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Report | 06/16/2013 11:47 am

So...I'm really excited for the PS4! Like, I almost feel a desire to play video games again!! I pretty much gave up hope for the PS3 and started knitting instead, and ever so slowly, yarn has taken over my house....

You'd think I'd be more busy with a baby, but I'm not. Logan is so easy to care for it's almost disgusting. I feel like I'm cheating the other mothers..,

Report | 11/05/2012 6:27 pm

Distorted Gaze

Psssh... Princess Leia doesn't need more clothes. Ariel only wore a bra.

Report | 10/31/2012 6:21 pm

Distorted Gaze

Since DIsney bought LucasFilm, do you supposed Princess Leia now counts as a Disney Princess?

Report | 09/05/2012 2:26 pm

Homiko

*reads status* Agreed. I am deeply sorry for your pain and hope all heals well soon. smile

Report | 09/05/2012 11:47 am

Left Bird

Is this the first time I've actually seen your cat, Kharl? So fluffy! Must pet! At least the two of them seem to get along pretty well?

I'm not sure Tumblr is worth it. I've been pretty unhappy with their support. I've actually been keeping a list of Tumblr fails: won't allow tables or line breaks in posts, won't allow responses to posts on blogs you're not following, won't allow responses to other people's responses, etc. It's absolutely terrible for contacting other users or writing. It's like, strictly posting images. Which, of course, I never post. rolleyes

I'm not exactly sure where we'll go in two years. Depends on where my husband can get a job. He was thinking Bellingham, which is beautiful, and my aunt lives there, but keeps us just as far away from our parents. I really want our daughter to live closer to her grandparents. whee

The coast? Are you back on the west coast then? Yeah, it's amazing how much energy moving takes. I swear, you don't realize how much you've accumulated until you have to pack it all. No one to help?

What, you don't count editing as part of the writing? ^_^ No wonder I've never made it. I always associate editing with "finishing a book in a month." If it's not edited, it's not done. Mm, I think it's true that there will always be scenes that aren't as vivid or colorful as others. If every single scene was beautiful, then none of them would be, right? I mean, there have to be the bland in-between scenes to make the critical ones stand out. (Even entire books of fast-paced action will become boring if there aren't any breaks from it, right? Like, the reader starts to adapt to the faster pace as "normal..." ) Ha ha, my friend said I've gotten better about that. When I was in high school, she said it was really easy to tell which scenes I didn't want to do, because I nearly skipped over them entirely. It was like I'd written over them in brilliant red, "this is a boring scene." Now I often find that if I wait until I have a good idea for how to approach them, I'm more excited and they turn out way better. Buuut that's a bad way of going at it for NaNoWriMo, where you can't afford to wait.

Have you tried publishing anything you've written for it yet?

Report | 09/02/2012 2:55 am

oo_fiona_oo

It's a lot of work this Alchemy thing. Luckily I have had a lot of spare time in August.
I am crafting my own alchemy cases/caches.
So far so good, I have been able to break even the costs and profits xd
I'll see how far I can level up, if it becomes to costly to craft the level formulas, I'll wait.

If all people on Gaia would do Alchemy, the items used as components would be gone quickly ><

Many thanks for the trade, have a good weekend biggrin

Report | 09/01/2012 2:22 pm

oo_fiona_oo

Okido, I just send you a trade, offer the Mp price, the item is popular.
It is used for an alchemy formula, I got all ingredients except for that item (^.^)
Thank you for helping out o(^.^)o

Report | 09/01/2012 1:06 pm

oo_fiona_oo

yes yes yes, how much you sell the duct tape roll for?

Report | 08/30/2012 5:31 pm

Distorted Gaze

So my insurance approved me for a home birth...hee hee. I watched this documentary on Netflix called "The Business of Being Born" and it pretty much made me never want to have a baby in the hospital. Ever. My midwife said about 4% of her clients end up in the hospital, but usually because the woman developed some condition prior to labor (like high blood pressure) that requires a more advanced setting.

Report | 08/28/2012 8:01 pm

Homiko

Only in comments to the one friend who asked... Here you go.. Got the idea to add Homiko opposite of him with her wings (which I've never attempted in my realism style). Am also thinking i'll gradient her end to look like day time.

