.:reflections of twilight:.

Hey, it's been awhile since I posted and actual entry, hasn't it? My life has been pretty mundane so far, so not much to post about.

Mom and I visited a friend of ours yesterday. It was awesome. She moved to Sarasota a few years ago and we haven't seen much of her since then, but she usually contacts us when she's in town and we get together and have a lot of laughs. Her health is kinda bad, so it's harder for her to get around, but we still have fun anyway. We laugh so much...

According to my friend Michele, we were successfully able to acquire Tori Amos tickets, YES!! Not only are we going to Diz on my birthday, but the day after is Tori! I'm gonna have a bitchin' b-day this year! I hope I can take pictures...

I got the Ghostbusters video game yesterday. I hope to be able to play it this weekend. Due to the fact that I'm dead ass broke, I have no plans to go anywhere so chances are good I will. Unless I get distracted by the shiny...

I've also become addicted to Bejeweled thanks to a co-worker. I have versions on my iPod and my phone as well...

We're also having issues with our A/C. And summer is technically here already which means I'll be roasting most of the weekend. Fun.

Well, I'm gonna try and clean some this weekend and maybe put away some more stuff. Or I'm gonna be lazy and not do anything. It's a toss up.

I got my new keyboard over the weekend. No, it wasn't replaced by Best Buy. I had to go ahead and purchase it on my own. I wasn't getting anywhere with their Customer Disservice. It's a pretty nice one. It came with a mouse also and even though I wasn't having issues with my other mouse, I switched out anyway. It conforms more to the shape of my hand. One nice feature it has is there's a button where your thumb rests that you can push and a little magnifier pops up and you can see things better. You can also go back a page (Or however many) with the push of ANOTHER button. The keyboard itself is curved so it helps with the natural position of the hands. It's not an ergonomic keyboard in the sense that it has hills or anything like my aunt's does, but it's a bit more comfortable.

I also bought a copy of Phantom of the Opera that's better than the one I have. The other one was pan-and-scan (which I dislike) and didn't have any features because it came packaged with other movies, so no frills. Me, I like the frills when it comes to my DVD's. I got the Flashback edition of Sixteen Candles also. One of my fave 80's teen movies. I also picked up the special edition of Gigi. LOVE that movie to pieces! I got a cool game for my DS which has UNO, Skip-Bo (which I used to play with my grandma all the time) and UNO Free Fall.

Then mom and I stopped by the bookstore. Big mistake. I got a few comics (Buffy Season 8 and the latest Legacy), the new volume of Shonen Jump, a SDK vol. 32 (I think we only have a few more volumes left in the series). I bought a romance written by the author of the Princess Diaries series. It was written ostensibly by the main character of that series and I heard it was pretty good, although the few excerpts I read of it tend to lean toward the smutty side! But, the proceeds go to Greenpeace, so that was a good purchase.

I bought the autobio that Kat von D wrote, who's the star of the TLC series LA Ink which I love to watch. I also picked up the Watchmen film companion. Pretty cool! Needless to say, I cleaned out my wallet...

Later on Saturday night, a few of us gals went to Chili's for a few drinks to celebrate Singles Awareness Day (better known to most people as Valentine's Day). Although the one who organized this whole affair came down with a stomach bug and wasn't able to make it! She was pretty disappointed because out of all of us, she was the one looking forward to it the most. We still had a pretty good time though.

I was able to figure out how to burn some of the stuff I recorded off of my hard drive. I mean, I could just burn them straight onto a DVD, but I wanted to cut out the commercials and divide them into chapters and whatnot. So I started with the final Avatar episode. I've yet to watch the finished product. Maybe if I burn enough of them off, I can free up more of my hard drive because it's getting rather full.

*looks up* Wow. I guess I typed a lot. Well, time to sign off I suppose. Cheerio everyone!

Birthdays Today: Edgar Bergen
Ventriloquist
b: 1903 - 1978

Hey everyone. Have a nice weekend? Mine wasn't bad. Went to a friends house and we watched Iron Man on DVD. It kicked ass like always. I chatted with her roommate a little. He seems nice. The three of us might do another movie night sometime in the future, we don't know for sure. It's more of a "wait-and-see" type of thing really. We might watch Transformers next since neither Michele nor I had seen it yet. I know, for shame...

Mom and I also watched Iron Man over the weekend. Not that I minded watching it twice in two days. Hell, I watched it three times when it was still in theaters. I also watched Speed Racer as well.

I went and bought The Force Unleashed over the weekend. I haven't played it yet since I hadn't really had the chance. I hope to next weekend. I know rurouni_jedi kinda had mixed feelings about it, but it looks to be pretty neat, so I'll give it a whirl. I look forward to the Ghostbusters game coming next July. Heee!

I read the interview jaina had with Tite Kubo in the latest AI. He's a lot younger than I thought he'd be! He's younger than I am! That's kinda cool. It was a cool interview!

