer them over CVS, for the simple reason that I walked to the cosmetics section and the hanging signs said "Makeup", "Skin Remedies", and "Security Camera". They've labeled their security camera with a hanging sign!!!! It's just too funny and I can't even explain why. :D

Let's sum up my life since the last time I got on her as quickly as possible.

Barret's not that bad. She has her moments of random sucker punches to my self esteem but I really do like her a lot. She sleeps ALL THE TIME, which is weird for someone who claims to have insomnia. But whatevs.

My classes were way harder than I expected. My Lit teacher graded down for style which is an offense worthy of the death penalty in my book. Sister Carrie is shit. I'd rather read Twilight than Theodore Dreiser because at least I can make Twilight entertaining. Ethics is probably the hardest not Calculus or Physics related class I've ever taken and I'm stupidly proud that I got an A- in it.

I'm probably going to major in Philosophy which will require me to get a PhD if I want anything resembling a job in that field. Not that I'm complaining. I'm pushing that out of my mind for as long as I can. I'll pick that thread up when I have to search for a grad school.

I have no idea when I'm graduating. None whatsoever. Somewhere between next year and the next year.

I secretly love the idea of being a second year senior.

I'm going to devote all my time after Christmas to LOOKING FOR A GORRAM WORK STUDY JOB because I'm sick of being poor.

Emily is almost done with her book. She's so relieved. That's a shame, because I'm going to have to shatter that and explain to her that she needs to go back and make it so her characters behave like how people would ACTUALLY behave.

Now that I'm on break, maybe I'll have more time to read stuff I want to. It took me MONTHS to finish World War Z but it was wonderful. <3

My brother's car breaks down suspiciously whenever I'm home and he takes the van away from me. I think it's on purpose. Because he's a douche.

Gonna' see Stacey on Christmas regardless of the transportation issue. But I might not see Sherlock Holmes. DX

KH 358/2 was a head trip. I don't hate Xion anymore. And that's saying something.

I've had the longest cold of my entire life, and I hope it's not actually something worse. :D

That's all I can think of. LJ-CUTS ARE TOO MUCH WORK! DEAL WITH MY LIFE ALL OVER YOUR FRIENDS PAGE!

• 20:47 "With the climactic ending called 'Hey, the King's Back!'" #WoW Best wow joke ever. #

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