.:reflections of twilight:.

Well, the Epic Check of DOOOOM® still continues to kick my ass. I will lick it, dammit!!!! I WILL!!!


I went and bought WALL-E yesterday along with Hellboy II and Legend (back when Tom Cruise was sill relatively sane). More and more of the movies we saw over the summer are coming out on DVD soon. I think Mamma Mia! comes out before the month is over...

Right now I'm waiting for the cable guy to come. We're upgrading our land line to digital and someone is supposed to be home between 5:00 and 7:00. The message he left on the machine said he'd be here at 5:15 but so far, nothing. But they never come when they say they're supposed to. Still, it was nice getting home before dark for once...

We had a Thanksgiving potluck at work today. I brought my Oreo Cookie desert. People seemed to like it. Well, concidering the fact that I was specifically requested to bring it having brought it to a baby shower months ago, I'd say that means people liked it.

Hmmm, short post today. Not as short as yesterday's though...

Today in History: 1959
The last Edsel rolled off the assembly line. Ford Motor Company stopped production of the big flop after two years and a total of 110,847 cars.

I just got back from the gym. Mom and I are trying to make going three days a week a regular thing. They say exercise helps to alleviate stress and depression. Both of which I have to various degrees. The only thing is, going after work means everyone goes after work.

Of course, I had to stop and wash my car beforehand due to the fact that a tree shit on my car. Yes, you read that right. A tree shit on my car. I try to park in a somewhat shaded area at work, but the trees excrete some... substance and they like to target my car. *siiiiigh*

Work today was interesting. First we we updated on a meeting that our supervisor went to and she relayed the info to us. Then, we had a lunch in recognition of PFS Week (or a combo of that and another month with no errors).

Toward the end of the day, I was checking my checks to see if there were any errors. Well, apparently I forgot to post some of them. They're double sided, so I posted one side, but not the other. Usually I don't do that, but today I noticed I did it twice. I just hope I don't have any more...

And, I don't think I'll be able to go to Dragon*Con this year, tenel_ka. Yeah, I'm disappointed too. But I have to save for vacation this year as well as our eventual move to Tennessee. T_T I really want to go, especially since Shea said she wanted to come and all, but financially I don't see how it's possible...

I was able to find a copy of MST3K vol. 10.2 at Best Buy this weekend! Whooo! I watched me Giant Spider Invasion much to my delight. I also bought vol 2 of Mythbusters.

Today in History: February 11, 1975
Margaret Thatcher became the first female leader of a British political party when she was elected leader of the Conservatives.

Guess what I'll be doing this weekend?







That's right! It finally came! I'm really excited. I saw some video of people playing it on wii. com and it looks super fun!


Guess what else came! My new laptop bag!! It's just the right size! It even has a cell phone pocket and a cup holder inside!

( under here! )

The majority of my weekend was spent watching a mini-marathon of The Office. Such fun. I also was loaned a couple of Tori DVD's to watch as well. I need to find a time to watch them sometime too, although I might buy me a set of my own!

Of course, a good chunk of my weekend was spend basking in the glow of being right! I was posting on my fandom journal ryudoshi about the three volumes of Naruto I bought and read. I was looking up images on Wikipedia to explain about my theory about Naruto being the son of the Fourth Hokage. Well, imagine my surprise when it was indeed confirmed to be true. Of course, the fact that they looked so similar was a big honkin' clue right there. We also "meet" his mommy, whom he gets his surname and his personality from.

Seeing as this was apparently unveiled in September sometime thereabouts and considering I've been a bit removed from the fandom while the anime is airing the fillers here in the US, this isn't new. But to me, it is! so yay!

( Evidence! )

And I naturally got new icons...

And a happy birthday to ichiban_victory!!

Word of the Day: zibeline
Pronunciation: /ZIB·el·line/
:a soft lustrous wool fabric with mohair, alpaca, or camels hair

Man, it seems like every weekend I have gets sucked away... *siiiiigh* Saturday was mostly spent running errands, but they needed to be done. Before that though, mom went to her Weight Watchers meeting and I was catching up on some shows I had recorded but never got a chance to watch before.

We went to the camera store and mom was drooling over a camera case she wants. We then had lunch at a nearby diner where we ate the the counter, which I though was kinda fun. I liked watching the servers banter with the customers, each other and the cooking staff. That's the people watcher in me.

We then went to Best Buy to look at washer/dryers. I also bought the Bleach box set and a few other DVD's. I saw the Guitar Hero III on the shelves and subsequently drooled.

We then got groceries and called it a day. We didn't get home until about 4:30 or so. I spent the rest of the day mostly watching my Bleach episodes.

Sunday I woke to discover that a bird (or, more likely an entire FLOCK) decided to use my car as target practice. So I had to drive to church with my car marked up. *fnarl*

After church got out, I grabbed a bite and went home, ate and changed my clothes. Then I took my car to get washed of it's new "paint job." After that, I went home, started on some laundry and uploaded more CD's onto my iTunes.

I also watched the first disk of Princess Tutu. I LOVE it!!! *squeeee* Duck is so adorkable!! And I think I have a slight crush on Fakir. I was so enamored (even from just watching the first five episodes) that I bought the yet-to-be released box set from Amazon! I know the series gets darker as it progresses, but I have a feeling it's a definite keeper.

And I bought gas today after work... at $3.12 a gallon!!!!!! Holy !#*@#$&&)@#(!!!!!

New episode of Heroes tonight. After last week's shocker, I wonder what other surprises are in store?


ETA: I forgot to mention that I was successful in my search for Michael Bublé tickets! Yay! And they're on the lower tier!

Word of the Day: malevolent
Pronunciation: /muh-LEV-uh-lunt/
adj : exhibiting or wishing harm to others; malicious

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