I need to upload the books I bought onto My GoodReads account and then pick up some spaghetti for dinner. Hasta!

Today in History: 1991
Elizabeth Taylor was married - for the 8th time - to construction worker Larry Fortensky. The wedding took place at Michael Jackson’s estate in California amidst a flurry of paparazzi.

I went shopping this weekend at Kohl's and found a few cute summery dresses to wear on vacation this summer. One because I'm apparently going to a wedding shindig when I'm up at my dad's this summer and two because when I go to church with my aunt, they tend to be a little dressier. I also got a new purse since my old one was getting a little frayed at the handles and I also go a cute pair of mules with a kitten heel and a darling sweater to go with everything, so...

I got my hair highlighted too over the weekend. It's got a bit more blonde and red in it. I tried taking pictures, but it doesn't show up very well.

We also got our GPS over the weekend. I haven't had a chance to really fiddle with it yet. I hope we get a chance to so we're not trying to figure out how it works while we're in the middle of our road trip.

I got a couple of new games for my DS. Super Mario Brothers and the Midnight Play Pack, which has a lot of different games on it, like Solitaire, Pool, Bowling ect... It's pretty neat.

I also finished my game on Mario Party. I won! Boo-yah baby!!! I wonder if I'm brave enough again to try Super Mario Galaxy and not get stuck by the black hole on friggin' Planet D!

I got the second issue of the ST:NF comic series. I'm still iffy on the art, but we see Soleta! Yay! I may icon her some eventually... I want to try to do a more detailed write up on stnf.

Today in History: 1911
Harry N. Atwood flew an airplane onto the lawn of the White House to accept an award from President William Taft. There wasn’t a National Airport at the time.

Well, this week has been off to a great start so far...

I'm behind on my work at my job and there is no relief in sight thus far. My rebate I filled out for T-Mobile didn't come through because they said it was incomplete (WHAT?!?!) and I also discovered I'm ineligible for a stimulus check because my mom listed me as a dependent on her tax return. SNAP SMASH!!!

Plus, the pumps at the gas station are telling me I can't buy gas with my card for some reason. I KNOW I have enough money in there to at least do that! Stop crapping on my parade, life!!

Also, I think I'm PMSing. Terrif.

On the bright side, I was able to get my hands on a copy of MarioKart, which is awesome, BTW. It's such fun! My rating is 5th overall, but I hope to improve the more I play. I also read a magazine article on The Force Unleashed. It looks really cool. I'm pretty excited about it.

I also picked up a copy of Naruto 30 and Saiyuki RELOAD 8. Furuba 20 should be released soon. We're getting VERY close to the end.

We went to see Get Smart this weekend. It was pretty good.

Now I'm off to crawl under the covers and hope things start to improve out there before I get knocked upside the head again...

Today In History: 1961
The Antarctica Treaty, which made the Antarctic continent a demilitarized zone to be preserved for scientific research, went into effect. The original treaty, signed by 12 nations two years earlier, was revised in 1991 to include a ban on mineral and oil exploration for 50 years.

Mom stayed home sick again today. She tried going into work for a little while yesterday, but her doctor heard her coughing and, after doing a quick exam, told her to go home. She definitely plans on going in tomorrow since she using up a lot of her PTO time which she wants to save for our extra week of vacation. Meanwhile I've been sucking down AirBourne and Vitamin C like no tomorrow.

This week is the end of the month for us, which means that we have to get checks and charges posted before the close of the day tomorrow. It also means a lot of stress and chaos as well. I'm mostly finished with my checks, but if I have the free time, I need to use it to post other checks that no one has the time to finish completely. Normally I don't mind, as long as they're checks I'm familiar with. However, when I checked last, there were a lot of checks of the type I hate. I pray I can find something else to do once I finish mine tomorrow. *prays and offers supplicants to whatever gods are handy in this arena*

I went shopping this weekend and bought me some more clothes for work, which I needed since my wardrobe choices are limited. I also bought more books (big surprise) and a few DVD's and games for my Wii and DS respectively.

Check out these girls singing the National Anthem. Listen to the harmony they have! And they're only between the ages of 9-6!



If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, nothing will. I get choked up every time I watch.

Today in History: 1931
The improved version of the zipper was patented by Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback as a "separable fastener."

First of all: secondlina I GOT THE "PACKAGE" TODAY!!!!! OMG SO ADORABLE!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! I have it hanging on my closet! For example.

I may even have it framed, like my friend kawaiiayu's drawing she did of me (which is sitting on my desk here at home). I'm even keeping the envelope because it has a Work on it!!^_____^ Oh, and it's a Q, BTW...

Work was work. 'Nuff said.

I played some Super Mario Galaxy this weekend. It rocks! It such fun, except when I had to quit because I got SUCKED INTO A BLACK HOLE!!!! I tried again yesterday, and SAME THING!!! T____T I came thisclose to reaching my goal, but I got knocked off and down I went... Grahhh.

