.:reflections of twilight:.

I hate it when I miss a few days of FL posts. I feel like I have to rush through them in order to see what everyones been up to and stuff. I mean, I could cull my FL, but I really don't want to. I like having the friends I have. I also have a lot of communities, too. Everyone is just so active! I did whittle down the categories, though. I divided my communities into two different sub-goups. It does make it somewhat easier, execpt last night, my Veronica Mars communities were all abuzz in regards to the most recent episode.

Speaking of which, a few people on there mentioned that before, the thought Veronica never realized that Logan actually loves her. She's always been so guarded with her own feelings, that she probably didn't pick up on it, even over the summer while they were dating. Hmmm. It adds an interesting twist to things, I think. Naturally he had to be drunk when he basically confessed all of this to her, but you know what they say, in vito veritas. Of course, now everything is in limbo and who knows what the hell's gonna happen. *grumbles*


Not much to really report on since I posted about the majority of it last night. Mom and I are going away for the weekend to a retreat that a bunch of ladies from the church are going to. It's usually kind of fun. Tomorrow is going to be the yard sale, so I need to eventually finish cleaning off the rest of my stuff from the top of the dresser and possibly strip my bed. I also need to finish up laundry, take my shower, and clean the strawberries.

Fandom-wise, I had mentioned sometime a week or so ago about this really cute scene from 'Kaze Hikaru' when Sei pictures her and Okita married. Well, I actually got around to scanning it.

Well, here it is: ( *squiiiish* )

Cute, huh? I thought so.

And dammit if I didn't hit my foot against something again!! Grah!!

Trivia of the day: A conveyor printing press is used to print the tiny white M's on each M&M candy. Because the peanut sizes vary, the press must be always adjusted to prevent smashing the peanuts in peanut M&Ms. Regular M&Ms, all the same size, are much easier to send through the printer.

Well, not officially until a couple of weeks, but work with me here... Anyway, this is going to be a long post, so bear with me.

First, my New Years --

New Years' Eve: Well, let's see... during the day we did what we usually do on Saturdays. Go grocery shopping. We also went to the local Flea Market and I saw a few things I'd perhaps like to get myself Such as -- an oversized fairy shirt which I can use as a night shirt (I need more), a cell phone case (I want to protect my boys), a few cell phone charms (but I'll not be replacing my Hello Kitty anytime soon), and samurai swords!!! Ohhh! Of course, if I were to get any, I'd want a daisho or a complete set. Wakizachi (short sword. I hope I spelled it right) and katana (or long sword). Mwahahahahaaaaaa!!!

That night, we chilled our Sparkling Cider and watched 'Pirates of the Carribean' before we switched over to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.' He was there, but you could definitely tell the stroke affected him. His speech was altered, but it was good to see him, even in a limited capacity.

New Year's Day: We went to church services, and then afterwards, we went to see 'King Kong.' It was a very good movie. There were some gruesome parts in it, like when the cook got eaten and then just giant bugs in general. The dinosaur stampede was waaaay intense! So I recommend it. Mom had to go to the bathroom toward the end (it is pretty long) but she hung in there. What a trooper.

I also made me some icons. I redid the Kureno and Shigure New Years one. I like it better than the first one I did, but still, it could be better. And I made this Akito and Tohru one. I liked the scene and the text is a paraphrase from a song I really like by Ginny Owens. I felt it fit. The actual lyrics themselves were a bit long, but I tweaked them a bit so they fit, but still kept their meaning.

And I set up my iTunes. Who knows, I may actually use it to download stuff...

And flamika, I redid the CD covers for the Furuba mixes you sent me. I figured out how to do it using the CD cover maker that came with my CD burner program. The first attempt was crappy, because the cutter I had was the smaller one, and it was too short lengthwise, so I kinda butchered them a bit. But I re redid them this morning (on card stock) and used scissors on the longer part and they came out beautifully. I still have the covers you made since you made them and I'm strange that way...

I also scanned some images. Two from HG vol. 10 and two from my 'Star Wars New Essential Chronology' book. The 'Star Wars' ones I plan to make icons from...

Speaking of which, it's time for me to post about my Christmas haul! So, here goes!

( clicky! )

Well, that seems to be about it. As for today, I have no other agenda than to go and pick up my perscription. Tomorrow, I have to throw myself on the mercy of my car insurance company since they're closed today and my payment is due. Wish me luck...

Trivia of the day: When Ben Franklin was living in England, he used the breast stroke during his regular swims across the Thames River – the same stroke used by Matthew Webb in 1875 when he became the first person to swim the English Channel.