.:reflections of twilight:.

Happy 2008 everyone!!! And, since I am a sheep, the year in review meme:


Take the first (and second if need be) sentence from the first entry of the month form last year and post them. That is your year in review.

January: Fifty books a month in my savings account? I can handle that... even though my bank account might not be able to.

February: Signs you may be watching 'Buffy' too much...You have a dream that you're Willow... and a werewolf. Eh-heh...

March: *fnarl* Well, apparently there was a meeting yesterday in the Med Recs department (that I missed since it was my day off). It seems as if the Med Rec department in the building where I work is going to be obsolete by the end of the year.

April: I think I'm an electronics jinx. My iPod vomited on me today.

May: Geez, one of these days, I'd like to have a Wednesday where I'm not going anywhere and I can just veg. Not even get out of my pajamas.

June: I got the full time position!!!!11!!!!!!

July: Well, I missed my chance to get home early. It all hinged on whether or not any fee tickets came in that needed posting.

August: Today was another early day for me. The beginning of the month is like that sometimes.

September: Happy Labor Day everyone!! It's nice having a paid day off from work.

October: News on the baby duck front: we have babies!!

November: I was supposed to have an annual job review (my very first, actually) which is related to if I get a raise or not.

December: Hmmm, where to start...

New Year's Eve was fun. We Wii'd our hearts out, despite there not being any Mario Galaxy... We played Carnival Games which was fun, since I don't get to play the competition part any. We ate some Chinese, which was delicious. Maybe I should do that for the Chinese New Year next month...

Yesterday during the day, I didn't do much of anything, which was entirely the plan. I watched a few movies: Saved! and The Simpsons Movie (which was my first time seeing it. Yes, I laughed). After that, I played on my Wii some more. The started with the Harry Potter game. And the wingardium leviosa spell is a lot harder than it looks, I tell ya. Then I played some Bleach, which I hadn't played in awhile. Usually I play against Renji, but this time I decided to play against Uryuu. Big mistake! I was only able to go bankai twice! Usually I'm able to a lot more times than that, but since my life bar was always low, I couldn't. Damn Ishida and his projectile weapons...

I was gonna take a bubble bath, too but I didn't. Maybe this weekend.

It's a little chilly here for us. It's 44° here (6.6° C for my Northern friends). Yes, for us, that's a mite cold. I wore my coat into work today. I'll probably have to do the same thing tomorrow.

Word of the Day: jackleg
Pronunciation: /JAK-leg/
1a: lacking skill or training *b: characterized by unscrupulousness or dishonesty 2: makeshift

Hey ho!! I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas! I did!

My haul:



Not pictured: The Spaceballs/Robin Hood: Men in Tights double feature.

Today was my first day back at work after a four day weekend. It took some effort, but I was able to make it in okay. There wasn't any school zones or a bunch of traffic either, which was kinda nice. I could still kinda tell my brain was a little outta commission for brief times today because I had to go over some things again a few times... eh-heh.

I managed to successfully burn some of my recordings off of my computer onto DVD. I'm pretty pleased, I must say. I wasn't able to omit the commercials however. I'll just scan through them...

We saw Enchanted on Monday. It was delightful! Very cute! Next week mom wants to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets. We also have a Wii New Year's Party to attend, which I'm excited about. Mom wants to play mine sometime, but I have yet to figure out the semantics since it's in my room and there's barely enough room for me to play. I'd have set it up in the living room, but it's always occupied and I'd never get to use it at all... Moving it from room to room seems out since I have to lug the entire system back and forth, including the cables and the sensor bar.

ETA: We just had to break up a cat fight on our porch. Weird...

Word of the Day: queue
Pronunciation: /kyoo/
n : a line of people, waiting for something

Hmmm, where to start...

Weekend was spent either out doing errands (or at the Body Shop party where I spent too much money), or cleaning. I did get me new bedding. The ones I had were kinda wearing out and they weren't really my style. They came with the bed when I got it from grandma and my aunt had originally gotten them. Very floral.

The ones I got better suit me. They're striped and in more earthy tones. The comforter is plaid and kinda quilt-like. I have pictures of course. I also vacuumed my floor and rearranged a few things (not a lot) so I have a bit more space then I did.

I also got an iDog that I listened to my iPod through. Very cute!

Mom got a water filter for the faucet because she feels it'll save us some money from buying the bottled water we do. Time will tell.

We managed to put up some of the decorations yesterday too. by which I mean the lights on the outside. We need to decide where exactly we're gonna put the tree since we now have the library table. We definitely need the tree so I can have my traditional "sleeping-under-the-tree-on-Christmas-Eve" experience.

I got my Wii controller jacket in the mail today. I got it for free since I got my Wii earlier than when they were standard. It's kinda funky lookin'. Maybe my hands wont get as sweating while using it.

HEATHER!!! E-MAIL ME BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING FOR JOOS!!! HURRRR!

Word of the Day: piebald
Pronunciation: /PI-bawld/
adj : spotted or blotched with two colors, especially black and white

This weekend was fun, if a little short.

The tea/luncheon was very pleasant. We stayed and chatted for several hours and it was very nice. However it did eat up a lot of time, but it was time well spent.

That night, I played some more of my Wii and tried out my new Bleach game. It. Is. Awesome. However, by the end of my session, I felt like my arm was about to fall off. If I was more creative, I'd have drawn a little cartoon of me standing and holding my Wii controller and nunchuck and looking at my right arm on the floor. The caption would read, "Dude, and that was only the training level." Hee!

I didn't fare too badly, despite the fact that I was dueling Renji and he has Zabimaru which can stretch... the dirty (but pretty hot) cheater. I was able to go Bankai (since I was playing as Ichigo) and knock him down several times though.

