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The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other.

So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you!

Also, taking muse suggestions over at the muse box.

Life.

Sent a lot more applications to Park City. When I went back to the places that had I had already sent apps to most of them said that they would be looking over them the following week (that is this week). Wet Seal, however, was hiring and I had a group interview yesterday. It went pretty well I think, and I'll know by the end of this Friday if I am in or not. I'm still hoping to get a call from some of the other places since I'm not exactly what I would call a fashion diva and it's a pretty high end clothing store. They did talk about having a fashion sense and I was just like "duuhr eerr 8[". I think I got some points from having dealt with thieves at Walmart a lot, though.

It'll be a long week waiting to hear something. I talk to dad to know about what exactly the situation is and the run down is pretty much this: As I talked about before dad's business isn't going all that well. He borrowed money from a lot of people to get it started, and thankfully they are all friends that trust him but that pretty much means that at this point most of his profit is going to simply paying them off. Which means he can't help mom with any of the bills. Bladi is helping, by since Circuit City closed down and Neta hasn't gotten a job that's all we have to help. We're about three months behind on the house payment and who knows what else.

Hence my desperation to land a job.

Roleplay

Dropped Aeris and Fumie at theskytides . Applied for Rise at soul_campaign . Inching back into TST is hard, I guess that's one downfall of a plot-based game, if you are out for a long time you miss a lot. Still with a less serious game event (or so it seems, I suppose you can never be sure with TST) around the corner I won't have to concentrate of that as much and just focus on catching up. Winry is in the midst of srs biznizz so it's a good time to get this story on the roll. I need to find things to do with Matilda though--I've been meaning to have her ship hop to the Fierta for a long time and I guess this upcoming event would be a good time but I didn't really get to do all the things I wanted her to (mostly just building up CR). Oh well, maybe I can have one open log with her.

Speaking of which tho--kiyuu do you still have Coraline there? If so we should totally have them meet.

In celebration of TST's anniversary, we are having a fourth wall event. It's a little different from other fourth wall events though. Given the nature of TST (that people aren't brought from their respective worlds) none of it is happening canonly. All posts go to an entry on the crack comm.

For anyone interested Matilda's thread is here: http://community.livejournal.com/theskytits/75694.html?thread=11426478#t11426478

Winry's is here: http://community.livejournal.com/theskytits/75694.html?thread=11431854#t11431854

Job-wise things are still a little iffy. I went to see what the camp was about and I might be able to get a job there but not for the first session and it's only about two weeks. They didn't have any of my work info and that might take at least two weeks to process. I also have to take a training course on line regarding youth protection.

In the meantime I went with Fior to the outlets and we picked up a couple applications there. Tomorrow we're going to Park City and I can bug some of the places I already applied to and maybe pick up more. I'd really love to work at Spencers. Or some place downtown, that way I can just walk.

At this point though I'm getting really desperate so I might even go back to Walmart, even though I was really miserable there; but part of the reason that is, is because I had to work a lot of hours one time since at that point I was the only one in my family with a job. It was back when dad was still in Santo Domingo. My grades plummeted then and I had just gotten fed up with a lot of people at work. Ugh. Still, not all my memories are bad. There were a lot of awesome people there who helped me a lot--like Dara, Millie, Yao, and Nicole. I know Dara and Nicole still work there. It'd be nice to see them again, and since things aren't that bad it'll be less stressful. No school either.

Besides the endless search for a job I've been walking around Lancaster alot. It's great to be back. I started watching Heroes which I've been enjoying a lot so far.

Today is theskytides anniversary. Hard to believe. Happy birthday TST. I love you all.

I haven't posted since I've come home. In fact I haven't been online much period since I've been home. It's been a bit difficult to be honest. It's not like I've been particularly busy or anything, but I just haven't really been able to pick myself up. Don't get me wrong, I love being home but being here as long as I have has told me what I was afraid of. Mom and Dad have in fact been lying to me about our financial situation, and it just seems everytime it is brought up it is so much worse. I've been desperately trying to find a job, and I think I might have one babysitting for two weeks that'll give me about 400. I'm not sure, I'll be going to the church tomorrow to figure out the details.

