I don't know why I put myself through this annually, but looking back at old blog/journal entries makes me facepalm irl. (although in reality, I always expect to do this around my birthday, but I'm not an emo bear like I used to be *cough*highschool*cough*) It's always been a chore for me to seek out the old username/passwords though and even if I do find them, I suddenly remember that I would delete entries in an impulsive fit of passionate embarrassment. It's a shame though; my faulty memory is bound to work against me someday and everything will be lost and forgotten in history.

Blame this random urge to look this shit up while trying to find old pictures of myself floating around on the interwebs.

I still don't know if I'll regret not having more physical evidence/memories of those times. Probably not, since I'm used to starting fresh rather than clinging desperately onto the past. It would make an interesting story to tell the future children though (or perhaps the dullest story in existence-- "I woke up, went to school, got emo, went to sleep").

Only I would have these random thoughts at 5am in the morning.

Plus, I'm only here because I can't fit these thoughts on twitter. Hehehe.

(and maybe a lingering hope that someone jogs my memory of some old pictures/blogs that I had in the past... but if I can't remember it, I sure as hell doubt anyone else can)

It's been awhile since I posted on LJ so a quick rundown on life:

- twitter, because I'm a conformist and I update that far more than LJ (which I only use to lurk now!)
- Going to go see Josh in a week, yay.
- < INSERT REAL LIFE HERE >
- WoW is still stupid and addicting, even though I'm taking an lolcasual break for now.

Yeah... I got nothing.

My only resolution for 2009 is to get a new bed.

Or sleep in any bed other than mine. (*winkwink*)

Goddamn, my bed is uncomfortable.

Happy holidays to everyone, even though it was a relatively low key Christmas this year but it was thoroughly enjoyable (for once!). Lack of money forced me to be somewhat creative this year in terms of gifts, so I decided to make a baaaaangin' banana nut bread. Sarah's gone domestic, wut.

Life's actually been decent, despite my lack of resources lately.

Perhaps one of my resolutions, aside from having to work off turkey and a whole bunch of chick-fil-a nuggets, should be for me to be less deliberately vague about everything.

Met my 16 year old half-sister for the first time today.

Meeting my father for the first time in my life tomorrow night. Possibly my half-brother as well, who is only a couple months younger than I am.

Yay for awkwardness!

Also, sunburned lips is not a pleasant sensation at all. Goddamn.

brb hawaii

Still making preparations for the Hawaii trip. God, why are plane tickets so expensive? So much fail!

Mmm, fall TV. How awesome was Heroes? Srsly.

I'm actually posting a Sims legacy on LJ. I'm crazysauce like that.

WoW, blah blah. 60 priest, 60 shaman, 70 druid.

Josh is talking about getting a place up here. Nom nom nom.

What a rambly post. :| Also, I'm in a ignant rap mood again, need recommendations prz.

I had this brilliant idea after I played a little more Sims 2: Apartment Life today. Commence a cracktastic 15 minutes of fun, cheating, and ~*~SPARKLES~*~. (and if you haven't gotten it by now, yes, this includes some Twilight shit)

( LOTS OF BURNING AND SPARKLING )

That was pretty fun :D I'm still exploring some of the new stuff that came with the EP. The apartment aspect got old pretty quick, but then again, my Sim decided to have two sets of twins and well, it's pretty impossible to expand in an apartment. >_<

That and my computer's been lagging to shit lately. Perhaps I should restart it one of these days, haha. :|

Got Apartment Life for The Sims 2 :] Haven't installed it yet since I have to take out my ginormous Downloads folder (it's approaching 3gigs now) and find updated hacks/mods and stuff. I was mostly prompted to get it when the InSim and ACR got updated and that's really all I need. :) Now I just need to find a cleaned-up template of the new neighborhood and I'm good to go! I've got several ideas that have been consuming my thoughts for days and although I'd like to actually try posting a story AND a commentary legacy, I know it just won't happen due to massive time constraints. >_<

Meh, I won't be able to play much due to massive cleaning around the house, not to mention the whole Hawaii trip preparation. Siiigh.

Guess that strikes out the whole WoW raiding business before the expansion comes out as well. Sighx2. The top guild on my server is looking for ret paladins, I think. Not too sure, but it's not everyday a top guild is looking for a rare, niche-role spec that's actually geared and experienced so :O They're hardcore though, I think, 5 days a week raiding schedule from 7-12pm EST. Oy.

I did get 3 more level 60s though. Hah. I'm such a nerd.

Now to end my geek talk, I'm gonna try some new year's resolutions earlier than usual. I hope these resolutions will turn into fulfilled goals which will turn (hopefully) into good, healthy habits. Communication and discipline is key! Former's easy; latter, not so much. I want to be a better everything and I want it to stick but I'm definitely not the best person when it comes to commitment.

I wish life could throw me some lemons so I can make some very sugary lemonade.

