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faire_damsel is asking her friends to write a fairy tale about her (well, her own vision of her self, not her actual true self,) with me as TEH OMGZ EVOL! ^______^ This is, in fact, the second time that some disgruntled MarySue has written me as the villain in a story. (The first was some Harry Potter MarySue who wrote about the BAD, WICKED, Tilly who was going to do EVIL THINGS to SueMione.) Like I said previously, after Rose's "Waahhh, Hurricane Jules capsized my fairytale boat!" entry: this just makes my day. I love knowing that I'm like the wrecking ball to her goofyass fantasy world.
It's not that I don't occasionally feel sorry for Rose, either. Someone who is so vastly unhappy with reality that they have to create their own fantasy to fill in the void deserves pity. If she wasn't such a greedy beggar with a ginormous ego, I might not even like to point and laugh at her. But, well, she is, and I do. :D But seriously, it is sad when I really think of it. I actually like reality and I like life. Love it, really, so I can't understand how someone would want to ignore it in favor of banal cliches in a fake world. I have a job that has occasional incredible perks (more on that later,) I work with my friends, and I have hobbies that I love, that are healthy and feel good to the soul (as Sifu put it last night.) I grew up among various cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles--a whole community sharing kids and I helped to raise two of them myself--and I come from a crazy, neurotic, outspoken family who would never let you down. I have a fantastic garden, a bluejay that whistles the theme to Star Wars, and an interesting pack of dogs. I can afford the internet and I never have to wonder if I'm going to starve or freeze to death. Times of the world, though frustrating under the current administration and this country's policies, are at least interesting. There is good music to hear, good movies to watch, good books to read and good food to eat. The air smells like the ocean. My friends are insane and make me laugh almost to tears at least once a week.
What's not to like? So yes, I do feel sorry for Rose, really for anyone who is sad and doesn't love life, because I'm human and I have pity. But on the other hand, she is so plainly begging me for attention, and really, who am I to deny her? She gets what she wants: my attention. And I do what is amusing: point and laugh. So really in the end, everyone gets what they want, even if it's not completely healthy. ;D Heh.
Anyway, moving on. That perk I mentioned before? I might get to foster a baby dolphin. Read that again: I might get to foster a baby dolphin. The local sealife rescue needs foster parents for an orphaned little one, someone who can take a few hours out of a few days a week to basically swim in the tank with the baby dolphin and bottle feed it. How it came about is NOT a fun story. Basically the Mommy dolphin was killed through human actions (what the hell else is new?) and it was killed in a violent, prolonged way that I don't even like to describe, so I won't. And, well, the baby needs a Mommy. Or a handful of Mommies, as it were, and one of them might be me. I'm going to a meeting a week from Thursday to see if I can work out a schedule. This has been a dream of mine for a long time, because they're done this sort of thing in the past and I know someone who did it once. I guess it is frustrating and sometimes boring, too, sitting there in a tank of water for hours. But dude: BABY DOLPHIN. I don't know anyone who isn't totally queer for the dolphin. It's like a human trait to love them.
That's, I think, my most awesome news for today. There is other awesome stuff going on, too, like for instance that I finished the sword form last night, total big squee there. Sifu told me last week that when I master it is when I get my green belt. I'm a long way from mastering it, but I can at least do the entire form without forgetting what comes next. It's nowhere near being second nature (I really have to concentrate,) and it's nowhere near being easy or as fluid as it should be. I'm having a huge problem with the jump crescent kick in this one, which normally doesn't give me this huge of a problem. I keep taking a cross-step before the jump, which I'm not supposed to do, but which is the only way I can get any kind of height into the jump. And I have no idea why. It doesn't make any physical sense. But anyway, I did finish the form and I felt great after class last night. Sifu killed us in basics and the sword form afterwards is always a killer. But everything felt so clear when we were done. It's hard to explain.
This autumn is tumbling out of my control. And if I get that dolphin-fostering thing (ohpleaseohplease!) it will go tumbling even faster. I've got this weekend to catch up on all kinds of junk, and maybe I'll even carve some pumpkins. After that, well, hopefully the dolphin thing. Then after that is the HUGE birthday party for everyone in the world, including me. After that, the first 30STM concert. A few days later, on Halloween, I'll be traveling to Philly with Jeremy for the SECOND 30STM concert, this time for a huge costume celebration! Dude, a mere few DAYS after that, I'm off to Indiana for the annual Ka Hui Hula Polynesia, with Keali'i Reichel. ^_____^ The weekend after that, a visit from a distant and very badly missed friend, and the weekend after that, it's off to Disneyworld with the entire fam again. After that? Christmas season.
