Day #10

So, here's day 10. And I don't really know what to talk about. It's raining right now, and has been ever since I left work. I was sitting there, in my car, waiting to turn right onto the Lloyd Expressway when I noticed a couple of large water drops hit my windshield. When I turned right, it was like turning into a waterfall. I'm still a little moist from running inside without an umbrella or jacket. I may have to go back out into it, though.

Tomorrow is a friend of mine's bridal shower (but after her, it'll be over with...none of my other friends who haven't gotten married in the last 2 years (give or take a couple of months) are even dating), and the invite and message on her sister's answering machine suggest that we bring a "dish" and recipe for the event. So, as I was thinking about what I could bring, if anything, I got the idea to make a Triple Chocolate Bundt cake in the "Coolest Bundt Cake Pan Ever" (tm). But, if I do that, I'll have to #1) go buy the ingredients, and #2) jurry-rig some way to carry it, covered, to the event that I won't mind never seeing again. So...yeah. I may not do it. I'm still thinking about it.

Hmm...not too shabby, I guess. For not having much to talk about, I guess.

Mata ashita.

Day #9?

Ok, so....I'm cutting it close tonight. Like, by the time this is up, it'll be the 10th round here somewhere. But it's still the 9th out in California, right? So I'm cool, right? I didn't get sucked into the candy aisle of Walgreens, I promise!


Tomorrow, I may have a better, longer, cooler post. Or more about anime. Whatever. ;)

Mata ashita.

Day #8

Fair warning: This is an anime post. If you don't care about anime, you may disist your reading now. :)


So, recently, I've had an odd urge in my anime viewing tendencies. In an effort to feed these odd desires, I have watched a few random, short shows and OAV's. But, I have certain art standards, and so I almost felt I was running out of the type of anime I was craving. However, on a last resort, I decided to check out a show called "Kyo Kara Maoh" (also spelled Kyou Kara Maou). I watched the first ep in Japanese, but the subsequent eps (up to 35) I watched in English, since the way I had spelled it was the English release spelling and at first, they were all I could find. I now want this show very badly, because I feel like it's a return to my anime roots.

The first three anime I remember watching parts of in college (thanks go to Ernest) were Record of Lodoss War ("I will defend the peas of Lodoss with my life!" ~the courageous pea farmer), Escaflowne, and Fushigi Yuugi. And, to me, Kyo Kara Maoh is like a combination of the three, with bits of El Hazard thrown in for good measure. Take the concept of Fushigi Yuugi and/or Escaflowne (or El Hazard), of relatively normal high school student, somehow whisked away to an alternate world in which they are hailed as the prophecied saviour of a country. Make the world into which they are dropped reminiscent of Record of Lodoss War, and just about any D&D-esque RPG and/or console game you've ever played. Then, flip your persepctive. You are not the "hero" sent to slay the dragon, rescue the princess, and defeat the evil Demon King. You are the Demon King. So far, it has kept a pretty good balance between humor and plot, and has not of yet fallen into the Fushigi Yuugi trap of killing everyone off and bringing them back to be killed again...although, I must admit, I haven't quite finished the first season (of which there are 2...very long seasons).
If I ever find they've packaged the first season in a box set, I may have to buy it. But, they haven't yet...I mean, the first disc of the second season doesn't come out until the end of November, so that means they've only just got all of the first season out. But, for Jenny and Ernest, and probably Ellie and maybe others (since aspects of it also remind me of InuYasha), I wish to someday own it and force it upon others. Cuz, I mean, you gotta love Wolfram! Especially when he's around Yuuri. ;)



I'll leave you with this image. :) Mata ashita!

Day #7

Well, I have officially gone and done my civic duty and voted. I don't know how effective my vote will actually be, but I am fully aware that if I didn't vote, my vote would definitely not count. So, I put my 2 cents worth in. But in the fountain of reality...well, it always seems my pennies get lost among the froth. We'll see if we actually get rid of Hostettler this time. While I may not be a Democrat, I am most definitely not a Republican, and I have not like Hostettler since he was first elected. Especially when I met him. But Lugar was cool, so he still got my vote.


And that's definitely too much politics (and use of the word definitely). So, yeah. Mata ashita.

Day #6

Just a quick note about the end of the world: it must be nigh, for my friends have begun to spawn. Or, really, just one, but that's all it takes. Congrats, Julie!!

Day #5

Today is nothing informative. Just an amusing quiz.


How will I die?

"Sharon Spilmon: At age 32 while playing Street Fighter Omega at an arcade, you will be electrocuted by the headset. You will be the first such death in years."

Hee hee. I find that highly amusing. I don't even go to arcades often...

Well, mata ashita!