Report | 08/25/2012 5:47 pm

Distorted Gaze

The baby kicks now!!! Dustin felt it for the first time about two days ago!! I think it feels gross on the inside...

Report | 08/14/2012 5:39 pm

Distorted Gaze

Well, today I had a fake smoothie for breakfast--it was made with soft-serve ice cream, regular milk, ice, and strawberry syrup. I also had a slice of chocolate/vanilla marble cake. Then for lunch, I had chicken strips, jo-jo's, coleslaw, and a 20oz Dr. Pepper. Now I just had my after work snack of a GIANT avocado and a glass of apple juice. Dinner is probably going to be macaroni and cheese or something...and I'll probably have a brownie to top it all off. Maybe two... Before I got pregnant, I ate stuff like yoghurt, salad, and chicken and drank mostly carbonated water or milk. Really...it's amazing that I've only gained ten pounds.

And oooohhh the vitamins...they definitely want us pregnant ladies to get those pre-natals. Especially the ones with lots of iron. Nobody cares if you can poop while you're pregnant... burning_eyes

I am still working though, just not on any naval vessels. I work in a building and have my own work bench, with a tool bag and stuff. I get to build little test assemblies. It's actually my favorite job. I'm going to take twelve weeks of paid maternity leave when the baby comes and the plan is to leave the baby with family when I return to work. There has been some discussion of me quitting to stay at home after our second child, but that's a long ways off still.

Report | 08/14/2012 2:47 pm

Left Bird

P.S.: Are you trying for NaNoWriMo? surprised Don't you have to write something like 2000 words a day to complete a novel in a month? I'm averaging 500 words a day right now, and I am darn proud of it. xd Of course, I'm also working for 8 hours. If I didn't have work, I might be getting more written (on the other hand, I think I've already proven that even on the days I don't have work, I still average 500 for one reason or another). Either way, if I wrote that many words a day, they'd be terrible words. And I'd be unhappy. *plugs along at her own pace*

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo, just writing on my own, but I knew some girls who were trying it.

Report | 08/14/2012 1:49 pm

Left Bird

HA! Only missed a couple words! xd

Part 2: (aka: That Last Sentence Was: )
Not much point in picking up a job for only a year while dealing with an infant.

Report | 08/14/2012 1:48 pm

Left Bird

You are such a world traveler! Would love to see Notre Dame too. :whee: Poetry though, really? Sounds about like I expected, minus the crazy classmates. :rofl: "There's one in every family, sire. Three in mine." Too bad. I would have thought that the one benefit of going into a highly advanced end of a field would be finding like-minded individuals who share your passion. I miss AP English. I think I learned the most there, and had the most in common with my 5 classmates (and didn't have to pay $5000 and take 20 classes to get there).

I kind of like this Object-Oriented Ontology idea. At the very least, the idea that everything I see is a product of my imagination seriously bothers me. I mean, if I could control my entire world, why the heck would I give myself nausea for weeks? The idea that objects exist independently of human perception makes way more sense. Though I do believe that there is some truth in the fact that I have some degree of control over my own experiences. I think we've proven that when people get better after taking placebo pills, or when people believe something so much that it literally happens--a principle that might have some connection to the Bible's idea of Faith. *intrigued* (I'd support that more thoroughly, but I didn't mean to turn this into a debate on life) :XD ANYWAY...

That sounds like you! We had an opportunity up here a year back to teach English in... not Africa, but another country down there. It sounds like quite an experience, and a chance to see more of the world. Not my thing (I'm too dug into my own niche, not liking to get shoved into things I'm not prepared for), but the housing was paid and wouldn't that be something to put on a resume?

Oh no! Not another dog person! They're too slobbery and pawing all the time for me. Give me something small, cute and devilish, with soft fur. I want a ninja kitty! :heart:

Comics are love/hate, I think. In overall perspective, I can see how a character has learned and grown, and I can like him (and I really like the colored pictures--total addict), but I hate the lack of continuity. I haven't read the last several months worth because arcs only ever last one or two issues (okay, up to 7 if I'm totally honest) and then there's a new villain, and it's just like... one continual round. What was the point of defeating the last one? I've been reading the fanfiction more than the canon. :XD Still, there are some pretty good books, like All Star Batman &amp; Robin (which is what started it all for Schnick). Amazing art, definitely one of the darker storylines, and completely separate from the rest of comic continuity. Evil!Bruce is definitely my favorite. :rofl: (really, what is it about villains?)