Time is flying, WTF?
Oh, I remember what I've been meaning to post for a while! These are two videos that anyone who lovesmy dogs absolutely must see. In the first one, the Ninja Wizards give their opinion on the fire alarm:
That's in my house, by the way. I'm surprised that Trisky's been joining in lately! (This was the day after her surgery. You can see the shaved spot on her neck.)
In the second one, which took place when I had the dogs at my parents'--and this is fabulous, trust me-- Haku watches the dog show:
But you see, he wasn't just watching, he was actually trying to play with either the dog or the frisbee. Right after that, he came up to me like he wanted something. I wondered if maybe he wanted a frisbee, so I went out later and I bought him one. I tried to throw it to him a little while ago. He chases it, watches it land, then looks at me like, "WOW! Cool!" and runs off. The actual funniest part to the whole "Haku watching the dog show" scenario isn't on video, sadly. It was a few minutes before, while my Mom and I were in her kitchen and Haku was on my Dad's lap, and my Dad was asking him, "What do you want to watch on TV? The dog show? You'll like that, won't you?" My Mom was cracking up. She said, "He doesn't even ask me what I want to watch!" Which my Dad didn't hear, because he's mostly deaf. It was too funny. You'd never believe this guy was a total hardcase unless you knew his past. Now he's the guy who really, honestly cares what the puppy wants to watch on TV.
Well, I'm fully freaking starving, so it's time to run. Later, taters.
After dinner ETA: If Rose and Tristan are ~~Oh So Blissful~~, then why is she afraid that I might "steal" him? O_o You Must Find The Kiss Stolen From The Sleeping Prince, Or The One Who Is Secretly Jealous Of You Will Steal Away His Heart, Which Rightfully Belongs To You, And Put Herself Forever In Your Place... blah blah morinic blah... And also, uhh, what the hell would I do with someone like this Tristan of hers? I have no room, no time, no patience and certainly no desire for such a broken person. I like people who have spirit, imagination, dignity and strength. That's like the Anti_Tristan. O_o Ewww. <
faire_damsel is asking her friends to write a fairy tale about her (well, her own vision of her self, not her actual true self,) with me as TEH OMGZ EVOL! ^______^ This is, in fact, the second time that some disgruntled MarySue has written me as the villain in a story. (The first was some Harry Potter MarySue who wrote about the BAD, WICKED, Tilly who was going to do EVIL THINGS to SueMione.) Like I said previously, after Rose's "Waahhh, Hurricane Jules capsized my fairytale boat!" entry: this just makes my day. I love knowing that I'm like the wrecking ball to her goofyass fantasy world.It's not that I don't occasionally feel sorry for Rose, either. Someone who is so vastly unhappy with reality that they have to create their own fantasy to fill in the void deserves pity. If she wasn't such a greedy beggar with a ginormous ego, I might not even like to point and laugh at her. But, well, she is, and I do. :D But seriously, it is sad when I really think of it. I actually like reality and I like life. Love it, really, so I can't understand how someone would want to ignore it in favor of banal cliches in a fake world. I have a job that has occasional incredible perks (more on that later,) I work with my friends, and I have hobbies that I love, that are healthy and feel good to the soul (as Sifu put it last night.) I grew up among various cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles--a whole community sharing kids and I helped to raise two of them myself--and I come from a crazy, neurotic, outspoken family who would never let you down. I have a fantastic garden, a bluejay that whistles the theme to Star Wars, and an interesting pack of dogs. I can afford the internet and I never have to wonder if I'm going to starve or freeze to death. Times of the world, though frustrating under the current administration and this country's policies, are at least interesting. There is good music to hear, good movies to watch, good books to read and good food to eat. The air smells like the ocean. My friends are insane and make me laugh almost to tears at least once a week.
What's not to like? So yes, I do feel sorry for Rose, really for anyone who is sad and doesn't love life, because I'm human and I have pity. But on the other hand, she is so plainly begging me for attention, and really, who am I to deny her? She gets what she wants: my attention. And I do what is amusing: point and laugh. So really in the end, everyone gets what they want, even if it's not completely healthy. ;D Heh.
Anyway, moving on. That perk I mentioned before? I might get to foster a baby dolphin. Read that again: I might get to foster a baby dolphin. The local sealife rescue needs foster parents for an orphaned little one, someone who can take a few hours out of a few days a week to basically swim in the tank with the baby dolphin and bottle feed it. How it came about is NOT a fun story. Basically the Mommy dolphin was killed through human actions (what the hell else is new?) and it was killed in a violent, prolonged way that I don't even like to describe, so I won't. And, well, the baby needs a Mommy. Or a handful of Mommies, as it were, and one of them might be me. I'm going to a meeting a week from Thursday to see if I can work out a schedule. This has been a dream of mine for a long time, because they're done this sort of thing in the past and I know someone who did it once. I guess it is frustrating and sometimes boring, too, sitting there in a tank of water for hours. But dude: BABY DOLPHIN. I don't know anyone who isn't totally queer for the dolphin. It's like a human trait to love them.