Day #4

So, I don't really have anything important or entertaining to report this evening. I haven't uploaded my pictures from last night yet, and i'll probably want one of me from someone else, just because all I got was a top half only one. And I kinda wanna show off my cool hakama, too.


So, I was at work today, and hell if i know why, but it was crazy. Not just people in general, because I could blame the moon for that (since it's either a full moon, or really freakin close tonight), but someone please explain why there were so many people shopping for crafty stuff today?? And I feel guilty too, cuz at one point I got really irritable. But I was trying to basically take care of 2 cutomers at once, and a coworker was trying to get me to help another customer at the same time, all while I was doing a price adjustment. And I was really tired. And when I'm tired, I get pissed off easily. So, I am sorry. Oh well.

I suppose that's all I've got for tonight.

Mata ashita! ("See you tomorrow" in Japanese)

Day #3

Well, the accessories are done, if half-assed. But really, what do you expect of me?? I mean, i bought velcro for the armband, but now decided not to use it. And I decided not to put the sealant coat on the book...I may end up doing it later, like before ACen, but for now, it'll be unsealed and plain. I still need to do more research as to what, if anything, should be written on it.


On an unrelated note, my toes are very cold.


Well, I guess that's it for now...I suppose I'll watch a bit of Tv and eat me some dinner, then get dressed for the party. This should be fun, though. Yay, Nanao-chan!


Mata ashita!

Day #2!

I have a costume, and it is all kinds of awesome! After tomorrow's party, I'll have some pics to put up. I guess I should do the armband...and maybe the book...although, they're not extremely necessary for this party, since the only other person there who will have any idea about who I'm dressed as is Laurie. But, still...at least the armband. That's on the to do list for tomorrow. But now I'm all giddy cuz my costume is finally here. Yay!!


Til tomorrow!
Mata ashita!

Day #1!

All right, here goes!


Since I'm no good with HTML (i.e. I have no idea how to do anything), I don't know how to put the picture and link on my sidebar for NaBloPoMo. So, I had thought to just upload the pic in a post and put the link under it or something, but the last 2 times I've tried, it's taken too long for Blogger to upload the pic, and the connection times out. So....here. I've linked it. And the pic I was wanting to use is the one with Yoda talking about keeping the Wookies away. Although...I really like Wookies, so I dunno if I want to keep them away...


Anyways....last night I went to a Halloween party at a friend of a coworker's apartment. It was...interesting. I am currently washing my coat so it doesn't smell so much like an ashtray, and that's saying a lot, since I live in a house with a smoker. They apparently made 72 Jello shots for this party...I had one. I don't know if one of the other people had any...she brought her own alcohol in a Mountain Dew bottle. And there were only 7 people there, including me, so...about 71 Jello shots to like 5 or 6 people...yeah, some of 'em were really drunk. But it was still pretty fun, for hanging out with people I barely know/don't know at all. We ended up watching anime at the end, and I stayed until 5 am.

I didn't wear a costume, cuz it's not here yet, but it should get here tomorrow around 3, when I'm at work. I was so convinced I had to close tomorrow, but no, I open. Bah. Oh well. Maybe when I get back from work tomorrow I can finish bits of the costume, the accessories if you will. We'll see how my somewhat lacking artistic abilities do for the armband as I try to draw it from a picture, and then copy my drawing onto fabric and coloring it with a sharpie. I'll try not to breathe it in too much.

I suppose that's it for tonight. I don't wanna run out of things to talk about too soon!

Til tomorrow!

It's about freakin' time!

I know, I know....it's been awhile, hasn't it. And even longer for a real post, and not some video or quiz or some such nonsense. I'm just lazy. But! But, I'm gonna try and not be, so much. As many of my readers may know, a friend, one VBG (aka PF1 over there ->), is participating (among other things) in NaBloPoMo, and I thought I might be able to do it too, so....here goes! I will hopefully be posting something every day, starting tomorrow (although, really, if you count this, I start today), although who knows how much substance will be in any of these posts. I'm bound to find something to rant about, right?

Until tomorrow!

Ok, another quiz....

....but c'mon! It's a "how nerdy am I" quiz!

I decided to put this quiz here in this blog, just because I stole it from a real pirate monkey, who definately reads this one. Enjoy!



Take the test!

I did it again....

....pissed off the rain gods. See, I was planning to go to the library today to turn in some DVDs that were due yesterday (and try to find a really tasty fruit drink I had while in Bloomingotn), but seeing as this it what it looks like out my front door still, I guess that'll hafta wait.

What did I do, rain gods? Or was it someone else you are severely pissed at?

Darth Vader vs. Japanese Police

This makes my inner geeks dance together with joy. Enjoy!

I have sunk to new depths....