Besides that Tia Mercedes had just gotten worse in her condition and I just haven't really been able to bring myself to get on and talk to people. I guess that's a big part of it. I'll be honest. I've been avoidant of pretty much everyone and not because anyone has made me upset or anything but just because I've been in such a bad mood since finding this all out. This isn't the first time something like this has happened, its an awful habit of mine. Then I start being avoidant because I'm afraid of having to explain that I really don't have a good reason for avoiding everyone to begin with.

Hopefully I'll get this job though. Even if it's just for a little while it'll take at least that off my shoulders, and in the meantime I can continue to look for something more permanent.

Again sorry guys, I'll try and be on tonight but now my mom just told me that we're doing a prayer session at 7 so I don't know exactly when.

The rules are simple: there are ten prompts. Answer each prompt with ten words or less (articles like "a", "the", etc don't need to be counted).

The prompts are:

1. Angst
2. AU
3. Crack!fic
4. Crossover
5. First Time
6. Fluff
7. Humour
8. Hurt/Comfort
9. Smut
10. UST

Prompted by darklightshades, with Winry/Isako/Naoto, TST-verse. Like her I'll accept request but then I get to ask some of you as well <3

( So I failed on the 'under ten words' on some. Sue me 8| )

Oh it's been a not so good week for various reasons. Getting better now, thankfully. This Friday I'm hopefully headed home so I can see my parents renew their vows on Saturday. Will have to be back to school on Monday, so it's going to be a rough weekend but I really want to be there.

ANON MEME

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 2

http://revolution-anime.net/index.php?/full-metal-alchemist-2-episode-2

Pre-watching.

I have more hopes for this one than the previous one, partly because I adore kid Ed, Al, and Winry. This is suppose to be the flashback episode, and yea, I know a lot of people are a bit miffed that we have to go through all this but I actually like that. I wanna see how they do it differently this time, and we also have to acknowledge that there are probably just as many people completely new to FMA as there are oldies watching this. They need to know all that has happened.

My post about the first episode was puerile, I do realize it, so I guess I should be a little more specific about what I disliked about it. The actual plot of the episode was good, but I just felt that it was bogged down way too much by emoticons and gimmicks from the old series. Really, all they needed was Ed freaking out about milk and Roy going on about miniskirts and they would have hit pretty much all the stuff from the old anime and the manga. Yea those things are humorous but when crammed all into one episode and repeated several times? No.

One of the serious scene also really bugged me. That moment when Hughes is talking to Gracia. It sets you up for a long, interesting discussion but then all Hughes says is how he can't believe someone so young like Edward is in the military. Especially for someone who is a first time viewer I think they are trying too hard to get you to sympathize with him, and this is before we might even know what he's like.

Anyway, onto the show! Taking bullets again.

( Here we go. )

The How's My Driving? Meme

Waiting for Relig class to start.

Yesterday I did the official drop of Fencing so I no longer have to worry about that being counted against me. I also dropped the Honors course I was in because honestly...I wasn't learning anything from it, it was three hours that could be put to better use, and I felt that it would have just bogged me down for my other classes as well. I felt so freakin' relieved and I just feel all around brighter about things.

I mean it was interesting what we read, but it was so disorganized. Hell, even the teacher admitted the first day of class she didn't have a scheduled prepared and was pretty much doing stuff on whim. Meditation is interesting and whatnot but you can only talk about it for so long before you just keep saying the same things over and over again.

Registration begins tomorrow at 11 for me. I forgot we had time slots. =/ Which means I really better look into other classes for that Banned Books class and Creative Writing since they will most likely be filled by the time I can register. Hopefully it'll still be around in the future.

I call my parents about the skin issue. Mother said she always thought I had a lot like her, but that we would get it checked out anyway when I return home which is around May 14. Still a bit worried about since I'm sure I've gotten more but now that I know somethings going to be done about it I'm not going to agonize over it.



I predict that half the comments I get are going to be of all the retarded typos I make. xD

Post watching the first episode...

( That was painful. )

Heh, started this yesterday but fell asleep halfway through. Sorry if it's a little choppy and disorganized.