That's, I think, my most awesome news for today. There is other awesome stuff going on, too, like for instance that I finished the sword form last night, total big squee there. Sifu told me last week that when I master it is when I get my green belt. I'm a long way from mastering it, but I can at least do the entire form without forgetting what comes next. It's nowhere near being second nature (I really have to concentrate,) and it's nowhere near being easy or as fluid as it should be. I'm having a huge problem with the jump crescent kick in this one, which normally doesn't give me this huge of a problem. I keep taking a cross-step before the jump, which I'm not supposed to do, but which is the only way I can get any kind of height into the jump. And I have no idea why. It doesn't make any physical sense. But anyway, I did finish the form and I felt great after class last night. Sifu killed us in basics and the sword form afterwards is always a killer. But everything felt so clear when we were done. It's hard to explain.
This autumn is tumbling out of my control. And if I get that dolphin-fostering thing (ohpleaseohplease!) it will go tumbling even faster. I've got this weekend to catch up on all kinds of junk, and maybe I'll even carve some pumpkins. After that, well, hopefully the dolphin thing. Then after that is the HUGE birthday party for everyone in the world, including me. After that, the first 30STM concert. A few days later, on Halloween, I'll be traveling to Philly with Jeremy for the SECOND 30STM concert, this time for a huge costume celebration! Dude, a mere few DAYS after that, I'm off to Indiana for the annual Ka Hui Hula Polynesia, with Keali'i Reichel. ^_____^ The weekend after that, a visit from a distant and very badly missed friend, and the weekend after that, it's off to Disneyworld with the entire fam again. After that? Christmas season.
Time is flying, WTF?
Oh, I remember what I've been meaning to post for a while! These are two videos that anyone who loves
That's in my house, by the way. I'm surprised that Trisky's been joining in lately! (This was the day after her surgery. You can see the shaved spot on her neck.)
In the second one, which took place when I had the dogs at my parents'--and this is fabulous, trust me-- Haku watches the dog show:
But you see, he wasn't just watching, he was actually trying to play with either the dog or the frisbee. Right after that, he came up to me like he wanted something. I wondered if maybe he wanted a frisbee, so I went out later and I bought him one. I tried to throw it to him a little while ago. He chases it, watches it land, then looks at me like, "WOW! Cool!" and runs off. The actual funniest part to the whole "Haku watching the dog show" scenario isn't on video, sadly. It was a few minutes before, while my Mom and I were in her kitchen and Haku was on my Dad's lap, and my Dad was asking him, "What do you want to watch on TV? The dog show? You'll like that, won't you?" My Mom was cracking up. She said, "He doesn't even ask me what I want to watch!" Which my Dad didn't hear, because he's mostly deaf. It was too funny. You'd never believe this guy was a total hardcase unless you knew his past. Now he's the guy who really, honestly cares what the puppy wants to watch on TV.
Well, I'm fully freaking starving, so it's time to run. Later, taters.
After dinner ETA: If Rose and Tristan are ~~Oh So Blissful~~, then why is she afraid that I might "steal" him? O_o You Must Find The Kiss Stolen From The Sleeping Prince, Or The One Who Is Secretly Jealous Of You Will Steal Away His Heart, Which Rightfully Belongs To You, And Put Herself Forever In Your Place... blah blah morinic blah... And also, uhh, what the hell would I do with someone like this Tristan of hers? I have no room, no time, no patience and certainly no desire for such a broken person. I like people who have spirit, imagination, dignity and strength. That's like the Anti_Tristan. O_o Ewww. <
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Date: 2006-10-04 03:47 am (UTC)Huaaghaluglugalugh
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Date: 2006-10-04 04:21 am (UTC)HAHAHAAA and her friend described you with a sword.
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Date: 2006-10-04 11:05 pm (UTC)You are an awesome person with a healthy attitude about life. Rose has the MeMeMeMeMarySueMeMe all backwards - instead of it being about you trying to steal from her, it would be a better story if she was trying to learn about life from you.
I hope you get to be a dolphin mommy!
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Date: 2006-10-05 12:47 am (UTC)Thank you so much on all counts. My fingers are totally crossed about the dolphin thing. I'll find out next week. :D
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