....of nerdiness. Not geekiness, but nerdiness of a culinary variety. I have purchased the COOLEST Bundt pan EVER! And so I baked in it tonight. Here's what I made (a triple chocolate bundt cake, mighty tasty).



If you're having problems telling what it is...it's a castle! Isn't that super cool?? Now, for every event I'm gonna be like "Anybody want me to bring a cake?" I think I may go put some "snow" on it later...powdered sugar, y'know.

Anyways, I just had to share.

Hilarious!

You've got to watch this! And any of the Mac spoof commercials by the same people.

I'm so crafty!

Well, not really. Here's the story:


Around Christmas this last year I decided that the pile of CDs next to my CD player/radio on top of my dresser was getting a little too tall. At least 5 or so inches of CD on top of CD, no cases. Just sitting there. So, I thought, it may be time to put them in their cases and put them away. But then I realized, I've burned so many CDs from the library and off mp3s I've downloaded that I'd still have about 3 inches of pile unless I wanted to find and put them in the thin cases the blank CDs came in. But I hate the thin cases, because you have to pull them out one by one to see what CD it is. So, I thought I'd hit Target and see what CD case/wallet things they had on clearance. I ended up finding a couple that were kinda cool, and like $5 a piece. I figure, someday I'll move out, and it may even be easier to put all my DVDs in something like that, too, and just put the regular cases in storage bins under my bed. Anyways, the CD wallet things I got were black boxes, with 6 folders each with a label and pull (kinda like old card catalogues, just not yellow wood). But, I was really looking for something with a dragon on it, or something. So, I got the bright idea of painting (stamping, really) a cool dragon in read or something on these plain black boxes. So, I searched at work for a cool dragon stamp. No luck. I ended up with an asian stamp set, and 3 colors of metallic paint. For the record, I bought the paint and stamps on January 16. And did nothing with them.
Now, fast forward to this last Sunday. Some of my friends here in town are much more crafty than I am (even in that wiley kinda way), and they had decided as a kind of last hurrah for the summer (since one of them is an English teacher at our alma mater) to have a "crafting party", complete with chocolate fountain. Here I was, at a loss. It would be cheating to just go for the hang out time and the chocolate fountain, but I can't craft! Then I remembered. I do have that box. Maybe I can do it there. It's not like I'm ever gonna get around to it otherwise. So, I took it and played in the paint. Here's my finished box.


I really like how the square side turned out. :)


Also at the party another friend had henna as her craft, so I got a bit of henna work done. Not too much, though, since I didn't want to answer too many questions at work. ;) If you'll notice, it's the same as one of the stamps on the box. According to the stamp package, it means "wisdom", but one can never be too sure.



Anyways, I hope you enjoyed your foray into "crafty Sharon land".

Later!

I'm not dead!

...although I do feel a bit like the undead (shuffle, shuffle).


So, what have I been doing since my last post? Swimming. Er, I mean, let's see. A couple of weeks ago I went and picked up Ellie at Aerine and Billy's place (and therefore got to hang out with the aforesaid couple, as well as Bird and Bijou) and then drove up to visit with Jenny and Ernest. Up there, we went to a band competiton (it was ok, just a little warm) and finally got to go to the Children's Museum in Indy to see the dinos. Yay dinos. We also got to see the Fireworks of Glass display, which was pretty cool. Oh, and we got to eat at Ellie' restaurant, the 3 Sisters' Cafe, which had a lot of stuff my veggie friends would eat, too. Um, the next weekend was my family reunion, so I got to see a bunch of relatives, some of which I haven't seen for a very long time (like my cousin Esther) and eat watermelon and too much food in general. Cuz that's what family's about. Eating too much off the dessert table. :)

Hmm...otherwise, I haven't really been doing too much. Just working and sleeping and watching anime on Youtube. The exciting life I always lead. ;)

Hmmm....I should probably get dressed and stuff for work now, so...until later!

And the Lord sayeth unto me, "Build a fucking boat!"

It's true. Yesterday I left for work early (about 45 minutes early) so I wouldn't have to bail out my car, and felt it would be stupid to move it to the end of the block for a half hour. The rain had stopped by that time, but you never know how much further the water will rise, since the storm sewers around here suck ass. My mom says it went down in about an hour. However, this morning around 9-9:30 my mom comes into my room and says I'd better get up and move my car before it floats away. So, I run out in my PJs and my brother's flip-flops, crawl in the passenger side and drive to the end of the block, come back inside, discard my wet PJs and go back to sleep. A while later (I'm not sure when) my brother took these pictures:




















The water did rise some more, another foot or so, and has gone back down a bit, but it's still up, and it's 5:30 in the afternoon. My street will definately be on the local news, and may even be on the Weather Channel. Stupid outdated sewer system. At least this time there weren't any people canoeing down the street!