( Just some FMA musings )

Molly just linked me to the first episode, so I'll cut this rant a little short for now. For anyone interested, here it is: http://www.anilinkz.com/full-metal-alchemist/full-metal-alchemist-brotherhood-episode-1/

I started writing out a somewhat lengthy FMA rant yesterday, got tired, and quit. So I'll probably continue it later but something more pressing has popped up.

I have a health concern.

For those of you who don't know what I look like, I don't have light or dark skin. Tan, fall more towards the lighter side. I have this big light brown birth mark on my right hand, though, and I've always had browns spots here and there on my body--sorta like freckles I guess. It was never that much. Last night though, I noticed that I had suddenly gotten a ton more all over my stomach and around my chest and it's kind of worrying me. That's never happened before, at least not that I can recall.

Chat suggested it might be allergies, which is a possibility. I've never had allergies before, but as I've heard they can start at any time. They suggested I go see a doctor anyway so I'm going to be going to the school nurse once I do some cleaning.

Eh, for all I know it could be nothing but best to be sure.

Caved and got Twitter as well: http://twitter.com/RingCampana

Can't believe it's going to be April tomorrow. Time sure flies. I have a meeting with my advisor at 5:00 and hopefully she can help me start to sort stuff out.

I've really been at odds and ends lately. I really hate it when people ask me what my major is since I'm still undecided. I know that's not unusual for a freshman, but I don't even have a clue what I want to do. I came to SBC with a lot of interests and things I wanted to do, but none of them were really things that you could get an job in right away, and they were either 'do or don't' kind of jobs; meaning you either succeeded or failed.

My parents have worked so hard to get my where I am. Not just my parents, but my brothers as well. Immigrating was no easy thing for them, and I know that they've always dreamed of returning. They tried as those of you who have known me long enough know, but that totally fell through and I can't help but feel that was in part due to me. If I hadn't wanted to stay at LCDS so bad mom and I might have gone back with Dad and maybe things might have worked.

I want to be able to do well by them, give them comfortable lives, and honestly I think as long as I can do that and live comfortably myself I'll take almost any job. It's gotten to the point where my desire to have a profitable job after school has not only trumped, but squashed all other desire so I'm not even passionate about anything anymore. People keep saying 'you have to do something you'll be happy in' but I can't even think of anything I'll be particularly happy in anymore. Not to say I think I'll be miserable with whatever job I have; I just think I'm completely indifferent at this point.

I guess this is all coming up now since I was just talking to Jami about it yesterday. I've actually considered dropping out of college because I honestly don't think I'll gain anything out of it. Unless I can somehow set myself on a path where a degree will actually mean anything, which I think without graduate school it won't--and I definitely can't go onto graduate school. So really at this point school just seems like a waste of time, and more importantly, a waste of money. If I do drop out I'll probably take massage school up and go into that. Fior told me Kiko has started it and I want to talk to him as soon as possible to see how much it costs, what it's like, if they help you find a job, etc.

I know most advisers will probably nudge me into staying cause well...it's kinda mandatory for them to encourage us to stay at the school but from the previous talks we've had she really does seem great, and genuine in her care for us. So hopefully she can help me get my head on straight or at least see some other possibilities.


On an off note, one of my relatives had twins the 27th. First twins in the family.

Edit: So I came back from my meeting. Before I left Stacey and I talked a bit and she told me she'd been feeling the same way too and how she'd be considering a international/governmental major of sorts. I never really thought about that seriously before. I was never that into politics until recently and I'll be honest I'm way behind in my knowledge of even some basic concepts.

But with economy as it is, it's probably one of the few fields that's still stable. Not only that but since I speak Spanish fluently I'm sure that would be a good plus for me. If I take another language while I'm here at Sweet Briar that'd give me even more bonus points.

I'm still not sure if I'd be quite smart enough for something like that. Registration doesn't begin till the 10th but I looked at some classes with my adviser and for right now the ones I'm considering taking are:

Intro to American Politics
Intro to International Relations
Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition
Banned Books
Intro to Creative Writing
Fencing

Speaking of Fencing, it didn't happen this year already which is kind of annoying. I went the first day of class and they were like "It's only half a semester, you'll get an email" Email never came =/ I hope that isn't held against me. Hopefully it can happen next year.