I was able to catch the Death Note anime. I thought I was pretty decent. I liked the voices of Light and Ryuk. Never having seen the Japanese version, it seemed pretty faithful.*shrugs* I dunno...

Sunday I went to church and afterward I stopped by Best Buy to look for some DVD's. I found the third Hellsing Ultimate, which will probably be the last one unless another company picks up the rights... *grumble* But still... PIP!!! *squee*

Then I stopped by the bookstore to primarily browse, but that hardly ever ends up being the case with me and bookstores... I picked up the latest volume of Vampire Knight (and I'm still rooting for Yuki/Zero even though I do kinda like Kaname). I also got a few magazines and a copy of Anne frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. I read it before in High School and I really liked it and it's one of those books that's a must have.

Later that afternoon, I was gonna watch some DVD's, but I was running out of room in my media cabinet, so I went through some of my old video tapes and got rid of what I didn't need anymore. My MST's and Star Trek however are forbidden from being touched.

I started watching volume two of The Office. My favorite episode thus far has top be the one with the fire drill and where Dwight takes the bottle of water from the top of the water cooler and tosses water in the hallway then proceeds to crawl on his stomach to the exit. HAR!!

Mom spent most of Sunday at the tire place getting her tires changed and then at my aunt's helping her clean for Christmas. Early? For most people, yes. My aunt is the queen of Christmas. She has over half a dozen different trees, each with it's own theme. It's all very lovely, but a lot of work.

It's still not to late to send me your full name and your year of birth for a little gifty thing I'm doing. It works best if I have more people. So far I only have two of you. Let's get on the ball, peoples!!!

And finally, a meme I swiped from flamika:

The Best Bleach Boyfriend for You Your Result: Kurosaki Ichigo   You secretly desire a guy who you'll hate on your first date. His impeccable style and general coolness will drive you nuts. Against your better judgment you'll still go out with him even if you do nothing but argue. He'll be aloof and standoffish, but somehow along the way he'll show you his tender side without too many words. Once he falls for you, he will fall hard, so beware. Even when you try to get rid of him, he'll just stalk you to the ends of the earth, beat down on your defenses, and make you his. Be prepared for a lifetime of passion and heroics: it's going to be one wild ride.
Abarai Renji
Kuchiki Byakuya
Yasutora Chad
Ishida Uryu
Hitsugaya Toshiro
Ukitake Jushiro
Kisuke Urahara
The Best Bleach Boyfriend for You See All Our Quizzes

*gigglesnort* But hey, having Renji in second place isn't too bad.

Word of the Day: emulate
Pronunciation: /EM-yuh-late/
v : to seek to equal or surpass, especially by imitating or copying

Soooo, I went to Best Buy yesterday since they had an ad in the newspaper for Wiis. Needless to say, I crapped out. I could've gone early in the morning and not gone to church, but I think that would've been frowned upon. Besides, even if I had, there would be no guarantee I'd have gotten one.

So I resorted to what I should've done in the fist place: order online. It should be arriving sometime this week, I hope. I was able to order the Bleach game as well as the Zelda Twilight Princess one.

I bought a few DVD's while I was there at any rate. I got a few anime ones, like the Hellsing Ultimate and Kokumono (both of which, ironically, distributed by Geanon, so any further disks are gonna be nada). I found the Muppet Show too!!! *squee* I used to watch that show all. the. time! I also found the Special Edition of Serenity also.

Most of this weekend was spent at home. I watched the first season of The Office. I laughed. A lot! Especially during the basketball episode with Dwight's headgear! Harrrrr!!

Well, today at work seemed to be back to normal. We had to use our PTO time unfortunately... I was trying to stock up since we're gonna be taking some time off around the holidays. *grumble* So now I'm in the negative zone... AGAIN! It's nothing like the twilight zone, believe me.

One of our neighbors is moving out. Since we've been here, all the people who lived here when we came have all left. I guess that's the way it is in apartments.

Well, I think that's all for now. Ta-taaaaa!!

Word the Day: toothsome
Pronunciation: /TOOTH-sum/
adj : pretty and attractive, especially in an erotic way

Friday! Yay!!

Anyway, I stopped by mom's work so she could help me sort out my benefits package. I decided to get basic medical coverage as well as dental (I have a cavity) and vision. I also got Life Insurance (hey, you never know). I have to "re-negotiate" in January, in which I'll probably switch some things out. It takes effect at the beginning of August. I have to turn my paperwork into HR on Monday.

I'm going to look into getting my Wii soon. I dunno if I'll decide to go online and get it (like I did my laptop and my iPod) or go into a store. The store don't seem to have any. I do want to do a few errands on Saturday... possibly. I do want to swing by the comic shop because I'm missing my latest issue of Buffy.

I did manage to pick up a few manga titles yesterday. Samurai Deeper Kyo 23 and Trinity Blood 3. Still no Hellsing 8. But then, Dark Horse has a tendency to be late a lot of the times... I might post about them on ryudoshi eventually.

Wow, I never expected to get over 40 responses to my Pod People post on mst3k. Kewl!

I'm still trying to narrow down where I wanna go for my birthday: Disney/MGM Studios or Islands of Adventure. Now keep in mind, this is hinged on where the "Build You Own Lightsaber" exhibit is. I know it's Disney, but I don't know if it's in the park itself or not. Should I post a poll on this?

Well, tomorrow mom and I are going to go see Ratatouille sometime which I'm kinda excited about because it looks really cute.

Word of the Day: kindred
Pronunciation: /KIN-drid/
adj : related by nature or character