Got tons of things to do in the upcoming weeks, including cleaning the basement with my entire family. God, so much junk has accumulated over the years, time to throw out things like a broken bigscreen TV and an organ. Also gotta bring my car in for emissions but god knows I'm gonna procrastinate that until it's actually due.

Forgot to mention that I'm going to Hawaii with my mom and sister next month. Whether or not we're gonna see the other half of my family is still up in the air. Hah. :|

Jebus, I just glanced at the date. It's already September? My God.

Speaking of which, it's me and Josh's 4 year anniversary. Which I almost forgot.

Third guild in WoW to break up on me in three months. asdfgds. Thanks for the 5/8 T6! It's okay though, me and Josh are doing the whole Recruit-A-Friend thing, so I have a 60 priest, and an up and coming druid and shaman to level before the expansion comes out.

Been playing Sims 2 a lot lately. Haven't gotten the new expansion pack yet, will probably wait until most hacks are updated. I'm on gen 5 on my latest legacy, currently in Uni, and I can't decide between the 4 kids I have in there. Teehee. Also finished up my Asylum challenge, which ended abysmally with three kitchen fires.

Life is uneventful, as always. Football starts soon though! *fistpump*

Just finished it. Granted, I skimmed the last couple of chapters but it's not like I missed much other than useless dialogue that would've made me facepalmed.

The message I got from these series? I should aspire to become a vampire because not only is it super awesome sparkly cool to be a bloodsucking immortal, but I too will manage to snag a hot guy with unlimited money and be surrounded by people who will automatically love me regardless of the many idiotic things that I've done. Oh, and no matter what I do, things will conveniently fall into place, such as random superpowers that can counter exactly whatever superpower the enemy has or the fact that any character with any sort of significance is mysteriously saved from death.

And then I can write a book about it and make millions of dollars while spreading the goodwill message around to young, impressionable teenage girls. Pedobear approves.

Yep.

IwanttostopreadingthisIwanttostopreadingthis.

Absolutely, utterly ridiculous. I hate it. I hate it. I never facepalmed this much ever. I'm only about 3/4 into the book and I'm still looking for something that vaguely resembles a plot or something that makes SENSE. What the fuck, Smeyer, what the fuck? I'm literally ashamed that you had to specifically acknowledge Muse as an inspiration because I can't believe it. WRRRRYYYYY

My sister convinced me to keep on trucking though, so I'm currently sloshing my way through it still. Honestly, though, I liked Twilight. I thought it was okay. Breaking Dawn, well, just throws everything out the window and I'm not even fucking done yet.

In other news, I joined a new guild in WoW and I'm thisclose to having beat the game (saw Kil'Jaeden for the first time last week, very exciting). Also started up a new Legacy in Sims 2, on my third generation now. Thinking about starting up an Asylum challenge, should be fun. :p

/nerd out.

i herd u liek them



(I've been up for 24+ hours with absolutely nothing to eat. This shit needs to stop. >_<)

My sister just told me some of what happens in here, what with the leaked chapters and all.

All I have to say is:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Marginally better than Twilight, hell of a lot better than New Moon. Still devoid of anything that remotely represents creativity and/or innovation. Lots of "WHODA THUNK IT" moments. Unrealistic dialogue (really, who tells "stories" like that?) and the "epic" battle at the end left a lot to be desired.

All in all, it was okay. I didn't force myself as much as it did to read New Moon. Still don't get why people go nuts over this stuff. Even if I enjoyed the plot and/or the characters, I still have major issues with the actual writing and composition.

I'll still read Breaking Down though. Just to get it over with.

(and yes, I did spend all day/night finishing up New Moon/Eclipse. Don't judge me. >_>)

dsadasjldasdsafds

This book can go diaf.

After days of procrastination, I spent about a couple hours today reading Twilight, on the persistent urges of my sister. Her reasons:

Charlene: I need you to suffer with me.

So, I finished it in one sitting, trying to read it as objectively as possible, so my sister's opinion would not taint my own judgment of the book.

And yeah.

Honestly? The beginning had potential. By chapter 7-8, I realized it was just.. snowballing. The plot finally decided to appear in the last couple of chapters. The ending, to me, was a complete clusterfuck.

I mean, I indulge in sappy romance novels ALL THE TIME. But this... I don't know. I just don't know. Bella and Edward were kinda cool in the beginning, but as their relationship began to "progress" (using that term loosely), it just went completely downhill for me. It didn't help that 80% of the dialogue (which is 80% of the book) was useless filler.

I'm still gonna read New Moon/Eclipse though since I feel obligated to do so.

Then again, who could resist ~*~*~SPARKLY VAMPIRES~*~*~?

Also, my Sims are being super retarded right now. Can't I have ONE generation that doesn't include incestuous relationships?!

Got back into Sims 2 + with various expansions this time around.

All I have to say is this: ACR (autonomous casual romance) + Risky WooHoo + Romance Sim with lifetime want of WooHooing 20 different Sims = hilarity. And lots of babies. But a lot of hilarity!

I have the summer insomnia again. :