Hopefully this can all work out.

It was a really long week for me. A lot of work and I've just been feeling really restless and kinda down lately. Even took a hiatus from TST and I've been kinda meh with talking with people. So sorry if I've acted distant towards anyone, I guess I'm just really anxious about school ending since things haven't really changed too much on my end. I'm on the home stretch though, I get out around May 13. Just gotta make sure I make it till then.

In other words I got Persona 4. I started playing it back home and got up to Kanji's dungeon but ever since returning I've been unable to continue since I'm missing a part for my PS2. It's driving me nuts. I also played Braid when back home which was pretty awesome. Neta got a Wii and he's going to get Wii fitness which should be nice, maybe I can get back in shape over summer.

I put up a Winry reserve over at ingen_rpg a couple days ago since I figure I'll be out of this slump by game opening. Not to sure why since I'm not a big JP fan but if it doesn't work out, no biggie.

While on the subject of roleplay, I keep meaning to advertise this but I now have a musebox, thanks to usagi_no_hime. It's city_of_louyang. So if anyone is ever interested in doing some one on one roleplaying let me know. The current list of my active muses that I'll be using there is here.

Okay. You know what guys? I was gonna be different and not do the 20 questions meme which is why I did the talk with my muses entry instead. But since that damned thing is bleeding out of my f-list whatever. Seems like the Gods will it. xD

ff ilu guys, not really angry

Anyhoo. You know the drill.

01. Full name:
02. Best friend:
03. Sexuality:
04. Favorite color:
05. Relationship status:
06. Ideal mate:
07. Turn-ons:
08. Last sexual experience:
09. Favorite food:
10. Crushes:
11. Favorite music:
12. Biggest fear:
13. Biggest fantasy:
14. Quirks in bed:
15. Bad habits:
16. Biggest regret:
17. Best kept secrets:
18. Last thought:
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience:
20. Biggest insecurity:

Feel free to ask any other ones

List for this meme: TST!Kalinka (worked on what she'd be like there but probably not apping her xD; least not anytime soon), OU!Rhyme, AU!Rhyme, Cornet, Fanny!Winry, TST!Winry, Sawyer, TST!Matilda, OU!Matilda, TST!Aeris, Fanny!Aeris, Alicia, Fumie

Just randomly thought of this. You can, as a mun or muse chat with some of my muses in this post. About anything! Ask em questions, give advice, or just random chatter. Muses available for this are:

TST!Winry
Fanny!Winry
TST!Aeris (who goes by Trisha)
Fanny!Aeris
TST!Matilda
Canon!Matilda
Fumie
Rhyme
Cornet
Alicia

Only those for now xD Only ones I think would get addressed anyway.

Two more days. Two more days and then it's back to home, home, home sweet home. I'm so excited.

We had a really interesting discussion during my philosophy of film class today concerning why and how we become attached to fictional characters. We got on sympathy and empathy and humorously enough we all attacked the book we've been reading because the author claimed that people imagining themselves in the shoes of certain characters isn't a very good answer as to why we might feel sorry for them. We got into all sorts of discussions of different movies. Crazy as this sounds, kissing your sister doesn't quite compare to blowing up a planet, and Magneto's new name is apparently Metallica.

Yea we may have gotten a little off topic. Funny thing is, all this just reminded me how many movies there I just haven't seen. Here I am in a class about Film and I'm woefully behind on not just the classics but...movies in general. So I'm making a list of ones I want to definitely see, and am asking for suggestions :>

( Current List )

And so I am finally twenty years old.

That's so weird to think.

Didn't really do much, but it was a pleasant day. Dad called this morning to wish me happy birthday. I was so relieved to hear his voice---once again, thank you to everyone who commented on my last entry about that nightmare. It really did help a lot <3

Bladi called too, and he said he'd take me to see the Watchmen movie once I got home. I hope to see Coraline then too. Spring Break starts the 13th which is just around the corner, I can't wait.