I've seen Irony around on Tumblr. :D (if it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't) With the exception of her and Schnick, that's about it. Well, at least we're not completely out of touch.

As for leaving work. I don't know how permanent that will be. Possibly, quite, since I can't image day-care is cheap, I don't like the idea of someone else spending more time with my kid than me, and I HATED day-care when I little. I swore I'd never make my children go. We'll be fine for a couple years no problem, I think. Roger's on the GI Bill (lucky bum), which completely pays for college and living expenses (and then some). AND he somehow has scholarships on top of that, so we've been making several extra thousand dollars than what we're spending every 3 months, and that's not including my income. I've been working more because I'm trying to build up a safety net and because I don't think it's fair to ask my husband for money every time I want to help my friends out. Also, my job is temporary anyway (they keep extending it), and while it's possible I'd get another extension, it's supposed to be over in March, so cutting it a month short isn't that big of a deal. AND we'll be moving in 2 years anyway, so I'd have to quit then. Not much point in pick

Report | 08/13/2012 10:21 pm

Distorted Gaze

Yay! Well I'm not up to much these days, aside from getting fat. I've gained ten pounds, which to my horror, pleases the doctor... I had this grand plan of eating healthy while pregnant, except healthy food just makes me MORE hungry. I need grease and salt.

Report | 08/10/2012 6:24 pm

Distorted Gaze

Yay! You're here!!! I always came on Gaia and would be the only one here, so I would play dress up...aaaaaaalllllll aaaalllooonne. And I pretty much thought that everyone left to move on to better, more exciting internet things...or they just fell off the world....

Report | 08/10/2012 12:24 pm

Homiko

I often use sugar suite, zodiacal, steamgear desperado, Illyncia's (sp?) honor.... *thinks* Yeah... stuff like that with it.

Report | 08/10/2012 10:40 am

Left Bird

Welcome to the Gaia comment clipping function? sweatdrop I noticed the same thing a month back. If the comment is too long, Gaia changes the font and clips it. REALLY annoying, especially since there's no warning.

Report | 08/10/2012 9:16 am

Left Bird

Creative Writing? I thought you were in Law! What happened? xd I REALLY wanted to take creative writing (and I did take at least one class as an elective), but ultimately I didn't for three reasons: 1) If I had to write at a grueling pace all sorts of stuff I hated for 4-8 years of college, I knew I'd never want to write again, 2) I already knew most of what I wanted to know about writing and was making more progress studying on my own than by taking 1 every 10 classes (if you're lucky) that might be in my focus area--what I needed wasn't to study it more, but to have someone sit down one-on-one and point out where my writing was failing to match what I'd learned and WHY, and I wasn't getting that from college, and yes, 3) I didn't think I'd make it in a writing career, since it takes me too long to write, and you only really seem to make money if you get popular. Now that I have a kid and will have to quit my job, I've actually been thinking of dabbling with writing--something I can do from home, whenever I have time, but definitely not a steady income.

So, can I call you Dr. yet? biggrin

Oh, I forgot about DG! How far along is she now? How old is it?!

I'm definitely determined to listen to Beethoven all day as soon as it can hear. xd My husband and I have had names picked for awhile, it's just waiting until we know whether or not it's a girl or boy. Right now I'm calling it Demon Spawn. neutral I told my mom that, and she was all like "Ack! Don't call my grandchild a Demon Spawn! It's going to be a little angel!" Everyone seems to think it's going to be all sweet and fluffy, but I'm on to it's wily ways. ninja

Oh, I know what you meant, don't worry. I lean towards extravagant/fancy, or as cluttered as possible without looking ugly (like Shiro's old avis), so plain boxes that don't merge in any way with the rest of the profile don't interest me. I did a really bad job on making them match the theme. I liked the image for exactly that reason: it was dark and spooky. It's the only place I know of in the comics where one of the Robins actually gets half-turned into a bird and it's not a dream or a hallucination. Beautiful angst, how I love thee. heart

Somehow, Schnick has been the only one I've kept up with over the years. I really ought to get back to Shiro, but our interests have split so drastically, it's hard to find topics we both have in common. *feels like a horrible friend* It's good to see you around again at least! heart

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