May 27, 2009 14:38
Only a two month time gap! It's a record! :P
Eurgh. Between finals at the end of last month and two jobs, I pretty much died. I went on hiatus from the one RP comm I was a part of, and if they haven't kicked me yet I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to drop. :( My Hinata-muse was part of what had to be shuffled aside to make room for finals and papers and...guh.
Gained another roommate recently. See, the apartment we'd been living in is technically a 3/3, though the third room is supposed to be locked off so we can pay the 2/2 price. However, the office never came and locked it, so... We'd just left it empty, but would shove stuff in there on occasion when we had company and it was cluttering the living room. Jarad and I have one room and our friend Sean had the other. One of our other friends Andrew just signed onto our lease renewal and moved into the third room this past week. He'd not supposed to be in there yet, but... >.>
Jarad and I quit playing WoW again...but also picked FFXI back up. It's a lot more frustrating, but we're having fun so far. I've only lvled 20BLM/18WHM/10RDM/6MNK, so far. And...I'm a dork and like fishing. >.>
ALSO! I finally finished that blasted fanfic I'd been working on. I feel like bashing my head into something. Not all that much happens, and it's still 26,302 words long. 8| I think my writing would make even Tolkien cry with its long-windedness. I think I have a tendency to over-explain things...but I really don't know how to condense it and still get the whole point across. Argh. Also, it has slashsmut in it. I've never written smut before. It was...not so hard to write, but incredibly hard to make interesting, I found. At least, I hope it's interesting... I sent it off to SPark to beta since she offered, but anyone else who wants to dig into it is welcome. I won't cry at criticism, just likely get frustrated and beat my head against something if I don't know how to fix it. :P I sent it out to the incredibly patient mods at the fanfic-fest as soon as it was finished, to show that the bloody thing was done and that I wasn't just waffling about. They require it to be beta'd, though, and laughingly sent me back an e-mail saying I'd written the longest fic in the fest and that none of the co-mods would be able to do a quick-beta for a 26k+ fic. ^^; So, I'd welcome anyone willing to take a gander. Once the fest is over and they unveil all the names of the writers, I'll be posting it up (in parts, damn you 26k) over at the writing journal I made for exactly this purpose.
Um...other random tidbits... Ugh, I was talking on the phone about a week ago and had to wash my hands off. The conversation ended, and it's really awkward holding the phone with one's shoulder, so I twisted so that I could set it down on the counter. Unfortunately and just my luck, the bloody thing bounced and of course went in the sink. I snatched it back quickly and dried it off; it's gotten sprinkled with water (and various drinks) in the past, so I wasn't overly worried. But...this time it screwed up the microphone. At first, you couldn't hear anything - which was doubly shitty since Jarad was away for the weekend and I was trying to comfort a friend who was feeling like shit and now I couldn't talk. It got a little better once it dried out, but it's still really quiet, apparently. :( Ah well, it works for what I use it for, I guess.
OH! And one more point of interest! My birthday is in about two weeks! ...I feel old. I'll be twenty-two. D: I know it's not really old, it's just older than I feel...time has gone by way too quickly. :( Jarad's birthday just passed and he turned twenty-one; he ended up not being able to drink, though, since he managed to step on something and had to get a tetanus shot and go on antibiotics. XD Hey, also, since my birthday's soon, it means SPark and JJ's are too! Hopefully I'll remember to look at a calender then. :P If I end up being a spazz, I wish you both the best on your birthdays~!
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