I was able to watch at least one of the Tori DVD's. I like the videos one, although most of the time they seem a little... surreal. But music videos in general tend to be a bit surreal. Still, it's probably something I'd buy.

I reread the volumes of Victorian Romance Emma yesterday. Much squishiness for me at the end of volume 4. I need to see when the next one is coming out so I can order it. I did download and read the Emma Side Stories. There was one of William's and Hakim's ongoing tennis rivalry. Hurrr...

Mom and I went back to the gym for the first time in a few months on Saturday. We're going to be easing back into our regime. I need to make me a mix of upbeat workout songs sometime.

And, I was able to finally enjoy my bubble bath I had gotten months ago. Despite the fact our tub wasn't nearly deep enough for adequate soakage, the amount of bubbles more than made up for it.

Word of the Day: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: /tat-er-di-MAYL-yon/
adj *1: ragged or disreputable in appearance 2: being in a decayed condition : dilapidated

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

So this weekend was a pretty full one.

Saturday, mom went with my aunt to a High School Marching Band competition. It was mostly bands from our area, though. My high school got high marks, so that was good to hear. It took them most of the day.

I was out getting my tires realigned, which took an hour and a half for some reason. After I finished with that, I headed over to Best Buy in a fruitless attempt to buy the Bleach box set that's supposedly out. So I decided to get the individual disks instead along with King Kong and Hellboy as well as a few more games for my DS and some guide books. I did this despite the fact that I have no room to put them...

Then I went to the bookstore to "browse" and ostensibly buy another Tori Amos CD so I can get in the mindset for the concert on the 18th. Not a tremendous amount of selection, however. I did buy a magazine and a book on iPods, so it wasn't a complete loss.

Then I swung by the mall to have a look around in the hopes of perhaps buying another pair of work pants. No such luck, however. I did get friendly with a few kittens at the pet store! ^_^

I bought a pair of shoes and had lunch then went home. I played more Wii and got a good workout with the boxing game, actually. And I totally got a knockout! Awesome! I also played more Bleach and then I watched a couple of movies: The most recent live action version of Peter Pan and Night At The Museum. Very cute! I played some Tetris DS a bit too.

Sunday was really busy as well. After church, mom and I went looking for a pair of penny loafers for mom's costume for Wednesday. The theme of her office is the 1950's. We searched almost the whole mall before we found some at JC Penney's. They were men's since women's doesn't have a pair of genuine penny loafers. I also got me some super cute hats while I was there (not at Penney, at another store). I have pictures even!

The rest of Sunday was spent at home, relaxing. I took a nap for longer than I had wanted to. When I do, I generally have trouble sleeping later that evening, and I certainly did. In fact, I'm surprised I'm as alert as I was when I woke up this morning despite the fact that my brain wouldn't shut up.

I saw the second episode of Death Note Saturday. Needless to say, I love L's voice! It's the same actor who portrays Lt. Gaeta on BSG. Neat! And Light is beginning his decent nto madness. Fun fun.

And, despite the fact that the Red Tide decided to make an appearance, it's been pretty mild so far. Thankfully.

And I finally have a decent version of PhotoShop on my laptop! Whee!! I'm a little rusty, but I'm sure my skills will pick up again. Not that my skills were all that fantastic to begin with...

And I've yet to figure out how to insert pictures from my Scrapbook onto my client. Hrmmm...

Word of the Day: tawdry
Pronunciation: /TAW-dree/
adj : cheap and showy; garish

It caaaaaaame!!!!! I have it sitting on my bet ATM, still in the box since I need to decide where to put it. I know mom wants to play some of the WiiSports games, but the living room is used a lot and I'd never have a chance to play any of my other games. In the meantime, my bedroom has the privacy (so I can move and lunge like a loon), but small space. I think I might be able to swing it, though.

And, like a dork, I took pictures...

Yesterday, I got the cables and my other two games Bleach: Shattered Blade and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. My Zelda: Twilight Princess is on backorder... The combo deal I got also came with WiiPlay, which is kinda like the Sports one, but it has pool, table tennis and target shooting. It also comes with an extra controller.

Work was pretty much the same. I got off early so I could go to the bank and then the rental office where my package was. Tomorrow we're going to a lovely tea luncheon, which I'm looking forward to. The last one I went to was a Ladies Tea when we went with grandma.

Mom's getting her tires changed after church on Sunday, which she'd been wanting to do for awhile now. And, we made our reservations at the B&B in St. Augustine! *squees* I'm so excited!!

Anyway, there's still time to respond to my previous post. And you can send replies to my yahoo e-mail addy.

So I'm gonna browse through my FL and then open up my Wii and try to set it up.


Laters!!

Word of the Day: enate
Pronunciation: /enate/
adj : related on or descended from the mother's side of the family